FRAUDULENT SUBSTITUTION. A GENERAL WARNING.

Otago Witness, Issue 2263, 15 July 1897, Page 25

FRAUDULENT SUBSTITUTION. A GENERAL WARNING.

THE UNSUSPECTING VICTIMISED. A CASE OF LIFE AND DEATH. Developments in the scientific and manufacturing world during recent years stamp the period as one of discovery and invention, and provided progress in this direction remains unchecked we may. reasonably anticipate that the time is nob far distant when manual labour will ba minimised to such an extent as to afford profitable occupation to a limited few only outside the light-fingered fraternity* But this is looking too far ihead. We have now to deal with the present, and wish to forewarn the public generally that nothing short of unceasing vigilance on their part will render them proof against the operations of an undesirable section of the community, who turn what inventive powers they possess in the direction of trading upon the good name and established reputation of houses well and favourably known to the public. To offer for sale a fraudulent imitation, and repreient it to bs the genuine article, is an imposition of the vilest nature, and one and all will do well to keep in mind this warning note. I Oao who will »toop to defraud another will

I hare little oare for the consequences to his viotim, and his substitutions are "in all case* { worthless or harmful, and in any case cannot? jdo duty for the original. If a food or medicina I is the medium employed, the ohanoes are that { he will, from sheer lack of knowledge on I the oi;e hand or utter disregard on the other, I bring about results of a mosb serious nature. j Under these circumstances it is not taking too I grare a view of the ca3e if we advance the j belief that the spurious article offered by him j may oontain a poisonous ingredient or prove a collection of ingredients producing a poisonous combination, and so operate less in favour of life than death. j Dr Williams'* Pink Pill* for Pale People, : which are so highly esteemed by all who have | tried them, like all medicines of real worth, , have nob passed unnoticed by the counterfeiter, , as will be seen from the following, which I appeared in a recent issue of the Daily Tele- • graph : — j "In the Equity Court yesterday, before Mr ' Justice A. H. Simpson, Mr Scarvel (instructed { by Messrs Johnson, Minter, Simpson, and Co.) appeared for Geocge Taylor Fulford, of New York, proprietor of Dr Williams'i Fink Pills for Fale .People, and applied for an injunction restraining L. R. Davis, P. Davit, and G. R. Carey, of Glen Innes, from selling any imitations of the genuine Dr Williams 9 ! Pink Pills. The defendants were nob represented. Ib wai stated that the defendants had been served with a statement of claim, and afEdavits were p"ut in setting out that the defendants were said to have fold Pink Pills at Glen Innes and else* where. His Honor made the order granting the injunction pending the hearing of a suit •which had been instituted to restrain the defendants selling the pills referred to." i Of the dangers consequent upon the use of spurious substitutions and the prompt measures adopted for the suppression of such despioable traffic enough has been said, bub the experience of a famous general in tho severest battle of hit life, the successful issue of which was due to his faithful ally, Dr Williams' Fink Fills for Pale People goes to show that very different result* follow tne employ meat of the true I article. The General's cane wan a serious one I indeed ; typhoid fever brought him low. Thosa who have survived this fell disease, which more often thin otherwise proves fatal, have every reason to regard their recovery as miraculous. What tortures they endured with maddening headaches, loss of strength and intense pain of body and limb ; unconsciousness followed as a natural result, and the fever accompanied * by delirium occasioned their friends and relatives gravesb fears for their safety.. Bub General G. F. Wiles had yet more to face, for no sooner had the typhoid slackened its grasp than inflammatory rheumatism set in. Ifc has been the fate of many to be attacked by rheumatism in one or another of lbs forms, but few would be alive to tell the tale if first assaulted, as in the case of the General, by typhoid fever. They would in all probability bave found rest for their aching and swollen iimbs in the grave. However, Dr Williams's Pink Fills enabled the great toldier to vanquish these enemies of life, and more too, for yet another lay in ambush and received % similar fate. A paralytic sbroke followed; arms and legs refused their functions, and to use his own words, "his kidneys gave out." Such an accomplishment would have sufficed to make a reputation of which any physician might be justly proud, but it belongs to Dr Wilhama's Pink Pills for Pale People, a remedy to which thousands owe their lives. Towards the close of his conversation with a newspaper reporter, the General said: — " My friends all thought I' would never recover, and ib was easy fco see the doctors prescribed for me only to ease my path to the grave, but without the remotest hope of recovery. After continuous urging I consented to being removed to another city, where I was treated, but without effect;, by the ablest; physicians there. I began to view death with a good deal of comfort. I had lost faith . ia physicians and medicines, but owing to the. strong recommendations of a persistent friend I began to take Dr Williams's Pink Pills. One after each meal was my dose for the first week, and I fancied I perceived an improvement in my condition. I then increased the dose to two after each meal, and at the end of the second week there was no doubt but that Dr Williams's Pink Pills were making me better, so I kept on using them according to directions, and in three months I was a will man ". '" J Dr Williams's Fink Fills are a specific for all diseases arising <from an impoverished condition of the blood or a shattered condition of tho Dervous forces, such as Sfc. dance, locomotor a taxi a, rheumatism, paralysis, sciatioa, the after effects of influenza, loss of appetite, headache, dizziness, chronic erysipelas, scrofula, &o. They are also a specific for the troubles ! peculiar fco the female system, correcting ■ irregularities, suppressions, and all forms of ! female weakness, building anew the blood and I restoring the glow of health to the pale and tallow cheeks. In the case of men they effect a radicttl cure in all cases arising from mental worry, over-work, or excess of any nature. The genuine Dr Williams's Pink Pills for Pale People may be distinguished by the outside wrapper, which is of white paper, and bears the trade mark "Dr Williams'fl Pink Pills for Pale People" printed in red. Insist upon being supplied with the genuine pills. They cannot hurt the > most sensitive constitution, and cure when all other medicines fail. Refuse all remedies represented as being "jusfc as good." Vendors who tell you this are considering their pocke 1 ; more than your health, and are stating more than they can prove, as the I formula is a secret known to the company only. j All information as to substitution or attempted substitution will i>e gratefully received and treated as confidential by the company. To obtain Dr Williams's Pink Pills apply to your chemist or send to the Dr Williama's Medicine Co., Wellington, N.Z., who will forward posb paid on receipt; of stamps or post order one box for 3s, or half-dozen for 15a 9d.— I Advfc.

Many of the Maoris of the North Island are (the Post says) subscribing to send Mr Hone Heke, M.H.R , to England to lay Native grievances before the British Government. The Blackstone Hill correspondent of the ' Mount Ida Chronicle, while announcing a couple of marriages in the district, unfeelingly declares that " it is no ure wishing the parties happiness — there is not much of thajb, — so I hope at least they will be able to take their gruel kindly." ' It is suggested in a West Coast paper that - the Kumara people should be happy — at least: they cannot have any great troubles to worry them. There has been a hospital row. Two young women or girls — a probationer and a 000k — have had a quarrel as to whether the former should assist the latter to .wash and perform other small duties. The cook resigned, and a public inquiry was held, at which the cook was represented by counsel. The inquiry lasted from 8 o'clook one evening to 3 o'clock the following morning. The local paper produced a four- column report of the proceedings, and returned t<\the charge th« i following day with a leading article on th# same important subject.