Moorish Cure For Rheumatism

In Fez Thcrc are íh-e-doctors who sir in The more frequented streets waitimg íor rheumatic patleats. Each doctor has a little íui-nace, a pair of bello ws and a namlber oí curkmsly shaped iroai rods before him. When not operating he sol&mnly and íncessaníly reads a book oí onc sentenee. "There is no God but God, and Mohammed is his prophet." "When a patiënt appears the doctor lays down his toook, blows up his íire wlth his beHows and sticks into the cojáis se-eral of the rods, which are alKMit two feet long and have queer knobs and hooks on their heated ends. WhUe waiting íor these to get hot he cotistantly repeats hls one sentence. Wtoen all is ready the patSent pays hls fee, lies down on liis face and draws his olo'thiiiig u.p on hifi back. "Lu the name oí God," says ilie tire doctor, and (passing the redhot rad with great delilberation over vai-ious parte oí the back. It niakes a 'sizzliing" nodse, and a smell oï burnt flesh ïill.s the air. Meantime a erowd of mem have collected to witness the operation. They incessan:ly pose th-eir iingers thixugh tlu-ir beards, and pralse God and Mohammed. Frequewtly the patiënt after ome operation lies still íor a while, perhaps waitlng another twinge oí the ddsease. B it oomies he precfives that he is noit quite cured and deinands another installment of the treatment, for whlch he pays another fee. - Exchange.