“As Happy as a King.”

Manawatu Herald, 7 October 1902, Page 3

“As Happy as a King.”

I * This o'd laying, like a good many o hers . U founded upon igDoranQe. and tWQra camn’etely rms’cadlrg. As a matter of fact, kings have rather less of happiness than falls to the shars of moat private man’. Take at random from history the lives of any fifty king* you will and comnare them with the lives of any fifty private men, a*o taken at random, I'll m&r you my list pence you’ll find the balance of happiness inclines heavily to the private men To be heralded by dram and trumpet wherever, you g£>> to be spoken of either in terms of the extiemest adulation or of vainer abuse, and to serve as a target for the revolver practice of every crank whojmrses a .rievanee, is not quite the life a wise man Sotoo.. il hi. .ill h.d K-Jitta 1. a. with the matter. '* I wl*h I were a king said Jones to bU friend Brown; " not what

s cow-a-days ca led a king, bui a real king ts of old—one With authority to have a few people killed now and again when ha (•It like it.” " Yon ara neither a king or s man,” replied Brown. ” but an ass with out ability to eat thistles,’* Brown was right. .Of all ambitions which sway mortal Alan, that Which cost imperial Goesar bis life—ambition to become a king—has hast of wisdom in it, and is only to be accounted for by the monstrous fallacy of supposing that kings are, per se, happier than other men. 'ihese thoughts occur to US iti considering the case ol Mr William Higbett, of 7, Elder Street, Ade’a’de, 8. A., who we Were about to say, was as happy as a king until about three years ago. But that wouldn’t be right. Wth hia youthfuiness, his health, strength and splendid physique, Mr Highett writes thus on the 10th ofMarch, 1902:—I am a native of South Australia, twenty five year* of age, and until three years ago never knew what it was to be sariou-ly ill. At that period 1 was engaged in bush work, right in the heart of the rough North East District. The work was extremely laborious, the food coarse, and the cimate red hot. These conditions completely broke down my health. I grew weak and thin, continually felt out of sorts, and would gbt tip in the morning feeling more tir. d than when 1 went to bed. There was a tight feeling, a distressing sense of oppression about the oh( at, and I was much troubled by flatulence, which frequently compelled me J to rise from my bed and walk the floor fora hours. I tried all sorts Of pills and! medicines for my complaint, but none oil them did me any good. Finally I grew sol weak that I had to give np my employment,! having lost twenty-eight pounds in Weight.! I (hen went to Adelaide, and placed myself! in the car* of a first c aas doctor, who said! that my trouble was a bad form of indigtsß tion; bat though he treated me for a con-1 siderable time I gained no relief. It was! at this crisis that a little book was Wt at 1 the house which, fortunately examining, I found to be an a’manac issued by the proprietors of Mother Seigel’s Curative Syrup, In this Htt'e work I read of the case of a person whose symptoms Were very similar to mine, and wbe claimed to have been thoroughly cured by Mother Seigel’s Curative Syrup. This fact determined to try it, and I obtained a bottle without delay. A very few doses were sufficient to canio a great improvement in my condition wiiieh encouraged me to persevere with its the resu t being that in a few week, I fait like a new man. I could eat heartily and enjoy my food, tbs flatulence disappeared, my sleep was sound and refreshing, and strength and cheerfulness returned to me. That was twelve mouths ago, and I have enjoyed the best .of health ever since. 1 always keep a bottle ef it by me, and take a dese from time to time, believing that prevention is batter than cure: