The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-04-20
A Friend to the Friendless.

Sorrow and sickness IS the 100 conn on hertz
age OF the great Iugss Of humanity ID when
we see how tide s done to alleviate the iniseries
of the great mass Of humanity, we are almost
Tdrft of tienet Nh tc EAan where tlla III
| tentions are best ignorance is prone To bid the
afflicted ''sntfer and be strong; instead OF min
| isterlng to the mind diseased" Or laying II hand
! of healing On the poor tortured body
! All! when Science and Philanthropy, with love
and sympathy ana skin, cone W 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 full heart when say 1t,
| for friends very near and dear 10 me have been
restored to health and happiness by means oft.
| Tod bless DR.. Richmond" said one of them
| to me the other day, 81 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 ut 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 doctors 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 ineontrovertible proof of the benf-
cent nature of the remedy, II is not strange that
| an editor, always solcitous for an accurate
| knowledge of what could benefit the world in
general, should take the earliest opportunity of
| visiting the inventor and proprietor of the medi-
cine at the Worlds Epileptie Institute.
| We found the docpor in his elegant private
Office, pusily engaged in superin.ending the gem
| tleman whose business il is to attend TO the de-
| tails of the immense CORES pondcnce which is a
natural result Of his wide -spread reputation.
on making known our wishes, he very kindly
accompanied us in tour ofinspection through
| the magnificent building and grounds.
Almost rs soon MS we entered the office our at
4 tenuon was arrested by wonderful collection of
! photographs, numbering somewhere in the thou
sands All nations, ages aud stations were rep
resented The elegant carte OF the society leader
was side by side with the picture of The humble
african; innocent childhood and withered old
age showed In their counterfeit presentments the
| gratitude they could not speak; doctors lawyers,
ministers of the gospel, soldiers, laborors, plain
mothers of families, naughty children OF wealth,
| rich and poor high and low. black and white.
I ali were represented. 1t reminded me OH the
miracle cures Of Europe, only instead of the
tcrutches, bandages, gold, silver and wax imafes
| of the recuperated pilgrims. left before Yhe
shrine of the miracle worker, DR.. Rlchmonl pas
as testimonials the pictures OF his deeply CRATE
ful patients.
look at this collection" we said.
"Ah! yes" said the doctor pleasantly; but II
you like my Art Gallery what would you say to
He led the way to the next apartment. and we
followed, expecting only to see perhaps ono 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 liclted testimonials from those
whom, the Ncrvine Ind cured.
How wonderfully fortunate as well as talented
Neryine has proyeda perfect gold mine"
The doctor looked at us reproachfully.
Il am not one TO underestimate the value of
wealth." he answered. FOR have known what
Il is to be without II, but what Is the most col
lossal fortune that was ever In the grasp Of NOR
tai man compared TO the good my remedy is do
Ing. Picture TO yourself II you can, what must
be the feeling Of an epileptic. Think of him
with his dreadful disease so long pronounced In
durable. He cannot take part In the studies.
duties, employments. recreaiions or amusements
Of an ordinary fellow being. He is an object OF
horror rather than OF pity 70 his friends. His
mslady never stands still II IL constantly grow
ing worse and more dreadful in all its phases.
Last and most dreadful stands before him the
awful phantom Of insanity. Sleeping or waking,
he feels that It is there, and that sooner or later
Il will clutch him and II does. An epilePtic must
be. like Job, tempted 10 curse Heaven and die.
Why. Il would bring tears 10 your eyes 20 read
letter received from q gentleman ut 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 10 express his
feelings. That's the Kind OF a thing 10 make
man feel happy St. Joseph Saturday Demo
crat August ~. 1881.