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Show A Japanese l'hyalclan. An amusing story comes from Japan of a native doctor who had so far assimilated assim-ilated his practice to European methods that an English resident, being ill, sent for htm in the absence of ths only European Euro-pean doctor of the district. Our coun try man having claliorately described his symptoms, the Jap doctor in his turn made a long uud very vague statement, from which it was impossible to gather anything really definite. "But come, doctor," exclaimed tho patient at last, naturally anxious to know the nature of I his complaint, "you have not told mo i 1 what it is." "Ahl you ask what it isV" ! : returned the native medico, in what he , intended lo be his best European man- 1 i ner, "well, I will tell you, sar, it u live : shilling!" London Figaro. |