The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-06-30

e"SV sfHt k-TedhS 1 p t1Of0es ana DESTROY
Lifelong Friendships Cure For Thi
Would BE a Boon.
Several yeas ago. whe., that best o
abb companions. Don Piatt, was alive
we had arranged TO have a little dime
together at an up town cafe. was q
time. but Piatt was late. When he ii
come he looked grave and said in ia
low and well modulated voice so memo
fable:
Il am sorry, but the simple truth is
discover that | am afflicted with an all
ment that will not yield to treatment
one indeed for which 5000 years of med.
ical science have not been able to find a
cure"
Though always on my guard for a joke,
h sadly solemn face Of my friend alb.
solved him this time. and with all tn
sympathy could throw into my words
i. exclaimed:
why, my dear Piatt. don't YOU be.
ieve it. What is this malady:"
Alas. old age. | set ont to walk here
1t was 100 much of an undertaking"
The tlcleliness of this reference to the
mfrmities OF age is accentuated by say.
eral Important cases in court that havr
depended upon the incurability Of snor.
ing. This ~vexatious afiiiction to which
the human family is heir has increased
IN this country with alarming rarit7i.v
snneethe advent If Ia grippe. Its CHANGED
character is recognized by progressive
physicians. and the definitions for:.. IN
The dictionaries arc now admitted to 10
quite wide of the mark. Webster inf
mates clearly. by tracing the e.ymolonr
OF the word. that the nosa is the i,noor
tant organ III producing the noiseaariae
sleep.
This belief must have been general in
Tue last generation, for we all know that
aclothespin was the remedy lest Thought
of in practice. That treatment was H.
more severe than curI4ng and far laefa
direct III application But during the
past tive or six years. or since the Trench
form OF llllinelza fastened upon rs. there
has been !; marked and alarming increase
IN ta@ number OF people addicted to
snoring. II Is Il popularity IF this mai
ady that the sufferers ara not corfined 10
those attacked. Like the delirium fire. !
mems. the cornet habit and other obnoy- |
ious forms of nervous unrest. snorin, |
aWaheis an antagoaism i'll the human
breast that mere medicine is powerIess
to subdue.
lhose who fall TO agree with me as to
the gravity. the seriousness or the time
Illness OF these remarks are requested to
communicate by mail, and they will be
mace acquainted with a case in point
thai will amply convince them.
An acquaintance living on West End
avenue Is now suffering from the most
thoroughly developed case of snorin.
that has appealed to medical science in
recent times. His life up to the past
year has been exemplary, but it is the
plain. ~unvarnished truth to say that he
now looks upon himself as a victim to
the i~nadequacy of medical science to
reach his case. His wife has left him.
taking the children with her, and while
It is unlikely that the case in Wis.
will be taken as a precedent for
procuring a divorce there can be no
doubt that the couple are i%rrevocably
separated. That husband was deeply at
tached to his wife. He took the best of
advice. He even visited that
c1ty OF physicians. Philadelphia, in the
nope OF restoration to q normal method
Of sleeping. {
His medical experience was extensive.
He began with anodyne and ended with
, serious contemplation of deadly strych- J
nine. He tried oxides and bromides. {
nerve foods and antifats, Tactics and :
laxatives. iodides and chlorides, acids
alkalis, oatmeal and cornmeal. Al
'ernating with these he took beer, baths
md bllsters. Knowing that belladonnaI
large the pupils Of the eyes, he
for . medicine that would have
he effect Of q mydratic upon the nos
rils. Then he went to DR.. Curtis and
Nd the cartilage of his nose removed.
lomebody told him about the Prince Of
being cured Of insomnia by the
ne OF a hop pillow, and he tried that
effect. His case was incurable,
lie grew desperate. He resorted tc at
.phine. camphine, Observation-Disclosures. 4.
It this stage his wife left him, and one
y one the servant in the house gave no
ice.
Thus was . household wrecked be-
the head Of it snored.
We all regard with serious appreheu.
the threatened approach Of cpl
emics from the old world, and we re-
'ember that from the same old world
~ brought the sad, sad infrmity of
loring-a gift that we could have done
ithout and would have been happier
I'd they kept At home. T.
Now that 3 recognition Of the deplor
Ne seriousness Of snoring is forthcom.
3 ! would soberly suggest that some
ii~ianthropist offer q prize for the sps-
that will antagonize and destroy this
nderer Of homes and DESTROYER OF hap
ness. The remedy Must De real and
e cure effected permanent. q.
snoring must be removed FROM the &c
Of nlcufaDle affilctious.-JuHus
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