A Case in Auckland.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 29, 3 February 1905, Page 6

A Case in Auckland.

A REPLY TO SCEPTICS. TKE FACTS PHOVED.

T!io Case of Mr. S. W. SW-FT. (BT AN AUCKLAND EXPOBTEIi.) Lack of sympathy contributes so plainly to the -misery of life, and sympathy coutriliutes so distinctly to its happiness, that \rlien we have e\idence of our neighbou s , ilesiro to promote the Utter, it is our duty !o such efforts into prominence. The readier will recognise a wish of this nature on the part of Mr. lUij;h Wilson Sw ft, of Cnieroft Street, Par.ieil, Auckland, whose wo r> Is to our special representative were : —

thafhe might alleviate my Bufferings with his pliyeic, buL it wag no go. My appetite si ill rum lined as poor as it could be. and the heavy feeling in my head—that terrible sensation which seemed as if ajl the aches in creation had been condensed into oae mass remained to depress mc as usual. I muet also tell you about my chest. I had a feeliug there as if I had received an injury to it some time before, like a severe blow, for instance, and when I did a little walking the pain became worse and I could not br: ahe easily. Why. even my eyee we»t against me—so heavy and so weak that it felt too much trouble to open them, and when I did I could not see half so well as I used to. Oh ! I hope to be spired the like of that again, and so long as a few battles of Clements Tonic are within niy reach I know 1 am safe from a repetit on of such trials, as tli at medicine cured mc after I had been ailing all that time, and after I had taken bo much physic without the lea*t benefit resulting. Yes ; this is what I have determined to tell to all sufferers, as I daresay there are plenty more like m< who have bern in misery for years ami never thought of giving that remedy 'a trial; and theu it was just through reading a testimonial in one of the newspapers. "

" So yon wanl to hear about my illness, do you ? Well, you shal ; , for such experiences as mine, when lai.l bare Iwiore ttie public, must go a loes; way towards ht lping them out; of their perplexities, raid I know what it is to ling'T on ufte-r yea- with seeming hopelessness staring mc in the fa.cc. That is bow tlii' ijs were w tli mc until two years ago, anil when my e>es were ■ pened to the fact that 1 had been suffering nnut'ce i sar'ly so long — for then I found a sure reineiiy for my c< u,plaint—l male up my mind that at the first opportunity I would diailgo to the world at 'arge what that remedy was."

'■My visit has given you th = chance you wan-led, then?"

" Precisely ; bo now sit down and listen. For aliout five \e;<.rs I end-ired the utmost misery through my liver being in a Wad *tate of disease, aud you can Lake my woril for it that I did n"t tolerate my sufferings without m i hing an effort to get rid of them. N>, air ; they were a bit to severe for that, and ' ime and again I bought medicine after medicine in the hope tKat one day I would be successful in dropping across something that would do mc good and set mc free from the l ortures that were making ray life an abominiblc burden, for all my vital ty had left mc, ii d at times I got so weak tliat I w.is altogether incapable of doing my work. In fact, it W s a matter of going to work one wet , k and stopping a ay from it the n?xt—to and fro, t> and fro, like one fighting the elements in his d termination o battle along to the last ; bukit was a very uneven struggle, and one that cost mc more silent anxiety of mind than I care to speak about, for it is an awful thing f. .r a m >n when he commence? to realise that he is guiug down fast, and that no hiug can save him." "You had those thoughts because your medicine w<s d-.ing no good !" " That « as the very reason, and what else conld I think ? A distressing weariness affected n>e right to the marrow, and if I said to myself in the morning that I wonld try and sliaks it off during the day I soon found that it was easier said than done, as the slightest exert on had mc thoroughly exhausted in no time, and once more I would see how usole&s it was to try and do anything. Then I would begin to think, and the more I cngitatfcd over my misfortunes, the less chance there appeared to be of ever getting over them, and it would appeal to anyone's sense of sympathy if they only knew how deeply depressed my spirits were. Was th«re anything for mc to live for ? I often asked myself, and the same unhappy answer always suggested itself—nothing, absolutely nothing. And, oh ! the pain I was in. more particularly when I had taken some of the nourishment that was required to keep mc alive, for by the time it had entered the stomach it seemed to have gone sonr, and the wind that came from it was something astonishing. Itmoved about from one place to another, and everywhere it went it left a Btreak of pain behind—not one of ordinary violence, but a paiu of that acute nature which makes one bend double in ihe hope of equeez ng its intensity away." "And this in spite of taking medicine continually? "

" Yes, I hardly ev-r left off taking it, and when I saw thafl conld get no relief from patent medicines I went to a doctor, trusting

" You were lucky to have done w>, from what yon say."

"I was indeed, and I thank Ged to this day that I took the step I did, because it was the oidy oue that could save mc. Ib -d then lost a considerable amount of weight, aud my nerves were exceedingly shaky, .for they were all of a ju rap at the least sound, and when I retired to my bed at night I could not sleep at all w-11, but turned ahon till I got quite irritable, and when I fell off at last I bef vn to dream—such horrible ones—then awake feeling nervous and as weary as ever. And this was what I had to endure until I got some Clements Tonic, which, to my unspeakable surprise and joy, turned the tables on my torments in no time—strengthening my nerves, enabling mc to fall asleep directly I laid my head on the pillow, and giving ine a better appetite than I bad had for years. I was also glad to find that a bitter taste I used to have was gone, my tongue nice and clean, and the heavy scasations a out my eyes and head gone too, and, to speak candidly, I was altogether a different man when several bottles of Clements Tonic had been drunk, for by then my lost weight was regained and the pains caused by my diseased liver were quite dispensed with. Instead of going to work feeling n*-e dead than alire as ha-1 been my lot for su.-h along and diemal period, I conld, when Clements Tonic had done its wonderful work, keep at it from morning till night without getting unduly fatigued, and for that I had to thank the last medicine I had taken, as it was the only one capable of restoring my health and strength." " So yon don't mind publicity being given to voor experiences?" " I am only too pleased to give such an encouraging story, and yon may publish it ia any way you want." STATUTORY DECLARATION. I. Buoc Witsos Swnrr, of Cr*rr«*t-3 - r*et. Pamell, AueWan', in the i"olony of N*w Zealand, do solemnly an<t sincerely declare th't I have c*re?nlly rea.i the*nn-xed d/ieoment,consist!";: of three lolio«, Hid ooMsecutiTtlv numbered from one u> three, ami that it c-ntains ami is a irue and faithful aceonnt of my iiluess and enre br Clement.? Tonic: and also contains eiy fall permission to publish in any w»v my statement* —which I pive Tohißtoriiy, triUtotst receiving av.y payment; and I make this solemn declaraiion cinseirmiously believInr the »ame to be true, »nd by virt c of th proY«w»ns of an Act of the General ly if New Zealand, intituled " The Justice* of Peace Am. ISS2." Eee'ared at Faroell, this twentieth day Oi Jane, one thousand nine hundred and three, beloM me ' JOBS MoCABE, I.W.