Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 February 1894 — An Oversight. [ARTICLE]

An Oversight.

There was one oversight at the Great Exposition at Chicago in not haying in full view, by easy arrangement, some comparative vital statistics of our own general health as compared with other nations, and of our scientific facilities for the relief of human suffering. Then it would have appeared bow much we are misrepresented and how,even in all those minor ills which beset mankind, we are masters of cure and alleviation. In the line of general ailments which all nations have in common, such as rheumatic or neuralgic afflictions, there is no prompt and permanent cure in the world the equal of what we could have shown. St. Jacobs Oil, for instance, for this purpose, would have taken any premium that might have been offered. It has done so at many of the great fairs of the world. As for the ordinary casualties of every-day, busy life such as sprains, bruises, burns, wounds or cuts, of course it is well known as t.he superior remedy of the age. Perhaps doctors disagree, but the people are never mistaken in knowing what is best. Metaphorically speakin?, it is the theatrical manager who bitches bis wagon to astsr.