Huntsville gazette., 1884-01-26
A DANGEROUS AMBUSCADE.
Discovered Barely in Time-The Most
Deceptive and Luring of Modern
Evils Graphically Described.
ISuraense JollrnQl.l

Something of a sensation was caused in
tLis city yesterday by rumor that one OF
our best known citizens was about to pub
lish statement concerning some unusual
experiences during his residence in SYRIA
cuse. How tile rumor originated it is inn
possible to say, but reporter immediate
ly sought DR.. S. G. Martin. the gen leman
in question, and secured the following in
terview:
"What about this rumor, Doctor. that
you are going to make a public statement
OF some Important mat ers?
50 Just about the same as you will ind in
all rumors-some TRUTH some fiction.
had contemplat ed making publication OF
some remarkable episodes thaC nave oc-
Cured in my life, but have not completed
it as yet"
"What is thenature of it, may inquirer"
:" Wny. the fact that | am human being
instead of a spirit. | have passed through
one Of the most wonder vi ordeals that per-
haps ever occurred 10 any man. The first
intimation | had of it was several years
ago, when | began to feel chilly at night
and restless after retiring Occasionally
this would be varied by a soreness of the
muscles and cramps in my arms and legs.
thought, as most people would think, that
it was only cold and so paid as little at
tention to it as possible. Shortly after
this noticed peculiar catarrhal trouble
and my throat also became 1nf1amed. AS
ii this were not variety enough L felt sharp
paius in my chest, and constant tendency
TO eldac e."
"Why didn't YOU take the matter in hand
and check it right where it wasW
"Why doesn't everybody do SO? Sim
ply because they think it is only some trl-
fling and passing di order. These troubles
did not come all at once and | thought it
unmanly to heed them. | have found,
though, that every physical neglect must
be paid for and with large interest. Men
can not draw drafts on their constitution
without honoring them sometimes. These
minor symptoms l have described, grew
until they were giants OF agony. became
more nervous; had a strange hutterlng OF
the heart, an inability to draw long
breath and an occasional numbness that
was terribly suggestive of paralysis. How
l could have been so blind as not to under
stand what this meant | can not imagine"
tAnd did you do nothingw
eyes, | travelled. In the spring of 1879
/ went to Kansas and Colorado, and while
in Denver, | was attacked with mysterl-
Gus hemorrhage of the urinary organs and
lost twenty pounds of flesl 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 left
lung soon entirely filed vita water and
my legs and body became twice their nat
ural size. was obi ged to sit upright in
bed for several weeks in the midst of the
severest agony, with my arms over my
head, and in constant fear of suffocation." /"
" And did YOU still make no attempt to
save yourself~
"Yes, made frantic efforts. Itried ev-
cry thing that seemed to offer the least
prospect of relief. l called council of
doctors and had them make an exhaustive
phar0iea1 nd r,,icrnccnniral tlOn
of my condition. Five of the best physi-
clans of Syracuse and several from anoth-
er city said l must die!
1t seemed as though their assertion was
true for my feet became cold, my mouth
parched, my eyes wore a fixed CLASSY
stare, my body was covered with cold,
clammy death sweat, and | read my fate
in the anxious expressions of my family
and friends"
''But the .ttndle?"
"Came at last. Ny wife, aroused to
desperation, began to administer remedy
upon her own responsibility and while /
g ew better very slowly, gained ground
surely until, in brief, l have no trace of the
terrible Brights di ease from VIII ,ch l was
dying, and am perfectly well man. This
may sound like a romance, but it is true,
and my life, health and what am are due
TO Warmers Safe Cure, which | wish was
known to and used by the thousands who,
L DeIleNe, dTS JnlS ullUuUo as i was
originally. Does not such an experience
as this Justify me in making public state
mentD'
/" Itcertainly does. But then Bright's dis
ease is not common complaint, DOCTOR"
mot common! On the contrary it is
one of the most common. The trouble is,
few people know they have it. It has so
few marked symptoms until its final stages
that person may have it for years, each
year getting more and more in its power
and not suspect it. 1t is quite natural
should feel enthusiastic over this remedy
while my wife is even more so than l am.
She knows of its being used with surpris-
ing results by many ladies for their own
p culiar ailments, over which it has singu-
lar power"
The statement drawn out by the above
interview is amply confirm d by very
many of our most prominent citizens,
among them being Judge Reigel. and
Colonel James S. Goodrich, of the Times,
while General Dwight H. Bruce and Rev.
Pro-. w. P. Coddington, D. D., give the
remedy their heartiest endorsement. In
this age of wonders, surprising things are
quite common but an experience SO unusual
as that of DIR. Martins and occurring here
in our midst, may well cause comment and
teach a lesson. 1t shows the necessity of
guarding the slightest approach of physi-
cal disorder and by the means which has
been proven the most reliable and efficient.
1t shows the depth to which one can sink
and yet be rescued and it proves that few
people need suffer if these truths are OBJ
served.
A woMAN's heart, like the moon, is al