The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-04-26
4 SLIDE DOWN THE BANIsTERs.

Sliding down the banisters, though {.
swift and delightful way Of getting down
stairs, is not a popular method Of descent
except among boys of the hobbledehoy
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.. Hotchkiss 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 a
severe pain in my ankle 1t felt at first
as if 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
me to lie in bed, and the least noise or at
tempt to move me would CAUSE me the
greatest agony.
after being in bed month 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 neighbors, but nothing afforded
me any relief. A lady friend living in
Chicago, hearing of my atlliction, wrote
me, saying: Try Athlophoros. 1t cured
me-
al was very glad 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 terrible buzzing in my head at first,
but as it was said in the directions would
have this il the medicine took hold of tie
disease ] stuck to it. The bnzzing was
nothing with my sutlerings. / think it
was on Monday evening | first began
with the Athlophoros. By the following
Saturday the 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.
az continued taking the Athlophoros
until | had used four bottles. My pain
and swelling had then all gone, and | had
no further use for crutches. l have not
felt any rheumatism since. Athlophoros
is a very valuable medicine. | recon-
mend it whenever | have a chance, and
never want to be without some Athlopho-
1Ds in the house in case | should ever
gain he so afflicted"
Mr.. Hotchkiss' residence in Peoria is at
No. $40 Hancock street. Greatly as he
regrets 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 its terrors. Mr..
Hotchkiss, it is almest needless to state,
has never had occasion to repeat his ride
on the railing.
Ifyou cannot ret ATHLopHoEnS Of your drug
gist, we Will send it express paid, on receipt OF
regular price-one dollar per bottle WcprefeI
that Won bny it from yout druggist hut ii he
hasn't it, do nor b. persuaded 10 try something
else but order al once f:ofa us, as directed
ATHLoPHoRos o.. az Wall street. New York