Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-04-19
PRESENTIMENTS.
An investigation of the Causes OF those Dark
Forebodngs Which Make Powerful Men Weak.
[ From the Golden Rule.

made by Professor Proctor that the return Ill
nineteen years of the great comet OF last sum-
mer will cause the destruction of 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 almost wholly over
looked The nature of this most vital subject
can be best explained by relating the following
experience:
Bishop e. o. Haven known to the entire
land, was unacoountably awakened one night
out of sound sleep, and lay awake till morn
| ing. His mind seemed unusually 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 LII,
but could not account for the unusual activity
of his brain, nor for the restlessness which
seemed to possess him. In the morning he had
but little appetite, but was apparently well In
| other respects. In few DAYS, however, he be-
gan to feel restless and 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 gradual sinking
and wasting away of all his physical faculties.
He had been earnest and dlllgent worker,
and in his zeal frequently over-taxeG his
strength, and being absorbed IN his duties failed
| to observe the common symptoms with which
he was afflicted, thus permitting the work OF Ge-
structlon to go on unheeded. But the emo
| finally came in @ most peremp6Ory manner.
Shortly before his death he wrote letter-the
last one he ever indited-in which he speaks as
| follows GA belief that death is near affects
different minds differently, but probably all
who are in a fair condition of physical and men,
tai strength instinctively shrink from it with an
| indefinable dread or 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 before he began to die"
The recent sad and sudden death of Hon.
! CIarkson N. Potter Is one of the most serious
| DIV in hn list M in
Vulnerable cases of fatal neglect. 1t is not
sufficient to say that many other brilliant men,
including Everett, Sumner, Chase, Wood, Will
son and Carpenter, were swept away by the
same fatal trouble. The question is, were
| these men sufficiently careful of their health,
and could they have been saved? The Albany
Argus, in speaking of Mr.. Potter s sudden ill
ness and death, says:
"One of the physicians who attended Mr..
Potter here was interviewed last evening. He
| stated that Mr.. POtter's inability to converse
had for some time baffied the physicians in
their efforts to determine the root of his ILL
ness. 1t seems, however, that Mr.. Potter, some
two years ago, suffered a slight attack of kid
ney disease. Unwise dependence upon robust
constitution and naturally perfect health, and
neglect of proper clothing, doubtless sowed the
seeds of disease that needed but some such
personal neglect as that of Tuesday morning to
develop. From the symptoms at first shown,
it was thought that his only trouble was nerv-
semi-unconscious state led to the belief that his
illness seated in chronic difficulty more
mysterious and dangerous"
Up to the latter part of last year, Mr.. Edward
T. Rook a member of the New York Stock Ex-
change was doug business in Wall Street. New
York. He had everything to encourage him and
make life happy. but was the victim of unac-
cOuntable uneasiness His experience, as de-
scribed by one who knew, was as follows: Sat
unexpected times. and on occasions when he
had the greatest reason to feel joyous, he was
irritable and haunted with strange feelings of
discomfort. He endeavoredto check these feel
ings and appear pleasant, but it required a
great effort to do SO; after which he would
again relapse into his morbid mood. This feel
ing continued for a number of months, when he
became conscious of an added sensation of las
situde. He was tired even when resting, and,
though experiencing acute pain, had duh,
aching 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 emil
nent physician, who informed him that his kid
neys were slightly effected, and gave him medi-
cine to restore them. But he grew worse in
stead of better. He then consulted other emil
nent doctors of another school, and was in
formed that he had brain difficulty somewhat
In the nature of tumor, but in spite of all ef
forts to the contrary, he continued to grow
worse At this time his condition was terrible.
What were first simple symptoms had developed
| to terrible troubles. He was flushed and fever
ish, constantly uneasy, and yet always weary.
| He had anlntense appetite one day and very lit
| tie the next. His pulse was irregular. his
breathing labored, and every moment of exist
ence a burden. These disastrous symptoms
continued, his face and body became discolor-
ed, his heart was irregular In its action, and his
breath came in short, convulsive gasps. He
grew constantly worse, notwithstanding the
precautions of his friends, and finally died in
the greatest agony. After his death an ex-
| animation as to it's actual cause was made,
when his brain was found to be in perfect con-
| dition, and the reason of his disease was of an
entirely different nature"
The experiences which had been cited above
all had common cause and were each the re-
suit of one disease. That disease, which so
deceitfully, yet surely removed the people above
mentioned was Bright's disease of the kidneys
In the case of Mr.. Rock the examination after
death, while showing the brain to be in perfect
condition, revealed the terrible fact that hewas
the victim of slight kidney trouble, which had
gone on unchecked, until it resulted in acute
| Bright's disease. The leading physicians and
scientists of the world are fast learning that
more than one-half of the deaths which occur
are caused by this mOnstrous scourge. 1t is
one Of the most deceitful maladies ever known
to the human 1t manifests itself by
symptoms slight and common, as to seem
unworthy of attention; and yet these very in
significant 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 disease, apoplexy,
pneumonia, brain fever, and similar diseases,
when it was, in fact Bright's disease of the
kidneys. The ravages of this disease have
been greatly increased from the fact that until
recent years no way was known to prevent its
| beginning nor check its increase when it had
become once fixed upon the system Within
the past two years, 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 Warmers
Safe Kidney and Liver Cure, manufactured in
Rochester, N. Y, remedy that has won its
way into1the confidence of the public solely
upon the remarkable merits it possesses. AS
result, it is more widely used and thoroughly
praised than any medicine which has ever been
before the American public. Indeed there is
not drug store in the entire land where it
| cannot be found.
Although Bright's disease is so common in
cities, it is still more prevalent in the country.
| When eminent physicians in the largest cities
| are not able to recognize Bright's disease it is