The herald., 1897-05-08

There is one proprietary medicine in use
In this city, the name Of which has become
q household word ard that is the preparation
known as "Pink Pills for Pale People. 3"
Shnkespeals said, "a rose by any other
name would unell as sweet" That may be
SO, but pills by any other name would not
have the same attraction nor popular sales
that Pink Pills have in Spokane, Wash.
A representative Of the Minneapolis Jour
nal started out the other day to investigate
the merits of this popular and widely-sold
household medicine The evidence was on
every hand. IIsmilton B. Merrill, q young
money loaner Of Spokane, Wash, was seen by
the newspaper man. Mr.. Merrill made no
secret of his remarkable cure by these little
pellets.
Do know the efficacy of Pink Pills?"
he reiterated. 81 should rather think do,
they have been blessing to me. am not
in the habit of praising proprietary medicine,
but / must say that Pink Pills as far az my
case goes have no equal in the world. A
little over year ago began ailing and COM
menced to lcse flesh rapidly. The doctor
told me to stop smoking this did, but the
result waS even worse. My heart beats de-
creased to less than forty minute. l was
prescribed for by my doctor but without re.
ceiving any benefit whatever. l continued
daily to grow worse and my parents became
alarmed over my condition. Some one sug-
gested Pink Pills 1 thoughtsI would try
them anyway. And tell you that cannot
endorse them too highly, they worked like a
charm in my case. My heart soon became
normal again, my flesh increased and felt
No tall tba {rut II, T
still taking them. have sort of fondness
for them yet and am loath to give them up
II know o. young lady living in this
city, whose condition was even worse thnn
mine, she took Pink Pills and is one OF So
ciety's gayest young ladies now. wish
were at liberty to give her name, as an
sure she would only be too delighted to give
cannot be too highly recommended. They
are gems, indeed"
Mr.. Merrill is young man Of twenty-five
or twcnty.threc years of age and to-day is the
pink of health. He has a splendid com
plexion and would be the last person to bt
taken for one who had been SO seriously il
only few months ago. He is a splendid
athlete besides and moves in the best circle.
of society here.
Frank Ether, a fireman at No. Station
House, is regular purchaser of Pink Pills
Mr.. Ether was seen by the correspondent
yesterday and asked whether the pills wer,
doing him good. He laughed "Do | lool
like sick man ?" he answered "No, til,
purchases are not made for me, but for m,
father, Frank J. Ether. who is farmer a
Priest River, Idaho. He has heen afflicte'
with rheumatism for years and has trie,
every remedy known to the medical profes
sion, but all to no avail. Some months az
he began the use of Pink Pills and has i'm
proved rapidly ever since. He writes m
that he feels like new man again. He
so much attached to the little pills, tina
every time he writes me, he mentions then
and directs me to seno him several package
more. l usually purchase two or three dol
lars worth at time. If l ever should be
come debilitated in any way, think know
what my remedy would be, judging from th
efficacy of Pink Pills in my 'hther's case"
The drug vendors OF this city are unani
nous in their recommendation of Pink Pill
and say that their sales surpass any othe
like proprietary medicine in their stock.
GN G. Essig told the correspondent that hi
nles were very large. Pink Pills go lik