A GREAT MISFORTUNE.

Evening Post, Volume LXVI, Issue 152, 24 December 1903, Page 10

A GREAT MISFORTUNE.

"One can't expect to pass through life without meeting with somo misfortune." Thia observation, made by a certain ISnglisbman at the moment he wns about to he hanged, prove* him to h^ye been «n intrepid philosopher. Everybody must agree with him, of course j for nono of W escape misfortune entirely, though it is to be hoped that nobody who reads those lines witt ever be called upon to Buffer tho calamity which this lighthearted criminal met bo jauntilr. Spurgeon, the great Baptist preacher, held the opinion thnt nine-tenths ©* the misfortunes which people suffer aro the direct results •of their own nets ; and when asked to except ill-health entirely, de» clined to do so. "No," ho said ; ft ill- j health, often tho result of foolish living, is still moro often needlessly endured through neglect of proper remedies ready to hand." Grand man, and wise words, bravely spoken It is in the power of almofct every one to prove tho truth of Spurgeon's romnrk by recalling some person among their relations or friends who ha.s suffered from chronic indigestion (dyspopiia) for years. It is inconceivable hpWtBUCA & thing can bo in this enlightened ago, Mitji SeigcVa Syrup, a- world-renowned remedy of thirty-five years' standing, everywhere availnblo for its cure j etill there lire the facts. Mr. John Lennon, of 06, Comberstreet, Paddington, Sydney, N.S.W., wns better advised. Writing on 18th March, 1903, Mr. Lennon says : "Six months ago I suffered intonsoly from a severe attack of acute dyspepsia. The pain in the chett, stomach, right side, and back was dreadful ; indeed, for sevor'nl days it was so intense that I wns literally doubled up in agony, and quite incapacitated from my usual work. Most fortwately I lost no timo in trying ineffective medicines. A friend who has good reason for knowing its worth, being awnre of my condition, advised me to take a cotirso of Mother Seigel's Curative Syrup. I accepted her advice, nnd the result was little short of miraculous. After a very few doses every trace of pain vanished, nnd on the second day I was well enough to resumo my ordinary work. From that dfcy to this my health has been ns .good as I could wish, and I never miss an opportunity of speaking a good word for the cause of it." Mr. Lennon escaped a great misfortune, and his friend is to bo thanked for it. Neglected dyspepsia is the root of more than, half the ills of humanity