Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-03-02
STARTLING STATISTICS
The Shadow Hanging Over New York
City and the Entire Country
A Tribune Opinion.


The nation has been Mortified at the burn
ting OF a Milwaukee hotel, whereby over seven
81 lives were lost This event carried terror
because it was sudden and appalling; but had
The same disastrous results to life and limb
come silently they would have been unno-
ticed not only by the people Of the land but
also by the very community In which they oc-
CURED. Fatal events Of q far worse nature
have taken place in this very city, but they
now did not the Bureau Of Vital Statistics
bring them to our notice. Figures do not
lie" whatever else may be uncertain and the
report on the deaths of this city 10 q startling
comment on its life. During the past year
the enormous increase of certain maladies is
simply YppallinR. While the total number of
deaths has diminished and the death rate on
most diseases has decreased still it is far
Was ever ,Own before. More people died in
the city OF New York IN 1882 from Bright's
disease OF the kidneys, I'd an from diphtheria,
smallpox aud typhoid fever all com inei I
This scarcely seems possible but 1t 10 true aud
when 1t is remembered that less than one
third the actual deaths from Bright's disease
are really reported as such, the ravages of the
mslady can be partially understood.
The immediate query which every reader
will make upon such a revelation of facts. is |:
What causes this increasei This is q diff
cult question to answer. The nature OF the
climate. the habits of life, the adulteration Of
foods aud liquors, all undoubtedly contribute;
but no immediate cause can be certainly as
signed. Often before the victim knows 1t the
disease has begun. Its approaches are so
stealthy and its symptoms so obscure that
they cannot be definitely foreseen and are only
known by their effects. Any kidney disorder,
however slight, Is the first stage or Bright's
disease. but IL is seldom that kidney sor-
certain symptoms. Mysterious WEAKNESS; an
unusual Appetite; periodical headaches; oc-
casional nausea; uncertain pains; loss Of
vigor; lack of nerve power; irregularity OF
/ the heart; disordered daily habits; imperfect
diEestion-all these and many other symp-
! toms are the indications Of kidney disorder
/ even though there may be no pain in the
region Of the kidneys or In that portion of the
body. The serious nature of these troubles
/ may be understood from the IA ct that Bright 8
disease is ss certain to follow diseased kidney
/ az decomposition follows death.
! 1t is high time the doctors in this land who
have been unable to control kidney troubles,
! should be aroused and compelled to find some
remedy, or acknowledge one already found.
| The suffering public needs help ard can not
await the tardy action of any hair-splitting
code or incorrectly formulated theories. II
\ the medical world has no certain remedy fol
this terrible disease let them acknowledge il
and seek for one outside the pale of their pro-
fession. For the discovery of this remedy and
for its application to this disease, the people
of this city, the people Of the whole land, not
only those who are suffering, but those who
have friends in danger, are earnestly and long
ingly looking.
The above quotation from the New Yorl
Tribune is causing considerable commotion
as it seems to lift the cover from a subject
that has become of National Importance. The
alarming increase of kidney diseases thei
insidious beginnings and frightful ending.
and the acknowledged inability of physician:
to successfully cope with them may wei
awaken the greatest dread OF every one who
has the slightest symptoms. 1t is fortunate
however, that the surest relief is often founi
where, possibly, least expected and that Their
Is a specific for the evils above described We
have come to fully believe. Within the pas
two years we have frequently seen statement
of parties claiming to have been cured o
serious kidney troubles even after hope hat
been abandoned; but in common with mos
people we have discredited them. Quite re
Gently, however, number of prominent an,
well-known men have come out voluntarily
and stated over their signatures that they
were completely cured by the use of Warner
Safe Kidney and Liver Cure. Most peopl
have been aware that this medicine has al
unusual standing and one emitting it to b.
classed above proprietary articles generally
but that 1t had accomplished SO much il
checking the ravages of kidney disease is no
90 generally known. Its great worth has beer
shown not only by the cures it has effected
but also because a number of base imitation
have appeared In the market, fraudulently
claiming the valuable qualities OF the origina
Safe Cure. II it were not valuable, it woulC
not be initiated.
The above may seem like an ultra endorse
ment of popular remedy but it is not on
whit stronger than the facts admit. What
ever assists the world toward health and con
sequent happiness, should receive the heart
endorsement of the press and all friends O
humanity. 1t is on precisely this principl
that the foregoing staten ent is made and &
merits the careful consideration of ever,
thinking reader.