, 1873-10-14
HAY.FEVER.

Wllnt Country Editor "Noso >,
About It,. :
GILMAN, H., Oct. 9, 1879.
| 10 tbs Etlflor a Tbs Chieaao Tribune:
s1R: I havo noticed in your daily several ar-
tfc1cH in regard to this disoaao, and purpose
adding another, with your permission.
| WAIT 10 IT.?
Woll, that's tho question, - question that las
puzzlol older aud bigger honda than mtno. Yet
I know what It ts; that is, I hayo "praotical
knowledge Of II. For throo Beasons 1t has visited
mo, kindly Mt first. but obi how roughly at last.
+ sought all tho professionals who have HDr,''
beforo and those who have I'M. D." after thoir
namos. They avoided mo, and, when cornorod
thom go thore WAS no osoape, thoir pro-
Boription was, "Go up to Wisconsin, I
could have gono to Texas just aa easy !;
n fact oaBior, rs I had pass to tic Lono-star
State in my pocket Not having strong dosire
to 60 to either place, wrote to Chicago phy-
/ siciau, who las Dr.. before and N. D. behind his
nano, for prescription. promising him all tho
hlthy luoro possessed, md long and extended
puifs IN my 25-cont column, If ho could nnd O
panacoa. further pictured to him tho colossal
fortune that would result from Ills professional
lAbors. You will forgive mo whon say thnt
got my back up at his answer: What Is Hay
Foyor Z"
There Is an old saying, !" II you wish to suc-
Good, follow your noso !" aud, after scattering
his autograph to tho winds, I devoted all my
timo TO- tla. unsful member and very necessary
art,olo in IIay-Fovor.
THE FIRST SYMPTOMS.
person WHO has had tho Hay-Fevor can re-
call tho first symptoms, dating buck Hovoral
yearn a-,, THO frat yoar It is quite mild. Abont
tweon your shoulder -bladoa. It might have
boon thoro before, but you noyor knew OF 1t ba-
| fore, and now you hayo only an itching know1.
edge Of ita length and breadth. II you stand
nearest lamp-post, and, like hog. acratch,--
providing you can got tho post to lit tho spot.
You 80 home to study whit is the matter with
you.. You aro in q perspiration, other from
wonder Or anxiety about 1t, when q draft Of Dir
strikes you, and then you havo no time for
snooEo that is, tho timo elnraing between
successive anoozes ls go short thas you oan hnrd-
standing BY you would coll dozen snoozes ono
You try to study tho cause Of tho panic; but
tho run on your noso is 30 great tint it keops
you busy paying ont.
SECOND YEAR.
About tho middle Of some fino aum1nor-day
n violent Bneoze will announce to you the ap-
proaoh Of tho 18th Of August. You arc reminded
that you had something jus. Ike It beforu., You
will snoezo occasionally until or 3 o'clouk,'
when you rojotce that you arc oycr 1t; but tho
next day 1t comes on again moro violently. Tlon
you measure that spot in your back with tho
door-poat. Tho next day you aro sueezing again
in guch rapid succession TINT you have not ttmo
with q crash. But you don't mind that,
unlosa your tongue should be in the
way;, thoa You know all about it.
AZ tho month advances, your Hay-Fover
mad and you would ii you had time. About
tho lat Of September another trouble prcsonta
itself. Your eyes know . woaknoss TINT they
mover knew before, Whether for tho purpose Of
pathy thoy send fortk aood u teara ca In No 'dry
tears; no, nor cool tears; but burning teare,
You feel mad enough md bad enough to cry;
but these tears aro constantly pouring down
your troubled checks. Another porplexity now
conoB on; your handkerchiofs hive given out.
Your partner for lifo informs you Tint "Nine-
toon now onos and swad Of old onea arc in tho
wash" between Hnoezing nnd crying you writo
m order Oh your merchant for two dozen hand
korohtofs also, note to your washorwoman to
hurry up tho washing. As BOON as you have got
this of your hands, another difficulty
comes to your relief = terrible itching about
the oyelids.. You rub them with all your might.
tion, II such can bo. You rub md rub, and, al
though you hayo desire to tesist, YOU still rub
on until your eyelids will no longer wink.
the morning syes uod tcother
nor Jomima'H plaster, -couldstick them together
faator And thus you spend tho noxt ten days.
You pray for night and bless God for morning,
You scratch your back, blow your nose. rub your
eyes, and snoeze.. You scratch your back, rub
your eyes, blow your noao, and aneeze. Then
you will snoczo; then grasp your handkerchief,
gasp FOR breath, grasp your nose, and snoeze.
Then yon viii rub your oyoa and sneoze, rub
then scratch your back, rub your eyes, blow
your nose, md Bnooze simultaneously. You bo-
como onraged, and, with o pockot-handkerohiot
IN each hand md one in each pocket, start for
&t,1 HrTfr fj1t V1r1 ~uL% %4u -. 4
reliable :Hlay-Foyor romcdioe. Tho druggist
looks smiling, and puts mp market -baaket full
Of stun; and, after buying another dozen hand
aerchiofs you start homo. You smoke stramo-
acid, iodine, ammonia, eatnphor; douche your
&c.; and got to no roliot:: You still rub your
back, blow your most, wipe your eyes, aud
You take dozen handkerche{s, md start to Soc us
him. You toll linn Of all the romodios you have
tried and be docs tho same. You ait, and talk,
and sneozo then rub, and scratch, aud blow, and
E9szay 80 your g1 o1 n md Se "a M a yS
you would not know that you over had tho Hay
Fovor, were i not for tho washerwomau's and tho
drugglst'a bills.
THE EXTENT or TIE DIsEAsE.
It is not difficult for person who has had the
disease to recognize the first symptoms in others,
and It would DO safe to Bny Tint ono In every
twonty persons whom met in the latter part OF
August was troubled with ia cold in tho hoad,'
which, in roality, was tho first symptom Of Hay
Fever, as any ono who "has boon there" oau
READILY discover. ED. Ru,r1EY.
How q I1rahn,in Came to no Cons
verted.
KeD Fork Snn's ACCOUNT NJ Epanae{5cak Alliance.
After tho singing Ut hymn, in which tho con-
grogation joined with aplondialy varied effect,
the ltov. pr. shcahadri, Il converted Brah1nin,
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