UP IN THE WORLD.

Otago Witness, Issue 2524, 30 July 1902, Page 66

UP IN THE WORLD.

"When your enemy is down, keep hina down," is the advice offered by those whoregard the game of life only in its brutal aspect. It was reserved for the 12-year-old boy who afterwards became the first Duke of Wharton to adopt and put into practice" the contrary opinion. Tho father of this young hopeful was a friend of Joseph Addisvon, the distinguished critic, and was anxious" to secure his services as> tutor for his son. With this -\iew, Addison was invited to the Wharton countiy estate, where he was charmed by the engaging manners of his prospective pupil, who showed him over the place and proved a moct intelligent guide. The little loid ha\ing one day taken Addi<on to a distant part of the estate to see some race horses, upon coming to a very tall barred gate wa3 greatly concerned ab having forgotten to bring the key. "No matter." said Addison, "I can climb over it, I think" ; and then with difficulty mounted to the top bar. At that moment the little lord whipped a key out of his pecket, opened the lock, and began swinging the gate to and fro rapidly, keeping the stately Addison aloft in that ridiculous situation. "As you are to be my tutor," said the boy, "I may as well make terms with you while I have you in my power," and forthwith proceeded to extract various promises of leniency from the critic before he would allow him to descend. Addison thought ib hotter not to undertake the inshuction of that youth. Now, whatever may be said of the policy of keeping your enemy "down" or "up,"' as the case may be, the great difficulty UFiially is th© getting of him into one or other of those positions. With regard to health, :t i» certainly easier to retain it unimpaired than to recover it when once it is lost ; but that cures are effected, even where the indications seem hopeless, the' following case will prove. It is described! by Mr Charles M. Morrison, of Areado Buildings, High street, Armadale, Victoria, under date January 9, 1902. "In 1887," says Mr Morrison, "a fire broke out in the kitchen of the house I then occupied in Melbourne. The flames burst forth with great fury, and threatened to speedily destroy the house and its contents. My wife was first to discover the fire, and she lushed fortk to . give the alarm. A neighbour's Newfoundland dog, hearing her outcry and aeeing her run. spiang at her ami knocked her down. Fortunately the fire was extinguished before it had time to reach tho main building; but the shock of it, intensified by the attack of the dog, had a calamitous effect upon the health of my wife. She was completely prostrated by it, and brought as near to death aft it is possible for anyone to be and yet live. Her nervous •system w-ia entirely deranged. She waa unable to sleep, and perceptibly wasted away clay by day. But her most serious trouble was an inability to retain food. The small quantity which she forced herself to take nearly always occasioned vomiting and intense pain. In this pitiable condition my wife continued for years, notwithstanding that she was at various times under treatment -of no le?6 than five different doctors. None of them 'appeared to understand her ease, and all their effortß to relieve her proved quite futile. One doctor suspected she was ruffering from cancer ot the stomach. Hr> made a searching examination, and, a? a result of his investigations, stated that, though there was no cancer, tha stomach n,i« very badly ulcerated. _H© thought her condition very priicarioup. Howp\o»\ lie could do nothing for her, and we had quite lost Jaith in doctors and proprietary medifiiiPs when, a- little over three years ago, a friend advised u& to try Mother Scigel's Curative Sjrup He was very persistent, and at la-.t we obtnjucl a bottlo Of It. My wife took it jegularly. as prepcribecl. and soon bee;a.n to benefit in health, and strength. Tn a little while <=he was able to take oidinary /ood, and retain it without pain or inconvenience. She took Mother Seigel'n Curative Syrun three times a day for three months, at the end of which time she- was completely cured, and she has remained well ever since. At present she ia quite plump, lias lost the haggard look she once had. and is able to perform her household duties. Having got the enemy 'down' .'or 'up') by aid of "Mother Seigel's Curative Syrup, we intend to keep him in that position by the same means. We hope our experience may prove of benefit to others."