Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-25
A DIZZY FAKIR.
ne never Weakened When the Man
Pulled on His Coat.

He Never Weakened When the Man
Pulled on His Coat.
From the Louisville Commercial
fakir had a lot of German s,,v.r ,~.
spread out on a little table Just across the
street from the depot. and was declaring I'm
iouo voice that he would warrant "a Oh
one to cure rheumatism IL worn on the f,n-
ger Tor month, when a stout clxed md
notwithstanding man walked up To him
and said:
You were at Gainesville about q month
ago."
Yes, sir, and I'm going back there next
week. The people Of Gainesville are crying
Tor my rings. Who wants the next? Five
cinerent sizes and all warranted to afford
permanent relief to the wearers."
Il bought this ere ring Of you down at
Gainesville" continued the man, with q
CLEAN OF danger in his eye.
Not the slightest doubt Of II, my dear
sir. and I'm glad to know that IL has done
You aSpower of good. Gentlemen this An
the last chance you may ever have to get
one OF these electromagnetic anti-rheuma-
tism rings. Every one guaranteed as rep
resented or money refunded. Relieves rheu-
matism in five minutes and works q COM
piete cure in four weeks"
You are dog-goned liar" shouted the
stout-backed man as he peeled of his coat.
Gentlemen. fellow-citizens Of the United
States. shouted the fakir. Here's a man
who bought a ring from me a month ago II
was guarantee ring. but something is
wrong with 1t. Instead OF saying so, how
ever. he calls me a liar-not a plain liar, but
a dog-goned liar
so you area liar and a fraud"
Gentlemen, come closer. My honor is at
stake. My first impulse is TO annihilate this
man, but 1 never act on impulse. / know
that he is in error. / know that I can con-
4,
my pardon for his rudeness Now, then,
tell this crowd what's the matter with the
ring"
1t hasn't helped my rheumatism the
least bit"
Have you worn it steadilyf"
Il have"
And on your honor you have not been
benefited?'
Not q spark"
Let me see IT. Ha, Gentlemen. here is
the keynote to the mystery. Our firm man
ufactures three different sorts OF these
rings There are the rheumatic ring. the
consumption ring and the catarrh ring. By
accident a consumption ring got mixed up
with the rheumatic rings and was sold TO
this man without my detecting II. No won
der IL has not helped his rheumatism II
wasn't made to. 1t has cured his case Of
consumption. however. as you can all see
by his looks. and he ought to be grateful
for that. Look at him. fellow citfzens-a
man positively cured of that dread disease,
consumption, kicking because IL does not
also cure the rheumatism at the same time
and for the trifiing matter of 80 cents
The crowd began to murmur and the
stout-backed man to go down into his boots
and the fakir capped the climax by shout
ing:
''But human nature is ever thus! I ex-
pect to meet one such man In every crowd
Here sir-here is a catarrh ring and here is
a rheumatic rinS-both free gifts to you
Wear them and be cured. Be cured of three
awful human ailments for the small sum Of
half a dollar. and then come back and kick
because our firm hasn't yet begun TO manu-
facture an electric ring to knock out fever
and ague and straighten out a pair OF bow
legs and grow hair on a bald head at the
same time"