Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-06-22
CITY ITEMS.
Shear: For Will Speak Of Excellent
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ting pain is without doubt one of the first in
portance. 1t would appear, If the statements
accompanying the thousand and one medi cines
now ohered TO the public are to be credited,
Ibat this question is an exceedingly simple one
The afflicted have only to dispatch to the nearest
arug store and call for the first of them, use aad
oe cured, They are certain 10 embrace all the
diseases enumerated in the -dtsrid ,p.iicc m an
Kind may be liable to,-yet, notwithstanding
the efhcactous properties of these various COM
pounds, the lame, halt, and blind, are ali around
as.
1t would be impossible to discuss the merits
OF tnese various patent nostrums Row before the
public in this brief article-neither is its object
20 condemn or disparage any; bat simply pl liu-
ly, ana justly TO notice a remedy now in the
i =. rank as the medicine of the day.. We
90 tbs rc1n conviction that we are perform
ING an act OF Justice both to the consumer and
the proprietor OF valuable remedy known as
PONDS EXTRACT.
WAd6sas II, and What is az FoTP
The simplicity of its character is one of its
chlef recommendations. The produr+ from a
simple shrub sometimes known as the Witch
hazel, winter Bloom, Sc, botanlcallv known
as the Hamdmslis TtrgiRica, growing in almost
all sections OF the United States.
Its properties are well known TO the North
american lndla rs, and first attTac ed notice by
bting one of their favOrite remedies: and nos
eminent physicians az using and reComme nd ny
NaS possessing onderful properti and as be ug
IT. maTkable when applied to ulcers aud taoss
infia mmatory diseases which 20 largely affsct
TIE eyes.
Science has done much to place this reneiy
IT ord's Extract Company hays truly sue
eeeded IN celebrating itself by giving to IRIS
remedy an acknowledged superiority over tue
crude preparations of the Indian in aiaotIu /,
invention TO thoroughly extract and To- mol
this shrub.
DIR. James Fountain, of PeekskiII, n, Y, il
referred TO in the United Standard ssDispensa
tory" as speaking in ''strong terms of the eff
cacy OF this remedy in hemorrhage of the lungs
ana stomach; he also refers to its anOdyns pro-
g r.. N. -.
FOUNTAIN IN his estimate OF this remedy, and
there is 10 want Of scientific and professional
highest confidence In its virtues
we would recommend our readers TO procure
from their druggist a little work on the merits
OF tnls remedy, Issued by the Company. Que OF
tne nosI favorable features of this remedy is
the grateful sensation the patient experiences
on the appliance of the Extract. 1t soothgs. il
coos and refreshes, an emotion expressive of
relief stirs with hOpefulness the heart of the
sufferer, and as sun-stricken flowers revive
under the gentle dew of evening, SO do tine
fever-stricken revive with renewed hope, which
sets in by the renewed action in the system
a heaithy condition of the body nav be aEtly
Ilnstrated oy nicely adjusted pair of scales; 50
little dlsturbs the beam,-it may be osciIIated
10 d damaging degree by violent action and
TINS may be fully understood by carelessness
ehd lnattentlon TO the iucipient STAGES of n
variety diseases We are liable TO- ana then
having brought down the beam on one side we
resort 10 powerful medicines TO restore the en- nj
pOse, but before its restoration the balances
nave gone up one side and down the other a
number OF times HemorrhOids, Diseases of the
Bowels, &c, that class of complaints so com
mon to humanity, and from which SO much
latent misery springs, which assume chronic
conditions, to atfiiCt for long periods of time
and perhaps to the end OF life
1Ee acknowledges superiority of Ponds Ex
tract OF Hsmameis" Ia mildly and firmly check-
ne t1e ihroad or groHt OF disease, or restoring
me egulpoise OF the balance without violence'
is wen established.
Any originator of Inventions which saves
labor and mitigates suffering, may be regarded
as philaDtbrCpist in the highest sense of tba
word The inventor Of the sewing machine Tor
this eason, takes high place on this hon0ra-
PIE Toll, and there, emblazoned among the IL
IustTloUs names 10 which the world owes SO
much, stands that OF TERoN L. PoND, who hant
al the energies of a vigorous scientific mind 10
the perfection Of a discovery that stands I'M
rivalled, and now it is presented to us, pure and
hmped as the crystal spring, and invested
with power, the secret of which is az last
licked up il the great heart Of Nature.
II Is remarks BILE fact tn at this shrub has haId
an important place in the romantic history of
Ine past ana eyenin China IN the present dsy,
1t Is Ttputed to contain a property remarkably
sensitive To the approach of water or precious
metals, hehce Ii was used to discover spOts IA
yolable to the digging of wells, ard in seeking
for concealed treasure; this accounts for it,
name Of Witch Hazel, or OWNING rod. In
Chlna, In this day, wells and graves are dug
the spots first being selected by an artist, wIo
uses his OWNING rod 10 indicate the best place
II IS well authenticated that old sores ana III
GERS nave been cured by simply rubbing them
with the stems stripped OF their outer bark, and
mat THIS practice still exists among many tribes
OF Indians, there is no doubt
q" In the mouths of many witnesses a thing
shall be established"
And 81 it is. Scarce a shore found ana visited
by the American or European, it has not
reached, and to-day its praise Is runy in everv
variety of language and dialect known to be
spoken in the world.
IL as Extending.
Inc lines of steel and lines of wire steadily
pushing out, carrying the hurryng Car. and The
potent whispers Of the progressionists are
spreading the virtues of this Remedy; and as
certainly as the hand of time rears up the gigaU-
nc structures which ornament our land to- day,
so surely is it GROWING with lasting success fine
now justly celebrated PoHd's Extract.
Try Uf!g
You Will never afterwards be without il; for II
is truly-in every family where its merits have
peen tested-AE INVALUABLE DOMESTIC RIM
RDY.