The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-12-23
HELPLESS ON THE SHOALS.

A great steamship, feeling her way
in fog, ran upon a low mud bank and
stuck fast, about twenty miles from
her port. She had on board a valuable
cargo and nearly three hundred passen-
gers, most OF whom were almost within
sight of their homes. The tugs came
and tried yainly to pull her into deep
water. The officers were as able nayi-
gators as there had ever been. But she
was helpless, and it was dead low wa
ter. Only one thing could be done
to wait. A few hours later the Captain
said to his passengers, Tile tide Is riS-
ing: We snail be OF presently" Sixty
minutes more and the ship Heated. 1t
was now noon. AT two o'clock sharp
the impatient yoyagers stepped ashore.
They might have been delayed longer
save for the fact which the captain had
announced in four words.
Perhaps this simple and not uncom-
mon incident may contain lesson for
| you and me. Suppose We draw little
comparison and see. The man who
learns nothing from things at his ell
bow will only waste his time going to
college.
| Mr.. William Jordan Is grocer and
postmaster at Bright Waltham, Wan
tage, Berks, where everybody knows
him and believes in him. On December
It'll, 1898, he wrote letter to friend
and by consent OF both parties we print
a part of 1t.
In the autumn Of 1890" he says, 81
had an attack of influenza. The effects
of ii fingered with me. | had no heart
for anything. | was tired, languid, and
weary. My appetite fell away, anG
what | did eat gave me a sense OF tight
ness and fulness at the chest; my bow
els were very cOstiye, and | suffered
much from sick headache. Sharp pains
often caught me between shoulders
and my breathing was very bad.
kept on with my work, but, on account
of my weakness, the task was doubly
hard. For about four months | wa!
like this, when one day the though
came to me to try a medicine that 81
many of my customers bought Of M
and spoke SO highly Of. / carried Oh
this idea, and after / had taken on
bottle Of 1t l noticed this first of all
Ny appetite rds better. l could eat;
relished my food; l got stronger.
took another bottle and was as well q
ever. That Is three years ago. and
haven't had touch Of illness since
(SigneD william Jordan"
One more letter-short and RICH
straight to the point. Mr.. William r
Saunders writes 1t. He Is a newsagen
and lives at Old Town, Wottonunder
Edge, Worcestershire. His letter 1
dated November 7th, 1893, Just on
month to a day earlier than Mr.. Jor
dams. That merely happens SO, tn
Of each other.
in the spring OF 1891" says MI
Saunders, II found myself out of sort
all unexpectedly. l couldn't fancy wha
had come over me. ! was low, veal
and tired. could eat hardly anything
and what ! did eat gave me 80 mucl
pain and distress that came to drea
sitting down to a meal. There wer
. pains in my chest, sides, and back, be
, tween the shoulder blades. Then l 90
SO weak that my work was sort @
drag on my hands; and even whe
, walking / was SO short OF breath ha
!, to stop and rest here and there. too
medicines the doctor gave me, and pill
ETC., that my friends recommended
, uut IL was no USE tuey uluu Htlp III
And all the time, month after month
was getting weaker and weaker. A
last ! got bottle OF medicine frol
Bristol that was right. That one bottl
had this effect at first. N.Y. dppetil
came back, and when I got throug
; with the second bottle ] was complete
: ly cured. (Signed) William II. Saur
. ders."
Now for the lesson. You see what
: Is, Of course, but let's have 1t in word
When the ship was fast on the shos
only one thing helped her-the risin
tide.
When these two men were fast o
: the shoal OF illness only one thin
q helped them-fhe rising appetite. Wit
eating and digestion came strengt
D and health, for the trouble was ths
0 universal destroyer and deceiver. ind
: gestion and dyspepsia
: The tide rose to the full OF the mooI
/ The languid appetite Is reused by med
Q cine finally resorted to by both OF
> pondents-Mother Seigel's Cur,
: tive Syrup.