The Cass County Sun (Linden, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 5, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 1, 1927 Page: 2 of 8
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THE CASS COUNTY SUN
Drink Water If
Kidneys Bother
Take a Tablespoonful of Salt*
Back Pains or Bladder 1«
Irritated
Flush your kidneys by drinking a
quart of wuter each <iuy, also take
salts occasionally, says a noted au-
thority, who tells us that too much
rich food forms acids which almost
paralyze the kidneys in their efforts
to expel It from the blood. They be-
come sluggish and weaken; then you
may suffer with a dull misery in the
kidney region, sharp pains in the
back or sick headache, dizziness, your
stomach sours, tongue is coated, und
when the weather is bad you have
rheumatic twinges. The urine gets
cloudy, full of sediment, the channels
often get sore and irritated, obliging
you to seek relief two or three times
during the night.
To help neutralize these Irritating
acids; to help cleanse the kidneys and
Hush off the body's urinous waste, get
four ounces of Jad Salts from any
pharmacy here. Take a tablespoon-
ful in a glass of water before break-
fast for a few days, and your kidneys
may then act fine. This famous salts
Is made from the acid of grapes and
lemon juice, combined with llthla, and
lias been used for years to help flush
and stimulate sluggish kidneys; also
to neutralize the acids in the system
so they no longer irritate, thus often
relieving bladder weakness.
Jad Salts is inexpensive; cannot
Injure and makes a delightful efferves-
cent lithia-water drink.
soothes—brings quick re- £
lief to irritated air passages. _
V VTni?M)G MENTHOL 5®
JuUIIJCiN'S COUGH DROPS
Perfect Daddy
He was a loyal little fellow and he
Wouldn't let anything said against his
parents go unchallenged. One Sunday
afternoon a boy friend said:
"Listen to your father snoring."
"Dad isn't snoring." was the indig-
nant reply. "He's dreaming about a
dog an' that's the dog growlin'."
Addendum to Proverb
Whatever one good turn may de-
serve, It Is often followed by two poor
ones at the vaudeville show.—Boston
Transcript.
Half the World
"Who Is that?"
"The hog-calling champion."
"Has he much of a following?"
Don't Let That Cold
Tarn Into "Flu"
That cold may turn into "Flu,"
Grippe or, even worse, Pneumonia, un-
less you take care of it at once.
Rub Musterole on the congested parts
and see how quickly it brings relief.
As effective as the messy old mustard
plaster; does the work without blister.
Musterole, made from pure oil of
mustard, camphor, menthol and other
simple ingredients, is a counter-irritant
which stimulates circulation and helps
break up the cold.
You will feel a warm tingle as it en-
ters the pores, then a cooling sensation
that brings welcome relief.
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Joseph Trax of Newcastle, Pa., who was In the Second West Virginia cavalry during the Civil wur. Is shown above
with part of his extraordinary collection of war trophies. Of all the articles he is proudest of the little gun beside
him. It weighs 252 pounds, and among the things used to cast it were two brass door keys from Ford's theater
where Lincoln was shot, nine pairs of Confederate spurs, a B. & O. brass lock from Harper's Ferry, three gold army
dollars, and countless army buttons, bullets, shell cases, infantry flag spears and bugles.
Mexican Indians
Are Fleet of Foot
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Tarahumares Excel Other
Aborigines in Covering
Long Distances.
Minaca, State of Chihuahua, Mex.—
It has long been a well-knswn fact to
Americans of this part of Mexico that
the male members of the Tarahumare
Indian tribe excel all other aborigines
in fleet-footedness and endurance. The
record made by Leoncio San Miguel,
a Tarahumare runner, In covering the
distance between Pachuca and Mexico
City, 100 kilometers, equivalent to 02
miles, in 9 hours and 37 minutes,
which seems to have created a stir In
the sporting world recently, has been
excelled times without number in the
ordinary run of life of these lowly In-
dians upon their native heath in the
rough region west of here.
No white person is better qualified
to speak authoritatively about tne Ta-
rahumare Indians thnn Charles T.
Wallace, an Englishman, who, for
nearly forty years, has made his home
in the little Tarahumare village of
Guazapares. Don Carlos, as Wallace
is called, has been operating a on-i-
man mine and a ranch of a few thou-
sand acres bordering the Indian coun-
try, and purely for human companion-
ship he asked and received permission
of the head men of the tribe to make
his home among them.
Indians' Legal Adviser.
On many occasions he has repre-
sented the Tarahumares in matters
that came before both the state and
federal governments. He is highly re-
spected by the Indians, and he has
been given an Insight is to many of
their tribal customs and traditions.
Don Carlos was fit Minaca ts lay in a
supply of provisions for his own use
during the winter, which is serero is
these altitudes, when the published re-
port reached here of the long-distance
running record made by Leoncio.
"To u person who is not familiar
with the running feats of the Tara-
humares, Leoncio's record doubtless
stands out as a notable performance,"
Don Carlos said. "When he comes
back to his people, he will laugh about
It and his friends will laugh with him.
Why, uo you know that It is not at all
an unusual thing, and certainly it was
almost a weekly event In the dnys be-
fore the railroad was built as far west
as Minaca from Chihuahua, for Tara-
humare runners to be gent with mes-
sages from Guazapares to the city of
Chihuahua, n distance of 592 miles,
there and back, by road they had to
travel, and that they made and still
make the round trip in five days, in-
cluding the time off for eating and
sleeping.
Pays Tax on Time.
"On one particular occasion when I
wanted to get a tax payment to the
mining office In Chihuahua before the
date of delinquency arrived, I em-
ployed a young Indian to take the
money and letter there and he made
the one-way trip in less than two days
and was back In Guazapares before
the end of the fourth day. The boy's
name was Serrance, and for beauty
of body and powers of endurance I
don't believe he ever had an equal.
Ho is still living—an honored memher
of the tribe. He Is now past forty
years old, and his fast running days
are over, althongh ho can still hold
his own against much younger men.
"It may be hard for an outsider to
believe the statement, but It is a well-
established fact that it Is not consid-
ered any remarkable feat for Tarahu-
mares to run 175 miles to 200 miles
without stopping. Is it any wonder
that the record made by Leoncio in
covering the distance of 62 miles with-
out stopping will not create any stir
among his own people?
Capture Wild Horses.
"When I first located at Guazapares,
there were thousands of wild horses in
the foothills of the Sierra Madres a no
it was a common practice for Mexican
ranch owners of that region when
they wanted to collect a drove of the
animals for their own uses or for mar-
ket to send a few Tarahumare Indian
runners to the grazing ground of the
wild horses to round them up and
drive them to the ranches. The Tara-
humares could run as fast or faster
than the fleet-footed horses and they
invariably brought in the drove when
assigned to the task. The soles of
the feet of the Indians are so thick
and hard that the roughest sort of
traveling has no effect on them.
"The Tarahumares do all their deer
hunting on foot. When they sight a
deer they run the animal down, even
if it takes a day or two days to ac-
complish its exhaustion. The men are
great punters and are expert With
bows and arrows, although they get
the keenest enjoyment In running
their game to earth instead of shoot-
ing it.
"The women also are swift runners
and running matches between youug
women and young men are held at
frequent intervals, especially in the
fall, in the light of the bright October
moon. These races sometimes extend
over a period of three or four days
and are attended by several thousand
Indians. The total number of Tara-
humares is about 35,000 and, despite
the hard life they lead, they are the
strongest and most vigorous people I
have ever known. (
"I have witnessed many of their
big racing events and the spectacle is
worth going many miles to see. That
is especially true at night, when the
pine knots are lighted to mark the
path of the runners and the flare of
campflres upon the mountain sides
lends a welrdness to the scene that
Is somewhat awesome. Besides the
strnlght-away race, there are races
which are handicapped in certain
ways. One favorite handicap is for the
runner to kick a ball along the path
as he runs, and the women keep the
bail moving by striking it with sticks.
Live on Wild Game.
"Notwithstanding the proved phys-
ical powers of the Tarahumares, they
do little in the way of real work.
Some farming—Just enough to raise
corn and beans for their own use—is
carried on, but most of their living
comes from the wild game that they
kill. These Indians are one of the
few native tribes that have not been
Mexlcanlr.ed. Not many of them
speak Spanish and most of them re-
sent the intrusion of aliens. I am glad
to say I was made a notable exception
to that rule.
"They are honest, good-natured, fun-
loving folk. The men do not wear
beards, because they believe the devil
has a beard. To keep their faces
beardless, the men pluck out the hairs
when they first begin to appear aud
they keep this np all through life.
"I witnessed an Incident at Guaza-
pares not long ago which convinced
me that the bobbed-hair style will
never be adopted by the Tarahumare
young women. It was while on a
trade pilgrimage to Chihuahua that a
young girl of the tribe saw that
bobbed hair was the fashion. She In-
duced a friend to clip her hnir.
"Bobbed Hair" Out of Favor.
"When she got back home and her
pnrents saw her shorn locks, they de-
clared she was In disgrace. The head
men «f the tribe held a conference and
were about to sentence her to a life of
banishment in the mountains, which
meant that she would have to take
shelter with some poor Mexican fam-
ily or die of starvation.
"It happened, however, that one of
the Indians insisted that I be made a
party to the conference, so I was sent
for. I heard the case and then I sug-
gested that they should not carry out
tiie severe sentence which they had
proposed, but that they permit the girl
to remain in her parents' home until
her tresses had grown to normal
length, when she would have atoned
for the disgrace she had brought upon
herself and the tribe. This was done.
"One of the remarkable beliefs of
the Tarahumares is that stones and
all other Inanimate objects really pos-
sess life and that they suffer Joy and
pain just the same as human beings.
By reason of this belief they have
great reverence for stones, plants and
trees. They worship a species of cac-
tus which lives several months after it
has been pulled from the ground. The
root of this cactus contains a juice
which the Indians drink and which
has a powerful narcotic effect.
Never Look in Mirror.
"No Tarahumare maiden or male
member of the tribe has ever looked
voluntarily into a mirror or any ether
reflector that might show to them their
features. It is one of the solid super-
stitions of these Indians that to catch
even a fleeting glimpse of their re-
flected features, even In a pool of wa-
ter, Is bad luck. Notwithstanding the
existence of this taboo, the Tarahu-
mare young women are possessed of
more than ordinary maidenly vanity.
They primp and dress to attract the
uttention of the young men. aud yet
they never have any Idea of what their
personal appearance Is like.
"The women do the courting, and
It Is one of the most amusing proc-
esses toward marriage that perhaps
exists anywhere In the world. Both
young men and women are extremely
bashful. When u girl sets her heart
on a certain youth for her husband
she has a terrible hard time mustering
up courage to 'pop the question.
Sometimes it takes months of patient
and amusing tactics before she gets
the young man to understand that she
s lu love with him. When the event-
ful question Is finully asked and she
Is accepted, that is all there is to it.
There is no marriage ceremony.
Medicine Man Important.
"The Tarahumares live in the heart
of the greatest country of wild gume
to be found anywhere outside of Afri-
ca, I truly believe Deer, bears, ante-
lopes, wild turkeys and various other
kinds of gume abound. The needs of
the Indians are few. They wear little
If any clothing and their homes are
usually made of reeds, and limbs of
trees.
"In each village Is a medicine man.
who piuys no small part In the dally
affairs of his people, especially In
times of sickness or ^Tiouble. The
medicine man is supposed to possess
an overubuudant supply of what w<
would call Ideas: at any rate, h<
usually keeps a cloth tightly wopni
around his head to 'keep his mint
from escaplui:.'"
COLDGONE!HEAD
AND NOSE. CLEAR
First dose of "Pape's Cold Com-
pound '' relieves all
grippe misery
Don't stay stuffed-
flpl
Quit blowing and
snuffling! A dose of
"Pape's Cold Com-
pound" taken every
two hours urtii three
doses are taken will
end grippe misery
and break up a se-
vere cold either In
the h e a d, chest,
body or limbs.
It promptly opens clogged-up nos-
trils andvair passages; stops nasty-
discharge or nose running; relieve*
sick headache, dullness, feverishness,
sore throat, sneezing, soreness und
stiffness.
"Pape's Cold Compound" Is the
quickest, surest relief known and costs
only thirty-flve cents at drug stores.
It acts "without assistance, tastes nice,
and causes no inconvenience. Don't
accept a substitute.
Dhronic Head Colds
A Simple Method of
Prevention.
flrflfewrl
Nasal catarrh is not only disagree-
able and offensive, but it will lead to
serious trouble.
That inflamed condition of the mu-
cous membranes of the air passages
of the head, nose and throat may-
spread to the point, where it is Incur-
able and a danger to life.
Dr. Blosser's
Cigarettes are
composed of me-
dicinal herbs,
(lowers and ber-
ries. The warm"*
smoke vapor is in-
baled into the af-
fected air passages
and will go where
sprays, douches
and salves cannot
reach. They con-
tain no tobacco or
cubebs, und being
harmless, are used by children, as well
us adults.
If you suffer from any catarrhal
trouble, plain nasal <• tarrh, catarrhal
deafness, hoarseness, asthma, hoy-
fever, bronchial irritations, or are sub-
ject to frequent colds, get from any
drugglst a pocket-size package of Dr.
Blosser's Cigarettes, and prove for
yourself their pleasant, beneficial ef-
fects. y
FOE OVER
YEARS
haarlern oil has been a world-
wide remedy for kidney, liver and
bladder disorders, rheumatism,
lumbago and uric acid conditions.
HAARLEM OIL
OBBHEBBSI
correct internal troubles, stimulate vital
organs. Three sizes. All druggists. Insist
on the original genuine Gold Medal.
The Spirit Behind
Mayor Haekett of Albany said in .
recent address on economy:
"I saw a profiteer the other day rid-
ing In a $15,000 car, and I asked my-
self if the man wasn't too fond of
show. Suppose nobody was ever to
see him in this car, would lie have-
troubled to spend so much money
on It?
"A good deal of the extravagance we-
see around us has a hasty spirit be-
hind it. It is like little Willie:
" 'Why don't you eat your nice cake,
Willie?' said his teacher.
"Tin waltln' for Samuel and Ar-
thur,' Willie answered; 'it'll taste bet-
ter with Samuel and Arthur lookln'
on.'"
Heredity
"Dear, I'm broke."
"So's your old num."—Cincinnati
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Banger, J. E. A. & Erwin, W. L. The Cass County Sun (Linden, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 5, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 1, 1927, newspaper, February 1, 1927; Linden, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth341236/m1/2/: accessed May 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Atlanta Public Library.