The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-07-19
THE DANGER OF OVER-EXER.
TION.
A StalWart Man Becomes Weaker
Than Child and Then Re-
covers his Former
Strength.
[Waterloo n. Y. Obseryer.l

Waterloo n. Y. Observer.J
In these days of rowing giants and
athletic heroes fine physical develop
ment is more observed than ever be-
fore since the time of the Athenian
games. a man who shows the ele-
mentS of physical power is looked up
to far more than in the days of cur
ancestors, possibly because there are
fewer specimens of well developed
manhood than then. An emisSary of
this paper met a magnificent speed
! men OF physical power a few days
! since in the person of DR.. a. W. Nc
| 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 I'M
possible. A realization of what is
meant by an iron man was fully made
manifest.
Have you always been so StalWart
us this ?" inquired the news gatherer.
Not by any MEANS was the reply.
when young man, l was always
strong and active and felt that /
could accomplish anything. This
feeling so took possession of me on
one occasion that l attempted 80 lift
box which four men found it i'm
possible to move. | succeeded in
placing it on the wagon, but n two
minutes from that time | was u1con-
scious and remained so for hours, and
when | recovered consciousness |
Yomited a large quantity of blood
From that day began to grow weak
and Sickly. l believed that | had suf-
fered some internal injury and ex-
perienced general debility, which
seemed similar to the effects pro-
duced by malaria. My back was
very weak. l had no appetite, and
at times loathed food. Ny lips were
parched and cracked. NV head felt |
as though it were entirely open at the
top and it panied me on the side in |
tensely. In six weeks time | had
fallen away from POS pounds to less
than 40. | was in a most wretched |
couTaged.''
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 suffer-
ing intensely. could not sit upright,
but was oblighed to rest in cramped.
uneasy position. l was compelled to
urinate every five minutes, and | pass
ed over three QUARTS every day. l was
not living, was existing.
One night chow well l Remember it,
my wife had put the children al. in
bed when the feeling came over me-f
that / should live but a very short
time. My wife and l talked matters
all over, and l gave the minutest di-
rectionS as to what she should do af-
ter l was gone. | was not in a flighty
by any means for the doc
tor, on leaving town the day follow
ing, babe me good-by, saying he new
er 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-by.
the number was DR.. John l..
Clark. He asked me what /. had used
in the way of medicines. | told him.
He then recommended remedy Of
which | had heard much, but about
which | was very skeptical. If faith
were an element OF power It certainly
was lacking in my case"
"And so you did not try it ?"
con the contrary, / did try it, and
to my surprise it seemed to go to just
the spot. Indeed, it was the most
palatable thing L had taken into my
mouth for months. l rellshed it,
"And did it cure you2"
do L look as if it did 2"
Yes, indeed. What was it :"
warmers Safe Cure"
GA proprietary medicinel'
"Of course. What of that? II
suppose l once had as great preju-
dice against advertised medicines as
any one could have. When l was
studying medicine at Ann Arbor,
Mich, l used to VOW with the rest of
the class that we would fight all such
at all times. When a man
comes down to the last hour, hoWev-
er, and bids his wife and friends good
by, such bigoted prejudices as these
vanish, L can assure you, and any
remedy that can cure is gladly
And how have you been since
then ?"
"As well-or better, than before"
"Do you still exert your strength ?"
Certainly. But l do not over-exert,
as formerly. My strength is increas-
ing every day, and my health is num-
Der one. [ know that my life was
saved by Warmers Safe Cure, and 1
believe it is the best medicine that {
was ever compounded by any chemist
n physician. | am willing the doc
jOrs should sneer at me for sucha state 5
nent if they choose, but have proven !
is truth, and am prepared to stand
~ it," |!
The above experience should be Of !
yreat value to all who are suffering. !
It shows the deceptive nature of this {
errible malady; that all symptoms
Ire common to it and that there is but | |
me way by which 1t can be absolutely
wooded.