The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-04-30

Poor KatieI A great sufferer she was, and
most patiently did she endure In the hope
that at last her sunerings would como to an
emu. She was just budding into womanhood;
nne-looking girl Of nearly nineteen, who
had, previous to her attack OF illness. enjoy
cd robust health.
Let her mother tell the story, NJ she told It
TO two OF our editorial friends who recently
spent an evening at the house.
"Katie's illness came on slowly, with great
pain In her thigh and hip. For while she
kept on going to school. but the pains be-
came SO severe that she had to stay at home,
and most OF the time lie down on little
lounge hero In tho sitting-room We tried
the best physicians we could get. The
disease baffed them all. One said It
and wanted TO have the poor child
undergo terrible operation. It turned out
TO be sciatic rheumatism. Poor child how
she did sufferl About four o'clock In the
afternoon she would begin screaming with
pain. She couldn't help IT, She would scream
and moan till about four in the morning.
Then she would fall asleep from WEAKNESS,
ana sic, p for some hours. This went on for
about eight months. During the nights
neither she nor could sleep.
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paper she saw IN advertisement OF Athlopho-
ros- She asked me to get IL and see II IL
wouldn't cure her. We had tried good
many different h'ngs, but ! thought we
would try this. And 1 went and got a bottle.
gave her dose OF II toward evening. 1t
was simply wonderful how It quieted the
poor child's pain and put her into gentle
sleep. She slept nicely until ten. Then she
was In great perspiration. She walked, and
gave her another dose, for the first had
done her so much good. Then she fell asleep
again and slept until morning. Her pain was
gone. She had hardly any returns of IL The
Athlophoros did the work for her most COM
pletely.
"But the terrible sciatica had drawn
Katie's leg up, and made IL shorter than It
had been by several inches. She was lame
for life, although the rheumatism was all
driven out of her. She had to walk on
crutches. One day she fell down stairs, and
was badly hurt that she had to be taken to
the hospital. There she suffered a great
deal, and after some weeks she died.
saw much Of Katie during her illness, and
knows all about us. Go and ask him, and he
will tell you all about it.
"Some time ago we gave a letter about
Katie's case, and IL was published. We have
had numerous inquiries In reference TO IL,
all of which we promptly answer.
~ must tell YOU" continued Mrs. Gill, "of
our neighbor. Mrs. Summers, and her eleven
year-old boy. The boy had one OF the most
terrible attacks Of rheumatism / ever knew
a boy to have. / had little Ahlophoros
left in the bottle from which Katie had taken.
gave 1t to Mrs. Summers, and she gave II 20
the child, who was screaming with pain.
When Mr.. Summers came home, he was sur
prised to find the boy sitting up, free from
pain, and cheerfully singing. / wish you
would go and see them. They live not far
from here, on West 18th street. No. 905."
Mr.. Gill added in hts own behalf:
II have had a good deal or rheumatism my
self, chiefly In my shoulders and arms. But
i took Athlophoros and / got rid of the
trouble. did not have TO take much, either.
found the medicine acted very quickly"
The Rev. Father Peter Tscheidcr, assistant
pastor Of the Church Of the Holy Family,
was found at his pastoral residence, No. All
West Twelfth Street. Chicago. Father
Tscheider took pleasure in saying mat he
knew Mr.. and Mrs. GIL, and that he esteemed
them highly; also that he had seen Katie fire.
quently during her illness, and knew al
about her wonderful recovery from sciatica
and her subsequent injury and her illness al
the hospital.
II you cannot get ATHLoPHoRos of your drug
gist. we will send it express paid, on receipt Of
regular price-onc dollar per bottle. We prefer
hasn't IL, do not be persuaded to try something
else, but order at onoe from us, as directed
ATHLoPHoRos Co., liz Wall street. New York.