| Show ELDEB ELDER MOSE KITE TUB hair breadth arom stan and nd unseen rom troy chief lian jim is 18 isaa la a most of our old well r remember e in mose kite ite who lived in petersburg bottom ilbo hero of our states early history who was of stalwart build and powerful phys ghys esq luc who in 1858 led fed n colony ot our people to pike s rent who fought tho the indians on anthe the plains aud and was shot through the body who on his return hero here after the rebel rebellion fion was converted and baptized by elder henshall of the christian church at petersburg bottom and became a revival preacher of celebrity celebi iott all through h I this se section th the wl will balso also recall recall the fact face that attack k ed with consumption and nd deduced led reduced to a skeleton he was obliged to rc re move to the in the hope of saving his h u life nona thought he be would succeed last all however the editor of this paper met him at tit the head of the republican river bigger and more robust than ever why I thought you had ad died of consumption long long a ago q elder fider V mo I never had consumption man I though people thought that ws what ailed roc me and IL thou thought lit so myself but B u t the t h c doctors oc t rs had seat sent me on a wild goose chase after a it dozen other diseases just as fatal an and d this was the wild wildest lest oneff them alt the he good elder E ider then recounted to u in in a charming vein vein his many adventures in the rough and read ready life ho he had led but eaid he lie ie markab lc as you may inny think etoy in warlike life has been I have ft a much more interesting story to tell you you knew know what a rough noisy fellow I used to be and I could cold stand ant any hardship liard ship why on a wager wa er I have estye knocked down an ox ra and a mule my fist I hare fought fou I ht ruffian ruffians border an and indians In indians lians but I wai DOGGED FOR I I by a more dangerous dang erous unseen enemy that was ever getting me more com plemely elesely in his clutch clutches I was shot by y an indian in a fight on ther the p plains lai ing but that wound healed r readily and gave toe ino but bm little trouble Te after T ij returned to cansas and commenced i preaching I first began to give j way iliad I had a dull feeling accod acied with a pain in the right 91 side r butler our family physician said my liver wag was out of order caus j cd ed by the malaria of the botto tim si I i I bad always had bad an appetite like an i ostrich but my digestion became seriously impaired while on the circuit preaching I consulted a doctor who said I had dyspepsia after that distressing palpitation of the heart followed and the physician clan I said this was caused by in my iny indigestion and diseased liver which would probably terminate fatally sometimes I had bad a ravenous appetite at others none at all I was ft fi and then chilly sly food seemed to todome do me no good A aspeci specialist told me I had bad a tape worm then I was troubled with unusual quantities quantities uan of water and a frequent cesiro desaro to urinate which wai done with difficulty and great baui paui the specialist said I hax hada a touch of tho the gravel caused by use of ahe alea line water oatho plains I then began to suffer severe pains in in the loins and the the back accompanied compa nied with s sudden udden attacks of dizziness during which I had ta sit zit er or lie down to avoid f falling ailing iwas I wa forced to abandon T TRAVELING RAVELING AND because I could no longer ride on horseback horst back or t rust myself butia Z I began to bo be serini seriously asly alarmed and nd sought the advice of the roost most noted physician within reach 11 ho said that my my frequent horseback riding had bad jolted aud jarred me until tha the old indian wound which kad fiad injured my kidneys had become inflamed he ile treated me with medicines medi pines and electricity also bat gave ante no nd permanent benefit my painful symptoms all returned I began to cou coush ii got vry very thin and my leys legs were disagreeably numb I began to dig diannir pair at each attempt to cure in my y ailments became worse with new symptoms I nest next consulted a celebrated physician frova the east who after ali thumping fr and examining me stated that I was in an advanced stage of consumption and threatened with and he ile thought I might possibly prolong my life fur for a year or two by seeking I ft a higher an and scar drier climate th this is was my condition when the people pc P I e in your part of the country last last saw aw me then I started A for the but liked this cohutt country f and settled here at first the change helped me but about three years ago the benefit ceas ceased qed then I fa failed ailed 90 ra rapidly that I could be out of bed MY only part of eack day A all I I my ohl symptoms returned at this crisis a party of eastern gentlemen ON A BUFFALO made my house thili headquarters arters in the party r ans u ft a dr wakefield ld who informed me the that I had a had ad case of incurable brights disease and gave me a preparation which might ho be said case ease me for a few weeks or months but that was as the best beat that could bo be done around the bottle waa was a newspaper now a newspaper was vas a rarity in pur our home and anda J sot ot in ray my chair looking it over my eye providentially fell tell upon aw article relating a most wonderful cure of brights disease the very malady that was hilling killing me me by the use of warner s safe kidde and liver cure of rochester N Y convinced that further delay would bo be fatal and every everything thing else failing the next morning r I dispatched one of or my bys to the nearest railroad station many wiles distant to obtain a bottle of tho safe cure tho the druggist said the demand for the Cure wasso great he be could not keep it in stock and he lie had to send to kansas city for more it w was moro than a week before it arrived and find I was daily eting fast weak we weaker ak er hut but it came at tit last and I nt at once began to lake take it I when J told dr wakefield what I I tas taki taking nghe he gave me a look half of nord half of pity as much as cosay POOR ho be Is putting ins is trust in n humbug persevered and for the past year and a half I have been as stout and rugged aa as I ever was in nay my life after escaping the attacks tacks of indians indiana and halt n dozen doctors I was tt as lying at iho ilie mercy of a still more dreadful foe that was 13 about a b au t jivin giving methe me the finishing blow bloy when that great beat remedy stepped in slew my adversary and placed me firmly on my feet once more wore I bave commenced commence il preaching pr eachin again for I look upon ahe ih circumstances and maliner I or my curo curg as a direct fyd ity providence I and to pi providence are my services due that is it my story and I atvin think it is as good as a ch better for it is true such is the substance and very nearly the lan language guno of elder kites narrative read it t and arc u fr i may benefit by his IN experience peri ence erg I luiey will follow 10 lus I s ei ex ample I I |
