The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-01

seem 70 have 10 staEiu powers r9Wa-
days Ne resumed 30 length. .itte qAef-
cicnsly They git Two Or three Of em
into one year now In the ol1en times
they'd keep one up Tor q lifetime an more
an tank nothiu 81 10 Mebbe che chi
csc Us that kind. they seem sort o SOW
taklu' up our swift. modern ways OF 1oin
things. and I suppose b. caught q
glimpse Of my expression. Tor be- bodied
ais head With e sneeplsh bur lnas1amei
grin-tweh. now, Z ~ not encouragr' EN-
20 make it a long war am
] left the old sinner au3 went on my
! way A, the next opportunity / dug Tor
me famous root in a library Ii Is Ger
! tainly q plant Of wonderful h.stog. and
| reputation. In China It's fame IS oder
than written literature and even as far
| back a. lV6 missionaries returning from
| tne orient made t known n Europe a
siamese embassy presented priceless
pakase OF u 70 Lopis XVI ana. until it
was replaced hy The later discovery sar-
| saparilla II had a prtut reputation as "a
! sure-all in France and spain Then IN
me beginning OF the eighteenth century
/ european interest u not faHh In It. was
/ revived by its discovery ia Canada AN
o'her missionary. the Jesuit father. La
hetau' round mat plant then growing
quite commonly along the Ottawa was
the root then worth Us weight 10 gold ~
/ Fekln CuTlouSly enough his attention bad
bten called 90 o hy the Iroquois legends
aha supersutons clustering about O.. q
was q magical plant among the abort
slnes q America as well as Of Asia.
moreover the indian word for g. "gareut-
oqueh' is suihcieuily like rs Chinese
eok"oH'th 70 make students 81 compara-
I'VE phlioiosy prick up their ears.
~ 80 Natde was well known com
Pans vas soon formed Tor the purpose OF
ee''ee ing " nus price az quebec RAPIDLY
tpa' rom - 70 90 sous "a pound 20 from
~ % - hVfes II was then that the whole
pVpu.a'i.h went WHO M the quest of b.
th t''- u was exported 20 the value Of
."o" hfrer Hut naturally 10 was soon
aH "ut eNterminated and there vas an
ehh OF the business. apparently for ali
'hie. Wllnin the last few years. however.
thefe ma heen considerable revival of
ginseng hunting in Canada, and the on
iaflo legislature protects q by law be-
tween the months Of January and Sep
temoer
but IL Is IN les proper setting OF the c.
lesual IDEA and traditions thar the root IS
really Of interest II IS. IL needs hardly be-
SAID. tho sovereign remedy Of che Chinese
pharmacopoela. YET. 20 use the language
OF an authority upon the subject the vir-
tues oscfihed % the plant are rather Of a
supernatural than a 'hernpeuiical charac-
tt'' At y believed 70 be Inhabited by
me-klFlhe splfit ana endowed with powers
81 loeoih'uoh "hicn enable II 20 run away
"hth sought TOT The most priced variety
- IoAhd 10 the province Of Qnantung
mere 'he quest Tor it is undertaken under
sVF'l ''i'el' ausp'cfs' sometimes an armed
caravan OF lo"h men vas sent our IN the
Ola times. Even nov great numbers Ro
toaether- ana the majority Of the adven-
tuIous seekers after itare said 70 perish.
tNhef detoufed hy Wild beasts or worn
out Win fatigue aud hunger only rarely
Is a favored individual permitted 20 soc
tas spiritual essence which invests the
plant as with a halo. ana points the SPOT
where 60 dig Tor II when daylight dawus. +"
The ginseng monopoly forms one OF the
principal sources 81 revenue 80 Corea.
There the roots Of the wild mountain va
riety sometimes grow TO a length Of four
feet. II Is extremely rare however. and
astonishing prices have been paid for H.
Pekin Gazette Of 1892 says that the mill
tary governor Of kirn. Manehurla. re-
ports that he has forwarded by specia,
messenger for the emperor's use eight
large and sixteen small roots. 2 A-l0 ounces
in all. the total value being given $50
taels, or 400 Indeed. as much as SEQ
has been paid for q single specimen.
The ordinary Corean variety ia farr,,s
under government monopoly Il h mo
tectcd from thieves rs high valls ami
watch towers. and as se,ni-.larlpcss s,,j,-
il best II Is grown IN sh.9s un9o~ ~
shade OF mating screens The 10, \,
dried until ia assumes "A Asrf r.st,,-..,s
translucent appearouce The t,ate ~ 49,
best quality Il bltter-syeet nueli,..n-,,,
and slightly aromatic
No self-resnecflng Chinese druggist a
without II. Each tiny piece l. hacked An
silk and cased IN capsule 81 sheat-le,a ma
no relic Of the great Ruddha could h. given
greater care Customers are rso,,astcJ ,o,
TO breathe on fl. and tne merchant es.,,s
10 prefer diiatinr on he u,ar.clo,is ,,,s,it-
Ties to exchanging a. for gold And r,,-t,-
oT-haud as it does AN the matasisa tb,,
have ever been mentioned m ,,.,5i,,t
llhraries this i hardly 10 ~. ,,ons.-.3
H. According 10 popf,l,r hrit,s
the c0eet 81 me drug H. ~ mt. ~
p,tient uneonseiotis for ,bre. 80 ~,
I III for n month. after ,his hn -
and ttyse In rerferf bo,tfl f,- -. -, -.
one hundred vears ~
In china a ID often sen. a., s~t..,-
a ,sstnshto rroe.,,t ma a. | ''t- -
,hsr. a. ra,,alt,. rrss.rt,,, ',i,,.,.. -
Ann, y. oreI,. artseeI ta,,t3e 49, ~.
t,s ,-.,,r,,ic,, -rtc t,,,s. 80 ~. ie'
- st,,e~ .fa hst,,,.t,, 4, -, p u'.Ne
vessel \ a small mac. for bgl.,,a..