The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-04-04

Energetic, persevering action is gener-
ally necessary to overcome the obstacles
and attain great and noble ends in lie;
SO, too, If one is afflicted with q dread
disease which has fastened itself upon
some OF the organs OF the body and become com
nrmly seated as a lingering or chrome
malady, active and persistent treatmte1nt
IS generally necessary to dislodge inc
enemy.
Since any medical treatment, however
good IT may be, must be long continued
In order to be effective in old established
and therefore obstinate cases, how i'm
pOrtant that the remedical agencies en-
ployed be of harmless character. TO be
safe and harmless, when their use is thus
protracted, they should be OF such nature
as to be easily eliminated or carried OUT
OF the system when they have performed
their work, just as the refuse OF food IS
carried out Of the system. Most mineral RAJ
OF. Take arsenic, for instance, if intro
duced into the system in any considera Die
quantity it will lodge IN the brain, liver,
Kidneys and other parts and there remain
as foreign body to set up irritation ana
disease for long period of time if death attn
a trae n ao mo ee1ne6 medcns also
With medicines Of vegetable compost
ton it is different. They do their work
by aiding the natural functions OF the
several organs of the body for which they
have an affinity, and like the, refuse OF
our food, are carried out of the system
through. the natural emunctories0mthe
lungs, skin, kidneys and bowels. Thus
no injury Is done to the system IN cases
where the use of such medicines is con-
tinued for long period of time. Espe-
cially is this true if the medicine taken IS
free from alcohol. It is we'll known, now
ever that even small portions OF alcohol
lob fon \ 10 time
will do serious I'M Jury to the bodily organs
and functions and especially to the brain.
How important then, in choosing med
icine for treating malady of long stand
ing, and when medicines must, in order
to cure, be preseveringly taken for con-
siderable period of time, that those only
should be used which are k1oo1Cf TO De free
from alcohol and of vegetable compost
ton.
With most medicines put up for family
use and sold through druggists, their
composition is kept a profound secret,
known only to those who compound ana
put them out for sale. Any aff1lcted
person who buys and uses then, does SO,
as it were, in the dark, if not indeed at his
or her peril. They may and generally 40,
contain very large percentage OF alcohol
or cheap whisky which thoroughly units
them for protracted use. But this is not
the worst fault of many Of them, objec,,
tiOnable though it is Narcotics and
mineral poisons, which we have shown to
be so harmful, especially when used pro-
tractedly, are contained in many OF these
secret ompounds.
To overcome the well-grounded and
reasonable objections of the more intel
l1gent to the use of secret, medicinal com
pounds, DR.. R. V. Pierce, OF Buffalo; n;
Y, some time ago, decided to make a bold
departure from the usual course pursued
by the makers Of put-up medicines for do
nestle use, and SO has published broad
cast and openly to the whole world, a full
and complete list of all the ingredients
entering into the composition of his widely
celebrated medicines. Thus he has taken
his numerous patrons. and patients into
his full confidence. Thus too he has re-
moved his medicines from among secret
nostrums of doubtful merits, and made
them Remedies of K1,o1on Composition.
BY this bold step he has shown that his
formulas are of such excellence that he
is not afraid to- subject them to the fullest
scrutiny. He has come to believe, and is
willing to concede, that his patients and
all who take his put-up medicines have a