The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1874-09-04
Receipts for Making DIR. Sage's Catarrh
Remedy and DIR. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery.

making DIR. Saee7s Catarrh Remedy and Dr.
p erce's Golden Medical Discovery: Inc PEG
PIE were LETT to infer thai these had oeeIl re
Quoted from careful chemical analysis OF the
medicines, which are rapidly growing III popu-
lar favor IN that as well as IN TINS anu must
other civilized countries. The recelpIS "eIe
evidently invented by those jealous OF lle
reputation and large sale which THESE .Leii
clnes are rapidly acquiring and VINO are p Scu-
nlar1ly interested in endeavorlng to checH thel
sale. 80 rldiculousy preposterous are tuoso
receipts that medicines compounded aIteI
them could never have gained any reputation
or sale III any country, for they Woald DC 50
caustic, poisonous Immediately and positively
/ injurious, as in every case to be promptly CON
demned by the people on the first triai as mis-
cradle, dangerous and wicked humDuSs.
Whereas, 1t Is well known ia = that an ny
medicines enjoy the reputation, honestly earn
ed, Of being not only efficacious, but perfectly
mild, pleasant and harmless IN effects. MOI
withstandIng. however, that the bogus receipss
were so rldIculously preposterous as scaIceiy
to have been believed by the most unstlehtlnc,
thoughtless and unsuspecting people, yet
strange and Incredible as 1t may seem, a paper
of high scientific pretentions, published IN
this country, copied the hcttlous recelPts from
| the German paper. This they eFlaehtIy uld
without a moments reflection for that much
consideration given By an intelligent mind
to the receipts and the properties ana eHects
of the mixtures that would result from sucA
a compromising of well known caustlc ana
DNlHNlDuH CHEMICALS anu AltASSf h0hAtA INV Q
condemned them as bogus fabrications, and
the pretentiens.uf blishers Of the paper thst
originally inseiH them, as either knayes or
fools On my xention being called to the
matter in ord a hat some thOughtless and
over creduIods le might not be deceived
and nisled bv 49, such an announcement
ia paper Law 49, I'm to n scientific charac-
ter. az well gar myself of the iinputa-
ton OF beiIsf perpetrating 4 1891
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fnent II n 49, .sfncted. would inl5Iv l. a.
proprietor a. ,rss,s5suufacturer of the aforesaid
celebrated medicines, went before magistrate
and made cath % the fact that the said re-
ceipts were utterly false. My affidavit was
sent TO the pubHshers OF the paper into which
the bogus receipts had been copied and in a
subsequent esue an editorial notice was given
of my deuiaL But notwithstanding such cor
rection and dsnial, made under oath certain
individuals, who lounge around and infeat our
large cities. ginning livelihood by perpetra-
ting all kinds Of catch penny frauds upon the
credulous weie thereby given the hint, that,
az my medicines were universally popular. bv
advertising foFsale bogus receipts for making
them they cold get lots of ignorant people
to bite at therbalt. One Frank NJ Reed Of
139 Eighth steet, New York, who publishes
a. Love and Cmrtship cards Fortune Tel
Ter and Dream Book. :" '' The Mysteries of Love
Making How to Woo and how to Win. aud
various other swlndles, sends his dupes the
following in exchange for their stamps 1t IL
copied from the paIers alluded 70 and is a.
tftiOMs pr III Gage = 0GlhIEu HGfneQN.
take eight grains carbolic acid, seven grains of
camphor. and TWO and half grains Of com
mon salt, the whole to be colored with little
prussian blue This makes a powerful caustic
mixture as unlike DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy
(Which is perfectly unlrritating mild, soothing
and pleasantly IS light rs from darkness As a
''burnt child dn2ds the fire " il any have been
so foolish a. tohave burned their noses sore
with this causiic compound thinking that
they were usIngthe same as DR.. Sage's cele-
brated Catarrh Remedy. they VIII it j. TO be
hoped profile ty the lesson thereby taught
them and not be 20 ready next time 10 bite at
every catch penny advertising dodge that
awiudlers NAV Ofer them. For Dr. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery the bogus recent
reads " Take four drachms purified honey
fifteen grains extract poisonous lettuce thirty
grains of opium three and a fourth ounces
dilute spirits. three ounces water. Mix OF
the ri Iiculous bogus formula I VIII say as
did under oath, not one of the medicinal or
poisonous ingredients therein given enters
into the c0mposhlOn Of my Golden Medical
Discovery And furthermore, I VIII say that
1 defy all the chemists IN the world to azcer-
tain. by chemical analysis, the composition Of
any Of my FANNY Medicines, as they cannot
be aualvzed so as TO determine their iDgredi-
ents, many Of which are new IN medicine and,
Aike nearly all vegetable extracts, tlAas.are no
#nOWn reagents or chemical tcsts ~ which
81 their presence can be determined .If any
gfurther proof is wanted TO satisfy aIE person
that the receipt given above is utterly false
let that person have the mixture as given,
compounded, and not Ouly viii il be seen to
be entirely unliksmy Discovery ira appearance.
but if q further test Is wanted by taking q
dose of it. it WILDE found to produce drOwsi-
ness and stupor, whereas my Discovery. in
ever so large desss, produces no such effect.
Others, located Indifferent cities and engaged
in advertising fI sale bogus receipts for
making my medicines, send those that bite at
their bait other, md various ridiculous for
mn One sent 81 by he it9 spq Ms; knaYe
OF DIR. Sage's CatTrh Remedy being blue
vitriol which is oily equaled in sbsurditv by
another issued by 1arties in Philadelphia, who
say that the ingredients composing Or. Sage's
Catarrh Remedy are burnt alum, white
vitriol sugar OF lad, and prussiate OF iron
and that my Golden Medical Discovery il
80 simply syrup and tlncture of ginger" Ia re-
futatiOn OF all the various and ridiculous DO
gus receipts for making my medicines that
have ever been, O. may hereafter be published
and circulated,I would say that l have. in deal
eng VII the people, ever been govaued by
p he maxim that honesty is the bes a olicy,
Il I'D that " success makes success :" - II il
Secause some sufferer has obtained Y1sf and
cure, that that sufferer has sent another TO
me and it is because thousands have been
cured that they have recommended me aud
my superior remedies to other thousands Of
sufferers. In this way am constantly making
living advertisements for myself and medi-
cines. It is 8 common thing to hear people
say that plenty Of advertising viii make a sue
cess out Of anything, whether il has any merit
or not. Nothing could lie farther from the
truth Il is with this delusive idea actuating
them that thousands have rushed headlong
into Advertising only to find themselves bank
rupt in n little while. Not more than one in
five hundred, who engages in advertising
medicines, ever makes a financial success out
OF the undertaking, for the reason that a
medicine to he successful must possess unusu-
al and extraordinary merit 1t il not enough
that it should be remedy of fair efficacy: il
must possess superior and wonderful remedial
properties. for If 1t does not. those who use it
with the most sauguine expectations will con-
denim it. They will expect much of it, and it
must be equal to the test, or it will prove
ruInous to the proprietor For, although a
great display of advertising Will, many times
create a considerable immediate demand for
the article advertised, yet II that article does
not possess real merit, the demand viii be
only temporary; the fraud viii be detected
and the reaction will upset the proprietor and
all his high expectations, long before he is
able to recover the amount of money already
expended. With this view of the subject /
have felt warranted in contracting Tor hun
dreds of thousands of dollars worth Of adver-
Using in the newspapers of this and other
countries, feeling perfectly assured that the
merits of my remedies were so great a. to in
sure a financial success out of such a bold I'M
dertaking. And III this l have not been dis
appointed for my GALES have increased steadi-
ly year after year, until they will this wear
largely exceed half million dollars worth OF
my medicines. This grand success, 1 am cor
tain. could never have been attained had the
medicines not possessed superior and wonder
ful merits
The Toledo Blade, in an editorial article.
has truly said, abiding to my business. that
'sgreat success Is never achieved without
merit. An article that holds the field wear
after year and the sales of which increase
regularly and rapidly, must have absolute
merit
!, The a4tie,as costsn.1 Dr.. r. v.spiesoa.
. of Buffalo, NsNErk, occupies our entire
eighth page to-us. $sith his various articles.
we admit it becd re know the doctor. and
know of his arrzb{ We know him to be a
regularly 'elseate.. lhysiciaD, whose diploma
hangs on the vail 4 his Office, and we know
that parties consua him, by mail and in person,
from all the statesFfn the union every day, and
that they are fairly and honestly dealt with.
We know that his medicines are sold IN enor-
nous quantltiesin every state IN the union,
and very largely in many foreign countries
" This grand result has been accomplished
by two agencles-good, reliable artlcles-artl-
cies which, once introduced, work easily, their
own way-and splendid business management
They have succeeded because they ought TO
have succeededa
In conclusion, cannot offer better refuta-
ton of the slanderous reports published con-
corning my medicines than to call attention 10
the testimonials on file in my Office, which are
open to the inspection of the public. They are
from all parts of the world, and express the
gratitude of thousands that have been afflicted
with Chronic Catarrh. Lingering Coughs, yarl-
Gus Bload Diseases, affecting the skin, flesh