TU r aC o nf easy position in which I could get a few . I ne Vase OT hours' rest, which I-heeded so badly, so ■ B& :;' ' a^a sesp^k ■■' exceedingly acute were the. ; .IWfS» • G.LAi?&C.Sa Tortures which Affected.flfle. ' ; ,;: ......'. • I grew, very dejected. A great weiglV . of despair hung over me like a cloak. Th» {From (lie " A'cpean Times,' :Jv.S. IF.) conversation of my husband and childreif , ■„„„_„„ was not able to arouse or interest me, • ( B y our SPECIAL BBPOETEB.) Lower and kmer I < sank, and got weaker Directions were given to our reporter to and weaker, till very often I thought thab iook up\Mrs. Clarke, of Woodrofle Street, my spark of life was going out, ami that I L Jenrith. On calling the pressman received, was about to die. Medicine had seemed : cc>rdial reception^ and, on inquiring about useless, and I could ndtsee a gleam of hope :ier illness, Mrs, Clarke said : ' anywhere, and yet, at last, I found a remedy "I first guessed there was something the ' Th&t Defeated'the Disease •natter when I found that I couldn't do my . ~,■', ~ ordinary work. • • which .had hold of-me.' . '•- IJL « jl. "Yes, what?" I felt • "Clements Tonic.., I was repeatedly md relaxed, and if I wanted to go out any- advised to take it, but I put it down aa where I felt so tired by the time that I had being about as much use as the other things ■ inished dressing that I often changed my which I had 3wailowed. But I was quite nincl andtook my things off again. Then out of my reckoning, for, when I did give I began to'notice a twitching, pricking pain in and commenced to take it, :ietwceu the shoulders, which got worse and An .Immense Difference worse. At night it gave me the most . _ ~,,.. ■Jistress, then the anguish of it was so great was easily seen in my general health after ihat ni^ht after night I was only one large bottle. -The dull appearance j if , ~'■ ■, . i~ about the eyes gave place to a brighter and i ftio-s: ableiO Lie Down, healthier look. I soon took a pleasure in j but sat up in bed, as it was easier to bear reading and the company of friends, who the pain in that position ; and, as for sleep, complimented me Upon why, I hardly ever got an hour's rest from m Kffljarkedl Sraprovemsent. evening to morning. . ; ■'~.■■' '■,-.., r-m ■ * "So bad as that ?" I obtained four more bottles of Clements "Yes, and all tins time I had a heavy Tonic. It brought my strength back sick headache that never ceased, and my splendidly, and my headache and the pains food disagreed with me every time I took in my back-gave me less trouble and .pain it After eating I felt great oppression on after every dose. I felt quite sprightly and | 'my chest, and 1 would have given the world lively in the daytime, instead ot heavy and to have thrown it up again. But there it stupid as I used to do, and at night, not stuck, cold and undigested, till it turned feeling any pain to speak of, long sleep • sour and brought on windy spasms. There began t° be .& regular thing, is o day passed was always a nauseous taste ia my but what I was a step-further towards my mouth which nothing could remove. It ia usual vigorous health. Once I sent my ■no wonder that I was food away, but now I called for more, and • ■■ ■'-. ■■„,.„. , ' it did me good, digested easily, and I began So Than an®. Weals, to fin oll fc a U over.. I avoided any chance . ana .of a pallid, unwholesome colour- of a relapse by sticking to Clements Tonic People used to say that ; I looked even after I thought!'was convalescent, more like a walking ghost than a All traces of human-being, but I looked no worse Pain and Disease were than I felt. I had to give up trying to ; Dissipated, work; it was no use, I couldn't do it. and I was robust and vigorous again, thanks Tortured with unceasing' headaches, and to that fine remedy, Clements Tonic, and I harassed by ■ ' need hardly tell you,l'm never now without The ftieweir-ereciirtSJ Pains a bottle in the house. It cured me. You see , , ... , , ~ ~ lam in perfect health now; I hope I ever in my back, life seemed not worth the shall be / $o one knows llmef wht^SXLeTlLltK The Misery and Despair a time of cheerful gathering, only wearied of one in ill health except those who suffer me for I had no appetite, and only ate when it. Ia in glad to give the credit to Clements T was actually obliged to." Tonic. It did worlds for mo, and I don't care "Things couldn't last long like that,' who knows it.'for you or Clements Tonic | said our reporter. people can publish what I've said in any "You're mistaken; a woman takes a lob way you like, of killing, for, on and off, I was statoTObF^HATIO*. ill for Three /ears, j FAKKV . clarsk, o{ commercial Street, Penirwl nlnraira errtrtnrr wnrop "' rifch, in the Colony of New South Wales, do and always getting •Borse. aolcmnly and slccoreiv declare that I have carefully " Surely the doctors could relieve yon 7 read the an-icxed doouraeut, consisting of eishb ' "Nothing of the sort; the doctors could folios and.consecutively numbered from.one to eight, do nothin" for me. Their physic quite andthatitccnteunsandiaatrueandfaitWalaooount c., ,| ..,° ~ . T^, v . nni .^^u., r ,, n ~tF of my 1 ness and cure by Clements Tome, and also failed in its object. I cant stop to tell you nw,v , jOnt^ us my fllU permission to publish the how many different pills and other things Bam e in any way; and I make this solemn I took trviiK' to c»et '-elief. If they were all declaration conscientiously believing the same to bo ; «„(• - f n »itli»i- T° lioUpvp the- hntrip"! nf true, and by virtue of the provisions of an put togethei j. beue\e the bottiCb ot Act ; mrldo atl^ passed iv the ninth year of the : medicine ana boxes, ot pills 1 took would lx .jg n of her present Majesty, intituled "An Act for : have filled buckets. Every penny of the the more effectual abolition of Oaths and Affirmations ; tvnnmr T inifl for these +hinfa taken and made in the various Departments of tho ' lUOliey 1 pdlCllOl Cliese flings Government of New South Wales, and to substitute : Was Utterly Wasted, Declarations in lieu thereof and for the suppression ' , . , , , ot voluntary and extra judicial Oaths »nd Affidavits." ; and I can hardly understand how my poor _ body stood it all. It was quite plain that /I /f/f jfl/ft / '■ none of these remedies bit off my disease, //n/l/t** // l'fs.*s/L so I ceased taking medicine altogether; but ■<//111/, J lfl/W/I^Wmsl/il<(> \ I grew no better. A sluggish torpor lay (^P^ heavily on me all day, my eyes were tf afc mm of one and swollen, and yet 1 was not able thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, before me, ; sleep, and night I never could find to ALFBED COX.I.ESS, J.P. noi-^any^deleterious substance enters into the composition ot Clements Tonic. We make no use in our process of arsenic, stry&hnia, koSa nut, or any such dangerous or useless drugs. Why should we? We don't want to kill our patients—dead mon ; pay no bills, We want to cure them, then they come again, and send- their Mends, ; iiud recommend our remedy whenever occasion arises. That is where we benefit : by supplying a genuine article. ! Arsenic is one of the most dangerous poisons that could be used; its quick action on i the human system shows that; but its regular use is bound to result in absorption of the | 'lands, and wasting away and final destruction of the nerve tissue. < Strychnia has a dangerous, stimulating effect on the cerebral tissue, is cumu'iv ' tive in action, and constant use is-boundHo-result in paralysis of the base of the brain, ' insanity and madness. 1 . ■ Ko!a. Ki^t has' no" merit whatever--to., recommend it.'fits sole claim tt.. v recognition as a medicine is dtie to tlite' striall percentage of ; caffeine it contains, \ > ;md it is a very small percentage—-only 2 to 25 percent.—whereas oi-ditraiy tea which ■; you buy at the grocer's containsr.doirble the quantity,..and tJie best brands of tea contain '' iip to 6 j)er cenc.,.so there-is more of the active alkaloid of kola in a cup of tea•th.-i.ti ( in two cup 3of kok. deeo/jtion aijcl no dangeroas or g^ouous ingredients. acl;ku. I ■ •Jlements Tonit is no sHol r ioa^efijpen^y. dodge ; .afe is a'process, not a mixturt : i'.nf J ; not "with universal prais<>;an«iwe%vi*l'SdßajHHidreda of iccil-iproofs of its merit to ary-.j . ■<o who wishes them. •? I r
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 11524, 9 September 1899, Page 3
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