Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-04-02
SHY OF POISON.
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For many years physicians have beer
much exercised over the use Of drugs and
medicines containing opiates or poisons
OPIUM smoking by the Chinese and the In
PRODUCTION OF the habit into America Is an
evil which has been sought to be remedied,
and the police of Philadelphia have recently
made successful raids on opium "joints'' and
arrested the proprietors. A more insidious
form OF poison than this, however, and one
which largely Affects not only the health but
the lives of children, is that which comes In
the form OF popular medicines. Nine out OF
ten of these, tits known, contain narcotics or
deadly metallic oxides. The difficulty, how
ever, has been to ind substitute for such
things which would be purely vegetable, and
at the same time eject q prompt cure. That
such q discovery had boon made was announc-
ed recently, and DIR. o. Grothe, chemist TO tho
Brooklyn Board of Health, aud graduate
OF the University of KieL Germany, pub
licly certified that he had analysed the rene.
dy and found It free from narcotics, op.ates
or injurious metallic oxides, and harmless
and happy combination, which will prove
highly effective. Hearing that DIR. Samuel
X. Cox, graduate OF Yale, and expert an
alytical chemist OF this city, had also ana
lyzed the remedy in question and given pub
lilo testimony as TO its purity and enicacy, q
reporter OF the Post was tod by him that he
had given such certificate, and that he be-
lieved the remedy marked new stage In the
Il treatment Of throat and lung diseases. He
knew also that many public men in Washing
ton had given the remedy q trial, and felt
confident IL they were called upon that they
would cheerfuily indorse II. One OF them
was Hon. j. G. =. 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
ers chair IL had removed all irritation from
his throat and relieved a cough which had
troubled him much.
Senator German, OF Maryland, said that he
firmly believed in the remedy, which he had
personally tested. congressman j. ii. Bag
ley, Jr., of New York; VIM. Mutchler, of
Pennsylvania; J. II. Brewer, of New Jersey;
Hart -. Holton, of Maryland, and ]. p. Lee
dom, Esq, OF Ohio, sergeantatArms OF the
House OF Representatives, were emphatic In
their Endorsement of the remedy. Messrg.
Ed A. Clark, Architect OF Public Buiidings;
Il. A. Carman, Acting commissioner of the
Agricultural Department; Thomas s. Miller,
chief clerk in the Surgeon Generals Depart
ment; II. K. Weaver, ex-Congressman from
Miss ssppi, and now chief OF the collecting
division In the General Postoffice; j. II.
Gravenstine, head of the labor division in the
same department. and +. b. Conger, City
Postmaster, and son OF Senator Conger, of
Michigan, all pronounced It valuable dts
covery, and had found its effects not only
soothing, but lasting. The remedy in ques-
tion is Red Star CqY&b. Cure, 1t B-fsee
vegetable.
physician who stands In close relation to
the Board of Heath of the District OF Column
bia said that there are two things which seri-
ously affect the health OF the people,-im-
pure water and impure drugs, and therefore
the dement's of a discovery like Red Star
Cough Cure can not be over-estimated. Thou
sands of children die annually from the use
OF cough and soothing syrups containing
opiates or poisons, and even adults are ex-
posed to the danger OF blood poisoning from
such cause. In view OF these facts, Nom
bers of Boards of Health in various cities;
public men OF Maryland from the Governor
down, and leading practicing physicians
that State have over their own
signatures tesJi1ed that Red Star Cough Cure
can not fail TO be a boon to the suffering and
afflicted. The reporters investig atoms were
and unpreJudlced, and the testi-
mony obtained, judging from its character,
can not be gainsaid.