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35 rents ■ 1 r for (J .. T . ' . . . • ’ , ' S. ’. 'a - r '-Piroi„ '. A *i \ Atlanta, Ga. MpPrettsubne ’JTo. “. B 11,1 * 1 1 -rltlliii f Chas. S. Atwood, I. W. Avert, ’ Pres’t<fc Bus. Mang’r. Editorial Mang’r. Entered at Atlanta P. 0. as second-class matter. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1885. The cholera is steadily diminishing in •Spain. The highest daily* figure it has i was 5,919 cases. It has now <come down to less than 3,000, a falling off’' •of two-fifths. It is spreading in other quarters, espec ially in France,'and seems gravitating to Italy. It cannot make very great head way before frost, which checks its onward progress. We may consider that the heaviest of the pestilence is over for this w - Cholera is a hot-weather epi- The lesson is a plain one that presents L itself. All hands and all countries must prepare during the winter for the invasion aiext summer of the appalling disease. The whole of Europe should adopt sani tary precautions against the pestilence. It will almost certainly resume its progress unless anticipated. And it behooves us in this country to • ake steps to render its visit harmless. We will certainly have to grapple with it. The history of these diseases shows a steady anarch. We can only conquer the invader by sanitary preparation. The frightful ’desolation it has done in Spain should warn us. ______ VERY NATURAE. The Buffalo Evening Telegraph, of New Work, has died a natural death. The managers ran the sheet oi\the basis •>f making it a scandal concern. They . uxuriated in the fit name of Scripps—the Scripps brothers. The Telegraph was un clean enough for anybody. It made a •specialty of untidy news, it hunted up calumny as its staple matter, it invaded xu’ivate.circles for unhealthy gossip, and wholly disregarded personal feeling or pri vate reputation. These uncanny Scripps spent $65,000 in heir venture and then had to suspend for want of popular patronage. This was a natural and proper result. 'The people of this country are not yet ready for a newspaper diet of garbage. A NEW DAILY. The Daily Americus Republican comes o us, the first issue dated September Ist. It is a creditable paper and we wish it •success. Col. C. W. Hancock, the proprietor, makes a right pathetic salutatory. In ? 854 he went to Americus, and he and his paper, the Sumter Republican, and the -Southwestern Railroad, made a simulta neous appearance. He speaks of Ameri cus then as “a straggling little hamlet ■nestling on the murky Muckalee.” In 31 years he has lived to see the place grown to 250 business houses and (>,OOO nhabitants, with four cotton warehouses, banks, factories, express and telegraph facilities, an opera house and many The transformation has been great and bis paf>er has had a large agency in it. 4.1 VELY TIMES hOR MR. CLEVE LAND. United States Senator Cullom has given >ut that the appointments of Democrats by President Cleveland in the place of Republicans, removed for “offensive par tisanship, ” will be fought by the Repub ? ican Senators with unsparing vigor. This s a significant declaration of war and in licates that the Republicans mean to ‘make lively times next winter lor Mr. /leveland. Cullom says they will make war from the word go on that issue. They will re quire the administration to prove more than ordinary political interest in the man .removed. • 3 APITOL CRAYONS. Our morning neighbor in its neat constitu tionals gets off occasisnally some srood things. Here is one : “Macon, the one city in the State that pos sesses entire forests of gubernatorial timber.” We have had occasion to mention the poetess, Mrs. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. She is a Western female of rhyming proclivities and a somewhat sensational tendency. Her poems deal with lively Tnatters and tackle unconventional subjects. The latest rumor is that Mrs. Wilcox is to publish a slashing novel, in which- she will rev olutionize matters and introduce a series of top ics unusual for the feminine pen to discuss in veil-regulated books, and to be read by modest people. The Chicago papers call vociferously For the volume. morning neighbor makes its entire writ- reporters and all, take turns about in .. tting up the column of Constitutionals. A rood idea, as it puts new bloed constantly into hat column with the stimulus of rivalry. The Capitol has started a reporter’s column, jut we found it so popular among them • hat we bad to check up. Reporters, accustomed o stick to hard fact, find it an intoxicating • hange to revel in the arena of opinion and MR jcnlation. Our bright fellows gave us enough •.’ every day to fill a page. They over *. »b ‘opportunity was so fascinating. ■ in them a showing along at inter- F - *’i House on Peachtree street is be r. ■».»’ as it was before, save that it is to < 4 with a mansard roof. are glad that its old form is mainly pre- THE EVENING CAPITOL: ATLANTA. GA. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1885. served. It is a typical Southern house as well as an old landmark. It represents our pecul iarly Southern architecture—a philosophical architecture—the method, of wide halls and broad encircling verandahs, of square rooms and commodious avenues for air in every direc tion. By all means .let this typical Southern dwell ing stand among the new-fangled residences of modern times—a conspicuous example of the breezy old comfort of the past in Southern homes. Even its nobby new-style mansard beaver hat will not wholly destroy its glorious individuality. It spraddles overground in royal old style, regardless of costly front —foot—age and cosmopolitaixcrowdiiig. It is a refreshing antithesis to some of the labyrinthine cuddies of dwellings that were im ported here early after the war under the de lusion that we had winter eight months in the year. Better its - broad, high acres of lumber and column and airy openings and corridors than the diminutive vestibules, the narrow stairs, the little rooms and low chamber cells that made up the more modern structures that we borrowed from the architecture of a colder climate. CAPITOL SALMAGUNDI. Ex-Minister Wasuburke, of Illinois, is in Boston. General McClellan is said to want to come to the Senate. William Walter Phelps is traveling around on the Pacific coast. Secretary Manning is expected to return to Wash ington on Saturday next. Ex-Senator Thurman is very fond of whist, Imt he won’t tolerate a dull partner. Senator Sewell, of New Jersey, is expected to reach home from his European trip. Executive Secretary Pruden has returned to.his post of duty at the White Hoase in Washington, brown as a berry. Secretary Lamar is the only Cabinet officer in Wash ington, and says that he is going to stay. His health, he asserts, is good. Hon. Joseph Pulitzer, M. C. elect and editor of the New YorkjWorld, has the magnanimity to decline thir ty-two quarts of wheat offered him by the agricultural department. Alphonso Taft, of Ohio, ex-minister to Russia, was a passenger on board the Servia, which arrived in New York Sunday. His son, ex-collector Charles P. Taft, of Cincinnati, met him. Mlle. Rhea, speaking of Mary Anderson, says: “1 was greatly surprised when F saw her act. I had often heard people praising her beauty more than her acting and when 1 saw her in the “Hunchback,” jt was a r Ab lation to me. 1 thought that heaven had endowed her with all the qualities an artist could wish for. Her voice is wonderful. America fs ‘prond <>f her and 1 can well understand it.” SHADOWS ALL. BY PAIL HAMILTON HAYNE. Shadows all I From the birth robe to th- pall, In this travesty of life, Hollow, calm and fruitless strife, M hatsoe’r the actors seem. They are posturing in a dream : Fates may rise, ami fates may fall. Shadows are we, shadows all.' From what sphere Float these phantoms flickering here? From what mvstic circle cast In the dim a-onian Past ? Many voices make reply, But they only rise to die Down tiie midnight mystery, While earth's mocking echoes call. Shadows, shadows, shadows all! Shennaii*»» Dirge. Philapelphia Times. John Sherman’s keynote of the Ohio cam paign-is still echoing over the country in lively competition with some last century funeral dirge. A Frightful Prospect. Philadelphia Times. If the Western Union Telegraph Company should by any possibility be compelled to pay the two million dollars, as’asked by the Bankers and Merchants’ Company, the amount of new water which would be poured into its stock would amaze even the persons who hold the eighty millions and draw their quarterly divi dends. Republican View of Things. Washington Republican. The unsophisticated imagine they hear the resonant roar of a great reform wave sweeping across the face of the country. But they are deceived. The sound which strikes on the pub lic is but the ratting around of little men in big places. John Slier man’s African Tactics. Louisville Times. Henry M. Stanley says when you can neither whip nor buy an African King, you can scare him out of his boots with a ghost story. John Sherman is applying this theory in Ohio, where he has conjured up the ghost of the Confederacy to frighten men into voting the Republican ticket. General Toombs’lll Health. A Capitol man found General Toombs seated in a rocking chair in his room in the Kimball House, in very feeble health, awaiting the ar rival, at any moment, of his physician, Dr. Logan. Though it was the first of September, ami very warm inside and on the streets, still the windows were down and a coal fire burning brightly in the open grate of his room. There was scarcely a movement visible in his form as he reclined back in the rocking chair. Having asked him a few questions relative to the pro ceedings to-morrow, and especially to some re marks of his own on the occasion, he replied that “he was very sorry that he could not do so, but my physician said he has positively prohibited me to do so as I feel very ill. lam very old, be ing over 75 years of age, now, and so poor in health that I don’t know whether I will ever leave this room alive. My time on earth is up, and I am ready to d-opoff'any day.” You have been a personal witness, General, to a great deal of America’s history, and espe cially to the history of tha South. “ 1 have,” said he. “I have known personally nearly all the Governors of Georgia up io the present time, and most of them have been mv intimate friends.” “A brief review of their poli tics, phases of government, laws, personal his tory, private life, etc., would be very interest ing generally, not only for American history and the history of the South in particular, but would be interesting to your many friends, as coming to them through you who had been their intimate friend, and, from your public life, well acquainted with them.” “I think it would,” said he. “I had many dealings with the gov ernors of Georgia and with the leading men sf the country and especially of the South during my 25 years of public life in the Senate and House of Representatives.” “Have you a record, general, of the chief events of your public life and of all the import ant men that you were acquainted with and of whom connections, relations and political lite you formed such an important parts” “I have no general record of them in the United States, or nothing more than some frag ments or headings here and there,” said he. “Butl remember the most of them.” You must at that rate, general, have a wonderful memory.” “I have,” said he. “f remember manv inci dents and political events that occurred in and since the time of Napoleon.” , “Did you intend to give some of them in your oration speech, if you delivered it ?” “I did—a few of them,” said he, “or as far as they were connected with the south.” “Well, general, as speaking is somewhat troublesome to you in your present state of ill health, I won’t infringe further on your time,” and thanking him, len. Don’t buy a railroad ticket till vou see Harry Lynan, 4 Kimball House and 38 Wall street. OUR GEORGIA EDITORS. Quaint Notions and Witty Quips of Craft. N. P. T. In Georgia the muscadines are ripening, and the toothsome ’possum is almost fat enough tojl be served up to order. It is thus that we /«4 tract pleasure from winter’s icy breath. * JOE HARRIS. Connecticut school boards will not employ school-ma’ms unless they agree to remain sin gle for a year. As a matter of fact there are few Connecticut school-ma’ms who do not re main single more than several’years. The Russian Czar gives his provincial sub jects religion by merely issuing a proclamation. After awhile some of 4iis faithful subjectswill issue a dynamite bulletin, so to speak, the Czar will wish he had some real religion. BILL MOORE. The cool autumnal breezes early this morning produced thoughts of oysters * and quail on toast, to say nothing of last winter’s overcoat. HARRY EDWARDS. News comes that the sorghum crop is safe. ’Tis well. Sorghum and cornbread furnish a fine substrata patriotism. As the business season has opened and the Legislature has had its frolic, the people rea sonably expect a speedy adjournment. The cyclone has done its work of terror and destruction, and now the country is appalled by the besom of the trade issue. The artificial al most equals the natural horror. ALBERT LAMAR. If the members of the Legislature will insist Upon taken mileage from the State and free passes from the railroads, they should have the common decency of giving their friends and constituents the mileage to travel on in the place , of loaning or renting them the free passes. tfOL. ESTILL. It appears that ’the Ohio RepublicSfi will have to employ a corps of barkers to fur 7 ® nish them with a supply of fresh and genuine bloody shirts. The old dilapidated garments of last year are no good. THE CARTERSVILLE AMERICAN MAN. The Democratic outlook in Virginia is said to be bright. With the Mahone gang on one side, and the gallant Lee on the other, how could it be other-Wise? Oolitic limestone will make a better capitol building than political limestone. Now if some astute senator would introduce a bill taxing red-headed people, his name and fame would wake the echoes along the archways of time. GEORgTaTg LEANINGS. Rome is making arrangements for Sam Jones. E. A. Mihers, of Marietta, burned himself casting syrup mills. The Americus bigamist.—He has been known as Roxana O. Duweis, Roxana 0. Deweis, I). Laßose, R. O. D. Laßose.—Americus Republi can. We learn that an Indian Company is at■ work at Poulan, Worth county, erecting two large plaining mills. They will have a capacity of GOO,OOO feet a day.—Albany News. The feeling in favor of Hon. W. H. Mattox, for Congress, to succeed our present able con gressman, Mr. Reese, is growing strong, strong- j er, strongest.—Banner-Watchman. Mr. N. Henderson, living about two miles i from Fairburn, is in possession of a young squir- 1 rel that nurses a cat. It is doing well, and its i unnatural step-mother cares for it tenderly. The survey of the Columbus and Rome ex- j tension from Greenville to Fairburn began Fri- I day. Mr. McDonald, chief engineer of the ! tral railroad, is in charge of the survey cprps- | Referring to the congressional J formant stated that Judge Lawson, of Eatontok would in all probability be brought out promi- • nently, and that his candidacy would develop many friends in the country,—Macon Telegraph. Rev. John W. Acidt, late president of the La- Grange Female. College, and Regent-elect of itiel great Southwejftern University, at Georgetown, Texas, accompanied by his family, left La- j Grange this morning for his new and grand field of labor. The peach evaporator on yesterday closed for the season, alter a successful run “of several weeks. They bought and used over 15,000 bush els of peaches, making in the neighborhood of 110,000 pounds of evaporated fruit, being some 20,000 pounds more than they made altogether last year.—Griffin News. Referring to the obstructions which were j placed on the Rome railroad last Sunday, the > Courier says that a young white girl has been arrested for the offense, and it is said there is a sufficiency of proof against her. It is said that she is in the habit ot taking great freaks, and that upon one occasion she attempted to set a stack of oats on fire. Judge B. 11. Bigham, R. S. McFarlin and C. M. Burke, of LaGrange, have been in the city for the purpose of purchasing from the Colum-' bus and Rome Railroad Company that portion of the old North and South railroad which was graded from a point a few miles south of La- Grarge at intervals up to Carrollton. They succeeded in making the purchase, and left for home yesterday.—Col. Enquirer-Sun. K. I€. Y* JI. €. A. The Kiiterlaii>iiient a Success Last Night. The R. R. Y. M. C. A. last evening hud a full j house to hear the monthly exorcises. This programme was carried out: PROGRAMME. Song—“ Who Among the Mighty?” Male chorus. Solo—Scotch ballad, Mary of Argyle, Mr. John Warneck. Recitation—“ New Church Organ,” the little Misses Maudie Stokes and Rose Hubner. Song—“ Katy Did,” Mr. J. D. Dodd and daughters. Recitation—“A Face Against the Pane,” MissJi Porter. , Declamation—“ The Famine,” Master I Schmidt. Harmonica quartette, Messrs. Tommy Waits, f Wm. Waits, Thomas Boyle and Charlie Bowen. ; Recitation—“ Curfew Shall Not Ring To- ; night,” Miss Jessie Turner. Character impersonation—“ Trip To-morrow,” i Mrs. C- W. Hubner, Ida Hubner, Mr. George : Downs. Recitation—“ Shadows,” Miss Maud Shirley. ; Reading (new)—Replv to “Shadows,” Mr. L. ! P. Hills. Piano solo—Overture, Caliph de Bagdad, bv ' Ford, Miss Minnie Lallatte. Son--“ You are not the Man for Me,” Colonel i and Mrs. C. W. Hubner. Recitation—A Fisherman’s Wife,” Miss Fan- I nie Bird. J Song—“ Good night,” male chorus. These entertainments are getting to be a social feature of the day, and this one last even ing was pronounced a gem in every respect, j The performers did themselves full justice, while . the audience was delighted. Mr. John Warneck, by request, sang “Mr. j O’Sullivan” spiritedly. Dr. Eddy will lead the gospel meeting Sun- I da - r - <l East Atlanta citizens should go to Roughton I & Co.’s, 254 or 522 Decatur street, for cheap ' things. Mclntyre Ac Heath’s Minstrels. To-night this remarkable organization will appear in Atlanta. The Philadelphia Daily News thus appreciates them: “Mclntyre & Heath’s Minstrels opened the New Central Theatre last night for the season, and were greeted with an overflowing house. As a spectacular minstrel troupe it is one of the best companies organized, containing three fea tures at least that will commend it to the amuse ment-loving people and give it a good reputation ‘on the road.’ These features are the marvelous actingof Delbauer and Geyer in the frog and clown act, the wonderful shadowgraph artists, the Branham Brothers, and the Clipper Qnai tette’s 'life-like negro impersonations. Mcln tyre’s ‘wench’acts are excruciatingly funny.” Clicnp Hailroad Tickets To all points. Harry Lynan, 4 Kimball Honsi, j and 38 Wall street. OLD FACTS! y-;®' of Sworn Certificates f the Information of Advertisers! The Eyeing Capitol Prints 2,000 More Copiai each Day than any Evening - in the City! FIGURET DO NOT AND WILL NOT LIE! 4 In these days of great representations to ad vertisers regards the circulation ot the me dium pi (sen ted, and knowing full well that there is nothing like certified statements to serve as'S^ nc^ers L) Uie representations made by The Capitol men as to The Evening Capi tol’s circulation. We present herewith copies of affidavits of men whose sworn truth and in tegrity its known and unquestioned. We believe that the value of The Capitol as an A 1 -advertising medium will be apparent when Lite affidavits are read and understood. were brought out not only as cluwjßjout because from the fact that no even- in the city ever did have or represent- T «wer 3,800 subscribers before, and '> c < a■. our statement of 5,207 seemed on that very large. These sworn certifi- eliable men seemed very proper if they were iwt necessary. Atlanta, Ga., August 11, 1885. Believing that the age of The Capitol makes its statement of circulation seem almost incred ible and in order that the cold, simple facts and e ' r culation may be presented in a criticism and doubt,l hereby cer tify vve have on our books 5,207 actual paying sut>sc> l^ers > 1,500 of which, in round numbers, are by mail and 3.800 are delivered in the pf Atlanta. We print from 100 to 1,000 pauergteMlUbh day, extra to accommodate the sab > "he counter. Y Chas. S. Atwood, liim/ ind Business Manager The Eve- ITOL CO. Aid subscribed to before me this 10th day \ , gust, 1885. John J. Woodside, Notary Public Fulton county , Ga. Atlanta, Ga. | A-v' v certify that I sell The Evening ■ UUi i* Company the paper for their daily issu<: tliat. they never buy less than 5,500 i corn# day. From what I know personally J 1 Ason to believe that they print all the YAF"' ‘ jey buy from me each day. 4 Jno. R. Wilkinson, t Paper and Stationery Dealer. S'i d subscribed to before me this 10th rust, 1.885. y - John J. Woodside, Notary Public Fulton county, Ga. Atlanta, Ga. itol is printed on our press, and for th of same we get paid per copy printed, eby take pleasure in certifying that not leps? than 5,250 copies, actual count, has been priilted on any day, and that 5-6 of the time ! mor e copies, actual count, have been iq>riUe I daily. J. H. & W. B. Seals, Publishers Sunny South. Sworn and subscribed to before me, this 10th day of August, 1885. ’ John J. Woodside, “|r Notary Public, Fulton County, Georgia. M Atlanta, Ga. I he?eb y certify that I do not print less than 5,25(j copies, actual count, each day of The Evening Capitol, and that the usual run is 5,500 or upwards, actual count. R. C. Turner, Pressman Evening Capitol. Sworn and subscribed to before me this 10th j day of August, 1885. John .1. Woodside, Not. Pub. Fulton Co., Ga. i A full size Splasher, pure linen, all ready | stamped, only 25 cents, at the Art Needlework j Store, corner Peachtree and Walton. A ISatfiiitf Metaphor. Louisville Times. The New York Tribune and its Chicago name sake think that Clay is no more to be compared to Blaine than the phosphorecent light emitted from the business end of a lightning bug to the glorious aurora pf men. Such is taste. Grumbling Over the Meat. There is considerable complaint in the city rprer the very tough meat to be obtained in i many of the markets. A few of the markets, j however, have very choice meats, and among I them that of Echols & Richards, at 86 Peach- I tree, is noted for its nice, tender cuts, roasts j and loins. Harrv Lvnan, cheap rates to all points. The Time To Build. Now is exactly the time to build; lumber is j cheap, sash, doors and blinds are cheap, and • the cautious man will take advantage of the j low prices on building material, and come to me and see really how cheap he can bnv. W. Bell, 25 t lvy street. A Word, to Advertising Patrons. We would also take occasion right here to say j that we shall publish daily’ the exact figures of ■ our circulation so that the advertiser may know ■ exactly what to depend on. It is useless to ■ print affidavits, as we have given our word that • the above is the exact truth,but we will say that . it will afford us pleasure to give affidavits of I Col. Seals, in whose establishment we have rooms, of our pressman, and of any member of The Capitol force. Our press room and sub scription books are likewise open to inspection, and we earnestly invite you to call. The Even ing Capitol shall be the best local advertising medium in the city. We have given our word for it end it shall be done. Central Property for Sale. No. 30 Garnet street, a 7-room dwelling on a very pretty and valuable 1 t, 60x90x115 feet; in a Few steps of the Synagogue, and finely situa ted for a home. Excellent water, good neigh borhood, good out-houses ; near the center of the city, and convenient to churches, schools street cars and all the business portion of the city. Will increase rapidly in value. Price. $3,800 i $1,500 cash, balance $25 per mouth, 8 per cent. , interest. Frierson & Soott, 1 No. 1 8. Pryor St. Doubting Doctor Dumfounded. SWIFT’S SPECIFIC. Triumph Over Cancer -- No Longer Room for Doubt. i Something over eight months ago one of the prominent physicians in Atlanta was called upon to examine a lady who was suffering with a cancer on her face. It was of some seven years standing. It was exceedingly angry in appearance and very painful, involving the nose and nasal organs. The physician had always re garded skin cancer as incurable. The Swift’s Specific Company had evidences sufficient to believe that their remedy would cure cancer, and hence requested the physician in question to make a criti cal examination of the case before him, as he had determined not to believe until he saw one cured under his own observa tion. After an extended and careful ex amination he pronounced it a skin (or epithelioma) cancer, and declared that if Swift’s Specific could cure that case it could cure any case of cancer that had ever come under his eye. Last Tuesday the lady, Mrs. Joicie A. McDonald, who lives near Atlanta, came into the office of Swift’s Specific Company and reported herself well. The physician above referred to had watched the case with considerable interest, and some three weeks ago had examined the lady, and, in his judgment, pronounced her perfectly cured. He is now completely convinced that Swift’s Specific is a success in the treatment of cancer, and does not hesitate to so recommend. The following is the statement of the lady: For seven years past I have been suffer ing with a cancer on my face. At first it gave me but little trouble, and I paid very little attention to it. After a time it be gan to increase in size, and also to pain me. The simple remedies were applied to alleviate the pain, but J was not con scious of its true nature, thinking it only a sore of malignant nature and would soon pass away under the ordinary treatment. In this I was mistaken, as the place con tinued to grow and extended into my nose, from whence came a yellowish dis charge very 'offensive in character. It was also inflamed and annoyed me a great deal. About eight months ago I was in Atlanta, at the bouse of a friend, Mrs. C. D. 11., who observed the condition of my face, and so strongly recommended the use of Swift’s Specific that I determined to make an effort to procure it. In this I was successful, and began its use. The influence of the medicine at first was to somewhat aggravate the sore, but soon the inflammation was allayed, and I be gan to improve after the first few bottles. My general health has greatly improved. I am stronger and am able to do any kind of work. The cancer of my face began to decrease and the outer to heal, until there is not a vestige of it left—only a little sear marks the place where it had been. lam devoutly grateful for this wonderful relief, from what everybody thought would be certain death. lam ready to answer all questions relative to this cure. Mrs. Joicie A. McDonald. Atlanta, Ga., August 11, 1885. Those who are interested- in this case can learn the name of the above physician by applying at the office of the Swift Spe cific Co., corner Butler and Hunter streets. A Few Facts From tiot ham. Mr. M. C. O’Driscoll, 158 Madison street, New York City, under date of Au gust 10th, writes: “I have taken Swift's Specific—S. S. S. —for rheumatism and pimples on my face, and it has cured botl . It is the best tonic and appetizer I have over taken. A dose of it never fails to make me eat aWlearty meal under any circumstances.” Mr. Dan Sealey, No. 4(5 Railroad ave nue, Jersey City, New Jersey, under date of August 7th, makes the following state ivent: “In March of last year (1884) I contract ed blood poison, and being in Savannah, Ga., at the time I went into the hospital there for treatment. I suffered very much from rheumatism at the same time. I did not get well under the treatment there, nor was I cured by any of the usual means. I have now taken seven bottles of Swift’s Specific (S. S. S.) and am sound and well. It drove the poison out through boils on the skin.” Front Tennessee. Judge R. S. Bradford, who was cured some time ago of a cancer, writes from his home, Tiptonville, Tenn., under date of August 8: “My cancer is entirely gone, leaving only a very little scar. There is a gentle man in this vicinity who was past going with rheumatism, who, at my suggestion, took 8. S. S. He is now entirely cured, and is active and able to attend to all kinds of business. There are a great many in this community using Swift’s Specific, with much satisfaction and to their great I relief.” Caution. Consumers should not confuse our Spe cific with the numerous imitations, sub stitutes, potash and mercury mixtures which are gotten up to sell, not on their own merit, but on the merit of our rem edy. An imitation is always a fraud and a cheat, and they thrive only as they can steal from the article imitated. Treatise on blood and skin diseases mailed free. For sale by all druggists. The Swift Specific Co., Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga. RHEUMATISM ROU FED- A CASE FROM SCRII’EN COUNTY. In the editorial columns of the Tele phone, published at Sylvania, the county site of Scriven county, Ga., in the number bearing date August 14 the editor, Col. Win. L. Matthews, Jr., has the following in reference to a remarkable cure of rheu matism by Swift’s Specific: We know a gentleman in this county who six months ago was almost a hopeless eripple from an attack of rheumatisni. He could scarcely hobble across a room, used crutches, and said himself that he had llt|le if any hope of ever recovering. We saw him in our town last week walking about as lively as any other man, and in the finest health and spirits. Upon our inquiry as to what, had worked such a wofiderful change in his condition he re plied that Swift’s Specific had cured him. He said he was on the eve of starting for the Hot Springs in search of relief, but was persuaded by one of his neighbors to try Swift’s Specific, and after using one and a half dozen bottles he has been transformed from a miserable cripple to a happy, healthy man. He is one of our most worthy and successful citizens, and is none other than Mr. E. B. Lambert. ASlubborii Case of Scrofula. I have been afflicted with scrofula from my infancy, and in consequence have al ways been a frail and delicate creature. I might truthfully say that I was raised chiefly on mercury and potash. These remedies for the time being would dry up the fearful ulcers, with which 1 suffered, but they would return with greater vio lence. 1 was the merest shadow as to form and person. My digestion was all deranged, and my existence was most wretched. Everything that could be done for me was done, but no permanent bene fit was derived. At last a great tumor came on my neck below the left ear. It increased in size until my head was forced to the right shoulder, and in this ungainly and uncomfortable position I was com pelled to carry my head. The doctors de cided that it was there to stay as long as life continued, and for many years it did remain. In March, 1884, at the sugges tion of Colonel John Traylor, I was in duced to try Swift’s Specific. My system responded to the medicine promptly, and I began to improve from almost the first bottle. That fearful tumor has all disap peared, and every appearance of the dis ease has left my. person except a small, hard lump on the right side of my neck, and that is disappearing rapidly. From a fragile little girl I have developed into as healthy and rqjjust young'lady as there is in the neighborhood. Swift’s Specific is the only remedy that has ever given me any permanent relief, and I am in better health and weigh more than I ever did in my life before. My old friends scarcely recognize me since this wonderful change has been wrought in my appearance. My gratitude is unbounded for what this med icine has done for me. Miss Tommie Embry. Lagrange, Ga., May 14, 1885.. Mexican Typical Orchestra. I was afflicted with blood poison in its worst stage. All remedies failed, but after using Swift’s Specific according to direc tions, lam proud to say I am cured. I am to-day sound, and have no trace of having been otherwise. E. P. Myerson, Manager Mexican Typical Orchestra. New York, August 18. Entirely Cured. Two years ago I contracted blood poison. I went immediately under treatment by a physician, but I continued to grow worse. A friend of mine advised me to take 8. S. S. 1 did so, ami it cured me entirely, as 1 have never since then seen the least dence of it. Charles Walker, 711 Allen street, New York City. New York, August 18, 1885. A Friendly Fetter. Fifth Avbm e Hotel, New York, Au gust 1, 1885. —To the Swift Specific Com pany—Gentlemen : Your remedy is cer tainly one of the great discoveries of the nineteenth century. For eradicating blood poison it has no equal. A friend who had been a great sufferer from that disease, contracted during the war, you will be glad to know has, by the use of your remedy, cleansed his system entirely of that and mercurial rheumatism so that his skin and tongue and breath are as pure as a child’s without, the least taint. He desires me to say this to you, and to thank you with all the sincerity of a grate ful heart and healed body for giving poor, frail humanity so effective a remedy for a disease hitherto regarded utterly incura ble. Let every one similarly afflicted take your remedy and they surely will be well again. In his behalf, and to encourage others, I gladly write and sign this. Yery respectfully, LaFayette Sykes. Caution. Consumers should not confuse our Spe cific with the numerous imitations, sub stitutes, potash and mercury mixtures, which are gotten upto sell, not on their own merits, but on the merit of our rem edy. An imitation is always a fraud and a cheat, and they thrive only as they can steal from the article imitated. For sale by all druggists. Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free. ’ The Swift Si’EciFiQ Drawer 3, Atlantu 157 West 23d street, New York.