Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-04-16
THE IRON AGE.
An Eventual Epoch i'm the Wcrld's
History.

Standard literature tells to the student the story
OF the past during the several eysntfui ages Of bu
man history. It tells Of the dark age; Of the mid
die age. and something of the present day. which
future historians may appropriately designate az
1.-The Iron Age" Modern progress has utilized
the air power in the electric current which now
belts the earth and fathoms the sea: has adapted
to practical use great rivers for the irrsatiou a,
arid wastes; for water powers. for ship canals.
has tunneiled mountain ranges towering among
the Clouds and has delved down into the very
bowels Of the earth to gather therefrom the min
eral wealth which has been hidden away for IN
told centuries and is now brought forth to enrich
benefit and bless mankind Among the mi aerals.
granted as boon by nature, none has been found
Of such Invaluable general utility IS IRON,
and no country on the globe has made such
giant strides In it's practical utilization as has
America. In the last two decades whole noun
tains of the precious ore have been diggei OUT
transformed through ingenious processes, purely
American, into N etel OF such aquality az makes it
desirable all over The world, and we have seen I'M
told thousands of miles Of railways built spanning
mountains az valleys, from ocean to ocean mon
ster vessels, larger than were ever dreamed Of
built entirely of lion. to pillow the Deep massive
mechanism, possessed Of power unlimited. or IN
tricate and ingenious smaller machines made to do
such wondrous things as exhibit almost human
automatic powers, and implements OF such stand
ard excellence give them first place in all civil
lied places on the globe. Truly Iron is King"
In days agone it Was quoted, "Cotten is King"
but the sceptre hiss passed away from the feecy
fields Of the Sunny South, from the factory.
Or the loom. to the furnaces. the rolling mills
the FORCES. the work shop of the
skilled workers in metals. Evan the famous
old prophet and soothsayer, Mother shipton.
never dreamed Of the Thousand uses to which
Iron would be applied. The latest and one Of the
greatest discoveries for its use has been its app-
cation through the wondrous manipulation of the
laws Of chemistry TO thu re- vitslIzatioa OF the
weakened and debilitated organism OF humanity
as a medical remedia! agent Since medicine was
first applied for mans relief Iron has been known
and acknowledged to possess tonic, medicinal and
curative powers of excellence. but it's health
full adaptation to the hum IN system has beeo, In
deed, difficult problem Within year past, af ter
lengthy, intricate and difficult experiments. the
problem has been solved by a noted medical
chemist and pharmacist Of Baltimore, Maryland,
and medicine known as IRON B1TrERs has been
given to the world. which has grown SO immensely
popular in single year curative agent that it
has outstripped all other medical discoveries
Of latter days. 1t is pounded ''not IS
Quack Eostrum," nor ga substitute for
Whisky" net ''sold as a Beverage nor Com
posed of Alcoholic Spirits" nor SIS 1t
sold ia Bar ROones." as with some of the Ton les
so called. Of the day-so say the members and
owners.
THE BROWN CHEMICAL COMPANY
OF Baltimore. and it was these plain and positive
assurances from men of known integrity; and the
realization that Iron liz good medicine In any
shape which prompted your correspondent an old
Journalist and chronic dyspeptic. to test the
remedy. Long suffering. huge doctors bills, end
less experiments aud repeated failures had, how
ever, made me skeptical, and before agreeing to
invest one more dol!ar-ths price per bottle-I de-
ternined to adopt the old fashioned report orial
plan snd interview" the druggists or any who
had used 1t. After being induced to try the medi-
cine. aud having been greatly benefited by it,
nay, having been transformed from Nervous
Dyspephc and Chronic Hypoeoc driac into healthy
and hence happy man,-I deem this the most prac-
tcai Of putting before the pubic The results Of
my invesiis ATOMS.
7 he frat visit was to Dr. D. p Kicking, Veil
known druggist. corner Third and Pennsylvania
avenue. Of course, said he, We know but little of
Its ii yredients beiIs proprietary medicine, but
ai5 ne dicine bat ed npon Iron can bat be bsnef-
ci.l t. the human systam. We Eel it largely. It
seems TO give satisfaction, and have no doubt Is
excellent remedy for Dyspepsia This was
general Endorsement to be entirely
sslvsnia avenue. Noted fine drugstor with tie
name Of IS. Wagsamau," formerly o. 3. Clarke
Co.. over the door. In response to inquiries he
said Its merit is best proven by the extent of its
sales, as with any other medicine. The damand is
large and constantly increasing; sure evidence
that it is good medieine. Those who use 1t praise
IT." little further on and called ON Scheller l.
Stevens. the National Hotel" druggists. What
about Iron Bitters?" inquired OF representative.
'Ig il good or bad ?" The answer came promptly:
Undoubtedly fine medicine. Ali VINO use il
praise its virtues and come to buy again. One
gentleman. an old dyspeptic says lie has tried for
twenty years for areliableremedy. and never found
one till now. You can test it with safety" just
across the Avenue was the extensive store OF S.ot
Cromwell. Surely. thought I. Iii anybody
and retail business" So hither hied me, and put
the query sgain: 'Ts Iron Btters fit to take Or ia
n, ike many other patent medicines, only fit to
poison rats ?" Those who use ii. said he "pro-
nounce it an excellent and certain remedy for
Dyspepsia and Indigestion. We sell large guam
titles Of il. and have never yet heard 1t
pronounced failure in one single case but it is
used over and over sgain by those who have tested
its curative powers Then sit will do to tie to-
for one who is chronic sufferer. Beyond
doubt" was the answer. ''Give it trial; that's
the way to test it; and / know yoa'H come back
again. Mr.. o. Christiani, 4S4 Pennsylvania ave.,
another we'll known druggist, said much the same
thing; and at z. D. Gilman's. 627 Pennsylvania
ave., WAS informed that 1.-The sales Of the medi-
cine were very large, it's popularity undoubsed,
and its excellence conceded by those who made re-
peated purchases, claiming to have been greatly
benefited" This was conclusive enough. thought
bottle, took it home. tried it afternoon, night
and tie following day On the second night I
slept through an entire night, Gan unprecedented
occurrence.) On the third day possessed an ap-
petite Ike Digger Indian, felt as though 1 could
have eaten quarter OF beef. was free from In
digestion and felt as though had taken a nsw
lease Of life advised every AGO uaiutance kne y