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    A TERRIBLE RIDE.
From the Evening Times, Buffalo, N. Y.
FAVORITE ARGUMENT
Gold Standard and Civilization as the
Along one of the dismal roads In
National Bimetallist Views It.
Western New York, a man and wife
One of the favorite arguments of the
were driving as rapidly as the dark
ness and inclement weather would per* gold people is that all of the more ad­
vanced and progressive nations have
mit.
The rain beat down upon the rubber adopted the gold standard, while the
covering and found its way into every more backward ones have clung to the
silver. This is regarded as proving
crack and opening.
The oocupatns of the buggy were the superiority of gold as a medium of
Dean Jones and his wife, of Spring­ exchange and standard for the payment
ville, N. Y. Everybody is familiar of debts.
If the highly civilized nations had
with the name. He is the well-known
starting judge, who has become famous placed themselves upon the gold stand­
for his impartial and fair treatment of ard by the combined and educated
judgment of their people the argument
jockeys at the post
It was about ten years ago when would have much force. If, further,
Mr. and Mrs. Jones took that fateful the people of those countries were now
ride that came near costing her her united substantially in believing that
gold monometallism is a good thing for
life.
Mrs. Jones’ clothes were thoroughly the great body of the people the argu­
soaked before town was reached. ment would be almost conclusive. But
Their was no fire in their hotel room neither of these things is true. In the
and she beoame chilled to the bone be­ adoption of the gold standard the “peo­
fore the little blaze, the attendant ple” of these “highly civilized” na­
tions had literally no voice; not only
started, warmed the atmosphere.
From that time on Mrs. Jones was this but in every country now upon
that standard it is conceded that busi­
an ill woman.
Her*trouble—well, it was about ev­ ness conditions aré bad, and a very
erything with which human flesh can large proportion of the people ascribe
be afflicted. She had a strange, queer those conditions to the demonetization
feeling in her head, that felt as if sev­ of silver. In England, in Germany, in
eral shot were rolling around loose on France, in Austria, Italy, and in eveiy
kgr brain. Pen cannot? describe the leading European country the feeling
torture she suffered. —Bocal doctors.^ against the gold standard is intense,
and in every country on earth the best
told her she had water on the brain.
A Times reporter called upon Mrs. ' economic thought of the age is opposed
to it. In the United States there can
Jones, who said:
“Ever since that terrible wetting I be no question that nine-tenths of the
received, up to a year ago, "I was an people are opposed to the gold stand­
invalid. I nad terrible neuralgic pains | ard. Almost everybody is or clams t
in the head which often went to my * 1 be in favor of bimetallism, which is
feet and limbs. I was often in such | itself equivalent to declaring that the
a terrible state that I had to use a i gold standard is not a true or desirable
crutch to get around or else slide a one. Whether this country shall pro­
chair before me to move about the ceed to act alone or_ await the co-opera­
house. I was very ill for five years tion of others is about the only point
in spells, and never expected to get of difference, and this question is the
well. It was a -blood disease, I guess one great and overshadowing^, issue in
One of the doctors I consulted said 1 the campaign now before us. Briefly
had clotted blood in my head, and per stated, the issue is this: Both parties
haps I did. He could not cure me, admit that the gold standard is an in­
neither could seve al other doctors I jury to the country, and that bimetal­
The one
tried. I also used many patent medi­ lism should be restored.
says, “Let us restore it.” The other
cines, but they did me nov good.
“My complexion was a perfec says, “bo, we must wait for interna­
whita, and my ears“ were so transparent tional co-operation.” In view of this
you could look through them. Mj fact alone, which is indisputable, the
talk about gold being the money of
blood was turning to water.
“Look at me now; do I look sick?” civilization, etc., is the variest drivel.
To this it may not be out of place
The reporter was forced to admix
that he had seldom seen a more perfect to add that from 1816 to 1845 England
was the only country in the world on
embodiment of health.
With pardonable pride, Mrs. Jonet the exclusive gold standard. In the
said, “Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills fo) latter year Portugal also adopted that
standard, and these two countries stood
Pale People did it.
“I can gc anywhere now, while be alone until 1873. So, according to this
fore I commenced using Dr. Williams “higher civilization” idea, England
remedy I could not move out of the must have been at the head of ciivlized
nations from 1816 to 1873, while from
house.
“For three years, would you believe 1854 to 1873 Portugal was the second
it, I did not even go to church. I was- highest. Could anything more com­
not always confined to my bed, but pletely expose the preposterous charac­
ter of the claim?
could not leave the house.
The general statement having been
“Wherever I go people say, ‘Why.
Mrs. Jones, how well you are looking. made that the “people” had no voice
How did it happen?’ and I always tell in establishing the gold standard, per­
haps a glance at the steps by which
them ‘Pink Pills did it.’
“I have not had toé slightest touch gold has supplanted silver may not be
of my old illness for the last six months devoid of interest.
When Gerat Britain in 1816 for­
and feel as if I never had been ill ir
mally proclaimed the gold standard,
my life.”
Mr. Jones said, “you can readily im but'a very small proportion of the peo­
agine how highly we regard the rem- ple of the United Kingdom had any
The
edyH.n this-hbTrse“ where wé have "had tv I ¿representation in parliament.
-wile and mother restored to perfect | change was made from gold and silver
¡together to gold alone, mainly upon the
health.”
Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills are sold by recommendation of Lord Liverpool,
all dealers, or will be sent post paid on who thought that a standard of one
reci ept of price, (50 cents a box, or s x metal was less liable to fluctuations
boxes for $2.50—they are never, sola than a standard consisting of two.
in bulk, or by thé 100) by addressing Different countires had adopted differ­
Dr. Willimas’ Medicine Company, ent ratios which caused slight varia­
tions in the relative values. Besides
Schenectady, N Y.
Last year the farmers of this country this, much of the coin was in bad con­
exported 331,722 cattle, for which they dition, worn and clipped below legal
weight.
This made the difference
received $30,603,796.
greater and at times involved losses of
S1OO REWARD, $100.
some magnitude by weight. It was
claimed that these troubles and losses
The readers of this paper will be pleased to
learn that there is at least one dread d disease would be reduced to a minimum under
that science has been able to cure in all its stages a single standard, and as gold had been
and that is Catarrh. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is the
only positive cure now known to the medical | more largely used during the then re­
fraternity. Catarrh b*-ing a constitutions 1 dis cent years, that metal was adopted.
ease requires a constitutional treatment. Hall’s
Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly It was believed that as England was
upon ’he blood and mucous surfaces of the sys­ the greatest commercial nation in the
tem, thereby destroying the foundation of the
disea e, and giving tne patient strength by world, gold, representing more value in
building-up the co stitution and assisting na a small compass would be better
ture in doing its work. The proprieto'S have
60 much faith iu its curative powers,that they metal for her to use. But the idea
offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it that it was of steadier value than sil­
fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials. Ad­
ver, or that it was peculiarly the
dress,
F. J. CHENE Y & CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by Drut-gist«, 75c.
»
money of civilization was never sug-
Hall’s Family Pills are the best. .
I gested so far as history discloses.
* Moreover, at that time it made little
l substantial difference, if any, whether
England used gold and silver or gold
alone. All the rest of the world was
employing silver as full legal value,
and the two metals were linked to­
gether by the French coinage ratio of
15% ounces of silver to 1 of gold.
Therefore, England could take what
gold she needed, without materially
affecting the finances of other coun­
tries. If she got more than her share
of gold she got less than her share of
silver; and, in fact, during the whole
period up to 1873 England had .all the
benefits of bimetallism while using
gold in the conduct of her internal
trade. So, that even if the matter had
been exhaustively considered by the
ith a better understanding of the people of Great Britain as a body, it
transient nature of the many phys­ I would not prove that the gold ¿fandai d
ical ills, which vanish before, proper ef­
forts—gentle efforts—pleasant efforts— is a good thing under the present con­
rightly directed. There is comfort in ditions.
When Portugal went to the gold
the knowledge, that so many forms of
sickness are not due to any actual dis­ standard in 1854 she was so small and
ease, but. simply to a constipated condi­ unimportant that it had no appreciable
tion of the system, which the pleasant effect, and passed unnoticed.
family laxative, Syrup of Figs, prompt­
But in 1871 Germany, having de­
ly removes. That is why it is the only
remedy with millions of families, and is monetized gold in 1857, remonetized it
everywhere esteemed so highly by all and stopped the coinage of full tender
who value good health. Its beneficial silver. In July, 1873,that empire for­
effects are due to the fact, that it,is the mally adopted the gold standard.
one remedy which promotes internal
The reasons for this act have never
cleanliness without debilitating the
It is
Organs on which it acts. It is therefore I been satisfactorily explained.
all important, in order to get its bene­ genearlly supposed that it was in part
ficial effects, to note when you pur­ owing to the desire of the great German
chase, that you have the genuine arti­ financiers to be in accord with Eng­
cle, which is manufactured by the Cali­ land’s monetary policy, and in part the
fornia Fig Syrup Co. only and sold by result of a belief by them that silver
all reputable druggists.
If in the enjoyment of good health, was about to become too plentiful. In
and the system is regular, laxatives or 1857 gold as demonetized for this latter
other remedies are then not needed. If ' reason. “Great financiers” are nearly
afflicted with any actual disease, one always afraid of “too - much money”
may be commended to the most skillful and take good care that no such calam­
physicians, but if in need of a laxative, ity shall come if they can heldp it.
one should have the best, and with the
Whatever the motive, it is certain
well-informed everywhere, Syrup of
Figs stands highest and is most largely that it was never fully considered or
and gives most general satisfaction. its probable effects understood by the
German people. As in the case of Eng­
land’s action, it as merely the work of
for
Itcniag and Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles yield at once to
DR. BO-SAN-KO’S PILE REMEDY. Stops itch­ the “financiers,” who stood behind the
ing, absorbs tumors. A positive cure. Circulars sent free. Price
Up to that time the question
•Oc. Druggists dr mail.
DR. BOSANKO. Phils., Pa. I throne.
had been mainly a technical one. The
“We will Leave it Entirely I action of England had not disturbed
-In your hands.” If you purchase a
H ercules G as or G asoline E n - the ratio between the two metals, and
^ gine , and if it does not do all we say the world was full of men assuming
it will, you can return it at our ex­
pense. Send for Catalogue and Price i more or less knowledge of the subject
List to
American Type Founders’ Co. who claimed, whether they believed it
Second and Stark Sts., Portland, Or, or not, that the use of gold and silver
Gladness Comes
W
SURE CURE
PILES
POPULIST PLATE ORM.
road companies have, through tne con­
as money had no effect upon their
nivance of the interior department,
value.
There are a few who pretend
Adopted by the National Convention robbed multitudes of’ bona-fide settlers
to think so yet.
Held at St. Louis.
of their homes and miners of their
It was only such men as Wolowski
Following is the Populist, platform, claims, and we demand legislation by
and Seyd, who had made a special
study of the subject, who foresaw the as agreed upon by the Committee on congress which will enforce the exemp­
great rise in the value of gold that was resolutions and adopted by the St. Louis tion of mineral land from such grants
after, as Well as before, patenting..
the inevitable result of making that convention:
The People’s Party, assembled in na­
Third—We demand that bona fide
metal the sole standard of so many
tional convention, reaffirms its allegi­ settlers on all public lands be granted
countries.
In the United States it ought to be ance to the principles declared by the free homes, as provided in the national
well known that the question was founders of thè republic, and also to homestead law, and that no exception
never publicly considered at all. Of the fundamental principles of just gov­ be made in the case of Indian reserva­
course, there are those who deny this- ernment as enunciated in the platform tions when opened for settlement, and
There are always some people to deny of the party in 1892. We recognize that all lands not now patented come
anything. But if there was any refer­ that, through the connivance of the under this demand.
ence to it in the press somebody ought present and preceding administrations,
Direct Legislation.
to be able to produce a paper contain­ the country has reached a crisis in its
We
favor
a system of direct legisla-
ing it. If any public speaker discussed national life, as predicted in our dec-
it on the rostrum some person ought I laration four years ago, and that iton through the initiative and referen •
to be able to name the speaker and give I prompt and patriotic action is the su- dum, under proper constitutional safe­
guards.
the time and place. If there was any ! preme duty of the hour. We realize
I
that,
while
we
have
political
independ
­
debate in congress, some champion of
General Propositions,
the gold standard should be able to ence, our financial and industrial in,
First—We demand the election of
point out the page of the Congressional- ! dependence is yet to be obtained by ie: president, vice-president and United
Record on which it appears.
storing to our country the constitution­ States senators by direct vote of the
It is true that the bill revising the al control and exercise of the functions people.
mint law,which dropped out the stand­ necessary to a people’s government,
Second—We tender to the patriotic
ard dollar,, was discussed. From first which functions have been basely sur­ people of Cuba our deepest sympathy
to last there were many pages of de­ rendered by our public servants to cor­ in their struggle for political freedom
bate, but not a single word on this porate monopolies. The influence of i and independence, and we believe the
feature of the bill. John Jay Knox, European money changers has been I time has come when the United States,
formerly comptroller of the currency, more potent in shaping legislation than the great republic of the world, should
in his lifetime admitted that he knew | the voice of the American people] recognize that Cuba is, and of right
it. Mr. Sherman, by implication, at I Executive power and patronage have ought to be, a free and independent
least, does the same. But it is to be been used to corrupt our legislatures state.
gravely doubted if there is another and defeat the will of the people, «»iid
Third—We favor home rule in the
American living who knew that such plutocracy has thereby beeybnthroned territories\and the District of Colum­
an act was in contemplation.
| upon the rains ofTo re- bia, and^Jtlxe early admission of the^ter­
At that time neither gold nor silver ! store the government^ intended by the ritories as states.
Fourth—-All public salaries should
was in general circulation. We were ! fathers of the coantry, for the welfare
living in an area of paper money, and and prosperity of this and future gen- be made to correspond to the price of
the people were not thinking about ' erations, we d0nand the establishment labor and its products.
Fifth—In times of great industrial
coinage. They were loaded down with of an economic and financial system
an immense national war debt which, | which shall make us masters of oùr depression, idle labor should be em­
together with the state and municipal own affairs and independent of Eu- I ployed on public works as far as prac­
debts, aggregated several thousand ropean control by the adoption of the ticable.
Sixth—Thu arbitrary course of the
million dollars, all of which was to be I following declaration of principles:
court in assuming to imprison citizens
ultimately paid in coin. Without a
Finance.
for indirect contempt and ruling them
word of notice a law was passed
First
—
We
demand
a national money, by injunction should be prevented by
which, by indirection, demonetized
I safe and sound, issued by the general
silver and thus virtually deprived the
proper legislation.
Seventh—We favor just pensions for
American people of one-half the fund ; government only, without the interven-
out of which those enormous debts | tion of banks of issue, to be a full legal every disabled Union soldier.
Eighth—Believing that the election
could be paid. Is it reasonable to ! tender for all debts, public and private;
suppose that any “highly civilized 1 a just, equitable and efficient means of franchise and untrammeled ballot are
people” would have gone deliberately i distribution direct to the people and essential to a government of, for and
at work to double the burden of these 'through the lawful disbursements of by the people, the People’s party con­
enormous debts? Such a course, how­ the government.
demns the wholesale system of disfran­
Second—We demand the free and chisement adopted in some of the states
ever creditable it might have been to
their generosity, would have reflected unrestricted coinage of silver and gold as unrepublican and undemocratic, and
very severely upon their good_common ! at the present legal ratio of 16 to 1, we declare it to be the duty of the sev­
I and without waiting for the consent of eral state legislatures to take such ac­
sense.
Just as soon as the act became gen­ foreign nations.
tion as will secure a fulLand free and
Third—We demand that the vol­ fair ballot and an honest count.
erally known a struggle began for the
remonetization of silver, which strug­ ume of circulating medium be speedily
Ninth—While the foregoing proposi­
gle has continued until the present I increased to an amount sufficient to tions constitute the platform which our
! meet the demands of the business and j party stands upon and for the vindica­
day.
Now the great mass of American the population of this country, and to tion of its organization will be main-
voters are told that, they must not re­ I restore the just level of prices and la ' | tained, we recognize that the great and
peal a law whioh has passed without ! bor production.
i pressing issue of the pending campaign
Fourth—We denounce the sale of upon which the presidential election
their knowledge, the consequneces of
which they did not understand and I bonds and the increase of the public will turn, is the financial question,
which is literally reducing them to interest-bearing debt, made by the and upon this great and specific issue
financial serfdom, because, forsooth, present administration, as unnecessary j between the parties we cordially invite
gold is the jnoney of civilized people, and without authority of law, and we the aid and co-operation of all organi-
while silver is the money of barbar­ demand that no more bonds be issued i zations and citizens agreeing with us
| except by specific action of congress.
ians.
! upon this vital question.
Fifth—We demand such legislation
It is very true that the richer na­
AT HOME AMONG DYNAMOS.
tions have adopted the gold standard, as will prevent the demonetizing of the
but the question of civilization had lawful money of the United States by
Mrs. Helene Walton, a.Practical Engi­
nothing whatever to do with it. In j private contract.
neer and Mechanic.
Sixth—We demand that the govern-
the first place, England adopted it as a
Edison,
Tesla and many minor lights
|
ment,
in
payment
of
its
obligations,
mere matter of convenience; Germany
and the United States followed her ex­ I shall use its option as to th&*kind of in the electrical world were present in
money in w.hibH%ey are to be New York a€ the electrical exhibition,
ample. When these mints were closed lawful
but it is doubtful if any one of them at­
paid, and we denounceJtlae present and
and Germany began to sell off her sil­
ver, France and the other states of the I pxeceeding admini^^nB for surren- tracted more a-ttention or excited more
Latin Union took the alarm and limit­ i dering this optioiiw the holders of interest than did a sharp-eyed little
woman who was practically the con­
ed their silver coinage. This caused | government obligation securities.
silver to fall rapidly, or rather sent I Seventh—We demand a graduated trolling genius of the entire show. This
gold on its skyward course.
Thus | income tax, to the end that aggregate
the action of one country has influ­ I wealth shall bear its just proportion of
enced the action of others, but in some taxation, and we regard the recent de­
cision of the supreme court, relative to
cases much against their will.
The demonetization of silver has ! the income-tax law, as a misinterpreta-
created conditions which undoubtedly I tion of the constitution, an invasion of
give creditor nations, or, more prop­ the rightful powers of congress on the
erly, the creditor classes, an advantage. subject of taxation.
Eighth—-We’demand that postal sav­
Money being constantly rising in value,
they are enabled to collect more than ings banks be established by the gov­
they have loaned. But their advan­ ernment for the safe deposit of thè sav­
tage is at the expense of the producers ings of the people and to facilitate ex-
and debtors,’ who must sell their pro­ > change.
ducts for less and less and pay their
Transportation«
debts with money that is worth more
First—Transportation being a means
and more.
of exchange and a public necessity1, the
Creditor countries are the only ones government should own and operate the
that can permanently maintain the gold railroads in the interest of the people
standard.
on a nonpartisan basis, to the end that
To illustrate: When England finds all may be accorded the same treatment
herself struggling with a deficiency of in transportation, and that the tyranny
gold, she calls in her loans and draws of political power, now exercised by
from her debtors. This she did on a | the great railroad corporations, which
gigantic scale at the time of the Bar­ result in the impairment, if not the
ing failure in 1890. When a debtor destruction of the political rights and
MRS. HELENE WALTON.
country striving to maintain the gold I personal liberty of the citizen may be
standard finds its stock of that metal destroyed. Such ownership is to be was Mrs. Helene Walton, whose chief
running low it must borrow more to accomplished gradually in a manner sphere of operations was on the ground
take its place, afid it requires no argu­ consistent with sound public policy.
floor of the exhibition building. Her
ment to prove that borrowing cannot
Second—The interest of the United duty there was to look after the whir­
be continued indefinitely.
There is States in the public highways built ring dynamos and powerful engines,
only one other alternative, and that is with public moneys and the proceeds all of which she thoroughly under­
to put prices down to bed rock and un­ of extensive grants of land to the Pa­ stands, being a practical engineer and
dersell other countries Even this is a cific railroads should never have been mechanic of the highest grade. With­
very doubtful expedient, for the more alienated, mortgaged or sold, but out'her the thousands of electric lights
cheaply it sells the more it must sell to guarded and protected for the general could not shine, nor would the many
realize the same amount of money; welfare as provided by the laws organ models run.
and the more it increases its sales.the izing such railroads. The foreclosure
Mrs. Walton kept an eye on the
lower the prices must go. Thus we of existing liens of the United States gauges and not a thing in the room es­
find that the poorer countries upon the on these roads should at once follow caped her attention. The men obeyed
gold standard are only such in name, default in the payment thereof by the her orders with pleasure, and the
their actual currency consisting of pa­ debtor companies, and at the fore­ throbbing engines and dynamos sent
per at a heavy discount. The reason closure sales of said roads the govern­ pulses of power through the great
is that they cannot get the gold.
ment should purchase tbé same, if it building. “I don’t exactly need - the
. So, instead of being the money of becomes necessry, to^^-^strits inter­ men,” said Mrs. Walton to a visitor,
civilization, gold is- the money of the ests, or if they can be purchased at a “but the management thought it would
creditor classes—of those who can con­ reasonable price, and thè government be better to have them around in case
trol the supply.
shall operate, said railroads as public a steam pipe should break or some­
If modern civilization requires the highways for the benefit of the whole thing get out of order. I always did
maintenance of a monetary system people, and hot in the interest of the like to be around boilers and engines.
whioh compels theb unfortunate debtor few, under suitable provisions for pro­ I met my husband in an engine-room
to meet his obligations in money that tection of life and property, giving to and that decided my future. He is an
is more valuable than the money of the all the transportation interests equal engineer and I cling,to the work for
contraot—that promises him nothing privileges and equal rates for fares and the love of machinery. I wouldn’t be
but penury as a reward for his toil, freights.
a typewriter or a clerk in any store.
leaving him hopeless and unnerved for
Third—We denounce the present in­ Women can do any work that men
life’s great battle—the sooner such a famous schemes for refunding the said can, and they’re going to monopolize
civilization is replaced by one based debts, and demand that the laws now all occupations. In a few years there
upon the principles of honesty and , applicable thereto be executed and ad- won’t be anything for men to do but
fair dealing, the better it will be for I ministered according to their true in­ wash dishes.”
I
the cause of humnatiy throughout the tent and spirit.
world.
Fourth—The telegraph, like the post-
Scarcity of Centenarians.
Most of the Methodist conferences are ‘ office system, being a necessity for the
Stories abound in France which go
voting by heavy majorities in favor of | transaction of news, should be owned to show that the most prolific authors
the admission of women as lay dele­ ! and operated by the government in the of “Hibernicisms” are the French coun­
gates to the general conference. Bishop . interest of the people.
try mayors,, for in France the smallest
Vincent and Dr. Buckley are fighting
village or rustic commune has a mayor.
Land.
the inevitable. The battle royal will
An instance of their capacity in this
First—The true policy demands that direction is cited. The government had
take place at the general conference in
the
national
and
state
legislation
shall
May, and all the prospects are that it
sent a circular to all mayors, through
wi]l be decided in favor of the women. ! be such as will ultimately enable their prefects or department governors,
I every prudent and industrious citizen
—Boston Woman’s Journal.
ordering them to give an account of all
i to secure a home, and therefore the
centenarians in their communes. From
The Reign of Color.
land should not be monopolized for
one of the villages the following reply,
Wedding ceremonials as well as the speculative purposes. All lands now
“sinister pageant of death” have taken I held by railways and other corporations spelled in French about as this is
on much of color. Bridal white applies I in excess of their actual needs should, spelled in English, was received-:
“Mr. Perfect—I hav to repport in an­
now only to the bride herself, and occa­ j by lawful means, be reclaimed by the
sionally not even to her. The decora­ j government and held for actual settlers ger to yore circewliar that our town
tions of the rooms and church and the ' only, and private land monopoly, as seams to giv the go-by in the matr of
gowning of the bride’s attendants are : well as alien ownership, should be pro- longjevvity. The oanly centennarian
weve got aint but 87 yeer oaled. Youres
sure to show a riot of color, the one tone | h ibi ted.
respectively, JEAN BLANK, Mare.”
scheme having been declared monoto­
Second^-We condemn the frauds by
ne us.--New York Times.
I which the land grants to Pacific rail-
TOO LATK
Take
oods
TO MBND.
There is a point beyond which medioatlon
Camioc go. Before it is too late to mend, per­
sons of a rhenmatie tendency, inherited or ac­
quired, should ube that beuignant defense
against the further progress of the supertena- The best when you need medicine. For blood,
eio.us malndy—rheumatism. The name, of this appetite, nerve, stomach, liver, nothing equals
proven rescuer is. Hostetter’s stomach Bitters,
which, it should also be recollected, cures dys­
pepsia, liver complaint, fever and ague, de­
bility and nervousness.
t
A solid chunk of lead ore, weighing
22,000 pounds, was recently discovered
in a Joplin (Mo.) mine.
Sarsaparilla
Piso’s Cure for Consumption has been a
God-send to me.—Wm. B. McClellan, The One True Blood Purifier. All druggists. |1.
Chester, Florida, Sept. 17, 1895.
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Buy a bag of thia celebrated tobacco and read the soupon—
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Beware
Nothing
Clean,
so Durable,
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so Elegant
SO
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Mr. Henry Roth, of 1848 South 9th
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and sores cov­
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“I was in a hor­
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says, “and the
mo re t r e at-,
ment I receiv­
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A New York
specialist said
he could cure
me, but his
treatment did
me no good
stiff and full of
was useless so
to do even the
lightest work. This was my condition
when I began to take S. S. S., and a
few bottles convinced me that J was
being benefitted. I continued the
medicine, and one dozen bottles cured
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would soon have been a complete
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S. S. S., (guaranteed purely vegetable)
is the only cure
for real blood dis- »Sa
eases. The mer-
curial treatment
of the doctors al-
ways does more
harm than good. Beware of mercury!
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