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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-21

sort of leprosy, with this differ
ence-
Humankind loathes the leper:
the drug addict loathes humankind.
He is shamed by his crazed brain.
by his shrunken muscles, by his
stomach, which rejects food; by
his nerves. which will not take
rest; by his furtive eye and gait,
and by the sinking tumefaction
of arm or thigh, offended by the
thrust of his unclean needle.
And. like all the vicious, he en-
braces his degradation and makes
Of infamy his only love.
The major symptom of drug
mania Qet the doctors look as
much farther as they cam is, then.
It's gangrenous demolition OF the
social structure on which, by mum.
Der of cases of addiction and nv
amount of drug illicitly consumed,
it gains hold.
Here is the place to repeat:
There are 100000 to 4,000, 900
drug addicts in America and they
illicitly consumed upward of 1O0,.
900 900 ounces of cocaine, morphine
and heroin in 1922.
If addiction were not this ex-
tensive social menace but, as DR..
Simon, of New York, will main
tain, primarily an underworld crime
problem, there would still be enough
to give gravely to think.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-21
Cause Of Crime

Addicts commit crimes which are
traceable to no other cause than
the addiction. And these crimes
are always hideous.
Before demonstrating the addict
crime crisis, it will be well to
clear the motives Cor addict crime.
Roughly, the morphine addict
commits crime to get morphine;
the cocaine addict commits crime
because he has got cocaine. Co
caine crazes. The cocaine fiend
shifts until his mind is filled with
lusts, larcenies and murder. The
cocaine fiend's most hideous butch
cries are done to let down. his
nerves.
The morphine addict runs out of
his drug, is penniless, and plots
to get more of his drug. It will
be plans to snatch purse with
him in the early hours of his UNI
satisfied craving, but few hours
later he is a potential burglar, and,
&c a day or two shouldd pass with
out the drug, he, too. will rush
screaming to assaSSinate.
The difference between the two
types is the difference between two
parent drugs. The gum of the
East Indian poppy (opium soothes
the nerves. but makes them de-
pendent on this soothing, which
means it is habit forming. The
South American coca leaf (which
does not come from the totally dis
similar cocoa plant is a sstimulant
and is not habit-forming.
The cocaine user is vicious, |. e.,
| seIf-indulgent
The morphine and heroin users
are victims.
1t is not until the habit of the
latter and the vice of the former
are confirmed that the two meet
with bloody hands.
When they do. there is something
like hell let loose.
Tommy O'Connor, a famous Chi.
cago thug, sits in the back room
of one of that city's South Side
tenements shifting cocaine while
the police gather outside to rush
the place. There are three Officers
In the back yard awaiting the chiefs
wits to advance
Tommy's pulse is beginning to
hammer the cocaine rhythm. His
head is splitting with the effort
to remember tie little ditty that is
chanted to that rhythm. There's
not much sense to the quaint thing
mere folderol- delay.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-21
The Hail Tragedy

''Get your gloves on, undertaken"
he chants to himself, I'm gwine
to- kill the corner cop"
After the murder they catch Luz
Their Boldly easily. He is meek and
waiting in Philadelphia cellar,
where he has run out Of dope.
Assistant Attorney General John
w. III. Grim has these things in
mind when he says in statement
to Universal Service:
The formidable increase OF the
drug habit in the underworld has
ruined our whole Psychological sys-
tenn. We can no longer look for
motive in crime"
The effect of the underworld use
of dope on approved methods OF
police crime detection has been dis
astrous. The old standby of the
pOlice-the underworld informer--is
gone. In his unenviabIe place the
police now have a sweating coward
whose drug degraded imagination
can produce nothing but Hes.
The elaborate system of espion.
age whereby the police Of the coun-
try keep feelers in the crime dis
trict collapses. An instance:
Raymond Schneider, young ma
tive of New Brunswick, ". j., in
wolves himself sensationally in the
Investigations arising out of the
murder of Pastor Hall and his choir
sweetheart, Mrs. Eleanor Mills. He
confesses himself and young com
panion the wanted murderers.
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Past and Present

We cannot pause, in this moment
of danger, to consider the past and
present For a time we must aban-
don our one to four million addicts
to their very miserable fates. In
battle the wounded lie where they
fall.
Our concern is with the I'M
scathed future.
II a million bubonic rats were
known to be in the holds IF ships
from across the seas, we should
take tremendous precautions to
keep them out. Not one of the
ships would dock. Commerce, per-
haps. would be completely stopped.
Every ounce of struggled drug
carries the germ of a disease as
horrible as the bubonic plague.
These ounces will fill hypodermic
needles with a disease as Enclean
as the wound from a sick rats
tooth. More than one hundred mil
lion such struggled ounces crawled
into America in 1922. They more
than match our hundred million
population.
Sick Rat Opium has bred litter
in which there is one bite for every
man, woman and child in this coun-
try.
But we believe ourselves immune.
There are ninety-six millions OF US
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ADVERTISEMENT.
DRINK WATER TO
HELP WASH OUT
KIDNEY POISON
If Your Back Hurts or Bladder
Bothers, Begin Taking
lad Salts.

When your kidneys hurt and
YOUR back feels sore don't get
scared and proceed to load your
stomach with a. lot of drugs that
excite the kidneys Keep your kid
news clean like you keep your
bowels clean, by flushing them
with a mild. harmless salts which
helps to remove the bodys waste
and stimulates them to their nor
NAL activity. The function of the
Kidneys is to filler the blood. In
"a hours they strain from it 500
grains of acid and waste, so we
can readily understand the vital
importance of keeping the kidneys
active.
/. Drink lots of good water-you
can't drink TOO much; also get from
any pharmacist about four ounces
of Jad Salts; take a tablespoonful
in a glass of water before break
fast each morning for a few days
and your Kidneys may then act
fine. This famous salts is made
from the acid of grapes and lemon
Juice, combined with lithia, and
has been used for years to help
clean and stimulate clogged kid
news; also to neutraliZe the ac.d'
in the system so they are no longer
a source of irritation, thus often
relieving bladder weakness.
Jad Salts is inexpensive; cannot
injIiFe; makes a delightful effer-
Vescent Whitewater drink, which
everyone should take now and then
to help keep their kidneys clean
and active. Try this; also keep up
the water drinking, and no doubt
you will wonder what became Of
your kidney trouble and backache
BY all means have your physician
examine your kidneys at least
twice q year.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-21
Girl Turns Bootlegger
By Bag Swap on Train

PROVIDENCE, Jan. 20. Miss
Mabel n! Wood, teacher in the
public schools. is a. firm believer
in the Eighteenth amendment and
would not knowingly violate any Of
its regulations.
But one OF the vagaries of hlIr-
riedly transferring from one car
line to another caused her to
swap Boston bags with q boot
logger.
These are the circumstances that
led her to carry to her school room
a bottle of white mule" and q re-
volver. Her next act; of course,
was to report the matter to the
police, who have little hope that
tine owner will seek to recover his
property.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-21
HEAD STUFFED FROM !
CATARRH OR A COLD.
Says Ely's Cream Balm Applied
in NOstrils Opens Air Passages
Right Up.

Instant relief-nO waiting. Your
clogged nostrils open right up; the
air passages of your head clear
and you can breathe freely. No
more hawking, snuffling, blowing,
headache dryness. No struggling
~ breath at night: your cold or
catarrh disappears.
Get small bottle of EIy's Cream
Balm from your druggist now. AID.
ply a little of this fragrant, anti
septic, healing cream in your nos,
trils. 1t penetrates through every
air passage Of the head. soothes
the inflamed or swollen mucous
membrane and relief comes in
stantly.
It's just fine. Don't stay stuff.
ed-up with a cold or nasty catarrh,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-21
WoInen's Protests Cause
.Lanitor to Take Poison

. PHILADEIPHIA, Jan. 70. =
Weary of complaints of women
tenants, George Graham, ianitor in
the fashionable stanton apartments
took poison.
II took enough poison to kill ten
men,. Graham told the police.
These women are enough to drive
any man to suicide. One rushes
down and raises the devil because
she says her apartment is cold,
Next minute another claims hers is
hot enough to roast beef. want
to end it all.
Graham heaved a sigh of .disap.
pointment when doctors at the Sa-
maritan Hospital told him he would
recover. 60
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-21
Van Sweringen Brothers Rise Fast
To Power in the Railroad World

on control 81 the G. ana d. railroad
as an outlet to the tidewater for
their 100 miles Of granger roads 4
. They were born in Geneva.
When orvis p. was eight and
Mantis u was six, the family
moved TO Cleveland. The father
was civil war veteran. TheIr
mother died soon after they came
here. Both Of them had run bare.
foot around Geneva selling news
papers before coming here. They
continued to sell papers here.
The two brothers are unmarried.
Both are quiet, Of medium heighs
and stocIxy. Orvis r. Is forty.three.
Mantis j. IS forty-one.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-21
Uric Acid?
Try the Williams Treatment
IS Cent Bottle 32 Doses)
EPE

lust because y1u STARE the Hay worried
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y He strong. well with no stiff joints
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back " kidney trouble caused ~ body
made acids.
IL you suffer from bladder weakness.
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are in and out Of bed half d dozen times
night Won will aDDreciate the reag<
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We want to prove The williams Treat
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-21

tal<aa Mace when you add calcium sui
ride to the blood. 1T Is ~ refining lrS
sfluence. Calcium Is the principal agency
II neculfar stirnulus to skin repair.
PiHsnles. biaokheads ana other such evt-
dence Of localized skin slug gishness are
rerslaced with new material and soon
.9I,a slxfn reneyEs itself with ffrmers
healthier tissue. This axes the beau
tifJl complexion so much admired: 30
nee to hide pimples with c0ld srea 70 .ann
iofiona These bie1nishes either come
from within or become 1ocaiized II the
calcium influence Is lacking and they
keep coming until snch an influence a.
let nature clear your skin through
the. influence Of StuaTt's Calcium Wafers
which vol can obtain in any drug store
i + "a cents 4 box. These wonder waters
as used nv thousands OF women 11
have. learn d from experience of their heir
reraar labIe influence to make the ssiAlh
beautiful and keep II so
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Americans Use More Drugs Than Rest Of the World C
fcontinued from First Page.l

Continued from FIRST FaSe.l
have tried all the cures They have
failed. We can not quit morphine.
The doctors are routed.
Another medical body receives
and publishes a wartime letter from
another doctor, an addict too, in
which is written: 'I have a son
at the front; the chances are many
he will be wounded and made an
addict from treatment.
The parent can not protect the
child.
Successfully in Cleveland, New
York and Atlanta. city govern
ments, having tried to check ly
clinical control the evil which is
filling their jails, have confessen
failure. In Nashville now the city
fathers are recoiling from similar
clinical experiment with horror
that would be almost comical were
it not an instance of a general in
cIination amonf American scientists
and statesmen to WEIGH in the fight
on dope.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-21

CLEVELAND. Ohio. Jan. 20.
twenty-five years ago two Cleve-
land. clerks, one aged twanty-one
and the other nineteen, started q
struggling little real estate firm.
Eight years ago they were known
to a few persons here as rising
young realtors. Today the whole
United States is watching their
moves.
Titey are the Van Sweringen
brothers-orvis p. and Mantis ].
Recent purchases and cOnsOlidations
81 five railroads have given them
control Of 1,7OO miles Cf track.
They are reported TO hold options
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-21
FOR SORE FEET
P Peterson 5 Ointment

TO the millions Of users Of
Peterson's Ointment, Peter
son says: Don't fail to use
it for sore, inflamed, aching
feet; it does the work over
night. z Best for piles, ec-
zerna, itching and pirnply
skin. 35c, 60c, $1.O0, $3.50,
SIS. 100.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-21
The Only Cure

The authorities suspend inyesti-
cation and Schneider is put in Jail
There, naturally. his drugged nerves
come back to something near nor
NAL for want of more drug. He
awakes several days later and can
remember nothing of his crazy con-
fession.
BY the time the authorities re-
turn to their abandoned clues they
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-21
Case Of Boldly

xiii, smash, murder. rip"
It's just little ballad of a mood.
So Tommy, with the tune jogging
a thousand spider feet inside his
Uranium, saunters gaily out the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-21
axes Skin
Beautiful
Remarkable Action 81 Stuart's Cal.
cium Waters IN Kidding Face
Of Facial BEemislies,
KaalsIln etc 81 Its.e
Rash, Etc.

You know what tiny pinch Of
saferatus does when added to M ik ana
acid Vt stops curdling, and this is
comp lively the same influence that
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-21

ADVERTISEMENT.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1923-01-04

4 DE ENERo DE 1920
MuRIo PEREZ eALDos

HOY Sc cumplen tres amos del falle-
cimiento del glorioso novelista espafiol
Benito Perez Gald6s, una de las cum
bres mas luminosas del pensamiento hu
mano, que supo abrillantar con las
magnifcas creaciones de su genio.
Para honrar mejor su memoria y
consagrar en- esta pagina un homena-
je al sentido aniversario de su muerte,
yamos transcribir continuation un
hermoso trabajo literario del insigne
critico y poeta E. Diez-canedo:
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"Recordar es vivir"- Dante

En- ella, los Sentimientos de dlas le-
janos, convertidos en- secas formulas,
extienden sus tentaculos para ahogar
los espontaneos impulses, las nuevas
creencias, nacidos con la transforma-
ci6n de los tiempos. vencidos o vence-
6ores, los heroes de Gald6s SO hallan
siempre cara cara con ese espectro
snacr6nico; porque Ia sociedad en- que
viven como la reina Doiia Juana, no
SO da cuenta Y raz6n del paso del
tempo.
Que esa sociedad es la espahola en-
que hemos nacido, nadie 10 podra des-
mentir. Nj una mayor comodidad en- Ell
vivir-a acaso existent un contacto
meramente. exterior con Ell mundo son
srgumentos en- contra. A cada instante
81 hombre de hoy tropieza, en- 10 mo-
raj en- 10 jurfdico, en- 10 artistico o
en- 10 econ6mico, con uno de esos fan
tasmas. lie mandan no Greer en- ellos,
Enas veces el patriotismo, otras veces
la religion, otras, Y son acaso las mas
de temer, ell ''buen tono''. Pues bien,
no; los heroes de Gald6s, ese stbuen
tono" les tiene sin cuidado. Rompen
toda la red de convencionalismos que
los envuelve y proclaman su verdad de
amor, su libertad de conciencia mas
fuerte que Ia costumbre y la ley. Y
esto 10 hacen merced al arte del move
lista como seres vivos que logran, en-
es recuerdo, mas existencia real que los
nismos seres vivos. Cuando olvidemos
los mas de nuestros compaheros de
estudios, los mas de los hombres con
ouienes tllyimos trato comercio, to-
dav1a hemos de recordar ell nombre v
la 1sonomia que prestamos unos per-
! sonajes vistos solos por unas horas a
traves de las trescientas paginas de
lImos de estos libros, porque supieron
hablarnos al coraz6n y a entendimien-
to. Este arte no es exclusive, sin 4du-
da, de nuestro gran novelista; pero
| icuan pocos escritores logran, como 81,
Eevar al recuerdo de los demas hombre
a los hijos de su esperiencia y de su
dolor!
Ell dfa 5 de enero fue enterrado Gal
dos. La muchedumbre, en- desordea
agravado por La ineptitud edilicia, ami
Z mo las GALES por donde pasaba Ell cor
tejo. Gaia La tarde. cuando este Sc dis
/ pers6. Muy escasos colches, bastantss
grupos a pie, continuaron por ell ar
Quo camino del cementerio en- la hors
inquieta y desapacible. Cuando ell ca
daver fue bajado a la fosa, cerraba la
noche y empezaba a iluminarse Ma
drid, a 10 lejos. La vuelta las GALES,
las conversaciones, a. los hogares, SO.
liviantados por la expectation infantil
de los Reyes Magos, traia de nneyo 4
la mente eI recuerdo de Gald6s; pero
va no era Ell Gald6s combatiente apa-
sionado, profeta de un mundo nuestro.
tan fntimo, que supo dsr estado de ar
te tcda la hunilde vida cotidiana v
roner en- sus Ibros tanto amor a. estas
cosas eternas: el trabajo del hombre,
"a gracia de la mujer Ia risa del niio.
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MOtOres, Dinames, ACu-
. lliuIad0reS para autos

vendemos acumuladores nuevos y de
luso para autos, trucks y estacicnes dc
radiotelefonfa, a precios desde s15 en
adelante.
Somos expertos en- Ia reparaci6n dc
motores, dfnamos, acumuladores, todas
lclases de aparatos electricos, y aspe-
cialmente en- el sistema electricO de au
tos. Compramos armaduras y motores
quemados.
Cargamos acumuladores Cuando 81
acumulador de su auto necesite aqua
destilada 0 acido, traigalo a nuestrc
taller; ofrecemos este servicio "Gra-
tis,'.
PERCY HERMANos. PONCE, P. R
Telsfonc 46s, Gale Isabel No. 12
Frente al Garage Panzardi). Advt.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1923-01-04


Sabe I'd. 10 que es OSTEo-
PATIA? OSTEOPATIA es la
ciencia de curar ajustando la
Columna Vertebral y nervios, re-
novando La circulation de la
sangre por tratamiento manual
sin necesidad de usar drogas
eleetricidad.
81 todas las parties del Orga-
nismo humane estan en- condi.
cion perfecta la sangre circula
bien, los nervios ordenados, su
cerebro despeiado, su cuerpo
agil; esta I'd. saludable y este
10 puede hacer OSTEoPATIA.
SDesea I'd. conservarse siempre
saludable, joven, fuerte y feliz7
No sufra toda su vida, c1rese =
tempo. Pruebe los tratamien-
tos de OSTEOPATIA.
OSTEoPATIA cura disloca-
clones, torceduras, Tos Ferina,
Catarro, Pulmonia, Influenza y
todas classes de intermediates.
Unico Doctor en- oSTEoPA-
TIA en- Puerto Rico:-
DR.. S. M. HALEY. i
Consultorio:-
Altos Colmado Standard
Te1efonos:-
Ofcina 627 San juan
Residencia 262 Santurce.
= 82sY N'~ssa ieas a. "a else a.
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LLOYD GEORGE REGREsA ]
T.ONDRES

HoNDREs, enero 2.-Lloyd Geor-
ge, Lord Birkenhead Churchill que
Sc hallan en- Algeciras retornaran pro-
bablemente mafana a esta ciudad.
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OJC)
E6
Agr!.!ieu!!..I!tor'.es ].

Por no poderla atender su duefo, Sc
desea vender la muy renombrada fnca
de cafe denominada. Hacienda From
TOM, sta en- Ell mismo barrio. cuan.o.
Sc puede decir de la alabama de dicha
finca es POGO comparable con sus ex-
celentes condolences de que Sc encuenz
ira dotada: tiene aqua por tuberia Que
pasa por dentro de la casa y fabricas,
alfnacenes con. secadoras maauina 10
sufciente para una cOsecha de mil quin-
tales, casitas sufcientes para agrega-
dos, en- fin, todo cuanto Sc pueda desear.
Es semiEana saliente, y consta de
263 cuerdas mas menos en- su mayor
parte de cafe.
Sc aceptarian proposiciones, pronto y
plazos con garantia. Ell que La interese
puede pedir informes a la casa.
~ 4 49, T
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1923-01-04
No Dele a Un Catarro
Convertirse En- Influenza

Por despreocuparse de el, un
"catarrito" puede traer una grippe,
influenza, o qlizas peor, una pull
n1onia. Tiene que cuidarsele intne-
diatarnente, y con. nada mejor que
con un buen frotaniento de Mus
terole en- las parties congestionadas.
Este unguento claro y bIancuzco,
fabricado base de aceite de mos
taxa, alcanfor, mentol y otros in
gredientes sencillos, posee todas
las buenas cualidades del antique
slnapismo casero sin Ell riesgo de
causar ampollas en- la piel.
Use el Musterole hoy rnismo y
notara tIn alivfo sorprendente. De
venta en- todas las farmacias, en-
ponios o tubillos.
dUCHO MEJOR QUE UN sINAPIsMo
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FOTteza HeTInanOs & Go.
VEGA BAJA
VENDO

Hermosa casa, de elegante estilc,
acabada de construir, esplendida CO.
modidad Situada en- carretera, eutae
cuatro escuelas y. . pasos dc Ia High
School. 49, .a.-
Dirijase 81 propio dueno.
D. Diaz Alexandra; Telefono B9o
Verde, santurce. $3.50 - .se Z.
Dejo Ia mitad dc 81 vaIor On htppts,
cas-. Advt.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1923-07-26
FEWER CRIMES OF VIOLENCE
Criminals Now Prefer SwindIing to
Acts of Physical Brutality, Ac-
cording to English Official.

Swindling has taken the place of vio-
lence as the most prevalent type of
crime, says Sir Leonard Dunning, in
spector of constabulary for England.
Grimes of violence have steadily
decreased for years." says Sir Leon
ard in report, Modern crime is civ
ilized and educated because the GRIM
inal of today knows that it is far safer
and more profitable to swindle hun
dreds than to rob one by knocking him
In the head"
1t has been stated that there are
hundreds of professional criminals In
England whom the police are power
less to arrest. Many of these people
derive very large incomes by trading
upon the credulity of certain section
of wealthy people. In the vast major
ity of cases the criminals are never
prosecuted either because of the diff
ficulty of proving the fraud against
them or because the people victimized
do not want publicity.
One of the most popular means dur
ing the last few years has been for
the criminal to gain entrance to vRri-
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1923-07-26
Black Snakes No Match for Small Boys

hurried into the rock pile and that he
thought there must be den Of them
there.
The next day the boys again visited
the tree and, finding no snakes about,
all climbed it and were soon feasting
upon cherries. Suddenly shouts arose
from all over the tree as each boy
found himself menaced by one or
more snakes, which had apparently
swarmed up the tree after them, and
again their exit was hurried and I'M
ceremonious.
Enraged by this second attack, the
boys went to the home Of one of their
number and procured large iron pot,
such as is used for scalding hogs, and,
bringing 1t back to the scene of action,
made fire under 1t and heated gal
Ions of scalding hst water. This they
dashed from buckets upon the rock
pile until it was saturated with boil
ing water and steam, and presently
the snakes began to spring out, only
to fall lifeless upon the ground.