Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-01-20
SPECIAL NOTICES.

HeaIth's Best Defense" The weak eat
eth herbs, &" says St. Paul, so that eighteen
hundred years ago the value of medicinal
plants was appreciated. In the Old Tesla
ment botanical remedies are repeatedly re-
commended, but IN 40 passage OF sacred his
tory is man recommended 10 swallow ealo-
mel or blue-plI, or any other mineral prepa-
ration. The sick were directed 10 eat herbs
20 strengthen them, 90 purify them, 20 heal
them. to restore them. In that day the art OF
making vegetable extracts was unknown.
The herbal medicines We're mere infuslOns.
u was reserved for a later age TO unite the
sanitary essence OF tonic, aperient and autl-
bilious roots, barks and plants, WITH an ac-
tive stimulant, and thus secure their rapid
diffusion through the CSoiIitated or dlsOr-
dered system. The crOwning triumph Of this
effective mode OF concentrating aud apply
ing the virtues OF medlclnal vegetables was
achieved In the production Of HOstetters
stomach Bitters. Never before had a per-
fectly pure alcoholic stimulant been com
bined with the expressed juices OF the finest
specifics OF the vegetable Kingdom Never
yet, though eighteen years have elapsed
since its Introduction, has this great r%estOra-
tive been equaied. IL Is taken at ali seasons,
in all climes, as the most potent safeguard
against epldemIcs. as q protection against All
unhealthy exhalatiOns that produce debility
or beget disease; As a remedy for intermtt-
tent and other malariouS levers; as an appe-
tiZer; as a sovereign cure Tor dyspepsia; as a
general tonic ana lnNl-0EsLlLf a. z gentle
painless aperient; as a blood depurent; as a
nervine; as a cure Tor bilious auect1onsi as
a harmless ~snodyns; and a. the BEST DE-
FESsE or A under unfGvorsbie eli cum
stances, such as sedentery pursuits, undue
bodily or mental eXelton, hardship, prIva-
ton and exposure.
A Humbug--h0W Often We Hear this
expression from persons reading adj
vertisements Of Patent Medicines, anu
in nine cases put OF ten they may
be right. 1t is over . years since I
introduced Dr.. Tobias Venetian Liniment 70
the public. ! had no money 10 advertise IT
so I left II for sale with q few druggists and
stOrekeeDerS throueh 2 small section of the
country, many taking 10 with great rvluct-
ance; bat 1 told them to let any one have 10,
and IL 10 did not do all L stated on my pam
phlet, no one need pay Ior II. Ia some stores
two or three bottles we're taken on trial 10y
persons present. I Wss, by many, thought
crazy, and thaJ would be the last they would
see OF me. But l kneW ny medicine was NJ
humbug. In about Two months 1 began 10
receive orders fOr more LlHiulent, some cali
ing ft my vgluable Linineut, who had re-
fused 20 sign a receipt wien lei5 IL at their
store. Now my sales are millions Of bottles
yearly, and al fer cash I warrant IL suge
rl1r to any other medicine Tor the cure OF
Group, Disrrhoea, DysenJsry, JOltc, Vomit-
remedy II is perfectly innocent 10 take in
ternaly-see oath accom- pauylCg eaca bot
tls-and externally Tor b IA hheumstisIn,
Headache, &unps, Frosteo Feet. Bruises,
Sprains, Old Sores, SweLlngs, SORE Threats,
Price 50 cents. Sold by the Druggists, Depot
10, Park Place, n. /. JsB