The sun., 1893-01-15
NOW IN MANY A POCKET.
a Ere RUSH FOR DIR. HIJ7ONS
: SPECIFIC FOR COLDS.

tory where Lowers Much.tnik ed-of Phy-
.sseaen does His work-The Arrangement
ssr lGeetise the Demand-The Doctor
Cuotes from Dou luixote-Botties Bot
tom Side Up and Pellets Don't Drop Out.
Going the rounds OF the wholesale drug
dealers yesterday II was learned that several
thousand persons who did not have bottle OF
Dr. Hilton's famous specific for tho cure OF
colds In their pockets Monday had supplied
themselves during the week.
The call for the speci0c since the announce
ment OF its discovery was made in these coll
umns n week ago has been remarkable. DIR.
Hilton came down from Lowell Thursday to
make arrangements for supplying the sud-
kenly Increased demand for the pleasant and
handy little pellets.
"The announcement that appeared exclu-
siyely in THE Sun on sunday" said he. result
edin big rush for the specific. and received
more requests by mail for 1t Tuesday and
Wednesd than could fill. I was not pre-
pared for It."
Tho famous specific promises to be as poru-
lar here as in Boston. whore. says the Boston
Globe. as often as there is o change in the
weather some inquiry is made about DR.. Hill
ton, and people actually scamper to the drug
stores to sec II they can get his little pellets.
"The newspapers have had stories OF his
life and descriptions OF his work. but they
haven't been able to tell how he looks-a point
that most persons are curious about when
ever man rises to prominence.
"The Doctor refused to give reporter his
photograph.
J"'You remember the advice OF Don Quixote.
he said laughinRly.
know. Sancho. that one man is no moro
than another unless he does more
well. that is how view it. What do may
bo Of interest, but what look like is princi-
pally my own affair. and am not vain."
Tho Doctor who left for home yesterday
says that he was surprised to see that certain
dealers In drugs were competing for the sale
Of his little pills, and that he had taken steps
to prevent It
IT can simply turn out" he said. "as much
a. can flnd time to prepare. am a regular
physician. and have neither patented my dis
,covery nor do intend to do SO. l am not a
seeker for notorietv. and l should bo much
better pleased IL when any one wishes to wrte
anything about the specific he would kindly
sAok to his toxt and leave me in my study.
II have series OF experiments in hand now
which am anxious to complete as soon as
possible. and have had to turn over my cor
respondence almost entirely to a student in
my office"
The Doctors laboratory. says a writer in tho
Globe. Is a light. airy room in the rear OF tho
Doctors house on Branch street. which. by the
way. Ia one OF Lowell's solid "thoroughfares.
On shelves up and down the entire side OF
the room were seen rows OF bottles that
vould hold perhaps quart each. all filed with
smsll sugar pills. which it appeared had been
eaturated with the preparation that has made
the Doctors laboratory q central point OF
intersat
The bottles were bottom side ur. but the
pills didn't drop out. for in place OF a cork
there was bit OF filter paper tied about the
neck, and through this the liquid. which was
not used up in the saturation dripped into
little tunnels and was carried back In pipes to
abig retort near the floor
3. II had to invent that DEVICE" said tho Doc
tor. because OF the growing demand for largo
auautities which came upon me unawares
almost as soon as the first paper published the
news Of the specific.
""Here is where I prepare tho liquid" he
continued. and pointed to Q large fiat table. on
which were dozen bottles OF various sizes. q
big mortar and pestle shallow mixing dish
about two feet in diameter. two or three cEuci-
bleA and an odd medley OF test tubes. shallow
dishes, and other affairs one sees in q chem
,ists laboratory.
On another side Of the room was a tall book
case. that looked as though 1t and its contents
had seen good service. and on the side naxt
the door was Q barrel full OF little pellets OF
pure cane sugar: at the foot OF n low leather
covered couch. above which hung COPY OF the
"Angelus." the Doctors sheepskin. and an
enerossed testimonial signed by the Gov
ornor OF Maine. commencing Private Hilton's
service in the war. This WAS heavily framed
and had the central position.
Aroll-t top desk. filed with papers an d maga-
sines. and two plain chairs complete the cata-
loguo. In the rear hall was q cabinet, such as
an apothecary uses in putting UP prescrip-
tiona
The specific is supplied to retail drug stores
By the leading New York wholesalers In bot
ties that are sold at so cents each. The G. N.
2 cSittenton Company report a large call for it.
and were obliged yesterday to send to Lowell
tor new supply
The fact that the specific Is so very handy
TO take" said member OF one Of the largest
Wholesale Arms. accounts In measure for
the increasing demand for the specific. 1t Is
put up In the form OF little pellets in bottles
just the size to carry in the pockets like big
pencil. and when person feels cold coming
on itisn't necessary to run homo for o spoon
Or tpmbler. or to take dose OF unpleasant
medicine"
When used on tho first indication Of having
taken cold. 1t requires but a dose or two Of the
specific to effect a cure.
"7he breadth and variety OF this weather Is
The principal cause OF colds. and you know
what they lead to.
"Cure the cold: prevent pneumonia.
liant that simple formula2
Let people bear In mind that whatever at.
'trsets heat lowers the temperature ofthe body
and causes cold. Damp clothing acts thus.
when garments are dry they are only i'm.
perfect conductors OF heat. and thus retain
&har has been produced by natural processes
= But when they are wet moisture Is evaporated
both BY external air aud by the radiating body
heat, and the consequence is that the latter IL
Gtvan OF and lost to the body. which thus be-
Somss chilled. Cold drauGhts operate in SINH
iaF manner: the current Of air cools the sur
I fapS OF the body. and a cold is taken"
Dr. Hilton's specific is in bigger demand. Il
seSms. than ever. The handy little bottles OF
nellsts that one buys at the drug store for 81
esnts are Just the right size to carry In the
rpc&st
Following Is from recent issue OF the Pilot
''While this dangerous disease. pneumonia