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Show Some of the Popular Cures for Rheumatism. American men of science hnvo returned re-turned to an old euro for rheumatism, In tho shnpe of bee slings. The sclen-title sclen-title explanation is that a beo when slinging Injects formic acid which Is a cure for rheumatism. What probably happens Is thut the patient, after having hav-ing sat for some time on the beehive, forgets all almtit the.rhcittnutlHm. It Is probably the long continuance of damp weather which has Inspired go many newspaper correspondents to glvo the world Just now their notions on cures for rheumatism. We referred briefly the othor day to tho American revival of cure by bee stings a measure meas-ure heroic enough to pijsso every HI-mun HI-mun Styllles In the world; and now wo aro told In the press of a euro by means of a mole's loot worn next to tho skin, suspended from the nock by a silken cord so Hint It hangs a little below the chest. In many Jewelers' shops one may see "rings for rheumatism." rheum-atism." It being a common faith among even educated people that a motal ring worn on the little finger of tho left band Is a euro Infallible. Hut of all these notions tho most Interesting Interest-ing and probably tlin most popular In Kughind Is that known by tho namo of tho potnto cure, as the lindon fllobe says. It Is raid that If a person suf-feting suf-feting from rhetimntlsm will carry a IKituto about with him ho will And himself free from pain and distress. It Is asserted Hint a potato curried In the pocket of a rheumatic person will spe-.-dlly become as haul as a rock, while in the keeping or a person free from the complaint It remains In Its oi dliiury condition. Therefore It would appear us if the explanation of "faith" In this case docs not apply as It would perltaps in the matter of charms, no fur us wo know, science hns no pronounced Judgment on the potuto cure, hut It would certainly bo Interesting to obtain a scientific explanation ex-planation of the hardening of the potuto. |