The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-12-23
WHAT KlLLSkMERICANS.
Fast LIvlng--R reckless Eatiag-Hard DIfphs
tnE-PeOr sleepIng-soeiaI Jeaiousy--
Political Ambition--Vi Violent Passions
The Race for Money.

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country is nervous debility and
prostration. 1t goes under
many names but it is essen
tally the same complaint.
Hospitals and private institu-
tons for nervous patients are
crowded. The average Of life
in the United States is de-
creasing every year. Sudden
deaths from nervous collapse
among our business, profess
ional and public men are SO
frequent as scarcely to excite
remark. The majority Of sui
cides, committed without APP
parent reason, or under so-called
depression of spirits" are
really prompted by nervous
prostration, which is a fruitful
source Of insanity and crime
with all their grief and horror.
These facts are startling.
They threaten the very life of
the nation. They assail the
springs of its power and pros
perity. They wreck manhood,s
strength and woman's useful
ness and beauty.
Every one should know the
causes. What are theyl The
answer is easy and terribly
plain: Our vicious personal
habits; our careless and lawless
eating and drinking; the In
tense mental and physical strain
arising from our mad race after
money, position and influence;
the fears and struggles of pov.
erty; the use Of narcotics and
stimulants; our fashion of
turning day into night and
night into day; and, briefly,
our desperate willingness to
pay any price for an hours
pleasure or success. So we
burn life's candle at both ends
and fill the lunatic asylumf
and the graveyards.
The disease from which we
suffer and die is, in plain Eng
lish, Nervous Dyspepsia, as i
is seated in the Nerves and il
the organs of Digestion, Assim
ilation and Nutrition. Health.
digestion being irnpeded or dies
troyed, the whole body, nerve
included, is literally storued
even when there is no emaci
alton to tell the sad story.
Nervous prostration send
out its warnings:-headach
in the morning; a persisten
dull heaviness or aching at tn
base of the brain; wakefulness
loss Of appetite and disgustwlt
food I; loss Of mental energy an
interest in ordinary duties an
business; restlessness and am
iety without any assignabl
reason; quotations; ba
breath; foul mucous on th
teeth; occasional giddiness
palpitation of the heart; So
lowness Of the skin; coate
tongue and gradual failure
strength and ambition,
The remedy'is a total aba
donment Of the habits and Gu
toms which cause the disea
in each individual case, and Il
use of Shaker EGtract Of Roo
(Seigel's Syrup to cure t
mischief already done. IL
great remedy, prepared b. t
Shaker Community Of Mt. LIE
anon, N. Y, is especially adal
ed to eradicate Nervous d,
pepsia. To do this it az
directly and gently but pow
fully upon the disordered sto
ach, liver and kidneys, rest
ing their tone and vigor, p
noting the secretion OF BILE
pelling waste matters from
system, and purifying the bio
Upon the nervous syst
Shaker Entract(Seigel's Syn
acts as safe and wholeso
anodyne without the slight
narcotic effect, and then lea
the nerves to regain their |
ural tone and strength throV
its wonderful influence u
the function Of nutrition.
1t is safe to say more NJ
GUS dyspeptics have been
stored by it from the del
of misery to a fresh enjoyn
e 1r .J lnbor +hou hv