Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-07-10
TIE DANGER OF OVER.Fx.
ExTI0N.
A Stalwart Man BECOMES Weaker
Than a child and Then Re
covers His Former Strength.
Matsrlao. NY. Observer.


athletic heroes fine physical develop
ment is more observed than ever be-
fore since the time of the Athenian
! games. A man who shows the ele-
ments Of physical power is looked up
to far more than in the days Of our
ancestors possibly because there are
fewer specimens Of well developed
manhood than then. An emissary Of
this paper met . magnificent specimen
of physical power q few days since in
the person OF DR.. A. W. McNames. of
Waterloo. His muscles, which
showed unusual development, were as
hard as wood, At his request the
writer sought to pinch him in tia
arms or legs, but found it wholly i'm
possible. A realization of what is
meant by an iron man was fully made
manifest.
Have you always been 80 stalwart
as thisp" inquired the news gatherer.
mot by any means" was the reply.
when yeung man l was always
strong aHd active and felt tina. | could
accomplish anything This feeling so
took possession Of me on one occasion
that 1 attempted to lift a box which
four men found it impossible to move.
| succeeded in placing it on the wagon,
butin two minutes from that time was
unconscious and remained so for hours
and when | recovered consciousness
vomited a large quantity of blood.
From that day 1 began to grow weak
and sickly. | believe that l had suf-
tered some internal injury and expert
enced a general debility, which seemed
similar to the effects produced by
malaria. My back was very weak, II
had no appetite, and at times loathed |
food. My lips were parched and |
cracked. My head felt as though it
were entirely open at the top and it
panied me on the side intensely. In |
six weeks time | had fallen away from |
208 pounds to less than l70. | was in
a most wretched condition. l was COM
pletely discouraged"
~ hat did the doctors say about
your"
Almost everything. 81 consulted |
no less than six different physicians.
They all treated me aud none did me |
any good. At that time | was suffer
ing intensely. Icould no. sit upright,
but was obliged to rest in a cramped,
uneasy position. | was compelled to
urinate every FIVE minutes, and l
passed over three quarts every day. l
was not living, | was existing.
Zone night chow well l remember
itl) my wife had put the children all
in bed when the feeling came over me
that | should live but very short
time. My wife and | talked matters
all over, and | gave the minutest d.
rections as to what she should do after
| was gone. | was not in Eighty
condition by any means, fer the docN
tor. on leaving town the day following,
babe me good bye, saying he never ex.
pected to see me again, for was
suffering with Bright's disease of the
kidneys in its last stages. Within the
next few days more than twenty
friends came to bid me good bye.
Among the number was DR.. John l..
Clark. He asked me what | had
used in the way Of medicines l told
him. He then recommended rem
edy Of which had heard much, but
about which was very skeptical. II
faith we're an element of power it
certainly was lacking in my case"
And so you did not try III"
ION the contrary, | did try it and
to my surprise it seemed to 90 to just
the spot Indeed, it was the most
palatable thing | had taken into my |
mouth for months. l relished it"
And did it cure yoO?"
Dol look as if it did,"
Yes, indeed. What was III"
Warmers Safe Cure"
"a proprietary medicine!"
"Of course. What of that? Isup.
pose | once had as great a prejudice
against advertised medicines as auy
one could have. When | was study>
ing medicine at Ann ArbOr, Michigan.
| used to VOW with the rest Of the
class that we would fight all such |
remedies at all times. When a man
comes down to the last hour, however,
and bids his wife and friends good.
bye, such bigoted prcjudices as these
all vanish, can assure you and any
remedy that can cure is gladly wei,
coined
And how have you been since
then?'
AS well-or better, than before"
DO you still exert your strength"
Certainly. But | do not Deer exert,
as formerly MY strength is Increasing
every day, and my health is number |
one. l know that my life was saved |
by Warmers Safe Cure, and believe
it is the best medicine that was ever
compounded by any chemist or physi.
clan. am willing the doctors should |
sneer at me for such statement i'll
they choose, but | have proven its
truth and am prepared to stand by |
it."
The above experience should be OF
great value to all who are suffering. 1t |
shows the deceptive nature OF this ter.
iible malady; that all symptoms are
common TO il and that there is but one
way by which it can be absolutely |
avoided.
A Gard 10 the PuhlfN.