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but little water, is q mild laxative. but
IN divided doses with much water it acts
as a dluretic, stimulating the action Of
the kidneys. In very large doses 1t is
poisonous, causing vomiting, purging and
even death
Aloes Is one of the most useful all
round cathartics in tho list. because py
varying the dose it will give rise to all
degrees of catharsis, from mild laxative
ness to brisk purgation. 1t is, however,
slow in its action, taking from ten to
twenty hours to manifest its effect It
is also supposed to irritate the intestines
to some extent and as COrreCtiVes and
adJuvants strychnine, iron, or beIladonna
are often combined with it. There is a
popular belief that aloes aggravates The
piles, but this is not true although sui
phur is a much better laxative in such
cases. In one-half to one grain doses it
is mildly laxative; larger doses are more
decided in their effect, and extreme doses
are sharply purgative.
Syrup Of buckthorn is another old
fashioned remedy which is etficacious
but causes gripping in many cases, and
its place has been taken nowadays by a
relative of the botanical family called
cascara sagrada, another good au-round
cathartic, but intensely bitter and nau-
seating and apt to grippe, characters
WHICH nave DCen overcome by pnarma-
cists who have elaborated elixirs and
ether preparations of cascara, which
contain other drugs correcting the bad
points.
Rhubarb is another old-timer that is
still in repute, especially as 1t has a
double action. In small does rhubarb
root is mild astringent tonic. especially
good for slight indigestion, while in larg
er doses it Is a slow and mild cathartic
For this reason 1T Is often given in
diarrhoea, the indications always being
in such cases to clear the bowels Of irri-
tating matter. which rhubarb accom-
plishes well and follows up with a GER
tain amount Of astringent action, It is a
popular remedy for bowel complaints IN
children, the best form being the spiced
syrup Of rhubarb, of which q child can
take a teaspoonful.
The very name Of castor oil Is enough
to make many person sick, yet there
are few If any as good all round ca
thartics. It is mild and almost certain
in its action and If pure 1t causes no I'M
easiness or irritation. In all cases where
1t Is desired to thoroughly evacuate the
bowels there is nothing so good as castor
oil. The dose is from a. dessertspoonful
to tablespoonful for adults and q tea
spoonful to a desSeTtspoonful for chill
dren, the unpleasant taste being fairly
well masked by floating the oil on strong
hot coffee, mint water, or on some spirit
such as whisky or brandy
It sometimes happens that a catharttc
is needed to act on certain portions OF
the bowels and we nave such drugs at
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-30
A PAIR OF VAGABONDS

had been their comrade and companion
she was delighted. 1 had rather feora5
that her fastidious little mind might bava
been shocked at the notion of nv having
once oeen intimate with such a pair of
YagabondS, but. On the contrary she 1Uas
rather pleased. think she considered
1T a great honor for any man to he in
innate with such a dog as AIcibiades.
When we arrived ON the scene Alci-
blades was extremely busy balancing a
japanese umbrella on the end of his
nose He winked at me. and dronned
the umbrella but redeemed his renuta-
ton by playing Soncertina. AS soon as
old Billy saw L had arrived, and was ac-
companied by lady, he Judged it a
favorable moment to take up a collection
SO Alcibiades was s Mt round with a
TIN mug, while mis- master gave a pathetic
recitation about his "grandchild's doll"
1 may mention that AIcibiades could
take up collection in a way that would
put many church wardens to shame
Ihere was no escaping him. In fact, If
you seriously tried to avoid him, he
shifted the calves of your legs in a way
which would excite hberality in a miser
But, to my surprise, he took compare
lively little notice Of me, but passed on
to Miss Woodhurst, and made as much
russ over her as if she had been a friend
or the family. 1 was sorry because she
was just the nd OF gill to lose her head
If a dog took any notice of her.
But Alcibiades behaved in a most &c
centric fashion, for he seemed to abandon
the sacred task Of collecting, and ran
back to old Billy with his stump of a
tail quivering with emotion
The old man gave me grin of well
come, and glanced at the girl by my
sioe. To my surprise, he. stopped dead
short in his recitation and blushed. Yes!
MS weather beaten, grizzly old face ac-
tually turned scarlet.
Miss Woodhurst appeared to be sub
timely unconscious Of what was going on
her attention being entirely occupied bv
the dog, whom she seemed TO regard as
being of a higher sphere ?
Isn't he dear OLD thtng?" she whis-
like to buy him.
IF you buy the, dog. you'll have to
take the old MANI too I remarked. you
can't have one without the other"
oh! | don't want the old man. she
S sara. glancing, with a little shrug Of
l think it must have been the first time
she had looked al him. for a flash Of half
puzzled recognition came into her ewes
and a scarlet patch appeared on each
cheek, as she glanctd from the old man
to the dog, and then sback again.
Then she turnsd4 away Quickly, and
walked toward Eon3es and, of course, l
followed submissiTeiy.
What is the name of that dog?" she
said presently, making a great effort to
speak naturally.
They call him Alcibiades," said.
speaking lightly. to help her to- regain her
composure. He's 81 old in sin and in
years"
"And-and the old man2' she said.
Ecclestone-familiarly, BilIy-a very
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Medical Notes.

Time was when, to express it forcibly.
but not ele gantly, the practice Of medicine
was chlehy ''puking and purging" and
there was some degree of reason in the
method had it not been carried to excess.
Even today there are many people who
pin their faith to one pill and that pill
rs always cathartic one; and there is
some sense in that too, but one pill ia
not good for all purposes and that is
where the error arises
The popular idea of a cathartic is
something to move the bowels so that
retained matter may be eliminated from
the body, but the physician often pre-
Scribes catnartics to Cepurate the blood
as n feveIs; to relieve Inflammation. con-
gestion and plethora by depletion of the
blood vessels; to promote absorption; to
af1ect remote organs, espec ally the BRAIN
by the action of revulsion and counter
irritation: to stimulate the liver; and
for many other reasons too complex TO
mention. But in each of these case. one
or two drugs have a better action than
others and some would do more harm
than good. Nearly al must be given in
combination with some other drug which
will cOunteract some undesirable effect
In all cases the simplest means are the
best and the proper use of laxative fruits
and foods will often suffice to regulate
the action of the bowels yet even fru is
and foods must be taken in moderation
Or with cOrrectives.
For example, prunes are good to move
the bowels but prunes often cause grip
ing. which can be remedied by boiling a.
stick or two of cinnamon with them to
counterfeit this effect by it's warming eff
feet on the stomach. cinnamon being
what is called a stimulant aromatic or
carminative. In a slight degree CHINA
mon counteracts the laxative effect of
prunes as well; in fact cinnamon boiled
in milk is a favOrite yet old-fashoned
remedy for diarrhoea, pleasant to take
and effective in action in Slight cases.
The old time CONNECTION of SIENNA, one
Of the most agreeable remedies of its
class and valuable in habitual constipa-
ton, is composed of SIENNA leaves AMI
coriander seed added to the pulp OF
prunes, figs, tamarinds and purging cas-
STA, each having a cathartic action cor
rected by the coriander seed. In other
words the action Of these drugs would be
similar to that of eating fruit in excess;
a diarrhoea would result for which
astringent remedies would be necessary
were not correctives given with the drugs
to prevent this effect. these correctives
being drugs which would be given in case
of diarrhoea.
Few, if any, of the simple laxatives
are entirely harmless if given in large
doses. Ripe fruits are of this class, but
the result Of eating too freely Of fruit is
only too well known. Dried fruits arc
also good in moderation, but they In turn
cause more serious trouble than fresh
fruit, notably indigestion, flatu1ence and
Intestinal irritation. Molasses, honey,
bran bread brown bread whole wheat
oat meal and corn meal are all laxative
and being taken as a food there is but
little danger Of their causing any dis
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Black and White

Black and White
1 first met the old man and his dog
in a red hot provincial melodrama, in
which Alcibiades, as the dog was called
and his master were engaged for a kind
of speciality part.
1t was a shockingly ridiculous piece,
badly put on the stage and vilanously
acted was manager myself and I play
ed the chief part, so 1 ought to know
but there was one item in our entertain
ment which was worth all the money
charged at the doors. I mean the per-
Torrance given by old Billy Ecclestone
and his dog
The part supported by Billy Ecclestone
was that of a drunken, lazy kindly old
vagabond, who supported himself by
means of performing dog. There was
no need for him to act All that he had
to do was to be natural. AS the author
said at rehearsal: Don't try to be more
of vagabond than you really are, Billy.
You'll overdo it,
So Billy used to loaf on the stage just
as he loafed in a public bar-the dog
did the rest
You talk about acting-I only wish you
could have seen old Billys dog. That
animal combined the intelligence of a
senior wrangier with the SNUG hypocrisy
OF a Chadband He could look miserable
and haI1-StarVed, walk dead lame, and
go blind one minute, and next time you
met him he would be going through a
long and complicated performance. with
unnatural activity and dash.
suppose the shifty, rowing life had
weakened the dogs moral nature; but 1
can only say that he rose to heights of
deception which 1 thought Were only pos
sible to human beings. He would
shoulder arms" march to war and
''die for his country" in the presence
Of a district visiting old woman. with
such a chaste air of pious resignation
that 1 have seen tears trucking down the
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good old boy, too. In spite Of his faults
He happens to be my father" she said
This was rather a shock, but. of course
I evinced no surprise, but received the
news as If it were quite natural for
well-dressed young lady, living in Ths
Drive, to have a father who ran per
forming dog show on the beach.
II am rather upset about it" SHE
Il think you ought to be very glad t.
find him. I ventured.
Il am glad to hear you say that" she
whispered. 81 was afraid you would
think the opposite. VIII you help me?
What ought l to do?"
1t appeared that her mother had died
when she was six years Of age, and from
that time until she was eleven her father
neglected her so shamefully that at last
her mothers brother fnterfered and took
her away. She could vaguely fecollect
her father buying AlCibladeS as a pup.
The old man was then going downhill
fast, and had practically lost all self
respect. She had never seen him again
after her uncle took her away, and old
Billy had made no effort to seek her
out.
But she was now free. Her uncle had
died and left her well provided for, and
she was anxious to do the right thing
for the old man-and, in fact, more than
the right thing. She was living with a
maien aunt, the only other relative she
had in the world, but she would like to
be real daughter to the old man II 1
could suggest any way Of bringing it
about.
Now. it struck me this was not quite
so impossible as one might suppose. Like
most weak people, old Billy was amena-
BILE to influences, and l had long since
found that l could do almost what liked
with him
So, without telling Miss Woadhurst
anything of my intention, 1 sought the
old vagabond out that night at his lodg-
ings, and arrived just in time to prevent
drinking bout.
After giving him a good shaking up.
morally and physically, proceeding
which rather puzzled Alcibiades, who
hardly knew whether to applaud my ef-
forts or lay hold of my leg, l proceeded
to sound him on the subject of his daugh-
ter.
Now, there was one redeeming feature
In old Billys characterize was not eX-
actly a cadger-and when, in order to
see how he would take it, l suggested
thai he ask his daughter for help, he
rested the notion with scorn:
No, my boy he said bitterly, II
treated the girl badly, and I'm not CO.
ing to blackmail her, and be beastIy
nuisance. Tomorrow fnorning the dog
and | will pc up and off, and get out of
old dog dies--it won't be long now, for
he's very old-and then / shall go to
the Workhouse, and no one will be a
penny the worse.~t
1heH dpptoacnedL the matter IN a ar
ferent spirit, and told him that the girl
wanted father just as badly as he
wanted home and that he would have
to shake off his, Yagabond ways and be a
man.
Finally, took him into the town, and
had him groomed Sdown and decentIy
clothed and the change was so remark
able that when we three-Billy, the dog
and walked along the Parade next
morning no one would have recognized
the old Snowman
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TONY'S SACRIFICE.

his cross-questioning ELECTED nothing
more than a laconic Nope" Then Lam
bert deliberately trained his gray eyes
upon her and smiled Gown into her lit
tie freckled face. with the result that
she told MIN the whole story.
Eye gods!" he calculated inwardly, as
she explained that Johnson. of the Mann
moth Mineral Monopoly. had made her
an offer at a figure that the Original
Oil Oligarchy could never touch, much
less outbid. So this was not his own ex-
elusive scheme, after all The new
debts he had incurred on the strength of
his prospects arose before him as he
stared blankly at the wall. Johnsons
company was rich, backed by substan-
tial business men, while his was worse
than poor, its heaviest stockho.der a m s.
cradle spendthrift UP to his oars in debt,
his one hope now shattered by Johnsons
rivalry. Johnson's eagerness to get the
land was only another proof of It's value;
he must have it, he simply had to have
it. and he would have it, he was say
ing to himself. while Tony, her tongue
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certain dignified, se1f-possessed little ladv
who put her dignity and self-possession
on one side, and, greatly to the amaze
put, her. arms round the old sinners
neck and kissed him.
Then she welcomed Alcfbiades. who,
WIN MS usual sagacity, had remembered
her from his puppyhood.
FINALLY she turned to me, and-well.
no, she didn't say anything; but there
was a certain look in her eyes which /
an during the five and thirty years I
had been knocking about the world
And l have only one more remark TO
add about Alcibiades, the wily-since
that moment he has never performed a
Trick No coaxing or persuading viii in
duce that cunning old rascal to die FOR
MS country, ar even accept a cake on
trust. He seems to quite UNDERSTAND
that he has retired from the profession.
and like wise dog he declines to ap-
pear as an amateur
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turbance, but even these, If eaten too
largely, will require a course of treat
ment to restore the system to it's normal
tone. Many agreeable cathartics have
IN part nutfdtive value such as mama
and cassia, which are composed largely
Of sugar, but for this very reason they
are apt to cause gripping and in largo
quantities violent collie and purging Figs
and some berries have a laxative action
due In part to their composition, and in
part to the numerous seeds, which act
upon the bowels as mechanical irrftants,
yet there is but little danger that these
seeds will cause appendicitis, contrary to
the popular belief. In fact an old-fashion-
ed remedy for constipation was a SPOON
full of whole fax seed and long ago doc
tors used to give quicksilver in largo
quantities to clear out the bowels, while
hne shot has been only recently suggest
ed and used to force open INSTRUCTED
bowels by its weight and mobility.
Carbonate Of magnesia is often given
as laxative, especially where there is
over acidity of the stomach, but mag
neSia unfortunately has an undesirable
tendency to sometimes form concretions
in the bowels If 1t does not meet with
sufficient acid, and these concretions are
painful and irritating. Olive oil is highly
praised by some, who chain that it has
an especial eIncacy IN erecting the re-
moval of such concretions and gail
stones, but that which is supposed to be
gall stones brought away by the oil
is in reality little balls of soap form
ed in the bowels by the combination Of
the oil and the alkaline fluids in the
bowels
Sulphur is good as a mild laxative
where only a gentle action Of the bowels
is desired, because it does not irritate
them, but it probably acts mechanically
in great part, although If it is used for
some time the Cdor Of the breath and
pcrsriration proves that a small amount
is converted into sulphide, salphuretted
hydrogen being liberated Cream Of tar
tar, the usual adtuYant Of sulphur, IL
taken in comparatively large doses with
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The Argonaut.

The Argonaut
Lambert, of the Original Oil Olgarchy
tucked his telegram into his vest pocket
with a loving little pat. This was the
moment he had been working and living
for all these long months veterinary
daffodil jinks," it read, and, translated
by his private cipher code, it meant he
was to go ahead but the whole tract,
and draw on the company for the first
payment.
The burning August sun beat relent-
lessly upon his unaccustomed head his
collar took on the hue of the road. his
face was blistered and his eyebalIs
scorched by the heat, but so absorbed
was he in the schemes that unroned
themselves before him he forgot to tume
because of his discomfort. He chuckled
gleefully to himself, Notwithstanding the
act involved the breathing of a mouth
full of Kern county dust for this was the
climax he had almost despaired Of reach
Ing. Although he had never for mo-
ment lost faith in the richness of this
little strip Of foothill country, the com
pany had never until now been willing
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the liver is desired It is better to tax.
TO grains every hour or two lIntiI
10 L grains in all have been taken
DIhouS vomiting sometimes follows ito
1 use but this due to the acriditv og the
pie ana not to the irritant Qualities NJ
the caIomel. The old blue mass is sirnplv
" InlALure OF metallic mercury finely di-
FIueu ny ~ mass Of comparatively inert
material. 1t has a similar cathartic. bur
milder action that caIomel. Bear in nina
however, that mercury CT calomel should
anyways he followed by a saline cathartic
or castor oil some hours after H. has
been taken, not only to ensure the re-
moVal OF the drug, but to increase It's
activity ~
Saline cathartlcs. by the way. have 4
9peclaI action Of their own In that they
cause flooding Of the bowels with
Wdlery Huids drawn from the blood and
tissues They are therefore cooling I,
levers and the like. and also ensure a
coplous evacuation which Will flush ,ut
the whole extent Of the bowels. removing
irritating matter and aHaying the IN
! nammation EPSON salts. Glaubers salts
and Seidlitz powders are saline cath1r-
Tics which in small doses act as aperients
or openers.
These are but few OF the MANY drug,
used to clean out the digestive tract ths
use Of which is necessary ov,ir.. tn INA
artificial and in great part sedentary
habits Of today. All are subject to Ger
tain rules. Large doses should always bc
avoided because of possible irritation and
| other disturbances that may ensue. As q
rule they are better given in combina--
lions with each other with some correc.
tlves as in some of the many forms Of
compound cathartic pills. The simpler the
remedy, the better in all cases. If pruncg
or figs viii answer don't think Of castor
oil or rhubarb. Above all, don't get Into
the habit, but try to arouse nature "a
her natural work by active exercise and
proper food Those who do get into the
pill habit soon become dependent upon
pills and continuous use Of pills IS In
furious. Leon Noel.
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command. For example, podophyllin is
a so-called cholagague, affecting the Sc
cretion and excretion of the bile and thus
counteracting constipation and conse-
Quent disturbances due to arrangements
Of the liver and gall bladder and duct
Another comparatively new remedy Of
this kind Is irtdin, resin from the blue
flag, but the old standby for bilious
ness Is the blue mass or calomel.
Calomel in to 12-grain doses ia a
good cathartic, but II special action on
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self
What are you saying? Are you crazy?
Say quick what you have done!' shrieked
the happy bridegroom"
''Why, l sold my ranch to Mr.. Johnson"