Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-08-05
THE GAZETTE.
FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 5. 1859.
A CELESTIAL REGULARITY

A CELESTIAL pECULiAklrl.
The Chinese are amongst other things, a
very grossly feeding people, and, n",w,th-
standing that some pigs ure held sacred. tat
fresh pork is their great delight, and strange
to say, it seems To agree wonderfully vel
wi h them. remember, in one instance IL
boat race was to be pulled IN Hong h""S
between European sailors and Chinese, ana
in making arrangements. the Celeshals were
asked what refreshments they would perter;
think il was two pounds Frosted pork each
they requested, and this to he eaten. not at
ter the race, but just before commencing it,
to make them, as they expressed 1t. Mum
Der one strong" According to our ideas, it
would have had anything but that effect but
not " with John Chinaman--
The pork was eaten-
The English beaten;
and that was not by any means the only oc-
casion on which, equally situated, aud pulling
In our own boats. they have beaten Europeans.
/ think, taking the average amongst the
Chinese they are as little subject to sickness
as almost any nation; but their ideas, Or
rather manner Of expressing their ailments,
are peculiar. 1t was invariably either too
much hot inside, or too much colo (cold)
what amused me most the first time heard
the expression, was that of Chinese servant
had who requested one day that whould
intercede with the doctor to give him plast-
er to put on his shoulder, and when the de-
sired end to be obtained by so doing was ask-
ed, the reply was "Wantchee" want toy
pull out the wind, had got that wind inside
that bone" 1t was APPARENTLY rheomatisl,; d
liaA nd
next day the report was that wind had make
a-willo, no got more than smallo piece now"
1t is seldom that they will put themselves
under the treatment of European medical
men, and indeed, for anything not surgical,
their own doctors seem to answer every pur-
pose; they themselves say, "Englishman no
can savee ChinamaD; inside no belong all
same Englishman, no makee all same chow
chow, how can make all same inside" and
there are not few foreigners who have in
fevers, govt and diseases peculiar to the eli
mate, consulted with advantage the native
parliamentary Kong to Manila; by
Henry I. Els, Il. n.
DR.. Hall, in his journal Of Health" says
that very few of the sudden deaths which
are said to arise from disease of the heart do
the real origin Of sudden deaths, the Doctor
says, the experiment has been tried in Flu
rope and reported to scientific congress
held at Strssburgh. Sixty-six cases OF sud
den death were made the subjects OF
thorough post norton examination. In
these cases only two were found who died
from disease of the heart. Nine out of the
sixty-six died from apoplexy, while there
80 nf nf no
lungs that is, the lungs were 10 full OF blood
they could not work, there not being room
enough for sufficient quantity OF air to en-
ter to support life. The Doctor goes on to
enumerate the causes which produce coDges
ton Of the lungs. They are: cold feet; tight
shoes; tight clothing; costiveness; sitting un-
til chilled through after being warmed by
labor or rapid walk; going too suddenly
from close heated ROOM into the cold air,
especially after speaking; and sudden depress-
ing news operating on the blood. These
causes Of sudden death being known, an avoi.
dance of them may serve to leugthen out val
liable lives which would otherwise be lost
under the verdict of heart complaint
That disease is supposed TO be incurable,
and hence men may not take the pains they
would to avoid sudden death if they knew 1t
lay In their power.
"YoU MIGHr AS WELL. "A plain old gem
tleman went with his team to bring home his
two sons, two young sprigs, who were ex-
pected to graduate. While returning, they
stopped at hotel in one of our country
towns for dinner The landlord struck with
the dashing appearance of the two gentlemen,
made himself very oficious, while he took the
old man, from his homespun appearance, to
be nothing but driver, and asked them 1t
thew wished the driver to sit at the table
with them. We'll, Dick" said the younster
aside to his brother, las he is our father, and
it's his team, and he will bear the expense,
think we had better let him eat with us, -
Eyes, think 30 too, under the circumstan-
ces," he replied. "Yes, landlord, you eau
give him place at the table,
HAPPY REroRr.-A Methodist minister Mt
the West; who lived On small salary, was
greatly troubled to get his quarterly install
ment. He at last told the non-paying trus-
1ees. that he must have his money, as his
family were suffering for the necesssries Ut
life. Money!" replied the steward, You
preach for money! thought you preached
Tor the good of souls" ''Souls?" replied
the minister, II can eat souls; and if could,
it would take a thousand such as yours t"
make meal"
WISE CO.,
On KIM befureea Water and tnio" streets,
ALEXANDRIA,, VA.
COAL! COAL! COAL!n
yr1p shsll soon be delivering GOALS from yes