The state journal. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1883-1885, 1884-12-06
WHAT STRUCK HIM:

The Mystery of a Deadly Attack Solved by
Newspaper Paragraph.
Boston Herald.
How are Americans liked in Eng
land?"
Aud Mr.. B. T. Larrabee. Of AZ Chester
Square, ex-director Of the New York and
Boston Despatch Express Co, who has
recently returned from considerable res
idence in London, answered: IF they
have good recommendations and behave
themselves they are well treated, but
they will like the English people, any
way, when acquaintance ripens into con-
fdence."
''How do the English compare with
Americans?"
'"The finest looking men in the world
can be seen on pleasant days of the Lon
don season, promenading Piccadilly. The
English ladies, however, are neither so
neat in appearance nor 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 2"
81 don't know. have not fully in
vestigated. But remember once hear
ing read newspaper paragraph entitled,
why do Englishmen Live Longer than
Americaus?' That paragraph, by the way,
once solved great mystery for me-"
"Ah indeed, another tribute to the
power of the press2" 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 occa
sion to do some business in Washington
street. When got to t1e corner Of
Franklin, I seemed to feel blow in the
breast and fell to the pavement like
dead man. When l recovered conscious
ness l was taken to my hotel. first
thought perhaps some enemy had struck
me- but my physicians assured me
that such could not be the case and
advised strictest quiet. For six long
weeks was unable to lie down. l was
violently Ill, and my physician said l
would probably never walk the streets of
Boston again. | did not want to die, but
who can expect to live when all doctors
saw he cannot?" and Mr.. Larrabee
smiled, sarcastically, and expressed him
self very freely concerning the number
of disorders which are controlled by
remedies which physicians will not
employ.
"But how about that paragraph p
Eyes, yes. When was obliged to sit
up in bed day and night tor fear of suffo
cation, and hourly expected death, my
nurse begged the privilege of reading
that paragraph to me. | refused him at
first, but he persisted. 1t described my
condition so exactly, that for the first
time I began to realize what had pros
trated me- I was filled with strange
hope. lat once dismissed my physicians and
Immediately began Warner safe cure. In
a few months, l was restored to perfect
health, notwithstanding mine was one Of
the worst possible cases of Bright's dis
ease of the kidneys, which all my physi-
cians-and l had the best specialists in
Boston-said was incurable. tell you,
when a man gets into the desperate con-
dition l was in, he doesn't forget what
rescues him.
'But were the effects permanent z"
THAT was five years ago." said Mr..
Larrabee, "and for thirty years have not
been so well as during the past five years.
If l had known what do now. l would
have checked the matter long ago, for
it was in my system for years, re-
vealing itself in my blood, by frequent
attacks of chills, jaundice, vertigo, ty-
phoid fever, nervousness, wakeful nights,
ETC., etc. l took over forty bottles before
l got up and over one hundred and fifty
before l was well. have commended
that treatment in thousands of cases of
general debility, kidney and liver disor-
der, ETC., and have never heard i'll con-
corning it. bank on it.
Speaking of paragraphs, how do Eng
fish papers compare with American, in
this PARTICULAR
"Well, they have fewer witty para
graphs but the smaller papers, like the
Pail Mall Gazette, st. James Gazette and
Truth, abound in sharp, incisive para
graphs without wit. In general, Ameri
can papers make the most Of news, the
London papers make the most ofopinion
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