The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-06-19
A Pitiful Condition.

sands whose habitual condition is one
of languor and debility. They COM
plain of no specific disease; they suffer
no positive pain; but they have no
relish for anything which affords men
tai or sensuous pleasure. In nine cases
out of ten this state of lassitude and
torpor arises from a morbid stomach,
Indigestion destroys the energy of both
mind and body. When the waste of
nature is not supplied by a due and
regular assimilation Of the food, every
organ is starved, every function inter
rupted.
Now, what does common sense sug-
gest under these circumstances Of de-
pression7 The system needs rousing
and strengthening; not merely for an
hour or two, to sink afterward into a
more pitiable condition than ever (as
it assuredly would do if an ordinary
alcoholic stimulant were resorted to,)
but radically and permanently.
How is this desirable object to be &C
compiished? The answer to this ques-
ton, founded on the unvarying expert
! ence of quarter of a century, is easily
given. lnfuse new vigor into the di-
gestive organs by course of Hostel
ter's Stomach Bitters. Do not waste
time BY administering temporary rem
edies, but wake the system up by re-
cuperatiug the fountain-head of physi-
cal strength and energy, the great or
gan upon vi: ch all the other organs
depend for their nurture and support.
By the time that a dozen doses of the
great vegetable tonic and invigorant
have been taken, the feeble frame of
the dyspeptic will begin to feel its be-
nign influence. Appetite will be crea-
ted, and with appetite the capacity to
digest what it Graves. Persevere until
the cure is complete-untif healttful
blood, fit to be the material of flesh and
muscle. bone and nerve and brain,
flows through the channels of circula-
ton, instead of the watery pabulum
with which they have heretofore been
imperfectly nourished.
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t. Among the astonishing modern
developments in the industrial sphere,
none are more remarkable than the
sewing machine business. Compare
lively few years since its first intro
duction, it has alrerdy assumed i'm
mense proportions. From returns
made under the licenses granted, it
appears that for the year 1871, the
sales of the Singer Company alone
amounted to 1890 machines.
1t is noticeable that while the Singer
is one of the Oldest, its sales lead the
list of all the others for the past year,
In the aggregate returns. as also in the
recent report of the Special Relief
Committee Of Chicago, where every
applicant designated the kind of
machine desired, and where of 1884
which the Committee had provided,
2,427 were Singer machines! One in
dication of the prosperity of the Singer
Company is the recent opening, at No.
"a Union Square, corner of 10th Street,
of new building of fine proportions
and splendid finish, for their city sale
rooms and offices. 1t is one of the
finest buildings, as it is one of the most
eligible business sites in the city.
The extent and prosperity of the
sewing machine business K d
doubtless to-day far beyond the bounds
of the most sanguine expectations of
its original projectors. And tho end
is not yet.-lN New York National
Standard.