Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 May 1884 — PRESIDENTIAL FAVORITES. [ARTICLE]

PRESIDENTIAL FAVORITES.

Some Intarutiiit Facts Concerning the Man Who Stand Clog act to the Chief Executive. Vis tors who, from curiosity or business, have called at the White House, must have been impressed by the courteous yet systematic manner with which they were received and escorted through the mansion. The gentlemen whose duty it is to receive all persons coming to the White House are 001. E. S. Densmore, Mr. John T. Bickard ansl Mr. T. F. Peadel, and they have occupied their present positions through the various adm nistrations sioce and even during the war. Mr. Pendel was President Lincoln's bodyguard: saw him to his carriage the fatal night on which ho visited Ford sTheater, and he now has in his posses*ion the blood stained coat which Mr. Lincoln wore on that memorable occasion. There is not a public man in America to-day who does not know, and who is not known by these gentlemen, and th • reminiscences of public and social life whL h they can recount would fill a Congress on&l volume. During the weary yet exciting years of the war; through the more peaceful times of Grant s administration; while Hayes held the reins of Government, and when Garfie d was shot, it was those men who stood in the Executive Mans on, welcoming the advent of each new administration, bowing at its departure, and receiving both martyrs through its portals. During that long, hot, and never to be forgotten summer when President Garfield lay be-ween “two worlds,” the nation became aware of the deadly malarial influence which hung about tiie White House. But all through that period these three men never deserted their pot-ts for a single day, although each one was suffering intensely. In conversation with the writer, Col. Densmore said: “It is impossible to describe the tortures I have undergoes. To be compelled to smile and treat the thousands of visitors who coma here daily with courtesy when one is in the greatest agony requires a tremendous effort. All that summer I had terrible headaches, heart-burn and a stifling sensation that rotnetimes fcaok away my breath. My at>petite was uncertain ami I felt severe pains in the small of-my book. I was under the doctor’s care, with strict instructions not to go out of the house, but I remalnd on duty nevertheless. You would be surprised to know the amount of quinine 1 took; on some days it was as much as sixteen grains." “And was Mr. Kiekard badly off, too?” “1 should think he was. Why, time and again we have picked him upand laid him on the mantel, hero in the vestibule, he was so used up.” “Yes,” exclaimed Mr. Rickard, “I was so weak I could not riso after lying down without help, and < ould only walk with the aid of two canes, and then in a stooping position. Oh, vo have been in a pretty bad condition here, all of us.” "And yet you are a’l the embodiment of health,” said the writer, as he looked at the throe bright and vigorous men before him. “Oh, yes,” said Mr. Bickard, “we have not known what sickness was for more titan a year.” “Have you some secret way of overcoming malaria and its attendant horrors.'” “ 1 think wo have a most certain way,” replied 001. Dens . oro, “ but it is no,, secret. You see, about two j ears ago my wife began to grow blind, and 1 was alarmod at her conaition. bho finally became so she could not tell whether a person were white or black at a distance of ten feet. One of her lady friends advised her to try a certain treatment that had done wonders for her; and to make a long story short, she did so, and was toinpletdly cured. This induced me to try the same means for my own restoration, and os soon as 1 found it was doing me good I recommended it to my associates, and wo have all been cured right here in the stronghold of malaria, and kept in perfect health ever since by m-ans of Warner’s Safe Cure. Now, 1 am not a believer in medicines lngeneral, but I do not hesitate to say that i - am satisfied I should have died of Bright's disease of the kidneys before tills had it not been for this wonderful remedy. Indeed, I use it as a household medicine, and give it to my children whenever they have any ailments.” “Yes,” exclaimed Mr. Pendel, “I uso it in my family all the while aud have found it the most efficient remedy we have ever employed. I know of very many public men who are using it to-day and they all speak well of it-” "I weigh 160 pounds to-day,” said Mr. Rickard, “and when my physiciaas told me over a year ago I could not hope to . recover I weighed 1 22 pounds. Under such influences you cannot wonder that I consider this the best medicine before the American people.” The above statements from these gentlemen need no comments. They are voluntary and outspoken expressions from sources which are the highest in the land. Were there the slightest question regard ng their authenticity they would not be made public, but as they furnish such valuable truths for all who are sugaring, we unhesitatingly publish them lor the good of all.