American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-09-28
Half Alive.

1t is sad thing to pass through lie
only half alive. Yet there are thousands
whose habitual condition is one of Ian
gour and debility. They complain of no
specific disease; they suffer no positive
pain, but they have no relish for anything
which affords mental or sensuOus pleas
ure to their more robust and energetic fell
low beings.
In nine cases out of ten, this state of
lassitude and torpOr arises from morbid
stomach. Indigestion destroys the en-
ergy of both mind and body. When the
waste of nature is not supplied by due
and regular assimilation of the food, every
organ is starved, every function inter-
rupted.
Now, what does common sense suggest
under these circumstances OF depression!
The system needs rOusing and strength
enins, not merely for an hour or two. to
sink afterwards into more pitiable con-
dition than ever las it assuredly would do
if an ordinary alcoholic stimulant were
resorted toy, but radically and perman-
emily.
How is this desirable object to be ac-
complished? The answer to this ques-
ton, founded on the unvarying expert
encc of a quarter of century, is easily
given. Infuse new vigor into the digest
I've organs by course of Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters. Do not waste time in
administering temporary remedies, but
wake the system up by recuperatlng the
fountain-head of physical strength and
energy, the great organ upon which 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 dyspep-
tic will begin to feel its benign influence.
Appetite will be created, and with appe-
tite the capacity to digest what it Graves.
Persevere until the cure is cOmplete-un-
til healthful blood, fit to be the ma
teriaI of flesh and muscle, bone and nerve
and brain, flows through the channels of
lum with which they have heretofore been
imperfectly nOurished.
A BITTER CoNTRovERsY.-The tenn
perance organs are waging bitter war on
the manufacturers of alcoholic bltterS,
and their attacks are resented with equal
bitterness by the latter, who seem deter
mined to prosecute the quarrel to the
bitter end. In the meantime a novelty liz
tonic medicines is making immense pro
gress in the confidence of all classes and
conditions of society throughout the
United States and British America. We
refer to DIR. WALKERS CALIFORNIA VINE
GAR BITTERs, and we call it a novelty in
tOnicS because it contains no alcOhOl-an
article heretofore considered essential in
medicinal invigorants. The abstemious
portion of the community approve the
omission, and as the new remedy is curing
dyspepsia, biliousness, nervous affections,
and, in fact, majority of the diseases,
external and internal, which prevail, it is
difficult to see how the more self-indul-
gent portion of our fellOw-citiZenS can
conscientiously object to it. One thing is
certain: if ever there was what the
French call s. grand success the sud-
den and continually increasing popularity
of the VINEGAR BITTERs deserves that
name. The advocates of temperance
point to the salutary effects produced by
this inalcohOlic restorative as a proof that
spirituOus stimulants are not needed for
medicinal purposes-a position which has
been recently taken by many eminent
medical practitioners.