Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-02-19

S~NAoNNS
tyranny, Plato q privilege or nature
Theocritus a delightful ~preJudlce,
Theophrastus a silent cheat, Carneades
a solitary kingdom, Homer a glorious
Gift of nature, Ovid a favor or the
gods. Aristotle affirmed that beauty
was better than all the letters OF recon
mendation In the world, and yet n
OF these distinguished authorities mas
left us even q hint OF how beauty Is 10
be perpetuated, or the ravages o |
and disease defed. Time sOon biehos
the lily and the rose into the paiior OF
age, disease dots the fair race Win
cutaneous designations and crlmsohs
the Roman nose with unsightly hushes'
moth, II not rust, corrupts the glory
of eyes, teeth, and lips yet beautiful oy
defacing the complexion, and mis- the
sensitive soul with agony unspeakaoie:
II such be the unhappy condition OF
one afflicted with slight skin blemlshes,
what must be the feelings OF those In
whom t~orturing humors have Tor
wears run riot, covering the skin with
scales and sores and charging the
blood with poisonous elements TO
become a part OF the system nth
DEATH? 1t is vain to attempt TO por-
tray such suffering. Death In many
cases might be considered a blessing
The blood and fluids seem TO be I'M
pregnated with a fery element which,
when discharged through the pores
upon the surface of the body, intlames
and burns until, in his efforts for relief,
the patient tears the skin with his
nails, and not until the blood flows
- All. ralfCf roma tn pSnla him
to desist.
Thus do complexional defects merge
into torturing disease, and piqued van
ity give place TO real suffering. A
little wart on the nos or cheek grows
to the Gll-devouring lupus, a patch of
letter on the palm of the hand or on
the limbs suddenly envelops the body
I'm its fiery embrace, a bruiSe on the leg
expands into a gnawing ulcer, which
reaches out It's faugS O the sufferers
heart in every paroxysm of pain, a
small kernel in the neck m~ultiplies into
q dozen, which eat away the vitality,
great pearl-like scales grow from little
rash-like infiam nations In such abun-
dance as te pass credulity and 80 on
mas we depict the sutterings TO which
poor human nature Is subject, all or
which involve great mental distress
because of perS DUAL designations.
If there were not another external
disease known, eczema alone would be
q sufficient inhictiOn on mankind. IL
pervades all classes, and descends Inn
partially through generations. While
some are constantly developed in it,
others have 1t confined To small
nofrhnc In fhn 1aFG nm tho GRuln IN
the breast, on the palms of the hands,
on the limbs, etc, but everywhere It's
distinctive feature Is q email watery
blister, which disc harges a acrid
fluid, causing heat, Inflammation, and
intense itching. Ring-worm, letter,
SCALED head, dandruf, belong TO this
scaly and itching order of diseasrs.
Psoriasis, our modern leprosy, with
its mother-of-pearl scale, situated on
a Redeemed base, which blecds upon
the removal of the scale, IL TO be
dreaded and avoided, as of old. I'm
petigo, BARRIERS itch, ~erysipelas, and a
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 the neck aud limbs.
tumors, Assesses, and mercurIal
poisons, with loss of hair. because
the whole list can be comprehendad In
the one word scrofula.
It Is in the tire atment of %torturing,
disfguriGg humoTs and affections of
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 delicate and sensitive,
they present to young and old the most
successful curative of modern times.
This will be conside ed strong language
by those acquainted win the character
and cbstinacy of blood and skin humors
but 1t Is justified by ~iunumerable 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. and
comprehensive. Battle the affected
parts freely with hot water and Cuti-
cura soap, to cleanse the sur ace of
crusts and scales, and soft en- the
thickened cuticle. Dry, without hard
rubbing, and apply Cuticura DIN tment
Hewitt-Who won the ball gamc
this afternoon?
Jewett-Gruet; he drank ten to my
nine.-New York Sun.