, 1877-03-12
The 1mpudent Pretensions of
the New York Herald,
Wdioh Claims to Have 0riginat-
cd the Dlue-Glass Son
sation.
Plain Contradiction of Its As.
sertions by Gen. Pleas.
onton.
Tho Chicago Tribune Alono
Responsible for Origt-
mating 1t.
Our Thunder Not to Be Stolen by
Weak 1mitators with I'm.
punity.
Some Things the Blue Glass
Experiments Haye
fhey nart Cured rheumatism, Neuralgia, Spi.
nal Disorders, Atrsons Dtbili-
ty, Ett.,
And Boon the Meads Of Selling Much
Blue Glass at E1orbitant
Prices.
Our Thunder Not to Be Stolen by
Weak 1mitators with I'm.
punity.
Some Things the Blue Glass
Experiments Have
Done,
fhey nars Cured rheumatism. Neuralgia, Spi.
nal Disorders, Gtrrons Debili.
ty, Ett.,
And Boon the Meads Of Selling Much
Blue Glass at E1orbitant
Prices

ANS" YIN 3AesatN puebGS ull uIsHGF6tuulltNE. IL
it cannot mako scnsat!on, II Ia nothing loath
to steal ono. There is no reason why Il should
10 this, for 1t faa falr share OF enterprise, and
Is fully competent to hold tts own With It's
nelgllbors In tho matter OF news.gathcring. but
1t 10 as mean and cl,uri!stl In tho matter OF
,wartllng credit for enterprise OF SUCCESS to ita
rivals as can bo. It ts d rart Of tho great game
Of bluH wllirh the Herald is constantly playing.
In tho matteruf "tho bluc-glass scusatiot'' It,
this 1aoTning, attempts 10 steal credit which bo-
longs to TIE CHICAGO TRIBUNE, and am not
willing To submit to It without protest in tho
interest OF falr p'ny aud common deccncy.
' the "mERALp's" LARCENY.
In an article over a column long, printed this
morning, and headed "Bluc Glass; which is
also illustrated BY characteristic Herald "war-
map' of a blue-glass window, this larceuious
journal says:
The interesting erecuatIons Of Gen. plcasonton,
n,9g aa = 1tso ssa2 tecgh the
Impressed tho general pab!to avorably, for coi,at
blue gln.s has divided the ianors Of attention WITH
ns s ." tue sensations tho country
Not only docs tho Herald in this paragraph at
tempt to steal credit which belongs to THE
TRIBUNE. but sets up clnIm for itself which
has no foundation to rest upon. Tho fact ls
that when Gen. Pfcasontou's book was printed,
\ year or moro ago. tho Herald did print an IT,
'elo relat!'e 10 tla discoveries. The article was
several columns tu length, nladc ATTRACTIVE with
display heada and !ntcrJceted sub.l,cads, and
pretended to give full history Of tho discov-
cry. Tho article fell dead. It attracted no at-
teht'on wliutever, tho public treating. 1t with
tho Balnc silent contempt that II does tho Ner-
afd'd articles generally. Not an extra copy OF
the paper was sold In consequence Of It. nor
1901 ol ble GLASS. Outside Ut tho Herald illcs,
thc article was never heard Of agaln, nor tas It
bccn rcfcrrcd to for Information by anybody
Iillcc tho prescut Interest IN tho subloct sprang
up. as 10 the presont
nLuE-0LAss SENSATION,
It's history is very simple. Having been Induced
myself to Try the bluc-glass treatment III my
tan1!ly, ant having seen TINT 1t was beneficial,
lWroto an account OF It to The TRIBUNE on tho
lotI' OF january iast. took from Gen. Pleas
onton's oook IN account Of tho experiments
therein rcportct, condensed them, and grouping
tlcm together, launched them ut tho l1cads Of
ialo unsuspcct'nE reutcrs OF TILE Tribune.
Tho letter was published Jan. Is, and suclllud to
waiting tor. Not only did tho readers Of that
Journal bceonc Interested. but tile editors also
Letters ot Inquiry anu Ut otexplAnatlon flowed In to
your columns, como scoillug and otl1crs seeking
lurthcr 4lgllt. Their Interest took practical
slnsrc, for they at onco commenced ordering
coT'es OF llcnsontun's book. A lnctnber of the
lrin of scribncr Il Co. Informs mo that oi, tho
18th of Jai,1ary, three days Rftcr tho letter was
printed they received from Chicago more orders
Tor fleasonton's book tlan they could I'LL, aud
s'nee tAen taty nave !iau 10 rclIeW their orders
on tao publisher soYeral times. IL, letter to
lle, unteu Jah. III, Geh. FleasOntuu says:
"1our noto nnd tho articlo you wrote for
4AH CHICAGO TRIBUNE, publ On tho 18th
current GU the subject III Blue Glass; Is re-
cc'set'' aa0 have read 1t with complete salts
!aet'on. u haa awakened great interest IN
mo subject, and l'Aya already received sono
nlicen letters from Chicago asking for further
'nior1natlon concerning 1t. Among them "a ono
from Mf. Acdill, cdItor Of TMH CHICAGO TAlp-
oss,"
IN Tho I'd ofJnntiary nc says:
There srcna to he great Interest In my dis
coveFics that Inns been e1clted hy your fntcr-
csttn9 communication, published III THE CHI
TACO TRtnuAE Of tho 18th currcuA. avuln
thank you Tor It,"
LII subsequehs letter no says tho interest has
enFcad from Maine 10 California, antl that, from
tha quantity OF letters ha receives, ho should
Judge about onc-Aalt III TIC human fumily was
u the stmple way the excitement was started.
1t started steadily, growing as It spread. My
original letter, together With ono subsequently
addressed to tho editor VI The Tn1nuhE, was
copied 1aF ard "lslc, antl In the course Of two
weeks thousands OF persons weFo experimenting
with hlua giasa,
TIM ssaaATioH IN NEW YORK.
III tl!a city Thu Evening NaA was tho only
paper that topk Auy nOtlco Of tho mnttor for