The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-03-13
A NARROW ESCAPE.
Officer Thorndike's Terrible Battle
for Life in Mid-Ocean.
MOMENTS.
A Naval OiHcer's Thrilling Story of Ship
wreck. Lost and Saved in an Awful
Storm.-Some Remarkable Facts.

Naval OfHcer's Thrilling Story of Ship
wreck, Lost and Saved in an Awful
Storm.-some Remarkable Facts.
Shipwrecked?
Yes. Three times, in ALL.
Once on a steamer. That only
| amounted to a little excitement and
the loss of my baggage. Once on a
| Japanese junk, resulting III a vigor-
| Gus swim of over half a mile. once l
was shipwrecked in good earnest. l
shall never forget it:
Our staunch schooner went ashore
in the straits of Cape Horn. The
wind blew a gale. 1t always blows
there. The night was o. black as
ships coffee. We had all fast but the
lib forward and a bit of sail to steady
her. The sea was running so fast
that no anchor could have held her.
1t 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 fell in splinters. In
an instant I was swept from the deck.
The next moment, | was clinging to a
floating cask. 1t saved my life. 1t
did more; for the water in it kept me
alive on a barren rock for eight days,
until / was rescued"
These words were spoken by Lieut..
Col. Thorndike, U. s. N, a well
known naval writer, in a recent inter-
view.
A fellow-oficer in supplementing
| his narrative said: The hardships of
a seafaring life, improper food and ex-
posure, kill thousands of strong men
each year. It left me in the prime of
life q HOPELESS victim of diabetes, COM
plications of the liver and kidneys
which finally resulted In BrigAt's dis
ease. Physicians failed to give me re-
lief. / was shipwrecked In health.
While battling with the currents OF
death that ~assailed me, help came from
an unexpected quarter, restoring me
to health and vigor. How did it hap
pen? While | was in this critical con-
dition, a friend called one day, and
| told me of what Warmers Safe Cure
had done for him. He had been a suf-
| ferer from the malady / was enduring,
| edy had been completely restored. !
was prejudiced at first, having no
faith in proprietary medicines, as a
Tul6, UQL i Was AAdll5 4Ao0COo, w E4FO
| the Safe Cure a trial.
What has been the result?
"You can see for yourself The
fact that the speaker was the very
| picture OF health and strength, and is
| engaged In the most arduous duties in
connection with the Navy Department
was a sufficient answer, and endorse
ment of the wonderful remedial effect
of this discovery.
Statements such as this are beyond
! question. They agree, in every par
! ticular, with testimony that is given
by men and women throughout the
| country, who speak from past expert
ence. Take, for example. the case of
that weli-kuown official, Col. d. A.
Grosvenor OF Washington, D. c., who
gives his opinion in the following out
spoken words:
ABOUT 1877" he says, At received
an injury to the kidneys caused by a
severe strain. At the time of the in
jury, / was barely able to get about
for several days, suffered great pain,
and, at times, passed blood with
my urine. I got better, but for three
or four years after. | had trouble at
times, and my back across the kidneys
became very sore. Whenever | took
cold, I felt the trouble, and very ofte n
I suffered severly and was troubled in
passing water. About 1881, I began
the use of Warmers Safe Cure, which
effected a complete cure, since which
time / have had no trouble or weak
ness whatever In the region of the
kidneys. l am a well, sound man to-
day.
DR.. L. B. Price of Hanford. Va, also
speaks from personal experience. He
says: "Some years ago, l was a suf-
ferer from a severe kidney affection.
Consulting physicians pronounced it
Bright's disease, and some of The most
prominent and skillful Of our profess
sion treated me without the slightest
benefit. In despair, / tried several
alleged specifics, but got 40 better. l
also tried celebrated doctors, but still
obtained no relief. | then read an &C.
count of Warmers Safe Cure, began
its use, and in a very short time was
entirely cured. ! have recommended
Warmers Safe Cure to many patients
and in every case they improved. /
firmly believe this splendid remedy
was the sole means of saying my life. F"
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they are strong and convincing. They
prove, beyond the shadow of a doubt,
that for relieving those painful symp.
toms above described, no remedy can
compare with the great Safe Cure,
which is the only sure means known
to medical science of relieving the
misery they cause and effect ually
driving them out of the system.