Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 May 1896 — Poisonous Plants. [ARTICLE]

Poisonous Plants.

Swamp sumach Is the most dreaded 0* poisonous plants. Curiously enough the cure for this poison grows closely beside It in the swamp districts, and Its name, “Impaticus,” suggest* the feeling one has when afflicted by the pate X 1 cores, for If ever one patient It is when attacked by this enemy of physical comfort. Jewelneed is another name for this p ison antidote. It is a plant growing a.ioui fwo feet high, bearing a pale yellow flower, spotted With, brown, with a hanging sac, broader than ong. The leaves and blossoms should be steeped and the poisoned parts bathed with the tea. Northern Wisconsin contains many’ acres of fine timber and farming lands, which are attracting much’attention from home seekers throughout the country. Tomeet the many requests for information relative to this section of the country, Frederick Abbot, Milwaukee, Wis., the Land Commissioner of the Wisconsin Central Itsilroad, has prepared a very handsome booklet, filled with maps, illustrations and much valuable information, which he will send free to any one requesting the same. The Dowager-Duchess of VAbercorn recently bad four grandchildren horn In one day. One of her daughters had a son. then another had a daughter, and Anally a third had twins. Woodwork and floors are now stained with a color called lorest green. It harmonizes with draperies and coverings of almost any color.

Wliat Is more fascinating than a complexion tinted like the rarest seashell and" purified by the use of Glenn’s Sulphur Soap? Of druggists. The late Lord Leighton’s personal estate, aiH*raised at two hundred and-thirty-five thousand dollars, goes by will to his two sisters. When the scalp is atrophied, or shinybald, no preparation will restore the hair; in all other eases. Hall's Hair Kehewer will start a growth. Every great cause was once In a minority of one, as. a forest of oaks sprang from a single acorn. Piso’s Cure for Consumption Is the only cough medicine used tn my house.—B. C. Albright, Mifflinburg, Pa., Dec. 11. ’95.