The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1895-12-27
THE DOG, THE MAN, AND THE
MEAT.

/ A FRIEND of mine and we're walking 10
/ gether the other cay; a dog dashed past Us
after something he saw on the pavement. Ii
was big piece of meat. De pounced on II
I aud swallowed 1t in two seconds. My COM
/ p4nion loobed at the dog with envious
admiration. "ay humble FRIEND" he said
"I'll give YOU 5000 for your appetite and
your digestion. You are not afraid to eat; 4
am" But the dog knew what happiness Is
made Of He declined the offer and trotted
away.
It is astonishing how many different peo-
pc use this expression. Il ap or Il was
afraid to eat. As the writer PENS these lines
I FIVE letters lie on the table before him, every
one of them containing 1t. Yet the persons
wac wrote the letters are not k own to one
another. There was, therefore, no agree
ment among Them. Why should there be,
even If they icere acquainted!
No, there is nothing In 1t to wonder at.
They west through tine same experience,
and express it in the most natural way,
that's all.
Bnt what does it mean? Are people sus-
picious of poisoned food? No, no: that Is
not SO The food is not poisoned before 1t
is eaten, but afterwards. An example will
show what really occurs, and why SO many
are afraid to eat.
We quote from one of the letters: Zone
night, early in 1892" says the writer, 81 was
seized with dreadful pains in the pit of the
stomach. and a choking sensation in tue
throat. | feared | was z III z to die. My
wife called in neighbour. they applied
hot hannels aud turpentIne. but l got no
relief Then "A doctor came and gave me
medicine. He said be never saw aryone's
tongue in such condition. 1t WAS of a
yellow culoar, and covered with a slim,
phlegm, SO thick | could have scraped 1t
with IA knife. / had foul, bitter taste IN
the mouth, and my eyes were SO dull L could
scarcely see. / had heavy PAIN IN the sice,
and felt so detected and miserable l didn't
know what to do with myself. What little
food | took gave me SO much pain iCds
gfj0id to eat. The doctor put me on starva-
ton diet, and injected morphine to ease the
pain.
Getting no real benefit from the first
doctor | saw another, who said | had en-
largement of the liver. He gave me medicines,
but | got no better. Ia August } went to
Exmouth to sse what my native air would
do for me, but came back worse than ever.
l had lost over three stone IN weight, and
icing too weak to move about used to lie
on the couch most Of the time. | never ex-
pected to get well, and didn't care much
what became of me.
''One day IN y tober my wife said, 1t
appears the doctors can do nothing for you, 50
am going 10 doctor you myself Sue went to
the Southern Drug Stores, in CamLerwell
X bad. and got bottle of Mother SeigeFs
Curatlve Syrup After taking this medicine
for feH.daYs the pam IN my stomach LETT
m, my appetite improved, and : gained
some strength. Soon afterwards was back
at my WORK. The people III the office, see
ing how well looked. asked what had cured
me, and answered Mother Seigei's Syrup.
l all be glad t. reply to any inquiries
about my cas-. (Signed) Charles harris,
II, Beresford Street, Camberwell, London,
December LIST, 1892"
Mr.. Harris statement goes straight to the
point. Why was he afraid to eat? Because
his food gave him pain without giving him
strength. This was dead wrong. 1t was
exactly the reverse of what il should have
been. When a man is the proper form he
gets vigour and power from his meals, and
eats them with enjoy meilt and relish. If he
doesn't there is something the matter with
him. What is it?
Now let your thoughts expand bit, so as
to take IN a broad principle. One man 5
meat is another mau's poison, they say.
Tnat's 81, but it's only half the truth. Any
mans meat as any MANS poison, under
conditions. If grain never got any
further than the mill hopper We should
never have bread, and If bread Tor otter
food never got further than the stomach we
should never have strength. See! Well, when 4
the stomach is torpid, in6amed, and ION
what happens? Why, yonr food Ii S
in it and rots. Inc lamentations produces
pOisons which get into the blood and kicks
up the worst sort of mischief ali over the
body This is indigestion and dyspepsia,
though the doctors call each and every trick
Of ii by seperate name. Yet they don't
cure it, which is the main thing after all.
But Mother Seigel's Curative Syru does, /
as Mr. Harris says, and as thousands OF
others say.