Tue custom of taking medicine in the form on the morning of 25th of August after midnight there was thick and rainy of pills dates far back in history. The weather, and the steamer, not being on object is to enable us to swallow easily in the course where the Master and officers a condensed form disagreeable and nausupposed that she was, ran on Rees Island seous, but very useful, drugs. To what where she became a total wreck. vast dimensions pill-taking has grown may The Court having regard to the above circumstances find as follows be imagined when we say that in England After taking the departure from the alone about 2,000,000,000 (two thousand Lammock Island Light bearing South million) pills are consumed every year. In West distant 4 miles, a course North East early days pills were made slowly by hand, correct Magnetic was steered till 1 a.m. on as the demand was comparatively small. the 25th, when it was altered to North To-day they are produced with infinitely Enst East, correct Magnetic, but a strong current and South East swell set her greater rapidity by machines especially towards the Jand and caused her to run on contrived for the purpose, and with greater Rees Island, which, owing to the rainy and accuracy, too, in the proportions of the dark night, was not sighted in time to various ingredients employed. prevent the accident.
No form of medication can be better than That the Master went below at 10.30 p.m. on the 24th at which time the weather a pill, provided only it is intelligently pre-was not so thick as to render it necessary pared. But right here occurs the difficulty. for the Master to remain on deck. That Easy as it inlay seem to make a pill, or a between 11 p.m. and 1.30 a.m, heavy rain million of them, there are really very few came on but up to 12 p.m. the Chief Otticer pills that can be honestly commended for did not think it necessary to call the Master.
That at midnight the 2nd Officer took popular use. Most of them either undercharge of the watch and received orders shoot or overshoot the mark, Aseverybody from the Chief Otticer to keep the course takes pills of some kind, it may be well to N.E. 3 N. or N.E. Cor. Mag., and to steer mention what a good, safe, and reliable pill till am. That at 0.40 a.m. the 2nd should be. Now, when one feels dull and Officer went to call the Captain, who an-sleepy, and has more or less pain in the swered him but did not come on deck.
That the 2nd Officer at 1 a.m. changed the head, sides, and back, he may be sure his course to N.E. E, Cor, Mag. That at 1.30 bowels are constipated, and his liver slug-am, the Tientsin struck on Rees Island, gish. To remedy this unhappy state of where she remained fast, with the sea break-things there is nothing like a good cathartic places by the rocks whereby she became full ing over her, her bottom pierced in man; pill. It will act like a charm by stimulate of water. the liver into doing its duty, and ridding That some of the Chinese on board made the digestive organs of the accumulated an attempt to lower a boat without orders, poisonous matter.
Dut through an accident to one of the us, neither does it make us sick and mlver-But the good pill does not gripe and pai tackle, one end of the boat fell in the water immersing some of those on board, able fora few hours ora whole day. It acts one of whom, the steward, Sze Apao, was on the entire glandular system at the same drowned, The rest were hauled on board time, else the after-effects of the pill will the ship. That in the morning the crew and passengers wore safely landed on the be worse than the disease itself, The grip. ing caused by most pills is the result of island, and that there was no further loss irritating drugs which they cent Such of life. That the crew and passengers pills are harmful, and should never be used. were taken away by the steamer Hoihow, hey sometimes even produce hemorrhoids. at which time it was seen that the Tientsi Without having any particular desire to was a total loss, the entire ship being praise one pill above another, we may, under the water at high tide. nevertheless, name Mother Siegel's Pills, This Court Is therefore of opinion that manufactured by the well-known house of the peas (Cuthbert: Hodgson) was justified A. J. White, Limited, 35, Farringdon in yoing below when he did, but the Court Road, London, and now sold By all chemists consider that he is to be censured for not and medicine vendors, as the only one we giving orders to be called when the course know of that actually possesses every desir-was to be changed, and this Court censures able quality. They remove the pressure him accordingly. upon the brain, correct the liver, and cause This Court is further of opinion that on the bowels to act with ease and regularity. this coast advisable to make use of a They never gripe or produce the slightest hand or patent log, but the absence of the sickness of the stomach, or any other un-log did not in this case contribute to the pleasant feeling or symptom. Neither do loss of the vessel.
That we of opinion that it would they induce further constipation, as nearly all other pills do. As a further and crown-have been wiser for Harry Deans, the chief ing merit, Mother Siegel's Pills are covered officer, to have taken a bearing of the La-with a tasteless and harmless coating, which mock before losing sight of it causes them to resemble pearls, thus ren-That the 2nd mate, John Cannon, is to dering them as pleasant to the palate as be gravely censured for not taking' mea-they are effective in curing disease. If you sures to see that the master was proper!) have a severe cold and are threatened with aroused when the weather continued thiel a fever, with pains in the head, back, and with rain, and we censure him accordingly. limbs, one or two doses will break up the "That we see no reason to find any fault cold and prevent the fever. A coated with the Engineers of the steamer Tientsin tongue, with a brackish taste in the mouth on this occasion. is caused by foul matter in the stomach.
That the death of the Steward was not 'A dose of Seigel's Pills will effect a speedy owing to any fault of the officers, cure. Often-times partially decayed food That the conduct of the Master, Officers in the stomach and bowels produces sick-and Engineers after the ship struck was ness, nausea, &e. Cleanse the bowels with worthy of all praise. a dose of these pills, and good health will That the native fishermen at Rees Island follow. behaved with great humanity to the ship-Unlike many kinds of pills, they do not wrecked crew. make you feel worse before you are better.
The costs of the Court amounting in all They are, without doubt, the best famil to $60.53, be borne as follows; 810.23 by physic ever discovered. "Ther remove all the owners of the steamer Tientsin, and of Obstructions to the natural functions in the remainder $25.15 by the master and either sex without any unpleasant effects. $25.15 by the owners, (2&4 alt.) tf 36
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