Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-07-12
NO HOME EXEMPT.
The Source Of Those Mysterious Troubles
Thnf Cnme fn EYerY uomsehOld Explained.

liable n so lTCc, that II ~ herewith repuDllSheu
entire in addition TO the valuable matter 1t
contains, it will be found exceedingly inter
eSting:
To ne Editor Of the Democrat and Chronicle:
Shiny motives for the publication OF the
most unusual statements which follow are,
first, gratitude for the fact that have been
saved from n most horrible dea h, Gni, sec
ohdly, desire 10 warn all who read this
aiement against some of the most decep
tive Influences by which they have ever been
surrounded. IL is Il fact that to-day thous-
ands of people are within foot of the grave
and they do not know it, TO tell how | was
caught away from just this position, and 10
warn others against nearing IT, are my OBJ
jects in this communication.
Ga the first day of June, 1881, lay mt my
residence in this city surrounded by my
friends and waiting for death. Heaven only
knows the agony then endured, for words
can never describe it. And yet, if n few
yeas previous any on3 had told me that
wa To be brought so low, and by so terrible
n disease | should have scoffed ut the idea.
| had always been uucommonly strong and
healthy, had weigEel over y pounds and
hardly knew, iii my own experience, what
pain or sickness were. Very many people
who will read this statement realize mt times
that they are unusually tired and cannot
account for il. They feel dull and indefinite
pains in various par.s of the body, and do
not understand il. Or they are exceedingly
hungry one day and entirely without appetite
the next. This was just the way felt when
tho relentless malady which had fastened
itself upon me first began. Still / thought
il was nothing; that probably l had taken
cold which would soon pass away. Shortly
after this i noticed heavy. aud at times Il
! earalgic, pain in my head but as it would
come one day and be gone the next, paid
but little attention to II. However, my
stomach was out of order and my food often
failed 10 digest, causing at times great III
convenience. Yet / had no idea, even rs n
physician, that these things meant anything
serious, or that monstrouS di sease was be-
coming fixed upon me. Candidly, l thought
! WAS Suffering from ma'arla and SO doct)red
myself accordingly. But got no better. l
next noticed Il peculiar color and odUr about
the fluids | was passlng-also that there were
large quantities one day and very little the
next, and that n persls .ent froth and scum
appeared upon th3 surface, aud a sediment
settled in the bottom. And yet / did not
realize my danger, for, inde.d, seeing these
symptoms continually, / finally beclme ac-
customed to them, and my suspicion was
wholly disarmed by the fact that had no
pain in the affected organs or IN their vicin-
ity. Why | should have been so blind l
cannot understand.
There Is a terrible future for all physical
neglect, and impending danger always brings
person 10 his senses, even though ii may
then be too late. realized at last my criti-
cal condition and aroused myself 10 overcome
il. And, oh! how hard | tried. | consulted
the best medical skill in the land. / visited
all the prominent mineral springs i'll America,
and travelled from Maine TO California. Still
grew worse. No Two physicians agreed as
10 my maady. One said was troubled with
spinal irritation; another, nervous prostra-
ton; another, malaria; another, dyspepsia;
another, heart disease; another, general de-
bility; another coDgeBtion of the base of the
brain: and so on through a long list of com
mon diseases, the symptoms of all of which
really had In this way several years passed,
during all of which time was steadily grow
ing worse. My condition had really become
pitlable 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 207 to 100 pounds. My
life was a torture TO myself and friends. i
could retain 10 food upon my stomach. and
lived wholly by injections. / was living
mass of pain. My pulse was uncontroilable.
In my agony / frequently fell upon the floor,
convulsively clutched the carpet, and prayed
for DEATH Morphine had little or no effect
i'll deadening the pain. For six days and
nights Ihad the death premonitory hiccoughs
constantly. My urine was filled with tube
casts and albumen. was struggling with
Bright's Disease of the kidneys in its last
stages.
While suffering thus received a call from
my pastor, the Rev. DIR. Foote, rector of st.
Paul's church, of this city. felt that it was
our last interview, but in the course of con-
verSation he mentioned remedy OF which
had heard much, but had never used. Dr.
Foote detailed TO me the many remarkable
cures which had come under his observation,
10y means of this remedy, and urged me TO
try il. As practicing physician and grad
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both natural and common with all regular
practitioners, and derided the idea of any
medicine outside the regular channels being
the least beneficial. So soliCitious, however,
was DIR. Foote that | finally promised l would
waive my prejudice and try the remedy he so
highly recommended. began its use on the
first day of June, and took it according 10
directions. AT first il sichened me- but this
] thought was coed sign for me in my de-
bilitated condition. / continued to take it;
TIE sickening sensation departed and j was
able TO retain fool upon my stomach. In a
few days / noticed decided change for the
better, as also did my wife and friends. My
hiccoughs ceased and experienced less pain
than formerly. | was so rejoiced at this inn
proved condition that, upon what had be-
heved but few days before was my dying
led, vowed, in the presence of my family
and friends should | recover / would both
remedy for the good of humanity, wherever
AMI whenever / had an opportunity. also
determined that | would give a course OF
lectures in the Corinthian Academy of Music,
in this city, stating in full the symptoms and
almost hopelessness OF my disease and the
remarkable means by which / have been
saved. My improvement was constant from
that time, and III less than three months L
had gained twenty-six pounds in flesh, be-
came entirely free from pain, and believe L
owe my life and present condition wholly to
Warmers Safe Cure, the remedy which used.
Since my recovery have thoroughly relnves-
tigated the subject of kidney difficulties and
BTight's disease, and the truths developed are
astounding. | therefore state deliberately,
and as physician, that believe more than
one-half the deaths which occur in America
are caused by Bright's disease of the kidneys.
This may sound like rash statement, but
am prepared to fully verify it. Brights 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 buriais are authorized 10y q
physicians certificate of Heart Disease,
"Apoplexy," Paralysis" "Spinal Con-
plaint," rheumatism" "Pneumonia,"
and other common diseases, when in reality
il was Bright's disease of the kidneys Few
physicians, and fewer people, realize the ex-
tent of this disease or its dangerous aud IN
sidious nature. 1t steals into the system like
thief, manifests its presence by the COM
monest symptoms, and faStens itself upon
the constitution before the victim Is aware.
1t is nearly as hereditary MS consumption,
quite as common and fully as fatal. Entire
families, inheriting it from their ancestors,
have died, and yet none of the number knew