The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1897-01-07
LOVE PHiLTERs.
'atsSuIAr ArticlSs of Trade In new
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AOve pouons eno love charms are
.s ,Segullar - efticles of trade N many OF the
quees-1ooking little shoPs on New
aoeks great east aide. They are 70 be
found for the NEST pert IN the dirty
looking groceries ana the overcrowded
iofY goods shOpA
Ihere = aso : constant demand
1or sieePing potaons % well q Tor
various ODD poisons whose use y little
umderstood by the medical profession
'ineFe ferhaps u these poiscnscould be
Traced tnear use mignS solve many an
lesss sioe mystery tnat mas panied the
po1ce. your east side foreigner mas
oeem IN tne neoit OF Duying sucn tnangs
m obscure stores In the citaes ana towns
wnere me used 70 i've ana the demand
r. eau supplied IN ono way OF snotner
IN Ncw York.
Inc writer discovered one OF tnese
4. e0res ssoaes IN Walk on tne east sioe.
va connecteo with hotie ory gooos
mop east OF iniro avenue. his atten-
non wa attracted 70 . COLLECTION OF
mDef Deads, wnicn on the east sioe
ana otner perts OF the oown are freeiy
500 70 anxious parents who TIE them
epout une necks OF cneir cniloren 10
resp on Group Inc proprietor OF the
snop, vno seemed 70 oe houmanaan.
WIN = naAi nusaan cyPe OF race, picked
up Pecuiiar amber ring wMcn ne
0Holeo nor sa!e as love ring.
In one CAST, no salo' = NUMBER OF
4 oiugs are useo TOT tne purpose on eN-
ung ioVe 10 co'u ano careless lover.
some OF tnese drugs are maoe 'n'o
meoacanes, OF love Po'aons' 10 Do
s~alioweo' out tnere are many love
chfrms which can be made up with
Jeweiry OF worn on the BODY. Amber Is
nrmiy believed by the peasants III
southern Europe to have peculiar pow
er IN causing one who wears II to be
loved 1t y made into lockets. or set in
ring or carried IN q Dag around the
neck.
Amber Is also distilled into an oil
ana Is used as one OF the ingredlents OF
love pouons' which are gwen IN
liquid form to be taken internally. 1t
is brown-colored liquid OF hot taste
and strong, disagreeable odor. 1t Is
poisonous In large doses, but In small
amounts is freely used in southern
countries. II is frequently rubbed IN
the back with wonderful effect, Most
OF these love Potions. or love phil
terS" continued the old Roumanian
sborekeeper, must have originated in
oriental countries, where such things
have been IN common use from the earli-
est times.
Another new drug used to stimulate
the emotions OF love II q salt OF gold.
originally discovered by tho old al
chemists In their attempts to make gold
ont OF silver or the other baser metals.
: It was long ago used as secret "love
medicine" and Is wv used by physi-
clans Tor that pun ose. 1t acts like
EtIychnine, which Is ono OF the most
powerful drugs known, but it also has
special action IN exciting tho passions.
One OF the oldest OF love Potions" IL
oslled ''the essence OF pearls" It dates
back to the time OF Antony and Cleo
patra.
"Among the German peasants" com
unued the old Roumanian. a number
OF strange superstitions has been
handed down. which are Practiced even
among tho Germans in New York city
to-day, at least among the more tgnor-
ant. "A suck OF IOvaRS rOOC - supposed
bv thAm to be eff1cacio,,a In exciting
love, Il IL used bv younr wives or un-
married girls who have doubts about