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Show LAUGH AND BE WELL. 1 hJ Effective Prescription That Should Bo ' Easy to Fill. Bo Jolly by all means. Tho latest is tho "laughtor cure," which hns the merit of being rational If nothing eiso, for from tlmo Immemorial tho- effect of a good hearty laugh has been t regarded as a healthy tonic for tho j melancholic and n rcstoratlvo for tho depressed. Another ancient physician recommended recom-mended a good laugh as a poworful means of "desopllatlng tho sploen," whatever that may mean; whllo a ! third writes of laughter ns "a mighty stimulant to tho liver nnd a llftor-up- """ of tho heart." Coming to moro ro- cent times, Foucsagjlves believed Mttk mirth to bo tho most powerful lever of H health, whllo Tlsnot claims to.hvo BHI leured scrofulous cMlldren by tMklluc J them and making them laugh. |