The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-07-28
NEIGHBOR WOLFF AND OTHERS.

NEIGHBOR WOLFF AND OTHERS.
Almost every afternoon in pleasant
weather ] see my neighbOr Wolff sit
ting in an easy chair in the shade in
front of his own door. Sometimes he
kills time by reading the paper. but
oftener he does nothing but watch the
people and the vehicles that pass. !
frequently stop and talk with him a
few minutes. and he appears to be
grateful for the trfling attention. He
is a man of about fifty, strongly and
Isturdily built, and to look at him you
see no reason why he should not be up
and about as actively as the best of
us. He is intelligent and well-in-
formed, has Travelled considerably, and
Is Il man in every way worth knowing.
His ideas on finance and business seem
to be clear and practical, and 1t strikes
a stranger as odd he does not graphic
with his opportunities and pile up Il
| big fortune. Yet he never makes a mo-
ton in that direction. He lets the
chances all slip by. and just sits there
as though the world were no more to
him than the klondike gold fields are
to the resident population of a Gene
terry. Yet my neighbor Wolff knows
what money is, and appreciates what
can be done with it. Then why doesn't
he get move on as the Yankees
say. and make hay while the sun
shines? Take "A peep at him about .
O'Clock at night, when he takes his GUS
tomary exercise on the pavement-the
way being mostly clear of pedestrians
| by then-and you will need no verbal
answer to the question. StOcky and
strong as he appears when in his chair,
he makes a poor show on his legs.
Slowly, heavily, leaning hard on his
thick stick, he goes to and fro a few
times between the corner ant his
house-a distance of 200 feet may be
and then with sigh sinks again into
his chair like a man who realizes he Is
out of the race. A paralytic stroke
two years ago, and the constant fear of
another-that explains II. He is one
of the multitude who are in the world
and not of it-as this woman was a
while since:
From my girlhood," she says, II
was always oppressed and hindered by
weakness, was habitually tired,
weary. and langud. Like all such per-
sons lived kind of life to myself. All
pleasures or pursuits which called for
energy and vitality were closed to me.
had a feeble and fitful appetite, and
what ! ate gave me great pain at the
chest and back, and a sense of cold
ness, deafness, and weight at the stom-
ach. At times, there would be also a
gnawing, sinking feeling.
AS | grew older ! was much
troubled with palpitation of the heart
and loss of sleep. Year after year
dragged along in this miserable way,
and, being too weak to walk, was
drawn from place to place in IA bath
chair Every effort was made to OBJ
tain cure. | consulted doctor after
doctor, and took many kinds of medi-
cine and treatment, but got no more
than temporary relief. One doctor said
my heart was diseased.
my sister urged me to try Mother
Seigel's Syrup. without any great
hopes of its effect in my case. | never
theless procured bottle from the
stores in High street and began to take
II as directed. The result was a de-
cidedly improved appetite. and rel
ished and digested what | ate without
any pain or distress following. As !
continued to use this medicine the
heart trouble was less frequent and
/ finally ceased altogether. My nerves
soon became stronger and ] could
sleep well. In few weeks more ] was
better and stranger than crcr bclDrc IN
|mD ne, and have enjoyed good health
ever since, My friends were almost as
much surprised ana pleased an ] was at
this remarkable result OF taking Mother
Seigel's Syrup, and you may make my
statement public II you think II Will
do good - Signed lMrsD Mary Ann
Welch, |, Constitution IIill, Luton,
Chatham, February Gth, 1895,
My neighbOr Woln may or may not
recover from his paralysis, but all
cases like Mrs Welrh's indigestion,
With consequent weakness aud nery-
Gus debility should bee durable by the
remedy which cured her. II opens and
Tenews the digestion, which IL the
fountain ~ NE, and puts q wholly new
aspect on the world around NJ, From
having been laid aside as rumborors NJ
the ground, We become once more
workerr with 0lhsrs and sharers ~
their pleasures.