Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1904-06-01

htf'iaAa4A11S up 'cr a . blood purifier" Their eye
cn,ctes some advertisement in newspaper, or Oh a
fence OIL the side Of barn. and from the ceverlY-
wortletl descriptions OF symptoms they are convinced
that this mans bitiers'' or that mans sarsapara,
or that doctors" t) vegetable compound" or
So-and-7os" pills is exactly the thing they need
"tonic."
mo USE going to a Doctor argue these folks - we
~ can save that money" and instead Of paying one
or two dollars for honest intelligent medical advice they
invest from twenty-five cents for bottle Of
this box THAT And what do they buy. aud what
do they put into their systenlsf Few know Fewer
realize tie absolute damage they are working upon
themselves and their households. For the sake OF
saving physicians fec they pour into their mouths
and into their systems quantity Of unknown drrgs
which have in them percentages OF alcohol cocaine and
opium that absolutely alarming a molher who
would hold up her hands in holy horror at the thought
Of her child drinking glass Of beer, which contains
from two five per Of alcohol gives to that child
with her hands patent medicine that contains from
seventeen TO orYfour per cent OF alcoholto say moth
ing Of opium and cOcznel have seen temperance
woman who ragged at the thought OF whisky take bottle
after bottle OF some 'bffters" which contained FIVE
times as much alcoho-and compared to which sherry
port claret and champagne as harmless the pink
lemonade at Sunday-school Pcnics. have had women
rage in letters to this Office because this magazine adyer
ised certain rootbeer with really alcohol in it At
ALL while all the time these women swallow
ing bottle after bottle OF Lydia Pnkhams Vegetable
Compound containing by volume, 7o6 percentage
with 4ae percentage Of alcohol byvcune to be adver
tsed on their barnsl
FANCY for a moment the state Of ignorance Of one
young wife who expecting her first baby. She
suffering Of the dscoforts incident this condi
ton when friend recommended to her a sure relief
from these dscomorts wideIyadvertised patent medi
cine known as =" Doctor Pierce's Favorte PrescripL
ton" Fortunately doubt arose in the mind Of the
young mother TO whether it was really good thing
for her take. She asked Miss Maud Banfeld Of TsR
JoURNAL's editorial staff. for advice whereupon we
communicated with Doctor Samuel w. Abbott Score
tary Of the State Board Of Health Of Massachusetts, WHO
quotes the following extract from an analysis made by
the wellknown German chemist HageT. and published
IN Hahn's Cehemmttel:
In about nine ounces Of this FaVoTite PTescriD-
ton there were, among other ingredients:
Tncture Of DIgitnls x Gud drastm
Lneure OF Opium fluid dTacim
Oil Of Anise DROPS
Alcohol III ounrcs
'This would make preparation containing about
seventeen per cent. Of alcohol"
Now. as Miss Ban6eId rightly says think for moment
Of the effect on the life yet unborn OF the mother taking
habiiually three times day any portion however small
Of opium, Of digals which powerful drug and hasa
marked effect the heart and alcohol All those who
have reared children know the efectwhich is immediately
felt by the child through the mothers milk II she takes
comparatively simple remedies Even the breasts
rubbed with indictments pasered as wilhbeadonna
plaster This is absorbed through the skim and posons the
baby How much more then. must Il be influenced dur
ing the even closer contact OF CESSATION Can wonder
that the newy-bom baby is always frelful II may
need its opium which il has been absorbing through It's
mothers circulation Can you wonder that It's digestion
is out Of order, that II it weakly childhood
!, develops taste ioracohoi9 And yet the mother her
sell has taught this to her child by taking these
less and harmful medicines. Mothers, too. bowed down
with grci in the later years OF their lives when their
become dnkards. wonder where their sons could have
acquired ihe taste for alcohol when in their FAM
lilies showed such tendencies before. Hard as il
may sound the fact remains that thousands Of drunkards
being created by the 6rst love of alcohol being
reused into being through the Of patent medicines
literally filed with alcohol.