Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1903-02-05

Socrates called beauty short-lived
tyranny, Plato privilege OF nature,
Theocrltus a delightful prejudice,
Theophrastus a silent cheat, Carneades
q solitary kingdom, Homer a glorious
gift of nature, Ovid favor of the
gods. Aristotle affirmed that beauty
was better than all the letters Of recon-
mendation In the world, and yet none
OF these distinguish authorities has
left US even a hint Of how beauty Is to
be perpetuated, or the ravagcs of age
and disease dcfcd. Time soon blends
the lily and the rose into the pallor OF
age, disease dots the fair face with
cutaneous designations and crimsons
the Roman nose with unsightly Pushes,
moth, If not rust, corrupts the glory
of eyes, teeth, and lips yet beautiful by
defacing the complexion, and fills the
sensitive soul with agony unspeakable:
If such be the unhappy condition or
one afflicted with slight skin blemishes,
what must be the feelings OF those in
whom torturlng humors have for
years run riot, covering the skin with
scales and sores aud charging the
blood with poisonous elements to
become a part OF the system until
death2 1t Is vain to attempt to por-
tray such suffering. Death IN many
cases might be considered blessing.
The blood and fluids seem to be I'M
pregnated with fiery element which,
when discharged through the pores
upon the surface of the body. inflamcs
and burns until, in his efforts for relief,
the patient tears the skin with his
nails, and not until the blood flows
does sufficient relief come to cause him
to desist.
Thus do compexional defects merge
into torturin,, disease, and piqued van
ity give place to real suffering.
little wart on the nose or cheek grows
to the all-devouring lupus, patch of
letter on the palm of the hand or on
the limbs suddenly envelopes the body
in its fiery embrace, bruise on the 9
expands into gnawirg ulcer, which
reaches out its fangs tor the sunerefs
heart in every paroxvsm of pain,
small kernel in the neck multiplies into
q dozen, which eat away the vitality,
great pcarl.like scales grow from little
rash-lkc inf!ammations In such abun-
dance as TO pass credulity; and so on
may We depict the suflerings to which
poor human nature 10 subject, oil OF
which involve great mental distress
because of personal d,sfguralions.
If there were not another external
disease known, eczema alone would be
a sufficient intliction Oh mankind. 1t
peryades all classes, and dcScends I'M
partially through generations. While
~ arvnlnnpI
others have it confined to small
patches in the ears, on the scalp, on
the breast, on the palms of the hands,
Oh the linbs, etc, but everywhere IT'S
distinctive feature IS q small watery
blister, which discharges an acrid
fluid, causing heat, Inflammation, and
intense itching. Rlng-worm, letter,
scaled head, dandruf, belong to this
scaly and Itching order of diseases.
Psoriasis, tur modern leprosy, with
its mother-of-pearl scale, situated on
a REDEEMED base, which blceds upon
the removal of TIE scale, is to be
dreaded anil avoided, as of old. I'M
pctigo, BARRIERS itch, erysipelas, and
score OF minor disorders make up IN
part the catalogue of external diseases
of the skin. Thus far we have made
no allusiou to those affections which
are manifestly impu rifles of the blood,
viz: swelling Of the glands OF tho
throat, ulcers on the neck and limbs,
tumors, assesses, and mercnrlal
poisons, with loss of hair, because
the whole list can be comprehended IN
the Que word scro fua.
It is in the tire atment of torturing,
disfguring humor0 and affections or
the skin, scalp. and blood, with loss of
hair, that the Cuticura remedies have
achieved their greatest success. orig
inal in composition, scientifically COM
pounded, absolutely pure, Interchangeable
in any climate, always ready, and agree
able to the most deli and sensitive,
they present to young and old the most
successful curative of modern times.
This will be considc ed strong language
by those acquainted with the character
and obstinacy of blood and skin humors
but it is justified by innumerable sue
cesses where all the remedies and meth
DDS in vogue have failed to cure, and,
in many cases. to relieve, even.
The Cuticura treatment Is at once
agreeable, speedy, economical, ana
comprehensive. Bathe tho affected
parts freely with hot water and Cnti-
cura soap, to cleanse the SUR acc OF
crusts and scales, and soft en- tho
thickened cuticlc. Dry. withou hard
r-hb;og. and apply Cuticura DIN tment