Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-09-13
THE DANGER OF OyER.EXERTION.
4 StsIwart Man Becomes Weaker
Than "A Child and Then Receivers
His Former Strength.
Waterloo 81 ohserver

is more observed than ever before since
the time of the Athenian games. A man
who shows the elements of physical
power is looked mp to far more than in
the days of our ancestors possibly bo
cause there are fewer specimens of well
developed manhood than then. An EN-
ssary of this paper met magnificent
specimen of physical power few DAYS
since in the person of DIR. \. w. Me
Names, of Waterloo His muscles
which showed unusual development,
were as hard as wood AT his request
the writer sought to pinch HIM in the
arms or legs, but found it wholly impos
sible A realization of what is meant
by an iron man was fully made mani
fest.
Have YOU always been so stalwart az
thiS?T inquired the news gatherer
s'Not 10y any means" was the reply.
"When a young man / was always strong
and active and felt that / could accom-
plish anything. This feeling SO took
possession Of me on one occasion that
attempted TO lit a box which four men
found 10 impossible to move. succeed
cd in placing 1t ON the wagon, but in
wo minutes from that time l was I'M
ronscious and remained SO for hours,
and when | recovered consciousness ]
Vomited a large quantity of blood. From
that day I began to grow weak and
sickly. / believed that | had suffered
from internal injury and experienced a
general debility, which seemed similar
10 the effects produced by malaria. My
back was very weak. | had no appetite,
and at times loathed food. My lips
We're parched and cracked, My head
felt as though it were entirely open al
the top and it panied me on the side in
tensly. In six weeks time l had fallen
away from POS pounds to less than 40
! was in a most wretched condition.
was com pletely discouraged
"What did the doctors say about
youn
almost everything. I consulted no
less than six different physicians. They
all treated me and none did me any good
At that time ! was suffering intensely.
| could not sit upright but was Obliged
to rest in a cramped, uneasy position. !
was compelled TO urinate every five
minutes and passed over three quarts
every day. l was not living, l was exist
ing,
One night chow well remember it9
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 minute directions as to what
she should do after l was gone. ! was
not in a tliehty condition by any means
for the doctor. on leaving town the day
following, babe me good bye saying he
never expected 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. lie
asked me what 1 had used in the way OF
medicines I told him. He then recon-
mended a remedy of which had heard
much, but about which ! was very skep-
tical. If faith were an element of power
it certainly was lacking in my case.
And so you did not try it,
"On the contrary, | did try it and to
nay surprise it seemed to go TO Just the
spot Indeed, it was the most palatablc
thing 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 medicinel"
'Of course. What of that? / suppose
once had as great prejudice against
advertised medicines as any one could
have. When | vas studying 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 man comes down to the last
hour however, and bids his wife and
friends good bye, such bigoted preiudic.
es as these all vanish, l can assure You
and any remedy that can cure is gladly
welcomed"
And how have you been since then?
"As well--or better, than before"
"Do you still exert your strength"
Certainly But | do not orer-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 leer at me for
such a statement if 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 terri
bic malady; that all symptoms are com
mon to it and that there is but one way
by which il can be absolutely avoided.