DINING WITH DEATH.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3812, 16 May 1891, Page 2

DINING WITH DEATH.

The i, death of the United States Secretary of the Treasury, Wiridom, was sudden and tragic. Many of our public men have foen stricken by tke hand of the fell destroyer, at the post of duty; in Windom's case the blow fell 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 his duty, is taking.his,life in hid hands. Many of these officials live through the ordeal,, but few come out of office inigood- health, Eolger, i Manning, "*|nd now Windom, three victims in less than a decade of devotion to the exacting duties and immense responsibilities of the proper care, of tbe national treasury. What killed them ? Not solely overwork ; many men perform as many hours of labour every day as did either of these men, without impairing their vital energies. It is the immense mental strain upon men filling great executive positions, that gradually, but ; surely, .saps their physical strength. They feel themselves gradually.giving way, but they cannot pull up. There is no cessation of the drain upon their physical powers, and finally some fateful link in the chain snaps'. and the end is reached. They might have been saved? Doubtless, many men have been by a simple process. When a man begins to feel the fatigue and weakness of physical, combined with mental, over work, he : should see that the great purifying organs of the system, the liver and kidneys, are in order for the work they ; have to perform-r-removing all impurities from the system, so that nature may not be hindered, but aided; in its hbbur of 'restoring health and strength. The notable victims of over-work wiß have named were very strong, hearty, healthy men naturally.. If theyhad kepti liver and kidneys in healthy Warner's safe care, which never failsj the.'great strain upon' their natural powers might have been much longer borne, at leasts if opt entirely neutralised; Aifred- Cutler, of- Surrey Hills, writes to us : •'Saving been subjected to the trying climatei of the north of Queensland for a number of years, my health gave way and I Buffered from r liver complaint of an I tried a number of medicines, but my. health remained impaired, and soon afterwards I was taken with kidney disease. I now procured Warner's, safe cure, and have no doubt jihat had I hesitated Ii; would have fallen a prey to' the dreaded Bright's disease. With the use of a number of bottles of safe cure, my health was restored, and I. was completely cured."