The Ma^aqetta MINERAL SPRINGS MAERIS@E?BIIEQ, Tike Consult your Physician! Call for it at your Druggist l Or send Order Direct to either of our Depots. A CEHTAI1T CUKE IF1 O JR (Qalaria, (Shills and Fbyei^, AND ALL BLOOD POISONS. ALSO LARGELY USED IN KIDNEY AND DYSPEPSIA TROUBLES. j§llkfet'$ Mirieral Water Depots, 47 & 49 N, Charles St., Baltimore, Md. ioio F STREET, - - WASHINGTON, D. C. 112 N. 9th STREET, - - PHILADELPHIA, PA. Sole agents for the United States. Isaac Friedenwald, Print. Balto. The tya$Bneti:a Mineral Springs. The Massanetta Mineral Springs are located in the Shenandoah Valley, Vir- ginia, four miles southeast of Harrisonburg, near the Massanutten mountain. The Massanetta Spring Water has for upwards of fifty years borne a high reputation among the people living in the vicinity, who, during that period, have resorted to it for relief from the various ailments for which experience has proven it to be an unfailing remedy. Its composition or quantitative proportions were almost wholly unknown, but its efficacy has never been doubted ; and the speedy and unmistakable benefits derived from its use have caused its reputa- tion to spread, and shipments to be made, privately, to different sections of the United States, always with most gratifying results. A thorough analysis by Prof. J. W. Mallet, of the University of Virginia, dis- closed a combination of ingredients unknown in any other natural mineral waters at home or abroad, and which fully explains and substantiates the rep- utation so long attaching to the waters. ANALYSIS BY PROF. MALLET, OF UNIVERSITY OF VA. GASES ESCAPING IN BUBBLES. Nitrogen, 86.67 Oxygen, 8.44 Carbonic Anhydride, ---------- 2.64 Marsh Gas, - - 100.00 SOLID CONSTITUENTS. GRAINS PER IMPERIAL GALLON. Calcium Carbonate. ......... 14.778 Magnesium “ ........ . 6.949 Iron (ferrous) “ ......... .375 Manganese “ .......... .052 Sodium “ ......... 1.128 Lithium, ----------- Trace Ammonium Chloride, ......... .012 Potassium Chloride, ---------- .163 Potassium Sulphate, --------- .113 Calcium Sulphate, .......... .419 Alumina, ----------- - .164 Arsenious Oxide (in saM), --------- Trace Phosphoric Acid, Trace Silica, 1.134 Organic Matter, .480 Carbonic Anhydride united to Carbonates as above to form acid carbonates, 10.576 Temperature, 50° 7 DIRECTIONS. To obtain the proper medicinal effect of the water, it should be taken regu- larly, two to four tumblerfuls daily, on an empty stomach, between meals. MASSANETTA CURES MALARIA. IT DRIVES OUT BLOOD POISON. SO SAr REPRESENTATIVE MEN WELL KNOWN THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. Read ti5HA® Son. Dear Sirs:—After being seriously affected with malarial poison for about eighteen months and finding no relief, Massanetta Water was recommended to me. I have visited the Spring and used the water freely, and found it all that has been claimed for it. It is almost a specific for malarial poison. Yours truly, REV. S. D. HALL. LETTER FROM C. A. BURGHARIfT, M. I). Washington, D. C., May 23, 1884. C. B. Shafer, Esq. Dear Sir:—I consider the Massanetta the most valuable water for disease of malarial origin (either acute or chronic) that I have yet found. I have tried it in several obstinate cases, which had resisted all the usual remedies, and in each case a cure was the result. I have also found it of great benefit in neuralgia,rheumatism,canker, constipation, and in several cases of insomnia tfrom nervousness) it has given refreshing sleep. One lady reported a steady gain in flesh while drinking the water. Very respectfully yours, C. A. BURGHARDT, M. D. OFFICE OF POLK MILLER & CO. Richmond, Va., March 29, 1883. A. S. Shafer Son, Baltimore, Md. I happened to meet with Gen. Lindsay Wal- ker, who was a prominent fighting man during the war, and was chief of A. P. Hill’s artillery corps, and having seen him as I thought for the last time in August, 1881, I asked him what it was that raised him from the dead, and he told me it was Massanetta. As I thought it might be of value to you I asked him to give me a certifi- cate, which he did cheerfully., and I herewith inclose it. If the people who need that water could have seen Gen. Walker in his shrunken state, and could see him now, as he looks the very picture of restored health, and looks as huge as the spring itself, they would no longer hesitate; he is a standing advertisement for Massanetta Water. Yours truly, POLK MILLER. LETTER FROM "WALTER GWYNN. Washington, D. C., January 17, 1884. Dear Sir:—About three years since a mem- ber of my family, by the timely use of Massa- netta Water, was permanently cured of malaria in its severest form, the attack being attended with the most excruciating neuralgic pains. The intense suffering of the patient yielded to the influence of the water, and the poison of the disease was eradicated. Verv respectfully yours, WALTER GWYNN. LETTER FROM JOS. PLATZ. Washington, D. C., July 5,1882. If any doubt the power of Massanetta Water to cure malaria or chills and fever, refer them to one who has tried it successfully on three cases in his own family. Respectfully, JOS. PI.AFZ. LETTER FROM P. SPRINKLE. Washington, D. C. I contracted chills in Alabama, after a time I had convulsions with every chill. The Massa- netta Water relieved me. P. SPRINKLE. LETTER FROM L. KIMBERLY. Clerk of Courts, Norfolk, Va. Norfolk, Sept. 10, 1883. Dear Sir:—I consider the Massanetta Water the greatest of blessings for those suffering with malaria. For the last five or six years I absolutely dreaded summer to come, for as surely as the warm weather commenced, malaria, with its headache and dull, listless feeling, would be incessant, and all the old reliefs of quinine, etc., would be merely temporary. 1 heard accidentally of the Massanetta Water and commenced using it, and have not been without it since, drinking from three to four glasses daily, and I have not suffered this entire summer with malaria, and those to whom I have recommended it say precisely the same. So great a blessing has it been to me that I consider it my duty to add my testimonial to its true merit. Yours truly, S. KIMBERLY. LETTER FROM W. W. WEBB. Harrisonburg, Va. I was taken with typhoid fever in September, 1878, and lingered with it several weeks. When I was convalescing I was suffering greatly of Albema of Kidneys. My condition was so weak that I could not retain any medicine. By the advice of my physician I commenced using Massanetta Water, it afforded me almost instant relief, and I consider my recovery'bordering on the miraculous. W. W. WEBB. The extraordinary excellence of Massanetta Water in the relief of Bright’s disease of the kidneys is no less remarkable than in malarial diseases and dyspepsia. WM. WILLIAMS, M. D. J. W GORDON, M. D. JOS. WEBB, M. D. Mrs. GENERAL MADISON McAFEE. Jackson, Miss. Writes as follows : At my home on the Yazoo (the river of death, according to the Indians), I contracted fever and ague in 1853. The best physicians in Missis- sippi could find no remedy to relieve me perma- nently. I then tried a northern tour, northern climate, northern watering places and northern physi- cians, with still no better success. I was in despair when I learned of Massanetta Springs, and resorted thither. In a few weeks, to my own and my friends’ astonishment, I entirely recovered, and never again had a chill for ten years. In 1863 I again visited Massanetta to be re- stored, my second recovery was complete. My niece, Mrs. Chancella Buckley, from Pearl River, was likewise cured of the chills by the Massanetta Water. I am told it never fails to cure any and every one afflicted with chi’ls. I know it surpasses any remedy known to American physicians, and I have reason to be- lieve it is the surest remedy. ANN H. McAFEE. LETTER FROM P. H. MUSCHETTE. Office of Hodges Bros. Baltimore, Md., July 31, 1883. Gentlemen :—It gives me great pleasure to state, that by a free use of Massanetta Water my son was entirely relieved of a malarial affec- tion of over one year’s standing. His general health had been very seriously impaired by the attack, ar.d nothing seemed to do him any good, until, by the advice of Col. E. I. Myers, I was persuaded to use the Massanetta Water. His attack commenced with a chill and fever every other day, for which the usual remedies were prescribed by our regular physician. They were stopped for a short time, only to commence again in a most obstinate form and intermission of two days, and which baffled the skill of several physicians. He then commenced the use of Massanetta Water; very soon his chills ceased and he was entirely restored to his usual health. Several of my friends have subsequently used it upon my recommendation with the same happy effect, and in no one instance has it failed in its effective cure. Very truly, P. H. MUSCHETTE. BALTIMORE & OHIO EMPLOYES’ RELIEF ASSOCIATION. Office of the Medical Examiner Baltimore, June 16, 1884. Messrs. A. S. Shafer Son. Gentlemen:—It gives me great pleasure to testify to the merits of the Massanetta Water, in all forms Malarial Diseases, especially the chronic cases and where the kidneys are diseased. I have used it personally with great benefit, and with a number of my patients. I regard it as in- valuable, indeed almost a specific in chronic malarial diseases. Very truly yours, J. D. IGLEHART, M. D. 167 W. Biddle Street. LETTER OF MRS. HANCOCK LEE. Richmond, Va. I have had malarial chills for years past ; I had the best medical attention, but without permanent cure, being only temporarily relieved. The Massanetta Water was invaluable to me, it has eradicated the malaria from my system and totally renovated me. I believe with fair trial this water will cure the worst of chills. M. B. LEE. Washington, D. C. Messrs. A. S. Shafer dr5 Co. I comply with your request to “state the facts as near as possible ” regarding the use of Mas- sanetta water in my family. About three years since I purchased the water for my eldest daughter, who was thoroughly sat- urated with malarial poison. Slowly but surely the water mastered the disease, and in a few weeks she, for the first time in four years, enjoy- ed the blessing of health. We have continued to use it in the family ever since as occasion de- manded, always with the same happy result. But one unexpected result has followed which I learn is not unusual. For years my wife had been so troubled with insomnia that a night’s rest was hardly known ; after drinking Massan- etta a short time, sleep became sound and rest- ful, while the bottle is always at hand. We believe in it, the children love it and the babies cry for it. Respectfully, E. F. M. I do not wish name published, but refer parties to me. LETTER FROM W. G. MeCUIN. Washington, D. C. Mr, Shafer. Dear Sir :—I was a sufferer from malaria and prostrated by severe at tacks of dumbague; these attacks I could break by various remedies, but they would soon return. At last I used Massa- netta Water, and persisted in its use until every symptom of malaria departed. I have had no indication of malaria since. W. G. MeCUIN. Baltimore, June 15,1884. Messrs. A. S. Shafer Son. Dear Sirs:—I cordially add my testimony in favor of Massanetta Water. Some three years since, after a long sickness with malaria all through my system, my physicians Drs. Gamble and Green, advised my going to Massanetta Springs. My health rapidly inproved, and I cannot speak too highly ol the water and the kind treatment received from Dr. Cristman and wife. I have since then used the water from time to time and recommended it to others; they also speak of it mcst avorably. Respectfully yours, EMILY WHELEN. FRANK D. WATKINS. P. O. Box 8x2, 51 W. Pratt Street, Baltimore, Mu., June 13, 1884. Messrs. A. S. Shafer Son. Gentlemen :—I very gladly respond to your request to add my testimony to the efficacy of the Massanetta Water. It was first brought to my notice shortly after I had experienced a severe attack of malarial fever and I have used it ever since with the most beneficial results. It has relieved me of headache and that feeling of depression which those who suffer from malaria know and dread. Thoroughly believing in its curative powers, I have both recommended and sent it to many of my friends South and West, and in no instance have I received other than the most encouraging reports of its good results. Very truly yours, FRANK D. WATKINS. PHYSICIANS’ STATEMENT. The extraordinary efficacy of the Massanetta Water in the treatment of Ague and Fever and Malarial Diseases is established by indisputable evidence obtained in our own practice. WM. WILLIAMS, M. D. JOHN N. GORDON, M. D. WM. O. HILL, M. D. S. H. MOFFETT, M. D. S. A. COFFMAN, M. D. Harrisonburg, Va. G. W. KEMPER, M. D. JOS. B. WEBB, M. D. J. GILMER MINOR, M. D. J. A. ALEXANDER. M. D. HARVEY KYLE, M D. Rockingham Co., Va. We also refer to the Medical Faculties of Baltimore, Washington, Philadelphia and Richmond, Va. Baltimore, fune 15,1884. SAYS DR. CALDWELL, Specialist, Brain and Nervous Diseases, For the past four years I have relied on Massan- etta Water in Malarial Headaches, Neuralgia and Sleeplessness, especially in those very irri- table cases, intolerant to quinine, arsenic and iron, with the very best results. As an alterative and diuretic I am sure Mas- sanetta has no equal, in morning sickness and sea-sickness its action is very beneficial. The discovery of Massanetta’s medical qualities is daily becoming more and more accepted by the profession and laity, and no doubt will continue to increase as its great virtues are more widely known—a progress in nature’s medicine equal to any marked epoch in science. JOHN J. CALDWELL, M. D. 99 North Charles Street. ADDRESS ALL TO SHAFER’S MINERAL W/TE^DEPOTS 47 k 49 N. Charles St., Baltimore, Md. 1010 F Street, Washington, D. 0. 112 N. 9th Street, Philadelphia. Pa. MEDICINAL PROPERTIES OF THE WATER, AND SOME OF THE AILMENTS FOR WHICH IT IS ALMOST A CERTAIN SPECIFIC. The following testimonials, principally from physicians in the neighborhood, who have for many years prescribed the Massanetta Water and noted its effects, may be relied upon as conscientious endorsements of the water and its merits. These letters will serve to indicate the proper uses of the water, and the dis- eases which are especially susceptible .to its curative properties. TESTIMONIALS. BETTER FROM DR. WIBBIAMS, Harrisonburg, Va., March 13th, 1879. I regard the Massanetta Water as almost a specific in chronic malarial diseases. For years have known of its medicinal properties, and have known it frequently to relieve old standing cases of chills and fever •which had resisted all other known remedies. It is a good diuretic. I have used it with the very best results in many chronic functional diseases of the kidneys and bladder—a good tonic, acting especially well in many diseases peculiar to females. I think one of its best and most reliable qualities is its action on some of those chronic cutaneous diseases, which are so troublesome to patient and physician. Respectfully, WM. WILLIAMS. BETTER FROM DR. J. N. GORDON. Harrisonburg, Va., March 13th, 1879. I have had many opportunities of observing the effects of the Massanetta Water upon dis- eased conditions, and hereby express my opinion that it possesses great value as a remedial agent in a very large class of affections. As a tonic and alterative, it is without a rival; and many cases of chronic malaria have been cured here that had resisted all other treatment. I will only say that I think it one of the most valuable watering places in Virginia. Yours, etc., J. N. GORDON. Dr. Gordon has been a practicing physician in Rockingham county for about twenty-five years. We will add that Dr. Williams has been a prac- ticing physician for upwards of twenty-five years in Rockingham County, Va. He has maintain- ed for years that the Massanetta Water will per- manently cure any case of chills and fever, or malarial poisoning, on which it is brought to bear. LETTER FROM J. A. ALEXANDER, M. D., Brigade Surgeon, McClanahan’s Battery, Imboden’s Brigade. Broadway, Va., June 19th, 1879. Dear Sir:—Your letter of the 12th instant received several days since, but owing to pro- fessional engagements could not find time to ex- amine my Confederate army papers until to-day. August 9th, 1863, I sent all cases of gonorrhea then in my hospital at Harrisonburg (Imboden’s Brigade Hospital), including members from companies E, I, and K, Sixty-second Virginia regiment, to Massanetta Springs, with twelve days’ rations. My books show that they all were returned to their regiment on the 22d, and had been well for several days. August 30th, 1863, sent two Federal prisoners, sick in my hospital, with ague, to Massanetta Springs, with fifteen days’ rations. They re- ported to me on September 15th as cured, and were forwarded to Richmond at once. At the same time, a private of company K, Sixty-sec- ond regiment, was sent to Massanetta Springs with ague, on a leave of absence from hospital for fourteen days, who returned and was for- warded for duty before time expired. I sent a number of cases of chills to Massan- etta during the summer and fall of 1863, besides many convalescents from typhoid fever, who re- ported for duty very soon. As far as I have examined my books these are all the facts I can report. LETTER FROM DR. W. O. HILL. Harrisonburg, Va., March 13th, 1879. I have been a close observer of the effects of the Massanetta Water for nineteen years (having been in active practice for that length of time); and have, during that period, sent a large num- ber of patients to the Massanetta Springs, and in almost every case with the most gratifying results. I may mention dyspepsia, renal disorders, uter- ine diseases, such as amenorrhoea, dysmenor- rhcea, leucorrhoea, inflammations of the os and cervix, etc.; but especially is it invaluable in the cure of intermittent fevers, as I have never heard of a case in which, by the proper use of the water, it has failed to effect a cure. In chronic or acute cystitis, renal engorge- ments, and gonorrhea and gleet, it is particularly efficacious. Dr. Alexander, of this county, who was a surgeon in General Lomax’s brigade in the late war, states that, with a very large number of gonorrheal patients, the water alone effected a cure. I refer you to Drs. H. Kyle, and J. B. Webb, who for many years have resided in the immediate vicinity of these waters, and have witnessed many astonishing cures. I remain, very respectfully, W. O. HILL, M. D.' LETTER FROM REV, DAVID BARR. Harrisonburg, Va., March ioth, 1879. I can testify, from personal use of the Massan- etta water and from its use by my family, to its very valuable qualities. The first case in which Dr. Hill’s familiarity with the effects of the Massanetta Water fully warrants the foregoing unqualified endorsement. we used it was that of my little son. When he began to drink the water, he was in his second summer, teething, very thin, emaciated, v'thout appetite, and his digestive organs apparently in- operative—verging on, if not actually in, maras- mus. He drank the water with relish, and soon showed signs of improvement, his appetite re- turned, his digestion became good, and his bowels moved regularly and of themselves; and as proof that the water had all this effect, whenever he ceased using it for a day or two he again became constipated. We gave it to him all the time, summer and winter, while he was teething, with the happiest results. He now has good diges- tion. and his bowels are in fine condition. The next case was myself. I had more or less indi- gestion and headache. I could, while drinking the water, eat almost anything with pleasure and safety. I also had calculus, which indicated some derangement of the kidneys; indeed both my kidneys and bladder seemed involved in the trouble. After twenty-four hours use of the water I experienced much relief, and by persistent use of it was restored. I also know a lady here whose urinary organs were restored to a healthy condition by its use. I also had another case in my house—a young man who was reduced in strength and flesh by neuralgia and rheumatism. He spent six weeks in my house, using the water all the while, and taking about three baths during the time in the waterat the Springs, and fattened fifteen pounds, and went away feeling like a new man. And now as to the Spring itself. It is one of the most beautiful springs I ever saw. It is worth miles of journeying to see it. Its princi- pal ingredients are arsenic, iron, magnesia, pot ash, and litliia, I think. It is certainly very- fattening in its effects, if I may judge by myself. II is a certain cure for chills, and is a specific for dyspepsia. I have spent my life among mineral springs, having been regular physician at several medi- cal springs, ana my belief from study and obser- vation is that no medical water in the world pos- sesses equal or of so general powers as this ar- senious water. EETTER FROM DR. J. B. WEBB. Cross Keys, Va., June nth, 1879. I have lived within four miles of Massanetta Springs for the last twenty years, and during that time I have sent patients suffering with chills and fever (some of them very severe) to these Springs. Every patient was not only ben- efited by the use of the water, but permanently cured of the disease. The waters of these Springs are also very val- uable in cases of chronic indigestion. I regard them as a certain antidote for malarial poison. Washington, D. C., Jan. 31st, 1879. Dear Sir :—I am requested by Hon. Alex- ander H. Stephens to acknowledge the receipt of your letter to him, of yesterday, and to say that he has used the Massanetta Spring water, of Virginia, with benefit. It has arsenic in it, is tonic, and is efficient in removing the effects of diseases caused by malaria. Very respectfully, etc., J. McBURNEY A PERSONAE EETTER FROM HON. AEEX. H. STEPHENS. Washington, D. C., June 7th, 1879. Dear Sir:—I take pleasure in stating that some years ago I used the Massanetta Springs water, near Harrisonburg, Va., with decided ben- efit. They were recommended to me by my phy- sician, Dr. Ralph Walsh, of this city. My opin- ion is their virtues are potent as well as specific. EETTER FROM DR. B. CHRISMAN. Harrisonburg, Jan. ist, 1879. Dear Sir:—You request of me some infor- mation of the Massanetta Water. My first knowledge of its virtues was in the case of my son, broken down with a bad attack ofdiphtheria and complicated with kidney troubles, the kid- neys being in akind of torpor, notsecretingurine well, and that muddy and sandy. The effects on h i m were so wonderfully fine I began to pay atten- tion to the reportedpowerofcuringthosestubborn cases of chronic ague or lingering malarial inter- mittents, so stubborn as to refuse to yield to med- ical treatment. I found the reports were true, and that the water would, unaided, cure the worst cases of malarial poisoning. I then learned by accident of its curing a bad case of lead poison- ing. From these several cases I began to believe it would cure blood poisoning from mercury, lead, opium, diphtheria, scarlatina, and from the very prevalent bad air in carelessly ventilated apart- ments, from mephitic, carbonic acid and carbu- retted hydrogen from privies, sewers, coal fires, and gas from wasting gas pipes and fixtures, as well as the malaria of marshes. I found that this power of renovating impoverished blood did exist in the water, to an extent I could scarcely credit my own observation. Bishop Dudley calls its effects marvellous. It is, in truth, wonderful. But the most valuable of the water’s power is as a nerve tonic. So powerful is its tonic effect on debilitated nervous systems, persons partially paralyzed have been perfectly restored on that water alone. All feeble persons, even feeble little infants who have not the health to teeth, are so bene- fitted on its use, bone formation will go on. But this may come from the extraordinary power the water possesses in all dyspeptic, and in fact all alimentary disturbances. I.UTTER FROM GEN. JNO. ECHOES. Office of Echols, Pell <5r* Catlett, A ttorneys-at-Law. Staunton, Va., June 7th, 1879. It affords me pleasure to bear the most unqual- ified testimony to the great value of the water of the Massanetta Springs. I speak from experi- ence. Last Fall I was in very feeble health, suf- fering very much from impaired digestion, and very much enfeebled from a long attack of dys- entery. I was advised by Dr. Moffett, of Har- risonburg, to try this water, and I had it brought to my home in this place, and used it with the most decided good effect. I commenced at once to improve, my health was soon thoroughly re- stored, and my weight is now greater than it has been for many years. It is a delightful water to the taste, and as rx stomachic it is superior to any mineral wafe r that I have ever used. I am sure that it will always be found most efficient and valuable as a diuretic. The water has long had a very high local reputation. FETTER FROM DR. J. H. NEFF. An Eminent Physician 0/ Extended Practice. Harrisonburg, June 9th, 1879. During the past six years that I have prac- ticed medicine in Harrisonburg, I have had fre- quent opportunity to observe the medicinal vir- tues of the Massanetta water. Have found it beneficial in advanced stages of Bright’s disease, attended with dropsy of the extremities. Also chronic intermittent fever, in various kinds of uterine diseases, accompanied with indigestion, costiveness, etc. Cases of indigestion and cos- tiveness caused by overwork are benefited by its tonic and laxative properties. In almost all cases needing a tonic and laxative, it is beneficial. Its diuretic properties render it applicable to most of the urinary diseases, and the arsenic it contains makes it a good remedy in the various cutaneous affections. I would not say that it has positive curative powers in the various diseases susceptible to its virtues, but think that it greatly aids such rem- edies as we are accustomed to rely on. visited Massanetta Springs, which completely restored me. There is a healing spring there remarkable for the cure of sore eyes and erup- tive diseases. F. ASBURY EFFINGER, M. D. LETTER FROM EX-SENATOR STOCKTON. To all whom it may concern: I have used the Massanetta water in chronic chills, and know it to be very efficacious JOHN P. STOCKTON. STATEMENT OF DR. WALSH, Professor of Physiology at Georgetown College, Washington, D. C. I believe the Massanetta Spring to be the best diuretic water I ever met with. It has also a decided action on the digestive organs, correct- ing functional derangements, increasing appetite and strength. I have tested the water at the Spring and in Washington. In a case of pro- longed partial suppression of urine, this water increased the flow from four to fifteen ounces in twenty-four hours. I have investigated the water carefully, and believe it to possess decided medical virtues. SAMUEL GOODE, ESQ., Formerly of the Hot Springs of Virginia, writes as follows: I have, in the past twenty-five years, been the manager of various watering-places, including thermal, alum, sulphur, and chalybeate. My opportunities for observing the effects of mineral waters have been extensive and favorable. I have known good results from the use of all the waters, but nowhere else have I observed results in all respects so favorable as at the Mas- sanetta Springs,ofwhich I was manager in 1874-5. I consider this delightful and sparkling water to be in a wide range of chronic diseases the most prompt, powerful, safe, and certain restorative agent of all the mineral springs of that region. I know of no other mineral water, either in Eu- rope or America, which can rank with it as a remedial agent in some of the most intractable and widely prevailing diseases. No doubt its astonishing efficacy is due in a great measure to the arsenic it holds in solution. I saw the water used in many cases of chronic diseases, and in every one with beneficial and gratifying results. LETTER FROM BISHOP DUDLEY. Baltimore, Md., Feb. 5th, 1879 I say that the marvellous properties of the Massanetta Water are well-known to me. My uncle, Mr. L. Woodson, went from Goochland County, Va,, to pay a visit to Rockingham. While suffering extremely from malarious influ- ence, as we supposed, I remember that he told me he could eat nothing but milk. Hearing ac- cidentally of this Spring, he went there, and in a few weeks was able to eat anything, and was ap- parently a well man. He at once purchased the property, and lived there in complete good health the rest of his life. I remember hearing the late Gen. Samuel H. Lewis say if he owned the Springs he would be perfectly willing to advertise that all persons who were afflicted with ague and fever might come there, and pay not a cent for board unless they were enii ely relieved. I am convinced this water is a most remarkable agent in the cure of this and perhaps other forms of disease. Saint George Pharmacy, Philadelphia, June 28th, 1879. The pleasant and agreeable taste of the Mas- sanetta Water, with the great variety of mineral salts it contains, places it without a rival among natural mineral waters. J. F. HAYES. Washington, March 7th, 1882. I have used Massanetta Water in my practice, it will cure malaria in its worst form. WEBSTER M. RAINES, M. D- LETTER FROM EX-SENATOR LEWIS. United States Senate Chamber. Dear Sir :—I have known Massanetta Springs all my life. Members of my own family have been restored by it fifty years ago. There is no question of the fact that it is the surest remedy known in chronic malarial diseases. JOHN F. LEWIS. 1028 Vermont Avenue, Washington, D. C., October 28th, 1881. Mr. Shafer, Dear Sir:—The waters of the Massanetta Spring, near Harrisonburg, Va,, are a boon to suffering humanity. I have tested their efficacy in malarial diseases and do most heartily recom- mend them to a!' who are under their influence, and have advised all who are suffering to drink this natural remedy, with the assurance they will not be disappointed. Yours very truly, II. NICHOLAS WADSWORTH, D. D. S. STATEMENT OF DR. EFFINGER. I contracted chills whilst practicing medicine on the Brazos River in Texas. I had ague cake. I could find no remedy for my ill health until I The late Thomas J. Michie, one of Virginia’s most distinguished jurists, wrote concerning this water, from Harrisonburg, Va., in ’71: About thirty-five or forty years ago I was an invalid, brought near to the brink of the grave by a se- vere and protracted attack of dyspepsia- . . Arriving here perfectly exhausted, I was taken in the arms of servants from the stage into the hotel I was so reduced that my most intimate friends passed me without knowing me. For the previous twelve months my nights had been wretched, and every night copious discharges of the most acrid matter from the stomach, of the color of tobacco juice, had been made. I was cold in midsummer, dressed in flannel, and wear- ing strengthening plasters on my breast and spine. ... 1 visited Massanetta Springs daily for little more than a week, bathing and drinking copious draughts of the water, which is delicious, and returned home greatly improv- ed in health, which continued from that time to grow better until perfect and permanent recovery from that terrible disease. Harrisonburt., Va., May, 3882. A. S. Shafer, Gen. Agent, Massanetta Water, Dear Sir:—In answer to your inquiry, would state that I have resided in the vicinity of the Massanetta Springs for the past fifty years, and unhesitatingly state of its curative effects there is no doubt, especially in broken-down constitu- tions from Malarial Districts. The change that takes place is rapid and marvellous. Yours truly, ROBERT COX. Baltimore, May 15th, 1882. A. S. Shafer, Dear Sir :—I have known Massanetta Springs for the past twenty years, and fully endorse all that is said of it by the citizens of Rockingham County. I know it to be efficacious when ordi- nary medicine did not reach the disease. Respectfully yours, CHAS. H. MOALE, 302 Linden Avenue. We also refer to a few well-known parties who have visited the Spring or used its waters : BISHOP LAY, Easton, Md, Hon. MONT. BLAIR, Washington, D. C. I. POINDEXTER DUNN, Arkansas. NICHOLAS FITZHUGH, Charleston,W. Va. JOSEPH BRYAN, Richmond, Va. COM. PIGMAN, Washington, D. C. CAPT McCORMIC, U. S. Navy, Washington, D C. HON. ALEX. H. STEWART, Staunton, Va. EDW. CONRAD, Esq , Harrisonburg, Va. GEN RANSOM, of North Carolina. T. P. LANGDON, of Canby, Gilpin & Co., Baltimore. N. HYNSON JENNINGS, Baltimore, Md. R. MORTON, 79 Mt. Royal Ave., Baltimore. MISS EMILY WHEELAN, 210 W. Hoffman Street, Baltimore. J. E. MYERS, 4 S. Holliday St., Baltimore. H. McCOY, Townsend and Charles Sts., Balto. DR. WM. GREEN, Biddle and Charles Sts., Baltimore. DR. CARY C. GAMBLE, 59 Cathedral St., Baltimore. DR.LEWIS M. EASTMAN, 349 Lexington St., Baltimore. W. A. WICKS, 321 E. Eager St., Baltimore. CHAS. H. MOALE, No. 302 Linden Avenue, Baltimore. REV. DR. ATKINSON, Pres. Hampden Sid- ney College. DANIEL G. EMORY, No. 657 Lexington St., Baltimore. EDWIN HIGGINS, Esq., 252 Lanvale St., Baltimore. DR. ROBERT ATKINSON, 277 Linden Ave., Baltimore. SAML. E. GRISCOMB, 124 N. 8th Street, Philadelphia. In placing this Water on the market, and becoming its agents for the United States, we do so with full confidence that its merit has only to be known to make its shipment the largest of any mineral spring water in the country, for it cures a disease the most complicated and extended. The testimonials herein published are from reliable professional gentlemen and others, who for many years have known the value of the water, and who have used it in their own families and among their patients. The water has never been heard of, except locally, or through the praises of those using it. It is not the intention to offer this natural mineral water as a general pana- cea, but do unhesitatingly recommend it to those suffering from any of the physical difficulties herein named : Chills and Fever, and all kinds of Malarial Poisoning, Lead Poisoning, Chronic Diseases of the Kidneys ; in Calculus Affections, Catarrh of the Bladder, Chronic Fluxes of the Urinary Tract and Irritable Urethra, Rheumatism and Rheumatic (lout, Ajnenorrhaa, Dys?nenorrheea, Leticorrhaea, and all venereal disorders, Dyspepsia, Paralysis, Diseases of the Liver, and the Effects of Overwork. The water is an alterative, and is especially, recommended for all disorders of the blood, particularly those of a syphilitic origin. Unlike many of the most valuable mineral waters, which have an offensive smell or disagreeable taste, this water is inodorous, bright, cleat and palatable. Massanetta Water is Furnished to Consumers as Follows: Gallon, less than 5, . . . . . $ 60 per gal, 5 gallons and over, .... 50 “ Case 1 doz. gallon bottles, . . . 4 50 per doz. If case and empties are returned, allow $1.50 Carbonated in quarts, .... 2 00 “ “ 4 dozen in case, . . . 7 00 per case. If empties are returned, allow 23 cents per doz. Barrel, 40 gallons (empty barrels to be returned), $12.00. It is anions; the must acceptable of Table Waters. The Water will Keep in all Climates. THE SPRINGS PTOTvTE domestic waters. WE PROTECT THE PURITY OF ALL WATERS WE CONTROL. DEEP ROCK.— From Oswego, N. V. Con stitutional and Kidney Water, too well known to need a word of recommendation ; as a draught and medicinal water combined, has no competitor. By the dozen, gallon, case or barrel. MASSANETTA.—From Harrisonburg, Va. Cures Malaria, with an endorsed record of 50 years. By the dozen, gallon, case or barrel. BEDFORD.—From Pennsylvania. Nature’s Liver Regulator and Eradicator of Gall Stones, and cures Constipation. Such is the testimony of 70 years. By the dozen,gallon, case or barrel. STRONTIA.—From Maryland. Dyspepsia and Stomach Water. By the dozen, gallon, case or barrel. ROCK ENON.—From Virginia. Chalybeate, Blood Restorer. ItAWLEY.—From Virginia. Chalybeate, Na- ture’s Iron Tonic. Bottled at the Springs, preserving all its medicinal qualities. BLUE LICK.—From Kentucky. Blood Pu- rifier. The American Harrowgate. CHAMPION.— From Saratoga. Cathartic. The richest in minerals of all the Sarato- gas ; should be on draught wherever waters are drawn, to use as a cathartic.it pos- sessing more magnesia than any spring at Saratoga. By the dozen, gallon, case or barrel. SARATOGA VICHY.-(The Favorite), This Spring contains more Soda and less Salt than any other Saratoga Water, and takes special rank among the valuable Min- eral waters of this famous Spa, from its similarity to the famous Vichy waters of Frai ;. It is the only Alkaline water found at Saratoga. Let it take its true place in every drugstore end drive out manufac- tured waters. Dozen, gallon or barrel. GEYSER.—Of Saratoga. By the dozen, gal- lon. case or barrel. ROCKBRIDGE ALUM — f Virginia. Reference, 5000 annual visitors. BETHESDA. —Of Waukesha. The best known Spring of Waukesha, and well sus- tains its reputation as a cure for Diabetes, Kidney and Bladder difficulties. By the gallon, dozen, case or barrel. SILURIAN.—Of Waukesha. Another favor- ite and by many preferred to any of the many Springs at Waukesha for its healing quali- ties. By the gallon, dozen, case or barrel. VVALLA1VHATOOIA ARUM.—Of Vir- ginia. Well known in the mountains of Virginia. CAPON.—Of West Virginia. Truly Virginia’s “favorite.” i. Affections of the Kidneys, Bladder and appendages; as a solvent for Calculus. 2. Chronic Rheumatism, Rheu- matic Gout, Syphilitic Rheumatism. 3. Dyspepsia, particularly of the acid type. In the foregoing three classes or types of disease, their curative potency has been proved in unnumbered cases, and on these Capon might well rest its fame. By the dozen, gallon, case or barrel. RED SULPHUR.—OfVirginia. Well known for their curative powers in bronchial and throat diseases ; 50 years’ record. WHITE SULPHUR.—From Virginia. MOUNT CLEMENS. —From Michigan. The World’s wonder for Catarrh, Rheuma- tism, and Biles. By the bottle or case. BUFFALO LITHIA.—Of Virginia. A wa- ter well known and worthy of its high repu- tation. Sold only by the bottle, or case of one dozen half-ga. on bottles. HATHORN.—Of Saratoga. Dozen, case or carload. CONGRESS.—Of Saratoga. Dozen or case. TATE EPSOM—F rom Tennessee. A South- ern favorite. By the gallon, dozen or barrel. BLUE RIDGE.—Of Virginia. We have no doubt ot its being one among the best of wa- ters for Dyspepsia, Torpid Liver and the ills that follow. By the dozen, gallon or bar’l. ALLEGHANY.—Of Virginia. Well known among dyspeptics. Gallon, dozen or barrel. Send for Circulars. Information given and quotations of prices for all Waters, Domestic or Foreign. Massanetta Mineral Water, Massanetta Spring; 4 miles from Harrisonburg, Va., is acknowledged to oc- cupy the first place as a remedial agent for all forms of Malaria. It CUm®® & ERADICATE 5 the disease. Read a few testimonials : The “Massanetta” is one of the most valuable waters for Malaria I have ever known, and I am constantly recommending it to friends. Yours, H. N. WADSWORTH, M. D„ Washington, D. C. I regard it almost a specific in Chronic Malarial Diseases. I have known it frequently to relieve old standing cases of Chills and Fever, which have re- sisted all other known remedies. WM. WILLIAMS, M. 1). .t is invaluable in the cure of Intermittent Fevers. I have never heard of a case in which, by the proper use of the water, it has failed to effect a cure. W. O. HILL, M. D. United States Senate Chamber. I have known Massanetta Springs all my life. Members of my family have been restored by it fifty years ago. There is no question of the fact that it is the surest remedy known in Chronic Malarial Diseases. HON. JOHN F. LEWIS. Hon. John P. Stockton, of New Jersey, says: I have used Massanetta in Chronic Chills and know it to be efficacious. Dr. Eifinger, says : I contracted Chills while practicing on the Brazos River, Texas. I had Ague Cake. I found no remedy until I visited Massanetta Springs, and was completely restored. The water has been shipped to nearly every state in the Union and also to Africa, and wherever it has gone we have the same favorable results. All vessels sailing to Malarial Climates, or parts located there should never be without it. Knowing ourselves that this water is all that is claimed for it, we have be- come its Agents, and with confidence place it on the market. The Hotel at the Springs has accommodations for about seventy guests, who have always been of the first respectability—and the fare equal to any in the mountains. All who wish a pleasant home life will find it open from June 25th to October 1st. During the season the Springs are not open, good accom- modations can be found at the Hotels in Harrisonburg. Leave Baltimore or Washington about 8 A. M., arrive at the Springs for early supper.