The Opelousas courier., 1890-11-15
now DRUGS G0TO MARKET.
psnPARMe MEDICINAL aARgs
IND HERBS FOR EXPECTATION.

Weighs from ten to thirty pounds, ac.
eording to size. Socotrine aloes comes
to Us from Zanzibar, sometimes in skins
and casks; but o 0 generally ia
LEGS, containing from seyenEv-fye to 100
rounds; or chests, holding from City to
s~sventy,dve pounds. When a vessel puts
into fhs island Of socotra and aloes Is
asked for. as the drug is not kept ready
for sale, thu leaves of the pldnt are forth.
With cut and the juice allowed to drain
into goatskin sacks. These are taken on
board and fastened to the mast, or else.
where, in such q position that ttey are
constantly exposed to the sun. By this
means the process Of drying is faclli.
tated.
The bulk Of medicinal barks are i'm.
sorted in bales and serons. We need,
howevers only make mention@ Of the Gin.
ehonas. The South American barss are
first Of all cut up into lengths and made
into bundles of nearly equal weights.
These are then sewn up in specially pre-.
pared canvas of a coarse texture, and
conveyed to the depots ON the backs of
doaksys. THESE are further enveloped
ii coverings of fresh hides; and by the
drying Of these, hard, compact packages,
called serons, are formed, Farying in
weight from i66 to 176 pounds. The
East Indian or s'Druggist's'' Quill bark is
how largely imported in cases or chests,
cash containing about ono hundred
weight and three.quarters.
There IRE several varieties nf opium,
Ehs official ones being the aShyrna'' and
The tsoonstantinople.n Although the
former variety is imported froIn Smyrna,
II u collected in Asia Minor, snd comes
y Us thence via Turkey (heAce called
turkey upiun) or the Lsvant. It is
packed in cases, each containing 40
pounds. It comes in irregularl3 rounded
Hattened masses, varying IN size, and
seldom exceeding two pounds In weight.
Each cake Is enveloped in poppy leaves,
and studded with reddish-brown chafy
fruit or certain species Of rumex or dock.
Uonstantinople opium il packed in
smaller masses, and the Eaidrib of the
poppy Leaf which envelopes the cake Is
placed over the center of the mass.
Aconife, buchu and SIENNA leaves are
imported in bales; those Of TinniveIli
ssnna weighs from two and a quarter to
three and 9 half hundredweight; Of
Al~exandEian, about $50 pounds.
Oils, such ais caraway, anise, bergarnos,
lemon and cajeput, are imported in tins,
toppers, lead tins or bottles. Oil of
roses comes in vases holding from fifteen
10 fifty ounces; Malaga olive oil in bar
rails of from forty to sixty gallons, or in
stone crooks OF fye-gallon capacity.
Tamarinds are shipped IN kegs or bar
fsis holding from a half to three and q
half hundredweight. Vanilla beans are
backed In tins. Each tin contains
twenty-four bundles, each bundle weign-
Ing sight ounces.
Quicksilver comes In iron TASKS, some
weigh twenty-five, Others seventy-seven
pounds; while calomel is imported in one.
pound BOTTLES, of which Fifty III packed
b each chest.
OF the roots, a~conite. alkanet, gentlan,
aiquorice, orris and others are imported
ID bales; ~ipecacuanha IN serons; columbia,
East indian and African gingers in bags;
Cochin and Jamaica gingers in barrels.
The jalap plant, from which the tuber-
Cies are obtained, grows in Mexican
goods at an elevation of 5000 feet. It
obtains Its naTo from Xalapa, or Jalapa,
city of Mexico. The tubsrcles, COM
monty called roots, are imported in bags
pF bales, weighing about $50 pounds.
The roots of Jamaica sarsaparilla, being
lengthy, are folded up and packed into
bundles, from one foot 10 o foot and D
half long, and four or more inches broad.
These untrimmed bundles are then
lightly packed into bales to the weight
81 about a hundredweight and a half.
Several varieties of rhubarb root are
brought into the market, the cases vary
by ia weight from 100 to 800 pounds.
The best known is the ~so-called Turkey
fhubarb. This is imported from Russia.
but collected la China. The root Is dug
up, washed, bored, threaded on string,
and hung up in the sun to dry. It is
shen taken iu horse hair sacks TO the
dealers, whence it is conveyed in chests
20 the Russian depots, each chest being
coated on the outside with pitch, and
enveloped in hempen cloth and a hide;
aud on each is fastened 8 paper label,
having the year Of collection and con
lzined weight 81 root printed on il. The
Russian Government has q tensyearly con
tract with the Bucharians, engaging to
purchase (by barter) I'LL that they can
produce. .
CT the perfumes, civetis brought oveE
"A coos horns. The opening is covered
over with skin, on which ara marked the
number and weight. Each horn Is wrapped
1p Ii D coarse cloths and contains from
one 10 three pounds.
Shanghai exports the bulk Of Tonquir
sissk. IL reaches our buyers IN boxes
which arc known as acsddies.n The
term ii derived from the Chinese weight
catEy, which Is equivalent TO about one
pound and y third. The boxes are made
d brown cardboard, and usually measure
nlRe by five BY six inches. Externally
theg are covered with The usual silky Pc.
Der Of Chinese manufacture. and. q
might BIZ expected, the designs upon
kheln ars gaudy ia color and very quaint.
The colors most ia use are led, blue and
green. Each box contains 8 soft leader
receptacle; il these are placed tho nusa
pods seyerallg wrapped il rice-papar.
About svFenty-dge to thirty Of tbese pods
Avs packed Id each caddy, the weight
bang from twenty To- thirty ounces net.