The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 27, 1898, Page 9

FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1898 THESE DEATHS LITTLE LESS THAN MURDER Heavy Mortality at Manila. MISMANAGEMENT APPARENT MEDICAL DEPARTMENT NEEDS OVERHAULING. Censor Prevents the Sending of Cablegrams Giving the Real Condition of the Troops. BY SOL N. SHERIDAN. al Dispatch to The Call. > pol- h is § to en who are in stion for the Cablegrams y as cables , even by t d a little. It an people have the And if the letters of ondents ere to be w to the crack of would be impossible to ire army. The letters of n pouring into America like a mail will tell in each ier lad the story of the ons at Manila Colonel Thompson, this. He would me to cable whatever ve is the question of . and he doves not dare ted T ed from e of a > view of co v esteemed friend POSTUM CEREAL. TWO PRETTY SCHOOLGIRLS Being Slowly Poisoned to Death by Coffee—A Mother’s Story. gradually be- and more nervous school days last to such a pass that ing the progress de- o terribly nervous that utmost effort she could get her mind upon her € ng I d her what ailed her, and told her to de until morning, so MRS. NELLIE A. VOSBURG, Indianola, Iowa. that she could rest. She sald, ‘No, I must get this lesson to-night to get another in the t know why it is, lling behind my class r six months, and I must work to graduate this spring. I be- 11 nd make me a cup of me up.’ So F od cup « made and Maud got through with her lessons at orning I heard a rattling t half-past 4 and went aud there building a could not sleep and , so she thought me coffee, as it help- fore. I went back to t, for there was a 3 -ping in. Step by :nt back over the last 3 y acts of our dear daughter during that time passed before me like panorama. She used to be so well \d happy, but now acted as if she almost crazy with nervousness and a wreck of her former beautiful self. It dawned upon the mother’s mind that E v, and, looking to lent prayer to the e my child. iing 1 started out to | , but just | I met & daugh- ay to school. A year ago v had been confined to ths with nervous pros- whispered about wa fam consult the door at the young 1 r bed for 1 tration, and it was if she lived she woulid be likely to | her mind. Her parents sent her | to a village ne; by, and this was the first time I had seen her since her return. I saw that she was the pic- | ture of health, and I said, ‘Why, Fan- what have you been doing | yourself? 1 never saw such a| change in my life She answered, | “Why, you know I finally found out| that the coffee I was drinking was ruin- } ing me, and when I got out to auntie’s | she took the coffee away entirely and gave me Postum Cereal Food Coffee. | That is the only thing I have had, und| you can S alt is. I am | Just as well as I can possibly be, andi getting along beautifully with my | echool work." “I was so deeply impressed with Fan- perience and her former condi- | tion tallied so closely with Maud’s that | 1 abandoned my proposed trip to the physician’s and went instead to the grocer’s and secured a package of Pos- tum. That night Maud had Postum | Food Coffee instead of coffee and the next morning the dear child said she | had slept and was very much refreshed. The effect was so instantaneous that I was very much surprised and feared perhaps there might be some medicines in Postum, but I have since been assur- ed that it contains no medicines what- ever, but that on the contrary it is made of pure cereals, so handled by skilled experts in its manufacture that the delicate small particles of phos- phate of potash are retained in a natu-] ral state as found in certain parts of American | | smallpox in the r form. In real- is black smallpox, from which no record of the recovery of a run counter to the will of his superiors. It is a matter of common notoriety here that the medical department of this army has been and is being sadly mismanaged. What is to be gained by keeping this truth from the people at home? On the contrary, much Is to be gained by making the fact known. This army is losing more men now by disease than it ever lost in bat- tle, and if so small a thing as a change of management will remedy this condi- tion, then in God’s name let us have the change. Colonel Lippincott, who is the medical director, is a lovable old gentleman. He does not mean any | harm. His intentions are all of that .kmd going to make up the pavement of | hell. At the same time he does not | seem able to grapple with the problem | confrontine him in a way to give men confidence that the solution rests in | his power. Colonel Lippincott is an army doctor, strong in the traditions of the army. That, ossibly, is the rea- | son he overlooks men in the volunteer | service whom years of practice have | fitted to grapple with the ills that af- | flict the men here now, and placed the | direction of his hospital for the most | part in the hands of young regular | army men, whose experience at army | posts has been of the kid glc lancers kind. Anybody who knows thing about the regular army in time | of peace knows how much and how lit- | tle the practice of a doctor at an army post amounts to. There may be a few cases of cra » colic now and then, a case of delirium t nens say once a vear, an accidental shooting and now and again a birth in the married quar- The regular army doctor who ter. | select a nt writing a good clerky | hand and capable of keeping up his re- | ports in excellent shape is esteeemed a | cracker-jack by his superiors | er: | And it al practice general practitioners, not sur- - wanted here now. We ders of The Call know, most talented physicians of o with the volunteers here. of rank has nothing to do at difference does it make suffering from typhoid or sentery whether the man Y for him has one bar qor an eagle or <houlder straps? And the w the medical supplies ve been purchased and the way they been doled out is a scandal of its I do not know who inspected | these supplies. Whoever did will have more than one murder to answer for. Let me tell you of a case within my geons, w have, as the ome of th San Fran The questio n hi own knowledge: An officer, a lleuten- | ant, is lying ill at this moment of typhoid fever in the Red Cross hospital. ¥ dangerously ill. If you know any- f ing at all of typhoid fever you will ow that the whole of the intestinal tract becomes inflamed and sore; that the Wi of the intestines are so thin there is constant danger of perforation |and consequent sudden death. The | slightest obstruction in the bowels may | cause death to supervene. For this | reason only liquid nourishment is given | to typhoid patients, and that in small | quantity. It became necessary for the | attending physician to give quinine, and a all dose was | nui gave the o furnished to the a 2 tablets. Two of these were administer- ed, and by a miracle the patient allowed them without fatal re- sults. The tcblets had not been even softened. How many typhoid patients have died in the gene: hospital, where there are hardly nurses and doc- tors enough to go around, by reason of the inability of the system to throw off the pellets will never be known. They do not hold post mortems down here— climatic conditions 2 agains And then there the smallpox scare we | ing through. The struck the Minn 1 a native laun ing at the breast of the regiment, we were told was c dest n in this climate. The disease ulent. That is shown by the f thirteen cases in the pes e have died and the rest have not the least chance of recovery. I nted to cable you this fact yesterday i was told coolly that there had been x deaths and that I would not o progress of the disea I do not suppose they pital authorities in military = are delicate of their reports. “paper work” is their pride and 3ut at all events I am sure of my The di: se is now under con- T hope and believe, but you will see that the military reports will bear me out when Congress ks for them | and they come to be published. Now, I do not charge Colonel Lippin- cott with being a party to the pur- hase of cheap drugs. 1 do not charge lonel Lippincott with anything. That is not my province—and, besides, there | is no need. But let me relate an in- | cident which occurred at the pesthouse | the other day. | hope,” sald Colonel Lippincott, | speaking to one of the attendants at the place, “that you are very careful | of your health—that you take all pos- | sible steps to avoid contagion.” |~ “Yes, sir,” was the answer. “I wash | myself in alcohol and—" “In alcohol,” interrupted the medical director, amazed, “but that is v pensive. r ery ex- ,Gan you not use something | cheape | ~Alcohol, it would appear, is more | valuable than the life of a man—even of a man brave enough to volunteer | his services to army smallpox patients. There is not a great deal to be said about Colonel Lippincott afte® that | Some stories, you know, tell themselve: Before I leave 1allpox business ord in commen- f-sacrifice of Dr. | . O'Brien of the First California Volunteers, who has zone to live at the pesthouse, taking cha and who is working almost against all hope to save the lives of the unfortunates there. Also perhaps it is well to tell how young Horace Powers, one of the First California Regiment ecrults and the only man in his regiment to get small- pox, came to contract the disease, He had been sent to the general hospital suffering from mumps. The man in the bed next to him the doctors were treat- ing for measles. That man went to the pesthouse and died of srhllpox, and Powers followed him there and also died. I am not enough of a doctor to know who is ¢~ blame in a case like that. That someb should be held accountable would seem to be in accord with the scheme of the eternal fitness of things. One thing is very certain concerning this American army at Manila. The men now here must be taken out of the city forthwith and put on high ground or they must be ordered home. If the United States holds the Philippines they must be held by troops (° some kind who can endure the climate better than the lads now here. In all the regi- ments sickness is increasing at an alarming rate, and matters promise to grow worse instead of better. There are received daily at the division hospi- tal an average of five more cases than are discharged, and the place is already so full that large tents have been put up in the yards to accommodate the overflow, and a branch hospital for convalescents, besides the Red Cross Hospital, for officers, has been estab- lished at Malate. The men suffer from dysentery, typhoid, diarrhea and a kind of low malaria or dengue fever, from which recovery is always slow. The dysentery leaves the men, when it leaves them at all, so weakened that complete return to strength in this cli- mate is impossible, and even when they the cereals, and that this, together with ; go home they will never be thoroughly the albumen in food, goes quickly to |well again. Typhoid is always danger- work to rebuild the nervous system. ous, and, its after effects are always Our daughter has been saved to us. She | lasting. Diarrhea likewise weakens its graduated with honor, and instead,of | victims so that it seenis impossible to the nervous wreck she was at one time, | regain strength. Only from malaria is -~ vl poses. an upset price. will be similarly refitted. | about fighting cocks than he does sk KK K kK kR ok ok kR R Rk KK % % ¥ ¥ % | o = : 7 A A“m .’.’Ww 2 ”*”fi‘éfi. Ut ity -2 P . i 1 % S v b Uifomy 2l G e 000 erpt : A SR LT Ll / e el f 2~ n lfl///; W—s”ffi/{(": % /: b 5 it \.{c % __)': Soldiers. BY SOL N. SHERIDAN. Special Correspondence of The Call. ANILA, Oct. 21.—Lieutenant James H. Jordan of the First California, public architect, has virtually been the means of putting an end to cock-fighting as a public pastime in Manila. There are—or were / when the town was under Spanish rule—three immense buildings of the kind called Nipa, in the city used solely for this sport. There was no Tagallo so podr he did not own at least one fighting cock and the bloods of the city had anywhere from one to a dozen. and families had their favorite strains, as some old English sporting families have their lines of racers and hunters, tracing back to the Arabs. But there will be no more cock-fights in Manila, at least in public. The American soldier must have shelter and Lieutenant Jordan as public architect recommended the adoption of the pits for barrack pur- The places are roomy, well ventilated and adapted for the purpose. and then it was discovered that the Chinese, who control the lumber trade and the hardware business, were up to all the tricks of which American contractors claim to have a monopoly. bined to “do” the United States Government. For this price, $10,000, the cockpit shown herewith, at Paco, has been floored and fitted for the occupancy of troops, and for the like sum the two remaining pits at Sampoloc and on the Calle Iris Lieutenant Jordan saw th The whole scheme, besides being unpopular with the Tagallos, was a great surprise to the Thirteenth Minnesota Regiment, most of the members of which had game cocks which they fought in the pits, and par- ticularly to one Captain McWade of that company, whose bird was a winner. If he had not he would not have laid down in a paddy field with forty-six of his company while the fate of Manila was being determined. about fighting men. AEFXRE R R ERREXR AKX X EERREL LR LIEER KRR AR RA LR A RE X IR TR XX H RN There weére strains of fighting cocks, COCK-FIGHTING ENDED IN THE PHILIPPINE CAPITAL Pits in Which Feathered Gladiators Contested Have Been Transformed Into Barracks for the Bids were accordingly invited In effect, the Chinese com- he scheme and blocked it by fixing Captain McWade knows more s ok ook sk osk ok skok ok ok ok sk sk ok ok skook ok ok ok K ok ok third attack, which may prove fatal Add smallpox and the likelihood of bu- | bonic plague and cholera to this cate- | gory and the outlook is not cheering. The Californians have at last estab. lished a hospital of their own in the suburbs of Ermita, almost on the seashore and fronting on the Calle Real. It is a roomy place and the sick boys, who were moved there to-day, are delighted with it. The place is cool and airy, and the sea breeze blows in upon the beds of the natients, carrying heal- ing in its breath. The Californians, even against the adverse conditions of garrison life, are carrying their record as the healthiest regiment in the army. I give you herewith a list of the sick in the regiment. Compare it with old Camp Dewey days, when the company that carried one man a day on sick re- port was the exception: THE BAND. Malarial fever 2. FIRST BATTALION. Company M—Dysentery 1, pemphigus 1, sore feet 5; total 7. Company A—Muscular rheumatism 1, acute eczema 1, general debility 1, tonsili- tis 1, malarial fever 1, dysentery 2; total 7. Company E*Pulgltallon of heart 1, gas- tric fever 1, typhold fever 1, malarial fever 3, dysentery 1; total 7. Company I—Wounded (recovering) 3, sore leg 1, sore eyes 1, sore thumb 1, dys- entery 1, malarial fever 2; total 9. SECOND BATTALION. Company B—Recovering from wound 1, cllmat‘;’c s};res 1, sore feet 1, dysentery 3, malarfal fever 6; total 12. Company D—Sore feet 1, typhoid 4, ma- Jarial fever 14, dysentery i; total 23. Company I—Sore feet 4, kidney trouble 1, typhoid fever 2, malarial fever 10, dysen- tery 2; total 19. Company H—Sore leg 1, diabetes 1, kid- ney trouble 1, malarial fever 1, dysentery 2; total 7. : THIRD BATTALION. Company K—mumps 1, malarial fever 8, dysentery 3; total 12. ‘Company C—Sore feet 4, typhoid fever 2, malarial fever 4, dysentery 1; total 8. Gompany G—Pleurisy 1, rupture 1, diar- rhea 1, dysentery 2, malarial fever §; to- tal 13. Company F—Dysentery 1, malarial fever 13, pemphigus 1; total 15. Grand total, 139. Classified by diseases, the totals for the regiment at this date are Dysentery Pemphigus Sores, mo: Typhold fever Malarial fever .. Miscellaneous . Total Those cases of organic trouble shown here are among the recruits for the most part. The old men of the regi- ment suffer from chronic ills and from the results of hardships endured in the capture of Manila. It remained for the medical gentlemen examining recruits at San Francisco to send into the trop- fcs men so diseased they would not keep health possibly even in so tem- P te an atmosphere as that of Cali- fornia for very long. Little, however, can be expected when a man is passed fit for a soldier’s duty who has hem- orrhage of the lungs on the secorid day after he landed at Manila. That is what happened to one of the recruits for D Company. = This man did one day’s guard duty and has been on sick call ever since, Among those who came down on the Pennsylvania were several men who were rejected on the first medical examination. By the way, I do not send the names of the sick because so long as a mother does not really know her boy is ill she will have the satist&cu?n of hoping he is not. The boys are bearing up well. No set could do better in the fleld or in garrison. Reflect that this is the healthiest regiment in the command and you can picture to yourself what the others are. The men who are in the hospital are as nothing to the sick in quarters—the men too ill to work and not ill enough to go to bed. The Californians at last given the care they should have had dll along and would have had if their own offi- cers had been given the care of them, are the most fortunate regiment. The Minnesotas, poor boys, are the most unfortunate. Whatever they did on the day Manila fell, they are doing noble work now. They police the city by night and by day, going into all the dens and death traps, into all the fiithy holes and dirty corners, exposed con- stantly to a thousand unknown dangers and nameless infections, and they do thelr work well and faithfully. The atonement has been made, is being made dally in the sick list and the ghe is now the picture of bounding recovery complete, but the victim is health. not proof agalnst a second or even a death rate of the Thirteenth Minnesota. A ’ TWO GUILTY, THE THIRD 1S INNOCENT Nevills Extortion Case Ends. A NEW TRIAL IS DEMANDED MOTION WILL BE ARGUED NEXT SATURDAY. Story of the Relations Between Com- plainant and Defendant That Led Up to the Arrest of the Extortionists. For their crime of demanding ‘“hush | money” from Captain W. E. Nevills, Mrs. | Bisie Williams and Myron _Azhderian | must go to the penitentlary. Such is the | verdict of the jury after a deliberation of almost eighteen hours. Mrs. Grace Loose, a sister of the convicted extortionist, was declared innocent of the charge against her and by order of court she was dis- charged, while Mrs. Williams was recom- mended to the court’s mercy. When the verdict was announced surprise rather than grief was manifest on Mrs. Wil- llams’' face, while Azhderian remained mute and sullen. ' Mrs. Loose did not ap- pear happy over the fact of her acquittal. | She busied herself comforting her sister, | and perhaps her heart was too bitter for ['happlness to find place there when she recalled to mind the story of her sister's downfall and how circumstances, if not desire, had led her to a felon's cell. The story is a simple one. Nevills met Mrs. Williams when she was making an honest living toiling over the keyboard of a typewriter. She was young and handsome and Nevills soon took her from her busy life and installed her in a cot- tage, W he was a frequent visitor. She had clothes and money given her and, if her story given on the stand is true, her conscience was fortified against the sinful life she was leading by a prom- ise made by Nevills that he would marry her, Finally she went to live on Nevills' Fresno vineyard and here her troubles commenced. She formed the acquaint- ance of Azhderian, and after Nevills had decided to break off the relations that had long existed between Mrs. Willlams and himself, Azhderian became a willing ally, in fact'the leader, in a conspiracy to “bleed” the aged capitalist. After a time they succeeded in gettin, $2000 out of Nevills, but they wanted more. Nevills refused to comply with their demands. They. were obdurate and with certain alleged incriminating letters forced Nevills into a corner. His patience became exhausted and with no thonght of the inevitable expose he had his perse- cutors arrested. The trial was long and bitter. Special counsel were employed and every point for and against the accused was taken advantage of. Friday night the case was submitted to the jury. The hours passed and as it could not reach an agreement ‘was ordered locked up for the night. Yes- terday morning it handed in_its verdict and after it had been read Judge Cook announced that he would pass sentence Saturday, December 3. On that date a motlon for a new trial will be argued and in event it is granted the prisoners will be released on hall; if not, sentence will be passed and they wiil go to prison to await the action of the Supreme Court or serve thelr sentence, as they see fit. BISHOP OF SACRAMENTO. Right Rev. W. H. Moreland to Leave San Francisco. SACRAMENTO, Nov. 26.—Bishop W. H. Moreland of San Francisco has accepted the appointment of Bishop of the mis- slonary district of Sacramento. A letter | R EELES he S M S ouncing s and stating e woul make Sacramento his home. —_———— Advances made on furniture and pianos, with or without removal. J. Noongn, 1017-162% *isaian, ere SENATORS DEMAND A POSTPONEMENT Interview Ministers Picquart’s Behalf. [ in REFERRED TO THE CABINET BILL TO BE INTRODUCED TO MODIFY MILITARY LAWS. Outcome of the Storm Caused by the Attempt of the General Staff to Railroad the Lieutenant Colonel to Banishment. Special Dispatch to The Call. PARIS, Nov. 26.—A committee of Leftist Senators had an interview to- day with the Premier, M. Dupuy; the Minikter of War, M. de Freycinet, and the Minister of Justice, M. Lebrete. The Senators demanded that the trial of Lieutenant Colonel Picquart on the charge of revealing important military documents to his counsel be postponed until the decision of the Court of Cas- sation in the Dreyfus revision is an- nounced. The French Ministers did not indicate their probable action in the matter, M. Dupuy contenting himself with saying that he would refer the matter to the Cabinet and give the committee a reply to-morrow. Several Deputies have announced their intention of introducing on Mon- day a bill modifying the military laws and permitting appeals from courts martial to the Court of Cassation. BERLIN, Nov. 26.—The Tageblatt to- day demands that Colonel @ Schwarz kopen, the former German military at: tache at Paris, resign and tell the trut! about the so-called “Petit Bleu” inci- dents of the Dreyfus affair. The paper also calls upon the Minis- ter of Foreign Affairs, Baron von Bu- low, to make another official ‘declara- tion on the subject, saying that other- wise the Government will be interpel- lated in the Reichstag. TOILET CASES. Fancy Celluloid Satin-lined Cases, Comb, Brush and Mirror....... As above, Embossed Celluloid Cas Same, larger and finer Cases, from 8150 to $5 Combination set, containing Comb, Brush, Mirror and Manicure Outfit........81.78 Others with combinations to suit all pur- $2 to chasers. Manicure Cases, Wwith 4 pleces Others, more complet to $3.50 Collar and Cuff Boxes, round or square, celluloid case... i Same in fancy shapes and decorated % ..$1.25 to $3.50 A full assortment of these in russet and fancy leather. MAIL ORDERS FILLED PROMPTLY. 221 | of the building and NO NEED OF AN EXTRA SESSION Congress Can Complete Its Work on Time. . ARRANGING APPROPRIATIONS SUB-COMMITTEES CONSIDERING EXTRAORDINARY EXPENSES. Representative Cannon Thinks It Is Useless to Attempt. to Labor During the Holiday Recess. Special Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, Nov. 26.—Represen- tative Cannon of Illinois, chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the House, has arrived, and to-day the Sub-Committee on Deficiencies began the consideration of the estimates for the extraordinary expenses of the army and navy growing out of the war, also the preparation of a bill covering these deficiencies from the period from Janu- ary 1, 1899, to July 1, 1899. Mr., Cannon will push the preparation and consid- eration of the regular appropriation bills as rapidly as possible, but he sees no reason now why any of them should nlm and thus necessitate an extra ses- sion. He expects that the urgent deficiency and the District of Columbia bills will pass before the holidays and that work on the other regular bills will have pro- pressed so far during the recess that they can be brought into the House after the recess as rapidly as that body is ready for them. The committees having jurisdiction over the bills not prepared by the Appropriations Com- mittee, agriculture, consular and diplo- matic, army and navy, etc., will also get to work immediately after the ses- sion begins. Mr. Cannon thinks it is useless to at- tempt to work during the holiday re- cess. There have been two occasions during the last twenty years when the House has refused to adjourn for the customary recess, but on each it was impossible to keep a quorum of mem- bers in town, and little was accom- plished. Both he and Mr. Dingley, chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, share the opinion that to try to hold the House here during the recess would be impracticable and unprofitable. With the enactment of the regular money bills necessary to carry on the govern- mental machinery at this session of Congress Mr. Cannon sees no occasion for an extra session, so far as legisla- tion for our new possessions Is con- cerned. He believes unripe or hasty legislation for the government of the islands would be infinitely worse than military rule. Under military gov- ernorship there is perfect elasticity. Changes can be made to fit new condi- tions as fast as they may arise. A year's delay before attempting permanent legislation would give ample time for the study of all the conditions surroundin~ the government of the islands, both by the military authori- ties and commissions which might be provided by Congress. Congress could then, Mr. Cannon says, deal intelli- gently with the subject. The grand total of the appropriations for the fiscal year ending July 1, 1898, including the deficiencies for extraor- dinary expenses from January 1 to July 1, 1899, is $893,231,615. There are no fig- ures as yet upon which the appropria- tions for the coming session of Con- rress can be based but Mr. Cannon says they will be considerably below the figures of the last Congress. WILLIAM RETURNS FROM. HOLY LAND All the Prussian Ministers Welcome the Emperor and Empres\ of Germany. POTSDAM, Nov. 2.—The Emperor and Empress of Germany arrived here at 11 o’clock this morning on their return from the Ho6ly Land. All the Prussian Ministers welcomed the Emperor and Empress of Germany on their arrival here. The imperial Chancel- lor, Prince Hohenlohe, expressed the sin- cere pleasure experienced by the Minis- ters at the safe return- of their Majesties. Later the Emperor detailed to the Min- isters the results thus far obtained by his Journey and the results expected, with which he ex%ressed himself as being sat- isfied. The Emperor also gave the Min- isters his views of the present. political situation in the Mediterranean. BERLIN, Nov. 26.—The church bells were rung and the public buildings were decorated with flags when Emperor Wil- liam passed through here to-da: Boersen Zeitung says his Majest: to the Holy Land has cost 10,000,000 marks, A few of the newspapers print welcoming articles. S Conflagration at Fresno. FRESNO, Nov. 26.—Fire broke out last night in the Garibaldi & Olcese building, in which are located a number of stores and offices. It was a “blind fire,” and the firemen had, therefore, great difficulty in extinguishing it. The loss to the owners the tenants will amount to $10,000. Big Price for Topgallant. LEXINGTON, Ky., Nov. 26—At the Easton sale of thoroughbreds to-day the 14-year-old _ stallion Imp. Topgallant, owned by John B. Ewing of Nashville, was sold to W. J. Alexander of Chicago $20,000. - No other high prices were realized WILL & FINCK CO., 820 Market St., San Francisco. ADVERTISEMENTS. PEPOOVOP Some Holiday Buying Suggestions. Cut them out for reference. 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If, as is bellieved and taught, alcohol is most dangerous when it fights in am- bush, if it is most to be dreaded when it finds its first entrance to the system in the pleasant sauces and dishes of the home, then the form of alcoholic traffic in question is doubly dangerous, for it comes in the guise of medicine and at- tacks a system prepared by weakness to easily surrender to the assault. In many PATENT MEDICINES which are largely consumed throughout the country by all classes of people there is a percentage of alcohol which pute them on a level with beer, rum and whisky as Intoxicants. It is the smallness only of the dose prescribed which prevents a prompt recognition of the intoxicating effects of these so- called medicines by those who use them. “It is safe to affirm that they are MEDICINES IN NAME ONLY. Their chief value lies in their alcoholic effect as a stimulant. In fact, those who know attribute the benefits ascribed to this class of medicines wholly to the stimulative effect of the alcohol they contain. They are used largely by persons not in the habit of drinking liquors, and the little dose taken three or four times a day is as stimulating to these people as his regular ‘finger’ of ‘bitters’ is to the regular liquor- drinker. ‘WHAT CAN BE DONE? ““What ought to be done at least is to compel every patent-medicine manu- facturer to put on the wrapper of his bottle the quantity of alcohol it con- tains. That would at least leave peo- ple to exercise their own judgments. More than that, no paper truly interest- ed in temperance reform should print the advertisement of any alcoholic medicine. It should be the duty of every temperance organization and branch in the country to look into this question, agitate it and deal with the facts just as earnestly and as honestly as other facts have been dealt with.” Appreciating the gravity of the issue raised by the strong statement of facts made in the foregoing article, we wish to call general attention to the fact that Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery and Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription contain NO ALCOHOL, NO WHISKY, NO IN« TOXICANT OF ANY KIND. These medicines are equally free from opium and other narcotics. They are in the strictest meaning of the words, temperance medicines. Of no other medicine, put up especially for woman’s use, can it be truthfully af- firmed as of Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Pre- scription, that it contains neither alco- hol nor opium or other narcotic in any form. ‘While the negative features of Dr. Pierce’s medicines may only interest some of the readers of this article, the positive features of these medicines must be of interest to every one. The great value of “Golden Medical Dis- covery” in the cure of diseased or de- ranged conditions of the stomach and digestive and nutritive organs is testi- fied to by tens of thousands who have found health and healing in this great remedy. The “Discovery” increases the action of the blood-making glands, and by curing the diseases which corrupt and cripple the stomach and digestive and nutritive organs, it enables a full and pure supply of blood to be sent to every part of the body. WOMEN KNOW ITS WORTH. Women who are always appreciative of benefits have been especially appre- ciative of the benefits following the use of Dr. Plerce’s Favorite Prescription. Its wonderful cures of irregularities, inflammations, ulcerations and female troubles have caused women to name it, “that God-send to women.” It is en- titled to wear the ‘“blue ribbon” of merit as well as the blue ribbon of tem- perance. P THE BIBLE OF THE BODY. Perhaps no greater gift was ever of- fered than the People’s Common Sense Medical Adviser. It contains 1008 pages and has over 700 illustrations, and is the life work of its author, Dr. R. V. Pierce, chief consulting physician to the Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical In- stitute, Buffalo, N. Y. 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