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Tales Retold API INSTRUCTIVE NARRATIVE FOR INEXPERIENCED PEOPLE. ©as® ef Mr. J. McLEAMa (BY a disinterested reporter. ) . There must be many untold tales of suffering which are pitiful in the extreme — tales into whicia the actual pathos of helplessness enters unmistakably, land 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 charged 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 liver 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 others 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 ,n the suburb of Carrington, near Newcastle, New South Wales, that I dropped across the best medicine'! ever encountered in my ,ife* and that was Clements Tonic; and I may as well tell you that I have had some experience with medicines, for my complaint aung on to me far ten years. Occasionally [ got a little relief, but nothing could shift .t out ef my system. Not even doctors’ nedicines nor anything else that I purshased.” “ What kind of symptoms did you have?” “All sorts,” replied Mr. McLean, “and mne of them were very mild ones eithet. Zou see I was connected with mining in ;hose days, my work consisting of weighing die coal as it reached the top of the pit, and r . daresay the coal dust had a detrimental iffect upon my digestive organs. At any •ate, they were quite upside down, as it vere. fe During my ten years’ suffering you nay depend that I tried more doctors than me, but they could not cure me. I blame ihe . long continuance of my indigestion .roubles for resulting in my being subsepiently afflicted with asthma, and it makes ne think what a lifetime of misery could lave been avoided had I known of Clements Conic earlier. My system was terribly weakened, 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 louht that my complaint attacked me very avagely, for my appetite was completely vorn out, and there was therefore no prostect of my strength ever coming back so ong as I could not eat my food.” “Could you always retain what you had wallowed ? ” “ That was the worst of it. Even the mall amount of nourishment I managed to lonsume did not stay down, and the retchng of it back again used to thoroughly rxhaust me. Before that took place I .Iways experienced a tei’rible fulness in the tomach, and I can explain it to you quite veil. ■ It was the food that fermented and illcd me with wind, and the painful spasms . had to endure were something awful. Then my chest used to get horribly coiniressod, so tight, iu 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 , ras my sight, for I could not read with any •leasure owing to its being ao defective, and here was a heavy, swollen feeling in my yes, as if I could hardly open them. My Aual condition was—all the day drowsy ,nd little or no sleep at nights. It was a rretched state of affairs to go to bed knowDg that I would not get any proper rest, ■nd to lie© thinking about all sorts of lahappy possibilities was enough to make Bj'Oue morbid and depressed. As my j weakness increased so did my limbs ache a) the more, and the pain across my loins wa. so had that I did not like moving about With a furred tongue and a hitter taste ii my mouth every morning, how could ; expect to feel otherwise than sick ? _ And have yet to mention the severe pains the attacked me between my shoulders. It wai like something pricking me all 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 iu the urine that mj kidneys were also deranged only accentu ated my feelings of misery. My nerve; had become somewhat , shaky under thu incessant strain, and the loss of weight < sustained was almost appalling.” “Did you get any of it back when yot commenced with Clements Tonic ?” “ Rather 1 hut that was not the only waj in which 1 benefited by us : ng that wonder ful medicine, as it acted in such at extraordinary style that it put new life int« me, and I felt myself getting more inclined to do some work every day. As an inwgor ator I am sure there is nothing to approaci Clements Tonic, for-it seemed to act like charm upon every weak spot and teavi strength behind it. The poor attempts J used to make to eat were incidents of th« past after 1 had been under Clements Tonic a while, and what I can give especial credit to that medicine for was for making me sleep well. Its soothing influence oyer the nerves was quite remarkable, while its action upon my kidneys . was all that ] could desire. To find all these improvements taking place after 1 had been ailins so long, and after I had been disappointed so often by other medicines, was sometliinj that made me extremely thankful U Clements Tonic for, and I think it only right that I should try and comfort those ailing 110 V by letting them know that the means by which my health was regained are at their own command. It was a great relief to me to he free from the oppressive feelings in my chest, for then I could breath without any trouble, and another merciful amelioration of suffering which came through using Clements Tonic was the eradication of the pains from the lower part of my back , and also from between my shoulders. I had , not taken a’ great quantity of that medicine before the vomiting troubles were entirelystopped, 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 he no question about that medicine's supremacy over all others for ailments such as mine, and, as I said before, I am sorry I did nol know of its reliability and worth before.” “ Better late than not at all.” “Yes, indeed; but I would like othei sufferers to know about Clements Tonic as early in their illness as possible, so you may publish these remarks in any way it please* STATUTORY DECLARATION. I, Jons McLiUX, oi No. 51 Day View Terrace, Mail land-street, Dunedin, in the Colony of New Zealand do solemnly and sincerely declare that I have carefull] read the annexed document,consisting of three folios and consecutively numbered from ohe to three, am that it contains and is k true and faithful accounl of my illness and cure by Clements Tonic, and als( contains ray full permission to publish in any wa] my statements—which I give voluntarily, without receiving any payment; and I make this soleras declaration conscientiously believing the same to b(, true; and by Virtue of the provisions of an Aob ol the General Assembly of New Zealand, intituled “ Ths Justices olfeace Act, 1882.” . Jl£U4> Declared at Dunedin, this tenth day of March, onl thousand nine hundred and three, before me, ClXlTol3m.il. *