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Show H THE QUAKER MEDICINEJHOW H ' How Smooth "'Grafters Work the Un ; -siisK;cii5gvriiblic. ' BRAZENNIiSS CHIEF QUALIFICATION. R L MH Who TJicy Really ArcHow., They H; Lay TIfemselves Liable for ' H - Z. Prosecution v ?r ' "? H Iu last wood's issuo of thin papor wo H published, nu nocount of ono of tbo H froo shows Hint uro being givon H throughout southora Utah by tho H Quukor modioiuo voudors, sotting out H tho faota just ns wo found thorn, nnd I M r almost without comment. IMlftjrfelly ---"we culled ntontlou to tho irnprobn- j x'- bllity of such n uuui uh the, Quaker H roprosontod blmsolf to ho, "Hawking H about from town to town in this H fipnrsoly Bottled district." H At that timo thji niedioino show hn.d M just oponod up for u ton days' ongugo- j mont in Cedar Olty, nnd whonho ar- B tiolo camo to thoi&noilpouf 'tho B "spiolor" ho wnx'od oxeoodiug wroth 1 nud proceeded to rccito tho" littlo M storootypod plooo ho had proprtrod bo- m foro starting on his campaign, for tho 1 bunoilt of local papers that dnred to m criticso or stato tho facta couuootod m with tho aggregation. In working out tho dotalls of tho K" Vampaign.JJuo local press was a fuctor H th which ho would iu all probability H V) to rookou, ho surmisod, (or ho bavo discovered tho fact from H a wh oxporionco, for ho is ovldon- nold band at tho faking busi- H "'iSd bo probably. roasonod thus: H ly nVnntry nowspapers nro usual- Hi lcnUVloss dofoctivo. tynocranb- H- dotrlifUf they say many thiuga H I vfUln nfo or my littlo gamo, V" jjtfjiftthom on tholr mistaken Btjjjbom up ddioulo. That BHvnwI5TnlTtffcio lliou" prococdod HK fto commlt to meEjry tho Iltto splol C". for such occasious When tbiH papor BbK-. ? published an account of bis porfor- HHT manoo, giving bim noarly two col- Hm umuB of advertising mattor for whioh Kf bo was not asked to pay ono oout, bo H at onco conoludod that ho had boon H nttaokod, and tbo following evening H proooodod to spoak bis littlo pioco. H To bo Hiiro ho found tbo papor woll K- priutod tho article as woll wrltton as H tho ordinary news itom iu tbo daily H press, and typographically as correct; H but ho bad only tho ono spiel pro- parod, so bo procoodnd to dollvor bim- self of it, and from all acoouuts olioi- H tod considerable applause from a lot H. of empty boadod porsons, priuoipnlly obildrou, who enjoyed tho assault for tho samo roason that pooplo enjoy f seeing u dog fight; tboro was somo- H body being ussailod, and thoy giggled H and clapped thoir bunds. Had tho BKid.(l 'isi'co boon a roprosoutativo ono M wltb Hiiaioiont uonso to approoiato a H sorvlco whon it was rendered to them, M tbo windy gontloman would havo boon H grootod with IiIbsos in a toad of up- M plauso. Hut siuoo tbo ball has boon M oponod, tvo will oudonvor to acquaint B tbo publio H3 far us possible of tbo H standing and tactics of tho nomads, H" " A n,l( lftT0 no rorsona who havo boon H boodoood into paying for thoir ro- H rmVi()S to dooido wtiother they have H boon avooivod by tho glib touguo of B WHO TKIBQT ARE. H Tho aggregation . compoaod of H seven porsons iu all. Thoro Is Fran?. H O. A. (Joorsa, tho'windy individual, H who roproseuts bimsolf to bo n grad- H uato of noarly half a dozen medical H oollcgos, iiioludiugouo at Hiodolborg, H gOorrunny,' and who, from bis talk, b you would supposo to bo tho "wholo m show," but who in roallty would bo liable for prosecution if bo dared to writo a prescription on your local B druggist, baud you n professional' B card on which his nnmo was followed H by the letters ".M. J).," or publicly H roprosout bimsolf to bo a practicing H pbysloian, which ho did oaoh evening Hk of tho show; Dr. D.WV. Bykos, who H doot tho oflloo prescribing, and under H whoso lioouso to practice medicine' H tho entire aggregation takes cover; H four porformors, two of whom aro R colored men and one u colored worn- Kr an ; and a lady, who 1m presumably tho H t wire of tbo proprietor. lill. Tl ' A" ('00ra8 co'l'amtively littlo is knon. Ho claims to havo . Jjoeu 1 Utah since l)oo, but holds no license to pincticotnodioino in this slate. Under thobo oireumstances, it is not probable that ho is a doctor at an. If ho woro what ho represented himself to bo, ho would certainly havo passed tho board of medical ox uminors boforo ho had been iu Utah four yoars. Tho diplomas and stato licousos which hooxhlbitsfronftho Stago aio probably countnrfnl1. fnr tho ubo of which ho could bo soul to stales' prison for tho romaindor Of bjjk days if auyouo was intorobtod enough to follow up tho caso. Ho la -liable for prosocution for overy timo ho publicly made tho statomout that ho was u doctor, and solicited oUlco practice Ho is, in short, a olovor bilk, who doponds upon his im- maoulato gull and brazouuoss to carry bim through. His chief Quulillca- Uo)Haro bis scductlvo tongiio and bis ubillty to pull tooth. Ho has drawn as many as forty during a single oven- ing. Dr. 1)., A. Sykes has boon iu Utah siuco 1801; how much longer wo havo failod to learn. Ho was gjantod a liconso, by tho stato board of mod-ical mod-ical oxamluors Oct. 8, 1805. Whon a roprosonfuUvo of this papor called up Dr. Fishor, socrotary of tho stnto board, by phono, bo nt llrst said tfiaU bo know of no such mon as oithor Sykos or Ooorsa' in tho medical profession. pro-fession. Sovorul hours lator, on enro-ful enro-ful tbought.ho did romombor thnfc n licouso vas issued n numbor of yoars sinco to n man 'numed Sykes. Tho fact that it took tbo socrotary of tbo board all ono day to ilslf bis unmo from tbo cobwebs of bis brain, proves that ho bus not boon ospooially omi-nont omi-nont iu Utah in tbo medical profession. profes-sion. Tho socrotary boliovod that ho had praoticod in Silvor City, and had boon about SaltXiako tjomo littlo. ur. o. ;i. uuiiBoi in ativor (jicy was called up and asked coucornlug Sykes, Ho stated that bo bad not prnoticed in Silvor City, but was louatod for a timo at Morcur. Had knoiYUiirnj- liipyir-jjt1 iiberr Miked wbat'no know about bim, ro idled that bo did not amount to anything; any-thing; that bo boliovod bo praotlood as a "homeopath. " Ho has boon iu Utah long enough that somcono should havo known somotbing of his wonderful achievements if bo bad any. Whilo tbo company was iu St. Ooorgo thoy bad this licouso of Sykos' recorded in tho ofllco of tho county recorder; but whilo iu Codar thoy negloctod to tako tliiH precaution, so that ovory timo Dr. Sykoa proscribed for any porson at bis oilloo and accepted ac-cepted of a fco for tbo sauio, bo laid bimsolf open to prosecution. The stato law drovides that boforo n doctor doc-tor can go from ono county to another and practico medicino, bo shall record re-cord bis licouso in such county. HOW THEV MAKE MONEY. A froo minstrol show carried with tbo company dnrwa and holds tho crowd. Pooplo nro nttractod to tho show by tho boating of a tin pan and tho announcement through n speaking speak-ing trumpet that "tbore will bo a froo show touigbt," nnd roforonco to tho pluco whoro it will bo bold. Whon tho crowd bus failly gathored tho Quakor (?) mukos an appoal to tho religious projudicos of tbo pooplo, gains their sympathies, recounts bis wonderful attainments nnd oifors somo of tbo Quakor medicines for snlo. With ouch packago a card is given that ontltles tbo boldor to a froo ox nmiuntion. Tho wordy gontloman nmkos tbo most astounding prof 03 sione, among others that thoy diagnose diag-nose disoaRo and placo thoir linger upon tbo spot wboro tho pain is, without with-out asking n question. Tbo inforcuco all tho way through is that bo is tho man; but when tho boldor of tho card applies for examination, bo is shown into tbo prosonco of tbo dark comploxiouod gontlomnu, who is Dr. Sykos, and who bocomos wroth whon you ask bim to locate your troublo without asking questions. However, ho usually informs tho tubjoct that ho 1ms somo serious ailment nnd oifors. to furnish modioiuo for troatmont at from 610 up, nccordiug to'tho presumed pre-sumed status of tho pationt's pocket-book. pocket-book. It is iu this way that tbo con-corn con-corn makes tbo principal part of its inonoy, nud many are tbo- silly pooplo who apply uml pay lor troatmont. For this purposo Sykos has dis- (Coutlnucil on Uh page.) YbYbYbb J ; (Continued trom first page.) ! graced an Ihoaorod profession by soil- , lug lilmdf to tho grafter. JIo is pro- bably a man of small ability who, ""ding littlo domnnd for his profes- 1 lsonnl services, w wlu8 to bcC0T ' mi nttncho of this niggor show for tho sako of making n livelihood. SNAP SHOTS. I" his arraignment of tho local pii- por Saturday night tho "splolor" said if "a roprosontatlvo" was responslbio for our urtiolo of lust weok, "God pity tho editor." Ho probably mount to say that if tho othor nrtlolo was tho product of a roprcsontativo, God pity him if tlio editor tuinod looso. Tho editor has been looking him up tlrHKveok. Thirty-twomibtakesaro all that tho wind-bag professed to find In our urtiolo of last weok ocncornlng tho Quukors. This is liidood vory modest und consldoruto in him. We'll wngor thnt tho blow-hard who has boon holding forth in Cedar Oity for tho past weok cannot writo a ono-pngo buslnoss letter without doublo that number of errors. Wo regret thnt wo could not huvo mnd6 roply to tho tirado of tho Quaker modicino vendor boforo ho got out of tho country, but wo is3uo only onco a weok mid as ho was careful to muko his dntos just so as to bo out of tho way boforo this numbor camo out, wo nro hardly to blnmo. Ilowover, tills issue will bo haudy for publishers publish-ers along thoir lino of campaign to lllo for roforonce. "Tho roprosontntlvo" has got his foot into it again. In his write-up of tho Quaker modicino show lust week something was said at which tho colored lady that accompanies tho show took umbrage, and which is said to hnvo caused her to shed copious tears. Wo assure tho dusky damsel thnt nothing was furthor from our purposo than to wound tho sensibility sensibili-ty of tho whitest member of tho outfit. out-fit. I Wo hcgJLhtdulgcnco of our readers read-ers for (JcBP'fVniuoti'spnco this n-suo n-suo it"ffF""Kj"ljjbBnii( a quaojc iriedlcino outfit, llut whilo apologizing apologiz-ing for our courso, wo will remind' you that thoy ongrossd a goodly portion por-tion of your timo and attention whilo bore. If thoy didn't, you aro decidedly one of tho minority? Tho conduct of a lot of tho rnbblo this week when nsubults woro mado on tho locnl pupor and its publisher by the horli poddlor who has boon spending a wook in Codnr, Is 11 fair example of tho Ingratitudo of suoh poople. Sooing that it was tho purposo pur-poso of tho aggregation that had como among them to fleece tho pooplo of thoir hard earnings, wo sought to sound n noto of warning in thoir curs. Tho whelp retaliated, of course, and tho rabblo In offoct shouted "hick-em!" "hick-em!" What benefit do you supposo wo oxpoctod to dorivo from tho exposure ex-posure of tho bilks? ' Could it menu anything iu or out of our pockots if thoy floocod you? No. But old mnn Dnrnum know whnt ho was talk ing about whon ho said that tho pooplo poo-plo liked to bo bilked, aud you woro glad to seo anything rosoutod thnt would liavo n tondeuoy to lnfriugo upon this right and pleasure. |