The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1865-08-01 00:00:00

Sows eases of cholera have occurred at Ancona.
Two Cases of cholera are reported from Newcastle-on.
Tyne.
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SHALL-FOX has been rapidly spreading in various
parts of the metropolis.
A FAIR PROFIT BY Tag SALE OF A WOMAN.—Re-
cently a Chinaman brought from the flowery 1 nd his
wife, accompanied by her maid-servant—two very fair
specimens of the almond-eyed, small footed feminine
beauties of that country. The maid-servant having
been purchased in China the Chinese husband thought,
on the arrival of the two ladies, that he might fairly as
well as justly put her up to anoiion, and if our informa-
tion is truthful, he realised £1.20 for what he had paid
only about £lO for in China. The happy purchaser, on
reoeiving delivery of his property, added the marriage
rites of the Chinese joss-house to his legal rights, and
took home his newly-bought bride. We hear that the
lucky speculator, and others of his country-men, intend
hsving further consignments.—Bendigo (Australia)
Advertiser.

IMPORTANT commodities for domestic eonsumption,
that command a large sale from th.-ir distinctive advan-
tages being valued by the public, frequently attract a
host of imitators. Some to pass off inferior articles,
closely. copy the trade-mart, lablvs, packets, iltc. of
Mews. Horniman, the well-known original importers
of the pure tea ; therefore purchasers should not fail
to notice that their signature is on each packet.
Horniman and Co.'s tea, from its reliable good quality,
has for a quarter of a century been in great favour
throughout the kingdom, proving that all classes value
good tea possessing lasting strength, and prefer sterling
quality to mere appearance; it is now sold eight-pence
per pound cheaper, as the duty is reduced. Horniman's
agents number about two thousand; those in this
locality are advertised in our columns.

A MADMAN'S Eacaranz.—A considerable crowd was
collected a few evenings ago in front of the Church of S.
Eneache, to watch the proceedings of a man in a white
blue who had clambered, by means of the sculptural
asperities of the balding, to the entablature ani
cornices which surmount the great lateral door of the
church, opposite the market. From this perilous emi-
nence be was haranguing the people, and throwing down
pieces of money, saying, "Go and fetch me some
tobacco." As it was expected that he must luau his foot-
ing, mattresses were brought to break his fall; but on
the appearance of some eergensde-ville he recommenced
his hazardous ascent, and reached • hollow niche, from
which, with a prodigious effort, he sprang into the
gallery which leads to the towers, where, however, be
was soon after secured. From a medical examination it
appeared that he had been acting under the influemss of
mental alienation produced by absinthe.
The following is an eitrict from the Second Edition
(page 188) of the Translation of the Pharmacopoeia of
the Royal College of Physicians, of London, by Dr. G.
F. Collier, published by Longman and Co. : It is rio
small defect in this compilation (speaking of the
Pharinacopceia) that we have no purgative mass but
what contains aloes; yet we know that hcemorrhoidal
persons cannot bear aloes, except it be in the form of
COCKLE'S FILLS, which chiefs' consists of aloes
scammony, and oolocynth, which I think are forme
into a sort of compound extract, the acridity of whiai
is obviated, I suspect, by an alkaline process, and by
fourth ingredient (unknown to rue) of an aromatie tonic
nature. I think no better and no worse of it for its
being a patent medicine. I look at it as an article of
commerce and domestic convenience, and do not hest-
' take to say its the best made pill in the kingdom; a
muscular purge, a mucous purge, and a hydrogogue
purge combined, and their effects properly controlled hy
dirigent and oorrigent. That it does not commonly
produce-hcemorrhoids; like most atoetio pills, I attribute
to its being thoroughly soluble, so that no undissolved
articles adhere to the masons membrane.