Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-12-24
MAX MAYER.
HIS ECCENTRIC MISSION.
HIS WORK IN NEWTON.
Newton (Kan.l Golden Gate

mind to endure 1t. Occasionally he softly
whistled bar from an opera or strain
from some sweet old folk song. The re-
porter saw at the first glance that he was
stranger in Newton. He was not bad
looking man and his clothes were of style
and quality which showed that be was not
indifferent TO the claims Of fashion. Break
ing off abruptly in the midst of an aria from
!" Martha the stranger handed the reporter
card upon which was printed Max Mayer"
remarking Young man, did you ever have
the rheumatism ?" the question, although
somewhat abrupt and singular, was put
politely. and the man of news as politely
responded in the negative. "Then you have
been fortunate" continued Mr.. Mayer, but
YOUR DAYS Of pain will come, sir, believe me.
We must all take our dividend. Did you
ever see a more beautiful day than yesterday!
Now, then, look out there. A regular rainy
day. the very embodiment of Longfellow's
poem
""The day is cold and dark and dreary,
And the wind and the rain are never weary,
etc, lines which were written in metaphor,
but which frequently serve as actually de-
scriptive Of the meteorological day. Il fits
to-day like glove. Well, sir, yesterday
represents your youth and fIesdom from
pain. To-day what you may be few years
hence. l once had rheumatism. 1t creps
hiNoNAS'
bed. l had no peace night or day. One day
was the same as another, and one night was
only different from another according to the
quantity of narcotics took to induce sleep.
Well, sir, to make long story short, / was
radically relieved Of all my trouble by very
simple process, and I then vowed to devote
my life to searching out those who had been
relieved of this disease and other forms of
pain by the same process, and write book
forf he han Of ,,,1f ,,ft,
tions. l was led to undertake this great
work out of very profound gratitude felt
for my deliverance from the thrsldom OF
pain"
81 confess, SIR" said the reporter, THAT
you interest me greatly. Will you be good
enough to state by what means you were re-
stored to health? ?"
"With pleasure. I was cured by the Great
German Remedy, st. Jacobs Ola remedy
that is within the reach Of all, and SO easily
applied that child can handle it.
"Why, everybody is familiar with that
medicine" said the reporter, in disappointed
tonen
80 much the better" resumed Mr.. Mayer.
''It makes my work all the easier. Now.
rarely ever leave q town without having Sc
cured some remarkable testimony upon the
subject. I struck this town last night, and
having interviewed three of your citizens,
am waiting for the train to Wichita"
"Would it be a breach of confidence for
you to tell me the nature of those inter-
views?"
Not at all, and win cheeifully tive you
any information in my possession. While
walking up your main street to-day heard a
blacksmith's hammer on an anvil. There IS
music in an anvil to me, and l entertain
high respect for the blacksmith. In the first
l am supported by al eminent composer who
thought enough of it to arrange an anvil
chorus for one of his best operas; and in the
second am sustained by King solomon, who
upon a memorable occasion gave blacksmith
the seat of honor. turned aside and passed
into the shop, whence the music of the metal
proceeded. The typical blacksmith was
there-a man of Drawn and muscle, with
face which evinced intelligence. We fell
into conversation. l soon detected ne was
an Englishman. Mentioning this impress
sion, the iron-worker said he wss from
England, native of Cambridgeshire, and had
been in this country many years. he &C.
knowledged the compliment paid his tine
physique, but remarked that he had inner
tied disease which sometimes racked his
limbs painfully and reduced him to inaction.
His trouble was rheumatic govt. He dis
coursed intelligently and well upon the SUBJ
ject of his trouble, saying his was the poor
mans govt, which, he continued. differs from
the aristocratic govt in that it does not kill
while the other does. He stated that he had
resorted to many different treatments to OBJ
tain relief, but had never found anything TO
90 him as much good as the st. Jacobs Oil.
When he wakes in the night with the ter
ribls pain, which Ia not infrequsnt, he simply
applies the Great German Remedy, and the
pain is gone instantly. 1t is the work Of a
breath of magic. But this in-
telligent son of Vulcan did not stop there In
his praise OF the Oil. He said he had scrofu-
lous fever sores on his left leg. Occasionally
these sores superinduce great muscular pain,
which darts up his leg and throws him into
an exceedingly unpleasant condition. Ia FIVE
minutes after he applies the St. jacobs OIL
the pain disappears. Further than this, his
wife is great sufferer with rheumatic pain.
She always gets relief from the use of st.
Jacobs Oil. Nothing else will relieve her but
the St. Jacobs Oh. Both he and his wife, he
said, would not think of doing without the
German Remedy. They know it to be the
of the blacksmith is Fryer Angood."
"Why does the Oil not cure MIR. Angood
and his wife ?" asked the reporter.
"Sir, it does cure them. You make
the same mistake that so many others do.
When one is susceptible to malady and the
superiuducing causes exist, one may haveit
hundred times. Your tone implies a want of
confidence in st. Jacobs Oil, because it does
not, after curing man of rheumatism, guar
antee him immunity forever. Would you
find fault with a physician who had cured
you Of typhoid fever last year because you
had another attack this year? Certainly not.
And yet this is what you are doing with st.
Jacobs Oil. This oil absolutely cures in the
majority Of cases in which it is tried, and
nine out of ten probably never feel return
of the disease. But in some cases the con-
ditions are always present to a greater or less
degree for return, as in the case Ct Mr.. An
good and his wife, and the remedy is often
called into use. To remove the causes in
these cases you have to change the nature OF
the man. AS that can only be done by the
Great Physician, human science will have to
rest content with secondary power"
"Who were the other gentlemen you in
terviewed, Mr. Mayer" asked tie squelched
reporter.
1.-The second gentleman who sung the
praise of this great remedy Of the nineteenth
century was Mr.. George Gerson, a clerk at
Hurst's drug store. After stating the
enormous sale which st. Jacobs Oil had at
tanned in Newton, Mr.. Gerson. who, by the
way is not only intelligent but alert and
keen and the possesslr OF fine manners. said
that it had cured him of rheumatism. 1t APP
pears that this gentleman had the first taste
of rheumatism-ir hammatory rhsumatism-
some years ago While hVlng in Chicago, lie
went skating and went home with rheu-
matism. He has heen subject to it ever since.
Last winter MIR. Gsrson caught cold while
attending dance. The cold resulted in
six weeks spell Of rheumatism. Well, he
had good medical treatment, and 80 had I
when | had rheumatism. But Mr.. Gerson
did not get well. The st. Jacobs Oil was
finally applied, and it was found to have
power to assuage the pain, whereas before
nothing seemed to relieve. Previous to
using the oil Mr.. Gerson could not sleep.
As soon as it was used he could sleep. Thus
you zee at one glance two conditions pro-
ducing perfect antithisis. 1t IL, therefore,
evident that with the first application of st.
Jacobs Oil began the era of his recovery.
Now, mark the result The applications Of
the oil were continued, and MIR. Gerson con-
tinued to improve day by day, until the
6end of pain was charmed away by this
wonderful oil And, having beeu entirely
restored, MIR. Gerson enphatically remarks
that the st. Jacobs Oil is the best linimsnt
he ever use1.
"The third and last gentleman I talked
with, resumed Mr.. Mayer, "was Mr.. e. B.
Chapman, of the firm of Coulter & Chapman.
grocers. Mr.. Chapman locks like gentle.
man who is possessed of great energy, plenty
of brain and strong will power. Ee has those
qualities, as well as cheerful temperament
to help him pull through pain. MIR. Chap
man said his neighbors are ALWAYS talk;no