Of war's ravages dwellers in South Africa Imow too much, but fortunately not all. There is surely nothing more depressing than the spectacle of burnt and looted villages and farms, vineyards and fruitful fields wasted and spoiled, with here-and there rusted and abandoned machinery, Of all these horrors this continent can furnish examples enough and to spare; yet when compared with the desolation which marked the track of the invading army through highly-cultivated and populous France in 1870- 71, there is scarce a sign of damage in the theatre of the late war.
The war waged by disease against man is in many respects like'the war waged by man against man. Its most important difference is that it knows no peace, but fights ceaselessly until it slays or is slain. Té knows nothing either of armistice or compromise. z "There could surely be no greater torture than to slowly starve to death in the midst of plenty," writes Mr. J. Kelly, of Dobson Street, Port Elizabeth, 8.A., on March 12, 1902; "yet that was the fate which once stared me in the face. For thirteen years I was afflicted with tapeworm, and from being 2 strong and healthy man declined te a state of weakness and emaciation. I derived little or no nourishment from food, and my consequent lassitude rendered me quite unfit for my ordinary daily work. T was living at Durban at the time, and the doctor who had charge of my case thera tried several methods to free me of my trouble, but was powerless to effect thit which Mother Seigel's Curative Syrup afterwards so speedily accomplished. On several occasions I was made to abstain from solid food for as long as five consecutive days, and for months at_a time I lived without requiring the aid of a Imife and fork. One mixture, which my doctor gave me as a last resort, I took for four months, end at the end of that time was ds bad as ever. I often think of all that I suffered during those years, and wonder how I endured it; but the bitterest part is to know, as I do now, that the misery was quite unnecessary. Having met with a pamphlet which described how others who had suffered from the same complaint had been cured by Mother Seigel's Curative Syrup, I at once perceived that the treatment to which I had submitted was entirely wrong. I resolved to take a course of it, and my resolution was rewarded with complete success. Unlike the ineffectual attempts to starve or poison the cause of my trouble, Mother Seigel's Curative Syrup gave power to the stomach to perform its natural functions, and by removing all impurities from the system completely freed mo of my torment. It took only six bottles to produce this grand result."
Mrs. Jane Edworthy. of Dobson Street, Port Elizabeth, S.A., described on February 28, 1902, the relief she had exper enced from a totally different malady by
restored Mr. Kelly to health. "TI suffer-employing the same means as had ed," says Mrs. Edworthy, "from general weakness and a dreadful bearing-down sensation. Fearful headaches reduced me to such a state of weallness that at last I was unable to do little things for myself, and I was much troubled by a sharp pain between the—shoulders. Mother Seigel's Curative Syrup having been recommended to me, I was induced to buy a bottle, and experienced so much benefit from it that I bought two others. These three bottles completed my cure—a thing which some of the best doctors in the country had failed to achieve. I have never since been without it in the house, and am always glad of an opportunity to tell others what it has done for (8) 12, 19 & 26n0 287
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