The Opelousas courier., 1883-09-01
THE DANGER OF oyER.ExERrrou.
A stalwart Man Becomes Weaker Than q
child aud Then Receivers His Former

a StalYart Man Becomes Weaker Than q
shiId and Then Receivers His Former
(Waterloo, N. Y, Observer.)
inthese da Us of rowing g ants and athletic
heroes fine physical Geve opment is more
observed tn n ever before since the time of
the Athenian games. A man who sho xs the
elements of physical rover is looked up to
Ear more than in the days of our ancestors
possibly because there ara few specimens of
Weu-developed manhood than then. An
emlssary of this paper met a magnificent
specimen of physical rower a few d lys since
IN the person of DR.. A W. McNames, of
waterloo. His muscles, which showed un-
usual de' clio oment, were as hard as wood.
AT his request the writer sought to pinch him
1nthe arms or legs, hut found it wholly i'm
possible. A realization of what is meant by
an irol man was fully made manifest.
"Hav You always beel 50 stalwart as
this I" inquired the news gatEerer.
Not by any MEANS was the reply.
When a yourg man / was always strong
and active and felt that I could accomplish
anything. This feeling so took poss 5ssion
OF me on one occasion that I ate npted to
hit a Eox which four men found it inn o5si-
bic to oie 1slccaeded il placing it on
the wagon, but in two minute from III 1t
time L was unconSci ous a I'D remained so for
hours and when / recovered % seriousness I
vomlted q large quantity of blood. From
AS1e Noy Il DSSo u CIV" "Cdhc LAO S4ChAys l.
believed that 1 had suffered some internal
injury and experienced a general debility,
which seemed similar to the effects pro-
duced by malaria. My back was very weak.
l had no appetite, and al times loathed food.
MY lips were parched and cracked. My head
felt as though it were entirely open at thu
top and it panied me on the side intensely.
In six weeks time I had fallen away from
zO3 pounds to less than ITO. I was in q most
wretched condition. / was completely dis
outraged"
what did the doctors say about you :"
almost eyerythi lg. l consulted nc less
than SIX different physicians. They all
that time l was suffering intensely. Icould
not sit upr G It but was obliged to rest in a
cramped, uneasy position. was compelled
to urlnate every five minutes, and I passed
over three quarts every day. I was not
living, Twas existing.
One night chow well I remember it'll my
wife Tad put the children in bed. when the
a very short time. My wife and ! talked
matters ali over, and I gave the minutest d.
rections as to what she should do after I was
gone. Twas not in a fighty ccn1ition by
any means for the do tor, on leaving town
the day following. ba 9 me good be, saying
he ne Yer exI ected to see me again, for Iva
suffering with Bright's dis ease of the kidneys
Ia - -AuSo SUuSO5s tl0 44OAL Az" OdgS
more than tw nty friends came to bid ms
goodbye. Among the number was DR..
John L, Clark. He asked ne what I had
used in the way of medicines. I told him.
he then recommended a remedy o. which I
had heard much, but about which l was very
skeptical. If faith were an element of
power it certainly was lacking in my case"
"And so GU did not try it?"
Son the contrary, I did try it and to my
surprise it seemed to go to just the spot.
Indeed, twas the most palatab.e thing l had
taken init my mouthIoE months. Irelished
it."
"And did it cure yon ?"
"Do | look as if it did?'
eyes, indeed. What was it 2"
"WarEer's Safe Cure"
ga proprietary me licine !"
"Of course. What of that? I SUPPOSE I
once had as great a prejudice against adver-
used medlcln5s as any n could have.
When was studying me !icine at Ann Arbor,
Mich, I used to vow with the rest of the
class that we you'd fight all such remedies
at all times. When a man comes down to
the last hour, however, an bids his wife and
friends goodbye, such bigoted prejudices as
the Q all vanish, / can ass ire you, aud any
remedy that can cure is gladly weltomel."
And how have you been since then 2"
GAS well-or better, than before"
"Do you still Q ert your strength"
Certainly DHb i uO uOt OS0E-0xSEbJ as
formerly. My strength is increasing every
day, and my health is number me-. I know
that my life was saved by Warmers Sa Q
Cure, and I be ieve that it is the best medi-
cine that was ever compounded by any
chemist or physician. l am viii ing the doc
tors should sheer at me for such a statement
if they choo,e q, but l b I've proven it's truth,
and am prepared TO stand by it."
The above EXP erience should be of great
value to all who are suffering. Tt shows tho
dec eptive nature of this terrible malady;
that all symptoms are common to it and that
there is one way by which it can be abso-
lately avoided.