Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-05-08
A TRAGIC EVENT.

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The graphic occurrence that is de-
scrlDed below Is one of the most remark
able episodes IN the domestic history of
America. 1t Is absolute truth which can
readily be verified.
The inhabitants of the pleasant town
of Cortland, n. Y, Were shocked one
morning by the announcement that Mr.. |
Clinton Rlndge, one of their most prom
inent citizens, had committed suicide. |
The news spread rapidly, and aroused
the entire nelghborhOod where Mr..
RIndge was so well and Iavorably known.
At first 1t seemed impossible that any
one so quiet and domestic would do so
rash deed, and the inquiry was heard
on every side as to the cause. The facts
as developed on investigation proved to
be as follows:
Mr.. Rindge was domestic in his tastes
and took the greatest enjoyment In the
society of his children and pride in their
development. And indeed he had good
reason to be proud for they gave promise
OF long lives of success and usefulness.
But an evil day came. His youngest son,
William, began to show signs of an early
decay. He telt unusually tired each day,
and would sometimes sleep the entire
afternoon If permitted to do so. His
head panied him, not acutely, but with
dull, heavy feeling. There was sinking
sensation at the pit of his stomach. He
lost all relish for food and much of his
interest fol- things about him. He tried
manfully to overcome these feelings, but
they seemed stronger than his will. He
began to lose flesh rapidly. The father
became alarmed and consulted physi-
clans as to the cause of his sons illness,
but they were unable to explain. Final
ly severe sores broke out on his arms and
he was taken to Buffalo, where a pain
full operation was performed, resulting
in the loss of much blood, but affording
little relief. The young man returned
home and council of physicians was
called. After an exhaustive examina-
ton they declared there was no hope of
final recovery and that he must die with
in a very few days. To describe the
agony which this announcement caused
the father would be impossible. His
mind failed to grasp its full meaning at
| first; then finally seemed to comprehend
| it, but the load was too great. Imam agony
Of frenzy he seized knife and took his
own life, preferring death rather than to
survive his idOlized son. At that time
! William Rindge was too weak to know
what was transporting. His face had
turned black, his breath ceased entirely
at times, and his friends waited for his
death believing that the fiend Bright's
disease Of the kidneys, from which he
was suffering, could not be removed. In
| this supreme moment Williams sister
came forward and declared she would
make final attempt to save her brother.
| The doctors interposed, assuring her it
was useless and that she would only has
| ten the end by the means she proposed
to employ. But she was firm, and put
| ting all back, approached her brothers
side and administered remedy which
she fortunately had on hand. Within an
| hour he seemed more easy, and before
the day was over he showed signs of de-
cided Improvements These favorable
signs continued, and to-day William B.
RIndge is well, having been virtually
raised from the dead through the mar
velous power of Warmers Safe cure, as
can be readily verified by any citizen of
Cortland.
Any one who reflects upon the facts
above described must have a feeling of
sadness. The father, dead by his own
hand, suppOsing his sons recovery to be
impossible; the son restored to health
to mourn the loss of his father and the
agOnized relatives with a memory of sad
ness to forever darken their lives. Had
Clinton Rindge known that his 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 of causing misery if not death to
their friends. Liver and kidney dis
eases are become the most common and
most dangerous of any or all modern
complaints. They are the most decept-
i've in their beginnings and horrible in
their final stages. They are far more
deceptive than consumption, and can
rarely be detected even by skillful ply
sicians, unless microscopic analysis be
resorted to, and few doctors understand
how to do this. Their slightest approach,
or possibility of approach, should strike
, terror to the one who is threat
ened as well as to all his or her friends.
These diseases have no distinct symp-
toms, but come in the form of lassitude.
loss of appetite, aching muscles and
joints, dull headaches, pains in the back,
stomach and chest, sour stomach, recur-
? ring signs of cold, irregular pulsatiOns OF
the heart, and frequent dizziness. Ii
neglected, these symptoms are sure to
run into chronic kidney and liver OF
: Bright's disease, from which there Is
sure to be great amount of agony and
only one means of escape, which is by
. the use of Warmers Safe Cure. The i'm
portance of taking this great remedy
upon the slightest appearance Of any OF
the above symptoms, cannot be too
. strongly impressed upon the minds Of al
: readers who desire to escape death and
pain and prolong life with all its pleas