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"WISE WORDS.
It is the little trials that test.
, "When we worry we do uot trust.
The average mau will blame his wife
for all his misfortuues.
More people die from eating too much
than from eating too little.
Ho one can be happy who is not doing
something to help other people.
It is hard to remember the good
qualities of those who forget us.
It takes some people a long time to
find out just how big a dollar is.
It is hard to find a man who hasn't got
some kind of a streak of laziness.
It will puzzle posterity to make out
why some men have been given statues.
Tho only way to get people to livo
right is to first get them to believe rrght.
Love is the only thing in this life that
man needs that he can not get for himself.
One of tho greatest victories possible
in this life is to bo able to say no to yourself.
' Water never rises above its level, and
no man's life ever rises higher than his
belief.
One of the hardest things in the world
to do is for one woman to deceive
.PVlHe ycmrseIf miserable, ]
fault-finder.
Nothing but having a hard time ourselves
will cpablc us to sympathize very
much with other people.
If there wasn't any money in this
world it would bo hard to tind out just
how mean some men arc.
It is a grand thing for us when wo
find out that we are not responsible for
all tho work in the world.
There isn't one man in ten thousand
who knows what kiud of a man he would
be if he had plenty of money.?Indianapolis
(hid.) /tint's llorn.
A Cure for Animal Lockjaw.
> A course of experiments in tho Hygienic
Institute at Berlin has demonstrated
that animals suffering from cither
diphtheria or tetanus can bo be cured by
the inoculation of the serum from the
blood or animals arrenny imouttni. r* ?.
claimed. first, that the blood of rabbits
protected from tetanus possesses the
property of destroying the tetanus poison ;
second, that this property it possesses by
the non-ccllular-serum obtained from the
blood; third, that this property is of so
constant a nature that it also remains active
in the organism of other animals, so
that, notable therapeutic effects are produced
by the transfusion of blood or serum;
and, fourth, that the property of
destroying the tetanus virus is absent in
the blood of those animals which are not
protected ngaiust tetanus.? Chicago News.
A IVjlty Judge. . .
Mr. Justice Muulc onoe addressed a
phenomenon of innocence in a smockfrock
in the following words: "Prisoner
at tho bar, your counsel thinks you innocent;
I think you iunociint, but a jury
ol your own countrymen, in* thejrgebclfce"^
of such common sense as they Possess,
iw i.i whioh. doe3 not seem to be
found you 'guilt}-,' audit rogiains that I
should pass upon you the sentence of the
law. That sentence is that yoiu bo kept
in imprisonment, for one day,':?md ifs that
day was yesterday, you may now go about
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A WOMAN'S WEAPON. | 1
"What Is a woman'* weapoo?* " ^
1 asked of a charming girl. (
She dropped her lashes shyly g
And stroked a vagrant curl
Theu consciously she murmured? (
i This rosebud newly out: t
,"I have a strong suspicion fl
Her weapon is a pout" (
"What is a woman's weapon?'' <
I asked of Farmer Straw. ?
He looked at me in wonder;
Then sadly muttered, 'Law!
Don't mention it to Nancy," 1
And down his head ho hung, J
"But I am of tho 'pinion
Her weapon is her tongue.'' j
"What is a woman's weapon?''
I asked a matron tall. j
She pointed to a broomstick
Tnat graced the kitchen wall. <
"'there stands a woman's weapon!" (
She cried, in tones of ire, j
And swiftly I retreated
Before that hint so dire. ,
"What is a woman's weaponf'
1 asked a lover true. 1
He turned him to a maiden
With eyes of heavenly blue.
Her velvet lips were parted.
All innocent of guile.
And eagerly sho answered:
"Her weapon is a smile."
"Whatjs a woman's weapon?"
With sudden inspiration
He seized upon his pen.
"Oh, I could name a thousand,"
He cried, tu accents clear;
"But womau's surest weapon,
I grant you,'is a tear!"
? Helen Whitney Clark, in Saturday Night,
THE LOST LEG
Tn the autumn of 1782 the surgeor, ]
Louis Thevcnet, of Calais, received a
note without siguaturc requesting him to ,
call on the following day at a retired
country house situated on the road leading
toward Paris, and to bring with him
what might be needed to j>erform an
amputation. Thevenet was at that timo
widely known as the most skillful man
in his profession, and it was not an unusual
occurrence for him to he summoned
across the channel to England
for tnc cxcrctsc or nrs proresoronnf ?*m.
lie had served a loDg time in the army,
was somewhat brusque in his manner,
and yet one could not help loving him for
his native kindness of heart.
Thevenet was somewhat surprised by
the receipt of this anonymous note. Tho
day, the hour aud place, were given wit i
the greatest exactness, but, as stated,
the signature was wanting. Some buffoon
probably thinks to make a fool of
mc, thought he, and he did not go.
Three days later he received a similar
invitation, but in more urgent terms,
and also containing a notification that on
the following day, at 9 o'clock, a carriage
would call at his house to fcteh
bim.
In truth, on the following morning, as
tho clock struck 9, an elegant opeu carriage
appeared before his door. Thevenet,
without further hesitation, seated
^iqise\f \n^lt. , At the door ot the cmcriaM,l"hoA'e^r,
he said to the coach- ]
Hfrril: ,vTo whom are you going to take
me,?" . * ' '
"Things which,I do not know do not I
concern me," replied the coachman.
"You are a churl," replied Thcvenet.
At length the carriage stopped in ,
front ni . the hou?c before indicated. >.
"lipon whom am I to call?w "Who
livfss here?" "Who is ill here?" inquired (
Th'pvenct of the coachman, before getting
out o/ the carriage. The coachman,
nopever, returned the same answer as
before.
At the house door he was received by
-a young man of about 28, who conducted
hiip vip a flight of stairs and into a large
chamber. The speech of tho young man
disclosed the faut that he was a Briton.
Thcvenet addressed him in English and
tccieivcd friendly replies.
J1 You have sent for me," said the
suigcon.
"I nin very thankful for the pains you
ha' c taken to visit me," replied the Englis!
man. "Will you please to be seated.;
lie re is chocolate, coffee and wine, in
ens j you desire to partake of somo rcfrc
hiucuts before the operation." !
"First show me to the patient, sir; I
rnirst first make an examination to de-,
tcrmine if an amputation is necessary.",
"I assure you, Mons. Thevenet, it is
necessary. Pray be seated. I have perfect
faith in your skill. Listen to me.
Ilcre is a purse containing a hundred ,
guineas. They are intended for you as
payment for the operation which you are
to undertake; and that will not ho
all you will receive, provided the thiDg
is successfully accomplished. On tho
tuner nana, 11 you reruse to yield to my | ]
desire, you see here this pistol; you are ! (
in my power, and I will shoot you j t
down." i '
"Sir, I do not fear your pistol. But | 1
what do you desire of me? Speak out i
without further parley. Why am I 1
brought here?"
"You must amputate my right leg." |
"With all my heart, and if you de- >.
sire, your head also. But if I am not '
mistaken, your leg is quite sound. You
ran up the stairs before me as nimbly as a
rope-dancer. What is the matter with
your leg!"
"Nothing; I only wish to be rid of '
it." 5
"Sir, you are a fool." I
"That is no affair of yours. Mons. |
rheveoct." 1
"In what way has your leg offended ]
you?" ,
"In no way ; but I am bound to have < i
it amputated." <
"Sir, I do not know you. At least i
produce before me some witness who will j |
testify to your soundness of intellect." ! i
11 \\r;iI ..? !
ff 111 juu in my wisii^ ivions. |
Thevcnet?"
"Just as soon, sir, ns you give mo some j |
defensible ground for your desire to be !
mutilated." j '
''I cannot at the present moment com- . i
-PM^f^i^Srjy^l^No'ay/er tfie ^psoof a w *
year. But .I am willing to wager you, t
monsieur, that year ,Hpnce you yourself
will affirm t'hnt the ground upon which t
rested the desire to be free of my leg was j
the noblest." , f
"I will not wager, so long as you do r
not give me your name, your place of 1
residence, your family and your occupa- i
tion." t
"All that you shall know in the future, "
not nt present. I pray you, however, to I
epnsider me as a man of honor." J
"An honorable man does not menace
his physician with a pistil. I will not , c
mutilate vou without there is a necessity
leg.
. 8omc eighteen weeks after the Englishmnn'a
departure, Thevenet received a
letter from England, the contents of
which were the following :
You receive thoiticlosuro as a proof of my
most profound gratitude. It is a draft for
two hundred and lift v guinons on Mons.
Panschaud, banker, in Paris. You havo
mado me tho happiest of earthly mortals in
depriving me of my limb, which stood in the
way of my earthly happiness.
Worthy man, now you may know the
cause of my foolish whim, as you then called
it. You asserted, on tho occasion referrod
to. that there could bo no reasonable ground
for a solf-imposed mutilation such ns mine. T
offered then to lay yon a wager. You acted
wisely iu not accepting it.
After my socond roturn from the East Indies
I made the ocquniutance of Emily Harley,
the most perfect of women. 1 adorod
b?r. H?r wealth, her family connections were
satisfactory to my relatives. To ine tW
beauty and angelic disposition were alono attractive.
I mingled in the throng of her admirers.
Alas! my good Thevenet. I was fortunate
enough to become tho most unfortunate
of my rivals, She loved me?beyond
my and all men, me. Sho did not conceal
t; and for that very reason she dismissed
ne. In vain I supplicated for her hand. Her
parents and friends nil joined with me. In
rain I She remained inunovnblc.
For a long time I was unable to discover
.he ground of her objection to marriage with
ne. whom she passionately loved, as sne herolf
confessed. At length one or her sisters
lisclosed to me the secret. Miss Harley was
narvelously beautiful, but had tho misforune
to nave been born witn one leg, and by
eason of this imperfection she hesitated to
lecomemy wife. She feared I would esteem
ler less on account of this imperfection.
I at once resolved to become like her.
Thanks to you, my good Thevenet, the thing
vas accomplished.
I returned to London with my artificial
eg. My first thought was to visit Miss Harpy.
1 had previously writteu to England
bat through & fall from my horse I bad
*oksn my log, and that amputation had ba?m?
necessary. I had the sympathy ot att,
snd Emily swooned the first, time sne saw
ne. She was for a long time inconsolable,
tmt sho became my wife. The day following
our marriage l confided to her ray secret
iow great a sacrifice my desii e to possess her
lad cost me. She loved me so much the mora
enderly. Oh! my good Thovanet. if I posessed
ten legs to lose, I would, without a
Jam of regret, give them nil for Emily.
I shall be grateful to you so long as I livo.
Home to I/ondon and visit us. Learn to
enow my glorious wife, and then say again
'I am a fool." Charlrs Triipi b
Mons. Thevenct showed this letter to
lis friends, and rotated the incident,and
aughed most heartily as often as he told
he story. "Nevertheless, he is a fool,"
wiid he.
The following was Moua. Thcvenct's
eply:
Sir, I thank you for your magnificent presint,
for so 1 must call it, because I cannot
?rm it compensation for the small servico I
rendered you.
I wish you happinoss in your marriage
with the most worthy of English ladios. It
is true a leg is much to give for a beautiful,
virtuous ana tender wife; yet not too much,
If in the end one does not come to feel that he
has been cheated in tho exchange. Adam
was obliged to sacrifice a rib for his wifo;
ind It has cost many other men a rib for
'.heir lover?some a head. Hut after all you
nusw permit me, very moderately, to stand
?y ray opinion. Indeed, for the present mo
neat you are right, \c.iare now in the
paradise of the spring time of matrimony.
But I am right also, with this difference
>nly, that my view comes but slowly to be
ecognized and accepted, like every truth
which one at first declines to receive.
Have a care, sir; I fear that within two
rears you will regret that you had your leg
aken off above tho kneo.
You will think it would have been much
letter below the knee. At the end of three
roars you will he convinced that tho loss of
i foot would havo been sufficient. In four
roars you will affirm that the sacrifice of a
;reat toe, and in five years, the amputation
if a little too would be too groat. At tho
snd of six years, you will confess that the
rutting off the nail would have been sufflriont
I say all this without any purpose of detracting
from tho worth of your estimable
wife. In my youth I could any day have
sacrificed my life for a beautiful woman, but
lever a leg;"for that I should nover. my life
ong. have ceased to repent. If I had done
10, I should to-day say, "Thevauet, thou
wast a fool."
With which I havo the honor to be.
Your most obedient servant,
Tuevbmkt.
In the year 1793, during the Rolen of
rerror, Mons. Thovenct, whom a young
iurgcon had caused to bo suspected of
hemg in sympathy with tho aristocracy, .
led to London to save his head from tho
knife of tho all-leveling guillotine.
Either from loneliness or a desire to seek
>ut acquaintances Thcvenet made inquiries
for Sir Charles Temple. His residence
was pointed out to hirn. Ho called
?nd was admitted In an easy chair, by
Lhe fireside, surrounded by newspapers,
}at a fat gentleman. So unwieldy Was
ho that ho could with difficulty rise.
"Ah, Mons. Thevenet," cried the fat
[gentleman?who was nono other than
iir Temple?Pardon mo if I do not rise;
>ut this accursed woodon leg hinders ine
n all I would do. Friend, you havo (
yamo probably to ascertain whether I
jrtve yet Wins w w* at your mind or
rot."
"I corneas a fugitive to seek your proection."
i
"Then you must take up your quarera
with me, for truly, you aro a wise
nan! You must comfort me. Indeed,
Thevenet, I might to-day he an admiral
inner inc DH10 nag if this godless leg
lad not made me unfit for the service of
ny country. Here I sat and read the
>apers, because I can't be there. Come,
rou must comfort me."
"Your wife will know better how to
oinfort you tlmn I."
"Ah I nothing of that. Her wooden
\'
'or so doing. I have duties to dischnggfc
jven to you?a stranger. If you .ire
Kuscssed of a desire to become tho murlercr
of an innocent man, the father oti
i family, then 6hoot!"
"Good! Mons. Thcvcnct," exclaimed.;
he Briton, seizing the pistol. "I |will;
lot shoot you, yet will I force yob to'
imputate my leg. What you wil|,^pt
io for mo either out of courtesy or love
af reward cr fear of * bullet, jou km))
record through pity."
"How so, sir?"
'I will myself, here upon the spot,
trofore your eyes, shatter mv leg with ? ,
pistol shot." (
The Englishman sat down, seized tie
pistol and held the muzzle close against
risknoe. Mons. Thevenet was about to
ipring towards him to wrest tho pistol
fiom his hand.
'Do not move," said tho Englishman,
"or I will fire. Only answer me on?
question: Do you wish unnecessarily to
increase and prolong my suffering?"
"8ir, you are a fooll Havo your own
way I I will take you leg off."
Everything was mado ready for the
operation. As the first cut was about to
made the Englishman lighted his pipe and
swore it should not go out. He kept his
word. Presently the leg lay ou the floor.
The Englishman continued to smoke.
Mons. Thevenet accomplished his task
like a master. The iuvalid was, through
his skill, in brief time restored to health.
He rewarded his uhvsirian. whom he, esteemed
more highly every day; shed
tears of joy for the loss of his limb, and
sailed hark to 'F.nnrlmirl luitli ..
w
leg prpvents Tier rom dancing, therefore J
she devotes liersdf to cards snd gossip. ,
There is no go.ting along with her?
otherwiso Ac is a worthy wife."
"Tuen I was igbt, after alii"
"Oil, entire I ', my doar Thevenet! |
But not a word on the subjeot. It was (
a stupid affair. If I had my leg again I
wouldn't give the paring of a nail from
if. ButuJkyi owujjyes, I was a fool. But
"?Detroit J
^AOWtlous River.
Tho St. Lawrcnco is a phenomenon
imong rivers, says Nature'* Realm. No
other river is fed by such gigantic lakes.
No other river is so Independent of the
elements. It despises alike rain, snow
nnd sunshine. Ice and wind may bo
Bsid to be the only things thot effect its
mighty flow. Something almost as
phenomenal as the 8t. Lawrenco itself is
the fact that there is so little generally
known about it. It might bo safely
affirmed that not on? per cent, of the
American people are aware of tho fact
that amoDg all tho freat rivers of the
world tho St. Lnvreiro is the only absolutely
floodless 0'ie.y Such, however, is
Virt nnon /
Tho St. Law roue despises rain and
Butishino. Its grcncst variation caused
by drouth or rain mrdly ever exceeds a
foot or fonrteon iichcs. The cause of
this everln3ting s/neness of volume is
easily The St. Lawrence Is
kj trooief of fresh
water on caffi.1TImmense as is tho
volume of wn|r jp pours into the ocoac,
any one whdpas traversed all tho immense
lakes 4at food it, and for tho
surplus watcm of which it is tho only
channel to tlif 6ca, wonders that it is not
even more giAntic than it is. Not ono
drop of thewwatere of tho five great
lakes find M way to the oceAn save
through thisZigantic, extraordinary and
wondrously Ujnutiful river. No wonder,
then, that it should despise the rain aud
defy the sun^ioft
AN pl.n MAN'S REASONS.
Thoro is nnx>ld man living in the State of
Maiuo who is said to bo nearly ono hundred
and thirty years old. Just think of itl How
many changes ho must have seon during his
long lifol How diiTerent things must be front
what they were when he was young. Ilo has |
ha 1 good health all his life and onjoys it
now. Ho must have had simple, healthful
habits, and what is n very toiling fact, has
nover used strong drink. 8omo ouo asked
him what ho suppoSbd was tho reason for his
liviugso long, nn I lie replied; "I lieliovo it
UUmuw I havtf??lways worn woollen clothes
both in suininor and winter, and havo left
all intoxicating liquors alono." Somebody
told him that alcohol was needed sometimes
for medicine, but be shook his head, and replied,
that "wormwood was much better,
aud was always safe."?Youth's Temperance
Banner.
TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES.
North Carolina has now two State unions,
tho colored women having organized there
last July.
Colorado was the banner State for increase
of Loyal Temperance Legions during
tho year now closing.
Tho Wisconsin Woman's Christian Temperance
Union has the largest per cent, of
incroase in membership for 1803.
Arkansas white-ribbonors hope for tomperance
legislation this winter. Forty-four
counties there are under Prohibition.
Lady Henry Somerset, President of the
British Woman's Christian Temperance
Union, hopes to be present at the national
convention of She United States.
Mother StesAstend M , Marw a W/vgU
iiins? tMuJelegatips from the national
union to the uCh i>3?'ars? gathering at
l$dinburgli,
The Atlanta ugCT^ntion resolutions urged
upon the women special attention to the
organisation of young women into Young
Woman's Christian Temperance Unions.
The National Temperanco Hospital, located
In Chicago and belonging to the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union, has treated
100 patients since last April, coming from
ten States. Tho hospital is out of debt and
in better financial condition than ever >>?.
fore.
That temperance women have wonderful
adaptability is shown by a somewhat recentdivision
of their labors in the West so as to
especially look after ranchmen and cowboys.
Mrs. Elizabeth Houghton, of Texas, is making
a successful effort to get each one
mark r calf with the initials "W. C. T. U."
and to give the proceeds to aid the evangelistic
work among themselves.
Among the many beautiful banners
wrought by loving brain and hand for the
Woman's Christian Temperance Union that
of the National Department of Pence and
Arbitration is notable, it i9 of white satin
and has a centrepiece composed of the flags
of all nations, surrounded by appropriato
synflsols. Its motto Is: "Our song is the song
of angels; our sword tU? sword of the Spirit;
our march the ftoarcb of peace."
NINK MURDERS A WEEK.
The Chicago Tribune publishes the following
tables of causes of murder during the
year 1890:
Quarrels 2,184
Liquor 488
Unknown 404
Jealously 290
By highwaymen 21?
Infanticide 10?
Resisting arrest 149
Highwaymen killed 74
Befit defense 07
Insanity 09
Outrages 2d
Duel. 1
Btriko.... 1
This record is mode up from the reports
given in the press of the country, nnd of
course the causes are those assigned by the
press. How many of those assigned to
"rjuarrels," to "unknown," to "jealousy," to
"infanticide," to "resisting arrest,'* to "selfdefonso,"
to "insanity" and to "outrages"
are due to liquor either as principal or auxiliary
cause, wit cannot tell. But taking the
causae just aligned* find that 480 murders
(elevi?^f>orosot.) are due to liquor.
Hupperrrtuicajritoch'i lymph should develop
tho unsuspected property of maddening
men and causing a record like that this
ear, what an outcry would be raised, despite
Its remedial qualities, and how quickly the
necessary restrictions would be applied by
the law. If The Voice could chronicle each
of these nine murders a week assigned
to liquor alone, how loug would the
personal liberty argument keep its legs? But
liuuor is different from Ivmnh If. U.
"vested Interest*" and a political pull.?The
Voice.
OAIJL.KK COKKKC HOUSES.
The Galilee coffee house, opened last week
under the auspices of Calvary Episcopal
Church, is the kind of institution that Now
York should have at lost one hundred of to
every thousand saloons. Wo fight against
saloons year in nnd y>nr out, and rightly,
for the harm they do to the morals of the
community, but we sHdom think of providing
a practical substitute for them as places
where men who cannot nfTord to belong to
fashionable clubs can sit down and smoke
with a friend at a table and make themselvee
at home without the moreorlexs humiliating
feeling that they ore l?eneflciarics of a free
charity, or th? sense of obligation to buy intoxicating
drinks. Yet the saloon will not
go till the popular xpbstttuto conies. There
mould be ''wlm. r? ? y
streetin tonn.?New York Ires*.
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TEMPLlUjVtfl AND THE TROPICS.
Dr. BesMnger] exploring the Interior
of Luodcrit/. ' nnt the German portion of
southwestern Afrw*. adds bis testimony to
the experience ? total abstinence from
stimulants * oul<CP'UC0 the allege 1 climate
l?erils of the r ropfiS to the danger incident to
wind storms and <?dfoygnts. "The renunciation
01 alcMpI'" be edys, "will enable
travelers In t.hto Jbuntry walk twenty
miles a day witbM danger to their health,
and If the snmoni9n(Mttenterprise and the
same amount ofTreaxuro that have been
wasted in pursuit ol the North Polechimera,
11 ad I Mien devoted lathe exploration of this
continent, not a mf ntain range nor a river
valley of tmptcgl Africa would by thu time
be missing front topographical mspr."
A.':
A THRILLING EXPERIENCE.
k:uirktbl? Statement of Personal Dancer
and Providential Kacap?.
Tho following story?which is attracting
wide attention from tho press?is so reniarkable
that we cannot excuse ourselves if we
do not lav it before our readers, entire.
To the Editor Rochester (.V. Y.) Democrat:
But?On the first day of June, 1881, 1 lay
at my residence in this city surrounded by
my friends and waiting for death. Heaven
only knows the agony I then endured, for
word can never describe it. And yet, if a
few years previous any one had told me that
I was to be brought so low, and by so ter- 1
rible a disease, 1 should havo scoffed at the
idea. I ha I always been uncommonly stroug
and healthy, and weighed over 200 pounds
and hardly knew, iu my owu experience,
what paiu or sickne.-s were. Very many
peop^o who will read this statement realize
at times that they are unusually tired aud
cannot account for it. They fool <lu!l pains
iu various parts of the body and do not
understand why. Or they are excsedingly
hungry one day and entirely without appetite
the next. This was just, the way I felt when
the relentless malady which had fastened itself
upon me first began. Ktill I thought
nothing of it, that probably I had taken a
cold which would soon pass away. Shortly
after this I noticed a heavy, and at times
neuralgic, pain in one side of my head, but
as it would come one day and be gone the
next, I paid little attention to it. Then iny
stomach would get out of order and iny
food often failed to digest, causing at times
great inconvenience. Yet, even as ? physician,
I did not think that these things
meant anything serious. I fancied I was
suffering from malaria and doctored myself
accordingly. But I got no better I next
noticed a peculiar color and odor about the
fluids I was passing?also that there were
large quantities one day and very little the
HVIli, *f?A ik?ii p>eais4in? la >?b 1 )
appeared on the surface, and a sediment
settled. And yet I did not realize my
danger, for, indeed, seeing these symptoms
continually, 1 finally became accustomed to
them, and my suspicion was wholly disarmed
by the fact that 1 had no pain in the
affected organs or in their vicinity. Why I
should have been so blind I cannot understand
1 consulted the best medical skill in tho
land. I visited all the famed mineral springs
in America and traveled from Maine to
California. Still I grew worse. No two
physicians agreed as to my malady. One
said I was troubled with spinal irritation;
another, dyspepsia; another, heart disease;
another, general debility; another, congestion
of the base of the* brain; and so on
through a long list of common diseases, tho
symptoms of mnuv of which I really had.
! i.. ,.o,. i ?
1., V...O ' ?; ."-O.O
which time I was steadily growing worse.
My condition had really beconto pitiable.
The slight symptoms 1 had nt first experienced
were developed into terrible and constant
disorders. My weight had been reduced
froin 207 to 130 pounds. My life was
a burden to myself and friends. I could
retain no food on my stomach, and 1 lived
wholly by injections. I was a living mass
of pain. M.v pulse was uiu'ontrolable. la
my agony 1 frequently 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 1 had the
I death-premonitory hiccoughs coustantly.
My water was filled with tube-casts and
albumen. 1 was struggling with Blight's
disease of the kidneys in its Inst stages!
While suffering thus I received a call from
my pastor, the Rev. Dr. Foote, at that time
rector of St. Paul's Kpiscopal Church, of this
city. I felt that it was our last interview,
but in the course of conversation Dr. Footo
detailed to me the many remarkable cure6 of
cases like my own which had come under his
observation. As a practicing physician and
a graduate of the schools, I derided the idea
of any medicine outside the regular channels
being in the least beneficial. fto solicitlous,
however, was Dr. Foote, that I finally promised
I would waive my prejudice. 1 liegan
its use on the first day of June, 1881, and
took it accordiug to directions. At first it
sickened me; but this 1 thought was a good
sign for me in my debilitated condition. I
continued to take it- the sickening sensation
departed and I was finally able to retain food
upon my stomach. In a few days I noticed
my'.lfci.jMaftFand
I experienced Vess pain than formerly. I
was so rejoiced nt this improved condition
th*t, upon what I had believed but a few
days before was my dying bed, I vowed in
the presence of my family and friends,
should I recover, I would both publicly and
privately make know this remedy for the
good of humanity, wherever and whenever I
had an opportunity, and this letter is in fulfillment
of that vow. My improvement was
constant from that time, and in less than
three months I bad gained twenty-six |>ounds
in flesh, became eutlrely free from pain and
I tielieve I owe my life anil present condition
wholly to Warner's Safe Cure, the remedy
which I used.
Since my recovery 1 have thoroughly reinvestigated
tiie subject of kidney difficulties
and Bright's disease, and the truths developed
are astounding. I therefore state, deliberately,
and as a physician, that I believe
more than one-half the deaths which occur
in America arc caused !>>/ Hriyht's disease
uf the kidneys. This may sound like a rash
statement, but 1 am prepared to fully verify
it. Bright's disease has no distinctive features
of its own (indeed, it often develops
wit bout any pain whatever in the kidneys or
their vicinity), but has the symptoms of
nearly every other common complaint.
Hundreds of people die daily, whose burials
arc authorized by a physician's certificate as
occurring from "Heart Disoase," "Apoplexy,"
"Paralysis," Kpinal Complaint,'
"Rheumatism," "Pncuinouin," and othei
common complaints, whon In realitr it k
i rrom Bright diseaso of the kidneys. Few
physicians, and fewer people, realize the extent
of this disease or its dangerous and insidious
nature. It steals into the system like
a thief, manifests its presence if at a'l by the
commonest symptoms and fastens itself in
the constitution before the victim is aware
of it. It is nearly as hereditary as eonsum|>tion.
quite as common and fully as fatal.
Entire families, inheriting it from their ancestors,
have died, and yet none of the number
knew or realized the mysterious jsnwer
which was removing them. Instead of common
symptoms it often shows none whatever,
but brings death suddenly, from convulsions,
apoplexy or heart disease. As one
who has suffered, and knows by its bitter exl>erience
what he says, 1 implore everyone
who reads these words not to neglect the
slightest symptoms of kidney difficulty. No
one can afford to hazard sucn chances.
I make the foregoing statements based
upon facts which I can substantiate to the
letter. The welfare of those who may possibly
I hi sufferers such as I was, Is an ample
inducement for me to take the step I have,
and If I can successfully warn others from
the dangerous path In which I once walked.
I am willing to endure all professional and
personal consequences
J. B. HUNION, M. D.
Rochkstbr. N. Y.. December 30.
low's This f
We offer One Hundred Dollars reward for
snyca-eof catarrh that cannot bjcured bytaking
Hall'* Catarrh Cure.
?' .1. ClIKNr.Y Ac Co., Props . Toledo, O.
I We. the undersigned, iiavo known K J.
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j erfec ly honorable in all bu-loess iransac
ii?mii-, nim iiiiniirmny ninn 10 curry mil any
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O.
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Tomatoes Produce a Gam Disease.
A singular disease has just been called
to notice by a prominent physician. It
is a form of recession of the gums of the
superior molars, which is said to be due
to the uso of tomatoes as food. Great
sensitiveness is manifested along the liae
of recession, similar to that of an exposed
nerve. The only remedy has been
found to be abstinence from tomatoes. 1
If the disease continues the teeth fall
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Foh Impure or thin Blood, Weakness, Malaria,
Neuinlgla, Indigestion and Biliousness,
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The shower of rice upon bride and groom
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Has
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Both the method and results when
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Ms many excellent qualities commend
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Any reliable druggist who
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If so, the rest is easy. You
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