The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-09-12

ONE MILLION OF LIVES SAVED.

Is one of the most remarkable faot6 of
this remarkable age not that so many
persons are the victime of dyspepsia or in
digestion, but its willing victims. Now,
we wond not be understood to say that any
one regards dyspepsia with favor. or feels
disposed to rank it among the luxuries of
life Far from it. Those who have ex-
perienced its 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
trying circumstances in which he was
placed, never had an attack of dyspepsia,
or his iolity would have speedily forsaken
him. . ... ..... pan. ,.-,r ,,--, ,t-., .nt".r
OF all the mpltifarious diseases to which
the human system is liable,
there is perhaps no one so
generally prevalent as dyspepsia. There
are diseases 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 wretched being in
the world it is 80. ......~..,
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: ........ ......,... ..........t..-' -..
DYSPEPSIA PREVAILS
almost univel sally.
Nearly every other person you meet is 4
| victim VI rrnrrn;tt1y ui11iun rhbi ,yoro
this not the case, why so many sufferers,
when a 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 kiowfi as the
English language 1t has allayed the
! agonies of thousands, and is to-day carry
| comfort and encouragement to thousands
of others. This acknowledged panacea is
| noi.e other than -, ....
Dir. HOOFLAND'S GERMAN BITTERS.
| Would you know more of the merits of
| this wonderful preparation than can be
| learned from the experience of others?
| Try it yourself, and when it has failed to
fulfil the sssdrirce of its efficacy given by
| the proprietor, then abandon faith in 1t.
LET 1T BE REmEMBERED,
! first OF al, that HO0FLAND'S GERMAN
| BlTTERS is -4o 4 rum beverage.
They are composed wholly of the pure
juice or vital principle of roots. This is
nota mere assertion. The extracts from
which they are compounded are prepared by
one of the ablest of German chemists. Their
| effects can be beneficial only in all cases of
the hillary systen. Hollands German
Bitters stand without an equal, acting
NJ * fIr nd a. Al
they rcuove its torpidity and cause health
ful secretion of bile-thereby supplying
the stomach with the most indispensable
clements Ct sound digestion in proper pro-
porto l8.
They pttif+ ,h6 blood, Cleansing The
vitdl Guid = all hurtful impurities and SUI
planting them with the clements of genuine
healthiulness. ....
Now, there are certain elasses Of per-
sons to whom extreme Bitters are not only
uhpalatable, but WhC flud 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 a slight alcoholic stimulant
is required in connection with the WELL
known Tonic properties Of the pure Ger
mon bittefS.
HOOFLAND's TONIC .
acts with almost marvellous effect. 1t not
only stimulates the tagging and wasting
energies, rat invigorates 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, Billiousness, Physical or Ner-
vOus prostration, yield readily to its no.
tent influence. 1t gives the Invalid new
and stronger Fold upon life, removes de-
preston of spirit. and inspires cheerful.
ness. But DR.. Hoofland's benefactions to
the human race are not confined to his
celebrated GERMAN BITTERS, or his
Invaluable TONIC. He has prepared an
other medicine, which is rapidly winning
its way to popular favor because of its in
trnsic metits. This is HOOFLAND'S
PODOPHYLLIN PILLS, perfect substi-
tute for mercury without any of mercury's
evil qualities. ... .-. '..... I'D, -
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 the medi-
cinal virtues of this health giving plant in
a perfectly pure and highly concentrated
form. The PodophylIn acts directly ON
Che Liver, stimulating tic functions and
causing it to make its hillary secretions in
regular and proper quaptitie&. Tie iniu-
rious results which invariably follow, the
use of mercury is entirely avoided by
their use. But il is not upon the Liver
only that their powers are exefted. The
extract OF Mandrake contained in them is
skillfnily combined with four 5ther ex-
tracts, one Of which acts upon the stomach,
one fpon the upper bowels, one upon the
lower bowels. and prevents any gripping
effect, thus producing pill that influences
tile sut're digestive and alimentary system.
in an equal and harmonious manner, and
its action entirely free from nausea, vomit-
ing or gripping pains common to all other
purgatives.
Possessing these much desirable qualities
the Podophyllin becomes invaluable as a
FAMILY MEDICINE.
No household should be without them.
They are perfectly safe, require but two
for an ordinary dose, are prompt and eff
eient in action, and when used in connee-
tion with DR.. Hollands German Bitters.
or Tonic may be regarded as certain spe-
ciics in all cases of Liver Complaint, Dys-
pepsia, or any of the disorders to which
the system is ordidarly subject. The
PODOPHYLLIN PILLS ...-
act upon the stomach and bowels, CARRYING
of improper distractions, while the Bitters
or Tonic purify the blood, strengthen and
invigorate the frame, give tone and appe-
ute 70 the stomach, and thus build up the
invalid anew r S