Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1903-08-01

crowd If she had had her fathers
business ability, she could have put up
a tent and exhibited herself for II small
consideration.
And SO Marion got plenty of fresh
air and incidentally all Longwood took
the whoOping cough. 1t was only n
question of time.
1t so happened that school opened
about two weeks after the doctor had
tackled up his pacards through the
town. The children from the doctors
neighbOrhOOd associated with the 9th
er children in Longwood. aS was to be
expected, and, 10 and behold. one
bright day the school was cloScd-all
the schools were closed. l.nngwood
had whoOpinS cough for fair and
whOOping cough is no rrSpc"'tr OF per
sons. 1t attacked young ami old as
WELL strong and weak. male and fe-
male.
At first they took it as II joke. eX-
cept those mothers who knew really
what it meant and what il involved.
But in a few more days all Longwood
was in agOny-spaSmodic aGony-and
then LOngwood as one man sought for
n remedy.
"Try the Balm of a Thousand Flow
ers, mu'am," the druggist would say.
"A new remedy and Il good one and
very cheap. We can recommend it.
can, for my little boy and so OH.
The town bought Riplry's remedy.
The supply became exhausted. DIR.
Ripley had to hire help. He became
famous From selling his remedy he
became the crack whooping cough doc
tor and sold prescriptions like cakes
off hot griddle.
"The Balm of a Thousand Flowers"
was the cry Everybody bought it,
and in the direct sequence of cause
and effect because everybody bought
the remedy. SO young DIR. Ripley pro-
cecded to buy horse and buggy and
then n new house, and around the
house was flower bed, and in the
flower bed were planted at least
thousand flowers.
Nance" he said one day. cts funny,
but, do you know, in the next town
there's not sign of whooping cough.
Strange, isn't it? BY the way, how do
you think Marion is coming on:'
beautifully" exclaimed his wife.
But she coughs as yet
Nance" went on the doctor, 1--WE
got some relatives in the next town.
Wouldn't you like to take Marion and
go over there and make visit? It'll
be a change for you, and perhaps her
cough will get better there
Mrs. Ripley smiled significantly. II
will" she replied, ION one condition
and that is that youll tell me what
YOU put in the Balm of a Thousand
Flowers"
I'll do it," he replied. but never
tell. In this that l sell now put about
the same things that the other medi
cincs have, but the main ingredients
are the same as | gave Marion on the
day before we moved
and" asked Mrs Ripley, "is it real
ly made up of Il thousand flowers or is
that only a name?'
Its not Il name" replied the doctor
land it is really gathered from thou
sand-I won't say thousand, but from
hundreds of flowers at any rate. That's
true, Nance"
"How could it be?" she protested
dOubtfully.
"Well," he replied, II tell the truth.
1t is gathered from hundreds and hun
dreds Of flowers. You can judge for
yourself when tell you what it chiefly
is"
"Tell me-" she commanded.
'Honcy and bceswax and CASTLE
SOAP. the balm of n thousand flowers"
he said.
"But the CASTLE soap?' she insisted.
He nodded.
That's the only lye there is about
it." he returned.