OVER THE SUNSHINE OF EXISTENCE HANGS A BLACK CLOUD.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXIX, Issue 11131, 18 February 1886, Page 3

OVER THE SUNSHINE OF EXISTENCE HANGS A BLACK CLOUD.

With the uncertainty of life is mingled *i,ho dark jnyete, <t of death ! While, on the ono hand, wfi catch the welcome Bound of a new breajAfltlife that tells of an addition to our speiP^ on the other *we shudder as wo hear the ruahiug wings of the Dsatroying Angel! The mighty -voice of the Great Influence which ruleß the University has pro nouncedourfi'lo ; the dread fiat has gone forth, and every mortal man is doomed to • die! But though wo cannot prevent, can we postpone "death? The question is momentous, even if it concern the pro* longation of life bnt by a single hou*, inasmuch as every instinct prompts u« tfight the boldest battle we can for tho gJoriom boon of existence. The prompte of instinct are but the spontaneous >9ice3 of nature, and it is our duty to obey. But thore still remains the question can death be poetpowed by a single hour ? Yes ; for the world works in obedience to certain laws ; and a study of these proves that those who have the judgment and the will to buckle on the shield, which nature places ready to their grasp, ma- ward off the insidious attacks of the implacable enemy of life, until, in a ripe old age, the vital faculties gradually decay, and the Angel of Pea«e glides soltiy into our presence, leading us as it were," in a gentle slumber to the regions beyond tho shadow of the tomb. The Fell Destroyer makes his first approaches in many forms, but none are more favoured by him than that of a deadl foe now preying upon the very vitals of Modern Society. What is this foe ? There are few among us who have not heen or are now to to some extent its victims. Would the reader know if he, too, is under the barm of this frightful scourge ? Let him ask himself whether he experiences any of the following Bymptoms : — I There are paws about the chest> and sometimes in the back. The mouth has a j ad taste, especially in the morning ; and there we feelings of dulness and drowsiness. The appetite is poor, a sort of sticky slime collectsoufc the teeth, there is a feeling as of a heavy load on the stomach, and sometimes "a faint, all-gone sensation at pit of the stomach which food does not satisfy. The eyes are sunken, the hands and feet become cold and feel clammy. After a while a cough sets in, at first dry, not attended in the course of a few months with expectoration of a greenish colour; The sufferer feels constantly tired, and Bleep sterna to afford him no rest. Ker« trousness, iritability, and evil forebodings follow. When rising suddenly, there is a giddiness, a sort of whirling sensation in the head. Tho bowels become costive : j the skin is dry and hot at times ; the blood bacomes thick and stagnant ; the whites ef tho eyes are tinged with yellow ; the urinJgjjp sounty and high coloured, depositing Ifsfidiment after standing. There .is frequontly a spitting up of the food—at times with a sour taste and at others with \ a sweetish taste. This is often attended with pa)jntajion of the heart or impaired vision, with spots bufore the eyes, accompanied by great prostration and weakness All of theße symptoms are in turn present It is thought that nearly one»third of our population has this disease in some of its, varied forms. Medical men have mistaken the nature of the malady. Its true name is Dyspepsia or Indigestion ; for. which a certain remedy is to ba found in Mother Seigel's Curative Syrup— a medicine which has- won in both hemispheres a confidence founded only on its great virtues. The Syrup can be obtained from any chemist oe medcine vendor, or from the proprietors, Ar J, White (Limite), 17, Jfarringd <n R'<ad. London, E.O.