Neighbour Wolff and Others

Manawatu Herald, 1 August 1899, Page 3

Neighbour Wolff and Others

Almost every afternoon in pleasant weather I see my neighbour Woift sitting in an easy chair in the shade in front of his own door, Sometimes he ki Is time by reading the paper, but oftener he does nothing bat watch the people and vehicles that pass. I frequently stop and talk with h'm a few minutes, and he appears to be grateful for the trifling attention. He is a man of about fifty, strongly and sturdily built, and to look at him you see no reason why he shou'd not be up any about as actively as the best of us. He is intelligent and well-informed, hag travelled considerably, and is a man in every way worth knowing. His ideas on finance and business seem to be clear and practica', and it strikes a strangpr as odd he does not grapple with bis opportunities and pile up a big fortune. Yet he never makes a motion in that direction. He lets, tbe chances all slip by, and just sits there as though the world were no more to him than the Klondyke goldfields are to the resident population of a cemetery. Yet my neighbour Wolff knowß what money is and appreciates what can be done with it. Then why doen't he " get a move on," as the Yankees say, and make hey while the sun shines ? Take a peep at him about nine o'clock at night, when he takes his customary exercise of the pavement— the way being mostly olear 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 Bhow on his legs. Slowly, heavily, leaning hard on his stick, he goes to and fro a few times between the corner and his house— a distance of 200 feet may be— and with a sigh sinks again into his chair like a man who rea'ises he i 9 out of the race. A para'ytic stroke two years ago, and the constant fear of another— that explains it He !b one of the multitude who are in the world and not of it— as this woman was a while sinee :—

" From my girlhood," she says, " I was always oppressed and hindered by weakness I was habitually tired, weary and languid. Like all such persons I lived a kind of life to myse'f. All pleasures or pursuits which called for energy and vilaUty were closed to me. I had a feeble and fitful appetite, and what I ate gave me great pain at the chest and back, and a sense of coldness, weighed at the stomach, At times there would be a'so a gnawiDg, sinking feeing.

"As I grew older I was much troubled with palpitation of the heart and loss of sleep. Year after year 1 dragged on in this miserable way, and, being too weak to walk, was drawn from place to pace in a Bath chair. Every effort was made to obtain a cure. I consulted doctor after doctor, and took many kinds of medicine and treatment, but got no more than temporary re'ief. One doc 'or said my heart was diseased.

"My sister urged ac to fry Mother Seigel's Syrnp. Without any great hopes of it? effects in my case, I neverthe'ps^ procured a bottle from the Stores in High Street nod began to take it as directed. Tbe_ rcsu't was a decidedly improved appetite, and I relished and digested what I ate without any pain or distress f o lowing As 1 continued to use this medicine the heart trouble wis less frequent and fiaa'ly oeased altogether. My nerves soon became stVonger and I could ' leep well. In a few weeks more I was belter and stronger than tver before in my _M/e, and have enjoyed good hea th ever since. My friends were almost as much surprised and p' eased as I was at thi< romarkab'e result of taking Mother Seigel's Syrnp, and you may make my statement public if you think it will do good."— (Signrd) (Mrs) Mary And Welch, 1. Constitu'ion Hi 1, Luton, Chatham, February 6th, 1895. My neighbour Wo'ff may or may not recover from his para'ysis, but all ca c es like Mrs Welch',s — indigestion, with consequent weakness and nervons debility — shoa'd be curable by the remedy which oured her. It opens and renews the digestion, which i% the fountain of life, and puts a who'ly new aspect on the world around us. From having been laid aside as cumberers of the gr.und, we become once more workers with others and sharers of their p'easurers.

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The famous Victory Sewing Machine is the latest and most perfect of Sewing Machines. It is adapted for household and work-room use, and is capable of performing the most artistic, fancy-work. The prices vary from six guineas , and any of the machines can be purchased on the easiest. of time payments from the New Zealand Clothing Factory, tlTe local agency.

A SAFE INVESTMENT Of money is the problem of the day, buying " Salsahnb i# is a safe investment, for one shilling packet preserves twonty shillings worth of Milk, Meat, and all such perishable goods, and is odourless and harmless.

A STEAM WHISTLE Need uot run full blast all the time to let you know that it is heard, and it is not necessary that we should be always advertising by noisy statements to buy "Salsaline," the great food preservative, for once tried always used, as it is the only reliable food preservative sold.

TO THE DEAF.— A rich lady, cured of her Deafness and Noisea in the Head by Dr Nicholson's Artificial Ear Drums, has s nt £1,000 to his Institute, so thas deaf people unable to procure the Ear Drums may have them ire". Apply to Depart, ment D.K., The In3tiiuie, "Longcott," Gunnersbnry, London, W., England. For Bronchial Couohs take Woods' Great Peppermint Cure", 1/6 2/6>