The Wolf and the Balloon.

Manawatu Herald, 16 October 1900, Page 3

The Wolf and the Balloon.

"The a!eep of the labouring man is swept, whether he eat little or much," says Ihe provevb. It depends upon the, condition of bis digestion, and the character of his last Ttfeal for the day. Observation fhowa that certain forma of dyspepsia are even more common among labouring men, meaning those whose work is chiefly of the hands and large'y out of doors, than among the classes who take life more easi'y. " Whether I ate little or much I felt blown out like abftl'oon, aod exceedingly uncomfortable," sayß Mr W. H. Johnson. Thiß gentleman is a stationer, doing husinpss at 252£. Abercombie Street, Redfern, Sydney, N.S.W. .. Hia ai'ment wa9 jUBt what he calls it in ■ hia statement of November 10th, 1899— incipient indigestion. Ard, too, the fact is worth nothing that he was blown oat with the same substance whiob swe'ls a balloon— gas; manufactured by a slightly different proof ss. Taken into the stomach, food must •ither digest ard pass on its way, or ferment and create gas and olber products of decomposition. In the latter c*ae we hay« the condition (often complicated) known at indigeftion or dyspepsia. Mo3t of our complaints arise from it, or are aggravated by it. It is a subtle as a creeping serpent an< * P»'i'ess as a hungry In Mr Johnson's case, had he not had a business of his own, and been, therefore, hia own master, ha would have been compelled to lie up, and abandon trs work. * As matter* were, he humoured himself, and lost nothing except his enjoyment of good health; which, he admits, was an item to make account of. " After endofing this most disagreeable aff«otion for a tim«," «ays Mr Johnson,

•a confectioner of Aunandale, Mr Cowling recommended Mother Feige.'fl Syrup, which r.: iev< dme imiW ately. Ij thoroughly believe it cured me, and I commend it to everyone I know.

" Whf never I have the least auspicion that I am threatened with on attack of indigestion, I take a dose, and it never fai!s to ward it off. I am pevsuad d that if I had not used Mother Seigel's Syrup in tho beginning I should by this time have boen suffering severely from flris prevalent malady. I trust that tho public. tiom of my experience may lead others afflicted with digestive troubleß to use the medicine to whicft I am indebted for my own speedy recovery." Mr Johnson puts the point clt-ariy and strongly :— Stop the disease at the very outse ; don't let is assume the chronic from which, invo ving mor- or less al 1 the organs and functions of the h dy, is so hard (o cure. Eemember the adage about the ounce of prevention.