Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-11-09
TONES and COrdials.
A Wholesome Warning. with a ModI-
cum Of Sound Advice.
A. TENDER FooTE

cum of Sound Advice.
The temptation, when one is in a weak
and exhausted condition, to brace I'D by a
tonic, to revive tagging energies by cor
dial, is one which appeals strongly 20 most
Jaded and overwearied persons. The qui-
nine which acts as spur TO the languid
nerves, the tiny dose of morphia which
| quiets pain and induces sleep, the spark
ling stimulant which mparts momenta-
~ strength, each pleads for itself with
very insistent and specious excuses, and
to each the yielding is conceded with the ac-
acknowledgement that this is only stepping
stone, bridge, a temporary help over a
| hard place.
Unfortunately the help is of a nature so
pleasant while it lasts that in most cases
the person aided has no scruple in resort
ing to it again, and yet again, until habit
of dependence is formed which binds like
ball and chain. Possibly the peril is less
in some than in other directions. but in
proportion as tonic or cordial is effectual
in refreshing WEAKNESS, in supplying
longed-for vigor, and in alternating pain,
the very natural desire to call upon il
grows.
The very fact that women are delicately
organized, sensitive and fastidous, leads
diligence in any stimulant, disguised or
masqueradng as medicine, is innocuous or
beneficial, to venture more boldly than is
prudent. They cease to be timid when the
newly awakened appetite knocks impor-
tunately at the door, when craving returns
periodically, and doses grow larger and
more frequent by degrees. Natures alarm
bell being disregarded, she ceases TO warn.
and the tonic, the cordial the stlmulant.
the poison in the globule or the powder or
the liquid, numbers among its victims
those who thought themselves safest.
The fact Is that no remedy, however an
parently innocent, should be taken without
the prescription and advice of ones physi-
clan. These subtle agents which on occa-
sion work miracles of healing are also DO
tential to destroy. The doctor studies his
patients, their maladies, their constitu-
tions, their hereditary tendencies: their
lurking weaknesses are an open book to
him. If he counsels a course of action.
follow it blindly-with the obedience rem
dered to martial law, if you please--but do
not make excursions unguided into the
realms of medicine material, vegetable or
mineral.
Soul and body are so closely allied. so
intimate and vital are their union, that
often the psychic force can dominate the
physical. Determine to be well, and half
the battle is won. We would often be
armed to face hard day and strengthened
against trial if we but summoned our spir-
itual side to the help of the natural. But
apart from this view, Nature herself pro-
vldes her best tonics in fresh air blowing
in from the great sea, sweet and salt; in
the pines breath from forest and grove, full
OF spice and fragrance; in the strong wind
that comes rushing from the mountains.
sleep, food, rest, exercise, recreation, are
natures blessed influences which are sent
without money and without price to whom.
soeyer will avail herself of them at need.
-Hdrper'S Bdzdr.