The record-union., 1895-03-18
THE LAND OF HERBS.
A Botanist's Trip to the West In
dies-Quaint Darky Songs
and Customs.

The writer, longing to wet his feet on the
dewy grass that carries him through fern and
bramble, took q trip to the West Indies DUR
ing the winter OF 1890.
Lovely, sleepy, poetical jamaica the gem of
the Caribbean; the land of water, fern, moss
and birds.
geographically the Island of Jamaica may
be compared to q clam. To the artist il is q
pure drop of carbon, shining and rejecting
new beauties ct every glistening.
The sweet-scented air, the fine undulating
valleys, the lofty rugged peaks, the innumera-
BILE springs and the fringes of palm and cocoa
nut trees threw one into an "Elysium,' 'a
dream by day"-a sweet, refreshing, beautiful
dream.
Curlously the colored people have a doctor
Tor their souls, for their prosperity, but they
nave no doctor to furnish them with reme-
dies for pains and aches. The "Voodoo
Doctor or "Obeka Man." terrorizes the COM
munlty and sells darky charms, etc, but
When the Jamaica negro is sick ''OId Mann
my" or Grannle goes out to the fields, gathers
some herbs, brings them in and boils them,
and gives the herb remedy to the little ones,
and in short time the pickaninnies, the
small, black, jumping .imps again begin to
dance,
Nature has been extremely bountiful in her
medicine plants and herbs, and she gives to
her offspring daily that which they may use
10 become well when they are tired and weary
and sick of life's battles. Now, what is true
OF the rough, uncouth uncuItivated negro, is
equally true of the refined, sweet, cultivated
American woman, who knows and believes
in home remedies
Very often it is the wise woman of the
family that saves the life of the child long be-
fore the doctor reaches home. How many
medical men there are in this country who
say daily: Madam, but for you John would
be dead You did the very wisest thing that
could be done" And this brings us right to
the point in saying that the herb-healing
remedies contained in joys Vegetable Sarsa-
parilla are distinctly homo remedies. These
nome remedies have been gathered carefully
and are SO skillfully prepared that any person
can regulate their entire system by taking
three or four daily portions.
How many women there are who are COM
pletely chained to their chairs, who are COM
PEELED to go about their housework weak and
Weary-always tired, always sleepy, vet never
being able to rest. If any such person will
take bottle of joys Vegetable SarsapariIIa
he or sne will bless the day when the remedy
was first taken. No-tongue can tell what has
been done for the men ana women who have
used this purely vegetable remedy. If YOU
take JOYS VEGETABLE SARSAPARILLA
you need not take nasty pills. You will have
no need for pills. In a short time the gloomy,
respondent feeling Will give way to brightness
and happiness.
Joys VEGETABLE SARSAPARILI.An
cIeanses the liver, the stomach and the bow
els, makes the blood pure, and then causes the
entire system to work in perfect harmony. 1t
Is a great "Old Lady's Kennedy" a good medi-
cine for young folks, and can be taken with
out the smallest fear
1t is absolutely and entirely vegetable. It
contains no mineral drugs. Be sure TO ask
for JOYS VEGETABLE SARSAPARILLA
and take no substitute that may be offered,