Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-05-23
PRESIDENTIAL FAyORITES.
Some Interesting Facts Concerning the
Men Who Stand Closes; to the
Chief Executive.

Chief Executive.
Visitors who, from curiosity or business.
have called at the White House must have
been impressed by the courteous vet Syste-
matte manner with which they were re-
eeiVed and escorted through the mansion.
The gentlemen whose duty il is to receive
all persons coming to the White House are
Colonel +. : Denmorc, Mr.. John T Rick
ard, and Mr. T. f. Pendcl. and they have
occupied their present positions through
the various administrations since and even
during the war. Mr.. Pendel was President
linconS hody-guard; saw him to his car
rage the fatal night on which he visited
Ford'S theater and he now has in his
possession the blood-Stained coat which
Mr.. Lincoln Wore ON that memorable ocCa-
sion. There Is not apublic man i'm America
to-day who does not know, and who is not
known by these gentlemen, and the remi-
nlScenCcS OF public and social life which
they can recount would I'LL Congressional
volume. During the weary vet exciting
years of the war; through the more peace
tul times of Grants administration while
Hayes held the rcinS Of government. and
when Garfield was shot, it was these men
who stood in the Executive Mansion. well
coming the advent OF each ucy admins
tration, bowling at IT'S departure, and receiy-
During That long, hot and never to be
forgotten summer, when President Garfield
lay between " two worlds the nation he
came aware of the deadly maIa~ial iuHu-
eucc which hung about the White House
But all through that period these three
men never deserted their posts fo- q single
day, although each pnc was suffering I'M
tensely. In conversation with the writer.
Colonel DcnSmOrC said
Ii Is impossible To describe the fortunes
J have undergone. TO be comueiled Ia
smile and treat the thousands of visitors
who come here daily with courtesy when
one is in the greatest agony requires ire
mendous effort All that summer ] had
terrible headaches, heartburn, and sitting
sensation that sometimes took away my
breath. My appetite was uncertain and /
felt severe pains i'm the small of my back.
was under the doctors care with strict
instructions not to 60 out of the house. but
| remained ON duty nevertheless. You
would bc surprised to know the amount of
quuine took; on some days il was as
much aS sixteen grains
And was Mr.. Richard badly or too
should think he was Why. time
and again we have picked HIM up and laid
HIM ON the mantcl, here i'm the VeSjibule,
he was 50 used up
.
weak | could not rise after lying down.
without help and could only walk with
the aid of two canes, and then i'm stuop-
ing position. Oh, we have been ir pretty
bad condition here, all of us
And yet YOU are the embodiment of
health, said the writer as he looked ut
the three bright and vigorous men before
him.
oh yes said Mr. Richard We have
not known what sickness was for more
than year
Have you some secret way of overcom-
ing malaria and its attendant horrors q"
think we have most certain way"
replied Colonel DenSmore, but il is no Sc
crct. You see, about two years ago my
wife began to grow blind, and / was alarmed
NJ her condition. She finally became so
she could not tell whether person wero
white or black at a distance of ten feet
One of her lady friends advised her to trva
certain treatment that had done wonders
for her. and, to make a long story short,
she did 50 and was completely cured This
induced me TO try the same means for my
own restoration, and as soon as | found it
was doing me good | recommended it to
my associates, and we have all been cured
right here i'll the stronghold Of malaria,
and kept in perfect health ever since. by
u
not a believer in medicines in general, but
do not hesitate to say that am satisfied
| should have died of Brights disease of
the kidneys before this had it not been
for this wonderful remedy. Indeed. | use
ii as household medicine and give it to
my children whenever they have any all
ments'
Yes" exclaimed Mr. Pendel Il use il
in my family all the while, and have found
ii the most efficient remedy we have ever
employed. | know of very MANY public
men who are using it to-day, and they all
speak well of it
| weigh 100 pounds to-day said Mr.
Richard and when my physicians told
me over year ago | could not hope to re-
cover | weighed I'D pounds Under such
influences you cannot wonder that | con-
slider this the best medicine before the
American people"
The above statements from these gentle
men need no comments. They are VOlun-
tary and outspOlcn expressions from sources
which are the highest in the land. Were
there the slightest question regarding their
they would not be made pub
lie but as they furnish such valuable truths
for all who are suffering we unhesitatingly
publish them for The good of all