Why she Killed herself. 
How she then Appeared. 
One winter day in the year 1875, a beautiful woman 
was found, dead in her elegant apartment in the city of 
Paris. There were no signs of violence, and the theory 
of suicide seemed absurd in her case. 
For many years this woman had been one of the leaders 
of fashion. She was known in all the capitals of 
Europe. No ball, reception, or other social event was 
complete without her. Her bright smile, winning man- 
ners. and witty talk were the soul of the high circles 
in which she moved. She was titled, rich, and almost 
as much admired by women as by men. She had no 
enemies, and, for a wonder, her name had never been 
associated with any scandal. Only the previous night 
she had attended a grand ball, and none of the galaxy 
of brilliant women present danced more gaily or laughed 
more merrily than she. 
Yet here she lay—dead ! Was she murdered ? “ Im- 
possible,” said the police. Had she killed herself ? 
“ Ridiculous,” said her friends. Had she died of heart 
disease? “ Stuff and nonsense,” said the doctors. Her 
domestic life had been a Her husband was What she Died to Escape. 
a quiet, retiring man, yet he had never objected to his 
wife’s enjoying herself in her own way, and the .four 
children idolized their mother. 
Nobody could solve the mystery, and so she wTas 
buried. People talked for nine days and then changed 
the subject. 
Three months later her husband happened to open a 
geld locket which contained a miniature portrait of his 
wife, painted on ivory a year or two after their mar- 
riage. Neatly folded and deposited inside of it was a 
sheet of tissue paper. On this, in his wife’s fine hand, 
were written the following words addressed to him : 
“ The world will laugh if it ever finds out wliat I have done and 
why I did it. Let it laugh; rny ears will be deaf. A woman’s life Is 
in her youth and good looks. “Mine (pardon the egotism, my friend) 
have thus far made my life happy and victorious. I have been a rose 
leaf on a summer sea. To-day I noticed the first few streaks of gray 
in my hair. Do you say it was nothing ? Ah, God !it was ice on my 
heart. My real life is ended. I am growing old. Nay. I am oid 
now. The thought strikes me like the breath of a pestilence. No 
man can understand this—only a woman. I cannot bear it I would 
rather die now than he a piping, withered crone, the ghost of what I 
was. a shivering exile in a chimney corner, waiting for death as the 
poor wait for a legacy. Bah! it is insufferable. I shall swallow five 
drops of a certain liquid and remain young for ever. You need not 
'ook for the poison. It defies analysis; it leaves no traces; no marks. Mr. Hugh J. Grant, Mayor of New York, 
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I got it in Italy. The Borgias were great chemists. How like a 
woman, you will say, to fling away her soul through disgust at losing 
her beauty. Love the children and pray for Amelie.” 
Do we mean to say that any woman would rather die 
than grow old ? No, not by any means. Still, growing 
old is more of a calamity to a woman than to a man ; 
yet it is serious enough to either. 
Look at the pictures in this book. Look at them 
until your mind grasps the meaning of them. They 
are positively startling ! These wonderful portraits 
were drawn especially for us by M. Eugene Bauer, of 
Paris, whose bold and original genius has aroused the 
enthusiasm of the art critics. He can look into the 
face of any young person and tell how he will appear 
when time shall have worked its silent and fearful 
changes. His pencil is like the wand of a conjurer ;it 
is the finger of fate. He often frightens people whose 
future likeness he is asked to sketch. They cry out, 
“Oh, yes ! I shall look like that; I know I shall, but 
for Heaven’s sake don’t make me think of it now I ” Mr. Hugli J. Grant, Mayor of New York, 
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These portraits give the solemn truth of nature. You 
see both the resemblance and the contrast; yet the in- 
dividual is the same. It is as though a person in youth 
or maturity were to sit for his photograph, grow old in 
an hour, then sit again, and place the two portraits 
side by side, as you see them in these pages. Nothing 
so surprising as this was ever before shown to the 
world. The idea and execution are peculiar to M. 
Bauer, and to him only. No sermon can be half so im- 
pressive ; no statistics so full of instruction. 
Old age is unlovely. Women resort to many devices 
to hide its advance, and out of this natural feeling of 
vanity the inventors and dealers in such things make 
fortunes. Yet nobody is deceived. A man may thatch 
his bald head with a wig, but we all know it is a wig as 
well as he does. A fair woman may lay on the rouge 
with artistic skill, but we all know that the fixed color 
on her cheek is paint, and not the rosy blush of youth 
which comes and goes like the tints on a cloud at sunset. 
But old age brings weakness and decrepitude. Ah I 4 
Madame Adelina Patti, 
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that’s the trouble. If it were not for that we shouldn’t 
care. We don’t like to break down. We don’t like to 
he obliged to withdraw from the labors and enjoyments 
of life. The English prefer the game of cricket to base- 
ball because a man can play cricket until he is fifty, 
whereas only young men can play ball. We don’t like 
the idea of being switched off on a side track and 
called “the old folks.” As the boys say, we “kick” 
against that as long as there is a kick left in us. 
How long ought we to be able to live ? Why should 
a dumb beast live longer than a man? Yet some of 
them do. We hardly learn how to get the good out of 
the world before we are too feeble to make use of it. 
Why should not the average of human life be one hun- 
dred and fifty years instead of thirty and thirty-five? 
Do we wear out? Yes, but only for the reason that we 
do not take care of ourselves If a new locomotive 
were treated as we treat our bodies, it wouldn’t last a 
year. We die of disease, and for every disease there is 
a remedy ; only we don’t know where to find it. Bar- 5 
Madame Adelina Patti, 
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ring accidents, men might live a century if they would 
only take the right medicine in time. 
The Deacon’s “ One Hoss Shay,” described by Dr. O. 
W. Holmes— 
“ Went to pieces all at once— 
All at once, and nothing first, 
Just as bubbles do when they burst.” 
But a man doesn’t go off that fashion. He breaks up 
by degrees. The locomotive is condemned when it re- 
fuses to make steam any longer ; when the fire won’t 
burn. Human beings are much the same. Our food is 
the fuel, and the stomach is the fire-box. The digestion 
becomes poor, then worse, and finally there is hardly 
any power left in it. We cannot digest, and so we do 
not feel like eating; the appetite fails, too. As the 
stomach supplies the elements of vitality to the whole 
system, every function grows feeble in proportion as 
the digestion fails. Then commences a period of pain, 
misery and complaining. The blood, which is the pro 
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talized. The nerves missing the sustenance which in 
health is furnished to them by the blood, are weakened 
and unstrung, and all sorts of nervous ailments follow. 
The brain also suffers from the same cause, and the 
mind loses its original power and activity. The flesh 
gradually becomes flabby and wrinkled, and the mus- 
cles lose their elasticity and strength. The hair gets 
grey and falls off, and so one part after another breaks 
down until the poor human vehicle is a wreck by the 
roadside. This is old age. 
The question arises; Is it necessary? Can we avoid 
or postpone it ? Sooner or later, unless we die of vio- 
lence or acute disease, we must all pass through this 
great change. But when is a man old ? Of course there 
is an average time when the signs of old age appear, 
but there is no law. A man is as old as he feels, and 
a woman as old as she looks. Some men are old at 
forty ; others are young at seventy. What makes the 
difference? We answer that, other things being equal, 
the difference is in the digestion. “ While a man can 
eat, digest, and sleep.” says the Persian proverb, ‘-he 
can defy time, trouble, and the devil.” W7hy, the Hoa. Bobert T. Lincoln, IT. S, Minister to England, 
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period between forty-five and seventy ought to be the 
very best of our lives, and would be, if we were not a 
race of miserable dyspeptics. When a person is in 
good health the years between fifty and sixty are bet- 
ter than those between thirty and forty. 
There is but one people who appear never to grow 
old, and they are the Communities of Shakers, to whom 
Mr. Gladstone refers in his review of “Robert Elsmere.” 
You will never meet a bald-headed, a dyspeptic or a 
rheumatic Shaker. They have no aches or pains. They 
are as sprightly at seventy as other folks are at thirty- 
five. They work hard and are exposed to all sorts of 
weather ; yet disease does not fasten upon them. Their 
flesh is ruddy, solid and smooth like the flesh of child- 
ren. You would almost take the Shaker women for 
girls, so light and elastic is their bearing, and so bright 
their eyes. All visitors to the Shaker communities no- 
tice this and wonder at it. And the men remain strong 
and active long after the age when others have lain 
down for their last long sleep. 
Why is this? Why have these people ahold on life 
whicli is denied to "the rest of mankind? “ The good. 8 
Mrs. President Cleveland, 
die young,” says Wordsworth. They don’t die young 
among the Shakers ; that is certain. Why not? For 
a very sufficient reason. The Shakers have studied the 
problem of digestion for the past hundred years, and 
understand it better than any other people on earth. 
What did they find? They found what they are now 
teaching others—namely, that nine-tenths of all the 
diseases, ailments and complaints that are afflicting and 
killing the human race arise directly or indirectly from 
troubles of the digestive organs. This fact led them 
to seek a remedy, which they believed the God of Na- 
ture had placed somewhere to await human discovery. 
After a long and discouraging search they heard of a 
medicine made in Germany for diseases of the digestion, 
but which had never attained perfect success because of 
alack of the requisite skill and uniformity in itschemical 
preparation. This defect they were able to overcome, 
and finding the necessary herbs growing on the moun- 
tains near Mount Lebanon, N, Y/'ttbe home of the 
leading Shaker community), they began its manu- 
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Mrs. President Cleveland, 
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factnre. Ever since that period the remedy has been 
properly known as Shaker Extract of Roots (Seigel’s 
Syrup). 
It was successful beyond their fondest hopes, and for 
the past fifty years the health and vigor of the Shakers 
has furnished proof of its secret power. Nothing else 
has so benign and mighty aninfluence to save and build 
up the decaying body of man. It will not rollback the 
river of time and restore our lost youth ; but it will 
ward off and cure disease, and. when faithfully used, 
it will confer joyous good health on young and old, and 
continue it down to the distant hour when the weary 
wheels of life must at last stand still. 
“ Cure indigestion and dyspepsia,” says Alonzo Hol- 
lister, the famous Shaker Author and Chemist, “and 
you will never be ill.” It is a quaint saying of the 
Shakers that “indigestion is like a splinter in one’s 
finger. As long as it remains there the inflammation, 
cannot he subdued. Pull out the splinter, and the sore- 
ness soon gets well of itself.-' “From this,” they say, 10 
Mr. Jay Gould, 
“we can all perceive that what are usually called, and 
believed to be, the symptoms of a great variety of dis- 
eases are in reality nothing more or less than symptoms 
of the presence of that one big splinter—in other words, 
of indigestion and dyspepsia.” When people wonder 
at the clear skin and rosy cheeks of the Shaker women 
the latter always explain that it is due to the action of 
this medicine—now called Shaker Extract of Roots 
(Seigel’s Syrup)—in keeping the blood pure and limpid, 
so that it flows freely through the fine capillary veins 
that fill the surface of the skin. 
For many years the Shakers tested the value of this 
preparation on their own people before they would con- 
sent to allow it to be made known to the world at large. 
Since this was done Shaker Extract of Roots (Seigel’s 
Syrup) has become famous in every country; not 
through advertising, but through one person telling 
another about its virtues and remarkable effects in dis- 
eases in which all other remedies proved unavailing. 
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Mr, Jay Gould, 
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The reader must remember that while Shaker Extract 
of Roots (Seigei’s Syrup) cures only one disease, that 
disease has many names, which have been given in 
ignorance of the truth. For example, rheumatism, kid- 
ney, liver and bladder troubles, all affections of the skin, 
all ailments of the bowels, the complaints peculiar to 
women, etc. These and many others are merely indi- 
gestion and dyspepsia in disguise and wrongly named. 
We will here give some of the symptoms which, the 
Shakers say, call for an immediate resort to the magic 
remedy they found among the hills: Pains in the head, 
back and sides; distress after eating; dull and sleepy 
feelings; bad taste in the mouth, especially in the morn- 
ing; sticky slime about the teeth; a faint,all-gone sensa- 
tion at the pit of the stomach which food does not 
satisfy; a tired and weary feeling, which is not relieved 
by sleep; sunken and yellow eyes; cold hands and feet; 
a dry cough; melancholy and fear of evil without know- 
ing why; giddiness and a whirling sensation in the head; 
scanty and high-colored urine, often depositing a sedi- 12 
Mr. Nat. C. Goodwin. (Comedian), 
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merit after standing; spots before the eyes; palpitation 
of the heart; chills; nervous prostration and weakness. 
When any one of these ominous signs appears the suf- 
ferer should not delay in the hope that it will pass off. 
Like the red flags on a railroad, these are Nature’s 
danger signals, which, whether we are young or old, 
must be heeded if we would live out our appointed days. 
But length of years is not always the cause of the 
appearance of old age; some are old at thirty, some at 
forty, and most people are old at fifty. The reason is 
that the system is broken down with disease by defec- 
tive digestion and assimilation. The vital 'nergies are 
exhausted. 
“DON’T PUBLISH MY NAME.” 
We are almost daily in receipt of letters from druggists 
and medicine dealers Jiving in different parts of the 
country, describing cures effected by Shaker Extract of 
Roots (Seigel’s Syrup). But in many of these cases Mr. Nat. 0. Goodwin (Comedian), 
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people relate their experience to the druggist in strict 
confidence. They are willing their names should be 
sent tons, but only as a guarantee of the truth of their 
statements : they object to having them published. 
This delicacy on the part of our friends we feel bound 
to respect. We never print the names or addresses of 
any of the thousands who commend our remedies with- 
out the knowledge and consent of the persons interested. 
Often, however, people who shrink from the actual 
publication of their names, are willing to have us print 
the facts in their cases, and. to place their names in our 
hands so that inquiring parties may address them and 
obtain further information by private correspondence. 
To accomplish this end they are obliged, of course, to 
trust their druggists, just as the latter confide in us. 
And we may add, that confidence in these reputable, 
skillful and intelligent men can never be mis- 
placed. They are necessarily in possession of many 
personal and family secrets, and are never known to 
betray them. On this honorable and high-minded class 
of men we may rely with the assurance that what they 14 
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say is perfectly trustworthy and impartial. And as 
these druggists have an educated knowledge and wide 
experience of medicines, their endorsement of this 
preparation should carry great weight and decide any 
who are in doubt as to its merits. 
One word more: If you have time only to read part 
of this little book, read what the people say about 
Shaker Extract of Roots (Seigel’s Syrup), rather than 
what we say about it. We may have an interest in ex- 
aggerating its merits in order to sell it (though ive have 
never done so), but those who have merely used it for 
illness have no motive for saying a word more than the 
bare truth; as, even if we could gain a million dollars a 
year, not one dollar of it would go to them. The fol- 
lowing are from druggists and medicine dealers, and 
of recent date: 
IT WOULD MAKE A BIG BOOK. 
Mr. George Hickley, 101 Church street, Brighton, 
says: “The verbal testimony furnished daily by cus- 
tomers who have been benefited by using Shaker Ex- 15 
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tract of Roots (Seigel’s Syrup) would soon fill a volume. 
A gentleman tells me he has found it a very valuable 
help in case of cold. He says it acts as a gentle aperient 
and purifier of the system. He says that during the 
latter part of his residence in Brooklyn he caught cold 
and had a violent cough. After using Shaker Extract 
of Roots (Seigel’s Syrup) for a week ne was sufficiently 
recovered to be able to undertake a voyage to Eng- 
land.” 
SPOKE OP IT WITH RAPTURE. 
Mr. J. L. Evans, Medical Hall, Market Cross, Lymm, 
Cheshire, writes: ‘‘l hear very flattering accounts 
from many who have tried the Syrup, of the benefit 
derived from its use; and although there is no reluc- 
tance on the part of those who have proved the efficacy 
of the medicine to testify as to its value, I find them 
reluctant to have their names published. Only on 
Friday last an old lady, who had been ailing for years, 
came to tell me in rapturous terms of the benefit she 
had derived from this excellent remedy, but when 
asked if she would give me a testimonial she said she 
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refer any person I chose to her for proof of the excel- 
lence of the remedy. A customer, whose name I will 
make known on application, tells me that his wife has 
for some months been suffering from general debility, 
and found no relief from any medicine she took, or 
from any treatment prescribed by medical men, until 
she tried Shaker Extract of Roots (Seigel's Syrup), 
and after taking four bottles she was completely 
restored to health.” 
THE EATING-HOUSE KEEPER. 
Mr. E. Howard, 184 Old Kent Road, London, writes; 
“ I could send you a number of testimonials if the peo- 
ple did not, for various reasons, hesitate to allow them- 
selves to be seen in print. My customers speak highly 
of the medicine, however, and the sales keep up. A 
neighbor of mine, who keeps an eating-house, says he 
has found great relief from taking Shaker Extract of 
Roots (Seigel’s Syrup). wThich has quite removed the 
indigestion he suffered from. He recommends it to 
others, and says his customers frequently ask him to 
give them a dose.” 17 
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FROM FAR-AWAY SHETLAND. 
Mr. A. W. Laing, 101 Commercial Street, Lerwick, 
Shetland, writes: “A great many of my customers 
tell me that the Shaker Extract of Roots (Seigel’s 
Syrup) is the only medicine that ever does them any 
good, but seem to be afraid of having their names in 
print. You see, in Shetland it is different from large 
centres, because here you may say everybody knows 
everybody, and I suppose that is the principal reason 
why they hesitate. Yet I have sold more Shaker-Ex- 
tract of Roots (Seigel’s Syrup) during the past year 
than in almost any two years before, which shows its 
great and growing popularity.” 
DOWN IN THE NORTH SEA. 
Mr, James Wood, Viewing Rendall, Orkney, writes: 
“ Often in conversation in my shop my customers speak 
<>f the good Shaker Extract of Roots (Seigel’s Syrup) 
has done them. They would like to have others know 
it, only they do not wish their names published. But 
there is one"exception, Mr, William Stanger, of Gream- Mr. Charles Stewart Parnell, 
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shall, Orkney, who desires me to say that he was 
afflicted with pain in the stomach and bad indigestion. 
He got several bottles of medicine from the doctor, 
which did no good, and was quite cured with two 
bottles of Shaker Extract of Roots (Seigel’s Syrup). 
The sale of the medicine is constantly increasing in 
Orkney.” 
THE ASTONISHING DEMAND. 
Mr. Matthew Orewdson, 25 King street, Ulverston, 
writes: “My sales of Shaker Extract of Roots (Seigel’s 
Syrup) are a matter of astonishment. The demand for 
it never falls away, and the people praise it. A farmer 
from the country called for a bottle the other day and 
said it had cured him of a severe stomach disease after 
the medical men had failed.” 
AFKAID OF THE DREADFUL PRINTER. 
Mr. H. Wilson, Drug Hall, Holyhead, writes: “I 
recommend Shaker Extract of Roots (Seigel’s Syrup) 
before any other medicine in my shop. My customers 
think as highly of it as I do, but object to having their 
names appear in any book or newspaper. lam ready 
to endorse it with my name anywhere in the world.” Hr. Charles Stewart Parnell, 
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ONE DOSE AND TWO DOCTORS. 
Mr. R, Needham, Leeds, writes: “ One of my custom- 
ers told me her husband had derived more benefit 
from one dose of Shaker Extract of Roots (Seigel's Syrup) 
than from all the medicine prescribed by two doctors 
who had previously attended him.” 
ONE DRUGGIST AND THREE DOCTORS. 
Mr. F. J. Neade, Terenure Road, Rathgar, writes: 
“ I know many cases of people relieved and cured by 
Shaker Extract of Roots (Seigel’s Syfup), but who ob- 
jected to the facts being made public. 1 myself always 
take it when troubled with indigestion and invariably 
find relief. Mr. Hynes, of No. 2 Rathgar Square, had long 
suffered from a stomach affection, which neither I nor 
three doctors could relieve him of. One bottle of Shaker 
Extract of Roots (Seigei’s Syrup) completely cured him. 
He gives me leave to publish his case.” 
HOW HE LOST NINETEEN POUNDS. 
Mr. Cocks (Manager), 7 Westgate street, Ipswich, 
writes: “A customer of ours, a farmer, was very ill 
about three years ago with indigestion and liver com- Mrs. James Brown Potter, 
plaint. At times he was confined to his bed. The local 
doctor treated him several months without good result. 
Then he came to town and was treated for a long time 
by a leading physician, to whom he paid $5O ; but he 
wasno better. Toanother eminent medical manhepaid 
$45, all in vain. An acquaintance said, * Why don’t 
you try Shaker Extract of Roots (Seigel’s Syrup)?’ 
The sufferer laughed as though it were a joke His 
friend insisted, and at last the farmer yielded and did 
try it. A few doses gave him marked relief, and pre- 
sently he was entirely well. I know the case person- 
ally, and also all the doctors alluded to. This farmer is 
often in my shop, and recommends Shaker Extract of 
Roots (Seigel’s Syrup) to everybody. I know other 
cases like this, but people say they don’t like to have 
their names mentioned. One lady, who lives only a 
short distance from my shop, has always been in delicate 
health, and says she ‘ is quite kept up by this remedy.’ ” 
NERVOUS DEP.II.TTY. 
This is caused by a long-continued state of impurity of 
the blood, which irritates the nerves. Sleepless nights, 
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Mrs. James Brown Potter, 
twitching of the muscles, trembling of the limbs, poor 
appetite, easily disturbed by noise or excitement, desire 
to avoid company, peculiar sensations over the entire 
body, are among the difficulties which attend this com- 
plaint. A dose of Shaker Extract of Roots (Seigel’s 
Syrup) at night will, in a short time, so cleanse the blood 
and soothe the nerves, and restore strength to the body, 
as to make life enjoyable and happy. Nervous debility 
vanishes before the quieting, purifying, and healthful 
action of Shaker Extract of Roots (Seigel’s Syrup). 
FETEE AND INFLAMMATION. 
When there are free evacuations each day by the 
water passages and by the bowels, and by the sw eat of 
the body, and all the corrupt and useless matters are 
carried off, there can exist no inflammation or feverish 
symptoms. Dyspepsia is the cause of these derange- 
ments. When these diseased particles are retained they 
poison the blood, which shows itself in various forms. 
When good and bad blood are struggling to get the bet- 
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ter of each other, the irritation produced gives rise to 
fever and inflammation. How necessary, then, to keep 
every outlet of the body free and open, thatno clogging 
or impure blood can exist! By attending to these pas- 
sages of evacuation, persons can live to old age without 
one feverish symptom ; and when bruised or cut by 
accident the wound will immediately heal without in- 
flammation, if the blood be kept in a pure and uncor- 
rupted state by the occasional use of this strengthen- 
ing, cleansing, and invigorating medicine. 
DISEASES OF THE EIVEK. 
When the liver becomes disordered and diseased, the 
person so afflicted is indeed miserable. He suffers with 
dull pains in the sides, bad taste in the mouth, spots 
before the eyes, flashes of heat, irregularities of the 
bowels, piles, coated tongue, disordered stomach, heart- 
burn, costiveness, and pain in the head. He frequently 
has a dry cough, high-colored urine, yellow skin, and Mr. Ned Harrigan (Comedian), 
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dull, sleepy sensations, rendering him unfit for business 
or for enjoyment. The hands and feet are cold, the 
circulation of the blood is sluggish ; the patient suffers 
with vertigo, ringing in the ears, loss of appetite, 
nausea and sick headache, heartburn, dry, scurfy 
skin, etc. 
The origin of this disease is Dyspepsia. Shaker Ex- 
tract of Roots (Seigel’s Syrup), will remove the cause, 
and the Liver will then resume its natural functions, 
and good health will be the result. The dose should be 
10 to 20 drops three times a day instantly after eating. 
THE BOWELS. 
The bowels, in a healthy state, carry off all useless 
matter which can be carried off In solid form. Some- 
times the main channel becomes choked up by slime on 
the coatings of the intestines, which gives rise to con- 
stipation and irregula’ ity of the bowels. If the bile is 
not thrown out from the liver in sufficient quantities, 
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bowels become weak and irritated. When much irri- 
tation exists diarrhoea follows, because the bowels have 
not the strength to do what is required of them. In - 
flammation follows. The fundamental cause of this 
irregularity is Indigestion. Shaker Extract of Roots 
(Seigel’s Syrup) will remove this indigestion, and cause 
the fresh, new blood to become pure and healthy. 
PILES AND COSTIVENESS. 
The soothing, balsamic, and healing properties of 
Shaker Extract of Roots (SeigeTs Syrup)render it of the 
utmost value in curing hemorrhoids or piles. The 
movements from the bowels are made free, regular, 
and natural ; all irritation is removed, inflammation is 
subdued, and the piles disappear as if by magic under 
the influence of this agreeable regulator and healer. 
Costiveness or diarrhoea cannot exist when this regu- 
lator has done its work, for it promotes exudation of 
sufficient bile and enough of the natural thuds of the 
intestines to regulate the movements and give tone to 25 
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the bowels. Blind piles, bleeding piles, itching piles, 
etc., disappear with the use of this remedy, and are 
cured as effectually when high up in the bowels as 
when at the terminus of the intestines. 
SICK HEADACHE. 
There are few persons who, at times, are not more or 
less subject to sick headache. Moderate and occasional 
use of the Extract is a sure preventive, as thousands 
who have tried it are willing to testify. 
DISEASES OF THE STOMACH. 
When the stomach is too weak to properly digest the 
food, the person so diseased is seriously afflicted. Dys- 
pepsia shows itself in very many disagreeable forms, 
but more frequently in distress after eating, sourness of 
the stomach, "heating and trembling of the stomach and 
sides, a sense of fullness, headache, dizziness, bad 
breath, loss of appetite, difficulty in breathing, restless- 
ness, loss of strength, etc. 26 
In dyspepsia the food remains in the stomach until it 
becomes corrupted, which poisons the blood and pro- 
duces the most painful and distressing feelings. 
The stomach loses its tone, becomes inflamed, and 
filled with slime and mucus. This produces giddiness, 
sick headache, and pressure upon the brain. Shaker 
Extract of Roots (Seigel’s Syrup) cleans out the cor- 
rupt and noxious matters from the stomach, and 
strengthens the stomach to dissolve and digest the food, 
increases the flow and strength of the gastric juice, 
and produces harmonious action between the stomach, 
liver and intestines. All the organs work in concert— 
no jarring, no overtaxing of one organ above another, 
which always damages the nervous system and works 
havoc and decay. 
Strength to the stomach, invigoration of the liver, and 
tone to the bowels must necessarily follow the use of 
Shaker Extract of Roots (Seigel’s Syrup). Mother Sei- 
gel assured me when I was at her home, near Benin, 
that a few bottles of the Syrup had cured cases of indi- 
gestion of twenty years’ standing, which had baffled 
the efforts of the best medical talent in Berlin. It cor- 
rects acidity, and promotes a flow of healthy gastric 
juice, which dissolves the food and carries it out of the 
stomach at the proper time. 
URINARY DIFFICULTIES. 
When the body is in a healthy state, the various salts 
contained in it are carried off by the water passages; but 
when there is a weakness in the urinary organs these 
particles do not pass off, but lodge in the bladder, kid- 
neys, and urethra, and keep growing in size by con- 
tinued fresh adhesions until they sometimes form sub- 
stances varying in size from that of a pea to that of an 
egs. 
Persons with gravel frequently pass some portions of 
it in their urine, but the main part of the sandy sub- 
stance remains, and gives rise to inflammation, pain, 
heat, and intense suffering in making water. The ac- 
cumulation of sand covers up the water passage, and 
the urine cannot find an outlet, and the most intense 
misery follows. When the bladder is full it must be 
emptied, but frequently the gravelly substance so clogs 
up the mouth of the water passage that an instrument 
has to be used to push back the gravel and let the water 
off. Pain in the small of the back, hips and thighs; heat 
and inflammation; desire to make water, but cannot do 
so; and burning, smarting, indescribable agonies, which 
render life a burden and death courted, are among the 
symptoms of this disease. Sometimes the particles of 
gravel are so sharp and cutting that they tear the sides 
of the urinary passages, causing the blood to flow in 
great quantities. Sometimes the bladder and kidneys 
are filied with slime and cannot perform their duty. 
The water passages should always be kept free and 
open. When there is the least disposition to an accum- 
ulation of gravel, it should be immediately dissolved 
and made to pass off by its proper channel. 
Shaker Extract of Roots (Seigel’s Syrup) cleanses the 
kidneys and bladder and water passages from slime, 
and gives strength to the organs requiring sufficient 
power of endurance to perform all the labors required 
of them in carrying off the watery portions of the food, 
after all the nourishment it contained has entered into 
the blood and gone to repair the daily waste of the sys- 
tem. 
RHEUMATISM. 
Never before has there existed a remedy so unfail- 
ingly successful in rheumatic affections as Shaker Ex- 
tract of Roots (Seigel’s Syrup). It lubricates the joints, 
promotes the secretions of the fluids necessary to re- 
move the stiffness of the muscles, removes hardened 
deposits in the joints, greases the machinery of nature, 
and makes it move easily. One or two bottles of Shaker 
Extract of Roots (Seigel’s Syrup) will do more than 
a hogshead of liniments, for it carries out of the circu- 
lation the acrid humors in the blood upon which rheu- 
matism depends, and removes inflammation, soreness 
and stiffness of the muscles. 
A short trial will convince the most discouraged that 
it is all that is claimed for it. 
HSf" The seeds of disease—the worn-out particles of 
the body which are no longer of any service in carrying 
on the functions of life—should be carried out of the 
body as fast as they are generated. The occasional use 
of Shaker Extract of Roots (Seigel’s Syrup) will clear 
out all these passages of the body and purify them. 
The Syrup abstracts the diseased humors from the 
blood and makes it flow through the veins freely. No 
sluggishness can exist when the Syrup is used. 28 
HEART DISEASE. 
Many people imagine they have organic disease of 
the heart, when they have only Dyspepsia. 
WORMS. 
It is always the corrupted matter in the system 
which breeds these uncomfortable companions. Clear 
out these scavengers by the use of the Syrup, which so 
paralyzes them that they cannot cling to the side of the 
bowels, and when the corrupted matter is passed off by 
use of the Syrup they must also go with it. They and 
their nests are effectually destroyed and passed off. 
Mothers should give their children occasional doses 
of the Syrup, that worms may not breed in the corrupt 
substances of the body. 
Foul matters breed worms. Cleanse the system of 
impurities. Worms cannot breed in healthy substances, 
for they grow and thrive on the filth and corruption c f 
the body. 
SKIN DISEASES. 
Ail diseases of the skin are blood diseases, for when 
the blood is pure the skin must be free from all un- 
healthy eruptions, and as we have stated, all impurity 
of the blood is caused by indigestion. Pimples on the 
face or body, erysipelas, salt rheum, ulcers, sores, boils, 
carbuncles, and every disease which shows itself upon 
the surface of the skin, are caused by bad blood. Scabs 
in the hair, sore eyes, running from the ears, etc., etc., 
are caused by vile humors in the blood, which can be 
speedily exterminated by the Syrup, 
The skin of Old Mother Seigel was marvellously 
white, pure, and smooth, and although sixty-five years 
of age, shetold me she attributed the elasticity and ivory 
whiteness of her skin to the occasional use of the 
Syrup. The coarsest skin can be made soft and beau- 
tiful by the use of this purifying Syrup. Rashes, fes- 
ters, flesh worms, pimples, liver spots, blackheads, and 
all unhealthy appearances of the skin must yield to 
this great cleanser and brightener of the skin; for if the 
blood be pure the skin will be pure. 29 
Shaker Extract of Roots (Seigel’s Syrup) has given 
health and spirits to thousands of females. The hollow 
cheek, the sunken eye, the sallow countenance, the 
dark circles underneath the eyes, all are indicative of 
weakness of the female organs of generation, and are 
speedily overcome by the use of Shaker Extract of 
Roots (Seigel’s Syrup). 
During pregnancy the Syrup can be taken with per- 
fect safety in 10 to 15 drop doses instantly after eating. 
If the bowels should be costive, an occasional dose of 
Shaker Family Pills will give great relief. Care should 
be used so as hot to produce violent purging. 
Its use removes obstructions, brings the hue of health 
to the countenance; and itshould be used by females suf- 
fering from the various diseases to which the sex is 
subject, such as leucorrhcea, or whites, falling of the 
womb, beariag-down sensations, etc. Two or three 
bottles of Shaker Extract of Roots (Seigei’s Syrup) will 
bring the blush to the cheek and vivacity and elasticity 
to the system. Flagging spirits are restored, and new 
life and vigor take the place of the loss of energy, sick- 
ness and decay. 
FEMALE DISEASES. 
SOME TERRIBLE MISTAKES. 
The most unfortunate and terrible mistakes are often 
made. For example, a person begins to have a cough. 
At first it is a slight, dry hacking, but after a while he 
raises a little, there is a pain in the chest and side, 
shortness of breath, and the patient’s friends think he 
is going into a decline with consumption. And as he 
has the symptoms of that fatal scourge, it is only natu- 
ral they should come to that conclusion. A doctor is 
consulted and the patient is treated for consumption of 
the lungs. Now, the important fact to remember is 
that the symptoms of consumption are also the symp- 
toms of indigestion and dyspepsia. There is the cough, 
the pains in the chest and side, the feeling of fatigue 
and languor; the increasing weakness, occasional night 
sweats, the variable appetite, etc. All these may ap- 
pear without any disease of the lungs whatever, and in 
nine cases out of ten the trouble is with the digestive 
organs only. And because of these misleading symp- 
toms thousands of persons die of indigestion and' dys- 
pepsia who might have been cured if they had been 
treated for that, instead of being uselessly and ignor- antly doctored for consumption, a disease they did not 
have. 
The same miserable and often fatal blunder is con- 
stantly made in regard to heart disease and liver and 
kidney complaints. These arise at the outset from in- 
digestion and dyspepsia, and the symptoms are almost 
identical. But the attempt to cure them as separate 
and distinct diseases nearly always fails. The only safe 
way is to act upon the Shaker theory (see pages 9 and 
10), and set right the digestion with Shaker Extract of 
Roots (Seigel's Syrup), when the local trouble will soon 
disappear. Strike at the root, remove the cause; that 
is the true method, and the success of Shaker Extract 
of Roots (Seigel’s Syrup), in curing numberless cases of 
this kind proves how clearly those good and wise peo- 
ple understand what has so long been a mystery to 
others. 
Therefore do not allow yourself to be treated for the 
wrong complaint. And, in order that the multitudes 
of people who look to us for information and direction 
may not rentiain in the dark, we once more repeat the 
symptoms which signify the same thing, and all point 
to disorders of the stomach and bowels. By reading 
them carefully and observing them in yourself or in 
your friends, you may avoid the sad mistakes of which 
we have spoken; 
A feeling of distress after eating, with heaviness and 
deadness of the stomach ; sickness and nausea ; pains 
in the head, chest, sides and back, sometimes shifting 
from place to place ; bad taste in the mouth and rising 
of offensive gas from the stomach ; dizziness, as though 
you were going to fall; costiveness and irregularity of 
the bowels ; yellow color of the eyes and skin; cold 
hands and feet; palpitation and heartburn; variable 
appetite, sometimes hungry and then loathing the very 
thought of food ; sick headaches ; ringing in the ears ; 
spots before the eyes ; flashes of heat across the body ; 
difficulty in passing the urine, which is often of a high 
color, and leaves a sediment on standing; trouble of 
mind and vague fears for the future without being able 
to give a reason ; restlessness, “the fidgets,” poor sleep ; 
unpleasant dreams ; desire to avoid company ; loss of 
ambition and dislike for work ; a tired and weary feel- 
ing that is not relieved by rest; dry and scurfy skin ; 
aching of the arms and legs, and soreness of the muscles. 
These are some of the leading symptoms of indiges- 31 
tion and dyspepsia, and show how easily it may be mis- 
taken for other diseases, and all the more as it is the 
real cause of those same diseases, which cannot be 
cured so long as the cause exists. By observing these 
signs in yourself or in others, you need not be In doubt 
as to what the ailment is. Whether you have one or 
many of the above named symptoms you may recog- 
nize indigestion and dyspepsia, and should arrest 
its progress at once by taking Shaker Extract of Roots 
(Seigel's Syrup). 
Madison, Ga., March 20th, 1889.—Some time ago I 
received a lot of your little books, and on reading one 
of them over I found Shaker Extract of Roots (Seigel’s 
Syrup; advertised in it, and as I had been suffering with 
Nervous Dyspepsia, 1 bought a bottle and began taking 
it. I never had anything to do me so much good in all 
my life. My food used to sour on my stomach, just as 
soon as I ate it, and I would throw it up immediately 
after I had swallowed it; but since I began to take 
Shaker Extract of Roots (Seigel’s Syrup) that trouble 
has stopped. I now digest what I eat, and nothing 
sours on my stomach. It is a splendid medicine, and 
I want you to send me one dozen bottles by express, 
for the use of friends to whom I have recommended it. 
—M. A. Torbert. 
IT SURPRISED MR. TORBERT. 
SHAKER SOOTHING PLASTERS. 
A cure for pains in the back, chest and sides. The 
Soothing Plasters afford immediate relief. 
Our Porous Plasters never get dry, because the in- 
gredients of which they are composed are blended with 
India rubber. They refresh the system and banish 
aches of every kind. This is why they are called 
“ Shaker Soothing Plasters.” 
If you are troubled with a cough, with pain in the 
chest, use the Shaker Soothing Plasters. 32 
DIRECTIONS 
For Using Shaker" Extract of Roots (SeigeTs Syrup). 
Dose.—Fifteen to Thirty Drops, two or three 
times per day, in a wine-glass of water, immediately 
after eating. 
Note.—Shaker Extract of Boots {SeigeVs Syrup) is 
put up in a very highly-concentrated form ; therefore 
the dose must he given in drops—one teaspoonful con- 
tains 60 drops. The dose is easily regulated, as one- 
quarter of a teaspoonful is 15 drops. Parties purchas- 
ing this medicine can rely on its having as much 
strength as if put up in pint bottles. 
The quantity may be regulated by the patient, who 
will bear in mind that sufficient needs be taken to 
operate on the bowels two or three times each day. 
The blood will thus be purified, the sweat glands of the 
skin will be opened, and the flesh made soft and healthy 
as an infant’s. The kidneys and liver will do fheir 
duty, and all humors of the blood will be driven out of 
the system, and the body purified and restored to a 
sound and healthy condition. The medicine must be 
taken instantly after eating, so that it will become 
mixed with the food while in the stomach. 
Commence by taking ten or fifteen drops three times 
a day instantly after eating, in a little cold, sweetened 
water It is best not to take the Syrup on an empty 
stomach. If this does not give relief, increase the dose 
to thirty drops, always to be taken instantly after eat- 
ing, so that the Syrup may become mixed with the 
food while being digested. It is essential that the 
bowels be made to move freely every day, and if the 
above doses of Syrup be not sufficient to effect this, 
take one to four of Shaker Family Pills at bedtime. It 
is better to take the Pills than to increase the dose of 
Syrup. 
A. J. WHITE. Shaker Family Pills. 
Unlike many kinds of cathartic medicines, these 
Pills do not make you feel worse before you feel better. 
Their operation is gentle, but thorough, and unattended 
with disagreeable effects, such as nausea, griping pains, 
etc., etc. 
Shaker Family Pills are the best family physic that 
has ever been discovered. They cleanse the bowels 
from all irritating substances and leave them in a 
healthy condition. They cure costiveness. 
These Pills prevent fevers and all kinds of sickness 
by removing all poisonous matter from the bowels. 
They operate briskly, yet mildly, without any pain. 
If you take a severe cold and are threatened with a 
fever, with pains in the head, back and limbs, one or 
two doses of Shaker Family Pills will break up the cold 
and prevent the fever. 
Shaker Family Pills prevent ill-effects from excess in 
eating or drinking. A good dose at bedtime renders a 
person fit for business or labor in the morning. 
The Pills, being sugar-coated and pleasant to take, 
the disagreeable taste common to most pills is obviated. 
Prices of Shaker Medicines: 
Shaker Extract of Hoots (Seigel’s Syrup) 
per Bottle 60 cts. 
Shaker Family Fills, per Bottle 25 cts. 
Shaker Soothing Plasters, each 25 cts. 
In case the reader cannot obtain the medicine from 
a local dealer, we will forward the same free on receipt 
of P. O. Order, or stamps, in a registered letter, for 
the quantity required. 
Address, 
_A._ CT. WHITE, 
168 Duane Street, New York. 
For Sole by all Druggists and Dealers in Medicines generally. 
the quantity required, 
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