The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-11-08
4 SISTERS Devotion
Iona Journey Of Philadelphia Girl
to Save Her Brother.
VICTIM OF OPIUM CURSE
Mss Agnes hae,iard Travelled 'heo.
s.,cs CT Ai,lss TO Secure = Recently
p~t.oo~.rso Plant Said 20 Have Cures
Many Of the Habit

uasrana Of Philadelphia has Just re
turned from a trip To the west Malay 4
peninsnla. where She obtained a cure 4
rays A special dispatch TO the ST LOUIS o
Republic. Having Travelled thousands .
of miles. endured priyations OF every
sor, aud character. this heroine WIN
nm ample supply OF the remedy OBTAIN
81 from fresh plants in that far"n :
land, is putting into effect the pup ,
u.,.a accounts OF the efficacy OF the
an,idote.
Miss IIavlland spent about = mo"''
IN and around Selangor. capital OF II"
west Malay peninsula, and the HORRORS
dine 10 the opium habit seem IKE "
nightmare to her. This WAS converted
into a nlensant dream. however. wheh
she noted the many cures maze ny Wv
little. recently discovered plant
t,ar brother has been II victim or me
on,um curse for several years. fi'N
,are, os a soothing drug to relieve
mental and physical distress. he haa
% Increase the amount taken almost
daily as the deadening effects ot tue
smaller doses were decreased. Slowly
but surely. be became enmeshed III my
clutches Of the distilled poppy "h''
his life was - burden to nm
Then he appealed to his sister. lhefe
7 was nothing she could do. she had
engaged the hest physicians in lhl'a'
delnh,a hut each had given up her
hrother's case as hopeless one GA!
q she read n story in a newspaper 'nn
an opium cure had been olsco'eieu,
From an article based on a report VI
Consul General D. F. Wilbur she lehrh-
. cd that the Malays had really dlsco'-
cred a cure for the habit. .
r ErsU OF physique. but dauntiess l"
4. h.r will Miss Haviland finally deter
mined to get this cure II poSsio'e'
Ut however she would make a per
~ ,onal investigation. In June she 'ei'
her home and journeyed across '''
continent to Seattle. where she en'
harked on her long ocean voyage.
w ~ talked with Consul General WI
no hor of he cure said Miss Hav'laho
he and his testimony established M.
IA fa,th in the vine. The scientific nam
?" of this plant is Combretum s"hoaie'.
at. and not Tamal ~sei,sse a2Re te1efS'
saGn&I RA0e way to prepare Il
arn vine for use was as follows: First. be
over a gentle charcoal fire in the pf
- portion of three pounds OF water
'"N one ounce of the precious drug {
about four hours till half the origin
nay water remains. Second. strain II
vcr preparation and leave it to cool, and
all is ready for use. Third, fill two bra
dy bottles with the preparation In
bottle A pUt burnt opium 10 the qua
tity the patieAt used to consume IN oi
). day. The opium will dissolve ut on
with II milky color. Fourth. take tv
mar tablespooufuls Of the mixture from bu
tie A whenever the patient Graves f
be opium. shake the bottle before use al
not directly after each dose is taken f
nay the same quantity OF the preparatiC
lilo from bottle II into bottle 4. No opiu
is to be put into The medicine after II
ora FIRST bottle
49, Continuing her story Miss Hayilai
said Upon visiting the Chinese toy
:" KAY who bad introduced the medlcil
In Scrcmlan with good effect ! lear
=. ed that the leaf bad been Discovers
~ In Jelebu 10y q Young man who was .
~ opium smoker He had hecu told by
"' friend to fusr the leaf ~ u certa
plant growing In the jungle und
r" toll it and druk the medicine lie Il
= SO and frnud shat be- could break ,
~ his oplnm habit He told others Hbp
'"" Il. aud when he Sercmban toWk.
=" went TO Iciehu to collect his hon
'o'S rents be was todd Of the medicine. I
ordered his mining coolies 10 collie
" the plant for him sud then Introduce
IL lutu Syr,mh,u
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