THE AVERAGE CITIZEN THIRSTS FOR KNOWLEDGE

Otago Daily Times, Issue 13693, 8 September 1906, Page 2

THE AVERAGE CITIZEN THIRSTS FOR KNOWLEDGE

THcOnnoof Mrs. L. A. PARKERSON. (BY A SPKCIAL REPORTER,) >. It is not easy for the average citizen to follow the intricacies of public finances, aud with those who do study the figures the memory docs not always retain the details j biu with Biieh a subject S3 that spoken of below by Mrs. Louisa.Augusta f'arkeraon, of 117 Atliol Place, Dunedin, there is an individual interest ai stake which makes it worth while to remember each utterance, the first of which was: " My health was in a fearfully debilitated state three ye&ra ago, aud it ia something that I have to be extremely thankful for that. I am here and in such good condition to-day. Those who saw me then little thought that tmcli a remarkable change \m possible, for I was thin and haggard and *3 white as a ghoit." " What had happened," asked the reporter, " to bring you like that ?" " My internal organs were all wrong, and had been for a.great length of lime, as it was quite an impossibility for me to digest iny food, even if 1 exercised the utmost discretion in selecting the little I ate, and I assure you it was but a very small amount of nourishment'that I took at a time, for my appetite was so dreadfully poor. Gradually I got no weak that it was as mucli os I could do to walk, ami when I did I bo. came sfi dazed and giddy that I quickly sat dowu ugain for fear of falling, It wm the mo«t unhappy experience one aoiild have to be so feeble and depressed and not to be able tu get any propoL- rest. I used to go to |ied and listen to the clock chiming every quarter of an hour until the daylight sto'v. into my room, anil as it was quite useless trying vo get any shisp then I would get up feeling really more dead than alive. And when I thought- of the long day of suffering and heartache that was again In front of me I folt like one alliicled with utter loss of hope, I wa? always intensely languid and tired of everything, a?, if there were nothing in the world that- could absorb-my attention for a moment or give me the least particle of pleasure in life. In .every .way I was complelely put- of lorts, and my norvea were in a terribly bad state. Sometimes I could not speak to people owing to my extreme nervousness, awl ofton I have sat.and felt myself shaking from head to foot, and hare not been a le to do anything for the excessive trembling of my nerves."

"You really had a bad time, Mrs. Par kerson." g

" It in quite beyond my powers of speech to clearly describe my sufferings, for <i nervous terror v/.it continually pervading my mind and making me feel that something dreadful was.going to happen at every wv u. If I chajiccd to snitch a few hours' sleet I had ill sorts of dreams, that seemed tooe•troy all the refreshing influence)! of slirnber,asl feltuo hotter for it, and as fordong my housework—well, that wa9 not to us thought of. for I was helploss in the mattor. The least thing that went wrong vexed me, and 1 m up in a slate of excitement at the slightest- cause.* That in itsolf will tell you how upside-dowii everything was with me, &5 I am naturally of an easy-going mid philosophical temperament j but to lie daily suffering from e.cute headaches is enough to make/anybody cress. A strange dimness used to,' overshadow my eyes, too, and I could see black spots in front of me ; but my heart was one of my greatest troubles. It wan always palpitating and fluttering as though it was diseased..;, Upon my word, I do not think there wag any part of my btiiy not out of order, for I suffered wit'; oppression in the chest and very often with flatulence, while the pains between my shoulders were »o severe that ! could tcsrcel} 1 stand them. Over my loins wire etches that were almoßl unbeatable ami I had a dry, backing cough that caused me no »ad of misery," (,•

HERE ARE THERAPEUTIC FAOTS,

" Were yon under medical treatment?" " You may lie sure I was, and the doclm said my liver and kidneys were discasi:> and that my system was completely ru down. They were very attentive to in case, but beyond »lilt-lo ease now and the I ilid not benefit by their medicines, and i looked us though 1 would have to suffer tc the end of my days. Such was tho hopelo« conviction that cast a gloom ever my mind, which made my existence all tho mon wretched ; yet in spite of my desperation J could not- help thinking, as I read abou Clcmeuis Tonic one day,, that there may still bs hope for me." " Did yon give that medicine a trial ?" "I tlia.nl; God that I did, for without i' Ido not know what I would have done. I . is quite certain that I wotilil have faro> very badly, because none of my other medi ciuos could do what Clements Tonic did and I honest ly tell you that my salvation i due to that wonderful remedy. People who had seen ine so terribly emaciatod am drawn scamely knew me when I had beei taking Clements Tonic a few weeks. Tliej (aid I looked twice the woman I had been and that they had never seen such an extraordinary improvement in ill their lives. Jv.it it uas myself who had good reason to bo surprised, for I felt jest a* well as people said .1 looked. Never More in my life had I experienced such km next- feelings of thankfulness as I (iid whilst (Jiementß Tonic was doing its work, as each week I felt that I was Approaching nearer and nearer to the health that I Itjwl 50 long lost. % Unlike the medicines I had taken before, Clements i'onic did not ease me a littie one day and then dn no good the next, but it kept on relieving my pains from start to finish, Those between tny shoulders and across my loins vanished by degrees, aud tho headaches which had tortured me were soon out of existence. A lightness of heart that I h*d never thought of again ,acquiring came to me, as I noticed the grand effect Clements Tonic had upon my nervous system, for the groundless feni's that used to Worry Ine died way, and. I could sleep in peace the whole night through. Anotlier thing that pleased me w*s to find that I was now digesting my fond, and it was indeed a great blessing to he able to enjoy my meals and have no thought of after consequences, such as flatulence aud the like, and a great load wan lifted from my mind when niv heart ceased to give ine anxious moments, for Clements Toßio- actually had a regulating and stimulating effect upon that organ, The stronger I grew the less troublesome my cough became, and finally it loft me i.ltogether; and as each of my bodily pains had beon removed, and I was feeling as gay nit a lark, I only required to take a little more Clements Tonic to make my recovery perfect, and then I was completely cured." ''Such a record ought to be widely known," " Of course it should, and you may publibh my etory in any way you think best."

STATUTORY DECLAIUTION, J, I<mt Augusta Parkirsw, of 117 Alhol Plsoi, Punedin, in tht (lolony of New Zealand, do solemnly and sincerely declare that I have carefully lear! the annexed document, oonaittin; of three folios, tnd consecutively nuoiliered from one to three, Mid Hintit contains and is a true and faithful account of my illnegft and cure by Clements Tonic, and alse contains my full permimion to publish in any way my utateinenls-which I give roluutarily. wiliient receiving any payment; and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously helievln; the lime to be true, and hy virtue ot the provisions ol an Act ol the Central Assembly of New Zealand, Intituled "Tha Justices ofl'sace Act, ISS'2," lteclired ti Dunedin Ibis twelfth day of March, ODD thousand nine hiimlieo and three, before me, , Wli. 0. IIANLOH, J.P,