The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-06-17
CARSICKNESS.
A Piece of Paper 'sWOrks Like 4
Charm in Preventing II.

Charm" i'm Preventing IT.
Many persons, especially ladies, are
great sufferers from that form of nausea
and headache known as " car-sickness.
A journey by rail has for them all the
discomfort and suffering that an ocean
voyage has to the majority of travellers.
The effects of the motion of the car
range from a mild disturbance of the
stomach and accompanying headache TO
"deathly sickness, with intense nausea
and complete prostration, according to
the condition and sensativeness of the
victim. In its hghtest form the SEN
sation is sufficiently unpleasant TO make
travel by rail thoroughly disagreeable :;
in its worst, and by no means uncommon
type, t,invests this necessary and con-
venient method of lourneying with dread
and despair.
A simple and harmless preventive
of car-sickness has recently come to the
knowledge of the writer, under circum-
stances that leave no doubt of its efficacy
with some persons and if the device
Will work equally well in other cases, q
knowledge of 1T ought certainly to be
spread abroad. 1t is at least worth
trial by all who suffer this Inconvenience
III travelling. a lady who had occasion
to take a short trip on the Lowell road
and she never travels by rail for pleas
ure-was, as is usual with her, as thor
oughly sick as ever a landsman is on the
"heaving deep" by the time she had
ridden a dozen miles. The conductor of
the palace car, who was apparently IA
miliar with such cases, told the sufferers
companion that sheet Of writing paper.
worn next to the person, directly over
the chest, was sure preventive of the
trouble in nine cases out of ten.
He had recommended 1T to hundreds
of travellers and rarely knew it to fail
The prescription seemed very like
charm" horse chestnut carried in
the pocket to ward off rheumatism, or IA
red string around the neck TO prevent
bleeding at the nose. But it was sim
pie, and could at least do no harm. For
the return trip a sheet of common writ
ing note paper was fastened inside the
clothing, as directed. Result per
fectfy comfortable journey, without
hint of the old sickness that had foI
years made travel by rail terror. 1t
was so like a superstition, or a happy
accident, however, that the lady would
not accept it rs real until subjected to
more severe test. This came IN dav
journey to New York, and that hardest
trial of ala night trip in the &" al
legged sleeping. car Both were taken
in triumph. The "charm worked
And the lady writes 1.-The day Jour
ney was perpetual wonder and delight
to me. could stop and read, and look
at the landscape through which we
whirled, and do as other people do And
still didn't feel ready TO confess to a
cure until l had tried the sleepinc-car.
which has always been a horror to me.
But even here the spell worked. ate
hearty supper in the dining car-add
kept it Slept soundly all night, got up
as comfortably, and dressed with as
level a head and as steady a hand as
though I had been IN my own room.
Read until breakfast time-a thing [
have never done on the cars-and was
hungry for my morning meal. 1t Is
really wonderful, almost too good to be
real. For the first time in my life /
have experienced the pleasure of travel
ing. L wish that conductor to be espe-
cially thanked. "-Ne1O York Daily
Times