Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-01-01
a SLIDE DOWN TEE BAN1srERs.

Sliding down the banisters, though a
swift and delightful way of getting down
stairs, is not a popular method of descent
except among boys of the h%obbledehoy age.
When. therefore, Mr.. Dolph Hotchkiss, a
solid citizen of Peoria, ILL.,, adopted that
style of coming down from his room re-
Gently it augured that something out of the
usual line had happened to him. Such was
indeed the case. Mr.. Hotchkiss explains
as follows why he preferred the railing to
the stairs:
ut was last winter, during the month of
December. One evening after getting
home from the store l was taken with a
severe pain in my ankle. 1t felt at first as
If l had spra;ned it. l was up stairs when
the trouble first came on and L wanted to
go down. The pain, however, had in
creased so that l found that it was impossi-
bic to walk down the steps, and SO l slid
down the railing. From that night 1 be-
gan to grow worse, the pain became more
severe. and my ankle gradually swelled up
until it seemed as il the flesh would burst.
1t was almost impossible for me to lie in
bed, and the least noise or attempt to move
me would cause me the greatest agony.
"After being in bed a month l could not
stay there any longer. I felt that l must
have some kind of a change, and so 1 was
moved into an easy chair, where l lay for
two months, suffering more than words can
express. My trouble was rheumatism. The
doctors could do nothing for ME. l used
about every medicine l had ever heard of
for rheumatism, and many different rene
dies recommended by my friends and neigh
bors, but nothing afforded ME any relief. A
lady friend living in Chicago, hearing Of
my affection, wrote me-, saying: Try Ath-
lophoros. 1t cured me-
II was very glad to try anything. HAD
tried many different sorts of medicines, but
this was new to he. L sent at once and
bought a bottle and began using it. L had
a terrible buzzing in my head at first, but
as 1t was said in the directions l would
have this if the medicine took hold of the
disease l stuck to it. The buzzing was
nothing with my sutferings. think it was
on a Monday evening l first began with tho
Athlophoros. BY the following Saturday
was very much reduced, and with the aid Of
a pair of crutches 1 went out for the first
time in three months.
II continued taking the Athlophoros
until I had used four BATTLES. My pain and
swelling had then all gone, and i had no
further use for crutches. l have not felt
any rheumatism since. Athlophoros is a
very valuable medicine. l recommend it
whenever l have a chance, and never want
to be without some A~thlophoros in the
house in case l should ever again be so IL
ticted."
Mr.. Hotchkiss' residence in Peoria is at
No. 610 Hancock street. Greatly as he re-
grets the loss Of three months valuable
time, not to speak of all the suffering and
mental anguish he endured, he feels that
there is sone slight compensation in the
fact that he was made acquainted with a
medicine which can cure rheumatism and
rob that disease OF all its terrors. Mr..
Hotchkiss. it is almost needless to state, has
never had occasion to repeat his ride on the
railing.
If you can not get ArHLopHORos of your
druggist, we will send it express paid, on re-
ceipt of regular price-One dollar per bottle.
We prefer that you buy it from your druggist,
but II he hasn't it, do not be persuaded to try
something else, but order at once from US, u
directed. A~THLOPHOROs Co., LIZ Wall Street.
New York.