The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-12-04

a GLIDE DOWN THE BANISlLAs.

Sliding down the banisters, though :.
swift and delightful way OF getting down
| st .lrs, is not popular method OF descent
except among boys of the hobbledchoy
age When, therefore, Mr.. Dolph IIotch!i>.,
solid citizen of Peoria, Ill, adopted tha5
style of coming down from his room, Ic-
Gently it augured that something ont Of
the usual line had happened to him. Such
was indeed the case. Mr.. liotchLi,a, cx.
plains as follows why lie preferred lie
railing to the stairs:
81 1t was last winter, during the month
of December. One evening after getting
home from the store was taken with II
severe pain in my ankle. 1t felt at first
as if had sprained it. | was up stairs
when the trouble first came on and |
wanted to go down. The pain, however,
had increased so that / found that it was
impossible to walk down the steps, and SO
l slid down the railing. From that night
began to grow worse, the pain became
more severe, and my ankle gradually
swelled up until it seemed as if the flesh
would burst. 1t was almost impossible for
me to lie in bed, and the least noise or at
tempt to move Inc would cause me tho
greatest agony.
after being in bed month | could not
stay there any longer. l felt that | must
have some kind of change and SO was
moved into an easy chair, wE,re lay for
two months, suffering more Than words
can express. My trouble was rheumatism.
The doctors could do nothing for me
used about every medicine | had ever
heard of for rheumatism, and many die
ferent remedies recommended by my
friends and neighbors but nothing tiorl,d
me any relief. A lady friend living in
Chicago, hearing of my atilicticn, wrote
me, saying: Try Athlophoros. 1t cured
me-
was very glad to try anything. |
had tried many different sorts OF medicines,
but this was new to me. | sent at once
and bought a bottle and began using it. |
had IL terrible buzzing in my head at first
but as it was said in the directions would
have this if the medicine took hold Of the
disease | stuck to it. The buzzing was
nothing with my suflcrngs. / think it
was on a Monday evening I first began
with the Athlophoros BY the following
Saturday the pain was nearly all gone, the
swelling was very much reduced, and with
the aid of pair of crutches went out for
the first time in three months.
81 continued taking the Athlophoros
until had used four bottles. NV pain
and swelling had then all gone and had
no further use for crutches. | have not
felt any rheumatism since. Atllophoros
is a very valuable medicine. | recon-
mend it whenever I have chance, and
never want to be without some Athlopho-
ros in the house in case | should ever
again be SO afflicted
Mr.. Hotchkiss' residence in Peoria is at
No. 6l0 Hancock street. Greatly as he
regrets the loss of three months valuable
time, not to speak of all the suffering and
mental anguish he endured, he feels that
there is some slight compensation in the
fact that he was made acquainted with
medicine which can cure rheumatism and
rob that disease of all its terrors. Mr..
Hotchkiss, it is almost needless to state,
has never had occasion to repeat his ride
on the railing. ;
Ifyou cannot get ArHLopHonos of your drug
gist, we will send it express paid, on receipt Of
regular price-Onc dollar per bottle. We prefer
TINT You buy 1t from your druggist hut If he
hasn't it, do not be persuaded tn try something
else, but order nj once from us, us directed |
ATHLoPIIoRos Co. liz Wall Street, New York