Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-05-01
A TRAGIC EVENT.
A Fathers Despair and Self.In-
fiicted Death. His Sons Final
Rescue, too Late to save
His Parent

scribed below is one of the most re-
markable episodes in the domestic his
tory of America. Ii is absolute truth
which can readily be verified.
The inhabitants of the pleasant town
of Cortland, N. Y, were shocked one
morning by the announcement that Mr.
Clinton Rindge, one of their most
prominent citizens. had committed sui
eide. The news spread rapidly and
aroused the entire neighborhood where
M. Rindge was so well and favorably
known. AT first il seemed impossible
that any one so quiet and domestic
could do so rash q deed, and the in
quiry was heard on every side US TO the
cause. The fucts as developed on in
vestigation proved to be rs follows:
Mr.. Rindge was domestic in his tastes
and took the greatest enjoyment in the
society of his children and 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 son. William, began to
show signs Of an early decay. He
felt unusually tired zach day, and
would sometimes sleep the entire
afternoon if permitted to do so. His
head panied him, not acutely. but with
dull, heavy fesling There was
sinking sensation at the pit ii his
stomach. He los: all relish Por food
and much of his interest for things
about him. He tried manfully to over
come these feelings, but they seemed
stronger than his will, He began to
lose flesh rapidly. The father1became
alarmed and neutrality-suspicious. as TO
fhe 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 ii painful
operation was perforflied, resulting IN
the loss of much blood, but affordiDg
little relief. The young mon returned
home and1a council of physicians was
called. After an exhaustive eXamina-
ton they declared there was no hope
of final recovery, and that he mrst die
wilhin q very few days. To desribe
the agony which this announcement
caused the father~vould be impossible.
His mind failed TO grasp its full
meaning at first; then finally seemed
to comprehend it, but the load was
too great. In an agony of frenzy he
seized knife and took his own life,
preferring dsath rather than TO
survive his idolized son. AT that
time William Rindge was too
weak to know what was transpir-
ing. His ace fhad turned black,
his breath ceased entirely at times,
and!his friends waited for his death be-
lieving that the fiend BrighCs disease
of the kidneys, from which he,was suf-
fering, could not be removed. In the
supreme moment Williams sister came
forward and declared she would make
a final attempt to save her brother.
The doctors interposed, assuring her
it was useless and that she would only
hasten TIE end by the means she pro.
posed to employ. But she was firm,
and putting all back, approached her
brothers bed and administered rem
edy hich she fortunately had on hand.
Within an hour he seemed more easy,
and before the day was over eSshowed
signs of decided Improvement These
favorable signs continued, and to-day
VIM. Il. Rindge is well, having been
virtually raised from the dead through
the N prvelous power of Warmers Safe
Cure. as.can be readily verified by any
citizen of Cortland.
Any one who reflects upon the facts
above desci bed mnst have feeling of
sadness. The father, dead by his own
hand, supposing his sons recovery TO
be impossible the son restored to
health TO mourn tho loss of his father,
and the agonized relatives with men,
of sadness TO forever darken their lives.
Hnd Clinton Rindge known that his
son could recover, he would to-day be
alive and happy but the facts which
turned bis 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 rs great
danger of causing misery IL not death
to their friends. Liver and kidney dis
eases have become the most common
and most dangerous of any or all mod
ern complaints. Theyare the most
deceptive in their beginnings and hor-
rible in their final stages. They are
far more deceptive than Consumption,
and can rarely be detected even by
skillful physicians unless a microscopic
analysis be resorted to, and few doctors
understand how TO 90 this. Their
slightest approach, or possibility of
approach should strike terror to the one
who is threatened as well as to all his
or her friends. Thesa diseases have no
distinct symptoms, but come in the
form of lassitude, loss of appetite, ach-
ing muscles and joints, dull head aches,
pains in the back stomach and chest,
sour stomach, recurring signs of cold,
irregular pulsations of the heart, and
frequent dizziness. If neglected. these
symptoms are certain to run into
chronic kidney and liver or Bright's
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 too ttropgly inn
pressed upon the minds of all readers,
who desire to escape death and pain
and prolong life with all its pleasures
and blessings.