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Star (Christchurch), Issue 7014, 1 February 1901, Page 6

MANY YEARS' MISERY. DULL, WEARY, DEPRESSED, INSOMNIA, TREMORS, ; VOftfiSTSNG, &c. ,'• -■ •■■■ ■ *-■*• — — — : : Mr. THOMAS BARRETT Testifies and Narrates his Troubles and Recovery.

(BY OUR SPECIAL REPORTER.) For a period of no less than 45 years ,Mr. Barrett has been a soldier in the Queen's Service; 10 years in the Imperial Service, and 25 years in the ]Sew South Wales Artillery. Everyone in military circles knows Tom Barrett, he is a man of fine Boldierly appearance, and for many yearsjhe has resided at 7 Shadforth Street, Paddington, having retired with honor from the service of his Queen. However, he still looks a young man, and every inch a soldier, and he assured our reporter, who interviewed him as to his Cure by Clements Tonic of Liver complaint and Indigestion, that he was still ready to take up arms again in tho event of his services being in request. "Had you always good health in the army .?" asked our reporter. "ifo, on the contrary I suffered for many years from a Disordered Liver, and a badly impaired digestion. Sometimes I was very bad, but I never obtained any permanent relief, and more than once I thought I (should have to retire froth the service." "Would you mind relating how the trouble first came oh ?" " Certainly. I can hardly explain how it came on; . If crept upon me '„ almost imperceptibly. I noticed a headacio first, and a very bitter and unpleasant tac.3 in the mouth every morning. I didn't care whether I ate any - breakfast or not, and \ instead of feeling bright and vigorous, and fit to perform my day's duties, I felt ' Dull, Weary, and Depressed, and did not feel inclined to leave the house at all. I took no notice of the3e symptoms, as I thought I was m6rely.a' little out of sorts, and that a dose of aperient medicine would put me right, but I was very much mistaken. I took some, medicine, but instead of getting better I was sorry to find I was getting : r Worse Every Day, My Headaches became more VioLnfc, ray nights were almost sleepless, and many nights, although I was very weary, 1 remained awake for hours, • -, Tossing from Side '■^'•' to side, and trying to find some position in which I could obtain a little rest. Soon I was troubled in another direction. Sharp pains assailed me in the back, just Between the Shoulders, And in the side. These pains would often come on most acutely whilst walking, th«u I was obliged to stand still till they moderated. I hadn't much money to throw away on doctors, so I went to a chemist, and on my describing what I felt he said there was no doubt I was suffering from. Liver Complaint. He gave me some physic, which I tried for a week or two, but it did me no good. He. then gave me another sort of medicine to try, but this was of no more übb than the first lot, and I still Continued to Get Worse." "What other symptoms did you suffer from?" . "I had many other symptoms as the"' disease got a stronger hold upon me. I was afflicted with A Strange Trembling. ! People would say,' Why, what's the matter, j Tom, what makes you shake so ?' "Of course, I couldn't answer them, for I didn't know myself. Well, then, I began to get terrible Fits of Sickness. >?' • ' Nothing that I ate agreed with me, and it> was as much as I could do to get any food to remain on my stomach at all. ' Severe Griping Paina ' in the bowels came on at times, and I had long-continued and obstinate fits of constipation, coupled with flatulence This was just like a A Ball of Wind on my chest, and it gave me intense pain. I became extremely low and weak. The pains in my back and side were so violent that I could only move about with the . greatest difficulty, My headaches increased in Frequency and Violence. The whole of my system was thoroughly out of order. I grew thin and weak, t was attended to by Two or three Doctors, I