The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-11-12
DIR. LAMoNT's STRONG FINGERS

I was afraid you were going TO slip
through my fingers said good old Dr.
Lamont
The writer was boy of about seven
teen, then. While student at school,
more than 800 miles from home, was
taken down with pneumonia. l had
a tough time, and for two or three
weeks my life was despaired of. But
youth and good care won the fight, and
| one bright morning l was ready TO go
home with my dear father who had
| come for me. l was weak still, but
well and happy clear up to the brim.
Oh, what a ride, Oh, what sweet air.
/ Oh, what a glorious world I had got
back into, and what a reception from
mother and sisters at the familiar
/ house Oh, life, Oh, health, Oh.
dHIce, dUlce domumi
Such an illness, if one survives it,
only makes the sense Of existence and
its blessings more keen and delightful.
It is good rather than bad. Lucky boy,
not TO have slipped through the doc
tors fingers.
But when a man with most of his
| days behind him has to write a line
ike this: AN my life 1 have suffered
more or less from disease"-why that
is another and sadder story 1t is the
/ odds between an occasional thunder
storm and a sky always covered with
clouds.
We quote what he says. reminding
the reader that in this matter Mr.. Will
liam Hodkinson voices the experience
OF millions. He says: Il always had
q bad taste in the mouth, no proper
relish for food and after eating had
pain and fullness at the chest"
These sensations are symptoms OF
acute indigestion. In the stomach
there is marked loss of power TIL
food is neither rolled over as it should
be, so that the whole OF it in turn may
be presented to the digestive fluid, nor
is it duly moved on towards the outlet
into the bowels As a result, it fer
ments and gives of irritating acids and
gases, hence the patient complains OF
pain. weight, distention, acidity, and
| flatulence in that region. Thence the
poisons proceeds TO every other part OF
the body, and headache, vertigo, govt,
rheumatism, depressed spirits, and a
score more OF evils follow; among
them, possibly, nervous prostration,
progressive anaemia, locomotor ataxis,
and more or less complete paralysis.
Frequently" continues Mr. Hodkin-
| son, L was sick, and as time went on
I became very weak and feeble con-
suited one doctor after another and
| +onr- r-a-ior-- --adioipar hut ob+o;,o5
no real or lasting relief from any OF
| them. This describes my general con-
dition until the fortunate day when l
read about Mother Seigel's Curative
Syrup. was impressed by the state
meRts others had made concerning It,
and proceeded to try it After taking
one bottle found relief, and was soon
entirely free from my old complaint.
Since that time NOW eight years ago)
I have enjoyed good health. Knowing
personally Of its virtues, have recon-
mended this remedy to hundreds, and
have never heard Of its having failed
to give relief But for Mother SeigePs
! Syrup should have been in my grave
years ago. (Signed) WILLIAM HOD-
KINSON, Hollington, near Uttoxeter,
Staffordshire, August 18th, 1893"
Mr.. Hodkinson is well known and
highly respected. He is local preach
CT in the Methodist church, and by en-
ployment quarry master. Had he
gone into the grave, as he feared he
should, he would have been missed and
lamented by the community in which
he has long been useful, and will live
to be useful, We hope, for years to
come.
Now let US repeat our leading
thought Short illness, even though
sharp and dangerous, may result in
good, rather than harm. But a disease
that drags its victim through decades
Of lingering Illness shall we say
of it2 The trouble and suffering it in
ficts is beyond estimate, and its name
is Indigestion and dyspepsia.
And the name of the medicine that
cures it Mr. Hodkinson has done you
the favor to mention with clearness
and emphasis.