The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-06-16
HOW 1T IS.

live I sometimes meet a poor fellow
who Is SO badly of that his appeal for
a penny or two Is hardly to be resisted.
He has lost both his legs above the
knees and punts himself along the
pavement with his hands. like a load
cd barge in shallow water. Thank
Mercy, one doesn't often see human
hulks like him. Where there Is a sin
gle instance Of man having lost both
legs or both arms there are a dozen
where only one limb OF the pair Is
missing. And where there Ia 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 II 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 a small
way. thus losing fragments OF time
and fractions Of wages, are of the kind
I 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 or
born bodily imperfection, It is almost
always preventible and generally cur
able. Look at this, for example, and
take heart.
in the spring of this year OS97). !"
the writer says. my health began to
fail me. My appetite was poor, and
after meals had pain and weight at
the chest. could not sleep owing to
the pain, and ! 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 f~o scorc pomnds
Tcighf.
Il saw a doctor who gave me medi-
cines and injected morphia to ease the
pain; but was no better for It. Then
met with a friend who told me OF
the great benefit he had derived from
the use OF medicine called Mother
Sigers Syrup. got "a bottle OF 1t from
Mr.. S. Richardson. Chemist. Bridgman
| Street, and In a week ] could eat well
and food no longer distressed me.
Therefore ! kept on with the medicine
and soon was strong and well. l am
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" - (Signed) William
Bridge. Grocer and Baker, IS. Bridg-
man Street, Bolton. October 9th, 1897.
Here we have an illustration OF the
proposition with which this article sets
out. From Mr.. Bridges account OF his
own case We see that he lost con-
siderable time from his business. How
| much that represents In money he
does not say; nor Is II important to the
argument. For two months or more
he lost from his business practically
all he was worth to 1t; and what that
situation would have signified, had II
been indefinitely continued, any intel
| ligent person can imagine. Men fire.
lquently become stricken with poverty
as with illness in that way. However,
well any business may be managed In
an emergency by others II Is not TO
be supposed that 1t gets on as pros
perously as when the proprietor Is
himself at the helm. And he cannot
be there while he Is suffering agonies
from disease. This Is true even IL we
make no calculation OF the direct en-
penses created by illness, nor OF the
suffering experienced 49, the latter not
computable In terms of money.
Now, please remark how quickly Mr..
Bridge was cured OF his ailment-bad
as II seemed and really was. Dating