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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1508, 24 January 1901, Page 62

Terms of Praise ©le m e mts Tom s© UEMER FAILS To Do its Duty, Th& Case of WmS> BERTHA RAHKIN* (Bi* oca SPECIAL REPORTER). Mrs. Rankin’s store is situated in EvansBtJjpet.. Balmain, Sydney. Our reporter recently had half an hour’s chat with this lady. She spoke in unmeasured terms of praise of Clements Tonic. “ We have used it as a family medicine for years,” she said, “and it neverfailed to do its duty, and to it I ascribe my present state of good health. Formerly, v;e used to try other medicines, but always had to throw them up in disgust, as they proved entirely ineffective.” “ You have suffered then, Mrs. Rankin ” queried the reporter. “ I have ! I fell ill through overwork. I got out of sorts and less able to do my daily round of duties. I used to sink down in a chair thoroughly worn cut before I had been out of bed an hour.” “ Talking about bed, how did you sleep?” “Well, generally speaking, I .slept heavily, but I felt but little refreshed in the morning. The sleep I had was of a sluggish character, not light and natural as it should be, and always is when lam well. [I felt thick and stupid in the day time too, and my nerves became very weak and gave me a great deal of anxiety. It worried me to sic down to my meals and not be able to eat anything, but at the time I am speaking of, my appetite was very poor and uncertain, and nothing agreed with me. I had taken many medicines and pills, but gained no great results. One day a neighbour mentioned Clements Tonic to me—that's how I first came to. hear of that remedy. I wa3 very much reduced in weight and run down at the time, and 1 can hardly tell you how delighted I -was to find that in the course of a few days Clements Tonic was fast putting me to rights again. I felt my nerves being toned up every day. After a couple of bottles or so 1 found I could get through my work without any difficulty, and I could tackle my food again with a genuine and healthy appetite, and I don’t think I can tell you any more except that Clements Tonic pulled me completely round and made me quite vigorous again.” “ Have other members of your family used Clements Tonic ? ” “Oh, yes, frequently. My husband was often out of sorts. He used to suffer somewhat as I did—generally run down, you know,” explained Mrs. Rankin. “ Well, as soon as I had found by-actual proof ou myself that Clements Tonic was a sure remedy. I knew what to give him when he got ill, and I found a bottle or so always revived him and put him ou his legs again. I .could talk to you long enough, telling you of people I knew who have been cured by Clements Tonic.” “ I can publish your statements then ? ” “ Oh, yes, of course, in anyway you like.” STATUTORY DECLARATION. I, Bert.ua Rankin, of Evans-street, Balmain* Sydney, in the Colony of New South Wales, do solemnly and sincerely declare that I have carefully read the annexed document, consisting' of two folios and consecutively numbered from one to two, and that it contains ancl is a true and faithful account of my illness and cure bj’ Clements Tonic, and also contains my full permission to publish the same in anj' way ; and I make this solemn declaration, voluntarily and without receiving any payment, conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of the provisions of an Act made and passed in the ninth year of the reign of her present Majesty, intituled “An Act for the more effectual abolition of Oaths and Affirmations taken and made in the various Departments <jf the Government of New South Wales, and to substitute Declarations in lieu thereof, and for the suppression of voluntary and extra-judicial Oaths and Affidavits.” Declared at Balmain, this nineteenth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and ninety ei -ht, hater© me, ALFRED HANCOCK, J.P. Another instance of the decided advantage of twin-screw steamers is afforded by the accident to the St. Paul. On the 31st October, when little more than half way across the Atlantic, the steamer struck what must evidently have been some very substantial wreckage and carried away her starboard propeller. Thei engines immediately commenced to race, and before they could be stopped the tail shaft was broken, four out of the six cylinders belonging tc the starboard engines and two piston rods were wrecked, and the engine shaft was sprung six inches. Notwithstanding the extent of the damage, amounting to a* least ,£50,000, the steamer proceeded with