The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1894-08-18
"Your Life Il Not Worth a Straw"

Not worth a straw, eh9 Then il
was worth just nothing--nothing at
all. Who has not used that com
parison a thousand times to express
absolute worthlessuess7 A straw?
The wind blows it away, fire burns
it up, cattle tread it in the mud, it
rots by the roadside. What Of il?
Who cares for a straw
Yet this is exactly what a doctor
recently said to one Of bis patients,
Your life is not north strdw."
How much is q doctor worth who
will speak 50 to one that trusts him,
and has no hope but in his skill?
For my part, il be we're up for sale
at auction, would bid one straw
for bim--no more. Even IL what he
said was true, be had no right to
say it. Such a doctor is more likely
tn kill with his tongue than to cure
with his drugs.
a woman tells the story, and she
tells IL we'll. II il doesn't sound
like the truth, then | don't know
what ever does. The dates and
facts are all there, plain aud or
derly.
"In the summer of lS7S," she says,
81 found myself feeling tired, lan-
guild, low spirited and weak. felt
as If some evil was about to happen.
My appetite was poor, and after
eating | had excruciating pain at
my loins aud sides. There was
horrible pain at the pit of my sto-
mach, and rising in the throat As
IL should choke. My head felt as
though had a ton weight on IL
Gradually / got worse, and for
months could take only liquid food.
At night lay awake for hours to-
getb-r.
Later on 7 suffered greatly from
nervous prostration. My legs trem.
bled and shook SO I feared TO fall.
IL a knock came to the door / trem.
Dled from head to foot. had fire.
quent attacks which began with
palpitation OF the heart and sudden
stoppage Of the breath. At these
times l was speecbless aud helpless.
They say looked like corpse, cold
aud bloodless, my fingeruails and
lips having turned black. After a
while thi. would pass of, leaving
the weak aud PROSTATE. | got so
enaciated aud thin that ] was only
a bog Of bones, and so weak had to
take hold Of the furuiture to steady
myself rs | crossed the room. As
time went on the nervousness and
forcbouiugs 81 evil so increased that
| feared | should go out Of my
mind. The ueichbors said II would
be mercy il the Lord would re-.
lease IN. from my sulrsrings
"ln this condition | continued for
over four years. during Thich Hms l
consulted Grs doctors, but nothing
they gave me did any good. They
all said my ailmcnt was heart
disease, and one said, Your ile Is
mi UOrh s'rdT.'
"In despair | gave up taking
ply sic, as | felt that nothing would
save me. In May, 1852, ten year.
ago, n lady (Mrs. Richard.on) called
at my hnus.', told IN. II Mother
S.ip.l's Curativ. Sy rup, and strong.
ly advised ns to try II. did 81,
aud felt somewhat better after the
first bottl.; and By the time had
taken three bottles ! was completely
cured. from that to this | have
had no return Of tho attacks, and
am 80 strong can do any kind OF
work. But for Seigels Syrup
should have been IN my grave long
ago, | wish Others to know this,
aud will answer any who call or
wri'..' (Sign.d) EMMA WIcEGSpES
(wife 81 W llism Wirkendcn. gar,
deuer), Pembroke Villas, l23, MUirst
Road, Thornton Heath, March
18th, 1892.
So IL turned gu, that her life was
not only worth straw, but worth q
whole golden harvest Of health and
better days Yet no thanks to The
doctors. Her complicated symp
toms puzzled and alarmed them. Il
be- sure, but why! Is il not the doc
tors duty to und-rsi aud such things
Most assurediy. Just as n lawyer
should know the law, or a pilot the
rocks, tides, and lights OF coast
Had some OF these medical nor
known that Mrs Wickenden's mala
dy was indigestion and dyspepsia
and not heart disease, they nigh,
possibly have relieved her. But
confused by the symptoms, the,
were blind to the cause. We ma,
we'll wonder II there are many suci
doctors in England.
Cases like this show that the clea
sight belonged to Mother Seigel
and to her remedy hosts Of p-opl,
in this country are indebted To-
physical salvation when, in yer,
truth, their lives seemed as straws
Remember this VAS ten years ago
and the malay has not returned
showing that the cure was a perma