Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1898-06-23
A Gyeat Scheme In China For the Belief
Of All Human Ills.

In one Of the faroff corners Of Peking
the natives have an established method Of
curing even tho most deadly diseases BY
an application of brass mule.
You will not find this remedy In the
pharmaoopoeia, and local physicians will
probably tell you that the panaoea, which
it really seems to be, Is something unfa-
miliar to them. But that the brass mule
cure Is real and lasting no one who has
watched Its effects can doubt.
DR.. p. H. Redman, one Of the most rep
utable physicians of New York, has re-
turned from a two years sojourn In China
and vouches for the efficacy Of the brass
mule cure
In temple outside one Of the city gates
Il 70 be found brass mule. 1t Is of life
siEe 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 SOL
atica You go with all speed to the famous
temple, and, having discovered the par
tcular 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,
shampoo your own ulndDAcu lhotuDoAb oAo
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, prestol tho
cure Is complete. Have you an ulcer OF the
eornea9 Pass the tips Of your fingers to
and fro over the particular cyeball Of the
mule, and then, with we'll regulated pres
4 no tod
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 been gradually worn
ewpy % the result Of constant friction,
until now you have only the empty orbits
to operate upon.
The animal Is patched In all directions
with fresh pieces Of BRASS put on to cover
holes produced by the constant friction OF
eager patients, and u 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, quart Of oys-
ters contains on the average about
the same quantity Of actual nutritivs
substance as q quart Of milk or O
pound Of very lean beef or a pound
and q 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-
tein 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
the flesh forming and the more es
pecially heat and force giving ingrer
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 1t with
heat and energy would be pretty
nearly the same.-Exchanga