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290 suggest, and the public are referred to Mr. A., or Mrs. B., or C, or D., in New York, Baltimore, or New Orleans. Nobody ever takes the trouble to look up the persons whose testimony is thus given to the public; and if they were sought for, they could never be found, for they never existed.

The most rascally of nostrum-makers often talk loudly against quackery, and very earnestly caution the public against counterfeits of their own preparations. I shall by no means undertake to expose all the tricks made use of by this class of men, for they are legions; but there is one more that I will mention, which may not be generally thought of. A puff is manufactured, and the publisher of some paper is paid for inserting it as an editorial article. The publishers of other papers, being paid for it, copy the article into their papers; and by these means such falsehoods are circulated in disguise, all over the country. Surely "man is a gullible animal"—the bait that a grey rat would reject, is swallowed by grey-headed men. And whilst all their nefarious schemes are going on, the authors