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Queer Features of Man and Nature ii
the Patagonian Islands ,
LOWEST POINT OF THE WORLI
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( Copyrighted , 1SDS , by Frank d. Carpenter.
CAI'B FKOWAHD. Strait of Magellat
Latitude r > 5 Minutes , 55 Degrees Soutt
Sept. 17 , 1808. ( Special Correspondence t
Thu Deo. ) At the tall end of our hem
Isphero. At the lowest continental poln
of the world. Three thousand miles nearc
the south polo than the foot of the Slames
peninsula at the end of Asia. .More tha
a thousand miles below the Capo of Goo
IIjpo al the hottotn of Africa , with a ills
tanco almost equal to tbo thickness of th
earth between myself and the northern part
of the United States , I wrlto for my Amcr
lean readers. I am in the steamer Itaui
In the Strait of Magellan. Just opposlt
mo the black , rocky walls of Cape Fro
ward , the southernmost point of Sout
America , rise almost straight upward to
height of 1,200 feet , and behind them , glls
toning In the moonlight , are the glacla
miows of Mount Victoria , 2,000 feet hlghei
I am at the bottom of the great Andca.
chain. Those hills are the end of th
mighty Hdgn which ties the continents to
pother. Loaded with copper , silver and golt
they crawl from hero on their sinuous wa
toward the north pole. They span th
equator , they drop t'hctr heads at the Isth
inus of Panama , and end nly at the Arctl
ocean , beyond the gold mines of Alask
oinl tbo Klondike. The hills to the south
ward are n part of Tlcrra del Fuegx > , abov
Capo Horn , and that great white froze
pyramidal cone which rises among them 1
Mount Sarmlento , which pierces the south
crn sky more than 1,000 feet above the altl
tude of Mount Washington. Behind an
Jn front of my ship , hero as black as In
under the shadows of the hills , there turne
to silver by the full moon's rays , flows th
Ktralt of Magellan , that salt water rlvci
In which , moved by the tides , the gret
oceans , the Atlantic anil the Pacific , rus
together and clasp their hands to bear u
the commerce of the world.
The Slrnlt of Magellan.
The Strait of Magellan makes the paesag
lCtween the oceans shorter by almost 1,00
miles. Capo Horn Is less than a couple o
hundred mires south of It , but Its waters ar
always tosacd about by terrible storms. To
night the Magcllans are almost as quiet a
ft mill pond , anil the Itaurl Is steaming a
smoothly through them as the boat whlc
carries away the hero In the Swan song c
"Lohengrin , " Wq are now almost midway be
tween the Atlantic and the Pacific. Wo en
tereil the strait by what Is known as Smyth'
channel , opposite Desolation Island , abou
thirty miles from Capo Pllar , which mark
Us western end. Wo could sec the tw
massive rocks of the capo as we turned t
the eastward. They rise almoet preclpltousl
for a distance of 1,500 feet , and when the al
Is clear they are In sight for many mlfei
beginning hero the strait runs southeast t
Capo Froword. It then turns to the north
east , widening hero and there as It goei
until It ends at the Atlantic between Cap
Virgin and Capo Holy Obost. The cbanne
is 3C5 miles long , and Its width varies froi
two to twenty-four miles. At times our ves
eel has been within a stone's throw of th
frhore , nnd again In the misty air , where tt
channel widened , the waters seemed to al
most bound the horizon. This Is so only I
the eastern parts of the channel , on hot
( tides of which the lands of Patagonia an
Tlerra del Fuego are low. In the west thei
Is little else than mountains , which are no
snow-dusted and In many cases Toaded wit
vast glaciers slowly sliding dow
them to the sea. Below the Strait <
Magellan there Is a vast archipelago e
islands , the smaller of which are ruouE
tain peaks rising above the waves and th
largest the Island of Tlerra del Fuego. Th
lost la bigger than many of our America
fitatcs and It bos mountains and valleys , vai
forests and extensive plains which liav
lately been transformed Into some of tb
biggest sheep farms of the world. North (
the strait lies the end of southern Pete
gonla on the east , and on the west a con
tlnuatlon of the archipelago of Tlerra di
Fuego. These Islands , as well as the stra
and almost all of Tlcrra del Fuego , belong 1
Chill. It has nn area of land here , whit
H calls the territory of the Magellan , <
75.000 square miles , half again as large
the state of Now York and almost twice th
area of Ohio. Some of the Chilian nav ;
vessels arc now hero engaged In surveylr
* hc channels nnd harbors , but the greate
part of this region Is almost as unknown
It was when Ilcrnando Magellan , a Spanls
navigator , discovered the strait In 152
The land nnd the people have been mlsrcr
resented by passers-by from Darwin dow
to within recent years , nnd It Is only late !
that opportunities have been offered f <
careful Investigation. Even now tl
savages I see hero are less known than tl
tribes of central Africa , and only the coas
of a few of the Islands have been explorci
The sheep farmer , the gold digger and tl
government vessels ore , however , makln
headway , nnd within a few years this gre ;
ftrohlpclago will bo a terra Incognito t
longer.
Clou ill inul of PntnKniiln.
The generally accepted belief regardlr
routhcru Patagonia and Tlerra del Fuej
is that they are something like the coasts '
( irconlaml or those of the Arctic seas. Tl
geographies represent them as wastes i
Jce and snow , desolate , forbidding and tei
rlblo to the traveler. For the last foi
days I have been winding In and out of tl
channel * along the west coast of lowi
1'atagonla. My sail hns been through ,
series of scenic panoramas that cannot 1
surpassed In the world. Wo entered tl
nrchlpclago by what Is known as tl
Smyths channel route , about 400 ni'lli
above here , and coasted slowly aloi
through one channel after another unt
wo came Into the strait proper at Dcsoli
tlon Island. Darwin compared the glade
Sarmlento In Tlerra del Fuego to 100 froze
Niagaras. The waters along the lower ct
of western Patagonia present comblnatloi
which , make you think of a hundred Lai
Comes , Lake Ocnevas nnd Lake Lucern
tied together In one ever-widening , ev
changing river. Heru are the beauties
the Thousand Islands of the St. Lawrcnc
added to by snow-capped mountains klssi
liy the sun , and mighty glaciers slldli
down Into masses of dark green vegetatlc
Hero are giant rocks , cathedral shaped , co
( . red with moss , rising straight upward fro
the water for 1,000 feet ; mountains , th (
heads lust In the clouds , dropping almc
precipitously Into the sea ; narrow gorgi
in which the steamer must tack this w
and that as It winds through Islands
green and Islands of rock. Here are flel
of floating Ice , through which the bo
crashes ; narrow fiords , In which the bla
vsator Is 3,000 feet deep , and , In short , su
n variety of scenic wonders of clouds , mou
tain and tea that I doubt whether their 11
can bo found In the world. If you cot
take the most picturesque parts of t
Andes , Himalayas and the All
could elnk them up to their nee
in dark blue water and pull cloud mas :
down with them Into the sea and wrap th <
rugged sides far up from the water's od
with & wonderful mantle of green , which
brilliant in tbo sunlight , now frost
snow and now so loaded with Ice that It lie
In terraces up tholr sides , you might have i
faint idea , of some of nature's wonders tl
the Magellan.
On n Month rnclfln Steamer.
Hut I despair of giving a vivid picture o
our ride through this archipelago. U lastec
three days , and it was such a scries o ;
wonders that only a blograph of the godi
worked by their own bands could palm
them on the retina of your imagination. Al
I shall attempt Is to lake you with mi
through Borne few places by a transcript o
tnr notes made upon the ground. We star :
In the bay of Coronet. Our steamer , th <
Itaurl of the Kosmos line , bound for Hnm <
burg via the strait , lies In the harbor , Shi
Is a German ship of 6,200 tons , llghted anc
'
heated br steam. Captain Bchrmann , DPI
commander , is German , and eo are all thi
passengers , officers and crew. Wo spcaV
( Herman at tbo table , and arc , In fact , t
smalt slice of Germany In one of the quiet-
rat harbors of the coast of Chill , I go tc
rar cabin , H Is No. IS , and is an good c
room as that of an Atlantic liner. The cookIng -
Ing Is German. The meats arc fresh. A :
I go down to dinner I hear the squawk ol
a chicken. Our meats are carried alive
on board , co that rater on wo shall lister
to the baa-Ing of sheep , the grunting ol
Dies and the cackling of geese mixed will
the crunching of the tee fields as th <
steamer makes Its way through them. Before -
fore I pay the $70 which is my faro tc
Pun la Arenas on the Strait of Magellat
I aak if the ship will GO via Smyths chan
nel. The reply is yes. The Kosmos Is th <
only line that takes this route , the othei
ships going through the strait preferring
to fltand the storms which sweep up alone
the west coast from Cape Horn to th <
narrow , dangerous , slow , but more quiet
land-locked waters of the Patagonian coast
Wo shall have to travel very slowly am
must anchor at night , but before wo star
let us talto a look at our ship. What is th <
cargo ? It has 3,000 tons of saltpeter foi
Germany , 2,000 barrels of Chilian honey foi
different parts of Europe , hundreds of roll !
of Chilian sole leather for Russia and whea
and wine for Punta Arenas and Montevideo
It Is now taking on 000 tons of coal. Br.iwn ;
Chilian peasants are putting it Into the ship
They stand In lighters or flat boats and us <
shovels to throw the coal up to the plat
forms under the doors of the hold. Hen
other peasants shovel it in. They swear a
they work , and we hear them still Bwearlnf
and heaving as we go to bed.
Imml-Lockeil Sena of the Snnth.
Wo awake far out In the Paclflc. Th
steamer Is rolling , the white caps are danc
ing over the waves and away off to th
eastward we can make out the faint blu
outline of south Chill. A day later , I
storm and rain , we steam past the long , nar
row Island of Chlloe , which the government
mont Is trying to colonize , and on the even
ing of the third day wo enter the wide Gul
of Penos and come to anchor at the entranc
to the channel. The water Is like a mill
pond. The steamer moves slowly. We BCOI
to bo in a great river rather than in th
ocean. We are sailing among the cloud
through the water-filled ravines of some c
the greatest of the world's mountains. 0
our right are grass-clad islands. On o
lett.aro . rugged , ragged peaks rising In a' '
shapes out of the spa. There is one clothe
In green which reminds you of the pyraml
of Ghlzeh , and there Is another which Is
fair likeness of the smashed nose sphln :
In front the green hills are climbing ovc
ono another llkt a troop of giants playin
leap frog , and farther on they rise upwar
in fort-Ilkawalls , of green 1,000 feet higl
losing themselves in that misty white clou
which rests above them. The channel nar
rows and widens. Now we are in lakes BUI
rounded by snow-capped mountains , now I
canyons , new wo sail by a break In the mour
tain walls , a deep flord with moss gree
walls snow dusted 1,000 feet high and fllle
with black water 1,000 feet deep. As w
look the sun breaks Its way Into the gore
and turns the water to sliver. It palnl
diamonds In the snow of its moss-gree
sides. Over there Is a glacier , a great gree
mass shining out upon the ragged sides of
snowy mountain. See the sun has struck
and It Is now a bed of emeralds In n settln
of frosted silver.
The weather and the sky change ever
moment , and before' us is an ever-varyln
panorama of sky and sea and land. W
sail out of the sunlight Into snow storm
and steam right out of the snow Into th
sun. Now the aky is almost blue overhead
with fleecy white clouds scattered hero an
there through It. Cloud masses hero neetl
In the velvety laps of the hills , there the
wrap themselves about the snowy peak
as though to warm thorn , and there the
stoop down and press warm , tantallzln
kisses upon , their Icy lips. Upon the snow
dusted hills and dark water are dashes c
silver where the sun has poked its wa
through the clouds. The varying llgh
makes the channel on ono side of the ahl
black , on the other side It Is of a bcautlfi
velJowlsh green , and behind where the su
strikes It the ship has left a path of moltc
silver. The hllfa change even as the wate
under the sun. Now they are dark. Th
sun washes them with its rays and the fern
and moss and trees brighten. The ragge
Volcanic background of the rocks shows 01
and through the green nnd black falling hun
> dreds and sometimes thousands of feet al
' most straight down are silvery cascade :
some as hie as your wrist , others no large
around than your little finger. These are t
bo seen all along these Inland channel :
They come from the glaciers and the moun
tain sno\\s.
A Ilnlnlioir Set In Silver.
One of the strangest atmospheric effeel
I have ever seen happened on our third da
In the channel. The mountain-walled rlvc
had widened and we were again coming t
narrows , when over our pathway In fror
of us a great rainbow sprang from th
snowy summit of a low mountain in th
south to that of another mountain almoi
, opposite on the north of the channel , makln
a great rainbow span over the dark wate :
It was a splendid many-colored arch of tt
gods founded on pedestals of frosted stive.
i As wo approached the rainbow faded , th
; sky was blue overhead , but a great wall c
i fleecy white clouds had dropped down upo
or rather risen up from the water. Whe
I first saw It I thought It was a field of Ice
bergs. U was ashlto as snow and tt PJ
i tended upward to what seemed a height i
! several hundred feet , stretching across tl
channel from mountain to mountali
Above this wall the sky was clear and tt
only other clouds to bo seen were the ;
. hovering over the mountain peaks. W
sailed out ot the light right Into this clou
! wall , out of the dry air into a mist so thlc
that we could almost wash our hand. * . In 1
A half hour later we were again under
I clear sky. At times the masts of th
steamer were In the clouds and the dec
clear and dry. Again the clouds would ton
a root over the channel and again the low <
walls of the hills would be bidden and v
could look over the clouds at the green an
snow above.
A inn UK the IcclierK * and Glacier * .
It seems strange to think of green mos
green trees and a mass of dense green vei
elation In midwinter , amid the snows at
glaciers. That IB what we have here. Tl
glaciers elide down into the green , and tl
snow falls and melts upon It all wlnt
long. In many places the green is clea
iu others it is mow-dusted , and in otbe
loaded with snow masses. On the blghe
I peaks only It is all snow and ice- . Even !
the Jungles ot India I have not seen i
1 dense a growth of trees and plants as aloe
the west coast of Patagonia. Wa had
chance to go on shore every afternoc
I when we anchored for the night. Pushlt
our way into the country was , howcve
J Impossible. The , trees are evergreens , gei
I ( rally small , but 10 demo that you cou
walk on their tops ou snow shoes. A be *
of moss as deep as your waist covers th
ground about them , and great ferns , wIUi
leaves ns long AS jour arm , extend out It
every bare and rocky spot. The ground If
saturated with moisture. The mold ant
rotting wood of centuries covers it , and
you sink In and stumble about more that
you would In an Irish bog. It la only ot
the higher parts of the mountains thai
vegetation ceases , and only there that the
climate la such as to produce glaciers ani !
perpetual snow. The Icebergs which w <
saw in the channel came from these gla
ciers. They are among the great glaciers
of the world , many of them surpassing , ll
Is said , the largest glaciers of the Alps. It
Tlerra del Fuego they line the channels it
places with walls of Ice a thousand feel
high , and ships must Ball carefully not tc
be struck by the Icebergs which in chunks
ot 1,000 tons and upward break off of them
with a noise like thunder , and fall tntc
the sea. Icebergs often fill Smyth's chan
nel , so that it is Impossible to get through ,
This was the case last year , when ono ol
the steamers was forced to go back and
where the ship upon which I now am had Its
bows crushed in by ( ho Icebergs. This
glacial ice Is not like that In our rivers and
lakes. It Js as hard as d rock and ot a crys
talline green , During our second day In the
archipelago we stopped the steamer , lassoocil
an Iceberg and towed it up to the ship. It
was a llttlo berg , not bigger than a Wash
ington city lot , but It was of a beautiful
opalescent green , with a top of frosted sli
ver. It had many angle * and projections ,
and It was with crowbars that the steward
and a boatload ot sailors attacked it and
broke off enough ice to last for the rest ol
the voyage. Ono of the great log chains
used for hoisting heavy cargo was flrsl
coupled about the corner of ono of these Ice
masses. Then a lever In the engine room
was pulled and a section of an Iceberg was
raised by steam by means of a derrick to the
deck of the vessel. Some of these blocltf
weighed many tons , and altogether we rnusl
have taken 100 tons of ice.
Naked SuvnKcn of the Magellan * .
During our voyage through these strange
Islands wo saw but few animals and birds ,
Now and then wo passed a small school ol
seals , which popped their heads out of the
water and took a peep at the steamer as It
went by. Wo saw half a dozen whalce In
the different days of the trip , and now and
then an albatross and gull , We had , however -
over , a number of visits from the wild
savages of the Magcllans , the naked
Indians of Patagonian channels , who are
Derhaos the leart known ot the wild men ol
the world. As far as I can learn , no eth
nologist has ever lived with them or made
a studv of them. They are different from
the Onas and Yaghana ot Tlerra del Fuego ,
among whom missionaries have worked , and
several of whom were carried years ago tc
England. These Indians are known at the
Alacalufes. There are , all told , only aboul
COO of them. They have no chiefs or tribal
relations. Each family itakcs cares of Itself
living In it own canoe. They are strlctlj
canoe Indians , who live almost entirely upot
the sea , and who are found only In these
straits and off the coasts of southern Pata-
conla. They sleep sometimes on land In llt
tlo wigwams three feet high , made by bendIng -
Ing over the branches ot trees and tying
them together. They make a fire In fronl
and crawl into them for the night. Thcli
canoes are well constructed. They are fif
teen or more feet long and about three 01
four feet wide , and perhaps two feet deep ,
They are made of bark sown together wltt
sinew. They are cross-ribbed , and so made
that they can bo easily paddled. In the
center of each boat is a fire built on some
earth , and about this sit such ot the family
as are not paddling the boat. Queer-looking
people they are. They wear no clothes
whatever. In a state ot nature , and are ap
parently comfortable amid the snows of win
ter , with only a coat ot seal or fish oil upot
their skins. Since thojr have seen white
men. however , they are glad to get sucl
clothing as they can beg , and they come
about the ehlps and ask for cast-off gar
ments , food and tobacco. Some whom we
saw were as naked as Adam nnd Eve be
fore the fall. Others wore bits of old
clothes.
Not So Warm.
One man , I remember , who was apparent ! }
the head of the almost naked family In hi :
canoe , had on only a short vest , open at the
front , and a rag apron as big as a woman' !
handkerchief tied to a string about hi !
waist. His favorite wife , clad In a string o :
beads , sat In the boat near the fire , with :
naked boy of 2 sucking his fingers as hi
leaned against her naked legs , and hi !
other wife , a buxom girl in her teens , hclc
a naked baby to her breast with one hanc
while she paddled the boat with the other
I was shivering In my overcoat ai I lookee
at these people , but they did not seem colt
nor miserable. The children were fat. Thi
young mother at the end of the boat had 01
nothing but a cast-off sack coat , which sh <
hcd thrown over her shoulders to partial ! ;
cover herself and her baby. As she pad
died this kept falling off , and her persoi
and that of the baby were exposed. The :
were both plump. Both men and womei
were rather under than over-sized. The ;
had faces somewhat llko those of our In <
dlans. The men's faces were dirty
evidently from paint , and the naked bravi
in the vest had a thin black moustache
They had black hair ; that of the woraei
long , but put up In some wa :
and that of the men cut off si
that It Just covered the ears am
fell down in a thick black fringe or ban )
over their eyes. The skins were of a browr
coffee color , and all had very white teeth
which they showed again and again a
they laughed. Their voices were not un
pleasant , and they mimicked us as w
called out to them. The man In the ves
had two or three- otter eklns. which on
of the officers of the ship tried to buy. H
would not come on board , and the office
crawled down the sldo of the ship abov
the boat ami held on there by a rope whll
he tried to make the trade. Ho bad a bl
butcher knlfo ID ono hand , while ho helen >
on to the rope by the other. Ho wantn
the savage to give him two skins for th
knife , but the savage thought one wa
enough. The naked man would not glv
up the skin until bo had tbo knife in hi
hand , and In the trade ho displayed a won
derful shrewdness and ability to bargain
Of course , neither party could undorstam
the other , and neither would trust th
other. The naked savage , however , got th
best of It. The only things that can b
used in trading with these people are brlgh
cloth , beads , tobacco and knives. They d
not know the use of money , and woul
rather have a Jack-knlfo or a hatchet thai
a genuine gold brick. They were evident ! :
afraid to come on board , and I an
told that they are by no mean
friendly to strangers , and will kll
them If they can attack them with safet )
They use bows and arrows to defend them
selves , although they do not bunt. Tin
food for the family la usually gotten by thi
women , of whom each man has one o
more , as he can get them. The food con
slsts of fish , mussels and ot now and thei
a fox , Deal or otter. The women fish wit !
lines , but without hooki. A little chunk o
meat is tied to the end ot the line , am
when the fish has swallowed this It Is Jerkei
Into the canoe. The Alacalufes are als
fond of whale meat , and a dead whale ,
am told. Is cut In pieces and burled , to bi
eaten in its various stages of decomposltloi
as long as It lasts. They understand wha
tobacco Is , and those we met were as anxlou
to get tobacco as food. They had but i
few foreign words , one of which was "Fra\
Lehman , " tbo term by which they deslgnati
all foreigners , and the two others , "gallcta,1
the Spanish word for sweet cakes , ani
"tabac , " tbo German for tobacco.
FRANK G. CARPENTER.
Of the United States-Catarrh
f
Increasing Canse
ONE-HALF OF 70,000 , ,
COMPILED BY THE GREATEST LIVING Avmssgiy
l c 1
x ? r x > s f Si v NS i/ i
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'Zzfflffiffiffl&ffi'x V-illill I II Ul UU1 (
'Zzfflffiffiffl&ffi' \ AUtamn. KswBKM * Catarrh of eye
Catarrh of throat.
Highly favored sections * Catarrh of lungs.
2 of 5 deaths from catarrh. Female catarrh.
Summer Catarrh.
Less favored sections Catarrh of stomach *
9 of 20 deaths from cutarrlu Catarrh of liver ,
Catarrh of bowels.
Catarrhal diseases Catarrh of kidneys , .
prevail Cjiinrrh of bladder/
, . .
19 of 40 deaths from catarrh. Winter catarrh t .Uiio „ catarrh. ,
Summer catarrh prevails most south. .
1 Greatest fatality from catarrh
| 5 of 10 deaths from catarrh. The Cause of Most Bodily Ills Is Catarrh ,
The above map hoe been carefully com
plied from United States documents by the
Pe-ru-na Drug Manufacturing Company of
Columbus , Ohio. The figures were taken
from , the latest mortal statistics published
by the government and entirely agree with
tLo archives kept at the Hartsnan Sani
tarium.
The map Is made In four shades. The
lightest shade shows the states which have
the lowest per cent of deaths duo to ca-
t'arrhal diseases. In these states very close
to 42 per cent of all the deaths in 1890 were
due to catarrhal diseases. That is to say ,
over four out of every ten deaths were from
catarrhal affections.
Iu the states of next darker shade the
per cent virles from 42 to 45. In the next
darker shade , 45 to 48 per cent of the
whole number ot deaths resulted from ca
tarrhal diseases. In the darkest shade we
have Indicated fho states In which over 50
per cent , or one-half or more , of all the
deaths were directly traceable to catarrh
as tbo cause.
This Is an appalling state of affairs. As
many people die from catarrhal affections
as all who dlo from accident , from con
tagious diseases , from hereditary diseases ,
and all other causes added together. Small
pox has Its terrors and yellow fever its
scares , but these are slight affairs com
pared to the mortality of catarrhal dis
eases.
This nation has got to confront the fact
that catarrh has become a national curse.
Catarrhal diseases threaten the life of our
people. Over one-half of the people suffer
from sorao form or degreeof catarrh. Fully
thlrty-flvo million people are personally In
terested in the discovery of a radical ca-
darrh cure.
A great many remedies for temporary re
lief have been devised from tlmo to time ,
such as sprays , snuffs , creams and other
local applications , but as a rule the medical
profession has llttlo or no enthusiasm In
the treatment of catarrh. H is generally
pronounced by them to bo incurable. U
therefore created a great sensation In med
ical circles when Dr. Hartman announced
that ho bad devised a compound which
would euro catarrh permanently. The re-tn-
cdy was named Pe-ru-na , and in a short !
time became known to thousands of ca
tarrh sufferers north , south , east and west.
Letters testifying to the facd that Pe-
ru-na Is a radical euro for catarrh began
to pour In from nil directions. Thousands
of such letters are on file In offices of the
Po-ru-na Drug Manufacturing Company.
These letters are not used for publication
except by the express wish of the writer.
A pamphlet filled with such letters will bo
sent to any address free.
Pe-ru-na cures catarrh , chronic and
acute. About this there can bo no ques
tion. Everybody admits it. The only
question that can be raised is whether the
cures remain permanent , A few of the
many people who were cured years ago
will bo o&ked to speak on this point ! . Any
one doubting the genuineness of any letter
can cosily become satisfied by writing to
the address under each ono.
Catarrh of Illuililcr.
Mr. Samuel San
ders , Dlythedale , Mo. ,
writes : "My dlseaso
was catarrh of the
urethra and bladder.
My symptoms were
the same as those
given in the Family
Physician No. 2. I
It , and In a few days 1 was relieved and
could sleep and rest all night. I think that
Pe-ru-na is a valuable remedy. I had tried
other very highly recommended medicines ,
but they did mo no good. My physician
told mo than I could not expect to be cured
of my trouble , as I was getting to be au
old man (57 years ) . I feel thankful for
what Pe-ru-na has done for me. "
Catarrh ot the bladder is , unfortunately ,
a very common disease. The symptoms
are too weJ ] _ known Co need description.
Pe-ru-na is the most reliable remedy yet
devised for tills catarrh. Its cures are
prompt and permanent.
Catarrh of the Head and None.
"I suffered with catarrh
ot the head , nose and
throat for three years. 1
could get no relief until I
began taking Pe-ru-na. In
dependent of curing my ca
tarrh , it has greatly Im
proved my general health
1 cannot describe the change. Any ono suf
fering from catarrh , and knowing than it
can bo cured , would bo very unwise not to
take Dr. Hartman's advice. Follow direc
tions. Pe-ru-na does the rest" Miss Lln-
nlo Wiggins , Berlin Heights , O.
This was a case of catarrh In Its most
ordinary form. Catarrh of the head and
noao occurs oftener than catarrh of other
organs. Indeed , catarrh has been so fre
quently located in the head that some people
ple suppose that catarrh Is always located
In the head , nose or throat.
Catarrh of Stomach.
"I would be In my grave
now If It bad not been for
your Godsent remedy Po-ru-
na. Everybody says I am
looking EO much better. 1
have recommended It to a
great many people nnd they
think It and the Man-a-lln
are grand medicines. No
doctor could help mo as Peruna did. Foi
la grippe nnd colds wo use nothing but
Po-ru-na. I was a broken-down woman ,
had no appetite ; what little I did cat did
not agree witih my stomach. It Is now
seven years past that I used Pe-ru-na nnd
I can cat anything. " Mrs. Eliza Wlke , No.
190 Iron street , Akron , Ohio.
A Unltril State * Senator' * Wife.
Mrs. F. E. Warren , the wife of Francis
E. Warren , United States Senator from
Wyoming , says the following In regard to
Pe-ru-na : "Tho sample bottle of Pc-ru-na
sent to my husband came when I was suf
fering with a cold , and I used it with good
results. "
Catarrh of the I.
"My llttlo boy was sick
with lung trouble for seven
weeks , when the physicians
said they had done all in
their power , and all gave
no relief. I then resorted
to the use of Pc-ru-na.
After using It for three or
four days I could see a dc-
clued change In him. I continued Its use
nnd ho soon got entirely well. I have rec
ommended It to others , who have used It
with favorable results. I don't think anyone
ono can speak too highly of Pe-ru-na. "
Joe R. Howard , Dlack Jack Grove , Texas.
Conprreimman Hnovcr.
Horace G. Snover , Congressman from
Michigan , writes : "I have found Pe-ru-na
a very efficient and speedy remedy for a
persistent and annoying cough resulting
from catarrhal trouble. "
Hon. J. D. Uotkin ,
Congreesman - a t-
large , ot Kansas ,
says of Pe-ru-na :
"It gives me pleas
ure to certify to the
excellent curative
qualities of your
medicines. Pe-ru-
na and Man-a-lln , I
have been nfillcted
more or less for a
quarter of a century
with catarrh of tha
stomach and conatl- congressman Gotkln.
patlon , A residence
in Washington has increased these troubles.
A few bottles of your medicines has given
me almost complete relief , and I am sure
than a continuation of them will effect a
permanent cure. Po-ru-na la really a won
derful remedy for catarrhal affections. "
Catarrh of Liver.
Mrs. S. E. Rabbins ,
Whlto Wright , Tex. ,
writes : "E 1 E h t
years ago my liver
and stomach began
to give ma trouble.
I bad what is called
colic , at times , and
six years ago this
'I spring 1 began to
Mrs. S. E. Robblns. have colic every day ,
more or less. That
fall I got so bad I had to take medicine ,
nnd five years ago this spring I took Jaun-
dlco and gall-stone. It soeined to me that )
I was diseased from head to foot. There
were several weeks that I could not sit
up any , nnd I was as yellow as nn orange.
Last spring I got so bad that I was In bed
most of the tlmo for several weeks. Finally ,
when I heard of Pe-ru-na nnd Man-a-lln ,
I had eaten nothing for several days. I
quit taking the doctor's medicine and be
gan to take Po-ru-na nnd Man-a-lln. I
gained 25 pounds and now I can eat any
thing I want to. " >
Catarrh of the liver gives rlno to the
various forms of liver complaint. It Is fre
quently the cause of dyspepsia , jaundice ,
constipation and biliousness. Po-ru-na
cures these cases by removing the cause.
Catarrh of the Ear.
"I write to let you know
how 1 am getting along. I
have taken about ) five bottles
of Po-ru-na nnd am proud to
say that I have fully rocov-
overed. Al first the catarrh
was to bad I could scarcely
henrj but now there Is no
difficulty in hearing and nil
the symptoms of catarrh have disappeared.
Many thanks for your kindness nnd for your
wonderful medicine. " Mr. Leo Stephens ,
Dalley , Texas.
Thousands of cases of catarrh of the mid
dle ear arc cured every year by Pe-ru-na.
known thcso cases
Eeforo Pe-ru-na was
nearly always ended In total deafness. How
many have been saved from a llfe-tlmo of
deafness by Pe-ru-na can never bo known ,
but the number must be very great , In
deed. All such cases should write Dr. Hart-
man.
of CoiiKrcNH front Ohio.
"Hon. David
Mccklson , member
of Congress from
Ohio , says of Pe-ru-
na "I have used
several bottles of
Po-ru-na and feel
K r o a t ly bene-
llteed thereby from
my catarrh ot the
Congr. Mceklson.
head and feel encouraged -
couraged to bellovo
that its continued use will fully eradicate
a dlseaso of thirty years' standing. "
Catarrh of Honclx.
Mr. Charles Belts ,
of Burr Oak , Mich. ,
writes : "I had been
troubled for a long
tlmo with chronic
diarrhoea , which pro
duced g r o a C do-
spondcncy ; sickness
at the stomach , pain
between tbo hips and
in tbo back , and in
creasing weakness of Mr. Charles Belts.
the whole system. I
commenced taking Pc-ru-na. I can now
do work that I could not do at all
before taking Po-ru-no. I began to
Improve at once , felt more cheerful tuia an
imated , stronger and buoyant ) , firmer nerves ,
freedom from pain In the bowels nnd ntom-
ach , and quli't Bleep. Po-ru-na cured mo so
that I stayed cured. Many medicines help
temporarily , but the dlseaso returns. Not
BO with Po-ru-na. KB effect continues. "
Catarrh of the bowels may produce
diarrhoea or dysentery , fatarrh of the up
per bowels is known as diarrhoea , summer
complaint , cholera Infantum and so forth.
Catarrh of tbo lower bowels Is called dya-
enlery. Pe-ru-na cures catarrh In any Io . '
cation. Therefore In can be relied upon u
remedy for thcso cases.
Governor ofVctt Virginia.
W. A. MacCorkle ,
Governor of West
Virginia iayn :
"Your Po-ru-na as
a tonic Is certainly
unexcelled , and In
a number of cases
that have come un
der my observation ,
where it has been
used for catarrh , or
Governor MacCorkle.
any dlseaso which
had its origin in
that malady , it has been of very great ! ben
efit. Po-ru-na has my hearty commenda
tion , both as a tonlo and catarrh remedy. "
Pelvic Catarrh.
Miss Lizzie Peters
of Mascoutuh , III. ,
writes : "I would
llko to let the world
know what a wonderful - <
ful tnedlclno Pe-ru-na
Is. I am perfectly
cured of fcmalo weak
ness by taking PoruMiss Lizzie Peters.
na nnd Man-a-lln. I
have gained 37 pounds slnco taking Pe-ru-
na. My friends nro wondering what makes
mo look so bright and healthy. Before I
know what Pe-ru-na was I had told my
parents that I would never get cured , and
that I could not live much longer. It ) was
Po-ru-na nlono that brought mo back to
health. Those who have been suffering
for years , whether young or old , should not
give up hope , but should try Pc-ru-na at
once. "
Catarrh of ono or more ot the pelvic or
gans is the cause of tibat long Hit of ali
ments known as fcmalo disease. No per
manent euro for thcso cases can be expected
unless the causa Is removed. Po-ru-na
cures catarrh wherever located. Pe-ru-na ,
has become a favorite remedy for female
diseases because It reaches the source of
thcso ailments and its cures are therefore
permanent.
Hon. J. I. . Hampton of Ohio.
Hon. J. L. Hamp
ton , Executive Cleric
In the governor's of
fice , Columbus , Ohio ,
writes as follows to
Dr. llartman : "I have
been using Po-ru-na
for Bomo weeks and
want to testify to lla
value In cases ot ca-
Hon. J. L. Hampton , tarrh and stomach
trouble. I hove been
a sufferer from catarrh for years , and my
whole system was permeated with It , thus
causing mo much stomach trouble. Pe-ru-
na has cured the catarrh nnd I am In every
way much improved.
Female Catarrh.
"I began to take Po-ru-na (
when I lived in Columbus , i
Ohio , in 1SS7 , nnd have used
it and the Man-a-lln over
slnco whenever I needed
medicine. I have n o v o r
found an equal to Pc-ru-na forf
regulating the menses and before 1 began
to take It I was never regular and always
hud rnoro or less pain. I had tried many
different ! medicines before I saw Pe-ru-ua ,
but without success. " Mrs. C. C. Naove ,
' 86 Morrison street , Portland Oregon.
Catarrh of the womb and other femala
organs Is the C.-IIIFO nf most of the I1U pe
culiar to women. It is to bo regretted that
the cntarrhal nature ot these complaints
has not been butter understood Iu the past
by the medical profession. 1C U never too
into to mend , however. Catarrh IB catarrh
rhercver locati-d. Po-ru-na cures catarrh
wherever located. Therefore Pe-iu-na curei
the peculiar ailments of women ,
For a. free book on chronic catarrh , ad
dress Dr. Hurtman , Columbus , Ohio.
Ask any druggist for a freto Pe-ru-nt
Almanac for tbo year 189 ! ) .