The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1894-09-22
How to Turn Back the Clock.

"What time is Il, Maggie7" said
John, with an uneasy sense that he
ought to be on his homeward way.
III go and look" she answered.
Stepping quietly into the kitchen
the girl pushed the clock hands back
an hour, aud returning, said, ats
only half.past nine by our clock
you can stay an hour longer"
So John stayed, for lovers are
never eager to part and he needed
no coaxing. The next morning, how.
ever, he oversight himself, aud Mag
gie's father, at his breakfast, having
missed the train, he intended u
journey by that day, wondered how
the good old clock could have lost
an hour In the night. But Maggie
didn't explain. She meant to set II
right again before going to bed, bu,
forgot, which shows once more wha,
everybody should remember-tha,
We can set back the clock, but we
cannot set back the time.
All the same IL is possible occa
sionally to regain lost things. ln {
woman's letter recently received,
fluid this sentence; q" They tel me- .
look ten years younger than I did.
And If sho felt as she looked sh,
was to all practical purposes ter
years younger. For, although ;
clock face looks the same no matte
what time il is, a human fare doesn't
That changes with the condition U
the works" or the life behind it.
The letter goes Oh thus: "In tn,
spring Of 1880 l felt weak and low
] had bad taste in the mouth ant
a thick Shiny pblegm covered ID.
mouth aud tongue. was sick in tn
morning, retchiug and vomiting
watery fluid. l had great pain il
the head aud was very may, beini
at times So bad I could hardly stan,
upon my feet. After eating the Elm
plest food | had dreadful pain il
my chest, aud q tightncss across tn
chest aud sides. For hours togethe
| have sat before the IRE rubbing m
chest to try aud get relief. ha,
great pain in the left side and pal
pitatiOn Of the hear, and could ~
but little sleep at niehS on accouu
OF Il.
Gradually l grew weaker an,
weaker until could Scarcely wal
about the house, and but for TIA
necessity OF attending to my famil,
| should have been laid up. My lii
was a burden aud misery TO IN,
and ] often wished myself dead.
Sometimes better aud at othc
times worse; this was my genera
condition for ten years, during whic
long period Of suffering ! was trea,
ed by the doctor, aud took ever
kind Of medicine could hear tell q
but got no better
I'm Novemb n, 1890, read in
book Of medicine called Moth,
Seigers Curative Syrup, and got
bottle from Mr.. L. Banks, tho chen
ist. After | had taken a few doses
found my food agreed with mo be-
ter. | kept on with tho Syrup an
gradually gained strength. | la
become SO thin aud emaciate
through all thos. years OF suiferin
that il took time to fully restore m
But am nOw in better hsaih than
erer was in my life, and my recover
has astonished my friends. The
tell me l look ten years young,
than I did for taking the Syiu
How ] wish had known of il yea
soonerl My husband and irient
had given up all hope of my gettiL
better, but none OF US knew Of Nj
ther Seigel's Syrup.
son mentioning to the Rev.
Harries, the Vicar Of Christ Churc
what had wrought the cure, he sa
| should write and let the propri
tors know what the Syrup had doi
for me, SO al to benefit Others. YC
may publish this statement as "
think proper and | will gladly ~
swer inquiries. Yours truly, (signe,
(Ms.) Elizabeth Greenhalgh,
Rutland Street, Newton, Pendl
bury (near Mancbester,, May LIT
1882"
Thus was this good woman o
abled-not to turn back her nom
nal age, but what was better-to I
cover tho priceless treasure
health, without which nett her you
nor age has any comfort. Her m;
ady was the same wretched indigo
ton and dyspepsia, the curse OF ;
| a.rap and n.t..Sn,