Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-02-01
A DANGEROUS AMBUsCADE.
discovered Barely In Time-Ths Most
Deceptive and Luring OF Modern
Evils Graphically Described.
ISrrac,.se Lo,unall

loFuctSc Jota7l0Ll
Something of q sensation was caused In
this city yesterday by a rumor that one OF
our best known citizens was about TO pub.
lish q statement concerning some unusual
experiences during his residence in Syra-
cuse. How the rumor originated It IL i'm
possible to say, but q reporter immediate
ly sought DIR. s. G. Martin. the gen leman
In question, and secured the following in
terview:
"What about this rumor, Doctor, that
you are going to make 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 a publication of
some remarkable episodes that have oc-
CURED in my life, but have not completed
it as yet"
"Mhat is the nature of it, may inquire.n
Why, the fact that am human being
instead of spirit. l have passed through
one Of the most wonder Gl ordeals that per-
haps ever occurred 10 any man. The first
intimation i 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.
j thought, as most people would think, that
IL was only cold and so paid as little at
tention to 1t as possible. Shortly after
this noticed peculiar catarrhal trouble
and my throat also became inflamed. As
If this were not variety enough ielt sharp
pains in my chest, and constant tendency
to . eldac e."
"Why didn't you take the matter in 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 aud passing di order. These troubles
did not come all at once and ! thought it
unmahly to heed them. have found,
though, that every physical neglect must
be pait 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 & ants of agony. became
more nervous; had q strange fiuttering of
the heart, an inability to draw a long
breath and an occasional numbness that
was terribly suggestive of paralysis. How
could have been so blind as not to under
stand what this meant can not imagine"
And did you do nothingY"
es, Travelled. In he spring of 1879
went TO Kansas and Colorado, and while
In Denver, was attacked with a mysteri-
GUS hemorrhage OF the urinary organs and
lost TIVE lty pounds OF fies in three weeks.
Ole day after my return / was taken with
terrible chill and at once advanced to a
very severe attack OF pneumonia. My left
lung soon entirely fl led VITA water and
my gs and body became twice their nat
VI "a Sic. was OUl Stu 10
bed for several weeks in the midst of the
severest agony, with my arms over my
head, and in constant fear of suffocation."
And did you still make no attempt to
save yourseli?'
YES, made frantic efforts. tried ev-
cry thing that seemed to offer the least
prospect of relief. / called a council of
doctors and had them MAKE 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 diel
1t seemed as though their assertion was
true for my feet became cold, my mouth
parched, my eyes wore fixed CLASSY
stare, my DO iy was covered with a cold,
clammy death sweat, and 1 read my fare
In the anxious expressions of my family
and friends"
But the fndle?"
"Came at last My wife, aroused tc
desperation, be can TO administer a remedy
upon her own responsibility and while
ew better very slowly, gained ground
surely un il, in brief, have no trace of the
terrible BrightS di ease from VIII ca / was
| dying, and am perfectly well man. This
may sound like a romance, but it is true
an my life, health and what am are due
| to Warmers Safe Cure, which wish was
known 10 and use by the thousan WAC
believe, are suffering this minute.as wa,
| originally. Does not such an experience
ment?"
cit certainly does. But then Bright's dis
ease IS not common complaint, DOCTOR
mot common! On tho contrary it il
one of the most common. The trouble is
: few people know they have it. 1t has sc
few marked symptoms until its final stage.
that person may have it for years, eacl
year getting more and more in its power
ard not suspect 1t. 1t is quite natural
should feel enthusiastic over this remedy
while my wife is even more so than / am
! She knowS of its being used with surpris
ing results by many ladies for their own
! p culiar ailments, over which :" has singu
| lar power"
The statement drawn out b., Jt.s ese-'
interview is andy confirm d by ven
many OF our most prominent citizens
among them being Jud re Reigel. and
Colonel James s. Goodrich, of the Times
while General Dwight II. Bruce and Rev
Pro. w. p. Coddington, ID. D., We tn,
remedy their heartiest endorsement. II
this age of wonders, surprising things ar,
quite common but an experience so unusua
as that of DIR. Martins and occurring her,
in our midst. may well cause comment anC
4 teach lesson. 1t shows the necessity O.
! guarding the slightest approach of physi
! cal disorder and by the means which ha,
/ been proven the most reliable and efficient
/ 1t shows the dep h to which one can sinh
1 and yet be rescued and it proves that few
I people need suffer il these truths are OBJ
served.
A REPORTER Describing q wedding SAID
it was all over in q very few minutes. :
aciousi Sounds like hanging.-Prog