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PITFALLS FACE POPE ON
EVERY SIDE AS HE TOILS
TO BRING WORLD PEACE
Cardinal Gibbons Explains Struggles of Holy Father to
Check Ruthless Blows of Mars; Condemns Hostile
Critics Who Slander, and Appeals for Sup
port of Subjects.
iFrom America, the National Catholic (
Weekly Review.)
By JAMES, CARDINAL GIBBONS.
In my experience of many years
with my countrymen I have always
found them fair-minded and just.
They have that decent regard for the
opinion of 'others and that sense of
toleran:e and fair play which are
rightly looked upon as the distinctive
mark of a great democratic people.
They willingly listen to both sides
of a question and judge it on its
merits. They are generous and sin
cere. In the trying times through
which they are now ' passing and
which are testing their mettle they
have given a noble example of
fidelity to duty and of the spirit of
self-sacrifice.
Ready and armed in the cause of
justice, they are prepared for a long
and cruel war and are willing to
give their treasures and their lives
to bring it to a successful end. But
they would not prolong it one single
moment beyond that term when it
would become either useless or un
just. They are enlisted heart and
soul for a just war. But they long
lor a lasting and durable peace.
The world today is full of peace
terms and rumors of peace. When
we consider the sorrows and the
tragedies which the war has caused
and try to take measure of all the
financial and industrial losses it
has entailed both here and abroad,
and look forward into the future in
an endeavor to compute the misery
and the ruin it will surely entail if
prolonged, we cannot but yearn for
the day when that just, honorable
and durable peace is given to the
world.
Deplores Suffering.
My heart goes out to all the suf
ferers of the war, to my own coun
trymen first of all, who, though
alert and ready for every sacrifice
in the cause of justice, are neverthe
less suffering for no fault of their
own, to the widows and the orphans
it has left in its cruel passage, to
the halt and the blind whom it has
returned to their sorrowing homes.
I mourn over the countless dead.
But one lone and majestic figure
calls for all my sympathy and love.
More perhaps than any other single
individual our .holy father, Pope
Benedict XV, has suffered in the
tragedy. Others have but their own
individual sorrows. He bears the
sorrows of all. Wherever he turns
his eyes from the Vatican he sees
his children locked in deadly strife.
He counts them by the thousands
among, our own countrymen who
havp generously answered their coun
try's call, and among the allies, too,
just as he does among the enemies
whom they are facing on the field of
battle. And though the triumph of
justice always consoles him, yet he
cannot but mourn over the slaughter
of his spiritual children.
Strives for Peace.
It is not astonishing then, that
the holy father, lifted above the
noise and the strife of world-policies,
has constantly and consistent
ly worked for a just and enduring
peace. Reasonable men expect that
from him: He is a priest. To mil
lions of Catholics throughout the
world he is the supreme pontiff,
commissioned by Christ to rule and
guide his flock.
I.:ke His master, he rules not by
the sword, but by love. lie is the
universal pastor. As such he can
not become a participant in the
strife. And though he should con
demn and has actually condemned
all violations of the laws of war,
yet as far as is consistant wilh
morality and religion he must huld
the balance of an equal judgment
between the contending parties.
Those who wish that he had done
more misunderstand the nature of
his office. He is not an ordinary neu
tral. Silence Not Cowardice.
It must not be thought that his
silence, when . he thought it neces
sary, came from cowardice, worldly
prudence of political and selfish mo
tives. From the first letter which
the holy father addressed to the
world on September 8, two days
after he had. been crowned, in which
he expressed his horror at the aw
ful "catastrophe into whicti the war
had plunged the nations, down to
the eloquent protest of a few weeks
since, in which he solemnly con
demned the useless and cruel air
raids on the beantiful city of Padau
as contrary to the law of nations,
he has not been afraid to speak out
in favor of peace and against
cruelty.
Two months after his- election, in
his encyclincal "Ad Beatissimi," he
made an earnest appeal to the na
tions to put an end to the war. He
spent the following weeks of that
year in a generous and truly Chris
tian endeavor, unfortunately not
crowned with success, to obtain a
cessation of hostilities during those
hallowed days when the world cele
brated the coming of the Prince of
Peace.
Scarcely a month of his pontifi
cate passed without some word of
warning from him, some appeal for
the prisoner, the war sufferer, some
protest against the horrors and in
justices of the fratricidal struggle.
On January 22, 1915, he again
earnestly pleaded for the cessation
of armed strife.
He appointed February 7- for Eu
rope and March 21 for the rest of
the world as a day of public prayer
for peace, by the millions of his
children throughout the world. In
the month of May of that same year
he asked his subjects, wherever
found, to turn to the. immaculate
heart of the mother of God and to
pray to her that order, peace and
love might soon be restored to a
suffering world.
Sews Seeds of Peace.
Toward the end of that year, in
the consistoriai allocution of De
cember 6, he made one of his memo
rable statements, one that may be
considered as the seed of every i
Archbishop Harty
Concurs With Views
Of Cardinal Gibbons
"We may be sure that the ef
first of the holy father, Pope
Benedict XV, are never relaxed
toward securing an end of this
terrible war," said Archbishop
Harty. "There are those in the
world who have criticised his
every act. If he made move for
peace they said he was seeking
to exercise a temporal power. If
he did not make a move toward
peace they said he was indiffer
ent to' the cause of peace.
"Both these things we know
to be untrue. Peace has always
been and is today the thing for
which he is striving a just
peace which shall insure all the
peoples' rights.
"I have read Cardinal Gib
bons' statement and it is per
fect. I will not attempt to 'paint
the lily." Scarcely a month has
passed since the holy father was
enthroned that he has not made
a peace move or protested
against some oturage of war.
Some have even found fault with
his stand in the case of Belgium
and yet the fact that both King
Albert and Cardinal Mercier
thanked him for what he did
for Belgium should be sufficient
answer to these criticisms.
"History, will do justice to
the hold father though he may
have his detractors now. We in
America all hope and pray for
an early and a just peace. May
peace soon come."
legitimate movement for peace un
dertaken since, when he declared
that a way to just and durable
peace consisted in a clear and
straightforward formulation by the
respective parties of their aims and
purposes, to be followed by a con
ference in which, all unjustice being
laid aside, mutual concessions and
compensations should be made in
the spirit of equity.
In 1916 he urged the practice of
the spirit of penance in the' fami
lies of the belligerents and appoint
ed a general communion day for the
children, for the return of peace.
A few months later he protested
against the malicious charges made
against his impartiality and solemn
ly affirmed that no selfish interest
guided his acts, but that he was
working for the cause of suffering
and bleeding humanity.
The following year witnessed
again his untiring efforts in the
cause of order and civilization. His
work culminated 1n his peace note
of August 1 to the heads of the
many nations at war, a document
which, in spite of its critics, is a
monument to the universal affec
tion, the prudent diplomacy and the
strict impartiality of the car of
Christ.
Merely Foundation.
That document has been misun
derstood by some, by others wil
fully misinterpreted. It was not
meant to be a final award. It pur
ported to be but an effort to bring
the nations together in the persons
of their representatives and dele
gates, for the purpose of beginning
a discussion of peace. It was not
a judicial decision.
It was a diplomatic effort. It
contained the broad outlines of a
plan of settlement. Unless I am
much mistaken, when the peace
congress assembles the final ver
dict of the nations will be based on
the general principles pointed out
by the holy father.
It has been said again and again
the Benedict XV. had forgotten
Belgium, that he did not speak up
for her in her hour of betrayal by
the superior forces of her invaders.
When Benedict XV. came to the
throne, Belgium had already been
invaded by the. German armies and
a considerable part of her territory
overrun. The flagrant injustice had
already been committed.
When the invasion took place the
saintly Pius was already in the
shadow of death. On coming to the
throne, the new pope did not wait
long to let the world know of his
sentiments with regard to the . vio
lation of Belgium territory. He
spoke at first with prudent circum
spection, for not all the facts were
in his possession.
Sows Seeds of Peace.
But he soon learned the truth and
acted conformably to it. According
to the letter written by the papal
secretary of state, Cardinal Gas
parri, to M. Van der Heuvel, Bel
gian minister of the Vatican, "The
violation of the neutrality of Bel
gium carried out by Germany, on
the admission of her own chancel
lor contrary to international law,
was one of those injustices which
the holy father in his consistorial
allocution of January 22 strongly
reprobated." v
And the Hamburger Fremdeblatt
(January 29, 1917), in allusion to
this, complains that "The one bellig
erent power against which the Vati
can has spoken is Germany." Writ
ing to M. Laudet, editor of the" Re
vue Hebdomadaire, in July, 1915,
the pope also protested against "the
martyrdom of the poor Belgian
priests and so many other horrors
on which light has been cast."
He also protested against the Bel
gian deportations and had hundreds
of victims of these cruel measures
returned to their homes. Such has
been his solicitude for the martyred
nation that it has called for the
most profuse thanks from the two
great heroes of the war, King Al
bert and Cardinal Mercier.
His holiness also protested to
Russia against the violence to per
sons and to conscience displayed
during the early occupation of East
Prussia and Galicia, and against
the harsh treatment of Mgr. Szept
ycki. the venerable archbishop of
Lemberg. -
He has labored for the prisoners
REVEAL BIG PLOT
TO ASSASSINATE
CHINESE PREMIER
Peking, Wednesday, Feb. 20. A
conspiracy to assassinate George Tuan
Chi-jui, the former premier and now
war commissioner, has been discov
ered by the authorities. A number of
arrests, including those of three Jap
anese, have been made.
The plot is alleged to have been
promoted by monarchists for the pur
pose of avenging General Tuan's de
feat of General Chang Hsun, who led
the Manchu restoration effort last
July. Recently it had been rumored
that Chang Hsun had escaped from
the Dutch legation, where he took ref
uge last July after his defeat.
of war, for the crippled and the
blind of the war's countless battle
fields. Not once has he forgotten
that he is the father of the faith
ful. His conduct towards the Italian
government has been marked by
such a spirit of conciliation, justice
and absolute impartiality that high
government officials have praised
him and those tinder his jurisdic
tion. The silly and cowardly slan
ders recently brought against his
patriotism by radicals are so gross
as not to deserve a refutation.
The holy father has faced a ter
rible ordeal. He is facing it still.
On all sides he is surrounded by
pitfalls. Every act of his is
watched, scrutinized by jealous,
critical, hostile eyes, only too ready
to find fault and to register blame.
More than ever he needs the sup
port of his loyal children. The
Roman pontiffs of the past have
ever found in American Catholics
a whole-hearted devotion. We are
not going to fail our holy father,
Pope Benedict XV., in this supreme
hour.
! Grateful to America.
j For all that he has done so nobly
and so unselfishly for the cause of
peace and humanity his faithful chil
dren here in the United States, for
whose people he has more than once
expressed his admiration and love, are
profoundly grateful.
Though at war in order that all the
peoples of the earth may be really
free, we wish with him that a just
peace may be soon regained. For that
peace he has nobly and generously
striven. Men may not now realize the
extent and the nobility of his efforts,
but when the voices of passion arc
stilled history will do him justice.
As a last word, I beg to congratu
late my countrymen on the generous
ardor with which they have rallied
to the support of our beloved presi
dent in his dark hour of trial. He
has striven for high ideals and has
found a reward in an enthusiastic
response from his fellow citizens.
They have not failed him and will
not do so in the future, but will con
tinue to give him and his colleagues
the loyal7 support which is an , earnest
of complete victory and of a return
of the happy peace for which he and
the holy father are laboring, each
in his own sphere.
Omaha Freight Closing
Hearing is Postponed
The state railway commission hear
ing, which was to have been held in
Omaha February 27, to give Omaha
shippers an opportunity to explain
why they do not wish freight houses
to close at 4 o'clock in the afternoon,
has been postponed to March 14.
The postponement was made neces
sary owing to a conflict with a hear
ing before the Interstate Commerce
commission in Washington, in which
proposed increases in freight rates on
sugar and coffee are involved. C. E.
Childe, manager of the traffic bureau
of the Omaha Chamber of Commerce,
who is handling the freight house
case for the Omaha shippers, left
Monday for Washington, where he
will represent Omaha concerns in the
sugar and coffee case.
'The increase proposed in carload
lots of sugar and coffee," said Mr.
Childe, "is important to Omaha deal
ers, particularly because the scale
proposed would make the increase to
Omaha double what it would be to
Chicago, St. Louis and .the twin cities.
In other words, it would make the
rate to Omaha from .3 to 4 cents
higher than the rate to these other
points and would put the Omaha deal
ers to that much disadvantage."
Dope Dealer's Effort to
Have Bond Reduced Fails
Johnnie Moore, negro, wholesale
trafficker in morphine and cocaine,
tried to have his bond reduced from
$5,000 in federal court Monday but
did not succeed. He has been arrest
ed twice in the last month and each
time quantities of "dope" have been
taken from him. After being held the
first time under $5,000 bond. Judge
Woodrough reduced it to $3,000 which
he furnished. This done he is alleged
to have engaged again in the traffic.
He is now in the county jail for want
of a second $5,000 bond.
Telegrams were found in Moore's
place at 221 North Thirteenth street,
ordering drugs mailed to places as
far away as Chicago and the officers
believe he did a big mail order busi
ness in addition to his local trade
which he was building up, the officers
say, by passing out free "samples"
of morphine.
Street Railway Company
Will Junk Old Style Cars
During the coming summer, except
in emergency cases, the old type of
open cars with the scats runnine
crosswise the entire width will not be
seen. There are still a considerable
number of these cars, in storage, but
they will be used only when there
are unusually large crowds to handle.
The new cars with wide windows '
that slide up into the roof, leaving
practically the entire sides open, have 1
taken the place of the old cars, most
of which have been junked, or re
built. i
Young Boy Knocked Down by
Automobile May Lose Mind
Mclvin Harrison, 13-year-old son
of J. R. Harrison, 1506 North Twenty-sixth
street, was seriously injured
Saturday night when he was struck
and knocked down by an automobile
at Twenty-fourth and Charles street.
The driver of the car took the boy
home and left him on the sidewalk
in front of the house. He then drove
away, but not before a passerby had
noted the number of the car. It is
feared the boy may lose his mind as
I a result of an injury to his head.
OMAHA LAWYER
DROPS DEAD IN
DOCTOR'S OFFICE
Charles G. McDonald, prominent
Omaha attorney, dropped dead Mon
day' morning in the office of Dr. F. S.
Owen, Brandcis building. Death was
due to apoplexy.
The attorney had walked down
CHARLES G. McDONALD.
town from his home, 112 South Thirty-eighth
avenue, with Charles R.
Sherman. He complained of slight in
digestion pains and upon his arrival
down town went directly to the office
of Dr. E. R. Porter, but the physician
had not yet arrived. He then tried
Dr. H. A. Waggener's office, but he,
too, was out. lie started for Dr.
Owen's office and fell at the door.
Miss B. Anderson, attendant, ran to
his assistance. He tried to speak to
her, but failed. He died a moment
later.
Mr. McDonald was born in Spen
cer, la., and moved to Fremont, Neb.,
when a child. He graduated from
Oberlin college in 1897 and from the
law school of the University of Michi
gan in 1900. He was a foot ball star
at both schools, having the distinction
in 1901 or making the. first touchdown
Michigan ever made against Pennsyl
vania. Bankruptcy Referee.
Following his graduation he mar
ried Charlotte Clark of Milford, Conn.,
and moved to Omaha. He was ap
pointed referee in bankruptcy by
Judge Miinger in 1901, which position
he held until 1917. He was president
for one term of the Omaha Bar asso
ciation and was active in business and
religious circles. He was a prominent
clubman and was a charter member of
the University club.
He was 41 years old and is survived
by his widow and one daughter, Char
lotte, and two sisters, Mrs. John Gra
ham and Miss Laura McDonald, both
of Boise, Idaho.
Senate Begins Inspection
Of Hog Island Navy Yard
Philadelphia, Feb. 25. Five mem
bers of the senate commerce com
mittee arrived here from Washington
today and began an inspection of the
new government shipbuilding plant
at Hog Island, on the Delaware river.
More witnesses were expected to tes
tify here in addition to those sum
moned before the committee during
the investigation at the capitol.
Senator Ransdell serves as chairman
of the committee, which also includes
Senators Vardaman, Reed, Fernald
and Calder. Senator Johnson, who was
one of the principal inquisitors during
the hearing at Washington, did not
come to Philadelphia with the party.
HAVE ROSY CHEEKS
AND FEEL FRESH AS
A DAISY-TRY THIS!
Saya glass of hot water with
phosphate before breakfast
washes out polooni,
To see the tinge of healthy bloom
in your face, to see your skin get
clearer and clearer, to wake up with
out a headache, backache, coated
tongue or a nasty breath, in fact, to
feel your best, day in and day out,
just try inside-bathing every mcrning
for one week.
Before breakfast each day, drink a
glass of real hot water with a tea
spoonful of limestona phosphate in it
as a harmless means of washing from
the stomach, liver, kidneys and bowels
the previous day's indigestible waste,
sour bile and toxins; thus cleansing,
sweetening and purifying the entire
alimentary canal before putting more
food into the stomach. The action of
hot water and limestone phosphate on
an empty stomach is wond-irfully in
vigorating. It cleans out all the sour
fermentations, gases and acidity and
gives one a splendid appetite for
breakfast.
A quarter pound of limestone phos
phate will cost very little at the drug
store, but is sufficient tr demonstrate
that those who are subject to con
stipation, bilious attacks, arid stom
ach, rheumatic twinges, also those
whose skin is sallow and complexion
pallid, that one week of inside-bathing
will have them both looking and
feeling better in every way. Adv.
DELICATE GIRLS IN
Business or School
who have thin or in
sufficient blood or are
physically frail will find
a rich blood-food and strengthen
ing tonic It is so helpful for
delicate girls it should be a
part of their regular diet.
Scott & Bonne, Bloouifield, N. J. 17-33 '
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MANY PEOPLE 1 REPOBT
WRITES BROTHER
IN UTAH ABOUT
G000 FORTUNE
4
Gains Nine and a Hclf Pounds
on Tanlac and Never Felt
Better in Her Life.
"Before I had been taking Tanlac
very long I began gaining in weight
and strength so rapidly that my
neighbors told me they could almost
see me building up," said Mrs. Alice
Roberts, who resides at 56 W. Ne
vada Place, Denver, Colo., recently.
"For more than a year," she con
tinued, "I had been suffering from in
digestion, and a badly disordered
stomach. My food would sour soon
after eating it and gas would form on
my stomach and bloat me up ter
ribly, my appetite was very poor, I
was bilious and constipated and was
hardly ever free from headache. My
nerves were so upset I couldn't get
any sound sleep and I always felt so'
tired and bad in the morning that I
could hardly get through with my
housework. I was in a dreadfully run
down condition was losing weight
and getting worse all the time and
felt that unless I found the right
medicine I would soon have to give
up entirely.
"I somehow felt from what T read
about Tanlac that it was what I
needed, and it certainly has proven to
be the very thing. When I began
taking it I weighed only one hundred
and five pounds, and when I finished
my fourth bottle I weighed one hun
dred ami fourteen pounds and a half,
making an actual gain of nine and
one-half pounds, and I have never
felt stronger and better in my life
than I do now. My appetite is un
usually good, all I eat agrees with me
and my headaches are broken up. My
nerves arc strong and steady, I sleep
all night long and find no trouble
at all in doing my work. I have
written my brother in Salt Lake City
who has had stomach trouble for the
past three years telling hi:n about my
good luck with Tanlac, and I feel
sure from what it has done for me it
will set him right, too. It is the only
medicine that ever helped me, and I
feel very grateful for the good health
I now enjoy."
OAIRY FARMER
GAINS 30 POUNDS
Declares He Now Eats Better,
Sleeps Better and is Bet
ter Every Way.
Everybody in Columbia, Tcnn.,
knows F. G. McGavock, who owns
and operates a large dairy business
in that city.
"If ever there was a believer in Tan
lac," says R. M. Smiser, the well
known Columbia, Tenn., druggist, "it
is Mr. McGavock, as he talks about it
all the time. But, he has a right to
talk, as no medicine has ever helped
anyone as much as Tanlac has helped
him. He really does not look like the
same man." Here is Mr. McGavock's
statement:
"I have now taken five bottles of
Tanlac and have gained thirty
pounds. If you don't believe it, right
here I am, come and look at me. I
don't know what my trouble was, but
I was all run down and was unfit for
work. I think, though, it must have
been my stomach, as I had no appe
tite and nothing seemed to agree with
me. I was also nervous and could
not sleep good. I just kept going
down hill and losing weight right
along, and nothing did me any good
until Smiser, the druggist, told me of
Tanlac.
"I tried it on his recommendation
and it helped me from the first few
doses. The medicine seemed to take
hold right at once, and I began to
eat better, sleep better and feel bet
ter from the start. If anybody wants
to know what I think of Tanlac, just
tell them to come to me. I am right
here in Columbia. Tanlac has simply
made a new man of me and I expect
to tell all my friends about what it
has done in my case."
TEXAS MERCHANT
GAi::3 34 POUNDS
Another remarkable case was that
of John M. Crabtree, a general mer
chant at Five-Mile Station A, Dallas,
Tex.
"I have actually gained thirty-four
pounds on three bottles of Tanlac, and
I know what it is to enjoy good
health after suffering for twenty
years," said Mr. Crabtree.
"I suffered with catarrh of the stom
ach and indigestion for twenty years
and for eighteen months before
I started taking Tanlac, I had to live
almost entirely xon cereals. I spent
nearly all of one whole year in bed
and was unable to do anything at all
and I fell off in weight to 118 pounds.
"After using my third bottle of Tan
lac I found I had increased in weight
from 118 pounds to 152 pounds, mak
ing an actual gain of thirty-four
1 pounds all my troubles were gone,
i and I was feeling like another man."
ENGINEER WEEKS
GAINED 20 POUNDS
Engineer Charles J. Weeks, who
runs the Seaboard Air-Line fast train
"Fox" between Jacksonville and Tam
pa, Fla., bears the distinction of being
the second oldest engineer in point of
service with this road, having been
with the company for thirty-four
years.
"I've gained twenty pounds on
seven bottles of Tanlac and feel as
well and happy as I did when a boy,"
said Mr. Weeks.
Thousands of Thin, Frail Peo
ple Are Restored to Health
and Gain Rapidly in Weight
by Taking Tanlac.
One of the most noteworthy fea
tures in connection with the introduc
tion of Tanlac. and the one that stands
out more prominently than any other,
perhaps, is the very large number of
well known men and women front all
parts of the country who have recent
ly reported an astonishing and rapid
increase in weight as a result of its
use.
When so many well known people
of unquestioned integrity make state
ment after statement, each corrobo
rating the other, the truth of such
statements can no longer be doubted.
Thousands have testified that this
famous medicine has completely re
stored them to health and strength,
after every other medicine and the
most skilled medical treatment have
failed.
One of the most remarkable cases
on record is that of Mrs. Charles l'e
den of Huntsvillc, Ala., whose state
ment appears below. Mrs. Feden, ac
cording to her own signed statement,
gained twenty-seven (27) pounds in
only a few weeks' time, and her case
has created a widespread interest over
the entire country. She is reported to
have received over eight hundred
(800) letters regarding her statnient
since publication.
Hundreds of others almost as re
markable have recently been received,
several of which arc also published
mrsTchasTpeden
gains 27 pounds
Was Twice Examined and
Told Operation Would
Be Her Only Hope.
"I have just finished my third bottle
of Tanlac and have gained twenty
seven pounds," was the' truly remark
able statement made by Mrs. Charles
lJedcn, residing at 55 Mill street,
Huntsville, Ala,
"When I commenced taking the
medicine," she continued, "1 only
weighed ninety-eight (8) pounds;
now I weigh 125 pounds, and never
felt better in my life. For years I have
suffered with a bad form of stomach
trouble, constipation and pains in my
side and back. At times the pains took
the form of torture, and I was twice
examined and each time I was told
that I had appendicitis and that an
operation would be my only hope.
"I had made all preparations for the
operation and called in my sister to
tell her goodby, as I did not know
whether I would live to see her again
or not. My sister begged and pleaded
with me not to allow them to cut on
me and told mc to wait and try a
good tonic for a while. The next day,
as I returned from the consultation
room, I thought of what she said, and
as I had heard so much about Tanlac,
I decided to try it and got a bottle.
"I never returned for the operation,
but just kept taking the Tanlac. Right
from the start I began to feel better.
The medicine seemed to take hold
right at once.
"I was so happy over the wonderful
improvement in my condition that I
sent for my neighbors to tell them
how much better I felt. I sent and got
another bottle of Tanlac, and have
just finished taking my third bottle
and feel as if I have been made all
over again into a new woman."
COLORADO MAN
GAINS 32 POUNDS
"The day I started on Tanlac I
weighed only 130 pounds. I finished
my third bottle weighing 162 pounds
a net gain of thirty-two pounds and
I doubt if there's a person in Denver
who feels better than I do now," said
Harry Lilly of 4355 Clayton street,
Denver, Colo., recently.
"Before I took Tanlac," he contin
ued, "I was in such a bad fix with
rheumatism, disordered kidneys and
stomach trouble that life was a bur
den. The nains across my back were
something awful and if I stooped over
somebody had to help" me straighten
up again. If I got one or two hours'
sleep in two or tnrec nignis i was
lucky. I had no appetite, and hon
estly, for two years I didn't eat as
much in two weeks as I do now in two
meals.
"I started taking Tanlac and by the
time I finished my third bottle ever
bit of the pain had left my back ana
I commenced to feel like another man.
I still had some rheumatic pains left,
so I got another bottle and that
cleaned up the rheumatism entirely.
Besides gaining thirty-two pounds, I
can sleep as sound as a log at night
and can work hard all day long with
out getting tired."
CAPT. JEFF RIGGS
GAINS 25 POUNDS
Capt. Jeff D. Riggs, popular Y. & M.
V. engineer, running between Vicks
burg and New Orleans and residing at
2020 Pearl street, Vicksburg, Miss., in
speaking of his experience vith Tan
lac, said: "Yes, sir, it's an actual fact,
I have gained twenty-five pounds on
Tanlac.
"When I began taking the medi
cine," continued Captain Riggs, "I was
simply a nervous and physical wreck
and had dropped down in weight from
one hundred and forty to one hundred
and ten pounds.
"I have just finished my second bot
tle of Tanlac, have gained twenty-five
pounds and I feel like a new man."
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NEBRASKA MAN
GAINS 18 POUNDS
BY TAKING TANLAC
Goes East, Calls at Big La
boratory to Express Grati
tude for the Benefits
Derived.
During his recent visit to relatives
!n ravti-in O K. A. Weldv. who
numbers among his business enter-
nrt'cAe li manaiTninf ftf the F.mnrv
hotel in Scottsbluff. Neb., called at
the laboratories ot the cooper Meai
r!n rnmnjnv where the celebrated
preparation, Tanlac, is made, and in
relating his intensely interesting ex
nerience with the use of that medi
cine, said:
"When I stepped on the scales ana
(nunA that I hart crnnf tin from 116
to Wt pounds, an actual gain of
Wi pounds in wcignt since 1 sianca
fjL-inrr Tanlac I was nositivelv con
vinced that this Tanlac has no equal
. . e t
tor building up a person wno suners
like I did.
"A complete nervous breakdown
left me so weak and run down that it
seemed like I couldn't get back in
condition again," Mr. Weldy contin
ued. "My liver was out of shape and
like fur. and I
was never without a bad taste in my
mouth from this condition. I was so
restless at night from my disordered
nerves and deranged kidntys that I
would roll and toss nearly all night,
and get up in the morning feeling
n.iin ilian if 1 hadn't hern to hed at
all. I tried several medicines for the
trouble, but didn t seem to get any
lif fw mntlicr ent me a bottle
of Tanlac and I started to taking it.
"You never saw a man improve
started us
ing that Tanlac My liver settled and
began to do its work right. My SKin
r-lart nn nnH T have been setting
stronger every day since. I didn't have
any trouble with my kidneys any more
and my nerves are as steady as a rock.
That tired, worn-out feeling has left
me and I feel as full ot lite ana energy
as a brand new man. I rest at night
as peacefully as a Healthy cnua. ana
I weigh more and am in better health
than I have been for years. These are
the facts in my own case, and I know
everyone will agree with me when I
say that I have good cause to recom
mend Tanlac." ..
MERCHANT GAINS
FIFTEEN POUNDS
Detroit Man Says It Wai
Wisest Thing He Ever
Did to Take Tanlac.
"Honestly, I have picked up s
much I can't button my clothes and
before I took Tanlac they were so
loose I could hardly keep them on."
was the characteristic statement made
by Elton Chattcrson, the hardware
dealer of 1975 East Jefferson avenue
Detroit, Mich., recently. s .
"When I first began taking Tan-,
lac, Mr. Chatterson continued, "I wai
just about down and out as the re
sult of two years' suffering from ca
tarrh and stomach trouble and my:
wife and I had decided'I had better:
go to bed and let her take over my
business. I was constantly coughing
off phlegm and mucus that collected
jn my throat and I could hardly sleep)
at all. I tried all kinds of treatments
and medicines and was finally told
nothing more could be done for me
I just felt miserable all the time.
Medicines just seemed to have no
effect in my case and I lost weight
and kept going down.
was to get Tanlac, for now I feel
like I had been made over into a neW
man. My suffering is all over, I ea!
just anything I want meats and veg
etables of all kinds and feel good
afterwards. I have gained all of fif
teen pounds, maybe more, am as ac
tive as I ever was and my work is
easy. My catarrhal trouble and nerv
ousness are gone and I sleep every,
night like a child. Tanlac will never,
be out of my house and I feel that
the people of Detroit are fortunate to!
be able to get such a valuable medi-J
cine."
ARKANSAS WOMAN
GAINS 27 POUNDS
"I now enjoy better health than I
have in years and I can't refrain from
letting my friends and others know
how thankful I am for what Tanlac
has done for me," said Mrs. E. M.
Linam of 2310 Chester street, Littla
Rock, Ark., recently.
"In the winter of 1916," she con
tinued, "I was taken with a severe
cold and all winter I continued to go
down. I couldn't sleep for coughing
and had to sit up in bed most of the
night. I was extremely nervous, felt
tired and weak all the time and every
thing I ate soured on my stomach. I
fell off nineteen pounds in seven
weeks and was getting worse so rap-,
idly that my family and friends, as
well as myself, saw no hope tor my,
recovery.
"My husband brought home a boU
tie of Tanlac in June, 1916, and after
I took about half of it I began to
eat and my food stopped souring on
my stomach. After I finished my first
bottle I could eat anything at any,
time without it hurting me in the'
least. At the end of my third week I
had gained five and a half pounds. I
kept on taking it and improving- and
picking up from three to four pounds
a week until all my troubles were
gone and I had increased in weight
from 113 pounds to 140, making an
actual gain of twenty-seven pounds."1
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