Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1829-07-17
From the Hagerstown Herald, edited by ply.
stefan.
DYSPEPSIA

DYSPEPSIA.
This term, which has become incorpo.
rated INTO every days conversation, is the
natady OF indigestion, and might also he
appropriately called the ricc of indoicnce
when nature IS curtaied Of her fair pro-
portion Of exercise, fresh air and sound
aliment-when she is loaded with SUPER
fiuocs meats and drinks-or where she is
st:nted in muscular action, or doomed to
anguish under oppressive sleep,-debili-
" and obstruction seize on the vitals,
and dyspepsia comes among the first
IN the train Of disorders, to prey up
on the human system. What is the rem
edy! Return to nature-abjure all ali
ments which are not fitting in child
taste the fresh air of Heaven in long walks
and regular exercise-givc to sumber "a
oout SIX out OF the twenty-lnu1 hours alb
Jure all quackery. your SCOT tea, your lie
solutions, your blue pills, your antacids,
| your roborants and sto,nachics. In the use
OF wholesome exercise on foot or on horse
more may be accomplished than from all
other remedies together. 1t is to be used
generally, till Smcoting is induced-not
perspiration, but till briny drops stand on
the forehead. Exercise propels the blood
through the small vessels of the system,
and gives to the skin that Kind OF action
which sustains the equilibrium of vital
Po"U'~' TIE lungs inspire more air in a
gwen time, when excited by muscular
motion, than when the body is at RESI-
and the blood is thus enabled to part with
Its excreted and receive its sivilying prin-
ciples.
| s!Fo cure the minds wrong bias Spleen
Some recommend the Bowling green;
Some billy walks-al exercise
Fling but Il stoue-thc giant dies"
We confidently recommend the follow
ing prescription to dyspeptics, as the best
we know for their disease
Take walk from five till six in the
nothing.
Make your breakfast on cup of black
tea, aud tumbler of milk with crackers
Take a walk from ten till IL before din
ner.
Take your dinner of boiled mutton, or
beef, without butter or gravy, with any
simple vegetable a tumblcr of milk, with
a cherry pie, will do for descrt-bc mod
crate.
Beware Of sleep after dinncr-dose
|
| Take exercise two hours after dinner,
freely; very freely; and let your supper be
The most moderate rcpast taken during the
| day. you are hungry during the inter-
val between meals, eat crackers or stale
| bread, or little ginger bread-drink no.
thing stronger than mead, or spruce beer
-beware et,At Grdent
| ATTACHMENT FORMED BY ANNALS
When | lived 1T Paris there were two re.
| makiably fine ostrIches, male and lemal.,
kept in the rotunda Of the Jardin do Roi.
The sky-light having been broken, the
GLACIERS proceeded TO repair it, and in. the
course of their work, let fall piece of
glass. Not long after this the female os-
trict, died, after all hour or two of great
agony. Tie body was opened, and the
throat and stomach was tound,to have been
drcadtully lacerated From the moment
his companion was taken from him, the
male bird had no rest he appeared to be
| necessarily searching for something, ard
daily wasted away lie was moved from
the spot in the hope that he would forget
| his greet he was even allowed more lib
terty, but naught availed, and he literally
| pined himself TO death. heard of curious
eXpedient The other day, which prevented
similar catastrophe, and which has led
me to address you a gentleman resid-
ing in this country, had for some years,
been possessed of two brown cranes; one
| OF them died, and the survivor became
disconsolate. He was apparently follow
Ing his companion, when his master intro.
duced large looking glass into the AVA
ry. The bird no sooner beheld his re- I
Hected image than he fancied she for
whom he mourned had returned to him
the crane recovered his health, passed al
most all his time before the looking glass,
and lived many years after.
Magazine Of Nat History.
BURNING OF. IIINDoo WIDOWS. The |
extent ofthese eyilsis very appalling The
number cf Suttees in the Bengal Presi- |
denc!, from 1916 to 1896, was as follows:
1915 372 tS10,- $50 1898 575
1916 34S 1920 597 1924 = 772
1917 7O7 1921 G54 1925 639
ISIS : $50 1922 5S3 1896 $50 |
Total in twelve years, 1916 widows
have been buried or burnt alive. In the |
Madras and Bombay Presidencies, the of |
tlcial statements for nearly ten years; 635 |
Grand total, 7,Sea. Early marriages are
very common hsIndia; in consequence of
which, many young females fall sacrifice
TO this custom. In the annual list of
Suttees, in the year 1915 to 1920 inclu-
elusive, it appears that So widows were
burnt, most of whom were mere children
some being only sixteen, fourteen, twelve,
and even eight years Of age
EOriental Gazette.
"a WARM SUBJECT. We are having |