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JOHN
SEDATIVE DRUGS
A good generaKknowledge of sed
ative drugs." is 'always desirable ; for,
it has seemed- to" me ' that ; half the
world is engaged "in-hawking "dope''
of some kind i- other, alleged to
relieve p' W " produce "sound,
reirihiiftkwRa these things sell
torts of them i$ jaud usually at
enormous profits. ' However, the ad
vice 1 wraTTt" to give-in this little
taik jS, to be extreme cautious in
pain-relftVers and sleep-producers
that are offered for your use, by
the horde of nostrum-vendors that
beset you on every handv
Opium is the king o; paitt-reliev-ers;
but it is adangerous habit
former. A very wise law protects
the public, and you cannot get
opiates without a prescription from
a licensed physician" This is as it
should be. Mycavorite opiate is
codeine, as a Sedatiye for harassing
coughs.
The vast maority of modern seda
tives are based jn a drug known
as "parbital." This is capable oi"
doing much good, but as is always
the caseithad better be. given un
der the aefvice of a capable 'phy
sician. I would beware of the
medicine-peddler. Certain vegetable
drugs ha long been utilized as
nerve-se(aatives, and tranquilizers for
nervous patients' ? refer to hyOs
cyamtis, "passiflbra, Pulsatilla, and
such dikj All have merit in suit
able "cases.
Then, the older sedatives, the
"coal-tars." The head of this group
is aoetanelide. Those things act
very decidedly on the circulation,
and may be positively dangerous
for weak or failing hearts. Shun,
as a rule, the commercialized pain
killing tablets which are hawked to
all who listen.
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PAUL WRITES A MESSAGE
TH5 work was going well every
where, even in Thessalonica !
nd they hoped Paul would come
back ! V . Eagerly Paul called iOi
parchment and, with Timothy as a
volunteer stenographer, he dictated
a ' letter to send back to Thessa
lonica. He told them how he had left
with , , bis two companions, but on
reaching Athens
had changed his
mind and sent Silas
and Timothy back .
W h e r efore
when we could
no longer for
bear, we thought
it good to be
left at Athens
alone ;
And sent
Timotheus, our
brother, and
minister of God,
and our fellow-
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labourer in the gospel of Christ,
to establish you.
It almost killed him to think
that they might have forsaken their
faith. But they had not; they
were standing fast.
But when Timotheus came
, frjom you unto us, and brought
us good tidings of your faith
and charity, and that ye have
goor remembrance of us al
ways, desiring greatly to see its,
as wc also to see yon: "
Therefore, brethren, wc are
comforted over you in all our
affection' and distress by your
faith:
For now we live, if ye stand
fast in the Lord.
So he dictated, fast as Timothy
could write, and, sent the letter by
a messenger going north from Cor
inth. He put in sundry exhorta
tions, a little' 'doctrinal teaching, and
started the dressage forth on its
eventful journey. He did not know
that he had begun a new Bible.
He never suspected that this im
petuously composed first letter to
the Thessalonians was to be the
first volume in 'a new sacred li
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THE FAMILY
in g jt -rjm w jorkow
DSEPH GAINES M.0. fssH-1
. . , . .. rKAWIS KAKJVfcK i I HV LU
A STITCH IN TIME
Well, let's see. I wonder if we
have the family medicine cabinet
all set, ready for the winter's se
vere trials that aYe more of ' less
sure to come ? Preparedness, you
'know;
You 'might - heed some 2-grain
capsules of quinine in a large
imdtithed bottle, duly labelled. Handy-
"to have. Few farhtlv Hlrw-tnf s
f'cary quinine or castor oil. : . .
U, yes, see that the castor oil
bottle is filled and a new cleail
label put on. . . . And, first time
you are in doctor's' Office, have
him suggest for vou a trood. re
liable "cold tablet" for emergency i
so yoM can iget in a dose or two
iwhile he is getting around to ans
wers your :call. :
No, don't, trust the ;gliWtongued
salesman with the "perfect" cure
for constipation never! Also, shiin
'the; prescriber who is forty miles
trom, being a physician. Ask your
doctor.
Freshen up the bottle of Tincture
of Iodine write a new label for
that too. ... A small brush and
some medicine droppers are handy
to have . in the medicine-cabinet.
You might add a small bottle, one
ounce, half filled with carbolic acid
and be absolutely sure about the
label oh that. A few drops in
warm water to wash the accidental,
lacerated wound.' . , . '"
Have the family doctor recom
mend an all-arouh(J antiseptic
mouth, wash and gargle, for. cold,
croUpy nights. Stock .a pint of it
for .home use Don't forget a
nice, wholesome jar of pure vase
line for applications. I always liked
carbolated vaseline fpr antiseptic
dressings. . . . And yes, your
"anti-constipation" tablets. Your
doctor will make suggestions for
you.
Get ready for winter.
which reads, "The Holy Bible,-
iimwim . .
Treasures
brary. But- it was; and that is
the way the New Testament be
gan. He had to write a second letter
to the Thessalonians to answer
some questions growing out of the
first one. These letters were lent
to near-by churches and copied and
read to the congregations. Paul
heard how widely they were used
and so he wrote more and more.
He had learned to supplement the
living voice with the written page.
If he were at work to-day he
would not only preach ; he would
be a regular contributor to the
press.
After eighteen months in Corinth
he ent back to Jerusalem and gave
account of his second missionary
journey. He had a string of new
churches through Asia Minor,
Macedonia and Greece. He had
developed his method, and he was
happy in the knowledge of a great
success. He learned that in Gala
tia, in Asia Minor, where he had
established churches, he had been
followed by fundamentalists who
were telling the people that Paul
was not really an apostle; that he
possessed no real authority; that
the good news was defective be
cause he did not teach the Mosaic
law.
(Next Week: Paul Score Funda
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Flowers of the Months
January's flower is the snowdrop;
February's the primrose; March,
violet; April, daisy; May, haw
thorn; June, honeysuckle; July,
waterlily; August, poppy; Septem
ber, morning glory; October, hops;
November, chrysanthemum; Decem
ber, holly.
16-Foot Elephant
The fossil remains of an elephant
that ortce lived in India show that
it stood more than 16 feet high at
the shoulders. The Narbada ele
phant, as this animal is known, was
probablv the largest elephant that
eve:' existed.
TODAY and
SILVER . . ... and trade boom
The Chinese Government has oro-
tested to the United States Gov-1
emment against the 'polky of buv-
ing silver, which has forced the
price of the metal up in the world
markets to nearly 60 cents an
ounce. China has levied an ex
port tax on silver, so much was
being, drawn out of that country.
I pointed out, more than three
years ago, that an increase in the
price of silver to its ore-war aver-
Lage would make it impossible for
China and other silver-money coun
tries to compete unfairly with' the
gold-standard nations in interna
tional trade; The silver " policy
adopted at Washington has had
just that effect. '.'"
As an amateur economist,' I want
ternational money. It will not be
terantional money. It will not be
very long now before France de
values the franc again, and the
other gold-standard nations will
follow suit. Then a complete
equalization of the values of the
currencies of all nations will be
possible and international trade will
begin to boom again all over the
world.
PRODUCTION . . . distribution
One good result of the depres
sion .and the consequent efforts of
thousands of intelligent thinkers to
find out what caused it and how
to prevent another one. is that we
have learned, for the first time, a
lot of facts that nobody knew
about our economic system.
When we have all the facts mayj
be somebody can do something
about it, though it takes a long
time for facts to become general
ly known. A lot of loose talk has
been heard in the past few years
about "over-production." .Men have
been disciplined for denying that
America was producing more goods
than we could consume. But now
it has been ascertained, with what
seems to me convincing definite
ness, that in almost every line of
industry the equipment for produc
tion is far below what would be
needed if everybody were to be
supplied with all the goods he
needs.
The problem is one of distribu
tion, and that is not going to be
solved in a day. But I think we
are coming out of the depress:on
with a great deal more accurate
knowledge on this and many other
economic problems.
WAR . . . . doubtful
Maybe, by the time this appears
in print, the nations of Europe will
be flying at each other's throats,
but 1 doubt it. I do not believe
that the assassination of King Al
exander of Jugoslavia will preci
pitate a war. That is not to say,,
however, that no European country
wants something that it can only
get by going to war.
I was in Italy a couple of years
ago. Everywhere I saw and heard
evidence that Mussolini's govern
ment wants to control the eastern
coast of the Adriatic, which is
Jugoslavia. Also, I heard much
talk about Italy's desire to regain
the whole Riviera, as far west as
Marseilles, from France. Italy
wants to control the sea routes of
the Mediterranean and is jealous of
any other nation that might have a
motive in shutting her off from
her supplies of fuel oil, coal and
the products of her African col
onies. If Europe had recovered finan
cially from the last war, the pres
ent situation would look more war
like to me. I don't think any na
tion, except possibly France, could
finance a war at this time; nor do
J believe any of them wants to
iight.
PEACE . , , . resolutions
I have to smile, though somewhat
gadly, at the numerous peace move
ments among well-meaning persons
who haven't the remotest notion of
the causes' of "war. Ladies' sewing
circles adopting resolutions against
war will never bring peace.
I counted up a while ago the ma
jor wars that had been fought in
the world since the United States
declared its independence. They
totalled more than thirty. Our na
tion was only involved in seven of
them. But let some able propa
ganda convince the people of the
United States that some other na
tion is treading on our toes, or
threatening to deprive us of , some
of our rights on the seas, arid see
how quickly the young men of
America will rush to enlist for
war!
1 do not expect to live to see the
last threat against the World's peace
removed. My great-grand-children,
if such there be, will not see it
Meantime, peace societies will con
tinue resoluting but wise statesmen
will be preparing for war in time
of peace.
MORALS . ... then and now
I am not one of those who be
lieve that the moral standards of
the human race are deteriorating.
I doh't know that I would say they
are improving, but, taken by and
large, I think there is little dif
ference between the morals of 1934
and those- of the perod of my own
adolescence, say 1884.
The principal difference is that
people talk and write more about
breaches of morals than they used
to in the days when' such things
were not discussed in public. Boys
and girls behave about the same as
they used to, and I think about the
only difference is that there is
less parental restraint. There are
more divorces, true, but that does
not signify that there weren't as
many grounds for divorce fifty
years ago as now. It is simply
that it is no longer regarded ac
disgraceful to be divorced.
Just now many things are done
and exploited publicly that used to
be regarded as strictly private af
fairs. The pendulum will swing
back, as it has many times in the
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of your own natural, vibrant
energy. Camels are made
from finer, MORE EXPENSIVE
TOBACCOS than any other pop
ular. brand of cigarette. They
never upset healthy nerves.
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course of history, and we shall see
another era of hushing up moral
lapses instead of magnifying or
glorifying them.
The Dictator
A dicrartor is one whose solemn
conviction it is that God has select
ed him for the task of human re
generation. Flying Horse on Sign
The Flying Horse in Shanghai.
China, is declared to be one of the
most wonderful electric signs in the
world.
FEEL TIRED, ACHY
"ALL WORN OUT?"
Get Rid of Poisons That
Make You 111
TS a constant backache keepng
--you miserable? Do you suffer
burning, scanty or too frequent
urination; attacks of dizziness,
rheumatic pains, swollen feet and
ankles? Do you feel tired, nervous
all unstrung?
Then give some thought to your
kidneys. Be sure they function
properly, for functional kidney dis
order permits poisons to stay in
the blood and upset the whole sys
tem. Use Docn' Plla. Doan's are for
the kidneys only. They help the
kidneys cleanse the blood of health
destroying poisonous waste. Doan's
Pills are used and recommended
the world over. Get them treat ms
druggist.
DOAN'S PILLS
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