RHEUMATISM AND NEURALGIA. 
Among humanity’s ailments none have more completely baffled medi- 
cal skill, and few, if any, cause their victims more excruciating tortures 
than Rheumatism and Neuralgia. Science has in some degree explained 
their causes, but it has done almost nothing to allay their agonies. It is 
now very generally admitted that these diseases arise from a poisoned 
condition of the blood, and this explains why outward applications are 
entirely futile. 
The discoverer of Athlophoros was long tortured by Rheumatism 
which the best physicians could not relieve. His sufferings impelled him 
to a search for their cause. Persuaded that his affliction could only be 
relieved by a remedy which would deal with the obstructive acid which 
poisoned and inflamed his blood, he devoted himself to study and experi- 
ment, aided by the best scientific help, to find such a remedy, the result 
being the discovery of Athlophoros. Happy in his own cure he supplied 
its means to friends similarly afflicted. The success of his remedy was 
Invariable, and so prompt and remarkable, that the demand for it has 
compelled him to give his entire time to its preparation. Sufferers from 
Neuralgia—Rheumatism’s twin sister—also sought eagerly for the new 
and potent cure, and were promptly relieved. By its expulsion of rheu- 
matic and neuralgic acid from the system, its invlgoration of the muscles 
and healthy lubrication of the joints, Athlophoros has triumphed in 
every instance. 
This wonderful specific for hitherto incurable diseases is compounded 
with the utmost care, and contains nothing whatever that can injure the 
most delicate organism. None have used it who have not afterward re- 
commended it, and so its circle of friends has rapidly widened until the 
demand for it has made it already a staple among medical preparations. 
It is manufactured only hy 
THE ATHLOPHOROS COMPANY, 
112 Wall Street, New York. 
Price $l.OO per Bottle. ®IVES in a beautiful home on the Hudson, near New 
York. The house, which is delightfully situated in 
| ample grounds, is filled with evidences of wealth and 
culture, and replete with everything that fond parents can 
devise for the happiness and proper education of Daisy, and 
the cultivation of an innate love for the beautiful and good. 
Our Daisy is as sweet in disposition as in expression, her face 
carrying light and cheer wherever she goes, and withal she 
is thoughtful and considerate beyond her years. But 
despite her happy surroundings and joyous nature, Daisy’s 
face had been for a long time sad and troubled, and with 
good reason, for her dearly loved mother, who was her ever- 
present friend and sharer of all her joys, a ready helper in 
her studies, and the companion of numberless rambles in 
the fields and forests, had been laid aside by a severe illness. 
One evening late in the fall, on returning from one of their 
delightful walks, Daisy’s mother complained of acute pain 
in one of her limbs. Hot applications and liniments were 
freely used, but when the morning came the pain had 
increased to such a degree that the family physician was 
summoned, who pronounced her disease inflammatory 
rheumatism. In response to Daisy’s anxious inquiries he 
assured her that he would soon be able to control the 
disease and restore her mother to health. Daisy was 
OUR DAISY constant in bright helpful cheer and dutiful attendance, and 
the skilled nurses were frequently put aside for the minis- 
trations of her loving hands. But days passed into weeks, 
and Daisy’s mother was still confined to her bed ; and 
though she bore up bravely and tried hard to suppress her 
cries and groans, so great was the pain from her swollen 
and stiffened joints, that she could not disguise her suffer- 
ings, the sight of which would bring the great tears to 
Daisy’s eyes, and she would often run away to her own 
room to hide her sobs and grief. Again and again she 
plead with the doctor to make her mamma well. The 
kind-hearted physician tried to comfort her as best he could, 
and certainly there was no lack of faithful effort on his 
part, but nothing seemed to bring more than a short 
respite from the severity of the pain, after which it would 
return with increased intensity, and the agony of the sufferer 
was indescribable. Nine weeks had passed, and in spite 
of the best efforts of the physicians and tendercst nursing, 
Daisy’s mother was still a prisoner, the slightest move- 
ment, attended by excruciating pains, which made life itself 
a burden. One morning while thus suffering, her pastor 
called and told her of a new remedy of which he had heard, 
and which had cured another of his parishioners who was 
similarly afflicted. He had taken pains to investigate this 
case, and also two or three others where the same remedy 
had been successfully used, and he felt confident it would 
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help her also. Daley listened with eager face, and, when 
the minister had finished, clapped her hands for joy. But 
her mother checked her enthusiasm, remarking that she 
would not dare to take any medicine except under the advice 
of her physician. A shadow of disappointment fell upon 
our Daisy ; but nothing daunted, the moment the doctor 
arrived she repeated almost verbatim all the minister had 
said, and begged him to get the new remedy for her mamma. 
The good Doctor smiled as he said ; “ Now my little Daisy, 
I have the start of you; I have not only heard of the work- 
ings of this new remedy, but have carefully looked into its 
claims, visiting several persons in the city who have tried it. 
Finding they all told the same story, and that indeed the medi- 
cine has accomplished what is claimed for it, I telegraphed to 
New Haven, Conn., where it originated, and where, it is 
stated, it is prescribed by some of the regular physicians, 
and here I have the answer received a few minutes ago 
from one of the best physicians in that city, ‘ I prescribe 
Athlophoros without hesitation, as do others here. It has 
had remarkable success in the worst cases.’ Now my little 
lady, here is the medicine; just see if you can pronounce its 
name while I give your mother the first spoonful.” The 
good Doctor was obliged to come to the rescue with the 
name, and pronounced it Athlo-phor-os, and explained that it 
was from two Greek words meaning the prize bearer. But 
when, that evening her mother was free from pain, and two 4 
days later was sitting in her easy-chair, Daisy insisted that 
it meant just what it said, Athlo-for-us. 
At the end of a week Daisy and her mother were once 
more in the street for a short walk. They called at the 
humble home of old Bridget, the wash-woman, who had 
likewise been disabled by rheumatism for weary months, and 
were not a little astonished when she opened the door her- 
self. She did not wait for their expressions of surprise at 
seeing her once more on her feet, but broke out with— 
“ God bless ye, ma’am. It’s all along o’-that wonderful 
midicine ye sint me wid th’ name I can’t spake I Oh ! I’m 
jist ilegant now, and I’m goin’ to work agin to-morrow— 
An’ Mary—that’s me daughter, that was cryin’ wid the 
newralgi, and her face all swelled up—she took it too, and 
this mornin’ she’s gone to the shop as well as ever ! God 
bless ye, ma’am, for the midicine!” 
Since that day, in nearly every one of their walks, Daisy 
and her mother have sought out some victim of one of 
these twin tormentors to carry the sufferer a bottle of 
Athlophoros,“for,” says Daisy, “you might have been suffer- 
ing yet, Mamma, if our pastor had not told you about it.” 
It was when returning from one of these missions of 
mercy that our artist caught “ Our Daisy,” bright and 
happy, and photographed her sweet face, made brighter and 
sweeter by the consciousness that she is a ministering 
angel in many homes of suffering. THE MERITS OF ATHLOPHOROS 
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are now firmly established. The experience of the lady 
who is the subject of the foregoing sketch is not an isolated 
one, but is identical with that of thousands of others who 
have used this remedy with invariably satisfactory results. 
What follows is the pith and point from some of the 
great mass of testimonials that have come to The Athlo- 
phoros Company within the past year. The full originals 
are open to the inspection of any one interested. Not a 
word is intensified or an idea exaggerated beyond what was 
actually written by the healed victims or their friends. We 
simply ask that sufferers by these “ twin tormentors ” care- 
fully weigh for themselves the following voluntary testi- 
mony of others who have been similarly afflicted. 
EVIDENCE FROM THE SOUTH. 
J. S. CARR, President of Blackwell's Durham Tobacco Co., Durham, N. C. 
“ Have known Athlophoros to give entire relief in cases of Neuralgia 
in head and face. I unhesitatingly recommend it to persons suffering 
with Neuralgia and Rheumatism. This is the first testimonial I have 
ever given for any preparation, but I am so well pleased with A thlophoros 
that I deem it a duty.” 
BUR RILL JAMES, Darlington, S. C. 
“ Have suffered from Rheumatism for years. As you may suppose 
have tried everything for relief and no relief came till I got a bottle of 
Athlophoros. It has done me more good than any medicine I ever took.” 
ALBERT CHANDLER, Crumpton, Queen Anne Co., Md, 
“It is having a wonderful effect In his (his father’s) case. He regards 
his possession of it as providential. His wonderful change has aston- 
ished the community.” 
R. C. WRIGHT, Gaston, N. C. Written by J. A. Warwick, Petersburg, Va. 
“Before the first bottle of Athlophoros was finished he was able to 
walk, and now goes about all over his farm. In this case, which the 
friends of Mr. Wright regarded as desperate, a test was made of 
Athlophoros. It surprised friends and patient by its prompt and 
thorough action on the blood and diseased parts, and won the emphatic 
opinion that it was truly a specific for Rheumatism.” 
Miss E. C. MULLIGAN, Spartansburg, S. C. 
" Athlophoros relieved my Rheumatism at once. A colored man who 
got a bottle of me was cured of a severe attack in a few days. Another 
who was confined to bed with Rheumatism was raised up in two days. EVIDENCE FROM THE EAST. 
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Athlophoros was first sold in New Haven, Conn., and 
such has been its success there that it now outsells all other 
Rheumatic remedies combined, and is prescribed by some of 
the best physicians—said one of them recently : “If Athlo- 
phoros will not cure Rheumatism, nothing is yet discovered 
that will.” 
B. H. JACQUES, Houlton, Me., writes: 
“I have suffered with Rheumatism for two and a half years, nearly 
half that time in bed, and have spent some five hundred dollars and 
have received no benefit whatever until I used two bottles of your Athlo- 
phoros, which has helped me very much, and I believe will cure me.” 
W. L. SEYMOUR, WUUston, Vt. 
“My father, aged 87, has for some weeks been badly afflicted with 
Rheumatism. He has taken nearly three bottles of A thiophoros. Was 
relieved of all pain in S4 hours.” 
Mrs. (Rev.) A. HEATH, Castleton, Vt. 
“lam glad to tell you I am freer from Rheumatism than I have been 
in twenty years. A lady near me, who could not move in bed for two 
years, has found relief. I have so many people come to me to know 
about my cure, that I would thank you to send me a package of your 
circulars to distribute to them, and I want to send them to charges 
where my husband has preached.” 
S. H. STEVENS, Natick, R. /. 
“ My mother, who has been a great sufferer from Rheumatism for 
five years, has taken your Athlophoros for some ten days, and her rheu- 
matic pains are entirely removed.” 
C. S. STARR, New London, Conn. 
“ Though I have not the pleasure of your acquaintance, I take the 
liberty of writing to you in regard to your preparation. An old friend 
of mine, having suffered for years and years with Rheumatism, was in- 
duced to try a bottle. After taking one dose with remarkable results, he 
repeated at bed time, and was able to rest quietly all night long. This 
he has not been able to do for years. The pains left him as if by magic, 
leaving no soreness behind. This party has been doctored by the best 
physicians, and has had the benefit of hospital practice.” 
Mrs. DIETRICH, 16 Hudson St., New Haven, Conn. 
“I have been a terrible sufferer from Neuralgia. Last Sunday 
evening I had an attack in my face and could not sleep. The pain 
was terrible. As soon as it was light, my daughter started out to get 
something to relieve me. The doctor told her that Athlophoros was the 
best thing known. After taking two doses the pain all left me as if by 
magic. Not a particle of pain have I had since, I shall always keep 
Athlophoros in the house.” 7 
EVIDENCE FROM THE WEST. 
Athlophoros was scarcely known in the West until the 
beginning of 1884, but the few who heard of it and used it 
were prompt in advising the result. 
W. C. FIELD, (Pharmacist), Cleveland, Ohio, 
“I would like to add my testimony to others who have given 
Athlophoros a trial. After receiving the specific I took four doses of it; 
my Rheumatism left me. I had had the Rheumatism for fifteen years, 
more or less, at times not able to lie down. Having been in the drug 
business for thirty years, I have had an opportunity to learn the merits 
of Rheumatic remedies, regular and irregular, and have tried about 
everything; nothing did me any permanent good tiU I took A thlophoros. 
It cannot be recommended too highly.” 
CHAS. F. MOORE, Chicago, 111. 
“I cheerfully testify to the wonderful relief your Athlophoros has 
given me. I have been a great sufferer from Rheumatism for over four 
years, and at times the pain was so acute that it seemed beyond human 
endurance. I had given up all hopes of ever being cured when I tried 
your remedy called' Athlophoros, and the first bottle gave me so much 
relief that I cannot express my thanks to you in words. I believe and 
know that you have truly a specific for Rheumatism, and I believe it 
will cure any case if they will try it and follow the printed directions.” 
ARTHUR M. LEE, M.D., Pomona, 111. 
“ I have subjected Athlophoros to a careful test.in the treatment of 
Neuralgia and Rheumatism, and can cheerfully hear testimony to its 
uniform efficiency as a remedy in the treatment of those diseases under 
my personal observation in practice during the past 6 months.” 
DAVID LITTLE, Sumner, Bermer Co., 111. 
“ The medicine you sent me acted like a charm. lam past 77 years of 
age; have had the Rheumatism three years and eight months; lost one- 
third of my weight; could not walk, but shuffled along on crutches; 
could not sleep; nerves shattered; no strength in my hands, wrists, 
knees or feet. I could not get up or sit down on a chair without help. 
The medicine arrived Saturday night. I took a dose Sunday morn- 
ing ; felt It all over me, and kept on with it. Monday morning I got 
up and dressed myself, and walked out into the kitchen without the aid 
of crutch or cane. 
WESLEY ILIFF, Cedaruille, Ohio. 
“ I took your medicine as directed and find I am well of Rheuma- 
tism. In fact, it has done more than that. I am 65 years old, work 
hard every day, and was getting quite stiff in my joints and limbs, but 
now I am as clear of Rheumatism and stiffness as I ever was in my life. 
I consider your Athlophoros the greatest and best medicine I ever 
heard of.” CLERGYMEN’S EXPERIENCES. 
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A gratifying and unique feature of the Alhlophoros de- 
velopment is the interest shown in it by Ministers, who, 
finding rheumatic and neuralgic sufferers in their parishes, 
have urged its use, and voluntarily and cheerfully testified 
to its wonderful curative power. 
Some who have written in the strongest terms have re- 
quested us not to use their names, but many others have 
said, in substance what one writes, “If the publishing of 
my name will be the means of inspiring confidence in some 
poor sufferer and induce him to try Athlophoros, by all 
means publish it.”—From the latter class we quote : 
Rev. W. H. BEECHER, 66 Park Ave. Chicago. (Bro. of Henry Ward Beecher.) 
“ I have used Athlophoros enough to satisfy me that it will certainly 
cure Neuralgia, Sciatica and Inflammatory Rheumatism, and it removes 
all sharp pains of Chronic Rheumatism. I recommend my friends to 
try it and be convinced.” 
Reu. J. C. RINDER, Burlington, Wis. 
“ I took your medicine as directed, and find I am well of Rheuma- 
tism. I regard it as the most wonderful medical discovery of the age, 
being especially valuable as a specific for the most painful diseases to 
which humanity is heir. I have recommended it to others.” 
Rev. J. E. SEARLES, Pastor Willett St. M. E. Church, New Vorh. 
“ I esteem it a duty, as it is also a pleasure, to testify to the inesti- 
mable value of your new remedy, Athlophoros, for Rheumatism and 
Neuralgia. I have not only used it myself, but have administered it to 
members of my congregation who were extreme sufferers, and some of 
whom were helpless with Inflammatory Rheumatism, and in twenty- 
four hours they have been free from pain and attending to their accus- 
tomed duties. Among scores of persons to whom f have recommended 
it, it has never failed to give immediate relief, and in but one case—a 
case of extreme weakness—has worked a complete cure. It is un- 
questionably the most effectual remedy yet discovered for these 
terrible diseases.” 
Rev. L. THOMPSON, North Woburn, Mass. 
“lam happy to state that a single bottle of Athlophoros brought to 
me a great and most welcome relief. The rheumatic pains which 
afflicted, and at times well nigh crippled me, were so far removed that 
I am now able to move about with a degree of comfort to which for 
months before taking your remedy I had been a stranger.”  
Df Think, just because you have been suffering 
ON T terribly with Rheumatism or Neuralgia, 
that you must always continue to suffer. 
Nor think, just because nobody has been able to cure 
you or your friends, that Neuralgia and Rheumatism are 
incurable. 
Dj Think that a cure is impossible just because 
ON T the physicians have been unable to accom- 
-1 plish it. 
Nor think, that because Athlophoros has not been 
known ever since the foundation of the world, it will not 
cure Rheumatism or Neuralgia. 
Dy Neglect the testimony of the hundreds of 
ON T sufferers who have tried Athlophoros, and 
are now sound and hearty. 
Nor think, because you have tried fifty other things 
that failed, that Athlophoros is like them. 
Don’t be discouraged! The very thing that -will 
cure Rheumatism and Neuralgia is ATHLOPHOROS. 
Don’t be Skeptical! ATHLOPHOROS has cured 
others. It will cure YOU. 
If you cannot get Athlophoros of your druggist, we will send it, 
express paid, on receipt of regular price—one dollar per bottle. We 
prefer that you buy It from your druggist, but if he hasn’t it, do not be 
persuaded to try something else, but order at once from us as directed. 
ATHLOPHOROS CO., 112 WILL STREET, HEW YORK.