AND THIS IS ONE OF THEM.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXI, Issue 20, 14 September 1894, Page 29

AND THIS IS ONE OF THEM.

Theke are some truths that onght to be blown through a million speaking trumpets every hour ; that ought to be printed in big type on the front page of every newspaper ; that ought to be painted on every otgnbnard of the croseroads ; that ou*ht to be taught in every school. And this is one of them, Ihcre is no such thing on earth as a tonic medicine. People talk of " tonics " and doctors talk of " tonics." Pshaw 1 When a country is discovered in which no food stuffs are ever raißed or imported, and in which the men, women, and children are all well HTid bp^r'v, wo may conclude they subsist on Hume sort of "tonic." The niHcbief this delusion about 'onics has done is beyond calculation. It lea 's the sick to loan on broken reeds, to expect relief from a source from which it is Bimply impossible that relief can comi, to waste money in buying "tonics," and precious time in waiting for these alleged " tonics " to work miracles. Mr Thomas Fos er, of 15, Chatham Place, Adelaide street, Hull, in an account of a recent ll ness sayp, among other things, this : " I then tried stomach tonic, but tbey did me no good." Suppopo we have his whole story, which is short, and make our comments on it afterwards. He says : "Up to the month of June, 1891, I was strong and healthy. At that time I fell into a low, weak condition. I felt languid and heavy, and was always tired. I had a foul taste in the mouth, and a dreadful pain in the chest and sides after eating, whilst my stomach was like a burning fire. I was much troubled with wind, which seemed to roll all over me, and I bad a constant belching and rising in my throat. I was in agony day and night, and for hours I walked about the room rubbing my chest in the effort to obtain relief. I lost a deal of sleip and felt more tired in tbe morning than when I went to bed, Gradually I became weaker and weaker until I bad hard work to follow my employment, for 1 was in misery all the time. " I went to a doctor, who sounded me and gave me medicines, but I got no relief, and after taking bis medicines for a month, I left off going to him. I then tried stomach tonics and other meniones but nothing did me any good. In tins state I continued week after week, growing more feeble all the while. I felt that if I did not soon find a remedy I should be done for altogether. "In Ocober, 1891, a book was left at my house telling of a medicine called Mother Seigel's Curative Syrup, and describing a case like mine that had been cured by it. As I had often heard this medicine well ppeken of, I made up my mind to try it, and got a bittle from Mr Cousins, in Anlaby road, After I had taken two doses, I felt grateful relief, and before 1 had quite finished the bottle I was completely cured, and have Bince tieen in the best health. "I thank God that this medicine was erer made known tome. Otherwise I should have been in my grave before now. 1 will answer anyone who may write me concerning the facts here set forth. Toura truly (S'gned), Thomas Foster, 15, Chatham Place, Adelaide street, Hull, March 24th, 1892." Now letup ccc. The symptoms of Mr Foster's complaint are easily recognisable. He suffered from indigestion and dyspepsia. The medicines administered by his physician or purchased by himself proved useless because they wera not addressed to the disease with wbich he was actually affl cted, but possibly to ©ne or more of its symptoms. To abolish any existing evil it is always causes we must work at — never mere consequenc j s. The " stomach tonics " wbicb Mr Foster hoped might relieve him may have done so for a moment on precisely the same principle that a sharp application of whip and spur wakes up a tired horse, not by giving him strength, but by rousing his reserved nervous forcp, with a deeper re-action to follow. That's how it ever was and will be. Mother Seigel's Curative Syrup restored this gentleman to real and genuine health by cleansing his system of the poison of disease, by removing the obstacles and enabling the stomach to retain and digest food. A very simple thing, yet how bard to accomplish, oh I my mas ers. This remedy does if, however, as is testified by a hoßt of witnesesa a.l over the world — witnesses who say more in praise of its merits than you would have time to read.