UP IN THE WORLD.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 7246, 29 August 1902, Page 4

UP IN THE WORLD.

When your enemy is down keep him down is the advice offered by those who regard the game of life only in its brutal aspect. It was reserved for tbe twelve-year-old boy who afterwards became the lirst Duke of Wharton to adopt and put into practice tho contrary opinion. The father of this young hopeful was a friend of Joseph Addison, the distinguished critic, and was anxious to secure his services as a tutor for his nan. With this view, Addison was invited to the Wharton country estate, where he was charmed by the engaging manners of his prospective pupil, who showed him ovor the place and proved an intellent guide. The little lord having one day taken Addison to a distant part of the estate to see some race horses, upon coming to a tall barred gate was greatly concerned at having forgotten to bring the key. "No matter," said Addison, " 1 can climb over it, I think"; and then with dilliculty mounted the top bar. At that moment the littlo lord whipped a key out of his pocket, opened the lock, and begun swinging the gate to and fro rapidly, keeping the stately Addison aloft in that ridiculous situation. "As you are to be my tutor," said the boy, " I may as well make terms with you while I have you in my power," and forthwith proceeded to extract various promises of leniency from the critic, before he would allow him to descend. Addison thought it better not to undertake the instruction of that youth. Now, whatever may be said of the I policy of keeping your enemy " down " or " up," as the caso may be, the great dilliculty usually is the getting of him into one or other of those positions. With regard to health, it is certainly easier to retain it unimpaired than to recover it when once lost; but that cures are effected, even whore the indications seem hopeless, the following cases will prove. It is described by Mr Charles M. Morrison, of Arcade .Buildings, Highstreet, Armadale, Victoria, under date January 9, 1902. "In 1887," says Mr Morrison, " a lire broke outin the kitchen of the house I then occupied in Melbourne. The llamos burst forth with great fury, and threatened to speedily destroy the house and its contents. My wife was first to discover the lire, and she rushed forth to give the alarm. A neighbours Newfoundland dog, haaring her outcry and seeing her run, sprang at her and knocked her down. Fortunately the firo was extinguished before it had time to reach the main building ; but the shock of it, intensified by the attack of the dog, had a calamitous effect upon the health of my wife. She was completely prostrated by it, and brought as near to death as it is possible for any one to be and yet alive. Her nervous system was entirely deranged. She was unable to sleep, and perceptibly wasted away day by day. Hut her most serious trouble was an inability to retain food, The small quantity which she forced herself to take nearly always occasioned vomiting and intense pain. Iv this pitablc condition my wife continued for years, notwithstanding that she was at various times under treatment of no less than live different doctors. None of them appeared to understand her en c; . .' :id all their efforts to relieve her pi.*.> ■ <-■ i quito futile. One doctor suspected si; j was suffering from cancer in the stomach. He made a searching examination, and, as a result of his investigations, stated that though there was no cancer, the stomach was badly ulcerated. He thought her condition very precarious. However, he could do nothing for her, and we had quite lost faith in doctors and proprietary medicines when, a littlo over three years ago, a friend advised mc to try Mother Seigel's Curative Syrup. lie was very persistent, and at last we obtained a bottle of it. My wife took if regularly as prescribed, and soon began to benclit in health and strength. In a little while she was able to take ordinary food, and retain it without pain or inconvenience. She took Mother Seigel's Curative Syrup three times a day for tbreo months, at the end of which time she was completely cured, and she has remained well ever since. At present she is quito plump, has lost the haggard look she once had, and is able to perform her household duties. Having got the enemy ' down' ('or tip') by aid of Mothers' Seigel's Curative Syrup, we intend to keep him in that position by the same means. We hope our experience