A Startling Relation.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXV, Issue 96, 22 April 1904, Page 6

A Startling Relation.

FOUND THE PANACEA AT LAST. The Case of Mr. W. HUMPHREYS. (BY A LOCAL REPORTER.) Everything now points to the conclusion that the difficulties experienced by Mr. William Humphreys, of No. 1 Vincentstreet, Auckland, are things of the past, and we do not open up a debatable statement by asserting that a perusal of the following narrative will be a source of profit to the general reader. The reporter remarked : " If yon have no objection I would like to hear about the illness you had when living in Sydney." " I have not the faintest objection to telling you every detail," was Mr. Humphreys' hearty rejoinder. " Yes, you are right, it was in Sydney where the trouble began and ended, although, worse luck, between the start and tini_h a good deal of time elapsed. That made it all the harder for mc, as I was suffering from a. complaint that makes one day of it quite enough for anybody. I suppose you know what it is to be unable to digest your food ? Well, most people do, at any rate, and nobody knows ib oetter—or worse, I might say—than I do. Before I actually Uuew of what was really in store I could feel that n.y vitality was gradually becoming very deficient, for although I had plenty to do I did not _.sm able to get through it when I made a start, and it was a long while before I could make up my mind whether I would tackle ifc or not. That my •ippetite was poor I knew, but still I did not expect that fact to interfere with my strength in such a short space of time as it •lid, and I thought I was taking enough food to keep mc going, at any rate." " But you could not digest it, you say ? " " After a while 1 couid digest nothing, and the suffering I went through I hope never to experience again. Immediately „y light repasts were finished, I got as .irowsy as could be, and shortly afterwards .he real trouble began. I felt as if a [itantity of _ md had been stirred up in tho tomach. which at once became distended, iiud then to tlie chest a most uncomfortable <eusati,on passed which can only be likened to that of being stilled. Hitherto, I had always been free from headaches, but now I was hardly ever without them, and they 'iad snch a depressing effect that I did not seem inclined to bother about anything. Then something commenced giving mc fits between the shoulders—a sharp sort of pain —and across the loins, I fairly ached. Worse still, Igot but very little rest at nights, *o that when morning came I felt quite unfit to get up and go to my business, and the bitter taste I hjvd gave mc a sickening effect for the .remainder of the day. I tell you I was getting quite tired of it all, for I could get no relief from the many medicines I bought, neither did the doctors' physics do mc any good, and for those reasons I think so much more highly of Clements Tonic because it restored my health when all else had failed. A gentleman keeping an hotel advised mc to try it, and I have often thanked him for doing so, as I believe I would still be suffering from my old complaint had it not been for Clements Tonic." " Have you never had a touch of it since ?"

'' Upon my honour I have not h_,d the least indication of indigestion aince Clements Tonic stamped that horrible complaint out of my system, and as that happened some years ago I can aafely call mine a permanent cure, for which, believe mc, I am heartily thankful. A change came over mc when I had taken a few bottles of Clements Tonic, that I could hardly credit. I could take food without any fear of after consequences, because flatuence and those heavy feelings in the chest never returned, and in due time I was as free from headaches as though I had never known what they were. That's a positive fact, and I think that lor giving tone to the nervous system, and for restoring strength to a mau run down like I was, there is nothing in existence to equal Clements Tonic. It also has an ability of its own to produce sound sleep, for nothing helped mc in that respect like Clements Tonic, and if I ,jeb ill again I know what to buy to effect a cure." " Probably there are many who would like to hear this story ? " "I daresay many would bene6t by reading it, so publish, if you like, my remarka in any way." STATUTORY DECLARATION. I, William Huiiphrktr, of No. 1 Vincent-street, Auckland, in the Colony of New Zealand, do solemnly and sincerely declare that I have carefully read the annexed document, consisting of two folios, and consecutively numbered from one to two, and that it contains and is a, true and faithful account of my illness and cure by Clements Tonic, and also contains my full permi.sion to publish in any way my statements—which I give voluntarily, without receiving any payment: and I make this solemn declaration, conscientiously believing the same to be true. a_jd by virtue of the provisions of an Act of the Goneral Assembly of New Zealand, intituled "The Justice! of Peace Act, 1882." Declared at Auckland, this fifth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and three. ' efore mc, N. J. SHEAHAN, J.P.