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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1683, 1 June 1904, Page 78 (Supplement)

A TRIBUTE TO ACKNOWLEDGED MERIT. Tlr»e Case of MR, E. T, WAR WE. I (BY A WELLINGTON REPORTER.) Ia a statement to 'a press representative Mr.'Edward Thomas VVarne gives some information that should prove serviceable to the residents of Wellington, where Mr. Warne lives at No. 42 Cambridge {Terrace. The first enquiry made was in regard to that gentleman’s occupation, the answer being: “A Painter,” and then Mr. Warne proceeded to give am interesting account of events which are olosely connec- ? ted with-Jhat trade, “That is my occupation,” lie'" pursued, “and it is not a veryhealthy one either. You have probably heard about painters’ colic?J’ ?- “ Ye 3,” assented the reporter, “ I have heard that such aiComplaint exists.” ‘* e Unfprtiinately for us it does, and In regard to it my i*luck has been-dreadfully bad. - About'twelve months ago 1 was very ill indeed, with that ailment, and I bad been Buffering for months before I was compelled tflL givo in, but now it became quite a common thing for me to have to lie up three or four "days at a time, and the agony that f irostrajted me was positively unb- arable, t felt lili.e-.a gnawing pain, or as if a bladder was gradually being inflated in the stomach, and as it' expanded the pain increased. It would ''tike' a man with a more extensive • . vocabulary at His disposal than I. possess to give a fair idea of what the pains really were like, hut it may he enough for me to Bay .that many a time I have been bent -almost > bwing to the .excessive tortures that I endured. Anything in the world* would preferable to such misery, but I had no option but to put up with-it and make the best of matters as they were.”' ' “ Why? Had you exhausted all means at yotir disposalju the way of getting relief ? ” “Yes; pretty well every conceivable means of gaining benefit had been resorted to, but there was nothing in any of them. The doctors knew it was painters’ colic that I was suffering from, yet they evidently did not know what to give me to alleviate Vmy distress;’ as everything they prescribed in ignominious failure in that respect. *V W-h®n the _ treatment. of one i iriedical-man ended thatAvay I lost rio time in placing my-case before another one, and when I had gone to the expense of consulting several experts and.still .I was no better,. I thought it was high time for me to keep my money in my pocket. But th.it did not answer.; ,my health went further astray tfchau ever until I was in a worse condition thanltliad ever been, before during the whole o of my life. I then began experimenting with medicines I saw placards about on hoardings, and also advertised in newspapers, but it would have been equally effective had I thrown "my*money into the rubbish box - outside. They were perfectly useless, and f-it seemed that nothing would cure me. the failure of my appetite I could take scarcely any food, and the trouble was to keep down the little I did have, for I . threw it up repeatedly. Indeed, I often vomited at any time of the day, and you may '■reckon how frightfully weak I got. _ Many day I felt simply helpless, and with the violent pains I had in the head my life was almost a curse to me. Sometimes the attacks of vomiting were of shorter duration than on other occasions, but I can tell you * that two days of that trouble used to pull me down terribly in weight. I had been in .Wellington seven year 3 before 1 was laid up twelve months -ago, having come over from Sheffield, near Christchurch, and I had never met a fellow tradesman who had the complaint so badly as I had then. I could not sleep at nights and it seemed - that the whole" of ray internal organs were put of repair, my chest being so much oppressed by a sense of weight after taking any food that I was very short-winded, and air odd times I had nasty pains between my shoulders and about the small of my >back. My eyes felt quite swollen in the mornings, and, besides, I had a very bitter taste in the mouth. Dreams of a distressing character flitted about any sleep that I got, and when I woko up I did nob feel as if I liad been sleeping at all—so depressed and so weary that my limbs fairly ached. Dizziness often affected me when I was least expecting anything of the sort, and in fact I always had something to upset me and make me tired of the miserable existence I was leading.” . “Did you give up taking medicine altogether ? ” * “For a while I did, and then, when my . future looked darker than every. I was pub on to a medicine that eclipsed everyihing I had previously taken. I was to have gone to work on a particular job one morning, but •when I woke up I felt too ill again to go. It was th n that I was advised to take some Clements Tonic by a gentleman who had suffered in a similar way to myself, and my .wife went straight and got some. Now, the most marvellous thing about the whole affa r was this, that before that bottle of Clements Tonic was finished I was so. improved that I was able to get up and make', a start .with my work again. I was almost paralysed with pains in the stomach when it was brought home, but the ease I got from a small quantity of Clements Tonic was one of the greatest wonders of the daj\ When I found out that at last I had got a medicine which was doing me good, T can give you my assurance that I m de no mistake about it. I did not take a few bottles and then la\ock it off. I kept on with Clements Tonic until I was quite fixed up again ; and from my heart I thank God that such a splendid remedy is at the disposal of, the afflicted. The only tempor--ary ease that I used to get occasionally was through the administration of morphia, but Clements Tonic seemed to get.at the cause of my ago’iiy, remove it, and thus give me relief of a more permanent character. My ! nerves used to be terribly out of balance, but the great'remedy I was taking soon put me right in that respect; and for giving tone to the system and restoring good digestive powers I have no hesitation in saying that Clements Tonic is the best medicine I have ever "taken in my life, Tts influence in stopping the vomiting fits was simply like magic, and the same remedy did me yeoman service in curing me of tlio-e headaches that bad caused me so much anguish. My spirits sparkled up splendidly when I saw the glorious changes that Clements Tonic was responsible for, and who’s would not after having boon lifted from such a helpless condition as I was in ? It was: something to be jubilant over the way I was eating and sleeping, for life was so pleasant under these altered circumstances, and for 'he complete recovery that I experienced through Clements Tonic solely, I wish to give these words of thanks.” “ May I publish them ? ” “You can publish in any way all I’ve said.” STATUTORY DECLARATION. I Edward Thomas Warne, of 42 Cambridge Terrace, iVe'llington, in theColonyof New Zealand, do solemnly md sincerely declare that I have carefully read the an lexed document, consisting of three folios, and con* leoulively numbered from one to three, and that it Contains and is a .true and faithful account of my ■ln“ss and cure by Clements Tome ; and also cona:ns mv full permission to publish in any way mj ents—which - I .give voluntarily, . without Reiving any payment; and I make this solemn eclaratfen conscientiously believing the same to be ru» ard by virtue f the provisions of an Act of the Get"e Assembly of New Zealand, intituled “The justices of Peacs Act, 1882.” Declared at Wellington, this eleventh day or May, one thousand nine hundred and three, before me, HY. Fl’oCKTO'v' J.P.