The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-18

the long nam said that the beast was
overworked, and should be embarrassed
n rubbed down. Another man
advised her to back o bit and take q
new start. A fourth suggested that II she
would drive right on, sparks or no
sparks, the difficulty would remedy it
self; while still another insisted that
unless a new tire be put on the wheel,
the whole outfit would collapse. These
conflicting counsels increased The dom
fusion of the distressed lady, but they
did not make the wheel 60 round.
just then 6 carriage drove up, 3 gen.
tleman got out and asked what was the
matter. One OF the bysssnders said 1t
was q breakdown. while each Of eleven
others gave a different explanation IS
to why the wheel wouldn't 20 round.
The stranger examined the turnout, led
the pony forward q step. and ss the
sparks began flying, remarked: MADAM,
your horse, harness, cart and wheel are
all right. The sparks that the tire
draws from from the GurbstoneB are
merely outward symptoms of the inward
stlment. The real difficulty is not with
the tire Of the wheel, but with It's axle,
or it's box" just what the man did
next IL Ia not necessary 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
remarked: "How few people in the
world resson aown to the root of things,
and at the same time carry in their
heads the know how thai makes the
wheels go round"
It Is just this lack OF reasoning down
to the root Of things that ia to day csus-
ing intense sufferings to thousands of
men End women; and for this suffering;
to q great ex ient. man ia 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 TO the false,
childlike theory Of doctoring the tire as
it were, instead of curing the axle. or
it's "hot-box." They direct their atten-
tion to where they see the sparks fl Ying,
spot where the real trouble lies. The
consequence 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 sensi-
tive organs of her body. 1t ia az sense
less 10 resort to 'locnl applications"
pain cures or stimulants, as 1t Ia to
grease the tire. whip the horse, or drive
on regardless of consequences. Those
people try to cure symptoms instead Of
reasoning to the root of things and re-
moving the cause of the disorder. The
result is physical patchwork and failure
instead OF success.
A most conspicuous exemption to this
rule Is the man who, nearly thirty
years ago, proclaimed that hi would
not make such mistakes. but would de-
vote himself to reasoning to the root of
disease, and to the discovery of o new
principle for its treatment. Many thou
sand letters Of gratitude from former
patients in all parts of America, have
told this physician that he has been
successful beyond ven bis own expecta.
tons. This man Is DR.. r v. Pierce, Of
Buffalo, N. Y, who has for more than q
quarter OF @ century been the head of
the mostcomplese and successful Health
Institute In America. the Invalids'
Hotel and Surgical Inssit"te, and
whoss &c 'lden Medical Discovery"
"Favorite Prescriptions" aud "Pleas-
ant Pellets" have converted thousands
OF man and women. in every State of
this Union and in many foreign lands,
from absolute misery 70 physical vigor
aud happiness, and whose Peoples Com.
mon Sense Medical Adviser has had the
greatest sale of any medical work ever
Notwithstanding to over $50, 600
COPIES.
In his research and practice DR.. Pierce
proceeded ON the common-sense princi-
Pile that the blood could carry life or de-
struotion to everypart OF the body. That
the liver was the "housekeeper" of the
human system. That when the liver be-
comes disordered the blood 10 charged
with poison which 10 carried through the
body and produces such ailments as con-
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