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DEJECTION AND DEGENERATION IN A JAVAN OPIUM DEN A mere wreck of manhood he is now, under the benumbing influence of the deadly drug, and his bleared eyes and ravaged frame speak of a mental and bodily degradation which only death can end. Some natives of Middle Java are greatly addicted to opium-smoking, although poppy culture is strictly prohibited, the sale of opium being a cautiously-guarded government monopoly |
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HANG UP YOUR BABY IN A STRONG STRING BAG Papuan women in the Port Moresby neighbourhood have a remarkably simple and effective method of keeping their infants out of harm's way. Having fed her latest baby and hushed it to sleep, the mother puts it in a string bag, which she hangs from a rafter, while she attends to her penultimate arrival. The bag serves as rocking-cradle, mosquito curtain, and safe, all in one, and does not appear to induce curvature of the spine in the children |