The Commonwealth.

Manawatu Herald, 25 August 1903, Page 3

The Commonwealth.

It is curious to observe how often men have fought about wards while the substance lias gone unheeded. Taka the word at the head of this article—as much hoard in this country during the past two or three years as it Was in England in 1611). It is one of those apparently simple words which admit of two or three interpretations. Common is the opposite of rare or exobmive ; weal, the opposite of woe : Wealf.lt, the opposite of poverty. Now, unfortunately, wealth is not nearly so common as poverty. Th it is a fact ah 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 if, fhat 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, frank y confessing our inabili yto answer it. But its consideration h'is induced other thoughts. That health favours the acquisition of wealth, just as sickness is the cause of much pove ty, must be evident to everybody. It follows, therefore, that the community which enjoys the best health must also enjoy the greatest wealth, being better 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 sat up in Ins place a vastly stronger man—a - man with more real power than the King had over c’airaed. Yet there could be no finer example of the power of vigorous heaU-h 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 ihat wrongly directed ; while his adversary was always strong, alert, fit for his 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 th* ir dyspepsia continues. It is quite fair, in so far as wo are all subject to it; but the wise ones among up promptly relieve themselves by aid of Mo her Seigal’s Syrup. Among these latter must be numbered Mrs Belle Conlon, of 4, Parnell Place, Newoast’e, N.S.W. Mrs Conlon, writing on 22nd February, 1903, says:—“For years I suffered—especially daring the hot summer months—from acute indigestion and bilious attacks. On such occasions I was also subject to violent headaches, which used to prostrate me for the lime 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 lowspirited and nervous. At dill-rent times I tried various pills, tonics, reputed headache cures. &c.. but wvbout avail until, in the beginning of the present summer. I bought a two and-sixpenny bottle of Mother Seigal’s Curative Syrup. I did so on the urgent recommendation of a friend. I was very unwell at the time, but three doses were sufficient to afford me great relief. I continued to use the medicine, and in a few weeks my health was quite set up again. I can now eat well, sleep, well, and perform my domestic duties with ease. In fact, all through the present trying summer I have been quite free from indigestion, headaches and bilious attacks, thanks to dear old Mother Seigel. I cannot praise Seigel’s Syrup too high’y 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 na'ion of dyspeptics does not greatly matter—there cou'd be no happiness among th'm in any case.