The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-06

gest old wives nostrums, while n few
come close to our own pharmaceutical
preparations. This is especially the case
with the peppermint series. in which the
Chinese are a tri1e ahead of us. They
employ the fragrant principle of the plant
in a score of forms. The strongest is a
specific for toothache, and is as acrid as
the oil of cloves or cinnamon. Next is
an oil which is used as liniment for
rheumatism, neuralgia, and sick head
aches. 1t is more efficient than our men
thol pencils, and has won considerable
popularity among New Workers.. third
preparation is nothing more nor less than
an eastern form Of the peppermint lozenge,
anu IS employed for gastric disorders. II
is made OF peppermint, sugar. charcoal and
lime, and has received the approval of the
leading European physicians of the Chi
nese treaty ports.
Two Monaghan BARRIERS make a good
living a their honorable calling. They
shave with a razor which is smaller than
the one used in the United States. and
for a shaving brush use what looks to a
woman like an ordinary toothbrush. They
remove the hair from the nostrils with
tweeZers and shave the fuZz from the ear
and nose with a razor smaller than a
surgeons lancet. Besides shaving and
hair dressing they put their patients
through course of gymnastic move
ments-cracking the finger joints, lnead-
ing every muscle in the upper half of the
body, and rotating the head and arms
full treatment takes an hour and costs
90 cents. In DOyers Street over one of
the missions there is a curious variety of
scraper His specially is NE curing of
gastric disorders. and the tongue is both
the tell-tale and the point of attack. His
modus operandi is simple. He feels the
Fa...a#
mouth, and teeth. Then follows the scrap
ing of the tongue with strip of burn
ished silver and the rinsing of the mouth
with some aromatic and probably disin-
fectant fluid. \ heavy draught or bolus
is administered, and the patient then
goes about his way. The next day SINH
lar operation, and according to the ap-
pearance of tongue and mouth, the treat
ment is continued or changed.
In the basement of fifteen buildings are
the agents of the Chinese farmers who
grow Eastern produce on Long Island and
in New Jersey. All of them are prosper
Gus and have begun to build up business
among the fan kawi Many of their vege-
tables are admirable and could be utilized
with profit by our own housekeepers The
fu qua or bitter cucumber belongs to the
same class as the squash and is similar to
it IN its culture. 1t has bitter taste
which is said to be tonic and stimulating
TO the digestion. Cooked with chicken or
meat it forms an admirable ragout The
su qua or Chinese cucumber looks like the
one which Americans use for picking but
has more solid meat and a much pleasant
er taste. The Chinese squash resembles
small watermelon externally, but is as
compact as sweet potato. 1t is solid
meat and can be prepared in a score of
appetizing ways. The water chestnut is
much like the Jerusalem artichoke, but
has the crispness of the rsdish. The Can
ton watercress is larger than the Amer
lean. with an equally sharp flavor Chinese
cabbage is the long cabbage of northern
Germany and to all appearance is a by
Brio between a cabbage and a bunch of
cele :. The Canton field salad is similar
10 e German endiyes, but has a larger
and more. succuleBt leaf. Beyond these
are small quantities Of other esculents. all
OF which are palatable and nutritious as
well as novel.-MarEherita Arlina Hamm,
in the New York Evening Post.