The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-02-05
THE POWER THAT PULLS DOWN

IL / - ~ LII La Ol-A-S0 OOh4N.
l want 10 present a single idea in
the fewest and clearest words at my
command. Here goes for a try at it.
From the time you are first able 10
stand on your feet. up TO the time you
can stand no longer. there is always
power pulling you backward and down
ward. You resist, and ii persists. ii
wins partial victories over you every
day, and finally it lays you by the
heels. Now, what is the name of that
power? Don't be too quick with your
answer. II is the over-confident 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 10 fail. am naturally as energetic
as most persons and enjoy being up
and doing. but now for some reason /
felt low, weak. and tired. l had no
relish for food of any kind. and what
ate gave me pain at the chest and
feeling of tightness and oppression
around the waist, with shortness of
breath
After a time the palms went TO M
shoulders and all over me The dis
tress after eating was so great that /
hesitated before swallowing q mouth
full, well knowing what the result would
be. l took many medicines, but none
of them gave me any ease. AS time
went on became weaker and weaker.
often leaving my household work for
bit so as 10 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 trifie better and
then again worse, this was practically
my condition month after month. |
saw doctor, but his medicines did me
little or no good He said I was suf-
fering from weakness, and would have
TO get my strength back gradually. The
autumn and winter of 1892 slowly
passed, and / was about the same,
only more thin and feeble 1 had al
most given up hope of getting really
well again.
In April 1882 I was in our shop
one day and heard customer speak
about Mother Seigel's Curative Syrup.
and what remarkable cures of different
ailments il had done in the district 1t
may be the right thing for me, l said,
and sent for it that very day. After
taking one bottle I could eat better,
without any distress or pain TO come
after it. With the additional food
gained strength. and one week after
another, while keeping on with Mother
Seigel's Syrup, l found myself able 10
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. fSigned) |
Mrs. Emma Cottingham, wife of G. w |
Cottingham, Grocer and Ironmonger,
Scooter, Lincoln, April 29th, 1895"
For over four years., says another. |
Il suffered from constant weakness. |
My natural strength was gone, and |
nothing l did or took seemed to bring |
it back. My food-and l 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 l was working in the1
mill and never quite gave up my en- |
ployment; but 1 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 ! was another and |
=
hack, and l can walk, stand, and work |
with ease. (Signed) Mrs. Elizabeth |
Jackson, Silk street, Glossop, October |
10th, 1885,
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 q Saxon word |
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" of |
its daily food-by this, l say, Mother |
Seigel's Syrup, used in time, over |
comes weakness and restores strength. |
But, mark you'll there is mystery in |
this simple explanation, so deep we
must reserve the discussion of it for
another occasion.