Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1878-05-25
THE IOWA MAD STONE.
A Stone that Has Been KN0,en for
13O Yeavs-HOsr it u Used.

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fDrce.pert Correspondent Chicago TiS~ns.l ]
Inquiry having recently been
made "A to the whereabouts Of a
genuine mad stone, the following
will give the desired. information
regarding one which has a w0nd.
erful record. 1t ia now in the
possession Of Turner Evans, of
Paris, Jackson township, Linn
county, the nearest point to which,
by rail, Ia AnamOsa, on the Dubn.
Qne and South. western Railroad.
Its properties were first known
enc hundred and thirty years ago
In Virginia. 1t has been in the
Evans family since first known.
The present pOssess0r received It
from his father, Adam Evans. It
did many wonderful cures, and
was known far and wide. He re.
ceived it from bis father in 1872,
while living near Boone Station,
Ky. On the death of Adam Ev.
ans, it passed tn Turner Evans,
more than twenty years ago. Du.
ring that period II had been test.
etl many times, and never failed
tn cure the rabies, even In the
most severe and almost hopeless
cases. At first the neighbOrs Of
Mr.. Evans were incredulOua, and
inclined to ridicule the thing, but,
after numerous successful trials
on horses and cattle, doubt was
changed to certainty. During his
possession of the stone, nearly 700
cases have been treated, aud in
not one has the stone failed to
give relief and effect q cnre.
1t ia not longer than the end of
a mans thninb, weighs one. fourth
Of an ounce, and resembles, dark
sponge, with fine pores extending
from side to side. Seen through
a magnifying glass, it resembles
flint; and at the outer end Of the
pores appear dark rings, like
sandstone. It il triangular in
form, having one fiat surface,
which 10 called the working side.
When used, it ID placed in a
bath Of one part milk to three
parts water, and warmed to blood
heat. The patient il required to
exer'.ise briskly until the blool he.
comes active in circulation, when
the skin near the parts bitten are
scratched with q sharl,.pointed
instrnment until the blood starts,
when the stsne is applied. II i'm.
metliately hegins to absorb the
virus, and. when filed, ia remov.
ri and soaked in the milk.a
wafer hath. 1t Ia Thus repeatedly
applied, until II ceases to adhere
to the flesh, which it will do a.
som n the virus in extracted, and
not until then. While the virus
remains, 1t requires considerable
power to remove It. 1t has been
applied nearly one hundred times
in q single case. The rule In to
apply It a. long m 1t will take
hold. Applied to the hesh of a
pereon not affected with rabies it
has no m0r6 effect than . piece of
glasa, unleas there I've present the
Ftaint Of acrofaloux disease, wh~m
It will adhere, a. in cases Of rab.
iea. The cases cured by this stone
arc too many and tho veil autlsen.
ticated to permit \ doubt N its
efficacy. A Mr.. Bunce, Of Mech.
anicsville, bitten by a ,abid dog,
visited Mr.. Evans, and, when he
arrived there, was suffering from
paroxysms and mervous spasms
IT the limbs. The stone was ~.
piled, aud be was cured.
A Mr.. Field, Of Chicago, arriv.
rd there In = terrible c0nhitiom.
For twenty.four honss before the
stone was applied be Suffered In.
tenae torture from nervous pa.
roxysns and agony Of mind,
which, II continued another day,
would hare, he believes, resultstl
In madnees; in fact, be says death
wOuIsl have bern q relief 20 him,
rather thSn hare endured the tor.
n.ent. he wss wholly cured BY
the use Of the stone. sFa,fc.a'
Mr. Evans seeka no notoriety.
What he has recsived hes come
ftom those who have Experienced
the bene0t Of bic mad stone. II
any person ahlietesl With rabies
visits him, b. viii do all b can to
give him relief He promissa
nothing, and make no pretsnsious.
He is not . visio"ist, nor sepsrsti.
tioua The properties of The mad