The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-11-09
one MILLION OF LIVES SAVED.

Il ia one of the most remarkable facts Of
This remarkable age, not that so many
nersons are tbe victimp of dyspepsia or in.
fdicestion, but its willing victims. Now,
we would not be understood to say that any
ono regards dyspepsia with favor or feels
disposed TO rank it among the luxuries of
life Far from il. Those who have ex-
perieneed lis torments would scout such an
idea. All dread it. and would gladly dis
pense with its unpleasant familiarities
Mark Tapley, who was jolly under all the
itryinr circumstances in which he was
placed. never hai an attack of dyspepsia,
or his jolity would have speedily forsakon
him
OF all the multifarious diseases to which
the human system is liable.
there is perhaps no one so
generally prevalent MS dyspepsia. There
are disc Uses more acute and painful, and
which more frequently prove fatal but
none the effects of which are so depressing
to the mind and so positively distressing to
the bod If there is a wretched being in
A CONFIRMED DYSPEPTIC.
We have said that dyspepsia is perhaps
the most universal of human diseases.
This is imphatically the case IN the United
States. Whether this general prevalence
is due to the character of the food the
method of its preparation, or the hasty
manner in which it is usually swallowed,
is not our province to explain The great
fact with which We are called TO deal is
this:
DYSPEPSIA PREVAILS
almost univei sally.
Nearly every other person you meet is
victim. an apparently willing one; were
this not the case, why so many sufferers,
when certain, speedy and safe remedy is
within the easy reach OF all who will
avail themselves of it? But says dys-
peptic: What is this remedy: to which We
reply: This great allevator Of human
suffering is almost as widely known as the
English language. 1t has allayei the
agonies of thousands. and is today carry
comfort and encouragement to thousands
of others. This acknowledged panacea is
note other than
DR.. HOOFLAND,S GERMAN BlTTERS.
Would you know more of the merits of
this wonderful preparation than can he
learned from the experience Of others?
Try ii yourself, and when it has failed to
fulfil the assurance of its efficacy given by
the proprietor, then abandon faith i'll 1t.
LET II BE EnENBERED,
first of all, that H0OFLANDS GERMAN
BlTTERS is 30 9rum beverage.
They are composed wholly Of the pure
juice or vital principle Of roots. This is
not a mere assertion. The extracts from
which they are compounded are prepared by
one of the ah'est Of German chemists. Their
effects can be beneficial only IN all case Of
the hillary system. UOoh .nd's German
Bitters stand without an equal, acting
promptly and vigorously upon the liver;
they remove its t0rpidity AMI cause health
ful secretion Of bile-thereby supplying
the stomach with the most indispensable
elements Of sound digestion in proper pro-
portions.
They purify the blood cleansing the
vital fluid Of all huriful Impurities aud su-
planting them with the elements of genuine
hcIlthtulness.
Now, there are certain classes Of per-
sons to whom extreme Bitters are not only
unpalatable. bat who find it impossible to
take them without positive discomfort. For
such DR. HOOfLAND'S GERMAN TONIC !
has been specially prepared. 1t is intended
for use where slight coholic stlmulant
is require in connection with the we'll
known Tonic properties Of the pure Ger
man Bitters.
HOOFLANDS TONIC
acts with almost marvellous effect 1t not
only stimulates the tagging and wasting !
energies, but invigcrates and permanently |
strengthens its action upon the Liver
and Stomach thorough, perhaps less |
prompt than the Bitters, when the same |
quantity is taken is none the less certain. /!
Indigestion, BilliOusncss, Physical or Ner- |
vous proslratiOn, Weld readily to its po- !
tent influence 1t gives the invalid Il new |
and stronger hold upon life, removes de- |
pressiOh Of spirit. and inspires cheerful. |
ness. But De-. ioofland's benefactions to |
the human race are not confined to his !
celebrated GERMAN BlTTEkS, or his |
invaluable ToYIC. He has prepared an
other medicine, which is rapidly winning |
its way to popular favor because Of its in
trinsc metis. This j. HOOFLAND'S !
POD0PllYLLlN PILLS, perfect slbsti
tutc for mercury without any Of mercury's
evil qualities.
These wonderful Pills, which are Intend !
ed to act upon the Liver, are mainly com
posed Of POdOphyllin, or the vital princi-
pie of the mandrake root. 1t is he meli-
cinal virtues of this health giving plant in
n perfectly pure and highly concentrated
form. The POdophylin acts directly on
the Liver. stimulating its functi ms and
causing it to make lis hillary secretiOns in
regular and pr0pcr quantities. The inju-
rious results which invariably follow the
use of mercury is entirely avoided by |
their use. But it is not upon the Liver
only that their powers are eXerted. The
extract of Mandrake contained in them is
skillfully combined with four other ex-
iracts, one Of which acts upon tha stomach,
one upon the upper bowels, one upon the
lower bowels. and prevents any gripping
effect. thus producing n pill that influences
the entire digestive and alimsn'ary system,
in an equal and harmonious manner, and
It's action entirely rec from nausea, vOmit-
ing or gripping pains common to all other
Possessing 'hese much desirable qualities
the Podophylln becomes invaluable as
FAMILY MEDICINE.
No household should be without them.
They are perfectly safe, require but two
FOR an ordinary dose, are prompt and eff
,ient in action, and when used in connec-
ion with DR.. Hollands German fiitters,
,r Tonic, may be regarded as certain spe-
,iiics in all cases of Liver Complaint, Dys-
1epsia, or any of the disorders to which
he system is ordidarly subject The
PODOPHYLLIN PILLS
lct upon the stomach AMI bowels, carrying
If improper distractions, while the Bitters
" Tonic urify the blood, strengthen aud
nvigorate the frame, give tone and apps
ite to the stomach, and thus build up The
Invalid anew.
DR.. Hooaand, having provided internal
emedies for disease. has given the world