THE ENGINES OF SHIPS AND OF MEN.

Western Star, Issue 1574, 27 June 1891, Page 4

THE ENGINES OF SHIPS AND OF MEN.

iontli of March, the great and ,'iunsliip •' C-ty of Pari?, " on f'rom New York >o Liverpool, met d :i;l by which her engines were !i»iblei'l, leaving her helpless on ;e curried a large number of pas- ! gieat anxiety wa3 felt concerning

her iii Europe and America. How she w»s finally towed into Queonstown Harbour will bo remembered by the public. "Well, wbat. of it ?'* yen say. " They afterwards found out how it. happened, and repaired tho engines, and no lives wore lost." Very true, but wait a moment. ' Because you never go to sea, do you think the sudden destruction, of a ship's engine has no lesson for vou ? How .shortsighted men are! Did you "everdie on, your bed at home, or on a cot in a hos|)iU), helpless as a log ? What ailed you ? Some disease. "What is disease ? It is "an accident to your vital machinery. What' do the doctors try to do for you ? To " cure' you. Yes, of course. Suppose we say " repair " you ; it comes to tho same thing, for we are kept alive and going by certain organs or engines, inside tbe body. When thoy are out of order and work badly, we are ill; when I hey slop, wo die. Do you sec the force of tl.o illustration ?

Sometimes a man's machinery is never right from the hour: ofhis" birth. If ere is a short story one inau tells about himself which will show what wo .mean. He says : " One ship is revcr weak beeauso another is, but a baby may be weak because ifs parents were, or some of its ancestors. It is spoken of in the family that when I -was an infant, I did nothing but sleep. JJow,a healthy infant ought to sleep most of the time, but not all the time. He should laugh, play, cry, kick, and take notice of thing . My mother was bothered about it, and saw the doctor, who said it was owing to the sluggish sta'e of riiy liver. Nevertheless, I lived and grew up a» millions of children do. But inherited disease makes its mark sooner or later, accoruiiig to ciicumstances. '..'-•■' " About five years ago I began to feel bad. I didn't know what was the matter with me. I bad bad taste in my mouth, a slimy tongue and felt languid and tired, and had no ambition for work. My appetite faiL-d, and when I did eat, under a sort of compulsion I had great pain after it. I went on in this w.iy until the spring of 1888, when _ I had a verv severe attack, ard was treated in Bartholomew's Hospital for some time, I cvrae out still weak, and a little later on 1 was so bad I broke down completely, and took.to mv bed. Matters now looked very serious for me. . ,

" The first doctor who came to see me was not ablo to give any relief, and my people etched another, as my condition had hecome alarming. I got worse, aid: was in great agony. I had pains all over me, but more particularly in the bowels, where the pain wis interne. The bowels were stopped, or constipated, and the doctor seemed puzz'ed. One day he mid, ' / cannot account for your condition' 1 now began .o think uh t was test, to be done, - Yet, what could I do ? " I had heard of a.medicine culled Mother Seigei's Curative Syrup which was said lo be a most romarkable cure for deep-seated and chronic complaints whore all other remedies were unavailing, but I had never tried it., and" wh» should 1 believe in it? Ycj how strangely we are sometimes led into paths we have never travelled before.!

" About, this time I picked up a newspaper and read of a case similar lo my own fhiitbad been cured—so the writer said--by Moth r Seigel's Syrup. I decided to risk it, and sent over to Mr Dyer, ihe chemist, m Acre Laud, West Brixton, and got- a bottle, and in ten minutes after taking the first dose I felt relief. . "Ininv excitement and satisfaction 1 cleeh're J This is the right thing ! " Af-cr taking six bottles I found myself in perfect health. lam a new' man. 1 never ivas in better be ilth in my "life, and. nil the members of my family think of my cure as all the more wonderful owing to my having suffered with liver complaint from my infancy. I will gladly answer any inquiries -.bout Mother fc'eigcl's Syrup, and what it did for me." (Signed) W Goldspinls, 12(5, Acre Lane, Brixton, and 10, I'achbrook Street, Pimlico. Mr Goldspink is a pork butcher, Hid is will known and highly respected. In iddition to his inherited weakness of tho liver he suffered from deep-seated indigestion ind dyspepsia, with an acute attack of con•itipation, a dangerous and often fatal compilation. For this almost universal malady '—often mistaken for other diseases—Seigel's ■jyrun is the only remedy to bo relied upon, book in the papers aod rind the testimony ( f witnesses from John Q'&ioits to Land's End.

Kirriemuir, as all Scotsmen know (says the Edinburgh correspondent of theOtago Daily Times), is a place inhabited by people who have ideas of their own, and occasionally they exhibit these in original fashion. This was the case two Sundays ago, when the worshippers in the West United Presbyterian Church cams in for a stirring experience. It seems that one of the ■ui'le members of the choir had euecuuibed to the soothing influeiaco of the sermon, and was enjoying a peaceful slumber. A wide wake and irdignant female, unable to endure tie sight, seized her Bible aud hurled it ;it

the head of the sleeping chorister, but missing bim, she struck one of his confreres on tli3 shoulder. The minister naturally paused in his sermon and inquired. " What's wrong ?" To this tho unabashed matron replied. The Bitde struck the wrong man ; 'twas meant to wauken the sintV sleeper." As may be supposed there was i o more sleeping in the church that day; and for some time the choir are likely to be on the alert against missile?. even if still inattentive to the pennon.

Holloway'a Ointment and Pills.— As winter advances and the weather becomes more and more inclement and trying the earliest evidences of illhealth must be immediately checked and removed, or a slight illness may result in a fearful malady. Relaxed and sore throat, quinsey, influenza, chronic cough, bronchitis, and mo t other pulmonary affections will be r< - lieved by rubbing this cooling Oin - tnent iuto the skiu as nearly as n:actkablc to the scat of mischief. The

treatment, simple yet effective, is admirably adapted for the removal of those diseases during- infancy and youth. Old asthmatic invalids will derive marvellous relief from the use of Holloway's remedies, which have wonderfully relieved many such sufferers, and re-established health after every other moans had signally failed.

The Licensed Victualler*' conference have aloptcd a draft bill for presentation i o Parliament. The clan edeal-

ng with comnensation for licns:*s :o

fused being stiuck out. The-chief provisions are an appeal from decisions of the eoinmhtee, and a beiter definition of the powers of lioniriug bencher-.

JTow an Ojsimate Couoii was OtntKD.— " An aged lady of my acquaintance was lor many years troubled with a Chronic Cough ;o sovore that she hulJou; had an hour's quiet diep. After spending all her substance i:i m.-dicine, she wa& persuadod to try Baxtji, s Lung PitESßttvEit, which, under God's blessing soon cured her. Rev. S. Sellaus." Extract from a Book for Every Home.

An experienced collector started out on his rounds a few mornings ago (says tho Groy River Argus). He had accounts totaling ,£l5O. The result of his day's work was tho CDllcction of £3 ss, and to get; that tiinch cost him 27s 6d in shouting. He was careful not to specify the c'asj oE dtbtors h» ImU collected from. Readers can form ihoir own opinion.