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Opsnsons of Great Papers on-Important Subjects.
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HEABT FAILURE AND CRIME.
lEART failure Is the prime cause of crime
and pauperism , according to an English phy
sician of. repute.
When a man is insufficiently nourished ,
this savant says , the heart muscle shares
with the other muscles in the general mal
nutrition. * As the result of this the heart
fails and dilates and is perhaps never again able to
maintain the same blood pressure and to produce the
former strength of muscle , nerve or will power. Thus the
man cannot keep his normal place in the social scale and
degenerates Into a chronic loafer , i rggar or thief.
Undoubtedly tfeere Is much in tYis theory , for , though
great crimes require physical energy in the criminal'the
petty criminal , like the beggar and iV pauper , is always
deficient in vitality. 'Whatever the cause , his heart Is
Invariably weak. Thus laziness of V'.e sort that afflicts
tramps Is really a disease. The healthy man delights In
physical labor , and the converse is r-i less true that the
man who does not delight in physic ; . ; labor , who Is what
we call lazy , Is not a healthy man.
So far as observation in this counlr goes , however , the
cause of this heart failure among : . : wrecks of life is
almost always excessive indulgen- : in drink , and not
insufficient food. Alcohol wears o ; lie heart in a little
time and the heart , once worn out , . . . rer recovers Its old
vigor. *
In the rare Instances , lee , who' * insufficient food is
the cause , or one of the causes of hi- "L failure , back o'f it
generally lies alcohol , for the man 10 lets alcohol alone
Is able to got all the food he needs nourish him abuud-
cntly. Chicago Journal.
PERILS OF TSA'v rL. ,
RAVELING , as Mark Twain says , is much
safer than staying at home , for statistics
prove that most people ciie in their own
beds. But travel has discovered unsus
pected terrors since the national conference
of State and provincial boards of health
began investigating it.
One of the principal addresses at the conference was
by Dr. Roseuau of the United States Marine Hospital
Service. He declared that the dangers of contact with
the sleeping car and its furnishings were very great ,
though perhaps less now than they used to be. Wash
basins and drinking glasses , he thought , were particular
ly perilous. And unless bedding , curtains , carpets and
cushions are disinfected at brief intervals , they are
sources of tubercular and other * infection.
All this is undoubtedly true. Microbes In millions lie
ENGINEERS OF BIBLE TIMES.
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Same Kind of "Work as Simplon Tun
nel Done 2COO Years Agro.
Unmistakable evidence exists that 2-
500 years ago certain Hebrew engineers
Hin the time pf King 'Hezekiah ) exe
cuted exactly the same kind of work
which was carried out in the Simplqu
tunnel , though perhaps on a slightly
smaller 'scale.
_ > { > Bertholet , .a professor at the
University of Basel , is the gentleman
who claims to have made this discovery.
.The Jewish records state that King
Jffezekiah , or Ezekias , who reigned at
-Jerusalem 727 B. C. , Avas much troubled
' .at the bad state of the water supplied
; to the people of that city. He accord
ingly had a vast reservoir made at the
t Agate's 'of the city , to which water was
fed from various springs lying at great
er or less distances from the reservoir
in Question.
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i At first his project seemed doomed to
failure , as there existed between Jeru
salem and the springs from which the
.water was to , be derived a high chain
of hills , over which it would be iin-
possible to convey the water. It was
therefore determined to open.'a passage
for the water through the solid rock.
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One of the Sirach MSS. , dating from
, this period states in this connection :
"Hezekiah fortified his city by bringing
water thereto and he bored through the
solid rock by means of bronze and lie
collected the water in a reservoir. "
Recent explorations have enabled this
predecessor of the Simplon to be thor
oughly identified. It is said to be .the
Shiloan tunnel , by means of which wa
ter was brought down from a source
to the east of Jerusalem and poured
into the pool of Siloam , mentioned in
the Bible. This conduit is 300 yards
long. The distance , as the bird Hies ,
between the two mouths ofthe tunnel'
is only 3GO yards , which proves that the
work was not executed in a perfectly
. straight line due doubtless to the difii-
cult'.es which the engineers 'encountered
in their task , which ( for the period )
was of a really marvelous nafure.
That the. work was commenced from
both ends of the tunnel is riot only
proved by the inscription , but also by
the fact that the marks of the boring
tools , picks , etc. , may still be seen , all
bearing in opposite directions. Tbe di
rection of the tunnel was altered sev
eral times during the construction there
of , as there are several short galleries ,
which were evidently abandoned as ,
soon as.it . was -noted that wprking was
done out of lin& The floorof the tu'u-
nel is finished with the greatest care
> and - theworkings vary from llvo-
eighths of a yard to one yard in width
' by from three feet to nine feet in height ,
more or less , according to the hardness
of the rock.
* In the light of modern engineering
Bclence the following questidns suggest
themselves : How did these old-time en
gineers gauge their direction , recognize
and remedy their errors in alignment ?
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What tools did they use to execute a
piece of work which has remained with
out equal for 2,500 years ? New York
Tribune.
a ot a bsariy
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in wait for the luckless traveler in all public places , par
ticularly such confined and airless - places as the sleep
ing car. If they can find a foothold in his system they
will take it , and from that moment he is booked for a
much longer journey than he meant to take , over a road
where there are no sleeping cars.
However , let us not therefore condemn ourselves to
stay where we are for the rest of our lives. Microbes
are our enemies , but they may be circumvented. Nothing
is more firmly settled than that fear of Infection is by
far the greatest cause of infection , greater even than the
microbes themselves. Therefore take this advice down
in your notebook : *
Keep your digestion in order when you go traveling ,
drink plenty of water , the purer the better ; breathe
deeply and banish fear ; so shall you defy the microbe
and live to die at home. Kansas City World.
THE TVTAW WITH THE PATCH ON HIS BREECHES.
_ HIS Is the day for the man with a patch
on his breeches to come forward and the-
man-of-the-dollar to to the . "
1 - - - go rear.
That was a fine epigram President Roosevelt
velt let fall In a private conversation. It
has all the ring in it of robust democracy
the restatement of the equality of man and
the denunciation of special privilege. Every citizen of
the republic is , and of right ought to be , equal before the
law with every other citizen the millionaire with aloseta
full of breeches and the man with only one pair and a
patch. *
It is good to note this restatement of the theory of
our government. ! This is not a government of the classes
by the classes arid for the classes , but of the masses by
the masses and for tbe masses. The man with a patch
on his breeches belongs not to the classes but to the
masses. He docs not enjoy special privileges because the
clases have dominated the masses and taken over their
government. - * . -
Therefore the President dees well to say the men of
the masses should come forward to claim for themselves
every privilege granted to every other man. , Either the-
man-of-the-dolhir should be dispossessed of his special
opportunity or the man with the patch should be given
like opportunity. For it is true that this government
must cease to be a government of dollars , by dollars and
for dollars , or perish from the earth.
The man with the patch is coming forward. Don't
mistake that. He is learning as never before about the
unrighteous reign of privilege. He is amazed , angry ,
determined. The man with a patch on his breeches in
in the majority in this country. And this is a country
of majorities. Des Moines News.
EGYPT'S GTTASDIANS ANCIENT AND MODEKN.
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-BRITISH SOLDIERS AT THE SPHINX.
When the British soldier goes to
Egypt one of the first things he does is
to visit the Sphinx and the Pyramids.
Tuis , picture illustrates a particularly
'interesting visit , namely , of sonic of the
troops sent out from Malta recently in
view of the encroachments of the Sul
tan in Egyptian territory , among them
the Lancashire Fusiliers. They were
particularly interested , in the Sphinx ,
for they wear it as' ' their regimental
badge in memory-of their fight in Egypt
in 1SOL The great Sphinx at Ghizeh
is hewn out of natural rock and lies
The "Chcrryhle Brothers. "
Dickens lovers throughout the world
will , be interested to hear that the ware
house in Manchester of the Grant
Bros. the originals of the "Brothers
Chcrryble" is to be altered in a way
that will abolish some of its interior
historic features. Curiously enough , it
is just 4ifty years since Daniel , the
younger Cherryble , passed away. It
has Ueen supposed that in drawing
these characters Dickens relied entire
ly on reportx but , , In fact , he had made
the acquaintance of the brothers Grant
at Manchester two months before
"Nicholas Nickleby" was written. He
met them at a dinner party , and the
friendship was maintained for many
years. Many of the Cherryble attri
butes were drawn from real life , nota
bly the apopletic Jratler .at the Linkin-
water dinner. 'ticipated. hi * mas-
about a quarter of a mile southeast oi
the Great Pyramid. It is sculptured
out of a spur of the rock itself while
masonry has been added in certain
places to complete the slab. It is 172
feet long and 5G feet high. It is extremely -
tromely old , being contemporary with
the Pyramids themselves1. Pictures of
the Sphinx are said to make it "look
much bigger than it really appears
among the sand , " but its colossal char
acter is clearly seeil in comparison with
tbe size of the clambering soldiers. The
bise of the monument is very apt to be
silted up with the eand of the desert.
ter's wish for a fresh bottle of wine
by holding it behind his back , with the
corkscrew already inserted. Pall Mall
Gazette.
A Confidence.
"Of course , " said the ponderous '
statesman , "in the course of my re
marks I said some things which were
not popularly understood. "
"How do you know that ? "
"Because , " rejoined the ponderous
statesman , dropping his voice to a whis
per , "I didn't understand 'em myself. * *
Washington Star.
About the only things in the house
which the women regard as important
not to disturb are the cream , and the
baby. \
Ever notice that an .old debt Is uord
to pay ? " '
KNIFE TO PREVENT CRIME.
Philadelphia PhyNlcInnw Perform
Operations on Seven Children.
Following the theories of the country' *
foremost pli3sicians and the recent-rul <
ings in the1 juvenile courts the Pennsyl
vania Society for the Protection of Chil
dren from Cruelty , working in conjunc-
j tion with Director Coplin of the bureau
, of health and charities , and Chief Apbptt
of the bureau of health , has 'instituted the
practice of performing operations upon
children given into its charge when medi
cal opinion is rendered that such course
is likely to prevent a criminal career.
This is the first effortof , the sort ever
made in this country.
The subjects of the experiments were
operated on at the infirmary of the society
in Philadelphia. Seven children were
put under the knife by the city's moat
prominent surgeons , who performed opera
tions calculated to improve tlie mental
and moral condition of the patients.
The physicians who either participated
or were interested in the operations were :
Dr. S. Weir Mitchell , Dr. A. C. Abbott ,
Dr. George W. Dougherty , Dr. F. H. Der-
cum , Dr. W. W. Hawke , Dr. Alfred Gor
don , Dr. Charles K. Mills : , Dr. Louis
Starr and Dr. Fred Freley.
While only seven children were operat
ed upon , Dr. L. C. Wessells and Dr. A.
C. Butcher , who were detailed to the task
by Director Coplin , have examined 1,407
cases which were brought into the tempo
rary custody of the society , and other sim
ilar operations will take place shortly ,
provided the consent of the parents can
be secured. .
Of 'the total number examined about 50
per cent were found to be suffering' from
refraction of the eyes and glasses have
been ordered for all of these.
While conducting the examinations the
physicians made most minute inquiries
Into the past history of the children and
their parents , as well as regarding their
pre.sent health.
Dr. Alfred Gordon reported thatjie has
discovered a surprisingly 'large number of
cases of feeble minded children , supposed
to be the victims of cruelty , who are , in
reality , in a condition' bordering closely
upon imbecility , and calling for constant
of a character which the busy par *
are unable to give them.
GAGE'S SON A SUICIDi.
Shoots Himself in a Scuttle Hotel
While Wife Searches for Him.
Eli A. Gage , son of former Secretary
of tlie Treasury Lyman J. Gage of. Chicago
cage , committed suicide by shooting him
self through the heart in a room in the
Tourist Hotel , a second-class lodging
house on the edge of the red light district
of Seattle. He had registered under the
name of J. AY. Gorst , , had no baggage and
was almost without funds.
His wife and child , who came to join
him a few days ago , were at tlie Grey-
stone , a fashionable boarding house. For
two days Mrs. Gage had been searching
for her husband , employing detectives to
aid her ; but even his friends had been un
able to locate him.
Mr. Gage had been changing from one
hotel to another and registering under as
sumed names for two weeks. 'His ac
quaintances say they nre not surprised at
the suicide , as iTe liad been : acting strange
ly for some time , and had been drinking
heavily.
Gage worked for the North American
Trading and Transportation Company
during 1S9G-97 on the Yukon river steam
er Weare. He hadtrouble in Alaska ,
where he was almost killed in a saloon
row at Circle City in 1SOO. His father ,
his wife's uncle , Oapt. P. B. Weare , and
J. J. Heal } * , all in , the trading company ,
interceded for ihim. Afterward lie went
to Chicago.
Not long ago Gage left Chicago for the
West , and applied for a berth in the
Alaska service .of the Northwestern
Steamship Company in Seattle less than
a * month ago. After reaching Seattle he
deposited § 000 in one of the local banks.
A statement rendered July 2-i showed he
liad $211 left , but at the time he killed
himself had only $7.uO. Heavy drinking
is given as the catlse of the suicide.
for Trades Unionists.
The executive council of the American
Federation of Labor has issued ks gen
eral campaign program to "all organized
labor * and friends in the United States. "
It points that Congress has been so "pre
occupied looking after the interests of
vast corporations and predatory wealth"
and members in their rush for the al
mighty dollar that "they have had no j j
time and as little inclination" to support !
the legislation asked in the interest of the J
laboring man. It says patience ceased to j
be a virtue , and hence the March 21 'bill
of grievances presented to the administra
tion. Appeal now is made to the Ameri
can people "to demonstrate their determi
nation that this republic of ours shall
continue to be of , for and by the people ,
rather than of. for and by the almighty
dollar. " It is recommended to name only
union men or to influence the nomination
of labor men by whatever party is found
most available. For this work" a committee -
tee of three has been chosen , namely , Samuel
(
uel Gompers , James O'Connell and Frank
Morrison.
Hotel for Working 6irls.
A big hotel exclusively for wouking
girls , to be known as the Trowmart inn ,
is about ready for business at Abingdon
Square , New York City. It aims to defer
for wage-earning girls what the Mills ho
tels have done for men. Oulv self-sup
porting women between the ages of 15 and
35 will 'be entertained , and only those
earning $15 and less , but a few rooms
will be reserved for transients. The price
for room and hoard is to be $4.50 or $5 ,
including breakfast and dinner. The din
ing roosi soat5 250 persons. Sewing ,
washing and ironing rooms will be free to
guests day and night : also library and re
ception rooms. W. H. R. Martin , who is
back of the plan , says he expects the
\otel to pay for itself.
Interesting News Items.
Sophia and Corinne Piddian of Brook
lyn , N. T.were drowned while boating
on Lake George.
The extensive warehouse of the Franco-
American Oil Company at Marseilles
burned , -injuring six persons.
Ferdinand Von Saar , author and member -
ber of the upper house of the Austrian
Reichsrath , is dead , having shot himself.
The mutinous seamen of the Russian
cruiser Terek fcave been landed in Spain
and forwarded to Russia by the Russian
comul.
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I SHUTTING OUT THE WOMEN.
j j They Are Being : Excluded from OJ
flee TVorlc In Chicago.
There is a movement in the Chicago
business world to supplant women with
men much has manifested itself there in
various ways lately. The female employes
of the Barber Asphalt Company quit un
der orders July 1. In the Chicago post-
office Postmaster Busse has placed women
under the ban. County Treasurer Han-
berg will give no employment to women .in
his entire office force. The Chicago United
States pension office is an Eveless Eden.
The Chicago and Northwestern Railway
Company long ago separated all its wom
en emploj-es-from their jobs. In explana
tion one of the officers of the latter said :
"It was clear to us that a girl stenog
rapher never could be developed into a de
partment head. Her physical and mental
limitations were such as to make her unr
dependable at those strenuous times which
arise often in the affairs of all concerns
doing large business. If urgent need on
the part of the company suggested that
shj ; work a little longer on Saturday than
usual she was found with a positively un
breakable matinee date. In short , whila
she might be good for the one thing sha
was doing , the qualifications for growth
into the class of employes we could pro
mote . and eventually pension were not
there. It was evident that for every one
woman we had in our employ we were
forfeiting" chance pf finding ; a man
ivith ability to grow into greatness in the
railroad business.
"For instance , a stenographer serving
the acting president of a railroad com
pany is in a position to acquire compre
hensive knowledge of the railroad busi
ness. If the stenographer 'be a woman
no matter how competent Jier work
will be more or less perfunctory and the
knowledge she is in a position to acquire
will not -help her to become anything
other than what she is , the president's
stenographer. A young man in the same
position will absorb information and busi
ness methods that ought to make of him
an 'invaluable employe in .more important
lines of railroad work. So the order dis
criminating against women was issued.
It is not absolute by any means , 'but ' it
indicates the general policy of "the road. "
Gorky's * Opinion .of Americrt.
In an article in Appleton's Booklovers *
Magazine , Maxim Gorky , the Russian rev
olutionist and author , speaks out plainly
what his impression of this country dur
ing his 'brief ' visit Has 'been ' , Upon his ar
rival in New York , he says , 'he ' noticed
that on the dark bronze statue of the
Goddess of Lizerty , green rust had accu-
umlated ; but he says he did not then know
that the passionate -idealism of the young
democracy had also became covered with
rust , "eating away the soul with the cor
rosive of commercialism. " He did t not
realize that the disease of money craving
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had assumed such proportions in America.
He says be loves energy , but not when
men expend it for their own destruction.
Everywhere 'lie sees a senseless treadmill .
of ia'bor , but nowhere do we feel the beau
ty of free creation. Nowhere , as in New
York , Lave people seemed to him so unfor
tunate and so thojoughly enslaved to life ,
nowhere "so tragicomically edf-satisfied
as in this -huge phantasmagoria of stone ,
iron and glass. "
Hate LaTT Becomes Effective.
The first step for the enforcement of [
Mie new railroad rate law has been taken
by the interstate commerce commission ,
which has ordered an expert to appraise
and fix a value on every railroad in the .
United States , that the commission may
determine whether any rate is reasonable
and just. Prof. Henry C. Adams of the J
university of Michigan and statistician for I
the 'interstate commerce commission , has .
been invited to 'enter the employ of the j
commission , to devise a uniform system of j
bookkeeping for all the railroads , and to
appraise their value. The new system , it
i.7 hoped , will be in operation by July 1 ,
1907 , and the roads will be required to
observe a fiscal year corresponding to that
of the government.
Standard L.ONC.S Bis : Contract.
The contract for lubricating the rolling
stock of the Pennsylvania lines west of
Pittsburg , which heretofore lias been held
by the Standard Oil Company with an an
nual revenue of # 112,000 , has been can
celled , owing to disclosures made before
the interstate commerce commission. It
was shown that the Pennsylvania in ten
years saved $1,000,000 by having secretly
a more liberal contract than was given
any other railroad company. The at-
tornej's for the commission say that the
Standard is receiving rebates from the
railroads in the form of excessive prices ,
and- that they are paying at least 50 per
cent more than would be charged by inde
pendent companies.
Short News Notes.
George -Snj-der , aged 30 years , a clerk
in the Carnegie steel works , Pittsburg ,
committed suicide by cutting his throat.
Kraft a-Bellaire Ohio saloonkeeper
i Henry , , ,
keeper , was fatally shot and his porter ,
Michael Maxson , dangerously wounded by
two masked men who attempted to rob the
saloon. *
Andrew L. Davenport , a negro , was
hanged in-the jail yard at Newport News ,
Ya. , for the murder of William Thomas ,
also a ; negro. Davenport made-a full con
fession.
Mrs. George J. JacJrson , whose husband
is said to be the son of a millionaire efFort
Fort Worth , Texas , drank a quantity of
carbolic acid after a quarrel in a Los
Angeles hotel.
Thomas Reid and Martin Krafee were
perhaps fatally injured and a dozen other
persons were less seriously Tiurt in Wor
cester , Mass. , when a 'runaway electric
ear struck a telegraph pole.
Ignatz Krewzyp , an insane patient in a
Scranton , Pa. , asylum , yesterday killed
Mrs. Ann Golden and Ann Yan Yalen ,
fellow inmates , and mortally wounded
Richard Davies , an attendant.
Delegate Mark Smith and Judge L. O.
Cowan , both of Tucson , Ariz. , have sold
the Congresso and the El Senado mines ,
located near Hermosillo , Mexico , to &
British syndicate for $250,000.
Charles Davenport , who was convicted
ac Trenton , N. J. , of trying to kill his j
daughter Josephine by sending- her a box
of poisoned candy , was sentenced to fif
teen years In the State prison.
Circuit Attorney Sager of St. Louli
nolle pressed the perjury charges against
Charles A. Gutke , former member of the
house of delegates , thus disposing of the
last but one of tha notorious boodle casaa
HON. W. H. KELBAUGH
OF WEST VIRGINIA
PRAISES PE-RU-NA.
Hon. W. H. Kelbaugh.
A Cold at Any Time of the Tear , Es
pecially in Uot Weather , is Very De
pressing to the System. Pe-ru-na *
an Uncqualcd Tonic for Such Cases.
Read What People Say About It.
Hon. W. H. Kelbaugh , Ex-Member. *
W. Va. Legislature , 204 9th street , N. <
E. , Washington , D. C. , writes : ' |
i "You can use my name and\\ \ \
I word at all times for Peruna as a V
medicine and tonic unequaled. Ir
have tried it for a stubborn cold
and badly run down system.
tried all sorts of other medicines
and paid several expensive doctor - < >
tor bills. Peruna cured mer
strengthened me more than ever ,
and saved me money. "
Mrs. Clara Litterst , Seafield , Ind. .
says : "Last fall I took a severe cold. I
took Peruna , began to improve and kept
OD so until I was able to do my work. "
Jnst So Much of Truth.
"What's that sign you're making-
there ? " asked the grocer.
" 'Fresh eggs , ' " replied the ue\y
clerk.
"Make it 'Fresh-laid eggs. ' "
"Why cr everybody knows 'the
f eggs were fresh when they were laid. "
"Exactly , and that's all that it's safe
for us to say about them. " Philadel
phia Press.
Oat of the Dim Past.
Belshazzar's attention had been called
to the handwriting on the wall.
"Looks like a Chinese laundry check , "
ae said , careless ! } " .
But he learned later that it was a
tveigh check and that he was short weight
DAZED WITH PAIN.
The Sufferings of n. Citizen of Olyra-
pin. "Wash.
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L. S. Gorharaof 51G East 4th Stn
Olympia , Wash. , says : "Six years ago
I got wet and took cold , and was soon
flat in bed , suffering
tortures with my
back. Every move
ment caused an ago
nizing pain- and the
persistency of it ex
hausted me , so that
for a time I was dazed
and stupid. On tna
advice of a friend I
began using Doanr3
Kidney Pills , and soon
noticed a change for
the better. The kidney secretions had
been disordered and irregular , and con
tained a heavy sediment , but in a
week's time the urine was clear and
.natural again and the passages regular.
Gradually tbe aching and soreness left
my back and then the lameness. I used
six boxes to make sure of a cure , and
the trouble has never returned. " ' -
Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co. , Buffalo , N. Y. \
The Old Story.
Ant ( to the Elephant ) Since I have
become a socialist I do not see why-
because I am smallennd weaker than
you , I should continually get out of
the way to let you have the middle of
the rpad. That's final.
Elephant ( to the Ant ) If you don't
I'll just put' my foot on you. That's
fiat Baltimore American.
BABY COVESED WITH SOKES.
Would Scratch andTear theFleshUn
less Hands Were Tied "Would.
Have Died but for Cuticura. "
' My little son , when about a year
and a half old , began to have sores
come out on his face. I had a phy
sician treat him , but the sores grew
worse. Then they began to come on
hie arms , then on other parts of'hia
body"and then one came on his chest ,
-worse than the others. Then I called
another physician. Still he grew Averse.
At the end of about a year and a half
of suffering he' grew so bad I had to
tie his hands in cloths at night to keep
him from scratching the sores and tear
ing the flesh. He got to be a mere
skeleton , and was hardly able to walk.
My Aunt advised me to try Cuticura
Soap and Ointment. I sent to tbedrug
store and got a cake of Soap and a box
of the Ointment , and at the end of
about two months the sores were all
well. He has never had any sores of
any kind since. He is now strong and
healthy , and I can sincerely say that
only for your most Avonderful remedies
ray precious child -would have died
rrom those terrible sores. Mrs. TSg-
lert Sheldon , R. F. D. No. 1 , Wood *
Tille , COHIL , April 22 , 1005. " '
