The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-04-21

A Fathers Despair and Be%lf.Iulicted
Death-Iits Sons Rlnnl Rescue, Toe
Late TO have His Parent. az.
The graphic occurrence that Ia described
below Is ope Of the most remarkable cpl.
sodes in the domestic history Of America.
1t Ia absolute truth which can readily be
verified. ..
The inhabitants Of the pleasant town Of
Cortland, N. T., were shocked one morn.
Ing by tue announcement that Alr. Clinton
Islndge, one oithelr most prominent citizens,
had committed suicide. The news spread
rapidly, and aroused the entire neignbor.
hood where MIR. Rindge was 80 well and
favorably known. At trst 1t seemed i'm
possible that any one 80 quiet and domestic
could 10 30 lash q deed, and the inquiry
wan heard OIL every eide rs to the cause.
Too facts as developed on. investigation
proved 10 be AZ follows
Mr.. Rlndge was domestic In his tastes
and took the greatest enjoyment In the
society Of hia children and pride In their
development, And indeed he had good
reason 10 be proud for they gave promise
Of long lives 0i success and usefulness. But
an evil cay came. Lis youngest son, VII.
liam, began to show signs Of an early do.
cay. lie felt unusually tired each day, and
would sometimes sleep the entire after.
noon IL permitted to do 80. His head
panied hun, not acuIely, but with a dull,
heavy feeling. There was q sinking sen.
sation at the pit Of his stomach. He lest
all relish for food and much oil his interest
for things about him. lie tried manlully
to overcome these feelings, but they seem.
cd stronger than his will. He began to
lose flesh rapidly. The father became
alarmed and consulted physicians as to
the cause Of his sons illness, but they were
unable to explain. Finally severe sores
broke out on bis arms aud he was taken TO
Buffalo where a painful operation was per.
formed, resulting in the loss OF much blood
but aifording little relief. The young man
returned home. and a council OF physi. |
clans WAS called. After an exhaustive ex.
animation they declared there was no
hope oil final recovery and that be must
die within a very lew days. 10
describe tho agony which this announce.
meut caused the father would be impoasi-
ole. His mind failed to grasp It's full
meaning d. frat; then finally seemed to
comprehend 1t, but the load was too great,
In an agony Of frenzy he seized q knife and
took his own life, preterring death rather
Than 70 survive his ldolizsd son. At that
time William Rindge was too weak to know /
what WAS transporting. His face had turn.
I'd black, his breath CEASED entirely at
times, and his friends waited for his death
believing that the lend Bright's disease OF
the kidneys, from which be was suffering, |
could not be removed. In this supreme
moment Williams sister came forward and
declared she void make a final attempt to
cav her brother. The doctors ~interposed,
assuring her it was useless and that she
would only hasten the end by the means
she proposed to employ. But she was firm,
and putting all back, approached her
brothers side and administered a remedy
which she fortunately had on hand. With
in an hour he seemed more easy, and be.
fore the day was over he showed signs Of
decided improvement. These favorable
signs continued, and to-day William B,
Rindge is well, having been virtually raised
from the dead through the marvellous pow
er Of Walners Safe Cure, as can be readily
verified by any citizen Of Cortland.
Any n who reflects upon the facts
ab5ve described must have a feeling of
sadnees. The father, dead by his "
hand, surprising his sons recovery to be
impossible; the son restored to health to
mourn the loss Of his father and the sgon.
lied relatives with a memory OF sadness to
forever darken their lives. Had Clinton
Rindge known that bis son could recover
he would to-day be alive and happy, but
the facts which turned his 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 as great danger oil
causing misery if not death to their friends
Liver and kidney diseases are become the
most common and most dangerous of auy
or all modern complaints. They are the
most deceptive in their beginnings and
horrible in their final stages. They are far
more deceptive than Consumption, and
can rarely be detected even by skilliul
physicians unless q microscopic analysis
be resorted 10, and few doctors un.
derstand how to do this. Their
slightest approach or possibility Of approach
should strike terror 10 the ono who is
threatened as well as to all his or her
friends. These diseases have no distinct
symptoms, but come in the form Of lassi-
tude, loss OF appetite, aching muscles and
joints, dull headaches, pains in the back,
stomach and chest, sou stomach, recurring
signs Of cold, irregular pulsations Of the
heart and frequent dizziness. II neg.
lected, theae symptoms are certain to run
into chronic kidney and liver or Bright's
diseasc, from which there is sure to be a
greatamount Of agony and only one means
Of escape, which is by the use Of Warmers
Safe Cure. The Importance Of taking this
greatremedy upon the slightest appearance
Of any Of the above symptoms can not be
too strongly impressed upon the minds Of
all readers who desire to escape death and
pain and prolong life with oil its pleasures
and blesainps.