The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1889-08-22
sEDExrARY OCCUPATIONS.

Refrigeration, combined with the free use OF
cooling saechafine drinks. should also be used
as q preventive measure 70 counterfeit the ten
dency OF any change from active 10 = sod-
entary mode Of life. The peptic effects OF that
change have ruined more than one stout con.
stitution. i have known men who for years
had been in the blisslul condition enjoyed by
that Scotch gamekceper who informed Lord
jeffrey that for his part he had never been
subject 10 digestive 0rgans,o-wh0 could under
ali circumstances trust their stornaehs TO attend
10 It's own business, till their abrupt transfer
from outdoor work 10 a wrlting-desk turned
that confidence into a painful state Of mis-
trust; they began 10 experience tho horrors of
what Carlyle calls THAT Internal machine
known a c0ngested liver" The contrast In
the functional efficiency of the human stomach,
with or without the aid Of active exercise, Is,
indeed, almost incredible.
The Rev. Robert MofIat saw a Rushman eat
40 pounds Of broiied hippopotamus liver aud a
pailfnl of fried marrow, besides handfus Of
Rronndnuts, parched corn aud haekberries, all
In one meal. In the presence Of tho Hunga-
rian traveller and scholar Vambery, a Tartar
courier, named Thuy Kasr, once devoured in
one night roasted tw0-yea kid aud inassi ve
jugful OF k0nmlss, or fcImsnted mares milk
Would such champions think 10 possible that a
ful-grown male of their species could lie re-
duced to the necessity Of weighing his bread
by half ounces and measure his milk even of
the unfermeuted kind by halfspoonfuls? Yet
IL they could be hired 10 pass half their time
In sitting posture and so per cent of the
other half III bed, they might be Obliged To adj.
NIT that possibility from personal experience.
For, ten TO one Thuy Kasr would continue TO
trust in the time.proyed omnip0tcnce of his
stomach, and attempt 10 indemnify himself for
the irksomeness Of his novel position by hav-
ing an occasional billy-goat for supper-gn ex-
arf.a .vt.f .b To-,
and muchsurprsed Tartar.
Under the influence Of such surprises the
noyiccs in dyspepsia begin to believe Ia the OK.
istence OF malignant climatic conditions, which,
however, according 10 an omnipresent adyer-
tisement may be commended by the timely
use of DIR. Quack's Liver Elixir That famed
tonic seems TO deserve its name. The torpid
liver cZerts itself like horse under the stimu-
lus OF red-hot spur. For day or two the
whole organism works with feyeFish activity,
then slackens its pace and begins TO stumble
and balk worse than before. The purchaser oil
the elixir notes the change with surprise, but
concludes that he has failed to take full dose
SO he invests moro literally, and his conf
| dence is again rewarded by pleasant day and
good nights rest, though he is grieVed "a
notice that on the following day the reaction
not only sets in with increased distressfulness
| but seems TO begin little sooner than before
After the third trial the glory Of the stimulant
interval is clonded by misgyings which are
unexpectedly soon verified.
What next? Shall he continue to purchase
| shorter aud shorter respite of misery at 9
| price perhaps not measured in money alone, oil
shall he resign himself to the now probably
| increased resentment of Naturs2 Ten to one
that DIR. Quack will not lose his health sucking
customer till his undertaking is eonsummated
| by the undertaken. There is natural cure fol
| dyspepsia, but it is so tardy and trying tina
the expediency of preventive measures almos
rivals the importance OF temperance.
Ito be eoatiiaied)