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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-01-24
What q Doctor Thinks.

While in conversation with several gen.
tlemen on various matters, our reporter
turned TO well-known physician and
asked:
Doctor, do you ever prescribe patent
medicines in your practice
THAT Is owing to circumstances. am
liberal man. and will discard nothing whicn
know will alleviate human suffering. II
Know the formula Of q compound, ana II
there Ia any virtue In IL, do not nesltate
10 prescri be II even though IL be patented
The old code Of ethics, which has become
hurdeusone yoke, forbids this, and many
hours OF suffering have been prolonged By
adherence 10 this old standard. And yet
there is scarcely q physician who does not
in one form and another use patent medl'
.cines."
"Doctor. do you know OF any patent med
icines which have real virtue? -
Eyes: there are quite number on the
market
Would you mind stating some OF
them'' ,,..-c.,a.
inc foremost in the rank OF blood purifiers.
IL has almost a worldwide reputation. IL
ia known and used in Europe, iii south
America. In Mexico. in Australia, ana ia
the Sandwich islands, as well as IN every
Stale and Territory In the United states III
of course has its enemies. but tney are
among those who know nothing OF ", and
are too prejudiced to learn. Since It's mar
yellous success there have appeared twenty
OF mole limitations and almost every week
brings ont new one, but this medicine
still lakes the lead and Is constantly Widen
Ing It's territory and viii go on blessing
humanity. II is grand success.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-01-24
SWIF7'S SPECIFIC
CURES RHEUNA7IS
RHEUMATISH ROUTED.
II Case from ScTTreH
County.

In the editorial columns of the Ieteph.."e /;
Published at sylvania, the county seat %,
Sry!ven county, Ca. in the numDer, Den,in
date August IL, the editor Colonel w llIialn
Il. Mathews, Jr., has the following IN te itlI,
epce 20 q remarkable cure OF rheuins''s"
by swifts SPECIFIC: ,..,..,o
We know q gentleman IN TINS county WIN
ak months ago, was almost noI s, IL
ME from An attack OF rheumatism. he
could scarcely hobble across room nseu
srutches, and said himself that he had ~
tls. IN any, hope OF ever recoVering. We
"a W. him In our town last week Walking
sbou. as lively as any other man ana ~
Inc fnest health and spirits. Upon our IN
oniry as Go what had worked such won.
derfni change in his condition he replied
mai swifts Specific had cured him. lie
said he was ON the eve of starting for the
Hot Springs in search OF relief but was per-
suaded by one OF his neighbors TO try swifts
Specific. After using one aud half dozen
BOTTLES he has been transformed from
miserable cripple to happy. healthy man.
he Ia one OF our most worthy and success
fil citizens, and 10 none other than Mr.. L.
b. Lambert.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-01-24

For sale by all druggists.
Treatise on blood and skin-dlseases
mailed free.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC COMPANY,
Drawer 2, Atlanta, Ga: New YORK, lo7
west Twenty-third street.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-01-24

The s. 8. 8. Company receive a good
many letters ordering their celebrated
medicine direct, the writers stating that
there are so many limitations, and they are
afraid OF getting swindled. This can be
easily detected. Every genuine bottle has
the signatures OF j. W. Rankin and Z. Il.
Swift ON strip OF paper pasted across the
cork OF each bottle.
books they mail free TO all who apply for
them: one on Contagious Blood Poison
and the other on BLOOD and Skin Dis
eases" Send for them.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-01-24
SWIFTS SPECIFIC
Cures ScrgIHM.

Willie White, a hoy OF seven years. has
been afflicted with ScrOfula ever since he
was three months old. His scalp last year
was almost mass o. sores. One Of his
eyes was permanently Injured. and his Jaw
running In huge sores. IN September last
he commenced TO take Swift's Specific
under my direction. To-day he is fat.
squabby, robust boy. His Jaw Is well, and
his head is covered with fine coat OF hair
There is a little dryness about the scalp
This is the only sign OF the terrible disease
lefi. His mother desires me 10 thank the
proprietors Of Swift's Specific very heartily
and says she is So grateful that words can
not express il. This is a remarkable cure.
{. W. PARKER ". D..
Bremen, HARRISON county, Ga.
February u, 1855.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-01-24
SWIFTS SPECIFIC
Cures Cancer.

About three years ago there appeared gu
my right breast several hard Jumps whIcn
gave me almost intolerablo pain. Iney Go ,,n
rhst the doctors called cancer OF the breast.
Prom robust woman I was reduced 10 q
heinless Invalid. and for Ave months l was
a helpless, bedridden creature. ASona one
GrectgS The first influence OF the medi-
cine was 10 Increase the discharge. but ater
a month OF more began TO improve ana
this wonderful medicine has brought BACK
my health again. | now do all my own
Homework. / am perfectly free from pain,
and feel Ike new person altogether; am
satisfied II IL had not been for Swifts Specl-
nc would have been In my grave To-day.
1 most cheerfully recommend II TO al those
who are suffering with this fearful disease.
Mrs. JANE CLEMONS.
ATLANTA, Ga, April 10. 1888.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-01-24
POISON

had produced great holes In my back and
chest, and had removed all the hair off my
head, yet began TO improve in a weeks
time, and the sores began TO heal. and were
entirely gone inside Of eight weeks
WILL JONES,
Porter Union Passenger Depot
CISCO, TEXAS, July IS, 1855.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-01-24
BLOOD

is the life. and he is wise who remembers II.
But in March OF last year 1sS4) l con-
tracted blood poison, and being In Sayan-
nah, Ca, at the time, i went into the nos
pital there for treatment. suffered very
much from rheumatism at the same time.
did not get well under the treatment
there, nor was cured by any OF the usua
means. have now taken seven bottles OF
Swifts Specific, and am sound and well. IL
skin DAN. LEAHY.
JERSEY CITY, n. j., August 7, 1855.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-01-24
SWIFT S SPECIFIC
Purely Tlgr/a6H.

This medicine is made from roots gather
ed from the forests Of Georgia. D. contains
40 mercury. no potash, on any DINER ihlh
eral poison. Nothing i'm 10 comes from the
drugstore. II Is purely vegetable.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-01-24
RHEUMATISM CURED.

Swifts Specific has cured me OF rneuma-
tism OF two years standing, which has hlth-
artO resisted all treatment. =. :. =. IS Il
good tonic. and has increased my appetite
and digestion very much and cannot be
praised too highly. JAMES III M,
II Nescy street, Newark, y. J.
November 80, 1850.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-01-24
litter q Prolonged
Struggle.

In 1884 contracted blood poison. Since
that time have suffered tortures from an
affection of the skin, rheumatism. and Ill
oeIating sores. During those long years 6f
disease underwent treatmentat the hands
Of leading physicians In Norwich, Hartford.
Providence, Boston, and Chicago. Finding
no relief ~ one place would go TO another.
but met with the same treatment and effect
everywhere. The quantities OF mercury and
potash have taken have not only done me
nogood, but believe they have done much
harm. have been taking y. 3. 3. six weeks,
and II Is hard TO believe my own
feelings, though the fact that IL has
done more for me In that short time
than al other medicines have In twenty
years II plain and undeniable. Blk weeks
ago Was Q total wreck. without hope.
Now that ! have taken fourteen bot
ties OF y. y. =. my rheumatism Is among
the things Of the past, and the ulcers
only show that was Diseased. When be-
gan taking swin's Specific there was large
seune ulcer over my right eye. which
thought would ever get well. Like the
other II Ia gone, and thank God for the
creation OF the Swift specific Company
and their great remedy.
u. x. w. BRIGGS,
NOVEMBER 20. 1885. Brooklyn, NY.
For sale by sll druggists.
Treatise on blood aud Skin Diseases
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO..
Drawer 8. Atlanta, Ga.
New York. 1877 west Twenty third street.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-01-24

This picture illustrated the method OF
manufacturing Swift's Specific. near Perry,
Ga. so popular has the remedy become II
requires the capacity Of 100000 labors-
tory 10 meet the demands now. There has
been O great deal OF discussion also, AZ one
time and another, on the merit OF blood
purifiers, but there Is no difference OF opin-
ion as to the most meritorious OF these REM
edies before the public. Swlfts Specific is
Acknowledged the greatest and the best.
II is free from all mineral poison-purely
vegetable, being made from roots and herbs
gathered I'm Georgia forests. II islands with
out peer. The manufacture OF this remedy
is one OF the greatest OF Atlanta's indus
tries, and Is meeting with phenomenal sue
cess. The sales OF November, 1855, are IA
excess Of the sales Of the same month IN
1854 over $40 Zoo, and the demand is con-
stantly increasing.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-01-24
SWIFT SPECIFIC
Cures CatarTh.

Professor w. u. Johnson, principal OF the
public schools in Boston, Ark, under date
Of March 18th, writes: This certiheS that
| have been q sufferer from Catarrh for
nearly eighteen years. being a portion OF
the time lncapacitated from attending 10
my business. Tried a number OF most emf.
nent physicians North and South; spent
over sbO0. was partially deaf; quantity
OF bones resembling fish. scales came out OF
my nose and head, and / was at one time
reduced to seventy pounds. Ten bottles OF
:. S. s. cured me sound and well. and l am
so to-day. II is the best blood-puriiier
have ever used"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-01-24
SWIFT s SPECIFIC
Cures Erubti0AS.

have a little daughter seven years Old
who for the last four years has been ailllct-
ed with a peculiar sRin-eruption on the lace
and one hand. / have tried seven or eight
ply slCians among them the best IN CalllOr-
nia and in this proVlce, but 10 no purpose.
Tie child kept growing worse. Fortunately
saw a statement in n 81. Paul mimi paper
81 a cure of a disease similar 10 that of my
child. II was effected by Swift s Specihc. /
tecurei six bottles and commenced giving
il to my little girl. In less than one week
this terrible disease. which had bafiied all
the Known remedies within reach, began TO
disappear. She has been taking IL three
months-is perfectly well ana her SIX n Is as
clear ssWaX c. A. SMITH.
TRENTON ONTARIO PROVINCE, CANADA'
March 2S. 1854.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-01-24

is Natures own remedy. made from roots
gathered from the forests OF Georgia. The
method by which IL Is made was obtained
by q half. breed from the Creek Indians who
inhabited certain portion OF Georgia
which was communicated TO one OF the
early settlers, and thus the formula has
been handed down TO the present day. The
above cut represents the method OF manu-.
facture twenty years ago by Mr.. Z. I.
Swift, one Of the present proprietors. The
demand has been gradually increasing an
I'll a 800, 900 laboratory is now necessary
TO supply the trade. A foreign demand has
been created, and enlarged facilities Will be
necessary TO meet It. This great
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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-01-24

Two years ago contracted blood poison.
After taking prescriptions from the best
physicians here and at Dallas | concluded
10 visit Hot Springs, and on reaching Tex
erkana q doctor recommended me 10 try
Swifts Specific, assuring me that II would
benefit me more than Hot Springs. AL
though the
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-01-24
Interesting TeStiH1OnU

! have suffered for long time irO n
eczema, which breaks out every year. l
nave had attention from the very best
physicians of which this city can boast. but
Swift's Specific has done more for me Than
ali other remedies used. | consider II. too,
one OF the best tonics / ever tested. IL
Keeps me a good appetite, and now feel
perfectly well. e.: COOk.
Everett House, New York city.
NOVEMBER 20, 1855.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-01-24
SWIF7'S SPECIFIC
Cures letter.

vas q sufferer for twenty years with
letter. II covering my entire person. tried
every known remedy within reach, but
to no permanent profit. The doctors could
help me, but could not cure me: read the
kwift's Specific had done for him in case
OF letter. l commenced It's use /: the sores
have oil dried mp and the skin OF my body
has smoothed on. and am In better health
than ever was, and there 10 not veslige
greatest medicine In the world. IL has
brought me relief after twenty years OF suf.
fering. IL 10 the best biood>puri1er have
ever used, and most eheerfully commend
II 20 the suffering q. +. LYNCH.
DAWSON, Ca, May 20, 1884,
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SWIFT S SPECIFIC
Cures old Sores.

Wher young man OF twenty-five years
/ took mercury in pills and was exposed 10
the weather. being a railroad-man. The
result was salvation and the poisoning OF
my whole system with mercury. suffered
untold misery for years. Some few years
ago broke the skin on my. right leg, ana
the poison in my blood produced an ulcer
from which l suffered SO much pain INA.
opputatiOn was regarded necessary. But
instead OF having the operation performed
/ commenced taking 8. s. 5. The ulcer has
entirely disappeared and no symptom OF
the blood. poison left. am In better heailh
than have been for years, and nave no
hesitancy in saying that IL is the best bloou-
purifier In the world. l know WHEREOF
speak. as have given many of them ialr
trial. i honestly believe that 5. >. >. mas
T. II. MORGAN,
Oglethorpe, Ga.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-01-24

| am q native OF England, and while
was in that country contracted ter
rible blood poison, and for two years was
under treatment as an out. door patient
at Nottingham Hospital, England, but
was not cured. ] suffered the most ago
niying pains in my bones, and was cover
ed with sores all over my body and limbs;
Ihad vertigo and deafness, with partial
loss OF sight, severe pains In my head
and eyes, etc, which nearly ran me
crazy. / lost all hope in that country
and sailed for America, and was treated
at Roosevelt, In this city, as well as Dy Il
prominent physician in New YORK nav
ing no connection with the hospitals.
/ saw the advertisement OF Swlits
Specific, and l determined to give IL a
trial as a last resort. | had given up all
hope of being cured, as | had gone
through the hands OF the best medical
men In Nottingham and New YORK. /
took six bottles OF 5. S. B, and can say
with great 10y that they have cured
me entirely. / am as sound and well as
| ever was in my life.
l.. FRED. HALFORD.
NEW YORK CITY. June II, 1855.
Wichita eagle., 1886-09-23
COL. HOGENAND.
Caring For Our Boys.

Col. Hogelapd. delivered his fourth open air
address to a large concOurse OF citizens at
the corner Of Main and Douglas streets, MAX
ing profound impression in behalf Oh home
less and friendless boys and girls. A feature
cf the meeting was the presence OF Mr.. Jones,
recently from New Albany, Indiana, now
resident of Wichita. Mr.. j. spoke briefly to
the audience and referred to the organiza-
tion of this same work by Mr. Hogeland two
wears since at New Albany, Indiana, saying
weekly meetings of the class of children IN
question were held in the city hall. and with
every one the cause was source Oh the
highest commentator. A meeting of our
citizens to further the work, will convene at
the Y. NC. A. rooms at 1:30 O'Clock this
evening to complete the organiza ton Those
of our citizens, both ladies and gentlemen,
should make il point to attend. The FOL
lowing letter from Judge Z. b. Jewett, adj
dressed to Col Hogeland, will be read with
interest, coming as it does from one IN po-
sition to understand the wants of our neg
,ectei classes:
1t is impossible for NE to attend your meet
ing this afternoon as you requested VIII
say that | am very much interested III your
work in behalf of the bootblacllS and news
boys or poor and homeless boys as the ease
NAV be- / have had q great deal to do wltf
orphan children for some years. and very
frequently farmers in this county request ms
to iind them some boy o. girl that they car
take and raise as one of their own. and if th'
committee viii furnish me the names of ant
/ boys or girls needing homes in the country
will take great pains to assist it all i can.
Very truly yours, Z. B. JEwETr.
/ Col Hogelands support comes eIitirei,
/ from the sale of his book, Ten Years Among
the Newsboys; price 90 cents per copy. Th
plans for controlling the most wayward o
BOYS AMI girls and the two hundred choice
stories for children make it a most valuabl
present for youth.
Wichita eagle., 1886-09-23
A CITY OF BRIDGES.

Four bridges span the great Arkansas
within the limits of this city-one wagon
bridge, one street railway bridge and two
railroad bridges, but we are to have more.
Yesterday the contract was let to j. K. Saw
yer, president Of the Wichita bridge CON-
pany, for the construction of another bridge
across the Big River, between Lewis and
Maple streets 1t will be a combination af-
fair, that is for both wagons and a street car
track, and will be eight hundred and twenty
feet in length. The piles for the bridge were
commenced to be delivered yesterday. A
contract has also been let to Mr.. Sawyer for
the construction of another bridge across
Chisholm on the College Hill extension Of
Second street up to and by Maple Grove ad-
dition This street is now being graded to
the summit of the hill and beyond. When
these new bridges are completed there will be
twelve bridges within the corporate limits of
Wichita AS the Little River and the Big
River and Chisholm will all have to be
bridged at several other additional points,
Wichita is likely to be known as the city of
bridges. Four of our present structures are
900 feet long each.
Wichita eagle., 1886-09-23
FIRE. FIRE ! :!

About II 80 yesterday morning fire start
ed from some cause in a pile or shavinSs ana
straw in the rear of the Kansas Furniture
store. The fire alarm was sounded aud al
most Immediately the fire department was on
hand and the flames extinguished before
much damage was done.
The rear of the Furniture store was
slightly scorched, as was also the shed OF the
Star livery stable 1t was a very narrow
escape for the latter building, but even if it
had burned no horses nor stable property
would have been destroyed. DR.. Hudson as
soon as the fire was discovered coolly and
collectedly ordered every horse-of which the
stable was full az the time every set OF har-
ness, carriage and buggy safely removed
Never was Q stable so quickly cleared Of
everything valuable in the midst of the ex-
element of a FIRE.
The fire department received great praise
for their excellent work A testimonial has
been made out and presented TO Marshal
Walden by the men whose property was
saved, expressing their high appreciation OF
his service.
Wichita eagle., 1886-09-23
VERY WELCOME.

A number of Winfield people are to visit
Wichita today. The party will be composed
in part of our neighbor's leading business
and prominent professional men. In fact we
hear that party will be thoroughly repre-
sentative one, socially and otherwise, ,of WiE-
field. The wind, of course, will be rather
stroag; and the dust disagreeably thick,
with plenty of hot sun shine, as have proven
the past few days, but for all that we hope
that our people will endeavor to make our
visitors as comfortable and happy as people
can be under discouraging circumstances. If
they discover that our exposition is not up to
the standard of their expectations they must
please remember that all in ell this has been
discouraging crop year While we have
plenty and to spare there is no great abunc-
ance and they should not expect as fine
display as was made by our association last
year. But a drive al olt the residence poi
tions of our city, especially around the sub
urbs will not be devoid of interest even If
some other attractions do fail. But at all
events the EAGLR welcomes our friends and
neighbOrs.
Wichita eagle., 1886-09-23
TAKEN IN.

Last evening Detective McMahan saw three
men on the platform of a Fort Scott car at
the depot. and believing them pickpockets
spotted them. He saw one Of them make q
crush upon gentleman from EiDorado' ana
as he stepped up to ask if he had been robbed
saw one of the men W th his hand in the
pocket Of another passenger. He grabbed
the fellow by the arm with the remark
'.That's far enough.
In the meanwhile large crowd had col
lected and as McMahan was alone be sent
for the police, but before their arrival the
Others of the light fingered gentry lad sue
ceedei in relieving one OF two persons Of
their wallets and escaping.
When taken TO the county jail ne gave his
name as Mccormick \ search Of his person
was rewarded by finding a small bottle Of
chloroforTn. ticket to Norwich and a letter
to Mccormick. who appeared to have been
n brakeman
Wichita eagle., 1886-09-23

before the court pass the sentence p The in
terpreter said. she had but few words, bnt
begs for mercy THE court has no discre-
ton to fix punishment; it is already fixed at
death.
1t is, then, the sentence of this court that
you be confined in the Sedgwick county jail
until Tuesday the Sth day of February next,
and on that day between the hours of a. m.
and IL IN you be taken from Jail and to some
suitable place in said county, and in the dis
trict of Kansas, and that you then and there
be hanged by the neck until dead The
prisoner received his sentence with the same
stolidity he had shown during the trial
Simons was next called up and in the same
manner his sentence was made known to him.
'Simons, we have endeavored to give you
a fair and impartial trial, and after hearing
all the evidence the jury have found you
guilty 1t only remains for the court to pass
sentence. Have you anything to says" He
said he had nothing. 1T is very unpleas-
ant duty, but law imposes it upon me, and
also states the penalty. You will remain in
the Sedgwick county Jail until the sth day
of Februal next, and on that day
between the hours of a. m. and II M. you
will be taken therefrom and at some suitable
place in said county, and district Of Kansas,
you will then and there be hanged by the
neck until dead" He received the sentence
as his companion, and when he returned to
his seat the two exchanged smiles as if it was
all farce.
1t is to be noted that this was the first time
that ever in the history of the federal court
of district of Kansas that the death penalty
was'imposed. And if it be carried out it is
said will be the first execution under judicial
order that ever took place in this state.
The court adjourned, after transaction of
some more routine business, sine die.
Wichita eagle., 1886-09-23
A LOST MAN.

Some days ago Mr.. C. w. Long. Of Well
ington, went to Lincoln to visit his parents.
Yesterday he arrived in this city accom-
panied by them and the trio stopped here ex-
pecting to attend the fair and then go on to
wellington They stopped at the Valley house
and the son left them about o'clock stating
he would return in an hour. He did so but
much to his surprise his father had left the
house and at late hour last night had not
been found He is 50 years old and rather
feeble and unacquainted with the city. His
son is very much alarmed at his absence and
spent yesterday afternoon hunting for him.
He informed the police and they are on the
lookout.
The old gentleman wears brown straw
hat and brown coat and vest with DARK
pants. The most distinguinghed feature IL
his dress is his alligator shoes. He Is oi
medium height and weight
Anyone who will conduct him back TO the
hotel will be literally rewarded.