The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1884-05-10

The Secret ef Their Unus1al vigor Ex-
planned and How Is CAn He .
Acquired. s
There was something about the sturdy
vigor of former generations that
woman and child. They were no epicures
those ancient fathers. They lived sim
ply, and successfully met and overcome
difficulties that would have discouraged
this age and generation. The rigors of the
frontier were supplemented by the savages;
wild beasts threatened their enterprise and
poverty was . common companion. Yet
they bravely encountered and resisted all
those things and laid the foundations of .
land whose blessings we now enjoy. Their
constitutions were strong; their health I'M
surpassed and yet they were forced to ex-
pose themselves continually. There Ger.
tainly must have been some good and ade-
quate cause for all this aud tor. the physical
superiority of that age over the present.
Il is well known to every one conyersant
with the history OF that time that certain
home compounds Of strengthening quail
ties were used almost universally by those
pioneers. The maiarial evils and ex.
posures to which they were subjected
necessitated this. When their bodies
become chilled by cold or debiiitated by
the damp mists of o new country they
were forced to counterAct it by the use OF
antidotes. Medicines were few in those
days, and doctors almost unknown. Hence
the preparations above referred to, From
among the number, all of which were
compounded upon the Same general prin-
ciple, one was found to be moro efficient,
and hence far moro popular than all the
rest It was well known through the Mid
die and Western States, and was acknowl-
edged as the BEST preparation for maia-
rial disorders and general debility then
known. The recipe for compromising this
valuable article was handed down from
one family and generation to another,
was known to the Harrison family and II
used rs the basis and general formula for
the present e Tippecanoe," the name be-
ing suggested By the battle in which Gem
eral Harrison was engaged. The manu-
facturers have thoroughly investigated
this subject in its minutest details, and
are certain that for mall DISSEMINATION OF
food, dyspepsia. tired feelings, general de-
bility, prostrations, malarial disorders
and humors ia the blood, nothing can ex-
the medicine OF our forsfathers and seems
destined to Be the most popular prepare
"Tippecanos" is prepared and given to
the public by Messrs. H. II. Warner & Co.,
Of Rochester, N. Y, proprietors Of the ia
nous warmers 6aIe lure, Wnicn Is now
! the most extensively used Of any American
medicine. The well known standing OF
! this house 10 q sufficient guarantee of the
purity and power of this preparation which
seeks to Danish one Of the greatest banes OF
| the nineteenth century--mal-assimila
Of food. Any one who experiences trouble
Of digestion; who feels less vigcr than for
merry; whose system has unquestionably
"run down" and who realizes the necessi-
| ty Of some strengthening tonic can not at
! ford to permit such symptoms to continue.
| II the farmer finds that his threshing ma
chine does not separate the grain from the
| straw he realizes that something is wrong
and tries to repair the machine. When the
| food does not sustain the life; when it fails
to make blood; when it causes the energy
| to depart and ambition to die, it is GER
| tain sign that something is wrong and that
| the human machine needs repairing. 1t is
not question of choice; it is matter OF
duty. You must attend to your health OF
your sickness and nothing will sooner over
come these evils than "Tippecanoe," the
medicine of the past, safe guard for the
present and . guarantee Of health for the
future.