The Archive · 1892

WHAT DOES A SPUR DO FOR A HORSE?

Your horse is weak and weary with a long early viorning. Impatient to reach a shelter day's journey. You: have ridden him since for the Bight, ye drive the spur into his punting sides.' He leaps forward, and for a time trots onward rapidly. What did the spur do for him? Did it give him strength? 3fs0, why feed him? If not, what made him go fuster? Here is a short, personal state-iment which a man makes. 'Try if you can sce any likeness between the two cases, always a strong, healthy man.' At that time He ays: "Up to. August, 1885, T was T began to feel tired, dull, and heavy, with a faint, dizzy sensation as if I should' tumble down any minute, I could not imagine what was coming over me. There was a bad taste in my mouth, my breath was bad, and. mouth would often fill with an offensive slimy matter, My appetite was poor, and after eating I suffered great pain, and wind would roll all over me, I had much pain at the stomach, and was sick every morning, and threw up a great deal of phlegm. [also had a pain like the thrust of a knife cutting me between the shoulders and low down in the back at the kidneys. When at work I got tired in five minutes, and had to stand and re kept on with my work, however, for some time as best I could, for I had a wife and family depending upon me, But it was hard and tedious task, as even stooping; made me ery out with pain. After a while grew so weak, I could scarcely craw! about, ud was compelled to give up my employ: ment. When I ventured out of doors I felt 80 dizzy that I had frequently to stop and rest for fear of falling, und. Was so bail that people wold think Iwas in drink, and I had often to call at a chemist's and get a draught to help me home. I tried herbs and other medicines, and was attended by a doctor, but I got'no better. In this dead-and-alive way I lingered on until April, 1890, when my wife got an almanac from the druggist, and chester, who had been cured by 2 medicine I read of a case of w railway guard at Man-called Mother Seigel's Curative Syrup after the doctors had given him up. So I wrote} him, and he replied that it had cured him Williams, Misses M. and C, Williams and and would do me good. Upon this I got a Master C: Roberts. For Hamburg—Mr. Paul bottle, and after a few doses I felt better, and by keeping on using it I was soon all Per str. Esang, for Newchwang-rev. and right and back at my work, and have been well ever since. When I feel any signs of Mrs. Douglas. stomach disorder a few doses set me right directly. I feel very grateful for the great Cole, Shewan and Maitland Me und Mie McBone Per tt Tatu, foe Hei er str. Moyune, for benefit I have received, and wish others who may be ill to know of it; as, if I had known Mrs, Clarke, Messrs. J. Findlay, of Mother Seigel's Syrup at the outset' I Daniel and J. Kennedy, would have been saved over four years' suffer-Satmima Maru, fordinsesMésars, ing. I have lived in Birkdale fifteen years, and if any one writes to me I shall be glad to 5 lon Hutchison and Che-Sek'Shun. Per str. Wuchang, for Tientsin—Mr. and reply.

(Signed) 'THomAas SPERRIS, Mrs. Kaynaud and Mr. Annang, For Chefoo—Mr. D. Marr Hendereon,.,7'<'y "Kitchen Range Setter, Per str. Ngankin, for: Messrs, +28, Stamford Road, de Senna, J. Liddell: aiid' servant, H. J. "Birkdale, Southport."

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