They Sport With Human Life.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 4932, 23 April 1894, Page 1

They Sport With Human Life.

♦ I'll give you the plain facts in the case, and you shall help me to judge whether there was a mistake made or not. It seems that some time in 1889— in the - winter, no doubt — Mr Strong, of Leicfeeter, was taken down with influenza, often called the grip ; and truly a strong grip it baa when it once takes a hold. Well, I ant glad to say he was able to fight oat the , battle and get the best of it. But the beet wasn't anything to brag of. The influenza hadn't exactly beaten Mr Strong, but itleft him in very bad condition. And hero is -where you and I properly pick uj> the thread of the story. His meals didn't tempt him; the most savoury of disheß had no charms for oar friend. He had lost his appetite, and in . the long run a man had better lose hia money. He forced down something/ of course, but it gave him such a pain in the chest that he wished he hadn't swallowed a mouthful. Then, naturally, he gotrao weak and nervous he couldn't sleep o' nights. This, as everybody knows, is the straight road to the graveyard, through the . madhouse. Lots of people are making that trip all the time. We must eat and we must sleep. If we don't we are done for. Neuralgic pains, too, made matters worse for Mr Strong. He saw a doctor, and what did the doctor do ? This is what the patient says on that point : " This doctor gave me all kino's of strengthening medicines, but nope of them did me any good, and I continued to suffer for month after month." Just what we might have expected. Mr Strong further says: " In October, 1890, my friend, Mr James Webster, of 28, New Walk, Leicester, advised me to try a medicine called Mother Seigel's Curative Syrup, and I followed his advice. The first bottle gave me great relief, and I began to digest my food and to have an appetite ; and after I had used three bo t bias I was quite another man. I ■ was completely curedv All my aches and -pains left me, my strength returned, and I have been all right ever since. What astonished me was that the Syrup cured •me so quickly, and I Bhall never cease thanking Mr Webster for making it known to me. . You are at liberty to publish my case for the benefit of others. Tours truly (Signed), W. Strong, 41, Eaßfc Street, Leicester, December 30th, 1891." Now, was there a mistake in this matter, and if so, what was it P Yes, there was a common mistake made. It is an osd and seemingly hopeless blunder. "The doctor," says Mr StroDg, "gave me all kinds of strengthening medicy»fs" Open wide your ears and remember whab I'm going to tell you now ; remember it for the hour of your own helplessness and pain : There is no such thing as strengthening medicine, neither in the earth,,nor in the waters which are under the earth; This is the truth ; all the high-class doctors know it. As for the others — well, there! the less BBid about them the better. Mr Strong took "strfngthdning medicine?," and what happened to him ? Whj, he "continued to Buffer month after month." Did you ever eeo- a horse made stronger and fatter by spurs and lashwhips ? leaving off the oats and hay P I think you have not.. And that is what "strengthening medicines" do, and all they do. So-called tonics are like making a eicl man walk far and fast by kicking him at every other step. Nothing under the sun but digested food imparts strength; no drug over does. And herein is the perpetual success and victory of Mother Seigel's Syrup ; it cleanses the system of disease-poison and leaves Nature sweet and free. The stomaoh then cries, " Feed me," and so power and health come back like the green .grass after a shower. Do you see? Mother Seigel proclaims, "I destroy disease V Nature responds, "Only do that, and I can take care of myself." The disease is indigestion and dyspepsia. Mr Strong had it and waa badly treated. Should you have it, try the Syrup first— • not last, for I have told you why. Ekpsribnc*. London, Match, 1892,