The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-02-05

Socrates called beauty short-lived
tyranny, Plato a privilege of nature,
Theocritus a delightful prejudice,
Theophrastus silent cheat, Carneades
solitary kingdom, Homer a glorions
gift of nature, Ovid favor of the
gods. Aristotle affirmed that beauty
was better than all the letters Of recon-
mendatlon in the world, and yet none
OF these distingui shed authorities has
left US even hint of how beauty is to
be perpetuatcd, or the ravagcs of age
and disease dcAcd. Time soon blends
the lily and the rose into the pallor of
nge, disease dots the fair face with
cutaneous designations and crimsons
the Roman nose with unsightly fiushes,
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 of
one afflicted with slight skin blemishes,
what must be the feelings of those in
whom torturing humora have for
years run riot, covering the skin with
scales and sores and charging the
blood with poisonous elements to
become part os the system until
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. in1amcs
and burns until, in his efforts for relief,
tho patient tears the skin with his
nails, and not until the blood flows
does sufficient relief come to cause him
10 dcsist.
Thus do complexionai defects merge
into torturln,. disease, and piqucd van
ity give place to real suffering.
little wart on the nose or check grows
to the al-dev curing lupus, o patch of
tetter on the palm of the hand or on
the limbs suddenly enHelops the body
In its fiery embrace, a bruise on the e
expands into Gnawitg ulcer which
reaches out its fungs 20 the sufferers
heart Ia every parozysm of pain. Il
small kernel in this neck multiples into
dozen, which eat away the vitality,
great pCarl-like scales grow from little
rarh-likc inflam nations In such nbun-
dance as 10 pass credulity; and 50 on
may we depict the su1crings to which
poor human nature 10 subject, nll of
which Involve great mental distress
because of personal G,stigurations.
IL there were not another cxterna!
disease known, eczema alone would be
sufficien. irfiction on mankind. u
pervades all classes, and dcsccnds i'm
partially through gene .atlons. While
some are constantly envClopcd in II,
others have 1t co'1ncd To small
patches in the cars. on the scalp, on
the breast, ON the palms of the hands,
Oh 'hr linbs. etc, bat everywhere It's
distinctive feature S a small watery
blister, which DISCHARGES an acrid
fluid, causing heat, Inflammation, and
intense itching. Rlng-worm, letter,
scaled head, dandruE belong 10 this
scaly and itching order OF diseases.
Psoriasis, iur modcrl leprosy, with
its mother-of-pearl scale, situated on
reddcned base, which blccds upon
yhe removal of tAc scale, Is TO be
dreaded AMI avoided, as of old. In
pctigo, BARRIERS itch, erysipelaS, and q
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 nanifestly impu rites of the blood,
viz. swelling of the glands OF ;hc
throat, ulcers on the neck and limbs,
tumors, assesses, and mercuriSl
poisons, with los of hair because
the whole list can be comprehended N
the Que word scro fula.
It !e in the tire atment of torturing,
dishguring humorS 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, alway ready, and agree.
able TO the most delicate and sensitive,
they present to young aud 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 1t Is justified by innumcrablc sue
cesses where all the remedies and meth
ods in vogue have failed to cure, and,
in many cases, TO relieve, even.
The Cuticura treatment Is Mt once
agreeable, speedy, economical. and
comprehensive. Bathc the affected
parts freely with hot water and Cuti-
cura soap, to cleanse the sur ace OF
crusts and scales, and soft en- tho
thickercd cutlclc. Dry. without hard
r:3hiag, and apply Cuticura DIN tmen: