Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-12-01

The alarming disease OF this
country is nervous debility and
prostration. 1t goes under
many names but it is essen
tally the same complaint.
Hospitals and private institu.
tions 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 ap-
parent reason, or underso-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 it's power and pros
perity. They wreck manhood's
strength and woinan's useful
ness and beauty.
Every one should know the
causes. What are they? The
answer is easy and terribly
plain: Our vicious personal
habits; our careless and lawless
eating and drilling; the IN
tense mentalasl: ysical strain
arising from our mad race after
money, position and influence;
the fears aild struggles of pow
erty; the use OF narcotics and
stimulants; our fashion of
turning day into night and
night into day; end, briefly,
our desperate willingness to
pay any price for an hours
pleasure or success. So we
burn ife's candle at both ends
and I'll the l1lnatic asylums
and the graveyards.
The disease from which we
suffer and die is, in plain Eng
Gsh, Nervous dyspepsia, as it
is seated in tie Nerves and in
the organs Of Digestion, Assim-
lation and Nutrition. Healthy
digestion being ilnpejled or des-
troyed, the whole body, nerves
included, is lItera5y starred;
even when there : no enact
alton to tell the sad story.
Nervous plosti ION sends
out its warnings headache
in the morning; a persistent
dull heaviness OF aching at the
base of tie brain; wakefulness;
loss Of apr: a. tl.sgustwi
food; loss Il n:''>'-:'i energy and
interest in Ordinary duties and
business; re&t. ...cs3l.:;s and anx-
iety without any assignable
ason; erucGations; bad
breath; foul mucous on the
teeth; oceas:c:l;il giddiness;
palpitation OF the heart; sal
lowness OF the skin; coated
tongue and Gradual failure Of
strength anl ambition.
The = is q total aban-
donment O. lie habits and Gus
toms whiic'l cause the disease
in each il2,l;, .dIa@.l. ease, and the
use of Shc, Ter Eel act Of Roots
(Seigel's Syrup to cure the
mischief already done. This
great remedy, prepared by the
Shaker Co1I-s.:'::s:.@@Y Of Mt. Leb-
anon, n. Y, is IS -cialiy adapt
ed to eradicate Nervous Dys-
pepsia. To do this it acts
directly an;] Gently but power
fully upon t..t t:iaor1ered stom-
ach, liver and kitii,eys, restor-
ing their tone and vigor, pro-
noting the secretion Of bile, ex-
pelling waste matters from the
system, and purifying the blood.
Upon tie nervous system
Shaker Eat''Gcss(> Sseigels Syrup
acts as a safe end wholesome
anodyne without the slightest
narcotic effect, end then leaves
the nerves to regain their nat
ural tone and strength through
its wonderful influence upon
the function Of nutrition.
1t is safe to say more nerv-
GUS dyspeptics have been re-
stored by ii from the depths
Of misery to T. .sivsh enjoyment
Of life ansl labor tI.an by any
or all other forms Of treatment
combined.