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No HOME EXEMPT.
The source Of Those Mysterious Troubles
I'll H. Y : Siau,o 10 EYerY HauAehQld EXplRined.

NO HOME EXEMPT.
The Source Of Those MystertoHas TrSublIes
That Come to Every HousehoidE xpihihea'
The following article from the Democrol
and Chronicle, Of Rochester, N. Y, ID OF SC
striking a nature and emanates from 80 re:
liable q source. that it is herewith republlshed
entire. In addition to the valuable matter 1t
contains, it will be found exceedingly inter-
sSt dc sE.,i.or Of ne Democrat and chrenies:
SrR-My motives for the publication OF the
most unusual statements which follow are,
frat. gratitude for the fact that I have been
saved from q most horrible dea:h, aud, sec
ondly, q desire to warn all who read this
statement against some of the most decep-
tive influences by which they have ever been
surrounded. It is q fact that to-day thous-
ands of pcople are within q foot OF the grave
and they do not know it. 10 tell how l was
caught away from just this position, and 10
warn others against nearing it, are my OBJ
jects in this communication.
On the first day of June, 1881, ! lay at my
residence in this city s~urrounded by my
friends and waiting for death. Heaven only
knows the agony I then endured, for words
can never describe it. And yet, If a few
years previous, any one had told me that
was to be brought so low, and by so terrible
Il disease, / should have scotfed at the IDEA;
l had always been uncommonly strong
healthy, had weighed over 20 lounds and
hardly knew, i'll my own experience, Wnat
pain or sickness were. Very many people
who will read this statement realize at times
that they are unusually tired and cannot
account for it. They fee! dull and indefinite
pains in various parts of the body, and do
not understand it. Or they are exceedingly
hungry ono day and entirely without appetite
the next. This was Just the way l felt when
the relentless malady which had fastened
itself upon me first began. Still thought
it was nothing; that probably l had taken a
cold which would soon pass away. Shortly
after this l noticed a heavy. and at times
neuralgia. pain in my head, but as it would
come one day and be goue the next, l paid
but little attention to it. However, my
stomach was out of order and my food often
failed to digest, causing at times great In
convenience. Yet I had no idea, even as a
physician, that these things meant anything
serious, or that a mOnstrous disease was be-
coming fixed upon me. Candidly, / thought
l WIS suffering from malaria and so doctored
myself accordingly. But | get no better. l
next noticed a peculiar color and odor about
the fluids l was passing-also that there were
large quantities one day and very little the
next, and that q persistent troth and scum
appeared upon the surface, and a sediment
settled in the bottom. And yet l did not
realize my danger, for. indeed, seeing these
symptoms continually, l finally became &C
customed to them, and my suspicion was
wholly disarmed by the fact that l had no
pain in the affected organs or in their vlcln-
ity. Why I should have been so blind l
cannot understand.
There is a terrible future for all physical
neglect, and impending danger always brings
q person to his senses, even though it may
then be too late. realized at last py critl-
cal condition and aroused myself to overcome
it. And, oh! how hard 1 tried. l consulted
the best medical skill in the land. I visited
all the prominent mineral springs in America,
and travelled from Maine to California. Still
l grew worse. No two physicians agreed as
TO my malady. One said was troubled with
spinal irritation; another, nervous prostra-
ton; another, malaria; another, dyspepsia;
another, heart disease; another, general de-
bility; another, congestion of the base of the
brain; ard so on through a long list of COM
mon diseases, the symptoms of all Of which
l really had. In this way several years passed,
during all of which time was steadily grow
ing worse. My condition had really become
pitiable. The slight symptoms l at first
experienced were developed into terrible and
constant disorders-the little twigs of pain
had grown to oaks of agony. My weight had
been :educed from POI to 100 pounds. My
life was a torture to myself and friends.
could retain no food upon my stomach. auo
lived wholly by injections. l was a living
mass of pain. My pulse was uncontrollable
In my agony frequently fell upon the floor
convulsively clutched tho carpet, and prayed
for death. Morphine had little or no etfec
in deadening the pain. For six days ant
nights Ihadt the death premonitory hiccough!
constantly. My urine was filled with tub!
casts and albumen. I was struggling wit
Bright;s Disease of the kidneys in its las
stages.
While suffering thus I received a call from
my pastor, the Rev. DR.. Foote, rector of st
Paul's church, of this city. I felt that it wa
our last interview, but in the course of con
versation he mentioned a remedy OF which
had heard much, but had never used. Dr.
Foote detailed to me the many remarkabl
cures which had come under his observation
by means of this remedy, and urged me I
try it. As a practicing physician and a grad
uate of the schools, I cherished the prejudic
both natural and common with all regula
practitioners, and deridea the idea of an
medicine outside the regular channels beinI
the least beneficial. So solicitious, however
was DR.. Footc that I finally promised Iwoul
waive my prejudice and try the remedy he 8
highly recommended. i began its use on III
first day of Juno, and took it according I
y ulFeCllOuS. AZ llS IL SlSSOhCo NV ~ ~
, l thought WIS a good sign for me in my de
bilitated condition. continued to take il
' tie sickening sensation departed and l wa
!, able to retain fool upon my stomach. In
{ few drys I noticed Il decided change for tn
, better, as also did my wife and friends. NJ!
) hiccoughs ceased and Experienced less paii
; than formerly. I was so rejoiced at this i'm
proved condition that, upon what I had be
lieved but q few days before was my dyint
bed, I vowed, in the presence of my famil!
, and friends, should I recover I would boil
publicly and privately make known THU
remedy for the good of humanity, wherever
determined that I would give a course Of
lectures in the Corinthian Academy of Music
in this city, stating in full the symptoms ant
almost hopelessness of my disease and the
remarkable means by which I have beer
saved. My improvement was constant from
that time, and in less than three months
had gained twenty-six pounds in flesh, be:
came entirely free from pain, and l believe
W. my life and present condition wholly to
Warner'sS Safe Cure, the remedy which used
Since ny recovery l have thoroughly relnyes:
tigated the subject of kidney difficulties and
Bright's disease, and the truths developed are
astounding. 1 therefore state deliberately,
and as Il physician, that I believe more than
one-half the deaths which occur in America
are caused by Bright's disease of the kidneys:
This may sound like n rash statement, but
am prepared to fully verify it. Bright's dis
ease has no distinctive symptoms of its own
(indeed, it often develops without any pain
whatever in the kidneys or their vicinity,
but has the symptoms of nearly every other
known complaint. Hundreds of people die
daily, whose burials are authorized by 9
physicians certificate of "Heart Disease"
"Apoplexy," Paralysis" Spinal Com,
p%laint," "Rheumatism," pneumonia"
and other common diseases, when in reality
it was Bright's disease of the kidneys, Few
physicians, and fewer people, realize the ex-
tent of this disease or its dangerous and IN
sidious nature. Itsteals into the system like
a thief, manifests its presence by the COM
monest symptoms, and fastens itself upon
the constitution before the victim is aware.
1t is nearly rs hereditary as consumption,
quite as common and fully as fatal. Entire
families. inheriting it from their ancestors,
have died. and yet lone of the number knew
or realized the mysterious power which was
removing them. Instead of common symp-
toms it often shows none whatever, but
brings death suddenly, and rs such is usually
supposed to be heart disease. AS one who
has suffered, and knows by bitter experience
what he says, l implore every one who reads
these words not to neglect the slightest
symptom of kidney difficulty. Certain agony
and possible death will be the sure result Of
such neglect, and no one can afford to hazard
such chances.
am aware that such an unqualified state
ment as this, coming from me, known as l
am throughout the entire land as a practi-
toner and lecturer, will arouse the surprise
and possible luminosity of the medical pro-
f~ession, and astonish all with whom l am
acquainted, but I make the foregoing state
ments,. based uron facts which am prepared
to produce, n truths which l can substan-
tiute to the letter. The welfare of those who