The Louisiana populist., 1895-07-12


name, said that the beast was over
worked. and should be Embarrassed
and rubbed down. Another man ad-
vised her to back a bit and take
new start. A fourth suggested that
n she would drive right on, sparks or
no sparks, the difficulty would remedy |
Itself; while still another insisted that |
unless a new tire be put on the wheel. |
the whole outfit would collapse. |
These conflicting counsels increased
the confusion of the distressed lady, |
but they did not make the wheel go
round.
Just then a carriage drove up, a
fentleman got out ano asked what
was the matter. One of the bystand-
ers said it was break down, while
each OF eleven others gave a different
explanation as to why the wheel
wouldn't go round. The stranger
examined the turnout. led the pony
forward step, and as the sparks be-
gan flying, remarkedi MADAM,
your horse, harness, cart and wheel
are all right The sparks that the
tire draws from the curbstones are
merely outward symptoms of the in
yard ailment. The real difficulty Is
not with the tire Of the wheel. but
with its axle, or its 'box."' Just
what the man did next 1t Is not nec-
essary to state, but in less than ten
minutes the entire trouble was ended.
He had removed the cause instead OF
.temporizing with the effect. AS the
lady drove on rejoicing someone re-
marked: "How few people In the
world reason down to the root OF
things, and at the same time carry in
their heads the know how that
makes the wheels 60 round"
|: It Is just this lack OF reasoning
down to the root of things that is to-
day causing intense suffering to thou
sands of men and women; and for this
suffering, to great extent, man is
to blame.
Refined. intelligent. educated men,
Who have spent eight or ten of the
best years of their lives in colleges,
medical schools and hospitals, cling
20 the false, child-like theory Of doc
toring the tire, as it were, instead Of
curing the axle, or its 'hot-box.
They direct their attention to where
they see the sparks flying, instead of
working upon the hidden spot where
The real trouble lies. The conse-
auepce is, they never acquire the
"know how" which enables them to
regulate the wheels of life.
When the sparks OF pain fairly fly
, from q woman's head, her back, her
limbs, or the most important and
sensitive organs of her body, it is as
senseless to resort to ''local applica-
tions," pain cures. or stimulants, as
it is to grease the tire. whip the
, horse, or drive on regardless of con-
{ sequences. Those people try to cure
} symptoms instead of reasoning to the
root of things and removing the cause
: Of the disorder. The result is phys
iesl patch and failure instead OF
y success.
3 A most conspicuous exception to
{ this rule is the man who, nearly
r thirty years ago. proclaimed that he
D would not make such mistakes, but
q would devote himself to reasoning to
: Vie root of disease. and to the dis
severy OF a new principle for its treat
: nent. Many thousand letters of graf
= itude from former patients in all parts
d Of America, have told this physician
O that he has been successful beyond
n even his own expectations. This
!. man is DIR. r. V. Pierce. of Buffalo,
n N. Y, who has for more than a quar-
TOR of century been the head OF the
" most complete and successful Health
= Institution in America, the Invalids'
}. Hotel and Surgical Institute, and
,. whose Golden Medical Discovery"
'Fsvorite Prescription, and pleas
ant Pellets" have converted thou
sauds of men and women, in every
70 State of this Union and in many for
10 sign lands, from absolute misery t.
"a physical vigor and happiness, anc
's whose Peoples Common Sense Medi
cal Adviser has had the greatest salt
OIL of any medical work ever published
70 amounting to over $50, 900 copies.
In his research and practice DIR
Pierce proceeded on the common sens
s. principle that the blood could carr,
E. life or destruction to every part OF tn
~ body. That the liver was the .'house
keeper" ct the human system. Ths