The Marshall republican., 1906-09-28

tory-and would remove just as many
warts.
Still another method-one which my
" grandmother told me offs that
OF pricking the wart until It bleeds.
dipping seven sulphur matches into
the blood and secreting them in sep
arate places. was a boy OF eleven
when my grandmother advised me to
use this method of procedure to re-
nov several seed warts which deco
rated my hands.
Grandmother supplied me with the
matches. for | was forbidden 10 carry
them, ] pricked the largest and ugliest
wart. and dipped each OF the seven
sulphur matches unto the bright red
blood. ] then began to search for a
place TO hide them. decided to hide
the first one In an old log house which
was then used for a sort OF woodshed
and storeroom, my grandparents hav-
Ing built them a frame structure some
years previous.
I held six Of the matches In my left
hand. and In my right the one which
! was to hide. ! began searching about
for a suitable place. but was distract
ed from my work by a paper lying IN
der some boards which contained n
number OF comic pictures. I pulled II
out and sat down among some shaw
ings. chips. old shingles, etc. TO look
nj the pictures. This iss where I did
wrong. My grandfather happened In,
aud l, being absorbed with the pic
lures did not notice him. He saw the
paper. the shayings, etc. and my
handful OF matches. certainly cir.
cumstances were against ine. Before
I could explain he had placed me
across his knee and administered a
sound spanking. So. naturally. ] do
not feel that | can recommend this
treatment 10 youths. because of the
liability of such disastrous results be-
falling them as did me To older
folks l need say nothing.
These are few OF the many, many
superstitions that prevail even to-day
regarding the removal OF warts. But
am sure none OF the Home Health
club members wiz. depend upon them.
How many Of you know what causes
warts? When all the functions OF the
body are being properly performed the
worn-out portions disengage. and their
place is taken by new material. This
Is more noticeable with the skin than
other parts OF the body. because there
Is n better opportunity 10 observe II.
Well. this being true. suppose tina,
certain particles do not disensage. moi
become entirely dead. and are merely
pushed up by the new mes which take
their places. This process continues
until quite nm emlnence rs formed
This Is a wart. II Is caused by the
particles which should die. and be dis
engaged, %clinging tenaciously to life
and their position.
The thing which Ia necessary 10 re-
move them, then. regardless OF tbeil
particular kind Of location. Is to com
plete their death, when they will dis
appear, How to accomplish this I,
very simple and can be performed b,
anyone. Any wart can be removed
by applying any OF the following rem
edies, az ! shall direct:
Take an old tooth brush. or some
thing OF that kind. and apply Lugolt
solution OF iodine to the crown of IN,
wart, two or three times daily. Thi
will require about two weeks 10 re-
move the wart. II will disappear grad
ually. and you will hardly realize tina
II Is going until II is gone.
Another equally meritorlous remedy
TO be applied, Just az the above. is
solution OF concentrated acetic acid
one part to Ave parts OF water. Appl,
until the wart is removed. II require
about the same length of time AZ tn
Lugol's solution OF iodine.
Stick a needle through the wart an,
then heat one end Of the needle re-
hot. The wart turns white and dis
appears.
These remedies never fail to produc
the desired results. and | nm sure tina
club members will hnd them Just wha
they have been looking for. and VII
not be disappointed by a trial.