The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-06-22
THE BOARD AND THE VELVET.

"A throne" said Napoleon, is a
board covered with yeiVst."
Strip The velvet from the throne. and
you have nothing Left bu. bare, vulgI-
boards; replace the velvet and you have
the most coveted symbol OF human
power and glory. How easy tAe tram
.ition, how vast the difference!
There is no operation in chemistry
more sharp and sudden than that in
human life whereby extremes of feel
ing follow each other-tears rarafying
into smiles and smIIes coAuensIng mo
tears.
Is happiness, or is power, so poor n
thing, then, that it drops into its anti
chests at "A tOuCh?-at a breath? Let
Us not be too hasiy with our answer,
as we may be wrong. The great
French Emperor was cynical fellow,
ard right well he loved throne, even
though 1t iCas only an upholstered
beard.
And we all love life and its blessings
even though they are ulcei lain and
shaky.
Hence, when we hear a man say II
nal no pleasure In Nfc, and did not carc
wdat JacIHic Vi me-" we are interested
to know the reason why.
The person from whom we quote
these words explains himself thus:
For over Two years" he tells us. Il
suffered from less Of appetite, sleep
iessness, and nervousness. Prior to
May, 1884, | had always been strong
ard hearty. At this time | began to
feel that something had come over me
i felt so low and weak. Alter eating
my face would flush, ana the food gave
me great pain across my chest and at
the left side. | had a cutting pain
around the heart, and bad attacks OF
palpitation."
beg to interrupt our good friend a
moment at this point. The burning of
barn or a hayrick may make a big
ger blaze than the cunning of the cot
tage we live in. But the latter alarms
and eXcites us most because we IN live
in It, On the same principle a very
painful ailment of the hand or foot
may cause little or no mental anxiety,
while a disturbance Of the hearts ac-
ton does for the heart Is one of the
three houses which life resides in, the
other two being the brain and the
lungs. Yet, as generally happens in
so-calied heart troubles, the worry was
needless, as we shall presently see.
For weeks together" continues the
narrator II got no proper sleep, and,
in truth, SO bad was This condition that
/ drcddcd going to 3D. My nerves were
thoroughly unstrung, and affected the
left side of my face, which was quite
drawn. ! suffered martyrdom with
facial neuralgia.
las time went on grew to be so low
and miserable that | had no pleasure
in life, and did not care what became
of me. | consulted doctor, but none
of his medicines helped me. Better
and worse. | continued to suffer. until
a friend tod me about Mother Seigel's
Curative Syrup, and persuaded me TO
try 1t. I got a bottle from Mr.. Pull
ham, Grocer, Spring Road, and after
taking 1t short time. felt It was do
ing me good. | slept well, and had less
distress after meals. This encouraged
me to persevere with It, and gradually
| got stronger, and the nerve pains
wore away. I nOW oHjDD gg0d hrHIih,
and have recommended this medicine
to many of my customers. You can
publish this statement as you like.
tSlgned) Harry Wenden. HairdTesser,
III Snring Road, st, Johns, Ipswich,
July 18th, 1896"
Mr.. Wenden's explanation of his loss
OF life's pleasure Is commonplace after
all. And yet how much more impor-
tant than If 1t were unique or excep-
tional; because the commonplace ls the
universal It is disease my gentle
reader. that tears the velvet from
thrones, that robs the cottager Of his
sleep, that makes the baby cry In It's
cradle, that strips the strong man of
his vigour, that wipes the bloom from
the cheeks of fair women. that hurries
humanity TO the churchyard with
bowed heads and bleeding feet. And
the most piti.ess ogre OF all diseases
Is the one from which Mr.. Wenden eur
fered, and which Mo'her Selgel's Sy-
rup cures-indigestlon. dyspepsia
Even without the velvet. Hea tn is the
best OF thrones, and this great remedy
helms 10 keep you seated safely and
happily upon It.