Show s 0 FO 0 T s alig galbignani cay JP A now new method of catching hin hast hasib been cen tried with considerable sue suc Us cess h having av ing contributed to its ita discovery our readers are well aware of the deadly effects of the indian poison called curare or concern anav aich two have often had occasion the most interesting experiments especially in mentioning the ilia at vj made to 16 im so it as a specific for or lock lockjaw jair its peculiar action consisting in relaxing the muscular system strychnine it ia a poison producing the contrary I 1 effect the he excessive contraction of the system or in other words tetanus or loel lockjaw jaw it is a curious f fact act that thai by the conjunction of there two a agents cluts so diametrically opposite in their effect 1 a poison is ib obtained that will kill almost instantly if only in the dose of half a millian milli gr per pei kilo of the animal to be subjected to its action provided its weight do not exceed ten kilos if larger the dose must be proportionately increased mr thi the inventor of this poison composes it by mixing a sad of with one twentieth of liioi ali to apply it to a whale fishing lie he n makes inkes the compound up into c ti arides of 30 gins an ounce ce each which ia enough to kill an animal of GO co kilos weight each cartridge is imbedded bedded im in the gunpowder contained in an explosive c hell bell which is fired off on the whale in ili a late whaling voyage ten received such missiles and all died within from four to eighteen minutes after tile infliction of the wound out of these ten whales duvere cis were cut up for their blubber and whalebone tile the remains were handled by cavo less men who frequently had scratches and sores on their akiu and yet not a one lie of them suffered buffered the slightest injury a circumstance which shows th tha ai the poison cannot be transmitted from the ilic fiali to the men its poisonous action on the whale is hower so great that practically the dose will have to bedi nim ched so that the death of the may not be sudden wo ro crould not forget to state that two out or of the ten whales above mentioned T ere lost by one of the many accidents t and that two incident to t whaling others were of a kind that is not worth ulila for CZ AT OROFINO GULCH the helena herald of january says bays we are pained to learn that on IV wednesday coining mo ining dinst a affray occurred near probes beur eor hodges mill fall on orofino gulch about three miles from this city which I 1 exulted in the severe sever N wounding Voun ding of our esteemed friend prof hodge and his hia son afi an nd d the fatal wounding of a mr C it seems that there had been som some e difficulty between the professor and other with regard to the ri right lit to 0 o a quantity of wood which had bad b been con cut by a man it named small at the time irna above stated the former accompanied jl by his son eon and others being arm armed c 1 went with teams to the place where 1 re the i wood was piled and expressed a determination to take it away at ill all hazards moore and small forbid their taking the wood and on Mr Hodge raising a stick from ta the 10 pile to tr load on to a wagon I 1 they resisted W hi a effort whereupon mr hodge stepped back cacti cocking cing his gun simultaneously with this abis action of mr hodge drew his revolver when they both fired it is ia believed at the f r gamb time moore received a charge of buck shot in the breast iu in the region of the heart and a ball in the groin eroin the wounds are supposed to be mortal the Professor was shot also inthe in the breast but the ball glancing passed classed around his iii s side bide although at last accounts the ball had not been found the wound was jud judged 9 ed to be not fatal young hodge was shot in the how or by whom wo we have not learned but understand that it will bu be necessary to amputate his hand band |