Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-04-21
A TRAGIC EVENT.
A Fathers Despair and Self-Inficted
Death-His Sons Final Rescue Too
Late to Save His Parent.

A Fathers Despair and self-Inhicted
Death-His Sons Final Rescue Too
Late to Save His Parent.
The graphic occurrence that is described
below is one of the most remarkable epi-
sOdes in the domestic history of America.
1t is absolute truth, which can readily be
verified.
The inhabitants of the pleasant town of
Cortland, N. Y, were shocked one MORN
ing by the announcement that Mr.. Clin-
ton Rindge, one of their most prominent
citizens, had committed suicide. The
news spread rapidly and aroused the en-
tire neighborhOod, where Mr.. Rindge was
so well and favorably known. At first it
seemed impossible that any one so quiet
and domestic could do so rash a deed.
and the inquiry was heard on every side
as to the cause. The facts as develoDed
on investigation proved to be as follows:
Mr.. Rindge was domestic in his tastes
and took the greatest enjoyment in the
society of his children and pride in their
development. And, indeed. he had GOOD
reason to be proud, for they fgave gpromise
of long lives of success and usefulness.
But an evil day came. His youngest son,
William, began to show signs of an early
decay. He felt unusually tired each dav.
and would sometimes sleep the entire
afternoon, if permitted to do so. His head
panied him, not acutely, but with dull.
heavy feeling. There was a sinking SEN
satiOn at the pit of his stomach. He lost
all relish for food and much of his interest
for things about him. He tried manfullv
to overcome these feelings, but thev
seemed stronger than his will. He began
to lose flesh rapidly. The father became
alarmed and neutrality-suspicious. as to the
cause of his sons illness, but they were
unable to explain. Finally severe sores
broke out on his arms and he was taken
to Buffalo, where painful operation was
performed, resulting in the loss of much
blood bus affording little relief. The
young man returned home and a council
of physicians was called. After an ex-
haustIve examination they declared there
was no hope of final recovery and that he
must die within very few DAYS. To de-
scribe the agony which this announcement
caused the father would be impossible.
His mind failed to grasp its full meaning
at first; then finally seemed to compre-
bend 1t, but the load was too great. In
an agony of frenzy he seized a knife and
took his own life, preferring death rather
than to survive his idOlized son. At that
time William Rindge was too weak to
know what was Transporting. His
face had turned black, his breath
ceased entirely at times, and his friends
waited for his death, believing that
the tiend Bright's disease of the kidneys,
from which he was suffering, could not be
removed. In this supreme moment Will
1am's sister came forward and declared
she would make final attempt to save
her brother. The doctors interpOsed, as
surfing her it was useless and that she
would only hasten the end by the means she
proposed to employ. But she was firm.
and putting all back, approached her
brothers. side and administered a remedy
which she fortunately had on hand.
Within an hour he seemed more easy, and
before the day way was over he showed
signs of decided Improvement. These
favorable signs continued, and today Will
liam b. Rindge is well, having been vir-
tually raised from the dead through the
marvellous power of Warmers Safe Cure,
as can be readily verified by any citizen
of Cortland.
Any one who reflects upon the facts
above described must have a feeling Of
sadness. The father, dead by his own
hand, suppOslng his sons recovery to be
impossible; the son restored to health to
mourn the loss of his father, and the
agonlzed relatives with a memory of sad
ness to forever darken their lives. Had
Clinton Rindge known that his son could
recover he would to-day be alive and
happy, but the facts which turned his
brain and caused him to commit suicide
were such as any one would accept as
true.
However sad this case NAV be. the truth
remains that thousands of people are at
TINS moment in as great actual peril as
william Rlndge and in as great danger
OF causing misery if not death to their
friends. Liver and kidney diseases are
become the most common and most dam
gerous OF any of all modern complaints.
They are the most deceptive in their be-
glnnlngs and horrible in their final stages.
They are far more deceptive than con-
sumption, and can rarely be detected
even by skillful physicians unless micro
scOpic analysis be resorted to, and few
doctors understand how to do this. Their
slightest approach, or possibility of ap-
proach, should strike terror to the one
who is threatened as well as to all
his or her friends. These diseases
have no distinct symptoms, but
come IN the form of lassitude,
loss of appetite, aching muscles and
joints, dull headaches, pains in the back,
stomach and chest, sour stomach, lecur-
ring signs of cold, irregular pulsations of
the heart and frequent dizziness. If me-
elected, these symptoms are certain to
run lnto chronic kidney and liver or
Brights disease, from which there is sure
to be great amount Of agony and only
one means of escape, which is by the use
of Warmers Safe Cure. The Importance
Of taking this great remedy upon the
slightest appearance of any Of the above
symptoms cannot be too strongly i'm
pressed upon the minds of all readers who
desire to escape death and pain and pro-
long life with all its pleasures and bless
ings.