Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 January 1889 — Very Sensible “Japs.” [ARTICLE]

Very Sensible “Japs.”

In Japan the old-school physicians are permitted to wear only wooden swords. This 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 benefitted. Tfie Mikado himself is said to have “toned up” his system by its use, and the importer was therefore permitted the exceptional honor of wearing the sword of the nobility. The dancing master should be quick at figures.