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The Washington herald., 1912-10-05

kerchiefs could be turned into sheets. I
wish that no chair but mine would be
placed at the table. / wish that other
people were deaf. blind. and without
noses.
I wish that I were alone, always alone.
10 hawk and spit when and where I
please. / wish that was mothers little
fairy once more, with my little towseled
head that knew not disease lying on her
warm shoulder.
Now feel that am outcast- ! know
what they think of me. every one. I
know my friends shun me, for even Jack.
my old college chum. doesn't come
around and chat and smoke as he used
to do. My acquaintances only say hello,
and pass by Mrs. Grundy. next door.
and all the other neighbors, are talking
about how repulsive I am / see II in
the way they look and act
People 1 sit next to get up and move
somewhere else. People who talk to me
turn their heads at an angle. And I'm
in pain It's not physical pain. It's my
mind, too, that is in agony. I can't re-
member things as / used to. Thoughts
slip away from me. I say things l don't
mean and mean things 1 never say.
My head is thick and my brain is in
fog. / walk alone, my work pals on
me- my nerves refuse me. That let-her-
&c feeling has got me. l relish nothing
I eat, and my appetite is gone. And as
I think of my misery must hawk again.
Ny cough is a rattle. The ruby has
been plucked from my cheek, the flush
Of my young health is gone. My head
is in a fever, but my hands are cold, and
/ seem to feel in them the approaching
chill of the tomb-I have read Of ca
tarrh death, and my mothers brother
died of the same disease. Come on,
DEATH and relieve me.
No, my mother comes. Who, Gauss,
did you say, mother? Do you think so?
I'll try mother. Yes, IL you send for
the treatment I'll use II faithfully. /
won't let 1t go a single day without U.S.
ing it. They prove 1t in every case. do
you say? All right, send on the coupon
to-day Perhaps, after all. there is a cure.
and still one person in the world to live
for, one who will love you in spite Of the
catarrh, your mother.
Gauss Catarrh Treatment Is the SIM
plest and surest in the world. 1t cures
catarrh on a common-sense plan, and
Gauss proves II. Cut out the coupon be-
low and mail 1t to-day and get a free
treatment of the Gauss treatment and
prove to your own satisfaction that it
will cure YOU Whether you have ca
tarrh slightly or seriously, II may be
the means OF frightening your life, now
overshadowed by catarrh- Send coupon
to c. E. Gauss. 1887 Main Street, Mar
shall, Mich.
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catarrh Kills
Thinking Power
Gradual CIoudipg of the Brain and
Loss Of Memory Inevitable
Result of Catarrh.

Catarrh anywhere In the head or throat
OF ear Is right next to the brain. The
catarrh germ grows fast, does an enor-
nous amount of damage in its burrow-
ings into bone and flesh and is difficult
to destroy. There are thousands Of lit
tie nerves that run from all parts Of the
face and head to the brain. Some OF
these little nerves have to pass through
probably a mass Of catarrhal infiamma-
tons on the road to the brain. When
they do they are weakened and some
times destroyed.
What affects the nerves Is bound to
affect the brain, and when the nerves
are deadened by constant catarrhal dis
charges there is bound to be certain
torpor or stupidity brought about in the
brain OF the victim. Thus follows sleep
lessness, inability to think clearly or to
connect ideas, loss of memory, lack OF
concentration, lack Of presence OF mind
and a wandering of thought.
II any man or woman imagines that
these things do not affect their earning
capacity, their cheerfulness. and the es-
TEEN which their friends have for their
brightness, they have little realization OF
the necessity Of keeping the mind al
ways clear. That Is all there Is to life
When it takes such a comparatively
short time to cure this terrible disease
by the Gauss common-sense treatment
and regain the fash and brilliancy OF
the normal brain, there Is no good rea-
son why one should not spend the two
or three minutes 1t takes to cut out the
coupon below and send II TO c. E Gauss
and have him prove to you that he In
right, and that he positively cures ca
tarrh. The coupon below mailed now
will bring you back by return mail .
package Of the wonderful Gauss treat
ment 1t costs you absolutely nothing.
Address C. e. Gauss. S5g7 Main Street,
Marshall, Mich.
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Makes Home Miserable.

What happens at the table when thu
catarrh-gag comes on land a man can't
eat and pull his nose at the same time)
We will not mention. What happens af-
ter such a meal in the sitting room, or
dressing room. or ballroom, or the stairs,
anywhere and everywhere. with a hawk,
hawk, hawk, can be imagined What
happens when the victim almost leans
on top of the cuspidor in the presence
Of members of the family and hawks and
Jerks with twisted face Is a subject
merely to be mentioned. What happens
during the snoring, sleepless hours Of the
night. with q foul-smelling odor watt
ing about in the closed room. we can
easily picture.
And add to it all the misery of the
miserable man himself Is II any won
der that divorce is seized upon as curey
The Gauss treatment would at once
remedy all these horrible phases II left
to c. y. Gauss, Mrs. Rasmussen would
have no reason for getting a divorce.
These are cases which, though they have
their dungeons angle. after all. make or
unmake the happiness of US all. II YOU
have catarrh in any form, cut out the
coupon below and hall 1t to c. E. Gauss,
Sss7 Main Street. Marshall. Mich. and be
cured
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In the Coils from Childhood.

/ have suffered with catarrh since
was four years old, but 1t has annoyed
me more in the last two years.
I tried everything I read or heard of.
but they did me no good, and I saw
your advertisement in a paper and
wrote to you and received a sample pack
age. I was impressed so favorably with
the sample that l Immediately sent for
the full treatment.
suffered much with the dropping back
into my throat. and after I had taken the
medicine for three or four weeks this
nasty sensation entirely ceased, and
have never had any return OF IL. I am
now fully cured of my catarrh, and
am very grateful to you and your medi-
cine.
/ vii, be very glad 10 tell any one
whom ! think needs IL. and II you wish
TO use my name you may do SO, as / am
sc grateful that ] wish everybody who
needs 1t would use II, and / am sure thar
II will cure them. Miss Matte Drullinger.
Birdsell street South Bend Ind
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United States
Commissioner Heard From.

Having been absent for some time
now take the opportunity Of answering
your letter. took the treatment as near
ly as could. and would state that I am
cured. 1t is the best catarrh medicine
that 1 have ever taken. having tried
everything that could hear or read Of:
and 1 am thoroughly satisfied that it is
a genuine remedy for catarrh. and II
ever feel the effects OF this disease COM
ing back TO me 1 should immediately
order more of your treatment Your med
icine for taking internally think is the
best I have ever used for constipation
or indigestion. You are at liberty 10 use
the contents OF this letter, and any refer
ence made 10 me will be cheerfully an
swered. Edward McCagherty. United
States Commissioner. Warroad. MINI,
Box l.
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some of the Experiences that Ca
tarrh Forces Upon It's slaves.

some of the Experiences that Ca.
tarrh Forces Upon It's slaves.
get boiling mad when people tell me
I've got catarrh. I've had dozens OF
mere acquaintance. and especially one
young lady. who have come UP and ven
tured to tell me something for my own
benefit" That expression begins TO pail
on me-'for my own benefit" 1t seems
they all want to tell me the same thing.
you ought to take something for your
:atarrh: I'll tell you how my cousin got
cured. and every doctor used to say he
had the worst case he ever heard about. !"
Now, when a friend puts his hand on
my shoulder, I gulp in preparation for
ratarrh advice. This gulp is not mere
throat action. but the swallowing Of mu-
gus. Nothing would suit me better than
to have the earth open and swallow me
Up.
1 walk along the street close to the
curbstone. When ride on Q car. I
stand on the rear platform rather than
sit down inside.
/ wish I could talk without having to
open my mouth to breathe. I wish that
kisses were obsolete. I wish that hand
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EMINENT DOCTOR ~--
SAYS BLINDNESS
DUE TO CATARRH
ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch.)

London, Aug. CDR H. Manning Fish,
of Joliet, ILL.,. declared at the medical
congress that most of the blindness in
the world is the result Of catarrh In the
upper nasal cavities or the bony cells
Composing the roof of the nostrils
Dr. Fish described his experience in
thirty-six cases, covering a period of sew
eral years, claiming that in each Of these
immediate improvement of the vision
followed the effective treatment of the
diseased nasal cavities. and advised that
measles, scarlet fever and kindred all
ments relief be sought through treatment
Of the noses of the patients.
Catarrh Is caused by a germ which
must be destroyed before the catarrh it.
self can be cured. II not cured, BLING
mes. may result. An extended history
of the many extraordinary cures effect
ed by the Gauss treatment will probably
be brought to the attention OF the next
international meeting OF the medical con-
gress.
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Its Marvellous Powers
THOUGHT WIFE A coNsUMPr1vE.

Your catarrh medicine u q wonderful
medicine. My wife had IT so bad every
one thought she had consumption. She
used to cough at night. and could not
sleep at all One doctor gave her I'D.
He said she would not get cured II she
stayed here I have tried all kinds OF
medicines and found them no good. TIL
tried yours. and IT acted right away.
I recommended Il to all my friends. You
may mention my name II you please. and
they can write to me and viii let them
know how bad my wife was with catarrh.
But she is a well woman once more. W.
Thomas, s3s Talman avenue, Chicago, Ill
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SNIFFLER CHASED
OUT OF MEETING
EnraEed Audience Roughly Handles
Gzeger who interrupts speech.

San Antonio, Tex, Sept. 1s-Dur1ns a
public primary meeting here to-day, a
middle-aged man in the audience, who
was fumblins a rolled-up handkerchief
IN his hand and persistently snithing and
pulling his nose during the delivery of a
speech. was forcibIy elected from the as
ssmbiy hall Cries of Kick him out"
and Choke the lobster" interrupted the
proceedings. and finally resulted In
grand rush for the nose-puIler by some of
the enrased hearers. He was grabbed
by the ooat collar and uncerernoniously
and swiftly moved toward the door
When the man first sat down and be-
gan loudly tearing out throat-hawk
the audiences shifted nervously After
continuing the drew--att:e of his catarrh
through one Of the most stirring parts
Of the speech. the audience gave vent to
its feelings. Ee was roughly handled on
the way out and sustained several
bruises; He was taken to the county
hospital.
Il Is such occurrences as these which
make the catarrn victim one Of the de-
spise6 OF his race. He can't help show
his disease. II this man had simply
Fpent few moments time to send to
C. z. Gauss for a package of the won
6srfui Gauss Catarrh Treatment, he never
would have suffered such an indignity as
heins kicked out public meeting.
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! Want to Cure You.

I only wish could gather some OF my
patients together and let you hear them
talk Some OF these people had such
extreme cases Of catarrh that a cure
was unknown to them. My treatment
not only cured them. but its effect made
them feel much healthier.
After a one-minute conversation with
Gauss patient you would be firmly
convinced that the statements set forth
here are facts.
But I can't do that. so let me do the
next best thing. Let me send you a
trial treatment free. Fill out the coupon
below
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An Old Soldier Grateful.

Mr.. Gauss-I have finished your treat
ment now. and I am completely cured.
My wife says she cannot detect any of
Il left and says my catarrh Is gone. She
ought to know, for she is a graduated
nurse. / am as truly grateful to you as
an old soldier can be for what your
treatment has done for me. and certainly
will recommend it to those whom I know
are afflicted. You are certainly at liberty
TO use this IL you want TO in recommend
ing your treatment to others.
w. B. PLUMB.
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Mt Of Cost YOU Coupon Below With Your Name and Address To-day for Free Trial
EVERYWHERE,
EVEN ON PIXIES PEAK
No Man or Place II Immune from
the Deadly Catarrh Germ.

No Man or Place In Immune from
the Deadly Catarrh Germ.
There Is no part OF the land which Is
free from catarrh Attitudes and latitudes
have little effect In destroying this ON
nipresent germ. Many imagine that the
climate Of the West. with its high att
tude and dry atmosphere, tends to pre-
vent catarrh. There are Just as many
Eases In proportion to the population west
Is east Of the Mississippi. only the dis
ease Is not as severe because Of the ell
matte effect upon the nerves
Even on Pixies Peak, which Is over
a. 900 feet above the sea level. catarrh
seemed to attack several Of the attaches
Of the signal station located there some
years ago.
No place is exempt. no human soul is
Immune from catarrh. Don't imagine
because you don't live by lake or a
river that you can't have cataTh. or
that you have only a chronic cold when
your nose has been stopped up for some
time. That is usually the way catarrh
starts-with q bad cold.
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ing business, a happy home and a faith
full wife, suddenly stripped Of all that
makes life worth living. with the love of
a true woman, mired in his own disease.
Picture 10 yourself what happened when
a catarrh victim comes home from work
the face of his gentle mate turning
away from a foul breathed kiss, the
rack and grug and hurr, and the spit
ting and hawking in handkerchief and
every few minutes
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catarrh Victims Fearfully Nau'
seating to Those Who Are
Near Them.
Tho Positive Cure OF Catssrh II the
Gauss Treatment-AF Free Trial,
to Prove 1t, Is Sent to All
Who Write for 1t.

There is nothing so nauseating as to
have to sit next to a gagging catarrh
victim or to talk to one of them and
have whfffs OF bad catarrh breath con-
stantly blown into your face NO man
or woman suffering with catarrh can
avoid these things. because 1t is part
of the catarrh itself, though the victim
may not realize or know that his very
presence carries with II a certain gar
bage atmosphere. You can't smell your
own breath, and you can seldom smell
your own smell.
Tse constant splitting and hacking. and
nose jerking is enough to make even the
members of ones own family breathe
sigh Of relief when the hawker closer
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Send for Free Trial Treatment.

( You will get by return mail a free
package of the famous Gauss Combined
Catarrh Treatment. the only positive cur.
for even the worst cases OF catarrh on
earth. Gauss sends you this treatment
&c prove to you that il will cure you.
and 1t costs you nothing. absolutely moth
ing Gauss Treatment will save you
world OF misery and humiliation. and
make you, instead of an outcast, a well
come soul in the bosom OF your own
family. and among your friends and &C
quaintances-
Because You have not gagged at the
table yourself before this, don't imagine
il WIN not happen at some time or 9TH
er as Tong as you have catarrh. Catarrh
brings all this just as sure as night fol-
lows day. It is only a question Of time.
Send the coupon.
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Better spend L few days destroying the
catarrh germ right from the start than
waiting and putting of until you feel
droppings in your throat and your nose
plugged UP.
The Gauss complete treatment will stop
II and avoid for you years Of future
misery. Cut out the coupon below II you
have even q slight cold or touch of ca
tarh, and send II to c. E. Gauss, who
will send you a free package Of the won
derful Gauss treatment, so as to prove
to yourself its great power.
II costs you nothing. Address coupon
TO c. E. Gauss 35s7 Main ST., Marshall,
Mich
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CURE Is CERTAIN.

You can cure that catarrh. slight or
severe. once and forever. by means Of
the only common-sense sure cure for
catarrh. Gauss Combined Catarrh Treat
ment. We don't ask you to believe It
before proving II yourself. Therefore. We
send you TRIAL package at our own
expense, absolutely free to you.
It Is not too late. Cut out the coupon
below. fill in your name and address and
take courage. Do IT willingly and with
hope. Mail IL to C. E. Gauss, 3Sg7 Main
Street, Marshall. Mich. and you Will
get by return mail a free TRIAL pack
age of Gauss Catarrh Treatment to prove
that II will cure you.
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A Glimpse Of the Death Roll.
Catnrrh in Many Cases Is the Real
Death Dealer.

Died Of consumption. aged thirty-two.
Died Of acute bronchitis. aged sixty
Died Of pneumonia. aged twenty-six
Died of cancer. aged fifty-one.
And so on down the list. Do you find a
mention of catarrh? No, because catarrh
as a rule. does not directly cause many
deaths. But catarrh is indirectly the
cause OF many deaths. Died Of pneu-
monia' should better be died OF pneu-
monia, caused by catarrh." The caused
by catarrh" is left off-what's the use,
He's dead anyway. And so catarrh 1,
looked upon as a disease of slight conse-
quCnce by those who don't know. Over
every catarrh sufferer. no matter whet-
CT he has been suffering a month or FIVE
years, there hangs dark shadow which
is pointing with its dark, bony finger to
the silent way. VIII you follow 1t. or
fight IL?
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IF HAD MY LIFE TO LIVE
OVER"

We can point to hundreds OF cases OF
catarrh that have dragged their blear-
eyed. nose-dripping. hah-dead victims
through Is and 20 years OF misery. II all
started with one little germ
Just one of Gauss Catarrh Treatments
for a little while would have killed on
Mr.. Germ and reclaimed to health and
happiness in short order some of the
worlds best women and bravest men.
who now dodder about in blank. diseased
old age. or fill soma cold graves-food for
thought. Think of yourself at 20. or 80.
or CO. clutched BY catarrh- II you only
had your life TO live over a 2-cent stamp
would blot out all the misery.
II is not too late. Cut out the coupon
below, I'LL in your name and address and
take courage. Do Il willingly and with
hope. Mail it to {. L. Gauss. 5597 Main
Street. Marshall. Mich, and you will get
by return mail a free package Of Gauss
Catarrh Treatment to prove that 1t will
cure you.
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SEEKS DIVORCE;
CAN'T STAND CATARRH
Wife Says 1t IL Either Separate or
Die of Disgust.

WIG Snys II II Eftnef separHtt OF
Die of Disgust.
Lincoln, Nebr.. Sept. ls-Henry o.
Rasmussen. It is reported, is to be sued
for divorce because his wife can no,
longer endure a catarrhal affiiction Of
which Rasmussen is said to have been a
victim for the last two years.
Mrs. Rasmussen states that no woman
with any shadow Of self-respect could
consent to be in constant association even
with a man she loved who was af1ic-
ed in the manner she states. She says
she regrets the publicity attached to a
suit for divorce, but that 1t is either that
or simply lie down and die Of disgust"
Plain language Is the only thing TO use
in trying to deal with such an affection
as catarrh. The facts are plain. There
is a man, an able-bodied, robust, vigor-
Gus business man, blessed with a pay
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Gauss Combined Catarrh Treatment
viii save you. and avoid for you years Of
future misery. Gauss Treatment per-
manently cures catarrh in the common
sense way. He proves II. too with free
treatment he sends to you by return
mail as soon as he receives the coupon
at the bottom of this page Cut out the
coupon, I'LL II in with your name and ad-
dress. and send to-day to c. E. Gauss.
S5s7 Main Street, Marshall. Mich
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II you have nerves. or you believe 9TH
er people have any. you will just stop
and look at yourself as you are, and
before other people move away from
yof when they see you coming, you
ought TO run away from them. Go some
where. anywhere. just TO be alone. and
take this page with you. cut out the
coupon at the bottom. and send II now.
before you pull your nose again. to C.
E. Gauss. S5g7 Main Street. Marshall,
Mich.
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CUPID RETURNS.

Mother-"How does 1t happen. Helen.
that you have started going with Henry
Hawk again? / don't see how you can
bear to have him around"
Helen-''Oh, you couldn't tell he ever
had catarrh now. He's been taking
Gauss Treatment for over two weeks"
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DEAFNESS CURED BY GAUSS.

When I wrote to you for your sample
was SO deaf in either ear that I had
to press a watch hard against them TO
hear watch tick But after takine
your course Of treatment my hearing
came back. and / can now hear the same
watch tick fifteen feet away. Leon r.
Atkin. Box 4S. Petoskey. Mich.
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CataFrh At Meals
The Catarrh Victim, Especially at
the Table, an Object Of
Disgust.
0UTLAwED BY SOCIETY.
Good Appetite and Catarrh Rarely
Travel Together.

The limit" is the catarrh gagger at
the table. the man or woman with the
appetite-losing hawk and a hank. utter
ly unmindful OF the nausea he causes to
other people who are trying not to no.
tice or hear him.
Do you wonder that other people de-
spise this creature? While others have
toyously assembled around the board
with delicious, mountaineering appe-
tite. here comes the hawker with nose
perking grimaces. a Jerk-gurgie in his
throat. and q balled up handkerchief IN
his hand. Horrors. forget It, Go away
and cure that catarrh before appearing
a. a public table and mingiing your bad
breath with the scent of steaming ten
derloin steak