Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1886-02-24
A TERRIBLE CONFESSION.
AR0uu0nn Rresents Se0s aanrS0n0
 Fneta.

readers entire:-
 To he Editor ef tho Rochester tN. T.)
 Democrat-
 Sn: On the first day of June, 1881,
 l lay at my residence in this city, sur
 rounded by my friends and waiting for
 death. Heaven only knows the agony
 l then endured, for words can never
 describe it. And yet, if a few years
 previous any one had told me that I
 was to be brought so low, and by so
 terrible disease, should have scoffed
 at the idea l had always been un-
 commonly strong and healthy, and
 weighed over 200 pounds, and hardly
 knew, in my own experience, what
 pain or sickness were. Very many
 people who will read this statement,
 realize at times they are unusually
 tired and cannot account for it. They
 feel dull pains in various parts of the
 body and do not understand why. Or
 they are exceedingly hungry one day,
 and entirely without appetite the next.
 This was just the way felt when the
 relentless malady, which had fastened
 itself upon me, first began. Still 1
 thought nothing of it; that probably 1
 had taken a cold which would soon pass
 away. Shortly after this I noticed &
 heavy, and at times neuralgia, pain in
 enc side of my head, but as it would
 come one day and be gone the next, 1
 paid little attention to it. Then my
 stomach would get out of order and my
 food often failed to digest, causing, at
 times, great inconvenience. Yet, even
 as a physician, l did not think that
 these things meant anything serious. l fancied l was suffering from malaria,
 and doctored myself accordingly. But l got no better. l next noticed pecul- far color and odor about the fluids l was passing-also that there were large
 quantities one fiy and very little the next, and that q persistent roth and
 scum appeared upon the surface, and a sediment settled. And yet 1 did not realize my danger, for, indeed, seeing these symptoms continually, finally
 became accustomed to them, and my suspicion was wholly %disarmed by the fact that l had no pain in the affected organs or m their vicinity. Why l should have been so blind l cannot understand!
 consulted the best medical skill in the land. 1 visited all the famed min eral springs in Americs, and travelled from Maine to California Still grew worse. No two physicians agreed as to my malady. One said vas troubled with spinal irritation; another, dyspep- sis; another, heart disease; another. general debility another, congestion of the base of the brain; and so on through long list of common diseases, the symptoms of many of which 1 really had. In this way several years passed, dnrln0 vrhteh II Asl,- ing worse. My condition had really be- come pitiable. The slight symptoms I at first experienced were developed into terrible and constant disorders. My weight had been reduced from POT to myself and friends. 1 could retain 10 food on ny stomach, and lived wholly by injections. I was q living mass of pain. My pulse was uncon- trollable. In my agony l frequently and prayed for desShl Morphine had little or no effect in desdening the pain For six days and nights l had the death -premonitory hiccoughsconstantly, My water was filled with tube-casts and albumen. l was struggling with Bright's disease of she kidneys in its last stages!
 While suffering thus I received cali irony my pastor, the Rev. Dr. Foote, at that time rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, of this city. 1 felt that II was our last interview, but in the course of conversation Dr. Foote detailed 10 me the many remarkable cures of cases like my own, which had come under his observation. As nk the schools, derided the idea of any medicine outside the regular channels being in the least beneficial. So so- licitous, however, was Dr. Foote, that l finally promised l would waive my prejudice. l began its use on the first day of June, 1881, and took it according to directions. At first it sickened me but this l thought was good sign for one in my debilitated condition. 1 con tinued 10 take It; the sickening sensa- tion departed and l was finally able to retain food upon my stomach. In 6 few days l noticed decided change for the better, as also did my wife and friends. My hiccoughs ceased, and l experienced less pain than formerly. l was so rejoiced al this improved con dition that, upon what 1 had believed but few days before was my dying bed, vowed, in the presence of my family and friends, should l recover, I would both publicly and privately make known this remedy for the good of humanity, wherever and whenever ] had an opportunity, and this letter is in of that VOW. My improve ment was constant from that time, and in less than three months 1 had gained twenty-six pounds in fiesh. became en- tirely free from pain, and l believe owe my life and present condition wholly to Warmers Safe Cure, the remedy which used.
 Since my recovery l have thoroughly re-investigsted the subject of kidney difficulties and Bright's disease, and the truths developed are astounding. l therefore state, deliberately. and as that I believe more than one-half the deaths which occur in are caused by Bright's disease of the kidneysi This may sound like rash statement, but 1 am prepared 90 verify ii fnlly. Bright's disease has no distinctive features of it's own indeed, it often develops without any pain whatever in the kidneys or their vicin- ltyl, but has the symptoms oi nearly every other common complaint. Hun- dreds of people die daily, whose burials are authorized by physician certificate as occurring from Heart Disease, ''Ap- oplexy," Paralysis" Spinal Com plaint, Rheumatism" Pneumonia, and the other common complaints, when in reality it is from Brisht's dis ease oi the kidneys. Few physicians, and fewer people, realize rhe extent of this disease, or its dangerous and in- sidious nature II steals into the system like thiet. maniiests its pres ence. ii at all, by the cominonest svmp- tcms and fastens itself in the conssi,u- ton before the victim is aware oisit Ii is nearly as hereditary as consumption, quite as common, and fully as fatai. Entire families, inheriting it from their ancestors, have died, and vet none of the nupiber knew or realized the mys- .erious power which was removing them. Instead of comm on symptoms brings death suddenly, from convul- ,ions, spoplexy. or heart disease.
 As one who has suffered. and knows oy bitter experience what he says, l mplore every one who reads these words not to neglect the slightes st symp- oms of kidney difficulty. No one can lfford to hazard such chances.
 Imaka the foregoing statements based Ipon facts which l can substantiate to heletter. The welfareoi those whomay be sufferers such as l was, Is m ample inducement for me 10 take he step have, and ii can successfully yaIn others from the dangerous path in