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Show Bobbing the Poor. Some druggists can charge half a dollar dol-lar for two ounces of water and a tea-spoonful tea-spoonful of salt, and do this without blushing. But this is a virtuous ict compared with omitting the expensive ingredients from prescriptions, as a doctor doc-tor claims that certain Chicago druggists drug-gists are doing. This is a case for the state board of pharmacy to investigate, and a most searching investigation should be made. The penalty for such act is from $50 to $100 fine and costs. A term in Joliet would fit the crime better. Men that thus deliberately trifle with the lives of people that must trust to their honesty are none too good for State prisons, Chicago Herald. |