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Flour and MWstufs.

FLOUR-Califorria Family Extras s. ESQ
So usual terms; Bakers Extras, s3 15G3 2o
Oregon 81 5Od2 IS per barrel for family and
81 1898 for bakers; Washington bakers, 81 75
@3.
lows usual discount to the trade: Graham
Flour, So per 100 lbs: Rye Flour. 50 rs; Rye
extra cream do, A; Oat Groats. So; Hominy. 81
@l425: Buckwheat Flour $Q4 25; Cracked
Wheat, So so; Farina, s4 so; Whole Wheat Flour,
50 25; Rolled Oats (barrels). s6 SoGS 35 in sacks
Sc 5Ods; Pearl Barley. S.; Split Peas IS; Green
Peas Sc 80 per 100 lbs.
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Provisions.

Chicago was weak and a shade lower on the
day This market remained before. The
feeling is weak.
CURED MEATS-Bacon. 121zc per lb for
heavy, 12h@13c for light medium, lac for light.
I5c for extra light and Ice for sugar-cured.
Eastern sugar-cured Hams, lac: California
Hams, 131sc; Mess Beef. s11 per barrel; extra
SIS: extra clear. s23; Mess. s19 Smoked Beef.
lac per pound.
LARD-Tierces, quoted at SC per lb for
compound and 12c for pure half-barrels, pure,
I2hc; 10-lb tins, l2Ac; 5-b tins. 127sc; S-lb tins
12c.
COTTOLENE-One half-barrel 1OHc; three
half-barrels, 10Ac; tierce, 10hc; two tierces
lQc; tive tierces. sac per lb.
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sh Quotations were as Follows

Cash quotations were follows:
Flour. steady; No. spring wheat. 6s@6s1kc:
No. 2 red. 71A@72c; No. yellow corn. 57A@
57hc; No oats. 3612@362c: No 2 white SSla
fair to choice mailing barley 549571lc; No /
flaxseed. Northwestern, 81 81; prime timothy
seed. S. 60Gl5 10 mess pork, per barrel. s13 756D
13 80; lard. per 100 pounds. ss09 O21a short ribs
sides noose). IS 15@S 30; dry isalted shoulders
fboxed). 715@7%c; short clear sides (boxed)
S. 75as S5; whisky. basis or high wines 81 80.
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Beans and Seeds.

Beans continue to decline, and the market is
neglected and weak. Receipts too large,
those yesterday being $685. sacks.
BEANS-Bayos. 81 1922 30; Small White, $50
3 %; Large White, $292 40; Pea, 81 50d4; Pink,
$2@2 25; Red 50; Blackeye, So 1908 %: Limas,
81 50@4 IS: Red Kidney-, 5000 rs per ctl.
SEEDS-Brown Mustard. s3@S 50; Yellow
Mustard. IS 35q3 so; Flax, 81 65Ql3 25; Canary
3AQ31ac for Eastern Alfalfa nominal; Rape
1Aq1&c; Hemp, 31ac per lb.
DRIED PEAS-Niles. 81 1901 90; Green. 81 75
az per ctl. =
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aORIH PACIFIC COAST RAILROAD,
Vic Sousallte FerI
Commencing September ~ 1901
FROM SAN FRANCISCO TO MILL WALL


FROM SAN FRANCISCO TO MILL VALLEY
AND SAN RAFAEL
WEEK DAYS-6:55. $3.50. $50 HOO a m
'1:45, 3:15, AIS. 5;15 sis. 6:45 D. m
EXTRA TRIPS-For Mill Valley and San
Rafael Mondays. Wednesdays and Satur-
days at $3.50 and 11:40 p. m.
sUNDAYS-'s:0o 1000. '1:so a m. 'I:1@.
Trains marked % run to San Quentin.
FROM SAN RAFAEL TO SAN FRANCISCO.
WEEK DAYS-"5:25. 6:27. 7:45 S:35 l0:l5
a. m. "12:25. 2:15. 'S:35. 4:4O. $50 D. M
EXTRA TRIPS on Mondays, Wednesdays
ana Saturdays at 6:45 and 9:55 .. m.
SUNDAYS-6:15, $500 '1O:00 sl1:45 a m
'1:40. '3:15, 4:45, $3.50 D. m.
Trains marked 60 start from San Quentin
FROM MILL VALLEY TO SAN FRANCISCO
WEEK pAYs-S:!S. s:!5. 7;55. s:55. 1890
EXTRA TRIPS on Mondays. Wednesdays
and Saturdays at 7:10 and 10: D. m
sUNlAYS-s:O5, 10o5 a m. 1905. 2:I5. 3:30.
500. sa5 o. m.
THROUGH TRAINS
tions
las p. saturdays-Duncan Mills and way
stations.
500 a m sundays-Duncan Mills and way
stations
Legal Holidays boats and trains will run on
Sunday time.
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BOSTON srnCKs ANn pnA,nr
London Market.

NEW YORK, Oct A-The Commercial Ad-
vertisers London financial cablegram saws:
Inc market for stocks to-day was dull and
dominated by the monetary situation csnId
TO the amount of s224, 900 has gone out To
France and f5ooo to South America Banks are
market short of funds The Bank Of England
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Rabbits. 81 50 for Cottontails and 81 for Brush:
Mallard, $496; Canvasback, $G6; Sprlg,
$2G3: Teal. 81 50q2: Widgeon, 81 50@2: Small
Ducks. g 50; Black Jacks. English
Snipe. s2@2 so; Jack Snipe, 81 5o;s Gray Geese.
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Nea0 York Money Market.

NEW YORK. Oct. 2A-Close-Money on call
was steady at 1884 per cent; last loan, 3 per
cent; prime mercantile paper, 4hGS per cent;
sterling exchange was easier then firm, with
actual business In bankers bills at 81 S61h for
demand and at 81 ss% for sixty days; posted
rates, ahq- sc and 81 SIN; commercial bills,
y SSq4 SSH bar silver S7Ac, Mexican dollars,
active; railroads, steady
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Condition of the Treasury.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2t--To-days statement
OF the Treasury balances in the general fund.
dvs,nn sHIsve OF shs sSvoooSo gold reserve IN ths
balance, $751; 1oi gold, 3ioe. al. .6eL
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WEATHER CONDITIONS AND GENERAL
FORECAST.
Cloudy, unsettled weather prevails the
entire Pacific Coast A depression of moderate
depth overlies the great valleys of California
and conditions still favorable for fair ami
settled weather.
The pressure has risen on the coast north of
Cape Mendocino; elsewhere there has been but
little change The temperature continues above
the normal IN the San Joaquin and Sacramento
valleys. Warm weather also prevails in Ore
gon and Washington
Forecast made at San Francisco for thirty
hours ending midnight, October 25 1901:
Northern California - Cloudy, unsettled
weather Friday; probably light showers; fresh
southeast winds.
Southern California - Cloudy unsettled
weather Friday; possibly showers IN northern
portion; fresh southerly winds.
Nevada-Cloudy Friday; cooler at night; fresh
northeast winds.
San Francisco and vicinity-Cloudy Friday
becoming threatening at night: fresh south
east winds. ALEXANDER G. McADIE, .
Forecast Official.
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Foreign Markets.

LONDON. Oct. 2.-consols. % 7-is; silver.
goes on passage, quiet and steady; cargoes
No Standard California. 2ss Sd; cargoes
Walla Walla. 27s lloyd
LIVERPOOL, Oct. 24.-Wheat, quiet; No.
Standard California, IS 1odG5s 1o11d: wheat In
Paris. quiet; -four in Paris. quiet; French
country markets. quiet and steady; weather In
England. unsettled
COTTON-Uplands, 4Nd.
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On the Produce Exchange to-day the Butter
market steady. Creameries 146211ac; Dali
ries, Boise. Cheese, steady, 9%@10%c. Eggs
firm; fresh, 1sh@19c
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Weather Report.

d2oth Meridian-Pacine T1me.)
SAN FRANCISCO Oct. 24-s p. m
he following are the seasonal rainfalls TO
!. as compared with those OF same date last
son. and rainfall in last twenty-four hours:
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strong; lambs, IS; top wethers, 81; top. ewes,
lambs. So S5Q4 rs; yearlings. 50 25@3 Is; weth-
ers, 1908 so; ewes. 81 1908 25.
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San Francisco data: Maximum temperature
Sc: minimum, Sc; mean 81
The following maximum and minimum tenn
peratures were reported from Eastern stations:
Boston. 1916; Cincinnati so-56; Washington
s4-5s; Jacksonville. 1856; New York, 1852;
Kansas City. 1856: Omaha S0-52: Duluth, 1914 (;
Salt Lake City, $3.50; Chicago, $3.50; St Louis
$3.50; Philadelphia so-56.
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OREGON
PORTLAND, Oct, 2i,-WHEAT-Walia
waiIa, b5c; valley, b5QDb5tsc; bluestenn. b6c,
Total shipments OF wheat -four Included.
from this port for tho week ending to-day were
22s. 636 bushels
WARRINGTON,
TACOMA, Oct, 2i.-WHEAT-steadyi blue
STEM b5Me: club. 54he.
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PRODUCERS OIL EXCHANGE.
MINING STOCKS.

The following were the sales in the San Frar
cisco Stock and Exchange Board yesterday:
Morning Session.
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100 Chollar OF 100 Confidence 80
$50 Con Cal & Val SOL 100 Sierra Nevada. II
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Ne1v York Cotton Market
Portland'S Business.

NEW YORK, Oct. 24.-The cotton market
closed steady, with prices net 345 points lower.
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STOCK AND BOND EXCHANGE
THURSDAY, Oct. pa p. m.

UNITED STATES BONDS
BidAsk Bid. Ask.
As quar- coup. .111z1121z As or (new)-139 140
As quar- reg .111%1121a IS quar- coup. .1OS1s -
MISCEII,ANEOIIS sBONDS.
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Tdcoma'S Business.
Northern Wheat Market.

TACOMA, Oct a,-ciearinss, s217. 1872; bal
ances. sSo.Sls.
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PORTLAND. Oct. 24.-Clearings. $43o.77 bal
ances. s95,555.
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WEATHER CONDITIONS AND GENERAL
FORECAST

Temperature at Z a m. IS.
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2 , CSNCA ICY
Morning Sessio

The following were the sales in the Pacific
Stock EXCHANGE Yesterday:
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Foreign Futures.

LIVERPOOL
The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-13

ornamented with inlaid work, as well as
with carving and twisting of the most
artistic type. The machine-made goods
can never reproduce these latter charac-
teristics so well as to deceive an expert
The material of the lanterns varies from
fine woods and glass to iron. steel, brass,
bronze copper, pewter, and even silver.
The simplest forms are cylinders which
are perforated with numerous holes. so
as to resemble the clumsy sieve. Then
come globes, cubes, octahdra. hXagonal
prisms, ovoids, and more complex solid
forms. The prettiest of all are the mosque
lanterns. Many Of them are of bronze
inlaid with silver pierced with little win
dowS, and these closed in turn with white
or colored glass. With a lighted candle
inside they look like a mass of jewels IN
dark room. A wealthy man on Brook
lyn Nights, who has Travelled a great deal
has one of his rooms Illuminated by Ian
terms Of this type. They range in size
from small affairs four inches in dame
ter to stately lamps a foot in diameter
and two feet high. In place of candles
inside he employs electric lights. one bulb
TO the smaller lanterns and three, four
and dozen to the larger ones. When the
current Is turned on the spiendor of the
effect is almost startling. The colors
Of the glass have been deepened and mada
richer by the years. and the radiance they
give may be compared TO that from a
great oriel in Gothic cathedral.
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quarters, make any sudden lunge or
spring. There was now an easy entrance
for the panther into the transfer box.
The sole question was how to get her
there. With the barriers removed it was
as II the capacity of the original
cage had been doubled If the panther
would only take the fancy to walk within
the second box all would be well. But
naturally she would not. She covered
angrily in her wooden lair refusing all
Establishments.
The time was one for gentle persuasive
ness and ingenuity. The two men remain
ed in their crouchiug pastures on the
boxes tops. The third reached into the
panther's cage with long iron rods. Skill
fully he inserted these between the bars,
moving them over gradually, penning the
panther up more and more. contracting
the space she had while yet scarcely
touching her Soon she had little more
than half her original domain. Cramped,
and disturbed in mind at this remarkable
procedure she found her only refuge in
the transfer box whose length stretched
invtingly before her a tin Of water as
an additional inducement had been plac-
ed at its further end.
Snarlng, she crept sinuously inch by
inch, into the box, a gentle nudge or two
Fastening her progress. At last even the
tip Of her tail was in the new prison The
iron bars were jammed down. The u
ther was secure in her new quart rs -
men raised the box by its handles and
set II in front of the cage the beast was
finally to 20 IN. on the second tier They
pulled up sufficient bars Of the new cage
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walnut tea was the standby. White
walnut bark. indeed. seems to have almost
a specific effect upon the whole digestive
and alimentary tract. Only the Utmost
layer. next the sapwood. has the medici-
nal virtue 1t was peeled when the bark
slpped-that is to say, near mid summer;
stripped carefully from the outer bark,
and dried in the shade. In use II was in
fused. never boiled. The bark was covered
with hot water, and kept standing In a
warm place. The patient had sups when
ever he could be persuaded TO take them.
Though the tea was mighty bitter, 1t left
a pleasant, wholesome tang.
"Sleeplessness from nervous troubles
always meant gentian. The plant did not
grow plentifully In fact to find it at all,
my wise woman friend had to penetrate
the deepest swampy woodlands 1t was
best dug when in floweL-hence, when
clump was found there was always
weary and jealous watching before 1t
could be brought to bag. The deep blue
closed centian was reckoned much more
potent than the open Powered sort. The
who,e plant was dug up. brought home
and allowed 20 wilt thoroughly before the
roots were wruug off Thus the wise wo-
man said all the strength which had
wasted itself in the blossoms went back
to the root The roots were washed.
wiped dry then spread thin upon a board.
and dried over q slow fire. The wise Wo-
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place. The plot of ground is fenced
roughly in, without regularity num-
Der of hastily knocked together buildings.
covered pens along two sides of the fence
q windmill and a series of tanks that are
used for the stock of FISH that is a por-
non Of the life he'd in captivity, and The
iron structure already mentioned make up
ats architectural outfit. A few trees gS e
shade to the yard In one of the sham
ties the attendants bunk. The iron build
sne contains the iron bound boxes, barred
at one side that hold the lions, tigers
panthers and other dangerous beasts.
The boxes are ranged in tiers two high
in the building, but there IS sometimes an
overflow and wolves and bears are TO be
found penned in the yard.
The animals are not on dress parade.
They are thin, rough-furred, out of con-
elition, for the most part. Nearly all Of
them have just been landed from an ocean
voyage. There is no trace of sickness
sn all the cages. AS soon as a beast
or bird gets in good condition IL is sold
and carted away to begin its menagerie
or Geological Park days. At present there
are comparatively few animal habtants
of the farm, for this is the slack season
in the show line and the farm Is not yet
stocked up for the coming season.
Camels wander unrestricted and medi-
tstively around the yard. Their good be-
havlor Is not to be questioned under or
binary circumstances and the fullest FREQ.
dom behind the fences Is theirs though a
zlfick from camel's hind leg Is 10 be
feared. The scenes pieturcsquenese is
crhanoed by the herd of elephants that
Loser backward aud forward as far as
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they started a line of march Of several
miles. Trucks carried stout packing
cases. each containing a frightened and
angry animal The elephants and cemels
trudged along in the rear. They came at
last to patch of land on the brink OF
the Jersey meadows. Here was an in.
closure within a high fence of boards.
with the roofs of several shanties show
ing above it, and a long building of cor
rugated iron at one end.
The spot is remote. In fact, in an
equal distance from New York city there
Is no other loca ton so out of the line of
traffic. 1t is near no railroad or trolley
line. The visitor reaches it by a road that
IS very little travelled. 1t makes no ad-
vertsements of its business for its pro-
prietors want no publicity and no visi-
tors except such as come strictly on bust
ness. They are not in the exhibition bus
iness; they are running a new American
industry, a wild animal farm to supply
the show business and geological garden
demand. Up to the present the trade in
wild animals has been meagre and f1uc-
tuating. What few orders there were
went to European dealers, who filled their
commissions directly from their own
stock. This Jersey enterprise is the first
attempt to establish an animal supply
bureau.
Within. this animal farm is curious
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their heavy chains will let them. Grizzly
and brown bears; gray and brown wolves
lie Ia boxes with netted fronts, the wolves
calm and lazy. the bears in a state of un-
rest, romping up and down their narrow
cages. Three or four peccaries are in a
cage near by and two buffaloes pun and
wheeze in a pen Tot far off. All are
waiting the professional buyer. Half
apart from the rest Of the herd; perhaps
for some misdeed, perhaps because of an
unbridled temper, nttle elephant stands
by the hut where the camels sleep at
night. On tree close by hangs the days
supply of food for the flesh eating beasts
OF the farm, four or five great joints of
raw meat. For the elephants and camels
a wealth of hay is spread out on the
ground every few hours. and buckets OF
vegetables poured beside it, with carrots,
ali especial delicaey, never wanting.
Outside the Enclosure an Indian goat
nicknamed Sacred by the farm men is
tethered securely and browses at WILL
its surroundings IN the thickets at the
edge Of these marshes being not unlike
its native jungles
on the day when the writer visited the
place 1t was not, heavy aired, oppressive
within the long house of corrugated iron.
The walls were lined with cases of extra
strength One of the visitors who was
not an animal fancier a Snowman or a
Zoo operator, started to walk down this
animal aisle. He was seized promptly
by the arm.
"Hev a care about yeh!' said a hoarse
voice. "Hev a care! Walk in the middle!
They're quiet now. but Nero or Leona or
one of them tigers might put a paw out
as easy as not. Yeh can't figger fer a
moment If yeh're in reach O. them paws
The passage of a few feet to the open
door at the further end thus became a
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SUFFERING IN SILENCE.
A Talk About Domestic Martyrdom.
Bv MHRGHRET L. BRIGGS.
GALL RIGHTS REsERvEDl

grumblns all the time because sn Is
whose complaining strikes the deep
est chord of who insists upon having
every and then tells with great vouo
that she isn't Of grumblng kind
We do not have very this somehow al
argument that we should 1t
the real silent only sympathy but ad
ton and wonder suffering all kinds OF
torture who have vet become so used
such heroic dispositions through their duties with
two such women in their LIE
time heroines pure ana
simple while they live; complaining word
from one years perform and
they do it all they leave hall
memory. make their children selfish sush woman "
always husbands overcoa when he ought
to go for it himself eay thns
aiment herself is in far
greater distress but
maxim her
this devotion to her household is so
complete through her
round drugery every the inevitable
II these women would
deaths of caution to them
not convince them
that however heroic daily mistaken shortghed
hosn? the will probably they
needed the
follow: The history of the heroic
experience this statement Perhaps
the silent sufferer will steal quietly physician;
may keep her may
female
trouble will help this the doctor to whom she ap
plies ma not
The help $ n Lydia Pinkhams
Not
will perfectly
safes and adv
The trouble is
eno
using up of Others all going
from to
there who will speak her the convincing word make
working, women andit can do SAM fol
them
in of
which preserve
n engt yes Of
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JERSEY WILD ANIMAL FARM.
a NEW INDUSTRY STARTED WITHIN
A FEW NILES OF NEW YORK.

Reasts of All Kinds, From the Afri-
can LION to the Sacred Goat of In
din, Are Brought to the Farm for
the Geological and Circus Trade.
Camels and Elephants Wander
About the Yards, but the Fierccr
Animals Are Kept Csged-NOt a
Safe Place for the Casual Visitor.
The Animal Men Don't like Pub
Iicity-Transferrln a Panther 10
New Quarters.
New York, Jan. n.-Some few months
sgo an unusual consignment of goods ar,
rived in the harbor of New York. At
the time the Custom House clerks who
make cabalistic scrawls on the broker ;
papers before they will consent to issue
q permit Of landing, raised their eye
brows with interest Here was such
en- invoice as had never, hitherto, come
TO their notice. In place Of silks, sugar
linen or tea the items read elephants,
monkeys, camels wolves. bears, birds, TO
Tire amount Of some hundreds in all.
Those who thought about 1t at all prob
ably imagined some menagerie was 90
be replenished or that a ZOO had come
into port. But these animals went to no
CIRCUS or public garden. Ferried across
New York bay and the Hudson river,
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little journey of perilous excitement, to
be made, shutting sideways, for safety.
The lions lay quietly, sulklly, half asleep.
But the occasional twitch of an eyelid or
shift of a great paw suggested unpleas-
ant possibilities. The boxes, so innocent
looking from one angle were explosive
mines viewed from another. A tigress
paced and growled. ugly awaiting the
chance of a near approach. One could
almost see her claws a-tremble. In the
same room were a dozen of the great
cats, leopards and janitors, recently cap
tured, not yet reconciled to bars or used
to them, magnificent brutes all of them.
1t was the real goods" fresh from jun
giles and forest fastness that lay there.
Were a-goin' to move this here pam
Their now" said the foreman as he point
ed to an ugly-visag ed, quivering beast,
who. inside her narrow box dashed her
tail in contempt of her jaiers. Wen put
her in that box there in the second row.
At first sight it seemed an incredible
proposition. Nevertheless three broad
shouldered fellows did it readily in half
an hour. What they called a transfer box.
narrow cage barred at the two ends
and equipped with heavy handles. was
brouhht into play. 1t was placed in front
of the panther's prison. Two men
crouched on these boxes so that their
combined weight might hold them steady
should the beast, despite her narrow
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up at midnight just as the moon chang
ed: the dandelion dug in the full moon;
the hops picked with the left hand.
stretched behind and above the head All
these things 4 came to know accidental
ly-"by way of a slant" as they them
selves would have said. They were
chary of letting a "book doctor" into
their secrets-but one cannot practice
fifteen years and keep open ears without
finding out some things.
THE mandrake root was boiled as soon
as 1t was plucked--boiled in much water
until there was but a third of the water
left. Dandelion, contrawise, was dried be-
fore sleeping. The sleeping took two
days; the water had to be very cold at
first. Hops were covered with freshly
boiled water and let stand until cod. The
three liquids went together in equal
quantity, with their own bulk of good
whisky, and a little nutmeg and orange
peel to make them aromatic. The dose
was a tablespoonful before breakfast and
another at bedtime.
I'm cases of severe bowel trouble white