The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-06-23
HOW 1T is.

In the streets OF the town where j
live l sometimes meet a poor fellow
who Is SO badly of that his appeal for
a penny or two is hardly to be resisted.
lie has lost both his legs above the
knees and punts himself along the
pavement with his hands. like load
ed barge In shallow water. Thank
Mercy, one doesn't often see human
hulks like him. Where there Is a sin
gle instance OF q man having lost both
legs or both arms there are a dozen
where only one limb OF the pair Is
missing. And where there Is a single
case OF the latter sort there are hun
dred cases Of people who are lame. or
more or less disabled, by disease or
minor injuries which are scarcely no.
ticeable, yet in the long run very
serious to those so afflicted.
Consequently when we sum up both
classes we perceive that It isn't the
total wrecks and the incurables that
are most expensive to society, but the
prodigious host which must work, and
does work, yet always under difficulties
and against hindrances. Men and wO-
men regularly employed, but who are
continually breaking down In O small
way, thus losing fragments OF time
and fractions OF wages, are OF the kind
| mean. The amount Of income lost
in this way In one year in England Is
immense. And SO far as the cause OF
all this Is disease, and not accident OF
born bodily imperfection, 1t Is almOs,
always preventible and generally cur
able. Look at this, for example, and
take heart
I'm the spring Of this year (1S97),
the writer says. my health began Il
fail me. My appetite was poor. and
after meals had pain and weight al
the chest. could not sleep owing to
the pain, and l got weaker every day
I had so much pain that dared not
eat. and rapidly lost flesh.
II was in agony night and day, and
often sat by the fire at night as could
not rest in bed. had deal of muscu.
lar pain. particularly in the arms.
gradually got worse and worse and In
two months, lost iIoo score pound'
rCight.
Il saw a doctor who gave me medi
cines and injected morph!a to ease this
pain; but l was no better for 1t. Thef
met with friend who told me o.
l
the use OF a medicine called Mother
Sigers Syrup. got a bottle OF 1t from
Mr.. s. Richardson, Chemist, BridgmaI
Street, and In week | could eat wei
and food no longer distressed me
Therefore kept on with the medicin,
and soon was strong and well. / an
now In the best OF health and recon-
mend this remedy to all ! meet with
You are at liberty to publish this let
ter as you like" - (Slgned) william
Bridge, Grocer and Baker, 65, Bridg
man Street, Bolton, October 9th, 1897
Here we have an illustration OF thu
proposition with which this article set
out. From Mr.. Bridges account OF hi
own case we see that he lost con
siderable time from his business. How
much that represents In money h
does not say; nor Is 1t important to tn,
argument. For two months or NOR
he lost from his business practicall.
all he was worth to 1t; and what tina
situation would have slgnifled, had !
been Indefinitely continued, any intel
iigent person can imagine. Men FIRE
lquently become stricken with povert,
as with illness In that way. However
well any business may be managed Il
an emergency by others, 1t Is not {
be supposed that It gets on as pros
perously as when the proprietor
himself at the helm. And he canno
be there while he Is suffering agonie
from disease. This Is true even II W
make no calculation OF the direct ea
penses created by illness, nor of tn
suffering experienced = the latter no
computable In terms OF money.
Now, please remark how quickly MI
Bridge was cured OF his allment-ba,
as IL seemed and really was. Datini
from the time he began using Mothe
SlgePs Syrup. he says: Tn meek
could eat well, and the food no ionge
distressed me-" His trouble was O
the digestion only tacute dyspepsia
for which this preparation long Az
proved itself specific. Had he know
OF and employed II when the attacl
began he would have lost no time, lei
no pain. -4
The lesson OF the case Is this:-A
Indigestion IL a common complaint
and dangerous also when neglected
the remedy should be at hand for I'm
mediate usa when needed. The NOR
valuable the treasure the moro STRIFE
should be the guard over n, AM
health j. q Jewel compared with whicl
rubies are as tho glass beads or saw
ages,