The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-01-25
A DANGEROUS AMBUSCADE
Discovered Barely In Time - The
Most Deceptive and Luring OF
Modern Evils Graphic.
ally Described.

SOueIulnS OF stusdbiou WaS
caused in this city yesterday by q
rumor that one of our best known
citizens was abouJ to publish state
ment concerning some unusual ex-
periences during bis residence in
Syracuse. How the rumor origin
ated it is impossible to say, but a
reporter Immediately sought DR.. S.
G. Martin, the gentleman in ques.
ton, and secured the following in
terview:
"What about this rumor, Doctor,
that you are going to make public
statement of some Important mat
ters?"
"Just about the same as you will
find in all rumors-some truth !;
some fiction. 1 had contemplated
making a publication of some re-
markable episodes that have oc-
Cured in my life, but have not
completed it as yet"
"What is the nature OF 1t, may I
inquire ?"
"Why, the fact that 1 am a hui
rnan being instead Of a spirit. Ihave
passed through one Of the most
! wonderful ordeals that perhaps ever
occurred to any man. The first in
timation I had of it was several
years ago, when I began to feel
chilly at night and restless after re.
firing. Occasionally this would be
varied by soreness of the muscles
and cramps in my arms and legs. I
thought, as most people would
think, that it was only cold and so
paid as little attention to 1t as posi-.
BILE. Shortly after this I noticed
peculiar catarrhal trouble and my
throat also became infamed. AS if
this were not variety enough I felt
sharp pains in my chest, and con-
slant tendency to headache"
"Why didn't you take the matter
in hand and check 1t right where it
WASP"
"Why doesn't everybody do so:
Simply because they think it is only
some trifing and passing disorder.
These troubles did not come all at
once and thought it unmanly to
heed them. l 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
sometime. These minor symptoms
1 have described, grew until they
were giants of agony. I became
more nervous; had strange flutter-
ing Of the heart, an inability to draw
a long breath and an occasional
numbness that was terribly suggest
i've of paralysis. How / could have
been 90 blind as not to understand
what this meant, cannot imagine"
IE"Aud did you do nothing?"
"Yes, travelled. In the spring of
1879 I went to Kansas and 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
day after my return [ was taken
with a terrible chill and at once ad-
Vanced to a very severe attack Of
pneumonia. My left lung soon en-
tirely filed with water and my legs
and body became twice their natural
size. 1 was obliged to sit upright In
bed for several weeks in the midst
of the severesG agony, with my
arms over my head, and in constant
fear of suffocation."
"And did you still make no at
! tempt to save yourself ?"
eyes, I made frantic efforts. l
tried everything that seemed TO
offer the least prospect Of relief. l
called council of doctors and had
them make an exhaustive chemical
and microscopicsl examination of
my condition. Five oil the best ply
sicians of Syracuse and several from
another city said must die!
It seemed as though their asser-
ton was true, for my feet became
cold, my mouth parched, my eyes
wore a fixed, CLASSY stare, my body
was covered with cold, clammy
death sweat, and l read my fate in
the anxious expressions of my
family and friends"
"Bnt the .1f1aG5e?"
"Came at last. My wife, aroused
to desperation, began to administer
| d IcmOuJ upoh hcA oWh tOSPohSA
bility, and while grew better very
slowly, l gained ground surely, IN
til, in brief, have no trace of the
terrible Bright's disease from which
l was dying, and am a perfe tly well
man. This may sound like a ro-
nance, but it is true, and my life,
health and what / am are due to
Warmers Safe Cure, which l wish
was known to and used by the
thousands who, l believe, are suffer
ing this minute as was originally.
Does net such an experience as this
Justify me in making public state
ment?"
sit certainly does. But then
Bright's disease is not a common
complaint, doctor"
"Not common, On the contrary
it is che of the most common. The
trouble is, few people know they
have it. 1t has so few marked
symptoms until its final stages that
q person may have it for years, each
year getting more and more in its
power and not suspect it. Ii is
quite natural | should feel enthusi-