Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-12-29
WHAT kILLSAM MERiCANS.


Political Administrations Passions !
The Race for Money.
The alarming disease OF this
country is nervous debility and
prostration. It 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 ap-
parent reason, OF underso-called
"depression Of spirits" 3" are
really prompted by nervous
prostration, which is a fruitful
source Of insanity and crime
with all their grief and horror.
These facts are star ting.
They threaten the very life Of
the nation. They assail the
springs Of its power and pros
perity. They wreck manhood's
strength and won1an'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 ard drifting; the ill.,
tense mentalanl ..;1Tsical strain
arising from Our lnatl race after
money, position and influence;
the fears and struggles Of pow
erty; tie 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 life's candle at both ends
and fill the lalnatic asylums
and the gTave.yards.
The disease from which we
suffer and die is, in plain Eng
ish, Nervous Dyspepsia, as it
is seated il tie Nerves and In
the organs of: > ton, Assim-
lation and 1}u:i.;ion. Healthy
digestion beng ilnpeded or des-
troyed, the whole body, nerves
included, is literally starred;
even when there s no emaci7
alton to tell the sad story
Nervous pl,ostt,r,aation-~sends
out its Warming: Headache
in the mogaig; a persistent
dull hee2257rffnes or aclling at the
base Of the brain; }ra!kefulness;
loss of ar14.z = Le cn,t ;ispust with
food; los u ,s...'+ - energy and
interest il c., ....y duties and
business; re< -.4as'css and anx-
iety without any assignable
reason; eruc;ations; bad
breath; foul mucous on the
teeth; occasional giddiness;
palpitation OF the heart; sal
lowness Of the skin; coated
tongue and gradual failure of
strength and ambition.
The remedy Is a total aban-
donment Of the habits and GUS
toms which cause the disease
in each individual case, and the
use of Shaker Eatyact Of Roots
(seigel's Syrup to cure the
mischief already done. This
great remedy prepared by the
Shaker Community Of lit. Leb-
anon, n. Y, is especially adapt
ed to eradicate Nervous Dys-
pepsia. To do this it acts
directly and gently but power
fully upon the disos'dered stom-
ach, liver and kidneys, restor-
ing their tone and vigor, pro-
noting the secretion Of bile, ex-
pelling waste matters from the
system, and purifying the blood.
Upon the nervous system
Shaker Eatract(Seigel'sS Syrup
acts as a safe and wholesome
anodyne without the slightest
narcotic effect, and then leaves
the nerves to regain their nat.
ural tone and strength through
it's wonderful influence upon
the function Of nutrition.
It is safe to say more nerv'
GUS dyspeptics have been re
stored by it from the depths
of misery to a fresh enjoyment
of life and labor than by any
or all other forms Of treatment
combined. ....,.
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