The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-03-27
THE CyFECURA REueDIES.
Some EaCtE regarding The m-VhO
Of ihem BY the DrnE Trade-Inter-
view Of q Times Reporter win Peter
Van Schaack, Esq.


| Prom lIe In4Ca-O LtH.fs
| To enable the Tiyuss to Furnish its readers
| with some reliable Information regarding the
| Cuticura remedies. which are now attract ing
20 much public attention, a reporter called
yesterday upon Mr. Peter Van sehsaek, Of
| and retail Drug SIS. corner Lake and Dear.
| born streets, when the following facts Were
1 elicited:-
| II. VIII you obrige the resders OF the Times
! by answering few questions regarding the
! tuticurs rrTnedie>s
| Mr Van S.-tertainlv: FIRE away.
| h.-Do Thy sell well?
| Mr. Van The sale OF the Cuticura, Cut
| icura Rssolvent and CuticuTa soap have been
~ precedented
| R-Whst reason 90 you give for so large a
sale"
Mir. Van 81 give four reasons First, they
| arr original and revoiut .onary In lneir com
position Snd mode Of ire tment. Second,
they undoubtedly posses gTeat cur 'tive prop
er les. Third, there are thousands upon
thousands Of sick and suffering VINO have
tined found wanting the usual rem dies
and modes of treatment and who are ready
TO we come a really great and su fes>fui med
icine. Fourth the Irice OF them Is within
the means Of every Invalid.
R.-Ar- your large sales OF these IN dicines
through your agents:
Mr. Van $40; they are legitimate "a IL or
dess We employ no travellers on the road
funda" nj lily opposed 10 that way OF
80 ling goods-the retailer has o stand such
EXPENSE and such staple go d. as these {
require no one Ia force them off.
x -D,you class the IA a. aatent medicines
Mr.. Van Il do not; they are proprietary,
50 far - their names are concern q th@s pe-
ins held as trade marks; but luiUrInt lOr're-
gardiug them, rs You Will learn nom the cir
cu!ar may be obtained by any r-gblsr ply
stefan " no desires TO use them IN his prsc-
tIce simply 10y applying 10 Weeks 4 Potter.
Rs-Can you tel! Us something ABOUT this
irm?
wholesale druggists and chemists, and for
twenty I'VE year. have b. On the foremost
house in tine trade I'm New + g and.
R.-'t i popularity supposed int adveTiis-
ing will Sell most any thing, regardless of
merit Is il tree:
Mr. Van Mo. remedy falsely claim
ing TO possess virtues Of which II IL in fact
destitute. will surely fai. No reputable firm
and druggists are The most competent
judges ouid think OF riskins fame and
fortune on any medicine unless IL had, an
DIR the most trying circumstance, proved
itself TO possess extraordinary medical va
u. The expense attending the Introduction
of such remedies Is enormous. fortune
must h.. sp-nt before any return can he eX-
pact.d II aft r "a wide distribution, they
are found 10 possess the virtues cl aimed for
them, those vino have been cured VIII recon
end them one TO another, and thus make
them remun-rrtive. When a man backs mis-
:, / IneIts with his own money, You may
generally rely upon them. TEls Weeks 4
Potter are doing.
Have thy ever before prepared rene
dieS for 9. Pular use?
Mr.. Van 81 believe not. They are, like
ourselves. agents for ~ great many, but We
think these are the fir,r that tneS prepare
Themselves. II il bar once IN = ii'eiiin" that
"A discovery Is made 81 "A remedy that such 4
nrm "a We Ks & Potter are Wiling 10 stake
reputation and fortune pn.
X Are their prOsP- Cts ALTERING or other.
wise ?
Mr.. Van S-VeTy ffftnring. As said be-
for, the remedies undoubtedly possess great
merit. And, beside, they urat blood and
kin diseases according To a new and thor
gu NY rational ian that mu-t take firm
hold ON the confidence ~ : "-e vino. suffer
nom chronic diseases Vi lie b.Uo1, SKIN, and
scdIp.