The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-04-24
AN ARMY EXPERIENCE.
How an Old Veteran Escaped Annihila-
ton and Lived to impalt
Warning to Others.
National Tribune of Washington ]

National Tribune of Washington
a pleasing occurrence which has just
come to our notice in connection with the
New York state meeting of the Grand
army of the Republic is so unusual in
many respects that we venture to repro
duce it for the benefit of our readers.
Captain Alfred Rensom, of New York,
while pacing in the lobby of the armory,
previous 20 one of the meetings, suddenly
stopped and scanned the face of gentle
man who WAS in earnest conversation with
one OF the Grand Army officers. 1t SEEM
ed to him that he had seen that face before
partially obscured by the smoke of battle,
and yet this bright and pleasant counten-
ancc could not be the same pale, and dealt =
like visagc, which he so dimly remembered.
But the recollection, like Bauquos ghost,
would not down at command and haunt.
ed him the entire day. On the day follow
ing he again saw the same countenance,
and ventured to speak to its owner. The
instant the two veterans heard each others
voices, that instant they recognized and
called each other by name. Their faces and
forms had chsnged, but their voices were
the same. The man whom Captain Rem
som had recognized was Mr.. W. X. Sage,
Of 81. Johns, Mich, veteran OF the 23rd
n, Y, Light Artillery and both members of
Burnslde's famous expedition to North
Carolina. After the first greetings were
over, Captain Rensom said:
at hardly seems possible, Sage, to see
you in this condition, for thought you
must have been dead long ago"
Eyes, | do not doubt IT, for if am not
mistaken, when we lost met was occupy
ing a couch in the hospital, a victim of
yellow Jack in its worst form"
II remember. The war seems to have
caused more misery since its close than
when il was in progress replied the Cap
tain. 81 meet old comrades frequently who
are suffering terribly, not SO much from old
wounds as from the malarial poisons which
ruined THEFT constitutions"
81 think 50 myself. When tie war closed
| returned home and at times would feel
well, but every few weeks that COMPOUNDED
all-gone feeling would come,upon me
again. Ny nervous system, which was
shattered in the service, failed me entirely
and produced one of the worst possible
cases Of nervous dyspepsia. Most of the
time ! had no appetite; then again l would
become ravenously hungry but the minute
sat down to eat loathed food. My skin
was dry and parched, my flesh loose and
tlabby. could hold nothing on my stomach
for days at time, and what little did eat
failed to assimilate. ! was easily fatgued
my mind was depressed; was cross and ir-
ritable ann many night my heart would
pain me SO | could not sleep, and when
did had horrid dreams and frghtful night
mares. OF course, these things came on
one by one, each worse than the other. My
breath was very foul, my tongue was coat
ed, my teeth decayed. l had terrific head,
aches which would leave my nervous system
completely shattered. In fact my existence
since the war, has been living death, from
which have often prayed for release"
couldn't the old surgeon do you any
good1"
81 wrote him aud he treated me, but like
every other doctor, failed. They all said
my nerve was gone and without that to
build upon could not get well. When !
was at my worst, piles Of the severeSt nature
came upon me. Then my liver gave out
and without the use of cathartics | could
not move my bowels at all. My blood got
like stream of fire, and seemed literally to
burn me alive"
"Well you might better have died in
battle. quick and without ceremony
Glow many times l have wished had
died the day we captured Newbernew
"And yet you are now the picture Of
health"
"And the picture is taken from life.
am in perfect condition. My nerve tone
is restored my stomach reinvigorated; my
flesh is hard and healthy; in fact have
new blood, new energy and a new lease o.
life wholly as the result of using Warner
Tippecanoe. This remarkable preparation
which l consider the finest tonic anC
stomach restOrer in the world has overcome
all the evil influences of malaria, all tn,
poison of the army, all traces of dyspepsia
all mal-assimil ation of food, and indeed
made anew man of me-"
The Captain remained silent for while
evidently musing over his recollections o
the past, When he again raised his heat
he said:
at would be podscnd if all the yeter