The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-08-29

seen lying in ditches or built into the walls of inclOsures."
 The above buildings are all of a re- ligious character, but others may have been used for lay purposes such as the so called Water Castle" in the city of DjOkjakarta itself, where may be seen the remains of high waled inclosures with broad tanks. now over-grown with weeds, but still showing their stone steps leading to the water, having probably originally formed the pleas ance of some Hindo poIentate or pos sihly, from their very high walls, of his haretn. In other parts are many ruins of forts, palaces, baths and aqueducts, and at Modjo-AgOng over a large stretch of country road and pathway shows a foundation of finely laid brick work, the paved streets of some old city of which only traces now remain.
 One thing is noticeable in all this arichitecture-like the ancient Greeks, the builders knew nothing of the ex- treme utility of the arch in masonry: consequently few roofs remain. But in some places. as at Mendoet, near, Barabudur, complete roofs remain made by horizontal courses of masOury, each overlapping the one below 1t till they meet at the apex. Of course the roof for this has to be very high for the breadth spanned, but for small spans the system serves it's purpose fairly well. From the above descriptions it will be seen that if some of the energy spent on Pompeii and Egypt could be spent on excavations in Java discov- cries of the greatest importance might be made.-London Globe.
 THE CHINESE. DOCTOR.
 How He Makes Examinations and
 Administers Medicine.
 The method of treating sick persons adopted by Chinese doctors in some cities is similar to that of the other physicians of the United States and those of Great Britain. They depend much, however on the examination of the pulse, Their sense of touch is so wonderfully developed that 1t is said they can determine the condition of the heart as well as some of the other organs merely by the feebleness or strength of the beats, but they say there are no less than twelve different movements of the arteries in the hu- man body, all of@which can be detected by feeling the fingers, wrist and arm
 When a patient calls on him for ex- animation the doctor first presses the arm, wrist and fingers. touching nearly every part. Sometimes ten or fifteen minutes are occupied with this examination. Then he may ask if the patient is married or single and also his age. but this is about the limit of tie examination. Apparently he can toll the nature of the disease without questioning further, and if the caller wishes a prescription he writes one in the ordinary Chinese characters on a generous sized square of paper.
 Ringing a bell, he hands the pre- scription to the Chinese attendant who enters, for each physician has his own shop, filled with the ingredients which ] he uses in treatment. If he has a large practice, he may employ native I chemist, who makes up the prescrip- ton.
 One of the curious features of Chinese medical treatment is the way in which the physicians adminisister their reme- dies. Nearly all the offices of the prin cipal doctors have what may be called a tea room attachment. This is a spa cious apartment, well lighted, frequent. | ly ornamented with oriental pottery any pictures and containing small ta- bles, each with two or three chairs. If the invalid does not wish to take his medicine at home he is ushered into this room and while seated at one of the tables drinks his prescription as he would a cup of tea or a glass of wine With but few exceptions the medicine is>in dainty Chinese bowls, for most of it is composed of a decoctton of herbs | Each table contains a bowl of raisfns and when the attendant brings in the medicine he also brings in glass of | tepid water. If the drink is bitter as | 1t usually is, the patient can eat some of the raisins to remove the taste, while with the water he rinses his mout hand | throat. Then he is ready to go home, returning the next day for another ex.