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Show Unpleasant "Cow-Itch." "There Is uo vicious growth In Africa or the world," writes a traveler, trav-eler, "to compare with the detestable thing popularly called 'cow-Itch' and known to botanists as thn mucuna bean. This Is a plant IiuvImb small I scttl pods covered with a close nrray oi lino, silky hairs, which, when shaken shak-en loone, fasten In myriads upon the unconscious wayfarer, and, reaching all parts of tho skin, set up an Irritation Irri-tation which words are literally powerless pow-erless to describe. A man attacked by this abominable pest gives way for I tho time to absolute frenzy. It a precipice were at hand he might almost be forgiven for jumping over it, so wholly unondui'ublo Is that burning, burn-ing, pricking, clinging Itch." Little Nutriment In Strawberry. The iJincet, over keen in Its taBk ot disillusionment, anabzeH the strawberry straw-berry to show Its lack of nutritive valuo. Tho analysis Is as follows; Water, 89.500 per cent; soluble salts (Including free ncld), 1.1IC; lima and iron salts, 137; protolil, .800; sugar, C800; oily matter. .151; cellulose and seeds, 2.13. Tho Btrawborry Is con-turned con-turned rather for the saku of Its moisture, mois-ture, sweetness and flavor than for any value that It may possess as a food and, according to analysis, this aluo Is small I |