The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-01-25
A DANGEROUS AMBUsCADE.
Discovered Barely In Tfme-The Most
Deceptive and Luring Of Modern
Evils Graphically Described.


(SWdc,Ise Journal
Something of a sensation was caused in
this city yesterday by a rumor that one of
our best known citizens was about to pub
lish a statement concerning some unusual
experiences during his residence in SYRIA
cuse. How the rumor originated it is i'm
possible to say, but a reporter immediate
ly sought DR.. s. G. Martin. the gen leman
in question, and secured the following in
terview:
"What about this rumor, Doctor, that
you are going % make public statement
of some important mat ersw
Just about the same as you will find in
all rumors-some truth; some fiction.
had contemplated making publication Of
some remarkable episodes that have &C.
CURED in my life, but have not completed
it as yet"
"What is the nature of it, may inquiries"
"Why, the fact that am human being
instead of a spirit. have passed through
one of the most wonder. ul ordeals that per-
haps ever occurred TO any man. The first
intimation / had of it was several years
ago, when l began to feel chilly at night
and restless after retiring. Occasionally
this would be varied by soreness of The
muscles and cramps in my ~ ms and legs.
thought, as most people would think, that
it was only cold and SO paid as little at
tention to it as possible. Shortly after
this noticed a peculiar catarrhal trouble
and my throat also became infiamed. As
if this were not variety enough lelt sharp
pains in my chest, and constant tendency
TO o ldacue."
"Why didn't you take the matter in hand
and check it right where it wasp
"Why doesn't every body do so? SIM
ply because they think it is only some tri-
fling and passing disorder. These troubles
did not come all at once and l thought it
unmanly to heed them. l have found,
be pal for and with large interest. Men
can not draw drafts OH their constitution
without honoring them sometimes. These
minor symptoms l have described, grew
until they were giants of agony. became
more nervous; had a strange fluttering of
the heart, an inability to draw a long
breath and an occasional numbness t! at
was terribly suggestive of paralysis. How
i could hav. been so blind as not to under
stand what this meant can not imagine"
"And did you do nothing"
Yes, Travelled. In he spring of 1879
l went to Kansas and Colorado, and while
in Denver, l was attacked with a mysteri-
GUS hemorrhage of the urinary organs and
lost TIVE ity pounds OF fies: in tire. weeks.
One day after my return was taken with
a 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
ural size. l was obi ged to sit upright in
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 yourself"
"Yes, / made frantic efforts. Tried ev-
cry thing that seemed to offer the least
prospect of relief. l called a council Of
do, tors and had them max an exhaustive
chemical and microscopical examination
of my condition. Five of the best physi-
clans of Syracuse and several from anoth-
err cit' said l must die!
It seemed as though their assertion was
true for my feet became cold, my mouth
parched, my eyes wore fixed CLASSY
stare, my boly was covered with cold,
clammy death sweat, and read rny fare
in the anxious expressions of my family
and friends"
"But the .fndle?"
"Came at last. My wife, aroused to
desperation, be an to administer a remedy
upon her own responsibility and while
G ew better very SLOWLY, gained ground
surely un il, in brief, have no trace of the
terrible Brights di ease from VIII ch / was
dying, and am perfectly we'll man. This
may sound like a romance, but it is true,
an my life, health and what l am are due
to Warmers Safe Cure, which l wish was
known to and usel by the thousands WHO,
I believe, are suffe iIg this minute as was
originally. Does not such an experience
as this justify me in making pubic state
ment!n
ut certainly does. But then Bright's dis.
ease is not q common complaint, DOCTOR"
mot common! On the contrary it is
one OF the most common. The trouble is,
few people know they have it. 1t has so
few marked symptoms until its final stages
that a person may have it for years, each