The Marshall republican., 1906-06-29
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Home Health
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WARTS.

snce. IL Is not painfui, nor does "
seem TO be directly or Indirectly re-
Jponsibfe for any particular derange-
nents. but II is disiguringl "Ay,
there's the rub. II IL entirely natural
TO desire to be handsome. and he who
SCOTS at the assertion Is either a hypo-
critic or abnormal"
Many a woman. otherwise beautiful.
is distresEingly dishgured by numerous
repellant warts. They may be on her
shapely hands. around the smiling
lips, or on various other portions Of
Der person.
presume that most Of you have
heard ways Of curing this trouble. M
there IL 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.
II would not have believed II II I had
not seen st." To this last expression.
which is used in about the same ca
paeity as a woman's yindictive argu-
ment-"because"-I think ] should al
ways 'answer In the language of my
iaeetious uncle. Neither would l."
There was n period in the worlds
history when superstition was the or
der OF the day. but time Is supposed 70
have eliminated II. IL would seem.
however. from come Of the methods
Of cure exploited BY different people
that IL SIN exists. Take. for example.
the period OF witchoraft In our coloni-
al history. and note the methods m
ployed at Salem. Massachusetts,. Doubt
less all Of you are familiar with the
particulars regarding this period. For
the benefit CT those who are not. how
ever. I will describe one OF their meth
DDS Of determining whether OF not n
suspected subject was guilty of being
q witch or not. The party 10 be test
ed was thrown into the river. and n
she scrambled out alive she was nd
Judged guilty and treated accordingly.
u che drowned she was thus proved
innocent. Thus II will be seen that II
q person was ever accused OF being y
witch, death was Inevitable.
IL seems incredible that people
should eyer have been such barbarous
things rs this. and yet when we hear
Of somo OF the mperstitions INDUCED
In to-day our oredulity 10 not'so over
taxed after all.
Not n very long r I had an old
lady conhde the following TO me. after
lmpressing me with the unusual favor
che was comforting by imparting such
very valuable information;
To remoye warts magically, all that
she claimed was necessary was 20 20
secretly 10 a neighbours meathouse and
secure therefrom a piece OF fat meat;
then leave the place without once
looking back. n In Lots wife with the
penalty OF failure TO cure Ia ease OF
disobedience 10 this part OF the rule)
and rub owe the wart. or warts, with
the meat, and then throw Il back over
the left shoulder.
| have not very many comments 10
make regarding this method Of cure.
except 10 suggest that the subject
wear n coat-of-naii and be prepared
for the worst, For II may be that the
particular neighbor upon whom you
have conferred the honor OF being per-
mitted TO supply the meat has been
rather Lored with this sort OF pro-
eedure. or Il may be. would m~isinter-
pref your mission. and unchain the
bulldog, or even employ a horse pistol
or a musket, repeat II, when You
are about to undertake this treatment,
don a coat-of-mail and be prepared for
the worst.
Another method OF cure which |
have often heard solemnly declared 10
be OF particular merit Is the dropping
OF three beans down a well. am or
the opinion that the dropping OF three
beans land a great many more) into a
pot would be more generally satisfac-
tory-and would remoye just as many
warts.
Still another method--one which my
own grandmother told me OILS that
of prieking the wart until II 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 70
use this method OF procedure 10 re-
move several seed warts which deco
rated my handle.
Grandmother supplied me with the
matches, for ] was forbidden to carry
them. ! pricked the LARGEST and ugliest
wart, and dipped each VI the seven
sulphur matches unto the bright red
blood. ] then began 10 search for a
fplace to hide them. ! decided to hide
the nrst one In an old los house which
was then used for q sort Of woodshed
and storer6om. my grandnarsnts hay.
Ing built them 4 frame structure some
years previous.
held six Of ths matches Al my, I'm
hand. and In my right the one which
"a 70 hide. | began searchihS about
fof q suitable place. hut was distract