The Power that pulls Down.

Manawatu Herald, 9 March 1897, Page 3

The Power that pulls Down.

i I want to present a eingle idea in the fewest and dearest words at my command. Here goes for a try at it. From the time yon are first able to stand on your feet, up to the time you oan stand no longer, there 18 always a power pulling you backward and downward. You resist, and it persistß. It wins partial victories over you every day, and finally it lava you by the heels. Now, what is the name of that power ? Don't be too quiok with your answer. It is the over confident cricketer who gets bowled out. Perhaps the reading of these letters may help you. " In the spring of 1891," says a woman, "my health, previously good began to fail. I am naturally as energetio as most persona , and enjoy being up and doing, but now for i some reason I felt low, weak, and tired. I had no relish for food of any kind, and I what I ate gave me pain at the chest and a ! feeling of tightness and oppression around the waist, with shortness of breath. "After a tima the pains went to my shoulders and all over me. The distress after eating was so great that I hesitated before swallowing a mouthful, wall knowing what ths result would be. I took many medicines, but none of them gave me any ease. As time went on I became weaker and weaker, often leaving ray household work tor a bit so as to he down on the couch and rest. And aa this debility increased upon me my Bpelh of work got shorter and my spells of rest longer. " Sometimes feeling a trifle better and then again worse, this wag practically my condition month after month. I saw a doctor, but his medicines did me little or no good. He said I was suffering from weakness, and wou'd have to gat my strength back gradually. The autumn and winter of 181)1 2 slowly pass d atid I was about the same, only moro tliio and feeble. I had almost given op hope of getting really well again. "In April (1892) I was in our shop one day and heard a customer *ptak about Mother Seigel's Curative Syrup, and what remarkable oures of different ailmentß it had dove in the district. 'It may be the right thing for me,' I said, and sent for it that very day. After taking one bottle I could eat better, without any distress or pain to come after it. With the additional food I gained strength, and one week after another, while keeping on with Mother 8 igel'B Syrup, I found myself able to do more work and needing less rest between 1 times. I took only the ' Seigel's ;' no other medicine. I could stand and walk : once more without thinking about it, and was soon in as good health and spirits as ever. You are free to print my letter if yon desire. (Signed) Mrs Emma Cottingham, Grocer and Ironmonger, Soottev, Lincoln, April 29th, 1895." " For over four year 9," says another, " I suffered from constant weakness. My ' natural strength was gone, and nothing I . did or took seemed to bring it back. My I food— and I ate but little, having no appetite- did not go to the spot, as we say. I was none the better or stronger for eating j it. Indeed I was the worse ; for it caused I me great pain and distress in the stomach, ' chest, Bides and back. I was working in the mill and never q lite gave up my employment ; but did ray work in the face of pain and weakness. Finally, I was cured by Mother St igel's Syrup. I heard of it by means of a little book. The Syrup stopped the pain after eating, and soon I was another and a brighter woman. My strength came back, and I can walk, stand, and work with ease. (3igned) Mrs Elizabeth Jackson, Silk Street, Glossop, October 10th, 1895.' Now what was the power that pulled these women down ? " Weaknes3," you say, and tliey cay " weakness." But what is weakness? Is it a disease? No, old age always brings it, and it is always one of the results of disease. Strength, the Opposite of weakness, is created only by digested food. Nothing else under the sun will produce it. Lose the ability ta digest your food and soon your legs tremble 1 beneath you, your fingera lose their grip,

your bead its steadiness, and your mind its ciea'rnetrf and courage. The word "toeahiew" comes front a Saxon Word meaning to yield, to fail, to give way. By its wondrous virtue in correcting the machinery of digestion and enabling the Bvatem to get " the good " of its daily food --by this, I say, Mother Seigel's Syrup, used in time, overcomes weakness and restores strength. But, mark you ! there Is a mystery in this simple explanation, so deep we mast reserve the disoussion of it for another occasions _