POISON IN WOODEN LEG

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 5 March 1914, Page 7

POISON IN WOODEN LEG

THIEF'S DRAMATIC SUICIDE. . A bewildering containins all thYelements oi the most de tective romance, has developed out oi the inexplicable death of the old manwith a Jooden leg who fell the street, at Antwerp, after bem accused of having' abstracted a. buncue. tfiiotes missing dSom the counter of the. Credit Bank a moment before.- It has now been conclusively established that the man was-a British subject _ and a veteran criminal, and further that be committed suicide. > , A customer at the Credxt Bank suddenly missed a number of notes, to the value 3 £240, that had been lying before him on the counter. He immediately recollected having been addressed a moment before by an old man with a wooden lee, who asked him a question about a foreign banknote which he displayed. .Believing that, the stranger was the thief, the customer dashed out into the street after him. ■. He speedity caught up with the old man, who was stumping along on his wooden leg, and touched him on the arm. The old cripple turned round and looked-at him, then fell to the-ground without a sound. When.they

DYSPEPTICS NEED NOT DIET. A SIMPLE MEANS OF PREVENTING FOOD FERMENTATION. Food fermentation, is the "cause pf-i'i-the discomfort and pain dyspeptics suffer It does ifot necessarily follow, iioweveiy that in order, to obtain relief they mutt deny themselves the enjoyment they derive from eating so-called indigestible ( luxuries. The most satisfactory method of overcoming the difficulty would be to prevent the fermentation from occurring at all, and this can be done by. a; very simple -means. It must first be explained that most of the foods 'we eat contain a certain' quantity of acid-forming elements, and indigestible foods, _of course, ' contain a larger proportion. When these foods are eaten, the acid collects, irritates, the wall of the stomach, and causes the food to ferment, while-it is digesting. This-fermenting food also gives off gas which distends the- stomach, causing that full, uncomfortable feeling- so often noticed after eating. The root of the trouble is the vehfc the fermentation, this acidity vent the fermeneation, this _ acidity must'be neutralised, and for this purpose ordinarv bisurated magnesia has .been found most valuable. Try half a teaspoonful in a quarter gl&ss of warm water after eating,; and see low quickly it will relieve any signs of fermentation. A second dose should be taken later in cases where the acidity is greater, and the discomfort returns. Any chemist will supply bisurated magnesia, and if. you always carry some you can eat what food you wish and have no fear of inconveni-' ence. Be sure you bisurated magnesia, as this is the only form that effectually neutralises the acid, and at",the same time'may be used regularly without harmful after-effects^*

picked him. up fc's> was dead. Tlie postmortem examination 'stowed' that, tehad committed suicide by swallowing a dose of syanide'of potassium.' The'missing bank-notes were not'found on him, and, stranger still,' the foreign bank-note hejiad exhibited at the bank was likewise nowhere to be found-.' The cripple's identity was. conclusively established . He was named Jasper Beed, arid was born at Montreal in 1838. His leg was amputated, in prison "while i he was undergoing a sentence for the theft of £4BO in another -Antwerp bank..ln a cavity of the wooden leg .a, phial of poison was discovered.