The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-03-01
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The language OF nature and experience demon.
srs,es that whoever would enjoy the pleasures Of
food-,he beauties Of landscapes-the Joys Of COM
panionship-the richness Of litsrature--or the
honors OF station and rsnown-nEst preserve
their health.
The stomach is the receptacle Of all nourish-
ment and the fountain from which all parts OF the
body derive sustensnce. The effect OF foul, In
jurous food entering the stomach is to dersngs the
digestive organs and produce headache, loss n
appetite, unrefreShed sleep, Joted breath, BU
spirits, fsrerfsh 6urnings constipation, inca-
pacityto perform any mental or physical duty,
&c., and are the symptoms Of that horrid disease,
DYSPEPSIA,
which assumes a thousand shapes, and points TO-.
wards miserable life and premature decay The
Medical Faculty has labored for generations to
discover reliable appetizsrs and the proper means
OF overcoming stomschic arrangements. Cstain in
gredients have been long known as partially eff
fsetive. Among these were
CALIsAYA BARK AND ST. CROIX RUM
An invalid physician, soJourning in the tropical
island Of ST. Croix, observing the habits OF tho
hves, gathered the recipe for the final accomplish
ment Of this most important tud. The article was
FIRST used as private medic ne, when Its salutary
effects becoming known, 1t was brought out under
the name of
BRAKES PLANTATION BITTERs.
They act with unerring power,s and are taken
with the pleasure of beverage. They perform
most wonderful cures In stubborn cases Of Dyspep-
sia, Liver Complaint, Nervous Affections, Loss Of
Appetite, Intermittent Fevers, Disrrhea, Sour Sto
mach, Headache, Fever and Ague, Weakness,
Mental Dependency, SC As a morning appetizer
and after dinner tonic, they should be in ecery
family. They are delightful, erhtlarating stt-
mulant, pithota any subsequent supplying reac-
~ IMPORTANT CERTIFICATE.
ROCHESTER,, December 2s, 1851.
"MEssRs. P. h. DRAKE: Gentlemen,-I have
suffered terribly with Dyspepsia for three or four
years, and tried many remedies without effect.
had to abandon my profession, and suffered greatly
tation Bitters-they helped mel continued their
use, and am now nearly well man. know Of
p'R "Rkv. J. s. cArHoxs."
S. T.-lsoo-X.
Intelligent persons and physicians can Judge OF
the efficacy Of the Plantation Bitters from the fol-
lowing partial formula
CASCARILLA BARK
was known and used IN Germany for Dyspepsia,
Chronic Diarrhea, Cholic Dysentery, and diseases
OF the Stomach and Bowels, as early as 1890.
DANDELI0N,
for Inflammation OF the Loins and Spleen in Drop
steal Affections and Biliary Secretions, or 0bstruc
tions Of the Abdominal Viscera.
CALISAYA; OR, KINGS BARK,
was unknown to civilization until the middle Of
the seventeenth century Humboldt makes favors-
BILE mention of the febrfuge qualities OF this article
as Antidote to Fever and Ague, Intermittent
and Malarious Fevers, in his extensive South Anne
rican travels. The Countess, wife Of the yiceroy
OF Peru, having experienced the beneficial effects
OF this Bark. sent II to Europe In le4o. Ii was sold
by the Jesuits for the enormous sum of its oton
toefgM In silrer, and was thus called JEsUITs
POWDER. In 1855, Sir John Talbot employed It
with great success In France In the treatment OF
Fever and Ague, Dyspepsia, Nervous Affections
Loss Of Appetite, Weakness and Debility, Palpita-
tion Of the Heart Diarrhea, Sc, under the name
OF English Powders and in 1879 he sold the secret
OF its origin to Louis XIV, by whom 1t was di-
vulged II now standard remedy In all Phar-
macopeia. and Ii employed in preparing the Plan.
tation Bitters.
Chamopt,s Flo,oers, for enfeebled digestion !;
Wfnter1reea, valuable for Scrofula, rheumatism,
and Nefratc Affections Lavender Fioioers, arc
matte, stimulant, and tonic-highly invigorating
IN Nervous Debility; Ar,fse, an aromatic carmins-
tive, creating flesh, muscle, and milk-muCh used
In nursing.
Another ingredient of remarkable and wonderful
virtue used In the preparation Of these Biters 10
native Of Brazil, and as yet unknown to the COM
merce OF the world. A Spanish writer says:
administered with Santa Croix
Rum never fails TO relieve nervous tremor, wake.
with great effect by the Brazilians, spanish and
Peruvian ladies heighten their color and beauty.
II imparts cheerfnlness to the disposition, vigor 70
the appetite, and brilliancy TO the complexion"
We withhold Its name from the public for the
present.
To the above are added Glove Buds. Orange, Car.
away, Corandsr, Snake Root, &c., all preserved
Ia ps''''-' sT. CRoIx RUM.
The tonic properties Of St. Croix Rum, and its
powerful invigorating effects, have been long
known 10 the physicians OF the world
Bilious, Intermittent, and Chill Fevers, engen-
dsrsd by the change Of water and diet Of travellers
usrticulariy upon western rivers, are prevented
and cured by the Plantation Btters. They are also
rsiiable to prevent sea sickness
WHAT OTHERS sAY.
"PHILADELPHIA. LIST month, lsth day, 1851.
"Estsemed Frispd,-wilt thou send me another
fcisi to my invalid wife myself as the Plantation
S''ss"' "ssh "isIAo HowLAxD."
B.-Ths secret Of the immense sale OF the
Plantation Bittsrs is their guaranteed purify The
st. Croix Rum and every article usedh warranted
perfectly pure, and the money win bs returned II
not ~ represented.
The Plantation Bitters are put mp In unique quart
bottles, and sold by all respectable druggists gro
ssrs hotels, and restaurants throughout the world.
Be particular that every bottle bears the ae ssnstts
of the proprisiors' signature.
P.H. DRAKE 4 CO.,
spn-ly a Park Row. New York.