The Marshall republican., 1906-09-28
Home Health
| Club
By DAVID q. aEEpER. ph. D.. n. ..
La Porte, Ind.
WARTS.

WANTS.
Because of such a pressing demand
for something on the subject Of warts,
! have concluded to give you a short
article on that well-known affiiction.
This is an affection with which all are
familiar, and most Of us from expert
ence. 1t IL not painful, nor does II
seem to be directly OF Indirectly re-
sponsible for any particular derange-
ments, but II is disfsuring! "Ay,
there's the rub. II is entirely natural
to desire to be handsome. and he who
SCOTS at the assertion is either a hypo-
critic OF abnormal"
Many a woman, otherwise beautiful,
is distressingly disfgured by numerous
repellant warts. They may he on her
shapely hands, around the smiling
lips, or on various other portions Of
her person.
presume that most OF you have
heard ways OF curing this trouble. as
there Is scarcely a person who ever
had a wsrt that has not had various
Ridiculous methods OF cure proposed.
II Is very amusing. indeed. TO hear
some person Of accredited intelligence
tell OF the magic cure for warts which
they positively know TO be eficacious.
81 would not have believed II II had
not seen IT," To this last expression.
which Is used IN about the same ca
pacity as a voman's vindictive argu-
ment-"because''-l think I should al
ways answer In the language of my
iacetious uncle. Neither would l."
There was a period In the worlds
history when superstition was the or
Ger OF the day. hut time Is supposed 70
have eliminated II. II would seem.
however, from some OF the methods
OF cure exploited by different people
that II still exists. Take. for example.
the period OF witcherafi In our coloni.
oil history, and note the methods en-
ployed at Salem. Massachusetts. Doubt.
less all OF You are familiar with the
particulars regarding this period. For
the benefit of those who are not. how
ever. / will describe one OF their meth.
obs OF determining whether or not o
suspected subject was guilty OF being
d witch or not. The party TO be test.
I'd vas thrown into the river, and II
she scrambled out alive she was ad-
judged guilty and treated accordingly;
~ she drowned she was thus proved
innocent. Thus Il will be seen that II
u person was ever accused OF being q
witch, death was Inevitable.
4, seems incredible that people
should ever have been such barbarou'
things NJ this. and yet when we heal
Of some OF the superstitions INDUCED
in to-day our credulity Ia not so over,
taxed after all.
Not 30 very long ago ] had an old
lady confde the following 10 me, aftei
impressing me with the unusual favor
she was comforting by imparting such
very valuable information:
TO remove warts m~agically, all thaI
che claimed was necessary vas TO ~
secretly "a n neighbor's meathouse ant
secure therefrom a piece OF fat meat.
then leave the place without one,
looking back. a Ia Lots wife with IN,
penalty OF failure TO cure In case o.
d~isobedience 10 this part OF the rule.
n rub over he wart, or warts. will
the meat. and then throw Il back owe
the left shoulder,
! have not very many comments I,
make regarding this method OF cure
except TO suggest that the subjec
wear a coat-of-mail and be prepare,
for the worst. For Il may be that tn
particular neighbor upon whom yo'
have conferred the honor OF being per
mltted TO supply the meat has beel
rather Lored with this sort OF pro
cedure. or Il may be, would misinter
pref your mission. and unchain tn
bulldog. or even employ a horse pisto
or a musket. ] repeat II. when yol
ARE about TO undertake this treatment
don a coat-of-mail and be prepared 70
the worst.
Another method OF cure which
have often heard solemnly declared B
be OF particular merit is the droppinI
OF three beans down a well. ! am O
the opinion that the dropping OF tire
beans land q great many more) into
pot would be more generally satisfae