Neighbour Wolff and Others

Manawatu Herald, 15 August 1899, Page 3

Neighbour Wolff and Others

Almob* every afternoon in pleasant wea f her I gee toy neighbour Wo ft sitting in nn easy chair in the shade in front of hia own door, Sometim- s he ki Is time by reading the pappr, but oftener he dors nothing but watch the people and vehicles that pass. I frequently stop and talk with h m a fe<v minu>s, and he appears to be grateful for the trifling attention. He is a man of about flftv, strongly and sturdily built, and to ook at him you see no reason why he shou d not be up any abou* as actively as the best of us. He in intel igent and well-informed, baß travelled considerably, and is a man in every way worth knowing. His ideas on finance' and bußines3 seam to be clear and practical, and it strikes a stranger as odd he does not grapple with his opportunities and pile up a big fortune. Yet he never makes a motion In that direction. He lets, the ohances all slip by, and just sit? there as though the word were no more to him than the K'ondyke goldflelds nre to the 1 resident population of a cemetery. Yet my neighbour Wolff knows what money is and appreciates what can be done with it. Then why doen't he " get a move on," as tha Yankees say, and make hay while the sun shine 3 ? Taka a prep at him about nine o'clock at night, when he takes bis customary exercise of the pavement— the way being mostly clear of pedestrians by then— and yon will need no verbal answer to the question. Stocky and strong as he appears when in his chair, he makes a poor show 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 is out of the race. A para' y tic stroke two years ago.-and the constant fear of another— that explains it. He is one of the multitude who are in the world and not of it— as this woman was a While since :— " 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. AH pleasures or pursuits which called for energy and vitality 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 gnawing, 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 place 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 doctor said my heart was diseased. "My sister urged me to try Mother Seigel's Syrup. Without any great hopes of it 3 effects in my case, I neverthe'ess procured a bottle from the Stores in High Street and began to take it as directed. The result was a decidedly improved appetite, and I relished and digested what I aie without any pain or distress fo'lowing As I continued to use this medicine the heart trouble was less frequent and finally ceased altogether. My nerves soon became stronger and I could fleep well. In a few weeks more I was better and stronger than ever before, hi >»?/ /'/«, and have enjoyed good hea th ever sine?. My friends were almost as much surprised and } p' eased as I was at thU remarkable result of taking Mother Seigel's Syrnp, and you may make my statement public if you think it will do good." —(Signed) (Mrs); Mary Ann Welch, 1. Constitution Hi 1, i Luton, Chatham, February 6th, 1895. j My neighbour Wolff may or may not recover from his para'ysis. but all ca?es like Mrs Welch's — indigestion, with consequent weakness and nervous debility ' —shou d be curable by the remedy which cured her. It opens and renews the digestion, which is ihe fountain of ife, and puts a who ly new asp?ct 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.