Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1881-06-02
A GREAT REVELATION.
Some Valuable Thoughts Concerning
Human Happiness aud Timely Sug-
gestlOns About Securing u.
~Synopria ora lecture Delivered by mr..
Charles Craig Before the MetrOpoi-
Itan Scientific Association.


ihS hee "coVp's e''tuhne"'s "ue NnolV '"e!
are proven 10 pc tru'h- Whilc the doNel-
opmcnt of mental power seems equally great
in every other department OF life. The val
.,obto tnv.ofa,,s ~ mo dav are coupt,,1 by
~" - "' ~
thousehas' Inc luoteuSe on se'cutluV stuuy
Is uuivet sal. Theepirit OF inquiry IN all telds
Is $50 mnrkod "a to couso
C,N,ns.r ~ pvrpV s,ur
N"ho po"pieSceu Wy N"'Vlns
~, mentally or physically. This Is specially
true of the human body aud rVervfbiup which
anaa.-n asJ ~ ,~,,h. 49, 49, ,,,rnta
""' ." W fN't'N
nave found, even IN the last hity years uro
simply marvellous. How really ignorant s0mo
cultured aud supposedly scientific people
were ohly rev years as"' ~ compa,u' WIN
the present gay may DC petter unders'opu
from n few Illustrative facts, A prominent
writer prppared an plahorato pssay 10 pru,ye
,h.t s,aa.,sntrs o,r,ld a.,r,.a..,s .,ta,tL,
~,
"hu us p'lhph'Vt was lsSuel @us. ~ t'ulo ~ 10
carried by the first steamer that went 10 I'm.
gland People once believed thar the heart
- "a. - 80 tt, a h,Hh q,
was 'uo sunt o' ne hnu htal'n' ~ i no"
known that this organ u only u pump SIMPLY
keeping tn motion what other und more iul-
portant organs Of the body have creutcl and
transformed. II was once SUPPOSE that 10 a
person ielt a pain ia tho back, tn" liver WIS
derangvd; II Il pain came in tho lower chest
the lungs were Affected aud cunsumpU n wits
near; u rs now known that u pain in thu back
indicates diseased kidneys, while troubles in
tho lower cnest arise from Il di-urdorod liver
ana not imperfect lungs. a severe pain In the
head was once thought to cumo from some
partial arrangement OF the hruiu; II Is now
known that troubles in other parts Of the body
aud away troti the head, cause headaches and
that only by removing the cause can the pain
be cured, IL Is a matter of
PRtYAfh history
that General Washington was hled To death.
His last illucss was slight, and caused prince
rally 10y wearincss. 4 physician was called
WHn shlg1 him ptFatRfuaIUf ~ purNp IN Eng the.
patient became no better. Another doctor
was cailel, who again took away a large
amount or the vital huid. mus "a succession
Tour physicians drew away the hio Of Il great
man who was Intended by nature for au OLD
age, aud who premauurely diel-murdlred by
tuaipraCticc-blod to death. That WIS tho ago
OF medical bleeding!'
The speaker then graphically described
another period which came upon the pc pie,
III witch they assigned the origin OF all dis
cases TO the stomach and after showing The
taistty of this theory, and that the kidney and
liver were the causes Of disease, aud that many
troubles to-day who do not know II, hut whd
should know IL and attend 10 them at once,
continued:
+" Lot US look Mt this matter a little more
closely. The human body IL the most perfect
aud yet the most delicate OF al crcatedthiag
il IN capable OF the greatest results and Il II
liable TO the greatest disorders. The slightest
Hhtises sometimes sccm To throw IL delicate
rtnchincry out OF order while the most simpit
ma common sense care restores aud kCeps
them Ia perfect condition.. When II is remein
bercd that the amount of happiness or misery
we are 70 nave IN rms worlds dependent upon
q perfect body is It not strange that simple
precautions aud care are not eXerCisedy This
Is one of the most vital questions of tte. Peo-
pic may avoid II for the present, but there IL
certain to como u time In every ones expert
cnee when II must be tacel.
And here pardon me for relating a little
personal experience. In the Year $50 | found
myself losing both in strength and health. |
could nssign no cause for tho decline, but Il
continued until finally called to my aid two
nFnNnHmAnN nm NAIntmmM ANVnH NmnnNHnW WAA NAW
somo time thcy declared WIS suffering from
hrgnt disease OF tho ~kldneys, and that they
could 10 nothing more Tor mo this lime
was SO weak could not raise my head FROM
inc pillow huu /
FAiErEp REPEATEDLY.
NY he9rt beat 50 rapidly u was with difficulty
could sleep. My lungs were also badly in
Vowed | could retain nothing upon my stom
Hch, Whletho most Intense pains ia my back
ana bowels caused me 10 long for death as a
ISlict, y was NJ ne critical luncture TINT u
physlcM longing which j felt and which
most hrlniy believe was an inspiraIloni
caused me 10 send for the leaves Of u plant
had once known in medical practice.
After grent d~tiiculty Mt last secured them
alu began their use ~ me form OF tea. no
ticcd u lesscn,ng OF the pain at once; 1 began
to mend rapidly; In tive weeks | was able to
be about and I'm two months | became peefoct-
~ well aud nave SO continued to this day. IL
was only natural that such a result should
have caused me 10 investigate most thor
oughly. / carefully examined fields ia mcdt
olne never before explored. | sought the
cause Of physical order mud disorder, happi-
moss aud pain, and found the kidneys and
liver to 10 tho governors, whose motions
regulate the entire system.
Alter describing at length tho Offices of tho
kldneys and liver, and their important part i'm
life, the doctor went on 10 say.
"itaNtug found this great truth, / saw clear
~ the cause of my recovery. The simple
vcgetnbls leaf I had used was a food nnd
rostuver 20 my w~ellnigh exhausted kidneys
mud liver. It had come 10 them when their
life was nearly gono and by Its simple, vet
powerful influence had purified, strcngfhc1isi
aud restored thom, and saved mo from death.
Realizing the great benefit which n~kn0wIedge
OF thus truth would give TO the world I BEGAN
In a modest way 10 trent those afflicted, and
IN cucrB case 1 found the same
HAPPY RESULTS
which I had eXperienced. Not only this lint