The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1876-11-30


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The Wonderful Iowa Mad stone.
Yesterday Mr.. Turner Evans, OF
Paris, was in this city and we asked
him for the history Of this remarkable
stone in his possession. Where the
stone was discovered is not known.
The first that Is known OF it and it's
wonderful properties, is that 1870 years
ago it was in the hands Of an old Vir-
ginian by the name of Evans, q dis
tant relative Of its present owner. At
that early day its fame was known
throughout the surrounding country,
and cures innumerable of bites by
rabid animals and poisonous
snakes were successfully treated with
it. Adam Evans, father of the present
proprietor, came into possession OF it
through his father in the year 1872,
while living near Boon Station, in
Kentucky. For Ss years it was an in
fallible remedy in his hands, and upon
his decease it fell to Turner Evans, the
present owner, who was then . resi-
dent Of Paris in this county. He has
operated with it for 26 years and says
he never knew it to fail In curing the
most hopeless cases Of hydrophobia.
For some time his friends and neigh
-bors scoffed at the idea of Its virtues,
but after seeing him treat numerous
desperate cases among horses and cat
tie, credence in its remedial powers
was founded on incontrovsrtible fact.
Since then none who have seen it
operate can doubt its efficiency. He
has had $50 cases, men and animals
together, some Of them after spasms
had set in, and i'm no single case has
the little treasure failed to give instant
relief and ultimate and lasting cure.
The stone is very small, being no
larger than the end of q mans thumb,
and weighs no less than a quarter OF
an ounce.
In appearance it looks not unlike a
bit Of dark sponge, except that the
grain is close and the pores not so
large, though they seem to extend
nearly from side to side. Examined
through glass it looks like flint and
about the mouth of the pores are dis
tinctly seen dark cOlored rings Of mat
ter resembling sand stone. In shape
it is triangular, having but one flat
surface, which is called the working
face. Before operating, it is heated in
solution Of milk and water, one part
of the former and three of the latter,
to blood heat. The patient is made to
exercise until the blood circulates
freely, then the skin of portion OF
the body near the bite is scratched
with sharp pointed instrument until
the blood shows, the stone Is applied
until it is filled with the virus, and
then taken off and soaked in warm
milk and water. Applications are
continued until the stone ceases to
stick, when the cure il completed.
Once applied to an infected person ii
cannot be removed without considera-
BILE difficulty, SO great is the power OF
suction. It has been known to stick
to a single person from 80 to 100 times.
Upon the flesh Of person not inocu-
lated with the saliva of rabid crea-
ture 1t has no more effect than an or
dinary pebble, unless the individual
be diseased with salt rheum or scrofu-
10, in which case it's action is similar
to that in case Of hydrophobia. 1t Is
thought that these latter diseases could
be cured with 1t but Mr.. Evans has
never undertaken to do 80.
The medical fraternity have long
since given mp finding sure remedy
for this terrible disease, but Mr.. Evans
has had numerous cases where the
patients had had violent spasms and
appeared to be about at the door OF
the most horrible death known, and
has never lost . case. Among the
more recent cases he has had, was that
of Mr.. Bunce, Of Mechanicsville, who
upon arrival at his house was already
given to nervous, painful jerkings OF
the limbs and back. The case of Mr..
Field, of Chicago, whose cure we no.
ticed In Mondays Republican was
similar. Mr.. Field told US that "A
hours before the stone was applied he
was subject to the most torturing in
voluntary jerkings and twitchings OF
the muscles and that he suffered un-
told agony in both mind and body.
He pronounced his cure radical, and
said that he would have rather given
al he was worth than not have been
treated by 1t, as he verify believed he
should have gone mad without. Any
one that hears him talk cannot but
have full faith in its powers. Cedar
Rapids Republican.
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The widow Van Cott Is attracting
multitudes to the Eleventh-Street
Methodist church in New York, and
her revival services promise to beal
abundant fruit. Her description ol
the beauties Of the New Jerusalem il
much admired. The speaker seems n
enc In 4 trance.