Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-12-05
WHAT STRUCK HIM.
The Mystery of a Deadly Attack Soly.
ed by Newspaper Paragraph.

The Mystery of a Deadly Attack Soly.
ed by Newspaper Paragraph.
Boston Herald
"How are Americans liked in Eng
land"
And Mr.. B. F. Larrabee, oil. AZ Chester
Square, ex-director of the New York &
Bostsn Despatch Express Company,
who has recently returned from q con-
siderable residence in London, answer
ed: IF they have good recommended
tions and Behave themselves they are
well treated, but tkey will like the En-
glish people any way, when acquaint-
ance rlpens into confidence"
'How do the English compare with
Americans
THE finest looking men in the world
can BE seen on pleasant days of the
London season, promeasding Piccadilly.
| The English ladies, however, ara neither
| so neat In appearance no1 so graceful of
form and movement as the Americans,
but they seem to enjoy more robust
health"
care English people longer lived than
our people?"
Il don't know. 1 have net fully in.
vestigated. But / remember once hear
| ing rSae newspaper paragraph entitled
Why do Englishmen Live Longer than
Americans" That paragraph, by the
way, once solved great mystery fol-
me-"
"Ah, indeed, another tribute to the
power of the press" suggested the re,
porter.
Eyes, if you so please to call it. In
1879, when l was residing at the Com.
monwealth hotel, in this city, had oc
casioa to do some business in Washi Ng
ton strset. When got to the corner OF
Franklin, l seemed to feel blow in the
breast and fell TO the pavement like 6
dead man. When recovered conscious
ness l was taken to my hotel. l frs
thought perhaps some enemy had strucE
me, but my physicians assured me thai
such could not be the case and advised
strictest quiet. For six long weeks
was unable to lie down. l was violent
ly i'll, and my physicians SAID l woule
probably never walk the streets of Bos
ton again. I did nst want to die, bu
who can expect to live when all doctor.
say he cannot" And Mr.. Larrabet
smiled, sarcastically, and expressed
himself very freely concerning the mum
Der of common disorders which arr
controlled by remedies which phySiciau
will not employ.
But how about that paragraph"
eyes. yes. When was obliged to 81
up in bed day and night for fear of sui
location, and hourly expected death
my nurse begged the privilege of read
ing that paragraph to me. l tfdseo
him at first but he persisted. 1t describ
ed my condition so exactly, that for tn,
first time began to realize what hat
Frustrated me. l was filled with
| 81 hnnn OF IiSY1oicoaT
physicians and Immediately began War
ner's Safe Cure. In a few months,
was restored to perfect health, notwith
standing mine was one of the wors
possible cases of bright's disease of tn,
kidneys, which all my physicians
/ hal the best specialist in Boston,
man gets into the desperate cond ton
was IL, he doesn't forget what rescue
him."
but were the effects permanent"
THAT was five years ago" said Mr.
Larrabee, land for thirty years l hav,
not been so well as during the past tiv
years. If l had known what 60 now
l would have checked the matter Ion,
ago, for it was in my system for years
} revealing itself in my blood, by frequen
attacks of chills, jaundice, vertigo
typhoid fever, nervousness, wakefu
nights, ETC., etc. took over forty hot
ties before got up an over one hun
dred and fifty before was well. l nav
commended that treatment in thousand
of cases of general debility, kidney ar'
liver disorder, etc, and have neve
heard i'll concerning it. l bank on 1t.
Speaking of paragraphs, how do En-
glish papers compare with American, ii
this particular"
"Well, they have fewer witty para
graphs, but the smaller papers, Ike tn
Pall Mall Gazette, s.. Jimes Gazette
and Truth, abound in sharp, incisiv
paragraphs, without Wit. In general
American papers make the most O
news, the London papers make the mo,
of opinion"