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Show The Brisi Jlule Cure. A traveler, recently rt turned from Peking, tells w, says.the A'urxi Cltinit iletheal Journal, that he saw a method ef cure which may be new to some of our readers. I u a temple outside one of the city gates is to be foond nbrass mule of life size, sui-poed sui-poed to have wonderful healing proiwrties. Patients suflerlogfrom every imaginable dlae seek this temple to obtain a cure. The method meth-od pursued is as follows: "Suppose you suOirfrom sciatica, you go with j all sliced to tills famous temple, and I having discovered that particular I port or the brass mule corresponding to the tainful region of your ow n body, you must xuh the animal a certain number of times and Him I with the same hand shampoo uur ' own disabled member, aud then-well, then-well, then the palu goes. The special feature of this method of cure Is Its delightful shnjlk-IO Is jourtooth aching? Ju-t sirubi the niul.'s teeth ami afterward jour own, and voila! the cure is complete. com-plete. Have you an ulcer of the cornea? Passtho tips of jour Augers to and fro over the lenticular eyeball eye-ball nf the mule, and then with well regulated pressure rub repeatedly he afflicted eje. The mule has unhappily Iot his sight during the many years he has been engaged in his benevolent work, th cj-rballs, we nre told, having been gradually worn away, as the result of constant friction, until now yu have only the empty orbits to operate ujion. The animal is patched In all directions di-rections with fresh pieces of bra? pat on to cover holes produced by the constant friction of eager patient.', and a new, perfectly whole mule stands ready at hand, awaiting the day when hi colleague, having fallen to piecw in Hie temple, shall give him an opportunity pf likewise benefiting posterity. |