The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-01-24
4 DANGEROUS ANBusCADE.
Discovered Barely in Tme-The Most
Deceptive and Luring of Modern
Evils Graphically Described.
IS,roc,Ese ,JouT7lal.1


Something of sensation was caused in
this city yesterday by rumor that one of
our best known citizens was about to pub
ish 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 gen leman
in question, and secured the following in
terview:
"What about this rumor, Doctor, that
you are going &C make a public statement
OF some Important mat -ers"
"Just about the same as you will find in
all rumors-some truth; some fiction. /
had contemplated making publication Of
some remarkable episodes that have &C.
CURED in my life, but have not completed
il as vet"
"What is the nature of it, may inquirer"
why, the fact that am q human being
instead of spirit. l have passed through
one Of tine most wonder III ordeals that per-
haps ever occurred 10 any man. The first
intimation l had of il was several years
ago, when 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 a ms and legs.
thought, as most people would think, that
it was only a cold and so paid as little at
tention to it as possible. Shortly after
this noticed peculiar catarrhal trouble
and my throat also became infiamed. AS
if this were not variety enough / felt sharp
pains in my chest, and constant tendency
TO Idac e."
''Why didn't you take the matt erin hand
and check it right where it was"
''Why doesn't everybody do so? Sim
ply because they think it is only some tri-
fling and passing disorder. These troubles
did not come all at once and l thought it
unmanly to heed them. / 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 / have described, grew
until they were giants of agony. L became
more nervous; had strange futtering of
the heart, an inability to draw long
breath and an occasional numbneSs e at
was terribly suggestive of paralysis. How
l could have been so blind as not to under
stand what this meant can not imagine"
"And did you do nothing"
eyes, l travelled. In the spring of 1873
l went to Kansas and Colorado, and while
in Denver, l was ATTACKED with q mysteri-
Gus hemorrhage of the urinary organs and
lost TIVE lty pounds of fleSc in three weeks.
Oae day after my return was taken with
a terrible chill and at once advanced to
very severe attack of pneumonia. My left
my | gs and body became twice their nat
ural size. l was oil ged to sit upright in
bed for several weeks in the midst of the
severest agony, with my arms over my
head, and i'll constant fear of sufocation."
" And did you still make no attempt to
save YOURSELF"
"Yes, l made frantic efforts. l tried ev-
cry thing that seemed to offer the least
prospect of relief. l called council of
dos tors and had them maxi an exhaustive
chemical and microscopical examination
of my condition. Five of the best physi-
clans of Syracuse and several from anoth-
er cit' said | must die!
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 deash sweat, and l read my fate
in the anxious expressions of my family
and friends"
but the fndle?"
"Came az last. Ny wife, aroused to
desperation, be an to administer remedy
upon her own responsibility and while |
G ew better very SLOWLY, l gained ground
surely un Il, in brief, have no trace of enc
terrible BrightS di ease from VIII ca l was
dying, and am perfectly well man. This
may sound like a romance, bu5 it is true,
an my life, health and what l am are due
to Warmers Safe Cure, which l wish was
known to and usel by the thousands VINO,
/ believe, are suffe i.IS this minute as l was
originally. Does not such an experience
as this justify me in making public state
ment"
at certainly does. But then Bright's dis
ease is not common complaint, DOCTOR"
"Not common! On the contrary it is
one of the most common. The trouble is,
few people know they have it. 1t has so
few marked symptoms until its final stages
that person may have it for years, each
year getting more and more in its power
and not suspect it. 1t is quite natural l
should feel enthusiastic over this remedy
while my wife is even more so than l 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 confirm d by very
many of our most prominent citizens,
among them being Judge Reigel. and
Colonel James S. Goodrich, of the Times,
while General Dwight II. Bruce and Rev.
Prof. W. 7. CoddiugtOn, ID. D., We the
remedy their beartiest 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 a 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 dep'h to which one can sink
and vet be rescued and it proves that few
people neel suffer if these truths are OBJ
served.
FRECKLEs are not so bad. 1t is said that