Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1881-08-18
THE cUTIcuRA REMEDIES.

AA11N y oAAO1 49,
thought of them by the Drug
Reporter with Peter Van
Schaak. Esd
To enable the Times to furnish its
readers with some reliable informa-
ton regarding the Cuticura remedies,
which are now attracting so much
public attention, a reporter called
yesterday upoa Mr.. Peter Van Schaak
of Van Schaak, Stevenson u Co.,
wholesale and retail druggists, corr
ner Lake and Dearborn Streets, when
the following facts were elected:
R.-Will you oblige the readers OF
the Times by answering a few ques
tions regarding the Cuticura rene
dies?
Mr.. Van S.-Certainly; fire away.
R.-Do the sell we'll?
Mr.. Van S.-The sale of the Cuti-
cura, Cuticura R%esolvent, and Cuti-
cvra Soap have been unprecedented.
R.-What reason do you give for
so large q sale?
Mr.. Van ST. give four reasons.
First, they are original and levolu-
tionary in their composition
and mode of treatment. Second,
they undoubtedly possess great cura-
tive properties. Third, there are
thousands upon thousands Of sick and
suffering WAC have tried and found
wanting the usual remedies and
modes of treatment, and who are
ready to welcome a really great and
successful medicine. Fourth, the
price OF them are within the reach of
every invalid.
R.-Are your large sale Of these
medicines through your agents?
MIR. Van S.-No; they are legiti-
mate mail orders. We employ no
travellers on the road-are funda-
mentally opposed to hal way of sell
ing goods the l%etaiier has to stand
such expenses, and such staple goods
as these, require no one to force them
off.
R:-Do you class them as patent
medicines?
MI. Van ST. do not They are
proprietary only so far as Their names
are concerned, these being held as
trademarks.
R-Can You tell US something
about this firm?
Mr.. Van S-Weeks & Potter are
importers, wholesale druggists and
chemists, and for twenty-five years
have been the foremost house in the
trade in New England.
R.-It is popl,lariy supposed That
Advertising WILL sell most anything,
regardless of merit. Is it true?
Mr. Van S.-No. ArenedS falsely
claiming to possess virtues Of which
il is IN fact destitute. will surely fail.
No reputable firm-and druggists are
the most competent judges-would
think CT risking fame and fortune on
any medicine unless It had, nnder the
most trying Circumstances, proved
itself 10 possess extraordinary medi-
cinai vaiuC. The expense attending
The iutrodIctl3n Ct such remedies is
ENORMOUS. : fortune must be spent
before ANY rettsrtt can be expsoted.
If, after ii SIDE distribution. they ARE
found to pcsse3S the virtues claimed
for them. hose who have betn cured
will recommend them one to another
and thus make them Iemuuerative.
When mai backs his statements
with his " money, ecu may gen
orally rely upoa them. This Weeks
& Potter are doing.
D.-Have they ever before prepared
medicine for popular use?
Mr.. Van ST. believe net. They
are, Ike ourselves, agents for Il great
many, but we think these are the first
that they prepare themselves. 1t is
but once ia a lifetime that Il discovery
is made "A remedy that sucE. a firm as
Weeks s. Potter are willing to stake
reputation and fortune on.
K-Are their prospects fatterins,
or otherwisf!
MIR. Van S.-Very faitariIg, As
I said before, the remedies undnubt-
edly possess great merit. And be-
sides, they treat blood and skin dis
eases according to new and thor
oughly rational plan, that must take
a firm hold on the confidence of those
who suffer from chronic diseases of
the blood, skin and scalp.-Chicago
Times
A COUGH, GOLD OR SORE
Throat should be stopped. Neglect
reque1ta-esllts is an incurable Lung
Disease or Consumption. BROWNS
are certain
to give relief in Asthma, Bronchitis,
Coughs, Catarrb, Consumptive and
Throat Diseases. For thirty years
the Trociles have been recommended
by physicians, and always give per-
feet satisfaction. They are not new
or untried, but having been tested
by wide and constant use for nearly
an entire generation, they have at
tanned wel..-narited IAN among the
few staple remedies Of the age
Public speakers and singers use them
to clear and strengthen the voice
Sold at twenty-five cents a box every
where Noy25.