The sun., 1884-02-10
CURING MANAGED EYES.


putntlh& OF lceCnlnR. Tn0 clnin. wnen IL mot
the reporters eyes looked simply preposter-
Gus. That anoye like an egg plant should. even
by lecchinR and painting. be made to look like
any other eye In a normal condition. has long
been known to be delusion and q snare. But
| by those means 1t could at least be made less
conspicuous. or. rather. tho general aspect Of
It's horrors could bo changed. But the wearer
would know It was there. all the same.
1t Is true. however. thatI can. In from one
and half to flve hours. restore to its natural
color tho purpled blackenod. bruised flosh
about an injured eye; restore ccarncss to the
blood shot eye-ball; make almost impercepti-
BILE any ordinary cut. suclias n seal ring would
make. and tako out tho feeling Of painful stiff
ness, soreness and puffod- up -cd-ness about
tho eye." The speaker was TRIM business
like Englishman OF medium height and middle
age. found awaiting customers In his oper-
atlng room. Il am tho only person in America
who docs this business. and there are very few
in England who are acquainted with tho secret
OF 1t. but It was In Manchester. Eng. that
learned 1t. from IN old fighting man. You $50.
I used to be in that business a bit myself.
mostly as a trainer for pugilsts. and pedestri-
ans. and all sorts OF athletes; sometimes as a
second, on occasion. Here's what take tho
color out with. Walt q moment until wash 1t
virtues, When II gets dry it's no good, Tho
article he exhibited was big black. chunky
root. When the top was cut of, 1t had dirty.
yellowish- white color; He scraped it with tho
about rs hard as q turnip II had a smell OF
earth. nothing more.
-. You can. but they say in England that 1t is
poc!s3nous poi :Ss when taken internally"
%ay Pc shd rsst ssRhb,Sr SeHS VENT
tns s bt s1rs OF shnps4 mes rough like
caS6ase and not ntToa%sny " one rGahs saSer es viii
weigh as much as four pounds. All uss of it
have to import from England at considerable
and the uses Of ii unknown"
a, We'll how do you use II ?"
Simply scrape it and lay the scraped mass
on the bruised part 1t tsmarts u little. but not
the back M Wrist snd viii e set ct
the sensation"
He put a wad Of tho soft. cool. glutinous stuff
on the reporters wrist, and In very few
minutes It began to cause q slight slnarting.
not not painful and ne not increasing in intensity. or
goes into the eyes, as It must TO cure bloodshot.
rily. After 1t takes the color out II there is any
lever or inlamed appearance on the skin use
lowers or anohsr o as and q eertn certan
mineral substance. Should On eye be black
aid S sosra SSn h to h ns
over over him, covering the head and as he sits
sl stun that soon reduces tho swelling. It may
take three or four repetitions OF from eight to
bad % and nss esse but thors Il
Yield ease sa,msn, Ssa .ha. 4 Ono vi" rocsa. sSt
SSu6nda{ S6in night had mnn come here with one
perfectly blind from having both eyes banssi
sna shas pp Gses ssSms1imSs G,me from as
Snton TSas have 5ssny 5ssn s To ani
Bat hey ii come out risht il tie skin has been
| than court plaster When tho Job is done. il the
put glycorine on the o soitened soft ia ana Il % 5Sached
skn; merely s to close the pores and prevent
Who 9re your principal customers 7,
OH they are OF all sorts, and come from all
treated more black eyes for women than for
men; msn; often ten for respectabis ladies' who had re,
than mems. and a bruise discoiors them more
eyes may be blncked can OF preserved meat
falls from a shelf on a shopkeeper's nose. and
opened door ise IL The da 1dS nnd is iasfS
81 sfs 6n% blacks only Sns Sa man tries to chop stick
Just passing doc door WHEN semsbosy is sye sudden %
epsas esa III her Tys a nan gets hit In
wsshstsnd both ladies' an and sentemen sHsn On 'eo eo
eyes In a way that would surprise YOU"
:. And And yo9 believe all those explanations, 2"
| but know just as well how an eye was black
ened when see it as the person who has it
stairs. tho marked line OF confusion from Ia a
| door. tho cut Of seal ring-one of these big
pan FnSs . M ba@ 1
as print To me. But II folks desire to give mo
f%manfes Snwsyyy why Should eon,radie some
man canie in here one day with "a lady who had
bad black oye; and began telling how she got
did 4. and thcrss no use IN your saying it was
fall lie had no more to say. but he looked
as ~ II ne % would have liked to black her other oye
What :. is your best season for cases ?"
but is best about the holiday season. i had a
OF ,wan hsD pounds Of roots
S, With hs aEe nhs the
tsr Is bes! The week after Now Years / had
know that keeping resolutions. 10 swear or
made made people any :rosser md fuller. of light
but know there were lots of black eyes in the
community tha, week. Ono thing amused mo
One lay there % ON the bed boi '"sf the o,hsr HG,":
there; on the sofa. A boy came in and
me to anS 90 to- Beeksr street to
| for mo to go down to Bond street to cure n
fourth snt Una man -, As soon rs could get away
to the other and back. again and again. to
watch the treatment. They were two saloon
keepers who had been hghting together and
each one thought he was the only one hurt.
| When both wcrp cured and each knew that he
| had bruised the other both wore quite happy
and contented. often have rs many as three
under treatment here Mt one time. No. do
are not as a rule. good pay; I'm not so hard
| cure nm eye for nothing but where people can
afford it l intend that they shall pay.
l get from So to IS ordinarily for curing
u black eye hero. IL 1t is not very
bad ono but sometimes as high as lifty for an
| awful case. or where have to go to Il consider
able distance. To some extent my charge de-
Charity cases? Oh yes many of them. Who're
| was satisfied that poor young clerk had no
| money to pay. and was not a boat and he M light
| lose his employment II he showed up with
black eye. have never refused to help him.
But whom II comes to charging can do what
! like. for I've got monopoly. Druggists ana
| doctors send mo lots OF cases. for they know