The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1827-11-21
WHOLE No. 1851.

OPIUM. The opium of commerce Is ths
product ofthe common poppy seen in gardens
Turkey opium was formerly deemed the best
but it has been cultivated for several years b
England of purer and better quality, owing
to the great care used in its preparation The
East India opium is inferior to the Turkey,
from leaves and stems of the plaat being pack
ed with the cakes, and often worked into the
opium while in soft state, probably TO incsNAse
its weight.
English opium is generally in smaller cakas,
cuts clear and smooth like liquorice, and is, irs
great measure, destitute ofstalks, leaves, and
/ other impurities
The consumption of this drug is almost in
/ credible 1t is an immense article of COM
| merce, and an interesting paradox from iss
| extensive usefulness in modifying and SLEW
atlng the most painful diseases, while at the
same time it is one of the most fatal poisons.
ed in Europe, and the quantity has increased
annually ever since.
| The Bengal government derived revenue
OF t594,97o from the sale of it in 1909 and
the exports from Calcutta to China alone. N,
! 1911, amounted to 9567, S7l The supply Of
calcutta opium, in 1927, is rated as follows.
Bengal, 600 chests; Bahia, $4,000 do:
smnggled, 1900; Turkey, 1O00,-l4, O70 chests.
Although this article is prohibited by the
Chnese government, yet 1000 chests are an
nuaily sent to Canton, and about 10000 pounds
- ~ PpitSu OfSfy year INTO LONDON.
The common product of the lands. in the
East India provinces, is twenty-four pounds
per acre, besides forty pounds of seed
Inc following method of cultvatnp IT, Is
stated from recollection, but is believed to be
substantially correct The ground is dressed
IN the same manner as for flower plant ard
the seeds sewn in rows, with room between
tor one person to walk through When tho
flowers fall from the head, If is time to gatheE
the juice. This is done By person who goes
In with sharp instrument guaged to proper
Depth with which he scarifies the heads stand
ing on the top of the stalks after the flowers
have fallen. lie proceeds through the field,
and returns by next alley, scoring every head
with one or more gashes. On arriving at the
place from which lie started h. retraces his
steps and collects the juice which has exuded,
IN phal fitted with a sharp edged funnel
shaped tin tube, with the wide top of which he
takes 1t off the head He thus obtains all from
two rows in two successive circuits when he
pursues the same course with all the rows in
the held The next morning he goes oveE
again collecting what has flowed durnr tho
night, and making new gashes, until the heads
cease to yield. The fresh juice is then expos
ed TO the sun in shallow pans, and after the
wateTy PARTICLES evaporated, it is moisten-
ed with oil of poppy seeds. so as to be made I'D
into cakes, when it is packed into chests, with
alternate layers of poppy flower leaves, 1t is
sometimes adulterated with an extract from
he stalks and the gum ofthe Mimosa. There
can be no doubt that it might be proftably cub
tivated in the United States, when it is reeoE
lected how readily the plants spring and AouE-
ISL IN every garden.
stE I,.EavKT OF THE DEAD. Inc reIaIlons
between man and man cease not with life
The dead leave behind them their memory.
their example, and the effects of their actions.
Their influence still abides with TheR
names and characters dwell in thoughts
and hearts. We live and commune with them
in their writings We enjoy the benefit Of
their labors. Our institutions have been found
ed by them. We are surrounded by the works
of the dead Our knowledge and our arts are
the fruits of their toll. Our minds have beed
formed by their instructions. We are most
intimately connected with them by thousand
dependencies. Those whom we have loved
in life are still objects Of our deepest and no.
Hest affections. Their power over us remains.
! They are with US in our solitary walks: and
their voices speak to our hearts in the silence
! of midnight, Their image is impressed upon
our dearest recolectons, and our most sacred
| hopes They form essential part of oHs
| treasure laid in heaven. For above ALL we
are separated from them but for a little time.
! We soon to be united with them. If we
follow in the path of those whom we have low
ed, we too shall join the innumerahle company
of the spirits of Just men made perfect. Our
affections and our hopes are not buried in the
dust to which we commit the poor remains Of
mortality. The blessed retain their remem-
brance and their love for us in heaven; and
we viii cherish our remembrance and our love
for them while on earth Professor Norton.
RECIPE FOR MAKING BLEACHING. Take Of
plaster, ground and sifed, 2 lbs. A o.; lamp
black, 8 OF. barley malt, as used by
brewers, 18 o.; olive oil OF. Steep the malt
in water, almost boiling hot, until the soluble
portions are well extracted put the solution
into a basin, stir into it the plaster and lamp
black, and evaporate to the consistency Of
paste then add the oil, the quantity of which
NAV be increased by degrees. To the mixture
may be added, if desired few drops of oil
of lemons or of lavendar, a perfume. lS
ground plaster be not attainable, its place may
be supplied with potter's clay. This is up-
doubtedly the cheapest and finest backing ;; ia
spreads evenly, dries and shines quickly on tho
leather by slight friction of the brush, and
has not the objection of burning the leather
/ ANCIENT MoDE OF WRITISG. When alpha
betical writing first begin to usurp the place oi
hierogly phcs, the mode of commencing eact
, line under the beginning of the preceding wa;
d unknown; and the boustrOphic mode, which
6 ran as follows, was practised
t " In the beginning
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d Heaven and tho
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MATHEsATIcAL QUEsTIoN A cabinet max
e err had box, the dimensions Of which were i
= inches by g. made of peculiar kind of wood
% and he had only one piece of the same kind y
e make lid Of, which was Just ~ inches square
a To suit the fancy of his customers, ne was I
10 divide il into two pieces only--What was N
a form of each piece p Berkshire Star.