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Show THE DANOEflOUS OLEANDEH. T1 e Hilda anil !,, nf IM n,Ar I lanl r. Nl I.r,, thla,. le I at. "I wonder If It la a mere matter of fajcy, or iloea that trro alTfcf my liealthr querkil n v ry delicate look Ing wuuian, at the I roko tome I ht bunchea of cjquWte pink and whlla bloomi from a tall nn I wl I aprcndlng oleander which itood In a large tub In lur room Hoiuetlmea I h-cl rfeclly ccrtnlu that the odor ol the bloaaouia lmrta me makes my eyoa burn anJ causes an Irrltntlon In my throat lam more aillilled about the Utter, how cer, and am ifoliig to Imu-lliu plant taken out of my nKiiu, althougli It li oneol aWcIi, forauvcralnasoiis, lam viry f md M "I Ihlnk yim nre wlo In doing ao " re lied her frlnd "I am certain that continuous I rrathlng ot the atmo hero laden ralth Hie odor ot that trw Is capablouf irodiielng the moat serious consoiueliccs. 1 hnve not tho allijitest d( ulita that thedenlhsof at least two friends ot lolue nre traceable to tills cause, an J 1 know of lateral cams wlnro throat affections linio Uiu calKid and a(.graotcd by living In the tame room with forgo plants of this sort In uue Instance there was at first a slight seclllm In the throat, then a long rlod of gradually Increnalng pain an I Inflammation thin malignant tyiiitoma an I death with tiry, narked disturbance of the heart a' action loun.nl the hut The dlapens itorlos an 1 other nil thorltliatcll us that tho olean Icr con Wins n principle which la nn active heart hIsoii It seems muarkaule that no luiiatlgatlon of lis iictunlelTect on liuiunn hfo has ln-en ma id. In v. mo countries It Is In jrenirnl no ns tho principal Inured lent if ncnniponnl for dcatru)lng ruts, inloo and ninny torts of Insect. An iirmfiilof boughs cut from n number of trees on a gi mlen-in's lawn was thrown Into a jn! where cattle went to drink anl toteral nhi nllo nnhuals dleil from drinking there "A gentleman one ihjr rode his hunw up to th jiorcli ot n homo where lie desired to call tied Iho nnlmnl to ono I of the rails and went hi loom. Return Ing nfier n few iiiiuueuts' sin) , he found the horse In n state nf violent agitation, trembling and scarcely nhle to stan 1 A few moments later ho fell and died ahnoit iuatiintly Inscatlgatloli ro inlwl the fact that lie ha I rwichol user the roll and t-aten several Isrgo liranclna from an nle mder which stood trn the porcli MeiiiUriul the family whncliince.1 to be anoreuf tho death of tho cattle from drinking tho ml sonwl wattr anl also of other conolt-orathe conolt-orathe evlduicc, liu j no lioaltallon In declaring that the olimdcr shoots tint thohorao had eaten were tho cuuioof lilsdiath. "In slew of theso faels, ItHvmaqiillo I nirlunt that mine qunhlled Individ tiial aliuul I Inscatlgatotho subject nnl I Klvo to tho (Ttlillo t ho results. A lily of some eirleuco and ci uiUemLlo inodleal kuouhxlgQ gists It as h r opln Ion that enlargement of tho glanls of thetlmint, Kultcrniid snrlous firms of heart dlscaso are cither produced or ng .rastttr-.l by lull ding nlr chargetl wllh tho odors of this lent l.pcclnlly Is this likely tu occur In wlulir. when plants am kept In Hi lug rooms In n high temperature, or whero tho air Is charged with moisture. Certain It It thatwllli my olm rs atlou and csierleuco of Its cf feci 1 would lialo It rtliiOM-l lthout iltlay, Unutlful as it Is." New orlc lAgsr. |
