The Dupuyer acantha. [volume], March 14, 1901, Image 3

About The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904

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DIRT EATERS. |
The Grcntdlui In the Weit Indies Have
Many of Them. B
You can't convince the coolic of the
Grenadine Islands, West Indies, that
there is any harm in eating dirt. His
own diseases ought to convince him
but they don't. The rest of'their diet
1b simple and meagre. For the most
part they are vegetarians. They eat
■ ice, peas, curry and ghee, a specially
prepared butter in great use. Most
professing vegetarians do not exclude
from their diet milk and eggs, , but
these coolies will not touch either, ex
cept when they are in hospital and
forced to do so. To hard workers in
the cane fields under a scorching tropi
cal sun such a frugal diet cannot be
supposed to be productive of health
or robustness. And when to this sort
of food is added the luxuries of dirt
eating, it is no wonder that these cool
ies are bloodless and stiff-jointed.
These ills are characteristic of the
race.
Coolie patients in the English hos
pitals of Carriacou, one of the Grena
dine islands, frequently are found to
have gravel hidden in their clothing,
and they cry and beg for it like the
morphine eater for his dope. This
stuff which they eat is a soft, slate
colored or grayish stone. Sometimes
the pulverized dirt is made into cakes.
If there isn't much of this to be had,
the coolies eat rags, paper and coke.
A coolie who is well along in the art
of dirt eating is swollen all over the
body, and the muscles of his legs are
tense. His face is puffy and has a dis
tressing look of weariness and prema
ture age. He is short of breath, and is
unable to speak, so that he has to
make signs to indicate his condition.
His tongue is swollen and flabby and
lies in the floor of his mouth, from
which he cannot raise it, from pure
weakness. It is marked strongly with
impressions of the teeth. He has se
vere headaches, dimness of sight and
pains in the abdomen. His skin is
thin, flabby and lacking in flrmncs3,
and even in the case of children feels
like the skin of an aged person. The
complexion is pasty.
But to have the diseases incident to
dirt eating it is not necessary to eat
dirt intentionally. Laborers in the
fields, who rarely wash their hands,
have been known to take enough dirt
into their stomach by handling their
food with their unwashed hands to ac
quire all the ills which afflict those
who eat dirt because they like it.
NOT PROFANE.
One May Speak of a Tinker'« Dam With
out Profanity.
There i? no profanity in saying that
any certain thing "is not worth a
tinker's dam," although it is so con
sidered by many. The expression
originated many years ago, when tink
ering, or mending leaky tin vessels
was much cruder than it is now. In
former times the use of rosin to j
check the flow of solder when placed !
on tin was not generally understood— j
at least by the roving tinkers. When
one of these gentlemen of the road
found a job, such as mending a wash
boiler or other tin household utensil, |
he would get from the housewife or |
domestic a piece of soft dough. With
this he would build a dam around the
place where he intended to put his
solder. Inside of the circle thus
formed he poured the melted lead.
When the metal cooled he would brush
away the dam of dough that had con
fined it to the desired limits. The heat
had hardened the heavy paste and
baked it thoroughly, so it was abso
lutely of no use for anything else. It
became one of the most useless things
in the world, and there was not enough
of It even to be worth while carrying
to the pigs. Hence the expression,
which was originally intended to con- !
vey a certain idea, appears to have '
been retained, while the origin is not
generally known.—New York Herald.
Long Trance.
London cable New York World:
James Thompson, aged 38 years, has
been in a trance for eight months at
the Royal Infirmary, Newcastle. H«
merely took to bed, refused nourish
ment and was admitted to the infirm
ary, apparently paralyzed. Since then
he has been kept alive by liquid nour
ishment, artificially administered. H«
never moves, and ha« a^Yer displayed
the slightest sigh of life except on twe
occasion», when hiB eyes, which ar«
open with a perfectly vacant expres
sion, betrayed a faint transient sign
of mental consciousness. The case 1«
without a precedent in English medi
cal science. The hypothesis of sham
ming has been disposed of by pro
longed tests of every conceivable kind.
A Lot Abont Abraham.
A schoolboy was asked at an exam
ination to give an account of the pa
triarch Abraham. He wrote: "He was
the father of Lot, and had two wives
One was called Ishmale and the othei
Hagar. He kept one at home and h«
turned the other into the desert, wher«
she became a pillar of salt in the day*
time and a pillar of fire by night."—
London Jewish World.
PRESBYTERIAN PASTOR
PRAISES PE-RU-NA
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The day was when men of promi
nence hesitated to give their testimoni
als to proprietary medicines for publi
cation. This remains tri'p today of
most proprietary medicines. But Pe
runa has become so justly famous, its
merits are known to so many people of
high and low stations, that no one
hesitates to see his name in print
recommending Peruna.
The highest men in our nation have
given Peruna a strong endorsement.
Men representing all classes and sta
tions are equally represented.
A dignified representative of the
Presbyterian church in the person of
Rev. E. G. Smith does not hesitate to
6tate publicly that he ha3 used Peruna
in his family and found it cured when
other remedies failed. In this state
ment the Rev. Smith is supported by
an elder in his church.
Rev. E. G. Smith, pastor of the Pres
byterian church of Greensboro, Ga.,
writes:
"Having used Peruna in my family
for some time it gives me pleasure to
testify to its true worth. My little boy
seven years of age had been suffering
for some time with catarrh of the Ipwer
bowels. Other remedies had failed, but
Not Impressed.
"Wait!" exclaimed the first London
er, stopping before the London Times
office, "let's read these bulletins about
the situation in South Rfrlca."
"No," remarked the other, much dis
gruntled, "I want to know nothing at
all about it."
"Then you ought to read these. They
are official."—Philadelphia Press.
There is more Catarrh in this section of the
country than all other diseases put together,
and until the last few years was supposed to be
Incurable. For a great many years doctors pro
nounced it a local disease, and prescribed local
remedies, and by constantly failing to cure
with local treatment, pronounced it incurable.
Science has proven catarrh to be a constitu
tional disease, and therefore requires consti
tutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure, man
ufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo. Ohio,
is the only constitutional cure on tho market.
It is taken internally in doses from 10 drops to
a ti>aspoonful. It acts directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system. They offei
one hundred dollars for any case it fails to cure
Send for circulars and testimonials. Address
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by Drusrgists, 73c.
Hall's Family Pills are the best.
Foner of Oratory.
"You call him a powerful orator?
Why, when he spoke of the abyss that
confronts our nation, the people fairly
yawned."
"Certainly. He made the people act
ually see the abyss yawn, and you
know how infectious yawning is?"—
Detroit Journal.
Don't Get F.oot«ore! Get FOOT-EASE.
A certain cure for Swollen, Smarting,
Burning, Sweating Feet, Corns and
Bunions. Ask for Allen's Foot-Ease, a
powder. Cures Frost-Bites and Chil
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Stores. 25c. Sample sent FREE. Ad
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Winning Ont
"Do you ever devote much thought to
your poems?" asked the eminent ex
plorer.
"Bless your soul, no!" said the em
inent versifier. "I have reached
height where I can afford to let that
part of the work fall on the reader."—
Indianapolis Press.
FITS Permanently Cured. Wonts or nervousness «ft«»
flrst dny's use of Dr. Kline'» Oreat Nerne Kextorer.
ftjni for FliEE SÄ.OO trial bottle and treatiso.
li. It. H. K j . ikk . ' td.. Ml Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa.
A bale full of cotton is certainly
baleful blessing.
If you have a happy home, keep it
so; if not, make it so.
Have you ever experienced the Joyful
sensation of a good appetite? You will if
you chew Adams' Pepsin Tutti Frutti.
The use of foods is followed by no re
action.
ESTABLISHED 1870.
Minneapolis. Woodward & Co., Grain Commission, omutb.
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after taking two bottles of Peruna the
trouble almost entirely disappeared.
For this special malady I consider it
well nigh a specific. As a tonic for
weak and worn out people it has few or
no equals."—Rev. E. G. Smith.
Mr. M. J. Rossman.a prominent mer
chant of Greensboro, Ga., and an elder
in the Presbyterian church of that
place, has used Peruna,and in a recent
letter to The Peruna Medicine Co., of
Columbus, Ohio, writes as follows:
"For a long time I was troubled with
catarrh of the kidneys and tried
many remedies, all of which gave me
no relief. Peruna was recommended to
me by several friends, and after using
a few bottles I am pleased to say that
the long looked for relief was found
and I am now enjoying better health
than I have for years, and can heartily
recommend Pei una to all similarly af
flicted. It is certainly a grand medi
cine."—M. J. Rossman.
It you do not derive prompt and sat
isfactory results from the use of Pe
runa, write at once to Dr. Hartman,
giving a full statement of your <^ase
and he will be pleased to give you his
valuable advice gratis.
Address Dr. Hartman, President of
the Hartman Sanitarium. Columbus.O.
Almost an Ansel.
"Most ingratiating man I eves knew,
said the former acquaintance of the
deceased. "Why, that fellow could
wheel a baby-buggy along the sidewalk
during a street parade and get nothing
but smiles."—Indianapolis Press.
TO CORE A COLD IN ONE DAY.
Take Lax ative Bkomo Quinine Tablets . All
druggists refjind the money if it fails to cure.
E. W. Grove's signature is on the box. 25c.
EncoarnKiug.
Bighead—You are too set in your own
opinions to be a good reasoner.
Thickhead—I don't see how you can
say that. I hold myself open to con
viction, even when I know I'm right.—
Life.
Each package of PUTNAM FADE
LESS DYES colors either Silk, Wool
or Cotton perfectly.
Big Mistake.
Prison Visitor—My poor man, how
did you get in here?
Convict—Hard luck. I didn't manage
to steal enough to engage a first-class
lawyer to defend me.—Tit-Bits.
1 do not believe Plso's Cure for Consumption
has an eiiual for coughs and colds.— J ohn w
B uyer , Trinity Springs, Ind., Feb. 16.1800.
In the government forest reserves
there are 46,722,000 acres.
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Cold Agony
Pain inten£l6ed by
cold is unbearable.
Neuralgia
in winter must seek
St
Jacobs
for the surest relief
and promptest cure.
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