River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-11-12
DROPPED DEAD"
The Fate that Overcame Little Mac
and five Other Governors.

The Fate that Overcame Little Mac
and i've 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 Clinton,
Governor Silas Wright, Governor Will
liam l.. Marcy, Governor and Chief Jus
tice Sanford e. Church. and Governor
4. E. Fenton. all of New York State,
dropped dead Of heart disease, and under
quite identical circumstances each Of
them dying s0lile reGdiug a letter except
Marcy, who was perusing Cowper' 5
poems!
Hold your hand against the ribs on
your left side, front, regular, steady
beating of the great force Pump OF
he system, run by an unknown and
mysterious Engineer, is awful in its i'm
pressivenessi
Few persons like to count their own
pulse-beats, aud fewer persons still en-
Joy marking the ''thub-thub' of their
own heart.
"Whdt If ID should skip bedt!o
As a matter of fact the heart is the
least susceptible TO primary disease of
any of our vital organs. 1t is, however,
very much injured by certain long-con-
tinued congestions of the vital organs,
like the kidneys, liver and stomach
Moreover, blood filled with uric acid
produces rheumatic tendency, and is
very injurious to healthful heart action,
it often proves fatal, and, of course,
the uric acid comes from impaired Kid
ney action.
Roberts, the great English authority,
says that heart disease is chiefly second
AIRY to some more fatal malady in the
blood or other vital organs. That's, 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. Ii
the organs are sound it is an easy task.
1t they are at all diseased, it is a very.
very hard task. Take as an illustra-
ton: The kidneys are very subject TO
congestion and yet, being deficient in
the nerves of sensation, this congested
condition is not indicated by pain. IL
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
another victimi
This is the true history of "hcart dis
ease, so 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 Warner S safe cure.
b. +. Larrabee, Esq, of Boston, who
was by it so wonderfully cured of
Bright disease, in 1879, says that with
its disappearance went the distressing
heart disorder, which he then discover
ed was only secondary to the renal
trouble.
There is q 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,
cure of heart disease is not expected of
them!
There may be no help for a broken
down, worn out, apoplectic heart, but
lnGIb ID IL lOA bllC
which in most cases is responsible for
the heart trouble, and if its use put
money and fame into the treasury of
the profession instead of into the hands
OF an independent investigator, every
graduated doctor in the world would
exclaim of it, as one, nobler and less
preludiced than his fellows, once ex-
claimed: at is a God-send to human
ity!
What therefore must be the public
estimate of that bigotry and want of
frankness which forbids in such eases
because forsooth it is proprietary ar
ticle), the use of the one effective re-
medal agency of the age?
Heart disease" indeed! Why not
call such things by their right namesP
Why not?
Dead without moments warning"
This likewise is an untruth! Warnings
are given by the thousand. Physicians
are mot surprised" They expected
itn' They know what the end will be,
but the victim?-''oh no, he mustn be
told, you know, it would only brighten
him. for there is no help, you know,
for itr'
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 ma
ture as set forth above.