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Show t ! Uncle Sam; M. D. 4 U BSVery day one r1? of deaths from taking poison cither : Intent or accl-dentauyi accl-dentauyi This i ould he avoided. In the first place, there s no reason, unless a communicable communi-cable disease exist why poisons should i . I epl m the home. HOWe,VCr, should Diere be an m ison in the house, it should never be kept where other medicines are. it is very easy to mistake tin- bottle containing poison for ii. Containing something else Polgons should at all times be out of reach of children, preferably under lock and key. All poison hollies should have something some-thing 10 distinguish them easily from other bottles, hoth as regard to sight and j tOUOh. Besides belni; plalnh marked l'olson." they may have a different shape from other bottles; a roughened I surface, a distinctive stopper or some peculiarity that can he detected at once if the bottle Is picked up In the dark No one should ever take or give a dose of medicine in the dark, or without reading read-ing the label, no matter bow great tln- hurry. It is a safe rule always to read ' the label three limes before taking or I giving a dose of medll Ine I As more than li.nflO deaths occur In the I'nil.d Si.-.l. . en. h year from l.iklng p"l son approximately one-half f which ai. accidental. evcr community should have the strictest laws regarding the sales of ; poison. ANEMIA OF THE GRAIN I Q What are the sjrtnptoms Of anemia , of the brain'.' Is It curable.' This condition Is familiar to vers . many people, though, perhaps, they do not recognize il under this name. ml is, what a person has when he "faints." The symptoms begin with a feeling of distress and restlessness. 'I hern is a Strong desire for fresh air The breathing breath-ing becomes rapid and pawning Is frequent. fre-quent. After a time the skin becomes cold nnd clammy, and the foreheafl is bathed In a cold perspiration Soon aftei HilnsJ become black, and the patient fills t. ilio floor. The quickest way to relieve n lalnf Is to make the person to lie down, or tfiten ' f to hold his head lower than the '. .'! j The custom of dashing a class of I old j water Into the face, of a fainting pcSOn j should be abandoned. GERMS IN FOOO tQ. How do germs gi t in .. I ."ils" A. Not only the germs of Intestinal diseases, but also germs of such diseases as tuberculosis, pneumonia, dlptherla in I scarlet fever may reach the mouth In food. The perms get Into the food from flies, from dust, from washing In itnprc water the food. Or vessels in which till food is kept, from diseased animals, hut most aommonh of all from the hand of those who are carrying germs. Thosi who prepare food should pay especial attention at-tention to the cleanliness of their hands, washing them Off In soap and water, and J no one who Is sick with an Infect! tur 1 disease, or who Is recovering from sue,, I a disease should have anything to do 1 with the handling or preparation of foods, |