The Board and the Velvet.

Manawatu Herald, 26 June 1900, Page 3

The Board and the Velvet.

■ -•• -'♦ I r A tmaon " said Napoieon. "i» a board HOveced with v Wet." Strip the teivet from the thront, and 70V b*w nothing lift bat bare, vulgar

boards ; replace the velvet and you bave the most coveted symbol of hu^an <power and gory. How pasy the transition, how vast a> d the difference ! There is no operation in chemistry mere sharp and euMen than that in hum n life whereby extremes of feeling follow each other— teara rarefying into smiles and smiles condensing into tears. Is bappinea?, or is power, so poor a thing then, that it drops into its antithesis at a touch, ? — at a breßth ? Let us not be too hasty with onr answer, as we may be v rong. The great French Emperor was a cynical fellow, and right well he ioved a throne, even though it was only an upholstered board And we all love life and its b'essings even th ugh they are uncertain and shaky. Hence, when we h^ar a man say. " 1 had no pleasure in life, and did not care what became of me," we are interested to know the reason why. The person from whom we quote these words exp'ains himself thus : — "For over two years," he tells us, "I suffered from loss of appetite, s'eeplesenetts, | and nervousness. Prior to May, 1894, I had always been strong and hearty. At this time 1 began to fe 1 that something had come over me — I felt so low and weak. After eating my f cc wou'd flush, and the focd gave me great pain across my chest and 'he left side. I had a cutting pain around the heart, and bad attacks of palpitation." I beg to interrupt our good friend a moment at this point The burning of a : barn or a hayrick may make a bigger ■ blaze than the burning of the cottage we j live in. But the latter alarms and excites , us most because we do live in it. On the same principle a very panful ailment of i the hand or foot, may cause little or no mental ansie'y, while a disturbance of the heart's action does, for the heart is one of ; the three nooses which life reside in, the : other two being the brain and the lung?, I Yet, as generally happens is so-called heart j troubles, the worry was needless, as we ■ shall present 'y see. j "For week 3 together," continues the . narra'or, "I got no proper seep, and in! truth, f o bad was this condition that I deeded g;«ing to bed. My nprces wore j thoroughly unstrung, and affected the left side of my face, which was quite drawn./ I suffered martyrdom with facial neutalgia. "As time went on I givw to be so low and miserable that I had no pleasure in life, and did not care what became of me. I consulted a doctor, but none of his medicines helped me. Better and worse, I continued to suffer, until a friend told me about Mother Seigel'a Curative Syrup and persuaded me to try it. I got a bottle from Mr Pulham, Grocer, Spring Road, and nftrr taking it a shprt time I felt it wa doing me g od. I slept well, and had less distnss after meals. This encouraged ? me to perpever- with it, and gradually I got strouge-, and the nerve pains wore away. I now enjoy good heath, and have recommended this medicine to many of my ens'omera. You can publish this statement as you lik». (Signed) Harry Wendeu, Hairdresser, 171, Spring Road, St John's, Ipswich, July 17th, 1896." Mr Wendea's explanation of his loss of life's pleasure is commonplace after all. And yet how much more important than it were unique or exceptional ; because j the commonp'ace is the universal. It is disease, my gentle render, that tears the velvet from thrones, that robs the cottager of his sleep, that makes ihe baby cry in its craj'e, that strips the strong man of his vigotr, th t wipes the bloom from the cheeks of fair women, that harries humanity to the churchyard with bowed heads And Heeding feet. And the moat pitiless ogre of all diseases ia the one from which Mr Wenden suffered, and which : Mo her Seigel'a Syrup cures- -indigestion, j dvßrep9ia, Even without the ye vet, HeaHh ia the best of thrones, and this great remedy heps to keep you seated lately and happilyupon it. I