THE GLORY OF MAN.

Otago Witness, Issue 2396, 1 February 1900, Page 65

THE GLORY OF MAN.

The crown and glory of man is strength —power. All human conquests ha-A c been won by it; individual and collective. The earliest sign of decay in man is not usually pain, but weakness of some kind — of mind or body, or both. This may be the inevitable sequence of advanced years, or it may, as we all know, show itself in any period of life. But it always means . that the sources " of strength are failing, as the lessening of tha water in a river means a drying up of tha springs and streams which feed it.

I said "sources" of strength, using the plural word. I should not have said "source" of strength, for in human beings there is bufc one. What is it? Perhaps the experience of Mr David Jones will help us to the answer* "In the summer of 1881," he spys, "I began to feel ill and out of sorts. I was weak and tired, and quite worn out with littlß exertion. I had a poor appetite, and after eating had pain and weight at the chest. My secretions were scanty and thick. My back felt stiff, and gave me much pain as I moved about. For three years I suffered like this, being at times better and then worse. I consulted a doctor, who gave me medicines and recommended Turkish baths ; but I got no better for any kind of treatment. " My brother then told me about Mother Scigel's Curative Syrup, but I had no faith in advertised medicines. He, however, urged me to take it, and after taking a few doses I experienced so much relief that I continued with it, and was soon strong and well as ever. Since that time I take a close of this remedy when I feel at all ailing, and it sets me right. I have praised Mother Seigel's Syrup to all my friends, many of whom have tried it and been benefited by it. You can publish this statement as you like. — (Signed) David Jones, 1 Dunluck street, Walton, Liverpool. July 31, 1896."-

We have room for one more short letter before we try to come at the answer to the question with which we set out. It is exactly in the same line, and ought to make the results of our inquiry all the more cl ar and plain.

*' In the spring of 1889." proceeds the Avriter, "my health began to fail me. I felt languid and heaA - y, as if something had come over me. I had a bad taste in my mouth, my appetite was poor, and the little food I took gaA - e me pain across the chest and between the shoulders. My food lay like lead on my stomach. I Avas constantly spitting up thick phlegm, ana when in bed heavy sweats came OA"er me. I got weaker and Aveaker, and from time to time was confined to bed. Often I was so bad I could not dress or undress myself.

" Now better, now worse, but ncA r er well, I suffered for over five years. I took different kinds of medicines, and had a doctor, but got no real benefit from anything.

" In July, 1883. a book was left at my house in Avhicli I read of ca^es like mine having been cured by Mother Seigel's Syrup. I got a bottlp from the International Tea Company, Yeovil, and began taking it. In a short time I felt much benefit, and. by continuing with it, gained strength. I could eat better, food agreed with me, and by-and-bye I was strong and well. But for Mother Seigel's Syvuji I belieA-e I should not now be aliA'e. You are at liberty to publish this statement. — (Signed) (Mrs) Jane Crouch, 82 Huish, YeoA-il. November 29, 1895." What, then, do these case* rlioav to be the source of strength? The answor is: Digested Food. That and nothing else. All strength, of body and mind, comes from that, and that only. What, then, is the groat enemy of strength, the fountain of wea'cues 1 - 9 Indigestion — dyspepsia. You see avlij and how. A child could not miss the argument. What, then, restored strength? Mother Spigel's Syrup. In what wav? By setting the digesliA'e machinery in healthy operation. That is what it did for our correspondents and does daily for multitudes. Use it if you need it, and pass the news to oilier weak ones^