The Osceola times., 1882-05-06
PRESENTIMENTS.
An Investigation Of Those Dark Forbodings
Which Make Powerfui Men Weak.

turn in nineteen years OF the great comet Ol
the earth. But while people are becoming SO
strangely exercised over this announcement
an event of far more serious importance
which is taking place to-day, seems to be al
most wholly overlooked. The nature OF
this most vital subject can be best explain
cd by relating the following experiences:
Bishop 4. .. Haven, known to the entire
land. was unaccountably awakened one
night out of n sound sleep, and lay awake
until morning. His mind seemed unusu-
ally active, and he not only reviewed his
past life, which had been an eventful one,
but laid extensive plans for the future. He
did not feel especially i'll, but could not az
count for the activity Of his brain. nor for
the restlessness which seemed to possess
him. In the morning he had but little ap-
petite, but was apparently well in other
respects. In few days, however, he be-
gan te feel restless ana morbid, although he
tried earnestly TO overcome the feeling
which had taken possession of him. But
try as he would the shadow of some evil
seemed to follow him, and he was conscious
of a gradual sinking and wasting away OF
all his physical faculties, He had been an
earnest and diigent worker, and in his zeal
frequently overfaXed his strength, and be-
ing absorbed In his duties failed to observe
the common symptoms with which he was
afflicted, thus permitting the work OF des-
truction to go on unheeded. But the end
finally came in u most peremptory manner.
Shortly before his death he wrote a letter
the last one he ever indlted-in which he
speaks AS follows: "A belief that death Is
near affects different minds differently, but
probably all who arc In fair condition of
physical aud mental strength instinctiyely
shrink from it with an undefinable dread
and horror. A dying man is no more able
of himself to foresee his own destiny or the
destiny of those he leaves than he was be-
fore he began to die"
The re cent sad and sudden death of Hon.
Clarkson n. Potter is one of the most seri-
Gus warnings ever given in the long list Of
innuRerable cases of fatal neglect. II is
not sufficient to say that many other bril-
liant men, including Everett, sumner,
Chase, Wood, Wilson, and Carpenter, were
cptaway by the same fatal trouble The
question Is, were these men sufficiently
careful of their health. and could they have
been sayedy The Albany frgus. in speak
ing Of Mr.. Potter's sudden Illness and
death, says:
"One of the physicians who attended Mr..
Potter here was interviewed last evening.
lie stated tnat Mr.. Potter's inability to
converse had for some time served to battle
the physicians in their efforts to determine
the root of his illness. 1t seems, however,
that Mr.. Potter, some two years ago, suffer-
ed slight attack of kidney disease. tnwise
dependence upon robust constitution and
naturally perfect health, and neglect OF pro-
per clothing, doubtless sowed the seeds OF
disease that needed but some such person
al neglect as that of Tuesday morning to
develop. From the symptoms at first shown
il was thought that his only trouble was
nervous prostration but his long ccutnu-
ance in a semi-unconscious state led TO the
belief that his illness was seated in chron-
ic difficulty more mysterious and danger
GUS"
Up to the latter part OF last year Mr.. Ed
ward +. Ro0k, member of the New York
stock exchange, was doing business in Wal
encourage him, and make life happy, but
was the victim of unacountable uneasiness
His experience as described by one who
knew, was as follows: AT unexpected
times, and on occasions when he had the
greatest reason to feel joyous he was irrl-
table and haunted with strange feelings Of
discomfort. lie endeavOred to check these
feelings and appear pleasant, but ii requir
ed great effort to do so; after which he
would again relapse into his former NOR
bid mood. This feeling continued for d
number of months, when he became con
scious of an added sensation of las
sltude. He was tired even when resting
and although experiencing no acute pain
had dull, aching sensations in his limbs and
various parts of his body. Shortly after
ward his head began TO ache most frequent
ly and his stomach failed to digest properly
Being told that he was suffering from ma
laria he consulted an eminent physician
who Informed him that his kidneys were
slightly affected, and gave him medicine tC
restore them, But he grew worse instead
OF better. He then consulted other eminent
doctors of another school and was Informed
that he had a brain difficulty somewhat In
the nature ofa tumor, but in spite OF all ei
forts to the contrary he continued to grow
worse. At this time his condition was ter.
rible. What were at first symptoms had
developed to terrible troubles. He was
flushed and fcyerish, constantly uneasy, and
yctalways weary: lie had an intense appe'
tite one day and very little the next. His
pulse was irregular. his breathing labored
and every moment of existence was a bur
den. These disastrous symptoms contin
ued. his face and body became discolored
his heart was irregular in its action, and
his breath came in short, convulsive gasps
lie grew constantly worse. notwithstanding
the utmost precautions of his friends and
finally died in the greatest agony. After
his death an examination as to its actua
cause was made, when his brain was found
TO he in perfect condition, and the reaJon
of his disease was of an entirely different
nature"
The experiences which have been cited
above, all had a common cause and wer,
each the result of one disease. That dis
ease, which so decetiully, yet surely re
moved the people above mentioned wa
Brights disease of the kidneys. In the east
OF MIR. Rook the examination after death
while showing the brain to be in perfec
condition, revealed the terrible fact that h,
was the victim of slight kidney trouble
which had gone on unchecked, until IL re
suited in acute Bright's disease. The lead
ing physicians and scientists of the worlt
are fast learning that more than one-hal
the deaths which occur are caused by thi
monstrous scourgc. 1t Is one of the mos
deceitful maladies ever known to the hu
man race. 1t manifests itself by symptoms
20 slight and common, as to seem unworth,
of attention; and yet these very insignifi
cant symptoms are the very first stages o
the worst complaint known in the histor.
of the world. Thousands of people hay'
died from troubles that are called heart dis
ease, apoplexy, pneumonia, brain fever, an'
similar diseases, when IL was in fact
Bright's disease of the kidneys. The rava
ges of this disease have been greatly In
creased from the fact that until recent year
no way was known to prevent its beginning
nor check its increase when it bad becom
once fixed upon the system. Within tn
past two years, however, we have Learned
of more than four hundred pronounce'
cases of Brighps disease, many of then
much worse than those above described
and dmost of whom had been given up b,
prominent physicians, who have been CON
pletely cured. The means used to accom-
plish this end has been Warmers Safe Kid
ney and Liver Cure, manufactured il
Rochester, n. v, remedy that has won il
way into the confidence Of the public solel
upon the remarkable merits it possesses
As result, il Is more widely used and thol
ougbly praised than any medicine whic