Daily Republican., 1882-10-10
paIRMACEUTTCALLY.
n,ABOUT DRUGGISEs
soHEThS nRUG TRADE H
LAD wILMIRGTOM.

lDV"'-V and UI1Ill'1 HcN'
ppgess ara Ss' Constantly springing up
ilSns.S, town; ~ and streets which, 2 few @
,srs asO' 9TH here and there o vacant
s',aSCo'w .a Sow thiCkly studded WI win tto6a STORES
W a,s IsoOS, OST ali doing . thriving trade; e.
Ed 'hoppSS,s ppSsse the drug business has Kept !
Among y In,fW tbs progress of the town; and
vaOe WIN g.~ W. Years ago citizens living
shGs . slUS,Iaying lSw portions of the city |
|bths Ou'tid oUSIied to wend their way to
lae copRUt % sRtrest, if in need Of ten cents
|NEtst id ,audsnum or q bottle Of cough |
ytIN .. iS "a can now find reliable drug
Nrp Wy ~ ynarts m OF the city where their
~ v ,su an bs supplied with entire sat
NSsA Persons living at o distance
br@s,. r@s.tat street, especially property |
bon SnnVr nS others Interested In the de-
slE.m'ut Of the neighbornoo.da .a IN .NS,l wnica
~ Ivs have discovered tne i' 10 toity ~ ' oa
avslDSs lDn.Ssscsriptious filled whom they |
aai PtS'' tSs same articles at the same |
dcss within D o'ON"
aIsllOSS, S,s still some, however, who
InelO U abiding faith in the advantages
lve aI SI srEst street houses, and while
alnc ,aSor T" the suburban store with
pg " IS ,,,Ss in postage stamps, they
imD n%a through wind and weather to
paup w. drups "down town." This
BOY v, n'i, !. fostered to some extent by the
s.,S% ;I..Sat !, Vtrset physicians, who, when
nS1' 1ls.S Sv tho patients where the medi-
rL1% is.I, hs procured, answer; "Oh,
cns ,n,a 'usS m IN Market street; thus un-
~ ailI;y.'SS"Ssiy S% disparaging his business.
EsAsd -
mEAcTIvE DRUGGIST
sld with many cares, and does not
!, Y s11Is M ,s,irs the gilt edge existence OF
..s,s rpu drops and drinking soda
@aDs a.lsy that it appears to the little
.',S% n' Who buys liCorice root at the
IS'tsr s,SDis and gazes around with admir-
s.. AVA, Al the long rows Of shining
s1',I. " N and the goods displayed In the
.ssT ~ caseS For fourteen hours or
'1vs .s,s sscS day, his mind Is taxed with
H ISuTness and even Sunday does not |
,InS A to others, q day Of respite;
Slisat INA night his slumbers are often
Irtswuuted by the jingle of the bell.
StSs,s 't nocturnal calls he cheerfully
mrOuds sometimes to afford relief to
VA midnight sufferer, sometimes to
r,na ten cents sale of an article
vIIcb had as well been purchased dur
inV business hours
fss amount Of mental activity re-
ouInl Of the drug clerk, who makes
h daily sales over the counter Is great.
4 customer produces o bottle and asks |
Ir len cents worth Of paregoric. LIN.
nsdiAtely the word paregoric is trans
l,td IN The druggists mind into "tinc-
tun OpH Canph0rata," "camphorated
tDctare Of opium" or as the abbrevia-
I'd name on his bottle reads: "Tr. |
OuH Un." He must have in his mind
tisdOROt this article and its uses;
nuEkOH the price and the spot
among the hundreds of labels In the la
bsdaEsB where the one for this par. |
tisulH article may be found, and be |
ah4 Gths same time to reply intelli-
Rstb 10 the customers remarks about |
thSUathsr and the result of the late
lEhOn. Yet 50 familiar does h6 be-
Aue with the things around him by
ClBlnt practice, that his brain acts |
IrSt witaout effort and his hand
EUpS the exact bottle as soon as the
lHlnd is made.
FATAL MISTAKES
Blluggists are very rare indeed, and
hs fact speaks volumes for the care
n character Of the class OF men en-
hd in this business. Said a drug.
BS the other day in conversation with
: REPUBLICAN reporter /: "Nearly |
NNthirds of the buying of medicines,
antail, is done by children, and this
na often causes us much annoyance
No trouble. For instance, a child |
AIto the store by Its mother, will ask
@ten cents worth Of borax. "P0w-
tEed or in Jumps ?" inquiries the
yak but the child does not know |
.hcA, and the man behind the coGn-
ESeldS the crystals, neatly wrapped
Tllte paper, labeled and tied with |
nktWile. But the chances are, that |
Child returns with the article
9lcneG up in soiled condition,
allus the string, and bearing no re-
saoLance to the tidy package which |
~ Ae store, and asks to have it ex.
aAOGed for powdered borax. Boys !
~. 70 the store often appropriate a
.IUn Oh the change they receive at |
HI@unter to their own private use |
w y Consequently the druggist is ''too |
x with his stuff"
ia0 general ignorance of the masses |
Sigsta 70 the properties and uses of |
sT.a 'HVlaeS Is augmented by the system |
S.. naul aooreviations, In general use |
,,,. .S"s druggists and physicians, which |
sSSw, however, affords many advan-
\" ana could not be abandoned with
S.l lOch difficulty and confusion. |
|tS,s' o,'s Ne at present thirty-two drug !
'VS 'S0I. ~ 'Ais city, giving employment |
,,,v,'t s'UuI eighty-fve persons OF the
T,''son MI, much could be said to their
s,s i l Ous while they are not all grad
Ias %o =, ~ u pharmacy, they are, with but
N.Y. 'So exceptions, strictiy y reliable,
EN,S',iS %s .% sS ability and integrity is
nsSot tueu The Wilmington druggists
M SGSye pSg the average, and compared
,ra. H. .niladelphlan8 With their boasted
nIvanoP pu, pharmacy laws, they are tar
THE PRICES CHARGED
n vSS%anpounding San prescriptions in this
bept 'a' !" E SeSn found by actual expert
MthS. 10 from One.third to ons-lalf
,v "Sa W Is asked At the fine stores in
sS,ink n@k and Philadelphia for the
|pOtsi at sae number of drug stofes, as
|ssr IS taQso,ve, more than ons-third have
M tTo tV0SaOIlshed within the last decade
IsSSo ISo mat OF George H. Cant we'll At
asev .. "pI N spruce streets and b K
aN H.. az Eighth aud Madison streets.
|htysavrO vOu u established within the pres
OpIr SrNnete Suu ere the close Of the year, a
per ent nuttuggist namedBridgewater will
OVe panihe panOiher store on Market street
ttbouf'h, thus making the total
10 d,mHee' 80 IL will bo seen that
lnlDu . Eade in this city is fast as
thjs tiSSIge propora rs. But, with
ID Ops On 'usre t'Fa Is ore hing badly needed
lhsi VIZ Siat should At once be estab-
alIOO I', active Pharma maeeutic,l As.o-