The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1891-06-25
Written for THE NAr1oSAL TalguNE.l
WEALTH HINTS
For Old and Young.
Ply FELIX L. OSWALD. NJ. D.
CXIII.
NERVOUS DIsonDrRs-tcoutinuedj.

CXIII.
NERVOUS DIsORDERs-(coutinuedl
When the Siamesc Twins retired from BUSH
ness and settled on Tcady-made farm in west
orn North Carolina, wealthy landowner Of the
tarhee State introduced himself As their future
neighbor. with your means. gentlemen"
SAID he, "you can enjoy every comfort IN q
country like this, and II your manager used TO
pay You $1,000 year, that freak of nature GER
tanly was the luGkest thing that could happen
10 you. IL has made your fortune; out under
present circumstances / should advise you to
dissolve partnership. Get surgeon % cut you
apart IL can be done in a few minutes; You
| will feel twice % independent after 10 is ali
over, and l will take you out fox hunting as
soon AS you are able to sit separate horses"
That wellmeant advice was perhaps, not
much more impraCticable than the admouition
to cast Of the letters Of deep rooted stifnulant
habit "Renounee that soulcnslaving poison
and be free man once more says our noble
philauthrOpist; "a person with your gif could
enjoy life twice as much if you could only
make mp your mind to leave opium or tobacco
alone"
"Yes, whatever day makes man slave
takes half his work away" quotes DE Quincy;
but chain a man, load him down with a crush
ing weight. and then kindly advise him 70 got
up and De free"
Not one out OF so inveterate tobacco-sm0kers
is able to break his habit by mere effort Of
will. u know very we'll that nicotine is at
the bottom OF my nervOusncss,' said a cigar
wOrshiper OF my acquaintance, but thus far
! am unable to see my way out Of 10. About
| five different times | have tried my honest
best, and got along five weeks or more without
touching cigaret. But / felt like a fellow
crawling M g steep. slippery rock. and man
! aging 10 hold on somehow or other but feeling
sure all the while that he would slide back the
moment lie should stop digging his claws into
holOws and GTevise5 hid the last box Of
| cigars in the cellar and put the cellar key out
OF sight, but the temptation was not oGt Of my
mind Tor five minutes together. My headaches
had stopped, my appetite was much better, but
all the same suffered under a vague discom-
fort, an Undesirable sense Of unsatisGed desire
that made me sometimes wonder c headache
would not be a lesser evil. There seemed 10 DO
an imp in my brain turning my thoughts the
wrong way whenever ] trusted mysel: with an
idle minute. and now and then feel that my
only salvation would be a change Of surround
ings and an exciting sort Of occupation giving
me no time to brood over my misery"
have heard IN account Of topper who cured
! himself by engaging in "a speculation Of despe-
rate risk that kept him hlstling every minute
OF his waking hours; but mind diverting ex-
element can be enjoyed in n less expensive
manner Outdoor sports were prescribed in
critical cases Of lOve-siekness by the physicians
OF ancient Greece. aud will prove equally eilica-
cious a specific for the cure Of besettirg
spmulant vices. A few years AGO I was con-
suited by the mother Of young fellow who had
ruined his nerves by tho habitual use Of ehoral
During spell OF unusually warm weather mis-
physician had prescribed hydrate OF choral az
a remedy for sleeplsssness, and the recipe uu-
fortunately answered its purpose so well that il
soon became daily necessity as an alternative
Of absolute inability TO sleep even in cool
weather Once or twice the young man had
deliberately oyerwoTked himself to the verge
Of exhaustion, and managed in that way to get
a few hours of natural slumbcr, but his nervous
ness continued 10 distress him till he took
refuge in his wOnted tonic
My patient was poor horsemau, and got
sickened by the mere sight Of 4 sail boat but
! aseertained that he had passion for field |
sports, though his experience thus far had been
limited 10 quail and squirrel hunting. He was
also good pedestrian. and after a consultation
with his relatives, they asked me 10 accom-
pany him to the hunting grounds OF the Pacific
slope and treat him 10 u few weeks' outing
During the preliminary Tailway-trip be sat
mOping ia his corner till our train entered the
goTges OF the Colorado Rockies, when he seemed
10 wake up aud began 20 eyiucc lively interest
ia the changes of tho scenic panorama.
" had good nap last night" said he, on the
morning when we had 10 change ears at Ogden I
" and have an idea that could get over NY
trouble if l could pass my life on a train. If
have another nights rest like the last /
declare | shall feel tempted to hunt up the
General Manager Of this road and apply for a
job as "a brakeman
Tie first night in san Francisco he slept six
hours, and woke up with a good appetite for
breakfast the next morning. All that while
he had not tasted drop Of choral, but he be-
gan 10 cast wstful glanccs at the MissOn-street
dTug-stores. and drgadiug a relapse hurried
him 20 the depot Of the North Pacific Railway,
and him saTua day lI,var-
/ dale, where We took the stage for a Summer
resort IN Lake County. A shooting gallery and
BOilOn-stOre had sprung up among the cot
tases in rear of the hotel. A druggist ight ar
rive any moment, so / concluded 10 .Ose time
with superiiuOus preliminaries, hut start for
the wilderness early the next morning. Large
game was scarce. but the mountain-1i.l dows
| fairly swarmed with rabbits Of the mu.e-ear"
denomination, and the naked hiii-sides with
spermophiles, or ground squirrels" as tho
natives call a cavedigging rodent about half
as large as a fox. We had bfeech loading
| shotgun, along with big hayersack full Of
extra cartridges, and the first fOuT-hOuTs' sport
seemed 70 have made my patient a new man.
He insisted collecting the tails OF all the
spermOphiles booked TO his account. and scram-
b!ed up the steep cliffs at rate that made il a
tough job TO keep up with him. When he shot
his first rabbit lie felt sorry that he had not
taken an errandb boy along.
The moment we get back 10 the hotel +" said
| lie, " am going TO put that creatures ears in
a big envelope and mail it to my ,olks to let
them guess what species of animal it comes
from. They will think OF 4 California brOuehO
or a young elk. ! expect"
When the afternoon got little warm we
made our way TO a little mountain river
abounding with perch and kind uf small
bass. In his eagerness to reach the edge OF
deep pool he stumbled twice into the water up
to his knees. But let him have his way about
everything aud applauded every catch, till he
mplored me To renOunce civilization aud build
tabeTnacles at the shore of this happy stream
We stad two wee6s in that neighborhood
shooting and angling all day and passing the
nights either at the hotel or at little rancho,
whose proprietor had acted as a guide on one
OF oar first excursions. slept too well myself
10 watch my companion very closely, but
whenever | happened to wake up before ) a. m
! found him sound asleep, aud not one of our
II or 10 lellOw-boarders suspected that he had
travelled nearly 1000 miles for the sake of his
health. Tell me frankly, do you feel any
hank ering after choral now ?" asked him ore
morning; when he told me he had never felt bet
ter in his lifo. No, indeed" said he, with the
emphasis of perfect CONVICTION; :" / would not
take q drop if it was offered free or with a
premium chrome. / have had too much fun
here TO worry. and in the course of this last
half month the last trace of the miserable