The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-03-03
THEN IT WENT ON ALL RIGHT.

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THEN IT WENT ON ALL RIGHT.
The writer of the letter which am
going to copy for you in a moment has
4 complaint 10 make. Rather, perhaps
a complaint TO place on record. as the
reason for IL Is passed away for the
present and she hopes-and we hope
| with her--that IL may not return. The
complaint does not refer to any rela-
tive, friend, or foe, but to her own
heart. Il did not work we'll II was
weak, and for a long time she was un-
able TO find means to make II do better.
| Which was a serious matter, inasmuch
as the vigor Of the circulation of the
blood always depends upon the force
wherewith the heart drives II.
Still, IL seems TO me we ought to he
bit indulgent towards the heart in view
OF the labor II has to perform. Re
member that II never takes a full min
ute's rest at one time, night or day.
from the instant IL begins at your birth
until, like a muffled drum. II stops for
good and all-life's funeral march to
the grave being over. During all this
while. ten years or hundred, the
heart has got TO keep on pumping blood
through your body at the rate of from
1870 strokes a minute in childhood to 80
or GO in old age. II you happen to have
a mechanical turn of mind 1t may in
terest you to figure out how much this
stands for in units OF horsepower Tor
a given case and time. II not, you can
take my word for 1t that, merely as "a
m mol hn
spect. So long as II goes ahead stead
lily, up hill and down dale. hammering
away softly but strongly. you haven't
word to say for or against It.; but when
II begins to get weak, maybe skipping a
stitch now and then, you call in the
doctor, who puts the tip of his finger
just below the base of your left thumb.
looks wise and solemn las BELTS the &C
casion), and says, "Ah, yes, yes; l see
see." But rhdi does he gee? He
doesn't tell you That: he leaves medi-
cine, and mentions when he will look
In again.
But as to the letter spoke Of. For
many years" the lady says, II suffered
from indigestion and weak heart. Very
little exertion made me feel weary and
tired. Cold, clammy sweats broke
over me. | had a poor appetite, and
after meals an aching pain at the chest
ard a miserable sinking feeling at the
stomach. ! had also much pain at the
left side, and my heart would futter
so as to frighten me. At length ! be-
came SO weak was barely able to get
about, being no longer able to do my
homework
Owing to the trouble at my heart I
obtained no proper rest at night, and
often walked about my bedroom at
night. Many times these attacks were
so bad thought ] ras dying. During
the day a sense of suffocation some
times came upon me and | was obliged
to go to the door for fresh air.
Year after year suffered like this:
now little better, now as bad as
could be. In November, 1887, while on
visit to Croydon, my son-in-law per-
suaded me to try Mother Seigel's
Syrup. He got me bottle, and after
taking it experienced great relief.
The pain at my heart was easier, and
I felt better as a whole. | could eat
well and the food agreed with me.
Il now felt encouraged to continue
using this remedy. Soon was In bet
ter health than for years, the heart
trouble having disappeared altogether.
Since that time when feel anything
ailing me a few doses OF Mother Sci
gels Syrup never fail to give the de-
sired relief. l have told many persons
of the benefit / have derived from II.
and hereby consent to your publishing
this statement should you wish to do
(Mrs.) William Har-
rington, near Wexford Hill, Glare, SUI
folk, November 18th. 1897
Now what allied Mrs. Harrington's
heart? Why precisely the same things
that allied her lungs, her nerves and
her muscles-rodkness. Therein she is
right. II rds weak heart but not a
diseased heart. The heart is a muscle.
and (seeing the prodigious lot of work.
II has to do necessarily a strong, act
I've muscle. But II will not work with
out pay any more than YOU or I Will.
With all the rest OF the body Il has gor
TO be sustained and strengthened by
food. Here We have the point then.
The lady was afflicted with chronic in
digestion. For this reason her whole
body grew weak-the heart, OF course.
with other parts OF the engine. Hence
all the symptoms she names. Her i'm
mense all-round weakness and puller-
Town IL that same old dyspepsia. When
Mother Seigels Syrup made the diges-
non OF plenty Of food possible, the
neart went on all right, like newly
wound clock.