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Show , CHATTER. 4-: miii (HoltiB tho personal opinions of tlio uMi writer nml for which no one also Is HI In any manner responsible). D Somo weeks ngo a wrltor for a 1 well-known health ningazliio contrib- utcd an nrtlclo cn tho endorsement of well-known alcoholic preparations ly emlnont people. Tho facts set out Hf wcro startling, to say tho least. Most H of tho dococtlons advefrtised extcn- B slvely contain from 17 to 29 per cent alcohol, tho following being the tbreo leading alcoholic mcdlcinos: Qrccno's Norvura, 17.2 per cent; Palno's Ccl-H Ccl-H ory Compound, 21 per cent; Pcruna, HbH 28.G9 por cent. Over fifty members of tho National Houso of Hcprcsenta-live? Hcprcsenta-live? haio endorsed theso medicines In 1 10 public prints, furnishing let-tors let-tors and photographs. Twelvo of tho B august mombors of tho United States PJfl sonato, headed by that paragon of ox- B collcnce, Hon. Chauncoy M. Dopow, Bh endorso Iloff's Malt Extract, Pcruna Ba and Ilayncr's whisky. Tho last mon- Hi tlonod drunk producer was selected J by Hon. William M. Stowart of No- vada, who pronounced it oxccplionally (lno for tablo and medicinal uses. Hut HI these lawmakers aro not tho only 01103 BB to subscrlbo their namos and loan their pictures for tho purpose of ad- vcrtlslng boozo. Actors and actresses, H including Julia Marlow, Mario Temp- - est, Modjcska, Cecilia Loftus, Maxluo Elliott, Molva, Calvo, Allco NoIIson, H Olga Nctborsolc, Nordica, Dan Froh- man, John Drow, Richard Mansfield Hflflj and scores moro havo testiflcd to tho excellence of medicines composod H chlolly of alcohol. Admirals, Includ- 1 lug our beloved Winflold Scott Schloy; Generals, of whom .Too Wheeler Is 0110 and 1-ongBtroot anothor; Governors, such as David It. Francis of Missouri and Richard Yates of Illinois; vlce-prcsldonts, vlce-prcsldonts, Hko Garrot A. Ilobart; prominont women, such as Bclva Lockwood, Mary Ellon Lease, Mrs. Henry Ward Beccher, Clara Barton and a dozen or so moro; educators, llko Booker T. Washington, Max O'Roll, Dr. Cyrus Edson, Bornnrd Gilliam, Gil-liam, Bonjamin B. Odcll and a lot moro havo rushed into print telling what a good thing alcohol is when disguised ns a medicine. The mother and hrothor of Captain Grldloy, who commanded tho Olympla at Manila, a nicco of tho late Senator Hanna and a nophow of President Harrison, all Join in singing tho praises of Pcruna. Six justices of stato Supremo courts add tholr testimony to tho good produced pro-duced by Norvura. Heads of labor unions and pollco olllcers shout tho morlts of Palno's Celery Compound. But to crown nil tho following list caps tho climax. First comes a testimonial tes-timonial from tho Into Do Witt Tnl-mago Tnl-mago for Grceno's Norvura; a good word for Palno's Colory Compound and Holt's Extract from Rev. Chas. H. Purkhurst; a strong endorsement of Porunn, by C. L. B. Poison, somo-tlmo somo-tlmo treasuror of tho National Prohibition Pro-hibition Voter's Loaguo; a letter from Mrs. E. C. Smith, treasurer of tho W. C. T. U. of Kansas City, In rola-tlon rola-tlon to a well-known vogotablo (?) compound for women; a similar endorsement en-dorsement from Mrs. Gertrude Williams, Wil-liams, chaplain of tho W. C. T. TJ.; a noto of commondatlon for Pcruna from Joseph II. Ridgway, secretary of tho Amorlcan Anti-Treat Society; a letter sotting forth the merits ot Palno's Colory Compound from Francis Fran-cis Murphy, tho apostle of temper-nnco; temper-nnco; a boost for Duffy's Malt Whisky, Whis-ky, by Rov. McLood, a tomporanco workor of tho Detroit Presbytery; 0110 from James T. Jnkoman, of tho Mormon Mor-mon church, for Pcruna, and a strong dissertation on Peruna by Bishop James Handy of tho M. E. church, Baltimore Bal-timore Now when all theso omlnont people endorse drinking In such forms how aro wo common folks expected to keep sober? Beer and wino, which are tabooed, contain only from 2 to 10 per cent of alcohol, yet chemical analysis has shown tho medicines mentioned to contain from 17 to 20 per cent. And tho man who drinks stuff containing that quantity of alcohol Is going to need a jag euro courso In a short tlmo. Of all tho testimonials thoso of Senator Stewart and Rov. Mc-Leod Mc-Leod aro tho best. They recommend whisky, jriro and simple. Thoro is loss harm 'n good whisky than in these doctored medicines (?). It has been sugfic-Dtod that somo of the testimonials tes-timonials printed aro fakes; that tho people did not furnish them and tho linns using them did so without tho knowledge of tho persons quoted. If that bo true then prosecutions should bo started. Medicines containing alcohol seem to ho quito popular and havo 'had a good run according to the percentage. A few years ago Greene's Norvura wllli 17.2 por cent alcohol, sold like wlldflro. Palno's Celery Compound, with 21 por cent, came on the mnr-kct mnr-kct and was all tho rage, presumably because of tho Increased oxhillratlon produced, and then came Peruna, with 28.59 per cent. Well, no wonder theso nostrums sell, when so strongly strong-ly endoiscd. But it Is tough on tho follow who wants to brace up to pick up his dally paper and noto that tho best people In tho country aro advising advis-ing him to buy stuff to make him drunk, because that is all thoro is to it. Again wo read of a successful plan to extract gold from sea water. This tlmo It Is an English syndicate that lias the process. Sea water contains gold In about tho ratio of ono grain to each ton. Thoro is enough gold In tho oceans to liquidate the national na-tional debts of all the nations at ono tlmo and then somo. As a matter of fact there Is a lot in Great Salt Lake. Will Nohokcr produced a button from two barrels of lako water several years ago that was neat and natty and weighed about two dollars. Tho proportion pro-portion In tho lako is much greater than in the ocean. It is possible that a method of extraction has boon (lis-covered. (lis-covered. If it has It will not bo long kept a secret. When it Is public property then look out for a change In the monetary systems of tho world, because gold will bocomo cheap; very cheap, too cheap for a money metal. Tho production of silver is enormous and with a cheap yellow metal It may bo that tills generation may seo flat monoy, witli nothing but tho promise of governments behind it. Thoro is n world of possibility in the situation. situa-tion. Tho Httlo Japs evidently look upon tho United States as their host friend, bocauso in a photograph of tho celo bratlon of tho taking of Port Arthur In tho current number of Leslie's Weekly, ono or the principal streets of Yokohama, highly decorated with Hags, displays nearly as many copies of tho Stars and Stripes, as of tho Rising Sun. It is possible, of course, that these Hags woro thrown to the breozo by Americans resident there, but If so tho Amorlcan population must bo unusually largo. It Is only fair to prcsumo that tho Japanese hung them out as a token of tho appreciation ap-preciation they wanted to show this nation for Its unofficially expressed sympathy. n |