Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-04-14
TO THOUGHTS OF PHYSIC.
That's Whore . Great Many Peoples
Fancy Turns In the Spring.

"The custom OF taking something for the blood
In the spring Is as common as ever" said drug.
gist to STAR reporter the other day. ut Is an
old country custom, which OF late years has found
its way to the city. At this time Of the year about
the markets you can md numbers Of country peo-
pie with their bundles Of dried herbs and roots,
which they gathered last fall, Offering them for
sale to maze spring tonics blood purifiers and liver
regulators from. The herbs and roots principally
used are sassafras Aay-apple, thorn-apple, sarsa-
parilla and dandelion root Years ago In the
Kitchens OF the negro quarters on every plantation
Ing all winter. to supply masters and slaves with
their bitters in the spring. And in the negro cabins
In the country even yet the old aunties keep up
the custom, and lay In their stock OF YARDS every
fall as regularly as they do their winter potatoes
AMI cabbages. And the masters, wherever they
sun remain on the plantations, although times
have changed and the manner OF living is far dir
ferent from what 1t used to be, do not forget the
physic OF the old days. They may have their
spring Comes they expect to- take sbo ~. 40 wnen
OF the yar0s' and bitters OF their aunties."
'Then l suppose you have q sort OF run On
blood medicines this time Of the Year," the re.
'.The demand for sarsaparilla has already begun.
ano rom tns on we VIII sell quantities Of IT. the
6roasht up in the country 60 70 the MARKETS sne
get the herbs and roots from the country folks. as
they think they are more apt to be the real stun
than what they buy at the drug stores and besides
they get them cheaper. The American sarsans-
rilla, however, Is not Of much value compared with
Sande h eOm which
petition OF the country folks tnthe Sara narilla
market as much as In the other articles have
named.
PAvoRITE RENSpIEa
'sMany people have US make up their spr1np b,t.
tiers for them In some families It is the custom
to keep favorite remedy In the house all the year
round Whenever any one is out OF sorts he given
a., o1 ps or Two Inere Is one man for whom make
and spring regularly"
"The patent medicines come in for big share
"Yes, there are a few old patent remedies that
have big run at this time OF the year. OF these
the principal Ingredients are sarsaparilla, dande-
acts strongly on the liver. One sarssp siIn
which has been on the market since 1910, we sell
dozens OF In the spring. 1t IL really q good thing
ana doctors often prescribe It,"
THE GENESIS OF SOME PATENT MEDICINES.
"Then there are patent medicines which don't
depend altogether on advertising for their reputa-
tons" remarked the reporter.
Many patent medicines are founded on the pre-
scrlpuons OF eminent physicians" the druggist
said with emphasis. .and these prescriptions
are the outcome OF years OF practical
different constitutions. For instance, some time
ago man came here with Q prescription for rheu-
M ms by . well.known doctor: The medicine
fering with rheumatism copy Of the prescription
and the friend began TO take the medicine. he
was pcueuVcu anu paSSe0 " along 70 some one
else, until at last twenty people were taking the
prescription at one time. Now, II we felt 90 dis
posed, we might keep that prescription, put 1t up in
Dottles OF uniform size with regularly printed IA
Dels. give the medicine taking name, get few
testimonials. as we might easily 40 from some
OF the people who had been benefited BY taking IL
and then we would have . now patent medicine
started. That's exactly the way great many Of
them are started.
WHAT NgwHPAYn PARAGRAPH DID.
"Some time ago . writer In THR star recon-
mended very strongly . certain simple article for
the complexion which couldn't possibly do harm
and was easily tried. saw the paragraph ana &C
once concluding We would have demand Tor that
article, had lot Of It put up in neat shape In
small boxes holding couple Of ounce& The de-
mand began promptly. and since that time we
nave sold no lees than 70 pounds Of the article In
question"
LAwYE1's WIZ. CHANGED wHH Twyf.-Mn
Carrie Stewart. the wife Of prominent New York
lawyer, ana her servant Kate Flynn were charged
o. the Jefferson Market Court yesterday With
snopnfting. A young girl was In their company
when arrested, and Lawyer Stewart claimed her
Is his daughter. He said: "I0 l1ther be dead
than IN the present position" The gin was Dis
charged. but tho women wefe held IN 800 bail
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