The national Republican., 1862-10-27
S..T..lS6O.-X.

That you may be your own Judge Otthe efficacy
Of these celebrated Bitters. we submit partial
formula Of the articles Of which they are CON-
pcsed.
The tuulo properties of pure St. Croix Rum are
well known, and II has long been recommended
by physicians. II IL manufactured from the
sugar Cane Plant. and that we use Ia selected
with great oare from the estates of few plant.
srs in the iterior Of that island.
CALISAYA, OR KING'S BARK,
was unknown to civilization until the middle of
the seventeenth century. The natives Of Peru
are generally supposed to have heen long pre-
viously acquainted with its most wonderful
medicinal qualities. Humboldt makes favora.
blu .Aention Of the fsbrifugs qualities OF this
article as an antidOte to Fever and Ague, Inter.
mittent and Malarious Fevsrs, in his extensive
South American travels.
Ths Countess, wife Of the viceroy of Peru,
having In her own person experienced the ben
eAcisl effects Of the bark, said, on her return
| to Spain, In the year l640. to have first intro.
| ducsd this remedy into Europe. After it's In.
PRODUCTION 1t WAS distributed and sold by the
Jesuits, who are said to have obtained for I,
| the enormous sum Of Its weight In silver. From
this circumstance II was called Jssuits' Powder,
title which 1t retained tor many years. In
| 1865, we are told that an Englishman by the
name of Sir John Talbot employed 1t with great
success IN France, in the treatment Of Fever
and Agne, Dyspepsia, Nervous Affections, Loss
| of Appetite, Weakness aud Debility, Palpita'
ton Of the Heart, Diarrh1a, 10. &C., under the
| name Of English Powders; nj length, In the year
1879, he sod the secret of its origin aud propa.
ration to Louis XIV, by whom II was divulged.
| 1t IL now II standard remedy, and ls employed
| in tha preparation OF the Plantation Bltters.
CAsCARILLA BARK
Ia another important ingredient. TWAS known
| 10 Germany NJ early AZ 1890, and much used AZ
a substitute for Peruvian Syrup. 1t ia en-
ployed M a gontls stimulant and tonic, in Dys.
| pepsia, Chronic DiarrhCBa. Cholio, Dysentery,
| and diseases of the stomach and bowels.
DANDELION
Ia used for Inflammation OF the loins and spleen,
| in cases Of hilary seoretions and dropsical sf'
fsotions, dependent upon Obstructions of the
| abdominal viscera, and arrangement Of the
| digestive organs generally.
CHAMoMILE FLOW ERs
used for enfeebled digestion, and want of sp.
petite. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
is a medicinal plant of very great efficiency
and Is especially valuable In sorofula, Rheuma
tism, and Nsfretio affections.
LAVENDER FLOWERS,
an aromatic stimulant and tonic, highly inyig
Grating in nervous debility, generous to the
palate and stomach.
| ANISE,
an aromatic oarminatiye, creating lesh muscle
and milk. Much used In nursing.
| ~ s-T-ls8O-X. -sa
Another ingredient of remarkable and won
derful virtues, used in the preparation Of these
Bitters, Is native Of Brazil, and as yet unknown
to the commerce Of the world. A Spanish
writer says: " Administered
with ST. Croix rum. It never fails to relieve
Nervous tremor, ,Wskefulnsss, Disturbed Sleep
80; and that It is used with great effect by the
Brazilian. Spanish, and Peruvian ladies' Il
heightsn their color and beauty. 1t imparli
oheerfulnsss to the disposition, and brilhsnoy
to the complexion" We withhold its nam'
from the public for the present.
To the above are added Glove Buds, Orange
Carraway, Coriandsr, and Snake Root. Th'
] whole In combined BY q perfect chemical pro