The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-03-19
How Some EntcrprisIng sIan May
Make Money.

AAo" NOAhC hAAAh AANAI
Make Money.
Mr.. Daniel Long, editor Of the New
Martinville Vindicator, has had for
long time hobby-perhaps we should
say mania--in the shape Of Turkish
Bath on the brain, and accordingly a
year or SO ago he introduced the Turkish
bath business into New Martinsville,
himself becoming the proprietor Of a
bathing establishment Beinga newspu-
per editor, he, like judicious business
man, resorted to liberal advertising, and
the result has been that New Martins.
vile has become sort Of French LOur.
deS, to which rheumatic pilgrims have
reSorted from West Virginia and Ohio,
and whence they have departed and are
departing either wholly or partially
cured.
To the end that the miraculous prop.
critics OF the Turkish bath;,mny be the
better understood, brother Long has
illustrated the fourth page Of his paper
with splendid series Of wood cuts, begin.
ming with a picture Of "Bllious Briggs"
leaning on a cane ut an angle Of
about IS degrees, setting out on
loot for New Martinsvillc, in search,
like Ponce de Leon, OF the
Fountain Of Youth. We next see him in
the Hot Room in conversation with Bro.
Long, who stands arrayed in the costume
Of our first parents, fig leaf or two girt
about his loins. Bro. Long invites him
to disrobe and become an Ashanteo man
like himself, which Briggs proceeds to
do. Accordingly the next scene opens
with picture Of Briggs seated OH rock
ing chair in the hot room, his feet upon
a stool, his eyes closed in expectancy,
and the temperature jyst beginning to
tell on the pores OF his skin. Scene
fourth presents Briggs to our view after
the no! air has told powerfully upon his
person. The Precipitation Is flying of
from all parts Of the surface in showers,
and it looks rs il the melting process had
fairly set in. Scene fifth shows him
stretched out on bench undergoing a
scraping process from Bro. Longs finger
nails, which are kept impaired for
that purpose. Scene sixth shows
Briggs increduouslY contemplating the
pile Of scales and dead skin that Long
has scraped from! his body, while Long
himself, in half tragic attitude, is point.
ing to the pile and assuring Briggs that
the refuse matter was really scraped from
his person. Scene seventh represents
Briggs undergoing showering process at
the hands Of Long, who directs hose
upon him, and sprays" him from head to
foot with both hot and cold water. Scene
eighth shows the patient once more re-
habilitated in his clothing, and apparent
ly in very exurbcrant state OF mind, tax
ing leave Of Long, 1.-THE latter still dressed
in hisly leaf APRON at the portals of the
establishment, legend streaming from
his mouth 10 the effect that you'll re-
member me- Scene ninth, and last, shows
Briggs nearly arrived at home once more,
feeling as gay and festive as yearling
colt, and in the act OF leaping five bar
red fence, his coat taiIs streaming in the
wind as he scars in transitu over the top
most rail, and his hat going of like ba-
loon at an angle Of 45 degrees above his
head.
This scene appropriately closes the il
lustrations. What more could be added |
to induce an invalid to try the Turkish
bath? Apparently nothing. And yet
Bro. Long, ambitious to leave no one in
doubt, follows up these pictorial scenes
with formidable array Of certificates
from number Of people who have en-
ioyed the privileges and benefits Of his
establishment, all testiiying that they |
have sheen there" and seen how it was
themselves, even aslBriggs had been there |
and become healed Of his infrmiucs.
The point which We wish to make in
connection with this reference to the |
New Martinsvillc Lourdcs, is that il such
things can be done in Cana why can they
not be done in Jerusalem or, in palmer
terms, if New Martiusyillc is a good |
place for a Turkish bathing establish.
ment why is not Wheeling better one |
1t seems to us that here is a good chance
for some enterprising person to make a
good thing out Of the crcdulity ofhuman
nature, especially ont Of those who think
that the virus OF the blood can be extract
ed through the pores Of the skin.