The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1884-04-17
A WOMAN'S WOES.
A Tale Of Suffering, with a Sequel OF
Happiness-SOmeD Domestic
Experiences.

The following letter to the Kansas
City Times describing the striking,
almost dramatic experience of an
American lady is so interesting and
pictures so clearly the feelings and
emotions of others that we reproduce
it entire. It will be found very read
able and instructive:
Messrs. Editors:
Did I not know that this land is
filled with women who are unhappy
and cannot tell the reason; are mis-
erable when they have every reason
to be joyous, l should not venture to
address you this letter. [ believe,
however, / can offer some suggestions
that will be valuable to all women
and invaluable to many. When [
was fifteen years old presume | was
happier and healthier than most girls
in America to-day. I hardly knew
what pain was except by hearsay.
But the situation changed suddenly
and severely. | became aware that
something was undermining my life.
[ felt strange sensations that would
come and 60 and then return with
greater power than before. My side
panied me at times and again would
feel a dull aching between the shoul-
ders. had darting pains through
my temples and pressure on top of
my head. | lost sleep, appetite and
flesh, and my friends feared [ was 60
ing into a decline. | know that the
feelings then had are not an uncom-
mon occurrence among women, both
young and old, but | did not realize
what it meant at that. time, and so
was careless-with what results will
appear. From then until within the
past two years [ have seen but few
comfortable days, and | am now fifty
five years old.
A few years after the events above
stated my heart began to trouble me.
At times [ would feel acute darting
pains and a gurgling as if water was
forming. Ny entire right side en-
larged and | felt sharp cutting pangs
through my lungs and around my
shoulder blades. | could only breathe
in catches or gasps and then with the
greatest effort. Twas without appetite
one day and the next very hungry, but
always constipated. During all those
years | did not know what these trou-
bles meant nor did | realize how terri
bly, they must end. Of course | tried to
overcome them; consulted doctors and
used remedies, but it was of no avail.
My troubles increased with the years;
I had severe pain in the small of the
back; my teeth became loosened; my
tongue swelled to twice its natural
size; my gums were like sponges,
bleeding freely at times, and my lungs
and nose both bled on different occa-
sions. At that time l felt cold chills
running up my back and [ constantly
expectorated brown mucous SUBJ
stance that was very offensive. The
fluids | passed were frequently Ike
bloody milk and then again almost
solid albumen. For thirty years did
not know what it was to be free from
headache Occasionally | would have
a feeling of suffocation followed by
hot flashes and profuse perspiration.
God only knows what | suffered for l
cannot describe it. I only know that
| existed and that my tired life was
ebbing away with nothing to arrest
decay.
| was in this condition 8 little over
two years ago, and neither myself nor
my friends expected or hoped for any
thing but death. Picture, if you can
nearly forty years of agony and you
can understand why we felt in that
way. But brighter day came. | be-
gan a new manner of treatment and |
saw new results, My pain became
less intense. The most severe symp-
toms decreased. My hope revived and
I seemed awakening to another life.