The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-03-08
A DANGEROUS AMBuScApE.
Discovered Barely in Time-The Most
Deceptive and Luring of Modern
Evils Graphically Described.


[SWdctGse Journal
Something of sensation was caused In
this city yesterday by rumor that one Oh
our best known citizens was about to pub
lish statement concerning some unusual
experiences during his residence in SYRIA
cuse. How the rumor originated it is inn
possible to say, but reporter Immediate
lv sought DIR. S. G.. Martin. the gentleman
in question, and secured the following in
terview:
"What about this rumor, Doctor, that
you are going to make public statement
of some important mattersp
Just about the same as you will md IN
all rumors-some truth; some hctlon.
had contemplated making PUBLICATION OF
some remarkable episodes thaO have oc,
Cured in my life, but have not completed
it as yet"
"Whatis the nature of it, may inquirer
"Why, the fact that am human being
instead of spirit. ! have passed through
one of tile most wonder. ul ordeals that per-
| haps ever occurred to any man. The hrst
| animation / had of it was several years
ago, when / began to feel chilly at nlgnt
and restless after retiring. Occasionally
| this would be varied by q soreness OF the
| muscles and cramps in my arms and legs.
| 1 thought, as most people would think, that
| IL was only cold and SO paid as little at
| tention to it as possible. Shortly aIter
| this / noticed peculiar catarrhal UroupIe
and nv throat also became inf1amed. as
| If this were not variety enough felt sharp
pains in my chest, and constant tendency
| to headache"
"Why didn't you take the matterin hand
and check it right where it wasT So,
"Why doesn't everybody do sor Sim
| ply because they think it is only some trl'
fling and passing disorder. These troubles
did not come all at once and Thought u
unmanly TO heed them. l have found,
though, that every physical neglect must
be paid for and with large interest. Men
can not draw drafts on their constructor
without honoring them sometimes. These
minor symptoms 1 have described, grew
until they were giants of agony. became
more nervous; had a strange hutterlng o
J the heart, an inability to draw a lont
breath and an occasional numbness Una
was terribly suggestive of paralysis. How
could have been so blind as not to under
stand what this meant can not imagine
And did you do nothingW
"Yes, Travelled. In the spring OF lSI
! / went to Kansas and Colorado, and Will.
, in Denver, was attacked with mysteri
GUS hemorrhage of the urinary organs AM
: lost twenty pounds of flesh in three weeks
One day after my return was taken wit
q terrible chill and at once advanced to
) very severe attack of pneumonia. My lei
lung soon entirely filed with water an
my legs and body became twice their mai
ural size. / was obi ged to sit upright l
) |
' severest agony, with my arms over M
h head, and in constant fear of suffocatlon.
= F" And did you still make no attempt t
save yourselfW
g ayes, / made frantic efforts. TRIED eN
I. | ery thing that seemed to offer the lea;
prospect of relief. called a council {
doctors and had them make an exhaustiv
chemical and microscopical exam1natlo
of my condition Five of the best phys
. clans of Syracuse and several from anotl
:, er city said must dieI
L 1t seemed as though their assertion WI
:. true for my feet became cold, my moui
. parched, my eyes wore fixed glass
2 stare, my body was covered with col
s clammy death sweat, and read my ia
l, in the anxious expressions OF my tamil
d and friends"
/. "But the .fndIe?"
"Came at last. My wife, aroused
desperation, began to administer renee
n upon her own responsibility and while
4 grew better very slowly, gained grouI
surely until, in brief, Ihave no trace of Il
terrible Brights di tease from which l w
>, dying, and am a perfectly well man. In
may sound like a romance, but it is tTu
!, and my life, health and what am are d'
u to Warmers Safe Cure, which l wish W
y known to and used by the thousands wh
= believe, are suffering this minute as W
y originally. Does not such an experien
I. as this justify me in making public sta
= ments"
" 1t certainly doeS.. But UnenDTlgnO'S q
ease is not common complaint, doctor
"No5 common! On the contrary it
a one of the most common. The trouble
b. few people know they have it. 1t has
few marked symptoms until its final stag
- that a person may have 1t for years, ca
ne wear getting more and more in its pow
VI and not suspect it. 1t is quite natura
~ should feel enthusiastic over this RENE
ie while my wife is even mere so than a
She knows of its being used with surpT
ing results by many ladies for their oN
id peculiar ailments, over which it has SIM
- lar power"
N. The statement drawn out by the abe
y interview is amply confirmed by We
many of our most prominent citlze
ur among them being Judge Reigel. a
or Colonel James S. Goodrich, of the Tim
A while General Dwight H. Bruce and r
at Pro. w. P. Coddington, d. D., give
ID. remedy their heartiest endorsements.
this age of wonders, surprising things
quite common but an experience so unus
N as that of DR.. Martins and occurring b
in our midst, may we'll cause comment
teach lesson. 1t shows the necessity
- guarding the slightest approach OF ply
M cal disorder and by the means which
90 been proven the most reliable and etficie
It shows the depth to which one can s.
and vet be rescued and it proves that
ct. people need suffer if these truths are
90 served.
A woMAN's heart, like the moon, is
xyavS CHANGING hut there is ALWAYS q II