"THere^l Lay" "Night After Night," ?'A VICTIM To_ INSOMNIA. '. The Case of Mr. 0. A. THORNE. [Bj • Sfteial Rtptrttr.) \ The colonial home of Rugby football ,JB unquestionably in New Zealand, : where some of tiie finest players in the 1 world indulge in the game. When' ; the British football team visited the 'land of the moa some yean ago, the j members of that fine combination, were 'astonished at the 'number of clever ex- jponenta of Rugby who were pitted against them in small towns, possessing names' which the,- visitors found .< diffi- iculty in. pronouncing. • Gymnasiums are 'also freely patronised, concerning which I fact Mr. Charles Albert Thome, of i Grey-street. Auckland, had something }to say, to the writer. ■ "Xes),~ said Sir. xhorne, "I took on >Igymiu»io*>»and did three fights a> week lat it afterwards, so that is sufficient' j proof that< I was all right." "Strength and vigour are certainly {required for that kind of athletics. But •iwere you very much run down before- jhand'r" asked the reporter. i "I- was, indeed. My health was ■completely shattered, and ,1 remained in a terrible state or collapse for fully six months. Four years have, elapsed since then, and I hope never to nave a recurrence of- that, dreadful illness, which started in. the form of a very baa jattaok of* indigestion. I always had tan unpleasant and bitter taste in my mouth, and there was a tight feeling jon.my cheat after eating, combined with' severe pains in the ..stomach, where the. food, lay heavily -*nd undigested, till it turned soar and , fermented. A dull pain began to tantalise me under tha shoulders, besides whioh I had sharp pricking sensations under the lower ribs. I used to do a lot of reading, but now my eyesight became so bad that I could hot read. Persistent depressing head- aches made we always feel dejected and miserable; but my greatest misfortune, was that I 'could not sleep at night. Whether throngh over-study or through being so exoossively weak and debili- tated I cannot.s ay, hut sleep refused io give me> the »<olace I so badly wanted. When everybody was soundly uleep, there I lor, night after night, « wide awake. 