The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-05

sour bath was recommended to the au-
thor but the advice came too late When
1t arrived he had already been skinned
by the allopath and had given up all
idea of ever bathing again.
UnprofesslonaI Cures.
Naturally, the friendly adviser who is
not a medical practitioner had his go at
the case, and recommended patent medi-
cines--lately fallen under the ban of gov
ernment-as we'll as home made remedies,
known to the regular faculty as granny
medicines, and among the most subtle
and difficult foes of science. since ig-
norant patients who consult the physi-
clans in the free clinics show an aston
shing willingness to undo the doctors
work by dosing with any sort of SUBJ
stance advised by the woman in the
fiat overhead, or a country cousin who
Is invited to express a view of the case.
Mr. Lent did not take these commenda-
lions very seriously. He found in most
of them matter for amusement. For ex-
ample there was a mysterious black
powder that was to be sprinkled in the
socks, and that had no effect on the
pain but made the candidates feet so
black that he did not dare to appear in
the Turkish bath establishment for quite
a while. The powder sifted out through
the shoes in walking, and was surmised
to be stove backing.
The next false friend insisted on
trial of a red onion. 1t was not to be
boiled fried or made into dumplings.
but was to be chopped fine, mixed with
water and taken raw. 1t needs a strong
lid to hold down this strong dose Then.
over In Jersey. they bury folks in the
sand One returns to nature-almost too
near for this climate. Clothes are dis
pensed with. Each patient is allotted to
his grave as soon as admitted. This
directness is cheerful man doesn't
stand around there with his hands in his
pockets. backed up to. stove and moan
ing about his luck. Not at all. He gets
into his grave, is buried in loose dirt all
but his face, and thus COMFORTABLY dis
nosed of falls TRANQUILITY, and perhaps
permantly asleep while gazing at the
stars. Should the grave give up it's oc-
crrant in the morning. he enjoys a
breakfast of nuts without extra charge,
and Joins the physical culture class for
the limberlng-up exercises of the day.
man thus situated gets to know his
neIghbors as they really are There is
no hustle and no bustle-the latter is I'M
M, ess;ry. An even claim settles upon
existence. Maybe cemetery calm set
Ties on most of the outmates. Statistics
are not at hand. but the author wagerS
a peanut that when a rheumatic gets into
one of those graves no ordinary tin horn
gets him up for breakfast"
II wing raw silk underwear, and while
a suit Of it was in process of manufac-
tire ltnt to the author shirt of his own.
at was ample says the historian.
.having encircle1 the aldermanic front
of a magnate, who, Notwithstanding his
claimcf loss of fifty pounds, when res
c,,ed bv this fabric. must have had a few
more fiftys to drop before reaching zero.
{ bed upon the writer. its terminal ia
oiIities were larger than those of the
Wabash road. BY anexing this shirt.
the Wabash would not want to get into
Chicago. The shirt would furnish all
the yard room desired. Its outer pre-
ic;tets looking south, fell gracefully
around the ankles, but the arms. folded
lark three times. were unyielding. A
substantial pair of drawers could have
bee made by removing the arms and
erecting upon them the necessary cross
works to give permanence and continuity.
Z, ;thout some such engineering there was
n, way in which the wearer could go
around with them on. without feeling out
% ooors. WHISTLES are all right, but
,eglets stop too quick to conform to the
customs of country where cushions are
all for show on the sofa. and are seldom
,,sed to insulate cold chairs. During the
thee weeks that this borrowed shirt did
&c vice 1t seemed too loose to do the
work claimed for it. The garments made
4, measure arrived in due course and fit
ted siugly. Being raw, the material
,bsIred the skin some and thus pro-
duced a counterirritant. The uncomfort-
.,tle feeling wore off as callouses wore
on bu. no pain went with It. The writer
ras worn the raw silk every day for near
ly two years and testfes that this UNI
dew ear is as good as any which NAV
he bought for one-third the price.~
There was a metal belt with insulators,
and IAN electrical evolution OF the liver
pad" that was tested. and there were