A CLEAN OUT INDIVIDUAL OPINION BOLDLY EXPRESSED.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 5568, 18 May 1896, Page 4

A CLEAN OUT INDIVIDUAL OPINION BOLDLY EXPRESSED.

It is for this reason that an assertion like the following sticks up above the dead level of our stupid talk, and becomes noticeable : " When I saw hoto pale I had grown I said to myself, it was because something had gone out of tny blood" There! that is a statement with the seeds of an idea in it. Suppose we follow it up by quoting the rest of the letter which sontains it.

In December, 1890, says the writer, "I fell into a poor state of health. I was tired, languid and weary without any apparent cause. My appetite left me, and all food, even the lightest and simplest kinds, caused me great pain in the chest and stomach. When. I saw how pale I had grown I said to myself it was because something had gone out of my blood. "Then my sleep was broken, and night sifter night I scarcely closed my eyes. It wasn't long before I became so weak and dejected that I took no interest in things around me. I' was so nervous that common sounds annoyed and worried me ; even the noises made by my own children in their talk and at their play.

"There. was a' disgusting taste in my mouth ; it made me sick, and often gave me a shivering sensation all over. When I saw others eating and enjoying their meals I felt as though it were a strange thing ; in. a way I wondered how r they could do it. For lnyselt I could eat hardly anything. Food went against me, and I turned away from it, as one turns from smells or sights that are offensive. And yet I knew, what everyone knows, that without sufficient food the body languishes and weakons. ' And such was the case with me as month after month went by.

" During all this time, so full of pain and discouragement, I was attended by a doctor who did what he could to relieve me, but without success. Ido not say he did not understand my complaint ; for may he not have understood it without having the means of curing it ?" The answer to the lady's question is: Yes, easily enough. All intelligent, studious doctors " xuiderstand" consumption, cholera, cancer, &c, without (as yet) having the means of curing them. There is usually a wide gap between tho discovery of a want and the way to supply it.

" I will now," continues the letter, " tell you how I came to be cured. In April, 1891, 1 read in a small book or pamphlet about Mother Seigel's Syrup. The book said the Syrup was a certain remedy for all diseases of the stomach, . indigestion in every form, and dyspepsia ; and it also said that most of the complaints we suffer from are caused by that. On looking over the symptoms described in the book, and comparing them with my own, I saw plainly that my ailment was dyspepsia. • " We sent immediately for a bottle of this medicine, and after taking it a few days I began to feel better. In a very short time, by keeping on with the Syrup according to the directions, I could eat without pain or distress, and digest my food. I also slept soundly and naturally. Then my strength came back and with it the colour to my face. In short after a few weeks' use of Mother Seigel's Syrup, I was hearty and strong as ever. And I should be indeed ungrateful if I were not willing that others should have the benefit of my experience. You are therefore free to print my letter if you think it will" useful. (Signed) (Mrs) M. Truran, Marton, Lincoln, April 24, 1895." '

■■-, .simply desire to say to Mrs Truran that her idea about the blood is a perfectly correct .one. All our food (the digestible part of it) is turned into blood, and in that shape it feeds the entire body. When the blood gets thin and poor (lacking in nourishment), we lose flesh and grow feeble and pale. And the cause of the blood getting thin and poor is indigestion, or dyspepsia. How easy this is to understand when once you get hold of the right end of it. Mother Seigel's Syrup has the peculiar power to correct what is wrong about the digestion, and thus enables the digestive machinery to make good rich blood. Which is life and htalth and beauty.

There are some remarkable figures to be obtained from the published statistics of Now Zealand Factories "under the Act," aad anyone who can spare the time will find it as funny as Punch, this Government record of our industries. Not on account of the inaccuracies contained therein, but in the astounding dimensions ©f some of the protected industries.

Feathers are "protected" to the tune of about 25 per cent, and as this is to be considered as protection and not as mere revenue-raising, it behoves us to know what we are protecting. In the leading city of New Zealand there is " under, the Act " an ostrich feather factory. So far, so good; but the book goes f urther and tells us how much the factory hands earn in their various occupations. That is where we look for revelations, for we have it on the best authority that the total wages paid in" the above-mentioned industry is ,£0 Os Gdper week, and we may venture to add a similar amount per annum.

In another branch of the local industries, not altogether imconnected with the press' we find figures after this styte— we will not quote exactly, as it might infringe copyright : At 15 years of age boys earn 7s, girls 5s per week. But at 16 boys earn 6s, while girls receive 9s, while at 17 years (moat erratic boys and girls) the younomen receive 10s, while the girls get Bs. ° It is nice reading, and calculated to turn one's brain if taken in teo large quantities. However, nothing is \ more soothing to a brain worried by Government statistics than Old Judge Cigarettes. They certainly will not wash clothes, but they are the best obtainable.