The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-03-10
THEN 1T WENT on ALL RIGHT


The writer of the letter which I am
going to copy for you in moment has
a complaint 20 make. Rather. perhaps,
a complaint TO place on record, as the
reason for It Is passed away for the
present and she hopes-and We hope
with her--that II may not return. The
complaint does not refer to any rela-
tive. friend, or foe, but to her own
heart. IL did not work well. |, was
weak, and for long time she was I'M
able 20 find means TO make 1t do better.
Which was serious matter, inasmuch
as the yigor of the circulation of the
| blood always depends upon the force
wherewith the heart drives It.
Still. IL seems 10 me we ought to be
| bit indulgent towards the heart in view
| OF the labor 1t has TO perform. Re
member that 1t never takes full min
ute's rest at one time, night or day,
| from the instant IL begins at your birth
until. like q muffled drum, il 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 90
or 60 in old age. II you happen to have
| a mechanical turn of mind II may in
terest you to figure out how much this
stands for in units of horsepower for
La given case and time. II not, you can
take my word for 1t that merely as a
machine, the heart deserves your re-
spect. SO long as 1t goes ahead stead
fly, up hill and down dale. hammering
away softly but strongly. you haven't
word to say for or against It; but when
| 1t 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 oc-
casion), and says. "Ah, yes, yes; l see,
| see." But rhdt does he see? He
doesn't tell you mat; 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 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 fiutter
SO as to frighten me. At length i be-
came so weak was barely able to get
about, being no longer able TO do my
|housework.
owing to the trouble at my heart
obtained no proper rest at night, and
often walked about my bedroom at
night. Many times these attacks were
so bad hOught J Tds 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 l suffered like this;
now little better, now as bad as !
could be. In November, 1887, while on
a visit to Croydon, my son-in-law per-
suaded me to try Mother Selgers
Syrup. He got me bottle. and after
taking II | experienced great relief.
The pain at my heart was easier, and
felt better as whole. ] could eat
well and the food agreed with me.
II 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 l feel anything
ailing me a few doses OF Mother Sell
gels Syrup never fail to give the de-
sired relief. ! have told many persons
of the benefit ! have derived from II.
and hereby consent to your publishing
this statement should you wish TO do
Iso."-(Signed) (Mrs.) William Har-
hngton, near Wexford Hill, Glare, Sur
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-wedkness Therein she Is
right. 1t rds weak heart but not a
diseased heart. The heart is a muscle,
and (seeing the prodigious lot of work
1t has to do) necessarily a strong, act
i've muscle, But 1t will not work with
out pay any more than you or / will.
With all the rest of the body II has got
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
Iall the symptoms she names. Her i'm
Imense all-round weakness and puller-
down Is that same old dyspepsia. When
Mother Seigel's Syrup made the dlges-
ltion OF plenty OF food possible the