St. Landry democrat., 1888-12-01
THE FAMILY DOCTOR
Gives the Hasty Eater scoidiag ana
Dit Of Good Advice.

Gives the Hasty Eater seoidias ana "
BIT Of Good Advice.
If there is any truth In the adage thar
the ''way to mans heart IS through MS
stomach" in nine cases out OF ten 1t
would be hard road to travel. When
you consider the enormous ana varied
amount Of material that strews It's pain,
you at once encounter many unpleasant
obstacles. The man who gets outside OF
hot soup, boiled ham. fried clans. pota-
toes, picked cabbage, pastry, ice cream,
and tea in fifteen minutes, ana then
wonders why he feels SO badly, is either
an ass or an idiot-very likely melange.
lie cannot understand it, when ne Is
so constantly taking those ceieorateo
latter dinner pills, title that Is SIMPLY
cover for wrong doing. True, ne Palo
extra to have his pills gelatine coated 70
retain their virtues the longer; but ne
evidently did not know that the tannln
in the tea would convert that coating
into a mass which the juices OF the
stomach are powerless to affect, and so
no benefit is derived from the pills. ne
goes on, however, stufting hlmsen Will
food-and the delusion that the more OTIS
eats the stouter he grows. IL Is nc. ths
quantity we eat, but what is asslmllaIea
that is, what the system 10 capsoie VI
burning up as fuel to increase our '1tai
energies. If you smother your lire WIN
too much coal, out it goes. NOW 1he
dyspeptic, the sufferer of that most com
mon trouble, Indigestion, may feel IFS
presence by thousand different signs.
| So numerous are they. that the mention
| of only few must suffice here.
For instance, he wakes with stuf1y
| headache, a bad taste in his mouth, pol's
his breakfast, and rushes off to business.
His food repeats" as our Englisn
friends say, his taste becomes sour ana
hot, and so does his temper, and he is not
| altogether the most amiable Of mortals.
AS the day grows npace he has III dellheo
aches, and fancies his eye sight - faliing'
and his irritability increases. his CLERKS
live on pins aud needles. and his friends
! say. '.what bore he is getting to be, so
full of ills.'
Thus it goes on from bad to worse.
Think of that man as judge, and now
he might smake wretches hang that
iurymen may dine" No doubt many
verdict of today is largely influenced by
poisonous butyric acid in the circulation
of one who has too hastily consumed his
fodder. Ultimately, if he does not switch
off, he falls victim to nervous prostra"
ton and melancholia, fit tenant for any
ASYLUM, which he often cheates by draw
ing razor across his throat. All from
dyspepsia. There is no hyperboie in this
picture; you will see many like 1t every
day, If you but keep your eyes open.
The remedy Certainly not indiscrini-
mate dragging, proceeding as foolish
as to load your dog with an elephants
burden and expect him to carry it. Ii
the stomach cannot take care Of its ma
tural guests it will resent the intrusion OF
foreigners.
| The panacea is rest for the stomach by
the use Of light foods, and rest for the
mind by anything which will draw at,
tention from the suffering organ. Few
things accomplish this latter better thar
the diversion of hearing good music
You may think it strange, but there Is ar
eminent physician abroad who writes
out prescription for music much as We
would for calomel. It possesses a won
derful sway over the lower orders OF ite
and you have often noticed the spiritet
action of horse. the arched neck ans
proud canter. when hearing the strains
Of martial Music.
Music cheers the soldier on the Ions
march and renews his tagging energies
So will it aid the dyspeptic. The instru
ment is matter of choice. the vloliI
, hardly to be recommended unless handled
, by q master, for no instrument is 81
capable of tistrasting wailnags, when ii
the hands of novice. The voice is, pf
excellence, the best Of musical remedies
and four part songs are potent for good
Idare say, you who have been victim
Of strociously bad performances will no
! agree with me- But give the best trial
. Just go to some OF the near by resort
that offer so many harmonious attrac
tons and try the curative effect of
. concord of sweet sounds. ''-Richar'
Guernsey, NJ. D., In Once Week.