OVER THE SUNSHINE OF EXISTENCE HANGS A BLACK CLOUD.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXIX, Issue 11132, 19 February 1886, Page 3

OVER THE SUNSHINE OF EXISTENCE HANGS A BLACK CLOUD.

* : With the uncertainty of life is mingled * the dark mystevy of death ! While, on th( .one hand, we catch the -welcome aound of s s new breath of life that tells of an addition ■'■ to our species, on the other we shudder as we hear the rushiug wings of the Destroying Angel! The mighty voice of the Great Influence which rules the University has pro nounceil our fate ; the dreadfiat has gone fbrth, and every mortal man is doomed to diel But though we cannot prevent, can we postpone death? The question is momentous, ev«n if it concern the prolongation of life but by a single horn-, in- > asmuch aß' -every instinct prompts us t- ; fight the boldest battle we can for tho J glorious boon of existence. The prompte ings of instinct are but the spontaneous - voices of nature, and it is our duty to obey. But there still remains the question can ■death be postponed by a single hour P Yes j tfor the world works in obedience to certain • laws ; and a study . of these proves that thoso who haye the judgment and the will ~if*o buckle on the shield, which nature places /oady totheir grasp, niav ward off the insidious attacksof the implacable enemy of ; life, until, in a ripe old age, the vital faculties /gradually decay, and the Angel of Peace . soltty into our presence, leading us as it were, in a gentle slumber to the ■regions beyond the shadow of the tomb, ' "The Fell Destroyer makes his first >fcp,proachej in. many forms, but none are more &vou.edbyhimthan 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 been or are now to \so some extent its victims. Would the 'leader know if he, too, is under the barm of this frightful scourge ? Let him ask himself whether he experiences any of the following I symptoms : — '■'. i) There are pama about the che.-t, and Bdhiotimes in the back. Tho mouth has a A ad taste, especially in the morning j and thero are feelings of dulness 'md drows»no «# The appetite is poor, a sort ot sticky slime .. collectsout the teeth, there is a feeling as of a heavy load on the stomach, and sometimes a faiufc, all-gone sensation at . pit of the stomach which food does not aacief f. 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 tbe course of a few months with expectoration of a greenish colour; The sufferer feels constantly tired, and , eleep seems to affwd him no rest. Nor* ■yousaesß, iritability, and evil forebodings follow. When rising suddenly, there is a .giddiness, a sort of whirling sensation in the head, Tho b jwels become costive : the skin is dry and hot at times ; the blood ihcomes thick and stagnant 5 * the whites of the eyes ;ire .tinged with yellow j the urine is scanty and high coloured, depositing a sediment after s Lauding. There is frequently a spitting 'up of the food — at times with a aour • taate and at otbera with SL sweetish taste. Tbis is often attended "With palpitation of the heritor impaired vision, with spots before the, eyes, accompanied by groat prosii\ition aud weakness All of these sire in turn present It is thought that nearly one-third u£ onr pojJttTßriiipn has this d ; seas> in some of its, v.arbd iovma. JVf e<3 -c d men have mistaken the nature of the ui.il.idy. its true name is Dyspepsia or Indigestion ; for which a certain remedy is to ba found in Mother Seigel's Curative Syrup-" a mediciuo which has won in jboth huinispherea a confidence founded only on its gteat virtues. "The Syrup can bo obtained from any elnmist 00 medcine vendor, or from the proprietor,^ j,x J, White (Liinifce), 17, Farriagd-;ri li>ad. London, 32.0.