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Show A Rubber Neck. Tbe effcil of opium In reducing thn body to a mere skeleton baa many lllustrallonH among thn Chtneso n American cltltit A striking nample of tho effects of the drug la Illustrated horewlth The Chinaman In iiuceltun welglui only eighty suveti pounds, at though ho la over five feet In bolght and waa originally a man of normal site. Tho skin of (ho face, It will bo seen. Is stretched tightly over tba skull, while thn Initios of thu neck aro painfully prominent Tho proportions of tho neck add n curious mlxturo of comody to this tragic figure. Now York Herald. |