Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1885-04-08
shy Of POISON.
Wron ., Washingtsu peily PosAI

Wrom The Meaningless Daily PesAl
~ many years physicians have been
much exercised over the use Of drugs and
medicines containing op,ates or poisona.
Opium smoking By the Chinese and the in.
PRODUCTION OF the habit into America ID an
evil which has bcon sought to b. remedied.
and tho police Of Philadelphia have recently
made successful raids on opium '~.joints" and
arrested the proprietors. A moro iusidious
form Of poison than this. however, and ono
which largely Affects not only the health but
the lives OF children, Is that which comes In
the form Of popular med icines. Nine out OF
ten Of these, 1t is known, contain narcotics or
deadly metallic oxides. Tho difficulty, how
ever, has been to find q substitute for such
things which would DO purely vegetable, and
at the ssms time erecta prompt cure. That
such . discovery had boon made was announc-
Cd recently, and Dr.. O. Grothe, chemist to the
Brooklyn Board Of Health, and y graduate
OF the University of Kisl, Germany, pub.
licly certified that he had analysed the RENE.
dy and found 1t free from narcotics, op.ates
or Injurious metallic oxides, and 4 harmless
and happy combination, which will prove
highly effective. Hearing that DR.. Samuel
X. Cox, q graduate Of Yale, and expert m.
alytical chemist of this city, had also ana
lyzed the remedy In question and given pub
Ito testimony 40 to It's purity and efficacy, Q
reporter of tho Post was told by him that he
had given such . certificate, and that he bes
lieved the remedy marked . new stage in the
II eatment of throat ana lung diseases. He
knew also that many public men in Washing
ton had given the remedy . trial, and felt
confident II they were called upon that they
would cheerfully indorse 1t. One OF them
was Hon. J. c. 8. blackburn, Senator elect
FROM Kentucky. Mr.. Blackburn, on being
approached, said he had used the remedy
with marked effect and found great benefit,
especially during his occupancy of the Speak
or 9 chair. 1t had removed all irritation from
his throat and relieved y cough which had
roublcd him much.
senator German, OF Maryland, said that he
firmly believed in the rcmedy. which he had
personally tested. Congressmen J. H. Bag.
ley, Jr., of New York; WIN. Mutchler, of
Pennsylvania; j. H. Brewer, OF New Jersey;
Hart =. Holton, Of Maryland. and J. ?. Lee.
dom, Esq, OF Ohio, s~ergeant-at-Arms OF the
House OF Representatives, were emphatic in
their Endorsement of the remedy. Messrs.
Ed A.. Clark, Architect OF Public Buildings:
+. A. CarmAn, Acting commissioner OF tht
Agricultural Department.; Thomas Miller.
chief clerk In the Surgeon Generals Depart.
mont; H. e. Weaver, ex-Congressman from
Miss ,ssippt, and nov chief Of the collecting
division in the General Postoface; j. H.
Gravenstine, head of the labor division In the
same department, and F. B. Conger, City
Postmaster, and son OF Senator Conger, of
Michigan. all pronounced 1t a valuable dis
covcry, and had found is effects not only
soothing, but lasting. The remedy in Ques-
ton 10 Red Star Cough Cu1e. 1t 10 free
from opiatcs or pcisons. and Is purely
vegetable.
A physician who stands in close relation to
the Board Of Heath of the District of Column.
bia said that there are two things which sert.
ously affect the health of the people, i'm
pure water and impure drugs, and therefore
the benefits of a discovery like Red Star
Cough Cure can not 10 o yer-estimated. Thou
sands of children die annually from tho use
Of cough and soothing syrups containing
opiates or poisons, and even adults are ex-
posed to the danger OF blood-po1soning from
such q cause. In view OF these facts, mem.
bers of Boards of Health in various cities;
public mon of Maryland, from the Governor
down, and leading practicins physicians
throughout hat State have over their own
signatures tesuided that Rod Star Cough Cure
can not fail to be a boon to the suffering and
afflicted. Tho reporters investiSa tions wcrc
thorough and u~npreiudioed, and the testi-
mony obtained, Judging from its character,
can not be gainsaid.