Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 October 1898 — Why It Is Expensive. [ARTICLE]

Why It Is Expensive.

“Do you know that there is one drug which costs nearly $1,000,000 an ounce.” “No. Is there?” “Yes. It Is called physostlgmine.” “Gee! I guess It must be impossible to get that stuff to mix with rainwater.”