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A OA-EOF NERVOUS PROSTKA* TION PtESULTJtfG FROM INDIGESTION. They say that misery loves company, and they havo had it so often it ha*; passed into a proverb. Yet it isn't au all-round truth. Some kinds of mieery detest company. Tiiey want to bo left alone. They hate to be elbowed and questioned and talked to. A wounded dog will always erawl in l to some retired place by itself. "he instinct of badly injured men, after a battle, is the s mie. Ailments that are MOSTLY FANCY, tend to set tongues wagging. But real, genuine and dangerous diseases don't incite to speech. Crises which are big with fate usually come and go in quiet. That is why Mrs Scuff ham had no desire for the society or even her best friends at a certain time she is going to tell us about. "Up to April, 1881," she writes, " I never knew what it was to be ill. At that time I began to feel that something was amiss with me. I had no relish for my meals, and after eating my chest felt heavy .• nd painful, and my heart would beat and thump as though it meant to loan out of its place. Presently I became so swollen round the waist that I was obliged to unloose my clothing, as I could not bear anything to touch that part of mv body. pain ; a little fish setting my heart to beating at a great rate. My feet were cold, and cold, clammy sweats would break out all over me, leaving mo exbausted aid worn out. At night 1 got no sleep to speak of, and in the morning I felt worse went to bed. I a deal from my feel sore. 1 could sea house. "When I went snoppmg j. iibu to ride 1o the town and back as I could only walk a few yards. "As time went on . and strength more and more, and gave up hope of ever recovering th.o pro-

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Hot Lakes Chronicle, Volume 4, Issue 179, 6 May 1896, Page 5

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Page 5 Advertisements Column 1 Hot Lakes Chronicle, Volume 4, Issue 179, 6 May 1896, Page 5

Page 5 Advertisements Column 1 Hot Lakes Chronicle, Volume 4, Issue 179, 6 May 1896, Page 5

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