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ACQUAINTED WITH SNAKES.
EXFJCRIXNCB TOLD BY VERACIOUS
CAXIFORNIANS.
Virulence of Rattlesnake ToUon -Birds
Protecting Themselves
Against Snakes.
A number of Californians met a short
time ago in the Hoffman House, New
Tork, and got to telling snnke stories in
presence of a Timet reporter. Col. Gil
lette began by a learned dissertation
upon the virulence of the rattlesnake
poison. lie told of a miner on the Yuba,
in early days, who was bitten through
the bootleg by a big "rattler" and died.
His traps were taken care of, including
the boots he wore when bitten. Nobody
wore them, however, for eight months.
Then a miner put them on, and in so do
ing scratched his leg slightly. In eight
hours he was dead, and the needle-like
fang of the rattle-snake was found stick
ing through the bootleg. The poison
had kept its strength during all that
period.
"The strangest thing about the poison,
too," said another, "is the fact that the
chemical analysis of it shows it to be
composed of the most harmless ingred
ients, oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, and
carbon, nothing more. It can be swal
lowed without the slightest injury,"
"Oh, yes," said a gentleman of un
questioned veracity, "I've eaten rattle
snake in Arizona, not because I was snake
hungry, but out of curiosity. The meat
is white as milk and very delicate. The
Yuma Indians are very fond of it."
"Speaking of Yuma," 6aid a surveyor,
just in from the Phoenix Mine, "I was
surveying in San Diego county in 1878
with General H. I. AVilley, late Surveyor
General of California. It's a bad country
for snakes, because they are a grayish
brown, nearly the color of the rocks and
sand, and you're liable at any time to
walk into one. In the hot season they
get blind and silent, and strike without
rattling, just at the time when their
poison is at its worst. There's a curious
fact, by the way, that every plain in
Southern California exemplifies. Ordi
narily birds make their nests where they
can't bo seen without difficulty. Y'ou
know how hard it is to find a bird's nest
in the average tree. "Well, all over these
plains there grows a cactus called the
'choya.' It is just a collection of thin
prickly sticks, branching and covered
with spines. But pretty nearly every
'choya' you see has a bird's nest in it,
rising a little above the surrounding sage
brush, and in plain sight of everybody.
The birds build in these for protection.
The snakes can't slide up the 'choya,' on
account of the spines. Every snake's
belly is soft, and it takes very little to
penetrate it. You've heard of sleeping
inside of a horse hair lariat when camp
ing. Well, that's the reason of it. A
horshair robe is so prickly that a rattle
snake won't cross it under any circum
stances. "I was going to say," he continued,
"that Willey and I camped by a spring
in a pretty dry country, there being a
grove of oaks near the water. He and I
rolled up together at night in two pairs
of blankets and, being tired, went sound
to sleep about nine o'clock. It was about
one in the morning when "Willey slowly
wakened. He told me afterward that he
seemed to be under the influence of a
terrible fear that had come on him while
asleep. He opened his eyes, but didn't
daro to move. As he tried to get his
wits he felt a slow, creeping motion of
something heavy going over his right
arm. His right arm was inside the
blankets, and wus between him and me.
The General is a thoroughbred. He has
plenty of nerve and presence of mind,
lie knew exactly what it was, but with
out moving he called to me :
" 'Ned,' said he in a quiet tone.
"I was sound asleep. He had to call
three times before I, fortunately without
moving, said:
"'Whatf
" 'Do not move a muscle, said he.
'Do you understand me''
" 'Yes,' said I. You can bet I was
wide awake then.
" 'There is a rattlesnake in the blaukets
between us. When I say three kick
loose and jump.'
" 'One, two, three,' said the General
slowly, aud we jumped. They were pretty
good jumps, as you can imagine. Then
we threw a branch on the tire, and when
it blazed up we went for the snake. He
had coiled in the blankets, and you can
bet he was ugly. A pretty big fellow,
too 10 rattles and a button."
Then General made a contribution
to reptilian data which was interesting.
"I was in the Yosemite Valley," he
said, "and we killed a rattlesnake at the.
foot of the lower Yosemite Fall. Rather
a rare thing there, as none had been seen
in that neighborhood for years. "Well,
the same afternoon we were driving down
on the floor of the valley, after a visit to
the Vernal Fall, and the wagon passed
close to a big pine, at the foot of which
was a small shrub about ten feet high. It
had no leaves at that season and was a
mass of lino branches, and hunging in
these branches was a brightly colored ob
ject that causht my eve. We stonned
1 he wagon and found that it was the most
beautiful snake I ever saw. It was about
three feet long, slender, and colored in
alternating rings of shining black, snow
wDite, una scarlet rea. It paid no atten
lion to us, but slid very slowly along
through the network of twigs without
hhowing cither anger or fear. We watched
it for some time, and then I started to kill
it, because I always kill snakes on priu
ciple.
" 'Hold on,' said the driver.
"'What is it J' said I.
" 'I wouldn't kill that snake,' said he,
'That's a King Miake.'
" 'And what's u King snake?'
" 'It's the only thing iu the world that
kills a rattlesnake. '
"We left the snake unharmed and
talked him about it us we drove uloug.
There was uo yarn iu it. Everybody iu
the valley said the same thiugaud several
of the guides and others had seen a king
nakeuiid a rattlesnake tight at sometime
in their experience. The king snake only
attacks when the rattlesnake is asleep, as
they are most of tlie time when coiled. It
frrabs the rattler just back of the head as
u terrier does a r.it, and holds on until
the rattlesnake is strangled to death."
"The rattlesnake has one other ene
my," said Mr. W. II. Uullard. "Itwould
sound like a lie if most of you, I think,
were, not familiar with it. All that it
amounts to w one of thobe manifestations
of instinct in birds which can't be ex
plained. There's a bird in California
which, In the middle and north of the
State, is called the trotting-jay or road
runner. It is a large and special variety
of the jay, with long legs and high top
knot. It's as big as a young chicken.
Well, in the south of tlie State, these
birds are called 'choya-birds' from the
saifte peculiarity that Ned spoke of, of
building in the cactus shrub. A pair of
these birds if they find a rattlesnake
coiled and asleep, will fly to the nearest
choya and pick up little branches in their
bills and come and drop them around
the snnke in a circle. If he sleeps long
enough he will wake up to find himself
entirely cooped up in a prickly box, which
he can't get out of, because the minute
lie attempts to crawl over a bit of choya
the spines enternt the curve of his neck
and hold him. The snake stays there un
til he starves to death or is killed by
somebody who finds him. It's a queer
fact, but there is no doubt whatever of
its truth."
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.
A worn car wheel thread, examined
under the microscope, shows that the
surface of tho metal comes oil in thin
flakes or scales.
M. De Grand advances a new theory as
to coal formation, considering that coal
beds were formerly beds of naphtha and
bituminous petroleum, produced by the
decomposition of inferior aquatic vege
tation under the influence of heat and
dampness.
A French' manufacturer has applied
electricity to the aid of weavers in a
somewhat curious manner. He has at
tached to each of his looms an indicator,
which sounds when a thread breaks, gen
dering unnecessary the eye-wearying
watching of the fast-moving threads.
A Scientific authority says we can pre
vent the formation of smoke, but we can
not destroy it when made. Confine the
gases with heated air so that combustion
takes place, and no smoke is formed.'
"A well burning lamp does not properly
burn its own smoke, but it burns without
smoke, and so with our best furnaces."
The art of compressing paper into the
substance called papier mache has long
been known, but the use of compressed
wood is comparatively new. The process
has been patented in England and ap
plied to the manufacture of certain ar
ticles which need greater firmness and
wearing power than ordinary wood pos
sesses. A Belgian glass-blower at Meadville,
Pa., has accomplished the featof driving
a locomotive aud train of cars with gas
manufactured from crude oil. The
device, which occupies a small space on
the tender, and is connected with the
furnace, is very simple. Thejcxperiment
was made on the New York, Pennsyl
vania and Ohio road, aud has been pro
nounced by competent persons a complete
success.
An export house iu Stuttgart has just
supplied the town of Caracas, in Vene
zuela, with a number of clocks for the
public streets. On account of frequent
earthquakes clock towers arc not advis
able, and since the clocks must be placed
low a comparatively large number is re
quired. Among tlie clocks sent out is
one with a dial thirteen feet iu diameter.
All the clocks will be worked electrically
aud 'Humiliated at night with the elec
tric light.
It uppears natural enough to every one
that a piece, even of the toughest wire,
should be quickly broken if bent back
ward and forward lo a sharp angle; but,
perhaps, only to locomotive and inariue
engineers does it appear .equally natural
that the same result would follow in time
if the bending were so small as to be
quite imperceptible to the eye. A loco
motive crank axle bends but 1.34 of an
inch, and a stiaight driving axle a still
smaller amount under the heaviest bend
ing stresses to which they are subject,
and yet their life is limited. .
Take it As a rule, the most violent poi
sons, and the substance that produce the
most deleterous effects on the human
system, are from the vegetable kingdom.
1 lie mineral drugs wliuli may cause
harm are few in number, and, if we ex
cept arsenic, are not especially violent
poisons. 1 here is a considerable amount
of poisoning from lead, but not through
its medicinal uses, and the same may be
said at the present time of mercury. In
tine, it is the purely vegetable drugs
which are the most dangerous, because
it is these that stimulate the brain or be
numb the senses, induce morbid habits
and eventually establish, physical de
generation. We wi.-h,says the Cultivator,
that the public could be made to under
stand this, when it is confronted with
alluring notices of the perfect safety and
harmlessuess of "purely vegetable"
drugs.
"Chinooks."
In the American Mettoroh'ifal Journal,
Mr. M. W. Harrington is giving a full
and very interesting account of the Chi
nook winds. The "Chinooks" are warm,
dry, westerly or northerly winds, occur
ring on the eastern slopes of the moun
tains of the northwest, beginning at any
hour of the day, aud continuing from a
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
Salt In the notnehold.
A morning hand bath in cold salt
water is delightfully invigorating.
, TYarm salt water inhaled through the
nostrils will eyre cold and catarrh.
A pinch of salt taken frequently will
stop a cough or throat irritation.
A glass of salt water, warm or cold,
taken on rising in the morning will cure
constipation.
Bathing the eyes when tired or weak in
warm salt water will soothe and strength
en them.
Salt, plentifully sprinkled on the icy
doorstep, will have a better and cleaner
effect than ashes. Good lloutclctrping.
To Properly Boll a nam.
It is because of the carelessness of the
cook, who thinks that after a ham has
been soaked over night and put into the
kettle the next morning to uoil. she has
done with it until time to dressit for din
ner. For a six o'clock dinner, a ham
no matter how large should not be put
on to boil until two o'clock in the after
noon. It should be put into cold water
and boiled for three hours if not over
twelve pounds in weight; for any extra
weight an extra half-hour is all that is
necessary. A small ham, or a Westphalia
ham, needs about two hours. A ham
should never boil hard, but should bo
placed toward the back of the range,
where it will boil gently. At the end of
the time for boiling the kettle should be
lifted into the sink or on the hearth and
the lid removed, leaving the ham in the
kettle until the water is perceptibly cool
er. At this time take out the ham, re
move the skin, trim off the discolored
edges, sift finely powdered bread crumbs
over the top and place it in the oven long
enough to brown it slightly ; half an hour
will do. Then decorate it as much as
you like and serve. Any boiled meat, if
taken at once out of boiling water, will
steam as dry as dust. The ham should of
course be soaked in cold water over
night. Boston GatetU,
few hours to several days,
ton says that they may
Mr. Harring
occur when a
cyclone or anticyclone passes on such a
course that the air is forced over the
mountains from the western to the east
ern slope. They are, therefore, winds
similar to the "fohn" of Switzerland. In
adding them (as Mr. G. M. Dawson, of
the geological survey of Canada, had al
ready done) to the class of winds which
tho "fohn" is the type, Mr. Harrington
points out that lie is bimply adding im
other to an ulrt udy extensive list. I)r
Jeliuek, in 107, called attention to the
fact that winds on the eastern slopes of
the t aiu asus were of this character. A
similar wind occurs under the lee of the
Klburz inouiituins. Tiebioud is iu the
lee of u high range of mountains, and has
similar winds. They ure common on the
north side of the Pyrenees, and on the
south coast of the Bay of Biscay. A sim
ilar wind has long been known in West
Greenland, and lloffineyer proved, some
years ago, that it is of tlie same charac ter
as the ''fohn." It has been felt us far
north as eighty-two and one-half degrees
of latitude. Mr. Scott suggests that the
hot winds of South Africa und parts of
Australia ure of the same character, while
the analogy is proved complete for the
hot "north e.-tcis" of (he Canterbury
Plains of New Zealand. Xature.
Recipes.
Green Peas. Boil tho pods fifteen
minutes in slightly salted water; strain
them out, drop in the peas and cook
tender, but not until they break. Drain
dry; stir in salt, pepper, and a good
lump of butter. Serve hot.
Scrambled Egos. Break six eggs
into a bowl and season with salt and
pepper. Pour into a heated skillet, con
taining one .tablespoon melted butter,
and, as the eggs cook, turn them up con
stantly from the bottom. Servo when
slightly dried. The eggs should never
be stirred, only the yolks broken, as they
will present a better appearance than
when beaten.
Onion Soup. Two large Spanish or
three Bermuda onions, two tablcspoon
fuls of butter, two quarts of soup stock,
salt and pepper. Pool and chop the
onions into dice. Put the butter into a
frying-pan, and when hot add the onions,
and stir until a nice brown. Put the
stock on to boil; when it boils skim the
onions out of tho butter and add them to
the stock; let them simmer for thirty
minutes, add salt and pepper, and it is
ready to serve.
Warm Gingerbread. One cupful
each of sugar, molasses, butter, and
"loppered" milk or cream, four and a
half cupfuls of flour, one tcaspoonful of
soda, sifted twice with the flour, one
teaspoonful of ginger, one teaspoonful of
mixed mace and cinnamon, three eggs;
beat together molasses, sugar, butter,
and spices until they are very light; put
in the milk, beaten eggs, and finally
Hour. Stir vigorously for five minutes
and bake in a "card." Break instead of
cutting it.
Strawberry Fritters. Beat two
eggs well (the whites and yelks separ
ately), then add to them a teacupful of
cream aud a pinch of salt, stirring in
enough flour to make a thick batter.
Now, beat the mixture well, and, when
thoroughly smooth, throw in a pint of
strawberries. Have plenty of boihng-hot
fat in the f ryingpan and fry the same as
ordinary fritters. When done to a
golden-brown color take them out, drain
them, and serve on a napkin, with sifted
sugar strewn over the tops.
Killing no Murder.
Archdeacon Kirk by, in a recent ac
count of his life-long experiences as a
missionary among the Indians in British
Columbia, remarked upon the extreme
difficulty of making them comprehend
the simplest Scriptural teachings, and il
lustrated it by saying that he gave a se
ries of lessons on each of the Command
ments separately to a class of young
Alaskan braves. Jle dwelt especially
upon the principle involved in the sixth
Commandment, explaining to them clear
ly what murder meant, and what a dread
ful crime it was in the eyes of God and
man. To test their comprehension of
what he had said, he then asked all those
of the class who had committed murder
to stand up. Only three arose. He was
very much surprised, as he knew they
had all been on the war-path repeatedly,
and boasted of their sculps, lie went
carefully over the explanation once more,
and uguin usked them to arise. The same
three came to their feet. "Why, surely,"
he said in despair, "this can't be all thai
have committed murder." After a mo
ment's reflection, "Will all those who
have tomahawked their mother-in-law
please stand up?" Nineteen arose.
Harper1 Muga-ine.
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LIVER, BLOOD AND LUNG DISEASES.
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Mrs. Hart A. McClurs, Columbus, Kant..
writes: "I addressed you in November, 1K84,
la retrard to my health, oeine allllctod with
liver disease, heart trouble, and female weak
ness. 1 was advised to use Dr. Pierco's
Golden Medical Discovery. Favorite Pre
scription and Pellets. I used one bottle
of the ' PrescriDtion.' live of the 'Dlscova
ery,' and four of the ' Pleasant Purgative Pellets.' My health be
gan to improve under the use of your medicine, and my strength
camo back. My dilDoulties have all disappeared. 1 can work hard
all day, or walk fourornve miles a day, and stand it well; aud when
I bepan using the medicine I could scarcely walk across the room,
most of the time, and I did not think I could ever feel well again.
I have a little baby g-irl eight months old. Although she is a little
delicate in size and appearance, she is healthy. I give your reme
dies all the credit for curing me, as I took no other treatment after
beginning their use. I am very grateful for your kindness, and
thank God and thank: you that I ain as well as I am after years
of suffering."
Mrs. l. v. wmniR. or YorktMre, cattarauov Co.,
IV. Y writes: " 1 wish to say a few words in praise
of your 'Golden Medical Discovery ' and 'Pleasant
Purgative Pellets.' 1'or Ave years previous to
taking them 1 was a great sufferer; I had a
severe pain in my right side continually; was
unauie to uo my own wore.
Liver
Disease.
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I am happy to say
General
Debility.
Mrs. Pariixma Br judaqb, of 1S1 Loth Street,
iockport, H. 1'. writes: " 1 was troubled with
chills, nervous and general debility, with frequent
sore throat, and my mouth was badly cankered.
My liver was inactive, and I suffered much from
dvsneDsia. 1 am ulcaaed to aav that four 'Golden
Medical Discovery' and 'Pellet ' have cured me of all these
ailments and I cannot say enough in their praise. I must also
say a word In reference to your 'Favorite Prescription,' as it
has proven Itself a most excellent medicine for weak female.
It has been used In my family with excellent resulu."
Dyspepsia. James L. Colbt, Esq., of Tucatan, Houston Oo
Jfuin., writes: "I was troubled with iudigestion, and would eat
heartily and grow poor at the same time. 1 experienced heartburn,
sour stomach, and many other disagreeable symptoms common
to time uisoruiT. i commenced taking your
'Golden Medical Discovery" and 'Pellets, and
I am now entirely free from the dyspepsia, and
am, in fact, healthier than I have been for
five years. I weigh one hundred and seventy,
one and one-hulf pounds, and have done as
much work the naat an miner ha 1 have ever
done in the same length ot time in my life. I never took a
medicine that seemed to tone up the muscles and invigorate
the whole system ecjual to your 'Discovery' and 'Pellets. "
Dyspepsia. Trbrisa A. Cars, of Sprlnptltld, Mo., wrltest
"I was troubled ono year with liver complaint, dyspepafa, and
Sleeplessness, but your 'Golden Medical Discovery' cured nie."(
Chills and l'ever. Rev. H. E. Mosr.KT, JWVmfmorenef, S. C,
writes: "Last August I thought I would die with chills and fever.
I took your ' Discovery ' aud it stopped them in a very short time."
Ikvigorates
the System.
5" "
am now well aud strong, thanks to your medicines.
Chronic Diarrhea Cured. D. Lazarrb, Esq., Vt and t?7
Decatur Street, Kew (Jrleani, I,a., writes : "I used three bottles of
the Golden Medical Discovery, and it has cured me of chrouio
diarrhea. My bowel are now regular."
" THE BLOOD IS THE LIFE
Thoroughly cleanse the blood, which- Is the fountain of health, by using Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, sad good
digestion, a fuir skin, buoyant spirits, and bodily health and vigor will be established.
Golden Medical Discovery cure all humor, from the common pimple, blotch, or eruption, to the worst Scrofula, or blood
poison. Especially has It proven its efficacy in curing Salt-rheum or Tetter, Fever-sores, Hip-Joiut Disease, Scrofulous Korea
and Swellings, Enlarged Glands, and Eating Ulcers. .
and can walk with the help of crutches. He does not suffer any
pain, and can eat and sleep as well as any one. It has orly been
about three mouths since be commenced using your medicine.
1 cannot find words with which to express my gratitude for tua
benefit he has received through you."
Skin Disease. The " Democrat and News,'
Of Cambridge, Martland, says: "Mrs. Ei.izA,
Ank Poi.k, wife of Leonard Poole, of H'O
luimsdurv, Dorchetter Co., Md has been cured
of a bad case of Eczema by using Dr. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery. The disease ap
peared first in her feet, extended to the knees.
covering the whole of the lower limbs from feet to knees, then
attacKca tne eioows ana Dccame so severe as to prostrate her.
Tunmrerinil
I lilUIULOIIUrt I
BOILS,
I Blotches.
Rev. F. Abbitry Howma, Potior of the M. S.
wt""i oittcriuii, . mifm. wu I-
llicted with cutarrh and indiireation. Italia and
blotches began to arise on the surface of the
skin, and 1 experienced a tired feeling and
dullness. I began the use of Dr. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery as directed bv
him for such complaints, and in one week Is
time I began to feel like a new man, and am now sound and well.
The ' PI cnsuiit Purgative Pellets' are the best remedy for bilious or
sick headache, or tightness about the chest, and bad taste in the
mouth, that I hnve ever used. My wife could not walk across the
floor when alio began to take your 'Golden Medical Discovery.'
Mow she can walk quite a little ways, and do some iight work."
Mrs. IDA M. BTRONfl. of jUiunnnrth. Tml wrll.
"My little boy bad been troubled with tilp-lolnt
diseaso for two years. When he commenced the
use of your 'Golden Medical Discover-' and
'Pellets, he was con lined to his bed, and could
nut bo moved without sufforinir arreat nain. Hut
now, thanks to your ' Discovery,' he is able to be up all the time.
KIP-JOINT
j DISEASE.
A Terrible
Affliction.
After being treated by several physicians for a year or two she
commenced tho use of the medicine named above. She soon
began to mend and is now well and hearty. Mrs. Poole thinks
the medicine has saved her lifo and prolonged her day."
Mr. T. A. Ay res, of East Kcw Market, DorchetUr County, MX,
Touches for the above facts.
consurjaPTiorj, VJEAK LUHGS, spitting of blood.
Goldev Meoicai, Discovery cures Consumption (which is Scrofula of ths Lungs), by its wonderful blood-purifying, invlgora-
llnw a ii niitfition . if. . ,1(1 i i tm l(V VL'nn I. I 11.. ... k.' 1 ...... 1 . i . . . i . . . . .... . . ' -"
..... i".-" i.i...m, KiMiiiiK i iiiuiiu, ruonnesa or iireuin, iimiiciuiig, fevcro (curds, .Asthma,
.iii'ixu nut-, mum, iv im m Kvvinjiiu xcuiuujr. nmit IL nmn nnv cure tne severest Cnuirha lr. Ht.renirf hrma lh. It.m
ana nutritive nronorties. for weak lainira.
Kinnrea riucctions. it, is a sovereign reined v.
and oui'itles the blood.
It rapidly builds up the system, and Increases the flesh and weiirht of those reduced below the usual tnHrH f win, v.
diseases.
Edward Newton, of
I Given l)?
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Consumption. Mrs. Edward Newton, of TJnrrmrtmUh.
Ont writes: " You will ever bo praised by me for tlie remarka
ble cure in my case. I was so reduced that my friends bod all
given ine up, ana i nna aiso neen given up oy two aoctora. i then
went to the tr.-st doctor in these parts. He told me that medicine
was only a punishment iu my case, and would not undertake to
treat me. no said 1 nuglit try loa liver oil if I
liked, as that wus the only thing that could possi
bly have any curative power over consumption so
fur advanced. X tried the Cod liver oil us a lait
treatment, but I was so weak I could not keep it
on my stomach. My husband, not feeling satisfied
to give mo no ret, thouirh he had bouirht for nm
everything be saw advertised for my complaint, procured a quan
tity of your ' Gulden Medical Discovery.' 1 took only four bottles,
and, to the surprise of everybody, nm to-day doing my own work,
Bnd am entirely free from tlmt terrible cough which hnrraased nio
night and day. I have boon alllioted with rheumatism forn number
of years, and now feel so much better that I believe, with a con
tinuation of your'Golden Medical Discovery,' 1 will bo restored
to perfect health. I would say to those who'uro falling a prey to
that terrible disease consumption, do not do a 1 did, tuko every
thing else first; buttnko tho 'Golden Medical Distxivcry 1 in the
early 6t.igr-s of tho disease, and thereby save a great deal of suf
fering and be restored to health at onoe. Any person who is
still in doubt, noed but write me. inclosing a stamped, self
addressed envelone for reply, when the foregoing statement wiU
bo fully substantiated by me."
I'Icer Cured. Isaac E. Downs. Esq.,
Rockland Co., A'. Y. ( P. O. Box 28), writes: '
of Svrlng Valley,
The 'Golden Medi
cal Discovery ' has cured mv daughter of a verv bad uleer lnmis
on the thigh. After trying almost everything without success, we
procured mree Dottles or your Discovery,' which healed it
perfectly." Mr. Downs continues:
.,..- ! it u l . -
Consumption and Heart Disease " I also wish to
thank you for the reiunrkablo cure you have effected in my case.
for ttireo years I hud suffered iroin that terri
ble disease, consumption, and heart disease.
Before consulting you I had wasted away to
a skeleton ; could not sleep nor rest, and many
times wished to dio to be out of my misery. I
then consulted you, and you told me you had
honea of curincr me Iml 1r waiiIH l.lia tlm. t
took five months' treatment in all. The first two mouths I was
almost discouraged; could not perceive any favorable symptom,
but the third month I began to pic k up in flesh and strength I
cannot now recite how, step ny step, the eifrns and realities of
returning health gradually but surely developed themselves.
To-day 1 tip tho scales at ono hundred and sixty, and am well
and strong." "
-l,.u,ri,pr.inrl,1"1 T'nn, in curing Mr. Downs' terrible disease
was the "Golden Medical Discovery." -
Wasted to
A Skeleton.
Bleeding
from Lungs.
Joseph F. MrFAni.AKD, Esq,.. Athent, La
writes: "My wifo bnd frequent bleeding from
tho lungs before elio commenced uaing your
'Golden Medical Discovery.' Hhe has not
bad any since its use. For some six month
she bus been lucliug so well that she Las
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