Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-17

the century mark will be just as comm
tunity of long and happy life is knockin
This is typical example of the sort
of INSCRIPTIONS fraud from which the
American people are protected by the
Post Office Department. When this
advertisement was spotted an inspector
Immediately sent in an order for one
of the heart batteries" For IS he
received two locket like devices, one
designated as the zinc or negative and
other as the copper or positive battery,
connected by piece of tape. One bat
terry was supposed to be suspended over
the chest and the other nearly opposite,
over the spinal column.
Discovery Of the Age"
The discovery of the age" said the
literature accompanying the purchase;
1.-The only means known that VIII re-
charge the life cells with new vitality.
life and power, thus adding to SO
years of life, health and happiness to
any person wearing them.
THE batteries are worn directly over
the heart where they furnish a mid,
soothing flow of electricity night and
day, day in and day out. week in and
week out The difference between tbs
treatment and the ordinary electric
treatment is that what they give in 10
minutes to an hour we give in 10 TO 80
days. giving the life cells OF the patient
plenty of time to absorb the electricity,
the same as a storage battery takes
time to absorb the lfe-giving power OF
its cells"
This. of course, was the worst sort
of nonsense but the Post Office Depart
ment knew that many persons were
taking 1t seriously and sending gooo
money to the doctor" The inspector
interviewed him. He was told that the
battery created current OF electricity
through the body, just how he didn't
know; that electricity did the curing.
that people never die from high blood
pressure, but fro mlow blood pressure,
because the heart beats drop down
to 60 per minute at which rate the
blood doesn't circulate as 1T should.
The Bureau of Chemistry found the
| batteries" completely inert electrically
and reported that If there were any
beneficial results. as claimed In TEST
monialS, they were purely psychic. IL
also found that the device selling Tor
SIS cost 40 cents to make.
Not Confined to U. S.
The mail order doctors" are not con-
fined TO the United States. The Post
ONCE Department recently put an end
to sale through the mails of sure cure
for all diseases of the eye" which was
being advertised from Madrid as the
preparation of a physician decorated
with the cross Of military service Ior
professional excellence"
The only specific in the world that
cures with marvellous rapidity diseases
of the eyes. however serious or chronic
Avoid surgical operations so justly
dreaded by patients. All troubles and
pains disappear on first application
Eminently efflcient In serious opthalmia
and unrivaled for granulations both
blenorrhagic and purrulent, keratisis
liberation OF cornea, lachrymal fistulaS
etc. Destroys microbes, heals, disinfects
and cures radically. Weak and OLD
sights acquire prodigious powers OF vi
! sion. No longer cloudy. vision always
| perfect. Ninety-nine per cent of eye
sufferers are cured before using up the
! first bottle of the specific. Price for q
small flask, So Will be forwarded tc
any part of the world by return post
| Testimony of judges, magistrates. otfi
GERS of Army. lawyers. DOCTORS bishops
! clergymen, etc. An infallible cure with
out cocaine. otropine or other danger
Gus substance. The only remedy in the
world"
"Physician's" Business Cut Short.
The highly decorated physicians
business was cut short in the United
States by a post office fraud order as
soon as the worthlessnesS of the remedy
had been ascertained
The same thing happened to the
tablets and the - rheumatic treat
ment. BE a man." read the liter
AZURE of the former. Seek the vigor,
the pep, the stamina and the recupera-
tive powers of your young manhood
Men with pep, energy and dynamic VI
tality are admired and sought after
everywhere tablets stimulate cir
culation and enrich the blood"
Rheumatism" continued the adver-
tising yields quickly to -. Pain is
instantaneously relieved. poisopS and
impurities banished, thus driving out
the cause. These capsules comprise a
new and wonderful secret formula COM
bining several marvellous ingredients
which relax the rheumatic muscles,
make stiff Joints nimble, and is guaran-
teed to relieve you of rheumatism 1eu-
ritis, neuralgia. sciatica, lumbago, govt,
and all kindred ailments where pain Is
present. We know you appreciate the
value Of health because of your interest
in writing to us and we want to show
our interest in you by giving you the
straight, unvarnished truth.
"Our remedies are different from