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Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 369, 4 June 1903, Page 3

£ViiR PRESENT TOuTURE. WHICH NEVER LULLED A TRIUMPH FOR CLEMENTS TONIC. The Case of Hr. J. MARKS. {By a Special Reptrter.) Attention having been called to an exceptional incident in the neighbourhood of St. Hilda, Dunedin, a reporter was sent to interview the principal in the case—Mr. John Marks, of Richard-eon-street. Mr. Marks has lived in St. Kilda many years, and enjoys the acquaintance of numerous residents ol that suburb. The specific object of the reporter’s visit was- to obtain the untarnished truth from Mr. Marks’ own lips, so he began by asking that gentleman from what complaint he had suffered. O “Lumbago,” was the reply. “ Every bone in my body became painful and tender. The agony was so great that I could not bear to move, aa, when I did, the suffering was increased beyond description. All my joints were stiff and sore, but the most intense pains were situated in my back. I could not stoop to lace my boots, and it took fully an hour to dress myself, for when I moved my arms or bent my body I was seized with such acute pains that my aching frame shook all over. My constitution ran right down. I had no energy or desire for anything, except to lie down, which I was obliged to, at last, for a longer stretch than I appreciated. I was laid up four weeks, being as helpless as a child. The wretched nights I put in I shall never forget. Every day I felt dull and exhausted with continuous torture, but when darkness set in the agonies were worse. My iimos became inflamed and frightfully tender. The bedclothes were irritating to the skin and felt too heavy for my weak frame to bear. I was stifled and weighed down with a sense of oppression in my chest, and could only draw my breath in short gasps. I used to pray to get a little sleep, but it never came. My brain was as fatigued as my body with this constant worrying wakefulness, and I could neither read nor hard’y ever think. I was simply existing without any tangible reason for doing so, as my faculties were all dead, excepting the ever-present torture which never lulled.” “ After lying up four weeks you were greatly improved, I presume?” “ Not greatly—only very slightly. A chemist gave me some medicines which produced a little temporary ease, so I got up, thinking I would soon be all fight again. I was sadly mistaken, as my ailment soon became more severe and vexatious than ever. The pains in my back and loins were now more than 1 could stand. My appetite fell away lUi I could not eat as much as a biscuit and even milk foods would not digest. Darting pains came between .he shoulders, making me very restless and fidgety.. If an occasional warm day happened to come along I was perfectly useless and helpless. Even a moderately warm sun was too strong for my debilitated system to stand. .1 felt sick it the stomach through a nauseous taste in my mouth, besides being troubled vith vomiting and belching up of wind. , Sleeplessness became chronic, and by / my enforced sacrifice of rest I was almost crippled with weakness. Then my j nerves gave way, an affliction which : made me easily startled and terrified. The sound of voices, or even the singing of a bird, was irritating to my ears, ind invariably increased the acuteness of my increasing headaches. After my first experience with thechom st’s medicines I thought there was no hope of ever getting properly right again; but at length I chanced to read 1 in the. paper about a fellow-sufferer who had been cured by Clements Tonic, of which medicine I there and then made a chase. To my unspeakable astonishment and delight I commenced to feel > a decided change for the better after taking several doses of Clements Tonic, ; a,n appreciable increase in. my appetite j) being the first sign of improvement, i Little by little the excruciating pains in my back subsided, till there were, none left. Stomach discomforts, headaches, body pains—all vanished like a myth. A gradual return of strength ensued till I was as sound and strong as ever. My troubles ended after a good course of Clements Tonic, and I have not even had a headache since.” “ You will see your remarks in print.” “I hope others may also. You can publish these facts in any way.” STATUTORY DECLARATION. I, John Marks, of Richardson-street, St, Kilda Dunedin, In the colony of New Zealand, do solemnly and sincerely declare that I have carefully re*J the annexed document, consisting of two folios, and con. secutively numbered from one to two, and that it contains and is a true and faithful account of my illness and cure bv Clements Tonffc, and also contains my full permission to publish in any way my statements —winch I give voluntarily, without receiving any payment; and I make this solemn declaration, conscientiously believing tliu same to be true, and by virtue of the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand, intituled “Tno Justices of Peace Act, 1882.” Declared at Dunedin, this twenty eighth day of December, one thousand nine hundred, before me, WM, VVARDROF ].P, Watches, Clocks* Jewellery Q : How is it that J. 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