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Evening Star, Issue 11677, 8 February 1902, Page 3

The hope of the family was hard at work preparing himself for the matriculation examination, and a visitor, noticing him at his studies, said to the fond mother: “I see vonr boy is burning the midnight oil. Mrs Mixeiif.” “Oh, no,” said the lady, decidedly ; “he ’ave no need to bum hoil of any kind, I assure you. We ’ave the new transcendental light right through the ’ouse. ’’ —‘ Australasian.’

O n hj rnsr, r* Vj l y4' li u '%s' &a »C THREE UNABLE j HEALTH. IN BED. STIR.

Tha Case of Hr. Yf. CORNELL. (By a Dunedin Rtyorler). When an occurrence of an unusual character takes place, such as a high■u'av robborv, the dcmont-ion of buildings by lire", the landing of a new Governor, tha arrival of troops from the so..t of war, the unannounced departure of an absconding bank clerk, or anythin;:; rise calculated to provoiro a general simmer of excitement, the patient scribe is always ready to do his duty in the interests of the world's enlightenment. Actuated by this desire a ropor;or recently visited Mr. William Connell, of No. 122 Fortli-street, Dunedin, whn.se remarks are particularly Im.id. In answer to a question Mr. Connell smiled complacently, and said: •• Yes; lam the man you are enquiring about; but you look surprised. I suppose you did not expect to see me looking so well. Thank God, I and hearty now, and have been so during the past fifteen years. It is about that limo since I was taken-very ill, and I must kev that my condition became to critical that I despaired of ever getting well again. I was working in the i rum way service, my duties consisting in cleaning the tram-cars. Although 1 invariably wore overalls and leggings, I was many a time wet through to the skin on cold, bleak Having no opportunity to change my clothes, 1 was obliged to go through my work as I was—wot and chilled to the marrow. No wonder, then, that my constitution was completely broken down in time. The whole of my system seemed petrified with cold, which I felt taking hold of mo for days before 1 was laid up. The collapse came suddenly, for I tried 1 o get up to go to my work and found my limbs refuse to move. My legs and arms were useless, all my muscles and sinews being contracted. My bead acbed and throbbed in a dull, depressing manner, making mo feel more dead than alive. Terrific pains appeared right along my back, and my shoulders felt as sore as though they had been battered with a hammer. 1 became so helpless that I could not pul! myself off the sofa, and it is no exaggeration to say that I used to cry like a child with excruciating agony in ray loins. Even wdicn sitting in a chair I could rot move, and for three iveeks I laid in bed unable to stir. I was literally smashed up in health, being so weak that a child could have pushed me down. When urinating I noticed the water was thick and discoloured, a sure sign that I was also suffering from kidney complaint.” “ Were you able to take food, Mr. Connell?” ft •

"V y little satisfied me, for it only required a mouthful or two of food to produce pains emanating from a gaseous fulness in my stomach. Then my chest troubled rc greatly. Quantities of gas arose to my chest in such volume that I thought *it would burst, besides extending along the breathing passages and almost choking me. A very peculiar thing happened every time 1 ate anything; my head used to got completely covered with a cold sweat—a probable result of the agonising tortures I felt. If I bad an inclination to read I was prevented in two ways, the first being that my sight was too bad, and, secondly, my fingers were numbedand powerless. I l 'van my bearing was, affected, for I became as deaf as the proverbial door-post. I was rather glad of this latter affliction, as, whilst I was# capable of hearing, noise of any sort was extremely irritating, and the sound ' of children’s voices wero intolerable. I sank lower and lower, and 1 was very snappish and morky. Previous to my ■> f-biess 4 I always had a disposition to be agreeable, -but now I was qnie the reverse. I was so low-spirited and morose that-I-e»en-be-came suspicious of my huh roundings, having an inward dread of impending disaster. My appetite soon fell away altogether, ray face was pale and shrunken, and I had every appearance of a