The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-02-12
THE POWER THAT PULLS down

THE POWER THAT PULLS DOWN.
/ want to present single idea in
the fewest and clearest words at my
command. Here goes for try at it.
From the time you are first able TO
stand on your feet, up to the time you
can stand no longer, there is always a
power pulling you backward and down
ward You resist, and it persists. 1t
wins partial victories over you every
day. and finally it lays oyou by the
heels. Now. what is the name Of that
power? Don't be too quick with your
answer. 1t is the oveT-confdent crick-
.eter who gets bowled out. Perhaps the
reading of these letters may help you.
In the spring of 1891" says a wo-
man, my health, previously good, be-
gan to fail. am naturally as energetic
as most persons and enjoy being up
and doing, but now for some reason
felt low. weak, and tired. | had no
relish for food of any kind. and what
l ate gave me pain at the chest and a
feeling Of tightness and oppression
around the waist, with shortness of
breath.
after a time the pains went to nv
shoulders and all over me. The dis
tress after eating was so great that
hesitated before swallowing a mouth
full, well knowing what the result would
be l took many medicines, but none
of them gave me any ease. AS time
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often leaving my household work for a
bit so as TO lie down on the couch and
rest. And as this debility increased up
on me my spells OF work got shorter
and my spells of rest longer.
Sometimes feeling a trifie better and
then again worse, this was practically
my condition month after month.
saw a doctor, but his medicines did me
little or no good He said was suf-
fering from weakness, and would have
to get my strength back gradually. The
autumn and winter of 1912 slowly
passed, and | was about the same,
only more thin and feeble. l had al
most given up hope of getting really
well again.
an April QS92l 1 was in our shop
one day and heard a customer speak
about Mother Seigels Curative Syrup,
and what remarkable cures of different
ailments it had done in the district. 1T
may be the right thing for me- I said,
and sent for it that very day After
taking one bottle l could eat better,
without any distress or pain to come
after it. With the additional food
uraf cd nyr of mr.
another, while keeping on with Mother
Seigeps Syrup, I found myself able to
do more work, and needing less rest
between times. / took only the Sic
GELS no other medicine. / could stand
and walk once more without thinking
about it, and was soon in as good health
and spirits as ever. You are free to
print my letter if you desire. (Signed)
Mrs Emma Cottingham, wife of G. W.
Cottingham, Grocer and Ironmonger,
Scooter, Lincoln, April 18th, 1895"
For over four years." says another,
Il suffered from constant weakness.
Ny natural strength was gone, and
nothing did OF took seemed 20 bring
it back. Ny food-and 1 ate but little.
having no appetite-did not go to the
spot, as we say l was none the better
or stronger for eating it. Indeed, |
was the worse; for it caused me great
pain and distress in the stomach, chest,
sides, and back | was working in the
mill and never quite gave up my en-
ployment; but I did my work in the
! face of pain and weakness. Finally, l
was cured by Mother Seigel's Syrup. !
heard of it by means Of little book.
The Syrup stopped the pain after eat
ing, and soon I was another and a
brighter woman Ny strength came
back, and ! can walk, stand, and work
with ease. (Signed0 Mrs. Elizabeth
Jackson, Silk street, Glossop, October
10th, 1895"
Now what was the power that pulled
these women down? Weakness. you
say, and they say weakness" But
what is weakness? Is it a disease? No
old age always brings it, and it is al
ways one of the results OF disease
Strength, the opposite OF weakness. is
created only by digested food Moth
/ ing else under the sun will produce it
Lose the ability to digest your food
and soon your legs tremble beneath
you, your fingers lose their grip, your
head its steadiness, and your mind its
clearness and courage. The WORD
weakness" comes from a Saxon WORD
meaning to yield, to fail, to give way
| By its wondrous virtue in CORRECTING
the machinery of digestion and enab.
ling the system to get the good 81
its daily food-by this, I say, Mother
Seigefs- Syrup, used in time, over
comes weakness and restores strength
But, mark youl there is a mystery il
this simple explanation, so deep We
must reserve the discussion of it FOL