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NO HOME EXEMPT:
The source of Those Mysterious TroubIes
Thafl iarne 10 Every HoasehoId Explained.

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. liable a so lrcs, that it is herewith republishet
entire. In addition to the valuable matter /
contains, it will be found exceedingly inter
n M Editor of he Democrat and CAroniels;
SIR-My motives for the publication OF thu
most unusual statements which follow are
first, gratitude for the fact that ! have beer
saved from a most horrible death, eni, sec
ondly, q desire TO warn all who read thu
statement against some of the most decep
tive influences by which they have ever beef
surrounded. Il is a fact that to-day thous
ands OF people arc within b foot OF the grave
and they do not know 1t. To toll how | wa,
caught away from Just this position, and tt
warn others against nearing il, are my OBJ.
jects in this communication. "a =.
On the first day of June, 1881, | lay 1t nv
residence in this city surrounded by my
friends and waiting for death. Heaven only
knows the agony | then endured, for words
can never describe il. And yet, if q few
years previous, any m had told me that
was to be brought 80 low, and by so terrible
4 disease. l should have scoffed OF the idea;
/ had always been tnoomrnonly strong and
healthy, had weighed over 20 pounds and
hardly knew in, my own experience, h
pain III sickness wsrei very many people
who will read this statement realize ut times
that they are unusually tired and cannot
account for it. They feel dull and indefinite
pains in various pats of the body, and do
not understand it. 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
it was nothing; that probably : had taken a
cold which would soon pass away. Shortly
after this l noticed a heavy. and at times a
neuralgia, pain in my head, but as it wonld
come one day and be gone the next, l paid
but little attention to it. However, my
stomach was out of order and my food often
failed to digest, causing at times great In.
c%ontenience, Vet I had no ideai even as a
physician, that these things uteaut 'nythin9
| serious, or that a monstrous disease Was be-
coming fixed upon me. Candidly, l thought
I was suffering from malaria and so doctored
myself accordingly. Bit l got no better. |
next noticed a peculiar color and odof about
the fluids | was passing-also that there were
large quantities one day and very little the
next, and that a persistent froth and scum
appeared upon the surface, and a sediment
settled in the bottom. And yet l did not
realize my danger, for. indeed, seeing these
symptoms continually, | finally became &C
customed to them, and my suspicion was
wholly disarmed by the fact that l 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
q person to his senses, even though it may
then be too lat6. realized at last my criti-
cal condition and aroused myself to overcome
it. And, oh. how hard | tried. l consulted
the best medical skill in the land. l visited
all the prominent mineral springs in America,
and travelled from Maine to California. Still
/ grew worse. No two physicians agreed rs
TO my malady. One said l Twas troubled with
spinal irritation; another, nervous pfostra-
ton; another, malaria; another, dyspepsia;
another, heart disease; another, general de-
bility; another, congestion of the base Of the
brain; and so on through long list of com
mon diseases, the symptoms of all of which
1really had. n this way several years passed,
during all of which time | was steadily grow
ing worse. My condition had really become
pitiable. The slight symptoms | 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 27 to 100 pounds. My
life was a torture to myself and friends. l
could retain no food upon my stomach. and
lived wholly by injections. | was a living
mass Of pain. My pulse was uncomfortable.
In my agony | frequently fell uton the floor.
convulsively clutched the carpet, and prayed
for death. Morphine had little or no effect
in deadening the pain. For six days and
nights had the death premonitory hiccoughs
constantly. My urine was filled with tube
casts and a.bumen. | was struggling with
Bright's Disease Of the kidneys in its last
stages.
While suffering thus I received a call from
my pastor, the Rev. DR.. 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 a 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,
by means of this remedy, and urged me 10
try it. As a practicing physician and a grad
nate of the schools, / cherished the prejudice
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 DR.. Foote that | finally promised | would
waive my prejudice and try the remedy he so
highly recommended. l began its use on the
first day of June, and took il according 10
directions. At first it sickened me; but this
/ thought was a good sign for me in my de-
bilitated condition. | continued to take it;
tire sickening sensation departed and l was
able to retain fcof upon my stomach. In a
few days | noticed n decided claTge for the
better, as also did my wife and friends. My
~hiccoughs ceased and Experienced less pain
than formerly. / was so rejoiced at this i'm
proved condition that, upon what had be-
lieved but a few days before was my dying
he'd, | vowed, in the presence of my family
and friends, should l recover ] would both
publicly and privately make known this
remedy for the good of humanity, wherever
and whenever / had an opportunity. l 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 in less than three months l
had gained t~wenty-six pounds in flesh, be-
came entirely free from pain, and l believe
vi my life and present condition wholly to
Warmers Safe Cure. the remedy which used.
Since my recovery have thoroughly reinves-
tigated the subject of kidney difficulties and
Bright's disease, and the truths developed are
astounding. / therefore state deliberately,
and as a 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 a rash statement, but l
am prepared to fully verify it. Bright's dis
ease has no distinctive symptoms of its W
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 burials are authorized by a
physicians certificate of "Heart Disease"
"Apoplexy," Paralysis" "Spinal Com
plant" rheumatism" pneumonia"
and other common diseases, when in reality
it 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
a 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 as consumption,
quite as common and fully Us fatal. Entire
families, inheriting it from their ancestors,
have died, and yet mont of the number knew
or realized the mysterious power which was
removing them. Instead of common symp-
toms it often shows none whatever, but
brings death suddenly, and as such is usually
supposed to be heart disease. As one who
suffered, and knows by bitter experience
what he says, l implore every one who reads
words not to neglect the slightest
symptom of kidney difficulty. Certain agony
and pnsefhla daofh will Ia Tho ~ p rasrlt 20