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
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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.
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