Timed and Tried. WEIGHED NOT FOUND WANTHING.

Otago Witness, Issue 2895, 8 September 1909, Page 83

Timed and Tried. WEIGHED NOT FOUND WANTHING.

A Story for Sceptical Minds.

The Case of Mrs. J. RENNIE. (A SPECIAL INVESTIGATION.) -When all is said and done, there_w only one sure way of finding life delightful, and that i* by being. helpi«. This may, in. a sense, be looked on. as a selfisk maxim, bu* it is a, kind. pf_selßshi>e«% which wouSif' hmqlit tho- world ii there, were, a little moro of it.espeoiaily- when. the-. effort* to.-aesisfe th» needy bear reference- to such, important mattors as at© spoken- of~ by Mrs Jane. Rennie, of No. I^2 Cumberland street, Lhinodin* "A little more than two years ago," re•.narked that- lady, "I wa» in, such * delicate ■;tate of health' that 1 I had- to go to a hos* pitui. I felt so dreadfully HI that I entertained, grave doubts us to what the near future would bring, and I am sure I ougnt to be very thankful for being alive and in such good health to-day." "Did the doctors- say what w-ss wrong with youf " inquired, the pressman, who bad been instructed to inquire'into this matter. '"They said it was my liver that was out of order, and that I had indigestion in a. very bad form- I knew that much myself, for I had such a heavy feeling in my chest that I had to fairly gasp for breath, and ■>ometime» the pains in that part were so .icute that I had to squeeze my chest with both hands to try to suppress, them. Ripht iown here, too," said Airs- Rennie, drawiqg her hand along the right side, "I had the most excruciating agonies that a suffering woman conld struggle against, and when I had taken any focd the pains in my stomach were so great that I .could hardly endure them. I fo)t as though I v/ero chock full ->f wind that could not escape, *nd untrl :t was belched away 'the torture I had to put up with was indescribable. Before I took ill myself I had often heard people talking about indigestion, and 1 used, to think, it could not be hall so bad as they tried to make out; but I know how terrible it is now, and I would like to aid thosa who are* suffering in the same way to get rid of it. If X took a drink of water or a cup of tea. I had a. sensation in my stomach as if the liquid was going over a big stone. The loss of my appetite was another of my misfortunes, but I was, determined not to starve, so I used to make myself eat, yet I did not- gain anything by doing so, as I invariably had to go oi.t into the yard and vomit everything up again. Oh! it was pitiful to see how vveakr. l got, with no colour in my faoe and no ambition o# desire to do anything. For all the good I was I might just as well have beon out of the world altogether, and in one-way it would have been- better 60, for thcrT I would have been free from the agonies that were making me a complete wreuk. Across my fore-head I was afflicted* with pains th:»t seemed to affect my sight, and in my eyea there was a feeling as if they were too large for their sockets. I u»ed to put vir.egar and water cloths to my hofld to see if they would give me eass ; but whatever rolief I got did not last long, arid after the brief respite the pains seamed to got tea times worse. My doctor advised me to put some spirite on a cloth and ti<en apply to my head, bub it was all usel-PSb, There wasi j:othing in tho way of medicine which could give me the least help against my afflictions,, and so I wenb on untiL I wa* ne*rjy driven to despair. If I closed my eyea for a moment, when I ; opened them, I could see small blaok specks ■ 6.6.uch:g all round, and I used to get so • gjddy that I h-ad to hold on to anything . handy and call out for some one to brinz nrio. a chair. I got so feeble that I felt as if I ecu Jd. just lie- down and never bother about getting up again.*' a "How did yoa reafc at nighto?" "I got very' littla, indeed, for I was tossing ajiout raoat of tha time; then I trot 1

up and had a drink of water now anl ■ agiaia, and tried alt sorts of thing* to gel ' to steep, but it was no use. Some njghti I dozed away before 12 o'ckwk, 'but -then J had terrifying dream*, and when I awok« I wae filled with, dreadful thought* vmboh , made' 1 roe shake with fear. Owing to <my ■ nervous, condition my mind was terribly • distressed. I fancied; I could see people atf .my window and' hear voices in mji room, ■ and .when I could etznd the, ajvfuL«usn«ns« no banger- 1 ofcllectr «Sb<l 'Whofs therer I* allr seemed so re*l, r I have got up at : 4- . o'clock, in the mocning and walked, puteida because I could! not sleep, co you can see what a miserable existence I h*cf. If a spoon fell to the floor my nerves, fairlyjumped again, and I had a tot of bower with, my, Mart, which was given to palpiitati ma so violently thai I used to get quite scared." "You are a fortunate woman to have re. j covered as well as your appeaiwnoe mdi* I catea. How did you manage it?" "Clement*. Tonio managed everything for . me, thank God; even -whea I was in such 1 a hopeless condition as I have described ,to you, Yos; you may well look surprised; i but that is a fact lam telling you. My k daughter brought me a bottle of Clement* Tonic, and when I saw it I said:- "Wfcat * kind of rubbish is th» you have- got fne?' (many sceptic* talk like this — but a trial changes' the tune.— Ed.) But I know the , worth of Clemen t* Tonic now, for I took , thai bottle and then kept on with- the same medicin* till I was like one born agptin. I remember how joyful I wae when Clements Tonic began to give me the first real relief from head pa-ma that I had "ye* experienced, for they kept on getting lest and lees till they finally disappeared, and ' when the- pains, in my stomach? and side had ' gone I seemed to be Jiving in a different - world altogether. It was not one of*s«Tro\* ,' and suffering as it had been before J- started- . on Clements pottle, - but. a world, of paace- . and happiness. Of course, lam speaking o* the time when that remedy had got properly to,, work on mv system and had cured - my nervousness, anil when I could eat, and sleep right through each night and not have a dream of any sort. It was a wonder to .me that anything could put my digestive > organs right when they were in anoh » bad state, but nothing, seemed too much iot Clements Tonic to do,, as it succeeded in - doing everything that "was required, even to stopping my heart from palpitating anof . giving me more strength than I had no«nr ( for a long time. The work that I ktd sq ' often to put off from day to d?y owing ta my feebleness again becarao a pleasure td me, and 1 look upon Clements Tonio as' a '• blessing sent from Heaven for the purpose • of restoring my health." " ' 1 "Have you any objection to your state- ■ ments being made public?" "None whatever. You may publish them ■ in any form you please."STATUTORY DECLARATION. I, Jane Rennte, of 192 Oun>berl»nfl etee*f, Dunedin, in the Colony of- N»w Zealand, dp _ solemnly oe<l sincerely declare til at I ut« carefully read th« annexed document, consisting of five folios, soid consecutively nujm> beredf frora> «ne. to five, and -ihSti^ contains * aad is a, true and fnll account of toy illness' arrd cure by Cktirenie Tonic, and also contains my full -permission to publish' in any* way my statements — -wisioh I give; tolttßtflnily, without- receiving any payment; and. I make this solemn declaration, coxtßoyßn■tiaitsly believing the same to be true,, andl, by virtoe of the* provisions of an Act of -ihef, General Assembly of New Zealand, intituled "The Justices of {fee Peace Aot> 1882?' §ane Jennie. Deolared ai Dunedin, this sixteenth d»y of June, one thousand, nine hu»<Brc<i and fcbzee, befoie me, HTML D. HUNTER. J.P,