The bee., 1884-05-24
AN ARMY EXPERIENCE.
How an Old Veteran Escaped Annihiiafiol
and Lived to Impart Warning TO Uthers'

How an Old Veteran Eseaped Annihl,iiarion
and Lived TO 1mpart a warning I'D Osn0Ae'
A pleasing occurrence which has just come
to our notice in connection with the new
York State meeting o. the Grand Army OF
the Republic is so unus lal in many respects
that we venture to reproduce it for the Dene-
tit of our readers.
Captain Alfred Rensom, of New York, While
Facing in the lobby of the armory previous 70
one of the meetings, suddenly stopped ana
scanned the face of gentleman who was ID
earnest conversation with one OF the Grano
Army officers. Tt seemed to him that he
had seen that face before, partial oo-
&C Ired by the smoke Of battle, and yet
this bright and peasant countena1n1ce INC
could not be tie same lale, anu deaI -nAs
vi age. which he so dim.y rem 2mbered
the rCc2lle ton, like BanIuos ghosj, Wo 10
not ''down" at command and lted MN
the entire day. Cn the day following ne
arain saw tie same countenanCe, and ven-
tured to sp2ak to its oN ner. Tine instant She
two veterans heard each ether vol O., tlaG
ins tant they c5gni cd a-d called each ota:
by name. their ia es and for rs had cnan3eu, en-
but their vol e5 were th9 sane. Inc nlaH M
whom Captain Rensom had rec 1gnned was
Mr.. W. K. Sage, of st. 10. n', MI n, yeC
rran of the 23I ". Y. Ii3ht Artillery and
TO, h members Of Burnsides famCu; exp-di-
ton to North Caroiin'. Ait the hrst greeU-
ings were over, esp ain Rsn ON said:
"It hardly e ems p ssible, Sa e, to sec you
in this condi ion, for thou hit you must have
been deld long ago.
Yes, do not doubt it, for if / am not mis-
taken, when we last met was occupying
couch in the hospital, a victim OF '1elio"
Jack in its worst form"
II remember. The war seems to nave
caused more misery since its close than when
it was in progress, replied the captain.
meet old comrades frequently who are suiler-
ing terribly. not so much from old WOUNDS aS
from the malarial poisons which ruined tnelr
constitutions"
'I think so myself. When the war closed
returned home and at times would zee,
well. but every few weeks that Coniounded
'all-gone' feeling would come upon me again.
Mynervous system, which was shattered III
the service, failed me entirely and produced
one Of the worst possible cases OF ner-
vous dyspepsia. Most of the tlme L
had no appatite; then again woul bccome
raveuously hungry, but the minute sat down
to eat | loa;hed food. My skin was dTy anu
parched, my tiesh loose and flabby. cou'u
hold nothing on my stona2h Tor Gays az o. aU
a time, and what little l did eat failed TO as
smilate I was easily fatigued; my mn
was depressed; | V as Gro and irritable and
many a night my heart would rain me SO
could not seCp, and when L did had hoIrld
Dreams and frig tful Nightmares. OF course,
these things cam3 On me one BY one, ca
worse than tn other My breath was ION,
my tongue was coated, my teeth de ayed. L
had terr fic hegdache; which would leave my
nervous SYST m completely shattered. In
fac nv eXi tecce, since tn, war, has been O
liz ing death, from which have often prayed
fer Ie.eaSe-"
Couldn't the old surgeon do you any
eood|
Il wrote him ard he treated me, but like
every other Doctor failCd. They all sail my
nerve was gone and without that to build
upon 1 could nct get we l. When was at
nv wo st, pilcs of the everest nature came
uron me- TFen my Ii er gave out and with
out the rse OF cathartics | could lot move
the bowes at ALL Ny bic cd got Ike a stream
Of fire and seemed iiterIlly to burn me i've.
"Well, YOU might better have died in
battle, qui k ana without ceremony"
"How many times | wish ID had died the
day we captured Newberne"
"And yet you are now the picture of
health"
"And tie picture is tak&n from life. | am
in per .ect condit on. My nerve tone is re-
ored; my stomach refrigerated; my flesh
is hard and healthy; in a hay new blood,
new energy and new lease of life wholly as
the result of using Warmers 9lppecanoe.
This remarkable preparation, VIII ch L con-
sifer the fiacst tonic and stomach restorr in
the world has overy one all the evil influences
OF malaria, all the poison of th} army, all
tr1'e5 OF dyspel sia, q II a'-assimila1ion of
food and indeed ma g a new man OF me-
he captain remained sileI5 for while,
eyiGenily musing over his recolections of
the past. Wien he again rdisedhis head he
said:
at wou d lie godsend if all the veterans
who have suffered SO intensely and fl;o all
rthers in the land who are enduring so much
misery could know o. YOUR expert nee, Sage,
and Il 9 way by which you have hem re-
stCrcd."
An that is wi y the above conversation is
recounted.-NdttOndE Tribune, of Washing
fOD.