"There I Lay" "Night After Night," "A VICTIM TO INSOMNIA."

North Otago Times, Volume XXXV, Issue 979, 19 November 1901, Page 1

"There I Lay" "Night After Night," "A VICTIM TO INSOMNIA."

The Case, of Mf. C. A. THORNE, (By a Special Reporter.) ..

..The'colonial home of Rugby fbotbafi is unquestionably ,in New 'Zealand, micro some of the finest players in the world indulge in the game. ' When the British football team visited' the land of the moa somo yeare ago, the members of-that fine combination were astonished at the number of clever exponents of Rugby who were pitted against them in small, towns, possessing names which the visitors found difficulty in pronouncing." Gymnasiums are also freely patronised, concerning .lvhich fact Mr. Charles Albert''Thome," of Grey-street, ; Auckland, had something to say to the'writer.

"les/; saiciMr. Tnorne, "Itook on gymnastics, and did three nights a week at it afterwards, so that is sufficient proof.that I was all right." -• "Strength and vigour, are certainly required for that kind of athletics. But were you very much run down beforehand ?" asked the.reporter. ".' •. "Iwas,. indeed. My. health was completely shattered, and I remaned in a terrible state of collapse for fully sjx months. : Pour years iiavcelapiM sinco then, and I hope never to have' a, recurrence, of that dreadful illness, which started in the form of a very bad attack of indigestion. ..I always had •an unpleasant and bitter taste in my mouth/rand tliero was a tight fouling on my chest after eating, combined with severe pains in the stomach', where-the food lay heavily and. undigested, till it . turned soyr and fermented. ■-. A -dull pain began to tantalise me turner ',l'e . I shoulders, besides which -I-.k-J <brp pricking sensations under the low i ; V I used to do. a lot of reading, hi't■•i:rhiy eyesight.became bo bad that! v.'M not read., Persisfurit tlepi'esiirig ■!i aches made me. always feetdejMfwi ;r. ■.<■ miserable; but ray" greatest, jnisfori-una ' was that I could not sleep at ni-rht. .- Whether through tver-study or 'through .': being so excessively weak" ami debiii: - tated I cannot say, but sleep refused to give me the-solace'l so badly Svaiited. Whon everybody was'soundly asleep, there I lay, night after night, wide awake, - I was a victim- to insomnia' in its most hideous •form, and' nobody oan realise what that means unless they,, ' havo experienced tho same great inch-:' tal suffering which I endured. 'Then". . my appetite failed altogether. -1 cnuld \ not bo tempted to eat, and so I lost all my flesh. It. took considerable effort -..;-' 511 my part to arouse myself from tho /'" state of lethargy into which I had len. Very often I did not succeed.K' -, but lay for hours in a listless and ex- '■■ hausted state. If I walked about, or exerted myself over so little, I was . overcome with feelings of.faintness, and my limbs adied again from ; extreme weakness. It was absurd going on in this way any-longer, as I was physically and mentally/exhausted, so I determined to go for a long holiday to recuperate my health, in order to avert being laid up perhaps for life." " And did you go away for a holiday ?" "No; it became unnecessary. t fore putting that idea into effect, I was prevailed upon to take a course of Clements Tonic. That, was the best ad> vice over-given to me, for by its adoption my health was restored to perfect order.' The pains'in my stomach and i back-were quickly eased, and in a few' I days were entirely subdued, •So .were the awful aches which had'beeiuin my:' head for months,'and when I was iw,. of .those troubles, I had no difficulty in 'obtaining- a little rest,; which came to mo slowly 'but surely, until I: alv/ays relied "upon having a good night's sleep, and awoko in the morning feeling tho benefit of it. : Clements Tonio did all that for me,, and more,: .It ' gavo, mo a splendid appetite, ■ and ' ■ braced up my nervous system.; .'I piifc' on flesh rapidly, and my strength daily increased. ; In a very reasonable'space of timo there was not a eign of indk' : ' gestion left; my brain, was stimulated '■"•. into healthy activity, and; I .was; i« ; fit;-> and wellas before my exhausting - ill-. . ness attacked me.- As I before stated:I resumed athletic exercise with'a will.". . " Would you like' these facts known ?' : t "Yes, to benefit others, you may pub-; fish my statements," • ~ -■

STATUTORY DECLARATION. It Chaues Albbbt TnoriNX,' of. Gray-ffreer. /jSKkland, In the Colony ol New Zealand, <l» solemnly and sincerely declare thai I have carefcl'y 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 lull permission to publish In any way my.stalemenls-whlch I give voluntarily, 'without receiving any payment) and I make thls-solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue ol tho provisions of an Act of tile General Assembly ol New Zealand, Intituled "The Justices of Peace Act, '•■■•■