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Evening Star, Issue 11858, 11 April 1903, Page 3

EVER PRESENT TORTURE. WHICH NEVER LULLED fi TRIUMPH FOR CLEMENTS TONIC. The Case of Mr. J. MARKS. (By a Special Reporter.') Attention having been called to an exceptional incident in the neighbour* - hood of St. Kilda, Dunedin, a reportewas sent to interview the principal n the case—Mr. John Marks, of Rich .rd-son-street. Mr. Marks has lived i» St, Kilda many years, and enjoys th - acquaintance of numerous resident of that suburb. The specific object of the reporter’s visit was to obtain the ungarnished truth from Mr. Marks’ own lips, so he began* by asking that a tieman from what complaint ho had suffered. “Lumbago,” was the reply. “Every bone in my body becam*- painful and tender. The agony was °* great that I could not bear to move, .s, when I did, the suffering was increased beyond description. All my jou ts were stiff and sore, but the most intense pains were situated in my back. I could not stoop to lace my boots, 1 * .md it took fully an hour to dress myseJf, for when I moved my arms or bent my body I was seized with such acute pains that my aching frame shook all over. My constitution ran right down. I had no energy or desire for anything, except to lie down, which I was obliged to, at last, for a longer stretch than I appreciated. I was laid up four weeks, being as helpless as a child. The wretched nights I put in I shall never forget. Every day I felt dull and exhausted with continuous torture, but when darkness set in the agonies were worse. My limbs became inflamed and frightfully tender. The bedclothes were irritating to the skin and felt too heavy for my weak frame to bear. I was stifled and weighed down with a sense of oppression in my chest, and could only draw my breath in short gasps. I used to pray to get a little sleep, but it never came. My brain was as fatigued as my body with this constant worrying wakefulness, and I could neither read nor hardly ever think. I was simply existing without any tangible reason for doing so, as my faculties were all dead, excepting the ever-present torture which never lulled.” “ After lying up four weeks you were greotly improved, I presume?” “Not greatly—only very slightly. A chenv»t gave mo some medicines which produced a little temporary ease, so I goi np, thinking I would won be all fight again. I was sadly mistaken, as sny ailment soon became more severe and vexatious than* ever. The pains in my back and loins were now more than t could stand. My appetite fell away till I oould not eat as much as a biscuit and even milk foods w'* l not digest. Darting pains came be tween the shoulders, making me very restless and fidgety. If an occasional warn. day happened to come along I was perfectly useless and helpless. Even a moderately warm arm was too strong for vny debilitated system to stand. I felt sick at the stomach through a nauseous taste in my mouth, besides being troubled with vomiting and belching up of wind. Sleep'essness became chronic, and by my enforced sacrifice of rest I was almost crippled with weakness. Then my nerves gave way, an affliction which made me easily startled and terrified. The sound of voices, or even the singing of a bird, was irritating to my ears, and invariably increased the acuteness of my increasing headaches. .After my first experience with the chemist’s medicines I thought there was no hope of ever getting properly right again ; but at length I chanced to read in the paper about a fellow-sufferer who bad been cured by Clements Tonic, of which medicine I there and then made a purchase. To my unspeakable astonishment and delight I commenced to feel a decided change for the better after taking several doses of Clements Tonic, an appreciable increase in my appetite being the first sign of improvement. Little by little the excruciating pains in my back subsided, till there were none left. Stomach discomforts, headaches, body pains—all vanished like a myth. A gradual return of strength ensued till I was as sound and strong as over. My troubles ended after a good course of Clements Tonic, and I have not even had a headache sinc^.” “ You will see your remarks in print.” “I hope others may also. You can publish these facts in any way.” STATUTORY DECLARATION. I, Johh Marks, of St. Kilda, Dunedin, In the colony of New Zealand. solemnly and sincerely declare that 1 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 bv Clements Tonic, and also contains my full permission to publish in anv way my statements—which I give voluntarily, without receiving any payment; and I make this solemn declaration, conscientiously believing the same to be true,.and by virtue of the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand, Intituled “Tba Justices of Peace Act, 1852." Declared at Dunedin, this twenty-eighth dav o December. one thousand nine hundreds before me, • wxi. \vardrop,j.p ju