The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-02-28

What is this modern disease called ner.
vous prostration? ?"
If this question had been asked a physi-
clan in our grandfathers' time, he could not
have answered it. The disease was not
known then. 1t is new, and is a product OF
our American hustle and worry. Stated In
brief, nervous prostration is q complete col
lapse of the nervous system. ]. is brought
on by overwork, worry or disease, and the
patient can only be cured by rest and q
proper feeding of the nerves. o.,
Notice the dragged.out appearance OF the
average mother. She can scarcely drag her.
self around; her nerves and strength have
been overtaxed; she has no reserve force.
She keeps up, but it is at the expense of her
nervous system. Finally she is overcome;
she can work no more, her nerves are ex-
hausted; the cares and worries of her life
have gotten the better of her, and it will re.
quire weeks and months to recover.
~Thoughtless people say: How foolish 70
That is very we'll, but how many thousands
of mothers there are who have burdens
enough for a score, and whose poor, weak
little bodies endure uncomplainingly all the
burdens until finally they have to stop and
it is a question if they have not waited too
long ,.
In cases of this kind there is q food within
the reach of all, and it is always effective:
Il is to the weakened nerves what bread and
beef are to the muscular system. 1t supplies
them all the properties necessary to build
them up. strengthen them and restore them
to a vigorous, healthy condition. This new
food is DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People. If space permitted, we could MI
pages o. this paper with the heartfelt .esi q
these pills their salvation. We only give
one. but later others will be published thai
will be read with much interest by anyone
suffering with weakened nerves as a result O
the season or otherwise.
No more deplorable condition of the hu
man body can be conceived than that o
nervous prostraticn, when every nerve IN In,
YOU miserable, when even the sunshine irri
tates you, when the happy prattle Of the chill.
distracts the loving parent, when life !
haunted by q constant ~foreboding, when tn
light Of life seems to turn to a smoking
s%mouldering flame Of torture-that's part g
nervous .prostration, Just a phase OF tn
strengthens you lose, perhaps, the power t
walk, to talk, to think, even the power I
love. Death would be welcome, but alas!
comes not until the cup of suffering is full I
oyeriowing. Such has been the experienc
of Mr.. Henry Gehrke, whose story IS be:
told in his own words.
To show the results Of this nerve food on
special case, to prove the points above mad
our reporter made the following interview :
Henry Gehrke is a thrifty and prospero'
German farmer living four miles south
I%.ullion, in this (Adair) county, Mo. NJ
Gehrke has a valuable farm and he has bee
resident of the county for years. He ! We
well-known hereabouts and well respect'
wherever he is known. Last week report
of the journal stopped at Mr.. Gehrke's al
while there became much interested IN MI
Gehrke's account of the benefit shc haa =
long since experienced from the use OF |
Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. =
said she wanted everybody to know what
great medicine these pills are, but as SO ma
people are praising them nSw-a-dayns, s
modestly doubted whether her testlmo
could add anything TO what others had