The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-11-15
g T. Is 6 o. <.

The language OF nature and experience demon.
strates that whoever would enjoy the pleasures OF
food-the beauties of landscapes-the joys OF COM
panionship-the richness OF literature-or the
honors of station and renown-must preserve
their health.
The stomach Is the receptacle of all nourish-
ment and the fountain from which all parts Of the
body derive sustenance. The effect Of foul, in
furious food entering the stomach is to derangs the
digestive organs and produce headache, loss 81
appetite, unrefreshed sleep, Jpted breath, Sw
spirits, hererish turnings, constipation, fnca-
pacityto perform any mental or physical duty,
&C., and are the symptoms of that horrid disease,
DYSPEPSIA,
which assumes thousand shapes, and points to-
wards q miserable life and premature decay. The
Medical Faculty has labored for generations to
discover reliable appeizers and the proper means
of overcoming stomachic arrangements Ceiain in
gradients have been long known az Partially Ell
fective. Among these were
CALISAYA BARK AND ST. CRCIX LUM.
An invalid physician, sojouraing III tie nCpca)
island Of St. Crox, observing the hail. III the
lives, gathered the recipe for the final accom- lish-
ment of this most important end. Tie a.,cie was
first used as private medicine, when its salutary
effects becoming known, IL was brought out under
the name of
BRAKES PLANTATION BITTERS.
They act with unerring power, and are taken
with the pleasure Of a beverage. They perform
most wonderful cures In stubborn cases of Dyspep-
sia, Liver Complaint, Nervous Affections, Loss Of
Appetite, Intermittent Fevers DiarrhGa, Sour Sto-
mach, Headache, Fever and Ague, Weakness,
Mental Dependency, &c. as morning appetizer
and dtter-dtnnsr tonic, they ShOud be in every
JamiIy. They are n deiighttui, srhiiarating sti-
muLtnt, oithoa any sutsequent stuptying redc-
ton. - "
IMPORTANT CERTIFICATE.
ROCHESTER, December "a, 1861.
"MEssns p. II. DRAKE: Gentlemen,-I have
suffered terribly with Dyspepsia for three or four
years, and tried many remedies without effect.
had to abandon my profes and suffered srsatly
taton Bitters-they helped mel continued their
use, and am now nearly a well man. know of
As'pee'!HKiiE KEW yoJpfss 5. cArHoss."
s. T.-1sso-X.
Intelligent persons and physicians can judge Of
the tiicacy of the Plantation Biers from the fol-
lowing partial formula.
CASCARILLA BARK
was known and used in Germany for Dyspepsia,
Chronic DiarrhGa, Cholic, Dysentery, and diseases
of the Stomach and Bowels, as early as 1890.
DANDELION,
for Inflammation of the Loins and Spleen in Drop
steal Affections and hillary SecretOns, or obstruc
tons of the Abdominal Viscera.
CALISAYA; OR, KINGS BARK,
was unknown to civilization until the middle Of
the seventeenth century. Humboldt makes favora-
BILE mention of the febrfuge qualities of this article
as an Antidote to Fever and Ague, Intermittent
and Malarous Fevers, in his extensive South Ame-
rican travels. The Countess, wife OF the Eiccroy
of Peru, having experienced the beneficial effects
of this Bark sent it to Europe in 1870 1t was sold
by the Jesuits for the enormous sam n its OIr1s
,retott in silcer. and was thus called JEsrITs
POWDER. In 1858, Sir John Talbot employed II
with great success in France i'm tho treatment OF
Fever and Ague, Dyspepsia, Nervous Affections,
Loss of Appetite, Weakness and Debility, Palpita-
ton of the Heart, DarrhGa, &c, under the name
of English Powders and in 1879 he sold the secret
of its origin to Louis XIV, by whom it was d.
vulged. 1t is now standard remedy in all Phar-
macopGia, and is employed in preparing the Plan
tation Bitters.
ChamomiEe FloWers, for enfeebled digestion (;
Winterqresn, valuable for Scrofula, rheumatism,
and Nefratic Affections Lavender FtODers, aro-
matte stimulant, and tonic-highly invigoratins
In Nervous Debility mise, an aromatic carinina-
tive, creating flesh, muscle, and milk-much used
In nursing.
Another ingredient of remarkable and wonderful
virtue used in the preparation of these Bitters Is
native Of Brazil and a. yet unknown 10 the COM
merce of the world. Spanish writer says:
- administered with Santa CroiH
Rum never fails to relieve nervous tremor, wake,
frlness, disturbed sleep, &c, and that 1t IS used
with great effect by the Brazilians, spanish, ana
Peruvian ladies 10 heighten their color and beauty
1t mparts cheerfulness to the disposlnGn vigor 10
the appetite, and brlliancy 10 the complexion
We withhold its name from the public for the
present.
To the above are added Glove Buds, Orange, Car
raway, Coriander, Snake Root, &C., all preserved
ST. CRoIX RUM.
The tonic properties of St. Croix Rum, and its
powerful invigorating effects, have been long
known to the physicians OF the world.
Bilious, Intermittent, and Chill Fevers, engen.
dered by the change of water and diet of travellers
particularly upon western rivers, are prevented
and cured by the Plantation Bitters. They are also
reliable to prevent sea- sickness.
WHAT OTHERS SAY.
PHILADELPHIA, LIST month"; 10th day, 1882.
Esteemed Friend, wilt thou send me another
dozen of thy Biters Nothing has proven so bene-
fetal to my invalid wife myself as the Plantation
Bitters my lriehu,
N.B-The secret of the immense sale Of the
Plantation Bitters is their guaranteed purity The
st. Croix Rum and every article usedis warranted
perfectly pure, and the money will be returned II
not as represented.
The Plantation Bitters are put up In unique quart
bottles and sold by all respectable druggists, gro
GERS hotels and restaurants throughout the world.
Be particular hat every bottle bears the fac simfe
Of the proprietors signature.
2. H. DRAKE & CO.,
spN-ly Il PARK Row, New YORK.