The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-08-02
THE DANGER OF oIvER-ExERT1oN.

THE DANGER OF ovER-ExERTIoN.
A stalwart Man Becomes Weakef
Than a Child and Then Receivers
His Former Strength.
Waterloo, N. Y, Observer.
In these days ofrowing giants and ath-
letic he{oes fine physical development Is
more observed than Ever before since the
time, ofthe Athenipn games. a man who
shows the element is of physical power ID
looked up to far more thanin the days 81
our ancestors possibly because there are
fewer specimens ofwell.develop ID man
hood than then. An emmissary of this
paper net magnificent specimen of
physical power few days since in the
person of DR.. A. w. McNames, of Wat:
erloo. His muscles, which showed I'M
usual development, were as hard as
wood. At his request the writer sought
to pinch him in the arms or legs, but
found it wholly impossible. A realiza-
ton of what is meant by an iron man was
fully made manifest.
"Have you always been 80 stalwart as
this2" inquired the news gatherer.
mot by any means," was the reply.
when q yotng man was always strong
and active and felt that tottld accom-
plish anything. This feeling go took pos
session Of me on one occasion that l at
tempted to lit box WI ich four men
found it impossible to move. succeed
ed, in placing it on the wagon, but in two
minutes from that time was unconscious
and remained, so for hours and when
| recovered Consciorsqess I vomited a
large quantity of blood. From that day
| began to grow weak and sickly. I be-
lieved that had suffered some internal
injury and experienced general debili-
ty, which &c elned similar to the effects
pr0dtceq by. malaria. My back was very
weak. / had no appetite, and at times
]oathed food. My lips We're barched and
cracked. My head felt as thought WerH
entirely open at the top and it panied
me on the side intensely. In six weeks
time I had fallen away from 2OS pounds
to less than ITO. was in a most wretch
ed condition. Was completely discour-
aged" ,. !
almost everything. consulted no
less than six different physicians. They
all treated me and none did me any
good. At that time l was suffering in
tensely. I could not sit upright but was
obliged to rest in cramped, uneasy po-
sition. l was compelled to urinate every
five minutes and passed over three quarts
every day. / was not living, was ex.
,,0ne; night chow we'll remember itN
NY wife had put the children all in bed
when the feeling came over me that I
should live but q very short time. My
wife and talked matters all over and L
gave the minutest directions as to what
She should do after was gone. 1 was
not in a tlighty condition by any means
for the doctor on leaving town the day fol-
lowing, babe me good bye saying he meyer
expected to see me again, for was suffer-
ing with Bright's disc ase 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
pr. john L. Clark He asked me what
told him. He then recommended re-
medy of which 1 had heard much, but
about which I was very skeptlcal. If
faith were an element Of power it GER
tainly was lacking in my case"
"And so you did not try it?"
ION the contrary, did try it and to
my surprise it seemed to go to just the
spot. Indeed, it was the most palatable
thing had taken, into my mouth for
months. relished it."
lind did it cure your
"Bo look as if it did?"
eyes, indeed: What was it?"
Warmers Safe Cure"
"a proprietary medicinep'
"Of course. What of that? t suppose
I once had as great prejudice against
advertised medicines as any one could
have. When was studying medicine
at Ann Arbor, Michigan, l used to VOW
with the rest of the class that we could
fight all such remedies at all times.
When a man comes down to the last
hour, however, and bids his wife and
friends goodbye, such bigoted preiudices
as these all vanish, 1 can assure you and
any remedy that CAN cttFe Is gladly well
coined"
"And how have YOU been since then7"
Gas well-or better than before.",
"Do you still exert your strengthen
as formerly. My strength is increasing
every day, and my health is number one.
know that my life was saved by War
ner's Safe Cure, and believe it is the
best medicine that was ever compound
ed by any chemist or physician. I am
willing the doctors should sheer at me
for such 4 statement if they choose, but
| have proven its truth, and am pre-
pared to stand by it,
The above experience should be of
great value to all who are suffering. It
shows the deceptive nature of this terri
bic malady; that all symptoms are COM
mon to 1t and that there 1s but one way
by which it can be absolutely avoided.