The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-05-08

F., A gentleman once asked distinguished
dispensing druggist to explain the secret Of
the almost universal demand for DR.. Rich.
mond's Samaritan Scryine. lie said tha. Il
was In fact genuine medicine--such com.
pound IS every good physician would pre-.
scribe for the diseases which Il was advertised
TO cure. Ofcolrse II cost less than any drug.
] gist would charge for the same article sup.
piled on a physicians prescription, aud be.
sides, there was saving OF the doctors fee
In addition. Moreover, by buying the drugs
In such enormous quantities, and having a
perfect apparatus for compromising the mix.
ture, he was not only enabled to get better
articles IN the first place, but also to present
| the medicine In better form and at less price
than the seme preparation could be possibly
obtained from any other source. DR.. Rich.
| tnond hasN devoted all his energies TO the
alleviatlon,of human suffering. With this end
In view,and with his whole heart In his great
labor for the benefit Of the afflicted, be has
achieved marked and merited success. There
can be no real success #i.hoa, true merit,
That his success Is real Is evidenced by the fact
that his reputation as man and physician
does not deterioratc. and the fact that there
Is steadily increasing demand for his Sa.
MARIAN Seryine proves thatit Is no nostrum,
but reliable remedy. He has repeatedly In.
formed the public tina. It Is no pa,en. medt
cine, and 40 patent has ever been asked for
or obtained. Neither does he advertise it as
cute-all. There are hundreds OF diseases
that.he acknowledges 1t will not cure. 1t may
be urged that some OF these diseases are so
widely different that It seems absurd 10 pre-.
scribe the same remedy. They may differ In
symptoms. yet In character be precisely sim.
liar; and then We must take into consitera.
ton the fact that remedies may possess yari.
Gus properties. Thus, some medicines are
both tonic and Alternative; others may be
tonic and laxative, the properties differing
according to the quantity administered anu
the time aud circumstances which demand
Its employment.
In the manufacture OF any pharmaceutical
PREPARATION the purity and strength of the
materials used, and the requisite machinery
TO be employed, are among the chief essen.
tinls. The frs. is insured by purchasing the
Ingredients in large quantities, whereby the
exercise OF greater care in selecting the ma.
teria's can be afforded; and the second can
only be accomplished where the business Is
sufficiently extensive TO warrant large out.
lay OF capital in procuring chemical appara.
tuS. These facts apply with especial force 10
the manufacture OF Our medicines, their
quality having been vastly improved since the
demand has become so great as to require
'hsif manufacture IN very large quantities.
Thsse ideas are not mere speculative re-
marks to mislead the reader, or to Undue him
with false views Of the su periority Of our
medicine. While inspecting Dr.. Richmond's
establishment you would be surprised to zee
the admirable facilities, both chemical and
mechanical, which he employs in the prose-
cution of his business. Everything is arranged
in the most persectly systematic order, and
while to the general observer there seems 10
be no room for improvement. yet new appa-
ratas aud mechanical appliance are constant
~ being procured for the establishment. div