River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-08-02
THE DANGER OF OVER ExERF1oN.

THE DANGER OF VER-EXERTI0N.
A Stafwart Man Becomes Weaker
Than a Child and Then Receivers
His frormet strength.
Waterloo, N. Y, Observer.
In these days ofrowing giants and atR-
letic heroes fine physical development is
more ohset~ed than ever before since the
time of the Athenian gsules. a man who
shows the elements of physical p5Ter is
looked up to far more than in the days OF
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 DIR. A. w. Mechanics, of Wat
erloo. His muscles, which showed tn
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 SO staIwart as
this& inquired the news gatheref.
mot BY any means," was tle reply.
When young man | was always strong
and active and felt that could accom-
plish anything. Thig feeling SO took pos
session of me on one occasion shat ! at
tempted to lit a box which four mel
found 1t impossible to move. / succeed
ed in placing it on the wagon, but in two
minutes from that time was unconscious
aid remained so for hours and when
recovered k6hscipdsress | vomited a
large quantity of blood, From that. day
| began to grow weak and siekly3, 7 ,he1
lieved that | had suffered some internal
injury and experienced general deblIi-
ty, which st ened similar TO the effects
produced by malaria. My back was very
weak. had no appetite, and at times
Ioathed food. My lips were parched and
cracked. My head felt as thought were
entirely open at the top and it panied
me on the side intensely. In six weeks
time had fallen away from 20S pounds
To less than 10. ] was in most wretch
ed condition. wss completely discour
aged"
"Wbat did the doctors say about your"
Almost everything l consulted no
less than six different phYsicians. They
all treated me and none did me &I}S
good. At that time / was suffering IN
tensely. ! could not sit upright but was
obliged to rest in cramped, uneasy. POI
sition. ! was compelled to urinate every
five minutes and passed over three quarts
every day. was not living, ! was ex-
listing.
One night chow well l remember IT'D
my wife had put the children all in bed
when the feeling came over me that |
should live but d very short time. My
wife and talked matters all over and I
gave the minutest directions SIS to what
she should do after / was gone. | A&s
not in a Eighty condition by any means
for the doctor on leaving town the day fol,
lowing, babe Inc good bye saying he never
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
DR.. John l.. Clark. He asked me what
had used in the way of medicines. ]
told him. He then recommended a re-
medy of which / had heard much, but
about which | was very skeptical. If
faith were an element Of power it GER
tainly was lacking in my case"
"And 80 you did not try it?"
"On the contrary, did try It and to
my surprise it seemed to go to just the
spot. Indeed, it was the most palatable
hing l had taken into my mouth for
months. relished it,"
And did it cure YOUR
""Do look as if it did?"
eyes, indeed: What was it,"
Warmers Safe Cure"
"a proprietary medicineW
"Of course. What ofthat? / suppose
once had as great prejudice against
advertised medicines as any one could
have. When | was studying medicine
at Ann Arbor, Michigan, used to VOW
with the rest of the class that we could
fight all such remedies at all times.
When man comes down to the last
hour, however, and bids his wife and
friends goodbye, such bigoted preiudices
as these all vanish, l can asstte you and
any remedy that can cure is gladly weia
coined"
"And how have you been since then7"
Gas well-or better than before.",.
"Do you still exert your strength"
Certainly. But do not over-exert,
as formerly. Ny 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. | am
willing the doctors should sheer at me
for such 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. 1t
shows the deceptive nature of this terri.
BILE malady; that all symptoms are COM
mon TO 10 and that there IS but one way
bv which it can be absolutely avoided.