Timed and Tried.

Otago Witness, Issue 2690, 4 October 1905, Page 85

Timed and Tried.

WEIGHED AND NOT FOUND WANTING. A Story for Sceptical Minds.

The Case Of Mra. J. RENNIE. ■ Nx, wm.9*. w. (A special investigation). tutu ii - -a a Ar.no tlTPr*. i<« nnlv When all is said and[done there is on y one sure way of b? A™£^*tehghtttl J iuid that is by being helpful. Ihu may in a sense, be looked on as a se, fijh majni^ but it is a kind of aelfishneas wluch avould benefit the world if there were z htfle more, of it, especially when the effoitai to assist the needy bear reference to such matters as are spoken of by rSg,' a"c Rennie, of No. 192 Cumberland btieet, Dunedin. „ . » A little more than t«o yeani ago, rem -rked that lady I ™V" *"t> a delicate state o health that II ad to go to a hospita 0l felt so dieadfully ill that I entertained grave doubts as to what the near future would bring, and lam sure 1 ought to be very thankful forcing alive aU v ™US ♦r- Sv whJ WM wroniT order an#hat I had indigestion n a very bad form. IW that much myself for lad such a heavy feeling in my chesti that I.ljad to fairly gasp for breath and sometimes the pains in that part were so acute that I had to squeeze my chest with both hands to try to suppress them. Right down heie, too said Mrs. Renme, drawing **?£"££?£& therightside I had tlemost. «°"™ at "£ agomes # tliat a suffering »°man could • struggle against, and when I had taken any food the pains in my stomach weie _so .great that I could hardly endure them. It felt as though I were chock full of wind that could not escape, and until it was belched away the torture I had to put, up with wa, indescribable. Before I took ill myself I had often heard people talking about n digestion, and I used to think it could ot ■be half so bad as they tried to make.out; but I know how terrible, it is jowand I, would like to aid those jho are snlfei^m the saire way to get rid of it. Hltooka drink of water or a cup ot tea i had a sensa- - over a tag tton.. Tl a loss of ira appetito the yard and vomit everything up again. Oh! it was pitiful to see how weak I got, with no color in my face and no ambition or desire to do anything. For all the. good I VTa« T nY|hfc, 3usb *s well ,h^ ye bee-n oufc ?J the»«'orld altogether, and in one way it would have been better so, for then I would have been free from the agonies that were making me a complete wreck. Across my forehead I was afflicted with pains that seemed to affect my sight, and in my eyes there ws a feeling as if they were too large for their sockets. I used to put vinegar and water cloths to my head to see if they would give me ease: but whatever relief I , „, 6 .1.1 j ti ii i • c got did not last long, and after the brief respite the pain 3 seemed to get ten times worse BMy doctor advised me to put some onii-irq on t oloth and then armlv to mv spuits on a clotli ana tnen apply to my head, but it was all useless. Ihere was nothing in the way of medicine which could cive me the least help against my afflictions, and so I went on until I was nearly driven to despair. I closed my eyes for a moment when I opened them I could see smalL black specks dancing all round, and I used to get so giddy that 1 had to hold on to anything handy and call out for some one to bring me a chair. 1 got so feeble that I felt as if I could just lie down and never bother about getting up again." " How did you rest at nights 1"

" I got very little indeed for I was tossing about most of the time ; then I got up and had a, drink of water now and again, and tried all sorts of things to get to sleep, bun i fc wa> no use. Some nights I dozed ,i 'o«o'clock, but then & hfm j ke ag fiUed * .«» h dread f ul thougbts wllicll- mado Off£ to my nervous my.mind naa terribly distressed, fl £ awful suspense no linger I called out < Who's there?' It all seemed j haye afc fonp Q,clock in the morning and walked outside because I • ould * so you can see what a miserable existence I had. If a spoon fell to the floor P aud j hftd ft J J * * * wMch wapalpitabing so violently that I used a nn X.p^ flrpfi >> J to as well as your appearance mdi V v look ised J • J J £ fa hme bofcfcle £ * and when I saw it I said : «Whafc of-rubbish is this you have got me ?' this_blf t a ferial v-^v-^ P Uine._ED.) But I know the worth of Clements Tonic now, for I took that bottle and then kept on with the sane - medicine fcin I was Hke one born again.* I b , . M j h cWaw i J he finJ. real J§ pain, that I had yet experienced, P on an£ Jess tiJ/ fi^Hy SS Wapp.-ared f and when the paini £ * W had j b(f livi in a differenb worl d altogether, X ff &g j d Cl| nents &nd h incss. j&m £of the linf* whes h ' d fa fl P .!v to >york oh system and had cuWmy nuvousneao, it t i j i i • i i ..i * d th „;„* as « »^« stopping my leart from X^' and gvin ll g l mZ more strength g Prt f d Jf 5 j time ffa j had so of ten tQ £ off from d to day owing to my feebleness again became ™ J fc j look ° n Clementa P M j senfc f f f reßtor£ n health » P, P any ohjiction to your state- £ > made public ?» „N ° vhatevver. You may publiafe f leas „ •* J J y STATUTORY DEOLAEATION; , ' , I, Jane Rbnme, of 192 Cumberland-street, )una din' .„ the Colony o{ New Zealand, do solemnlj ami sincerely declaie that I have carefullj read the annexed document, consisting of txn folios, and con-,ecucu-ely numbered from one to Uo a)jd that . fc 00|ltaltls and is a true asd faithfu account of my illness and cure by Clemeiit« Tonic and also contains mv full permi-sion to i.ibn&h in any way my statements-which I gne volun SeHev! jj ng the same to be tuie, and by virtue of ths provisions of an Act of the General Assembly oj New Zftftland ' inUtuled "Xl.e Just.ces of Ye cc A<s Jfcc^e- fbe^A. £/ Declared at Duntdin. ihis sixteenth day oi one thousand nine hundred and three, efoie 1 WJI, D. HUNTER