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THE COLUMBIAN. St. Helen, Columbia Co., Or. rFBIDAY, ITOVEICT'R 10,18)32 - - SUBSCRIPTION BATES. ,1 year, in advance -6 months '''' Suontht V ADVERTISING RATES: .One square (10 lines) first insertion. . S2 00 1 oO 1 00 . 1 .CO Each ubquent insertion. . E. G. ADAMS. Editor & Troprii Ut. A PROFESSIONAL CONFESSION yho Unusual Experience of a Prominent Man Made Public. 3?Jic f$l$wing article froin the Demo erat ami Chronick, of Rochester, N. Y., & .'I if f U of 89 striking a nature, and emanates from so reliable a scource, that it is here with re-pullshed entire. In addition the valuable matter it contains, it will .fje found exceedingly interesting. ?'o the Editor of tfie Democrat and Citron- Sir; My moty vesjtor the publication o the most unsual statements which fol low are, first, gratitude for the fact that I have leen saved from a most horrible death, and, secondly, a desire to warn all who read Jtlxis statement against tome of the niosVlecejptive influences by which they?iaveever oeen surrounded. It is a fact thaVto-day thousands of people are within a. foot ot the grave aiu they know it not.' To tell how I was caught away, from just' tins position' and to warn oth ers against hearing ijf,' are my objects in this communication. On the first day of June 1881, I lay at my residence in this city surrounded by my friends and waiting for my death. Heaven only knows the agony I then endured, for words can never describe it. And yet, if a few years previous, any one had told me that I M as to be brought so low, and by so terrible disease, I .should have scoffed at the idea. I. had always been uncommonly strong and healthy, and weighed over 200 pounds and hardly knew, in my own experience what pain Or sickiiesa were. Very many people who will read, "this statement re aljlze at imes that they are unusually tired and cannot account for it. They feel dull and indefinite pains in various parts of the body and do not understand it. Or they are exceedingly hungry one day, entirely without appetite the next. This was just the way I felt when the re lentless malady which had fastened itself upon me first began. Still I thought it was nothing; that probably 1 had taken cold which would soon pass away. Short ly after this 1 noticed a dull, and at times a neuralgic, pain in my head, but as it would come one day and.be gone the next. I paid but little attention .to it. llowever my stomach failed to' digest, causing at times great inconvenience. Yet I had no idea, even as a physician, that theses-things meant anything seri ous or that a monstrous disease was be coming fixed, upon me. Candidly, 1 thought I was suffering from Malaria and eo doctored myself accordingly. But I got no letter. I next noticed a rmliar color and odor alout the fluids was passing also that there were large quantities one day and very little the next, and that a persistent froth and scum appeared upon the surface, and a sediment settled in the bottom. And yet I did not realize my danger, for, in deed, seeing these symptoms continually, I finally lecame accustomed to them, and my suspicion was wholly disarmed by the fact that I had no' pain in the affected organs or in their vicinity. Why I should have- been so blind I cannot un derstand. There is a terrible future for all phy sical neglect, and impending danger al ways brings a person to his senses even though it may then be too late. I real ized, at last, my critical condition and aroused myself to overcome it. And, Oh! how hard I tried! I consulted the leat medical skill in the land. I visited all the prominent mineral springs in A nierica and traveled from Maine to Cat ifornia. Still I grew worse," "No two physicians agreed as to my malady. One said I was troubled with spinal irritation; another, nervous prostration ; another, malaria ; another, dyspepsia $ another. Heart disease ' another, general debility ; ; another, congestion of the base of the ijrairij and so on through a long list of common diseases the symptoms of all of which I really had. In this way several years passed during all of which time I was steadily growing worse. My condition had really liecome pitiable, fjiij slight symptoms I at first experi- ehced Were developed into terrible and constant' discrdpj the little twigs of pafri fyad? grown to oakis of agony. My weight' had-been" 'reduced from 207 to "130-pounds. ! My' life was a torture to myself and friends. I could retain no food upon my stotnach, and lived wh61Iy ijy'irijections. I. Was a living mass of pain.i,; My pulse was uncontrollable. "In y agony I frequently fell lipb'u the floor, 'convulsively clutched the carpet, and prayed for death.1 Morphine had Jittle or jio 'effect in deadening the' paiii, for six days fnd nights I had thedeath premonitory "hrccoughs jconstantly. My' men. I waj struggling with Bj-ighftf Disease in its last stages. - 1 "While suffering thus I received, a call from my pastor, the Rev. Dr. Foote; rector 6'f 'St Paul's Church, of this city. J, felt 'that it was our last interview', but in the course of conversation he men tioned a remedy of which I had heard much but had never used. Dr. Foote. detailed to me j the many remarkable cures which, had come under his obser vation, by. means of this remedy, and urged me to try. it As a practicing physician and a graduate of the schools, I cherished the prejudice both natural and common ;'ith all regular practition ers, and derided j the "i'l,c of ny Utfdi cine outside the regular channels being the least benificial. So solicitous, how ever, was Dr. Foote, that I finally prom ised I would waive my prejudice and try the remedy he so highly recom mended. I began its use 'on the 1st day of June and took it according to directions. At first it sick4ned me ; but this I thought, was a good sign for me in my debilitated condition. I con tinued to take it ; tle, sickening fcgnsa tion departed and J was able Jo retain food upon my stojnael. In a fev days I noticed a decided change top the letter as also did my wife and. friends. My hiccoughs ceasecj and 1 experienced less pain than formerly. I was so ri'joiced at this improved condition that, upon what I had believed but a few days be fore was my dying bed, I vowed, in the presence of my family and friends, should I recover I would publicly and private ly make known this remedy for the good of humanity, wherever and whenever I had an opportnnity. I also determined that I would give a course of lectures in the Corinthian Academy of Music of this city, stating in full the symptoms and almost hopelessness of my disease and the remarkable means by which I have been saved. My improvement was constant; From that time, and in less than f tnree months l Had gained lib pounds in tlesh, became entirely free from pain and I believe I owe my life and present con dition wholly to Warner's Safe Kidney and Liver Cure, the remedy which I used. Since my recovery I have thoroughly investigated the subject of kidney diffi culties and Bright's disease, and the truths developed are astounding. I therefore state, deliberately and as a phy sicitfttfc that I believe tha& more than oiu;-hafdWie deaths which occur in A- i merica are caused by Bl ight's disease of the kidneys. This may. sound like a rash statement, but I am prepared to fully verify it Bright's disease has no distinctive symptoms of its own, ( in deed, it often develops without any pain whatever in the 'kidneys or. their vicin ity), but has the symptoms of nearly every other known complaint Hun dreds of people die dailv, whose burials 'are authorised by .v physician's certifi cate of Heart; Disease, " Apoplexy, 44 Paralysis," " Pneumonia," and other common complaints, when in reality it was BrighVs Disease of the Kidneys. Few physicians, and fewer people, real ise the extent of this disease or its dan gerous and insidious nature. It steals into the system like a thief, manifests its presence by the commonest symptoms and fastens itself upon the constitution before the victim is aware?. It is nearly as hereditary as consumption, qu.ite as common and fully as fatal. Entire fam ilies, inheriting it from their ancestors, have died, and yet none of the number knew or realized the mysterious power which was removing them. Instead of common symptoms 'it often shows none whatever, but brings death suddenly, and as such is usually supposed to be heart disease. As one who has suflered, and knows by bitter experience what he says, I injplore every one who reads these words not to neglect the slightest symptoms of Kidney difficulty. Certain agony and possible death will be Wre result of such neglect: and no one can afford to hazaid such chances. l am aware that such an unqualified statement as this, coming from me, known as I am throughout the entire land as a practitioner and lec turer, will arouse the surprise and possible animos ity of the medical profession and aston ish all with whom I am acquainted, but I mak4? the foregoing statements based upon facts which I am prepared to pro duce and truths which I can substantiate o the letter. "The welfare of. those'whb mav possibly be sufferers such as I was, !is an ample inducement for nie to take the tep I have, and if I can successfully warn others from the dangerous path in which I once walked, I am willing to en dure all professional and personal con sequences. J. B. HENION, M. D. Two Surgeons representing the NATIONAL INSTITUTE of Indianapolis,! Philadelphia, Atlanta Ga.,and San Francisco, will be in Port land, Oregon, at the St. CItarles Hotc.lj from Nov. 2d to the 11th inclusive, pre-' pared with au expensive outfit of the most approved apparatus, for the treat ment of all cases of disease of the spine, hip, knee, ankle, crooked limbs, club feet, fca, fcc. They will be prepared to make the most difficult surgical opera tions, including cataract, cross eyes, hare lip, deformities of the face, dividing ten dons, operations for djsea.se of the gen ital organs, piles, tistula, 4tc. A rare oppor;unity is offered, those needing their services. Old patients especial y requested to visit them. " Her Daughter's Safety. Sax Francisco, July 9thj 18SJ, II. H, WRNKU ife Co: Sirs-1 do not think-ray daughter could have lived six months had she not used your Safe Kid ney and Ldver Uure. . Mrs. N. H. D. Mason, 30 Liberty St. Correspondence. Hanford, Cau Nov. 1, 18S2. Maj. Adams Dear Sir: lion. It. Meeker, his family and his brotha Enoch's family arrived hef.e safely and in good hethh t)y last night's train, and are pleased with California at first sight They had a pretty rough experienc3 with old Neptune. The sea was very rough allthe way, which played sad havoc with their inwardness, but as is usual m such cases the ludierousness of each oth er's position produced much mirth which tended to make the situation bearable. J a Tliy had a quick passage to San Fran- isc9, arriving there Tuesday morning just in time to catch jthe . south-bound train. What they saw of San Francis co did not impress them very favorably. But the eagerness with which the little fellows took in the situation would have done your heart good. In one respect they were hugely disappointed, and it did not fail to show itself. Evidently they expected that California was one big orange, and when they failed to find them hanging to every spar, a cluster on every lamp post and ever peanut-boy's basket was not filled $o repletion, their chagrin was unbounded and their esti mation of California muchly on the down grade. The parties are all look ing well and as soon as they can get their heads a little steady they will be prepared to enjoy our sunshine. O My ! you ought to have seen the little fellows dive into the grapes. We congratulate you on the success of the emperance issue in the Webfoot country and hope soon to follow. The work is-in its infancy here, bu.tj he ef forts of the prohibitionists and tempe rance people have given the cause a boom, that has thrown King Alcohol and his cohorts into an excitement that is painful to contemplate, yet their or ganization is perfect and only by a coun ter organization can we hope for success. In this county the organization is good and dailv is being made more complete and by the time another election comes around, the temperance people expect to carry the state by a power that is ir resistibly. More anon. Yours truly, B. M. Watts. . Ilwaco, W. T. Oct 28th. '82 Major Adams Dear Sir It has beeu a lon time since I have written to you, in fact not since I came down here. Well, I came here last May and bought an acre of land of Mr. Tinker where the new summer resort, 44 L.cng Beach" has been laid out This place is growing up very fast, a year ago today there was not a lot sold on this ground, and to-day there are over 50 lots sold. The first were sold at the rate of $10 a lot-5 acres in that tract then another 5 acres were laid off in similar manner,, and- sold at $25 a lot, and now he Mr. Tinker has laid off another 1-2 acres which is selling at $5 a lot; 12 of those are also sold These lots are a little larger than the others. So you sec it is growing lively. It is a fine beach for about 15 miles or more; when the tide is ouu.it is 900 feet wide hard sand and stout. The bug gies catch it ! I shot last week 187 snintf in two snots, jjucks aim 1 . TV 1 1 geese are here by the million, but no deer nor elk to speak of, and so I am going over on the Nehalem, and put up a big lot pf meat (smoke it you know) Mr. Doud of East Portland is going along; we in tend to spend abotjt a month, in the woods. After which I will go to Port land, and then perhaps East of the Mountains, and then return here where I make my home. I have built a res taurant here and done exceedingly well last summer. I wish you could come and see us next summer, it is lovely, here;.!, know j'on would enjoy it ever so much. So I will bid. you Good Night. Yours Truly, Frank H. Canaris. . " i We take the following extract from a letter from Captain Fales. We have had considei able sickness in our family ---;-: ..... . J this summer; my wife is better now so am I. Miss Aldridge hp.s been and, is now laid up with rheumatism. How are all of your family and yourself All the balance of mine are as well as usual. Kind regards to you all. D Pw Falks." - We extract the following from a Port land letter of Nov. 2d. ; IVjss Mary Hensill is lying very ill for tlie last month. You deal, with facts, the simple truth, what the vorld. stands most in need of. K A. B. Phelps. Carrie Grey is better. QCAL NEWS. -Mrs. Barnes presented us on Wednes day with a magnificent bouquet It had almost every variety of flower, the pink, the pansy, the rose, the daisy, fuchsia, Japanese myrtle, marigold, crysanthe mum, and a great many others to us un known. This evidently was gathered Jiov. 8th, which speaks volumes for our temperate climate. They were artistic ally arranged, and a Mrs. Langtry -vould have gone into ecstasies. over such an aes thetic bouquet The fuchsias were hung as a fringe around bouquet and some spray capped the climax;, with its delicate waviness. Hpn. Eugene Semple says his threp little daughters are delighted with their school at the Sisters in Portland. The boy is stopping with his mother, Mrs. Hoyt. Mr. Semple intends soon to take his children to St Louis, and put them in charge of a sistef of his residing there who is very wealthy, and has for her brother a great affection. Their father was Hon. James Semple, formerly U. S. Senator from Iliinois, and a very distin guished gentleman. When Major Adams was Justice of the Peace he married a couple from Clatskanie, and got off' this impromptu rhyme. The gentleman's name was Brown,' the lady's Almira Murray. Aluiira Murray Came up in a hurry, And when she went down She was done Brow n. She is browner noy than ever for she has had several little coats of brown since, , Mrs. Mary Browne has u young son; born Wednesday morning at 1 o'clock. Captain Lemont is more tickled than if he had discovered a new railroad. The boy weighs S lbs. and is right on his ear. We expect a big man at Ilwaco will be trying i,o mash the prize fighter as soon as he hears the news. Mrs. Stickles was present and full of tickles. We made a rhyme this time which was sublime, Mr. Asa Richardson has bought the Austin Place, and is fitting it up in grand style. Mr. Joseph. Copeland Las been driving piles to turn the current in various places, and says Mr. Richardson's is one of the most hospitable of places. The family has always been one of the pleasantest in Washington Territory. They are people, of sterling worth, and integrity. Their son has recovered his health. We have received Wilford's Micro cosm, a Religio Scientific Monthly, whose mission is to reconcile Science and the Bible. It hprodced a great sen sation in the world and is far ahead of anything that has before appeared in the theological world. It shows the giants of religion are not all dead. $1.00 per year. A Willford Hall, Editor & Pro prietor, 23 Park Row, New York. We have received the CotUiye Hearth, published in Boston, Mass., 11 Broom field Street, by the Cottage Hearth Com pany. Price, $1.50 per year. This is a beautiful monthly with some of the leading American authors for contribu tors. The typographical execution is fine. This Number contains two beau tiful pieces of music, Mrs. Yergaii, is down from Salem. Orville is clerking inG. Wx. McB.ride's store, anqV is, very much liked; he has not been out in the big world for noth ing. A good human nature to start on, and observation and tact make a success ful business man, and there is always a good place for such. Hon. T. A. McBnde has been appoint ed Prosecuting Attorney for this Dis trict, which comprises Columbia, Clat sop, Tillamook, Washington, Clackamas, Wasco and Crook Cos. We are glad of the appointment, and believe he will fill the office in an acceptable manner. The Democrats have got away with the greater part of the States this Fall election. Too much "bossism" was what slew the Republican party. Tho ma cJtine could lead the horse to water, but . . could'nt make him drink. - i - m : People that owned much real estate were reckoned worse than paupers? they were adjudged insane, they have come up a peg, and no are regarded .almost as reliable and worthy of credit, as those that have nothing. Dr. Howe is doing a successful busi ness m town because he advertises in the Columbian. g" Money to loan on" real estate security by F. A. Moore Esq., St. Helen, Oresron. --. Judge Moore has sold the Ellis and Oldaker Places on the Scappocse to JaniesGill for $2500., J. K. Gill, his brother, of Portland intends to buy half of tjieni and erect a spjendid summer residence. J. X. GiJ is one .of tha lead ing Methodists on this Coast. n4 one of theost successful merchants in Port land. His wife is a Wilbralam lady ; he is from Worcester, Mass. They are acquaintances of the Gateses; one of whpm lives at Newaukum, W. T. where Charley Sargent was employed. J. S. Davenport has fixed up his coffee house in style. He has a splendid Cre tonne curtain for the a,rch.. He has four cqnparments behind separated with curtains. He has bought an. abundance of dishes, takes fouj newspapers, and( intends $o make his place a combi nation of club-room,, coffee-hoijse, rea.4-ing-room, confectionary store and f estau- x T j a 1 1 a 1 rant, it nns a neea or tnis growing place, and is beautiful with rare plants and; flowers. Miss Minnie Perry encountered a huge wolf on the other side of Milton Creek. She was horseback, and was somewhat frightened. Shortly after she heard repeated shots, antl thinks the wol lost his pelt The slayer will get $5.00 bounty. In Multnomah County $10: is given for a wolf's pelt. The rea son pf this is is, wojve there are more hightoned. and educated, and have city manners and their pelts have, a finer quality, of hair on them. ' ! ; Messrs. Stingley and Beaver, are sawing cordwood by horse power. They have a machine that will saw 40 cords a.day. Mr. Stingley has just come from Nodoway County, Missouri, and is not content to saw wood like these old moss backs have been used to saw it. H.e has bought the Moore Mill property, but is sawing wood on Copeland's and Fullerton's places. ' ! Young Mr. Fales was in St. Helen a number of weeks ago, and presented a very lujalthful appearance, and is really very fine looking, leing a good cross be tween father and mother w ho have not yet lost the good looks God and Nature gave them. j Enoch Shintafter is buil&'ng a house on his claim on Milton Creek. - He in tends to hand-log. This hand-logging is getting to be very fashionable and saves the expense of a team. On steep hill sides it is just the thing and works like a charm. Mr. Caudle says the Columbia River is one tiiilo and sixteen links ( not sau sage links ) wide. He placed his tripod under tho oak in front of the old Tom Elrington saloon building. That was the starting point. Mrs. Conyers presented Mrs. Adams one! of those fine photographs of her sickj daughter Louise who in one of her lucid moments wanted it given to her Sabbath School teacher. She is a little better to-day. We took supper not long sjnee at S. A. Miles hospitable board. We enjoy ed ourselves very much in the society of thisjkind family. Litjtle Grace Holland sat at the table with all the dignity of a Roman matron. Capt Ridley will soon remove to a place near Astorja, and go into the wood business. He and his family will be much missed. They have made many friends, and are regarded as people of solid worth. . The Hubbard Times says a sick roos ter jlanded in that town. There are many sick roosters around this town, that! ought to le landed on the outside. Eggs cannot be bought for love or money. ye met. young Of yid Qloninger the other day. He lias grown into, a. fine young man, and looks as if h? would make a good business man. Ho, has rented Mr. W. W. West's dairy farm. Scappoose is white with the tents of the N. P. R. R. engineers. The line will be re-run, and go back on a sand ridge and nearer Richland Mills. This will 'save much trestle work. ; sir. Edmundswas thoughtful enough to not shut out a view of . the river and the steamboats that come; and, go f roni the window where his wife sits at her sewing machine. Mr. J H. Edmunds has a b.oautiful family, two charming little girlss and three boys and a fine looking wife. He appears to be a very pleasant man and is very popular. I G WJ McBride went to Captain Hor ace JJaiiieta' funeral at Vancouver. 2T23T7S DH0PS. Esq. Perry is gaining strength slowly The People's ticket has scooped Clark County. New style of spelling waterfall waughterfawl. Everett Grey has returned from a vig. it to Roseburg, Mrs. Dickson has been quite gif, but on the mend. Mrs. Win. Slavens wjll aoon open out as a dress-maker. - Logs are going up, timber land ia be coming a bonanza. Mr. McNally haa arrived frpw Eaat of the Mountain, We had a noesi of green beans from our garden. Oct 29th. Mr. Browne has come up from Ilwa co to see the young heir. The steamboat building on the Strand at St. Helen progresses. Trout arefgetting thick. Gcorge.Per-. ry caught a nice string last Sunday Miss Louise Conyers gets no lett$r. She rarely knows any one she is so sick. Masters FrankicMoore and;; Kendall Blakcsley cameout tojseo thepups an(J colt. ..j Captain and Mrs. Lemont think Dr. Stewart is oe of the best doctors in the world. Those, turnips averaged about 4 lbs.. Our six-year old weighed some c them and; says so. Mr. J. H. Edmunds made us a ptes- en,t of some fine' fresh pork. the. nicest , we. ever tasted. Slab-wood in order to hum well aboui. these rainy times has to go through a cjothes-wringer. Mrs. Winslow as gone to teach, school at Green's Point She was liked as a Teacher at Riverside. Messrs. Dillard fc Caudhj went out on the Columbia sido. of Taylor's place on Wednesday to fijih, for salmon trout Youjig Ridley, who, lately came out showed us some fine, nnnrb rw,.,v mens, from a cave in the West Indies. Capt Ridley has a lo'fr of apples fPf sale wch, Iw, bought c udge Voy They are choice varieties. The prica is 50 cts. per bushel. Captain Pope expects now to winter in Columbia County, as it ;;i,Jmpt im possible to got a mechanic to build his house in Portland. Joseph Copeland say, hp. :nrf;ndt. keep Isaac at school-fftr, a, year at Mon-. mouth, Isaac appreciates the value of.- his time and privileges. A. H. Blakesley in spite of stormy. weather, pushes ahead, qn.fcis new hoU!i J. M. Ives, J. Decker, Mjfce Welles andj others are at work on it,' S. F. Howe, Dentist, will be at St, Helen the First Monday in each month nd remain Two Days, unless by upccial agreement to remain longer. William Slavens and Pat O'Neil are,, making a culvert near Grey's black-, smith shop to drain off the water fron Honesty Hill toward the river. : Dr. J. W. Watts will lecture on the subject of temperance at the Church in St. Helen on Saturday evening Nor. 11. He will also preach the next day. Dr. Stewart gave us a pound pear that weighs 2J pounds. It was raised on the Doctor's place and grow on a pear, tree about as big as a whip-stock. The Perry boys, Newton and George, have gathered 300 bushels of apples in their apple-house. Since their father's sickness they have had to be the men. i Mr. John Bevis got a million feet of logs frgmtprjentv. acres, and there are a million more he says on thme twen-. .ty acre5 besides, lots of .cedax. in addition . B. M Watffwas nominated Justice, of the Peace of Mussel, Slough Prcinct. Hanford, California, by a) th various tickets, so whatever leats, his cliance . for election is certain. Received Ridley's Fashion Jfagazijie It is full of interesting stories, in prose and verse, useful home articles, amusing 1 i ' ! 1 A t. ! anaimsiruuijve si-ivvs aprpuso iuu- t ration of .the fashion of the day. and .in valuable shoppinc information. Just. tho book for., eyery home. The Autirtun number is if. possible, an im- provementf on( the. Summer number. Published quarterly, and only 50 cts. per year, or 15 cts. per single copy, "by" E. Ridley & Sons, Grand, Allen, and Orchard Streets, New York City.
