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Rcceipts for Making DR.. Sage's Catarri
Remedy and DR.. P%ierce's Golden
Medical Discovery.

making Dr, sage 'dlhllh NhA''9
pIerce's Colder Medical Discovery. Inc peo'
ule we're loft to infer that these had been de-
Quoted from a careful chemical analysis OF inc
medicines. which are rapidly growing IN poPu-
lar favor in that AZ well as IN tins ana lhost
other civilized countries, The receipts "uIo
evidently invented by those jealous OF tne
reputation and large sale which THESE heui-
ciles arc rapidly acquiring ana VINO are peou-
uiarily Interested in endeayorinB to check the'r
-alo. so ridiculously preposteroub are tloso
rocriuts That medicines compounded alter
,Lcm cnnld never have gained any reputation
mr. salo in apy country, for they would DO 40
c%anstic. poisonous, Immediately and posltlVcly
injurious. "A III every case to be promptly con
demned bv the people on the first trial AZ mis-
cradle, dangerous and wicked huul0uSs'
Whereas. il is a well known fat that all my
medicines enjoy the reputation, honestly earn
ed, of being not only ciiicaclous, but poriectiS
mild, pleasant and harmless III enects' Not'
withstanding. however, that the bogus recelpGs
were 70 TidiculOusly preporterons aH scaIGeIt
In have been believed by the most unsclehtlhc,
tLouphtless and u%nsuspecting paople' yet
atrange and incredible M it may seem, a paper
NJ high scientific pretentions, publlshed III
thig couutry. copied the fictitious receipts from
the German paper. This they evidently dio
without II momout's reflection, for that much
consideration, given by an intelligent mihd,
to the receipts and the properties ana cHects
Of the mixtures that would result from Hucl
A compounding OF well known cau5tic ana
u.i-ouous chemicals and drugs, would nave
CONDEMNED them AZ bogus fabrications, and
the prelentious publishers of the paper that
originally inserted them, as either knaYes or
fools On nv attention being called to the
matter. in oiAol that some thoughtless ana
over credulous people might n9t be deceived
and misled by seeing such an announcement
in a papcr having claim to n scientific charac-
ter, az well AZ to clear myself OF the Impulla,
ton OF being guilty Of pcrpetratln8 IL wicked
fraud upon the people, as slch ailiiouice-
mcut. if rscontradicted, would imply, l, AZ
uroprictor and manufacturer OF the aforesaid
celebrated medicines, went before a magistrate
and made oath 10 the fact that the said re-
cr,uts were utterly false. My affidavit was
sent to the publishers Of the paper INTO winch
the BOGUS receipts had been copied, ana III II
slbgeGucnt issue an editorial notice was gwen
of nv denial. But, Notwithstanding such cor
rcction and denial, made under 0aih, certain
individuals, who lounge around ana llle5t our
large cities, gaining II livelihood by perpetra-
nm" MI kinds Of catch penny frauds upon the
credulou4, were thereby given tho hint, that,
a. NV medicines wero universally popular, by
advertising for sale bogus receipts for making
them. thew could get lots Of ignorant people
to bite at their bait. One Frank NJ. Reed, OF
l3g Eighth street, New York. who publishes
Love and Courtship cards II i" Fortune Tel
Ter and Dream Book, "The Mystcrieso OF Love
Making" How to Woo and how to Win, and
variou other swindlcs, sends his dupes inc
following in exchange for Their Stamps III IL
copied from the UaIers alluded 10 ana IL az
follows; "For DR.. Sage's C&tarrh Remedy,
take eight grains carbolic acid, seven grains OF
camphor, and two and a half grains of com
mon salt, the whole to be colOiod with u little
p|russiau blue This makes a powerful caustIc
mixture a. unlike DR.. Sage'5 Catarrl Remedy
(Which il perfectly unirrltatinB, mid, soothing
and pleasantly, as light IL from darkness. AS
burnt child breads the fire il any have beer
20 foolish as to have burned their noses sore
with this caustic compound, thinking tina
they were using the same as Dr. SaSes celc
bratcd Catarrh Remedy, they will, 1t Is to b'
Loped. profit by tho lesson thereby taugh
them and not be 10 ready next time to bite n
every catch penny advertising dodge tina
swindlers may offer them. For DR.. Pierce
Golden Medical Discovery the bogus recoip
reads Take four drachms purified honey
fifteen grains extract poisonous lettuce, thlrt.
grains of opium, three and Il fourth ounces
dilute spirits, three ounces water. MlX y
the ri |Iiculous bogus formula | will eay, AZ
did under oath. not one of the medicinal o
poisonous ingredients therein given enter
into the composition Of my Golden Medlca
Discovery! And furthermore, | VIII ray tina
defy all the chemists III the world to aHcor
tain. by chemical analysis, the composition o
any of my Family Medicines, Ns they canno
bo aualyHcd 10 IA to determine their ingrcdl
euts, many Of which are new in medicine and
ike nearly all vegetable extracts, there arc II
known reagents or chemical tests by who
their presence can be determined. III an
further proof il wanted to satisfy any pcrso
that the receipt given above il utterly falls
let that person have the mixture M glVet
compounded, and not only will it be seen {
be entirely unlike my Discovery in appearance
I but if u further test il wanted, by taking
9 dose Of it, it will be found to produce drOws
ness and stupor. whereas my Discovery,
ever 10 large doses, produces no such ureU
! Others, located in different cities and engage
4, IN advertising for palo bogus receipts fC
E making my medicines, send those that bite q
their bait other and various ridiculous fol
mulp, One sent out by q yillianors knav'
! located in Chicago, gives the chief lngredlei
Of Or, Sage's Catarrh Remedy AZ being blu
| v%itriol, which is only equaled in absurdity
another issued by parties in Philadelphia, VIII
say that the ingredients composing DR.. Sage
Cntarrh Remedy are "burnt alum, whit
yitriol, sugar of lead, and prussiate of iron,
and that my Golden Medical Discovery
simply syrup aud tincture of ginger" In n
: mtation Of all the various and ridiculous bl
gus receipts for making my medicines Thu
i have ever been, or may hereafter be publisht
and circulated, would say that | have, in dea
ing with The people, ever been governed /
the maxim that "honcsty is tho best policy
! and that "puccess makes success - for it
: because somo sufferer has obtained relief an
cure, that that sufferer has sent another
, mo and it IL because thousands have bee
+ cured that they have recommended me al
n nv superior remedies to other thousands
! sufferers. In this way | nm constantly MAXI
~ living advertisements for myself and med
cines. 1t il Il common thing to hear Poop
say that plenty OF advertising will make II su
l. cess out Of anything, whether it has any mel
)f or not. Nothing could lie farther from d
,r truth. 1t IL with this delusiye idea ~actuatil
them that thousands have rushed hcadlol
into advertising, only to find themselves ban
ID rupt in u little while. Not more than one
r. five hundred, who engages in advertise
If medicines, ever makes II financial success o
a of the undertaking, for the reason that
:" medicine to be successful must possess mus
" al and extraordinary merit. 1t IL not enouj
III that it should be a remedy Of fair efficacy
s. must possess superior and wonderful romedi
properties, for if it does not, those who use
4 with the most sanguine expectations will co
!" denim it. They will expect much OF it, and
y must be equal to the test, or it will pro
s. ruInous to the proprietor. For, although
III great display of advertising will, many tint
ne create q considerable immediate demand (
NJ the article advertised, yet il that article do
y not possess real merit, the demand will
K only temporary the fraud will be detecte
O. and the reaction will upset the proprietor a
rs all his high expectations, long before he
4 able to recover the amount OF money alrea
expended. With this view Of the subject
" have felt warranted in contracting Tor hu
b. dreds of thousands of dollars worth of advt
ID tising III the newspapers Of this and 9th
if countries, feeling perfectly assured that t
merits Of my remedies were so great as to i
- sure a financial success out of such a bold u
dertaking. And in this | have not been d
appointed, for my sales have increased stea,
n ly year after year, until they will this We
n largely exceed half a million dollars worth
a my medicines. This grand snccesa- am OF