The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-12-01
TEE HOTEL CLERKS STORY.

1t is the fashion among many so-aai'ol
humorists to represent the American hotel
clerk as q lordly and supercilions being,
who, with headlight diamond in his I'M
maculate shirt front and look OF con-
temptuous disdain upon his classic iea-
lures, sends tired and travel-staincd arri-
walls off to impossible regions in the tt-
tenth story. or haughtily refuses them any
lodging whatever.
The fact is that the true American hotel
clerk is an invaluable feature of our civiii-
cation. lifetime of the arrivals and depar-
lures of all the trains on all the railroads. IS
at his tongues end he is full OF iniorma-
ton about what is interesting at the thea
tres, and of stories of actors and actresses
who have stopped at his hotel, and withal
. n kindly man, who, if the house is crowded,
will let you sleep on Il billiard table. MIR.
w. z. Hammond, who is the clerk at the
West End Hotel, SOB and sos West Mad
ison street, Chicago, is of this obliging dis
position and is always ready to give any
information regarding the hotel to those
who seek it. The accomplished landiady
of the West End has recently suffered with
rheumatism. The story of her cure is
thus told by clerk Hammond:
"Our landlady was taken with quite
severe attack of rheumatism i'll the lower
limbs, suffering much pain and being
scarcely able to walk. She heard of Ath-
Iophoros and of the cures it had effected,
and sent me to the drug store to buy
bottle of it. got it, and in half an hours
time after she had taken the first dose she
felt relieved, and in q few days the rheu-
matism was entirely gone
"How much did she take?"
bout one bottle"
Z" Has she had any return Of the pain?
"Not to my knowledge" replied Mr..
Hammond, land | am certain she would
be likely to say something about it if she
had. She speaks of Athlophoros in the
highest terms, and has recommended it to
many. In one case l remember the cure
was as quick as in her own"
The accuracy of clerk Ilammond's state
ments is fully confirmed by the landlady
herself, who is not averse to having 1t
known how she was cured.
al will tell you something about my
cure" she said to a visitor who called 10
learn the facts in her case. " | was SO
lame and suffered so much pain that 1T was
impossible for me to bend my limbs or
wall; around my room without taking holi
of the back of IL chair for support. My
relief, after taking the first dose of Athlo-
phoros, was almost immediate. In fact,
after taking a few doses | was well and
have not been troubled since. AT the
same time that was suffering from the
rheumatism, there was lady boarding in
my hotel who was suffering with facial
neuralgia so much that it was impossible
for her to sit up. | advised her to try
my remedy that being the name have
for Athlophoros. After she had taken
two doses of it she was well, and the next
thing knew saw her rushing for street
car to go up town. My confidence in Ath-
lophoros cannot be shaken. l find it 4
positive cure for nervous headache and
shall always keep some in the hotel, as
cannot afford to suffer from rheumatism,
neuralgia or any such trouble while l
can get medicine like Athlophoros."
Ifyou cannot get ATHLoPHoRos of your drug.
gist, we will send it express paid on receipt of
regular price-one dollar per bottle We prefer
that you buy it from your druggist, but If he
hasn't it, do not be persuaded to try something
else, but order at once from us. as directed.
ATu LoPHoRos Co., H. Wall Street, New York.