LATE SPORTING.

Otago Witness, Issue 2356, 20 April 1899, Page 35

LATE SPORTING.

INVERCARGILL RACES. .- - (P«k United Pekss'Association.) INVERCARGtLL, April 19.

Tha -Southland- Racing Club had sunless, windless, weather for the first- day of the ■ Autumn meeting. * About 700 were present, ' jand '£2o63 ""was "put through "the machine.' _ Re3u!ts: — ... Haqdieap Hurdles. One mile and three- ' quarters. — Waikaia, 11.5, 1; Cynosure, 10.0, 2; Kcdleap, 9.7, 8. No time taken. Dividend, J6l 11s!. Harness Trot, Two miles and a distance. — Lexington,. 2ssec behind, 1; Count, 25sec.behind, 2; St. George, 30sec behind, 3. Time, smin 49 l-ssec. Dividend, JE2 Is. Autumn Handicap. One mile and a-quarter. — Glenelg, 7.10, 1; Seabreeze, 7.12, 2; Refugee, 7.12, 3. Time, 2min 21sec. Dividend, £3 13s. Tho owner of Seabreeze protested against Glenelg getting the stakes on the ground that the rider struck the rider of Seabreeze and • jostled the mare entering the straight. The protest has not yet been dealt with. District Hack Haudicap. Seven furlongs.— . Doubtless, 9.7, 1 ; Lady Lorraine, 9.2 ; Seadrift, '8.10, 3. Time, lmin 41 3-sseo. Dividend, £2 3s'. Flying /Handicap. Five furlongs. — Quickshot 11, 8.10, 1 ;. Britannia, 7.8, 2; Battery, 7.10, 3. Time, limn 7 2-ssec. iS2. Saddle Trot. Two miles and a distance. — Alice May, lOsec behind, 1; Son, 15sec behind, 2 ; Sandy, 7sec behind, 3. Time, sm in 57 4-ssec. Dividend, £3 17s. % Trade'srifen's Handicap. One mile. — Seabreeze, 7.13, 1 ; "Britannia, 7.7, 2 ; Refugee, 7.13, 3. Time, lmin Sssec. Dividend, £7 14s. —In France, when a convict is sentenced to death, the day of his execution is not named in his hearing,- and he knows not when he is to be led forth until within 15 minutes "of the fatal moment. — Prehistoric graves have on examination indicated that the earliest men were of a yellowish colour, and had coarse hair. Their • heads were peculiarly shaped, the part of- the • - skull containing the brain being very large, ■ .while the face was small. — Army surgeons say that the expressions of the faces of soldiers killed in battle reveal the causes of death. Those who have perished from sword woundß have a look of repose, while there is an of pun on tlio countenance of tho^e slain by bullet". It is rather an odd fact that the heart of a dying man ordinarily continues to beat for four or ftve xainutes niter breathing has o^sccU

THEORY OF THE ELAMING SWORD.

" Ah ! talk of blessings ! What a blessing is digestion ! To digest. Do y/ou know what it means? It is to have the 'sun always shining and the shade always ready for you. It is to be met by smiles and greeted with kisses. It is to hear sweet sounds, to sleep with pleasant dreams, to be touched ever by gentle, soft, cool hands. It is to be in Paradise.

" There came a grea£ indigestion upon the earth, and it was called a deluge. All the evil comes from this. Macbeth could not sleep ; it was the supper, not the murder. His wife talked and talked ; it was the supper again. Milton had a bad digestion, and Carlyle must ha.ye had the worst digestion in the world. Ah !to digest is to be happy !" There ! — how does that strike 3 r ou for a burst of eloquence? I quote from Trollope. If there is anything wrong about the theology you must* hold him responsible. As .for" its physiology and pathology (pardon all these " ologies ") I can answer for the correctness of these two. And so can millions of people besides me. They speak of the curae of mdigestion.continually in every language ; they groan and writhe under it in every land and climate. " For may years," says one of this innumerable army of martyrs, *' If was obliged to bear as best I could the torments of indigestion. My appetite was practically destroyed. I ate, of course, because "one must eat or die ! but after meals I had great pain at the chest and around the sides. "Sleep almost forsook my pillow, and naturally I was tired and exhausted. Sometimes better and_ then worse, but never free from pain and illness, I lived on with little or no hope of getting well. It is hardly necessary to say that I had medical treatment, yet no real benefit resulted from it. Happily at this time Mother Seigel's Syrup was brought to my notice, and so strongly commended that I laid aside other medicines, which were doing me no good, and began using this one only.

'* In a short timn I realised a great improvement; food agreed with me and I gained strength. A little later — continuing to take the Syrup regularly as directed— the pains at the stomach, sides, and 'chest wholly ceased, and % have not felt them since. My indigestion .was cured at last, and I enjoyed the blessing of health. My son, who suffered severely from rheumatism., - has been relieved by Mother Seigel's" Syrup as by nothing else he ever tried. - In gratitude I give you full permission to publish my letter should you desire. (Signed) (Mrs) Ann Barker, Field Lane, Braughing, Ware, Herts. October 7, 1898." ,

It was a fortunate circumstance for Mrs Sarah Gell, of Melchbourne, Bedfordshire, that one day she had a personal talk with Mr Smith, the butcher, at Rushden. He" told the lady that in his opinion if she went on suffering from indigestion and asthma (one of its consequences) it would be because she neglected to use Mother Seigel's Syrup. "And," said Mr Smith, "I speak from knowledge." She 'had been ill with this abominable ailment for many years, and had spent time and money in unavailing efforts to obtain relief. ,

Acting on Mr Smith's advice, Mrs Gell be- [ gan using this "remedy at once, and tells ; the outcome in a letter of which we have room- for Iho conclusion only: — " I was better almost immediately, and was soon as well' and healthy as one could wish to be. Now I keep ' Mother Seigel ' in the house, and it never fails to help us when i needed for any passing complaint. (Signed) j Sarah Gell. October 5, 1898. < ! Judging.. from -the force of this comment on j the disease, I should say Mr Trollope knew something about indigestion from experience. * Most literary people do. To them, and to all other victims, I confidently commend the , best remedy yet found — Mother Seigel's Syrup.