National Republican., 1881-12-03
MAX MAYER.
His Eccentric mis.ion-mis work In New.


He was sitting in q down town hotel looking at
the swiftly falling rain. His face wore the express
sion OF one who felt himself In dsagreeable po-
sition, but had made up his mind to endure II.
Occasionally he soflly whlstlcd bar from an
opera or n strain from some sweet old folSs song.
The reporter saw at the first glance that he was
stranger in Newton. lie was not bad looking
man and his clothes wsrc Of n style and quality
which showed that he was not Indifferent to the
claims Of fashion, Breaking OF abruptly in the
midst Of an aria from Martha" the st ranger
hande the reporter a card, upon which was
printed Max Mayer" remarking. Young man,
did yon, ever have the rheumatismg' The ques-
tlon, although somewhat abrupt and singular, was
put politely, and the man Of news as politely re-
sponded In the negative. "Tben you have been
ofpain will come, sir believe me- We must all
take our dividend Did you ever see more
beautiful day than Yesterday Now. then, look out
there. regular rainy day, the very embodiment
OF Longfellows poem
"'The day Is cold and dark and drenry,
And the wind and the rain never weary.
etc., lines which were written in metaphor, but
which frequently serve as actually. descriptive of
the meteorological day IL fits to-day like glove
Well, sir, yesterday represents your youth and
freedom from pain, To-day what you may be a
few years hence, / once had rheumatism. II
orept through all my muscles and chained me to
bed. had no peace night or day. one day was
the same as another and one night was only differ
ent from another according TO the quantity of
narcotics l took TO induce sleep. Well, sir TO
make long story short, was radically relieved
OF all my trouble by very simple process, aud
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 means, and write
book for the benefit Of present and future gener.
ations. l was led to undertake this great work
out OF very profound gratitude felt for my de-
liyerance from the thralldom of pain"
| confess, SIR" said the reporter, "that you In
tereSt me greatly. VIII you be good enough TO
state by what means you were restored to healthg'
With pleasure. was cured by the Great Ger
man Remedy, St. Jacobs OLA remedy that Ia
within the reach of nl and SO easily applied that
"why, everybody is familiar with that med.
cine" said the reporter in disappointed tone.
SO much the better" resumed Mr. Mayer. at
makes my work all the easier. Now, rarely ever
leave town without having secured some ro-
markable testimony upon the subject l struck
this town last night, and having interviewed three
Oh ChIts SIu' QUEENS 'm waiting LOT 'he '"ih 10 wit
Would 1t be breach of confidence for you to
tell me the nature of those interviewsY'
Not at all, and will cheerfully give you any
Information In my possession. While walking up
your main street to-day l heard blacksmiths
hammer on an anvil There is music in an anvil
TO me, and entertain high respect for the black
smith. In the first am supported by an eminent
composer. who thought enough of It to arrange,an
second am sustained by King Solomon, who,
upon a memorable occasion, gave black
smith the seat Of honor, | turned aside and
passed into the shop whence the music of
the metal proceeded. Thetypical blacksmith was
there. man of Drawn and muscle with face
sation. soon detected he was an Englshman.
Mentioning this impression, the iron worker said
he was irom England, native of Cambridgeshire,
and had been In this country many years. lie ac-
knowledged the compliment l paid his fine
physique, but remarked that he had inherited
disease which sometimes raoked his limbs pain.
fully and reduced him to inacton. His trouble
was rheumatic gout. lie discoursed intelligently
and well upon the subject Of his trouble, saying
differs from the aristocratic gout in that II does
not kill, whit the other does. He stated that he
had resorted to many different treatments TO OBJ
tain relief, but had never found anything to do
him as much good as the st. Jacobs Oil. When he
wakes in the night with the terrible pain,
which is not infrcquent, he simply applies the
Great German Remedy, and the pain Is gone in
stnntly. 1t is the work of moment-the breath
of magic. But this intelligent son of Vulcan did
hot not STOP There ~ MS praise OF me on He said he
sionally these sores superinduce great muscular
pain, which dart up his leg and throw him into an
exceedingly unpleasant condition. In FIVE min
utes after he applies the ST. Jacobs Oil the pain
disappears. Further than this, his wife is great
sufferer with rheumatic pain. She always gets re-
will relieve her but the st, Jacobs Oil. Both he
and his wife, he said, would not think of doing
without the German Remedy, They know IL to
be the best thing for pain in the world The
name OF the blacksmith is Fryer Angood."
Why does the Oil not cure Mr.. Angood and his
wife?' asked the reporter
"Sir, II does cure them. You make the same
mistake that so many others do. When one is sus-
ceptibleto malady and the superinduclng causes
tone implios a want OF condolences in ST. Jacobs
OIL, because 1t does not, after curing man OF
Would you find fault with a physician who had
cured you of typhoid fever last year because you
had another attack this year? Certainly
with ST. Jacobs OH. This Oil absolutely cures
in the majority of cases In which 1t is tried,
and nine out of ten probably never feel a return
OF the disease. But In some cases the conditions
are always present to greater or less degree for
return as In the case of Mr. Angood and his wife,
ana the remedy is often called into use. To re-
move the causes in these rare cases you will have
TO change the nature of the man. As that can
only be done by tho Great Physician human
science will have to rest content with secondary
power"
!" Who were the other gentlemen you inter.
viewed, Mr.. Mayer asked the squelched reporter
The second gentleman who sung the praise of
this great remedy of the Nineteenth Century WIS
Mr.. George Gerson, n clerk at Hursts drugstore
Jacobs oil Ind d. ataDed in Newton m'G" ~ Ss6n ine st.
who, by the way, is not only intelligent but alert
and Keen and the possessor OF iliu manners, said
that II had cured him of rheumatism. IL appears
that this gentleman had the list taste of rheuma-
tism-iniummat0ry rheumaism-some years ago,
while living In Chicago. lie went skating and
went home with the rheumatism. lie has been
subject to IL ever sine. Last winter Mr.. Gerson
caught cold while attending u dance. The cold re-
suited In six weels spell of rheumatism. Well,
he had good mJdical treatment, and 50 had /.
when l had rheumatism. But Mr. Gerson did
not get well, fhe st. Jacobs Oil was finally APP
pl ed, ana was found to have. power to nssuage
inc pain, Whereas before nothing seemed to re-
lleve; Peyious to using the Oil Mr. GcrsOn could
not sletp. As soon as IL was used he could sleep
Ihusy you see ut one glance two conditions produce
Ing perfect antlthcsis II Is, therefore, evident
tint with the first application of st, Jacobs Oil
bgan the era of his recovery. Now, mark the
rsult The applications of the Oil were contn-
ded, and Mr. Gerson continued to improve day by
day, until the iiend of pain was charmed away by
this WONDERFUL OIL. And, having been entirely
restored, Mr.. Gerson emphntlcny remarks that
the s.. Jacobs OIL is the best liniment he ever
used"
"The third and last gentleman talked WITH"
resumed Mr.. Mayer, wus Mr.. q. B. Chapman, of
the firm of Coulter Il Chapman, grOCers. Mr. Chap
man looks like gentleman who is possessed of
great energy, plenty of brain, aud Strong will
power. He has those qualities, as well as a cheer
ful temperament 10 help him pull through pain.
Mr.. Chapman said his ncighbofs arc always talk-
ing about the St. Jacobs Oil and its wonderful
power. So when he was attacked with rheumatism
in his back, he naturally rcsorted TO Its use. 1t
gave him wonderful relief ut the first Application
and in n short time restored him. lie character.
lied 1t as first rate remedy"
" Now, you see young man. that my mission Is
not without results Take this advice from II
stranger whom you Will probably never see again:
Whenever you have amy physical ache or pain
which can be re-; reached by an external application
The reporter bade Mr.. Mayer farewell hunted
up the gentlemen above named, nscerlained from
them that the statements were true in every par.
of the interview with The stranger who has taken
upon himself SO eccentric Il mission.
The Life-Saving service.
The annual report of S. l. Kmball, the superln-
tendent Of the Life-Savlng Service, has Just been
issued, ana shows that the service includes lS3 sta
tlons lI3 being the Atlantic, 81 OF the lakes and
on the Pacific, The storms during the year were of
unusual violence but there was slight loss of life The
number a nprSons brougll slore nv