Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-01-31
A DANGEROUS AMBUSCADE.
Discovered Barely i'm Time--The Most
Deceptive and Luring of Modern
Evils Graphically Described.


one Of our best known citizens was about
to publish a statement concerning some
unusual experiences during his residence
in Syracuse. How the rumor originated
il is impossible to say. but reporter I'M
mediately sought Dr. 5. G., Martin, the
gentleman in question, and secured the
following interview:
what about this rumor, Doctor, that
YOU are going to make public state
ment of some important matters y
" just about the same as you will find
in all rumors-sOme truth; some fiction.
| had contemplated making publication
of some remarkable episodes that have
occurred in my life but have not com
pleted it as yet.
what is the nature of it, may | en-
quire:'
why, the fact that | ann human be-
ing instead of "a spirit. | have passed
through one of the most wonderful or
deals that perhaps ever occurred to any
man. The first mumatiOn / had of it
was several years ago when | began to
feel chilly at night and restless after re-
firing. Occasionally this would be va
ried by q soreness of the muscles and
cramps in my arms and legs. thought
ms most people would think, that it was
only a cold and SO paid aus little atten-
I tion TO it as possible. Shortly after this
noticed a peculiar catarrhal trouble
/ and my throat also became intlamed,
/ As if this were not variety enough / tel,
sharp pains in my chest and constant
tendency to headache.
+ why didn't YOU take the matter in
hand and check il right where ii was
"Why doesn't every body do so; sim
/ ply because they think it is only SOM
! tritling aud passing disorder Thes'
troubles did not come all at once, and
thought it unmanly to heed them.
have found, though that every physical
I neglect must be paid for and with large
interest. Men cannot draw drafts on
their constitution without hOnormg
them some .timc These minor symp-
toms | have described, grew until they
were giants of agony. | became more
.g1ryous; had a strange tluttering of the
heart an inability to draw a long
breath, and an occasional numbness that
was terribly suggestive of paralysis.
How | could have been SO blind as not to
understand what this meant ] cannot
imagine"
"And did you do nothing
Yes, | Travelled. In the spring of
1879 / went to Kansas and Colorado
and while in Denver ! was attacked
with a mysterious hemorrhage of the
urinary organs and lost twenty pounds
of flesh in three weeks. One day after
my return | was taken with a terrible
chill and at once advanced to "A very
severe attack Of pneumonia. My lcit
lung soon entirely filled with water, ano
my legs and body became twice theu
natural size. | was obliged to sit upright
in bed for several weeks, in the midst oil
the severest agony with my arms owen
my head, and in constant fear of suito "a
ton.
And did you still make no attemp, t,
save yourself
Yes, / made frantic efforts ! tr G,
everything that seemed TO offer the leas
prospect OF relief | called "A council %
doctors and had them make an eNhalft
i've chemical and microscOplcaI examine
ion of my condition. FIVE of the es
physicians of Syracuse and several iro"
another city SAID must die
It seemed as though their assertion
was true, for my feet became cold, my
mouth parched, my eyes wore fixed
CLASSY stare, my body was covered witt
a cold, clammy death sweat, and ! read
my fate in the anxious expressions OF
my family and friends
But the fHaleY'
Game at last My wife, aroused tc
desperation began to administer g
remedy upon her own responsibility, and
while / grew better very slowly, ! gained
ground surely until, in brief. | have M
trace'of the terrible Bright's disease from
which / was dying, and am n perfectly
well man. This may sound like ;
romance, but it is true, and my life
health and what ] am are due 20 War
ner's Safe Cure, which wish was known
to and used by the thousands who, be
heye, are suffering this minute as | was
originally Does not such an experience
as this Justify me in making a public
statement
at certainly does But then Bright
disease is not a common complaint
doctor
Not common. On the contrary it is
one of the most common The trouble
is, few people know they have it. 1t has
SO few marked symptoms until its tina
stages that "a person may have u iol
years. each year getting more and mor'
i'm its power and not suspect 1t. IL j.
quite natural should feel enthusiastic
over this remedy, while my wife Is ever
more so than am. She knows Of il
being used with surprising results by
many ladies for their own peculiar All
ments, over which it has singular pow
en-
The statement drawn out by the abov
interview is amply confirmed by very
many of our most prominent citizens
among them being Judge Reigel, an'
Col. James S. Goodrich, Of the Iimc
while Gen. Dwight H. Bruce and Rev
Prof. w. 2. Coddington, D. d., give The
remedy their heartiest endorsement II
this age of wonders, surprising thing
are quite common. but an experience 81
unusual as that of Dr. Martins, and DC
curing here in Our midst, may wei
cause comment and teach lesson. j
shows the necessity Of guardisg TIN
slightest approach of physical disorde
and by the means which has been proven
the most reliable and efficient II show
the depth TO which one can sink and ye
he rescued, and it proves that few peopl'
need suffer if these truths are observe
Dr. T. Y. Flanner, for thirty nv
years a resident Of the Peninsula dice
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