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Show Tries Third Rail Cure. A few weeks ago we told of a California Cali-fornia shoemaker who nearly strangled himself with the fumes of old shoes under the hallucination that It would cure his rheumatism, and here comes along a Tacoma man with another bizarre theory ubout rheumatics. His name is Jack Smith, and ho discovered discov-ered his novel cure accidentally. He I has been an Inmate of tho county poor farm for some time and recently de- j elded he would kill himself by throw-ing throw-ing himself on the "third roll" of an Interurban train. Mr. Smith expected to be electrocute, but instead tho current knocked hlin senseless and he lay besldo the track until picked up In the morning. And Jack 8mlth swears that tho shock did him so much good that another ono would undoubtedly undoubt-edly euro every ache ho has. Tho county authorities think dlfforently and have sent Jack to the "Sllacoom Insano asylum to get over his belief. Mllwuukee Sentinel. |