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soon as his health fails, howeve, the sal
ary stops and the doctor gets no more
money until he has set him right again.
That he ever does get well is a matter
of considerable surprise when one ex.
amines into the composition of some of
the wonderful remedies that are used.
1t is not necessary to go to China.
however, to discover instances of such
unique methods Of treatment in medl-
cine. In the South Sea Islands a pain
is invariably regarded as a sign that
some evil humor is trying to work its
way through the flesh. The remedy Is
simplicity itself. The patient is simply
told to take a spear head and drive it
deeply into the seat of the pain-"to let
it out" If the pain proceeds from a
spreading sore it ic usually customary
to amputate the limb, an operation that
is performed with a sharp clam shell and
without the use of anaesthetic. Should
the unfortunate patient be suffering
from dementia he is at once buried alive
in order that the demon within him may
be killed before he has an opportunity to
enter into other persons.
In some parts of India it is the custom
to make a model of the sick man which
is then shot to pieces by all his relatives
and friends. on the principle that the
pain will vanish with the disappearance
of the lay figure. A similar method of
treatment exists among some of the
tribes of American Indians
In Finland and Lapland they nave a
most remarkable cure for rheumatic af-
fections. They catch a whale, dig IN
opening in his side and then immerse the
sufferer up to his neck in the warm
blubber. Strange as it may seem pa
tients by this method of treatment and
physicians who have examined the mat
ter are OF the opinion that the oil which
is thus absorbed into the system coun-
teracts the acidity of the blood. How
ever that may be the cure is certainly
disagreeable enough if unpleasantness
a make a remedy more effective.
The most common form of disease
among the Russian peasants is chills and
fever and according to the traditions of
the people these troubles are attributed
to the visitation of u invisible sisters,
each of whom represents a different de-
gree OF seriousness. The methods that
are pursued in warding off and curing
the affections brought by these dread
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For Disease in the Different
Countries.
CREATING SICK PEOPLE
Many of the Methods Are Very Unique
-Infaliible Remedies Used In
the Chinese Empire.

1t is scarcely reasonable to expect a
an to be thankful when he is i'll, but. in
spite of that, if the illness occurs in the
United States he has much to be thank
full for. Here he is assured of the ablest
and most scientific treatment one could
wish for while in more than one part Of
the world he would be subjected to
cures that are based solely upon the
ignorance Of man.
While the knowledge of the existence
of such methods of treatment is possessed
by physicians, the ordinary individual
has never heard of, much less tried, the
~outlandish cures that are adopted by
many nations. While medical treatment
has changed greatly during the past
quarter of a century, and systems that
We're followed years ago would be re-
garded as extremely brutal now, moth
ing that was ever done by an Old time
physician could be compared to the man
ner in which sick people are handled by
the medical practitioner of some coun-
tries.
1t is no exaggeration of the truth to
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-06

or II my wife has found It and seen the
picture"
And he ordered another drink with & deep
groan.
"What's that. Thomas; somebody wants
to speak to me on the 'phoney"
, "Hello. hello. who Is this2'
eyes. this 10 Mr.. Smedley."
Il can't understand you, speak louder.
Oh. Mabel. Il if Well, what can / do
Tor you? Got something you want to ask
my forgiveness for? Well, e. on. what's
that. you went through my pockets his
morning! I'm surprised. But you only
took a silver dollar7 aside. I.ord, boys.
It's comlng.) What did I say1 Oh. moth.
loG-ss<atse; It must have been central.
! am too astoAtshed to speak,
"You are dofn ut Mrs. Smiths pink
tea for char'ty?l Well. what cap l do for
your The man II the door says the dollar II
a trade dollar ND nryv
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-06

FAY that the Orientals aremost original
doctors. OF course originality is ali
right in it's place. One admires that
trait when it is shown OF the walls Of
a picture gallery or between the covers
of a book, but it appears less attractive
to the American OF European who is
taken i'll in foreign lands where there are
me out native doctors who can be sum-
moned Then to be told that all he re-
quires is a dose of dried centipede or pow
dered rattlesnake tooth is a trifle too
much. 1t is then that his insides rise
up in rebellion and he is willing to admit
that he would be truly thankful if he
could only be back in the land Of scien-
tific medicine.
To de tail all the strange cures that
are practiced in the world is impossi-
BILE in a brief space, but several of them
are novel enough to be of interest. For
instance, When a Chinaman feels all out
of sorts, When he is suffering from the
weakess that everyone has known and
that is sometimes called Spring fever"
he calls in his physician and requests
him to give him something that will
bring back his strength. Instead of pre-
pairing a dose of iron or some other REM
edy for the blood the Celestial physician
promptly proceeds to dose him with a
pill made of powdered tiger bones. If
he does not recover under this treatment
NAN A"oAN ~ AoAo W Alo oOStllldGys
OF course there is a system to the prac-
tice or Oriental medicine just as there is
to the practice of medicine in this more
enlightened country. The principle upon
which the Celestial doctor works is that
II a patient has lost strength the new
strength must be brought to him from
elsewhere. To his mind the strongest
living thing is the tiger and the strongest
part OF the tiger is his massive back
bone. Hence if a small portion of this
substance be administered to the patient
ms recovery should be immediate.
Another infallible Chinese remedy il
one which is always employed when a
patient is suffering from scarlet fever.
smallpox, blood poisoning or any other
disease the leading symptoms of which
are bad skin eruptions. In such cases
the physician brushes several precious
gems, such as rubies, pearls and emer-
aids, and kneads the whole into a haste
with the aid of vegetable gum and rose
water. The paste is then rolled into
pills, coated with gold leaf, and swat
lowed. Besides such a treatment faith
healing sinks into insignifcance,
IN england and even in some parts nj
THIS country poor men often arrange with
certain physicians to pay them so much
Q week while they are we'll in order ia
obtain free medical attendance when
they are in need Of it. A system based
upon the same principle is in operation
In China although in that country every.
body. from the richest ma in the land
to the poorest %coolie, pays the doctor q
axed salary az long as he is well. A.
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e"ur money. or what is the matter? We
know that you wife Is oil right. because
NC just saw her 60 by"
"0h. Lord. that's Just the trouble, my
wifc. No. she isn't dead, but / am. al.
most. Some people have bad luck dropped
III them like Q ton Of coal. That's the
tlass I'm In.
"You know that before ! married Mabel
WAS rather sweet on her chum; Of course.
there wasn't anything serious In II, aud
VIC returned all the doll rags and things.
hut ] wanted to keep. just for . souvenir
nj the old times. you know, a little pic.
tnre Of her ! had been carrying in one Of
those trade dollar lockcts. Now. you fel.
jaws needn't grin. because Mabel docs not
b through NY pockets. That I know. But
che lvckct Ii gone. and ] don't know where
I hnv" Lust II. Or whether Or not It's lost.
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. DROrrEp Into the

club a picture OF
mute but complete de.
The other two.
RESPECTING his grief.
quIetlN ordered him a
drink, Vd said moth.
ine. DoMn 1t went.
and, ,notApninx for
another, bel sank into
the depths 'f the big
leather chAfrn and
didn't oncr a,$ OK.
PLANTATION az td~the
sorrow that had evN
IDENTIFY come. into hid
Young life.
For several minutes
no one said 4 word.
Finally one Of his
friends asked sym.
pathctically:
? what Il It, old
man? Have you lost
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1N VAsAJ
worth S. ceA ~.
ha. and you w&N/n,
to send you som.
money BY m~eisenser.
but only on eenditiQ1
that you give back
the dollar you took
from my clothes.
WHAT'S that. you hear
something that sounds
ike some some ont
dancing Z Jig? I'm
sure don't run the
telephone company:
somebody on the wire.
] . Goodbye.
Yes. I'll hurry the
messenger; but mind.
you return tbc stolen
property"
"Thon,as. make It Q.
cold bottle
y. A. 4.
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been on such a strain for the past few
days hat his weak heart simply stopped
when he was awakened with such a start,
and he fell back a dead man to await the
sounding of Gabriel's ~reveille, for he had
heard the last on the trumpets of the gall
LIANT CixthD
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-06
AN ELASTIC CURRENCY.

What we need is an elastic currency"
said Mr.. Geezer, who was calculating
the money question to his wife"
"Th5n why doesn't the government
print bank notes IN thin sheets of rub.
ber?' demanded Mrs. Geezer, with the
air Of one who has solved a mighty prob
lem.-Harper's Bazaar.
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THE PREVAILING THOUGHT.

Philadelphia North American: II
wasn't always this way" began the men,
dicant.
ut makes no difference replied the
man approached. None of use are JUS
titled in pauperizing ourselves to buy
Christmas presents
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years old tomorrow, and my honeymoon
hasn't ended yet"
The other loungers looked at him in
amazement.
No" continued the man who had reg
istered from Oshkosh, 'You see, l never
have been married."
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AN IMPENDING DISASTER.

Philadelphia Record: Nell-Maude
made a great hit with that Russian at
tache. She pronounced his name beau
tifully. "
Believes: she had a cold in the head.
n now she's afraid it will leave her.
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IN THE LOUNGING ROOM.

"Well," said the man (Who had regis
tered from Oshkosh, II shall be ffty-five
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laid upon the Drifting in copying ink, the
paper is slightly moistened from the back.
and a superficial impression of the writ
ing 5 thus taken, which is legible through
the paper. In this way, it is claimed, so
copies Of the original can be made.
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PRODIGIoUs STRENGTH.

New York World: Browne--Is that
Doctors son as strong is is reported?
Towne-Oh, yes. Why. 1 saw him. lift
one of his fathers bills.
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AN EXPLANATION.

Mrs. Stubb (reading)-Report from
Africa says the 9th Lancers are missing,
John, who are the lancers?
Mr.. Stubb-Why, the surgeons that
WELD the lanceIs, Maria.
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TROUBLE IN THE CLOCK WORKS.

New York Press: The Big Hand-Sav.
it's II o'clock. I'm all run down,
The Little Hand-Let's strike for
shorter hours!
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In. the new copying process Of Jules
Erydmane, which has been patented in
France, one side Of parchment paper is
impregnated with tannin. This aide Is
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Few opportunities have been offered for
the accurate determination of the dis
lance at which great explosions have been
heard and felt. st. Helens, Eng, being in
a thickly populated district, it has SEEM
ed practicable to trace outward from it's
ource the sound of the recent great ex-
p!osion of so tOhs of chlorate of potash,
and DIR. Charles Dawson has attained 81
records from Al different places. These
show that the sound was heard over an
elliptical area Of about $50 square miles,
the air wave being strong enough to
rattle windows over about the same
area. To the east. the sound was heard
at distances of 24h and 81 miles, windows
being ratified at % miles; and to the west.
the sound was heard 10 miles away.
There are isolated records concerning
other great explosions. In the Firth ex-
plosion of October 1, 1864 two barges, a
large magazine and a small one blew up
in succession with 9.33 and four tons Of
g~unpowder respectively, and trees,
houses and barns within a a mile were
destroyed, windows being shattered with
In a radius of five miles. The explosion
was heard and felt at distances Of p, 81
and 80 miles. the conclusion being felt
about 40 miles away. The explosion of
100 tons Of dynamite, ETC.. at He'll Gate,
New York harbor. set up vibrations tele-
ooTe, at a distance of 1S3 miles. The ex-
plosion of SO tons Of black powder near
Toulon. on March 5, 1899. is said. on
doubtful evidence, to have been 100 miles.
In. the new copying process Of Jules
Erydmane, which has been patented in
France, one side Of parchment paper is
impregnated with tannin. This side is
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-12-24
CONSTABLE SUED.
Cleveland Man Alleged That tn g
Officer Made a Mistake.

A case of peculiar interest was com.
menced in Squire Campbelps court
last Tuesday in which the Beacon
Journal company sued Mr.. M. e.
Schmidt, former proprietor of the
Arcade Cafe, for $35 on an advertising
account, and liquors, to the value of
$42, was attached to satisfy the claim.
The case was tried Friday and the
court rendered decision of Judgment
for the plaintiff.
On the same day that Schmidt was
sued, and Immediately after Constable
Limric had attached and removed the
liquors to Squire Campbell's office, a
suit was began in Squire Vaughan's
court against Constable Limric, by
Mr.. G. G. Toma, of Cleevland, to re-
cover the liquor. Toma is a liquor
dealer of Cleveland, and is represented
in the case by. Attorney Geo. @. Koh-
Ter. He alleges that the liquors be-
long to him; that Schmidt ordered
them less than a month ago, and had
not paid for same, and that Consta-
BILE Limric had no Just claim to the
liquor.
Squire Vaughan will hear the case
Dec. 31st.
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nurse who is taking care of the baby
during the illness of Mrs. Lauffer, had
to get up during the night, and as she
did so a man stepped through a door
into the hall and ran out into the
kitchen, making his escape. The police
were notified and officers made an ex.
animation, but were unable to find
clew. The intruder was scared away
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them, and they are thus able to over
come the world.
'If there is one thing that l am
more thankful for than another, it Is
that am a young man with all the
opportunities that are thrown in the
way of young men at this the begin
ming of the Goth century, at this time
when no man shall be denied his right
to struggle, to make living, to enter
a profession, to rise to eminence on
account Of race, color money, parent
age, or previous condition of servi-
tude, This is privilege for which I
thank the Author and Giver of every
good and perfect gift
But my subject tonight is The Tri-
angular Man." or the elements that
enter into the perfectly developed
man. If we We're to see perfect man
tonight, in what would that perfection
consist?
II have seen men who seemed to
possess manly forms. They were six
feet two, well proportioned in every
way; they were active; they were
graceful; they would have made a
beautiful model for some enthusiastic
sculptor, and yet l could not say that
they We're perfect men. For by some
| little action they showed that they had
the mind Of child, or the heart of q
beast of prey.
again have seen men whose minds
were acute so that they could see from
the beginning to the end of every bus
iness transaction that came within
the scope of their experience. They
were able to carry the whole world
in their heads. No problem of the day
for which they could not find a solu
ton, no trade and no profession about
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-12-24
ARRESTED
Both Father and Son.
Charged Them With
Making Bad Coin.
Are Former Residents of
SuHieid.
U. S. Detectives Watched
Them Operate
From Top Of San Francisco Pos toffice
From Top Of San Francisco Pos toffice
Building.


a sensation has been created in Mog-
adore and Suffield by news Of the
arrest at San Francisco of two former
residents Of those places.
The men are charged with making
bad coin and they were taken into
custody by a United States detective.
Friends and relatives of the men are
not inclined to believe that the author
tiles have case against them.
A dispatch from Washington fol-
lows:
Chief Wilkie, Of the secret service
received a telegram today announcing
the arrest in San Francisco of William
Benton Fritch and Emmett Benton
Fritch, father and son, on a charge
of counterfeiting.
The story of their detection and ar
rest is out of the ordinary. A work
man high up on the new postoffice
building at San Francisco noticed two
men at work in back room in a build
ing some distance away. Occasional
ly one Of the men came to the win
dow and intently looked at an object
in his hand. The workman grew sus-
picious and came to the conclusion
that the men were counterfeiters and
reported the facts to George Hazen, of
the western division of the secret SER
vice.
Mr. Hazen procured field glass and
went up on top Of the postoffice build
ing where he watched the operations
of the two men. His observations
confirmed the conclusion of the work.
man and with search warrant he
went to the place and found the two
men engaged In filling" ten dollar
gold pieces. The men were arrested
and $3,2O0 in coin captured.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-12-24
DO You Know.

Burnham's Hasty Jellycon will salts
factorily answer the question: what
shall we have for dessert today?" You
have the choice of six delicious fiavors.
orange, lemon, strawberry, raspberry.
peach, Wild cherry, and the plain
"calfs-foot" for making wine and
coffee jellies. Everywhere Jellycon is
having large sale, your grocer sells it.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-12-24

II had a running, itching sore on my
leg. Suffered tortures. Doans Oint-
ment took away the burning and itch
ing Instantly and quickly effected a
permanent cure" @. w. Lenhart,
Bowling Green, o.
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OF Erecting Home In South Akron
His Remarks.

Vi Erecting Home In South Akron
His Remarks.
Fifty members Of the Star Athletic
club, recently organized in South Ak
ron, attended services at the Fourth
Church of Christ Sunday evening. An
invitation had been extended to them
by Rev. w. A. Van worrhis, who is
member of the new organization.
He preached sermon appropriate
to the occasion taking for his theme,
"Triangular Manhood" Mr.. Van
Worrhis is liberal in his views. He
looks upon the establishment of ath-
letic clubs as one of the means by
which young men are to be saved from
the evil influences by which they are
surrounded
During his sermon he received the
close attention of the large congre-
cation. In it he encouraged the young
men in the plans which they have
formulated for the advancement of the
club. He announced that he favored
the friendly boxing contests which
they proposed to give as feature of
the club. His sermon is an excellent
one and for that reason it is produced.
He said:
."I have written you young men be-
cause you are strong, and the word
of God abideth in you, and ye have
overcome the evil one." John 11:14.
"It has become almost a fad to say
that this is an age of young men,
And we can hardly wonder that the
world has been impressed with the
thought and has given expression to
1t SO many, many times. Go into our
shops, and whom do you see,-young
men. 20 into our stores and whom
do you see? Young men. Go into
our banks, into our offices, upon the
great thoroughfares of traffic and into
the avenues of commercial life and
there the same sight greets your eyes.
Go into the army or into the navy and
there again it is long line of grown
up blue coated boys that you see.
'But after all l am not so sure that
this age stands alone in the promi-
nence which it gives to young men.
for as my minds eye runs back over
the pages of history I see at the very
beginning of the Christian era, group
of young men whose voices have been
heard ringing down the corridors of
10 centuries. remember that Jesus
of Nazareth, the Saviour, was little
more than 80 years of age when he
was put to death upon the Roman
cross. that Saul of Tarsus, was but a
young man, though leader among
the Jews when the prosecutors of
Stephen, laid their clothes at his feet.
remember that James, John, Peter
and Andrew, the disciples of our Lord
were but young men when they were
bringing the whole world to the foot
that even before this, Alexander the
Great, had wept at the age of twenty
after he had brought nearly oil Eu
rope and Asia into submission, be
cause he had no more worlds, to CON
quer. And again remember that
another young man who lived nearly
eighteen centuries this side of oul
Lord caused the whole civilized world
TO tremble at the sound of the march
ing of his mighty armies and ever
old England, heaved a sigh of relief
when he was finally defeated on the
field of Watreloo.
'Why need we go further2 Every
age has been an age of young men
And young men have ever come to the
front, because they are strong, be
cause the word Of God abideth II
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-12-24
COWARD
Frightened Away From Home on
KirkWO0d Street.

Robbers entered the home of Edwin
G. Lauffer, 1873 Kirkwood ST., at about
1:30 o'clock Sunday morning. Mr..
Lauffer, who is clerk for the Werner
Co. recently moved into the house. A
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Good candy Sellsthebest.
S. B. Lafferty.