The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1883-11-15
Some Popular DeluslOns.

which is good to cure all the most
deadly and most obstinate of human
ailments. According to recent ac-
counts, the Hoang-nan of that country
is miraculous plant, which, since tar
water fell into disrepute, is the nearest
approach to the universal cure. The
bark of this wondrous herb is, if we are
to believe the tales in circulation, even
more medicinal than the m0iu that
Hermes gave to Ulysses, for it is SOW
ereign remedy, not only against hydro
phobia, which has hitherto delied the
faculty, but against leprosy and the bite
of venomous reptiles. 1t instantly
cures the maladies mentioned, but at
the same time it admits of no trifling,
for it proves "a violent poison in cases
where it is not applicable. The heal
ing virtues of this new blessing to man
| kind were, until a short time ago, only
known to u single Anamite family. but
on their conversion to Christianity the
secret was communicated to M. Lesser
teur, formerly a missionary in Tonquin,
and the author of work which bears
most cogent testimony to his simple
minded credulity. But we have still TO
learn that specimens have arrived in
H"i ~, ""N e,i"V ,ili "Sh 10 Po"oAA"i
aiu VIZ le'er mas peeil illauc Whole' q
tle pltVen man puIgel ol tiie hlau Jog
seloih' Venom III lacv' the ehtlre stoiy Is
itllliliaI omc, Ior eyer slhce Cne llVeh-
tion i' ol iile,iolhe Panacea was pelng
u,scoVereu Whlch was 10 rehder the
Pn"lliacoP'Iia ~ ~ aNall' usuaiIy, oI
I't.e' the secret mas peeI an helrIoolli II,
soilie sasase lalilIly, ohly 10 pe reNelleu
~ = COSY ~ plaIkets ,, oI y pe'sus' or new
rum, luiIlouS 10 ine pllll5hthropisI' anu
iilNhliaply ..,iiy wne'l oplaIeu ~ "psosutcly
MoIthless ,l! as any charlli 10 pe louiso ,.a.
Mnnlu tnc poulualcs vi tnit PIoiillc
oiN-llee.lclng ~ Wlicn WI pIiGK ;s;,. mas
Pehleu 50 VoiuhilnouS ,reatise' .here
- NJ ulsease .E 70 Wnien .tsn iS rs nelr pu'
nas peen tlo ,opJeet " thcsc MohueI-
winning relleoics' NOW IL ~ lSProsy'
"nou IiyuloPnopia' anu aSalh anu aSaiii
uliuil ~ oho cares 70 hoep we Iale oi
1.,oiI luliiocl .nGio nav pceii aunoehce''
Pott0ou ouioo Aol unS pNo VI .,io
hlosO NehoilouS sliahe klioWh 70 tile
oPlIoi!SlsI' huI tno copra sun 9e-
stI9ys rs .Iiousanus every year III lhuia,
n4erpPnopla' ao the NeIy eAistence ol
milion ~ W"s a. oIic .llhe eTe Iasiiloh 10
euee.i cleliliS ~ aIli,'li roli VI Nlcullils'
,'hu Ihe oanuMicll lslan''s N1oNeIhulellt,
nol'etcs9 mo- 1 oi aily ilieals ol s'aihPllS oul
W IIe loul uisease Wiich y ueclihaulhg
IAaW"i ielnoNes eNery lcpeI lne lllo-
niehu une s}ihPtoInS VI cae hlaIauy ap-
Peal y ,I loHgiy 5slc u hlolohat' IhcIe
W ~ rellaii tiii nc ules'
rIoiu tiie Cliile tilaC ne lrsI knew toll
anu uccay man nas Deeh seeklg y
lie'lis ,'LL.s. el'hoI VI N"h.lulslipS oeael, u
ou.wltIlng i., olu aSe, OF OF growing rich
wlthout the expenditure OF iapor. NOW
Ule seaich Is lor lhe eilSlr ol me- at an
otner tihe lor me philosophers stone
anu Vhe power u lrahsIlutaVloh. Juan
once 9e Leon spent Iohg years IN
searc1 Oh lne bahamah FOUNTAIN Oh per-
Petual youtn, Dut ne uuly uled IN spite
OF us miraculous waters or John Man
ueVllle-or whoever wrote under that
haihe-tellS us tnal AT flombe-or' as
we now cail II, Ouilon-on the Malabar
coast, ne aiso had quehched ms thlrst at
wen OF rcluvenescence' though 1t is sad
10 near tlat Wheh IN old age, ne re-
c.osseu tilaI sea Whlch IN the heyday oi
ms MANHOOD ne nad passed ''on the
leasU Oh o. Michaei, ne was IN the ag-
ONES Oh artprltlc gotlt, ana, as q conso-
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tne poke wnlch obtained Tor nm the
uiSlincIloh SiNI OF pelng thg .Iather OF Eng
flsii prose or Jonn mn was no more
lortuil'te' loI, Notwithstanding the eil-
cacY OF ms tlhcture OF bardana as
sPeclllc IoT gout; ne succum6ed TO that
ulsease' lnIeed' the remedy Tor that
Iialady Is SUN 10 pe iouna' ana is llkely
10 keep inc philosophers Tor long time
aC WORK, ior though there is Jack
sonlan professor IN Cambridge who Is
nouRo py tne conulIlons lalt down by
tne louhuer ol ms chalr 70 "diseover
cure lor the goui' tne learned lncum-
peht' lnsteau OF pehdlng MS intellect to
70 thls momehtous TASK passes his time
IN spectroseoplng the sun, or IN extract
ing aiKaloids 1or which nobody cares
out OF somethlng that no one else can
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