The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-06-26
HosTET1ER's BITTERs.
DEAD. THINK, AND DECIDE.


tions" were the only medicines In use, find little
favor with tho medical profession Of the present
day. Yet at TINT early period Of the worlds his
tory tho ordinary torn Of human life was at least
eight times longer than II Is now. Its, therefore,
manifest that tho stamina Of man has seriously
declined in the lapse of ages.
II Is u significant fact TINT, during this progress
of human degeneration and decay, an iipnense
number Of powerful posous have been introduced
into the medical repertoire, while the mild, vegct.
able system Of treatment exclusively practiccd
when tho world was young. has been in great
measure abandoned by tho medicnl Profession
This Is n curious coieidencc, aud II suggests the
possibility Of n direct connection between the
! physical deterioration Of tho species aud the
Wholesale administration Of deadly mineral aud
othe~ drugs. II may well be doubted whether the
mineral sal and oxydes aud the no less danger
Qua alkaloida. which chemistry has added TO the
pharmneop@a. have not destroyed more than NIL
tho diseases they have been preacribed TO cure.
One thing nj Ienst. Is certain, via That tho av-
erage term Of human existence has been fearrully
shortened since the days when tho vegetable
kingdom was the only medical dispensary known
to mankind.
The truth is.--anl sensible people are becoming
'nore alive to 1t every daylhtt the world IL over.
doetpred. The principals Of medication are sim
ple bat they have been 50 befoggod by tcehnieaIi-
tics. so mystaod by professional verbiage that
onetaif the community fancy they can neither
be interpreted applied except by persons who
have been taught to etothe the living truths Of
science ia the dead languages. IL is not to the
interes: Of 'the Faculty" that the theory and
practice Of medicine should be smplecd and pop
ulatized. and. therefore. tho public conceive but
littlo light on tho subject from that quarter.
Lo prevent crime Is of the great ends of
levl lam, aud 10 prevent disease shoald &c one oi
The grand objects Of medicinal science. II Is bet
ter TO protect than 10 cure. ahd much easier Vital
power Is the natural antagonist OF all the iaau-
euees thai iaita,e against hcaIth~-whelhcr they
sAiat in the air NO brea'he. la tbs waller drink,
ia the objects with which we come in contact, %
Iin ourselves. Without - snfEieeeey Of this resist
ant principal there can be 40 reasonable hope ei
Ieseap.ng prevailing spidemees or Of eujoyins.
even under the most fEvoTab:e e.tcgnaI eireuta-
stances. al l,nmHHsfy from sieiness aad pain.
This fact being established the next question Il
hos sbal daGeieuey IN physical aai eousiIia,
tiepai visoT be snpplieI, Instructed by ito ex-
perisnee ot twenty years, and sustained by the
Testimony u tbausa saais II individuals of both sexes
hailing from all parts II the world NC reply II a
IlosictteFs Stomach B.ssers Is the onIy medicine
that be fully relied s. protective aud pre-
seuia,ive tonic aud al,e1alire Ia sit climates and
r uadeT ali contingencies With a sys.em strength.
eped aud fortified ~ tie use of the lnyIgoratc ua
one who possesses common prudence ueea fear the
Effects Of malaria. I. i ihe bssl safeguard asaiuF'
infection asd eonsaslon At pres nl known. II
lradacees Appetite il promotes digestion Il pre-
ssnls ecns,ia'oD; !, regulates tic Cos Of bile II
strengthens The nerve ii rugsGrH the Animal aaii
il cltaas tbs brain /; aa4 tie vtbseie of It's iusd
isiaal properties beine pure d.dasibic sstnglaat
their ssauenss s extended every portion of shs
- stem. NcFs alehoic silsnuanss. slough admin
t;efed largely in Heiira pFac,iee, not in hrtn.
selves msd.elres; tai ihsy pFefsde the hole Of
gari1at.oa more certainly aud aa'aly than any.
thine else hat can lie given. They are quickly
..kca up by tho absoibrnis. end lhsrc Is not q
dber Of the body beiwssn tie eFsan Of the hael
; and the rols u The Zoo, whleh Is exempted from
ihgig influence. Hence spiri,ous s,.tanan: s ihs
bes; medium foT conveying Ia al The organs aud
mstahers of feeble or disoEIeved system tbs
means whereby that system IL 10 be recruited and
regulated. Il Il Tor this purpose that the aieohsie
elenent Is used IN the preparation OF Hosiet,er's
Stomach Bit,ers. Il Is simply tie instrument OF
vehicle by which the medicinal virtues Of the prep
asations esFrieI to their objective points md
rendered setivc.
The great objection 10 ordinary topies. with an
alcoholic basis i. that tho spirit ussd Is impure
Tbe charge is true, and The objections 20 them
founded on this cause arc rsionai aud just. The
poison Of nluiieraied liquor connteraels tho eject
Of any sauative vegetable juices or extracts With
which they arc combined. aud hence the worse
than uselcssness Of the tonic iinctnrcs habiually
prescribed by physicians. They arc ALL without
exception. made Of infcro or alcohol, aud seven
eigbts Of them arc positively de'oterious. Hostel
ters Bitters entirely exempt from this serious
drawback. The digusiblc stimulcnt employed In
their preparation Is rye spirit. absolutely pure. Il
is reeied and tested until Il Is fouad 20 be utterly
free from volatile OIL or any other unwholesome
ingredient, and II il believed that there Is no other
, proprietary medicine in existence which il manu-
actnrcd with such conscientious care. with gard
to all its components, Hostctter's Bilters. Moss
tsuics powerful cxeiiants, but this preparation
is not an cxc.tant at all On the contrary. Il
soetbcc aud calm the nerves, and Is delightful
anodync as we'll as an rnequaed stomaehic and
laltcrntye.
II Is almost unnecessary TO call the attention oi
dyspcptics to medicine which is everywhere re.
recognized as tho standard specific for Indigestion
In every town in the United States which contains
drug store or n store in which drugs sold. II
is known as a remedy for stomach complaints oi
every class, from simple fatulcncy up TO the most
obstinate chronic torpidity of that most important
organ. It's anti-bious properties also uni
versaly understood and appreciated, and in the
West and Southwest the old Ague cures " have
been generally abandoned. and this real chola-
goguc-wbeh actually breaks up intermittent
fcvers within a week after the first dose has been
taken--adopted in their stead. In the intermit
tent fcvers so common in malarious districts dur.
ing the fall of the year, il has proved equally ef
icacious. and It may be truly said that it com.
hines in an equal degree the qualities of rcstora.
tive and preventative.
II il not alleged that Hostctter'e Eitters are ar
nfaiable panacea for all bodily ills. There never
was such wonder, and there never will be. Blu
that tho tonic is the most eficacous and purest In
use; that it Is tho best existing safeguard agRins
lie miasma that gcneartes epidemic feycrs and
bowl complaints; that Is genuine remedy fol
dyspepsia, billiousness, and indigestion, in all
their forms, and that its popularity as attcsted by
its sales and the testimonials in its favor from al
parts of the Western Hemsphere) exceed that o
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