Chat With a Famous Boder.
HIS BIGGEST BATTLE.
During the last few years I have met many exponents of the fistic art, and only the other day it was my good fortune to come across Mr Beattie, whose ring experiences have been freely chronicled in the press. So said a representative of the Balmain Observer, who hah called on the gentleman at his residence, 32 Broughamstreet, Glebe, Sydney, to get some 1 special infomutcon. ' ' “ You must know,** remarked Mr Beattie, “ that I have held the amateur lightweight championship, and, in my time, have fought most of the best men ill» He colony. Wlien training for the lightweight championship of the colony Lbroke down, of course The very thought «>f a boxing glove or a punching bag iqkde toe feel sick. I abani all hopb-'.bf 'the championship and •.took'tWyts'.mt-/ My arms, and : I. legs had v gmn Way, as. 'it 1 ; were; ..-and I felt it was about as much as T could do to wailk uri tii far ak the p?irk (close by), and eit Utiivriiu,U:X ; got:iuh>;' a. yery . hiw'at^tev^imy-.|i6sh ; . : 'lqsft ®nd elasticity, myappetite: watery; • poor, and I thought my fighting'■ caroyer lorgood. I tried seveal tonics, fiiitfibstead- at getting better* the opposite resulted, so i consulted two or three doctors who -said; J only; wanted rest, they, eachin turn gave me some physic, but this only made tub feel sick. V It fiid me n.*l good., 'One day I was sitiing in t'ie park in a hop*»l*»ss stir- of a wav. W >6dering if I .should everg >r my strong h back, whuu I read in a newspaper the account;.of a cure in a oase which: seemed somewhat similar to mv . own. The remedy used was Dr WUliams* Pink Pills for Pale People. I bought a box. , After tikiug. a dozen pills or so, I noticed a must ’ decided They acted lake a pick-iae-up. - I stuck to the pills, and got stronger and more cheerful every dtijL >' I got back tny lost Appetite, und sod n grew so well that I actually felt a longing tjo having a turn at the punching-hag again. I took; four boxes altogether and feel now as fit w a fiddle, and I intend to ytart training again;; almost; immediately. lam surn tbaV Dr vyilliams , Pink Pills have put mo right, and I consider them a splpndid tonic for those indulging in heavy work, such as training, for I believe that strict training "is the heaviest and ; world. I shall always recummend Dr Williams- Piok. Pills for People -to my fellow athlete nsben they go off colori”- ■ : : v, ; ’. .The aetiou Williams’ Pinfc i Pdlefor, Pale People.: is: directly :j»ajV thevl on d,andthueitisthat;,*heyarOi i so. fsinous:.),-for.vibe ' Cuv® of, anaehiia Y ■ and rheumatism, weak ■!serij^ul a* i chronic erysipelas, and restore pale and eiliow complekiona to the glow of health. They are also, a splendid nerve and spinal touic. andl thus have cured many cases of para- ; W locomotor afexy t ; neuralgia,;, St i mi^ 8 dance, and nervous headache. are > 8 ‘»ld py oheciißts,and by DrWilliams Medicine C«>mpany, Wellingtmi, at Sa. a box, or six for 15s--9d., but are gentine only with full name on each box. , See that your chemist gives you .DrWilliams and he does not substitute something just as good Jwhen making ‘ your purchases.. The * just as g„»d * kind, cost him less money, and he is heaUh S ° Bt m PoCUet ’ 001 your
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Te Aroha News, Volume XIV, Issue 2097, 23 April 1898, Page 2
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571Chat With a Famous Boder. Te Aroha News, Volume XIV, Issue 2097, 23 April 1898, Page 2
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