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centred upon the internal disease whioh was drasginc my 'life away." "Your kidneys were affected, you say. How could you tell?" 11 Ry the sharp, shooting pains in tae small of. my l>ack. These terrific agonias were particularly severe whenever \ stooped, or even if I lifted a <?hair-» remember that when I sometimes tried, to straighten myself up suddenly I received such a painfu! sbopfc tjiat I quivered with agony. The s^oating pains were generally followed with a OKI%, heavy sensation, last- |. edj for daySj and these symptoms alterj asated for months. The urine was highcoloured and scanty, with a sandy sedii rrent apparent. It was, bad, tnoug-h to. h'e^dn such a state of misery- duriap thft day, bn l - to be kept awake by the everlasting torture during bhe urghts was really. too bad. The refreshing feel ing which sleep alone can produce w.as : denied; me v although sometimes I had a fe\s: hp,ur-s sleep, when consciousness flickered out through extreme cxhaustipq, ' b^t the sleep did not avail it. , nixw comfort, and I awoke as restless and tired as ever, and felt just as ' bad as if I had remained awake. Under this terrible atrain I knew, I could nob exist muchi longer. B@s iiirveß • gave waj and. added to the general discomfort and vicissitudes that such a disease as mine entails. The. many remedies 1 tried were worthless, and. I am; sorr^ I tjid not know as much then a 9 I So now. because ifwoukl have meant pounds 1? my pocket, besides averting months of •rtfuffer.ing. A # s it was I thought the only termination to my disease lay in death. With this conviction always upon, niy mind, it is np^ necessary to d^rihe desnerate oondltipn. I was ia. But. a %Mm« point Arrived at last, and |t came when I h^d actually giYea . up, dobtqir^'' and chemists* nftodicines in disgust. They really made mo feel Worse, my_ stomach now being too ; weak to. retain their obnoxious compounds.'' "What was the turning point you mentioned?" "Wefl v l happened to hear of a person., who haS suffered Boraewhat similarly to myself, and who had been oured by a course pf Clements Tonic." I resolved" to" "put this 'medicine to the test, sp I began tq take it, inj^ttediately. I was very impatient to get. well, and I must, admit) 'tbajb when ~|; l&ad taken I a few doses I was not over sanguine of success. The factj of /the matter was tha,t my cpndition Was sp oitfcjcal I did npt. expect tQ ?ecpYer> A miracle was perforjned l^ter «a- I I might just as well finish the bottle, so I kept going, an.d to my intense delight Ifertr a change for the better before the bottle was empty. So great was I the improvement that I was hopeful fend ppnfic|ent. an 4 bpucht several More bottles of Clements Tonic, whioh relieved my pains wonderfully, and, more fortßnat© «till. I had sweefe and refreshinz nights pf sleep. I ajso ate well, and dig m% i eel any &<*& ptpmach or chest pains. My head was clear, the kidney afflictions ceased, and my nerves were-tfliN^L Otemeßfea Tqnio made my ! liver healtny, besides removing all traces of indigestion. Strength and I vitality returned, and I was soon as robust and happy -as a man could wis> to:be.'' . . " May I give publicity to your re marks?" "decidedly. Clements Tonip renew ed my term of life, so you can pu,blis.h my teetimpsy any way you like t >f [

STATUTORY DECLARATION* I, Andrew Napihb Mo^uison, of P«rcv §tr««t. Sydenham, Qbristcbur«fa, ir> \he Colour of Now Zealand, dp poleajnly and etncerely declare th»t I Uave carefully reaig the annexed document consisting of three folios and consecutively noinhe ed from one to three, and tljjat it contain^ amd is 9 true and faithful account of my Illness and core by Clements Tonic, and fdso contains «ny full Mrmlssien to pnbjitb ip any way ot statemfn^-^srhtfih I yolnntarJly, wlthopt receiving any payment; and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be - true, and by virtue of (be provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand, intituled "The Justices & Peace Agt, igfc.'* Declared at Sydenham this first day of December, ope thousand nine hundred, before me, JAMES FORRBSTER, J.P.