The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-14
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
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1t is really too bad that some people
continue to go about with horrid COM
pleXions when they can just as well
have smooth. wholesome visages. 1t
isn't always diet; it isn't always blood
disorders, or a tendency toward scrof-
ula, that produce the dire results on
some faces. Indeed, there are some
persons who could abjure sweets for
the remainder of their days; who could
eat sulphur until they began to have
Mephistuphelean characteristics and
could employ the most dcft masseuSe
by the year, and yet who would con-
tinue to own a most unlOvcly complex
ion. Oddly enough. a last resort Is
something that most of you will re-
gard with dubious scrutiny. If not
with naughty sCorn. You will scarce
ly believe. without proof, that your
nose may hc To blame for the ObjeC-
! tiOnabe blOtChos that mar the beauty
of your COuntunanCe. Probably after
reading this far, if you are a woman.
ana, of course, no men pcruSe this
page, you jump up and run 10 the mir
ror to see what is the matter with
! your nose, which seems to he reason
| ably in the middle of your face and as
| desirable i'm general as most peoples
! noses. if not a little more interesting
| in its individuality. The difficulty,
! however. is not in the visible organ
| that You usually think of when you
mention my nose, but is away back
/ in thcintriCate and ra thcr un-get-atable
/ parts that extend toward the throat.
! Frequently a slight operation, remOV-
/ ing certain distractions in these pass
! ages, works the most marvellous re-
/ suits i'm the complexion. II scarcely
! seems possible that a skin, eXCOriated
| and repusive for years, has cleared in
! four days time after such a process,
! and yet such has been the case in
! many instances. \ certain uneXplica-
| BILE sympathy seems to exist between
| the interior membranes and the skin
! of the face, and a simple operation, or
| sometimes brief course of treatments,
! produces marvellous results in appear
ance. The diagnosis should he left to
| a specialist and II is certainly worth
| while to give the suggestion trial If
one is afflicted by an obstinate skin
| disease, which conscientious massage
| work and medical care have failed to
relieve. The cure has been effected
many times in this city, and can he
recommended by reliable physicians
and their patients.
"I always thought" said a woman
| the other day, that the person who
| took poison by mistake must be an
idiot or a most careless, irresponsible
individual. I've had friends who have
swallowed a dose of ammonia strong
enough to take the membrane from
every spot touched by the powerful
! liquid, and | knew woman who was
made frightfully i'll by dosing herself
with an insect cXtermnator. There
was Mrs. b who swallowed some
shoe dressing instead of favoritc pat
ent medicine, and who. after she felt
better did a lot of experimenting in
trying to get her mouth back To its or
iginal tint.
II know a man." she continued. "Uho
nearly died from drinking some of his
wifes pet hair bleach. (She was so
distracted that she could only go round
moaning and that little vial cost me
two dollarsD, and there was John A
who flung a big bottle of hair tonic at
the nurses head because he discovered
that she had been rubbing his lame
knee with it under the halucination
that it was a certain liniment Of eX-
alted virtues. Mrs. X gave the
baby mucilage one night when she was
so sleepy that she mistook it for sooth-
ing syrup, and she has secretly Won
dered ever since whether it wasn't a
good substitute for the youngster
couldn't get his mouth open to squall
any more and went to sleep.
"All these things" continued the
speaker. Il have secretly ridiculed as
being most ahsurdly unwarranted, but
I've had occasion To change my views.
The other night, like Ounce. / hastily
took a swallow of a tonic out of a
bottle in the dark. That is. | thought
ii was tonic. I'd kept il in that par
ticular spot for some time and the bot
tie seemed the same, but as quickly as
the mouthful had gone down / realized
that I'd made an awful mistake. It
was glove cleaner! Well | WAS
scared. | thought of all the things Ia
done and left undOne and then | began
to feel sorry for myself. Then | con-
sidered that the principal taste of what
had been swallowed was benzine and
l reasoned that benzine was made from
petroleum and that kerosene wasn't
necessarily fatal. Suddenly the thought
struck me that if I'd swallow a lighted
match the fatality might ensue. and I
had to smile in the midst of nv con :
Cern, but then another idea came 20
my mind and that worried me soma
more. What else besides benzine
did Druggist Sanderson put in
that glove cleaner? He never
intended it to be taken inter-
nally and maybe I wouldn't live
more than five minutes longer / de-
cided that paralysis was already set
ting in so that while / could vet sneak
] ran to the telephone and called up a
doctor and asked his advice. He was
reused out of his sleep and didn't feel
happy but he politely suggested raw
eggs and few other unpleasant things
and stated briefly and consolingIy that
If | was alive after half hour I'd bet
ter go TO bed and go 10 sleep, which |
did and still live, as you notice. Bur
after this shall not be so contemptu-
Gus in my opinions Of those who take
things by mistake" Saucy Bess.
No healthy person neeu fear any
dangerous consequences from AN at,
tack of la grippe If properly treated
1t is much the same as a severe colo
and requires precisely the same treat
ment. Remain quietly at home anC
take Chamberlain's Cough Remedy al
directed for severe cold and promp
and complete recovery is sure to fol
low. For sale by all druggists. Mat
thews Bros, wholesale and retail
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