he might sometimes have signed chits with "That" sid my. friend, in reply, toa other names.
'Mr. Scott requested prisoner to sign his ' rich nugget of goli ore. It' was taken many question of mine, "is a very large and ver; name on a sheet of paper, which was done, Years ago from a mine in Aw prisoner signing Joseph O'Neill."
Mr. Scott—You sign this name now, and rebited: is worth just nothing at fe gnd yet ts eis ay you a, tommy office say, but asked no more questions. thought tat @ queer thing for him to Prisoner—Oh, I intended to change my Two years later T again visited his house name at that time to Neil, I found it com im London and this time I missed the big venient to dispense with the "O'" on 2% t from the shelf where I had first seen account of my debts, it. "But T asked no questions. calling the incident of two years before, my Perhaps, re:
Inspector Bourke asked that the prisoner friend' sai have something to show might be deported to the Straits, and after you," and opening a closet, he produced a Mr. Scott had consulted with the magis- magnificent gold vase, remarking: "That trate, he was sentenced to be deported; nugget of gold ore has taken this form, Ex-from' China, failing the production of clusiveof the labour involved inthe transform. satisfactory security for the payment of his; ig, ation, the Stion, the gold gold alone th £100." debta-and a.guarantee for the future. it may be instructive to follow up It is suggested by the following sentence from a Hollovay's Ointment and Pills,—Reliable; woman's letter:—" In spite ofall the nourish-Remedies.—In wounds, bruises, sprains, geisory," "Oot nothing seemed to give me glandular swellings, enlarged veins, neuralgic Now, why was that? Perhaps the history "(of the previous three years of her life may Paine and rheumatism, the application of this j help to account for it In January, 1890, soothing Ointment to. the affected parts not she had an attack of influenza which, she says, vcecigg {left lier low, weak, and languid, "So far as only gived the' greatest ease, but likewise ' we are able to ascertain, influenza is caused cures the complaint. The Pills much assist; by a certain poison in the blood developed in banishing the tendency to rheumatism and ts early symptoms are those of a fever; they Shiring peculiar conditions of the atmosphere. similar painful disorders, whilst the Ointment always sudden and often alarming. Yet, as in nearly all cases it ends in recovery in a cures tie local ailment.
The Pills remove week or two, it does not explain the mystery the constitutional disturbance and regulate: Of Mrs. Westall's continued weakness and every impaired fun of every organ prostration She tells us that her 9 tite was poor, and pletely racked with pain" all over her, and 50 weak she could scarcely. put onefaat'before the other. Besides this the conditioy.of the [stomach was -far from encouraging: That organ is-the source of ull-power-in the human j body, and should feel: warm, comfortable and quiet. In this lady's case. it, was full of uneasiness and pain. She speaks: of a craving, mawing, sinking sensation in.it which. was not relieved either by food or by any medical treatment. Certainly, something quite different from a former attack of influenza went to the making of that; we must look deeper to find the real trouble, Chemists often determine the character of a poison by. observing the colour it-.creates when applied to litmus paper; and—in addition to the general symptoms—it is sometimes possible to tell the nature of a disease.by taking notice of what cures it. Now there is one universally known remedy which never fails to cure one subtle, comprehensive, and yet deceptive disease. - Happily it was finally employed in Mrs, Westall'e case, In concluding her letter, dated December Ist, 12 Rucklidge Avenue, Willesden, London, N.W., 18 ys: "At the time when my condition was very critical und my family very anxious, my son-in-law,, Mr. Deacon, of Shepherd's Bush Road, told me how, in an illness of his own, he bad been cured by Mother Seigel's Curative Syrup and. advised me to begin using it at once. I.did so, and soon my appetite returned and my food digested; and by the time I had consumed two bottles I was strong es ever, and have kept in the best of health ever since.—(Signed) Yours truly, Mary Westall."
This remedy, xs the public is well aware, i advertised to cure indigestion and dyspepsia and its consequences—and nothing else. Yet these consequences include nearly every ailment with which we are familiar. Even influenza seldom attacks any save those whoxe blood is first poisoned by indigestion and dyspepsia:
And as to that nugget of gold ore? Ah, yes.—Gold is worthless until it is manufactured. Food is useless unless it is digested, Between the ore and the vase is the workman. Between food and strength also a workman the stomach.
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