The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-23

Discovered Barely in Time-The
Most Deceptive and Luring
Of Modern Evils Craphi-
caiiy Described.
-yucuse ~JoaGra:-l

Srn-,L ~ OF a sensation was caused
| 10 th.. citv Yesterday by a rumor that one
Of On, hest known citizens was about 10
puhi>h ! statement concerning some I'M
u,,ta. ezl ~eriencc during his residence in
| Syracuse. How the rumor originated 1t
is impossible to say, but 4 reporter im-
mediately sought DR.. S. q. Martin, the
gentleman in question, and secured tho
! following interview:
What about this rumor, Doctor. that
YOU are going TO make a public state
ment Of some important matters
Just about tie same ~ you will ind
in al JUNIORS some truth some fiction.
I had contemplated making . publica'
ton of ONE remarkable episodes that
have occurred in my life, but have not
completed it as yet
Nv hat is the nature oi it, may en-
qrire?"
..Why, the fact that | am a human
being inst cad of . spirit. have passed
through one of the most vonderful or
deals that perhaps ever o CURED 10 ANY
man. The first lntimation | hal OF 1t
was several years ago. when b-gsn TO
feel chilly 1t night al re> Ices alter re
firing. DC .%a>iJnall this would be var
led by a sore ess OF the muscles aud
cramps in my arms aud legs. Thought
as most people wouli think, that il was
only a cold and SO paid as little attention
TO it as possible. Shortly after this |
noticed a peculiar catarrhal trouble and
my throat also became infamed. A it
this were not variety enough / felt sharp
psips in nv chest, and = constant tendeu-
cy to headache"
Why didn't you take the matter in
hand aud check ii right where it WASP
"Why doesn't everybody do 50? Sim
ply because they think ii is only some
irihing and passing disorder. 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 To- &c
interest. Men cannot draw drafts on
their constitution without IGNORING them
sometime. These minor symptoms L
have described, grew until they were
giants o. agony. became more nervous
had strange fut,eriDg of the heart, an
inability to draw a long breath and an
occasional numbness that was terribly
suggestive Of paralysis. How l could
have been 80 blind as not to understand
what this meant | cannot imagine"
<AuO uiu you 0O AothAdS
Yes, l travelled. In the spring Of
l>79 l went to Kansas aud Colorado, and
while in Denver, | was attacked with a
mysterious hemorrhage Of the urinary
organs and lost twenty pounds OF flesh IN
three weeks. One ,tsy after my return
was taken with a terrible chill and at
once advanced to a very severe attack OF
pneumonia. Ny left lung soon entirely
filled With water AMI my legs and body
became twice their natural size. | was
obliged tC ss upright IN bed for several
weeks in the midst of the severest agony,
with my arms over my head, and in con-
slant fear of sufocation.'
And did you etill make DO ate nptt,
save yourself9"
YES. | made frantic efforts. | tried
every thing that seemed to offer the least
prospect Of relief. called = council OF
doctors and had them make an exhau.-
tive chemical and microscoi icai GAMMA
ton Of my condition. Five Of the best
physicians of Syracuse aud several from
another city said | must die!
1t seemed ~ though their assertion
was true for my feet became cold. my
mouth parched, my eyes wore 3 liked
classy stare. my body was covered with
q cold, clammy death sweat, and | read
my fate in the anxious expressions of my
family and friends"
but the fudleY'
"Came at last My wife, srcus ed to
desperation, bspsL to administer "a rem
edy upon her own responsibility and
while | grew better very slowly, | gained
ground surely until, in brief, l have no
trace Of the terrible Brights disease from
which | was dying, and Am a perfec ly
we'll man. This may sound like a ro-
nance, but it is true. and my life, health
and what | an are due to Warmers Safe
Cure, which | wish was known to and
used by the thousands who, | believe, are
suffering this minute as l was originally.
Does not such an experience IS this
justify me in making a public state
ment?'
1T certainly does. But then Bright's
disease 10 not a common complaint, doc
tor.
Not common! On the contrary it is
one of the most common The trouble
is, few people know they have it. 1t
has so few marked symptoms until it's
final stages that a person may have it for
yesrS, each year getting more and more
10 its power aud not suspect 1t. 1t is
quite natural | should feel enthusiastic
over tnlS Iculeuy Willie my vile Is even
more 50 than | am. She knows of it.
being used with surprising results by
many ladies for their own peculiar all
ments. over which it has singular pow
err"
The statement drawn out by the above
interview is amply confirmed by very
many Of our most prominent cltlzcn>,
among them being Judge Reigel. and
Col. James s. Goodrich, of the Times,
while Gen. Dwight H. Bruce aud Rev.
Prof w. P. Goddington. ID ID, give the
remedy their heartiest endorsement. In
this age of wonders, surprising thingsarc
quite common but an experience So un-
usual as that of DR.. Martln'. and occur
ring here in our midst, may well cause
comment and teach a lesson. 1t shows
the necessity of harding the slightest APP
proach of physical disorder aud 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 suf-