The evening times., 1895-12-14
Mems All-WOol Pants, $l.35.
mIl1I1IYY II Union Clothier and Furnisher
IIVUllIII[l 700 7th st. N. w., near G.

and an ounce of chloroform was asked for.
The clerk said he couldn't sell It.
rs the owner here? Ask him about it
That gentleman came out from behind
a prescription case and asked what 1t was
wanted for.
ITO clean a coat"
"0h, very well. Give him an ounce"
| But Is II dangerous to use?'
Not II you are ordinarily careful"
| Gould l kill myself with it?'
Well, yes, IL you poured it on hand
kerchief and deliberately inhaled it."
Why do you sell 1t then?''
| Il was using my discretion. You looked
sensible and told me what you wished 1t
for. But If you wanted poison you could
| easily get IL, whatever precaution took.
And l am very careful. You could buy a
grain of opium In teaspoonful. 1t
wouldn't be an unplea SAINT drink. Then in
is sixtieth OF grain OF the latter to each
| teaspoonful and one-duarter OF a grain
| will kill. Rat poison is almost pure arsenic.
fbromidia , Is & preparation On !, sod for sisep, rep
prescription Is not on the bottle, but mod
crate drink of that would kill, and a recent
| suicide here was accomplished by il. Then.
If you went into almost any store and
asked for morphia you would get 1t. If
| you asked for an eighth OF an ounce they
would think yon used it. deplore the
possibility, and / never take a new NOR
phia customer. l supply those that were
| customers when took the business. Oh, the
prCilt isn't worth the risE.
what difference does il make to you il
kill IN yself?''
"a great deal,'' and the druggist looked
serious. with courteous frowning down OF
DONE UP WITH LITTLE ADO.
At the next store tried the reporter
quietly asked for one quarter OF an ounce
OF Powers 4 WeighLman morphia.
DO you use this!'
1t was done up, and a signature taken.
At well known store the reporter asked
for one. eighth OF a dram of cyanide OF po,as-
SUM. The clerk started to get 1t, and came
back to ask what it was for.
II believe it is 10 be put into n cough
mixture"
Don't you know" sharply.
! know nothing about the stuff. 1 am
not buying it for myself
Well can't scll 1t to YOU"
~ AM getting it for some one who does"
"How do l know that? No. l really
can't sell it to you.''
The reporter then went up to place on
New York avenue.
"Will you sell ME one-eighth of a dram
of cyanide of Potassium was asked OF the
proprietor.
SOM"
"Oh. yes: want it for a photographer
Well; that's all right: they know all
The package of virile. deadly poison was
done up, the register signed, and the reporter
went home. feeling that he was armed to
the teetn ana as udnSerous 10 the tOucH as
dynamite.
But the question of whether you can sui
eide easily or not was a settled one. The
law is certainly very weak.
ASKED FOR TRITURATES.
AT Ninth street drug store the re-
porter asked for tablet triturates. which
Is u preparation with strychnine. They did
not keep this, but offered to sell pills
of strychDiBe, iron and duinine. with the
formula printed on the bottle.
'How many of these pills would il take
to cause death?" was asked.
About sixty-Do one would make that
mistake. Why. we sell pure strychnine
tablets with l;so Of grain in each"
"wpll. any medicine taken In too large
quantities will kill. If you are going to
draw the line that way druggists might as
well go out of business"
At Seventh street place the reporter
bought an ounce of laudanum, stating it
was wanted for tooth ache.
There was no hesitancy in selling ii, SO
the clerk was asked:
rs that dangerous?" |
''It is: but have put a poison label on it." |
''How much would kill me?'' |
"a teaspoonful might: it varies"
'.Well. aren't you afraid to sell it?"
purchaser looks as though he knew what |
he was about. 1t is a matter of experience |
hat tells druggist whether to sell opiates |
should register.''
Half an ounce of chloral was asked for at
In II street store.
II can't sell it to you"
But want to giveit for a nervous head
or a dose"
"But you have no prescription"
"Weli, does one have to spend So for q