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Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 448, 17 November 1904, Page 3

mwmbVLCKUT.SE 111 -ISIKEp On* Dim* of a. Celestial Compouad ©**. ftateJir W r -W«r«ia»i«A to ',>••. "■ Btut" *i Cur*. "'' ■, "ST" "I hate always heard that Chinese medicine* are verjr powerful," said the city I never had anj idea what a tremendous effect they were producing.on the system till i >a'w a l>oyers street Chinaman take a pill the other day, -and then I realized'that one dose of a cetestifil can safely be warranted to kill or cure," says a New York exchange. "Never hi my born days did I se* aueh' a pill. How <., earth the fellow ever got it down it a mystery. It was fully as big as a pigeon's egg, and, so the patient toici me afterward, fearfully bitter. Upo:-; inquiry I found that that was a fair sample of most Chinese remedies. No matter what the nature of the medicine, it is- generally made up into enormous pills, wjhose naturally bad taste is modified hf nothing but a little licorice. These pills are Inclose*! in wax capsules which preserve them *ri.-*n the air and keep them trfiti being broken to pieces before their time. Aside from the pills the only remedies used by orthodox Chine'* a in New York are a medicinal oil whieh they rub on the tempies to rare headache, and,a liquid made by boilingdowntheleaves,stems,seedsar;d roots of certain plants in a quantity of drinking waters According to my Doyers street authority, this fluid medicine is even worse than the pills, for it has to be cooked till it is almost like a sirup and drunk scalding hot." FEATS OF CHICKEN FANCIERS f Br latellliseatt Rre»*l»e finer Bare V»««u»4 Pawls of Alt Mm* M»d GoloM. ¥he Ar&erican Standard of Perfection as drafted and copyrighted by the Ainerican Poultry association, contains the names of 116 varieties c.i.. fowls, 115 of which are due to the fl envelopment of man. God made only one—a homely, wild thing, which made its home in the jungle along with the rest of primeval creation, says a writer on the Great American Tiatnyard, in Leslie's Monthly. By inielligent breeding fanciers have pro,,'duoed fowls, of all sizes, from ' the diminutive bantam to the mammoth 'bronze turkey; one a tiny bit of feath-er-cl vanity, weighing only a few . ounces, and the other a bulky fov.! yt! in'liing from .40 to 60 pounds—c.s much as a half-grown boy. Results 7 • equally wonderful have been acconipljshe.d in color effects. There are varieties in red, black, brown and white, with nearly all possible covnbinai ion's; beside buff and Andalusian blue. The fanciers have shown, that ihey can lace, stripe, spangle or bar I'll," feathers of their birds in any way to satisfy their individual fancy. In fact, about all have left undone is to put their initials on the feathers of their birds. POLAR BEARS EASILY TAKEN. With tfc» Modern Revo&tlngr Rlflw the ) ©reai Animals Ar* Ktttod The animal par excellence, which Ihe hunter, the amateur Arctic traveler and the young explorer hopes pm; droires of killing, is the polar r j'is*!T, writes Com. Robert E, Peary, :*V Leslie's Monthly. The reason fof i-.i. is ;ho -magnificent trophy whi< : > Who great white skin makes.' This i.eiing was no less strong centuries :;go"lh:in it is now, for we read that >iic of the early Icelandic sea rovers u> Greenland quarreled with and ' : il«l his bosom companion because . e had slain a large bear, instead of that honor to his chief. With rhe iruulern repeating rifle the bear .-taiuiß no chance against the hunter, io mutter under what conditions they )>i-.v. meet, and if he is hunted in the r.;i.!' '',:.. v, with the assistance of «.. >gs'i there is hardly more excite-:'i«'-'fii thar; in killing musk-oxen, ex(c:p'i for the wild, helter-skelter dash over the ice to overtake the animal after the dogs strike the hot scent. An Vp-40-Date shave. The antiseptic shaving saloon is the ?t?.f.est. achievement in hygienic science. ;: v? Tit-Hits.-' The victim is seated in ; i '.-amelcd iron chair, with his neck Mid 'hoi! dera enveloped in a rubber I <T iiui. has been dipped in an anti- : i.e s'tlution. Previously the razor, :• xp oxi'h, and brush have been steril- ' -i iy :.:■.]; ;-.n hour's hard boiling. biiif is allowed to touch the face •' ,- }\v. -■ Tint been either sterilized or 1 ' ■■'■ 1 ■:it ■■: .td iintiseptically. Even the •gi r t : ]>s of the operator are dipped : 3 ;'M:it:')n. Taps are turned by the 1 -e-t, and (he drawers, where towels ;..;•<; kept are microbe-proof. •'; A Sexton'* Record. Sexton Mark McTigue has had ehar>fi. of the village cemetery in )•:■•• •:'.uno. Tiki., for 46 years, and in that t' ;ua )\m: dug with his own-hands some ;.• »,n i/jjiveg. He was born in Ireland' 1 ,v. a.i-a ago, and came to thiß country ";<eh a boy.'' He believes that he holds t'.o world's record in the number of i/ivtrinetits and years of service. 1 It <vjn its-liable Ccl*l>r«f'Joa. Twelve.,couples recently celebrated • heir.. wedding together at Nbvi Vjnodo in.' Croatia. Fifty years ago ." • c:oupk;> were married at the same time raid .in the case of half of these both tiusbiind and wife are stiH living. Buffe 9mokeft««k. The smokestack of the ocean steam- • i- Cedic is so large that-trolley ears e-'ii; Id pa« through it :' v Jeyr» May Hold Lands. I'i l'luishion to acquire land has juet • ■'-'•!> i' cod to the Jews in Russia. ARIBIAN HAIR RBRTOU&tt • ? -An Infalliable Preventative fo baldness aad Grey Hairs; Bendered sbttndant, soft, rand 2s 9A. Halw SrCMsri, wooers, &cd ohesiists. J»fi