Not Heavy to Him.

Manawatu Herald, 12 September 1899, Page 2

Not Heavy to Him.

The man on the elephant's back is nothing to t.e elephant. The big beast dosen't mind him any more than one of those immense dray horsea you see in London minds the brass ornaments on his harness Yet on my back or yours the man would be a load ; and, if fastened to a lark's wiugß, the little brasses would hold him to the earth. Thus, w; are reminded, my thoughtful friends, that there are no abw ute facts. aie burden depends on the back. JMbeit mson walked off with the gates 'of Gaza, an ordinary garden g ite would I am sure prove all that we shou'd want to lug. It fo'low9 that weight or heaviness cab, as th-* advertisements cay* " be supplied in a variety of styles." When, for example, Mr Sidney Chalanger mentions in a letter that at a certain pr-riod he was " heavy," he does not mean that he tipped the scales at a stone or two more than usual, His hor3e would have felt that, in case he rode one ; but the truth is that at the time referred to he was actually under bis proper weight by several pounds. What he wants us to understand is that be way lieavg to himself; it was not an increase of weight but an increase of toeoiness, having prac ically the same result. His exp'anation i» that in the early part of 1890 he began to fee) ill and oat of , sorts. He went about in a nasty way, feeling badly without knowing what the trouble was or how to account for it. ■'•' ' •• I had," Mr Challanger goes on to tell u?, "a nasty taste in the month and no relish for my meals." But. eat we aUymust or starve; and eat he did. Not tnuch though. At best it waß a'forped business. Nothing tasted natural or good, and he took just enough to keep him going until the next meal should come round. " And even for that I bad tospffer,-' he says. "After getting it down I had, almost immediately, a sense of fultiess or distension at the stomaoh and pain at the chest as if a bit of food had lodged there — which couldn't be." ■No, nothing lodged anywhere; there was of it went strainght down into Mr Challanger's stomach, where it at onofrbegan to ferment and produce a gas which caused the feeling of fulness, while the irritated nerves set up the pain. It was not too much food, bat food not digested— food turned sour in the stomach — while the whole body behind it failing of the needed stimulus and nourishment of food, and wondering what the matter was. It was this state of matters that made him, to ass his words, "heavy, drowsy, and languid." . ' Any riyer in England, after a long drought in summer, looks just a? Mr Challenger felt— heavy, drowsy, and languid And for an identical reason— the lack of necessary supplies, Wait an instant, though 1 Don't miss the point. The rain, when it comes, fills the river by a thousand, little channels faUin&djrectly into it. Not so as to food and body. Between them is a process ; a mechanical, chemical, and vital operatioßT-digeraon. Mark you that, and. act aocord r ng'y. Whether in the sky or on the ground water is water — the same thing. But food and body are not the same thing. The first 'TOUBi^e transrnqjtediinto the second by the miracle call* d digestion ; for of all God's ways in nature • none is more awful, more amazing, more**g4riou9. And when impeded or overborne, none which punished the interference more certainly and swift. " I got lit e or no sleep," continues our friend, " amd awoke in the morning tired out, as after a hard day's work. Presently I ccnld hardly wa'k, for very weakness, and from time to time had to give up work a together No medicine helped me— and I tried plenty. " After three wretched years of this, Mrs

Bird, of Tallißtorn, told my wife about Mother Seigel'a Syrup, and through her, advised me to try it. She B»id my ailment was indigestion and the Sjrup would cure it. And it did. One bottle greatly reMeved me. I could eat freely, and food agree with me. I persevered with the remedy pnd got strong as ever. All the pain and heaviness ?eft me. J persevend with the remedy and got strong as ever. All the pain and heaviness left me. and I felt light and energetic, although I have gained in weight."— (Signed) Sydney Challanoer, Gadstone Villa, Cwin, near Waunllwyd, Mon., August 30th, 1898.