The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-09-25

i4!oal1y eve he Is Or Ginssn. al 10;
Providence 1t amt fur from Ashland. bat
4 good many GALES him DR.. Blue and /
expect you herd o: him before. be is part
ginseng dealer and part professor. he feels
heads and tells what's IL them Or what
amt. and We aim 10 Tx il up With bar
bar in JEFF City to let him feel them re-
puClt-un caudajl;s II they come in - he
Kin tell what nctss they Sot ami whctho-
they Is good fer anything ii" YOU under
stan; liz. Ginseng c,amcs hes W on s!Sn-
;iiic nc!icEc. AMI is a good Dsintnocr1t. all
0. k. YOU come ..Iy as We set ii drive
over. It's upwards OF II nils dent f1Ie Us.
yorcs truly. PEvELY SADDEI:S."
Taking the Wabash 10 Columbia. via
Centrally. sunday evening. I stopped over
with Ms1e. Turner. and early MorIay
morning September % drove GU. TO Log
Providence and met Peyely coming down
the road. evidently in medItative mood. at
some distance from the town Climbing
into the bgx:y with me. he showed Ine
the direction 10 Dr.. Ginssng's.
m afraid veil have trouble git;in'
him started" Peyely Informed me. be
cause hes raI,in' fer them diegers and
aims TO take a sack y roots with him ;o
ship from Jen CITY THIN aiggers seems
10 be slow In COMM in and the-'s no
''Roo;sg' I repeated. What does he
wan; with roots? What kind OF -oo;s?'
Why ginseng roots. Of course"
In all my solournsngs IL knobnoster.
saS. and elsewhere ] had never heard Of
such roots.
Are they named afte. him I asked:
thinking that the doctor had likely linked
his pstEonym with some important sclen-
tific discovery. and ! was uneaSi!y con-
scious OF the fac, that my ignorance upon
this matter might weaken my own scien-
t;tic r.p/Iation and prestige
NO: le's named hissof after them.
Pevely said, and added, Say. Homo bic
Foo;e. amt YOU sigutrific shore nun. or
air you, I hggered you'd know all about
them THAR roots II you knowed anything
scientific at all. Why ,hem's the simplest
diggsrs digs outsr the Sroun-"
well l replied. III truth embarrassed
10 a d. gree. I'm not scientific enough 10
draw any connection or association be-
tween ginseng and phrenclogy-
Il was now Peyeiy SaddeEs's turn 10
look bevildcre1.
Perhaps" I volunteered. IF YOU can
piain 70 me VIVA sinsrnS !, ana wna,
scientific status
Well said my companion. II can't
tell nc,hin. about all that. but know rs
Jest a lectie yarb er root they digs out o
the dirt and IL amt got no properties
not n fawn property. II amt got no more
properly than the average jaybird politi-
". j
no,tin': It's Jest ginseng. that's all"
What do they do with 1t. them In
quired. why does the doctor collect it,
At this moment we overlook three negro
women. carrying small sacks. saunterins
along the road. psttering their bare feet
on the comfortable dust and singing melo-
dious!y. As We passed them our ears
caught the cong. which / am informed is
familiar In those parts:
Away down yander in Jabo town.
IL. nsntolks vuk 'ili TIA sun goes down
Thcm's come ginseng dissers." said
No." he resumed. its jes; pain GIN
sens. lis harmless. AMI all they do with
II 10 TO ship It over ard seii it 20 the
heather Chinsc: It don't hurt EN- none.
and 1, make, EN- think they're go,n' 10
live a long while and prosper. I'll tell
YOU what II remins me cf-of the dope
them THAR Republican candidates IS
no harm. and IL gifts the notion into their
maybe they'll elec, 8 Republican ticket
And Saf !, i. '; assclS aS snd utterly de-
void Of chemical properties and possesses
no energies or activities vhatsoever
It's Jest this way-its noth,n'; Ike
amt stimulatin' ar Warmin'. er IL dom.
make 'em drunk. and II YOU bile IL In
water and then take 4, out the waters
mud sticks TO the roots. and that's all
know about II er nybocy knows -ecki1:
but them heather Chinese Is terrible
stuck On II and won't take notnin. else.
seng's place and Peveiy introduces me 10
him-a peculiar weaxened personagc. very
stopped. and with high. squeaky voice
drove over 10 Ashland to wait for him;
At Ashland we met John Harris. who
informed US. among other things. that the
country thereabouts was SOLID for Folk;
their babies for Halves earlier In the year
we're now among the stanchest OF the
Folk supporters. Harris wanted TO know
asked IL Pevely had quoted Mr.. Roosevelt
correctly to the enect that the COW
punchers were better fellows and pleas.
the mechanics and !aborers OF the Giles
were not even 10 be mentioned ia the
same breath with the cowboys l pro
s sSsse iee ss's o, and SHOWED
Harris where the words Were Then ne
wanted TO know something about the
waibricse meeting AZ Festival hah anu
had ignored waibr:dge in his speech; 1
tcid him yes. and in response TO .incther
question. Informed him that the meeting
tie contrary. a number Of people had left
Festival Hall during the speaking 10 go
out and gaze on the statue OF Thomas
jefferson n, He ,5 then s sSsseh me io.a him
ai-nos, persuaaef-to make 4 speech But
realize that am IN the presence OF my
neighborS"
Fevcly intruded a suggestion: y Won
der 10 he meant by that that he saw Cont
fort and Bensick and Hoolan and Meier
that was In the Council with him ana
he'ped him push though that THAR garb,
age biil? You Teckin his nerve failed
Professor Ginseng joined I. at this mo
ment. and VIC pursued our way 70 Jener-
gui.hed scientist sitting with me on the
back seat assuming posture distinctly
frosiike. / found him tart Of speech and
very chary OF il. When. however. i
touched UPON his branch Of science: he
unbent son,ewhat-by this. though. DO
not mean that he strs'shtened M; he
rather maintained bis f.oslikIe erouSnins
o,ogist. Got a book a; hcn,e BY one OF
Inc hes, phrenologis;s in Missouri. In
fact. one 81 the best Missouri ever pro-
duced. Told me. he did. that l was a
natural born ginseng merchant. and u
wouldn't be 10 use for anybody TO try 10
would be a phrenoiogist. too; IL 1 studied
his book. I studied II. Can't tel me
anything abou, phrenoloSy- Know any
thing about III
Not a thing"
show you something about IL when We
get TO JEFF" he said. Great science when
you get the hang OF II. some say 4, takes
genius. though. Always had a ben; that
way for genius. Examined all kinds OF
heads In my time. Never made mistake
yet Can call 'em every time.
do you reckin." Pevely Sadders struck
IN. .A,hat you'll git a chance TO examine
the head o. the Republican ticket