The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-02-26
nv SOLD MS CRUTCnES.
PROT D"-Aldsh", tire ri"neer Museum
Msn introduced the first fill Mer-
maid. Made Out ct - stated
honk.y aud Ilsh scales,
WHAT LEADING CITIZENS SAY.

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publishes tho following; Perhaps tn
most familiar figure about Louisville
for the past -four months has been tina
Of tho noted pioneer proprietor OF mu
seums, Prof. q, A, Donaldson. lilo hH'
been In the museum business for thirty
four years, IL was no who first perpo
trated upon tho public what Is yet 10
mombered az the wild AboTiginee, q
repulslye-loOking negro whom lao had
picked up la Georgia. This being wa'
exhibited In n cage, to tho bottom OF
which he was firmly fastened with inn
mense chains. Large chunks OF blood
raw beef would be- thrown u him,
which he devoursd with evident relish,
| lie was shown with great
success throughout America for -four
wears, aud even learned scientists do
clared him to he DHrwin's missing link.
Another fraud OF DOnaldson's, which
| produced tremendous in, crest through.
out the land, was the famous Fiji mer-
maid, This lovely aud enchanting being
was made out OF stuffed monkey skin
and the scales of u rock fish. To in-
crease the amaZemont OF tho spectators,
boys were kept busy Z ling In aud out OF
the tent carrying water, 10 convey the
impression That her mernaidship was
alive aud needed fresh water continu.
ally.
This Unopened In the professors
younger days. Since then he seems u
have repented, and il now engaged,
and has been tor years, In the
strictly legitimate business, recognition
of which has been found In u two'year's
exclusive right of Louisville, and now
! L., IN "A
great New Orleans exposition, where ne
! has also exclusive privilege,
! While the professor, - stated in tbs
/ foregoing, has repentcd his early deCep-
| tons, he did not escape punishment
/ therefor. For tho past three weeks he
/ has been hOboling EoOut On CSutcnes, an
object of sympathy among the thouS'
nnd- who know him. IL seems that
! Donaldson was severely wounded NJ
| the battle of Gettysburg, from the Ell cts
| of which, together with Iheumatisu,
| which had settled in it over Is years
ago. lac has been Hn almost constants sut'
leror aud cripple. During the recent
| rainy weather his pain was terribly In
| rensihed-so much SO that one night be
was " liged 10 sleep in Tho exposition
/ building.
Yesterday, as the reporter saunlered
/ through the Office o. a city hotel, tie pb'
]
| iessOr, his iace ali radiauL IN Smiles
! sitting in one OF the chairs, his crutcues
"Hello, Professor" said the reporters
'what have you done with yonr
crulches?"
"My crutches? I sold them, Thai
/ st. Jacobs Oil I've been using has COM
pletely cured me. | had worked Ion
| Years and spent Sl0,)lO IN trying to get
nc Al Al ~ /, ai
nothing else has eyer done Tor me-doc'
| tors, famous baths, electric appliances
and iegiouS OF liniments. IL Is won
derful remedy, and | shall always re-
member its discoveries with gratitude,
Three times Il day every day Tor three
weeks had my cOlOred man rub nae
with that oil, and with what results
Look at mcw and tho Professor straight
ened himself up and brought his now
cured leg down on the marble floor
with a force that shook the entire office
Mr.. j. Helmus, vicc-president City
| Brewery, largest establishment OF thu
kind in the south, stated: "Of course
have used ST. Jacobs Oil, and it is al
excellent remedy. 1t was about two
wears ago. You soc We manufacture oul
own ice, and every morning used Il
go around taking the time of the men
This necessitated my going from warm
these sudden changes contracted rheu'
matism in Tho leg. One day the pair
grew so intense that | had to give Vi
| aud be IL ken home from the oillce in 8
wagon, where | was carried up stairs by
two of my men aud laid on the bed, tC
which | was confined for three days
| used the st. Jacobs Oil literally, APP
plying il three times day, and at the
end of week was able 10 relurn to my
desk.
Vnomas 7. Rogers, ll6 Spring street
JeifersoDville, ind, cigar and tobacco
dealer, said: "FOr over five months my
arm hung limp by my side. The doc
| lors called il paralysis, resulting from
nervous prostration. | was treated by
! the ablest physicians OF JollerSonVlllt
and New Albany, and ali OF them tod
| me ! would never recover the use Ol my
arm. Some OF them applied electric
batteries and others ADVISED my going
to some Que OF tho famous springs, but
had not money enough 10 DO that. J
had road and heard great deal of the
wonderful cures effected by ST. JocObS
| Oil, so thought il would at least do nc
! uarm TO Try IL. From tho first applica'
| ton The circulation OF the blood ia my
arm seemed restored, and with this en-
couragemonC L continued its use. and III
two weeks | had the satisfaction OF re-
covering its entire use"
Jasper Brewer, 1911 Seventh street
was the next man accOsted by the wri-
ter. "While Employed" said he, "in
! helping TO remove Il frame building o1
| the louisville City railroad company
nc its Fourth avenue terminus, 1t Tel.
over on me, pressing me 10 The ground
and spraining my back. l was Piaced
upon 9 strstcher and carried nome,
where tho doctors had me for two
!
ious to go back 10 my work MY #ltei
who has great faith in ST. jacobs OiIi
persuaded mo to allow her to rub me
| with il, and it did mo so much good
that went on using it. The pain was
soon gone entirely, and here am at
work, my back as strong as ever"
az used 81. Jacobs OIL" said Hon. u
| +, Madden, "ior two distinct troubles
one the pain resultant from Suu-Shot
wnund, and the other acute rheumatism
| found it acted quickly and with entire
satisfaction"
Capt. Bobert Tyler, chief of the eX,
position police, stated that he had USED
st. Jacobs Oil to relieve pains i'll knee
the bones of which were shattered by
broken shell during the war. "its
action" said he, "was speedy ana satis-
factory, and you can score me as one u
it's greatest friends"
Mr.. Thomas j. Everson, at Sealbach'S
restaurant corner Sixth anu MAIN
streets, said that he had used st. jacobs
Oil for rheumatism in both shoulders
which had bothered him pretty nucn
all last winter A couple OF bottlos Ell
fected complete cure.
Mr.. Frank Fehr, proprietor CITY
Brewery, also superintendent Lnulsi'
ana Brewing Company Yes; used ~
Jacobs Oil for sprained ankle, ana u
relieved me almost instantly. L kno"
of number of cases where il has been
used with success, and you have my
hoerfai permission to use my name as
one OF us heariisst endorsers.
Mrs. Otto Won Barries, residing at 62C