HELPLESS UPON A FRIENDLESS SEA.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 10637, 31 October 1896, Page 2

HELPLESS UPON A FRIENDLESS SEA.

i Who, in taking pass*tr« in a great oceanic : steamer, does not feel a thrill of exultation over ' her magaifineut power. Against her the Storm i King may hurl bin elemental forces, nor piercs her armour, nor »:op her onward coarse. | But let me dVscrib* a sceue when, one morni ing in mid-ocean, there came an alarm from ! the pilot hoime followed by a cry : •' The ship's ■ rudder is lost!" From tha confident expres- '; siou, consternation came to every face. Tha j wheelman being helpless to direct her course, ' the ves*el was at the mercy of wind and wave, i Th* c*ptain had bjon negligent—the hang- ! ingß of the rudder were allowed to wear weak, i and suddenly it had dropped deep into the ! E»a! I Stroag in intelleot, in physical vigour, in ' energy, and in ambition, man confronts, undaunted, gigantio t»sk«, and commands api pUune for his nwguificent achievements. But, all uneipecterily, an alarm comes—the rudder of hi« constitution ia gone. He h»» been caro- ! lesß of it* pr»sorv*tion ; mental sfrrsin, nervoui) ! excitc-mont, irregular habits, overwork, have destroyed the action of his kidneys Mid liver. Tfci* would not occur were Warner's Safe Cure : uted to maintain vigour. And eveu now ifc may restore vitality to thos» organs and give buck to i the mun that which will l^ad him to the hnvan !of his ambition.—The Traveller.

Dnrinst ordinary (seasons the London Mint tarns out 420,000 sovereigns a week. Bat it can tarn out » million in a. week, and has done so more than once.