New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-12-04
qHE old SEA CAPTAINS STORY;

No one has Q better claim "a % considered % Cd
citizen OF Now York than tho venerable Captain wau
Mccormack, Of No. 140 East Thirty -ninthst He
now eighty years OF age. and has hal bs homo In ths
metropolis fur anout sistynvs years For large part
OF hi, nfs he followed the sea. slipping Led
finally became and captain Of v~sssas.
During an interval on shore he was ~ pointsd
Captain OF the Fourth District Police under the
ordinance establishing tho first regular Poice
Department in ls45 by Mayor James Harper Even
at his advanced he 10 physically active anil Ifs mind
Is clear and bright In recent Conversation
Captain Mccormack said:
For mosf VI my life hardly know what ncxnsss
meant hut had experience lately that shall never
forget About weeks before Decoration DAY. 1889,
seized with pain In tho small: Of back.
with sense OF heat and inauma lon IN The region Of
tho kidneys ami bladder. In attempting to urinAts
felt great heat AMI pan In the passages and the urine
flowed slowly and only after much effort aud stra ming.
Naturally was somewhat alarmed, uu, thinking bad
merely taken cold anu the trouble would sQon pass
away OF its-lf dill not CONSULT physician Bot
instead of better, aud the tbirl OF May
went home suffering iateuse agony, being unable to
void urine except iD Drops with sbarp srfiag
and burning sensations. I sent for family
ply stefan, who limited that probably tcond not HrS
SIR months. lie was able TO relieve md slightly, bEt
ten days later was much worse that knew must
have effective help or die But even then did not
know tho real nature or my disease. At this tine nv
wife said Que day: know what ais you ri show
you book that tells nl about It. II the Shaker
Almanac which contained article called Gravel,
and other Urinary Diseases and directing how -
cure thom by medicine called Shaker Extract OF Roots
Or seiseps Curative Syrup The article descrbei my
TO the most minute particulars got bottle and
took two full doses three hours apar, and lay
down on my bed. That night the impedsnt seemed 10
give Way and the urine flowed freely again. bringing
IL q large quantity Of Shiny matter and several
7 the felie uoY
morning was a thousand tines 51tter
rhs convinced ne that Providence had putin my
hands the light remedy for the gravel kept on using
Shaker Lrac taking care to make the doses just largo
enough to produce gentle movements OF the bowels.
From this time on for several mouths passed stones
daily with the urine. but with less and less pain, tue
stonrs gro WING constantly smaller and nner"
(Hsre Mr.. Mccormack showed seven walls filled with
stones. the largest about the siz@ of small peas)
He then ided: am living proof Of tho power Of
Shaker Extract to dissolve these stones In tue kidneys
and bladder and this saved me frou the hands of the
surgeons aud doubtless from DEATH have reason 70
believe lad tLese formations as large as hens ssss
What this medicine has done Tor me you may infer
from the fact tust 10 down " my work In South'se
every day, riding In a wagon. from an oil habit con-
loos before the days railroads don't believe
there any ohsr remedy known TO medicine that could
cave a OF my age In this wonderful way
say for the benefit OF others hat tbey should
to the Curative Syrup the moment they feel any OK
tue 81 mptoms, and not wait did To prsw Mt The
Of sand IN tue Bladder Kidneys or
urinary passages should be take say At the
rate OF two or week IL not only dis solves
the gravel formed. hut The weakness thae
causes it. Il is startling fact that tho majority OF
people this troub 10 OF it, stages feeling the
prenouitory symptoms, the burning In passing water
and the pain aud tDen but do not realize
the danger they IN m late to avoid great misery
Taken time Shaker Extract will prevent sns unneees-
sary suffering Yes, Sou welcome 70 print what
have sad for you exaggerate tie facts nor my
gratitude"
CAPTAIN Mccormack Is now aud has for many years
been associated with old and wellknown house Ok
w. A. Freeborn & CO., No. 254 soath-s, NewYork. VINO
will youch for his reliability and high character.
A. J. WHITE, No. 81 wsrreu-st., ". Y.