The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-10-03
ONE MILLION OF LIVES SAVED.

persons are the vittime of dyspepsia or in
digestion, but it's willing victims. Now;
we wotild not be understood to say that any
one regards dyspepsia with favor. or feels
disposed to rank it hmohg the luxuries Of
life Far from it. Those who have ex-
pcriehced its torme would scout such an
idea. All dread it, and would gladly dis,
pense with its unpleasant familiarities.
Mark Tapley. who was jolly under NIL the
trying circumstances in which he was
placed, never had an attack of dyspepsia;
or his jolity would have speedily fcrsakeu
him.
of all tic muitifarious diseases to which
the humdn system is liable,
there is perhaps no one so
generally Prevalent as dyspepsia. There
are diselsGs more acute and painful, and
whiGh more frequently prove fatal, but
none the effects Of which are SO depressing
to the mind and 50 positively distressing to
the body, If there Is d wretched being id
the world it is
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 d
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 allayed the
agonies of thousands, and is to-day carry
comfort and encouragement to thousands
of others This acknowledged panacea is
noLe other than
DR.. HOOFLAND'S GERMAN BITTERS.
Would you know more Of the merits of
this wotderful preparation than can be
learned from the experience Of others?
Try it yottrself, and when it has failed to
fulfil the assurafice Of its efficacy given by
the proprietor, then abandon faith in 1t.
LET IT BE REmEMBERED,
FIRST of all, that HOOFBAND'S GERMAN
BlTTERS is as 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 SYSTEM. Hoofands German
Bitters stand without an equal, acting
promptly and vigorously upon the liver;
they remove its torpidty and cause health
tul secretion of bile-thereby supplying
tlin ptu nh vii In snJ III
elements Of sound digestion in proper pro-
portions.
They purify the blood, cleansing the
vital fluid ,..all hurtful impurities and SUI
Plating them with the elements of genuine
! healthfulness.
Now, there are certairi classes 5t per-
sons to whom extreme Btters are not only
unpalatable, but who find it impossible to
take them Without positive discomfort. For
. such DR.. HOOFIAND'S GERMAN TONIC
has been specially prepared. 1t is intended
for use where slight alcoholic stimulant
is requirei in connection with the WE'LL
known Tonic properties Of the pure Ger
man Bitters
HOOFLANDS TONIC
acts with almost marvellous effect. It not
ouly stimulates the tagging and wasting
energies, but invigorates and permanently
Strengthens its action upon the Liver
and Stolnath thorough, perhaps less
prompt than the Bitters, when the same
quantity is taken is none the less certain
Indigestion, Billiousness, Physical or Ner-
vous prostrator, yield readily to its no.
tent influence. II gives the invalid d new
and stronger hold upon life, removes de-
preston of spirit. and inspires cheerful
ness. But DR.. Hcofland'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.
trinsic nietits. This is. HOOFLAND'S
POD0PHYLLIN PILLS, a perfect substi-
tute 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 Podophylin, or tile vital prinoi-
f pie Of the mandrake root. 1t is the med-
cinal virtues Ct this healtR-eiving plant in
: a perfectly pure and highly concentrated
9 form. The Podophylih acts directly on
a the Liver, stimulating its functions and
/ causing it to make its hillary secretions in
n regular and proper quantities. The iniu-
= rious results which invariably follow the
: use of mercury is entirely avoided by
/ their use. But it is net upon the Liver
only that tlteir powers are exerted. The
extract of Mandrake contained in them ia
skillfully combined with four other ex-
: tracts, one of which acts upon the stomach.
: one upon the upper bowels, one upon the
lower bowels. and prevents any griping
c effect, thus producing pill that influences
: tile entire digestive and alimentary system,
!, in an equal and harmonious manner, and
its action entirely free from nausea, yomit-
: ing or gripping pains common to all other
!. purgatives.
d Possessing these much desirable qualities
: the Podophyllin becomes invaluable as
G FAMILY MEDICINE.
l. No household should be without them
s They are perfectly safe, require but two
s for an ordinary dose, are prompt and eff;
d cient in action, and when used in connec.
s ton with DR.. Hoofand's German Bitters
!, or Tonic, may be regarded as certain sne.
# cifics in all cases of Liver Complaint, Dvs.
h pepsia, or any Of the disorders to which
n the system is ordidarly subject. The
4 PODOPHYLLIN PILLS
n act upon the stomach and bowels. cafrviro
off improper distractions, while the Bitters
o or Tonic purify the blood, strengthen and
q invigorate the frame, give tone and anne
tite to the stomach and thus build nm III,
y invalid anew.
10 DR.. Hoohand, having provided interna
remedies for disease, has given the worlC
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