The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1894-08-25
"Your Life Il Not Worth q Straw

Not worth . straw, eb9 Then IL
was worth just notbing-notbiug at
all. Who has not used that com
parison thousand times to express
absolute worthlcssness3 A straw2
The wind blows II away, fire. burns
IL up, cattle tread II in the mud, IL
rots by the roadside. What OF itl
Who cares for strawi
Yet this il exactly what a doctor
recently said to one Of his patieDts,
lour HG is not Uorih a si,dw."
How much is q doctor worth who
will speak 50 to one that trusts him,
aud has no hope but in his skill9
For my part, il be- were up for sale
at auction, would hid one straw
for bim--no more. Even II what no
said was true, he had no right to
say il. 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 well. II il doesn't sound
like the truth, then I don't know
what ever does. The dates and
facts are all there, plain aud or
derby.
an the summer of 1873" she says,
81 found myself feeling tired, Ian
guild, low.spirited and weak. l felt
rs IL soms evil was about to happen.
My appetite was poor, aud after
eating | had excruciating pain at
my lOins aud sides. There was a
horrible pain at the pit Of nv sto-
mach, and rising in the throat as
IL should choke. My head felt as
though had ton weight on IL
Gradually ! got worse, and for
months conld take only liquid food
At night lay awake for hours to-
gether.
Later on ! suffered greatly from
nervous prostration. Ny legs trem,
bled and shook so | feared to fall
II a knock came to the door ! trsm,
bled from head to foot. had fro.
quent attacks which began with
pal pitation OF the heart aud sudden
stoppage OF the breath. At these
times was speechless aud helpless
They say ] looked like a corpse, cold
aud bloodless, my fngernails aud
lips having turned black. After q
while this would pass Of, leaving
me weak and PROSTATE. l got 81
emaciated aud thin that ! was only
a bag Of bonss, aud so weak ! had t
take hold Of tho furniture to steady
myself rs | crossed the room. A.
time went on the nervousness anG
forebodings Of evil so increased tina,
| feared ! should go out OF ny
mind. The neighbors said it woulC
be mercy il the Lord would 10
lease m, from my suirerings.
an this condition | continued To-
over four years, during which time
consulted fpe dOctors, but nothin,
they gave me did any good. The,
all said my ailment was hear
disease, and one said, Your life
not north a sirdw.'
ain despair | gave up takini
pbysic, as | felt that nothing woul,
save me. In May, 1882, ten year
ago, a lady Mrs. Richardson) calle'
at my house, told me OF Mothe
Seigel's Curative Syrup, and strong
ly advised me to try it. l did 81
and felt somewhat better after h
first bottle; and by the time | ha
taken three bottles was completed
cured. From that TO this ! hav
had no return of the attacks, an
am SO strong ] can do any kind G
work. But for Seigel's Syrup
should have been in my grave Ion
ago, | wish others to know Thu
and will answer any who call G
write" (Signed EMMA WIcKENDE
4, (wife OF William Wickenden, ga
dener), Pembroke Villas, l23, Moifa
Road, Thornton Heath, Marc
, 18th, 1892.
: So it turned out that her life wa
= not only worth straw, but worth
!. whole golden harvest of health an
better days. Yet no thanks to tn
doctors. Her complicated SYM
toms puzzled and alarmed them, |
be sure, but why! Is il not the do'
!. tors duty to underst and such things
;. Most assuredly, Just as a lawy,
should know the law, or a pilot Il
rocks, tides, aud lights Of a coas
: Had some OF these medical mt
: known that Mrs. Wickenden's NAL
Q dy was indigestion aud dyspepsi
! aud not heart disease, they migl
9 possibly have relieved her, Blu
= confused by the symptoms, tn,