AUGUST 15, 1913 



people telling of the wonderful benefit they 

 had received hj having one of Captain 

 Rand's lucky stones in their pocket. There 

 are testimonials from all over the United 

 States, including quite a few from Ohio, 

 from men and women, who have had a 

 wonderful " streak of good luck " by simply 

 carrying a pebble in their pocket that was 

 purchased of good Captain Rand for a dol- 

 lar. The book goes on to say that Rock- 

 feller, Paderewski, Madame Nordica, Li 

 Hung Chang, and a great lot of other peo- 

 ple have achieved success in life because 

 they were " lucky," and not because of abil- 

 ity; and the inference would be that these 

 shining lights of the present age had got 

 hold of a lucky pebble which they carried 

 around in their pockets; and you, my good 

 friends, can be equally lucky, no matter 

 how smart you are or how dull you are, if 

 you will simplj' send a dollar for one of 

 Captain W. I. Rand's lucky pebbles. 



What ails our Postofifice Department that 

 it can not rule this chap out of the mails 

 for robbing — not sick people necessarily, 

 but foolish and superstitious people who do 

 not know any better. 



By the way, there is a moral to this whole 

 transaction. If people are cured, or im- 

 agine they are cured, which amounts to the 

 same thing, by carrying a certain pebble in 

 their pockets, is it not reasonable to sup- 

 pose that thousands of others are cured by 

 paying a big price for something in a bot- 

 tle, even if it is onlj- a solution of sugar 

 and salt? 



Yes, our people are waking up slowly. 

 But it needs the American Medical Associa- 

 tion and the United States Postoffice De- 

 partment to give humanitj- now and then a 

 good sound shaking that they may wake up 

 a little faster, and cease giving their money 

 to these highwaymen who are hunting up the 

 sick and suffering and those near death. 

 By the way, the latter class are perhaps 

 their readiest victims because they are not 

 alive to disjiute the truthfulness of the tes- 

 timonials that are printed and scattered 

 throughout our land. 



Why do not more periodicals take up the 

 matter besides Gleanixgs and the Rural 

 New-Yorkerf Well, I am sorry to say it, but 

 I presume one reason is these quack doctor's 

 have plenty of money, and they are always 

 expected to pay spot cash for their swin- 

 dling: advertisements. 



the whole wide world might soon be deliver- 

 ed from quackery and humbug nostrums: 



Forty thousand eminent physicians and surgeons 

 from every part of the United States and Canadi 

 met recently at Minneapolis in the sixty-fourth an 

 nual session of the American Medical Association. 

 Special attention was given to the work of investigat- 

 ing and exposing frauds and nostrums. 



If it is really true that the United States 

 and Canada can furnish in one conference 

 40,000 physicians and surgeons, we may re- 

 joice. Yes, and for one I shall rejoice if it 

 transpires that there were only 4000 in- 

 stead of 40,000; for 4000 would give the 

 quacks and the nostrums a pretty big bump. 

 Perhaps the world is bigger than I thought 

 it was. In that case I willingly take off my 

 cap and apologize to our medical brethren. 



SPECIAL NOTICES 



By Our Business Manager. 



SECOND-HAND 60-LB. EMPTY CANS. 



If in need of good cans cheap, do not forget that 

 we have a good stock of extra choice second-hand 

 cans, two in a ease, which we are selling at $3.50 

 for 10 cases; $7.50 for 25 cases; 100 or over at 25 

 cts. per case. If you do not find them free from rust 

 on the inside we will replace any so found. They 

 are excellent value for the money. 



ONE-POUND ROUND JARS. 



Since our last issue we have had word from the 

 factory that makes our one-pound round jars, say- 

 ing that, because of labor troubles, they are not able 

 to furnish any more at present, and our stock is 

 nearly gone. We have found at another factory an- 

 other jar almost identical in shape, with a "little 

 larger opening, and which will hold a full pound of 

 honey. They cost us some more, so the price will be 

 90 cts. per case, 6 cases for $5.10. The price quot- 

 ed in our last issue was 5 cts. a case lower than ii 

 should have been, and is hereby withdi-awn. While 

 they last, the price on the old pattern is 85 cts. a 

 case, $4.80 for 6 cases. 



" ROBBING SICK PEOPLE." 



If the following, which we clip from the 

 Chicago Advance, is really true, and not a 

 misprint, it would look as if my prayers 

 were being answered, that our nation and 



SHIPPING CASES SENT BY FIRST TRAIN AT BARGAIN 

 PRICES. 



Cases for 12 or 16 sections do not seem to be as 

 popular as they once were. At any rate, we have a 

 surplus stock of these sizes which we offer at bar- 

 gain prices to close out. At the price we make, they 

 are just as cheap to use as those holding 24 sections, 

 besides being in smaller units for resale. Very often 

 a family will buy a whole case of 12 sections when 

 they will hesitate to buy a larger size. We offer for 

 shipment from Medina 



Twenty-three crates of 50 each, 11% -in. two-row 

 cases for 12 sections, 414 x 1%, with two or three 

 inch, glass, at $4.50 per crate. 



Eight crates of 50 each, 16-in two-row, and 32 

 crates of 1514-in. two-row cases, for 16 4T4 xl% 

 inch sections, with 2 and 3 inch glass. Price $5.00 

 per crate. 



Thirty-one crates of ten each for 16 4^4x1% 

 sections, at $1.00 per crate. 



J^ine crates, 50 each, 9*/^ -inch two-row cases, and 

 18 crates of 50 each 6^ -inch three-row cases with 

 two and three inch glass for 12 4% x 1^/4 plain sec- 

 tions. Price $4.50 per crate. 



Eleven crates of ten each for 12 4*4 xli/4 plain 

 sections, 3-in. glass. Price $1.00 per crate. 



Seven crates of 7% -inch four-row cases for 20 

 4x5x1% Danzenbaker sections, with 3-in. glass. 

 Price $6.50 per crate. 



We also have a lot of similar cases at our branch 

 offices, which we will close out at the same prices, 

 and will fill your order from the point nearest you 

 where they are available. 



