The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-03-18
A NARROW ESCAPE.
Officer ThOTldlke'S Terrible Blttle for Life
in MidOCea1.
PERILOUS MOMENTS.
Naval Officers Thrilling Story of Ship
wreek-Lost and Saved in an Awful
storm-Some Remarkable Facts.
Shlpwrecked

Shlpwrecked?
Yes Three times In all.
Once on steamer. That only amounted to a
little excitement and the loss OF my baggage
Once on japanese junk. resulting In yigor.
GUS swim OF over half mile. Once was ship.
wrecked IN good earnest. l shall never forget IT,
Our stanch schooner went ashore In the straits
Of Cape Horn. The wind blew a gale. Il al
ways blows there The night was as black as
ships coffee. We had all fast but the lib forward
and bit OF sail 10 steady her. The sea was run.
ming so fast that no anchor could have held her.
Ii was go on. or go down.
We did both.
There was suddenly a fearful flash and the
whole ship was aglOw. The mast beside me tell
In spliniers. In an instant was swept from the
deck. The next moment | was clingiug 10 a
floating cask, IL saved my life. IL did more, for
Tie water In il Kept me alive on barren rock for
eight days, until was rescued.
1uese WORDS were spoken by Lieutenant Col
onel Thorndlke, U. S. N, welEknoWu naval
writer, ia a recent Interview.
a fellow officer IN experimenting his narrative
sd1u: "lhe haTdShipS OF a seafHrng life In
proper FOOD aud exposure XIII thousands OF
strong men each year. IL left me ia the prime
o. NE a homeless victim Of dab ties, comp,ica
lions OF the liver aud Kidneys, which finally re-
suited IN BrIghpS disease. Physicians failed to
give me rellef. l was shipWrt cked in health
Nhlle battling with the currents of death tnat
assalled me nelp came from an unexreeted ouar-
teG, restoring me 10 health aud vigor. How ala
u happenY While l was In This critical condi-
non II lend called one day aud told me of what
warmers Safe Cure had done for him. He lad
been sufferer from the malady | was enduring
ana through the ana OF This great remedy had
beeh completely restored. / WAS pfejddced at
hIst, having no faith ia proprietary medicines
as Iuie but ! was finally Induced to give the
safe Cure Trial.
What has been the result?
"You can see for yourself" The fact that
Inc speaker was tie very picture OF health and
strength, and Is engaged in the most aruuOu.
dulles In connection with the Navy Department
was a suficieutanSYer aud endorsements of me
wonderful remedial effect Of this great discovery
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They agree In every particular with testimony
tbdt IS given by men and women throughout Tho
country, who speaS from pasl eXperieuce Take
Tor example, the case Of that wrl-k nova on
cial, Colonel d. A. GrosVeHOr OF Washington d.
O., who gives his op.uiOn In the following Out-
spoken words:
About 1871" he says, II received an injury
TO the kidneys caused by severe strain. At
lie Time Of The injury was barely able 10 get
ABOUT Tor several days. suffered great pain ana
at times passed blood with my urine. / got
better, but for three or Tour years after mad
trouble at times, and my back across the Kidneys
became very sore. Whenever / took cold felt
the trouble, ana very often | suffered severely
and was troubled in passing water About 1881
began tie use OF Warmers Safe Cure which
erected complete cure, since which time |
have had no trouble weakness whatever In
The region OF Tie kidneys. l am a well, sound
man today
Dr. L. b. Price of Hanford, Va, also speaks
from personal experience. He SAYS: Some
years ago was sufferer from a severe kidney
aAectlon. Consulting physicians pronounced It
BTgbps disease aud some Of the most uromin Ut
ana sElliul OF our profession treated me without
ne sIlghteSt Deneht. In despair tried several
alleged speeches, but got no better. / also tried
celebrated doctors, bnt still obtained no relief.
then read an account OF Warmers Safe Cure
began Its use and In u very short time was en-.
tlrely cured. l have never since had the sligll.-
est symptoms Of my old and terrible trouble L
nave Tecomm ended WaIueI's sale Cure TO many
patients aud In every case they improved. /
firmly believe THIS splendid remedy was The sols
means OF saving my ife'
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DOUBT mat Tor relieving those painful symptoms
above described no remedy can COMPARE vi n
the great safe Cure, which is the only SUI m. q A
known 10 medical science OF relieving tie mis- ~
The system.