The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-01-31
Discovered Barely in Time-The Most
Deceptive and Luring of Modern
Evils Graphically Described.



Something of a sensation was caused in
this city yesterday by rumor that one of
our best known citizens was about to pub
lish a statement concerning some unusual
experiences during his residence in SYRIA
cuse. How the rumor originated it is i'm
possible to say, but a reporter Immediate
ly sought DR.. 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 mattersW
50 just about the same you will find in
all umOrs-some truth; some fiction.
had contemplated making publication of
some remarkable episodes that have oc-
Cured in my life, but have not completed
it as yet"
- WHAT'S the nature of it, may l inquireP'
Why, the fact that am human being
instead of spirit. | have passed through
one of the most wonder III Ordeals that per-
haps ever occurred to any man. The first
intimation l had of it was several years
ago, when 1 began to feel chilly at night
and restless after retiring. occasionally
this would be varied by a soreness of the
muscles and cramps in my arms and legs.
l thought, as most people would think, that
it was only cold and so paid as little at
tention to it as possible. Shortly alter
this l noticed peculiar catarrhal trouble
and my throat also became infiamed. As
if this were not variety enough felt sharp
pains in my chest, and a constant tendency
TO .e3dache."
- why didn't you take the matter in hand
and check it right where it was"
"Why doesn't everybody do so? Sim
ply because they think it is only some tr1-
fling and passing di ,order. These troubles
did not come all at once and l thought it
uBmanly 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 constitution
without hOnOring them sometimes. These
minor symptoms I have described, grew
until they were giants of agony. became
more nervous; had strange auttering of
the heart, an inability to draw long
breath and an occasional numbness that
was terribly suggestive of paralysis. How
l could have been so blind as not to under
stand what this meant l can not imagine"
F." And did you do nOthIng?
g Yes I travelled. In he spring of 1879
went to Kansas and Colorado, and while
in Denver, L was attacked with a mysteri-
GUS hemorrhage of the urinary organs and
lost TIVE atty pounds Of fes2 in three weeks.
One day after my return L was taken with
terrible chill and at once advanced to
very severe attack of pneumonia. My left
lung soon entirely filed with water and
my legs and body became twice their nat
ural size. l was obi ged to sit upright in
bed for several weeks in 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 yourseltY
Yes, made frantic efforts. tried ev-
cry thing that seemed to offer the least
prospect of relief. I called council Of
doctors and had them make an exhaustive
chemical and mlcroscOplcal examination
of my coalition. Five of the best physi-
clans of Syracuse and several from anoth-
er city said l must diel
1t seemed as though their assertion was
true for my feet became cold, my mouth
parched, my eyes wore a fixed CLASSY
stare, my body was covered with a cold,
clammy death sweat, and l read my fate
in the anxious expressions Of my family
and friends"
But the fndIe?"
"Came at last. My wife, aroused to
desperation, BEGAN to administer a remedy
upon her own responsibility and while l
grew better very slowly, gained ground
surely until, in brief, I have no trace of the
terrible Brights di lease from VIII Oh l was
dying, and am perfectly well man. This
may sound like a romance, but it is true,
and my life, health and what i am are due
to Warmers Safe Cure, which l wish was
known to and used by the thousands who,
l believe, are suffering this minute as / was
originally. Does not such experience
as this Justify me in making public state
mentT"
cit certainIy does. But then Bright's dis
ease is not common complaint, doctor"
mot commonl On the contrary it is
one of the most common. The trouble is,
few people know they have it. 1t has 50
few marked symptoms until its final stages
that a person may have it for years, each
year getting more and more in its power
and not suspect it. 1t is quite natural
should feel enthusiastic over this remedy
while my wife is even more so than / am.
She knows of its being used with surpris-
ing results by many ladies for their own
peculiar ailments, over which it has singu-
lar power"
The statement drawn out by the above
| interview is amply confirmed by very
many Of our most prominent citizens,
| among them being Judge Reigel. and
| Colonel James S. Goodrich, of the Times,
! while General Dwight H. 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 SO unusual
| as that of DR.. Martins and occurring here
| in our midst, may well cause comment and
! teach lesson. 1t shows the necessity of
| guarding the slightest approach of physi-
| cal disorder and by the means which has
| been proven the most reliable and 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 OBJ
] served