The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-11-23
CONSUMPTION CAN BE CURED
READ THE EVIDENCE.

"Foct. are stubborn things and it is to facts
alone that it is desired TO direct the attention oil
the readers Of this article.
Many years Of severe and thorough Pracuoai
trial have demonstrated beyond the leradvehtaFc
If a doubt the fact that the medicines prepared
by me and known as Schencks Mandrake Pllls,
schenck's Seawced Tonic, and sohenck PuI
monte Syrup, have proved extraordinarily sue
cas- gful in the cure Of diseases of the pulmonary
ORGANS or what is usually termed Consumption
am fully aware that there are many persons
whose preudices rule them SO completely thNt
"proofs strong as Holy Writ would fan to con
vince them Of the efficacy OF my remedles' anu
that there are others who, under no clrcuHstah-
cas could be prevailed upon 10 admit thelt me,,
its. simply because such an admission woula
proyc detrimental to their particular personal IN
tcrests.
Fortunately for the welfare Of mankind these
doubting people form comparatively small por-
| tion of the community at large. They are 70 be
| fpuud here and there, but, compared with the
great mass of the worlds population 'heii nun
| hers are so snail that dismiss them, ana aoo'GSS
myself to those who are wiling 10 hsteh " 'Ho
dictates of reason and who are disposed 10 AUNT
| the strong logic of wcl-establishGd facts.
| We are told almost daily that C0nsuihPttoh'
tho saourga of Tho Ar.-!---' Fse P'' 10 ihei doe'
I Cnat q man, whose lungs are diseased, must De
| given over to die that he must abandon hope,
and that the arrangement OF his temporal AS wen
as spiritual affairs should claim his earliest at
| tention. If there were not facts as uudcniable
| MS that the sun viii shine in clear heaven Mt
mid. day to cUntroYcrt these random and, not un-
| Frequently, harmful assertions, should feci UNI
| wiling to take up the gage OF battle against
| them, but fortified with resuts--FACTs-wbch
| neither theory nor mere assertion can oFerturn,
| | propose to prove that CoNsuAprI0N CAN BE
| crnEu, aud that the medicines Propare-THE
MANpRAhE Puts, SEAwEED IoNIc and PULNo-
| MIC sYRuP-will, if used in strict accordance
with the directions, in q majority Of cases effect
that which the faculty pronouuces impossible
THEY WILL CURE CoNsJMrTON
An ounce of solid fact is worth pound OF
theory. Let me, therefore, present the facts con
| nectrd with Iuy own individual experience
| Many years ago / was confirmed consumpuye
and, like thousands Of other untortunates, wa'
given up todie Eminent physicians pronounce
my case II hopeless one and told me that II nae
anv ORDINATIONS to make for the final solemn
event, that had better make them speedily.
believed this just as confidently as did the per
sons who thus alfectonately informed me tina
NV davs were nu n bered and that recovery wa
| impossible. Still, the desire to live fingered II
my bosom. l was young, and elung to life will
the same tenacity that young men, and old mel
too, ordinarily do. 1 did not feel wiling t.
| abandon hope as long as a single yestlge ut |
| !
ton conveyed to me by NY physicians, but stil
there was 4 lingering belief that something cou
be done, though knew not in what direction t
seek for the much desired relief.
1t was at this gloomy and evcnttul period o
2 my history that | first learned Of the roots AM
} herbs from which my remedies for this dreaded
disease are now prepared. ] procured and use
them, and, to the utter amaaement OF aL-phySl
cian3 friends and ighb0rG--began to improve
My entire system commenced to undergo com
: plcte renovation. EXpectoratoD, which ha
formerly been difficult and painful, now beeam
comparatiyey easy. | threw of daily, larg
quantities Of offensive yellow matter At til
] same time my long lost appetite returned. at
freely Of such food was paatablc to me, an
I which was, at the same time, nutritious an
+, wholesome. ENpcctoration became less copou
I and less offensive, eXhaustlng night sweat
9 ceased the raekiug and harassing cough abatet
the fever broke; the pain departed; flesh plante
itself on my sadly wasted frame, and with Hes
came strength and full health. From mel
: skeleton | became stout, strong, robust maj
and | have maintained both strength and flies
to this day. | weigh two hundred and thirty
*cl to hit few n" me he WHIT XIII Sn appetite yo@ci
u are amply equal to all the requirements OF
!, healthful condition Of my system.
:" Now, he it remembered; all these wonderf
changes we're wrought by the use of the med
" cines prrpare--Maudrakc Pills, Seaweed Ton
= and Palnonic Syrup. cure, seemingly SO III
. racnlous, naturally created astonishment in Il
- minds Of those who knew me. was literal
, hesieged on all sides. | had visitors daily wi
besunght me to give them the remedies whic
had wrought the wonderful restoration and ha
. wrcstcL me from the very jaws of death. lie
:, tors were received by scores, importnning me
=" impart the secret and inform the writer's whe
the specifies for consumption could he obtalne
. Others, who were too weak to travel not Statistic
~ with writing, sent for and consulted me in regal
to their eases. To all these applications | r
sponded as was able.
- / had fully rcgained my health, and gratitu'
for the happy result prompted me to turn my a
, tenton to the science of medicine, with the ho]
49, of thereby being able to be of service to my su
3 tering fellow creatures. | devoted my self close
D. to my studies, and more especially to that bran'
OF them relating to the terrible disease fro
which | had suffered SO long and SO much. i
yestigated it in all its fearful phases, in order
r. assure myself that my case was not an exec
tioua one. The closer my Investigations the mo
satisfactory were nay conclusions. | felt 60
WINGED that tens Of thousands of my telow-cre
.. lures were dying annually from consumpti
10 whose cases were not Ms desperate and apparent
III hopeless as mine had been, and | argued fire.
M thls that remedies which had proven so efeetl
," | with me would prove equally So with others.
~ prepared my medicines in pleasant and attrat
10 i've FORM and announced them to the world. 7
M results are well known. Thousands Of suffer-
~ men women and children, who were on tn,
lily way &C. the grave, have been cured, and are
ur day living evidences of the fact that consumpti
can be cured; and thlnk'l may say, witho
arrogatng to myself any more than is justly
due that have had as much experience in t
,r treatment Of consumption as any other person
the country, and that my success has heen We
lerfuly great
Let the reader remember that these are /
mere faneied statements They are positive, /
ing ftcts of which | am the living evidence.
There is al old adage which says. What
been done can be done" have been complet,
cured of consumption by the remedies now of
to the public Thousands of others have testii
to similar happy results from their use, a
thousands of others still might be benefited as
n have BEEN could they hut he prevailed upon
z try the virtues of The Mandrake Pills Seswt
Tonic and pulmonc Syrup. All that is neces!
''' ry to convince the skeptical ef their msr
is fair trial.
Full directions accompany each Of the me
zines, So that it is not absolutely necessary Il
patients should see me personally. unless th
desire to have their lungs examined. For &
purpose am personally at my Principal Off
rs No. Is North Sixth ST.. corner of Commerce,
cry Saturday.
Advice given without charge but for tn
ough examination with the Respirometer
lr price is five dollars.
" Price Of the PulmOnic Syrup and Seaw'
Tonic, each 81 so per bottle, or 81 so
dozen. Mandrake Pills, Is cents per box
= J. H. SCHEECK, NJ. d