The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-13
BEATS COLONEL SELLERS
THERE'S MILLIONS IN HYAsCENE
UNDERGRADUATES, TRETT SAYS.
VIII Go to Asia To Raise Henbanet q
shrub That Produces $4,000
600 To the Acre.
Denver Ccol) Letter.

Denver (COl.) Letter.
NO I'm not going TO quit the drug bust
ness; I'm simply going into il on the ground
floor, and IL there's a wholesaler I'm the
United States who keeps in sight OF me on
profits he will find it necessary TO bestir
himself-in other words hurry"
1t was Amos Trett. of Philadelphia, who
was talking-Amos Trett. travelling repre-
sentative of big drug house. who had just
announced to a coterie Of friends at the,
Brown Hotel that he was about to leave
America on a special mission.
I'm going TO Asia he proceeded. ''and
If you'll be patient I'll tell you why. I've
made a great discovery through the aid OF
a friend. ] have found that the plant from
which hyascene hydrobromate is made
grows luxuriantly in certain Of the high
plateaus OF central Asia, which many seien-
tifc men believe to have been the starting
point or birthplace of the human race.
That it was the original home OF the Arysn
race is generally conceded, and we. you
know, are Aryans"
well. what Of it?" asked one of the par
~ to which he was descanting.
what of it? Why, as Colonel Sellers
says there's millions in it Hyascene hy-
drobromate is the active principle OF hen
uncle used to put a finish on Hamlets
father. 1t is largely used in the treatment
of locomotor ataxia and other nervous dis
orders, debility and troubles Of the kind SO
often encountered in high attitudes. Many
of the effects of hyascene are similar to
those produced by alcoholic stimulants, and
in convenient form the drug will in time
supplant whisky, wines and other popular
intOXicants.
But it's the peculiar bleaching quality
of hyascene that Will prove most profit
able. There is a solution, In which the
drug is the principal ingredient. which. by
frequent application to the human skin. has
wonderful clarifying effect. IL is not a
new Idea. The ancients had the formula
Aryans, the very beginning of white hui
manity, according TO my theory, bleached
themselves by the use OF this drug
From what L can learn by a close study
of comparative ethnology, all people were
in the beginning, colored-at least. to some
extent colored. There were the Turanians,
who were the originals OF the Monaghan
race, yellow people who were of darker
SHADE, until, L have said the uses of
| hyascene were discovered. That they sue
ceeded in producing no lighter shade than
that of the Chinese of the present day was
due TO the fact that they were not able
to get perfect results from their expert
mentS with henbane. There was something
lacking, something wrong in the process OF
distillation, and the extract secured was
not perfect. But the Caucasians were more
]
which the refined product was secured was
subsequently lost, they have remained the
whitest race.
'I have a very pretty theory that the
worlds civilization may be gagged by a
comparison of racial colors The progeni-
tors of the American Indian doubtless knew
something of the use and value of hya-
scene but the imperfect compound they
secured only gave them the coppery red
which still sticks to them.
THE Africans never knew hyascene and
therefore have retained their original
blackness,. but there is hope. even for
Africa and every African on earth.
II am going to ASIA to the original home
Of henbane, and, by research and expert
ment, discover the proper formula for pro-
was used by the founders OF our race. in
the meantime my partner, Thomas T.. Will
kins, of New York. will come 10 Colorado
and put in crop OF henbane. He has dis
covered that the shrub can be raised sue
cessfully in Estes Park We have secured
a plot Of ground up there-only an acre or
so was needed-and we Will have, by this
time next year, at the least calculation.
thousand pounds of the finished material
ready for the market"
But will the crop pay?"
Mr. Trett smiled on his customer, pity
| ingly. Pay? Well, my friend, that shows
how. little you know OF hyascene. 1t will
make both Of US rich-that one crop. There
is drug in the universe that is so ex-
| pensive as hyascene 1t is quoted In the
market to-day at $2SS per ounce or s., $50
per pound. Our crop OF loo pounds, you
| see, wfll bring us in something over $780,
900 just for the straight hyascene, but when
we get our hyascene bleach i'm the mar
/ ket-oh, then we will make money! The
whole world will rush for H. Dark-skinned
| people of our own race will want IL. Ladies
who have vainly tried to hide their sallow
| compilations behind a coating OF powder
| and paint will pay almost any price for
/ it. and the colored races will have IL no
matter what the cost. and there will bs
| no more darkest Africa The entire world
/ will be white and happy and in future
years you will see in every city, in every
/ town and hamlet. beautiful pieces Of solid
masonry that will tower above all other
| structures"
And what will these be-these towering
| thngs? some one asked.
Monuments" said Mr.. Trett, proudly:
monuments to me-and wilkins"