National Republican., 1888-02-22

York, a distance Of 800 miles, which are
traversed In the incredibly short time OF six
hours. Take. again. the limited express
from New York to Chicago, and which
again travtrses 1000 miles in an even
twenty-four hours.
We are great nation undoubtedly, and
we are fest, not alone In railrodding, but In
everything we do. At the present day q
man gets religion In ten minutes, gets drunk
In less time, and goes to the dogs In an In.
credibly short period. Fast as is the speed
OF the lightning express there are thousands
OF men who are going much faster, indeed,
are going altogether too fast, considering
the fact that the peculiar mechanism OF
their bodies is so easily worn out, so readily
disarranged, and so hopelessly wrecked by
apparently slight causes.
He are wound up by an unseen power to
run an average Of forty years. II we are
lucky and don't abuse ourselves we may
run eighty years. Many die at thirty who
have really lived In that time full hun.
dred years, gauging, OF course, the duration
of their existence by the number and mag
nitude Of the events crowded into II.
We eat too fast, we think, work, love,
walk, run, sleep, push, dance, and llssip ,te
all TOO fast. IL is verllably the iauce OF
death, ard 1t Isl whirlpool Of destruction
that sucks down into It's vortex Thousands of
men who might have lived good thirty OF
forty years longer As wtil attcnIps to
balance thousand pound block OF granite
on watch crystal, set edgewlse, as Tor any
man to endeavor TO carry on the fss, life of
many at the present day, without teaptng
harvest Of Illness, insanity, and deith.
When we speak Of fast living we DO not
alone refer to dissipation. man may
as surely kill himself by overwork ~ by
over.stiuulation, There are thousands OF
business men, thousands Of thinkers, brain
workers ard the like, who ale driving their
brains and nervous systems at a rate SHich
buns evey spark OF vitality from these
most delicate tissues II 10 for such as
these, and, indeed, for all classes Of nervous.
exhausted, aud worn cut people that Scotch
Oats Essence Is the great sine q'ht UDH.
Without il thUueands who are to-day walk.
ing about free would be In mIdhnu,as
without 1t thousands who are huppy aud
healthy would be paralytic and nervous In
valids.
Scotch Oats Essence contains three great
medical prlGciplee: AveDesca, or active
principle OF the oat, which tends 10 calm,
soothe, tone up, and invigorate the peculiar
gray cells of the brain and nerve tissue;
Phosphorous, in the form OF Soluble Oats
phoepboids, that is the natural food OF the
brain and nerve tissue, In such a form as is
readily assimilated, and is best adapted to
build up these tissues and repair undue
waste. The other ingredient is Bosiiue,
the active principle Of the husk of oatmeal,
which acts to sweeten the stomach, health
fully relax the bowels, and prevent clog
sing and torpidity OF the liver.
A man who will take q rest from over.
exertion and will use Scotch Oats Essence
can be put In perfect nervous and mental
trim in q short time. Some men will not
rest. The cry is: Next week, next mouth,
next year will take rest; but they d.n't,
and the next week and the next year never
comes. Such men are foolish, but even
such men as these can prolong their life,
stand up under almost superhuman exer-
tion, think quicker, reason deeper, devise
more brilliant plans than the poor over
worked, tagged out physical exhaust who
does not use Scotch Oats Essence. Its
natures great nerve food and brain tonic,
and should be in the hands Of every brain.
worker.