Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-10-08
VALUABLE MEDICAL HINTS.
Remedies to Keep in the Family for ar
Emergency

Remedies to Keep in the Family for an
Emergency.
While in the enjoyment of health it is
well to be prepared for pain and sickness,
and it has frequently been found that a
simple remedy, administered at the right
time, is of more value than an entire
apothecary shop after disease has had OPP
portunity to become settled. Yesterday
afternoon two or three police officers and
as many common people were assembled
at the station-house, when some one passed
up stairs to the Police Courtroom whistliDg
that delightful air, "Peek-aboo," and max
ing a very good job of it. The music at
tracted the attention of all present, and the
officer with the big diamond in his neck
tie queried "Who was that?n but
no one had observed. Presently the
whistle was heard returning, and about that
time a Chinaman descended the stairs,
and the assemblage looked at him in aston
ishnent, not only because it was surpris-
ing to hear q Chinaman whistling so well,
but mainly because he was footing away
without puckering his lips-an innovation
that white men and women need not at
tempt to follow.
He walked into the police Office, nodded
to some of the officers, and as he squatted
down Upon his heels and lighted a cigar
rette, responded, in very good English, to
the question where he learned that tune,
oh. l picked it up"
"Yes. he's a great fellow" remarked Of
ficer Rider. 80 remember one night some
time ago / saw him up at the Plaza with a
lantern and a stick, turning over the leaves
that had blown into the walks. He said
be was looking for little frogs-wanted
them for a man who had some sort of
stomach trouble. The man was to swallow
them alive to make him vomit"
"0h, / remember that night" said the
%Chinaman. "Yes, l was looking for frogs.
We use them in cases where a man is all
chOked up and can't breathe. White people
call it asthma. We don't swallow them
alive, though. This is what we do. ardit's
a sure thing; Get a frog and wash him
clean in some lice water-outside, don't
open him-then fill him full of rock salt.
When he won't hold any more, cover him
all over with mud-'dobe-and put him on
the Goals. Let him stay and get red hot.
Then, when he's cool, peel the 'dobe off,
take the ashes and grind them into powder.
Mix it up with the juice of boiled rice, and
give it to the sick man. It's good medicine;
hasn't any bad taste. You want to have
two men standing alongside of him with
towels, for it makes him sweat, oh, you
can't think how much, and vomit, and the
sweat must be wiped off so that none stays
on him. In a little while he is all well,
sure"
The white listeners looked at one another
in silence, which was broken by officer
Riders getting up hastily and going out.
Doctor Farren remarked, One time when
l was going up to Shasta county in the
stage there were two Cinnamon along, and
| saw them drinking whisky out of a bottle
that had two lizards in il !"
Certainly" responded the Chinese Wis
itor, but probably they were not lizards.
Horned toads, l guess. They're fine for
rheumatism. You can use them externally
or internally. The best way is to put them
in whisky and keep them a long time.
Perhaps if you keep them only six or eight
months they will stink, but after about a
year there is no smell. If a man has rheu-
matism III his leg, or his arm, or anywhere,
he Tubs some of this stuff on and it's cured
in no time"
The Chinese use skunk's gals and
bears gals, too, don't they" inquired
Farren.
Skunk gals are fine for felons and
boils, and such things. When a felon first
starts, take about half a skunk's gall, melt
it in whisky, and put it on the sore place,
and repeat when it dries. If you conf
mence soon the felon will never come to
a head. Bears gall, that's for pain. Beats
anything. Suppose you fall from a build
ing, or get thrown from q wagon, or some
hoodlum ticks you, you mil some of the
gall in whisky and take it, and you quit
feeling the pain"
What do we do with deer's horns for
medicine? l don't know. That's some
thing the doctors do. They get horns that
have the soft stuff (%velvet) on them. There's
horns in | street that you can't get for less
than SIS or S10G. Came from the north of
China. Cinnamon get horns from Vic
toria, too. Some that are Just right you
can't get on l street for less than $40. l
don't know what they pay for California
deer's horns. Nobody knows much about
what they are good for except the doctors"
Just then Rider re-appeared, looking pale
and very watery about the eyes. "Blankety
blank that frog business y he calculated,
I've lost the best lunch I've had in a long
time! | don't know what taking the
| cussed stuff would do a fellow. Thinking
about ii acts on me strong enough Some
body give me a chew tobacco, quick ~
RAILROAD AccIDENT.-About 1890 We'd
nesday night freight train No. 6, bound for
San Francisco, arrived at Suisun and was
doing some switching, leaving the caboose
on the main track, when a locomotive and
caboose, going in the same direction, ran
into No. 6s caboose, damaging the rear end
somewhat, while the colliding engine had
her pilot, headlight and smokestack de-
moralized. and a steam pipe broken. The
caboose had lights out as usual, and a man
had been sent back to warn the special en-
CINE, but the engineer of the latter claims
that the man was not far enough away to
give him time to stop before reaching the
| nahaaca IN tho ofhor ciIa - 80 ,,rUa1 fIof
if the engineer of the special had been en-
tering the station slowly, looking out for
No. G, he would have had plenty of time to
stop. No one was hurt by the accident.
REPUBLICAN CLUB MEErINGs.-The Swift
and Waterman Legion, including both the
Tin Cap and the White Hat Battalions,
will meet at Armory Hall this evening at
7:30, for the purpose of arranging for the
parade tomorrow night. 1t is necessary
that all should be present. All members
of the old Blaine Hat Brigade, and all
young Republicans, are cordially invited
to attend....., The John f. Swift Republican
Fire Brigade will meet at the old pavilion
this evening at 7:30, TO make arrangements
for the turnout tomorrow evening. Every
member is requested to be present and pro-
cure his uniform.
HOWARD BENEVOLENT AssocIArIoN.-The
annual meeting of the Howard Benevolent
Association was held last evening at the
office of w. P. Coleman. Reports of the
various officers were read, and at the cleo
ton of officers for the ensuing year the
present incumbents were reelected, viz
Richard Dale, President; A. S. Hopkins,
Secretary A. Abbott, Treasurer; John c.
Medley, Steward John Mcneil, George
W. Chesley, P. H.. Russell, P. E. Platt, c.
H. Hubbard and T. B. Hall, Directors.
RAILROAD WooDsHED BuRNED.-About 1
P. N. yesterday a track-walker discovered
that the railroad woodshed at Secrettown,
this side of Gold Run, was in flames. He
Immediately gave the alarm, but before the
fire train from Blue Canyon arrived the
shed was destroyed. The fire burned some
of the ties of the main track and warped
the rails, but repairs were made so promptly
that only freight trains were detained. The
shed was about 200 feet long, but contained
little if any wood.
Police CoURT.-In the Police Court yes
terday the cases of Mollie Jones and G.. w.
Warner, charged with burglary, were con-
tinued until next Tuesday Frank
0'Niel's case of misdemeanor was dis
| missed aud the costs Ia xed AGAINST the COM