The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-09-28
THE FAMILY DOCTOR
Gives the Hasty Eater . Seeding and .
Bit of Good Advice.

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stomach" in nine cases out of ten it
would he hard road to travel. When
you consider the enormous and varied
amount of material that strews its path,
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, and then
wonders why he feels SO badly, is either
an ass or an idiot-very likelya melange.
He cannot understand it, when he is
SO constantly taking those celebrated
"after dinner pills" a title that is simply
cover for wrong doing. True, he paid
extra to have his pills gelatine coated to
retain their virtues the longer; but ho
evidently did not know that the tannin
in the tea would convert that coating
into mass which the juices of the
stomach are powerless to affect, and SO
no benefit is derived from the pills. He
goes on, however, stuffing himself with
food-and the delusion that the more one
eats the stouter he grows. 1t is not the
quantity we eat, but what is assimilated
that is, what the system is capable of
burning up as fuel to increase our vital
too much coal, out it goes. Now the
dyspeptic, the sufferer of that most COM
mon trouble, indigestion, may feel its
presence by thousand different signs.
So numerous are they, that the mention
of only few must suffice here.
For instance, he wakes with stuffy
headache, bad taste in his mouth, bolts
his breakfast, and rushes off to business.
His food repeats" rs our English
friends say, his taste becomes sour and
hot, and so does his temper, and he is not
altogether the most amiable of mortals.
AS the day grows apace he has ill defined
aches, and fancies his eye sight is failing.
and his irritability increases. His clerks
live on pins and 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 ''make wretches hang that
jurymen may dine" No doubt many a
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, a fit tenant for any
asylum, which he often cheates by draw
ing a razor across his throat. All from
dyspepsia. There is no hyperbole in this
picture; you will see many like it every
day. if you but keep your eyes open.
The remedy2 Certainly not indiscrini-
mate drugging, 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 tho
mind by anything which will draw at
tention from the suffering organ. Few
things accomplish this latter better than
the diversion of hearing good music.
You may think it strange, but there is an
eminent physician abroad who writes
out prescription for music much as we
would for calomel. 1t possesses Won
derful sway over the lower orders of life,
and you have often noticed the spirited
action of q horse, the arched neck and
Of martial music
Music cheers the soldier on the long
march and renews his tagging energies.
So will it aid the dyspeptic. The instru-
ment is matter of choice, the violin
hardly to be recommended unless handled
by master, for no instrument is so
capable of distracting wailings, when in
the hands of novice. The voice is, par
excellence, the best of musical remedies,
and four part songs are potent for good.
! dare say, you who have been victims
Of atrociously bad performances will not
agree with me. But give the best trial.
Just go to some of the near by resorts
that offer so many harmonious attrac-
tons and try the curative effect Of a
concord of sweet sounds. Richard
Guernsey, NJ. D., in Once Week.
We hope that no man VINO tolls for q
living will heed the sly assurances of the
Democrats that the tariff does not protect
him. The assurance is dark with danger
and deceit. Whatever lowers the wages
Of the mechanic lowers the wages Of the
toilers In every other department. We
submit this palpable proposition to tho
honest consideration of every laboring
man.-Sacramento Bee.
Jay Gould ON Wool.
Cleveland and the FREQ traders seem to
have found ON unexpected ally in tho
person of Jay Gould, the eminent Now
York fnancier. Mr.. Gould announces
as his opinion that free wool will
benefit rather than injure our man
ufacturers engaged in thst branch Of
industry. Now If the eminent finan-
cier had stopped there his nero assertion
might have carried somo weight with 1t,
but not content to let well enough alone,
he undertakes to give reasons.
He says: ut will give them free Of
duty raw material from England and
Australia. where tho quality is very fine,
to mix with the common grades grown
here. If the wool imported was of equal
grade with ours the effect might be differ
ent, but 1t is much superior"
Mr.. Goulds reasoning Is just about as
sensible as that of tho philosopher who
cut two holes in his cato for his two cats.
big hole for the big cat and little holo
for tho kitten. 1t Is true that the wool
now imported is of fine grade, but If we
admit wool dnty free is it not obvious
that wool Of low grade will rush In upon