Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-11-26
"DROPPED DEAD"
The Fate that Overcame SLfttIe Mac!
and Five other Governors.

! Apropos of the sudden death of Gen.
Geo. B. Mcclellan, we note that the New
York Sun points out the singular fact
that Governor Dewitt Citation, Cover
nor Silas Wright, Governor William l. /.
Marcy, Governor and Chief Justice
Sanford E. Church, and Governor R E..
dead Of heart disease, and aI'ader quite
identical circumstances - each of them
dying 1UIlile reading q letter Except Iarcy
who was perusing Cowper's poems!
Hold your hand against the ribs on
your left side, front,-she regular,
steady beating of the great 'sforce
pump" Of the system, run by an I'M
known and mysterious Engineer, is aw-
full in it's impressiveness!
! Few persons like to count their own
pulse beats, and fewer.personssstill enjoy
marking the fshumb-thumb" of their
own heart.
| "What If 1T should skip beatr'
AS matter of fact the heart is the
least susceptible to primary disease ef
acy of our vital organs. 1t is, however
very much injured by certain long con
tinued congestisn3 Of the vital organs,
like the kidneys liver and stomach.
Moreover blood filled with uric acid
produces a rheumatic tendency, and is
very IN furious to healthful heart action,
it. often proves fatal and, and Of
course, the uric acid comes from i'm
paired kidney action.
| Roberts, the great English authority,
says that heart disease is chiefly Sec
Ondary to some more fatal malady in
the blocd or other vital organs. That
is, it is not the original source Of the
fatal malady.
The work Of the heart is to force
blood into every part of the system. If
the organs are sound iG is an easy task.
IF they are at all diseased, it is a
very, very hard task. Take as an illus
tration: The kidneys are very subject
to congestion and yet, being deficient
in the nerves of sensation, this copgest-
ed condition is not indicated 6y pain.
| It may exist for years, unknown even
to physicians, and if it does not result
in complete destruction of the kidneys,
the extra work which is forced upon the
heart weakens 1t every year, and-a
! ''mysteriOus" sudden death claims an
other victim!
This is the true history of ''heart dis
ease, $50 called, which in reality is
chiefly a secondary effect of Bright's
disease of the kidneys, and indicates
the universal need of that renowned
specific WarIer's Safe Cure.
| B. z. Larra6ee, ESQ.,, of Boston, who
WAS by it SO wonderfully cured of
Bright's disease, in 1879, says that with
its disappearance went the distressing
heart disorder, which he then discover
ed was only secondary to the renal trou-
bic.
There is a general impression that the
medical profession is not at fault if it
frankly admits that heart disease is the
cause Of death. In other words, a cure
of heart disease is unexpected Of them!
There may be no help for broken
down, worn out, .appoplectic heart but
there is help for the kidney disorder
which in most cases is responsible for
the heart trouble, and if it's use put
money and fame into the treasury of
tho profession instead of into the LANDS
of an independent Investigator, every
graduated doctor in the world ould
| exclaim of it, as one, nobler and less
prejudiced than his fellows, once ex-
claimed: sit is 6. God-send to human.
typ
f, What therefore must be the public
estimate Of that bigotry and want of
frankness which forbids in such cases
(because forsooth it is a proprietary ar
ticlel the use of the one effective rene
dial agency Of the age?
"Heart disease" indeed! Why not
call such things by their right names?
Why not?
"Oead without moments warning"
This likewise is an untruth! Warnings
are given by the thousand. Physicians
are mot surprised" Tney expected
til" They know what the end will be.
but the victim?-''oh, no, he mustn't be
told, you know. it would only brighten
him, for there is no help, you know, for
it,"
The fate that attended "Little Mac"
and the five governors is not royal
and exclusive one-it threatens every
one who fails to heed the warnings of
nature as set forth above.
The improved kind of explosive re
Gently brought to notice ia foreign
journals, and known as cocoa powder,
is said to possess such superior value
for many purposes that it has been
| introduced in the famous Krupp fac