Arkansas true Democrat., 1858-06-08

Indian hemp, Otherwise hasheesh,) powerful drug. which can only be procured in small quan- | titles, and then merely at intervals, and at great expense. A skillful story, which our req l ders have often perused, was contrved to make the medicine "go down." There is no old or | young Dr. H. James who was in the East, or even In the West Indies; there is no Cannabs lndica in the medicine sold, it being merely compound of cough simples. Qiquoric, slippery elm detection, and honey prominent, costing, l the bottle included, sixteen cents. The real Dr. | Il. James is the printer aforesad-Oliver T.. | Brown. He hires an old man named Kuvper to represent Dr. H. James, and pays him a mere stipend for the personation But Mir. Brown not content with this arrangement has gone into partnership with fellow who devotes his attention ostensibly to "private diseas," and is called II. Monnett. The firm is Mon nett & Co.,, and the headquarters is at the north- west corner.of Broome and Mercer streets, New l York city, opposite the Mercer house. They have published paper and book, respectively bearing the titles of 1he Magic Monitor and Medical Intelligence. The paper is sent to all parts of the south and west, and of course adver- tises the book. The book advertises the busi- ness. One of the departments is on Magic" Here are some ridiculous specimens of their "magic:"
 1 To CHANGE MERCURY INTO GoLD-Take of line gold quarter of an ounce mercury one ounce. Put both in strong bottle, and her metlcaly seal the same. Put 1t in horsedung 1 for ninety days. Take it out at the end of that tlme and see what you have. Now pour on to 1t half its weight of sal ammonia Now set it on the centre of pot full of sand over a slow fire, let them distl into a pure essence Add | tn nnf, t,nn of
 cury; dramatically seal your bottle again, and put 1t back into the horse-dung for ninety days. | hen take them out and see what you have a pure ethereal essence, which is the pure living gold, "A carats tine Pour the pure spiritual liquor out upon drachm of molten fine gold. and you will find that which will satisfy your hunger and thirst after this grand secret. For the increase of your gold will seem miraculous, as indeed it is. Now take 1t to a ieweler or goldsmith; let them try it in your presence, and you will have good reason to bless God for be- Ing the recipient of superior wisdom.
 A NEW DIsCovERY.-Dies to make millions of impressions, easily made as hard as fine steel l and far superior to those in the United States 1 mlnt. The cost of making them is almost noth- 1 ing; they are made Ill the following manner, VIZ: Take copper, zinc and silver in equal pro- portions and then melt them together and mould into the forms you desire, and bring the same to a nearly white heat. Now lay on the things you would take the impressions of and | press It, with sufficient force, and you will find that you have perfect and beautiful impress sion.
 How TO lNCREsE THE WEIGHT OF GoLp.- l take the following from natural and celestial magic, in twenty books, published by the cele- brated J ohn Baptista Porta in London, in 1858. It would be doubtless valuable to manv Here 1t is:-" Take your bar of gold and rub it long and carefully with. thin silver until the gold absorb the quantity of silver that you require Then prepare strong solution of birthstone and quicklime. Now put the gold into vessel with a wide mouth. Now let them boil till the gold attain the right color, and you have it; but do not use this know ledge for any i'll Dur | pose"
 Dr. H. James Brown Monne't is not content with these names, but he also ad lertises to cure the effects of solitary vice with "The Cordial of California Laural." What is California Lau- relF' iealso oftrs to blnish levers. fits. agues and dyspepsia by the use of "Clairvoyant'' rcmedy-that IS, remedy discovered by d young gni while ill a magnetic trance. These are put forth under the name or Dr. Tracy De. lorme, who is to be addressed at the New York post office.
 We also find Brown figuring under the alias ot Professor J ames T. Horne. The "Proies- sor' advertises in all the country papers that he will teach any body 10 make $lOUO d year. if not more upon the receipt of d certain sum iu postage stamps. The eni6blers are sent, in reply to ther application, receip. for the mal:uflcure of artificial honey, and the right (bosus) to sell 1t Tn any country which the dupe may select.-- | he lecelpe and right cost the dupe $5. Here are both--copied from the originals or course the signature affixed 10 these precious ducu- mepts Is the s gnature of any body Brown may choose to select to do his business as clerk:
 RECIPE.--Take ten lbs. of good white moist | (brown) sugar, three pounds of soft water two and half lbs. Of bee bread honey, forty grains of cream of tartar, twelve drops of oil of pepper mint, half an ounce of gum arabic, one drop of otto of rose; put them into brass or copper kettle, ard let them boil for five minutes. then take two teaspoonsful of pulyerized slippery ] elm and mix with ole pound of water; tncn strain it and mix it into the kettle; take it off and beat up the white of two eggs and stir them n; let 1t stand two minutes, then skim 1t well and when nearly cold add one pound of pure 1 bees honey, and so for larger quantities. l By adding more slippery elm to a proportionate | quantity Of water, the manufacturer can make It as cheap as he pleascs, as a small quantity of slippery elm will thicken a pail of water to the consistency of honey.
 \. B,-Wh We mean by bee bread honey, is that made by the bees in the fall of the year to sulnlst on during the winter, it being much stronger then that made in the spring. If that cannot be procured honey in the comb will answer he same purpose, by putting in one half | pound more than IS given Ill the recipe, but makes considerable difference in the price,
 RIGHT OF SALE.-T his is to certify that, in consideration of the sum of S- received by me from -, do give to the said - right to manufacture and sell the honey made from my recipe in the - o - Sigued and sealed hy me,
 PROFESSOR JAMES T. HORNE. IL. s.1 1 But Brown travels in petticoats, too. He also sports IF the advertising columns of various pa pels as Madame Julie Melville This lady has just received from France some splendid cos melics, one of which. "The Milk of Roses and Extract ot Elder Blossoms" is magnificent It IS, according to our analysis, made ol magnesa and alcohol. Brown charges S2 for bottle of 1t. It costs him about eight cents. His Dr. II. Janes's " regulating and purifying pill" aud the "excelsor ointment of India, ,"-all made upon | 1h0 Hoiiio SttS as many uOildrS TOT as they cost him cents. Of course 1t is needless to say that the virtues claimed for them are as mythical as the inventors. Oliver F. Brown has accumulated fortune in less than three years. It is sail that he is worth from S5OOOO to Sl0O,OOO; but the Sunday writer who has consented all the while to do his writing. de. clares he is not worth more than $5O,0OO.
 We might extend the list further, with other lotteries, gift enterprises, etc., but hope that these instances will caution our readers how they invest money in the enterprises of the day, especially those originating at the north From the Memphis Avalanche. Official PeCulation.s
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