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Dunstan Times, Issue 3140, 23 October 1922, Page 8

The picture of I ik' niorphinoiiiamae, lurid and' depressing (hough it is, lint a feeble. hazy outline beside that of the cocaine madman. Delusions and hallucinations are nob tar removed from downright insanity, and. according In all observers with (he largest experience, these nnforl niiaies. it not saved from themselves by Inning their liberty (alien Crum (hem be lore it is- too late, become insane, and. when insane, the great tendency is towards suicide. Insanity more frequently follows the eo eaine habit than any other drug habit. For tlu> benefit of English and American motorists in Japan some rules alfeeting driving are printed in English. We gi\i' herewith a few specimens:—“When a passenger of the fool hove m sight, tooth’ the horn—melodiously at first, hut if In? still obstacles your passage tootle him with vigor, express byworking of the month the warning. ‘ID! Hi!’ ” “Beware of the wandering horse that hi’ shall not lake (right as yon pass him by: do not explode an exhaust ai him; go soothingly by.” “(Jive space (o the festive dog that shall sort in (he roaihvay.” “Avoid 1 entanglement of dog with your wheel-spokes.” “(Jo soothingly in the grease-mud, as there lurks the skid-domn.” (Jrimshy (England) fishermen, hauling their gear a few weeks ago. wenastonished to see the net hurst into flames upon emerging from the water. To prevent the boat eateliing fire they bad to abandon their cateb. The fire was due to the netting of a quantity of phosphorus used for smoke screens to mask movements of naval craft during the war. Harmless while immersed. the phosphorus ignites upon eon tact with air.