Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-02-21
draughts / go direct to the brain
through the eye, / warrant you, my
medicine and my treatment are infai-

"Dang ltF SAID ne, Il WISH YOU
would throw your dust into my eyes
I don't mind paying you for it. What
is your charge?"
aFive-and-six for such as you" |
said. "The quality-a guinea" lie
drew forth his purse at once and han
ded me the money.
There now" said he, @blow away"
/ sent puff of dust into his eyes.
He applied his handkerchief to
them, and then said, shaking himself,
@Dang itl / believe you are right
feel easier in my liver already. There
is nv old woman, she's bad with lum-
bagie. Now, doee think you could do
her an improvement
@Try me-" said |.
well, / WILL" he said. @Come
along. It's not far off to our place,
and If / might make so bold as to ask
YOU to take bite of dinner with us,
I'd take it kindly Here's another
five-and-six, paid aforehand for the old
lady; and if she is better, dang itl in
day or two we'll have you throw
your dust in our eyes again"
Ten minutes after / had deserted
the paths Of Tommy, l had half gum
ca in my pocket.
After 1 had puffed dust into the
eyes of the farmers wife, and .promls-
ed to call again, hastened to the office
OF the principal local newspaper and
inserted an advertisement:
"DR. RoRERT FLoPJoHN, nj. G. s.,
Salamanca; D P. L., Mantua; PROBES
sor of Experimental Chemistry, Ley
den, is visiting this town for a few
days only. He is in possession OF
panacea for all maladies, having ar
rived by confederation OF evidence
at a conclusion which has escaped all
empires. DIR. r. f. has practiced for
a number of years in the principal
tows of the Continent, and tried his
specific on a number of complicated
cases, and has reUer knosOn IL TO fad. In
| Offering this new-yet world old rem
edy to the public, it is not like bring
ing out an untried article. For over
twenty-five years it has been put to
the severest test of experience. Fully
understanding its ingredients, DIR. r.
F. is prepared to say that not only
will no injurious results follow, but
that absoi lite success must ensue. lie
has never known it to fail to either
relieve or cure the disease for which
it was taken. He has letters from all
parts of Great Britain and ireland
Germany, France, Belgium, Holland
Spain, Portugal, Italy, Russia, Turkey
and Greece, from those that have been
cured of different complaints, which
he will be proud to show to any one
who desires to see them. Consulta-
ton from 10a. IN. to 5p. M, and again
from 6 p. m. 10 9p. m.
1t was really amazing to see how my
door was besieged with persons deslr
Gus of having dust thrown in thell
ewes after this advertisement had cir
culated. Money poured in. | wal
engaged in blowing dust into the eye
of my patients all day and and til
late at night 10p. m. was too late Z
receive; 8 p. M. too late to knock OF
work. Patients OF all classes came Z
me. Some paid guineas, some half
guineas, most five-and six-pence.
was now easy as to my future; it WA
secured. 1t was secured week afte
!. l had trampled on Tommy.
. AS time passed, and found that
oad more patients than / could atten,
| to, extended my op4ations. l ad
vertised in every country paper
| could hear Of. l spent hundreds c
| pounds in advertisements, and ever
hundred l spent thus, brought me Il
: ten per cent-that is, a thousan
pounds. Of course / could not atten'
/ to all who sought an interview.
J. therefore did put up little parcels G
i dust in blue, red and gold paper.
: had them as quack medicines, an
{ sold them at 2s. / l I'd. per packe
/ the injector / sold separate at 5s.
' But even this did not satisfy me.
r announced that would give away
: racket to every one who would appl
to me gratis. put this advertlsemer
I in something like three hundre
,f newspapers, and the result was thu
h applications poured in to me from e.
! ery quarter. | am afraid to say ho
/ many thousand packets OF commo
!, road-dust / thus distributed free
o charge. With each packet enclose
f a printed form, to the effect TIN
e though the powder was given graft
). vet the necessary apparatus ior It's II
J. lection into the the eyes could not
y given away without small charge
y five shillings to cover the outlay OF /
manufacture. These little squirts
n glass and india-rubber cost me thre
1t halfpence each, of the manufactures.
10 knew that sold $500 OF them, whiC
alone brought. in E900, less their CO.
4 which f22, los; so that the net pro-
" I made was EST, los. After that
a had numerous orders for packets
eye-dust. On an average | sold hive
> each syringe; and that, at 2s. l IL
m each. amounted to El9l2, los. /
visits and personal attendance on
lie ses | made as much as ED per wee
a or e1300 per annum. That made p
l. annum--
dust........................ ~
e. Professional atteudance...,."....l9OO o
=, siO9O 0
d have not deducted the cost Of advt
tislng and printing, nor OF the re
ke blue, and gold paper in which wra
is ped up the dust, nor OF the sealin
wax impressed with my seal lwitho
Je which none was genuine). Rough
err calculated, throwing dust IN Toll
ewes brought me in an annual lncon
le. Of E3500.
u But the most extraordinary featu
of the case was, that received tes
tn monials as to the efficacy of my re
it edy from all quarters, without any
TO- I1icitation. / subjoin a few-a vC
few-as samples:
Case IL. b. O'Kelly OF Gormai
en- town, Ireland, says: 81 have suffer
: l from rheumatism for years. / expe
ed to be in bed the last attack hve
m, gx weeks as usual The Ton-d'apar
- -ibomenos-prosephe-podasokus-Achil
lid powder soon eased my pain, parti'
iarly in the back; / am now able
s." 90 about the house as usual.
G Sc 2-Hypolite Alphonse a. 4
'od relle of Sauveterre, writes Il ID
been affected for eighteen mon
vas with acute headache, which had qu
My incapacitated me from work.
vas now, thanks TO the application OF
no of your eye-powders, entirely I
ck, from pain, and able to return TO
!, business"
70 Case 3-Henry Walker, OF Bris
10, ol saws: "The eye-powders have c.
INC nletely cured my chilb'alns. n
fou been a martyr to this distressing c.
.n ,nA plant every winter since l wa
tne child. The clilblains form on haI
YOU feet ears, and, most distressing oil
ana on the point OF my nose. Sine
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