THE GOOD SLEEP OF A BAD MAN.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXXI, Issue 151, 20 June 1895, Page 4

THE GOOD SLEEP OF A BAD MAN.

L_» Is a certain prison that we all have heard of lay a oonviot upon his narrow iron cot. He was to be hanged one next morning. Yet he lay there, oovered by a rough blanket, sleeping as quietly and soundly as a tired schoolboy, Occasionally the guard m the passage outside peered between the bars of the oell, only to find hia charge breathing deeply and regularly. This man had violated the law prohibiting murder ; yet he had not violated the physical laws governing his own body, and Nature rewarded him as if he bad been the noblest of bis race. That same night, less than a mile away, a rich man tossed and tumbled upon his luxurious bed. He was a good and useful , member of sooiety, yet he could not sleep. ; And, worse still, this happened to him every night. Sleep —that blessing which the Psalmist says, " God giveth hiß beloved." 1 was practically a stranger to this man. ■ What ailed him? The tortures of coni eoienoe ? Wsnt of money ? The fear of enemies ? Nothing of the sort. Then why didn't he sleep as well as the murderer ? 3 You would like to know? Bight, let ns • look into the matter. r " I got no Bleeep at night ; I would lie for hours tossing about. In the morning I ' waa worse tired than when I went to bed." 3 Thns writes Mrs Eliza Mathews, of 1, 3 North Road, Burnt Oak, Edgware, near 3 London, under date of September 22nd, 3 1892 Just two years before this time she lost , her heath. A fonl taste m the mouth, loss of appetite, and great distress after eating * were among the first things complained of. 1 She craved food at times, and fancied Bhe l could eat heartily, yet when the very dishes . she had asked for were set before her she turned from them as though they were filth from the gutter. Her skin grew sallow, 5 her eyes yellow, and sbe had a oonstant b pain at her ohest, eides, and between her shoal ders, Her bowels were constipated, j and the least exertion B6t her heart thumping as if it must jump into her mouth. At Buck * times it was as much as ever that she could 1 get her breath. She got co thin and weak I she was no good for work. She couldn't j walk out of doois without stopping every few rods almost. The doctor did what he could for her, all J any dootor could do. At first be said he 1 thought her illness was owing to the smell of i } the farm-yard. This looked possible. Even i he smell of violets has made strong men torn pale and faint dead away. Yet the dootor was wrong. If he had been right, c she wonld have got better when the family ,t left the farm at fientley Priory and went to c live at Burnt Oak. Bat she was not improved by the change of air; she grew worse and worse. " In May, 1887," says Mrs Mathews, "I went over to Ohelmeford to visit my aunt, Mrs Troughton. She told me of the good s Mother BeigeFs Curative Syrup had done her when she had indication and dyspepsia. She bought me a bottle, and I began taking it. After a few doees I felt relief. I kept • on taking it, and m tivo months I was strong i and well as ever. My husband and friends t were astonished, yet I a«sured them that r Seigel'B Syrup had done it. Yours truly, 3 (Signed) Eliza Mathews." The point is plain enough. The convict t slept soundly because he was a healthy t man, although he was a wioked one. Our y siok friend rolled about all night beoause ? his nerves were unstrung by the state of his stomach. Our correspondent was pro- - strated by the same thing — indigestion and a dyspepsia. Tha remedy named oured her s beoause it has that power. The reason remains a secret with the roots and herbs from whioh it is made. Yet so long as it 7 drives away disease and gives us baok our - health and strength, who cares for its |3 mystery ? Besults, not arguments, are . what we all want. " Burnt Oak House, Edgware, Septem- ' ber, 22nd, 1892. I have known Mrs > Mathews for some seven years, and rel member her long and lingering illness. . She informs me that Mother Seigela Curative Syrnp cured ber, after medioai and other means failed. Mrs Mathews is a lady of c respectability, and her word can be implioitly - relied upon. You oan use this statement b m any way you may think proper. Yours I truly, (signed) T. H. House, Grocer and General Provision Dealer, Burnt Oak Stores, Edgware."