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growth." People believe in things that they scc, and in a broad sense they are right. What is sometimes called blind faith is not faith at all. There must be reason and fact to form a foundation for trust. In regard to a medicine or remedy, for example, people ask, "Has it cured athers? Have cases like mine been relieved by it? Is it in harmony with the truths of modern science, and has it a record above suspicion? If so, it is worthy of confidence; and if I am ever attacked by any of the maladies for which it is commended I shall resort to it in full belief in its power to help me." On these lines
WAMPOLE'S PREPARATION has won its high reputation among medical men, and the people of all civilized countries. They trust it for the same reason that they trust in the familiar laws of nature or in the action of common things. This effective remedy is palatable as honey and contains all
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PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS of
the letting by Public Auction Sale, to be held on MONDAY, the 16th day of May, 1904, at 3 P.M., at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government, of: One Lot of CROWN LAND, at Hunz Hom
Office and Banks.
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TO LET.
O. 1, RIPON TERRACE in FLATS.
NN, KIPON TERRACE.
No. 17, WONG NE! Chong Road, fucing
Race Course.
FLATS MORETON TERRACE, facing
Polo Ground
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lancholy" and fortify the heart, as well as form- ing an ingredient in many compound medicines. The jacinth, which used to be called the
hyacinth in olden times, when ground into powder was formerly used to stimulate the heart and as a preventive to poison. A wonderful con fection was made in France which was consider- ed to be a sovereign remedy for many ills. It was composed of jacinth, coral, sapphire, topaz, pearls, and emerald, legether with several herbs and gold and silver leaf. This prepar- ation," says Pomet, "is much used in Provence and Languedoc, where you meet with few people without a plot." The same writer goes
on to deplore that "the dearness of this medi- cine and the demand for it is a reason that you have a thousand sophistications of it." The topaz, when reduced to powder, was mixed with rose-water and taken to prevent bleeding. To stop bleeding at the nose the stone itself was applied to the side of that organ.
It is also recommended for dropsy, la cure the plague and pestilence, and as a general reviver to the drooping spirits.
The amethyst was the stone af temperance and sobriety, and was said to prevent the wearer from strong drinks and from indulging in too much sleep. Further, it was believed to quicken.the wits, and drive vapours from the head; altogether a most desirable gem to have about one's person. Amethysts should certain- ly become fashionable.
Cod Liver Oil, extracted by us from fresh cod livers, combined with the Compound Syrup of Hypophosphites and the Extracts of Malt and Wild Cherry. It quickly eradicates the poisonous, disease-breeding acids and other toxic matters from the system; regulates and
Pearls were administered in cases of consump promotes the normal action of the organs, tion, and, when powdered, were recommended gives vigorous appetite and digestion, and is
in ten-grain doses to strengthen the heart. infallible in Prostration-following Fevers, Besides these virtues, they were believed to Anemia, Scrofula, Influenza, Wasting Diseases, fortify the nerves, cure weak eyes, to keep the Throat and Lung Troubles, etc.
body sound from the decay of old age, and even Yeung, of Canada, says: "Your tasteless pre-a cordial to resist the plague, when taken in paration of cod liver oil has given me uniformly satisfactory results, my patients having been of all ages." It is a product of the skill and science of to-day and is successful after the old style modes of treatment have been appealed to in vain. To try it is to trust to it forever after. It cannot disappoint you and is effective from the first dose. Sold by chemists everywhere.
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PRECIOUS STONES AS MEDICINE.
In this age of renovation, when we are ever being confronted with the resuscitation of old beliefs and practices in one form or another, it Old lampa takes a great deal to surprise us. are polished up and regarded as new, and the fads and fancies of hoary antiquity are pro- '462 nounced the most up-to-date developments in
arl or science.
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doses of six grains in water sweeteened with
manna."
Amber was given to cure coughs and diseases of the head, while red coral was said to be "an excellent purifier of the blood and good for the
liver !"
Jasper was employed by the early physicians as an astringent and a cure for epilepsy and stone. It is probable the wonderful, effects attributed to this stone were due more to the faith of the patient than to the substance itself. The beryl was said to help "defluxions of the throat," and the sardonyx "to make men cheerful and avert melancholy." The chry. solite was reputed to ward off fevers; while the cuyx, when worn round the neck, was believed to prevent epileptic fits.
The opal was said to cure weak eyes, and the bloodstone was often carried by warriors 10 arrest bleeding from a wound.
It will be seen from this list, which might be considerably extended, that the physicians of old, had, in precious stones, a formidable arma- ment to combat many of the diseases Aesh is heir to.
Whether their modern descendant will be bold enough to try their effects remains to be seen.
Judging from a statement recently made in a medical journal, we are now threatened with a revival of the ancient belief in the curative virtues of precious stones! This erudite organ of the medical profession gravely informs its renders that, "with the results of recent inves tipations into radio-activity and force-rays facing $554 us. it is of interest to inquire if, after all,
Who knows but we may yet hear of the spe precious stones may not be capable of exerting therapeutic influence. The astute physician cialist in nervous diseases prescribing powder- need not altogether neglect the part takes by ed jasper for his epileptic patients; nor need we be surprised to see the "amethyst cure" gems in the kaleidoscopic variation of human sentiments and the evolution of personal sym-advertised as the latest treatment for inebriates! pathies." To understand the part taken by P. M. G. THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST-precious stones in the medical treatment of the middle ages, one has but to delve into MENT & AGENCY CO., LD.
some of the quaint old works on medicine Hongkong, 26th March, 1904.
written in that period to be readily satisfied. The belief that some occult and mysterious properties existed in precious stones, goes back to a period of unknown antiquity. The same
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CANDESCENT GASOLINE
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CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY.
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ROM this date and during my absence from Hongkong, Mr. D. W. CRADDOCK will be in charge of this Company's business.
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belief existed in many other substances among FRO the ancients, that in any way had a mysterious origin or were difficult to obtain. Thus we find the thad stone, unicorn's horn, and the berour stone, and many similar curious things endowed with the most extraordinary virtues by the fathers of medicine. Such beliefs were fostered by the exponents of the healing art in
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It is little wonder, then, that gems or precious stones, which have ever appealed to the imagination, became surrounded with the superstitious influences of the time and were endowed with imaginary virtues. The practice of wearing gems as amulets and charms to ward off disease and other evila was probably the origin of their after use as remedial agents, (559
which we find grew to a considerable extent in the Middle Ages. Gafen records that the Egyptian King Nechepaus wore a grey jasper
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rays, which, applied to the region of the digestive organs, was believed to wonderfully strengthen that part. The diamond, though long credited with poisonous properties, if [218 taken internally, was believed to endow the wearer with courage and make him "more fearless than careful." The ruby was worn to ward off the plague and pestilence, and accord- ing to Cardamus, "has the power of making the wearer careful, and of banishing idle and foolish thoughts." Taken internally it was believed to make the body capable of resisting decay. The emerald was used medicinally in early times as an astringent, and was warranted to cure dysentery, the bitings of venomous beasts, the plague and the falling sickness. It was also said "to remove acrid humours," to stop hemorrhage, and to strengthen the me mory. It was swallowed in the form of ane powder, the dose being from six to thirty grains. An old writer says, "the emerald takes away vain and foolish fears as of devils and hobgo- blins, folly and anger, and causeth good condi- tions."
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Extraordinary virtues were attributed to the sapphire by medical man in ancient times. This stone was even supposed to bave sexual characteristics, the pale-blue being called the male, and the dark-blue variety the female. They were used medicinally to "fortify the heart, to counteract the effect of polsons, to
eyes Powdered rubles were also given in doses of from tan to forty grains to
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the sharpners of the humours, to strengthen the vitals, to drive away melancholy, aúd-re- -store lost strength," Lapis lazuli, "the stone [s of beautiful blue,” was tired to "parge me-
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Kowloon Point for the information of masters of vessels leaving the port. They do not neces sarily imply that bad weather is expected. The signals are as follows:-
hoisted on the mast beside the time-ball ́at
A cone point upwards indicates a typhoon to the North of the Colony.
A cone point upwards and drum below in- dicales a typhoon to the North-East of the Colony,
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A cone point downwards and drum below indicates a typhoon to the South-East of the Colony.
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Red Signals indicate that the centre is believed to be more than 300 miles away from the Colony,
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The above signals will, as heretofore, be hoisted only when typhoons exist in such posi tions or are moving in such directions that in- formation regarding them is considered to be of importance to the Colony or to shipping loay. ing the harbour.
NIGHT SIGNALS.
Two lanterns holsted vertically indicate bad weather in the Colony and that the wind is expected to veer.
Two lanterns hoisted horizontally indicate bad weather in the Colony and that the wind is expected to back.
The signals are repeated on the flagstaff of the Godown Company at Kowloon, and ́also, by day only, at the Harbour Office and on X M's Receiving Ship.
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The Colony itself is warned of approaching typhoons by means of the Typhoon Gun placed at the food of the mast, which is fired whenever a strong gale of wind is expected to blow bera.
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