Show Whiles of the Whisky Worshipper A New York physician just returned from a trip through Kansas said tho other morning morn-ing At all times while in Kansas was surprised sur-prised at the large number of drug stores and doctor offices One night I arrived in Pittsburg a little town of about 4000 in habitants Passing up the main street I counted no less than twenty drug stores and fif teii doctors offices Turning to 0 native I remarked This must be an extremely unhealthy town No ho replied with a wink not unhealthy wn particularly uhealhy Only people are taken nick suddenly I feel bad myself now come in and see the doctor I found that these drug stores and doctors offices were nothing less than unlicensed dramshops where unicened damshops a few samples were kept in order to retain the odor of medicine but where the real stock in trade was liquor The physicians in town owned these stores and drug were quits will qute wl mjj to give a prescription for a dose of craimne and whisky without other < mne whi any con sideration than that the sick man should get it fled at one of then stores The authori ties are compelled to wink at these transac tions as they are not violations but only evasions of the law The fact is that a man who wants whisky will get it despite all tho can laws in Christendom5 Louis Republi |