Show STOVE IN THE POCKET pockett chinese ward off winters winter a rigor rigors by carrying hand furnaces the contented smile ot of the heathen chinee may be partially accounted for or by their indifference to the cold ness of the v inter months 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 furr ace instead ot of the fire being placed in the house it Is 1 carried about the person beneath the thickly padded cotton garment garments or in the hand at times it Is pla placed placeda cedr beneath the chair on which the celestial Is seated the discovery of this unique method of avoiding winter a rigors was made by a traveler in ru klen province whose attention was attracted to the universal and peculiar deformities of its inhabitants strange swellings projected in the be most unaccountable on the anatomy ol 01 the villagers speculations were set at rest by an old gentleman who re moved his coat and disclosed a small copper furnace secured around his waist with a band ban 1 I and reaal covered with basket bork this artificial mode of warming the body Is only re f sorted to in time of extreme cold id as on ordinary occasions the people deem their thick clothing a sufficient protection during winter |