DINING WITH DEATH.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2202, 16 May 1891, Page 1

DINING WITH DEATH.

Toe death of 'h U°ited Status 'eoretary of the FreHßiiry, Wm om, whs sudden and tragic. M-rny of our pub ic men have been stricken by the band of the fell destroyer, at the post of duty j in Windom’s case the blow toll during a brief interval given to social recreation—he was dining, with death. It is hard to make the people believe it, but the man who accepts a post as chief executive of any of the great . departments of the nation, and does bis duty, is taking his life in his hands. Many of these officials live throuarh the ordeal, but few come out of office in good health, Fo'ger, Manning, and nowWmdom, three victims in less than a decade of devotion to the exacting duties and immense responsibilities of <h<r proper care of the natinua trea ury. What killed Ibem Not solely overwork ; many men perform aa rn my hour* of labor every day as did -i'.ber of these men, without impairing their vrail energies. It is the immense m*-nal strain upon men filling grea' exeeuiv-- po-itions'. that grauu lly, but s ire y, a «ps t'leir physical etteogib. Ttiey fe-o -iiem elves gradual y giv ng way. bo they c-niind pull up. There is no cas non of h drain upon their ph\*ca- ; i.'o*eis. ->"d fin lly some f teful i' .k in the ■ ham so i> and the end is re*che<i. They m t>t> have been saved I Double » ; mmy » man has been, by » simple peaces*. Wheu a man begins to feel ihe f*tigu.- vm weakness of physical, combined woh mental, over-work, he should see that the great purifying organs of the system, the liver and kidneys, are in order for he work they have to perform —removing -dl impurities from the system, so th-ii nature nny not be hindered, but aided, iu its bihor of rest'ring heal h and atreng h. The notable victim-* < f nv rwork we have named were strong, hear y, healthy men, naturally. If they had kept liver and kidneys in healthy working order by the use of Warner’s sate cine. whin, never fails, the great strain up shen n*Ui pal powers migut hiv hs ? raoc longer borne, at le-**', <1 n<- lit re y neutra iaed. Alfted (Jutn-r, of hu r-y Hills, Victoria, wri-» us “ Hav ue b en subj-’oted to the trying c nu>teof hNorth of Queensland for a number ot years, my heabh gave way, and I suffjred from liver complaint of au aggiuvateo nature. I tried a number of mudiciues, but my health remained impaired, and soon afterwards I was: taken with kidney disease. 1 now procured Warner’s safe cure,* and h*ve no doubt that had i hesitated I would have fallen a prey >o the dread Bright's disease. With Ihe use of aitiomber of bottles of fafe cure, my heUth was restored, and I was comp ele'y cur-d.”