Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-05-01
A TRAGIC EVENT.
A Fathers Despair and Self-EnflIcted
Death. His Sons Final Rescue,
Too Late TO Save EEis Parent.

! ScrlDed below is one of the most re-
markable episodes in the domestic his
tory of America. 1t is absolute truth
which can readily be verified.
The inhabitants of the pleasant inland
/ town of Cortland, n. Y, were shocked
one morning by the announcement that
Mr.. Clinton Rindge, one of their most
/ prominent citizens, had committed sui
/ eide. The news spread RAPIDLY and
aroused the entire neighborhood, where
! Mr. Rindge was so well and favorablv
! known. at first it seemed impossible
! that any one so quiet and domestic could
do so rash a 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
! society of his children, and pride in
| their development And indeed he had
! good reason to be proud, for they gave
promise of long lives of success and
usefulness. But an evil day came His
youngest son, William, began to show
slgRs OF an early decay. He felt unusu-
ally tired each day, and would some
times sleep the entire afternoon if per.
! mitted to do so. His head panied him.
not acutely, but with q dull, heavy
feeling. There was 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 loose fiosh rapidly. The father
became alarmed and consulted phySi-
clans as to the cause Of his sons illness,
but they were unable to explain. Final
ly severe sores broke out on his arms
and he was taken to Buffalo where a
painful operation was performed result
ing in the loss of much blood butafford-
ing little relief. Theyoung man return
ed home and council of physicians
was called. After an exhaustive exam
inatiOn they declared there was no hope
of final recovery and that he must die
within very few days. To describe tie
agony which this announcement caus-
ed the father would be impossible. His
mind failed to grasp its full meaning at
tlrst; then finally seemed to comprehend
1t, but the load was too great. Ia an
agony of frenzy he seized a knife and
took bis own life, preferring death rath-
er 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 ceas-
Ia O41OIIO1J dO IIIQSS, anu Ills
waited for his death believing that the
fiend, Bright's disease of the kidneys,
from which he was suffering, could not
be removed. In this supreme moment
Williams sister came forward and de-
clared she would make final attempt
to save her brother. The doctors inter
posed, assuring her 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, ap-
! preached her brothers side and admin
lstered remedy which she fortunately
had on hand, Within an hour he SEEM
ed more easy, and before the day was
over he showed signs of decided i'm
! prOvement. These favorable signs con-
Clnued, 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
IeadIly verified by any citizen of COrt-
land.
Any ore who reflects upon the facts
above described must have a feeling of
! sadness. The father, dead by his own
hand, supposing his sons recovery to be
! impossible; the son restored to health to
mourn the loss of his father, and thu
| agonized relatives with memory of sad
ness to forever darken their lives. Had
Clinton Ridge known that his son could
recover, he would to-day be alive and
happy, but the facts which turned his
brain aEd caused him to commit sui
eide were such as anyone would ACCEPT
as rue.
However sad this case may be, thu
truth remains that thousands of people
are at this moment in as great actual
peril as William Rindge, and in as great
danger of causing misery if not death
to their friends. Liver and kidney dis
eases are becoming the most common and
most dangerous of any or all modern
complaints. They are the most de-
ceptlye IN their beginnings and hOr-
rible in their final stages. They are
far more deceptive than Consumption
and can rarely be detected even by
skillful physicians unless q mieros-
cOpic analysis be resorted to, and
few doctors understand how to do this.
Their slightest approach, or possibility
of approach should strike terror to the
one whOis threatened as we'll as to all his
or her friends. These diseases have no
distinct symptoms, but come in the form
Of lassitude, loss of appetite, aching
muscles and joints, dull headaches,
pains in the back, stomach and chest,
sour stomach, recurring signs of colds,
irregular pusation5 of the heart, and
frequent dizziness. If neglected, these
symptoms are certain to run into chronic
kidney ana liver or Bright's dseasa,
from which there is sure TO be
great amount of agony and only one
means of escape, which is by the use
of Warmers Safe Cure. The impOrtan .e
of taking this great remedy upon the
slightest appearance of any of the above
Cyry,O TOW or no Zoo 81
pressed upon the minds of all readers
who desire to escapeIdeath and pain and
prolong life with all its pleasures and
blessings.
My husband and | are going
straight through to San Francisco"
said a middle-aged lady to chance
acquaintance on a Pullman car. 1--WE
mean to make our home there III the
future" San Franciscan calculated
the other; I wouldn't live IN San