Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-05-05
PRESENTINENTS.
An Investigation OF the Cause of
Enose Dark Forebodings which
Make Powerful Men Weak.

tructlon OF the e3rth. But while peonia
are becoming so strangely exercised over
this announcement, an event of far more
serious Importance, which is IA king place
to-day. seems TO be almost wholly over
looked. The nature of this most vital
subject can be best e1plsined BY relating
the following experiences
Bishop E. o. Haven, known TO the en-
tire land, was unaccountably awakened
one night out of sound sleep, and Law
awake until morning. His mind seemed
unusually active, and he not only reviewed
his past life. which had been an eyeutful
| one, but laid extensive plans for the I'm
| ture. He did not feel especially III but
could not account for the unusual activity
of his brSin, nor for the restlessnSss
which seemed TO possess him. In the
| morning he had but little appetite hut
was apparently well in other respccts In
8 lew days, however. he began to feel rest
less and morbid, although he tried earnest
" to overcome the feeling which had
taken posse SSion of him But try - he
would the shadow of some evil seemed 10
follow him, and he was conscious Of gra-
| dual sinking and wasting away of his
] physical faculties. He had been an earn
| est and diligent worker, and IN his zeal
frequently over-taxed his strength. and
being absorbed in his duties failed 10 oh
serve the common symptoms with which
he was afflicted, thus permitting the work
OF destruction 10 so on unheeied. But
| the end tisally came in a most peresnptory
manner. Shortly before his death he
wrote letter-the last one he ever indi-
ted-in which he speaks as follows A
belief that death is near affects different
minds differently, but probably all who
are in fair condition of physical and
mental strength instirctively shrink from
it with an inde6nable dread and horror.
A dying man is no more able Of himselfto
foresee his own destiny or the destiny of
those he leaves than he was before he be-
gan to die
The recent sad and sudden death 81
Hon. Clarkson n. Potter is one of the
most serious warnings ever given in the
long list of lnnumerable cases of fatal neg
lect. Ii Is not sufficient to say that many
other brilliant men, including Everett,
Summer, Chase, Wood, Wilson and Car
penter, were swept away BY the same fatal
| trouble. The session is we're these men
sufficiently careful Of their health. and
could have been saved? The Albany
| -Argt@, in speaking of Mr.. Potter's sudden
| illness and death, says
| One of the physicians who attended
! MIR. Potter here was interviewed this
evening. He stated that Mr.. Potter's IN
ability to converse had for some time
served TO bsttie the physicians in their
efforts TO determine the root of his illness
II seems. however, that Mr.. Potter, some
two years ago, suffered slight attack of
kidney disease. Unwise dependence upon
robust constitution and naturally per
feet health, and neglect of proper cloth
ing, doubtless sowed the seeds of a disease
that needed but some personal neglect az
that of Tuesday morning TO develop.
From the symptoms at first shown.
it was thought that his only iron
bic was nervous prostration but his
long continuance in semi-conscious state
led to the belief that his illness was seat
Cd in chronic difficulty more mysterious
and dangerous.
| Up to the latter part of last wear Mr..
Edward f. Rock, a member Of the New
York stock exchange, was doing bu ,iness
in Wall street, New York. He had
everything to encourage him, and make
life happy, but he was the victim Of un-
accountable uneasineSs. His experience
as described by one who knew, was az fol-
lows At unexpected times, and on oc-
casiors when he had the greatest reason
to feel joyous lie was irritable and haunt
ed with strange feelings Of discomfort. He
endeavoured to check these feelings and
appear pleasant, but il required a crest
effort to do 50 after which he would
again relapse into his former morbid
mood. This feeling continued for num-
her of months, when he became conscious
oil an added sensation of lassitude. He
was tired even when resting, and although
! experiencing no acute pain, had dull, ach-
ing sensations in his limbs and various
parts of his body, Shortly afterward his
head began to ache most frequently and
his stomach failed to digest properly.
Being told that he was suffering from
malaria he consulted an eminent physi-
clan, who informed him that his kidneys
were slightly affected, and gave him medi-
ciEe to restore them. But he grew worse
instead of better. He then consulted
othsr eminent doctors of another
school and was informed that he
had brain difficulty somewhat in
the nature of tumor, but in
spite of all efforts to the contrary he
continued to grow worse. At this time
his condition was terrible What were at
first simple symptoms had developed to
terrible troubles He was flushed and
feverish, constantly uneasy, and yet al
ways weary. He 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 bur
den. These disastrous symptoms con-
timed, his face and body became disco-
ored, his heart was irregular in its action,
| and his breath came in short, convulsiye
| vasps. lie grew constantly worse not
withdrawing the utmost precautions Of
his friends, and finally died in the great
est agony. After his death an examina-
ton as to its actual cause was made, when
his brain was found to be in perfect con-
Gition, and the reason his of disease was
an entirely different nature"
The experiences which have been cited
above all had common cause. and were
each the result of one disease. That dis
ease, which so deceitfully, yet surely. re-
moved the people above mentioned was
Bright's disease of the kidneya. In the
case Of Mr. Rock, the examination after
death, while showing the brain to be in
perfect condition, revealed the terrible
fact that he was the victim of slight
kidney trouble, which had gone on I'M
checked until il resulted in acute Bright's
disease. The leading physicians and
scientists of the world are fast learning
that more than one-half the deaths which
occur are caused b. this monstrous
scourge 1t is one OF the most deceitiul
maladies ever known TO the human race.
1t manifests itself by symptoms so slight
and common as to seem unworthy OF at
tentioD land yet these very insignificant
symptoms are the first stages of the worst
complaint known in the history of the
world. Thousands Of people have died
from troubles that are called heart die
ease, apoplexy. pneumonia, brain fever
and similar diseases, when it was, in fact,
Brights disease of the kidneys. The raw
ages Of this disease have been greatly in
creased from the fact that until recent
years no way was known to prevent its be-
ginning nor check its increase when it had
become fixed once npon the system.
Within the past two wears, however, we
have learned Of more than four hundred
pronounced cases of Bright's disease,
many of them much worse than those
above described, and most of whom had
been given up by prominent physicians,
who have been completely cured. The
means used to accomplish this end has
been Warner Safe Kidney and Liver
Cure, manufactured in Rochester, n. Y.
a remedy that has won its way into the
confidence of the public solely upon the
remarkable merits il possesses A. re-
suit, it is more widely used and thorough |
ly praised than any medicine which has |
ever been before the American public. |
Indeed, there Is not a drug store in the |
entire land where it cannot be found
Although Bright's disease is 20 common |
in cities, il il still IN re prevalent in the |