To the Baltor of the "Nonricimen Datty News Sm—It ig not only in China that body scratchers are used! The discovery of your Country Diarist which hho describes to-day brought to my mind! an incident of some thirty years Ago, "Twas in Constantinople and visiting the Bazaars of Stamboul one day, a. party of us, we discovered amongst the various articles displayed forsake, an ivory rod, about the thickness of a pencil and If memory serves, some wolve inches long, with a beautifully carved little hand at tone end. We took It up, wondering what might be Its use and the proprietor, a fat, greasy Armenian see-Ing our puzzled looks took it' from with & smile and proceeded to ive us an ocular demonstration {inserting it at. the back of his neck between his garments and himself.
did' not buy it!
Shanghai, Jan, 30.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.