The Commonwealth.

Manawatu Herald, 18 August 1903, Page 3

The Commonwealth.

to obssrye how often men K«|#-fought about words-,while the substance has gone unheeded. Take the word at the head of thia article—as much beard in this country during the past two or three years as it was in England in 1649. It .is one of those apparently simple words which admit of two or three interpretations. Common is the opposite ol retro or exclusive ; weal, the opposite of woe ; wealth, the opposite of poverty. Now, unfortunately, wealth is not nearly so common as poverty. That is a fact all too painfully apparent the world over, and we don’t suppose that anyone will have the hardihood to dispute it. What sort of wealth then, is it, that is common ? The Wealth of Nature ?—No, that won’t do ; for some people spend their lives in coal mines while others cruise about the Mediterranean in luxurious yachts. We pass the question, frankly confessing our inability to answer it. But its consideration has induced other thoughts. That health favours the acquisition of wealth, just as sickness is the cause of much pove ty, must bo evident to everybody, ft follows, therefore, that the community which enjoy# the beat health must also enjoy the greatest wealth, being bettor able to create it and stronger to retain it when acquired. But it is safe to assert that no idea such as this animated the Commonwealth men who beheaded King Charles, and set up in his place a vastly stronger man—a man with more real power than the King had ever claimed. Yet there could ho no finer example of the power of vigorous health to achieve desired results than the triumph of Cromwell over Charles I. Indeed the unlucky King seems to have been a confirmed dyspeptic, with no definite policy, of little energy, and that wrongly directed; while hia adversary was j tlwaye strong, alert, fit for hie task. The dyspeptics among us may not have, kingdoms to lose, nor may they ever risk their heads; but they lose all that is. worth having in life so long as dyspepsia continues. It is quite fair, m ■o far arwo are all subject to it; out the wise ones among up promptly relieve themselves by aid of Mo’her Seigel’s, a. Among these latter must be numUrs Belle Oonlon, of 4, Parnell Place, Newcastle, N.B.W. Mrs Conlon, writing on 32nd February. 1903, says:—"For yoata I suffered—especially during the hot summer months—from acute indigestion 1 and bilious attack*. On such occasions I was also subject to violent headaches, which used to prostrate me for the time being, rendering me unable to attend to my household affairs; I could do nothing but lie in a darkened room and endure the agony In silence. My appetite was very poor, I slept badly, and was generally IOT* spirited and nervous. At different. I tried various pills, tonics, reputed headiohe cures, <ko., but without avail until, in the beginning of the present summer, I bought s a two and'sixpenny bottle of Mother Seigel’s Curative Syrup. Hid so, on the urgent recommendation of a friend. I was very unwell at the time, but three dose# were sufficient to afford me great relief. I continued to use the medicine, and ip a few weeks my health whs quite pet up again. Ic m now eat well, sleep, Will, and perform my domestic duties with COSO. In fact, &U through the present trying Burner I have been quite free from Inffigestloiflßeadaohes and bilious attacks, thank# to dear old Mother Seigel. I oanatiwf&iae Beigsl’s Syrup too highly for the benefit I have derived from it, and always ■ keep a bottle of it in the house." Healthy men and women are the real, the true Commonwealth. The form of government in a nation of dyspeptics doesi : not greatly matter—there could be no bagpinesi among them in any ease.