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addition 4 minims of fluid extract of cannabis indica in the same 

 amount. 



Another doctor supplied a mixture containing on the average 

 14.2 grains of morphin sulphate to the ounce. A package sent out 

 by the James Sanitarium for the treatment of a supposed morphin 

 addict contains 24 grains of morphin to the fluid ounce. A treat- 

 ment of Habitina contains 16 grains of morphin sulphate and 8 

 grains of diacetyl morphin (the chemical name for heroin, a deriva- 

 tive of morphin) to the fluid ounce. An interesting practice in 

 vogue is the sending of a supply consisting of a number of bottles, 

 marked from 1 to 18 inclusive, or whatever number there may be. 

 In one instance, for example, 10 bottles were delivered marked first 

 supply, numbered from 1 to 10, inclusive, and every one bore the 

 same inscription, namely: Dionin 2 2/3 gr., morphin 4 gr. per fluid 

 ounce. Each bottle held about 4 ounces of fluid, which means that 

 it contained 16 grains of morphin and about 10 grains of dionin, a 

 morphin derivative. 



There are at present at least thirty of these treatments sold 

 throughout the United States. They are sent indiscriminately into 

 any home, although some of them contain sufficient poison to kill a 

 dozen men, and in only one instance has the writer observed a state- 

 ment of warning relative to their poisonous character. (Dept. Agr. 

 F. B. 377 and 393; Bur. Chem. Bui. 98, Rev. Part I.) 



THE FARM HOME. 



The proper situation of the farm home is of prime importance, 

 so too are good building plans. These have been considered in other 

 volumes. Ventilation, heating, lighting, plumbing, painting, sani- 

 tary surroundings, location of wells, outbuildings and disposal of 

 waste, all so necessary have been taken up elsewhere. 



There remains tnen to be considered the proper furnishing and 

 decoration of the farm house that it may be in reality the farm 

 home. 



Every human being is responsible for making his own part of 

 the world as beautiful as possible by causing a flower to bloom where 

 none had bloomed before, by ridding a doorway of unsightly weeds, 

 by painting a weather-beaten surface of the house, by hanging a 



icture that will mean something in the life of the observer. This 

 esire to beautify seems to be common to mankind ; the person who 

 has not this inclination may have become too absorbed in arduous 

 duties to allow it to develop. 



It is not enough that houses be merely built; after they are 

 built they should be made homelike by means of serviceable furni- 

 ture and purposeful decoration. The taste and knack of the house- 

 wife may make even the commonest homes attractive and restful. 

 Decoration is not mere ornament; it contributes to the making 

 of a home picture. The artist with brush works upon canvas not 

 merely to show certain paints. The housewife who adorns her home 

 works for general effects, although attention may be centered on 

 some particular object that is emphasized by a pleasing relation to its 

 surroundings. Comfort and good taste are excellent motives in deco- 



