BE GUIDED BY OTHERS' EXPERIENCES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2651, 4 January 1905, Page 69

BE GUIDED BY OTHERS' EXPERIENCES.

The Case of Mi*. R. H. FLETCHER. (BY A LOCAL REPORTER.) Absolute hunger is not a trial which is usually familiar in this country, and however much imagination may take the place 'oi experience the realisation of its terrors can not be very vivid unless they have been endured ; but when all the evils of life ar« reduced to their elementary forms, sickneaa is undoubtedly the most real, and it is to save our fellows from hardships in that re spect that such aid as the following waa solicited by a reporter from Mr. Robert Henry Fletcher, of 9 Hope-street, Dunedin, who said : "Some four year 3 back my health was in a very queer atate indeed. It was after* the busy season of Christmas time that I found my nerves had collapsed under the heavy strain, but I was in hopes that the rest 1 would get during the holidays might haw the effect of. bracing me up again. It was not to be, however, and instead of getting better I got considerably worse." "You mean that other complication: arose ? " suggested the pressman. - " Just so ; for one thing I experienced the disadvantage of losing my appetite, as I could not eat anything with the least degrefc of relishi and the unfortunate part of it all was, that the small quantity I did partake of did not do me any good, a Quite the reverse, in point of fact, for then I had all the unpleasant sensations of indigestion to contend with, not the least annoying of which was a great sense of oppression in my chest, as if what I had swallowed had stopped there and turned to stone. Troubles were further augmented through the fermentation of the food', which brought about % very uncomfortable' sensation in the stomach' "when it became filled with wind, and I suffered very much with a sort of headache •like a throbbing in my temples. It was a very unhappy Christmas for me, but I.would not have minded that so much if I had'onl* gotbetterand been able to start work afresh.' 1 " You were suffering som> time, then." • " Yes, unfortunately ; and all the doetor't medicines and -patent medicines could -not alleviate my .distress. I grew more languid, and melancholy than ever.' Signs of kidney disorders cropped up, and I was persecuted " with acute painsucross the loins, which made" it a misery ;to walk. A yellow fur spread across my tongue, showing ' the Tiad state of my internal organs, and I always had a vile, taste in the mouth, in the mornings especially. Restlessness at "nights was another ' thing that helped to increase my weariness, and I did not seem any better when -I * did get a little sleep, for I felt so worn out -at the beginning of each day that I did not care how things went. I used -to have dreams like the nightmare, and when I got up from bed in the mornings my limbs almost ached for the want of strength. The doctor" said it was my nerves thatwere causing all the trouble, and no "doubt he' was right,' for they used to shake terribly, and another indication of my nervous affections was that my mind was always upset with thoughts that wore never agreeable. I used to get one little worrying idea in my mind, and I oould think of nothing else for hours. It was a life oi wretchedness that I was leading, and I am thankful that at last I purchased some Clements Tonic and set myself free." " ' "How did you come to take Clements Tonic?" ■ " Through reading some testimonials about it, and I think I ought to give one in return to guide those who are si ill suffering. It was a wonderful difference which Clements Tonic made in me, steadying my nerves, making me- eat, and overruling my internal disorders so completely that soon my digestion was all right. It was a perfect cure for flatulence and chest pains, and for making me sleep well I give Clements Tonic the palm over everything. In course of time the pains across my loins had taken their departure, and I was intensely gratified to find that my kidney disorders had been remedied, because the "symptoms belonging to that complaint were gone, and with each bottle of Clements Tonic my vitality, increased remarkably. When my nervous system was properly balanced again I had no anxious thoughts to worry me, and when I could resume work with the same vigor «s before my illness I sincerely thanks d Jlementa Tonic, for it had made a healthy man of me." " Can I make use of your statements ? " " You can publish them to the whole world, in any form you like." STATUTORY DECLARATION. I, Robert Hbkrt Fmtcumi, of No. 9 Hope-streeV Duhtdin, in the Colony cf New Zealand, (Jo solemnly and sincerely declare that 1 have carefully read %ht annexed document constating of two (olios and consecutively cumbered from one to two, and that it contains »nd is a true and faithful neooußt of oiy illness and cure by Clements topic, and afro co~ntaina my full permission to publish in any way my itta^ inenta— *hich I give voluntarily, Without rfitjeivta j[ any payment ; and' I make this tolethn declaration conscientiously believing the same to W true> 3pq by virtue of the provisions of an Aot of the Gengm ABSBrably of Kew Z. aland, intifliUd " The Justice* 6» Peace Act, 1882." Dtclared at Dunedin. this thirtieth day of M&rch, •ne thousand nine hundred and three, before me, JAMES WREN. J.P. — Bolivia and Siam are the only civilised' or semi-civilised Powers without a National Debt. . . — Japan has its communities of silent female recluses. There is a convent at ai plaoe called Yunakawa, about seven miles from Hakodate. A matron of some 50 years presides, and her instructions are implicitly obeyed. The women are all young, ranging from 16 to 27, and some of them are described as very beautiful. The building etands in a farm of some 250 acres, but the women do not engage in any agricultural work. They spend most of their time indoors, and they observe a strict rule oi silence*