Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-02-19

Socrates called beauty . short-lived
tyranny, Plato q privilege of nature,
Theocritus delightful prejudice.
Iheophrastus a silent cheat, Carneades
. solitary kingdom, Homer . glorious
gift OF nature, Ovid q 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 distinguished authorities has
left US even hint OF how beauty is to
be perpetuated, or the rsvagcs Of age
and disease dehed. Time soon blends
the lily and the rose into the pallor OF
age, disease dots the fair face with
cutaneous designations and crimson,
the Roman nose with unsightly Pushes,
moth, II not rust, cOrrupts the glory
OF eyes, teeth, and lips yet beautiful by
defacing the complexion, and ILLS the
sensitive soul with agony unspeskable.
III such be the unhappy condition of
one afflicted with slight skin blemishe,,
what must be the feelings OF those IN
whom torturing hrmors have for
years run riot, covering the skin with
scales aid sores aud charging the
blood with poisonous elements to
become part OF the system until
death2 IL Is vain to attempt 10 por-
tray such suffering. Death In many
cases might be considered a blessing.
The blood and funds seem TO be i'm
rrrgnatrd with fiery element which,
when discharged through the pores
upon the surface OF tn body, infames
and burns until, IN his forts for relief,
the patient tears the skin with his
nails, and not until the blood flows
does sufficient relief come t. cause him
10 desist.
Thus do complexional defects merge
into tOrturing disease, and piqued van
lily give place TO real suffering. A
little wart on the nose or cheek grows
to the all-devouring lupus, a patch OF
letter on the palm of the hand or on
the limbs suddenly envelops the body
In its fiery embrace. brui>e on the leg
expands into awning ulcer, which
reaches out its fangA 10 the sufferers
heart In every paroxrsm OF pain, a
small kernel In the neck multiplies into
a dozen, which eat away the vitality,
great pearl-like scales grow from little
rash-like infism ma ions In such abun-
dance as TO pass credulity; and SO on
may we depict the suferngs TO which
poor human nature is subject, all of
WhiNh EiSab
because OF pers DUAL d isfgurations.
If there were not another external
disease known, eczema alone would be
a sufficient infection on mankind. IL
pervades all classes, and descends i'm
partially through generations. While
some are constantly envelOped in IL.
others have II confined To small
patches In the ears, on the scalp, ON
the breast. on the palms OF the hands,
on the limbs, etc, but everywhere It's
distinctive feature Is small watery
blister, which DISCHARGES an acrd /
nuid. causing heat, Inflammation, aud
intense itching. Ring-wOrm, letter,
SCALED head, dandrutf belong TO this
scaly and itching order of diseases.
Psoriasis, our modern leprosy, with
It's mOther-of-pearl scale, situated on
a Redeemed base, which blecds upon
the removal OF the scale, il TO be
dreaded and avoided, a. of old. I'M
petigo, 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 allusion to those affections which
are manifestly impu rifles Of the blood,
viz. swelling of the glands OF the
throat, ulcers on he neck and limbs,
tumors, assesses, and mercurial
poisons, with loss of hair, because
the whole list can be comprehended In
The one word scro fula.
II Is in the tire atment OF torturing,
iishgur ng humOrs and affections of
the skin, scalp. and blood, with loss of
hair, that the Cuticurs remedies have
achieved their greatest success. Orig
nal In composition. scientifically com
absolutely pure, interchangeable
n any climate, Away ready, and agree
Ible to the most delicate and sensitive,
hey present To young and old the most
uccessful curative of modern times.
This will be conside ed strong language
~ those acquainted with the character
md obstinacy of blood and skin humors
tut It Is justified by innumerable sue
;esses where all the remedies and meth
IDS In vogue have failed to cure, and,
u mary cases. to relieve, even.
The Culicura treatment Is at once
greeable, speedy, economical. and
Battle the affected
arts freely with hot water and Cuti-
urs soap, to cleanse the sur ace Of
rusts and scales, and soft en- the
hickened cuticle. Dry, without hard
ubbing, and apply Cuticura DIN tment