POWERFUL CHINESE MEDICINES

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 426, 9 June 1904, Page 8

POWERFUL CHINESE MEDICINES

Oa» l>ea* •* •> C*le«tl»» Co»to«i 1 "9 have always heard that Chinese medicines are very powerful," said the eHy salesman, "but I never had any idea what a tremendous effect they were capable of producing on the syatem till I saw a Doyers street Chinamaa take a pill the other day, aJBfl then 2 realized that one dose of s celestial compound can safely be warranted to kill or cure," says a New York exchange. "Never in my born days did I see sueh a pill. How on earth the fellow ever got it down ta a mystery. It was fully as big *m a pigeon's egg, and, so the patient told me afterward, fearfully bitter. Upon inquiry I found that that was a fair sample of most Chinese remedies. Ho matter what the nature of the medirfae, it ia generally made up into enormous pills, bad taste is modified by* nothing but a little Ucoriee. These pflQa are keeiosed in wax capsules which preeervafhem from the afar and keep them from feeing broken to pieces before their time. Aside from the pills the only remedies us id by orthodox Chinese in Ifew York are a medicinal oil which they rub on the temples to cure headache, and a liquid made by beiiingdcwnthelearaa.stama.seedsand roots of certain plants in a quantity of drinking water. According to my Doyers street authority, thia fluid medicine is even worse than the pills, for It has to be cooked till it is aW mast Uk* ft simp and drunk tSftVttsg *•* ,,, fi[| _ |r _ .MatiwaMl FEATS OF CHICKEN FANCIER^ a» S*toU4ar*«l Bveeettac **»r ssa*f icy-. BP**"**S »ewfci of AH face* •*•* Cole**, .;, .>.is£| ifll American Standard »f PsrfstV don as drafted and copyrighted by the Anterioan Poultry aacoeiatien, contain* the names of 110 TarieUea oi fowls, 115 tof which are due to the da* vetosmemt ef man. Sod made osty DO*«—a horaely, wild thing, which made it* haste i* the jungle aleag arith the rest of primeval creation, aaya a writer on the Great American Barnyarfly in Leslie's Monthly. By intelligent breeding fanciere have produced lewis, of all stee*, from the dimixutive bantam to the mammoth arouse turkey; on» a tiny bit of feathered vanity, weighing only a few ounce*, and the other a bulky fowl Weighing from 40 to 60 pounds—a* much aa a half-grown boy. Result* wonderful hare bean accomplished in color effect*. There are varieties ia red, black, brown and white, with nearly all possible combinations, beside buff and Andalusian - blue. The fanciers have shown that they can lace, stripe, spangle or bar the feathers of their birds in any way to satisfy their individual fancy. In fact, about all thjjgiave left undone is to put their inSßs on tha f aethers of their birds. . . \ POLAR BEARS EASILY TAKEN, .With ifca Mods** Raveatina* Bia• (fee a. Svaat ajstaaal* Ave Kills* . B&J-, S»l*kces» Dm«m. . ~_.£&» f The animal par excellence, which the hunter, the amateur Arctic traveler and the young explorer hopes and dreams of killing, is the polar bear, writes Com. Bobert E. Peary, in Leslie's Monthly. The reason for this is the ■magnificent trophy which the. great white skin makes. This feeling was no leas strong centuries ago than it is now, for we read that one of the early Icelandic sea rovers to Greenland quarreled with and killed his bosom companion because ha had slain a large bear, instead of rearing that honor to his chief. With the modern repeating rifle the bear stands no chance against the hunter, no matter under what conditions they may mast, and if he is hunted in the' native way, with the asaistance of dogs, there is hardly more excitement than in killing musk-oxen, except for the wild, helter-skslter dash ever the lee to overtake the animal aitSfl the dogs strike the hot scent. ft Aa VH«-D«t* share. ' The antiseptic shaving saloon Is the latest achievement in hygienic science. aays Tit-Bit*. The victim is seated in an enameled iron chair, with his neck and shoulders enveloped in a rubber f& that ha* been dipped in an antiseptic solution. Previously the razor, soap dish, and brush have been sterilised by half an hour's hard boiling. Nothing is allowed to toueh the face that has not been either sterilised or fiisinfected antiseptically. Even~the finger tip* of the operator are dipped in a solution. Taps are turned by the foot, and the drawers where towel* •fa kspt are microbe-proof. jP "'*■'" A lextea'* Record, " etexioa Mark McTigue ha* had Charge of the village cemetery in Kokomo, Ind., for 4o years, and in that time has dug with his own hands some 5,000 graves. He was born in Ireland 74' years ago, and came to this country when a boy. He believes that he hold* the world's record in the number of int*rments and years of service. » , y SimikaMt CetebraTloa. r Twelve couples recently celebrated their golden wedding together at Novi Vinodo in Croatia. Fifty years ago 34 couples were married at the same time and in the case of half of these Jaoth husband and wife are still living. F Hnjf SBokMtaak. * The smokestack of the ocean steamer Cedio is so lsrge that trolley ear* could jpas* throng it ->^j a g -^<J f Jews Mm.t Hold Lama*. )' Permission! to acquire laaft ha* just ! t*en granted to tha Jews in Butsia,