Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-12-02
A REMARKABLE CASE
A FORMER RICHMOND MANS seRt
Gus ACCIDENT.
While Working at HIS TRADE NO h""'
from . Great Height-The DOC
tors Puzzled.

The many friends of Mr.. Charles r..
Poper. who formerly resided In Rich
mond, where he worked at MS uaae
OF machinist, will be glad to learn that
he Is fast recovering from the effects OK
an accident which has .made him cripple
for six months. unable to move from one
chair to another without the use OF
crutches. or the assistance of his wife.
To make this story interesting, II VIII
be necessary to more fully explain Mr..
Roper's accident. and other matters con-
nected with his life during the past few
years.
AS has been stated, he formerly re-
sided in Richmond, where he has
sister and several other relatives. Be-
sides working at his trade he conducted
the floral business in this city. when
he went to Norfolk he moved TO No. 50
Wake street, where he still lives. on
May 18th last, while erecting lumber
drying kiln at one OF the big saw-mills,
at Money Point, near Norfolk, he sus-
tanned a fall striking on a piece of TIM
Der, breaking the bones and tearing the
ligaments in his foot TO such an extent
that not since that day has he walked UNI
aided. He called in the best physicians
in his city. but the best they could DO
for him was very little.
He continued TO get worse, ana MS
physicians sent him to Washington 10
go in the hands OF a specialist in loot
troubles. All the consolation he received
In the capital city was the Information
that he would never recover the use OF
his foot, and that, do what he could,
he could never again walk una!ded.
MIR. ROPER DISCOURAGED.
Mr.. Roper returned TO his home dis
couraged, and when he heard of Quratol,
that latest and greatest discovery IN the
medical world, he paid little attention 10
it, next-door neighbOr, newspaper
man, connected with the Norfolk Nir-
ginian, begged him to give Quratol
trial, but Mr.. Roper persisted In his
refusal until he had been assured that
the proprietors of the remedy were pre-
pared to deposit a money guarantee, TO
be forfeited to any local charity II Quratol
did not bring about quick cure of
the trouble. Besides this offer, they pro-
duced testimonials from some of the lead
ing men of the city. among whom were
Rev. J. T. Mastin, pastor OF McKendree
Methodist Episcopal church; Captain NJ.
c. Keeling. commander Of the Norfolk
Lght-Artillery Blues: DR.. ID. G.. Sterling.
q well-known practicing physician; John
W Cherry, ex-member of the Legislature;
tho Chief OF Police, Chief OF the Fire
Department, and postmaster OF the city.
Last Sunday night Mr.. Roper began
the use of Quratol. On Wednesday morn
ing a reporter called to see him. and
found that his foot had assumed its
natural size, all swelling having dis
appeared, and that Mr.. Roper felt better
than he had for six months. He was
loud In his praise of Quratol "a pain
remover, and said he felt satisfied that
Quratol would cure him.
CREATED A SENSATION.
Ouratol. wherever IL has been tried,
has created a. sensation. The terms upon
which II Is sold by all druggists are
such that no one need be afraid to pur-
chase it, for with every bottle is a GER
tincate guaranteeing 70 refund the money
In all cases where 1t fails to cure any
OF the following troubles: Eczema, pim-
pies. rinsworrn, and other face eruptOns;
sprains and inflammatory swellings. boils.
bone felons, rIn-roundS, bruises, cuts and
wounds, ulcers, old sores. infiamed tom
sEs. sore threat, sore mouth, burns,
scalds, and erysipelas.
The price OF the remedy Is 30 cents,
and all druggists keep II. X they haven't
1t In stock they Will get 1t for you.
In cases OF sore throat a positive cure
Is guaranteed in one night.
Skin diseases are OF great variety, and
are frequently hard to distinguish. and
much confusion prevails among medical
writer's as to their classification. The
most common. however, is eczema, which
rnakas ira aDDearauce In many forms
and under q multitude of names, such as
pimpea blotches. rash, letter or scald,
scabies or itch. salt rheum. old sores,
chronic ulcers, etc. There are also many
other diseases OF the skin which are
similar in their character, such as bar
ber's Itch, hives or nettle rash, seald
head. erysipeas. ring worm, and other
skin errlptions These are invariably
caused by germs or microbes Quratol
Is the greatest germ and microbe de-
stroyer ever discovered.