The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-09-01
NOT HEAVY TO HIM.


nothing to the elephant. The big beast
doesn't mind him any more than one
of those immense dray horses you see
in London minds the brass ornaments
on his harness. Yet on my back or
yours the man would he a load: and.
IL fastened to a lark's wings. the little
brasses would hold him to the earth.
Thus. We are reminded. my thought
full friends. that there are no absolute
facts. The burden depends on the
back. Albeit Samson walked on with
the gates Of GAIA. an ordinary garden
gate would, ! am sure, prove all that
we should want to lug. II follows that
weight or heaviness can. as the ad-
vertisements say, "be supplied in a
variety OF styles
When, for example, Mr.. Sydney Chal-
LANCER mentions in a letter that at a
certain period he was heavy" he does
not mean that he tipped the scales at
a stone or two more than usual. His
horse would have felt that, In case he
rode one; but the truth is that at the
his proper weight by several pounds.
He wants us to understand that
he was hodry 10 himself: IL was not an
increase Of freight but an increase o.
'reakhoss, having practically the same
result. His explanation Is that in the
early part Of 1890 he began to feel III
and out OF sorts. He went about I'm a
may way, feeling badly without know
ing what the trouble was or how to ac-
count for it.
Il had" Mr.. Challenger goes on to
tell us, "a nasty taste in the mouth
and no relish for my meals" But eat
we all must. or starve; and eat he did.
Not much, though. At best IL was a
forced business. Nothing tasted natur.
al or good, and he took just enough to
keep him going until the next meal
time should come around.
And even for that I had to suffer"
he says. After getting IL down had.
almost Immediately, a sense of fullness
or distension at the stomach and pain
at the chest as II bit of food had
lodged there-which couldn't be-"
No. nothing lodged anywhere. What
there was OF it went straight down into
Mr.. Challenger's stomach, where II at
once began to ferment and produce a
gas which caused the feeling OF full
ness, while the irritated nerves set up
the pain. 1t was not too much food
but food not digested-food turned sour
in the stomach-with the whole body
behind 1t failing OF the needed stimu-
lus and nourishment OF food. and won
dering what the matter was. II was
this state OF matters that made him,
to use his own words, heavy, drowsy
and languid."
Any river in England. after a long
drought In summer looks Just as Mr..
Challenger fcif-heavy. drOwsy and
languid. And for an Identical reason
the lack OF necessary supplies. Wait
an instant, though! Don't miss the
point.
The rain, when II comes. fills the riv-
er by a thousand little channels fall
ing directly into II. Not so as to food
and body. Between them is a process
a mechanical, chemical. and vital op-
Standardization Mark you that, and
act accordingly. Whether in the sky
or on the ground water Is water-the
same thing.
But food and body are not the same
thing. The first must be transmitted
into the second by the miracle called
digestion; for OF all Gods ways In ma.
ture none Is more awful, more amaz
Ing. more glorious. And, when impe
ded or oyerborne, none which pun
lshes the interference more certainl,
and swift.
y got little or no sleep" continues
our friend, and awoke In the mOrninl
tired out, az after a hard days work
Presently could hardly walk, for very
weakness, and from time 10 time had
TO give up work altogether. No medl.
cine helped me-and tried plenty.
After three wretched years of this
Mrs, Bird, Of TallistOrn, told my wife
about Mother Seigers Syrup, and
through her, advised me 10 try II. She
said my ailment was indigestion and
the syrup would cure H. And II dld
One bottle greatly relieved me. could
eat freely, and food agreed with me
J perseyered with the remedy aud gOI
strong AS ever, All the pain aDd
heayiDess left me, and ! fell light ana
energetic, although ! have gained III
weight ~ SlgDsd) SYDNEY cHALs
LANCER, Gladstone villa, own, noaI
WauDllSyd, Mon, August 3Oih 1895