Democratic Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 July 1888 — Very Sensible “Japs.” [ARTICLE]

Very Sensible “Japs.”

In Japan the old-school physicians are permitted to wear only wooden swords. This is a gently sarcastic way of expressing the opinion that they kill enough people without using weapons. But the druggist who introduced Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery into the empire carries a fine steel blade. It was found that all who tried this wonderful remedy for coughs, colds, consumptive tendencies, blood, skin and liver troubles, were, without exception, greatly benefited The Mikado himseif is said to have “toned up” his system by its use, and the importer was therefore permitted the exceptional hqnor of wearing the sword of the nobility. The elevator boy has much experience in the ups and downs of life. —Boston Post. Aid is being sent to Argonia, Kan., wrecked by a cyclone.