Tales Retold AN INSTRUCTIVE NARRATIVE FOR INEXPERIENCED PEOPLE.

Otago Witness, Issue 2649, 21 December 1904, Page 85

Tales Retold AN INSTRUCTIVE NARRATIVE FOR INEXPERIENCED PEOPLE.

The O&se of Mr. «J. McLEAN.

(by a disinterested reporter.)

There must be many untold tales of ■uffering which are pitiful in the extreme — tales into which the actual pathos of helplessness enters unmistakably, and which demand our sympathy no less because those who might tell them remain silent than because they- may be uncharitable and indifferent to the welfare of those around them. Such unthoughtfulness cannot be sharged against Mr. John McLean, of 51 Bay View Terrace, Maitland-street, Dunedin, as will be seen by those who read the following : — " I have been informed," said a reporter, " that you were once a sufferer from Hver troubles, and that you finally effected a recovery after you had been ailing a good length of time. Will you tell me how it was done ? "

"I presume you propose to enlighten athers through placing my experiences before them, and, if that is the idea, I will gladly give you all the information possible, is it should certainly be the means of helping anybody who is struggling against the fates like I was. It was when I was living in the suburb of Carriugton, near Newcastle, New South Wales, that I dropped across the best medicine I ever encountered in my ife, and that was Clements Tonic ; and I nay as well tell you that I have had some sxperience with medicines, for my complaint lung on to me for ten years. Occasionally [ got a little relief, but nothing could shift :t out of my system. Not even doctors' nedicines nor anything else that I purihased."

" What kind of symptoms did you have ? " "All sorts," replied Mr. McLean, "and lone of them were very mild ones either. You see I was connected with mining in /hose days, my work consisting of weighing ;he coal a* it reached the top of tha pit, and 1 daresay the coal dust had a detrimental sffeet upon my digestive organs. At any -ate, they were quite upside down, as it vere. During my ten years' suffering you nay depend that I tried more doctors than me, bub they could not cure me. I blame ;he long continuance of my 'indigestion .roubles for resulting in my being subsequently afflicted with aathma, and it makes ne think what a lifetime of mi»ery could lave been avoided had I known of Clements Conic earlier. My system was terribly veakened, and I used to get' palpitation of he heart very badly. I could actually see ny coat moving up and down with the leavy pulsation of my heart. There is no loubt that my complaint attacked me very avagely, for my appetite was completely vorn out, and there was therefore no pros)ecb of my strength ever coming back so ong as I could not eat my food." " Could you always retain what you had wallowed 1 "

" That was the worßt of ifc. Even the mall amount of nourishment I managed to ionsume did not stay down, and the retchng of it back again used to thoroughly .xhaust me. Before that took place I •lvrays experienced a terrible fulness in the tomach, and I can explain it to you quite veil. It was the food that fermented and illed me with wind, and the painful spasms . had to endure were something awful. Chen my chesb used to get horribly com>ressed, so tight, in fact, that I could hardly Iraw a breath, and to make life still more lismal I had attacks of bilious headaches iow and again. A matter of deep concern iras my sight, for I could not read with any tleasure owing to its being bo defective, nnd here was a heavy, swollen feeling in my yes, aa if I could hardly open them. My isual condition was — ali the day drowsy .nd little or no sleep at uighls. It was a eretched state of affairs to go to bed knowng that I would not get any proper rest, .nd to ]iet thinking about all sorts of .nhappy possibilities was enough to make nyoiie morbid and depressed. &.B my

weakness increased so did my limbs ache %1 the more, and the pain across my loins wai so bad that I did not like moving about With a furred tongue and a bitter taste v my mouth every morning, how could ; expect to feel otherwise than sick ? And . have yet to mention the severe pains tha* attacked me between my shoulders. It wai like something pricking me' nil' the time and then there were buzzing sounds in mj ears,, too. All those things tended to mak« me the most unhappy "of men, and to kno\^ by the cloudy sediment in the urine that m j kidneys were also deranged only accentu / ated my feelings of misery. My nervei-" had become somewhat shaky under thii incessant strain, and the loas-of weight J sustained was almost appalling." " Did you get any of it back when yot commenced with Clements Tonic 1 " " Bather ! but that was not the only waj in which I benefited by using that wonder ful medicine, aa it acted in auch^ ax extraordinary style that it put new life int< me, and I felt myself getting more inclined to do some work every day. As an mv gor ator I am sure there is nothing to approaci Clements Tonic, for it seemed to act like charm upon' every weak spot and ieav°i strength behind it. The poor attempts. J used to make to eat were incidents of th« past after I had been under Clements Toni« a while, and what I can give especial credit to that medicine for was for making me sleep well. Its soothing influence over the nerves was quite remarkable, while its action upon my kidneys was all tha.t ] could desire. To find all these improvements taking place after I had been ailing so long, and after I had been disappointed so often by other medicines, was something that made me extremely thankful U Clements Tonic for, and I think it only right that I should try and comfort those ailing now by letting them know that th< means by which my health was regained art at their own command. It was a great relief to me to be free from the oppressive feelings in my chest, for then I could breati - without any trouble, and another mercifui amelioration of suffering which came through" using Clements Tonic was the eradication; .of the pains from the lower part of my bach \ and alsp from between my houlders. I had not taken a great quantity, of that medicine before the vomiting troubles were entirely stopped, and the windy spasms that' had caused so much torture were treated- with equal success. To be once again able to gel about without any aches or pains Was enough to make any man joyful, and. for being animated with renewed activity like 1 was, I am always mindful that it was Clements Tonic which made me so. My~ experience goes to show that there can w no question about that medicine's supremacy over all ethers for ailments such as mme 7 , and, as I said before, I am sorry I did not know of its reliability and worth before. " Better late than not at all." " Yes, indeed ; but I would like othe» sufferers to know about Clements Tonic a B S early in their illness as possible, so you map publish these remarks in any way it pleasei you." STATUTORY DECLARATION. I, Jons BlcT.bax, of No. 51 Bay View Terrace, Maik land-street, Dunedin, in the Colony of New Zealand do solemnly and sincerely dec'are that I have caiefullj read the annexed document, consisting of three foHorf and consecutively numbered from one to three, aner that it contains and is a true and faithful account of my illneis and cure by Clements Tonic, and al^« contains my full permission to puNiah in any was" my itatements— which I give voluntarily, without rec°i\ insr any payment ; and I make this solemr declaration conscientiously believiig the same to bi true; and by virtue of the provisions of an Act of the Gentral Assombh of New Zealand, intituled " Ttjr Justices of Peace Act, 1582." Declared at Dunedin, this tenth day of March, on thousand nine hundred and three, before me, B. CHISHOLM. i.%