The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-08-17
R-I-P-A-N-S.
Soap, Salt, vaseIine and Gunpowder.

her tea-kettle over q fire on
maple or hickory wood, knows
that, by leeching the ashes and
adding any refu. Q grease at
command, she may make SER
viceable soap. And yet, mott
Notwithstanding this, she finds 10
" 80 better to buy soap made by
improved methods. Some man.
AZ ufactlrers produce soap of SUCH
~ peculiar excellence that people,
49, are led TO specially dc sire it,;
AVh and the max ers advertise their
Vk Gpr~ duct widely, and accumu-
sU late fol tunes by its sale. The
~~A fact still remains that soapis a
~ REORGANIZATION Of alkalo,d and
~en% grea o. It's manufacture Is a
simple or artistic process, according tol
the quality produced. Soap has beenI
made for thou ands Of years, but the
best s-aps are the product of nine
teenth century methods.
Gunpowder Is composed of charcoal,
sulphur, and saltpeter. Yet not every
wocd produces the best charcoal for the
purpose. Some sorts of sulphur are Of
more value than others TO the manufac-
turer of eunpowder, and saltpeter must
be properly prepared to admit OF best
results. Given all of best quality, skill
in blending IS still required, and al
though it is possible for almost any enc
to make an explosive mixture, those
who have use for gunpowder find it ad-
vi able to buy OF a manufacturer who
has gained a reputation for making the
best. The ingredients are no secret, but
the resultant combir alton is OF proved
effectiveness, and, although some other
may be as coed, it is risky to expert
ment; consequently the trademark of,
a favorite brand of gunpowder is worth
q great sum to its owner.
Medicines are of less universal use
than soap, and more Iersons re IuireI
them than have occasion TO buy gum
powder.
Soap is a universal cleanser.
Gunpowder is the explosive In most
common use.
There Is certain form OF prescrip-
tion in almost as common use among,
med cal Iract tioners, in their attend
ance upon the sick, as soap is in the ev-
ery-day affairs of the household. 1T
seems to be needed on every occasion.
This application by physicians of sim
gle remedy for many apparently vary
ing ills comes alb ut from the well-
known fact that every illness results
from or is augmented By disturbed
ndition OF pa 'ticular organs that
come in play in the conversion OF food
into muscle or bio d, or into power Of
action by limb or brain. Whatever
aids or stimulates those organs gives
lie and energy TO all others. 1t is not SO
very strange that, out OF the expert
ence of generations, q TO mula should
be evolved that is as simple and definite
as that used for making soap or gun
powder. The marked difference to be
observed, however, In the case Of the
medical compound of Rhut arb and So-
da, and the few othe ingredients equal
ly we'll known that go TO make up this
prescription, is, that the method by
which it could be prepared in manner
to secure permanent excellence, and adj
nit of transportation in form fit fer
immediate use, is recent discovery.
1t is Tor that reason the compound has
only now arrived at the distinction of
having a name assigned to il. That
name is R-I-P-A-N-S, and each letter Is
the initial of one of the constituent in
gradients.
The preparation of medicines in tab
let form has only been rendered posi-
BILE in large way b. machinery in
vented within comparatively short
time: but the result has already worked
q material change in medical practice
The physician to-day is supplied with
medicines il this form, and the maker
who produces best results secures the
trade. The ap1thecary Is fast ceasing
TO compound the physician's prescrip-
ton. but sells instead the same ingre-
dients prepared with skill and nicely
that is beyond his own power to equal
with the facilities at his command.
Physicians do not write prescriptions
for petroleum Jelly, but put down in
stead, the word vaseline, and the en-
terprising merchant who applied his
trade mark to a common product, the
great excellence and wide application
OF which he had been among the first
to discover, reap5 a pr. fit therefrom,
and deserves it by the uniform excel
lence and purity of the arti- le lie sup
plies.
So, too, the manufacturers Of RIP
ANS Tabules, being the first ID set on
foot careful inquiries concernir G the
myriad combinations of Rhubarb and
soda known to be in such univers al use
among doctors, aud to search out the
particular prescription that
had acquired the greatest fame eS4 -
and widest acceptance, and ~R2s
then to undertake the manu- ~
facture in modern tablet form, ~
using the choicest of selected SAsV
drugs and combining them by
methods that have been proved IN
scientific and found TO lie ~
fortunate, have secured
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sicians in their daily practice AN
as salt is by the housewife in~ -
the preparation of the family &p
meals.