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Southland Times, Issue 1606, 16 July 1872, Page 4

ntiscellaneons. A PARADOX. To Sufferers. NERVOUSNESS: ITS NATURE AND CURE. What is Nervousness ? . VARIOUS ANSWERS migM be given to this question, according to the constitution and knowledge of the individual. Strong healthy persons, whether medically educated or not, generally regard nervousness as more or less an " imaginary complaint ;" it is sometimes only believed to be real when the patient is found to t be dying or dead. The best answer to the ques- i ! tion, probably, is this-tfERVOUSNESS IS AN UNNATURAL CONDITION OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM. Sometimes this un- ■• natural state is accompanied with considerable bodily weakness, loss of flesh and loss of strength ; but in most cases there is in the earlier stages of the disorder no outward sign of weakness. The sufferers are found in both sexes j they often j have the bloom of health upon the cheek ; they are surrounded by kind friends, yet existence to them has no charms, for they feel that they cannot enjoy it. Without intending it, they annoy other people about the merest trifles ; if they encounter some person unexpectedly they feel confused, afraid, and alarmed ; the heart beats violently, the hand shakes when writing, and the whole frame at times experiences a complete tremulousness. The intellect also is sometimes j clouded, the memory fails, the judgment becomes indistinct, the will capricious and undecided, the I taste vitiated, the imagination broods upon unpleasant topics, the spirits are either very low or very excited, the ordinary duties of life become burdensome, society is shunned, and business neglected. A STRANGE SPECTACLE.-It 19 certainly Btrange, but not the less true, that perfectly Bane persons in the prime of life, with firm step and healthy countenance, may occasionally be met with, who, in spite of possessing all the advantages of education, religion, ample means, and kind friends, nevertheless are victims of the nervousness above described j unhappy themselves, they render other people unhappy. Why I is this ? What cause has operated to change ] the cheerful, active, obliging, unsuspecting, and uncomplaining youth into the unhappy, drowsy, listless, suspicious, and gloomy misanthrope? j Many causes, or one cause only, may operate to produce this sad state ? the cause may be either I mental or physical, or both combined. ' ATTEMPTS TO CURE NERVOUSNESS by means of ordinary tonics have so frequently proved fruitless, that the leading physicians now for the most part recommend hygenic means, such as exercise in the open air, regular habits, sea bathing, the cold bath friction ; change of air and scene, as in travelling. If all these fail, as they often do, what is to be done ? THE ANSWER ™U be found by carefully perußing the FOLLOWING WORKNinth Edition, Post Free, Is 4d. nervousTdebiuty, ITS CAUSE AND CURE, With Plain Directions for Perfect Restoration to Health. Applications for a copy of the above work must be accompanied by the amount in New Zealand or other stamps, also a properly directed envelope. Address— CHARLES SENNET, Agent, Brooklyn House, Flag-staff Gardens, Melbourne. WHELP TON'S C PURIFW.. JS> 'l TRADE MAR* ( REGI3TEHEOTT O* Are warranted not to contain a single particle of Mercury or any other Mineral Substance, but to consist entirely of Medicinal Matters, Purely Vegetable ; hence, they are easily digested by the Stomach, taken up by the absorbent vessels, and carried into the blood ; and thus the whole system is brought under their Purifying and .Renovating Influence. They have long since been used in one of the largest County Hospitals in Great Britain, and received the commendation of several eminent Physicians and Surgeons ; and have proved their value in thousands of instances in diseases of the Head, Chest, Bowels, Liver and Kidneys ; and in all Skin Complaints are one of the best medicines known. Prepared and sold wholesale and retail, in boxes, price I\A, Is l£d, and 2s 9d each, by G Whelpton & Son, 3, Crane Court, Fleet-street, London ; and may be had of all Chemists and Medicine Vendors. Wholesale agents in the Colonies — Messrs Felton, Grimwade, and Co., Melbourne ; Mr. T. Padman, Adelaide ; Mr Takins, Auckland j Messrs Kempthorne, Prosaer and Co., Dunedin j Messrs Elliot Bros., Sydney from page 80 of New Zealand gazette , No. 8, February 4, 1871.] Colonial Secretary's Qflice, Wellington, 3rd February, 1871. IN compliance with recommendations contained in the Reports of the Flax Commission Committee, and of the Joint Committee on Colonial Industries, to the effect that " premiums not exceeding in the whole £500 should be granted for the encouragement of Sericiculture in the Colony," and that the development of certain industrial pursuits would often be beßt promoted by the offer of a bonus on production, the following Rewards are offered, subject to the under- mentioned conditions : — A bonus of 50 per cent, on the value realized is offered for the production of the first £1,000 worth of cocoons of the Silkworm or eggs of the Silkworm produced in the Colony, to be paid on quantities of not less value than £50, or more han £100 produced by any one person. To any person or persons who shall manufacture within the Colony, from New Zealand flax — For the first. 500 reams of Printing Paper, a sum of £400 ; and •>. further Bum of £250 for the first 500 reams of Packing Paper ; and the like sum for the firßt 10,000 yards of Scrim-cloth suitable for covering flax bales. Ccnditions. The required quantity of each article to be ompleted before the 30th June, 1872. The weight of each ream of printin paper to be not less than 30 lbs., of each ream of packing paper not less than 40 lbs., and of each piece of scrim-cloth of 100 yards in length and double ridth, not less than 30 lbs. The rewards will be paid on the certificate of an officer to be appointed by the Government that the above conditions have been complied with. W. GISBOENE.