The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-08-28
with tho exception Of Taylor. Finley
Howard and himself. s
THE DRUG CLERKS WOES

Those Of Other People Are a Burden
to Him. 4.
".Tell your troubles to policeman
has long been an expression when man
was bored by hearing tho woes OF an
Ming. but IL you would hear the woes
Of mankind hot from human lips just
step behind the prescription counter and
listen to the troubles have to endure
my trick OF duty. The policeman has his
troubles. and the street. car. conductor
runs him close second. Neither. Is.
clerk -.
SCOT anything good for cold?''
The speaker was man who appeared
to possess average intsllig gs,pn Dld he
ztols Ws the dr Wha elsrk d1ss
ceeded to rattle off number OF things
he had found to be good FOR bad cold;
a lemonade. And the drug clerk had not
suggested such dose.
After the. man with--the cold had I'm
first love-the drug clerk---and proceeded
Wen to be aanee thf ether vs nght yoq
youns man. and fa alter had DANCED n every
number on the menu proceeded to stroll
into, the cool and refreshing night air:
Look ct me ne now Aint hrb cream iSns OF
Suppose il the plumber Would come
along with pail Of hot lead l would
dip my finger into It to see IL Il were
listen and appear to like 1t.
Mister I want nickeLs wuth O. wep-
son salts for my mamma, ch!rped a
youngster as he handed over an empty
a dozen bottles Of perfume: He wanted
to invest a nickel and destroyed dol
lars worth OF stock. Good profit for the
druggist, don't you think? The lid got
the salts, stole a sponge, carried away
half a dozen almanacs and card adver-
Using llttle liver pills
'Doctah kin yo' what's good TO- a pluracy
pain In ma side? All done had mos
msb o pn ds as nghb ad ds s%bed no
the store and held her hand on the offend-
ing side and groaned as the drug clerk
proceeded to mix some brown sugar and
wuter to give to her.
How much Is dis ?"
"Oh. nothing; that will be all right"
'7Thank yo', sah.'
Z Asked why he did not charge for the
The drug CLERK sgesd s sha
would have stood me Oft. know her.
What's tho use darkenng our books with
bad accounts?"
The drug clerk looked across the store
and saw an old man coming. n. !,
3 "Great heavens! Here comes another!'
groaned the drug clerk.
.'Who is he?' repeated the clerk. Tie
Is a patent medicine tiend. He buys every
patent medicine in the, world that has the
words Cures Dyspepsia on the wrapper,
guess he Is q dyspeptlc all right. He A.
ways reads the papers and the advertls-
and il they even hint at a cure for, Ind !
gestlon he will hike out after bottle OF It,
Fla also tries every free sample of cvery-
thing. md II there Is patent med, lens
in the world that this fellow hasn't bon
up against, then miss my guess NOW
S Good morn DOCTOR" groaned the mp
partition as 1t approached the clerk.
-. "G4 4otda mornins' Mr. 49, How 90 sou
That was all the patent medicine 1end
needed to open UP his tale Of woe. !,
"oh, tougher than tho dickens, Gh,a ar II
h es sss that a VII y ytop sGt aching
in my neck? And I've felt so numb al
day to-day that don't belleye ] can last
much longer, had an nWful oacK Ton,e
much more'n set rid Of one thing III
another comes. My. teeth has been tryin
to worry me some lately. too"
The drug clerk handed him smal Wal
of toothache drops and he ambled out
every day" said the clerk, A moment
woman who was possessed OF small
slim OF paper mat Sne handed NM
mo, you can't work that off on me.
Can't lido do anything for You, You'll have to
"a somewhere else" the clerk said to her,
She muttered something and walked out.
'',rhe same old gag remarked the dis
Of drugs she ap had fase psesG n
nave the order of her fayorte drug filled
i'for friend'' She had forged pre-.
scriptlon and had tried to work It OFF,
On On lie clerk. but he had been there be-
'o Ait the drug clerk does not hear all
woe, Fie has to be polite to the woman
perfume nend There are %omsn N +oea
r Far lie purpose Of sampllng every make
n a. pe n me In the house They sometimes
Inv "a small bottle. but It Is seldom, They
viii sniff at the bottles. try q. little or