Human Broth

A very singular superstition bas jnst come to light. According to an authority in Shanghai, the heathen Chinee livesunder the impression thatthe healing qnalities of the hnman flesh are practically unlimited. For this reason when a father or mother is taken ill the flesh of one of the children is freqnently sacriflced in order thatit maybe made intowhat one might describe as beef tea for the stricken parent. Not long ago a clerk in a government office deliberately cut ofE his finger in the belief that when made into soop it wonld improve the health of his mother, who lay ilL