Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1898-06-30
A Gssat Scheme In China For tho Belief
Of All Human Ills

In one Of the faroff corners Of Picking
tho natives have an established method OF
curing even the most deadly diseases by
an application OF brass mule.
You will not find this remedy In the
pharmacopoaia, and local physicians will
probably toll you that the panacea which
10 really seems to be, Is something unfn-
miliar 10 them. But that the brass mule
cure is psai and lasting no one who has
watched IT. effects can doubt
DR.. p. H. Redman, one of the most rep
utable physicians of New York, has re-
tvrned from two years sojourn in China
and vouches for the efficacy OF the brass
mule cure.
In q temple outside one Of the city gatos
IA to be found brass mule. 1t Is Of life
size and supposed TO have wonderful heal
ing properties. Patients suffering from
every Imaginable disease seek this temple
to obtain cure. The method pursued Is
as follows: Suppose you suffer from SCI
atica You go with all speed to the famous
temple, and, having discovered the par
ticular part Of the brass mule correspond.
Ing to the painful region OF your own body,
you first rub the animal certain number
Of times and then, with the same hand,
ehampoo your own disabled member, and
then-well, then the pain goes.
The special feature Of this method OF
cure is its delightful simplicity. Is your
tooth aohing' just scrub the mules teeth
and afterward your own, and, presto the
cure Is complete. Have you an ulcer OF tho
oornea? Pass the tips Of your fingers to
and fro over the particular eyeball Of the
mule, and then, with we'll regulated pres
sure, rub repeatedly the afflicted eye.
The mule has unhappily lost his sight
during the many years he has been en-
gagged in his benevolent work, the eyeballs,
we are told, having boon gradually worn
away as the result Of constant friction,
until now you have only the empty orbits
to operate upon.
The animal ia patched in all directions
with fresh pieces Of brass, put on to cover
holes produced by the constant friction OF
eager patients, and a new, perfectly whole
mule stands ready at hand, awaiting the
day when his old colleague, having fallen
to pieces In the service, shall give him an
opportunity of likewise bene1ting posteri.
ty.--St Louis Post Dispatch.
Oysters as Food.
Speaking roughly, u quart Of oys-
ters contains on the average about
Che same quantity Of actual nutritive
substance as quart Of milk or
pound of very lean beef or pound
and half Of fresh Goldfish or two
thirds Of a pound Of bread. But
while the weight of actual nutri-
ment In the different quantities OF
food material named is very nearly
the same, the quality Is widely DIFF
ferent. That Of the very lean meat
or Goldfish consists mostly Of what
are called in chemical language pro.
TEN compounds, or flesh formers"
the substances which make blood,
muscle, tendon, bone, brain and
other heterogeneous tissues. That Of
the bread contains but little Of these
and consists chiefly Of starch, with a
little fat and other compounds,
which serve the body as fuel and
supply it with heat and muscular
power. The nutritive substance Of
oysters contains considerable Of both
lie flesh forming and the moro 60
1ecially heat and force giving ingre.
dents. Oysters come nearer TO milk
than almost any other common food.
Their values for supplying the body
with material to build up its parts,
repair Its wastes and furnish it with
heat and energy would be pretty
nearly the same.--Exchange.