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Show Opium. Opium 1i the rtrli'd Juice of tho white twiWi n (lower (hat grows In many pnrts of Asia. A few days utter the iltiwers luivo fallen off the plants men fin through Hie fields In tho nftrnoon mid maku little cuts In tho poppy head. Out or these cuts a milky Juice' oo;s, whkh dries Info a brown, sticky paste. Kvery mnrnlnp the men go through the fields ngatA nnd fcrnpe vff thin paste, which they put Into Jnrs, (Jiter on It Is imule into half-pound balls and then pneked for shipment. arts?''" -& -V',,wv "AKatts-w |