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mother may not be disturbed by their cries, are derived from One or the other of these alBaloids of opium or from paregorie which is a tincture of opium.
 Practically all the asthma cures and consumption cures, such as Fuckers Asthma specific," "Da- yis' Asthma Remedy" and others rely for their benefit to the patient on the cough restraining qualities of the drug and for the benefit of the manufacturer on the fact that unknown to the patient the craving for the drug was so firmly estab- lished as to continue its use ab- soluteIy necessary. UnquestiOnably a special compartment in HadeB will be reserved for these men who have callously fattened their fortunes on the misfortunes of their fellow creatures.
 In this same class we find the catarrh powders the basis Of which is cocaine.
 All the remedies advertised to cure epilepsy have as their base bromide, a harmful habit producing drug and of no value in the treat ment of the disease. Some of them contain even morphine and cocaine.
 It is impossible to convey to you in a short paper the accumulated horrors arising from the exploita- tion of patent remedies. Almost q billion dollars q year Is expended by a fatuOus public for remedies which are in 80 per cent of cases actually harmful and in every case of more than doutbfuI value. We blame the alcoholic for spending his money for drink, but he at least knows what he is going to get The patent medicine user is blind Iy purchasing something whose only benefit is to enrich a brutally caIlous manufacturer.
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to be performed by taking this cem- pound which is 19 per cent alcohol (more than is in most wines) with only six tenths of l per cent of sol ids os any kind, a trace of taunin, ammonia, a little reducing sugar and some bitter substance. As long as the mails will carry these peOple'a advert slng and the papers print their advertisements, they will thrive.
 Pink Pills for Pale People" - aids women's diseases, rheumatism, St. yitas dance, Iocomotor ataxia, (which is syphilous disease of the spine and incurabie J,
 The ingredients are a coating of sugar, calcium carbonate, and the pink color is due to cOchineal, there is also iron oxide Ga form of rust), Epson salts and a faint trace of aIkaloids. So much for Pink Pills for Pale People"
 A laxative often given to chil- dreu is Syrup of Figs A physician says-"Syrup of Figs, merely fla voring, contains next to no figs and dose of senna given in a fig might be easily administered by any mother" It is the whole fig and not the syruD of figs which has the cathartic action.
 The promoters of Cascarets, (word taken from Cascara) harm less enough in their way, enquire pathetically whether you gre using salts, cathaTtic pills, or castor Oil,- as though cascara was anything else but the foundation for a cathartic pill.
 Regardless of the cause, you are assured of no headache, bad taste, sour stomach or coated tongue by morning. If all these pretensions were true what happy world this would be!
 Our old friend, Beecham's Pills, composed of aloes, ginger, and soap, sell at a handsome profit. These preparations are all alike in their commonplace nOn-curatiYe ingre- dients and their excessive claims.
 Tho famous Dr. Wiley says, "Tis true children may cry for Fletcher's Castoria, but in my opinion they are much better off without it, though 1t is free from narcotics Ca sleep producing drug) and true, as far as we can determine, to the compost tion given on lae label" But why aftnct the delicate stomach of baby with a mixture of baking soda, senna, Rochelle salts, spirit of Gaul- teria, worm seed, peppermint and anlse, when Q little hot water and an enema will do the work without inflicting this burden on the sto- mach.
 Children cry for a good man things that are not good for them and I should place CastoTia On the list,
The daily Alaskan., 1915-12-01
Headache Mixtures

So far we have not mentioned those drugs which are not only distinctiyely harmful to health, but by reason of being habit producing have ruined the nervous system of a great many women.
 The principal group of these drugs may be classed as coal-tar products and include such drugs as acetaDilide, antipyrin and phen- acetin. These three drugs have practically the same action.
 Acetanilide beign the cheaper IS the basis e all well known head ache powders including "Orangine' v "Shac," BrOmo Seltzer, Royal Head ache tablets and others. Many so called brain foods" also contain these drugs.
 To give yon an idea of the extent of the use of these drugs and the danger attending their use, l will give you an extract of a report gathered from the evidence of 400 physicians in one year,--'Sl4 casts of poisoning were rePorted' GA of them being caused by ace tanil:de with the result of 29 deaths and 13O cases in which the use had become habituaI rendering the patients chronic inyalids."
 "Of these eases A per cent were due to the use of patent medicines in which the presence of the drug was unknown"
 It is not going too far to say that there is not a single head ache remedy on the market that does not contain one or the other of these three drugs.
 To turn to the field of the even more dangerous habit producing drugs, we must consider morphine herein, codine and cocaine, these four being products of opium. At the present time the use of these drugs is forbidden by law except III physicians prescription and under the new Harrison law this use is safeguarded by many restrictions and frequent inspections. In spite of this there are still occasionally found patent medicines which con tain these drugs.
 The soothing qualities of the many soothing syrups which are given to babies in order that the
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LETTERS UNCLAIMED
 IN SKAGWAY POST OFFICE

List of letters remaining uR- claimed at the Skagway post office for the month of November, 1915. Bonner, MT. Jack Benne, MT. Edw, P. Brown, Mir. H. a. CorsaTrOe, Mrs. Francis Holmes, Mir. F. c. Kindling, Mir. Fred. Martineau, William
  Watson, Rosa. I. i. Woods, Josephine
 4. E. KINDELD, P. M
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deny in court that the water oL the Patomac river contains five times as much Hthia per gallon as that of their own manufacture.
 There arc many other bottled waters which are just as bad.
 Some of the many preparations bought at the drug stores by women are cold creams and face lotions, if it were really known what these litt.e white jars with fancy names contained there would be fewer sold. For instance-the Magical Beautifier" sells for $1.5O and real ly contains six cents worth of ca lomel and 9 piut of water.
 Another member of this class, "Amarol" is 90 per cent Epson sals and 10 per cent bOraX. Sells for Toe and cost Hc, "spurmaX, ' g common cream consists of Epson salts and bOrax sells at soc, costs %,
 "Pyrozin" is yaseline perfumed with oil of bergamot tan oil made from a variety of lemOn) and is sold to grow eyebrows and eye Iashes. One dollar is rather high for vaselieu.
 These creams may not be so we'll known to all of us, but the question is - Are Hiud's, Pom plan and various others any diff ferent?
 So it goes. The remedy for this is to use plain standard soaps, cold creams and yaselines, sold as such, and eIude the fancy jars with fancy names
 "PeruDa" for colds, etc., has been dragged through the courts SO many times that it is pretty well advertised as to it's being ab- soluteIy no good. At one time it contained 50 per cent alcohol, but now has only 26 per cent and less than a half of l per cent of solids, The internal revenue bureau decid- ed it had to be sold under a liquor license, but it has changed just enough to escape this ruling,
 Mothers Friend" has these appealing labels, "The Joy of Moth erhood." Awaiting the Joyful Sound" Coming of the sun beam," "A real live doll to fondle | Is woman's greatest happiness. It also says that Mothers Friend thoroughly lubricates every nerve, tendon and muscle, and that by its use there will be no pain, dis tress or neusea, and no danger of laceration or other accidents. This dope has been through the courts and declared to be misbranded as nothing was found but oil and a small amount of Soap. Sells for $1 per bottle,
 Lydia P, v. Compound and cure for womens diseases, claims to save women from the surgeons knife, make tIe chIdless happy mothers, the blue and discouraged ] are made jubilant-these miracles
The daily Alaskan., 1915-12-01

The above article, being the pro gram for the Skagway Parent Teacher meetings is reprinted by request, owing to the fact that number Of the members of the or ganization did not save it, and for the benefit of those persons, we cheerfully reprint 1t from our issue of Nov 22.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-12-01

The above paper was read at the Mothers Circle of the Parent-Teach- CT association by Mrs. L. H. John stou, at the meeting held in the public school, November 19, 1915.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-12-01
Onfy One "BromO O9inlne"

Whenever you feel cold coming on, think of the full name LAXATIVE PROMO QUININE. Cures a Cold iu one day. Cures Grip in two days. Look tor
 signatureofE. W. Grove on the boK.- 2Se
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-08-13
TAKE FISH BY WHOLESALE
Natives Of South Pacific Island Have
Their Own Method OF Gathering
Food From Sea.

The natives of Rarotonga, one OF the
islands in the South Pacific ocean,
have a singular method OF catching
fish in which the whole community
takes part. On the shore OF the is
land there are many long. narrow
lagoons, each lying between q beach
and an outer reef Of coral, that usu-
ally swarm with fish. The natives
choose one of these stretches of shall
low water for the fish drive, and
close all breaks in the reef by lay
ing nets across them or building up
rough barriers with pieces of coral.
When they have done that, six or
seven hundred men, women and chill
dren wade into one end of the lagoon
carrying little, plated fiber bags filled
with utu nut. In most cases the wa
ter is about three feet deep, and no
where more than four feet; so the ma
tives march slowly up the lagoon, trail
ing behind them the bags of utu nut.
AS this substance is wet it forms a pc
culiar narcotic, which 1t diffuses
through the water. The process is
called poisoning the lagoon"
Half an hour is allowed 1er the
poison" to spread, and at the end
of that time all the fish are under
the influence of the drug, and are
swimming about in confused and
aimless manner. The natives, armed
with long, pronged spears, form line
that reaches from side to side of the
lagoon, and march along shouting,
splashing, and driving the intoxicated
fish before them. When the fish are
all collected at the farther end of the
lagoon, the natives begin to cry, Eth
hu-hu-u-u!" and the barbed spears fly
in all directions. The natives are very
dexterous with the spears, and the fish
are so sluggish, owing to the effects
of the utu nut, that very few of them
escape.
Many of the poisoned" fish seek the
shelter of the coral reef and hide In
the crevices; and so some of the ma.
tives fish" the reef. They put on
glass goggles and sink beneath the
water, where they remain submerged
for one or two minutes. They feel
about among the coral for the listless
fish, which they get with short,
thrusting spear. These methodical
fishermen usually make the biggest
catches; but the merry men in the
open water enjoy the best sport. Nu-
merous varieties of fish are obtained.
but all have the brilliant and beautiful
coloring peculiar to the fish of the
tropics.-Youth's Companion.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-08-13
FOUND HIMSELF UPSIDE DOWN
British Aviator Lived to Tell Of Weird
Experience That He Had
in Cloud.

A British naval airman when flying
seward recently entered thick white
cloud and wholly lost his sense Of
direction. He only realized that he
was upside down on finding that
things we're falling out of his pockets.
Then his belt broke, and he had to
hang on by his knees and elbows. AT
length he emerged from the cloud and
saw the sea apparently over his head.
but was able to right his machine and
continue his fight.
A young English aviator, the bullet
noles in whose planes bore testimony
to his repeated exposure to fire, had
one narrow escape with an amusing
ending. Mistaken for a German air
man, he was fired at by the French
and forced to descend through the
puncturing of his petrol tank. When
the mistake was discovered, of course,
profuse apologies were forthcoming.
and he was presented by the mayor
of the district with bouquet.
Talking of bullet holes, by the way,
/ may mention that the record sure
ly belongs to British aviator who, es-
Gaping from hail of shrapnel, count
ed 90 separate punctures in his planes.
&C. l.. Preston in Scribner's Maya
zine.
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and capable of registering pull up to
Is tons. The ship then steams ahead
at speed Of one or two knots an hour
in kind of taking maneuver at
right angles to the line of the cable.
While the ship is engaged in graphing
a member of the crew, ordinarily the
fourth officer, sits on the grapnel rope
the strain when the cable has been
hooked. The instant the cable is
hooked the ship is stopped and the
grapnel rope is slowly wound in by
the hauling machinery. Sometimes the
cable will stand the heavy strain of
being lifted until 1t reaches the sur
face, only to snap and sink to the bot
tom again before 1t can be secured.
When this happens the ship steams to
new location and starts graphing
anew.
When the cable is brought safely to
the surface, 1t is first secured on either
side of the grapnel by what is known
as chain stopper" this work being
done by man lowered over the bow
in boatswain's chair. The cable is
then cut, each end is connected to the
instrument in the testing room, and
the stations at San Francisco and Hon.
olulu are each called up. 1t is more
than likely, Of course, that the ship
will not be able to speak to one of the
stations, as the fault will probably lie
at some point between the ship and
the station. In case 1t is necessary for
the ship to steam one way or the other
to find the fault, as 1t usually is, 1t Is
necessary to leave one end of the cable
behind and to secure it so that 1t can
be raised again without graphing. One
of the big seventeen buoys shown In
the illustration is made ready, flag is
put on ii, and 1t is lifted overheard by
a derrick One end of the cable is at
tached to the buoy by long mooring
chain and rope, and is allowed to sink
to the bottom, the buoy itself being
held in place by a mushroom anchor.
At night time the buoy carries light.
The ship now starts picking up the
| cable toward the fault. This is slow
process, requiring careful navigation.
as the ship must be kept going slowly
ahead at such speed as to relieve the
strain on the picking-up gear. The
| cable comes on board at the rate OF
one or two miles an hour and is coiled
by the men into one of the large round
tanks that take the place of the hold
in an ordinary ship, The cable is
guided from the bow to the tank by q
series of sheaves placed at intervals
on the deck. While this operation is
going on, the electricians continue test
ing and the cable may have to be Gu
several times before the actual fault Ii
on board. With the fault found, th'
defective portion of the cable is Gu
out, and gold piece from the ships
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-08-13
Secret Of Success.

The secret of success is not a Sc.
cret. Nor is it something new. Nor
is it something hard to secure. To
become more successful, become more
efficient. do little things better. SO
work that you will require less super
vision. The least supervision is need
ed oy the person who makes the few
est mistakes Do what you can and
should do for the institution for which
you are working, and the size of your
income will take care of itself. Let
your aim ever be to better the work
you are doing. But remember always
that you cannot better the work you
are doing without lettering yourself.
The thoughts that you think, The
words that you speak, and the deeds
you perform are making you either
better or worse.-Thomas Drier.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-08-13
Only Two Leqs Left.

Carmargo, in Dewey county, Okla.
has dogs-big dogs. little dogs and in
fact all kinds of dogs, but it has ons
that is somewhat of an oddly. This
is a dog that travels on two legs.
Several months ago a dog belonging
to Mr.. Storey, section foreman of Sup
ply, Okla, was run over by train and
two of his legs cut of. For some time
he was unable to move around, but
now has recovered so that he can nav.
igate quite handily. The two legs on
which he is forced to walk are both
on one side. He not only walks. but
can also run, and seems to be about
as well able to get around as dog
with four good legs
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-08-13
Enormous Waste In Hyphens.

In our campaign of economy an
American writer suggests that we
should do away with hyphens. The
Germans build up enormous compound
words without any hyphen to break
them; but the English find one neces-
sary for a simplepword Of five letters
like today" 1t may be roughly esti-
mated that each one of the two hun
dred million people who write Eng
lish writes today tomorrow" or to
night" three times a day. Half an
ounce of force is required to make a
hyphen with a pen or pencil, so this
superfuous symbol entails a total
waste of 2,190,000 pounds daily, or
enough to draw a passenger train
round the world. And-"in my minds
eye, Horatio"-I see the printers star
hurting million hyphens through the
office window for the scavenger to
pick up!-London Chronicle.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-08-13

tank is spliced in in it's place. Then
the cable is paid out as the ship re-
turns to the buoy marking the location
of the other end. With this recovered,
the ship has both the San Francisco
and Honolulu ends of the cable on
board. Tests are made to ascertain
that no other faults have developed
and that both sections are In good
condition. A message reading Com
munication restored-now making final
splice is sent to both of the stations.
Following this message two hours are
allowed before the stations attempt to
communicate with each other. This is
a very busy two hours on board the
cable ship. The ends of the cable are
secured over the sheaves at the bow
and are connected by splice from 80
to 40 feet long. With the splice COM
pleted two ropes, one at each side OF
the bow, are attached to the cable and
IT is lowered overheard and Stacked
out slowly until it reaches the surface
of the water. A block of wood is placed
ON the deck under each of the ropes.
At a given signal the ropes are cut at
the same time with axes, the ends Of
the ropes fly overheard and the cable
sinks to the bottom of the ocean. AS
the cable disappears from view, the
engines are run full speed ahead and
cable ship returns to port.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-08-13
Australia and New Zealand are the
greatest wool producing countries.
NO IDEA
What Caused the Trouble.

81 always drank coffee with the rest
Of the family, for it seemed as If there
was nothing for breakfast II we did
not have it on the table.
Il had been troubled for some time
with my heart, which did not feel
right. This trouble grew worse
steadily.
Sometimes 1t would beat fast, and
at other times very slowly, so that
would hardly be. able to do work for
an hour or two after breakfast, and 1t
walked up hill, 1t gave me a sewers
pain.
Il had no idea OF what the trouble
was until friend suggested that per.
haps it might be coffee drinking.
tried leaving off the coffee and began
drinking Postum. The change came
quickly. / am glad to say that | am
now entirely free from heart trouble
and attribute the relief 20 leaving on
coffee and the use OF Postum.
"A number of my friends have aban'
doned coffee and have taken up Post
UNI, which they are using steadily
There are some people that make
Postum very weak and tasteless. but
IL made according to directions, 1t II
q very delicious beverage" Name
given by Postum Co., Battle Creek
Mich.
Postum comes in two forms:
Postum cereeI-the original form
must be well boiled. 15c and Csc PACK
ages.
Instant Postum soluble powder
dissolves quickly in a cup Of hot wa
ter, and. with cream and sugar. makes
q delicious beverage instantly. SV0
and SOC tins.
Both kinds are equally delicious anu
cost about the same per cup
There's Reason" for Postum
sold by Grocers
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-08-13
Guests Forced 10 Drink.

Compulsory abstinence would have
seemed a complete inversion of the
natural order to some of our ancestors.
They believed in compulsory drinking,
and in some old country mansions may
still be seen, / believe, ring let into
the wall of the dining hall for the pun
ishment Of the man who would not, or
could not. drink his allotted share OF
liquor.
The culprit's arm was fixed in the
ring, and he was given choice of drink
ing in the ordinary way or having the
liquor he refused poured down his
sleeve Hence the medieval jest
"Leaving's slaving. London Chron'
icle.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-08-13

their aversion to each others sight
and habits of life has furnished many
an amusing incident to the neighbor-
hood. The attack on her cats and the
defense of his rude-mouthed parrot had
afforded many a scene of violent out
burst of loud temper and abusive Ian
guage. Then came the early morning
raid of the German cruisers. He was
just out of his bath, enwrapped in a
towel, and she had just disembarked
from the deck of her four-poster when.
crash! a fearful crash that seemed
like the crack of doom, and amid the
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-08-13
The Iris in History.

The iris was long centuries ago
adopted by Louis TX the gallant
young crusader, as the emblem of his
house. It became thereby 'the flow
or of Louis which was corrupted
into "Fleur-de-lis." The iris, or blue
flag, is really meant when one speaks
of the lily of France. The iris is a
plant that insures its life. In its large
rootstocks it lays up endowment in
surance in the days of plenty, so that
when the earth is chill, cold and in
hospitable its savings win provide
against need.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-08-13
Titivatinq Titles.

King Victor Emmanuel boasts the
most comprehensive official title Of
any European monarch. His digni-
taries, most of which come to him
from the old kingdom of Sardinia. in
clude a claim to the sovereignty of
Sardinia, France, Spain, England
Italy, Jerusalem, Greece, Alexandra
and Hamburg. In addition to sucl
grandiloquent generalities as Ruler
the Midway Sea, Master of the Dee
and King of the Earth.-Pall Mall Gi
zette.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-08-13
SOFT WHITE HANDS
Under Most Conditions If You Uss
cutlcura. Trial Free.

The Soap to cleanse and purify, the
Ointment to soothe and heal. NothinI
better or more effective at any price
than these fragrant supercreamy emol.
hents. A one-night treatment will test
them in the severest forms of red
rough, chapped and sore hands.
Sample each free by mail with Book
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. Ky,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-AdY.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-08-13
STRIKE AT KRUPPs AvERTED
Geneva Report Says Demands of the
Employees Are Granted Under
Military Pressure.

Geneva. Aug. 6.-Reports from Es.
sen say that all the demands of the
employees of the Krupp works have
been granted and that serious strike
has thus been averted The German
military authorities brought pressure
on the Krupp administration to this
end.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-08-13

binding dust ana falling rubble they
were discovered each to other, only a
few feet separating them. PROSTATE
on their respective floors from shock.
but otherwise unhurt, for the partition
wall between them had been blown
down. Fate had saved their lives, but
had laid them almost in each other's
arms