The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1891-02-21
A THRILLING EXPERIENCE.
Remarkable Statement of Personal Dan
ger aud Prov Nidcntiai Escape,

readers, entire!
10 The Editor Rochester (N. " Democrats
SIR, On the first day of June, 1881, |
lay at my residence in this city sur
rounded by my friends and waiting for
death. Heaven only knows the agony
then endured, for words can never
describe Il. And vet, il few years
previous any one had told me that was
to he brought 50 low, and bv 80 terrible
a disease, | should have scotled ut the
idea, | had always been uncommonly
strong and healthy, and weighed over
200 pounds aud hardly knew, in my ex-
perience, what pain or sickness were,
Very many people who read this state
meut realize n, times that they are un'
usually tired and cannot account for it,
They feel duh 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 mamdy which had fastened
itself upon me first begun. Still |
thought nothing OF it; that probably |
had taken a cold which would soon pass
away. ShortlN after this | noticed
heavy, and at times neuralgic, pain in
one side of my head, but rs il would
come one day and be gone the next, |
paid little attention to it, Then my
stomach would get out of order and my
food often failed 10 digest, causing at
times great inconvenience. Yet, even
rs Il physician, | did not think that
these things meant anything serious.
fncied was suffering from malaria and
doctored myself accordingly. But | got
no better. | next noticed Il peculiar
color and odor about the fluids | was
passiug-also that there were large
quantities one day and very little the
next and that persistent froth and
scum appeared ON the surface, and
sediment settled. And vet | did not
realize my danger, for, indeed, seeing
these symptoms continually, | finally
became accustomed TO them, and my
suspicion was wholly disarmed bv the
fact that | mad no pain in the affected
organs or in their vicinity. Why |
should have been so blind | cannot UNI
derstand.
consulted the best medical skill in
the land visited all the famed min
eral springs in America and travelled
from Maine 70 California. Still | grew
worse. No two physicians agreed as 10
my malady. One said | was troubled
with spinal irritation another, dyspep-
STA; another, heart disease; another,
general debility; another, congestion Of
the base OF the brain and So on through
u long list OF common diseases, the symp-
toms of many OF which really had. In
this way several years passed. during
which time was steadily growing worse.
Ny condition had really become pitiable.
The slight symptoms had at first ex-
perieuced were developed 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.
| was living mass of pain. My pulse
was uncomfortable. In my agony | fire.
quentiy 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.
Ny water was filled with tube-casts and
alhumen. | 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 it was
our last interview, but in the course OF
conversation DR.. Foote detailed to me
the many remarkable cures of cases like
my own which had come under his OBJ
servation As q practicing physician
and a graduate of the schools | derided
the idea of any medicine outside the
regular channels being in the least ben
efcial. So solicitous, however, was DR..
Foote, that finally promised | would
waive my prejudice. | began its use on
the first dav OF June, 1881. and took it
according to directions. At first it sick
ened me; but this thought WAS a good
sign for one in my debilitated condition.
| continued to take it, the sickening
sensation departed and | was finally
able to retain food on my stomach. In
a few DAYS I noticed a decided change
for the better, as also did my wife and
friends. Ny hiccoughs ceased and ex-
perienced less pain than formerly. |
was so rejoiced at this improved cOndi
ton that, upon what had believed but
a few days before 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, wher-
ever and whenever had an Opportun-
ity, and this letter is in fulfllment of
that vow. Ny improvement was con-
stant from that time, and in less than
three months had gained 26 pounds in
flesh, became entirely free from pain
and believe owe my life and present
condition wholly to Warmers Safe Cure,
the remedy which used.
Since my recovery | have thoroughly
re-inyestigated the subject of kidney diff |
fculties and Bright's disease, and the
truths developed are astounding.
therefore state, deliberately, and as
physician, that | believe more than one
half He deahs which occur In Americd
are caused by BnghPs uisease Of The kid
aegs. This may sound like rash state
ment, but | am prepared to fully verify
it. Bright's disease has no distinctive
features of its own, (indeed, it often
develops without any pain whatever in
the kidneys or their vicinity but has
the symptoms of nearly every other com
mon complaint Hundreds of people
die daily, whose burials are authorized
by physicians certificate as occurring
from "Heart Disease" "Apoplexy,"
Paralysis" Spinal Complaint"