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NEWS ARE SUNDRIES. 
stock but once a day with corn. The other two meals are made 
by “ staking ” on hlood-weed. There are many instances where 
crops are raised by feeding the work-stock exclusively on this 
weed. 
A new Vesicant. —Dr. Jose Armengue, of Barcelona, has 
lately brought to the notice of the profession a new vesicant, 
which in many respects would appear to he far superior to can- 
tharides. The new material is derived from the (Enas afev , a 
coleopterous insect, which at certain seasons of the year appears 
in enormous quantities in many parts of Spain. From experi¬ 
ments which Prof. Armengue has instituted, on his own person 
and on several medical students, he is led to claim for the (Enas 
afer , as a vesicant, the following advantages over cantharides: it 
is cheaper; it acts without appreciable pain ; it is equally power¬ 
ful; and it does not, so far as his experiments have yet shown, 
affect the genito-urinary system. If its non-infiammatory action 
can he established hy further experiment, it is probable that the 
Enas afer will he a valuable addition to the materia medica. 
A Close Call. —Our associate, Prof. James Law, of Cornell 
University, Ithaca, N. Y., had a narrow escape from death on 
Thursday of last week. By mistake he took a six-grain dose of 
morphine in place of quinine, and administered the same deadly 
dose to his daughter, wdio was also ailing. As soon as the symp¬ 
toms began to appear the facts Hashed upon his mind, and hy the 
aid of the telephone prompt assistance was summoned, and the 
two lives were saved. We congratulate the stock-breeding in- 
terests of America upon Dr. Law’s escape from this peril. His 
death just now would have been a national calamity, as we have 
no man among us qualified hy nature, education and habits of 
mind to take up the work which he now has in hand, and in which 
he has already done such signal service. May his days of useful¬ 
ness he yet long in the land.— The Breeders'' Gazette. 
Important change in U. S. Quarantine .Regulations.— 
By a telegram from Mr. J. II. Sanders, member of the U. S. 
Treasury Cattle Commission, and editor of the Gazette , we are 
informed that the Government will modify its method of com- 
