The times., 1898-11-18
"ANorHER HEAD on THE HYDRA

ut is time attention was drawn to a
| form of alcoholic traffic that seems to
have been overlooked by those engaged
in the crusade against the rum power.
| If. as is believed and taught, alcohol is
most dangerous when II fights In am
bush, If 1t is most to be dreaded when 1t
| finds it's first entrance to the system in
| the pleasant sauces and dishes of the
home then the form of alcohol traffic
In question is doubly dangerous, for it
comes In the guise of medicine and at
tacks a system prepared by weakness to
easily surrender to the assault in many
PATENT MEDICINES
which are largely consumed throughout
the country, by all classes of people, there
is percentage of alcohol which puts
them on a level with beer. rum. and
whisky as intoxicants. 1t is the smallness
only of the dose prescribed which pre-
vents a prompt recognition of the intoxi-
eating effects OF these so-called medicines
by those who use them.
1T is safe to affirm that they are
MEDICINES IN NAME ONLY
Their chief value lies in their alcoholic
effect as a stimulant. In fact, those who
know, attribute the benefits ascribed to
this class of medicines wholly to the
stimulative effect of the alcohol they con-
tain. They are used largely by persons
not In the habit of drinking liquors, and
the little dose taken three or four times
day is as stimulating to these people as
his regular finger" of ''bitters' is to the
regular liquor-drinker.
WHAT CAN BE DONE?
What ought to be done at least is to
compel every patent-medicine manufact-
urer to put on the wrapper of his bottle
the quantity of alcohol 1t contains. That
would at least leave people TO exercise
their own judgments. More than that, no
paper truly interested in temperance re-
form should print the advertisement of
any alcoholic medicine. Ii should be the
duty OF every temperance organization
and branch in the country to look into
this question. agitate IL. and deal with
the facts just earnestly and as hon
estly as other facts have been dealt
with
Appreciating the gravity of the issue
raised by the strong statement of facts
made in the foregoing article, we wish TO
call general attention to the fact that DIR.
Pierces Golden Medical Discovery and DIR.
Pierce's Favorite Prescription contain
NO ALCOHOL, NO WHISKY, NO IN
TOXICANT OF ANY KIND
These medicines are equally free from
opium and other narcotics.
They are in the strictest meaning of
the words. temperance medicines. OF no
other medicine, put up especially for
woman's use can 1t be truthfully af-
firmed as of DR.. Pierce's Favorite Pre-
scirpiion, that II contains neither alcohol
nor opium or other narcotic in any form.
While the negative features of Dr.
Pierce's medicines may only interest some
of the readers of this article, the positive
features of these medicines must be of in
terest to every one. The great value of
Golden Medical Discovery in the cure
of diseased or deranged conditions of the
stomach and digestive and nutritive or
gans IS testified TO by tens OF thousands
who have found health and healing in this
great remedy. The Discovery Increases
the action of the blood making glands.
and by curing the diseases which corrupt
and cripple the stomach and digestive
and nutritive organs. 1t enables fun and
pure supply of blood to be sent to every
part of the body.
WOMEN KNOW ITS WORTH.
Women who are always appreciative of
benefits have been especially appreciative
of the benefits following the use of
DR. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. Its
wonderful cures of Irregularities. infiam-
nations, alterations and female troubles.
have caused women TO name 1t that God
send to women It is entitled to wear
the blue ribbon of merit as well as the
blue ribbon of temperance
THE BIBLE OF THE BODY.
Perhaps no greater gift was ever Of
fered than the Peoples Common Sense
Medical Adviser. 1t contains 1908 pages
and has over 700 illustrations and is the
life-work of its author. DR.. r. V. Pierce,
chief consulting physician to the Invalids'
Hotel and Surgical Institute. Buffalo, n.
Y. This book has been well called THE
Bible of the Body" 1t is to the body
what the Bible is to the soul, "a lamp
unto the feet and a light unto the path"
1t deals with the great questions of phys
ical life so simply that all may under
stand, and SO purely that it is essentially
the one medical work for the home libra
ry. The book is published in two forms,
one bound in paper covers and the other
in strong cloth binding. Send q one-cent
stamps for the paper edition to cover ex-
pense of mailing only, or 81 stamps for the
cloth bound edition. Address Book De-
partment, Worlds Dispensary Medical
Association Buffalo N Y