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Show NOTHING NOVEL ABOUT THAT Old Joe Had Tried "Electricity" and Found It Was No Cure for Rheumatism. Old Joe Carter hud suffered from rheiimutlsm until, he declared, he had "no patience with It," but he was always al-ways eager to hear of possible remedies, reme-dies, and when his sister in Mobile wrote that she knew of a euro that hud been tried with great success, and would tell nil about It on her next visit, old doe was all excitement. "Now, Mary I" he exclaimed to his sister, eagerly, a few minutes after she had reached the house, "you-all tell me 'bout dat cure for rheumatism I I was so anxious I could hardly wait fo' yo' to git heahl" "Well, Joe," began the sister, "It's electricity and" Before she could continue Old Joe Interrupted. "Do Idea, Mary, of yo' cumin heali fitiggestln' dat to me I Don't you-all remember dat only last summer I was struckod by lightning, and it didn't do mo no good?" Philadelphia Ledger, |