The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-02-26

Socrates called beauty 8 shortlived tyr. amy, Plato privilege of nature, Theocritus a delightful prejudice, Theophrastus a silent cheat, Carneades solitary kingdom, Homer 8 glorious gift of nature, Ovid a favor of the gods. Aristotle affirmed that beauty was better than all the letters of recommen- dation in the world, and yet none of these distinguished authorities has left Us even q hint of how beauty is to be perpetuated, or the ravages of age and disease defied. Time soon blends the lily and the rose into the pallor of age, disease dots the fair face with cutaneous disflgurations 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 con- plexion, 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 tortur- ing humors have for years run riot, covering the skin with scales and sores and charging, the blood with poisonous elements to become part of the system until death? It is vain to attempt to portray such suffering. Death in many cases might be considered bless ing. The blood and fluids seem to be i'm pregnated with fiery element which, when discharged through the pores upon the sur. face of the body, iniames 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 complexional defects merge into torturing disease, and piqued vanity give place to real suffering. A little wart on the nose or cheek grows to the all.devouring lupus, patch of letter on the palm of tho hand or on the limbs suddenly envelops tho body in its fiery embrace, bruise on the leg expands into gnawing ulcer, which reaches out its fangs to the sufferers heart in every paroxysm of pain, 6 small kernel fin the neck multiplies into dozen, which eat away the vitality, great pearl like scales grow from little rash-like inflammations in such abundance as to pass credulity; and so on may we depict the suifcrings to which poor human nature is subject, all of which involve great mental distress because of per sonal disfguratons. q
 | If there were not another external disease known, eczema alone would be a sufficient infiction on mankind. It pervades all classes, and descends impartially through generations. While some are constantly enyelopcd in it, others have it confined to small patches in tho ears, on the scalp, on the breast, on the palms of the hands, on the limbs, etc., but everywhere its distinc. tive feature Is a small watery blister, which discharges an acrid fluid, causing heat, in- fiammatiou, and intense itching. Ring worm, letter, scaled head, dandruif, belong to this sCaly and itching order of diseases. Psoriasis, our modern leprosy, with its mother.of.pearl scale, situated on a reddened base, which blceds upon the removal of the scale, is to be dreaded and avoided, as of old. Impetigo, barbers itch, erysipelas, and a the catalogue of external diseases of the skin. Thus far we have made no allusion to those afllictions which are Inanlfestly impurities of the blood, viz. swelling of the glands of the throat, ulcers on the neck and limbs tumors abscesses, and mercurial poi sons, with loss of hair, because the whole list can be comprehended in the one word scrofula.
 Iii in the treatment of torturing, diefgur. ing humOrs and affections of the skin, scalp, and blood, with loss of hair, that the Cutcura remedies have achieved their greatest sue. cess. Original in composition, scientifically compounded, absolutely pure, unchangeable to the most delicate and sensitive, they pre- sent to young and old the most successful curatives of modern times. This will be considered strong language by those ac. Guainted with the character and obstinacy of Blood and skin humors, but it is justified by innumerable successes where all the remedies and methods in vogue have failed to cure, and, in many cases, to relieve. even.
 The Cuticura Treatment is at once agree able, speedy, economical, and comprehen siye. Bathe the affected parts freely with hot water and Cuticura soap, to cleanse the sur face of crlsts and scales, and soften the thickened cuticle. Dry, without hard rubbing