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ROUSS MAY YET SEE.
PHYSICIAN FROM INDIA CLAIMS TO
CURE THE BLIND.
Charlei Broadway Boom, New York**
Sightless Millionaire, Can Discern a
Man’s Band—A Colorless Liquid Is Ap
■ plied to the Eyes.
From faraway India a man has come
to practice an ancient medical art upon
New York’s blind millionaire, Charles
f Broadway Rouss. He is Dr. Guelph
Norman of Burma.
Dr. Norman’s proposal to restore the
blind to sight was treated with disdain
by the regular medical fraternity, but
if the patient himself is to be believed
a wonder has already been worked. Mr.
Rouss says he can see a little bit.
The eastern visitor announced recent
ly that within 15 minutes he would
cause Mr. Rouss to see an object placed
et a distance of six inches from the pa
tient’s eyes. He kept his word apparent
t ly, for when a hand was held in front
of Mr. Rouss’ nose he said he could see
a white object there, but could not tell
wha t it was.
Dr. Norman said the other day that
when he had finished his morning’*
7 work Mr. Rouss would be able to see at
a distance of 16 inches. When the ex
periment was made, it was found that
Mr. Rouss could see a hand’ move and
could faintly distinguish the fingers at
a distance of 14 inches and could see
the hand outlined at 16 inches.
Dr. Norman has announced that he
is not seeking money, but has a higher
and nobler motive in coming over the
sea to try his skill. He asked no guar
antee, and when Mr. Rouss wrote him
that if he came from India it would bo
at his own risk he was nothing daunted.
When he reached London and it be
came apparent that he was really se
rious in making the trip, he was ad
vised that he would not be allowed to
experiment on Mr. Rouss at once, but
must first prove the efficacy of his treat
ment by curing James Martin, an in
violate rule having been made that the
substitute must stand between the
wealthy merchant and the horde of
♦ would be sight restorers that assailed
him.
The Indian doctor replied that on no
account would he first attend the sub
, stitute, but must be allowed to take up
Mr. Rouss’ case at once. He did not
wait for an answer to this ultimatum,
but sailed for New York, where he ar
rived a few weeks ago on the Germanic.
At the end of a week he was visited
by A. J. Smith, the confidential secre
tary of the blind man. The doctor then
had an interview with Mr. Rouss and
was able to gain his point, agreeing to
treat the substitute at the same time.
The treatment to which Mr. Rouss is
now being subjected is of the simplest
nature, so far as a layman can see, but,
according to Dr. Norman, who admits
its simplicity, it has behind it a med
ical system as old almost as civilization
and one that is derived from the Vedas,
the books of sacred and heroic writings
embracing the ancient philosophy of the
Aryans.
i No medicine at all is given internally.
One consideration, not at variance with
modern medical science, is that the
highest of sanitary conditions shall be
observed. Dieting, too, along the ordi
nary lines is also a part of the treat-
* ment.
The pouring into the eyes once daily
of a colorless liquid brought from India
and the massaging of the eyelids and
f temples for ten minutes once a day by
the doctor himself, and once afterward
by any one else, completes the treatment
that Dr. Norman has come so far to
give. It was its great simplicity and the
physician’s quiet eloquence that per
suaded Mr. Rouss, grown skeptical
through many disappointments, to place
himself so completely in a stranger’s
hands.
Dr. Norman is an Englishman about
40 years old and has spent 24 years in
India. He is tall and very slender and
has the student’s stoop. His thin face
is clean shaven, except for a slight mus
tache, and he has a quiet and easy man
ner. He ascribes what he says he can
accomplish to natural causes and not to
any marvelous or supernatural powers.
Dr. Norman was not educated in
medicine according to the western idea.
He belongs to an oriental school which
practices what it calls the science of
life and which he explains as being
merely the, common sen.se method of
Best is Cheapest.
Every one admits this
theoretically, and yet many
continue to use inferior
articles because they think
they save a few cents.
Allcock’s
Porous Plaster
is the ideai remedy, fcr
lame back, sciatica, pleurisy,
rheumatism, pneumonia and
similar complaints.
Be Sure and pet the genuine Allcock’s. Do
not be deceived by misrepresentations.
Allcock’s Corn Shields,
Allcock’s Bunion Shields,
Have no equal as a relief and cure for coms
and bunions.
Brandreth’s Pills
by purifying the blood assist natur*
They are purely vegetable.
treating dislase.' 'i'be system'was evolv
ed. he declares, ages ago and has ever
since been practiced, principally by the
adepts of the east.
“1 shall cure Mr. Rouss within four
weeks,” said Dr. Norman recently.
•‘Then I shall return to India. I shall
also cure Mr. Rouss’ substitute, provided
1 can have complete control of him. His
is a more stubborn case than that of Mr.
Rouss, but with proper conditions 1 can
cure him within six weeks. ”
Dr. Norman said that the colorless
liquid he applied to Mr. Rouss’ eyes is
a very simple preparation chemically,
and its mission is merely to stimulate
the dormant elements of the eye. The
massage is also a stimulating measure,
made more effective by reason of a cer
tain mesmeric or hypnotic influence he
is able to exert.
Dr. Norman visits Mr. Rouss each
morning and administers the treatment
in the merchant’s private office. He
does not give more than 20 minutes a
day to his patient, committing the after
massage to Secretary Smith. —New
York World.
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She has commenced her third bottle,
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Jacksonvillle, Ala.
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CA.STOHIA.
TIP MARKS ON TRUNKS.
The Luggage Signals Used by Hotel Em
ployees Abroad.
Travelers whom every day brings
back from the continent say that this
season, more than ever, gives plentiful
example of the Freemasonry which ex
ists among continental hotel employees.
Usually on board the boats from Calais,
Boulogne and Ostend notes are compared
by tourists who have covered the same
ground and followed the same itinerary.
The results are significant of “eye open
ing. ” Some such colloquy as the fol
lowing is often overheard:
“My box and two portmanteaus were
smashed fearfully by that villain of a
porter at the Hotel des Bains, Villavilla,
and my wife and 1 could get no attend
ance. ”
“That is curious, for we were treated
by all the servants most beautifully.
May I ask you a question? Did you tip
the servants properly at the previous
place, Hotel de Luxe, Lucerne?”
“No; I confess it was an oversight,
but what has that to do with the Villa
villa hotel?”
* ‘ Everything. Look at the hotel labels
on your luggage. All on lower right
hand corner. That implies that you are
mean and illiberal. Now look at mine.
All the labels in the upper left hand
corner. That signifies liberality—treat
this person well—encourage him—your
politeness will be rewarded. My friend’s
bag here has a label stuck right in the
middle, and that means, ‘ A good fellow
—will tip, but very exacting—not easi
ly pleased. ’ ” —London Mail.
J. C. Berry, one of the best known
citizens of Spencer, Mo., testifies that
he cured himself of the worst kind of
piles by using a few boxes of DeWitt’s
Witch Hazel Salve. He had been troubled
with piles for over thirty years and had
used many different kinds of so called
curss; but DeWitt’s was the one that did
the work and he will verify this state
ment if any one wishes to write him. Cur
ry-Arrington & Co.
His Authority.
Daniel Webster’s oratory was not al
ways of the ponderous order. Occasion
ally he would introduce a bit of humor
very effectively, an instance of which
The Green Bag gives as follows:
Daniel Webster when in full practice
was employed to defend the will of
Roger Perkins of Hopkinton. A physi
cian made affidavit that the testator was
struck with death when he signed the
will. Webster subjected his testimony
to a most thorough examination, show
ing by quoting medical authorities that
doctors disagree as to the precise mo
ment when a dying man is struck with
death, some affirming that it is at the
commencement of the disease, others at
its climax pad others still affirm that
we begin to die as soon as we are bom.
“I should like to know,” said the op
posing counsel, "what doctor maintains
that theory?”
“Dr. Watts," said Mr. Webster, with
great dignity. “The moment we begin
to live we all begin to die. ”
“That man Davis is clearly not fit to
be a father. ”
“Why?”
“His child is a week and a half old,
and he hasn’t expressed the belief that
it recognizes him. ” —Chicago News.
Glass bricks are made extensively in
Germany. They are blown with a hol
low center, containing rarefied air, and
they are said to be as strong and dura
ble as clay bricks. They freely admit
light.
THE ROME TRIBUNE SUNDAY, OCl’O<<KK 24, IW7
FORMER DUELS.
Some of the Vernons Affislrs of Honor of
the Past.
General Benedict Arnold fought a
duel near Kilburn Wells in 1781 with
Lord Lauderdale, who, after Arnold
missed him. refused either to Are or to
apologize, saying that if the general
was not satisfied ho could keep on firing
until he was. In 1804 the turbulent
Lord Camelford, the symmetrical ar
rangement of whose whips and sticks
over his chimneypiece is described by
Byron, “From the thick bludgeon to
the taper switch, ” lost his life in a
duel he owed to a vengeance de femme
Captain Best had caught a sharper
named Symonds in the act of cheating
and kicked his face to a pulp. The
man’s wife wrote Camelford an anony
mous letter to tell him his friend Best
had slandered him. A duel was fought
with pistols (they were the two best
shots in England), and Camelford fell
with a mortal wound. “You have killed
me, Best,” said the dying man, “but
the fault is wholly mine. I relieve you
of all the blame.” But men of mature
years and established reputation risked
life as recklessly as the wildest young
guardsmen or London rakes.
Charles James Fox fought a duel with
a cabinet minister, Mr. Adam, in 1779.
Four shots were exchanged. Adam
missed. Fox fired in the air and apolo
gized. “Sir,” said Adam, “you have
behaved like a man of honor. ” In India,
toward the end of the last century, a
duel was fought between Warren Hast
ings and Sir Philip Francis, the latter
being dangerously wounded. Shortly
afterward, in Bombay, Lord Macartney
and Mr. Sadler quarreled at the council
board, and in the duel Macartney re
ceived a dangerous wound. The Earl of
Talbot and John Wilkes, fighting a duel
at night in the garden of the Red Lion
inn, at Bagshot, and discussing the
conditions of it beforehand in a private
room over a chop, is a tableau de moeurs.
George Canning was seriously wound
ed when he and Castlereagh niet at Put
ney in 1807 to exchange four shots. In
the duel between Henry Grattan and
Mr. Corry a bullet shattered the latter’s
arm. As late as 1835 Mr. Roebuck
fought a duel with Mr. Black of The
Morning Chronicle, when two shots
were exchanged without result. The
fighting parson was then as well known
as the fighting editor. The Rev. Henry
Bate, editor of The Morning Post, was
both. A dead shot, and with what his
contemporaries call “a profligate
tongue, ’ ’ he was most successful as a
duelist. He "pinked” “Fighting Fitz
gerald,” a Mr. Temple, a young barris
ter who was his assistant editor, and
several others, but met his match at
last in Captain Stoney Robinson, who
gave him a severe wound, but whom
he also wounded.—CornhiU Magazine.
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disease. Cascarets kill yellow fever
germs in the bowels and prevent new
ones from breeding. 10c, 25c, 50c, all
druggists.
Tired Locomotives.
Locomotives, like human beings, have
their ailments, many of which defy the
skill of those deputed to look after
them, says the Toronto Mail. We hear
of tired razors, ,a simple complaint
which vanishes after a brief period of
repose, but locomotives are apt to be
tray indisposition even after a day’s
rest and much oiling of the various
parts.
Two good engines may be made on
the most approved principle. They may
each cost —as those of the London and
Northwestern railway d0—£2,200, and
yet one will exhibit from the first a
hardihood of constitution altogether
wanting in its companion. A first class
locomotive of 300 horsepower, costing
£2,000, is expected to travel during its
life 200,000 miles, or, say, 13,000 miles
per annum for 15 years, yet now and
then an engine is found so impervious
to the assaults of time as to be able in
its old age to do its daily work with all
the zest and vigor of a youngster.
Disfigurement for life by burns or
scalds may be avoided by using De-
Witt’s Witcb Hazel Salve, the great
remedy for piles and for all kinds of
sores and skin troubles. For sale by
Curry-Arrington Co.
An Ancient Prayer.
Old John Ward, who was pilloried
by Pope in the "Dunciad, ” and who
actually stood in the pillory in the year
1727, when he was said to have been
worth £200,000, was, nevertheless, a
pious man. He had large estates in
London and Essex and did not omit to
pray for their welfare in the following
manner: “O Lord, I beseech thee to
preserve the two counties of Middlesex
and Essex from fire and earthquake,
and as I have a mortgage in Hertford
shire I beg of thee likewise to have an
eye of compassion on that county, and
for the rest of the counties deal with
them as thou pleasestl”—Household
Words.
To Cure a Cold In One Day.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab
iets. All druggists refund the money
,f it fails to cure. 50.
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suffering the mental tortures of a weakened
m iuliool, ehattereu nerves, and sassing
sexual power who can be cured by our
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which may be taken at home mder our directions
or we will pay B. R. fare and hotel bills for those
who wish to come here, If we fall to cujp. We have
no free prescriptions, free cure or C.O.D. fake. We
have ,250.000 capital and guarax.ee to cure every
case w e tieat or refund every dollar you pay us, or
fee may be deposited in any bank to be paid us
when a cure Is effected. Write for full particulars.
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Os Any And All Coiners!
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< BLOOD POISON
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If you prefer to come here we will
W contract to pay railroad fare and
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lost manhood.
F/N Night Emissions, Impotency, the
- dreaded effects of early vice, which
brings organic weakness. On examining
the urinary deposits a ropy sediment will
often be found, and sometimes small
particles of albumen will appear. There
are many men who die of this difficulty
ignorant of the cause, which is Seminal
Weakness. The Doctor will guarantee a
permanent cure in all cases. WRITE for
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LE DnUrl w This remedy being in
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