Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 May 1877 — "Survival of the Fittest." [ARTICLE]

"Survival of the Fittest."

The ingenious doctrine propounded by Mr. Darwin, the tireless investigator ot nature and her lairs, is as appllcabteind.-terminlng the fate of medicine# as In tUal.of the animal species. Every yekr ncW,remedies are brought before the public, -and are* soon completely discarded as their sale rapidly decreases. Only those medicines which are best suited to the people’s wants survive the first test If they “are tried, and found wanting” in the merits which they are claimed to possess, no amount of advertising will make them popular. Of all the remedies ever introduced to the public, none are so popular as Dr. Pierce’s Family Medicines. Their sale has steadily increased tub year, aud wholesale druggists assert that the present demand for them is greater thin ever before. If you would patronize medicines scientifically prepared use Dr. Pierce’s Family Medicines. Golden Medical Discovery is alterative, or blood-cleansing, and an unequaled cough remedy; Pleasaut Purgative Pellets, scarcely larger than mustard seeds, constitute an agreeable and reliable physic; Favorite Prescription, a remedy for debilitated females; Extract of Smarts Weed, a magical remedy for pain, bowel complaints, and ah unequaled liniment for both human and horseflesh, while Ills Dr. Sage’s Catarrh Remedy is known the world over as thegrearestUpecitic for Catarrh and “ Cold in ths Head!’ ever given to the public. They arcsoldby'drug-