The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-05-06
WONDERFUL WORDS.
What a High State Official Has To
Say About the Condition
Of the People.
Some Facts and Figures Which Cannot
10 Denied Revealing Most seri-
Gus state Of Things.


Extract Special Letter to New York Press.l
Boston, May 1.
A high official In the State Depart
ment kindly showed me the actual fig
lires today of the physical condition OF
the peoples of Massachusetts. They were
APPALLING. Those who hav6 never seen
these figures can have no conception OF
their nature. In the conversation with
the officer above named, he said:
"Men, women and children do not
realize the condition they are in, and 80
become careless and neglectful. The
people of New England are active. rest
less and ambitious, and hence neglect
themselves often until it is too late.
They do not seem to think that head
aches mean anything, or that languor,
nausea and depressed spirits are any
thing more than some passing trouble.
Very often people are sleepy one day,
and unusually bright the next have an
enormous appetite today and none what
ever tomorrow"
"A What do these troubles all meant "
I asked.
"They mean serious sickness or
DEATH" answered the State officer.
"Pain in the back, irregularities, de-
pressed feelings, all these troubles mean
severe sickness, disease and death un-
less cured"
"Oficial figures show this, do they?"
Precisely. There seems to be New
England disease. Why, there are sew
eral cases on record where persons who
thought themselves in perfect health
suddenly died, and it was found that
this terrible disease had stolen march
upon them and carried them off una
wares. Henry Wilson died of that,
Charles Sumner also. and James G.
Blaine might be alive today"
But what can be done, to counter
act this scourge?"
"Ahi There's the difficulty. Most
doctors have declared it is an incurable
disease. know three ladies and two
gentlemen Zone of the latter State
officer) who have been warned in time,
and are driving back the disease, symp-
tom by symptom. One of the gentle
men told me he is positive he would
now be in his grave had he not taken
prompt steps and employed just the
remedy he did.
"And what was that?"
"Hunt's Remedy. He was told to
try il by one Of the faculty in the Med
ical College who knew what it was COM
posed OF and how powerful 1t was. The
result was surprising. All the annoy
ing symptoms disappeared, his appe-
tite returned, and he considers himself
in perfect health today. believe he is,
and that he will live to be good old
age, but he acted just in time. One of
the ladies OF whom spoke told me she
never expected to enjoy life again, but
she is well and happy and very enthu-
siastic over her recovery"
"And you believe that this trouble,
which ends in Bright's disease is in
creasing?"
"Statistics show it, but am con-
vinced, that while kidney disease is the
graat New England complaint, it is
owing to the heedlessness of most men
and women. If they would only stop and
think, and then use something that
has been proven to be good, pure and
effectual, like Hunts Remedy for exam
pie, believe there would be less sick
ness, more vigor and fewer deaths in
every community"
was greatly impressed by the man.
ner as well as the earnest ideas OF the
official. and have since learned that
his fears for the welfare of the people
were more than well founded. This is
a season of the year when the greatest
care is required in guarding the health,
and the figures and facts which have
given will, l trust, prove OF value to
very many. BEACON.