The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1859-11-17
Pu BLISHED WEEKLY nv,
hENkf NJ. WHITNEY.

In the case of the bodily powers wearing tho,
selves out IN this useless labor several
Pnenomena are presented. The changes are moro or
less gradual The stomach first beqins IN o;v -, ~
as the brunt of the labor falls first on :, I,? III
70 digest thrice day much more than ia needed .
.or "hie II does It work. but soon begins to iap
tnat moment ITS work Is imperfectIy done the MAZE
RAJ which 1t supplies out OF which the bl6od i; q, b.
made, Is imperfect, and hence imperfec, blood - o.
inevitable result. This blood nourisbes the hrain
out OF II the brain is repaired out of IL the hra
OUT OF IL the brain is made and as inevitably
must become imperfect, or as we saw disegsed
oy which We mean that it is unnatural in size in
eonditIon, IN function either larger or smaller in
ouiK or weight than IT ught to be- or of constitu
eh's not common to It in heathful state The brain
ltseif, the organ of thought being diseased the ra
suits OF ITS operations that is the thou and tho
actions OF the man must be diseased Hence we said
in previous number that dyspeptic man was fit
- 20 notning right, or more correctly speaking a
uyspeptic Is unnt for any thing for any public STA
tion, whether the pulpit, press or bench Doctors
nav mt time to become dyspeptic, or they bay'n,
any thing to get dys2eptic ; besides, they have.
700 nuch sense 10 preclpitafe themselves into dis
ease which makes such fools Of men,
There Is deiirium fTeneqs of over eatino as veIl
as OF over drinking penalty is attached TO gor-
mandzing alike to that of drunkenness although
puolic opinion fondes the guton and throws around
him mild charitys most capacious mantle But
nature, the impartial judge infiicts on both like
penalty The terrible feature in deiirium fremens
Is horror Of imaginary foes, of serpents dogs and
ecNHo pursuing with relentless fury, tOrturinC
with remorseless hate Not much different is it with
an over eater-a dyspeptc. Imaginary terrors seize
hold of them, fearful horrible thoughts invade them
gentleman suffering from aggravated dyspepsia
said to Us, Doctor trQuld be ashamed TO tell ,chat
thoughts hare sometimes. an afraid of Ryseff,'
The day before his death, Mr. Miller said to his
physician, g my brain is giving way. have had a
dreadful night of it. L cannot face another subj
was impressed with the idea that my museum was
attacked by robbers, and that had got up put on
my clothes, and gone out with a loaded pistol to
shoot them when L awoke in the morning l was
trembling all over.'
kind of nightmare had for some nights rendered
sleep most miserable. of vague and intense
horror, with conviction of being abroad in the
night wind and dragged through places as if by some
invisible power g Last night I felt as if [ had
been ridden by witch for fifty miles. and rose far
more weary in mind and body than when lay |
down.
Such terrible things not peculiar to the night,
when darkness adds horrors to a sufferer. He |
alone in the dining room in the day time, when |
servant entered to spread the table. His face pre-
sented such picture of horror that she shrunk in |
from the sight. He flung himself the sofa |
and buried his head in it as if in agony.
sc His suppers the principal meal of the day,''
:" Hours after midnight the light to gm-
mer through his study window" These last two
made in the &c Uitness,'' of which I
Mr. Miller had been the editor, day or two after
his death and are no doubt literally correct Un-
der such circumstances, it may be truthfully said of
him
50 Died Of hearty supperS and late hours
And let all public learn ife-saving lesson from
the sad fate of the gifted, lamented and immortal
Hugh Miller.