Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-05-02
A TRAGIC EVENT.
A Fathers Despair and Self-1nfiicted
Death-His Sons Final Rescue, too Late
to Save His Parent.

A Fathers Despair and Self-Infficted
Death-His Sons Final Rescue, too Late
to Save His Parent.
The graphic occurrence that is described
below is one of the most remarkable cpl
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 Were shocked one morning
by the announcement that Mr.. Clinton
Rindge. one of their most prominent citi-
zens, had committed suicide. The news
spread rapidly and aroused the entire neigh
borhood where Mr.. Rindge was so well and
favorably known. AT first it seemed i'm
possible that any one so quiet and domestic
could do so rash Il deed, and the inquiry
was heard on every side as to the cause.
The facts as developed on investigation
proved to be as follows.
Mr. Rindge was domestic in his tastes,
and took the greatest enjoyment in the So
ciety of his children and pride i'll their de
velopment. And indeed he had good rea-
son to be proud, for they gave promise OF
long lives of success and usefulness. But
an evil day came. His youngest son, Will
lam, began to show signs of an early decay.
He felt unusually tired each day. and would
sometimes sleep the entire afternoon ifper-
mitted to do so. His head panied him, not
acutely, but with a dull, heavy feeling.
There was Il sinking sensation 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 rap
idly 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 a painful operation was performed,
resulting in the loss of much blood, but af-
fording little relief The young man re-
turned home and council of physicians
was called. After an exhaustive eXamlna-
ton they declared there was no hope OF
final recovery, and that he must die within
a very few days To describe 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 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 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 Williams sister came
| forward and declared she would make a
final attempt to save her brother. The
doctors intcrposed, assuring her that 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, APP
preached her brothers side, and admins
| tered Il remedy which she fortunately had
on hand. Within an hour he seemed more
easy. and before the day was over he
showed signs of decided improvement.
These favorable signs continued, and to-day
William b. Rindge is well, having been
virtually 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 sad
ness. The father, dead by his own hand
surprising his sons recovery to be impos-
sible: the son restored to health to mourn
the loss of his father, and the agonized rel
atives with Il memory of sadness 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 tc
commit suicide were such as any one
would accept as true.
However sad this case may be- the truth
remains that thousands of people are al
this moment in Is great actual peril a.
William Rindgc, and i'll as great danger Of
causing misery if not death TO their friends
Liver and kidney diseases are become the
most common and most dangerous Of any
or all modern complaints. They are the
| Il
horrible in their final stages. They are fal
mere deceptive than consumption, and can
rarely be detected even by skillful phYsi.
clans, unless a microscopic analysis be re-
sorted to, and few doctors understand how
to do this. Their slightest approach, OF
possibility of approach should strike ter
ror to the one who is threatened as well as
to his or her friends. These diseases have
no distinct symptoms, but come i'll the
form of lassitude, loss of appetite, aching
muscles and joints. dull headaches, pain:
in the back, stomach and chest, sour stom
ach, recurring signs of cold, irregular pull
satiOns of the heart, and frequent dizziness
I If neglected. these symptoms are certain
to run into chronic kidney and liver O
Bright's disease, from which there is sur,
to be great amount of agony and onl!
one means of escape, which is by the us'
of Warmers Safe Cure. The importance
of taking this great remedy upon tn,
slightest appearance of any of the above
symptoms cannot be too strongly i'm
: pressed upon the minds of all readers whc
desire to escape death and pain and pro
long life with all its pleasures and bless
ings.
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