The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-04-27
A Friend to the FriendIess.
MANUFACTURING CHEMISTS,
SOLE PR0PR IETORS.

Sorrow and sickness is the too common herit-
age of the great mass of humanity, and when
we see how little is done to alleviate the miseres
of the great mass of humanity, we are almost
out of patience with life Even where the in
tentions are best, ignorance is prone to BID the
afflicted suffer ana be str0ng instead OF min
of healing on the poor tortured body.
Ah!.when Science and Philanthropy with love
and syDp tthy and skill, come to the aid of the
sufferers, they feel as II the angel OF annuncia-
ton had drawn near.
Samaritan Nervine really is salvation to thou
sands. / speak from a full heart when say ii,
for friends very near and dear 10 me have been
restored to health aud happiness by means of it
'tiod bless DR.. Richmond" said one of them
to me the other day "a feel as know the man
mentioned in Scripture must have felt when he
went from Jerusalem to Jericho aud fell among
thieves and when robbed and at the point of
| death, was befrended and restored to health by
| the Good Samaritan
"Yes," he continued, that was exactly my
condition. | had spent fortune in doctor bills
and patent medicines Everything could hear
of / tried, so desperate was my situation, but !
grew worse steadily until some kind friend told
me of the Samaritan Nervine. Since taking 1t
am, as you see, restored to perfect health"
With such incontrovertible proof of the benti.
cent nature of the remedy, It is not strange that
m editor always solicitous for an accurate
| knowledge of what could benefit the world in
general, should take the earliest opportunity OF
visiting the inventorand proprietor of the medi-
cine at the Worlds Epileptic Institute.
We found the doctor in his elegant private
office busily engaged in experimenting the gen
| tleman whose business it is TO attend TO the de-
| tails of the immense correspondence which is O
| natural result of his widespread reputation.
On making known our wishes he very kindly
| accompanied us in our tour oti nspecton through
| the magnificent building and grounds.
| Almost as soon as we entered the office our at
tention was arrested by wonderful collection OF
photographs, numbering somewhere in the thou
| sands. All nations, ages and stations were rep
resented The elegant carte of the society leader
| was side by side with the picture of the humble
artisan; innocent childhood and withered old
| age showed in their counterfeit presentments the
gratitude they could not speak doctors, lawyers,
ministers of the gospel, soldiers laborers plain
mothers of families, naughty children of wealth,
rich and poor, high and low, black ana white.
ali were represented. 1t reminded me of the
miracle cures OF Europe, only instead of the
crutches, bandages. gold silver and wax images
of the recuperated pilgrims left before the
| shrine of the miracle worker, DR. Richmond has
as testimonials the pictures Of his deeply CRATE
ful patients nst foo, vary bonnv doctor whom Won
| look at this collection" we said.
| "Ah! yes" said the doctor pleasantly; 'but II
| you like my Art Gallery, what would you say TO
| my LibraryT
lie led the way to the next apartment, and we
followed, expecting only to see perhaps one book
case filled with dusty tones of abstract science.
Instead the walls were lined with very hand.
some bookcases. containing over one hundred
thousand uns licited testimonials from those
whom the Nervine had cured.
How wonderfully fortunate rs well as talented
you are - we exclaimed in amazement, THE
| Hervine has proveda perfect gold mine"
| The doctor looked at us responsibility
Il am not one to underestimate the value OF
wealth." he answered. TOR have known what
II is TO be without it. but what is the most col
lossal fortune that was ever In the grasp of NOR
tai man compared 10 the good my remedy is do.
ing? Picture TO yourself, II you can, what must
be the feeling of an epileptlc. Think of him
with his dreadful disease so long pronounced IN
durable. He cannot take part in the stndies,
duties, empoyments, recreaions or amusements
of an ordinary fellow being. lie Is an object OF
horror rather than of pity 70 his fliends His
malady never stands still: IL is constantly grow
ing worse and more dreadful in all It's phases.
Last and most dreadful stands before him the
awful phantom VI insanity. Sleeping or waking,
he sees that is there, and that sooner or later
Il viii clutch him, and il does. An epileptic must
be. like job tempted to curse Heaven and die.
why, 1t would bring tears TO your eyes q. read a
letter / received from a gentleman at POtsdam,
New York, telling how he had two thousand
dreadful fits in eighteen months, and is now,
thanks 10 the Nervine, entirely cured That
poor fellow can scarcely find words TO express his
feelings. ibsfs the kind Of = thing TO make
man feel happy.',-[st Joseph saturday Demo
craft August 81 1851.