The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-11-30

Liz tlIuS uOuOrcQ jokes i'll the funny
papers about people who buy stamps in
u drug store and want them wrapped up
and delivered may be old to the average
reader, but they are now every day to
she drug dispensers. Such ridiculous
things are everyday occurrences.
y well known druggist tells Of an
instance when he was night clerk in a
west end drug store. About 3 ono MORN
ing u vigorous ring at the night bell
reused him from peaceful slumbers. He
camo down wearing IL shoe. such mis-
cellaneous clothing as he could pick up
i'll Il hurry and q decidedly cross appear
ance. AT the door was n nicely dressed
lady. Would he kindly sell her Il stamp?
She had an important letter which she
must mail, and rs she also desired to
catch the G:30 train sho feared she
would forget it. The stamp was sold to
her, and then very sweetly and inno-
Gently she inquired if he would not,
since she was i'll such n hurry, walk to
the corner and mail the letter for her.
AS he had Worn only one shoe down he
regretfully declined the honor.
The soda dispenser i'll the drug store
usually sees and enjoys more peculiari-
ties thar any of the drug clerks from
the fact that he is not bothered with
any of their responsibilities. His great
est trouble is in deciding whose money
he Shall take i'll the case of young ladies
who drink soda together. If it were
men, each would be anxious to pay for
the beverages. In the case of young Ia
dies, however, each is apparently anx-
ious not to pay for tho drink. Then they
argue with each other on about this
line:"No, let mo pay 81 will not. 1
think [ should. ooh, I'll be awful
angry if you do" And all tho while,
says tho soda dispenser, they are hang
ing on to their dimes with "a deathlike
grip. The soda man finally solves the
problem by taking the money of each
and returning the change to each, max
ing it a "Cincinnati treat"
The proverbial joke about the man
who winks his eye at the apothecary
when he wants n "stick" i'll his soda is
not Il fiction. Various excuses are made
to get liquor, but the standard and most
usual is a terrible pain in the stomach
or else a threatened chill. The druggist
always suggests jamaica ginger. This
suggestion is never satisfactory, as it is
whisky they want. A favorite trick is
to ask for Il dose of calisaya, which, to
be thoroughly effective, must be mixed
with whisky.
The "fiendS" who make life miserable
to the druggist arc legion. They arc
fiends who are addicted to phenacatin,
to bromo %seltzer, to quininc, to arsenic,
TO s%trychnine and to morphine. There
ara n leo 1Nlnn1n 1rhn n,o a1Jintol - It,
use of wine of cocoa. The drink contains
n quantity of cocaine i'll solution and
has % revivifying effect on the system.
There are quinino fiends who take MS
much as $50 grains a day. Not long
since a st. Louis physician prescribed
this drug to a patient, ordering it to be
put in six powders of 60 grains each.
The patient, a lady, took it all in "a
hours, and, strange to say, got we'll.
There are several people in st. Louis
who arc addicted to the use of aromatic
spirits of ammonia and vichy. They
drink it with great gusto.
Ihe morphine fiend is a shrewd and
discriminating buyer. Ono of the usual
excuses when the fiend is n woman is
that the drug Is "for mamma" Poor
mamma! She has many sins to answer
for OF which she is guiltlcss. Some of
tho fiends can tell the brand of NOR
phine by the taste and will have none
but their favorito. One hopeless case has
become so EXPERT on the quantity that
he usually takes-three grains-that
with Il dash of the bottle he can throw
the exact quantity into tho palm of his
a The druggist with whom he
usually deals has verified the weight OF
the dose thus prepared many times and
invariably finds it correct to q fraction
of n grain.
The drug store il Il favorito place for
leaving bundles, ~valises, etc. Many of
the packages left are never called for.
a lady left a bundle in an Olive street
establishment a year ago that contained
two dozen suits Of underwear and has
never returned for them. AT tho same
drug store a we'll dressed man left his
valise, containing clothing, papers, a
shaving set ard many miscellaneous ar
ticles, and never came back. The stran-
gest case Of the kind was a man who left
his wife ut Il down town store about 8
O'Clock, promising to return in ten min
utes. AT 10 o'clock, closing time, ho
had not returned, so tho druggist sat
down to wait for him, not caring to
turn tho lady ont on the street. At I2:15
Il. m. he dropped in, much tho worse for
wear, and then there was n scene that
repaid the druggist for his long vigil.
People who get hurt on the streets in
any manner always go to the drug stores
to be patched up. They claim treatment