Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-03-29
CURED OF
TELLING
THEIR ILLS
Lon the Wn.hInrlon Post.l

m no Christian Scientist said
the patient looking man to the drug
store man. "but / think Christian Sci
ence is doing whole lot Of good in
the world "
"Howi" growled the drug store
man. "What good is It doingi Spoil
ing honest mems business"
"But it's bringing a whole lot Of
peace AMI happiness into the world,
too, doc, take my word for it,"
Thought you said you weren't a
Christian Scientist How is it bring
ing peace and happiness into the
worldi"
"By shutting on the poor health
bore. Why, the peace that I've had in
my family since my folks took up
Christian Science would put the peace
conference out Of commission. "
"Fact, " said the patient looking in
dividual "t'vc been married 80 years
aud ! don't believe there has been
week during all that time, until my
wife went into Science. that she didu I
tell me every day about her headache
or her hactachc or her nerves or her
dyspepsia or her cough. Then there
was my mother In law; she had sciat
lea, aui my Aunt Jane had consump
tion. Ny partner had indigestion, and
be did love 60 talk about a. old man
jenkins, my ncs: door ucighbor. had
rheumatism. and never could get
afouul Co talking about fixing up the
line fence or repairing The paving be
cause hr was that absorbed In telling
me about his rheumatism. our hired
girl was subject 90 neuralgia, our butch
cr bal liver complaint. and the
school teacher, that boards with be-.
suffered with iusomniai and I tell you
ihe plain truth. doc, that between the.
lot of them I was plumb ashamed col
mention my little attack Of bronchitis
that kept mo abcd for most o. month
this fall.
'if one Of 'em wash e at it the 9th
er one was. AMI our house was that
alled up with l.niment and cough med.
feline and mustard plasicrs and pin box
e. that there wnsn Q room for anything
else.
"Ycs," said tho drug store man.
mourafully, yes, you folks used 20 be-
good customers"
"Good eustomersl" yelled tho pa.
tient looking individual. Good eusio.
mersl Well, I should smile. Every dol.
lar ! made went for doctor bills AMI
melicine. n there vac anything left
over We ate. n there wasn't We Sat
around tho table and talked about our
ailments. oh, h was great sport. an
right N We didnt discuss mh 3 head.
ache We talked about Alyiy's neural.
gia, on Aunt James cough or the teach.
eF's insomnia. and n those subjects
failed there was always gauima p sci,
atien 20 fall back ON.
Sometimes, when / goi O. little bic
tired hearing aH about che home symp
toms / went over 90 call on ueighhof
jenkins, and he RECALLED me by telling
me bis, aud his wife, Susan, a mighty
nice woman, would tell me an about
her nervous trouble. and what a mum,
ber of diseases her father bad, and
what lingering death he died.
Sometimes lidu't sleep very good
nights aud then when ! went down 10
the oniee in the morning there was
my partner lying 10 wait foF me % tell
me all about how bis dinner had dis
agreed With him the night BEFORE
"Well," said the drug store MAI,
''e.dn't you sympathize with themf"
"sympathize with 'emi sympa
thized With 'em until i was nothing
but skin and bone
"Well, what happened 20 stop itf"|
asked the drug store man.
"A Christian Science lecturer struck
cur neighborhood. A lot OF the folks
went 10 hear him and be put Il up 10
them that il was a rank Gin 20 scatter
disease thoughts through the world By
talking about il. lie said that every
time they mentioned symptom or
sickness II not only gave il a fresh
hold over them, but IL gave old Mr.. |
Disease a brand new lease Of life. 90
be could rush out and tackle some 9th ]
r. unfortunate He allowed that il
Ue'd all stop talking and thinking
about diseases FOR a while that disease
would vanish from the world aud We ID
ill be well and happy.
"well, cir, you'd just ought 10 see
he change that's come over our neigh. |
oorhood. Every time grandma begins
10 discuss seiatiea she ehokes up like