The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-28


It is appointed unto all men to die once.
but even the stold China.nan is not in
any hurry. one Of the Chinese converts.
a girl who had been rescued. educated and
married to a laundryman. was taken i'll.
She had no idea Of burning punk or even
Of preparing a sweet smelling feast for
the gods, but she did want 10 go 40
Chinese doctor White man him he read
book; no learn cure tn book.
So All Sucy determined 10 go to a real
sure enough doctor, who would give her
medicine as strong as her Illness.
She did not think it quite au fait to so
on the street by herself. so she asked me
10 come long" in the pretty Chinese
way.
DIT. Wang vi Fat, or translated, DR.. All
Healing Light, has an Office on Chinese
street. as they call Sacramento street.
Al the foot of the stairs a big brass sign
announced ia Chinese that the doctor in
his exclusive longevity half could pre-
scribe 800 medicines truly imported from
the AMER" and knew how TO cure 4V9
different diseases.
Friends were told to walk in, but others
must ring the bell and wait. The doctor
quickly opened the door, and, bowling low,
asked US to enter.
The room was like my companion-a
mixture of Chinese and American.
We were shown into a tiny consulting
room by a young American woman An
Suey solemny sat down before The more
solemn doctor Neither spoke as she plac-
ed her barred arm - small satin cusn-
ion.
This is the first step in a Chinese dag
nosis and has been in use in the Flowery
e.. tt,a r
the manner of turning the hand twice
before placing the fingers on the pulse Is
all laid down in tradition by the man who
for thirty days drank the dew from bam-
boo trees to call the genii, who appeared
and gave him on the spot perfect knowl-
edge Of all diseases.
DIR. vi placed his four fingers on Suey' 8
pulse and moved them as in playing
flute. Five minutes of this finger manlp-
ulation was devoted to her arms, the doc
tor all the time gazing thoughfully at
the point of his embroidered shoe. while
Suey kept her eyes fixed solemnly on
space.
Diagnosing the Case.
At length ne broke the silence. Your
most noble and illustrious disease pro-
ceeds from a disturbance OF the equiho-
rum Of the vital spirit The igneous
principe too long fed by the excessive
heat has ended by exceeding beyond all
A fire has been k'ndied in the sublime or
ganzauon Of your body. If you have
not offended a god the medicine l prescribe
will cure you. If you have offended "a
god. no medicine will be able to take eff
feet"
He turned TO his desk and covered a
sheet of paper the size of one legal cap
with hieroglyphics and handed ii 10 Suey.
Both rose to their feet and bowed low.
Then Suey looked at her prescription and
pointing TO one of the ingredients with a
finger of scorn, said:
Too much money-talle it out"
The doctor replied: But most glorious,
most beautiful one, your sublime organi-
zation is unbalanced; you may go to the
home of the illustrious, Industrious au-
cestors."
Must some time 60" answered suey.
Maybe now, maybe then. No waste
money; cut it out"
DR. vi sighed and shook his head many
times but cut out the item Suey pointed
out. Then she read il over and one other
item was cut out by the reluctant doctor.
He told her that his father and his broth
ers and hts ancestors back for 500 years
had cured and healed Did she think he
could mistake?
''You all light. No spend so much
money"
The learned doctor told her even his
mother and his. grandmother had beer
0tCktd5 blQ Hb1 DitSttlbfQ Att many W.
men and children in China.
Even when he showed her his mother:
picture in her flowing robes Suey woult
not relent
All al once Suey put out her little brown
hand, saying: Sing Sing" and DR.. Y
took il in his with the most graceful bow
He likewise said Sing sing"
Then he took off the basket "cosey'' o
his teapot and we each had a little greer
cup of tea and everything was lovely.
Insulted the Doctor.
When he were going out l turned to in,
doctor and. wanting to be polite. l sold
May your business prosper" Putting
both of his hands over his stomach h
bowed to a right angle and replied In Chi
niese. May you never come again"
When we were at the foot of the stair
Suey began 10 laugh merriy and told m
thai / insulted the doctor most outrage
ously by wishing his business to prosper
for 1t is equivalent to telling him he Is al
evil one, for only an evil one would wan
Doctors or druggists or an under
takers business to prosper.
The old man was but kind when h
wished / might never come again. and 0
course he knew 1 knew he did no
mean il.
The Chinese druggists shop, where W
went to have the medicine prepared, wa
one of the best In town. The druggls
is a man of much prominence in his dis
trict He knew Suey, and We had Gu
of tea before we began business. He sal
most politely 1t was great pleasure fc
him 10 be able to speak with me, ths
he was much honored The druggist sal
il was tonic that DIR. VI had ordered Il
Suey, but II was a pity she had refuse
TO have the g-poo-you-y-tan" put Il
II is the supernatural treasure for a
desires in English. and a true panace
for all ills, according to the dose and q
manner of taking.
The medicine consisted of tiny red pill
with a strong odor of musk. They we
made by one family in China whlC
alone possesses the secret of their cor
position. Their manufacture has ma,
The family famous and rich for hundre,
of years, but no blasphemous analytic
chemist has ever attempted TO solve d
Inystery/of their ingredients 1t would
most affronting to the god who first ga
the secret to its possessor's aucestc
But the little red pills are expensive. al
Suey, who says she has 10 die somes i'm
anyhow, would not waste any precio
gold on them. for they are one OF a nur