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THE ALUMNI JOURNAL. 



ANOTHER METHOD OF UTILIZING A 

 DRUG STORE. 



By R. B. 



A recent number of the Journal con- 

 tained an article describing the experi- 

 ence of two foreigners in relation to drug 

 stores in Boston and New York. Now, 

 one thing which they had not the oppor- 

 tunity of finding out is, the way in which 

 drug stores are often utilized by the pub- 

 lic as storage warehouses. 



For example : A learned follower of 

 ^sculapius, may be busy putting up a 

 prescription, when suddenly, he will 

 espy what he supposes to be a prospective 

 customer; he walks forward with a beam- 

 ing smile wreathing his countenance, 

 and with the expectancy of making a 

 sale, when his expectations are rudely 

 shattered by the query; "May I leave 

 this package here for a few minutes, I am 

 going to visit a friend, and do not wish 

 to carry it with me." After the druggist 

 has recovered from the sudden shock, he 

 generally manages to articulate "Why, 

 certainly, madam," and the chances are 

 that her few minutes will be changed to 

 a few hours. 



I know of one particular case, which 

 happened in a store in which I was 

 clerking. It was in the latter part of 

 December, 1894, that two young men 

 came into the store and asked permission 

 to leave their skates for a half an hour; 

 (these were real metallic skates) it was 

 about 9 p. M. when they left them, and 

 naturally, I expected to see them return 

 about 9.30, but at 10 o'clock they had 

 not returned for them yet — to make the 

 story short, those skate were lying 

 around the store for fully two months 

 before they were called for, and during 

 that time our boy-of-all-work swore 

 softly to himself whenever he had to put 

 them out of his way. 



One woman when she returned for a 

 parcel which she had left, sweetly asked, 

 "Are there any charges?" "Oh, no," 



said I, and was about to add, "This is 

 no storage warehouse, but a drug store," 

 but I thought it might hurt her feelings, 

 so refrained from saying it. 



GROWING OF CORK TREES IN THIS 

 COUNTRY. 



About thirty-five years ago several 

 young cork trees were sent to Sanders- 

 ville, Ga,, by the Government and set 

 out to test their adaptability to the 

 climate. Three or four are yet living, 

 the largest one being two feet or more in 

 diameter. Recently it was stripped of 

 its bark around the trunk, and samples 

 of the cork 2 V2 inches thick were sent to 

 Washington and to the Atlanta Exposi- 

 tion. It is rumored that the Department 

 of Agriculture will in the near future is- 

 sue a bulletin on the subject of cork ad- 

 vocating the culture of cork trees in this 

 countr)', urging that forests of this species 

 of oak could be established with great 

 profit in the Southern States. Statistics 

 show that $2,000,000 worth of cork is 

 imported into the United States annually. 

 It is steadily increasing in value, bring- 

 ing now eleven times the price that was 

 was paid for it in 1790. The soil of Cali- 

 fornia is said to be particularly well 

 adapted to the cork oak, the tree grow- 

 ing there with greater rapidity than in 

 Europe. Already about 1,000 of these 

 trees have been planted in the San 

 Gabriel Valley. The University of Cali- 

 fornia has distributed several bushels of 

 the acorns, which, by the way, are very 

 good to eat, tasting like chestnuts. — 

 Drug. Cor. 



Young Hopeful — Mamma, will Willie 

 get shot ii he goes to the war ? 



Mamma — He will be exposed to that 

 danger. 



Young Hopelul — Oh, no, he won't. I 

 saw him at the light infantry last night, 

 and he marched in the back row, right 

 behind a great big fat man. — Detroit 

 Journal, 



