Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1881-08-20


expectations. The sale of the article
has spread like magic, not confined to
this country alone; the fame of the
article has spread over to Europe.
In London alone over fifteen million
packages have been sold. From Lon
don the article has been sent all over
the world, even to India, Australia,
Japan, etc., while it is claimed that
this enormous business has been built
up without the usual putting and
advertising, there has been certain
kind of advertising, but of peculiar
character. This business has bsen
established by one party telling
another until the fame of the article
has spread all over the land and thou
sands upon thousands are singing
songs of praise of the virtues of the
article. The wonder has been how
such large trade could be built up
in the sale of aa article recommended
as a cure for one disease only. This
was indeed the secret of the great
success, because it was recommended
but for one disease, Dyspepsia. Had
it been put on the market as cure
fer all, failure would have followed
certain and sure, because the absurdity
of recommending one remedy for all
diseases is too apparent for this en-
lightened age. But this article
possessed real merit and wherever it
went it made hosts of friends. An
other wonder was that the sale of a
remedy for one single disease could
have commanded such large proper
tions; but when we reflect that Indi-
gestion is the cause Of nearly all our
ailments it viii! not be so surprising.
The fact is that most cases of so called
Malaria, Liver Complaint, diseases Of
the Kidneys, etc., are simply aggra-
vated cases of Dyspepsia-mere symp-
toms of the real disease; and the
reason so many physicians are unsuc.
cessful in treating this class of COM
plants is that the patients are treated
for the wrong complaint-they are
treated for symptoms instead of the
disease itself.
"The axe laid at the foot of the
tree" The great success Of this ar
ticle (the Shakers Extract of Roots
proves the correctness of this theory.
No article would meet with such a
rapid sale without putting and adver-
tieing unless it effected cures, and the
very fact that this article was designed
as cure for Dyspepsia alone shows
that Indigestion or Dyspepsia was the
foundation of nearly all these so-called
diseases. Only two years since a
beautiful young lady was given up to
die of consumption. Her fond parents
took her to Paris as last resort,
hoping to find some skillful physician
there to arrest the rapid strides of
the supposed dreadful disease. In
this their hopes were blighted, but
fortunately away in that distant
foreign city they met with this Sha-
kers' remedy from America. The
result was that the young lady is
alive and we'll to-day. She did not
have consumption; she was sufferer
from Dyspepsia. which is an alarming
disease affecting numerous class.
The disease commences with slight
arrangement of the stomach, but if
neglected it in time involves the
whole frame, embracing the kidneys,
liver, pancreas, and in fact the entire
glandular system and the afflicted
one drags out miserable existence
until death gives relief from suffer-
ing.
The disease is often mistaken for
other complaints, but if the reader
will ask himself the following ques-
tions he will be able to determine
whether he himself is one of the
afflicted: Have / distress, pain or
difficulty in breathing after eating ?
Is there dull, heavy feeling, attend
ed by drowsiness? Have the eyes a
yellow tinge2 Does thick, sticky
mucus gather about the gums and
teeth in the mornings, accompanied
by a disagreeable taste? Is the
tongue coated? Is there pain in the
sides and back? Is there fullness
about the right side, as if the liver
was enlargingP Is there costiveness
Is there vertigo or dizziness when
rising suddenly from horizontal
position ? Are the secretions from
the kidneys scanty and highly color