The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, January 01, 1903, Image 2

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By O. S. Marden. IIE history of our ( boys who seemed t % and education. exc I every opporti HHflB ? fill Lincoins, y H Clays?those |HBH M soldiers, orators, m giants K^KQ - , the pages cf NH^ those who are bora to fight t HOTlie youth Avho is reared in a 1 ;t. n-.nt,w1 /M? Ixf OTA O T? 1A A f- /". DI9 (Iti Uif id itutivu vu u%? au (uu?,v u HVfoud parents, and deprived*)/ ever S V physically, although commonlyfrega BRl than the poorest, most humbly born -with an unusual mind, he is in da? creature who lives on the labor c B V from disuse.?Success. W* 9 9 9 | Dependent an V By A. M. Purdy. a Jjfr O class of men, as : B Mjui They can stand sti y ? enough to depend ( X Pk I with the other. Xei Br i Sbj was short, a storm D J ,A. * ^le sa^uta^on: MF _ ^JL see if I and the bo: ?bo rain comes on p - - potatoes a day or \\ 1 ?re, affd a like favor l'rom you will "ty'ell, now. if that isn't kind in acceptable time. I will certa law, I see one of your road horses <]oing nothing. Send one of the child *" ."Thank you! My wife was say: *, to-dMy." So it went on all throuuli the sea between farmers. The joint wo ' fe nitwe*enjoyable. Where-is there a business man full to overflowing of all necessc (ad coal poes up. he can cut his o1 Jf railro&d strikes occur he can ren i/S kind neighbors to visit back and r. * 9*9 domestic Scic & By Mary E. Williar Professor of Domesi UST twenty-five ye: domestic science 3 own homes. To-da HB J> | I t'me make even th n u thp child almost frc I and her training i: B J school or BHof note she is most important y I "bacbc K apartments,-' the lament or^B^P11J J B the wmplaint of competition otTV# -that tbe number of marriages are co H The consequences to tbe State of QBr j\ As the borne is, so the State is. The "women of to-day -who think ; ^making a great mistake. Nor can tl men in the commercial world. Theii ^ men for the afTairs of the world. 1 wnrscry and be continued until habit: to dir array with the evils of to-da , mothers for just this work. Until this fact is recognized by o V like that, of her brother, will lie inc tor hja normal positiou in life, for hi: a girl, as it is now. seems to have . .lifework?the'care of the home?is ] ' ... What is the remedy? , Nothing less thau to make dome? f necessary for promotion fron L from high schools to colleges. B If this can he accomplished wc s the problem of the training of our g oration of future mothers who will ^^Br&fibed hy Frances Willard when si ^woman Is to make the whole world h *9 * \ Self-Assertive t The T By George C. Lorimi FEW mouths ago wl ^ S our party found the ^ I railway carriage witl ;S V When about lialfr M JLJk m his tobacco, and, lig < 1/^ 3 own enjoyment quite I under my charge. Seeing the annoy v hint If he would be g mrxt station, wh^n we would cbangi .not a little astonished at his reply: "1 am distinctly within my right t , Brutal as the retort sounded, it ? in kie rltrhtfi" end I * ' Alt? WOO miuiu n?s7 ? lure them. Wbilg recognizing bis -ATuerha. would bo willing (o walv< 3 -keep our entire energy for the hol< W the. Y The incident set me to thinking. 1 to demand and to obtain his duo. 1 I be, and permits no one and nothing B. possession of it. j^k We Americans are the most am ^3 -where we HTe obliged to give and t tons and archaic as soon as wo bee KW We regard as trivial the minor ai H -that may grow into positive wrong: ^B .that we have constitutional rights < ^3 ssJTord to regard with indifference tl Hj topeace and comfort. ^3r-:- "But can we? it Tirriit to allow ourselves to I 4TOr pnth? Can we afford to have ou H| crosses in front of us? Would we gjj asKT^ive and less complacent? Mc E0I jtUJIris then: trampled upon, MM JJo we not crow careless in or.i |9 ef our own lnd5fferer.ce? And ca exacting brother"across the sea? j^HB We are known as the strenuous creator material results than c Hj^^Mrises as'"tiie goaheadativeness an I making mm striven. this our ^^PthievemsH ouutry is a record oX^fho successes of poo* o bo hopelessly shut oft from books, culture ept that of the most liieagrc kind?from alniiity for mental developuiout. The youthtiklius, Hamiltons, GarfieMs. Grants and became Presidents, lawyers, .statesmen, ercliants, educators, journalists, inventors? part men t of life?how they stand out from ry. those poor boys, an inspiration for ail heir way up to their own loaf! iuxurious home, who. from the moment of r servants, pampered ana lnumgeu oy ovi-rv incentive to develop himself mentally or rded as one to be en vied, is more to be pitied i boy or girl in the land. rnless ho is gifted nger of becoming a degenerate, a parasite, f others, Avhose powers ultima*-vy iropliy 9 * 9 * 4 Independent. t rule, are more independent than farmers, ikes without any great loss. They raise on for their living, and can exchange one ighbor Thompson had a lot of hay out, help was brewing. A neighbor stepped in with ell, neighbor, I though I would step in and i'3 couldn't help you get that hay iu before We can put off the cultivating of our vo. and. besides, we may get caught as you come good."' you. You couldn't have offered me help at [inly pay you back, and, by the way, neighis lame. There is my roan iu the pasture Iron over when you wish to use him." ng this morning she wanted to get to town son each helnintr the other, and SO it should rk, the sociability, the kiiully feeling make more iudepondent? His barns and cellars iries for man and beast. If there is a strike wn. wood for fuel and supply bis neighbor, uain at home with plenty to keep him. and forth. 9 9 9 9 sites For Girls. ns> Lie Science, Columbia University. us ago winterer training girls received iD ivas Inculcated by their mothers in their y tlie demands of the school upon the girls' lis absolutely impossible. The State takes >ni the mother's arms into the kindergarten, s institutional until she is graduated from ege. ready for business. But It is worthy fitted for almost any business except that all businesses to women, the business of dor apartments" and of "bachelor maids' churches, the cry of public (SKhenvoon tiie sexes are. strong eviueutesv ns trrnnWiLi^i US... such a condition are fraught "with danger. I the.v can purify the world at the polls are < ley do it by entering into competition with r wort is to train the coming generation of \ud this work must be commenced in the s and character are formed. And if avo are y we must prepare the future Avivos and < ur school boards, the training of a girl, un- , omplete. For his training aims to tit him ! 5 struggle with the world. The training of the same aim for her; while her normal practically ignored. :tic science a part, of the regular course for ( ; i elementary schools to high schools and j shall have gone a long way toward solving , iris. We can hope then to turn out a gen- I be equipped for that lifework so aptly do- 1 lie declared that "the mission of the ideal j ome-like." * * * 9 iftess i win of Courtesy er, D. D. lile traveling in Englaud. the members of , raselves in a smoking compartment of a 1 a stranger, and a stranger who smoked, ray between stations, he calmly pulled out liting tip, puffed away, seemingly to his as much as to the discomfort of the ladies ance his smoking was causing, I asked ood enough to desist until we came to the ? our seats to another carriage; and I was :s. sir, and must decline." was nevertheless a statement of the truth true Britisher that he was, he proposed to privileges. I could but feel that we in > our rights in little things, preferring to ling on to those in the greater events of The Englishman never forgets nor censes 10 matter how trifling the obligation may to interfere with the happy and peaceful iable of individuals. We live in a country ake. .and we should be considered auoma* ame arbitrary. nenities, and indeed submit to many things ! ? because we are so complacently assured j 3f so magnificent proportions that we can lese lesser infractions of what contributes >e pulled about by every one who comes in 1 ir toes trodden upon by every stranger that j not all be better off by being more self- j ire mindful of our own "rights.'' and less J , even as we trample upon those of others? : dealings with others from the very fact j a we not learn a lesson from our more j race. We work harder, longer and usually ither peoples. We have what. Prince Boris d feverish activity" of a young nation; but ualiy forgetful of ourselves and of others - ' U! . U li :ulo about tbe groat mings ior w hilu , after all; and wo can be In no better busi1 of selt-assertiveness, for in learning it we dealing with others. By demanding more isarily^how greater care for {hose of oyr assertiM^^ is in reality the twin of cour KImSwB mm friie Intenklvo l'nrin?r. ,T ^The iuj^nsive farmer, in mosjf eases. Is makiur^more money now than the extensive. xhe mnn who grows the same amount of produce on half the land his neighbor does saves in'~varlous ways. lie has only half the' land to fence and pay taxes on. He can plow and harrow in half the time. Half the seed is saved, and he h/.s twice as much fertilizer to apply <i> his crops. He travels only half as /ar in cultivating crops, and n#^a<;9 yield requires little morg-^labor to harvest than a small one Shrewd Sheep Buying. In a recent number of the Shepherd's Bulletin a breeder boasts that he recently sold twenty-five ewes, apd his Hooks were so even in quality that the buyer agreed to take the first twenty-five that went through the gate. That certainly speaks well for the uniformity of the nock, but It also shows some shrewdness ou the part of the buyer. Those that go ahead are those that are the natural leadefs of the Hoc!;, and likely to be the strongest an<l piost viperous. The custom of having a bell wether to lead the ttcrk is so seldom followed now that it devolves on the strongest ewes to take the leadership when there is no rain with liit? dock, and even if there were It fs probable that the best ewes would lie iu the advance next to him, unless of a season when they were heavy with lamb. This is true iu regard to nearly all stock. When you see them you will find them hearty eaters, strong, healthy and with good digestive powers. Selling Mill: Deplete* Ferllllty. Milk sold constantly takes off considerable fertility from the land because of the large percentage of nitrogen it contains. If, on the other hand, butter is made a.nd sold, and the skimmilk is fed to farm animals, the decrease in fertility ought to be very small, as butter fat contains a very limited amount of nitrogen, phosphorus and potash. The maii who ?.*'!? Si(V| \v.-\vfh of hiitu',* lmfdo from crops produced at home robs himself of only eleven cents of fertility. If In making rhis butter be has fed in addition to borne grown feeds one-half ton of bran or cottonseed meal, be .has added to the land SO to $11 worth of fertilizing matter, which will take the place of the eleven cents' worth sold in the butter. Because of this, the dairy sections where butter is made are growing richer and richer. Run-down lands can be btii!t up and the producer cJ^PPCity of farms uoW quite fertile ran beWjll further increased. On.the ohto- hand, where milk is sold to a condensing factory or to the big city market. tlioNc is apt to be a decrease in fertility. \^ot only this, but the farmer who makes*iHjitter or takes his cream to a factory. Ink* his skimruilk for fattening bogs anhl raising y. jguck. He therefore gMs not only ; from his butter but rtoni the skin >-iik as well. Further, it ern^ nbles him ? raise his own cows, and 1 lit this mann-T secure the very best 1 milkers. This Is a much more desirn- 1 !>lr practice than that of going into ad- 1 Joining factions and buying up cows as soon as the herd needs replenishing. ' ?Orange Judd Fanner. 1 Inexpensive thicken Coop*. < The old style triangular coops. Fig. 1. are difficult to clean. Filth is liable lo accumulate in the corners, a, and induce disease. Short pieces of board fitted in as shown by the dotted liues would improve it. but I prefer a gooilpized box. cos ling five cents, us'ing a portion of the hoards from a similar uox for the slats and roof. Fig. 2shows front \ iaw of complered coop; e Is a three or four inch strip, laid on edge across centre of box and nailed. Roof boards, f. are nailed to this and to the ends of ihe box. projecting about two ' inches all around. Tarred paper held by strips of lath, or lath nloue, over 4 the cracks, finish the roof. Small hinges of metal or leather and a 1 wooden but ton hold the door. For combined coop and yard I use ' a larger box. open in front, with roof : projecting only at back to lift coop /\ [?^ WSimmr%* CHEAP AND CONVEXIEXT COOPS. by. Two-inch strips six feet long arc nailed on sides of box at top and bottom, as shown in Pigs. 3 and 4. connected at outc-r ends by cross 6trJps and uprights. I use boxes twenty-six or twenty-seven inches high, about thirty-two inches wide anil two feet long. This brought the side strips the right distance apart for twofoot fine mesh wire netting. A fourinch strip set on edge to support roof boards and muslin extends to end of j yard, and is nailed to strip c. Cheap j unbleached muslin, well coated with ! boiled linseed oil. was tacked along-1 side of strip b. stretched and tacked to ! centre strip, and along edge of coop at j d, lapping about one iuch. Loops or: buttonholes on opposite edge of cover; fit snugly over wire fence staples on j the side of strip e. Four staples wore i driven in slanting to hold cover secure-! ly. The cover is easily slipped off and j thrown back when chicks are fed or j ccop cleaned. These coops are light and easily moved to fresh ground. If a heavy shower cbjues there is no running to &&&&&& " . ^ 1 soil a^HjK meat uairMBn fed mostly anil cracked <T^P Scraps from tW table and plenty pf sharp grit wvif furnished.* A large tin fruit can with holes punched about one-half inch from top edge, tilled with water or milk, covered with a large tlower pot saucer, and the whole quickly inverted, furnished a cheap anil serviceable drinking fountain.?"William C. Itoilgers, in American Agriculturist importance oi a laooa venar, In more ways than one the cellar Is the most important part of a house. If the cellar is poor, no amount of care in the rooms above can insure a healthful condition of the premises. When I moved on the farm I now occupy the cellar was low, damp and unhealthy. Just as soon as I could get to it, I raised the house eighteen inches, thus giving me plenty of head room. Jt?>ne side of the house was an old cistdm. This had not been properly built, and had become a source of no little annoyance. It leaked in epite of all I could do. The water ra^hrough the wall into the collar; the fiwst threw the wall down repeatedly, and altogether It was so much of a nuisance that I tilled it up. tore down the wall under the house all around, drew an immense pile of heavy stone, and Mid the wall up from the bottom, making it much thicker than before. It hap pened tiiat i nan a small quarry 01 good stone 011 my farm. With my own bauds I got out splcudid rock from this ledge, drilling, splitting and facing them up ready for use. They were of a fine blue color, very solid and handsome, readily taking a rock face. The wall was laid up most of the way in mortar composed of sand, limo and water cement and the entire inside was plastered from the bottom to the sills. Over the bottom a good coat of cement made a firm water proof floor. A drain was provided to takeaway water which might find Its way through the walls and the result is that I have a good cellar. Through the hatchway ente'riug from the south s.'de I can carry down a crate of potatoes on my shoulder without stooping. Rats and mice can get in only when the door is open, or when brought In with vegetables and bags. I am very careful to sort out my apples, or other stuff that may decay, often enough to prevent any odor from rising to the rooms overhead. Windows on opposite sides furnish thorough ventilation.?E. L. Vincent, in The Epitomist. How to Draip a Cow Stable.. Say what one may and do what he will, the Importance of good drainage in a cow stable is not to be ignored. More numerous the intricacies and sharper the strife in the dairy business t'ai'u Jtrill, nnnjii,. iici ? t; uiuiivto to such a pass ti:nt only those who employ the most modern methods inaj* ho said to stand any show at all. Providing there wore no perplexities and competitions to tight, however, the best of sanitary conditions ought to exist in all cow haras. Indeed, not only are Liicy essential to the health of iheVap.'inals themselves, but also to hat oH^he favvaer and every one else ivlio pnrralfciii4>lhis mlik, hutter and " heese. \ It Is only healthy\^ws. remember, [hat can he relied upoV to give pure, wholesome milk. Consequently, if ows ore kept in dank, ftV^suielling tuarters?as, alas! 20 many\tre?no tijattor haw robust at first tliey may bo, tlie chances arc decidedly in favor )f their incoming more or less diseased, and when this occurs they must, of course, give in a like ratio inferior milk. This holds especially true if the tnitnols are kept closely or constantly stabled. Hence, the reason why I advocate thj, use of a sewerage system such as is presented In the following illustration. At first glance It may appear a little complex, to be sure; but If one is oulv prompt iu putting forth the amount of energy necessary to its construction, tt is by no means difficult to make, and once had, it is worth many time? over the expense incurred. At t^e back part, as can be seen, are (he stanchions, from which faces the stable door, made of any kind of heavy boards or Dlanks. and sloping slightly toward the front, which is the rear of the stable, as is indicated. Here, at the end of the floor, a drop of a few inches occurs, the trough of which connects by means of four-inch sewer pines, or tile, one behind each cow, with the main drainage pipe underground. which ought to discharge into | a cistern or sink, built expressly for the purpose, at a safe distance from the barn; albeit, if this is r.ot available. it can simply net as a drain. As to ike mo;ulis of tne connecnng j pipe?. where 1k liquids lirsr enter, ; circular hardwood Hooks should he! titted into them, e.4<ii provided with j three or four half-loch holes. This will; prevent the cows from stepping into the pipes and get finer hurt, and at the same time stop the solids from Coating into and choking the drain. Thus it is that a cow stable can he i drained so as to insure clean animals,! while if the ventilating conditions are equally as good, the two combined will keep-the building almost, if not quite, exempt from detrimental odors pf ? very description.?E^ederick O. Sibley,'la New York Tri^bnna Farmec. , jA _ / ' J^O. ATKIXJ IT XDEIi date of January 10, 1S97. Dr. I . / Hartman received the following letter: ^ "My wife had been suffering from a complication of diseases for the past twentyfive years. 1 "Her case had baffled the skill of some < of the most noted physicians. One of her ( worst troubles was chronic constipation of several years' standing. "She also was passing througli mat most , critical period in the life of a woman? change of life. In June, 1895, I wrote to you about her ease. Yon advised a course of Peruna and Manalin, which we at once commenced, and have to say it completely cured her. She firmly believes that she would have been dead only for these wonderful remedies. "About the same time I wrote you about my 6\vn case of catarrh, which had been , of twenfy-five years' standing. At times 1 was almost past going. I commenced to ( use Peruna according to your instructions ( and continued Us use for about a year, and it has compretely'cured me. " rotir remedies do all that you ' claim /or them. and even more. Catarrh cannot ex let xchcre Peruna is taken according to directions. Sue- ' cess to you ant your remedies." John O. Atkinson. Iu_a_ letter dated January 1, 1900, Jlr. Darwin's Unused Comn. I j Second-hand coffins, as stated oy an j undertaker in the I.ambeth County , ; j Court, would generally be of little | I ralue, but In some cases they may ' be of interest and profit. At e public j house n?ar Bromley, in Kent, one I fornix an attraction, and has a curious , ! history. In it the body of Charles j i Darwin is said to have been placed i | for tv;o days before his buriai in We3ti minster Abbey was decided upon, : | when a new shell was proviiled. The ! ! coffin was made by the village car- j I per.ter, who frequently made cases and j boxes for Darwin's collections. One i day the carpenter complained of ! ! slackness, and asked Darwin for a ; job. He was told that he could make '.a coffin: the order was carried out, ; & name-plate being affixed after Dar I win's death. The coffin again passed i into the carpenter's possession, and on j his death was purchased by the publican.?London Chronicle. i Light as a Healing Agent In view of the growing importance \ j of the application of light as a heal- , lung principle in medical science the ntedical congress which recently con- * vended at Wiesbaden invited Prof. Bio | of Copenhagen to read a paper on the subject- The lecturer explained tne principle of employing light for heal- j 8 ing purpo&es after excluding its chem- < leal effects\ The results obtained by . ? this method incases of smallpox, ac- t cording to the lebiurer, are such that I the question is raised whether the \ light treatment sfiall not be made ( compulsory. Prof.\ Bie approves the ? apparatus invented! by Dr. Finsen of , 1 Copenhagen, with^whlch the latter has t achieved such reimarkable success in ; i cases of lupus, bjut urges that no one i but qualified doctors should be allowed | \ to apply the ligpt treatment, as dis- i i turbances are apK to occur which ren- j ? der it necessary jo break it off sud- j 1 denly. ) ! ? \ h When the roots of tlife reach the riv- | t er of God its fruits twill be rich with 1 < His glory. , i j When the evolution of history Is held back ' it results in a revolution.) So. 1. I , //g/r Fgfej i I" I tnea Avej-'s nair vigor to j stop my hair fitom falling. One- I half a bottle curjed me." 3 J. C. Baxtpr, Brr.idwood, 111. | a Ayer's Hair Vigor is j certainly the most eco-; nomical preparation of its j j; . kind on the\ market. A | jJ i little of itgo^s a long way. ' ] | It doesn't! take much of | i' | it to stop falling cf the ri I nair, make ithe hair grow, ij ; | and restore color to gray | -j j | hair. flicO a Wiit. Ail rt | n If your drag -1st cannot supply yoa, a ! you a bottle. Li: snre and g!ve the name G | J. C.ykYkit CO., Lowell, U&6V. g j J . . i'. * 'I. " iOX, INDEPENDENCE, MO. Atkinson says, after five years' experience ivith Peruna: ' I will ever continue to speak a^ good tcord for Peruna. Inmyrount^^-^ *8 a travelling man J am a xcalkiuD xdvertisement for Peruna, and have ' Induced mtny people during the ^ past year to use Peruna with the most satisfactory results. Jam still cured of catarrh.'* John 0A Atkinson. Pox 272. Independence, Mo. When old age comes on catarrhal diseases come also. Systemic catarrh is al- 9 most universal in ola people. - V This explains why Peruna has becorie so indispensable to old people. Peruna is Wf . their safeguard. Peruna is the only rem- / edy yet devised that meets these cases ex- f actly. Such cases canribt be treated locally; nothing but an effective, systtfnic remedy could cure them. This is exaony what Peruna is. Km If vou do not derive prompt and satisfac tory result* from the use of Peruna, write at once to Dr. Kartman, giving a full statement of your case, and he will be pleased to give you his valuable advice gratis. Address Dr. Ifartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, 0. _ N r HEADACHES ^ CURED WHILE YOU WAIT. BY CAPUDINE j NO EFFECT ON THE HEART. Sold a.t a.11 Drugstores s> J IT piVfi rowRHfroawriSFKuiiATis 11 fAI J SITUATIONS SECURED fOR GRMJATES.OR MONET RETURNED fAYRifAK MASSEY IolLEII f ^ BIRMINGHAM. ALA. RICHMOND.VA, SeaoInMstamped C C C. Never sold In bnlk. Beware of the dealer who tries to sell ^something jnst as good." 1MIP Lmmm L I Or for n Broom HoMer. ('(iiloiie Frrf. (.'OMSTllt'K SOt. KLTY COMPANY. Hl'NTI.VGTON. INDIANA # Japanese Streets. - - : In Japan hopses are not numbered N iccording to their sequence, but ac'ording to the order of their erection, ;ays the Pittsburg Gazette. That is o say. No. 73 may adjoin No. 1, with <0. 102 on the opposite side. No. 2 is irobably a mile down the street. The :ity of Tokio is made up of 1,330 streets, in which are 318,320 houses. These houses are divided up into flfeen wards. If a street passes through nore than one ward the bouses are lumbered according to the wards in vhich they are; that is, a street passng through six wards will possess^^^^ lix number ones. It would be JJKe lunting for a needle in a haystack for l stranger to try to find a number in Tokio, but a jinriksha driver knows he position and number of almost very one of the houses in Tokio. He s able to do this by having made h's jiisiness the one study of his life. 3tat* of Ohio, Citt or Toledo, ? j.ccas cocictt. | ** FRiVic J. Chbxet makes oath that he is the enior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney <fc Zo. .doinj; business inthe CityofToledo.County md State nforeraid, and that said firm will pay :he sum of oars hcndbed dollars for each ind every care of catabbh that cannot be ured by the'Use of Hall's Cataebh Cure. Fbask J. Chexzv. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my , .. presence, thia 6th day of December, | peal a. D., 1386. a. W.Gleaso.v. ' ?-?? ' Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and ' eta directly on the blood and mucous surface^^ d the system. Send for testimonials. I roe. F. J. Ciieset A Co., Toledo, 0. Sold by Druggists, 75c. " Hall's Family Pills are the best. Bananas with purple leaves and seedrm fruit have been introduced mto British conservatories.1 Pise's Cur#/or Consumption Is an infallible nedleine for coughs and cqlds.?N. Samuel, Ocean Grove, X. J.. Feb. 17, l'JOO. "Vain imaginings" bring some peepfo more misery than does hard reality. riTSnoi-manentiy cured.No Itsor nervousRe .safterfii's: day's uso of Dr. Kline's Great i S'erveBestorer.tttrial bottle ana treatisofreo I Dr.il. H. Kline, Ltd., t)Jl Arch St.. Phila., Pa. j It is a notable fact that most of the subjccts of King Edward VII. are Hindoos. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup?orchii(L^^M^M| teething,soften the gums, reduces l .lie.cures wI I