Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-05-26
PRESENTIMENTS.
An Investigation of the Causes of Those
Dark Forebodings Which Make Power
full Men Weak
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| Much apprehension has been orctsiuncd
| throughout America from the announcement
| made by Professor Proctor that the return in
! nineteen wears of the great comet Of last sum
mcr will cau>c the destruction of the earth.
/ But while people are becoming 80 strangely
| exercised over this announcement an event
OF far more serious Importance, which is
| taking place Today, seems L. he almost
wholly overlooked. The nature of this most
vital subject can he best explained by relating
the following experiences
| Bishop f.. o. Haven, known to the entire
land, WAS unaccountahly awakened one nj giit
ont of sound sleep, and lay awake until
morning. His mind seemed unusually
active and he not only reviewed his past life,
| which had been an cvrIltiul one, but laid cX
tcn>ivc plans for the future He did not feel
! especially i'll, but could not account for the
| unusual activity of his brain, nor for the rest
lc>>nc-S which seemed To possess him. In
| the morning he had hut little appetite. but
was apparently well in other respects. In Il
| few days, however, he began To feel restless
and morbid, although h. tried earnestly to
overcome the feeling which had taken pos
session of him. But try rs he would the
| shadow oil some evil seemed To follow him,
and he was conscious of Il gradual sinking
aud wasting away of all his physical faculties.
| He had been an earnest and diliTcnt worker.
|
strength, and being absorbed in his duties
! failed 10 observe the common symptoms with
| which he was afflicted. thus permitting the
work of destruction To 70 on unhccdcd. But
| the end finally caIac in Il most pcrcmptoiv
manner. Shortly before his death he wrote n
ttcr-tlIc last one he ever indted-in which
! he speaks rs follows: "A belief that death
is near affects different minds differently, but
probably all who are in fair condition of
| physical and mental strength msiinctivrly
| shrink from il with an indcfnablc dread and
horror. \ dying man is no more able Of him
self To forcacc his own destiny or the destiny
! Of those he leaves than he was before he
began Ia die
| The recent sad and sudden death of Hon
GARRISON y. Potter is one of the most scrolI,
| warnings ever given i'll the long list of in
| Vulnerable cases of fatal neglect. 1t is mol
sufficient 10 say that many other brilliant
men, including Everett, Sumner, Chase,
| Wood, Wilson and Carpenter, were swept
| away 10y the samr fatal trouble. The quJS-
ton il, were these men sufficiently careful OF
their health, and could they have been saved
| The Albany .ftuts, in speaking of Mr. Pottrr's
sudden illness aud death, say.
lone Of the physicians who attended Mr.
Potter here was interviewed last evening
| He stated that Mr.. Pottrr's inability la con.
verse had for some time served TO battle the
physicians in their efforts 10 determine III,
root of his illness. Ii seems, however, that
Mr.. Potter, som" two years ago, suffered i
slight attack of kidney disease. Unwisc de
pcndcnce upon robust constitution and
| naturally perfect health and neglect ol
proper clothing, doubtless sowcd the seeds III
4 disease that needed but some such personal
neglect Us that of Tuesday morning I,
develop. From the symptoms at first shown,
il WAS thought that hi, only trouble wa>
nervous prostration; hut his long continu
anCc in semi -uncon,cious state led To III,
h..li nf tlat
difficulty more mystcriori, and dangerous
Up 10 the latter part of last year Mr.. Edw
r. Rock, IL member of the New York stock
exchange, was doing cuisines, in Wall street
| New York. i!c had everything To cncnIlrar
him, and make life happy, but WAS The victim
OF unaccountahlc unea-inc-S. His experience
| rs described 10y one who knew, was H. follows
al uncX ,'cctcd times and on occasions " hci
| he had the greatest reason 10 feel JOYOUS Ia
WAS irritable and haunted with strangr !rcl
iugs Of discomfort. He cndcavorcd to check
these feelings and appear pleasant, but it re
quircd great effort 10 do so; after which Ia,
| would again relapse into his former morbid
mood. This feeling continued for number
OF months, when he became conscious Of an
added sensation of lassilude He WAS tired
even when resting. and although cxpcricnc
Ing no acute pain, had dull, aching sen atom
IN his limbs and various parts Of his body
shortly aftcrward his head began to arh,
most frequently and his stomach failed I,
digest properly Being told that lie was suf
lcrin% from malaria he consulted an eminent
physician, who informed him that hi, kidneys
were slightly effected, and gave him medicine
Ia restore them. But he grew worse Instead
of better. He then consulted other eminent
doctors of another school and WAS informed
that he had Il brain difficulty somewhat in III,
nature of a tumor, but in spite of all effort,
10 the contrary he continued To grow worse
AZ this time his condition was terrible
What were nj first simple symptoms had de-
veloped To terrible troubles He WAS flushed
and fcvcrish, constantly uncaSy, and YET
always weary. He had an intense appetite
one day and very little the next. His pulls,
was irregular, his breathing lahored, and
every moment Of existence WAS II burden
These disastrous symptoms continued, his
face and body became discolorri !, his hear
was Irregular in its action, and his brcatl
came in short convusivc gasps. He grew
constantly worse, notwithstanding the utmost
precautions of his friends, and finally died il
the greatest agony. After his death an cx
animation us to its actual cause was made
when his brain was found to he in perfect
condition, and the reason Of his deccase wa.
of an entirely different nature"
The experiences which have been cite,
above all had Il common cause, aud wer,
each the result Of one disease. That disease
which 40 deccitfully, yet surely, removed the
people aboyc mentioned was Bright's disease
Of the kidneys. In the case of Nr. Rock, tn,
examination after death, while showing I'll,
brain tn he in perfect condition, revealed III,
terrible fact that he WAS 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 tn,
world are fast learning that more than one
half the deaths which occur are caused b,
this monstrouS sco,rgc. IL Is one Of tn,
most dcceitful maladirs ever known Ia thu
human race. II maniiests itself by symptom,
81 slight and common as To seem unworthy
of attention; and 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 trouble.
that are called heart disease, apoplcyy, pncu
monia, brain fever, and similar disease
when it was, in fact Bright's disease of III,
kidneys. The ravagcs of this disease have
been greatly increased from the fact that
until recent years no way was known 10 pre-
vent its beginning or check lis increase when
II had become once fixed upon the system
Within the past two years, however, we hay,
learned of more than four hundred pro
nounccd cases of Brights disease, many al
them much worse than those above described
and most Of whom had been given IN b,
prominent physicians, who have been com
plctcly cured. The means used 10 accomplish
this end has been Warmers Safe Kidney and
Liver Cure, manufactured in Rochester n.
II remedy that has won its way into the cont
dence of the public solely upon the remark
able merits IL Possesses As n result, il il
more widely used and thoroughly praised
than any medicine which has ever been
before the American public. Indeed there i,
not drug store in the entire land where il
cannot he found.
Although BrightS disease is so common Il
cities, il is still more prevalent in the country
When eminent physicians in the largest cities
are not able to recognize Bright's disease, II