THE ENGINES OF SHIPS AND OF MEN.

Timaru Herald, Volume LII, Issue 5169, 16 June 1891, Page 4

THE ENGINES OF SHIPS AND OF MEN.

In the month of March, the gra^t and besulifnl steamship " City of Paris," whila on her voyage from New York to Liverpool, met with an accident by which her engines were completely disabled, leaving her helpless on the aes. She carried a large number of pasiengors, and great anxiety was felt concerning her m Europe and America. How she was finally towed into Qutenstown harbour will be remembered by the public. " Well, what of it ?" you Bay. " Tbey | afterwards found out how it happened, and ! repaired the engines, and no lives were lost." Very true, but wait a moment. Because you never go to sea, do you think the sudden destruction of a ship's engine has no lesson for -you ? How shortsighted men are ! Did you ever lie on your bed at home, or oa a cot m a hospital, helpless as a log t What ailed you? Some disease. What is disease P It ia an accident to your vital machinery. What do the doctors try to do for you P To "care" you. Yes, of course. Suppose you say " repair " you j it comes to the «ame thing, for we are kept alivo and going by certain organs or engines inside the body. When they are out of order and work badly, we are ill ; when they stop, wo die. Do you ccc the force of tho illustration P Bometimea a man's machinery is never right from the hour of his birth. Here is a short story one man telU about himself which will show what we mean. He sayß s " One ship is never weak because another is, but a baby may be weak because its parents were, or some other of ita ancestors. It is epoken of m the family that when I was an infant, I did nothing but nleep. Now, a healthy infant ought to sleep moat of the time, but not all the time. He Bhould laugh, play, cry, kick, and take notice of things. My mother wbb bothered about it, and saw the doctor, who eaid it was owing to the sluggish state of my liver. Nevertheless, I Jirsd and grow up aa millions of children do. But inherited disease makes its mark sooner or lutor, according to circum> stiineoo. " Ab'iut five yeara ago T boean to feel bad, I didn't know what waa the matter with me. I had a bad taeto m my mouth, a slimy tonguo, and felt languid and tirod, and had no ambition for work. My appetite failed, and when I did eat, undor a sort of compulsion, I bad great pain after it, I wont on m this wny until tho spring of 1888, when I had a very severe attack, and was treated m Bartholomew's Hospital for eomo time. But I came out still wenk, and a litUe later on I was so bud I broke down completely, and took to my bod. Matters now looked very serious for me. " The first doctor who came to bob me was not able to give any relief, and my people fetched another, as my condition had become alarming. I got worse and wsb m great agony. I had pains all over me, but. more particularly m tho bowole, whero tha p&in was intense. The bowels wera stopped or constipated, and the doctor teemed puzzled. One Hay he said, ' I cannot account for your condition.' I now hegan to think what was bast to be done. Yet what could Ido ? 11 I have heard of a medicine called Mother Heigel'e Curative Syrup, which was siid to be a most remarkable cure for deep-se.ited and chronio complaints whore all o'her remedies were unavailing, but I had neve? tried it, and

vrliy el.ould ( bsliovo m it ? Vat how efcraDgoly | Aro we loci into th* putbs ao have never travullod bclorc ! 3 " ■■■'.houtthis tiino I pichi'd up « newepnper, :>nd rt-ivi of o na'ie similar to i^y own that had he«i onrod -to the wfitor said — by Mothor , Seigoi's :-!yriip. t fieei icd to riak it, nnd sent 1 over to Mr Uyer, tho bhomUt, m Aern Lnno, i ■iVe.it Brixto;i, and gok a bottle, and m ten c minutes after taking the first dose I felt relief, r '' In my excitement and satisfaction I de- ] olared — This is the very thing. ] " After taking bix bottles I found myself ] m perfect health. I ici a new man. I j never wa« m bettor health m my life, iind all the 'members of my family think of my cure us all tfie more wondorfut owing to my having , suffered with liver complaint from my ( infancy. I will gladly anawfr any inquiriea ; about Mather Sei^el's Byrup, and whflt it did , for mo." (Signed) W. Qoldspink, 126, Acre \ Lane, Brixton, and 19, Tachbrook Street, , Pimlico. _ i Mr Goldspink it a pork butoher, and is well j known and highly respeolfd. In addition to , his inherited weakness of the liver he suffered ( frosi deep-seated indigestion and dyspepsia, | with an aoute nttaok of constipation, n dangerous and often fatal complication. For ■ this almost universal malady — often mistaken for other diseases— Seigel's dyrup ia the only remedy to be relied upon. Loolt m the papers and read the testimony of witnesses from John O'Qroat'iS to Land's End.