Timed and Tried

Otago Witness, Issue 2801, 20 November 1907, Page 85

Timed and Tried

WEIGHED AND NBT FOUNB WANTING. A Story for Sceptical Minds.

The Case of Mrs. J. RENNIE.

(a SPECIAL INVESTIGATION.) When, all is aaid< and done, there i« only on* sur« way of finding life delightful, and that is by being helpful. Thim may, in a sense, be looked on m a aeMUh maxim, but it is a kind of aelflifeaeaa which woaJcf benefit the world H there were a little more of it, especially whea the efforts to Assist the needy bear reference to auoh important matters as ace spoken of by Mrs Jane Rennie, of No. 192 Cumberland street, Duaedin. "A little more than two yeare ago," remarked that lady, "I was is each a delicate state of health that I had to go to a hotpital. I felt so dreadfully ill that I enpertained grave doubfee as to what the near future would bring; and I am sure I ought to be very thankful for being alive *nd in such good health to-day." "Did the doctor* say what was wrong with you?" inquired the pressman who had been instructed to inquire into this matter. "They said it was my liver that was out of order, and that I had indigestion in a very bad form. I knew that much myself, for I had suoh a heavy feeling in my ohest that I had to fairly gasp for breath, and sometimes the pains in that pft-rfc were ao acute that 1 Tuud to squeeze my ohest with ooth ha-no's to try to suppress them. Bight lown nor<\ too," said Mrs Rennie, drawing nor hand along the right side, "I had the .no#t excruciating agonies that a suffering woman could struggle against, and when I ;ad taken any food the pains in ray stomach ,v«re so great that I c-ould Hardly endure thorn. I fcJt 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 wae indescribable. Before I rook ill myself I had often heard people talking about indigestion, and I us«d to kink it could not be half bo bad as they tried to make out; but I know how teriible it is now, and I would like to aid those who are Buffering in the same way to get rid of it. If I took a drink of water or a cup of tea I had a. sensation in my stomach as if the liquid, was going ovor a big stone. The low of my appetite was another of my misfortunes, but I w&s determined not to starve, so I used to snake niysoH eat, yet I did not gain anything by doing ao, as I invariably had to go out into tbe yard and vomit everything up again. Oh 1 it was pitiful to see how weak I got, with no ooloiir in my face and no ambition or deeire to do anything. For i)l the good 1 was I might just as well have been out of the world altogether, and in one way H would have been better ao, for then I would have been free from the agonic* that -were making me a complete wreck. Across my forehead I wo* afflicted with paine that seemed to affect my sight, and in my ©ye« there was a. feeling as if they were too large for their sockets. I used to put vinegar &nd water cloths to my head to see if they would give me ease; but whatever relief I got did not last long, and after the brief respite the pains ' seemed to get ten time* worse. My dootor i advised me to put some spirit* on a. cloth and then apply to my head," but it was all useless. There was nothing in the way ' of medicine which could give me tbe least ' help against ray aifiotiona, and bo I went on until I tva* nearly driven to despair. If : I closed my eyes for a moment, when I ■ opened them I oonld see small black epeeka \ dancing all round, and I used to get so giddy that I had to hold on to anything ' handy and call out for some one to bring me a chair, t 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?'' ; "I got very little, indeed, for I vras feose- 1 ing %pout most of the timej then I zat >

up and had a drink of water new atti again, and tried all sort* of thing* to gefc to sleep, but it was no use. Some nights)* I dosed away before 12 o'olock, hut then 8 had terrifying dreams, and when I awok* f I wae filled with dreadful thoughts wbwM I made me shake with fear. Owing to nt)| b nervous condition my mind was terrible t distressed. I fancied I could see people atf my window and hear voices in mjj room, r and when I oould stand the awful suspense] » no kmgvr I oalled out, 'Who's there! If ; all seemed co roal, I have got up at <V > o'clock in, the morning and walked onteidec , because I could not sleep, ao you oan sect what a miserable existence I had. If si . spoon fell to the floor my nerves fairfa ( .jumped again, and I had a. lot of bothen with my heart, which was given to palprtatJ . ing so violently that I used to get quiW . scared." "You are a fortunate woman to have recovered as well as your appearance indf? oates. How did you manage it?" "dements Tonic- managed everything foA Die, thank God ! even when I wa« m swehj a hopeless condition as I have deaoribedJ to you. Yee ; you may weU look surprised % but that is a fact lam telling you. My daughter brought me a bottle of Olesjjentar Tonic, and when I saw it I said : "What kind of rubbish is this you have got me?* (many sceptics talk like this— but a trial oh«ngee the tune.— Ed.) But I know th( worth of Clemen te Tonio now, for I tool that bottle and then kept on with the sam< medicine till I was like one born again< I remember how joyful I was when Ole< ments Tonic began to give m« the ftra( real relief from head pains that I had yef experienced, for they kept on getting lea< and Jess till they- finally disappeared, ang when the pains in my stomach and aide had gone I seemed to be living in a different world altogether. It wae not one of sorto* and suffering as it had been before I started on Clements Tonic, but a world of peacsj and happiness. Of course, lam spesJcinsj of the time when that remedy had got properly to work on my system and hi\d oUrnd my nervousness, and when I oould e«t, and sleep right through each night and not hava a dream of any sort. It was a wonder tor me that anything oouid put my digectivet organs right when they were in such a. bad state, but nothing eeemed too niuoh for Clements Tonic to do, as it succeeded ia doing everything' that was required, ever* to stopping my heart from palpitating anot giving me more strength than I had' known for a long time. The work that I h«d so often to put off from day to <fey owing to my feebleness again beoama a pleasure tome, and I look upon Clements Tonio as si blessing sent from Heaven for the purpose ©f restoring my health." "Have you any objection to your state* ments being made public?" "None whatever. You may publish then* in any' form you please." STA/TUTORY DECLABATIGN. I, Jajcts X&smnxx, of 199 Ounbcciaad »t«*t, Dnnsdia, in the Colony oi N*w Z«s3and, do safamn'ry sod sincerely declare th&t I have? carefully read tho anneeced document, causasrtisg at five folios, and ooasocutivoly mtm-i bend from one to five, and -that it oontsdns* sod is s> true and full account of my ilmsost said mm by Oleanani* Tonic, and also oomtarn« my fall permission io publish in *n$ way my statement* — which I giv« voloaxtanly. wrifcout receiving any ptjrmuU ; and! I make this solemn deolarotiou, conscientiously believing the same to be iros, mkl by virtue of the provisions of <tn Act oi th* General Amenably of Now Zealand, istttule£ "The Jwsiicos of tie P«ace Act, 1862." | (J>ane Jennie. Dtckrai at Thhrwdia, this sixtsentih day ol June, one thousand nino hundred and mrse, before me, WM. D. HUNTER* J.P,