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    TJTE OMATTA DAILY HE 13: SUNDAY, OCTORHK 7, 1000.
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BREEZY TALKS TO BANKERS !K iwS
Two Notabla Speeches at the Contention of
Kobraska Money Dealors. !
POINTED REMARKS ON POLITICAL ISSUE
Urnrr W. Yutm I'rin'liilins tin I'nIUi
Shut In In III in .1, McrlliiK .Morton
JTlnjft I it I it in Ity Ilunlern uiiil
'I'runt llimtrr.
Judging from talks with bankers from the J
and that wad 1S96, at which and Boston had conspired to build a great
loud of desolation and disaster brldgo hero over which not a few, but
I hung over the country, wblrh required only many, not hundreds, but thousands of men
tho thinnest kind of a connection with our could pass, And the steam ferry monopolists
earth to have cuused a storm the like of were, llko Drown, relegated to tho rear,
which has never been experienced. Another Instance of tho Invasion of this
"In Ultfl thp banks of Omaha had less virgin and fertile soil by the diabolism of
thun J12.000.000 deposits Instead of tho combined capital After that wo llnd hero
$14,000,000 named by Mr. Wattles for 1S54. at this time. I am told by your toastmastor,
In tho statements published In tho current two other bridges which havo been ovolvcd
mouth these deposits exceed $24,000,000. from tho conspiracy of tho money centers
Now, gentlemen, these many millions of of this country, until now, I am told, you
dollars of Increase do not represent gains cross over to Council Illuffs for 10 cents a
for the banks. They represent tho gains of head, when In the good old days prior to
their customeis. It Is true that tho banks tho crime of '73 you got over on a flatboat
profit by sucn an Improved condition, but 'for 50 cents and took an hour In going over,
what would they havo gained If Mr. Hryan's I Some Siwrlllrrji.
prophecy had come true? ; h ken f ,h Mcrlfle-
"Then, too, bankers dlvldo along no- ' .. . , .. V. i. ..- ,i. ....... t (.
Interlorof tho state tho banquet g.vcn at the , mciil ),neB like all other classes. Some, , enjoyable banquet, but
Millard hotel by tho Omaha Clearing House I nro republicans and some democrat. I , g,crmceg that ll0 has nude are as
association to tho bunkers of Nebraska was f have no doubt there are gentlemen pros-, , , ,he Rocky ,n0UnUnB compared to
tho best arranged and most enjoyable one , out here tonight who expect to vote the, th0E0 tmU , havo mad for , ,pft No.
la the history of the Nebraska IlankoM , fusion ticket. May the Lord have mercy; bfMka cu ths aftornoon whcu lne nt.
a.soclatlon. upon them. (Apphume and laughter), llut t a, am, Co,onc, ryan nre l0
It goes without saying that the menu i this great country of ours wo admire , k lhurc nbout c,oMnB tho B(arch
was flrst-cliiss and many of the replies to nnd respect u man who has the courage of j workg ln my own (ow because u 3 a
toasts wero too goon to oe iom. um tHtni,
W. Yates was at the head of the table aud "And wo not only divide along political
every ono knows that he has no superior as ! lines na I have said, but wo havo different
an agreeable host and loaMmaster. The j opinions upon the mouoy question. We
speakers were on either side of him, Mr. J. i are not nil tied to tho gold standard any
BtoMiug Morton being Hie special guest of ' moro than wc would be to the silver stand -
the occasion nra" or 1,10 paper standard or any other
Tho speech of Mr. Vales was as follows: ' standard. With most of us It Is a matter
"Bankers as a Han ate a couHervatlve set j of Indllterenco what the standard may be,
of men, wo are Inclined to stick to the old ( so that whatever our money may be It will
things and the old customs which have at- not add confusion to confusion In the
tended us through life anil which at times making of prices, so that to tho lluctu
trust. Think what I have sacrificed.
"Your profession hns been depleted by
our populist friends like a story that I
learned recently. An old Irishman
nnd a friend wero passing through a ceme
tery and on a tombstone he read, 'Hero
rest the remains of a successful banker
nnd an honest man.' The Irishman lin
gered some time about tho atone and his
friend paused to sco what wan tho matter,
and ho says, 'What Is tho matter. Tat?
What are you staying there for?' 'Why,
have been ta us a source oi pleasure uiiu , uuuns arm variations wnicn prevail unuor ,,0 gayg( ,j waa Jugl won(lerln(; wny they
prout, and among tnose m mu i.uoi-..ui,.... ...v "i"'"""" ui nuyyiy nUrled the two of them In ono grave
aablt, which I trust aim which e an uu umi ueiuuim mere anun uai uo auucu iiiu
will be lone observed, because un opportu- fluctuation? and variations which must In-
ally In thus presented to us of hearing from jovltably follow tho me of a debased money.
the guests who haw honored us Willi tncir
presence and ntio bave Joined with us In the
oy of the oruion And, gentlemen, this
ts a Joynus occasion. It does an old Ne
braska banker Mm myself good to look down
this long line of faces and nee so many Ne
braska hankers gathered together, so many
f the old bankers bankers of the olden
times interspersed and mingled, It Is true,
with the younger ones, who must lake up the
burden i lint we older ones will soon be called
upon to lay down. Hut. If It Is conceded
that It is u profitable thing and a pleasant
thing for us to gei together In this man
ner, the question might well be asked, Why
Is It that we haw allowed the loug period
of six years to pais In silence; why Is It
that wo have not gathered together moro
frequently as we are hero tonight, to en
Joy this personal contact with each other
and the pleasure ami profit which must
como from It? This Is a question which,
perhaps, admits of several answers. Hut
let us bo frank with each other and ndntlt
that ono of the causes, and the ehlef
cause, for our not meeting annually, ns wo
expected to do when wo organized this as
sociation, has been the fact that during this
fateful period the business In which wo are
engaged has been made the special target
for polllcnl abuse nnd calumny. Hanker;,
are a sensitive set of men nnd they have
been unwilling to do anything which might
draw upon them this fire of abuse ami
criticism, although they havo been conscious
of no wrong-doing and have been guiltless
of any act which would Justify It. Ne
braska, It Is true, has been the hotbed of the
money agitation, but still the question may
be asked. Why should the banking business
be selected any moro than the numerous
other businesses which 1111 tho country?
Cliinr to tin- rrvt' I'riilrr,
"Mr. McKllllp, In his elegant address, re
ferred to a fact which I do not think hns
generally been observed, although it Is un
questionably a fact, that tho banking busi
ness comes closer to the nerve rumor of
every cdass m too community than any
other. As a fact, our business reaches
Into tho family clrc.lo of every class. It
forms the bulwark for the peace and con
fidence which make happy homes and fire
sides. Tho explanation for this Is plain.
"In the olden times and In miiuy of tho
older countries of the world today, the
peoplo aro considered happy anil pros
perous If they are able to obtain their
dally support from tho current resour.es
of the country. Hut such u hand-to-mouth
arrangement will iut answer for tho peoplo
of this great country of ours. We demand
omethlng more than a dally support; It
ta necessary that a storehouse bu made
from which wo may draw In days to como
when wages may ceaso or salaries como
to an end. Hctiro tho origin of bank de
posits, and theiti can be no greater or
better Indication of a prosperous condition
In a country than that Indicated by .the
xicnt of Its bank deposits. 1 am aware
that Bomo of the calamity howlers assert
that bank deposits do not Indicate pros
perity, but we can contradict thcho asser
tions from their own mouths. For In
stance, Mr. llryan, In a speech delivered
ln 1S0G less than four years ago dc
clared that if the gold standard was con
tinued the depositors In banks would bo
forced to withdraw their money lu order
to obtain their dally subsistence. Surely
Mr. Hryan would admit that this necessity
would be an Indication of ca amity, and
If tho withdrawal would bo calamity, an
Increase must bo an ludlcutlon of pros
perity. The gold standard has continued
and the remarkable prophecy of Mr. Hryan
In answered by his own stato of Nebraska
ln this rcmarknblo manner:
"At tho tlmo Mr. Hryan made this speech
the total deposits In all of tho banks of
the state wore loss than $3'.' .000,000. They
nro today over $70,000,000, an Increase of
120 per cent.
A Your "if llrniilittlou,
"Mr. Wattles, In his splendid address of
welcome, referred to 1S'J4 us tho dato of
tho ebb-tldo of deposits In tho city of
Omaha. Mr. Wattles overlooked another
year, which, to tho banking business In tho
tato and nil over tho country, was worse
It Is In this opinion that all bankers must
practically he of one mind. We know that
these variations could not bo of benetlt
to our customers or to ourselves and there
fore wo havo not been able to Join In tho
support of our peerless Nebraska states
man In tho extraordinary position he has
taken upon tho money question. Wo have
not been willing to mount with his I'eg.isus
Into tho clouds of fancy which envelop him.
I nlvrrml Stnmliiril of Value.
"There Is an old nursery rhyme which
goes somewhat In this manner:
Rod ttuulo m.in and man made money,
Uod mailo lues and the bees made honey.
"Hut there Is a great fallacy In tho Jingle
ami It Is strange that so many people aro
willing to nccept as the truth the asser
tions In a nursery rhyme rather than the
teachings of experience and common sense.
(Sod, it Is true, inn do man and bees, but
bo also made money. Man may devise
schemes to represent money, he may In
vent mothods which will effect tho bulk of
tho exchanges without tho actual uso of
any money at all, but theso schemes aro
nil transitory. They havo only their llttlo
day of life and all tho real uso and value
they may havo nro conferred by that uni
versal standard of value which regulatos
aud controls tho monetary affairs of the
civilized world.
"It Is for this cause we havo been abused
aud discriminated against. Wo have held
to the old standard, the only standard wo
have ever known. Wo havo pinned our
faith to the Clod-made money. Wo havo
not been willing to place confidence In a
man-made money any moro than wo have
been willing to bow tho head and bend tho
knee to n man-made Clod.
"Hut, let us be thankful. Tho curtain
has been rung down by tho chief per
former himself. Tho curtain may bo as
flimsy and as fraudulent ns tho propositions
It serves to obscure and hide, but It Is
enough. A half coucehsion from such a
source Is n complete surrender nnd here
after wo may rest assured that bankers
can piosecutn their business anil express
their sentiments like other peoplo without
fear of the discrimination against them
which has hcictoforo prevailed."
Mortnn'N llrrrcy Aililrcnn,
Hon. J. Sterling Morton spoke as follows:
"I think that the man who begins to nd
dtesa you after 1 a. m. stands sixteen
chnnres of being a bore to one of being
pleasing.
"I have n great Interest In bankers, and
have ever since I began to pay Interest to
my amiable friend. Mr. Millard, here, when
he would occasionally take me to ono bide
and with a smilo that was bland and win
ning, say. seeing It was me, I could have It
at - per cent u month.
"It luis been suggested to mo by your
worthy toastmasler that I should say eomc
thing upon tho subject of trusts. Any plain
farmer who nt this time In the morning will
trust himself to speak lu tho presence of
representatives of tho great money trusts of
tho country Is certainly In danger.
"I'orty-slx yenrs ago I set foot for tho
first time on the eastern bank of the Mis
souri liver opposite Omnhn, and old Hill
Hrown. whom the older representatives of
tho banking Interests here will remember,
had a trust In a flatboat ferry whtch crossed
from Iowa Into the state of Nebraska. Ho
had a monopoly, there was no competition;
you crossed with Hrown or you stayed on
the other side. Thero stood thu young
man, Absolotu. Wero the young men of
the country safo when Hrown had a
monopoly? And then came tho diabolism of
the money powor conspiring together nnd
represented by Unos Uwo, gamue! Hayllss
and James Jackoon, to do what? To put
down this Individual monopoly of Hrown by
chipping In enough money to establish n
steam ferry which was owned by tho Ne
braska and Iowa Land company, and Hrown
went down aud tho flatboat retired from
business. Now this heinous offense of
capital even ln that early day upon tho
banks of tho Missouri river combined to
throttle the entire flatboat Industry. Hut
times works ln a mysterious way and has
wonders to perform and In duo tlmo theso
aforesaid persons who built that first steam
ferry found that tho plutocrats of New York
"Now, wo are Informed that the young
man Is not eafo when trusts dominate
tho country, and when I look nt the spenk
crs who make these wonderful utterances,
theso prophets of inlamlty nnd disaster
who did business In liiiiC. and look for
their vorllUatlon of those prohesles. those
made In vnln. It strikes me as particularly
Inconsistent that they should say those
things, for hero In Nebraska wo have first
and foremost n great political trust or
combine. Four distinct organizations,
separate political corporations, combined
to get a trust on nominations and prcvont
competition. And tho beneficiary of this
mint, the geaeral manager of this political
Imn!., which has four distinct organiza
tions In It, tolls us how wicked It Is for
money to combine for pecuniary purposea,
while It Is exceedingly proper for parti's
to combine for political purposes. And
they have carried It so fur that they havo
even objected to tho mlddlo-of-tho-ioml
populists having a trudemark, and nil
that conserved nnd colued patriotism
called populism they propose to sot aslile
and oven go Into court at Lincoln and
nslt tho supreme court to docreu that the
trademark, or brand, populist, shall not
be permitted to any other party than the
grand trust and conglomeration whl'ii
Colonel llryan heads.
In the loiliiK Mum Silt r t
"Tho paroxysms which Colonel Hryau In
dulges in iu regard to the young man navo
touched mo In my tonderest spot, not be
cause I am a young muu, but because 1
have four sons, who are relatively to tho
old man quite young, and 1 am worried
about them. Wht Mr. Bryan said In St.
Louis Is to be reiterated ln my home town
tonight when ho walks tho platform aud
MiiitilH out populism. Now, Is tho young
man safe when tho bankers of tho couutry
control Its currency? Is tho young man
Mifo? When thu tailors control tho cloth
and the raiment, and the shoemakers, the
boots and shoes, Is tho young man safo?
When tho baker controls tho bread of the
country, Is tho young man safo? When
tho girls control the best wies of tho
country. Is the young man safo? (Laugh. or.)
And thun again he says when tho monetary
system of tho country Is controlled by for
eign and domestic llnanclcrs Is tho young
man safe? I think ho Is safer than ho
would be 1 f t lie financial and monetary sys
tem was controlled by Coin Harvey aud
Colonel nryan. These gentlemen, who talk
bo learnedly to you about money handlers
or dealers ln credit, always dedaro theai
selves oven to tho reiteration of the doc
trlno of tho Kansas City platform, that
thero must bo a doublo standard, and that
they nevor will ceaso their warfaro upau
tho gold standard until they havo secured
by this government the coinage of silver
lu tho ratio of 10 to 1, In unlimited quan
tities. Did It ever occur to you that no
16 to 1 advocate can stato his case without
admitting the slnglo standard. What is
tho one? Clold. Tho standard by which
they measure the whole.
IVIIririit Money.
"Now we had this thing In tho early days,
Hrother Millard, horo In 1855. 1 supposo
I will hnve to make a confession. When
I hnd the distinction of being an lnmato
of the legislature (laughter) a great
many of tho lawmakers declared th.To was
not enough circulating medium In this
couutry to do our business (our business
was selling town sites and town lots, wo
had nothing else), and It was necessary
to Increase tho per capita circulation, and
In order to do that wo must establish
bnnkB and mako money hero, and wo did
establish, by special charters, flvo banks
with power to Issue about flvo millions of
money. I had ono bank referred to me as
chairman of tho special comnilttoo. The
charters provided that tho stockholders
should be Individually liable. That would
not hurt any of them much. (Laughter.)
And I Incurred tho wrath of the chief
money men of that day by moving an
amendment so that it should be put on
every bill, Instead of stockholders indi
vidually liable, hill holders Individually
liable, but It didn't work. Tho banks were
established, tho money was Issued hero in
thin territory; It filled tho whole section,
and then we got a perfect and an abso.uto
demonstration of tho correctness of tho
'.ft
NEQLECTEI
BACK
Hundreds of them iu Omaha.
Sure to bring trouble on short order. Kidneys won't
stand neglect. They've got their work to do, nnd if
.anything happens that they can't do it, they will lot
you know it very quickly.
Sick kidneys bring backache, lame back,
urinary troubles, diabetes, Bright's Disease
Doan's Kidney Pills
us
mm
cure sick kidneys stop the backache, cure
every ill that tho kidneys aro heir to
And there's nlonty of proof of it. Omaha peoplo say
so Your own neighbors and friends Read this statomont j
Mr. Frank McKarland. a stonecutter, No. 3303 Jones street, says: "Too frequent (0
action of tho kidney sucretlonB, particularly at night, at llrstt merely noticcablo, f
but always on the Increase, became at last very nnnoylng. I hml no backache like
so many people who suffer from kidney complaint have, but without that extra
nnnoyuuee I spent a mint of money trying to check my trouble, but I was unsuc
cessful until I procured Donn's Kidney rills at Kuhn & Co.'s drug store, corner
15th and DotighiB streets. After the treatment I could go to bed very night and
nleop like a child until morning. To say I endorse Doan's Kidney Pills Is a "very
mild way of expressing my opinion."
Donn'o Kldnoy. Pills are for snlo at all drug stores-SOo
a box Fostor-Mllburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
(0
(0
fft
Grosham law, which Is that whenever you
put two sorts of money Into the field of
exchange, ono superior to the other, tho
superior will bo taken up by the foreigner,
hoarded by tho miser, aud tho Inferior will
hold the field so that within six months
from tho tlmo that these backs issued their
shlnplasters you rould not Imd anywhere
In circulation ln this sparsely settled coun
try anything but that money.
Hales of fhrnn Miiuey.
"The Stato Hank of Missouri bills, which
were redeemablo In gold, and tho ones which
had circulated here, disappeared llko the
mist of tho morning before the Bun, and
when tho panic of '67 came, when John
Thompson of New York failed, when tho
great trust company of Ohio failed, then
our banks followed suit .vlth nu alacrity
that was appalling; they did It with felicity
and ease and our peoplo had In their pockets
what? Tho pictures which had been Issued
by theso Irresponsible banks. There was
tho first attempt In this territory In Ne
braska to glvo tho peoplo cheap money.
Wo got all wo wanted of It and more, too.
It was demonstrated a good deal like this:
A country doctor called on a patient and
left a lot of medicine and was going out of
tho door and tho anxious nurse says, 'Hold
on, doctor, you didn't tell us how much to
give him.' Ho says, 'It don't make any
difference; give it to him until ho pukes.'
They gave us cheap money until wo all
threw up. (Laughter.) Tho great art In
banking then was to get your circulation
abroad and as far away from tho point of
Issue as possible, and, whllo our buukcrs
played It very sharply, there were others,
We used to get up hero a f,rcat deal of
money on tho Agricultural Hank of Ten
nessee (You remember that money,
Hrother Millard.) After a while It began
to decline, went down to 00 cents, then 80
nnd then 60, when finally It was a pretty
hard matter to trade and pay In Agricultural
Hank of Tennessee bills. The steamer
IMliibnrKh cumo un the river, it was 300
miles to the wood yard; Captain Daniels j
lulled a farmer on tho bank and says. 'What
do you ask for wood?' Ho says, 'So aud.
so.' Cuptaln says. 'Will you lake Agrl- I
cultural Hank of Tennessee hills?' Tho
farmer says, 'yes.' 'Well,' ho says, 'how
will you trude?' Ho says, 'Kvcn up.' And
he rounded to and started to take on the
wood, and tho farmer says, 'Hold up.'
Well." ho says, "you said you would trade
oven up.' 'Well,' says the farmer, 'I meant
Jtibt what 1 said cord for cord.' That was
before the crime of '73. (Laughter.)
'full Intcreit.
"Wo had high rates of Interest In those
days. I don't know If It was Millard, but
I think it was. A certain gentleman mado
a real estate deal aud took a note without
Interest, duo two years from date, aud ho
wanted it discounted. Ho went lu to Mil
lard uud says, i want to dlbcount this note.'
Of course Millard didn't want to do It, but
after a whllo he says, 'Seeing It Is you I
will do It at the regular rates, which Is 5
per cent a month.' Tho man says, 'Can't
you do It a llttlo better thun that?' Millard
bays, 'No, 1 could not.' Finally thu man
bays, i guess I will htjve to let you take It
at that,' and you ought to sco Joseph flguro,
and then Millard said, 'Ulvo me the note and
$40.' (Laughter.)
"I was to say something about trusts.
Down iu the old fogy town where 1 llvo
adjoining, about nine years ago, some
youug men (notw IthBtundlug tho voluino of
the currency was in tho hands of the money
trust) with whom 1 nm related distantly,
my hons conceived tho idea of establish
ing; a starch manufactory. Tho younger
ono was tho originator of it. He says hero
Is tho corn, tho railroad, tho transporta
tion, tho river for the wnter; there Is no
reason why wo should not mako starch
here and reach all markets with it. After
somo Importuniug his brothers aud other
iclutivos concluded to go Into It. A fac
tory of tho capacity of 250 bushels of corn
per day was established. Tho capital wan
J10.000. Now this combination at tho eud
of two years found tnut It nail lost just
$50,000, and the stock was assessed at 100
ceuts on the dollar, aud tho assessments
were paid. And to make a loug story short
this early In tho morning, that factory
liar, grown from 250 bushels of corn per
day to 3,000 bushels, and every tweuty-four
hours It turns out thlrty-thrco tons of good
r.turch. U has a branch lu London and It
is doing a very decent sort of business and
employing two hundred and odd people.
StiiiiliiK I'l-iisiiertty.
"The attorney general of tho stato, how
over, says that It is a trust and has gouo
to the supremo court and taken action to
close It up. It Is a combination of capital
which 1b a menaco to society. It hns
ground ln tho last year 1.CO0.O0O bushels of
corn raised upon theso prairies; It haa
paid for that corn nearly half a million
dollars, and in (ho same period of time It
has paid out $160,000 in wages. And this
is a menaco to calamity, nnd without ca
lamity thero will bo no populism, and
therefore this notion is taken to closo tho
works. And tonight those gentlomcn aro
thero to mnke those peoplo of Nebraska
City bellovo, If possible, that It would bo
a mighty Good thing to shut down the shop
and cease to grind the Nohrnska corn into
starch. I'rlor to their speaking thoy will
bo waited on by tho mayor of tho town, at
tho head of a delegation from Nebraska
City, who will present to them a scries ot
resolutions which woro pnased at a very
lnrgo meeting last Saturday night, demand
ing that tho attorney general dismiss that
suit, and theso resolutions havo been
plgncd by 600 of the taxpayers of that town.
"Thero Is nothing llko stopping pros
perity If you vvaut to have calamity.
'I'll a- Man lvltli the llor.
"Now wo huvo scon a good deal of tho
trust hero since I cumo onto these prairies.
Tho first corn that was planted on the
tarm whore I lived In '55, and still reside,
was dropped by hand and covered with a
hoe, but ln tlmo tho Inventive satanlo in
stincts of money got up a double-row
tornplanter, and the man with tho hoe was
relegated to tho rear, and now Nebraska
has s.000,000 acres ln corn, whloh tho tuau
with 'tho hoo could never havo planted uur
cultivated. It would have been Impossible
to have all ot this vast and wonderful fer
tility htretchlng from tho Missouri river
to tho Rocky mountains In cultivation ex
cept by theso vast combinations of capital
which havo encouraged and stimulated In
vention und made these prairies tho happy
homes of moro than 1,000,000 people. Talk
of capital mid Its tyranny over tho people.
It has dono for civilization, fur tho ad
vancement and elevation of mankind, more
than Christianity itself, for without capital
the missionary would never havo reached
the heathen clime. It was under tho flags
ot commerce that tho gospel was spread
over all tho world. It Is through banking
and commerco that tho ships havo been
mado to move and the bible brought to tho
heathen in all lands. And yet wo are told
tnat tins combination oi capital 1b a
mouace to society. Wo aro told that If the
gold Btandard Is continued another four
yctrB ithls Is 1800 I am speaking of now),
mcney will bo dearer, tho rich richer and
tho poor poorer, and all sorts of calamities
wilt ovortako us. nut look back at tho
puerllo prophecies of 'SO. Head them; read
them to your brothers, and then point to
tho fact that tho mortgages have been
paid In this state as they never have been
paid before; that the credit of every city
and hamlet and town stands higher than It
ever did before. And the chief of theso
prophets of calamity, who so signally failed
ln his prophecies of four years ago, has
tho effrontery to stand beforo Intelligent
peoplo and prophecy again,
Duty nf ('Itlseim,
"It becomes every citizen here who loves
his home, every man who desires the wel
fare ot this young and vigorous common
!wll-v xfifSlf' ten unnecessary. We print three
Mi ?Jixissa;; testimonials in proof of that statement.
89! I IS?-JawiuSffii One testimonial shows the needless-
Is often unnecessary. We print three
testimonials in proof of that statement.
One testimonial shows the needless
ness of an operation and the two
others its uselessness in certain forms
of womanly disease.
Is always a woman's dread though often a doctor'.1
delight. There is no question but that enthusiasm i
for surgery leads to the advice of an ojeratioH J
many times, when the ojxjration is not only need
less but will prove absolutely unbencfirinl. This !
proposition is supported by medical testimony and
emphasized by the experience of the women whose
statements arc given below. The first of these
statements is the more remarkable in that it comes
from a woman physician. She suffereul for three
years, was long tinder treatment, and then submit
ted to the surgeon's knife, absolutely without bene
fit. Then a friend advised a trial of Dr. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription, and of it tin; grateful writer
says : " haz full knoivledge cf its properties and
its power to draw one from the brink of the grave.
Never in my profession hazv I seen siuit a mimrie
worker in the form of media'tit."
"I OWE MY LIFE TO TMAT WON" !
BERF12L ' PRESQPJPTSm.9 "
" It is with extreme pleasure that I make known to yon
my rapid recovery from a lonj illness as a rerailt of a coin- j
plication of organic diseases, the principal out! being ovarian
nml uterine intlnmttia,tlon," writes Grace M. Dl Marzo, M. 1).,
of Ardwick, Prince Ceorye Co., Md. "U is a jilttumre to
recommend Dr. Pierce's FaTorite Prescription as tlic best j
medicine I have ever taken for tbc dlornrws, iti question I
have full knowledge of its properties nnd its powers to draw
one front the brink of the grave. Such has been my case. ,
Kor three years I did not experience otic well dav. I was
first under trcatmeut, then the surgeon's knife, ami through
complete disgust I gave up both, and, acting under advice of
a friend, I took Dr. Pierce's niodiciuo with patience. Now,
I owe my life to that wonderful ' Prescription of ldc, and I
cannot recommend it too highly. Never iu my profession
have I sect: such a 'miraclc-worlccr' iii the form of medicine.
"Tho poor invalids who arc throwing nwrry dollars in pin
relief medicines, morphine, l&udttnam, etc., hnd better turn
to Dr. Pierce's remedies, we., while he can remove the pain
without the adimmatration of iwodyuc, he cau more easily
remove the cause."
Even if there were but one such testimonial to the
remarkable cure of women's diseases by "Favorite
Prescription, " it would be an encouragement to give
it a trial. But the cures effected by tins remarkable
medicine for women are legion in number and their
scope covers every form of womanly disease which
is curable by the use of medicine. Of "Favorite
Prescription" it can be truthfully affirmed that it
always helps and almost always cures. Let any
suffering woman who reads these statements, ask
herself : Is not such a remedy worth a trial ?
These three cures are representative. Behind
them are half a million other cures. The record
shows that ninety-eight in every hundred women
who have used Dr. Pierce's medicines have been
perfectly and permanently aired. Only two women
in each hundred fail of complete cure. But even
these report great benefit and improved health.
Are you one of the ninety-eight who can be com
pletely cured, or one of the two who can be greatly
helped but not entirely healed? A fair trial of
"Favorite Prescription" will put the question for
ever at rest.
TWO OPERATIONS WITHOUT RELIEF.
"I was troubled with female weakness for eight years, ami
suffered ikots tlinti I cau tell," writes lire. Gust. Moser, of
Ovaudo, Deerlodfje County, Mont. "My disposition wis
affected to such an extent, that to any a plcnsnnt word to
anyone was almost an impostnbilitv. I hud two operations
performed by oue of the most skilled snrfjeonn of the Veet,
but did not get telief. Then, tpilnst siy doctor's strict
orders, 1 commenced tatlug Dr. Pierce's 1'nvotltc I'rercrip
tiou and 'Golden Medical Discovery,' nnd alo followed the
advice given in the 'Common Sestne Medical Adviser. 1
coutinucd this treattneut for three moutiu, and to-duy sm
as hc.vlthy and well as a woman cau be. I cannot tliank
Dr. Pierce enough for his kind letters to mc."
Such testimony cannot be read without the
thouglit, "How much suffering might have been
saved had Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription been
tried first mstend of hist." cut would the timely
use of "Favorite Prescription " have effected a aire?
That queeliou in best answered by the testimouial
which follows. Here is a case in which the woman
was "a perfect physical wreck" and H suffered most
excruciating pain." The attending physician ad
vised an operation. Bat tlic husbnud dreaded the
knife and prevailed on his wife to try "Favorite
Prescription." The remilt was the usual oac a
perfect and permanent cure.
OPERATION ADVISED BUT AVOWED.
"October 12th, ifV)3, I wrote yon for the first time," says
Mrs, Altec E. Shipley, of Wert Point, Hardin County, Ky.
"Was very ill, confined to my bed most of the time; had no
appetite, patua lu left ovary; could not rest only on oue side,
without Miflcring mit cxeruciatinjf pains. Was a perfect
wreck, physically. I underwent un evnmioatiou by one of
the nioit prominent physicians of Lonhsvillc, Ky. He pro
nounced my ense tumor of the stomach, and ndvined me to
return iu two weeks oiid have an orvrntioii nerfomiud. Mv
husband ban sneh a dread of tlie ' knife that he prevailed
upon me to try Dr. Pierce's medicines. 1 took seven bot
tles of 'l'ovorfte Prescription,' and two vUls of 'Pellets,'
which cured me of constipation. Have not taken any medi
cine since the hut of February. I sow attend to nil my
houftcwork, cook, wash, iron aud sew for a family of six.
Many have been advised by mc to try your treatment, ami
prrat are the l;iiefits derived. Mv enmcjA oravcr Ln that all
i limy write you for advice, aud may God bless you for tho
goon your medicines nave none lor mc."
Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is a medicine
especially designed aud perfectly adapted to the
cure of diseases of women. It is purely vegetable
and cannot disagree with the weakest constitution.
It is a perfect regulator ; it dries the drains which
weaken women, licals inflammation and ulceration
and cures female weakness.
Reference is made in Mrs. Moser's testimonial to
Dr. Pierce's "kind letters," and in Mrs. Shipley's
letter to her correspondence with Dr. Pierce. Every
sick and ailing woman is invited to consult Dr. Pierce
by letter free. All correspoudcncc i held as
strictly private and sacredly confidential, and wom
anly confidences are guarded by strict professional
privacy. Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
In a little over thirty years, Dr. R. V. Pierce,
chief consulting physician to the Invalids' Hotel
and Surgical Institute, Buffalo, N. Y, assisted by
his staff of nearly a score of physicians, has treated
and cured more than half a million women.
!
THE OUMGE F PSSEWEBBTBON
vthloft hna nnrcil many a ronton
from loot of ttia pound ot euro,
can ha &tahwd from Of. floraa'm
OemM 5mm Medical Advisor It tanoSiea wanton how to eat wail and hart to fro tip wall. TMa 0roof
work, aanfalnlna WOO larac pzit.ts and 7BO Hfmtrntlonc, tm ttont FREE on rncnlpi ot naiwpa to pay cxponao
of mmlltnu OKVf, Send 31 ona-oonf mtsmpa for ojupona of mallki3 tho aloih-boutid rottwo, or oaly itl
atampx for tba book hound In paporm
Mddroaat Or. K. If. KSftOE, BtrfTaf, tl. T.
wealth to turn out and roe to it that uo
men, cither for the legislature, or any other
ofllce, Is olrctnl who ts endeavoring to array
tho unfortunate, anil Improvident who havo
gained nothing In life agaluet the frugul and
lndiiBtrlouH who havo acquired a com
petence. Tho man who tries to causo a
breach between tho poor nnd tho rich Is ln
It only for tho money that Is lu It. As tho
gcntluman from Hastings mya, It Is your
duty to turn out to tho primaries; It Is
our duty to do tho very best wo can to get
good men (lualllled for otllcn elected to
(illup. Do uot send there men who spell
ChrtHt with n little 'C nnd God with a
llttlo 'CI.' Thero l3 a good opportunity for
reformation ln this state. Wo need a
rovenuo law. Wo havo a system of revenue
hero now which gives a prrinlum to the
biggest liar in the community, and each
county, In order tu avoid stato taxes, vies
with Its neighboring county as to who shall
bo classed tho nearest to Munchausen. Wo
need a revenue law which shall give us
equal taxation and not load county Indebt
edness upon tho towns and cities of tho
state.
"I have only to ask you all that you will
pardon mo for having so long detained you.
I feel (being ln the preaenco of plutocracy)
not one of you, though I have been your
victim many times, llko one who was Homo-
what studious In his books arid who had
been somewhat philosophical In his methods
and who dchlred to become a member of
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talking with tho most thinking' was their
molt". Sn this young man applied for ad
mission, but tho roll was full (aa 1 sup-
peso many, of you aro) and they sent out to
him a glass of water tilled even to tho brim,
uo word of rejection, but simply an overflow
ing goblet. He took from his boutonulero u
roao leaf and laid It on the water, not a
drop was disturbed, no overflow, and sent
It back. And so I put the roseleaf of my
congratulation upon this goblet ot your
complete prosperity and hilarity and wish
that Its fragrance tnjiy not bo offensive.
(Long and continued applause.)
Prof. Jules .Laborde's Marvelous
French Preparation of
66CALTHS"
For Lost Mauliood.
Days' Treatment
Seated TJlattv
It Is exasperating to one who knows
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thing elso as "Just the same," or "Just aa
good" for colds, coughs, croup, la grippe,
etc. Myers-Dillon Drug Co., Omaha; Dil
lon's Drug Store, South Omaha,
Every person who H a sufferer from nervous
diseases should nrlto tho Von ilohl Co., Cin
cinnati, Ohio, at once, nnd accept tholr offer
fit a llvo days' trial treat uientfree of charge.
This Is no O.O. I), or DF.l'OSIT hebemo but a
liberal proposition mado to uuforlunato suf
ferers by this long-established concern, which
Is tlio lat'KOBt Importer of specifics foruorvous
anil sexual diseases In tho world,
Tho Von Mohl Co, has tho tolo American
rights for Prof. J.ubordo'a I "reach preparation
of "Oalthos." tho only remedy known to ad
vanced medical science that will jxisltlrcly
cuie norvous debility. This remedy has fur
yeew hewn used us a specific lu the French
and Herman armies, and blnce Its Introduc
tion Into the I lilted Btatcs lias cured many
thnusunus ot sufferers, and the remarkable
success of tho romedy In Kuropo has been re
peated tu thin countiy.
In order to place this wonderful treatment
In the hands of every pnrson whosuffurs tho
menial und pnTHlcalangulsh of sexual weak
ness, Thu VoniloUl Co., has decided tofcenda
freo trial treatment to all who write at once.
TluiMmrdy lssentby mall la a plain paclc
aRe, and tunrels no publicity In lecnlrlngltor
taking It, Accompanying tho medicine there
tsafull treatise lu plain language for you to
read. Take tho medicine privately wlflt por
frctsatety, and a suro cure Is guaranteed,
Lost Tltullty creeps upon men unawares.
Do not deceive yourself or remain In Igno
rance while you are bolni? drugged down by
this lUHldlou.i disease.' No matter what the
causo may be, whether early abuses, ncosnea
or overwork and business cares, tho results
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Memory, emlsslous.liupntuucr, varicocele aud
G.0.D.0R DEPOSIT SCHEME.
shrunken part1;. This siienfllo remedy will
cure you atauy stage boforoepllcpsy results,
goes dlioctly to tho seatof tho trouble,
no matter of how long staudliig, and the pa.
tlent feels t tm benellt of the Unit day's treat
ment, ln (Ito days thu medicines sent frcs
will make jou feel like a new man,
Tho Von llohl Co. often reculves tho most
astonishing testimonials from persons who
have taken only live days' treatment. They
Ii.ito thousands of tr.stnnoululs from tho?,a
who have been permanently cured attcr hav
ing been Btveu up by doctors, misled and
ruined lu health by disreputable medical
M-heiners, and w hen they had given Up tholr
last hope for health and happiness, Noseu
slblo person will permit his name to be used
for u testimonial as un admission that he had
any of thodlsousos for which tho preparation
of "Oalthos" is a specific curu. Home Irro
ponlbIe advertisers aro uslne ''made-up"
testimonials, but tho Von Mohl Co. Invaria
bly declines to mak public, tho names or ror
responihncu of any patlouts who liaO been
cured by "('althos.1'
Flro days' treatment will be placed In your
bands flee of cost, atid you are earnestly
urged for your own fukotoheud for It with
out delay. Write to day ami send your ad
dress. It is nut neccRHiiry to glvn rmbarras'i
lag details of yoursyniptcus. Thu book 'u
companyliig the flrodityH' treatment will en
able you to take the medicine In private and
treat yourself MiccMafully uthorno. It costs
nothing to try tin remedy, ft may coi tvou
u great dpal.more to li V HrT irroh. wn
toitir Aabrwr Tftur mv srotn. na. t:i
II. tflnrittnAtl. flMn. I.itrw; t I t tts nt
Utumlurd Preparations In Uiu United Htattfl.