Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-02-06
A DANGEROUS AMBUSCADE.
Discovered Barely in Time-The Most De-
ceptive and Luring of Modern Evils
Graphically Described.
[syracuse Jeurnal.l


Graphically Described.
Tsyracuse Jeurnal.l
Something of q sensation was caused in this
city yesterday by a rumOr that one of our best
known citizens was about to publish state
ment concerning some unusual experiences dur
ing his residence in Syracuse. How the rumor
originated it is impossible to say, but a reporter
Immediately sought DR.. 8. G. Martin, the gen.
tlelaanl question, and secured the following
interview:
"What about this rumor, doctor, that you
are going to make public statement of some
important mattersW
"Just about the same as you will find in all
rumors-some truth; some fiction, had con-
templated making publication of some re-
marhable episodes that have occurred in my
life, but have not completed it as yet"
"What is the nature of it, may enquirer
"Why, the fact that I am human being in
stead of O spirit. I have passed through one
Of the NEST wonderful Ordeals that perhaps
ever occurred to any man. The first intima-
ton l had of it was several years ago,
when began to feel chilly at night and rest
less after retiring. Occasionally this would be
varied by a soreness of the muscles and cram ps
in my arms and legs. thought, as most peo-
pie would think, that it was only cold and so
paid as little afternoon to itas possible. Short
~ after this l noticed q peculiar catarrhal
trouble and my throat also became infamed,
As If this were not variety enough felt sharp
pains in my chest, and constant tendency to
headache"
. Why didn't you take the matter in hand
and check it right where it was"
"Why doesn't every body do SO? Simply
because they thlnh it is only some trifing and
passing disorder. These troubles did not come
all at once and l thought it unmanly to heed
them. 1 have found, though, that every
physical neglect must be paid for and with
large interest. Men cannot draw drafts on
their constitution without hOnoring them some
time. These minor symptoms | have de-
scribed grew until they were giants of agony.
became more nervous; had o strange futter-
ing of the heart, an inability to draw a long
breath and an occasional numbness that Was
teIlibly suggestive OF pars lysis. How / could
have been SO Dllnd as not to understand what
this meant cannot imagine"
And did you do nothngP
Eyes. l travelled. In the spring of 1879
went 10 Kansas and Colorado, and while in
Denver, [ was attacked with mysterious
hemorrhage of the urinary organs ana lost
twenty pounds of flesh In three weeks. One
dav after my return l was taken with terrible
chill and at once advanced to q very severe at
tack of pneumonia. My left lung soon entire
" filled with water and my legs and body be-
came twice their natural size. | was obliged
to sit upright in bed for several weeks i'll the
midst of the severest agony, with my arms over
my head and in constant fear of suffocation."
"And did you still make no attempt TO save
YOURSELF"
"Yes, made frantic efforts. 1 tried every
thing that seemed TO offer the least prospect
of relief. l called q counsel of doctors and
had them make an exhaustive chemical and
microscoplcal examination Of my condition.
Five Of the best physicians of Syracuse and
several from another city said must die!
Itseemed as though their assertion was true
for my feet became cold, my mouth parched,
nv ewes wore a fixed classy stare my body was
covered with cold, cismmy death sweat, and
read my fate i'll the anxious expressions Of
my family and frieRdY."
But the finale"
"Came al last. Ny wife, aroused to desper-
alton, began TO administer q remedy upon her
own responsibility and while grew better very
slowly. gained ground surely until IN brief.
have no trace OF the terrible Bright's disease
from which l vas dying, and am perfectly
well man. This may sound like aromsnce. but
II is true, and my life, health and what | am
are due to Warmers Eafe Cure, which | wish
WIS known to and used by the thousands who.
believe, are suffering this minute as | was
originally. Does not such an experience as this
justify me in making public statement~
cit certainly does. But then Bright's dis
ease is not common complaint doctor"
mot common! On the contrary it is one of
the most common. The trouble is, few people
symptoms until its final stages that person
msy have it for years, each year getting more
and more IN ita power and not suspect 1t. Il is
quite natural / should feel enthusiastic over
,his remedy while nv wife is even more SO than
l am. She knows Of its being used with sur
prisiug results by many ladies for tbeir own
peculiar ailments, over which it has singular
powell"
Tue statement drawn out by the above inter
view IS amply confirmed by very many of our
most prominent citizens, among them being
Judge Reigei, and Col. James S. Goodrich, OF
the Times, while Gen. u wight FL. Bruce and
Rev. Prof. W. P. Coddington, d. D., give the
remedy their heartiest endorsement. In this
age Of wonders, surprising things are quite
common but an experience 50 unusual as that
Of Dr. Martins and occurring here III or
midst, may well cause comment and teach a
lesson. It shows the necessity of guarding
the slightest approach Of physical disorder and
by tue means which has been proven the most
reliable aud efficient. It shows the depth to
which one can sink and yet be rescued and it
proves that few people need suffer if these
truths are observed.