(HE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURO, PA
2
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in 11. s. us.
Qovernment Discovered
That Great Quantities
Were Sold to Users.
NEGROES FORM HABIT
I vrc Food Experts Arc on the Trnrk
! Medicines Which Contain I lie
I rt. I'se or This 'Dope" is Sold
! !: a Greater Kvll Than Wills
Ley llrlnkl.ig
Wa.-;liinstitii t. -'. Alarmed by
the extent to which tl.e cocaine habit
liua aprcud In tuo la! ;tr cities of the
Country the I'ost Olllco Department
bas Issued an order aeuvlng the use
of the malls 1 1 cocaine or Its deriva
tives. To do this It was round neces
sary to extend the provisions of Sec
tion 4 of the Postal regulations.
Uovernment reports show that an
enormous amount of cocaine Is cent
throtiKl) the malls each year, and that
this class of matter Is steadily grow
ing greater. The crusades waged
against the habits In the cities have
driven the "dr ; fiends" to seek oth
er means of procuring the powder,
und the mails have been the Innocent
channels through which the work ct
the crusaders has lietn rendered uu
tlnlly ineffective. .Much of the co
value that has pasie-t through la."
mails has be-n in he i.irni of so
rallerl merltclnps. These "nied'cines
will also tail under the ban.
The action of the Po;t Oi'lee Oe
partment was taken by authority ot
Congress granted at the last setslon,
wnen It Included a prohlb.tlon
aaint the drug In wr.klng u; the
department's appropriation bill. It
was saht by the Post Ottloo authori
ties that the order had r. genesis In
the attempt of certain Southern leg
islators to have a general order pass
ed prohibiting the sending of Intoxi
cating liquors Into prohibition States
either through the malls or by com
mon carriers engaged in Inter-State
trade.
ft developed that In the South the
habit had fixed Itself to an a'armlng
degree on the negroes. The curse of
cocaine, in fact, Is said to be aa
reat if not a greater menaca to the
peace of thai section or the country
than the liquor habit.
The difficulty faced by those who
iv. ve tried to combat the evil in the
't.i has been the ease with which
. drug has hitherto been obtained.
. !ii!e druggists selling the liquor
thout a physician's prescription
'...,'3 been arrested time and again
and frequently convicted, there has
been much more cocaine obtained by
those addicted to Us use than ever
was purohased over the counters ot
drug stores.
fi'.ueh of the additional supply
came directly from the manufactur
ers to the purchasers through the
malls. Being a dry substance and
susceptible of packing so that Its real
nature was readily concealed, it lent
Itself to mailing.
The great increase in medicine
that contain cocaine in great quanti
ties has been a source of uneaslneu
to the Uovernment. There are
great number of such "remedies"
and the Bureau of Chemistry of th
Agricultural Department is aftet
them under the Pure Food Law.
The charge has been made that co.
calne has even found its way into
the proprietary drinks sold to th
public at soda fountains. Or. H. W.
Alley, Chief of the Buerau of Chem
istry, only a short time age, publicly
denounced one such drink. He de
clared it contained cocaine, and be
cause of his statements Its sale at
army posts and lr. the navy was pro
hibited. Among the negroes of the cltlei
the use of cocaine has assumed very
large proportions. Government
agents who have Investigated the
matter in conjunction with State au
thorities have discovered that a regu
larly established trade Is pursued in
furnishing the drug to its users.
The peddlers are to the drug busi
ness what the "boot-leggers" are to
the liquor traffic. They carry their
stock in trade with them and sell it
in unique measure. Instead of giv
ing their customers so many grains
for a certain sum, they sell it by the
"card." A customer may purchase)
anywhere from a "deuce" to. a 'ten"
card of "coke," as the drug Is know
in thu vernacular by those who use
it. The peddler tpreads the powder
thinly over the spots on a playing
card. His charge depends on th
denomination or the card, and is
based on the number or spots he has
to cover to complete the sale.
The United States is a party to a
treaty to stamp out the opium traffic,
and for years agitators have insisted
that the cocaine traffic should also
t attacked. Whether the Govern
nrtnt will take any further step to
ward' combating the transportation
vl the drug has not yet been const. I
cred. An Extraordinary Condition.
A remarkable condition arose in
the Muskogee (Okla.) clearing house
the other day. When members of
tne association met to adjust their
bank clearings, it was round that
there was 140,000 in checks in the
day's business, and that when settle
ment was made the accounts of. each
bank against all other banks bal
uuced to a -penny. No bank bad to
ptiy a cent to any other.
NO XKW MODUS Von CORKANS.
They Are Mkely to llebel if fhe Jap
nr.ese Call for Different Clothed.
It Is reported that the Japanese
iropo3 to force the!r own style of
dress upon the a'ready rebellious
Coreans. Such an attempt would
probably ho followed by a repetition
cf the serious and in sonio cases ran
guinary results that arose a few
years ngo out jf the Japanese at
tempt to force the shaving of the
Corean topknot.
It seems to be one of the peculiar
twists of the Japanese national char
acter that the first yoke they would
impose uion a subject people should
he In the nature of sumptuary laws.
Although free themselves to borrow
from outside civilization and adapt to
their own purpose.) all that they feel
necessary even down to the plujr hat
ol convention, the Japanese inrlft
whenever they have the chanco that
those whom they rule shall follow
their domestic customs willy nllly.
Now the Corean hates change for
change's sake first, and more bitteriy
will he oppose change when initiate !
by his implacable enemy from across
Tsushima straits. In the matter of
his dress the Corean believes that
what has been good enough for his
ancestors for unnumbered hundreds
of years. Is good enough for him,
even though doctors tnay explain to
him that half the deaths In winter
come from the ridiculously Inade
quate linen lawn dress that lie' wears.
The present Corean starched skirt
and horsehair lint, shaped In the
semblance of a fly screen to set on
a butter dish, are just what the Chi
nese of the Ming dynasty usod to
wear about four hundred years ago.
The skirt and bagged trousers of the
Corean, man and woman alike, are
white, winter and summer. White
!s the mourning color all over Mon
golian territories, and a strange
story is told by the Coreins them
selves to account for this mourning
garb.
It Eeenis that hunoreds of years
nyn there was an epidemic of pois
on'ngs among the royal family.
Crown princes, royal concubines "and
He rs of the blood were dying with
unpleasant regularity.
Kvery time there was a death In
the royal family all the subjects of
the King were forced to wear tho
mourning oolor for the space of ono
year. The ancient Coreans : rew so
weary of paying forced respect to
royal ghosts that t'hey became living
ghosts themselves by donning the
mourning white for good and all.
That Is the way this dead land of
the Orient became peopled with
these white spectres that now flit
listlessly out of the path of the oon
quering Japanese, wondering in their
dull way when fortune will turn and
they will be rid of the little brown
pest. The Coreans will probably
continue to pay exorbitant taxeg to
their conquerors, to stand passite
while their agrarian and mineral
rights are taken from them; but if
the men from Japan attempt to trifle
with what this spiritless shadow
wears on his back or on his head he
will suddenly materialize into quiv
ering militant flesh.
The Best Men.
"I can get an English coachman
a place twice as quickly as a Ger
man or a Yankee coachman," said
an employment agent. "Each coun
try, I find, is supposed to turn out
one kind of workman of peculiar ex
cellence. Thus England's specialty
is the stableman.
"France's specialty is the chauf
feur. The cook, too, is a specialty
of France.
"Scotland Is noted for its engi
neers, and In the field of sport for
its goir coaches.
"The Swiss are considered to be
tho best watchmakers. It is never
any trouble to get a Swiss watch
maker a job.
' The Swedes are the best sail
era. "Gerrr.ar.3 are at a premium as
ar.-wory hands.
"Ital'ans ure in demand as plas
ter workers, a trade wherein they
wonderlul'y excel." Chicago Inter
Ocvan. Vicious Ci'Iifdrn.'a Blackbirds.
Thousands or savage blackbirds
Infest the city, and in some of the
suburbs they are so bold thut dogs
are Kept on the jump avoiding them,
men on bicycles are sometimes
chased for blocks and pedestrians
pecked on the heads if they happen
under trees where there are nests.
Tho birds usually fight in pairs.
If a man with a very white hat
cor. as alcng, they swoop down, beat
it with their wings and claw it with
the rage of wounded eagles. Fre
quently they aim their sharp beaks
at the victim's eyes and he has d ffl
cultyjn defending himself.. The
painful yelping of cornered canines
attracts tlockg of tho birds and then
the fur flies. San Francisco Chron
icle. Where Hippocrates Lectured.
Tile oldest tree In the world Is to
be found In the iBle of Cos, on the
coast of ABta Minor. It is a platane.
under the shade of which Hippo
crates, tho rather or medicine, lec
tured to his pupils. Now as the
tree at that time must have seen
many years, the tree, It would seem,
id considerably over 2,500 years old.
The trunk has a circumference of
32 , reet and it still bears a lear,
but decay is apparent and two of
the principal limbs have to be sup
ported by brick pillars. London
Globe.
THE CARE OF LINEN
HINTS ON HOW TO PROLONG ITS
LSKFLLNKSS.
Mko Kvcrj thing KIko It Requires n
Rest Occasionally Will Keep
Longer and Look Better if t!i'.
Rule is Followed.
Few housekeepers realize that ti'i
linen in constant use will keep lonRer
If It is allowed to "rest" Bt t tnev
This same principle holds good with
garments and various toilet articles
Take for example tho plar followe.l
by a woman whoso house linen Is
limited, and who likes to make It
last. She has a family or three ami
keeps out eight sheets each week. As
soiled ones come In freeh rrom thi?
laundry she places them always at
the bottom or the pile, so In th s way
the same sheet Is not used two weel-
in succession, but Is sure of a fort
night If not ' three weeks'Test."
In a store closet she keeps two oth
er piles of eight, and every two
months tho sets of Bheets that have
been In use are put Into the stoic
I lace, another set being put into 1 !u
cupboard for weekly u-se. The ar
rargement takes very little time an I
It Is more than worth while In ri.
pnvinrr of linen. Pillow caFes nn I
tov els she manages In the same way,
oHy the quantity of the latter Is
greater. Her table linen Is used fm
Fix months and then put away for a
yer.r.
Luxurious as it may sound to have
viieh a quantity of linen, the gather
If;: of It Is inexpensive, for the wom
en buys n i.heet or table cover oc
casionally and puts it away, thus
l-ep'ng her Etore in condition. At
the Fatno time pieces wear out so
f.ov.ly that there is never much loss
to bo made good at one time, and the
pocket hook is saved accordingly.
Urieii sheets like others wear first
In the centre, and it repays to slit
tliem down tho middle to get tho
figes in tho place. This is done by
tearing them In two lengthwise. The
selvages, are then overhanded togeth
er witr. very Sne cotton, that a big
ream s'inll not be made, and Uien
f te raw edges are hemmed. The llfo
of a sheet is greatly prolonged if
this Is dono In time.
Tooth and nail bushes should al
ways be had In sets of twos, If not
threes, because bristles fall usually
because of having become soft from
constant wetting. Therefore If they
are thoroughly dried fairly often
their usefulness Is prolonged.
For example, a woman who
keeps two tooth brusnes In use at
the same time, using one every oth
er day, will And that the two will
last longer than two others would if
one was worn out before beginning
on the second. All tooth brushes
should hang when not In use, to al
low the moisture to run 3tt.
Shoes last much longer if they are
rested for a month, the leather be
ing well oiled when put away. Un
derclothes like house linen, endure
longer by the rotation method.
Care of the I-Yet.
Women do not realize the import
ance of changing the shoes often in
caring for the welfare of the feet.
Many buslnes women will wear the
same shoes day arter day, until they
are thrown away, too old to wear.
Shoes, like everything else, neel
a rest, and if women would have at
least two pairs and alternate rrom
one to the other rrom day to day,
the reet would be kept in much bet
ter condition am. the Bhoes would
outlet three pairs of shoes that nrj
never changed.
Shoes need to be aired thoroughly
iv.ry day, and if they are put on day
after day without proper airing and
drying, they will become harl anl
rlienltay to wear.
A.'tcr n Ions walk It is necessary tu
f the ho8. The fed aro tire J
and soro and need a change. .The
fret fhotild bo bathed directly rfter
the walk in warm water and pure
soap and then bathed with either ul-
!:oI or hot vinegar In the water.
It will sooths tired, aching fett,
1. toft slippers aro put on aft?r tin
heavy walking shoe. The house s' oj
Fhnuirt bo soft and the heeU should
bo lower than the walking shoe.
The Diligent Worker.
To be diligent Is to be prabo
wort hy.
The diligent worker never hurries,
r.nd always gets satisfaction out of
her work.
She never Blackens pace In her
labcrs unless there Is some c.:fllculty
in her path that she Is forced to sur
mount. She .; quick In dibattng .-. question
and reaches a conclusion In r. reas
onable lenrrth of time.
Ever ready to facilitate her mode
of working, Bhe finds tho easiest way
out of difficulties and In this manner
Eood work Is noted by her superior
and she wins their hlgDest esteem.
In line of promotion it is the dili
gent worker that comes first. She
looked upon by her feliow-workers aa
a model and all pattern after her.
To diligent is to be quite worth
while.
Weigh and Measure,
Most culinary failures come from
the habit of gur- ting. Weigh every
thing that Is to be weighod and
measure carefully all other Ingre
dients. Do this, even If you have
made the article repeatedly, and yoa
will bo spalred unpleasaut surprises
la spoiled dishes at Important momenta.
1TATS OF ANCIENT TIMES.
The I'nnunia and Oother Sccni nsy
Modern lfendgenr Dates Back,
Tho high hat, has, In fact, a fyra
runner In evtn more nnclont history.
The Egyptians, clear back before the
straw lesi brick scandal, worn a hl;h
cuoo!a-shape;l affair as a sign of roy
al authority. I believe the thinj
was queered later, says a Bro.il way
hatter in an Interview In tie Naw
York Tribune, and came to b wo. n
by tho contractors and suction ho 's-.'S
on the royal pyramids. The Rom
ans finished their toppers oft in a
point, I believe, and tho pr ests had
some sort of freak skull cap w.th a
point like a spear-head. Things got
mixed up a little In tin reign of the
lamented Charles the One In Eng
land, when the hot-pollollsh put on
the steeple hat, high and narrow,
with broad brim and no decorat'nn,
and left the aristocratic Cavallerj
to wear the low, broad crowns with
feathers In them, sort of a prototype
of the berlbboned Pasama here.
Fact Is, near as I ran dope It out,
all the wonders are lineal tlsseend-
j ants of something thnt hapi elied to
our forbears bruin ra.es. Thn Pan
ama, for Instance, and Its poor rel
ative, the pln'n straw, date back to
the Century before Ch-'st In Egypt.
From there It migrated to Morocco,
then to Spain, and on to these Unit
ed States. Caps are almost as eld
as crartlums. The Egyptians had
'em and so did the Greeks. The old
18th and cnrly 19th century rocked
hat, which L In Imminent danger of
walking do earth r.g.i'n soon, had a
forbear In Anrlont Greece.
The cap sprung direct from tlva
turban, which itse'f was the only
child and heir of the fillet, the Adam
among huts, which was a s'liiplo
band used to keep the locks of anc
clcat r.ian out of his eyes while ho
made Kuusnge meat of his neighbor.
That was befo-e tonsorlnl artists had
decorated the corners with striped
poles and when a shampoo would
have been conslderd a sign of de
generacy. Some will have It
though, that the wig was the origi
nal progenitor of tho hat family.
Anyhow, tho human specimen who
followed along after the cave man
used to make himself beautiful by
sticking flowers and feathers In his
hair. Then the institution of mar
riage was invented and men began
to lose their hair Consequently,
they had to have wigs to stick the
feathers in. You hear how that
hats cause baldness. According to
this other line of dope, baldness
caused hats.
Then history did another return
engagement. After old Cromwell
got his in England they reverted
partly to the pre-hat period, shaved
their heads and put on wigs. Then
they wore hats only occasionally,
and that merely for show.
Pearls Are a Disease.
Pearls have been lately studied
by zoologists, and their true history
made known. They are a disease,
caused, like so many other dlseas,
by an infecting parasite. They are
round much as we see them In lew
elry, as little lustrous spheres im
bedded in the soft bodies of mus
sels, oysters and even some kinds of
whelks, but they are not found In
the shellfish like crabs and lobsters,
called Crustacea. Pink pearls are
found, In some kinds of pink-shelled
whelks. A pearl-mussel or pearl
oyster has a pearly lining to Its shell,
which Is always being laid down
layer by ayer by the surface or the
mussel's or oyster's body, where It
rests In contact with the shell, v, hlch
consequents Increases In thickness.
If a gram Of sand or a little fish gets
In between the shell and the soft
body of Its maker, it rapidly Is coated
over with a layer of pearl, and so
a pearly boss or lump is produced
projecting on the Inner face of tho
(hell, and forming part of it. The??
are called "blister pearls," and are
very beautiful, though of little value
Blnce they are not complete all
ronnd, but merely knobs or the
general "mother-or-pearl" surface.
These blister pearls can be produced
artificially by introducing a hard
body between the shell and the Br
ing oyster or mussel. Weekly Tele
graph. His Old College Chums.
A conductor sent a new brakeman
to put somo tramps off a train; they
were riding in a box-car. The
brakeman dropped into the car and
said, "Where are you fellows go
ing?" "To Atchison." "Well, you
can't go to Atchison on this train,
bo get oft." :You get," came the
reply, and as the new brakeman was
looking into the business end or a
gun he took the advice given him
Bud "got." He wont back to the
caboose and the conductor asked
him U he had put the rellows off.
"No," he answered, "I did not have
the heart to put them oft. They
want to go to Atchison, and, be
sides, they are old schoolmates of
mlae." The conductor used some
very strong language and then said
he would put them oft himself. He
went over to the car and met with
tho came experience as the brake
man. When he got back to tlib ca
boose the brabeman a;d, "Well,
did you put them off?" ' Ntiw, tlt3y're
schoolmates ot mine, too." Well
ington (Kan.) News.
For Lovers Ct.i'iHMjx'jKVnri,
A disappearing pupor hag n.nv
bean UovIbbiI for lover coiraiponrt
enne. It la utoopeil In sulphuric
acid and after a certain t'tuo it
cruaiylei into dust.
The Kind You Have Always
In use for over 30 years
- - and has been made under his per
tV Bonftl supervision sinco Its infancy.
All Counterfeits, Imitations and Just-as-good" aro but
Experiments that trifle with and endanger tho health of
Infants and Children Experience against Experiments
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contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotlfr
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and allays Feverislincss. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind
Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Count! pat Ion
and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the
Stomach and Dowels, giving healthy and natural sleep.
Tho Children's Panacea Tho Mother's Friend.
GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS
JO
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