The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-08-29
A SINGULAR BOOK.

scintrllating with Sarcasm and Brilliant
With Truth.
New York Correspondence American Rural
Home.
Chap. I. "Has Malaria;" goes to Flor
Chap. II. "overworked;" goes to Eu-
rope.
Ems.
The above chapters, Mr.. Editor, find in
a book recently published by an anony-
nous author. l have read deal OF sar"
casm in my day, but never read any
thing equal to the sarcasm herein con,
tanned. suspect the experience portrayed
is personal one; in short, the author in
Inmates as much on page 81. Let me give
you synopsis:
malaria" as it states, is the cloak with
which superficial physicians cover up q
multitude ofill feelings which they do not
understand, and do not much care to inves-
tigate. It is also q cover for such diseases
as they cannot cure. When they advise
their patient to travel or that he has
overworked and needs rest and Is
probably suffering from malaria, 1T IS a
confession of ignorance or of inability.
The patient goes abroad. The change is a
tonic and for time he feels better. Comes
home. Tickle appetite, frequent head
aches, severe colds, cramps, sleeplessness,
irritability, tired feelings, AID general un-
fitness for business are succeeded IN Que
time by alarming attacks of rheumatism
which fit about his body regardless OF all
human feeling.
It is muscuiar,-in his back. Articular,
lin his joints. Inflammatory, myl how
he fears it will fly to his hearth Now OF
him there, of course, to get well; at the
same time he does not really want him TO
die ON his handsl
That would hurt his businessl
Better for a few days. Returns. After
a while neuralgia transfxes him. He
bloats; can not breathe; has pneumonia;
can not walk; can not sleep on his left
side; is fretful; very nervous and irr1ta-
BILE; is pale and fabby; has frequent chills
and fevers; everything about him seems
to go wrong; becomes suspicious; musters
up strength and demands to know what is
killing himl
"Great heavenW he cries, "why have
you kept me so long in ignoranceW
''Because," said the doctor, 81 read your
fate five years ago. I thought best to keeE
you comfortable and ignorant of the facts. .
He dismisses the doctor, but too late
His fortune has all gone to fees.
But him, what becomes of him?
| The other day well-known Wall street
banker said to me sit is really astonishing
how general bright's disease Is becoming
|
of it. But it is not incurable 1 am certain
for my nephew was recently cured whe1
bis physicians said recovery was impossi
BILE. The case seems to me to be a won
derful one." This gentleman formerly
represented his government in foreign
country. He knows, appreciates and de
clares the value Of that preparation, be
cause his nephew, who is son of Danisl
Vice Consul Schmidt, was pronounced in
durable when the remedy, Warmers SAT-
cure, was begun. YES" said his father
81 was very skeptical, but since taking
that remedy the boy is WELL"
/ regret to note that ex-President Ar
thur is said to be victim of this terribl
disease. He ought to live, but the proba
bilities are that since authorized remedie
can not cure him, his physicians will no
advise him to save his life, as SO man.
thousands have done, by the use of War
ner's safe cure, which Gen. Christiansen
at Dre1el, Morgan & Co.'s, told me he re
garded Gas wonderful remedy"
Well, I suspect the hero of the bool
cured himself by the same means. The in
ternal evidence points very strongly T.
this conclusion.
can not close my notice of this bool
better than by quoting his advice to hi
readers:
'If, my friend, you have such an expe
rience as l have portrayed, do not pu
your trust in physicians to the exclusion
of other remedial agencies. They hav
no monopoly over disease and PERSONAL.
know that many of them are so very con
scientious' that they would far prefer tina
their patients should go to Heaven direc
from their powerless hands than that the.
should be saved to earth by the use Of an,
unauthorized MEANS"
And that the authors condemnation /
too true, how many thousands duped, an
yet rescued, as he was, can personally ties
tify3