The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-04-02
shy OF POISON.


ltrom the washington DAILY foskJ
For many years physicians have been
much exercised over the use of drugs and
medicines containing op,ates or poisons.
Opium smoking by the Chinese and the In
PRODUCTION Of the habit into America 10 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 or 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 or popular medicines. Nine out OF
ten of these, II is known, contain narcotics or
deadly metallic oxides. The difficulty, how
ever, has been to find substitute for such
things which would be purely vegetable, and
at the same time enecta prompt cure. That
such discovery had bcen made was announc-
ed recently, and DIR. o. Grothe, chemist to the
Brooklyn Board of Health, and graduate
of the University of Kiel, Germany, pub
licy certified that he had analysed the reme-
dy and found IL free from narcotics, opiates
or injurious metallic oxides and harmless
and happy combination, which will prove
highly effective. Hearing that DIR. Samuel
X. Cox, a graduate of Yale, and expert an
alytical chemist of this city, had also ana
lyzed the remedy in question and given pub
lie testimony as to It's purity and efficacy. q
reporter of the Post was told by him that he
had given such q certificate, and that he be-.
lieved the remedy marked a new stage In the
Il eatment OF throat and lung diseases. He
knew also that many public men in washing
ton had given the remedy trial, and felt
confident IL they were called upon that they
would cheerfully indorse II. One OF them
was Hon. j. 4. - 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 chair. IL had removed all irritation from
his throat and relieved q 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 Ii. Hoton, of Maryland, and j. p. Leo
dom, Esq, of Ohio, sergeant-at-Arms OF the
House OF Representatives, were emphatic in
their Endorsement of the remedy. Messrs.
Ed A. Clark, Architect Of Public Buildings;
Il. A. Carman, Acting commissioner or the
Agricultural Department; Thomas 5. Miller.
chief clerk In the Surgeon Generals Depart
ment; ii. Il. Weaver, ex-Congressnan from
Miss ssippi, and now chief OF the collecting
division in the General Postofiice; j. IL.
Gravenstine, heal of the labor division in the
same department., and Il. b. Conger, City
Postmaster, and son of Senator Conger, OF
Michigan all pronounced it a valuable dis
covery, and had found its effects not only
soothing but lasting. The remedy in ques-
ton Is Red Star Cough Cure. 1t is free
from opiates or poisons and is purely
vegetable.
A physician who stands In close relation to
tho Board of Health 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 benefits Of 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 arc ex-
posed to the danger of blood poisoning from
such a cause. In Wow of these facts, mem
bers of Boards OF Health in various cities;
public men of Maryland from the Governor
down, and leading practicing physicians
throughout that State have over their own
signatures testified that Rcd Star Cough Cure
can not fail TO be a boon To the suffering and
afflicted. The reporters investie atoms were
thorough and unprojudiced, and the testi-
mony obtained, judging from its character,
can not be gainsaid.