National Republican., 1883-07-06
THE DANGER OF ovER-ExERTroN,

THE DANGER OF OVER-E%ERTION'
A stnI,yRrt Man Hecumes Weaker Than n
Child and Then Receivers His Former
Strength.
Waterloo, NJ Y, obSerrer.
In these days of rowing giants and athletic
heroes fine physical development is more OBJ
served than ever before since the time of the
Athenan games. A man who shows the elo-
,mcnts of physical power is looked up to far
more than in tho days of our ancestors, possi-
bly, because there are fewer specimens of we'll
developed manhood than then. An emissary
of this paper met magnificent specimen of
| physical power n few days since in the person
| of DIR. A. w. McNames of Waterloo His
muscles which showed unusual development
were as hard ms wood. At his request the
writer sought to pinch him in the arms or
| legs, but found IL wholly impossible. A real
ization of what is meant by an iron man was
| fully made manifest.
Have you always been so stalwart asthisT
| inquired the news gatherer.
mot by any means,, was the reply. When
young man / was always strong and active
and felt that ] could accomplish anything
| This feeling so took possession OF me on one
| occasion that | attempted TO lift box which
four men found it impossible to move. sue
ceeded in pla,in it on the wagon, but in two
|
and remained so for hours and when recov-
| cred consciousness ! vomited large quantity
of blood From that day ] began to grow
weak and sickly. / believed that had
suffered some internal injury aud experienced
u general debility, which seemed similar to
the effects produced by malaria. My back
was very weak / had no appetite, and at
times loathed food. My lips were parched
and cracked. My head felt rs though IL wero
entirely open Mt tho top and it panied me ON
the side intensely. In six weeks time had
fallen away from POS pounds to less than l7O.
| was in most wretChod condition. was
completely discouraged"
"What did the doctors say about you ~
almost everything. consulted no less
than six different physicians. They all
treated me and none did me any good. At
|, that time | was suffering intensely. l 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. was not liv-
ing was existing
One night (how we'll / can remember it y
my wife had put the children all in bed
when the feeling came over me that should
live but a short time. My wife and talked
matters all over and gave the ninutest di-
rections as to what she should do after was
gone. l was not in tightly condition by
any means, for the doctor, on leaving town
the day following, bade me goodby, saying he
never expected to see me again, for was
suffering with Brights disease of the kidneys
in its last stages. Within the next few day.
| more than twenty friends came to bid me
goodby. Among the number was DIR. John H.
! Clark He asked me what l had used in the
I: way of medicines. told him. He then rec
commended remedy of which had hearC
much, but about which was very skeptical
; If faith were an element of power 1T certainly
was lacking in my case"
|, "And so Won did not try itY
). "On the contrary, did try it and to my
: surprise it seemed to go to just the spot: In
: deed it was the most palatabe thing l hac
!. taken into my mouth for months. l relished
: | it,"
:. "And did it cure youP"
!; "Do look as if it did?"
; "Yes, indeed. What was it?
IT "Warner's Safe Cure" go
5. "a proprietary medicineW
'- "Of course. What of that? / suppose
y once had as great n prejudice against adver
NJ tsed medicines as any one could have. Whe
was studying medicine at Ann Arbor, Mich
| used to VOW with the rest of the class tina
we would fight all such remedies at all times
l. When q man comes down to the last hour
" however, and bids his wife and friend
goodby, such bigoted prejudices as these al
vanish, l can assure you, aud any remed
that can cure is gladly welcomed" 4l
"And how have you been since thenY'
s. "As wcll--or better, than before" y
"Do you still exert your strength"
Certainly But 1 do not orer-eYert, {
H. formerly. My strength is increasing ever
y, day, and my health is number one. kno
r that my life was saved by Warmers Sa
n Cure and | believe it is the best medicir
A. that was ever compounded by any chemist Q
4 physician | am willing the doctors shoul
10 sneer at me for such a statement If the
:; choose, but have proven its truth, and a.
th prepared to stand by it,"
H. uhn hn Of crn,
ed value to all who are suffering. 1t shows IL
Is. deceptive nature of the terrible malady; thi
x all symptoms are common to it and that the
by is but one way by which it can be absolute
ie avoided.
M, We are Determined