The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-04-26


The Chinese are full Of supersti.
4 tons. and many Of them firmly ~.
| lieve saat the foreigners make medi.
cines out Of human beings. The mas.
sacre at Ticn-Tsin In 1870. IN which
twenty foreigners were killed. ana
among them number OF French Nuns
was caused by the report that the ia.
ters Were killing children 10 get their
hearts and eyes for medical purposes
and the trouble in Corea last sprln.
WAS caused by the circulation OF ,ha
stories that the missionaries wer.
grinding up children's bones "
mike medicine. This report ~.
started BY the Chinese. anl
the latest attempt OF the kiod
find to-day here AT Shanghai. /, .,'
pears in tri-monthly illustrated m..,.
aziue which the Chinese publish snl
which sells for five cents a copy. TINT
contains full description on how NM.
foreigners make their medicine. win
gAastly illustrations OF the severed
trunks and the cut-up limbs Of hnna,
beings In one cut men in American
clothes are bending over great furnace.
IN which the heads and legs OF men
are boiling. and beside which
great baskets and tubs Of c::,-up
humans lie. The men are stirring M
steaming mass and the picture makes
one think Of the witches calaron II
Macbeth" In another cut Is shown
the machinery for the bringing in OF
the bones and flesh. Adozen old skel-
eions lie upon the floor. and a man
with shovel puts the ghastly mass
upon ne scales for weighing Ia an
other room the medicine Is packed ID
70 pc sent away. and young ladies in
American dress with waterfalls and
French heels are busy at it, asked
Inc manager Of the magazine whethe.
he believed in such stun. and he re-
piled that he did not know and asked
4 i was no: really true
The Chinese themselves do not be-
ievc IN dissection. and there l. no
'ody-snatching here. They believe
hat the heart Is the seat OF though,
hat the soul exists in the liver. ana
hat the gall bladder is the seat OF
'ourage. For this reason the call
'ladders OF tigers are eaten by soldiers
Q inspire them with courage. The
'hinese doctor ranks no higher than
he ordinary skilled workman He
ell from fifteen or twenty cents a
isif. and he often takes pa-
tents on condition that he will
TIRE them within certain time or
d pay. lie never sees his female
aticnt- except behind screen. ana
z does not pay a second visit unless
nvited- His pay j. called golden
hanks. and the orthodox way Of
ending il 10 him j. wrapped in red
aper- The dentists look upon pulled
.eth = trophies. and they 20 about
18th necklaces Of dccayed teeth about
leir nscks or with them strung upon
rings and tied to sticks Toothache
supposed 81 come froma worm in the
10Th. and there are set Of female
octors who make business OF extract
u these werms. When the nerve il
SpoSed they take this out and call it
X worm. md when not they use
eight ~ Rand BY which they make
lcir patients believe certain worms.
hich they show them. came from
'eir teeth. | have heard persons tell
Chinamen ~ho claimed to have had
n worms taken from their mouths in
single day. and saw woman act
slly az work upon a patient in the
rect here. Ehina is rs full OF super
ition a. the West India islands. and
z people like TO be hnmbuggcd quite
well here - we do in America
-snk g. Carpenter. in Chicago Times.