Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-11-16
SPECULATION
The Extent to Which it is Carried,
and the Drainits Excitement
Brings Upon the
System.
Few Words of warming and
Timely Suggestions TO Amer
lean business Men.

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which stock speculations had run, and
the thousand and one wild cal"
schemes which were largely patron
lied by the too credulous public, even
when there was not the remotest prob
ability that they would over come to a
successful completion. He stcppedin into
Delmonico's to dine, and was panied
to sec the crowds which huddled
around the stock indicator, unable
even TO eat a meal in peace, so dis
quoted were they under the opera
tions Of the fever of speculation. Mr..
Fiold says be bought certain stock for
an investment at LOS just before he
sailed. On his return, finding it
quoted at the fancy price ofl.64, he
sold. He could see no reason why
such an advance should have been
made, and fearing a crash in the mar
kot, he disposed Of his stock as soon
as possible. This wild speculative
mania prevails in London and Paris
and Berlin, and ID his opinion when
the crash comes it will involve the en-
tire commercial world. Conservative
men and the press see these things
and warn the people, but many will
net be stopped so long as they have q
penny to. spare or can borrow, or until
ruin comes ir~retrieyably and awfully.
The supreme effort Of our people
should be to cultivate moderation. Two
things have united to mako the strug-
gle for existence in this country the
most exacting and exciting found in
the world LIST. The ease with which
successful men appear to amass tor
tunes. I'd. The impression their sue
cess makes on those who immigrate
hither. As soon as the intelligent
foreigner arrives on our shores, be be.
comes seized with the desire, not only
Of q comfortable subsistence, but ofa
fortune, and every ambition and ener-
gy Of his being is directed to this one
purpose. This explains why our BUSH
mes men give so little time to physi-
cal recreation, why they pay so little
heed to the essential details Of politics
their business and their families ex-
haust their energies, and they have
time, strength and inclination for
nothing else, except when an lmmi
nent physical or political danger stares
them in the very face and eyes. The
result of all this is, that twenty years
is the limit Of q mans business activi-
ty and success. 1t will take him ordi-
narily ten years to accumulate his first
thousand dollars surplus, and in the
remaining ten years, if he be prudent
andenergetic, he may amass more or
less OF a fortune. But in the majority
Of cases when he has gotten his fortune,
he has ruined his health, and finds no
comfort whatever in that which he
had fondly hoped would complete the
sum of human happiness for him.
The exhaustion which follows the
inordinate pursuit of wealth, we are
told by the very best Of authorities,
proceeds from impaired digestive or
gans. The brain has drawn upon them
for all they we're worth so long that
they suddenly give way and the whole
system falls into a miserable collapse.
The organs SO susceptible to nery-
Gus excitement are the kidneys and
the liver. The Offices Of these organs
are to discharge poisons which are
collected from all parts of the body by
the veins, the kidneys eliminating
them in a LIQUID form, and the liver
transforming part of them by a chemi-
cal process into digestive fluids, and
utiIizinglthc remainderas a %purgatiye
Both these organs demand a large
share of nervous force. If this force
is all exhausted by the brain, they
become feeble, colds settle in them,
congestion follows, the poison cannot
get out Of the blood, digestion is i'm
paired, the bowels become inactive be
cause the liver fails to furnish the
natural cathaItic, the bladder becomes
fearfully inhamed, dropsy comes on;
strange disorders visit the head, heart.
lungs, and ere the person is aware Of
it, he is avictim of chronic kidney and
liver disease, and a candidate for death
by Bright's disease ofthe kidneys.
And this is the end of all commer-
cial lie which is pursued at the sacri-
fec Of every social. political and phys
ical consideration "0h," exclaimed
the man of active life, who does not
feel as well as he used to, Il haven't
any Bright disease I'm only used
up from so much work, worry and ex-
element Z" Precisely You do not
feel as well as formerly. Your head
aches oftener and your eyesight sud
denly proves faulty. The verdict Of a
celebrated authority on the subject is.
These symptoms are a sure precursor
OF Bright's disease You have had a
recent and mysterious attack of asth.
ma,-"A sure precursor Of Bright's
disease" You have had a hard cold
on your lungs which you have been
unable to dislodge-you have spit up
bloody mucus,-'A sure precursor Of
Bright's disease You have felt a
new and singular sensation of hcavi
ness in the region of the heart,-"A
sure precursor Of Bright's disease
You have felt great depression Of spir-
its without any known cause,-"A
sure precursor Of Bright's disease"
You have found it suddenly impossi-
Bile to eat whatever and whenever you
wish. Your stomach has been very
lame, your appetite very feeble, your
bowels irregular,-"A sure precursor
Of Brights disease" A mysterious
WEAKNESS comes upon you; your mus
cular system seems utterly helpless
A sure precursor Of Brights disease. y
Suppose you "haYe no pains in the re-
gion Of the kidneys or liver this is no
indication that you have not Bright's
disease. Suppose you "have no albu
men or casts that is no indication
that your kidneys are oil right-that
you have not Bright's disease.
This, Of course, puts an entirely
new phase on one Of the most vital
questions Of the day. We have made
a special inquiry and we find high
medical authority for all OF these adj
ditional conclusions:
First-That more adults are carried
off in this country by chronic kidney
disease than by any other one malady
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