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Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 373, 2 July 1903, Page 3

TWO CONSECUTIVE MISHAPS.

The Case of Mr. J. STENMAN. (By a. Reporter.) Mr. Jacob Stenman, of Primrose Villa, Gore-street, the Bluff, when confronted by our reporter, intimated a desire to publicly substantiate certain facts which had hitherto been regarded irith a certain amount oi incredulity. ' Is it true that you were once a victim r o physical troubleer"' inquired the newspaper man"Perfectly true," responded Mr. Stenman, " and, what is more, my sufferings were obliterated in a most remarkable manner, la order that you (nay know the whole course of events from start to finish, I may as well inform you that the whole of my sickness i rose through a circumstance which might hare had a very tragic ending •Vhilst rendering assistance to a man *ho was being ill-treated by a band oi .•iffians, I was stabbed in the right breast. A great quantity of blood escaped from the wound, and I suffered the most dreadful agony ( r>£ weeks. I was . under the :are of an eminent doctor m Melbourne, I audf after being Create* by him for H>rae time, the .ugly wound healed up. Va soon as I felt a little strength re.urning, I went back to work, and be- :, >re many days passed over my head, toother calamity befell me. I was doing mnething which taxed my strength too mneh, and the result was that I broke j « blood-vessel. Imagine the bitterness »t my grief when I found myself again mi invalid so soon after my first illness. Fate was very hard against me, there is no doubt. Well, I was under another looter for several months, and I had to be very careful what I did for fear of opening up my internal wound. The mischief was rectiied concerning the Sreaking J the blood-vessel, but my did not end there.'' ' Surely you did not meet with an>ther aceidenft, Mr. ShenmanP" 'No, but J had to eombafc a worse Affliction thta a mere accident. The affects of these mishaps were worse than he *ccid©>its themselves, for my system vas ruined through the great loss of ■flood I had sustained, and also by the "rightful agony I had suffered. An awful alteration had taken place. From being • tall, powerful man I was now bent up, Teak and decrepit. The doctors supplied me with medicines to build up my strength, but they did not fulfil the puriose for which they were prescribed." * What complaint did you have subaquent to your second accident?" "I tardly know what to call it' unless it nay he described as a state of debility —a complaint wfiich seems to include overy affliction tfcat flesh is heir to. If or one thing, my digestive organs got Uoroughly out of repair. I commenced •o suffer with a dull, suffocating feeling n my chest, as though the breath was >eing squeeced out of me, Along with ■■his came a continuance of depressing headaches which were bad enough in uemselves to bear without any addiional worries. My eyes felt hot and swollen, particularly in the mornings, when it was both painful and dazzling -.o look out of the window. In the right aide of my body I was tantalised with horribly severe pains, while between my shoulders there was an everlasting succession of pains ' ike the pricking of a needle. I had no desire to do anything or see anything, and the sound of musio annoyed me. I just felt inclined to shut myself up away from everybody, v as I felt it a nuisance to have {p speak. On waking up I always found my tongue moist with a fellow-coloured matter, while the taste ' in my mouth, to say the least, was extremely disagreeable. So tired and listless did I become that I had not enough energy to walk up stairs; *lf I happened J to be in the next apartinmt to the din- < ing-room when meal times arrived, I • <vould not trouble myself to walk to the \ table. Indeed; I had no personal in- I fcerest In this little detail of existence, as I. had scarcely any appetite, and . usually rejected all the edibles that,.i| tvere. placed for me. If I did toot dp.so ~ my sufferings were alwsys added'to-by - violent attacks of windy spasms, whioh inflated mv stomach and orodueod a^er- M Jewellery, Watches, Clocks. Visitors to Town would do well ffcov Inspect F. HIMMEL'S Stock 99, George-street, the Latest, Up-to-date, and the Lowest Prices, Reliable Ladies Watches, 255; Band Ring*, 12s 6d ; with stone, 17s 6d ; posfcfree,. Large Stock Greenstone, Ring*, Necklets, Ohains, Lockets, Brooches, &C. ■ ("' ''.:•;;;! Repairs Thoroughly Executed. 99 George-street, DUNEDIN. TEAOHER OF VJOLH*, ff ALEXANDRA. %lP^ Has Vacancies for a few PUPILS fpr Ensuing Term. Pupils may commence at any time. I ■■- Visits Earnscleugh and Ofyde on MONDAY and THURSDAY evefy week ; Bald Hill Flat, every NESDAY. ; Qi How is it that J. BOlf||N Watchmaker, can sell than other .Tradesmen ? JlT* l Or no expense, and his lomfexperience in the trade enables to supply a First-class Arti" Repairs JJUDB MB WATCHMAJ&EE, v