The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-04-30
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AN ARMY ENpERIrNCE


How an ola Veteran Escaped Annlhlin.
ton aud Lived u impnrt warning 10
Others.
A PLEASING ocoarfeuor, which has Just
o.nls 10 our notice Ia connection with the
New YcIk state meeting 81 The branu
Army of tho Republic. Is 90 unnsuh IA
many Tpapc Is that We venture 10 repro
dues II Tor the beaent oil our rsaners'
CaDtsin A fred Rensom, OF New YORK,
while n clog n the lobby Of ihc Mmory,
pfsyioul 10 one OF tho meetings, sndctnlt
siopped rnd scanned the lace OF p gentle
man who wss la osrneSt convfralion with
one Of the Grand Army officers. IL seemed
10 him that lao had seen that lace before,
psriielly obscured by the emoke OF battle,
aud We! this bright aud pleasant e9unte'
4noe could not be tho same pale, aud death .
Ike yis,ge which he 50 dimly remembered.
But The recollection, like Banquo's ghost,
would not down at tbs command aud
haunted him the entire day, On the day
following DO again Ggw the came counter
Rnce. and yenlured % speak TO its ownor.
The instant the two Veloraus beard zach
others voices, that ins ant they recognized
and called each other by name. Their faces
aud forms had changed but their voioea
were The same. The man whom Captain
Rsnsom hEd recognized was Mr.. w. *.
sage, OF 81. Johns, Michigan, q veteran OF
the 23i New tofk Light Artillery, and both
members o. Burnalde's famous expedition
TO North Carolina. After the frs greet
,ngs were over, Captain Rsnsom said;
at hardly eeems poaihle, sage, 10 geo
you IN this condition, for 1 thought Won
must have been dead long ego."
ayes, do not doubt IL, for II | en- not
mistaken, when We last met was occupy.
lug couch Ia tho hospital, g VIC .m OF
yellow Jack in ils wors! toym."
e. rom ember.. The war feems5 to lave
caused more misery sincs It's Close than
when II was IN progress" replied tho cap.
tain. II meet old comrades frequently
who are suffering terribly, not so much
rom old wounds as from the malarial poi
sons which ruintd their constitutional
II think 90 myself. When the wal
closed 1 returned homs and at timss
would feel we'll, but every few weeks that
cun,ouuded all gone ieeling would come
upon me again. NV nervous system
which was shattered IN the service, failed
mo entirely and produced one OF the wors,
possible cases Of nervous dyspepsia. Most
Of the time had no appetite; then sgaiu
| would become ravenously hungry, but
the minute sat down to eat | loathed
food My ekin was dry and pGrched, my
lleoh loose aud tlabby. l could hold moth
ing on my stomach for days a. q time, and
what little did eat failed 10 sssimilate.
was oaeily ialigued; my mind was de-
pressed; was cross and irritable. and
many night my heart would pain ne 10
could not sleep, and whom l did
l had horrid dreemD and fright
ful Nightmares. OF course. these
thugs camo on one by one, each verse than
the other. My breath was foul, my tongue
was coated my teeth decayed. | had ter
rife headaches, which would leave my
nervous system completely shattered. In
tact my existence, since the war. has been
q living death, from which / have often
prayed for release"
Couldn't the old surgeon do you any
loadl"
II wrote him and he treated me, but like
every other doctor, failed. They all said
my nerve was gone and without that TO
Guild upon | could not get we'll. When
was 81 my worst, piles OF the severest nature
came upon me. Then my liver gave out
ard without the use OF ca.hsrtics 1 could
not move my bowels at ell. Ny blood got
like a stream OF fire and seemed literally TO
burn me alive"
"Well, You might better have died In bat
tie, quick and without ceremony"
"How many times have wished had
died the day We csptured Nawbefne!"
"And yet YOU are now the picture Of
health"
"And the picture is taken from life.
am in perfect condition. My nerve tone is
rPttored; my ttomRch reipyigorAted; my
Il s9h is hard and healthy, IN fnct have new
blood, new energy and u nos lease Of life
wholly os the result Of u~pg Warmers
Tippt canoe. This remarka 5!o preparation,
which consider the finest tonic and stom
ach restorer 10 the world, hG9 overcome all
the evil influences of malaria, all the poison
OF the army, ell traces OF dyspepsia, oil mall
assimilation of food, and indeed make
new man Of me-"
The captain remained silent for while,
l.ssa llA,. -. -
tho past. When he again raised his head
he said:
at would be godsend Il ell the veterans
who have suffered 60 intensely and also all
others In the land who ara enduring 30
much misery could know Of your exper
fence. Sage, and tho way by which you
have been restored.n
And that Ia why the above conversation
is reoounted. Tribune of Wash.
ingtoa.