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FOR ages the fossil remains of sea plants and animals have from time to time been found in rocks and on mountains . Somewhere about the seventh century an Arabian philosopher advanced tbe theory that this was because the mountains in which these tilings were found had been created by . water . A similiar explanation was put forth by the engineer-artist ,

Leonardo da Vinci , in the fifteenth century , and by Palissy the Potter in the sixteenth ; but thence onward for more than a hundred years the cavth was a sealed book to man , Ignorance , prejudice and vested interests ( chiefly ecclesiastical ) stood in tho

way of that sort of investigation . The effort to acquire exact knowledge was extra hazardous in those days , and it was still more risky to publish it . A Dominican Monk , Giordano Bruno , said he believed the earth turned on its axis ; and they roasted him alive for it on February 15 th , 1600 .

But then , none of ns is afraid of that now . The only excuse for ignorance—at lease of matters which have been unearthed and cleared up—is want of time to study the subject and to read what is written . And for men in certain responsible positions

even this apology will not avail . Chemists must know their acids and gases ; miners must know their minerals ; navigators must know tho way across the trackless ocean , and tho surgeon must know how the body is made and the relative functions of all its organs .

Had a particular doctor known what it was his duty to know ho never would have told a woman patient of his that all her trouble was due lo weak action of the heart . For , as the sequel showed , it was not so ; and the mistake came near proving fatal to her . " In October , 1890 , " she tolls us " I became low , weak

and prostrated . I had no desire for food and tho little I ate gave mo intense pain at my chest and around tho waist . There was also a horrible gnawing sensation in the stomach which nothing relieved , and 1 was much troubled with palpitation and pain around the heart . A little later my breathing came to bo so bad I had to be bolstered up whilst in bed .

" I then began to lose strength rapidly and grew so feeble I could no longer move about ; and was obliged to take to my bed . There I lay for four long months—being nursed night

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and day . From a strong , healthy woman I was in six months reduced- to a mere shadow of my former self . I had a doctor attending me . ( Several times he examined my heart and said all m . )/ trouble mas due to a weak action of the heart . I took bottle after bottle of medicine without benefit . I was

now as near death s door as any one could be and live , and had given up hope . Yet I am now iu good health , and thus it came to pass : — " In April , 1 S 01 , my sister , living at Bath , wrote and urged me to try a medicine called Mother Seigcl ' s Syrup . I had no

great expectations of it doing me good , but my husband procured a bottle from Mr . R . Widdowsou , the chemist at Bulwell . After taking- it for a week , I felt much better . My appetite revived , and my food caused me no pain . M y breathing also was easier . For these good reasons I continued to use

this medicine , and in ten days I was aide , to leave my bed . I was still very weak but getting stronger every day . Not long afterwards I was able to walk about , and in three months I teas as well as ever . I consider that Mother Seigel ' s Syrup saved my life and desire other sufferers to hear of it . I am therefore

willing my statement should be published if you think it may do good . I will answer any inquiries . ( Signed ) Matilda Walter , 22 , Chatham Street , Highbury Vale , Bulwell , Nottingham , October 80 , 1894 . " The error in this case consisted in the false assumption that

Mrs . Walter ' s disease was of the heart , when in fact it was of the digestion and of the digestion onl y . The weakness of the heart was due solely to the general weakness of tho whole body , —and that resulted from the patient ' s inability to digest sufficient food to sustain her strength . In that fact lies tho very

nature of dyspepsia—tho most prolific of evil of all our ailments . Under its influence all the organs of the system are more or less crippled , —as a watch ticks faintly and loses time when tho spring is almost uncoiled . When Mother Seigel ' s Syriip

corrected tho digestion , food began to do its good work , strength returned and the heart acted as it should . How simple , how natural ! Let us try , my friends , to know the truth—for ignorance travels ever in darknoss .

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PRICE 3 s . 6 d . THE Symbols and Legends of Freemasonry , BRO . J . FINLAY FINLAYSON . Dedicated to the Worshipful Master , Officers , and Brethren of the Quatuor Coronati Lodge , No . 2076 . WITH 15 ILLUSTRATIONS . 8 vo . ; Brown Cloth ; 166 Pages . PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY GEORGE KENNING , 16 and 16 a , GREAT QUEEN STREET , LONDON , W . C .