Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-01-31
A DANGEROUS AMBUSCADE.
discovered Barely in Time-The Most
receptive and Luring of Modern
Evils Graphically Described.
(SYrGcltse JolLr1lqn

III this city yesterday by runOr that
one OF our best known citizens was about
10 publish statement concerning some
unusual experiences during his residence
in Syracuse. How the rumor originated
1t IS impossible to say, but a reporter inn
medlately sought DR.. S. G. Martin, the
gentleman in question, and secured the
following interview:
What about this rumOr, Doctor, that
you are going to make a public state
ment Of some important matters ?"
Just about the same as you will find
III all rumOrs-sOme truth; some fiction.
| had contemplated making publication
of some remarkable episodes that have
occurred in my life, but have not COM
pleted it as yet
What is the nature Of it. may en-
quire?"
why, the fact that I am human be-
ing instead Of a spirit. [ have passed
through one of the most wonderful or
deals that perhaps ever occurred to any
man. The first intimatiCn | had Of it
was several years ago, when began to
feel chilly at night and restless after re-
firing. Occasionally this would be va
ried by a soreness of the muscles and
cramps In my arms and legs. | thought,
only cold, and so paid as little atten-
ton to it as possible. Shortly after this
[ noticed a peculiar catarrhal trouble
and my throat also became infamed
AS il this were not variety enough | felt
sharp pains in my chest, and a co. stant
tendency to headache"
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
tritiing and passing disorder. These
troubles did not come all at once, and l
thought it unmanIy 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 some time. These minor symp-
toms have described, grew until they
were giants OF agony. | became more
nervous; had a strange fiutteTing of the
heart an inability to draw a lobg
BREATH and an occasional numbnevj that
was terribly suggestive of paralysis.
Howl could have been SO blind as not to
understa d what this meant [ cannot
imagine"
"And did you do nothing?"
Eyes, [ travelled. In the spring of
1879 / 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 l was taken with q terrible
chill and at once advanced to a very
severe attack of pneumonia. My left
lung soon entirely filled with water, and
my legs and body became twice their
natural size. [ was obliged to sit upright
in bed for several weeks, in the midst Of
the severest agony, with my arms ove1
my head, and in constant fear of SuffOCa-
ton"
And did you still make no attempt to
save yourself"
Yes. [ made frantic efforts. I tried
everything that seemed to offer the least
prospect Of relief. [ called council OF
doctors and had them make an exhaust
we chemical and microscopical eXamina-
ion of my condition. Five of the best
physicians of Syracuse and several from
another city said l must die!
It 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, cIammy death sweat, and I read
my family and friends"
But the fna1e9"
Game at last. My wife, aroused to
desperation, began to administer a
remedy upon her own responsibility, and
while [ grew better very slowly, | gained
ground surely until. in brief. [ have no
trace..of the terrible Brights disease from
which [ was dying, and am a perfectly
well man. This may sound like :.
romance, but it is true, and my life,
health and what [ am are due to War
ners Safe Cure, which wish was known
to and used by the thousands who, [ be
lieve, are suffering this minute as [ wa
| originally. Does not such an experience
as this Justify me in making a public
statement"
at certainly does. But then Brigh;'s
d 'sease is not a common complain g,
doctor"
Not common! On the contrary it il.
one of the most common. The tr0u lie
is, few people know they have it. 1t Ii.,s
so few marked symptoms until its final
stages, that 4 person may have i f I
years, each year getting more ana more
n Its power and not suspect it. It is
quite natural. [ should feel enthusiast {
over this remedy, while my wife is even
more SO than am. She knows Of liz
being used with surprising results b.
many ladies for their own peculiar all
ments, over which it has singular pow
en-"
The statement drawn out by the above.
interview is amply confirmed by very
many of our most prominent citizens.
among them being Judge Reigel, aud
Col James S. Goodrich, OF the Times.
while Gen. Dwight II. 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 &C.
curing here in our midst, may well
cause comment and teach lesson. 1t
shows the necessity of guardig the
slightest approach Of physical disorder
and by the means which has been proven
the most reliable and efficient. 1t shows
the depth to which one can sink and yet
be rescued, and it proves that few people
need suffer If these truths are Obsery /.