Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1891-02-14
A THRILLING EXPERIENCE.
Remarkable Statement OF Personal Dan
ger and Pro entail Escape.


The following story-which is at
tracing wide attention from the pres
lis so remarkable that we cannot ex
cuse ourselves IL we do not lay it before
our readers. entire.
10 the Editor Rochester (N.Y.) Democrat
SIR: On the first day Of June, 1881.
.ay at my residence in this city sur
rounded by my friends and waiting TO
Heath. Heaven only knows the agony
then endured. for words can never de-
scribe it, And yet, If few years pre-
vious any one had told me that was Il
be brought so low, and by so terrible {
disease, / should have scoffed at the
idea. had always been uncommonly
strong and healthy, and weighed over
200 pounds and hardly knew, in my owr
experience, what pain or sickness were.
Very many people who will read this
statement realize at times thai
they are unusually tired and can
not account for it. They fee
dull pains In various parts of the body
and do not understand why. Or they
are exceedingly hungry one day and en-
tirely without appetite the next This
was just the way / felt when the re
lentless malady which had fastened it.
self upon me first began. Still
thought nothing OF it; that probably
had taken cold which would soon pass
away. Shortly after this / noticed a
heavy, and at times neuralgia, pain In
one side OF my head, but as It would
come one day and be gone the next,
paid little attention to Ii. Then my
stomach would get out of order and my
food often failed to digest causing al
times great inconvenience. Yet, eve
as a physician, did not think these
things meant anything serious.
fancied was suffering from
malaria and doctored myself &C.
cordingly. But ! got no bet
ter. j next noticed peculiar color
and odor about the fluids | was passing
also that there were large quantities
one day and very little the next, and
that a persistent froth and scum ap-
peared on the surface, and sediment
settled. And yet ! did not realize my
danger, for, indeed, seeing these symp.
toms continually, ! finally became ac.
customed to them, ana my suspicion
was wholly disarmed by tile fact that
had no pain in the affected organs or in
their vicinity. Why should have been
so blind | cannot understand.
! consulted the best medical skill in
the land. visited all the famed min.
eral springs In America and travelled
from Maine TO California. Still / grew
worse. No two physicians agreed as
to my malady. One said was troubled
with spinal irritation; another, dyspep.
sia; another, heart disease; another,
| general debility; another, congestion OF
! the base Of the BRAIN; and so on through
! a long list of common diseases, the
| symptoms Of many of which really
! had. In this way several years passed,
| during which time was steadily grow
| ing worse. My condition had really be-
come pitiable. The slight symptoms |
| had az first experie nc d were deyel-
oped into terrible and constant
disorders. My weight had been reduced
| from 207 to 1870 pounds. My life was a
burden to myself and friends. could
retain no food on my stomach, and lived
wholly by injections. j was living
mass OF pain. My pulse was uncon-
trollable. In my agony frequently
fell to the floor and clutched the carpet,
and prayed for death. Morphine had
little or no effect in deadening the pain.
For six days and nights | had the death
premonitory hiccoughs constantly My
water was filed with tube-casts and al
bumen. was struggling with Bright's
disease OF the kidneys in its last stages
While suffering thus / received a call
from my pastor, the Rev. DIR. Foote, at
that time rector of ST. Paul's Episcopal
church, OF this city. | felt that 10 was
our last interview. but in the course OF
conversation DIR. Foote detailed to me
the many remarkable cures OF cases like
my own which had come under his OBJ
seryation. As practicing physician
ficial So solicitous, however, was DIR.
Foote, that | finally promised / would
waive my prejudice. | began It's use
on the first day of June, 1881, and took
IL according to directions. At first 1t
sickened me: but this / thought was
good sign for one in my debilitated con-
dition. continued to take it;
the sickening sensation departed
and was finally able to retain food
upon my stomach. In few days |
noticed decided change for the better,
as also did my wife and friends. My
hiccoughs ceased and experienced less
pain than formerly. was SO rejoiced
AT this improved condition that, upon
what I had believed but few days be-
fore was my dying bed, vowed, In the
presence OF my family and friends,
should recover, 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 fulfllment OF that vow.
AT. from
that time. and in less than three months
had gained twenty-six pounds in flesh,
became entirely free from pain and
ton wholly to Warmers SAFE Cure, the
remedy which ! used.
Since my recovery have thoroughly
re-investigated the subject OF kidney
difficulties and Brights disease. and
the truths developed are astounding.
| therefore state, deliberately, and as q
physician, that believe more than
! one-half the deaths which occur in
| America are caused by Brigbts disease
OF the kidneys. This may sound like q
rash statement, but ] am prepared to
| fully verify it, Bright's disease has no
| distinctive features of its own, Gndeed,
it often develops without any pain
whatever in the kidneys or their vicin-
ity) but has the symptoms OF nearly
every other common complaint Hun
dreds of people die daily, whose burials
are authorized by physicians certifi-
cate as occurring from Heart Disease" /"
"Apoplexy," Paralysis, "'Spinal Com
| plant, ..Rheumatism," 'Pneumonia, "
and other common complaints, when in
reality it is from Bright's disease Of the
kidneys. Few physicians, and fewer
people, realize tho extent OF this dis
ease or its dangerous and insidious ma
| ture. IL steals into the system like q
| thief. manifests its presence II at all by
the ecommonest stsymptomsa and fastens it's
elf in the constitution before the victim
is aware Of it. 1t is nearly as hereditary
as consumption, quite as common and
| fully rs fatal. Entire families, inherit.
ing il from their ancestors, have died,
and vet none OF the number knew or
realized the mysterious power which
was removing them. Instead of COM
mon symptoms it often shows
none whatever. but brings death
suddenly, from convulsions, apo
plexy, or heart disease. As one who
has suffered. and knows by bitter ex-
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