18 APRIL 1896, Page 15

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SrccriT08."1 SIR,—Perhaps the following may

be new to your readers :— A. lecturer on chemistry said : " One drop of this poison placed on the tongue of a. cat is sufficient to kill the strongest man." Lieutenant Ellizon said the Royal Niger Company wished to kill him to prevent him going up the river until next year.