baldness
is the result. To practise deep chest-breathing daily, and
perseveringly, is the remedy. Within six weeks new hair begins to make
its appearance. " Craniums, says Dr. Parker, " that had been bald for
twenty years have developed new hair after a certain amount of deep
chest-breathing." He has studied this hypothesis for several years,
thus treating baldness successfully ; and experimenting similarly on
animals, with the like results.
The
Turquoise came originally from Nishabour, in Persia, but was imported
by the Turkey merchants, and thus obtained its name. As regards this
stone, there are always in the market a number of inferior stones, and
of imitations. One of the most common is to be found—as already
stated—in Mammoth teeth, derived from Siberia, and which, when coloured
with iron phosphate, are known as fossil Turquoises ; they have one
advantage, in never losing the colour once imparted to them. A method
has likewise been discovered of dyeing Chalcedony, " by which art the
varied shades of the more valuable Turquoises are produced." It is
believed that the production of fictitious Turquoises from Chalcedony
is freely practised in Egypt; so that, evidently, a purchaser of
Turquoise should act with no little circumspection. Among the Turks
persons of rank almost constantly wear the Turquoise in some part of
their dress, as a ring-stone, or to adorn the handle of a stiletto.
Turquoise stones are imported into England from Russia, stuck, with
pitch, upon the ends of straws ; because, if mixed together in parcels,
the purchaser would not be able, in turning them over, to observe their
colour, and ascertain their value.
Magic lore has always averred that certain precious
