Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-05-11
PLATFORM ECHOES.

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John II. Coughs Great Temperance
Work. With a Story OF His Life
This entirely new and s%plendidly il.
lustrated volume is the browning life
work of the world-tamous John B. Cough
Every one is familiar with the story
of his early life, and of his rescue from 8
d%runkard's grave, and how this once
wretched and despised sot became one
of the most famous men Of our time and
the best known speaker in the world
For seven years he stood amid the
horrors of delirium tremens, an abjeot
slave to the bottle; and his condition
and wretched appearance were such ss
TO canse people to exclaim, "There's
the man who has been in hell" Since
that time the good he has accomplished
cannot be estimated. The rich and
poor, the high, the low, the learned and
unlearned, have been alike thrilled and
moved by his burning words. He has,
swayed brilliant audiences OF royalty
and fashion; has spoken in state prisons,
jails, poor houses, penitentiaries, reform
schools, and houses of correction; to the
deaf, aud dumb, and blind; to audiences
composed wholly OF outcasts; and to
audiences numbering thousands of chill
dren. AT his feet more than ten million
people have sat and listened in admira-
tion and wonder. In his library may be
seen large volumes-a far better memo.
rial OF his life and Iabors than
any monument of marble or bronze
containing the original signatures of one
hundred and fifty Thousand men and
women who were induced TO sign the
pledge through his personal efforts.
These names, many of them tear be-
dewed and written with trembling hand
represent stories of happiness and
woe, of ruin and. reinorse, of blighted
hopes and wasted lives, of battles fought
and victory won. To give some of these
thrilling life histories; to depict scenes
of Joy and sadness: to lift the curtain on
life's stage and show it's tragedy and
comedy and to draw diving truths"
from the lessons thus taught, and bring
them home to every heart, is the prime
object of this volume.
Many distinguished men and women
have long urged Mr.. Cough to write
this book. They knew that in ~forty-fve
gears of unceasing work among all
classes in Europe and America, he has
seen much of the bright and shady
sides of life, and chat the wealth of ma
teriai in his possession wonld, make one
of the most valuable and thrilling books
of Tuesday. Rev. DR.. Lyman Abbott,
the eminent editor and divine, has
written the story of Mr.. Coughs life
and career for the book.
1t is John B. Cough in print. In it he
gives to the world in permanent form
his best thoughts on many topics, his
most touching. tales, his most stirring
anecdotes and incidents, his most tel
ling stories of deepest pathos and
keenest humor. AS a story teller he has
never been equalled. The tenderness
of bis pathos and the spice of his humor
are irresistible. But whether he narrates
a story of mirth or of sorrow, it is always
to illustrate great and living truths.
Stranger stories are here told than ro-
nance even dreamed of, every one of
them drawn from real life bya master
hand. In every chapter he weaves ii
,anecdote after aneodote, incident after
incident, story after story, and under
meath them all lie "Living Truths" that
stand out as beacon lights. He plays
upon the readers feelings as with an
~enchanter's wand, at one time filling his
heart with gladness, at another blind
ing his Eyes with tears. At his bidding
hearts are melted, and stern, strong men
as we'll as sensitive women, weep tears
of compassion, are aroused to indigna-
zion, or moved to uncomfortable laugh
ter in spite of every effort to control
their feelings.
This work is wholly and entirely new
Not one word of il has ever before been
published. 1t contains nothing that ap-
pears in Mr.. Coughs "Autobiography'
QS69), OIL in his Sunlight and Shadow
QS80), or in his work, and is conceded
by critics, and by the entire press, to be
the browning life work of it's illustrious
author,
Its illustrations are the best we have
ever seen. 1t contains two hundred and
twenty-Reven fine eagravings by the
best artists and engravers in the world.
Many OF these illustrations are ''too
funny for anything" while others depict
wretchedness and woe. Sixteen of those
e%ngraviDgs are full PACED ones, and are
magnificent specimens of art. Two
hundred and nine are text
illustrations. There are two
fine steel plate e%ngravlngs. One is
from q l~ife-size full length painting
showing MIR. Cough as he appeared
shortly after his rescue. The other is
from a photograph just taken, All in
all. it is one OF the finest and most
deliberately illustrated Volumes eyer
produced by the American press.
We advise our readers to buy Plat
form Echoes at the first opportunity.
They can, in our opinion, much better
afford to dipense with q dozen other
books than not possess this. Once be-
gun it will not willingly be laid aside