, 1900-10-19

feeble answer. How long a journey"
the Jester asked. Nay Archie l do not
know" Whittier then does thy journey
lead ?" Neither do l know that Archie"
What provision hast thou made fol this
journey" None at all" sighed the
nobleman. Archie looked long and hard
in his masters face, then he placed his
bauble i'll his lords hand. Take ii" he
said for l have found a greater fool than
myself"
There is no greater folly than ignorance
where knowledge is possible and vitality
necessary to safety and happiness, and yet
tcrs Of thousands of people walk this world
linked with folly. They are ignorant of
the conditions of life, ignorant of the con-
stitution of their own bodies. Children
grow to manhood and wOrnanhOod ignorant
of the conditions under which nature
governs. They break her laws recklessly.
They exhaust themselves i'll the mistaken
effort to have a good time while they
are young.
Some day comes the shock when nature
presents her ovcrdTaft account and de
mands payment. Sometimes it's heart
trouble, sometimes the stomach fails of its
functions, sometime the liver refuses to tug
any longer at its load, or the kidneys balk
at their burden. Sometimes, very often in
deed, a red spot begins to burn on the
cheeks, a hacking cough develops, the
breath grows short, the strength oozcs out
al night in dripping sweat, and every
day the daily walk is shortened by a few
steps as the strength fails. That's con-
sumption.
The theory is that consumption cannot
be cured, and it's a theory so deeply rooted
that time is wasted in combating it. But
what is a cure in such a case2 Suppose a
man Tor woman with all the symptoms of
consumption takes, as thousands and
thousands have taken, DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery, and lives on to a
| healthy t1Dnv hearty old age as these
same thousands and thousands have done,
and dies in the allotted time of a ripened
life. Two positions are possible. You can
say "it was not really consumption he
had" Or it can be said he really died of
consumption after all" But the unanswer-
able fact is that the man lived out his three
score wears and ten. What is a cure any
way Isn't it life? You don't care what
disease you may be said to have if you are
enjoying health and live out your long life
is well established. That the Golden
Medical Discovery" does cure weak lungs,
bleeding from lungs, obstinate, lingering
coughs, laryngitis, bronchitis, throat dis
ease, and kindred affections of the air pas
sages, which if neglected or badly treated,
lead up to consumption, can no longer be
doubted in view of the many thousands of
well established cures of such cases report
ed by the most trustworthy citizens.
Many of these cases have been pronounced
consumption ana lnSufdDic- Tic pesl
local physicians before the sufferers COM
meuced the use of DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery.
Whether the doctors nave erred i'll theft
judgement in these numerous cases or not
is not for us to decide.
81 had n very bad cough, also night-sweats
and was almost in my grave with consumption"
writes Mrs. Clara Mcintyre, of Ashland, Middle
sex, Co. Mass, Box III. A friend of mine
who had died of consumption came to me in a
dream and told me to take DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery, and, thank the Lord, l did
so. By the time I had taken half of the first
bottle I felt much better. l kept on till | had
taken three bottles. That was all l needed. I
got we'll and strong again"
81 had the grip, which left me feeling miser-
able--no strength and n cough writes Mrs. c.
Maynard, of East Lyme. New London Co,
Conn. las some OF my family died of consump-
ton, I feared that. l began taking DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery. After taking the
second bottle / felt much better, and am now
well for one of my age (sixty.three years."