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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (April 14, 1907)
Till: OMAHA SrNDAV I'KK: APRIL 14. 3 107. A OMAHA srNDAV WKK: AVUUi RATES FOR IiOMESEEKERS Railroads Pn to Gr Feople (Jnt to Vicant 1d;!s PERSONALLY CONLUCUD EXCURSIONS urllnstoit llns h oar on . he.lnlr ti Get Krlltrr for 111 Horn Hsalti and Other Parts of West. With the dlseontlnuani t of IjiiiInK free transportation to the land agents of the wont the railroads are moved to devise im other scheme In upbuild the unsettled portions of the western states. Pome will i work along one line nnd mi" another. Tho passenger department of the Burlington has arranged for four personally conducted land-seekers' excursions Into the Dig Horn twain, the datea of which are May 7 and 1 and June 4 and IS. These will be run on heap homeaeekers' rates with 11. tiem teaver, head of the land-seekers' Informa tion bureau of the Uurllngtnn. In charge. The Burlington will advertise these exeur-alo-f moat extensively from the Allegheny mo tin tain a to the Missouri river. The rates will alao be good to the Yellow tons valley, where la located the Huntley project, the tract of an.fXO aires Irrigated by the government and which will be thrown open to settlement this summer, according to plans yet to be determined by the government. This will be, when com pleted, one of the moot complete tracts rer thrown open by any government for ettlefnent, a telephones will run to the farm houses, which will also be supplied with electric lights. This tract, together With the other large areas along the Big Horn river which will be open for settle ment this summer. Is expected to nttrnct large numbers of prospective settlers to the "northwest. Bill MrTune'a Dob's. Colonel William McCune, western agent f the Buffalo Bill Wild West show, passed through Missouri Valley Friday en route to New York with his hundred Indians, in cluding bucks and squaws and children. George Wt mi of the Northwestern and Harry Mioores of the) Wabash accompanied Mr. McCune to assist In looking after the Indiana. "McCune had tho worst looklnt-j bunch of dogs I ever saw In my life," snld Oeorge West, when he returned Saturday. "I have een a lot of curs running l' "e, but that bunch of Indian dogs toolc the cake. They were lean and lank and scurvy and ought urely to attract attention with the show, If for nothing more than their homeliness." W. H. Cunfley, representative In this territory of the Denver & Rio Grande, wna In Omaha Saturday arranging for the heavy summer tourist business, which Is expected over all the western railroads. "We are looking for a larger business this summer than during any previous year," said Cundey. "More people seem to be traveling now-a-days than ever before and the cry of "see America first' seems to be the. motto they are following." HOT FOOTING ON A TRAIL Bearer of Government Dispatches Walked ftlnety Miles In Twenty-Poor Hoars. H. M. Huber, better known as "Reindeer BUI," has Just completed a record breaking trip to Nome, making the distance of ninety miles on foot In twonty-four hours, walking time. Bill carried private govern ment correspondence and registered mail which It was Important to get on the, steamship Indiana, the last boat to leave Kama for the outside. "The Indiana was discharging freight at Polomon on my arrival," Huber said In peaking of his trip, "but drew Its anchor next morning. It caught me at Cape Nome road housj and beat me Into Nome about three and a half hours. I got my mall aboard on time. "I returned to Council with a supply of newspapers. In addition, my load Included magaxtnes, two pairs of skates, one wo man's bonnet for Christmas and Nome newspapers for subscribers along the trail. There were also a lot of lamp chimneys, as the electrto light plant which 1b in transit has not yet reached here." In order that there may be no dispute "Reindeer Bill" has the arriving and leav ing time at all way stations made on the trip and the final time Is attested by the t'nlted States marshal and commissioners In Nome and Council. During the Spanish war he served In the Philippines and earned the name of "Hiking Hube." be eauae he was the beat man In his regiment on the tramp, hitting only the high places. Seattle Times. Our grail stretch of magnificent show windows portray the great values inside Telephone Douglas 981. mini1 Kith V AJND HOWARD Pont let these values pass unheeded they are positively unparalleled. Telephone Douglas 981. A Gigantic Manufacturer's Purchase marvelous purchases that overshadow all previous efforts and stands forth as a notable illustration of our progressiveness P Dress Laces, Embroideries and Lace Curtains This is undoubtedly the greatest purchase of the sea- son it's not an aggregation of odds and ends discard. ed patterns or old stock but brand new up-to-date merchandise that through our tremendous capacity for absorntion and purchasing resourcefulness makes it possible to give you these phenomenal reductions in spite of all textile price advances ITS THE DAYLIGLT STORKS METHOD OF KEEPING DOWN THE 11 AVID ADVANCE OF HIGH PRICES 7 LACE CURTAINS OF STRIKING BEAUTY An army that is positively uncqualccl. A most com nt n price that make oilile one-fourth, one-third and t Ingham, HrusM'N, Swiss and Madras Curtains that o 200 pairs Swiss Ruffled Curtains, 2 yards suitable for bed Rooms and worth 5oc, for 39c long, 19c White Nottingham Lace Curtains Long, in Brussei net effect und handsome figure designs, values that are worth from 5Uc to 7 5c, pr. White Nottingham Curtains, 3 yards long. ItruKsels net effect with handsome border, worth $1.1!5 "7 r a pair, for only, pair i DC White Nottinnham Curtains, 3 yards long, fill Inches wide, Brussels net effect, floral designs with beauti ful border and worth J 1.75 a pair, fi for only, per pair I.UU Kcru Nottingham Lace Curtains, 3 yards long, 52 Inches wide, Brussels net effects, polka dot pattern. with wide border, worth $2.00 pair, for only, per pair White Nottingham and White Cable Net Curtains i a yards long, Nottingham Imitation Brussels Net, 52 inches wide with neat border, and Cable Net Curtains with applique borders, two splendid values at $2.50, in this great sale, pr. White Brussels Net and White Nottingham Lace Cur tains, 50-in. wide, 3 and 3 yards long, with beauti ful borders, a fine value at $3.00, f) C during this sale, per pair ! J prehensive display of new and beautiful Curtains, bought one-half price reductions. Thousand of pairs Not truy nothing hut elegance. White Nottingham Curtains ISxtra fine, 3 H yards long, Brussels net effect, pretty borders, worth $4.50, for, pair 3.95 1.25 .1.50 18 fi : , !KswriW CM r fi . 'mm msm mfmm Beautiful Cur- lain N e t by I he Vard A great variety of colorings and designs priced especi ally for this sale, per yard, 75c down to 7 V2 C We Present Also Some ICx e x traorditiary Values in line Bussels N" o t, Nottingham & Madras Cur tains at $6, $5, $4.5u, $4.23, $3.98. $3.73, and $3 pair. DRESS NETS. TRIMMINGS AND FINE EMBROID ERIES And, O, such wonderful qualities and values. The most delicate kinds, the most Intricate designs, tho most elaborate patterns. Think of It! 45-ln. Dress Nets, Imported Venice, Baby Irish, Val, Silk Gimpuie, Linen, Batiste, Chiffon and Jet Bands, Applique, Fes toons, Oaloons and Medallion, Allovej- Embroidered Chiffons and Spangled Nets, white, black, cream and colors, 22-ln. Allover Embroidery and 9 to 24-In. Flouncing Embroidery, the finest of Nainsook. Not one yard of this great lot sold for less than $1.00, and up to $5.00. On sale Monday and m Q Tuesday for only, per yard tOC See the Great Display Window. 39c Allover Embroideries, Monday, 10c In conjunction with this jjreat sale we place our entire stock of fine Imported Embroideries, Matched Sets, at the great discount of 20 7i. All new goods, some that have never been shown, strong, heavy and dainty embroidery on the very sheerest of Nainsooks, Allovers, 2 to 2 7-inch Edging and Flouncings, 1 to 9-in. Bands, Insertions, Beadings, Appliques to match at $5.-00 a yard down to 15c a yard all in Monday's and Tuesday's sale at 20 per cent discount. Now Is ths time to make your wants known through The Bee Want Ad page. HOTELS BURIED IN SNOW Ikllcra Find Two Uriir Modern tluild Inss on mat us Mountains Are Covered. GENEVA. April lS.-(8peoJal.)-Sme k tiers who climbed to the summit of the Pilatus mountains w'n surprised to And that the two large modern hotels on tho lummit had disappeared. They discovered soma chimney rising a few feet from the snow belonKlng to the Grand Hotel ril&tuakulm, which Is four stories In height. The snow on the I'llatus must, therefore, be at least aixty feet leejx. The sellers failed to And traces of the second hotel, which Is equally butf. but which happened to be built a few feet far ther down the slop. Millinery of Elegance Hats Trimmed Free Pattern Hats at $10 and $15 A gorgeous showing of Pattern Hats at these prices lias been prepared for your choosing. You canuot real ize the grandeur and elegance of these goods until you have person ally taken a peep at them. As to style, we repeat, as on several oc casions before, that "O'D.-Il.-N. Co." millinery cannot be excelled in the United States. Splendid pro fusion of styles to select from Mon day at $10 and 15 A Trimmed Hat Purchase 565 hats bought from an eastern manufac turer at an awful sacrifice. All the season's best shapes and materials are used in the production of these hats. They would sell readily at $5 to $7 for Mon day we offer them in two lots, at 1.95 and $3.95 mf mm mm lfJ ' 13-98.' $3.73,' at J5-00 a J'ai'd down to 15c a yard all in Monday's I lots, your choice Monday 70 K i'-I'J nd j's nair. ' and Tuesday's salo at 20 per cent discount. I tor C New aLid Desirable Silks and Dress Goods a.t Greatly Reduced Prices LADIES' SUITS Our Great Sample Suit Salo was such a success Sat urday that we are roIiib to offer you still greater in ducements for Monday's shopping we will ndd to this great assemblance of Sample Suits many of our $20, will be placed on sale Monday at T 1 fl best Stock Suits that fold at $17.50 to CplU Silk I-:ton Coats Plain and Fancy Eton Coats of flue quality Taffeta in striped and tailored coats, light and black linings, some lace nnd fdlk hrald trimming. These coats were boupht at 33 off wholesale price. Monday we will sell coats made to sell at $14.50 for $9.90, $12.50 for $3. 95, M fr $11.50 for $7.95, $7.50 for . J J Muslin Underwear Shirts In beautiful lace or embroidery trimmed, extra full Kiirments, elegantly finished, regular $1.50 and $1.75 shirts, on salo Monday lift for v. I.IV Misses Percale Wrappers at Half Price Fine quality Percales In reds, black and white and blue and white, neat patterns, mostly small sizes. wrappers that sold at ysc sizes 32, 34 and 3C, Monday your choice Infants' Silk and Swiss Donnets Dainty Creations In Tucks, Hemstitching and Shirring lionnets, that sold for $1.75, $2.00 and $2.25. odd 49c Sl'KCIAL SILK KALK. Some exceptional values for Mon day's quick Belling. Shower lroof I'tuilards Navy bluo, coin dot effect, in all sizes; this is considered the best spot proof fou lard made and is sold everywhere at $1.00 a yard; special for Mon day only, yard 7. Another Itui'KHin Why pay 7 5c a yard for soft messallne silks when we will sell the same quality Mon day, In all plain shades, at. .5S lilack Silk Taffeta An excellent quality and extremely desirable now, our regular quulity of S5c Boft chiffon taffeta, 2 7 Inches wide, for, yard 58 DItKSS ;M)1S SPKCIALS. Five pieces of black chiffon voile, 4 5 Inches wide, the correct dress and skirt fabric actually worth $1.50 yard will be sold Monday, as long as they last at, yard 98 Fifty pieces of black and colored dress goods, Including mohairs those are very desirable dress fab rics, which never sold less than $1.25 yard; Monday we make the exceptionally low price of. a yard G9 Twenty-five pieces check suitings, In black and w hite, blue and white, green and white, brown and white and many others In the leading shades and popular fabrics for skirts and children's dresses; actual selling price 75c Monday's price only Itrokcji Lot lOc nnd 75c Ores (iood-.. 2lc We place on sale a broken lot of 50c and 75c fancy spring dress goods, including checks nnd plaids and other pretty styles. Come early for these, as we reserve the right to limit the quan tity. Monday only, yard. . . -2) Announcement from New Daylight Sanitary Grocery Rooms 1.00 Flour Flour Flour $1.00 On Monday we place on sale 48-lb. sack of Daylight Challenge Flour for $1.00, made from hard winter wheat and guaranteed to give ab solute satisfaction. Try a sa U and be convinced. 4 8 lbs. Daylight Peerless Flour, in towel sack 1.30 This flour has proven a great suc cess In every case. Eiifclihli Breakfast, Gunpowder, Oolong and uncolored Teas 40 And one box, 3 cakes, of Toilet Soap free. Sanitary Prunes, 1 lb 12 H 3 pounds 30 5 pounds 40 Sterilized Prunes, 1 lb 10 3 pounds 30 5 pounds 4,'ick Weeson's Cooking Oil, can...25 Haarmann Assorted Pickles, bottles 3 for 25 See our lino of Vantlne's India, Chinese and Japanese goods; also our Oriental, European and do mestic Toilet and. Bath Soaps. Marroons In cordial and B.vrup Jars C5 Almona Stuffed Olives, bottle 40 Lawn Mixture, Blue Grass, BeanB, Peas, Corn, etc., pkgs. 10c, 15c and 25c 10c Head Rice G 100-lb. Oyster Shells at 65 10 bars Diamond C Soap and one can Old Dutch Cleanser. .. -35 3-lb. can Chase & Sanborn's cof fee 1.00 2-lb. can Wedgwood Coffee. . .50( Bulk, Coffee, up from 15 Tetle'y's Famous Ceylon Teua, per pound 5,"ic 7 Crown Figs, usually sold at 20c, our price 12 Grape Juice in bottles, 10c, 25c and 50 Special on Rex and Diamond C Lard for Monday only: 3-pound can Rex 33 3-pound can Diamond C....3r '5-pound can Rex 55 5-pound can Diamond C....(() Corn Relish In Oil in jar 2oC Hrussells Sprout, can 2iC Monastry Fruits and Vegetables, Jar, from 50c to 1.50 Dahlia Bulbs, assorted colors, each --Sc Vegetable and Flower Seed, 3 fr 10 4oc Oranges, large and sweet, 30 Fresh Fruits and Vegetables every morning. Come to our great S inltary Pure Food Grocery Room Monday and have a sample of Tetley'B Famous Ceylon Teas with wafers, Wedg wood Coffee with wafers, or a glass of pure, unfermented Grape Juice. LAST HOURS Oat of Town People Taking Advunt ' age of the Wonderful Bargain at the Great "Retiring to Whole sale" hale of the FERFIELD T1AXO tXV8. STORK, The Litat Hours of This Record Breaking Kale Are Here Don't Misa Your Opportunity. BUT NOW 1611 FAUN AM KTHEKT It Is a strange fact that out-of-town buysrs ar the ones who have pr'lt.l by wholesale prices prevailing. Never before lias the Omaha puhlic b-en rivci ths opportunity to buy tilg-ri Krade planus at ths prh-rs found hrre. Il1 you eior bear of sm h well-known makes 99 ths Pmlth A Ninon. Kborsole. Hilm-s R-on Prewster. Newman Hros.. Nomtin.le being sold at the unheard of low prices ws ara quoting? Isn't It worth vour time to investigate when wa positively state that we are selling pianos trt f-irmertv Id at liSO. 27&. I.tno, j;5, j!,o 1400 and 69. for S7, S7, M' J' llll. 17s. I19S. til . etr. v won as you to buy unleas we ran at solutelv pro to you that you can buy a plan" here t Just one-half tha regulur price. You can't make 100 per rent per annum on your money then why delay snot her year In buying that new piano? When vou l.uy a piano hera ou don't pay rommUilon to a supposed friend you don't p:v for "fraa" tnuele Inee-ins. hut you do arMutllv get a piano at half or lass than hslf price You know and vour frtrnds know that 'he, pianos sold bv Perfleld hxve always rtv-n Vtlsfacllon. You ara taking no risk In buying one of these planus Remember tha anmssr llll Far nam streat WILLIAll SCULL1 REPORTS Han VUsinr from Omaha for Eieht Yars it in New Orleani. SICK ANI IN MNANCIAL STRAITS Son of Omaha Pioneer Espeeted to Hetarn Home Alter Wanderln Brother Mill Go to Ills Relief. LJke a votca from the dead, after leaving his home and family newly eight years auo, during which time his aged mother has died unknuwn to him, a telegram was received Saturday morning by the Hyron Reed company from William Scully, son of the late Patrick Scully and brother of Joe Scully, who was formerly a city health Inspector, slating that he is sick in New Orleans and In dire need of financial as sistance. With the exception of one letter, dated from New Orleans, shortly after he left Omaha, not a word has been received by members of the family In this city, and he was given up for dead until the telegram came Saturday morning. The story of his suJden departure from home and his present resurrection read like a romance, and It is probable that mem bers of the family will leave for New Orleans Sunday morning to go to his as sistance. Money has. been telegraphed to him aud his return to Omaha will he typi cal of the biblical Btoiy of the prodigal son, except that no father or mother will be here to greet him. Wlten He Left Tcinn. William Scully was born and raised in Omaha and is the son of Patrick and Mary 11. Scully. He hus one brother. Joe Scully, and two sinters. Mis. Frank Tru man and Mrs. Frank IlauJo, all of whom reside In Omaha. Ho attended the umahu public schools and obt.ilned employment in the Inion FuiinY ships as a vleam tiller, where his father had worked fji ) ear a About January 14. 1! William left bis work at the shops and said he intended to take a trip uf a few days. H de parted one naming without tailing an ample supply of iloihing and nciccilng to olxalu wages which were due him at the l"nln Paolno shops. A letter wan received by his mother a few weeks Uter u.t.ng that he was 111 New Orleans, but iid not ! like the south and would return north im mediately and requested membeis of thu 1 imlly not to write until they heard from him again. No word was' received from the yuuu man until ths telegram Saturday 1 ... t u li 1 . which waa sent to lie- Hyron itt-ed com pany, nun 1 he is of which tirm are clone fl lends of the family. t hauars He Will olor Members of hu family are unable to ex pLJn his long atv-ence after he was taken with the wai.ierlut. but It Is believed that he can be induced to return to Omaha. Changes have happened while be has been away rom home. Ills aged mother, Mrs. Mary H. Scully, died May 13 of last year and the pence of her last years waa marred by the silence of her oldest son. He was about 2L years of age, when ho left home and would, therefore, be about S7 years at tho present time. He was un married. Patrick Scully, his father, was well known and one ft the pioneer citizens of Omaha. For thirty years he blew the early morn ing whistle at the t'nion Pacific shops and was killed July 4, 1M6, In a wreck on tho Northwestern near Ixigan, la., on the return trip of an excursion train, which had gone to Ixigan for an Independence day celebration of the Union Pacific Pioneer's asw elation. Joe Scully, his brother, resides at 1710 South Twenty-fifth avenue and will prob ably leave immediately for New Orleans. REMINDER OF OLD TIMES ReI Ink Gives lleallstle Touch to Brakeman'a I,or rtrldne WarnlnB. According to a story told In the Iron Trail, a nagnzlne puhl'shed by nnd for rallroad employes, the present day fireman bn mueh to be thnnkful for. The Btorv rnneerns one John M. Flvnn. now a trnln dispatcher on the Northern r-'etfle. It pops bnrfc to l5Tt, when Plr WPHam Van Horn then plain wiH'am nip rh'ef trnln disi-aleber t Moomlngton. "1 Flvnn was h'?i kid operator. Jost out of Ttionmlnpton w-as an over bend brlrlire that would not clear a man of ord'rnrv belrbt on top of n ear. Thi btiilpe had killed no less thnn fHtepn brake men by knocking them off trains while pnpp'ntr under it. Plr V'illlam. being something of an nrtlnt. took a large sheet of parer and drew a inTm-ntiv. with n ln-T string of cars jtass Ine under thl hrti'ire. On one car was a hrakeman nt 'he wheel, settlne tin the .,- -l e 'in top of the renning board of the s--cond c-r w;i the herd nf th brak'-nrin. wMeh hd been kno- Vel off. nnl red Ink smtterp-l n'l along to Illustrate hi w the poor brake-"-nn's blood had been soilled because of Ms carelessness In falling to duck h's head for low b-Mue. The bulletin wns tio-yd up In a ron- riruoew plnce over our ornVlnl's tuble w'th this ins-rlr-tlo't: "Pevir-re Ttrldire No. 11.'' At thst time band brakes, link and pin coupling? poor track, low tir'd- -h. wood burner eug!ns-nll mnde a trainman's life more barnrinMS than the lives of n-en st-nt in the trveat navies of the world In times of war. nrd he received for such services as bnikeman the grand sum of fir. a month. In what was termed "Abe Lincoln's scab." fhesr paper phoney. N'i over time wns allowed in those good oil days: if you spent thirty days and th'rty nlKhts on the road. It counted II' A brnkemnn todny for the s'tme mileage and time would make till. bu as I recall It. it was well worth t4i a month. You not only required physical nnd ath btlr sbl'lty. but a brave heart, cool head and a good understanding. Cattle cars were nearly all open at the ton orilv a nar row running board. A side wabble, and down you would go among the bellowing long-horn HONESTY IN DRUG MAKING PerpUxitiei of the Doctor in Formulating a I reicription. GREAT VARIETY AND OUTPUT OF MEDICINE Manufacture I'nrestrleted and With out Supervision Dependence Is Wholly on the Integrity of the Maker. The anomaly of law and custom which requires of doctors and pharmacists cer tain qualifications determined by exami nations fur the practice of their profes sion whilo tiie maker of the drugs which the former prescribes and the latter com pounds is tree from all restrictions, is instructively discussed in Harper's mag azine by Uoliel l K. Duncan, professor of industrial chemieiry in the University of Kansas. As pure ' food is essential to health, It is even more Important that the means of restoring health should be pure and possess the quultties claimed. Prof. Duncan says in part: "Tho l!ii,'io0 physicians in America do not make the medicines with which they dose their patients they prescribe. The 25.OJ0 pharmacists who 1111 the million and mure prescriptions with which they are ton fronted every day do not make these med icines, either tlu-y dispense. These medi cines are all either made or gathered by in lust rial organizations know n as "manu facturers of pharmaceutical preparations," every ounce of iii'-dielne swallowed by every patient In America comes practically from some such shop. Now, the physician must undergo a most arduous training be fore he is permitted to pi escribe; the drug gist must undergo a training equally arduous before he may dispense, but the manufacturer of the substances which the phsirian prestribea and the druggist dis penses neitls only "hang out bis sign;" no professlou.il training or educational quali fication is deemed legally necessary for tile manufacture of drugs. Now. man has beedfully viewed about him the infinite number of things, crea tures, plants and metuij, and out of them he Is compounding or extracting a bewil dering number of substances of alleged tl.eiapeutu- value. In one list of tho newer remedies arranged under their trade names there are presented under the single letter A, from Ahrastol to Arurin, no less than 41S separate titles. The de termination of the full physiological prop erties of these numberless substances is so difficult and so limited In its possibilities, their methods of preparation are, for the lies: part, necessarily so elaborate, and they are often so deadly through any mis chance of preparation that It Is a nerv ous business, even the bare thought that It Is possible that the manufacture of such things may be in the hands of people employing Ignorant or Inadequate methods or who are actuated solely by the hope of gain. Freedom of Manufacture. So. because any man, however Ignorant, with ai.y mollis ho tier lguubia, tuay manufacture and sell any of the 50,000 compounds known to organic chemistry, and may allege for them what curative powers he will, and because, too, of this unlimited opportunity for fraud among the older drugs. It becomes a matter of no surprise to learn that at the present time among the great number of Hrnis manu facturing remedial agencies there Is the greatest conceivable diversity In science, sincerity and wisdom. What Is interesting, and In a present day and very literal sense vitally Interest ing. Is the extent to which scientific method may possibly be applied in the making of these substances; for to writer and reader alike there will come a time, and lucky he be If it comes but once, when from a vial or through a needle he will take in them the Issue between life and death. Whether It be hypnotic, stimulant, anti pyretic, antiseptic, antitoxin, or what not. If It be Insincerely or ignorantly or care lessly made, the earth may cover a mis take but for which he might be walking among men in the sunlight. Owing to the limitations of space the sub ject Is beet exposed in a few facts that are highly slgnltlcant and illuminating, and this may be accomplished by observing a little of the practice of some one firm that Is typical of tiia best. This Arm may be hlght Messrs. Method and Ftliclency. It avails but little to lose one's self in their warrens of offices, or to penetrate the build ings where those marvelous machine-automatons are turning out the millions of pills and tablets, or even Into others where the medicinal agents are being manufactured, magnificently, In gross. To the briefest glance of knowledge It Is apparent that this business, from top to bottom, an much us may be. Is governed throughout by Method and Efficiency. The matter that is really interPhting and slgnlllcai.t Is not how they do things hero, but how they get at things, what they find it humanly possible to do to Insure the virtue of those little potencies that In the form of a pill or tablet or powder or elixir are on the way to all of us. rich and poor alike. Into the labora tories, then, it Is necessary to go, for It is there that the method and efficiency of the firm begin and end. To Illustrate this there Is the preparation of the old and standard drugs. Drugs from All Lands. These drugs come from the uttermost parts of the earth from the dark forests of Brazil, from the froxen Siberian steppes, from the banks of the "gray-gren. greasy Limpopo river, all set about with f.-er trees." or from "silken Samarkand;'' but almost everywhere they are gathered by barbarous peoples, tho low-st of earth's denizens. It is small wonder, then, that with any one plant there should be a varia tion amujig Its individual specimens In the proportion of the active medical agent it contains. Bjt when we add to this tie fact that. In general terms, the percentage of the active ingredient depends on the amount of sunshine It enjoys, on the time of the year It is gathered, even on the time of the day, on the amount of moisture, the elevation, the character of the s ll, and a dosen other factor, it becoiin s almost a necessity of thought that the amount uf "medicine" In that p. ant must vary from : a maximum to nothing at all. i Such crude drugs, are now assayed f"T their pttn-eiituge ol u.edKlual aUwly, alii. in this Arm, by a testing department con sisting of a large corps' of able chemists and pharmacologists provided with an equipment that would do credit to any uni versity. Hut chemistry, even at Its present best, l Incapable of a-ssaylng the active princi ple of any drug whatever. There exists supenictlve principles of so delicate a text ure that they break down under analysis. Therefore Messrs. Method and Ktflolency have developed a great department of physiological standardization. In which the determined and educated members thereof aak that refractory drug, not, "How much Is there of you?" but, "How much can you do?" Value of Krgot. Thus there Is ergot. A man's wife goes bravely down to the gates of death to pass through, or, if It may hap, to come slowly back, bearing radiantly with her the flam ing torch of another life. Krgot is re quired. Now, ergot Is a fungus growing upon rye, where It destroys and displaces the ovary of the plant. It conies from Husslu, Austria, Spuin, Sweden and where not; its classical analysis does not seem to yield reliable Information, for Its own ac tive constituents are not definitely under stood. Finally, the physiological activity of the drug may be good, or little, or zero, Just as it may chance, while after the lapse of a year It becomes unfit for use. Yet it is tills substance, so utterly var iable, that the physician trusts to decide the question of the woman and the child. That he may do so depends upon this most curious anil interesting fact, that ergot which Is therapeutically active will blacken the comb of a living fowl, and that the degree of blackening may be so carefully adjusted by strengthening or weakening the drug that a standard preparation may be prepared. Consequently in this labora tory there are kepi certain redoubtable roosters that continually function as stand ardized of ergot. Coal Tar Kxtraels. The discovery that In coal tar there ex isted many substances that could be used as a basis in building up tiie numberless aniline dyes led to the assumption that such substance might have valuable physiolog ical properties, and the assumption was wholly Justified; tha Investigative research along these lines began with the attempt to attain the philosopher's stone of drug gpry the synthesis of quinine. Soon It be came recognized that not only the com pounds uf the benzine ring might have physiological projiertles, but that any one of the nfty thousand organic compounds might have, and probably would have, pruperth s that would affect the human or ganism. As a result, there is today an In credible number of new "synthetic" rem edies introduced, through the physicians, tp and Into the people. LlterulJy, every passing day sees the introduction of tune of them, and lucky Is he, rich or poor, In the hands of eminent socialists or general practitioner, who knows when he is not being dosed with an experiment. For, first, physiological properties do not mean neni sarlly therapeutic properties, and therapeu tic propel ties over one organ do not mean therapeutic properties over all. Further more, the enormous iiumler of such sub stances forbids the su position that there can be in every ease any adeijuata deter mination of value, and, tlualiy, the manu facture of such substances In In the hands of Irresponsible people-very good, good, bad nnd wicked. A Fatnl Mistake. What can the physician do? He has been known to do this: A young man lies sick unto death; he must sleep. Now, thu physi cian had been rending In the advertising pages of his medical Journal of a hypo thetical hypnotic called, let us fancy, Ideal one, tha sole substance manufactured bjr a firm with an aggressive and persuasive manager; the physician prescribes Idealnne. Put ldealone happens to he a severe heart depressant, and under the Influence of Its hypnotic power the young man aleepa, It la true, but for a long, long time and upon the hillside. The physician made a mis take, the foundation of which lay In this, that he did not take into account the char acter of the firm that made ldealone. More and more the physician Is forced to rely upon the character of the manufacturer. The manufacturer of pharmaceutical prep arations must be aa careful of his reputa tion as a maid. Dependence on Honesty. Without going through he other lahorn ortea or through the enormous factory ovaratlons which result from the work of the laboratories, it Is obvious enough that this barest glimpse into these manifold activltla." affords ample justification for what must now be said. The coterie of Individuals constituting this firm started early with the idea of doing "ethical husin.-ss" based upon science, sincerity and wisdom. They do this sums type of business today, because the intelli gent application uf scientific method la always sincere and,, always wise; further more. It always and wholly payr. It In seen In the unfeigned and spontaneous statement of one of Its )f (Ida's: "Wa did hut have tiie face to opposo the pur food and drug Uw, but It will hurt our business, because It will muss our opponents both honest and scientific." It thus affords an object lesson to every manufacturer in the country, and particu larly to the smaller manufacturer, who. with the coming tightening of competition, will so sorely need the Intelligent applica tion of scientific method. It always and wholly pays. If you have anything u, rttu6 dvertie It In the For "Exchange columns of The bee Want Ad page. EPIDEMIC 0F MENINGITIS Disease at Milan In Met ere Form n Authorities Isolate Those Affected. MILAN, April 13 (Siwcial ) An bfdemic of cen brn-irpinal meningitis Is spreading through the suburbs of Milan, the (lec tors Btllrmlng that It presents some of thu charaiterb-ilcs of the ei-lilejulc In Switzer land a lid America. Foul teen cases of the dls.at-e have lieen iK.lltled and auveral deaths have already taken place. Al though theie Is a dlventtty of opinion among the doctois as to the contagious or noncontagious character of the disease the authorities have provided for the Isola tion of the invalids and thulr families. 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