The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-03-30
welI-merited Success.

A gentleman once asked a distinguish
ed dispensing druggist to explain the
secret of the almost universal demand
for DIR. Richmond's Samaritan Nervlne.
He said that it was in fact a genuine
mediclre-such a compound as every
good physician would prescribe for the
disease which 1t was advertised to cure.
OF course il cost less than any druggist
would charge for the same article sup
piled ON q physicians prescription, and
besides, there was q saving of the doc
tors fee in addition. Moreover, by buy
ing the drugs in such enormous quanti-
ties, and having perfect apparatus for
compromising the mixture, he was not
only enabled to get better articles in the
first place, but also to present the medi-
cine in better form and at less price
than the same preparation could be
possibly obtained from any other source.
DR.. Richmond has devoted all his energies
to the alienation of human suffer-
ing. With this end in view, and with his
whole heart in his great labor for the
benefit of the afflicted, he has achieved
marked and merited success. There can
be no real success without true merit.
That his success is real Is evidenced by
the fact that his reputation as man and
physician does not deteriorate, and the
fact that there is steadily increasing
demand for his Samaritan Nervine
proves that it is no nostrum, but relia-
Bile remedy. He has repeatedly informed
the public that it Is no patent medicine,
and no patent has ever been asked for or
obtained. Neither does he advertise it
as a cure-all. There are hundreds of
diseases that he acknowledges that it will
not cure. 1t may be urged that some of
these diseases are so widely different that
it seems absurd to prescribe the same
remedy. They may differ in symptoms,
yet in character be precisely similar; and
then we must take into consideration the
fact that remedies may possess various
properties. Thus, some medicines are
both tonic and Alternative; others may be
tonic and laxative, the properties differ
ing according to the quantity admins
tered and the time and circumstances
which demands its employment.
In the manufacture of any pharmaceut-
ical preparation the purity and strength
OF the materials used, and the requisite
machinery to be employed are among the
chief essentials. The first is insured by
purchasing the ingredients in large guam
titles. whereby the exercise of greater
care in selecting the materials can be
Afforded; and the second can only be ac-
eomplished where the business is suffi-
GENTLY extensive to warrant large outlay
of capital in procuring chemical appara-
tus. These apply with especial force to
the manufacture of our medicines, their
quality having been vastly improved since
the demand has become so great as to re-
quire their manufacture in very large
quantities.
These ideas are not mere speculative
remarks to mislead the reader, or to i'm
bue him with false views of the superb
or.ty of our medicines. While inspecting
DR.. Richmond's establishment you would
be surprised to see the admirable facili-
ties, both chemical and mechanical,
which he employs in the prosecution of
his business. Everything is arranged in
the most perfectly systematic order, and
while to the general observer there ap-
pears to be no room for improvement,
yet new apparatus and mechanical appli-
ances are constantly being procured for
the establishment