Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-01-22
MAY SAVE YOUR LIFE.
Interesting Facts in the Lives
of Famous Men.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, John
Mccullough, BARLEY camp
bell, Charlie Johnes,
Il. Hart.
A Dramatic and Thrilling Picture
Worthy OF Balxac or Q Dickens.

Ten years ago there was no such
word as psresls. Ii cannot be found
IN Webstef's dictionary. Now II is part
of the vocabulary Of every man who
thinks ana reads Why? Simply be-
cause il has crept into the language, as
the horrible disease which bears its
name has crept into the brain OF many
men.
BARLEY Campbell was brilliant and
successful playwright. Paresis claimed
him. Insanity and death followed.
Charles Johnes. the most brilliant
member of the New York stock ex-
change, followed Campbell. 1t used
to be "what Charlie Johnes said,
bought, so.d, and how he dressed" in
Wall street elk years ago. Now he lsnot
even a name. Paresls.
John Mccullough, the great TRACE
dian. died of softening OF the BRAIN
| paresls. Tony Hart Was the mex. vic-
| tim. Paress set in. He was taken ID
Bio niingdsle, where he died few
years ago.
George knight, the famous actor,
| followed Hart; same cause, paresls.
| William Seaman followed him; same
cause, paresis. Harry Kernall fol.
lowed Scanlan; same dreadful cause.
| paresIs.
Brights disease is q consumption of
the Kidneys. Consumption is wasting
away of the lungs. Paresis Is \ con-
sumption of the brain.
| Paresls comes to overweight brains;
to men who burn the candle at both
ends and in the middle; to zen who
turn day Into night and night into an
inferno. 1t comes to men who cam I
stand success. 1t comes to men who
cannot control their appetites.
| In the fret stage the victim 10 going
to do wonders. He is going to revolu.
tonne things. He is abnormally good.
natured. but he cannot get away from
himself and his schemes for two con.
secutive minutes. The big l punctu-
ates almost every sentence. The Sec
ond stage comes. The victim forgets
names. He often has to stop few
seconds before he can recall familiar
names. He is nervous, restless. fret
full and has sleepleas nights from which
he awakes tired and exhausted. He il
always In a hurry. He listens instead
of talks. He looks ~ his friends in
the most pathetic manner, unc0n.
sciously.
He drifts into the third stage. He
thinks that his enemies are as the
sands on the shore. He grows moody
and depressed in mind. He is Away.
preoccupied. He speaks in monosyl
tables. He neglects his dress and has
no care of his personal appearace.
The fourth stage finds him at loes
for words. He begins sentence. bul
never flashes it. He speaks rs if hi
1 IN IL
acts and talks 90 extravagantly that hi
friends induce him to enter q carriag,
for 80 little drive to an out-of- towr
hotel" The hotel turns out to be ar
asylum for the insane.
He appears to rally as the days 60 by
In reality he doesn't. He sits fo
hours ut q time gazing at nothing
That is the saddest scene of all. II,
tries to recall things 1t is pitiful t.
watch him, and have him look at yol
as if for help. Week after week h,
grows more helpless. In time he il
like year old baby. Then he dies.
There is a way out of this dreadful
visitation. in lite early stages. 1t may
be prevented. Ii does not invariably
come from dissipation, for RALPH
Waldo Emerson died of it, and Guyd,
| houposoous &c lynx iioiu lie
DR.. Greene's Nervura blood anC
nerve remedy will cure victims IN tn,
early stage of paresis. 1t will feed tn,
brain tissues and fill the brain cells.
will make new blood and muscle. Il
will make the nerves strong. DR.
Greene's Nervura bl, cd and nerv,
remedy always arrests paresis and pre-
vents it if taken in time. Take it wher
the first symptoms appear and you ar,
saved. 1t Is a purely vegetable com
pound. 1t ia harmless and the mos
valuable remedy in the world. 1t ha
cured thousands and thousands o
mans many deadly ills. DIR. Greene
the successful specialist IN curing ner
vous and chrome diseases, is the dis
coyerer OF il. He can be consulted
psrsonally or by letter. st his office, s.
West Fourteenth street, New York fire,
of charge.
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