The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-07
ATRACIc
A Fathers Despair and Seh-in-
ficted Death. His Sons Final
Rescue, Too Late 10 Sasc
His Parent.

The graphic occurrence tina; II de-
scribed below Is one OF the most remark
able episodes IN the domestic history OF
America. Ii il absolute truth which can
readily be verified
The inhabitants of the pleasant town
of Cortland. y. Y. were shocked q
morning by the announcement that Ar.
Clinton Rindge, one of their Iost promi-
nent citizens. had committed suicide.
The news spread rapidly and aroused the
entire neighborhood where Mr.. Rindge
was so we'll and faYorably known. At
first it seemed impossible that any one
SO quiet and domestic could do SO rash a
deed. and the enquiry was heard on every
side as TO the cause. The facts as devel
oped on investigation proved to be as
follows:
Mr.. Rindge was domestic in his tastes
and took the greatest enjoyment In the
society Of his children aud pride in their
development. And indeed he had good
reason to be proud for they gave promise
of long lives of success and usefulness.
But an evil day came. His youngest sou,
William, began to show signs OF an early
decay. He fel, unusually tired each day,
and would sometimes sleep the entire
afternoon il permitted TO do so. His head
panied him, not a~cutely, but with a dull,
heavy feeling. There was a sinking SEN
sation at the pit of his stomach. He
lost all relish for food and much OF bis
interest for things about him. He tried
manfully to overcome these feelings, but
they seemed stronger than his will. He
began to lose flesh rapidly. The father
became alarmed and consulted physicians
as to the cause of his sons illness. but
they were unable TO explain Finally
severe sores broke out on his arms and
he was taken to Buffalo where a painful
operation was performed resulting IN the
loss of much food but atfordlng little re
lief. The young mar returned home and
a council Of physicians was called. Alter
an exhaustive examination they declared
there was no hope of final ecovery and
that he must die within a Very few days
TO describe the agony which this an
nouncement caused the father would be
impossible. His mind failed TO grasp its
full meaning at first then finally seem d
to comprehend it, but the load was too
great. In an agony OF frenzy he seized a
knife and took his own life, preterrlne
death rather than to survive his ldollz3d
son. At that time William Rindge wa
too weak to know what was transporting.
His face had turned back, his breath
ceased entirely at times, and his friends
waited for his death believing that the
fiend Bright's disease of the kidneys,
from which he was suffering, could not
be removed. la this supreme moment
Williams sister came forward and de-
clared she would make a final attempt to
save her brother. The doctors i~nterposeG
assuring her 1t was useless and that she
would only hasten the end by tie means
she proposed to employ. But she war
firm, and putting all back, approached
her brothers side aud administered a
remedy which she fortunately had on
hand. Within an hour he seemed more
easy, and before the day was over he
showed signs of decided improvement.
These favorable signs continued, and to-
day William B. Rindge is well, having
been virtually raised from the dead
through the marvellous power Of War
ner's Safe Cure, as can be readily verified
by any citizen of Cortland.
Any one who reflects upon the facts
above described must have a feeling OF
sadness. The father, dead by his own
hand, supposing his sons recovery to be
mourn the loss of his father and the
dSOuIZCd lCidllNCS 1 a uiChloIy vi sdd-
ness TO forever darken their lives. Had
Clinton Isindge known that his son could
recover he would to-day be alive and hap
ply, but the facts which turned his brain
and caused him to commit suicide were
such as any one would accept as true.
However sad this case may. be, the
truth remains that thousands Of people
are at this moment in as great actual peril
as William Rindge and in as great danger
of causing misery if not death to their
friends. Liver and kidney disease are
become the most common and most dam
gerous of any or all modern complaints.
They are the most deceptive 10 their be-
ginnings and horrible in their final stages.
They are far more deceptive than Con-
sumption, and can rarely be detected
even by skillful physicians unless a micro
scopic analysis be resorted to, and few
doctors understand how to do this. Their
slightest approach, or possibility of APP
| prOach should strike terror to the one
who is threatened as well as to all his or
her friends. These di,eases have no dis
tinct symptoms, but come IN the form of
lassitude. loss o~fappetite, aching muscles
and joints, dull headaches, pains in the
back, stomach and chest, sour stomach,
recurring signs of cold, irregular pulsa
tlons Of the heart, and frequent dizziness.
1t neglected, these symptoms are certain
to run into chronic kidney and liver or
Bright disease, from which there is sure
to be a great amount of agony and only
one means of escape, which is by the use
of Warmers Safe Cure. The importance
of taking this great remedy upon the
slightest appearance of any of the above
symptoms cannot be to strongly impressed
upon the minds of all readers who desire
to escape death and pain and %prolong life