The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-12-25
A SHORT TALK ON BEING TIRED

\ ShObl IALh ON BEING TIRED.
Are you q working man or working
woman? I don't mean one who is so
by classification, or by having been
born on the sinister side of certain
lines of social cleavage, but solely be-
cause you daily do some sort OF real.
honest, and useful work? Yes? l
shake your hand l hope you manage
10 live by il without OVERRIDING, and
that being still hearty and healthy
you sometimes find yourself tired, dog
tired, and hungry as a wolf, with
plenty of good feed for supper. Then
heyl for bed and & genuine sleep OF
eight hours; TO jump from bed in the
morning, both feet on the floor at once.
That's the right kind of tired" and the
heaven descended brand of rest. 1t is
a blessing in itself, and bears others
in its train
But the variety of fatigue so many
people are all the time writing US about
is different. Listen 10 this one. for in
stance: In September, 1SsS,'' he says,
I was overcome by feeling o: langor
| was easily tired and comparatively
slight efforts served 10 exhaust me
COMPLETELY. Indeed, l never seemed
rested at all. and was as tired in the
morning as when l went TO bed Both
muscles and mind were inert and re-
Taxed. Al the same time, my appetite
seemed 10 be tired. too. l had no rel
ish for food, and after eating felt I'M
easiness and distress in the stomach
and pain at the chest Ny skin was
saIlow also, and there was a dull ach-
| ing at my right side in the region Of
the liver.
4 was constantly belching up a sour
fluid. and my food would sometimes
repeat or rise into my mouth. All |
| could do TO rectify this miserable state
OF things I did, acting upon the sug-
gestion OF friends and others, but failed
to come across q remedy for my COM
/ plant. which meantime obtained a
stronger hold upon me.
on account Of my inability TO eat
and digest food my flesh fell on until
l became so thin you might have fan
cied ne as having gone into a decline.
And 1 was so weak l could scarcely get
I about. 1 remained in this condition
month after month, unfit, Of course,
for work and virtually man out of the
worlds fight
The doctor who prescribed for me
probably understood my case, but he
was not able, apparently, 10 cure me.
I And I notice it is in illness as it is
in business; unless one holds his own
he is bound to be falling behind, which
made me anxious 10 obtain relief soon,
lest I might pass beyond the reach OF
it And in answer 10 the hope finally
came the help I needed.
In July Of last year QS94) l read
about Mother Siegel's Syrup in small
pamphlet which was left at our house.
/ The book described my symptoms per-
fectIy. and stated the disease to be in
digestion. with duIness and inactivity
OF the liver. the latter condition re-
suit Of the former. The weakness and
loss OF weight it explained, naturally
enough. TO be the effect OF want OF
I proper nourishment Cure the stom-
acn-tTouble in such cases. said an ar
ticle in the pamphlet, and the con-
/ sequences viii vanish of themselves.
"On this I procured a bottle of the
Syrup from Messrs Robinson & Co.
chemists, Hunslet Carr, and after tax
ing it for few days, l found myself
much better. Ny food now ceased tc
give me pain, and I gained some
strength with every meal No better
proof of the power of this medicine
could I ask l continued the use of it;
the bad symptoms abated and no long
er troubled me, and in a few weeks
felt as vigorous and well as ever
did I could work as before and ex
perienced that kind of fatigue which
promotes rest and is relieved by it.
have since enjoyed good health. anC
you are welcome 10 publish this shor
account Of my case. (Signed) Perez
Hardaker, q, Woodhouse Hill Road
! Hunslet Carr, Leeds, March 29th, 1895.
Mr.. Hardaker is agent for the Pear
Assurance Society, and is well anC
widely known His own intelligen
comments on his complaint render
. any words of ours quite needless. II
! private conversation he said he LOOKED
upon that unnatural tired" feeling a
warning that none should neglect. l
; means. not the effect Of work. but o
: exhaustion through that subtle diseasr
, Indigestion Mother SiegeI's Syrul
should be taken then, as he would haTl
taken il then had he heard Of il VI
7 hope Mr.. Hardaker's timely words
) based as they are on an INSTRUCTIVE
experience, viii be Needed by all II
/ whom they auuIr.