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, — 9 In Absolute Torture the Whole V Time with Rheumatism. : Every Joint Swollen and Angry— Marvellous Cure pf a Timaru Woman by Dr. William?'. V;: v ' Pink Pills. •'' : After'being crippled in bed . for- raven 'months, in',what shejlerm?..absolute toriture,;Mrs,v.George Kently, of 14 Hatton Street, Timaru, was marvellously cured'of .Rheumatism by Dr: Williams' Pink Pills. "The Rheumatism caino on,alter', a ■ wetting I got," said Mrs. Bently. 1 ''It set. in in my feet and knees andpresently spread to every joint in' my body.V:J.l>e=i gaa' to qulfer absolute tortured joiiife 'swelled-'past belief.'- Myiankles and kneea were twioo their, ptoper size and my thumbs and fingers the same. The pain would run trom limb to limb. After two or three months like this I had to lay UP altogether, and for over seven months I .was not out of my bed. I could not have got ; up, I was absolutely 1 helpless and crippled. .\I nlways.felt. oold all over even on a summer's day. The neighbours would .ask if .-I had not too many blankets on no, I could not get warm. I . was parched with thirst, and by the doctor's orders drank as much lemon as I "ddJUHTOIy thumbs; would go red and sometimes shiny. Jinny days I ivas so bad that I could not feed myself, they, would have to use a cup to give mo any'thing.; .'Other days, perhaps, 1 would maka a shift to use one hand, and another -'day try the other hand, whichever .happened to be the less crippled at ithe tihie.- My mother-in-law had to look after tho house, And" I had to employ a woman'and sometimes a neighbour would do a kind turn. ■ Sometimes when tho pain !was at its' worst'l could hardly bear any •weight on:me' in, bed.-, I could' not hold a lpon ,to. write iny. niothev iu Melbourne, 'U' wa's npt able, to ijee my. bicycle for two years; it was put away for good,/but I can use it easily now. I dre tided anyone to. come near-me. I never thought I would eyor get better though everything possible was tried., I would get such gnawing attacks in my hips and then they, •would; By. like 'a: shook from a-galvanic battery to my knees and ankles. I was put on low diet, but whether or not I could jiot eat', much,or enjoy a single meal. I became as thin and blanched as could be. Evea my lips got blanched. Before I had been plump and fresh coloured, They put mustard poultices on, and they would not even leave a mark on the skin unless they touched a part thflt' was not. affected. You could press down tho swellings and leave fed- dent in the flesh. Liniments did me no good, and . the veins on my hands would rise and stand out like whipcord. ■ I; got so low-spirited, suffering month aftfr fflpljth as 1 did,., that I would Have to give way. and cry, and the pain itself would make me'groan with it. If it had'iiot beeu for my husband and child I would have been glad to give up life. Wo sold our old home and came to this ono ■ thinking the change might help mo, but alter a week or so I was just as bad as ever. : Ono day a knock camo to the door, and ps no ono was about t l struggled along and-answered it. The .caller must have ' noticed horf.. I looked and ho;v crippled I was., for he asked if it ,was Sciatica or Rheumatism. I told-him and he said' Dr. Williams', Pink Pills had cured him; and 1 ought to'try them, go after thinking I sent for a "box. Befpre it was finished I was able to sit down an<l dry the dishes, and then I did o bit of ironing, still sitting, and I could feel then every day tho pain and stiffness lessening and passing out of me, and tho swellings going down. I have hot had a twingo since I finished tho course, I havo gained colbur'and flesh, and can dp every bit of housework- however heavy. I ought to feel thankful, just two boxes did jt, and I was as bad as could bo when I started." ' Dr. VWilliams' Pink Pills are sold by chemists and storekeepers or sent: by mail on receipt o'f price, 3s. per box, six boxes 10s. ,C(1„ by the Dr. Williams' Medicine Co. of Australasia; Ltd., Wellington. ; A fire broke • out recently at the clectrioal works at Saint ,Denis, near Paris. The oleotrio light failed to several quarters in the centre of Paris, while several lines of the Paris' Underground Railway which are supplied with current from the works wero interrupted..

HOTEL FOR SALE,. . . DWAJTbiios., .WILLIS STREET, ; . WELLINGTON • ' (Established 83 Years.) 1 . ! ' WE require a Purchaser • for seaport town Hotel; district going ahead fast; 6 years' Lease. ; Genuine trade, ,£IOO weekly. i Free house, drawing up to 15 hogsheads beer monthly 1 .£IBOO cash down required. Hotel in first-class repair; recently newly done up. • Country Hotel; rent, *C 5; takings, .£135 guaranteed; only hotel in township. DWAN BROS., WILLIS STREET. WELLINGTON. ftrA ACRES, rich alluvial river flats, IvOU all in grass and in best of heart; well fenced and subdivided; river boundary; House, 8 rooms, best of kauri, and necessray outbuildings; carry 100 cows easily, beside) sheep; 10 minutes to largo railway station and creamery; will subdivide to advantage. Price, only J,'25 per acre. Terms given. GREAT NORTHERN AGENCY, 5 II.M. ARCADE, AUCKLAND.

WANTED, A BUSH FARM. 1000 TO 1500 ACRES PARTLY 1 IIPROVED. WE have a client for a Bush Farm, must bo go id land in good districts Client will pay J2IOOO cash, and will require a small suburban property to 'bo taken as part payment. .Send full details to LEWIS --.AND CO., : WA.NGANUX. ■

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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1663, 1 February 1913, Page 15

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Page 15 Advertisements Column 2 Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1663, 1 February 1913, Page 15

Page 15 Advertisements Column 2 Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1663, 1 February 1913, Page 15

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