The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-06-21
A TRAGIC EVENT.
A Fathers Despair and Self-Infiicted
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.. Clinton
Rindge, one of their most prominent citi-
zens, had committed suicide. The news
spread rapidly and reused the entire
neighborhood where Mr.. Rindge was so
well and favorably known. AT first il
seemed impossible that any one so quiet
and domestic could do so rash deed, and
the inquiry was heard on every side as to
the cause. The facts as developed on in
vestigation proved to be as follows:
Mr.. Rindge was domestic in his tastes
society of his children and pride in their
development. And indeed he had good
reason to be proud for they gave promise
| 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 day,
and would sometimes sleep the entire af-
panied him, not acutely, but with dull,
heavy feeling. There was 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 manfully
to overcome these feelings. but they
seemed stronger than his will. He began
to lose flesh rapidly. The father became
alarmed and consulted physicians 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 opera
tion was performed resulting in the loss
, of much blood but affording little relief
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council of physicians was called. After
an exhaustive examination they declared
there was no hope of final recovery and
that he must die within very few days.
To describe the agony which this an
nouncement caused the father would be
impossible. His mind failed to grasp it's
full meaning at first; then finally seemed
to comprehend it, 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 transpiring.
His face had turned black, his breath
waited for his death believing that the
} fiend Bright's disease of the kidneys, from
which he was suffering, could not be re
{: moved. In this supreme moment Williams
: sister came forward and declared she
would make a final attempt to save hel
brother. The doctors interposed, assur
ing her it was useless and that she woulC
! only hasten the end by the means she
proposed to employ. But she was firm
and putting all back, approached he1
brothers side and administered remedy
which she fortunately had on hand
Within an hour he seemed more easy, anC
. before the day was over he showed sign.
of decided improvement. These favora
+ able signs continued, and to-day William
o B. Rindge is well, having been virtually
> raised from the dead through the marvel
Gus power of Warmers Safe Cure, as car
:. be readily verified by any citizen of Cort
i. land.
q Any one who reflects upon the fact.
above described must have a feeling of sad
Z ness. The father dead by his own hand
suppesing his sons recovery to be impos
sible; the son restored to health to mourn
!. the loss of his father and the agonizeC
relatives with memory of sadness tx
A forever darken their lives. Had Clinton
Rindge known that his son could recover
he would to-day be alive and happy, bu
the facts which turned his brain anC
: caused him to commit suicide were sucl
3 as any one would accept as true.
However sad this case may be, the trutl
5 remains that thousands of people are a
: : this moment in as great actual peril al
q William Rindge and in as great danger O
: causing misery if not death to thei]
Il
: : become the most common and mos
dangerous of any or all modern com
y plants, They are the most deceptive il
their beginnings and horrible in theil
+ final stages. They are far more deceptive
: than Consumption, and can rarely be de
tected even by skillful physicians unless
microscopic analysis be restored to, anC
! few doctors understand how to do this
q Their slightest approach or possibility o.
approach should strike terror to the one
9 who is threatened as well as to all his
q or her friends. These diseases have nc
= 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, soul
stomach, recurring signs of cold, irregu
lar pulsations of the heart, and frequent
dizziness. If neglected, these symptoms
are certain to run into chronic kidney and
:. liver or Bright's 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 import
ance of taking this great remedy upon
the slightest appearance of any of the
above symptoms cannot be too strongly
impressed upon the minds of all readers
who desire to escape death and pain and
!. prolong life with all its pleasures and
, blessings.