THEY DROPPED OFF—POISONED BY MY BLOOD.”

Temuka Leader, Issue 2218, 23 June 1891, Page 1

THEY DROPPED OFF—POISONED BY MY BLOOD.”

There Is more or less of an impreeiion noon the minds of some people that statements at 1 to the merits and: effects, of popnlar medicines should be received with, a degree of allow, anoe. . That is to. say, people are apt to think the proprietors of. these articles often enlarge upon and exaggerate the real facts in order to create a . demand for what they haye to sell. We are inclined to believe this is ■•ldem the. case, as . the intelligent parsons who own these medicines are aware that any sort of over-statement tends ; to injure their sales rather than increase them. : The public are sure to form ' a correct judgment as to the value of an advertised article, and any false olai,ms for it are certain to be recognised and denounced. Modesty is the best policy in this as in all other cases. Therefore the reader must not hesitate to accept as true any announcements of which the following is ah example.

[copy.] "I, Thirza Daniels, of Wrafton, nr. Barnstaple, do solemnly and sincerely declare as follows “ I,was always a strong, healthy woman np to the early part of 1879, when I began to be.troubled with! my'liver and stomach. In July of.that.year. I took a chill from sitting bn wet graii, and this brought on sciatica and rheumatism. I bad.dreadful pain in iny hips and legs ; it was like! knives cutting through me. My appetite left me, and what little I did fat gave me great pain in the stomach and chest. 1 bad a taste in my month and pains in the sides and between the shoulders. Finally I got so bad I had to -bring home my eldest daughter from service tp look after the house and children. For'several months I went bn in this way. At first I doctored myself, rubbing my joints with a rubbing bottle and poulticing. Then I sent for the doctor and be said my blood was poisoned. He blistbred me and gave me medicine. I was under bis care for Ire months, but 1 got weaker all the time and wont thin as a skeleton, The pain whilst in bed was very aerere, 1 could scarcely bear it { and I turned and turned and could not find an easy place. Sometimes I was lifted ito the. floor, and lay there to see if any epee eonld be got.. I bftoame so bad I sent for a doctor from Brannton, but as I got no better, iny husband got a recommendation from the late' Colonel Harding,. of ITpeott, and I attended the dispensary at Barnstaple four months, and thin, went as an indoor patient in the Barnstaple infirmary, and was treated by two doctors: . They agreed it was blood poisoning and talked of performing an operation on my thigh, but oonoiaded not to do it, saying I was too weak:- They blistered me again,'and no relief from thii they aplied leeches, bat-as fast as the leeches were pat on they dropped off, poisoned by iny blood. I was so : low-spirited in the hospital that I felt if I did not get home I should die soon, so they made arrangements to take me away. When 1 got in the open air my senses left me, and they thought 1 was dying. After reaching home I was in great agony, and sent my husband for onr doctor. He said he would come; but it was of no use, as he could do no more than he bad done. I lay for week*,-and was so bad that when people spoke to me I had not the strength to reply. At this time my nephew, Bobert Daniels, of Pontypridd, sent ns word to try Mother Seigel’s Curative Syrup, as it bed worked wonderful cures in the district where he lived. So my husband went to Mr Farley’s, the grocer, High Street, Barnstaple, and bought a bottle. Before I had taken ell of the bottle I could eat, andmy food seemed to do me good. By degrees I got stronger and stronger, and -_after taking thirteen bottles I was strong and healthy. My flesh, came on, and all pain left my thigh and legs, and I have never ailed anything to speak: of since, j thank God for making Seigel’s Sprnp known to me, I owe iny life to . it, and I -wish others to know what 1 say. : I consider it the Lord’s doing, end 1 will be glad to answer any inquiries. “ And I make this solemn declaration, ooasoientisnsly believing the same to be troe, by virtue of provisions of the Statutory Declaration Act, 1835 (5 and 6 William IV., o. 62). “.(Signed,) Thibza Danxbi.3, : 11 Declared before me,at the'] Guildhall at Barnstaple, in the County of Devon, by the sa d Thirza Daniels, on Tues- , day, the 21st day of October, | SEAL. ( 1890. 1 1 “(Signed) Bd. Abhton, “Deputy Mayor of the Borongh of Barnstaple. ”

England is becoming alarmed at the exodus of destitute Hebrews from Eussia, as large numbers are seeking refuge in Great Britain, This movement has assumed such proportions that it is termed the “ Hebrew invasion of England.” A Destitute Immigration Alien Law similar to that paused recently by the United , States, is clamoured for.