Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-04-23
A SLIDE DOWN TIE BAN1srERs,

Sliding dow the banisters, though q
swift and delightful way OF getting down
stairs, is not q popular method of descent
except among boyso OF the hobbledchoy age.
When, therefore, Mr.. Dolph Hotchkiss, %
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.. Hotclkiss ex-
plains as follows why he preferred the rail
ingto the stairs:
cit was last winter, during the month OF
December. One evening after getting
home from the store l was taken with &.
severe pain i'll my ankle. 1t felt at first as
if l had spraincd it. was up stairs when
the trouble first came on and I wanted to
go down. The pain, however, had in
creased so that 1 found that it wasimpossi-
bic to walk down the steps, and SO I 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 q month I could not
stay there any longer, l felt that l mus,
have some kind of II change, and so I was
moved into an easy chair, where l lay 10,
two months, suffering more than words
can express. My trouble was rheumatism
The doctors could do nothing for me. ]
used about every medicine I had eve1
heard of for rheumatism, and many differ
emit remedies recommended by my friend,
and %neighbors, but nothing afforded m,
any relief. lady friend living in Chicago
hearing OF my atfliction, wrote me, saying
Try Athlophoros. 1t cured me-
~ was very glad to tryany thing. 1had
tried many different sorts OF medicines, but
this was new to me. 1 sent at once and
bought a bottle and began using it. Ihad
a terrible buzzing in my head at first, but
as it was said in the directions / would
have this if the medicine look hold of the
disease I stuck to it. The buzzing was
nothing with my sufferings. think it was
on a Monday evening l first began with
the A~thlophoros. By the following satur.
day the pain was nearly all gone, the swell.
ing was very much reduced, and with the
aid Of a pair of crutches l went out for the
first time in three months.
II continued taking the Athlophoros
until 1 had used four bottles. Mypainand
swelling had then all gone, and 1 had no
further use for crutches. l nave not felt
any rheumatism since. ~Athlophoros is q
very valuable medicine. I recommend it
whenever I have q chance, and never want
to be without some Athlophoros in the
house in case l should ever again be SO Of
ficted."
Mr.. Hotchkiss' residence in Peoria is at
No. 61O 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 some slight compensation in the
fact that he was made acquainted with a
medicine which can cure rheumatism and
rob that disease of all it's terrors. Mr.,
Hotchkiss, it is almost needless to state,
has never had occasion to repeat his r:de
on the railing.
If you can not get ATnLoPHoRos of your
druggist, we will send it express paid, on re
ceipt of regular p%rice-one dollar per bottle
We prefer that you buy 1t from you druggist
but it he hasn't it, do not be persuaded to try
something else, but order at once from us, q.
directed. A~rHLOPHoRos Co., liz Wall Street
New York.