The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-02-11
No MORE CALENDARS.

The sign was found conspicuously
displayed In the front windows and
before the handsome desks of several
downtown business and insurance
offices. It did not, however. seem to
produce the desired effect, for while
the reporter was present III one OF
them q little busting old lady hurried
in. She had an armful OF almanacs
and calendars OF every conceivable
description, design and illumination.
"Please 1--WE me one OF your calen-
OARS" she said in 81 hign-keyed voice
to the gentleman at the cashiers win
dow
ave are all out, madam was the
reply, Sat least | think so, but you
might inQuire at the next window"
and the cashier grinned as he noticed
the CHASTITY look on the face OF his
fellow officer.
The little woman WAS OFF in a hurry
and repeated her request to testy-
looking old man.
Il have nothing to do with the
calendars, madam" he replied sharp.
ly.
"Wtll. can't You procure one for
me?" retorted the woman with some
heat.
"No, madam, / can not"
"Wny ?"
Simply because have no time to
devote to such matters"
"Well, | DECLARE" she per listed,
couldn't you direct me to the proper
placer
"No, madam" retorted the sufferer,
who proved to be a bookkeepsr, "but
perhaps you can get one next door,"
The little woman didn't take the
hint worth cent, but with an ex-
clamation OF delight she cried:
Excuse me. sir, but can'tyou spare
that calendar on your desk: 1t will just
about comp etc my collection. | am
sure you can get another"
With q suppressed anathema the
bookkeeper tore down the calendar
and almost threw it at his tormentor.
She seized it with smile OF triumph
and left the office, while the victim
gazed ruefully upon a blotch OF ink
which, in his desperation, he bad
dropped upon the otherwise immacu-
late page OF his ledger.
Qulninc and Oplum-Cfaying.
From the London Times.
John FersusoD, well known resi-
dent OF Cey lon and newspaper propri-
etor, has addressed q letter to the sec
rotary OF the Anti-opium Society on
the value Of sulphate OF quinine, or
even the inferior alkaloids from Gin
chona bark, as porohylactics and ton
ics, especially in ow-lying and malari-
al districts, where people are addicted
to the use OF opium IN order to re
lieve the fever depression. Thepreva
lence OF the opium-crav;ng in many
parts Of the world is due, says Mr.,
Ferguson, to the people being subject
to a low type of fever. This is largely
the case in China. In England it has
been shown that the consumption of
opium, chiefly in the form OF
laudanum, is very large in the fen
districts and along the lower banks Of
the Thames, especially about Graves
send. A Lincolnshire village druggist
stated some years ago, in q letter
published In the newspapers, that he
sold about two gallons OF laudanum
per month, retail, besides sixteen or
twenty ounces Of opium itself, mos ~
to women OF the poorer classes, who
must pinch themselves seriously in
many ways to purchase the luxury.
Many, be said, consume an ounce OF
opium week, some considerably
more. The main cause ofthis craving,
according to Mr.. Ferguson, is that the
people live in low and malarial local
tiles, and be suggests that quinine re-
moves the craving and acts as q sub
stitute for laudanum. He quotes
from Mr.. Colquhon's travels in China
to show that the Chinese, even in
the remote inland districts
along the Canton River, know
he efficacy OF uinine n SUI
presiding the need OF opium,
and possibly in curing the taste and
desire for. it. A few years ago the
prices OF quinine and the cinchopa
alkaloids were prohlbitory to poor
people, but the cultivation of the
plant in India, Ceylon and Java has
reduced the price of the best sulphate
Of quinine from los, l 5s, and even 1Ss
an ounce to half acrown, and even TO
less. Ia 1872 Hast pounds of Gin
cnona bark was exported from Cey-
Ion; now the export is from 13,OOO,-
900 to 100000 pounds. But, al
though the wholesale price of quinine
is so enormously reduced, the retail
prices are frequently still calculated
on the rate from time immemorial OF
81 an ounce, which is purchased at
less than 3s.