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Samoa Times and South Sea Gazette, Issue 10, 8 December 1877, Page 2

Tltl'ii.a.—ln our paragraph under tlii.s heading in last issue, we state that Manga, in answer to a message sent to It it 11 from the German war ship Augusta, said "at the Taiuiua and i'aipule had lost more men than he had, he could not see that he was called upon to deliver himself up." We are informed that it should read " afraid to deliver himself up." Since the Augusta left, the Government party have made proposals to which he replied, " leave off intimidating, we are not freightencd." Camphor as a Poison - . —As many residents in these islands have great faith in camphor for the cure of various complaints, we wish to draw their attention to the following paragraph taken from the " Medical Examiner " : " Dr. George Johnson has reported another case of poisoning by homoeopathic camphor, the notes of which were furnished by Mr. Grubb, of Warminster. A young gentleman, aged 18, wishing to cure a cold, took on sugar in the course of six horn's seven doses of homoeopathic camphor, each dose containing three drops. Within rive minutes after taking the last dose, without the slightest warning, he had a severe epileptic fit, which lasted more than a quarter of an hour. The use of camphor for the cure of colds is rapidly extending, and the people who use it have not the slightest idea that they are playing with a poison."