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Show Stove in the Pocket. The contented smile of the "heathen Chinee" may be partially accounted for by their Indifference to the coldness of the winter months, says the Chicago Tribune. For in the north of China they care not whether they be Indoors or out; they always have a stove with them In the .shape of a hand furnace. Instead of the fire being placed in the houso it is carried about the person, beneath be-neath the thickly padded cotton garments, gar-ments, or in the' hand. At times it Is placed beneath the chair on which the Celestial Is seated. The discovery of the unique method of avoiding winter's rigors was made by a traveler In Fu-klen province, whose attention was attracted to the universal and peculiar deformities of Its Inhabitants. Strange swellings projected pro-jected In the most unaccountable places on the anatomy of the villagers. Speculations Spec-ulations were set at rest by an old gentleman, gen-tleman, who removed his coat and disclosed dis-closed a small copper furnace secured around his wrist with a band and neatly neat-ly covered with basket work. This artificial ar-tificial mode of warming the body Is only resorted to In time of extreme cold, as on ordinary occasions the people deem their thick clothing a sufficient protection during winter. |