Show STOVE IN THE POCKET chinese ward off winters rigor rigors by carrying hand furnaces Purna ceo the contented smile aralle of the heath heathen etl chinee may be partially accounted for by their indifference to the coldness of the winter months for in the north of china they care not whether they be indoors or out they always havo hayo a stove with them in the shape of a hand furnace instead of f tho firo being placed in the house if it ie Is carried about the tho person beneath the thickly padded cotton garments or in the hand at times it la is placed beneath the chair on which tho the coles bial is seated the discovery of this unique method of avoiding winters rigors was made by a traveler in fu kien province whose attention was at to the universal and peculiar deformities of its tu inhabitants habitants strange swellings projected is in the most unac countable places on the anatomy of the villagers speculations were set at rest by an old gentleman who removed his coat and disclosed a email small condar furnace secured around hia his waist with a band and neatly covered with basket work this artificial 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 protection during winter |