Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-15


Webster, nor Clay, nor any public man
out of thousand could be held models
of private worth. If Lincoln deservedly
holds the place nearest the nation S heart
to-day, it is not for his oratory or his
many gifts, but for an unfiinching integ-
rity and faithfulneSs to duty. Alas,
where do boys find the teaching that
character alone is the measure of sue
cess | should grieve in all my soul, re-
fusing to be eomforted, if, in the end,
my son had no higher success to show
than those of the public men whose
careers fired the ambition of the Western
farm lad whose failure we are
considering. Why was not the
mother wise enough to send the
bow TO bed after his hard days's work in
stead of letting HIM sit up late reading,
| brooding, dreaming? City dissipation
| does not ruin lad $ health more surely
| than overwork, ambition and sitting up
| late to study and dream. What wonder
| that the nervous forces deserted the
| stomach when the time of natural develE'
| opment came and the strain of body ana
! brain was not relaxed. The diet of cof-
| fee, pork, hot biscuit, fried eggs and
| ME usual in farmers families, was not
! suited to a growing boy, and the blOtches
on the face were a natural result. The
over-sensitive nervous fibers and the
digestive organs sympathized. The
result is, the studious, dream
ing boy has been subject to
g. condition verging on nervous insanity,
not uncommon in youth. 1t is, however,
not difficult of cure, if strict care is kept
IN. The condition of health and useful
ness the rest OF his life must be this strict
regimen in all personal habits. He should
not work like a full grown man. Ten
| hours a day of moderate exertion is a
limit he should never exceed. To those
who know how farmers often work,
fourteen hours day, this advice is not
superfiuous. Any idea of college or
profession should be given up for
two wears to come. 1t will not De
time lost The outdoor work, the gain
! IN health, the general information
gained by reading an hour at time,
even more, will quite balance any eX-
torted gain in study. A quiet mind lay
ing its ambitions aside, sure of gain IN
experience in the end, will do much for
health. No late hours should be tolerated
and the sleeping room should be ventl7
lated by wide-open window Fortehe
dyspepsia nothing is better than thsseld-
fashioned remedy of q quart of boiling
water poured on half pint of wood ashes
and q spoonful of SCOT stirred and kept al
together in a close jar. A tablespoonful
of the clear liquid in a teacup of boiling
water, cooled TO be just drinkable,
should be taken half an hour before
eating. All fluid should be slipped. with
intervals between swallowing. the ASH
tea. diluted with water, boiled ana
cooled, should be taken at the first symp-
toms of acidlty, the teeth well brushed
and mouth rinsed with ash water before
and after eating each meal, an import
ant direction for dyspeptics. Assuage
thirst by a wet cloth on the throat ana
by spiinters of ice swallowed before
melting, which cools the gastric Iuhama-
ton. Avoid all food that distresses, il
one has to eat soft eggs for two years
But this can be varied with juice
of beef from any common neck
, pieces, baked in a close jar, cooled
, skinned from the slightest fat, and
t taken slowly, small eupful at time
Game soup from prairie chicken is also
good. Parched corn, ground with a lit
tie cream, is often well borne. AL
: bread should be graham or whole meal
| made with sour milk and soda or bak-
ing powder instead of yeast, vel
2 baked and crusty, eaten with little
8 butter. Nutrition may be aided by rub.
f | bing sweet oil on the stomach and abdo'
| men three times daily and at night, usinE
three ta5lespoonfuls at a time. protest'
ing the clothes by oiled silk over the skin
The oil is absorbed and strengthens To!
D system, without taxing digestion, an
a | lessons the terrible craving for food Y[aIe
r must not be eaten in quantity. 50
b amount may be taken five times asday
4 eaten slowly, without distress, when tn
$ same Quantity taken in three meals
e would cause torment. To ease the cray,
/ ING for food chew little liquOrice TSSk
c or lovage, not more than bit alastncl
= long, after each meal. Chewing pur
f spruce gum is of advantage to dyspeptic
: in strengthening the stomach, and aidka'
!. digestion by increase of secretion, -
{ the aromatic taste satisfied morbid nun
r ger Needless to say, this Is habit 10
n solitude only. dYspeptic must aban
6 don the habit of reading at meals,
t habit in which many of them indulge
4 | Laughter, jokes, change of scene an
diversion should be sought, and mad
: much of. A joke Is as good as dose 9
# | medicine, but the only medicine l sha
: prescribe is the charcoal and pepsi
# | lozenge, three to half doze
n a day. Ad emulsion of gum arab