The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-09-14
The Druerist was Lucky.

II H0o N00Ny
Opposite Memphis and about twenty
miles inland I stopped at a general store
to rest and get a bit to eat. Besides keep
ing hardware, ~woodenware, dry goods,
groceries, saddlery, notions, boots and
shoes, smoked and salt meats, there was
a stock of drugs in the rear. | got some
crackers and cheese, and while eating
there came in O colored man. He COM
planned of pains in the chest and wanted
a remedy. The merchant scratched his
nose reflectively, looked along the shelves,
and finally took down a bottle, poured a
two ounce vial full, and corked it up,
and handed it over with the remark
"Take five drops of that in water every
four hours. Fifty cents"
The negro paid and went away, and in
| a few minutes a came in for some
thing for dyspepsia. He took down a
chance bottle, poured some of the con-
tents into a vial, and charged her sixty
cents. Then I enquired if he was a
doctor.
"We1l, sorter, F." he replied.
"And you know drugs?"
Eyes, tolerably fair"
"You put vi queer remedies for those
two complaints"
Ibid I? Do you know drugs?n
Il have served five years as prescrip-
ton clerk"
Just the man I've been aching to see
! for a month"; I took this stock on a debt.
The fellow agreed to write OF each bottle
what the contents were good for, but he
missed over half of 'em. I've been deal
ing out sorter OF my own judgment, and
I've had mighty good luck SO far"
Haven't you killed any oneY"
"Bout a dozen, | reckon; but all but
one nave been niggers, and the one white
man was no count, anyhow. Now you
lust put in the afternoon marking up
them bottles. and III keep We over night
and hand we two big dollars in the morn
ing."-New York Sun.
Corean Baby Clothes.
The best holiday dress Of a little boy in
| Corea consists of a very gaudy coat, the
body of which is made of light green silk
| faced with blue, with sleeves made in
bands of min bright shades of silk, and
| the folding articles or trousers, which
are a baggy garment of pongee silk lined
with white cotton. Queer little socks,
with turned up toes, projecting heels and
tying tapes half way up the back, are
called po-syon. The haing tjon. or leg
pings, tie on above the stockings and are
Of red cotton. A curious robe of red cot
ton with blue sleeves is thrown over the
coat, and a short sleeved waist of blue
silk, lined with red cotton, goes on over
the robe. Across the back of this is a
stripe of silk, brocaded, on which are
printed in gilt characters that signify
such proverbs and admonitions as "Haye
consideration for others" Be just" 'Be
moderate in your DESIRES" etc. Over all
this goes a loose sleeved outer garment of
blue rocaded silk, with little slashes up
the sides, and at the back a long slash ex-
tending to the Cross band between the
armholes.
On this band are hung three little bags,
embroidered and dressed with t~assels,
which are worn in honor of three good
spirits that are supposed by the Coreans
to come into the world with every child,
Another article of child's, dress is the hair
ribbon OF purple ~grenadine. folded to
form a point at the top and sewed together
part of the way down. On this are char
acters in gilt signifying Long life, riches
be ~bequeathed.n A circular device con-
tains seven dots representing the seven
stars of the clipper" They are supposed
to ensure the wearer's having many
children. The ribbon is made fast to the
end of the plat into which the hair is
done up. A sort of head dress is worn
over the head and sides of the face, tied
down under the chin. This is very fanci-
full. being made of bands Of various col
ored silks aud crnamented with embroid-