The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-03-23
a SLIDE DOWN THE BANISTERS.

Sliding down the banisters, though a
swift and delightful way OF getting down
st IFS, is not popular method OF descent
except among boys of the hobbledehoy
age. When, therefore, Mr. Dolph Hotehkiss,
a solid citizen OF Peoria, Ill, adopted that
style of coming down from his room re-
Gently it augnred that something out of
the usual line had happened to him. Such
was indeed the case. MIR. Hotehkiss ex-
plains as follows why he preferred the
railing to the stairs:
" 1t was last winter, during the month
of December One evening after getting
home from the store | was taken with
severe pain in my ankle. 1t felt at first
as ii had sprained it. | was up stairs
when the trouble first came on and |
wanted to go down. The pain, however,
had increased so that found that it was
impossible to walk down the steps, and SO
| slid down the railing. From that night
began to grow worse, the pain became
more severe, and my ankle gradually
swelled up until it seemed as if the flesh
would burst. 1t was almost impossible for
the to lie in bed, and the least noise or at
tempt to move me would cause me the
greatest agony.
after being in bed a month I could not
stay there any longer. | felt that | must
have some kind of change, and so | was
moved into an easy chair, where | lay for
two months, suffering more than words
can express. My trouble was rheumatism.
The doctors could do nothing for me. |
used about every medicine | had ever
heard of for rheumatism, and many DIFF
ferent remedies recommended by my
friends and neishhors, but nothing afforded
me any relief A lady friend living in
Chicago, hearing of my aliliction, wrote
me, saying: Try AthIophoros. 1t cured
me-
was very clad to try anything. |
had tried many different sorts of medicines,
but this was new TO me. | sent at once
and bought bottle and began using it. |
had a terrible huzzing in my head at first,
but as it was said in the directions | would
have this ii the medicine took hold of the
disease ! stuck to H. The buzzing was
nothing with my suifcrings. | think it
was on a Monday evening ! first began
with the Athlophoros. BY the following
Saturday tie pain was nearly all gone, the
swelling WAS very much reduced, and with
the aid of pair Of Crutches went out for
the first time in three months.
81 continued taking the Athlophoros
until | had used four bottles. My pain
and swelling had then all gone, and ! had
no further use fer clutches. | have not
felt any rheumatism since. AthIophoros
is very valuable medicine. | recon-
mend it whenever | have chance, and
never want to he without some Athlopho-
ros in the house in case | should ever
again he 50 afflicted
Mr.. IIotchkis,' residence in Peoria is at
No SO Hancock street. Greatly as he
regrets the loss Of three mouths valuable
time. not to speak of all the suffering and
mental anguish he endured, he feels that
there is some slight compensation in the
fact that he was made acquainted with a
medicine which can care rheumatism and
rob that disease Of all its terrors. Mr.
HntchkisS, it is almost needless to state,
has never had occasion to repeat his ride
On the railing.
1fyOu cannot get ArHIGPUor0S Of yOpr drug
Eist, We VIII send Is express paid, on receipt Of
regular prire-nuv dollar Vcr bottle. We prefer
that You buy il irolR yuUf druggist. but il he
hasn't il. do moi D.. i,g rgHgdcd to Try something
else, but order Hj oLre from us, as directed.
ATHIoPH0Eos Co. H. Nslli Street, New York.