and tho frightful palpitation continued so long that I often thought it could only end in death. My feeble appetite at length flickered away altogether. I could not touch a morsel of food, no matter how temptingly prepared. An unnatural thirst made a cup of weak tea, or a drop of milk, the only refreshment I wanted, but even these proved uncomfortable when I swallowed I hem " j. " What a sorry plight to be in !" "Yes it was. And yet I got worse 1 linn thii, which is not unlikely, considering that I was suffering so ling. My disease played havoc with my nervous system. It requir d but little— sometimes nothing at all to set my nerves in violent motion, and as I lay on my bed I felt myself twitching convulsively. Whenever 1 was in darkness I had a dread that some evil person was in clog* proximity, but I dare not get up to strike a match and look. I tried a lot of medicines which claimed to be effective in cases like mine, but not one of them was worth the paper they were wrapped in. They did not even succeed in restoring regularity to u y bowels, neither did they free mo from the dizzii.ess and faintness which wore my d ily torments. My face was deathly pale, and there was nothing left of nio but skin and bone." "Don't you think you should have taken to your bed ?" "So I did, as a matter of compulsion. I could fiot keep tip any longer. My disease got me down propcily. beside?, I had several doctors attending me, anil jet. they could notcure me. Heaven only knows how much of their worthless medicines I drank, but I do know that my stonuch became so frightfully weak that I could not d ink any m .re of their stuff. Theic seemed nothing for me but to drag on a miserable existence till the last spark of life was taken out of me by my dise Be." " You look as though you never h ul an ailment in your life." " That is how I feel, I am glad to say. The wonderful transformation was ucooiu-pli.-hed through nothing cl.-ebiit. Clements Totoic, which a lady friend recommended mc to take. It appears that she l.appi tied to hear what complaint it was that was g ailnally killing me, so she kindly came to tel. me how she was one time nearly dead, anil that Clements Tonic brought, her to 1 fi again. The feeling of despair which had been hanging over mc so long |;ave p'.tioc ti a gleam of hope, and by the time my fhsl bottle of Clements Tonic was empty, I fell that. I was saved from a premature grave. Clements Tonic struck right at the root of nty disease—an evidence of which fast wuc shown by the gratifying dccrtasc of the pains in my chest and stomach, and the twitching o£ my nerves soon ceased eul irely The acute s' afts of agony dik»| poarcd from my hick; my headaches nl«o becoming tortures of tho past. My fnniilv and friends were astonished and delimit.cd at In way I was pul'ing round. In'te.l, I coul., hardly realise that I was the same woman who, a few weeks back, had lost all interest in life. I ate heartily and slept <1 and my face soon had a heali hy colour. The ohi feelings of list lessm ss and depn: deney wen driven away. 1 did not l't-glujt one dose ol Clements 'lonic till 1 was made perfectly Bound and strong by it. Not one symptom of my complaint has returned, 60 I cat. safely say that Clements Tonic effected ■. ormanent cure. My childreu have also een built up by Clements Tonic. Pleasi publish my case in any way you think best." STATUTORY DECLARATION. T, Caiiikrin* cf ("harlott.o Avenue Wellington, in th« Cntonv nf New Zoalatd, <l. lo!pm"lv and sine lely declare that I have cari fnlh Had th,! annexed doci m nt, three folios, and oonsecutivciy iihtiu.ci. d horn one in three, and that it. contains and is a true and faithfl.l lueoimt cf my ilincs and enri' by I I.'incurs Tonic rnd aim conttinimyfull to oti' lisV, in my > a > tin Statements—which I (rive voluntarily, without rßci ivin.' »ny payment; r.nd I make Uiisnolnnn declaration c iiiKcientioinly believing the n»me t" he true, and hy yinu* of the i"o*i-inn« of an Act of t.t e f'encral Assembly of ,\. w Zealand, intituled ' l'U« Justices of Peacs Act, 1552." <rf t CX t/rrv+r* Declared at Wellington, this 15' h day of Nov«mb«i, one thouiand nine hundred, before mo, F. McPARLAND, J.P saJ£\
JOhn Gili.es 18, GEORGE ST., DUNEDIN, FURNITURE, FLOORCLOTHS, LINOLEUM, CARPET & RUG WAREHOUSE. JOHN GILLIES Has always in stock a large selection to choose from; every article a house requires supplied at lowest prices. Iron Bedsteads all sizes in great... variety of new patterns. Spring Mattresses and all other kinds to fit Bedsteads. Blankets, Quilts, Sheets, Pillowslips, Kitchen Utensils, Wringers, Portable Boilers, Fenders, and Fireirons. A Call of Country Visitors liu'iail.
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Clutha Leader, Volume XXVIII, Issue 1508, 11 April 1902, Page 2
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853Page 2 Advertisements Column 5 Clutha Leader, Volume XXVIII, Issue 1508, 11 April 1902, Page 2
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