DP IN THE WORLD.

Dunstan Times, Issue 2138, 8 July 1902, Page 5

DP IN THE WORLD.

When your enemy is down keep him down is the advice offered by those who regard the game of life only in its brutal aspect. It was reserved for the twelveyear old boy who afterwards became the first Duke of Wharton to adopt and put into practice the contrary opinion. The lather of this young hopeful was a friend of Joseph Addison, the distinguished critic, and was anxious to secure bis services as tutor tor his sou. With this view, Addison was invited to trip Wharton country estate, where he was charmed by the engaging manners ef his prospective pupil, who showed him over the place and proved a most intelligent guide. The little lord having one day taken Addison to a distant part of the estate to see some raee horses, upon coming to a very tall barred gate was greatly concerned at having forgotten to bring the key. *No matter,’ said Addison, ‘ 1 can climb over it i think ’; and then with some difficulty mounted to the top bar. At that moment the little lord whipped a key out of his pocket, opened the lock, aud begun swinging the gate to and fro .rapidly, keeping the stately Addison aloft in that ridiculous situation. ‘As you are to be my tutor,’ said the boy, ‘ I may as well make terms with you while I have you in my power,’ and forthwith proceeded' to extract various promises of leniency from the critic before he would allow him to descend, Addison thought it better not to undertake the instruction of that youth. Now, whatever may be said q£ the policy of keeping yeiir enemy ‘ down ’ or •up ’ as the case may be, the great difficulty usually is the getting of him into one or other of those positions. With re" gard to health it is certainly easier to retain it unimpaired than it la to recover it when once it is lost; but that cures are effected, even whore the indications seem hopeless, the following case will prove. It is described by Mr Charles M. Morrison of Arcade Buildings, High Street, Armadale, Victoria, under data January 9, 1902. ‘ In 1887,’ says Mr Morrison, * a fir® broke out in the kitchen of the house 1 then occupied in Melbourne. The flames burst iorth with groat fury, aud threatened to speedily destroy the honse and its contents. My wife was first to discover the fire, and she rushed forth to give the alarm. A neighbour’s Newfoundland dog, hearing Her outcry aud seeing her run, sprang at her and knocked her down, Fortunately the fire was extinguished before it had time to reach the main building, but the shock of it, Itensified by the attack of the dog. had a calamitous effect upon the hejjith of my wife. She was completely prostrated by it, and brought as near * 0 death as it possible for any onq te be and yet live Her nervous She way u^ a bj a to a j ee p, an d perceptibly Taoted away day by day. But her most serious trouble was an inability to retain food. The small quantity which she forced herself to take nearly always occasioned vomiting and intense pain. In this pitiable condition my wife continued for years, notwithstanding that she was at various times under treatment of no less than five different doctors. None of them appeared to understand her case, and all their efforts to relieve her proved futile. One doctor suspected she was suffering from eaucor of the stomach. He made a searching examination, and, as a result *of his investigations, stated that though there was no cancer, the stomach was badly ulcerated. He thought her condition very precarious. However, he could do nothing tor hefy and we bad quite lost faith in doctors and proprietary medicines, when, a little over three years ago, a friend advised us to* try Mother Seigel’a Curative Syrup. He was very persistent, and at last we obtained a bottle of it. My wife t®ok it regularly as prescribed, aud soon began to beuelit in health and strength. In a little while she was able to take ordi- 1 nary food, and it without pain or inconvenience. She toek Mother Beigehs Curative tiyrup three times a day .for three mouths,, at ttie end of widen she was completely cured, and she has remained well ever since. At present she is quite plump, has lost the haggard look—the haggard look she ouce had, and is to able perform her household duties. Having got the enemy * down ’ (or ‘ up ’) by aid of Mother Seigel’s Curative Syrup, we intend to keep him in the same position by the same means. We hope our experience may prove of benefit to others.’