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Sty gcrald and giccrttyr.
*ewnan, Ga., Friday, September 14,1888.
4. GROUP OF ECCENTRICITIES.
in Their
Oddities of Some Great Men
Work and Play.
Gentleman's Magazine.
The shepherd said to De Lance that
iie was as happy as a king, and that
? sis idea of heaven was to live in a large
-lain with large flocks to watch. Phillip
>f Macedon counted a horse-race won
it Olympia among Ms three greatest
idicities; with some men, nowadays,
it is their only one. The late Lord
Derby, it is said, would rather have
won “the blue ribbon of the turf than
worn that of the garter.” To Fonte-
it'lle the secret of happiness was sum
med up in keeping the heart cold and
-be stomach warm. *_De gustibus non tst
tEsputandum.
Oowper, as everybody knows, bright
ened his obscure life for many years bv
studying the character of his three pet
He had
ball striking the ground close beside
him convinced him of the desirability
of seeking a safer resting place.
Some eminent men have been distin
guished by their passion and special
aptitude for laborious work. Boyle
studied : for fourteen hours daily until
he was iforty years of age. Hume wrote
thirteen hours a day while composing
his “History of England.” Sir Mat
thew Hale studied for many years at
the rate of sixteen hours a day:, but all
great lawyers have been great workers.
As for the -scientists, look at Charles
Darwin, at Tyndall, at Richard Owen,
at Huxley. Marshall Hall, whose dis
coveries and researches in connection
with the nervous system smoothed the
way for later physiologists, devoted, in
the course of his life to this one subject,
no fewer (it has been calculated,.' than
25,000 hours. For forty years of his
life the great naturalist, Buff on. wrote
at his desk from 0 until 2 o’clock, and
again in five evening from 5 until 9
o’clock. Tic riling to the lords of art,
we find Titian spending seven years
upon his great picture of “The Lord’s
hares, Puss, Tiny and Bess, xie -uu j- „ an4 eight, upon that of “Ple-
uiite a catholicity of affection, how- , ^ Matire -» Michae i Angelo was an
“ver, for dumb animals, and at 0 " e \ indefatigable worker. After passing
• ime Ins stock of household pets includ-; thg ter art 0 f the day in his studio
• d, besides the hares, live rah Jits, 'vo, ^ woul(1 often rise at night to resume
guinea-pigs, many pigeons, a magpie, a j labors> fj^g a candle at the top of
jay and a starling, two gold-fishes, two
■anary birds, two dogs and a squirrel.
James I. had a miscellaneous taste
f ( ,r pet animals—Virginian squirrels, a
■ream-colored fawn, the splendid white
,yrfalcon of Ireland, an elephant, five
camels, and, of course, dogs of every
kind. Saint Eveemond, the wit, and
Claude de Crebillon, tlie poet, were
constantly surrounded by cats .and dogs
which, under the firm supervision of
; heir master, lived together on terms of
unity.
Ladislas, king of Poland, was greatly
igitated at the sigiit of apples. Eras
mus could not smell fish without suf-
r.ering from a feverish attack. Scaliger
trembled in every limb if water-cresses
were placed before him. The astron
omer, Tycho Brahe, was similarly af
fected at meeting a hare or a fox. The
sage-browed Verulam fell into a faint
ing tit at an eclipse of the moon. Boyle
went into convulsions on hearing the
sound which water makes on issuing
from a tap or valve. La Mothe le Vayer,
; he French philosophical writer, pre
ceptor to Louis XIV., could not endure
rhe sound of any musical instrument.
Favoriti, the Italian poet, sickened at
t he smell of the rose.
. Suetonius informs us that the Roman
emperor, Otho, was almost as particu
lar as a woman about his toilet ; that he
applied a depilatory process to the
whole of his body and wore on his head,
which was nearly bald, false hair, fixed
tnd arranged so artistically that no one
could detect the imposition. He shav-
..;d daily with the utmost exactness,
iad rubbed his face all over with soak
ed bread—a habit which he had con
tracted from the age of puberty in or-
ler to prevent the growth of a beard.
Very little food, either animal or veg
etable, did Spinosa allow himself, since
ae restricted the cost of his living to 5
■ *r G sous a day, oh which even a Scotch
student would find it difficult to sup
port human nature. Yet he was sur
passed by Buttner, a German natural-
-*t of the eighteenth century, who liv-
d upon one meal a day, at a cost of
'.tree sous. The astronomer Lalande
professed to relish spiders and cater
pillars, and always carried a supply of
hese dainties around with him in a bon
jon box.
The amusements of great men seem
to indicate the direction of their tastes.
,'ardinal Richelieu found in violent ex
ercise a relief from the severe mental
-oncentration in which most of his life
was passed. He was once discovered
\amping with his servant, to see who
■quid reach a high mark on the wall.
With ingenious flattery De Gramvnont
entered the lists against him, but took
rare, after some efforts which nearly
cached the mark, to allow the cardi
nal to beat him. Henry VI. amused
his leisure with the company of child
ren, and Sully describes a charming in
cident—how he found his sovereign
astride of a stick, playing at “horses”
with two or three happy juveniles. The
learned Samuel Clarke sought recrea
tion in violent gymnastics, jumping
over tables and chairs. Once a pedan
tic precisian approaching, “Xow we
must desist,” said he,*“for a fool .is
coming in.”
Turner was an early riser and for
several hours worked assiduously, after
which he would amuse himself freely.
He was greatly partial to fishing. He
seldom paid a country visit without be
ing accompanied by his rod, and he
carried into his pursuit the indomitable
perseverance which he brought to bear
on his artistic work. No inclemency of
■weather daunted, no churlishness of
fortune wearied him. An eye-witness
relates how he used to sit on the lawn
of a friend’s house, fishing in a pond
for carp. On wet days he would sit in a
kitchen chair, with a piece of board un
der his feet and a large umbrella over
Vis head. And the wind blew and the
rain descended, but silent and immov-
ible there he sat until the dinner bell
rang.
Harvey, who discovered the twofold
•irculation of tlie blood, was a great
eader. At the battle of Edgehill, in
142, Prince Charles and the Duke of
fork were put under his charge, and
vhile the air rung lyith the clash and
lin of the figfct, he retired with the two
oung princes under a hedge ; took a
volume from his pocket and became
bsorbed in its perusal, .until a cannon
bis pasteboard cap, like a miner, to
supply the light that guided his marvel
ous chisel. Haydn, Gluck, Spohr, Bee
thoven, Mendelssohn enjoyed work as
other men enjoy play. But, in truth,
continuous energetic labor is impera
tive upon tlie musician who would rise
to fame and command a comprehensive
knowledge of liis glorious art. Glar-
dini was wbnt to say that if a man
would learn to play the violin he must
practice twelve hours a day for twenty
years. And the wonderful mastery of
Paginina was gained and maintained
only by assiduous efforts which help to
wear out both mind and body. The
first studies which he composed were
of such excessive difficulty that he
would repeat a single passage for ten
hours running.
In short, what other habits great
men have formed, whatever the tastes
displayed, they have always formed
the habit of, and displayed a strong
taste for, work. And in so far as they
have fallen off from this habit, so far
have they fallen from the true and full
development of their genius.
What He Used to Do.
The Idea.
In common with lots of other fools I
used to spent two months and about
§500 at the beach every season.
I owned a house at Oyster Cove, call
ed with considerable poetic license Sea-
view cottage. I’ll admit, in the absence
of Mrs. Gilding, that it wasn’t a cot
tage, and frankly acknowledge that it
didn’t rise to the dignity of a dog ken
nel.
I went down there about July 1 with
my wife and family, after telling my
neighbors that my nervous system was
busted. They knew that I was lying,
but with Mrs. Gilding orders were or
ders.
I had as much comfort at Oyster Cove
as a lost soul simmering in sheol, hut I
endured it to avoid overworking Mrs.
Gilding’s tongue.
Mrs. Gilding is a remarkable woman.
She shines for all but me. She is gifted
with ambition and tongue, while I suf
fer from both.
Seaview cottage is a disreputable
looking dry goods box structure stuck
up on a sand heap and separated from
the Aligator hotel by a heap of tomato
cans and an open sewer,
We had a piazza tagged on to the cot
tage, upon which we found recrea
tion unbaking ourselves in the evening
and listening to the interchange of pro
fanity between the Italian dishwasher
and the deputy spittoon juggler of the
hotel.
Occasionally we invited our friends
to visit us, but we were careful to ask
only those who could not by any means
come. If any lunatic had visited us,,I
really don’t know where he would have
slept, unless he were a hardy campaign
er and could take “pot luck” in the
garden, as we technically termed the
tomato can heap between us and the
hotel.
My neighbor, Brown, is a loud-
voiced, vulgar, courageous man whom
I admire. He sits on his piazza in his
shirt sleeves, smoking his pipe, and
yells across lots at me. Mrs. Gilding
says he is a low-born brute, while Mrs.
Brown, who is not boss, says he’s an an
gel.
I asked Brown to come and see us,
and sure enough in the middle of July
he and his wife turned up. We walked
on the beach while our wives sat on the
porch lying to each other.
When Brown and I sat down on the
rocks looking out to sea, he took my
hand and said to me, solemnly, “Gild
ing, you’re a blarsted idiot. You leave
a good, cool, comfortable house, a clean
bed and decent grub, to come down
here to live in alien house and roa^t
your liver out. Instead of staying at
home and cooling off in your cellar,
you let that hard-cider-tongued wife of
yours yank you around like a fool. Take
my advice and sell that chicken-coop to
a bigger idiot than yourself, if you can
find one!”
That night I had a pint of Maine
whisky and a seance with Mrs. Gilding,
and the next day we came back to
Sapville.
I struck a fellow whose wife had
swelled head and “sassiety” on the
brain, and sold him Seaview cottage.
I am now a free-agent; I sit in my
shirt beeves and smoke with Brown; I
go to the beach no more, and I am boss
of the ranch.
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Sharpsburg.
Mr. Editor:—The recent rains will
help the late corn, cotton, potatoes and
turnips very much.
Your correspondent has recently
traveled over Coweta, Meriwether.
Troup and Harris counties, visiting the
best farming sections and conversing
with many of the most prominent farm
ers about the crops. The almost unan
imous epinioft is that there will be over
an average crop this year: and I think
the fine fields of corn that I have
seen already made, and the excellent
fields rtf cotton and other crops, will
justify this decision. The cotton seems
to be at least a week later this year
than last. The labors of the faithful
farmers seem to have been greatly re
warded. I think we have good reason
to lie thankful to the Divine Giver for
such an abundant harvest.
We are glad to note that Mr. Freder
ick C. North, and Mrs. Angelina Lump
kin, whom we reported as being sick
last week, are well.
Mrs. Polly North has been sick for
several days.
Dr. Daniel H. Brown has been con
fined to his teed for several days.
The young men of the community
have organized a young men’s prayer
meeting and will meet every Wednsday j
night. May it be profitable to those
who attend and a blessing to the com
munity.
Rev. V. A. Ham did not fill his ap
pointment at Bethel last Saturday and
Sunday, on account of the incessant
rain both days. It is quite a treat to
the Prof, to rest two days, as he has not
a day idle. He is a very close Biblical
student, and a hard-working clergyman
and teacher.
Prof. J. R. Bohannon, of Paris, spent
last Sabbath with his parents here. He
says he has forty-three pupil# and is
progressing nicely. Success to Bob.
Mr. Mark North gave his neighbors a
nice barbecue last Friday. He had an
abundance of meat, very nicely cooked,
and plenty of light bread. Among
other good eatables he had a nice fat
o’ possum, well barbecued and garnish
ed with sweet potatoes.
Miss Kate Bailey, of Kedron, has
been spending some time in our village,
the suest of Misses Foxie North and
Everett Benton,
Tlie musical entertainment given by
Mesdames Pitman .and Lumpkin last
Friday night was very much enjoyed
by all who attended.
Mr. “Dock” Johnson has been very
unwell for several days. He is able to
walk out on the streets to-day with the
aid of a stick.
Mr. H. H. Harrison is having his
house improved by putting a verandah
to it, and making other improvements
which add much to the comfort as well
as the appearance of the place.
Dr. R. W. North, “Dub” Bridges,
R. A. North, Sr., and Henry A. North
went toNewnan yesterday on business.
Mr. J. J. Farmer is having his house
repaired, which, when completed, will
be equal to a new one.
The change of schedule on the Sa
vannah, Griffin and North Alabama
Railroad from 12 m. to 2:30 p.m., is a
very great convenience to our clever
depot agent and accommodating post
mistress.
Mr. Grin Bailey, of Kedron, spent
last Sunday in our village.
Prof. A. S. Jones has secured a cor
net, and will join the band, we pre
sume.
We notice that there is a great rush
to the postoffice every Saturday when
the mail arrives, and the first thing
called for is The Herald and Ad
vertiser. The great Constitution,
even, is forgotten until The Herald
and Advertiser is read. We all cer
tainly appreciate your newsy and in
structive columns. B. C.
Sept. 4th.
Log Cabins are fast going
going out of style as fash
ionable residences. Log
Cabins, however, have a
place in American history,
as they were the most
prominent feature of our
country’s early social life.
The pioneers were strong, rugged,
healthy. Warner’s Log Cabin Cough
and Consumption Remedy is a repro
duction of one of the best of the old
time roots and herbs remedies, which
kept them well. Everybody praises
“Tippecanoe” as a stomach tonic.
The Hebrews of Brunswick have had
a split and are now worshipping in two
separate congregations.
Dyspepsia, Despair, Death.
These are the actual steps which fol
low indigestion. Acker’s English Dys
pepsia Tablets will both check and
cure this most fearful of diseases. Guar
anteed by W. P. Broom, Newnan, Ga.
Poles are being put up along the line
of the Georgia Southern and Florida
railroad for the Western Union Tele
graph.
Flaming Fire in The Veins.
We hold positive proof that Acker’s
English Blood Elixir cures all blood
poisons where cheap sarsaparillas and
so-called blood purifiers fail. Knowing
this, we sell it to all who call at our
store on a positive guarantee. For sale
by W. P. Broom, Newnan, Ga.
Capt. Sweeny will launch the third
boat he. has built at Abbeville about
the middle of this month. It will be
named Lumpkin.
Careless Mothers.
Many mothers have permitted their
children to die before tneir eyes when
they might have been saved. Any
mother who keeps house without a bot
tle of Acker’s English Baby Soother at
hand, runs a risk which she may some
time regret. It has saved the lives of
thousands of children, Jnd is doing so
every year. Sold by W. P. Broom,
Newnan, Ga.,
A WORD IN SEASON.
IMPURE BLOOD.
A Case *in Florida Cured by B. B. B. .
Eveelyk, Near Brunswick, Ga. May, 1887.
My Mood i ad been impure for a number of
years. I broke out in ugly sores over my head
and body and.I could get'uothingto heal them
or purify nay blood (though I tried other so-
called medicines) until I found that most val
uable medicine (Botanic Blood Balm) -B. B. B.
I have been using it lor nearly a year, and in
that time have taken ttearly one dozen bot
tles, and Z feel that I am nearly cured ; the
sores on sty- head and body all healed. My
health is good and 1 can eat anything that I
desire. Vours respectfully,
Edward Glover.
FROM A DRUGGIST.
Palatka, Fla., May 31, i-8S7.
The demand for Botanic Blood Balm (B. B.
B.) is such that I now buy in half gross lets,
and I unhesitatingly say that my customers
are all pleased. R. Kersting.
OLD 1
10 YEARS WITH RHEUMATISM.
Newton, •5T. - C., June 25, 1387.
Gentlemen: I am pleasured in saying I
have been a great sufferer from rheumatism
10years, and I have exhausted almost everv
known remedy without relief. I was told to
try B. B. B. which I did alter long procrasti
nation, and with the experience of three bot
tles I am almost a healthy man. I take it as
a part of my duty to make known your won
derful Blood Purifier to suffer ng humanity,
and respectfully ask veu to mail me one of
your booksof wonders. Respectfully,
W. I. Moreuead.
THE BEST PURIFIER MADE.
Damascus, Ga., June 29,1887.
I have suffered with Catarrh for about four
years, and after using four bottles <>l BOlanit
Blood Balm 1 had my general health greatly
improved, and if I could keep out ox tlie b-‘d
weather I would be cured. I believe it tlie
best purifier made. Very respect tally,
L. w. Thompson.
ITS USE FOR KIDNEYS.
J esup, Ga,, May, 25,1SS7.
I have been suffering from kidney disease
fora month past, and the pain in my back
was very severe. My occupation requires a
good deal of writing at night, and I suffered
all the time. I saw one man who said he was
cured by using Botanic Blood Baltn, (B. B. B)
and I commenced using it, and the pain is a
great deal less. I have only used two bottles,
and l believe it will effect a cu-re by the use
of a few more bottles. Yours respectfully,
J. E. -Coleman.
TWELVE YEARS AFFLICTED.
Bt.ueeton, Inil. Fob. G, 18®7.
1 have been afflicted with Blood Poison for
twelve years. Have used prescriptions from
physicians offered me during that period
Through the druggist, W, A. Gutelius, I pro
cured one bottle of B. B. B. and have since
used three bottles, and I am satisfied that it
has done me more good than anything I ever
used. I am almost well, and am sure within
two or three weeks I will be perlectly well, af
ter twelve years suffering intensely. Write
or address, Joseph Feist,
Well’s Co. Ind. Baker and Confectioner.
SPLENDID FOR A SPRING TONIC.
Arlington, Ga-, June 30,1887.
I suffered with malarial blood poison more
or less, all the time, and the only medicine that
has done me any good isB.B.B. It is undoubt
edly the best blood medicine made, and for
this malarial country should be used by every
oae in the spring of the year, and is good in
summer, fall and winter as a tonic and blood
purifier. - *
GIVES BETTER SATISFACTION.
Cadiz. Ky., July 6,1887.
Please send me one box Blood Balm Catarrh
Snuff by return mail, as one of my customers
is taking B. B. B. for catarrh and wants a box
of the snuff. B. B. B. gives better sat isfac
tion than any medicine I ever sold. I have
sold 10 dozen in the past 10 weeks and it gives
good satisfaction. If I don’t remit all right
for the snuff write me. Yours,
W. N. Brandon.
Miccsukee. Fi a., Leon Co. July 20,•
1 have been a sufferer from indigestion ana
dyspepsia for a long time, and have tried
niaiiv remedies, but until I was induced by
friends to try your B. B. B. received no relief,
but sUce using it have found more reluct and
comfort than from any other treatment I
have"used. Hoping you will forward to my
■k 1 dress vour 32-page book for prescription,
..Iso ,*vidt nee of cures. Send at earliest con
venience. Rev. Rob’t C.
remarkable SHOWINGi forelb.
B. AGAINST OTHER REMEDIES.
Putnam Co., April 27, 17.
I have been suffering for most thirty years
with and itching and binning all oxer my
face and body. 1 took eighteen bottles of one
blood medicine and it* did me no good. 1 coni
menced last January to use B. B. B., and al
ter using five bottles I felt stouter and better
than I have in thirty years, my health is bet
ter, and I weigh more than I ever did. The
itching has nearly ceased, and I am confident
that a few more bott les of B. B. B. will cure
me entirely. I am sixty-two years old now
and can do a good day’s work in my field. I
consider B. B. B. the best blood purifier that.i
have ever seen, for it certainly did me more
good than all the medicine I have ever taken.
I had, in all, nearly a hundred risings on my
face, neck and body. James Pinkerton.
2 BOTTLES CURE RHEUMATISM.
Boughton, Ark., June 4.18S7.
I cheerfully state the following facts in re
gard to the use of your medicine i n my family.
My little son, 14 years of age, suffered from an
acute attack of rheumatism,caused by undue
exposure and chilling of the blood. I heard
your remedy highly recommended, and pur
chased a bottle from Moncrief & Bro., Pres
cott, Ark. In about one month, after using
this bottle he became so much better that I
got the second bott le, which is now being us-
ed, and my son is nearly well, and 1 think by
removing him to a cooler summer climate
(which I will do) and continuing its use, a
perfect cure will be effected. I consider B.B.
B. a most excellent blood purifier.
Chas. H. Titus,
R. R. Agt. Boughton, Ark.
Send for our Book of Wonders, free to all. Address,
BLOOD BALM COMPANY, Atlanta, Ga.
THE WORLD CHALLENGED.
To produce anything like an approach to our now justly celebrated Blood Remedy, B. B. B., we make bold to
claim the iollowino-special points of value and advantage over any other remedy on the market: 1. That it consists
of the most valuable remedies known to the medical profession. 2. That the combination of the remedies lias never
been equaled in any medicine that has ever been known. 3. Its beneficial results can he felt sooner than by the use of
any other remedy. 4. It takes less quantity and less money to produce a cure than any other remedy. We are
will in <r for B B B to stand on its own merits, and as our words are unnecessary in proving its efficiency as a blood
remedy we simplv invite a careful perusal of the following voluntary certificates from the thousands who have tried it.
Thev are eloquent tributes, and speak for themselves. To the skeptical, we would further say : Inquire of your
neighbor who has tried our great remedy. Here fire the certificates :
A REMARKABLE LETTER.
Down Two Years With Rheumatism
and Now Entirely Well.
I have been troubled with rheumatism fqr
two years; had gotten so I could scarcely
walk, and was in pain nearly all the time. At
nirijt could not sleep for the excruciating
pain. The bone in one of my legs was very
much enlarged, and I feared that amputation
would be necessary. After trying many dii-
ferent patent medicines claiming to cure
rheumatism and other complaints, I was al
most discouraged until about two weeks ago,
when I had to give up business', Mr. W. J.
Willingham, of your city, hearing of my com
plaint, advised the use of your medicine, and
assured me of his confidence in it as a cure
for rheumatism. I at once purchased a bot
tle, hoping it might relieve me, but not having
much faith in it, or in anything else; but.
thank God, I am very muon relieved, and I
firmly believe I will get entirely well. The
swelling has gone down and I am in no pain
whatever. Am at work again, and have been
for several days. Can run up and down the
stairwav in factory as nimbly as ever. I
thank you for this earthly salvation to me.
I write without your solicitation, or any
knowledge of you, except through your med
icine. I write because 1 feel grateful for what
has been, done for me. I am yours, very
truly, W. A. Moore,
Foreman for Willingham Lumber Co.,
Chattanooga, Tenn.
If any one should doubt, as to my being
cured, or as to my statements, I refer them to
the firm I am with and have been with for
many years; Mr Phillip Young, Ot Chatta
nooga; Mr. Hamilton, foreman of carpentry,
with W. L. & Co., Chattanooga; Dr. Acre, of
Chattanooga; Mr. Phil Hartinan, shipping
clerk for W. L. Co.; F. B. Cheek, Chatta
nooga ; Mrs. Cooper, Chattanooga, and one
hundred others in factory and in city.
SHE HAD TRIED EVERYTHING ELSE.
Clover Bottom, Sullivan County Tenn.,
June 20,18S7.—Blood Balm Co. Atlanta, Ua.—
Sir: I have been thinking of writing to you
for sorr. e time to let you know of the wonder
ful cure your B. B. B. has effected on myself
and dufigliter. She, a girl of 16 years, was
taken with a very sore leg below the knee. I
used aoout. 30 bottles of other medicine to no
purpose. The doctors said the only remedy
left was amputation. That we all were op
posed to. I was in Knoxville the 8th of Jan
uary, 1887, and while buying a bill of drugs
called for a good blood purifier, and Messrs.
Sanford, Chamberland & Co. recommended
the B. B. B. I purchased one-half dozen bot
tles, and, to my utter surprise, after using
three or four bottles, my giri’s leg was entire
ly well. I also had a very ugly running sore
on the calf ol my leg and one bottle cured it,
after trying ail other remedies. I wish you
much success, and I do hope that all suffering
humanity may hear and believe in the only
true blood purifier. I have tried threeor four
blood purifiers, but the B.B.B. is tlie only one
that ever did me or mine any good. You can
use my name if you wish. I am well known
in this and Washington county? also all over
Virginia. R. S. Elsom.
BLOOM TAINT FROM BIRTH.
Booneville, Ind., January 27, 1887.
I shall evbr praise tlie day that you gentle
men were born, and shall h ess tlie day that
your medicine was known to me. I had blood
poison from birth, and so much so that all
the doctors of my town said I would be crip
pled for life. They said I would lose my low
er limb. I could not stand in my class to re
cite my lessons, and eleven bottles of your
Balm cured me sound and well. You can use
my name as you see fit. Iu mv case there
were knots on my shinbones as large as a
hen’s egg. Yours, Mihtle M. Tanner,
A GOOD EXPERIMENT.
Meridian, Miss., July 12, 1887.
For a number ol years I have suffered un
told agonies from the effects of blood poison.
I had m.v case treated by several prominent
physicians, and recivedbut little, if any relief.
I resorted to all sorts of patent medicines,
speiulinga large amount of money but getting
no better. My attention was attracted by the
cures said to have been effected by B. E. B.,
and I began taking it merely as a experiment,
having but little faith in the ultimate results.
To my utter surprise I soon commenced to
improve, and deem mj'self to-day a well and
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J. O. Gibson,
Trainman M <& O R. R
AFTER TWENTY YEARS.
Baltimore, April 20,1887.—For over twen
ty years I have been troubled with ulcerated
bowels, and bleeding piles, and grew weak and
thin from constant loss of blood. I have used
four bottles of B B. B B., and have gained 15
in weight and my general health Is better than
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my improvement to the use of Botanic Blood
Balm. Eugenius A. Smith, 318 Exeter St,
AN OLD MAN RESTORED.
Dawson, Ga., June30,1887.—Being and old*
man and suffering from general debility and*
rheumatism of the joints of the shoulders, I
found difficulty in attending to my business,
that of a lawyer, until I bought and used five
bottles of B. B B., Botanic Blood Balm, of
Mr. T. C. Jones, of J. R. Irwin & Son, and my
general health has improved and the rheuma
tism left me. I believe it to be a good medi-
j cine.1 J. H. Laing.
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1 IT REMOVED THE PIMPLES.
CHEERY WORDS.
jok the Citizens of Tyler and Smith
County, as Uttered by John M.
Adams, of the Firm of McCay
& Adams, Druggists.
I have been a practical druggist in Tyler for
a number of years, and in that time
occasion to examine, try, and notice the effect
of nearly all the highly recommended prepar
ations or patent medic nes on the market, as
I have suffered untold misery myself, the past
number of years, from a severe form of in
flammatory rheumatism, and could ^ find
nothing to cure or relieve me. I had annost
drawn a conclusion that all patent medicines
were more or less frauds untili about one year
ago, I was induced by a friend now living in
Tvler to try a preparation known as o B., or
Botanic Blood Balm, and after a long per
suasion on his part, I fie ally made up my
mind to make one more effort to rid niysell
of the terrible affliction; and now it affords
me the greatest pleasure of my life to state to
the citizensof Smith county that lam entire
ly cured. with no traces of the disease left,
■ind all effected by the magic healing proper
ties of B B. B., which I consider the grand
est purest, and most powerful blood remedy
known to man. I have been subject to in
flammatory attacks since ten years of age,
and up to the present time liave had four.
Thf* last spell came on me in ember, looo,
over a year ago, at which ime I was confined
tom v bed foreight weeks, passmg the nights
, in misery, with no sleep except when produc
ed by narcotics and various opiate... The
1 week previous to using B. B. B. up f°
1 time I had only eaten six meals and could
! scarcely sit up without support; but after ra
in,, three bottles I was able to relisn my
meals and to walk up town, and a iter six bot-
I ties had been used, thank heaven, I was en
tirely cured, and not the slightest pain telt
: since that time. When I returned to business
in February my weight was 145 pounds, but
oradualiv increased until my regular weight
was a^.-iiu attained, 210 pounds. The noticea
ble fact in what I have so cheerfully stated is,
Round Mountain, Tex., March 29,1887.
A lady friend of mine has for several years
been troubled with bumps and i imples on her
face and neck, for which she used various
cosmetics in order to remove theffi and beau
tify and improve her complexion; but these
local applications were only temporary and/
left her skin in a worse condition. (
I recommended an internal application—
known as Botanic Blood Balm—which I have
been using and selling about two years; she
used three bottles and nearly all pimples
have disappeared, her skin is soft and smooth
and her general health much improved. She
expresses herself as well satisfied and can
recommend it to all who are thus affected.
Mrs. S. M. Wilson.
TESTIMONIAL OF HON. THOS. PAULK,
OF BERRIEN COUNTY.
Would not Take $1,000 for it—Re
lieved of Fifteen Years Suf
fering from Dyspepsia.
COULD HEAR A TICK CRAWL.
Mr. C. E. Hall wrote from Shelby, Ala.,
February 9, 1887: “1 could not bear it thun
der. I heard of B. B. B., used two bottles, and
now can hear a tick crawl in the leaves.’'
: that this unparalleled and remarkable dis-
I covery B. B. B. cured me in mid-winter, at
cal .
i wood remedv to alTsuffJrers from rheuma-
tism or blood troubles, and not only myself,
i J <- ,i- Adams, who handle
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‘I GAVE UP TO DIE.”
Knoxville, Tenn., July 2, 1887.
I have had catarrh of the head for nearly
six years. I went to a noted doctor and he
treated me for it, bu*. could not cure me, he
said. I was over fifty years of age and I gave
up to die. I had a distressing cough ; my
eves were swollen and I am confident I could
not have lived without a change. I sent and
got a bottle of yonr medicine, used it, and
felt better. Then I got four more, and thank
God! it cured me. Use this any way you
may wish for the good of sufferers.
Mrs. Matilda Nichols,
22 Florida Street.
TRIED FIVE DOCTORS.
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Hawkinsville, Ga., Feb. 2«, is;87.
This is to certify that my wife has been in
bad health for eight years. After trying five
hut; * 1 the firm of McKay* Adams, who handle doctors and six or seven different patent
it, will cheenully indorse ' medicines > stx bottles of your B. B. B. has
of McKay <fc Adams, Tyler,Texas.- cured her. James W. Lancaster.
Alapaha, Ga., June 22, 1887.—R. B. B.
Company, Atlanta, Ga.—Gentlemen : I had
suffered from that terrible disease, dyspepsia
for over fifteen years, and during that
time tried everything I could hear of, and
spent over three hundred dollars In doctor’s
bills, without receiving the slightest benefit,
Indeed. I continued to grow worse. Finally,
after I despaired of obtaining relief, a friend
recommended B. B. B., (Botanic Blood Balm)
and I began using it; not, however, expecting;
to be benefited. Alter using half a bottle I
was satisfied I was being benefited, and when
the sixth bottle was used I felt like a new
man. I would not take $1,000 for the good it
has done me; in fact, the relief that 1 derived
from it is priceless. I firmly believe I would
have died had I not taken it.
Respectfully, THOMAS PAULK.
SUFFERED FROM PILES.
Baltimore, February 5, 1887.
I had suffered with bleeding piles for two.
years, and take pleasure in stating that I
have been entirely cured by the use of one.
bottle of Botanic Blood Balm, (B. B. j}.). x
cheerfully make this statement for the bene-'
fit of the public. t has. Reinhardt,
No. 2026 Fountain St., Baltimore, M4