HE WAS REPRIEVED.
In France a man sentenced to death is not told in advance on what day he is to die. The first information he gets is from the officers who prepare him for the guillotine. Between sentence and execution the prisoner's life is full of terrors, for the footfall outside his cell may herald the message of death.
So free and honest men suffer agonies of imagination when they learn that they have diseased kidneys. They may live for yeafs. They ' may die before another sunset. Kidney trouble is more deadly than consumption if neg-lected or improperly treated. It is a great mercy that one sure remedy exists. The many old friends of G. H. Wood, Esq., ex-J.P., in Queensland and New South Wales, as well as the newer ones of New Zealand, will read of his good fortune with interest and pleasure. In a letter dated Dunedin, 15th July, '98, he says:—'l have much pleasure in bearing- testimony to the efficacy of Warner's Safe Cure and Safe Pills. Over five years I had suffered from derangements of the liver and kidneys, so much so that At times I felt unfit for business, my whole system "being affected, but more particularly my head. Sometimes I thought I had congestion \of the brain, and then I was told I had Bright's disease. Eventually I found my liver and kidneys were out of order, and that was the cause of my troubles. I. was recommended by a friend to take Warner's Safe Cure a.n.,1 Safe Pills. Afterthe first four bottles I felt as well as ever I did in my life. I am quite confident of the good effects it has had. I take this first opportunity of sending an unsolicited testimonial, of which the proprietors of Warner's Safe Cure can make whatever use they choose.' ..•...'
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Auckland Star, Volume XXX, Issue 79, 5 April 1899, Page 6
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