Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-11-21
WHAT STRUCK HIM ,
The Mystery Of . Deadly Attack
Solved by Newspaper Para
graph.

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Solved by Newspaper Para
graph.
Boston Herald.
"How are Americans liked in Eng
land %
And Mr.. b. r. Lsrrabee, of AZ Chester
Square, ex-director of the New York and
Boston Despatch Express Company, who
has recently returned from . considerable
residence In London, answered If
they have good recommendations and
behave themselves they are well treated,
but they will like the English people,
anyway, when acquaintance ripeDs into
Iconfidepce."
"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 30 graceful Of
form and movement as the Americans, hut
| they seem to enjoy more robust health"
Are English people longer lived than
| our people 2"
~ don't know have not fully inves-
tigated. But remember once hearing
read newspaper paragraph, entitled
Why do Englishmen Live Longer than
Americans That paragraph, by the
way, once solved great mystery for me-"
| "Ah, indeed, another tribute to the
power of the press 2" suggested the re-
porter.
"Yes, II you so please to call it. In
1875, when was residing at the Common
wealth Hotel, In this city, had occasion
to do some business In Washington street.
When got to the corner of Franklin,
seemed 10 feel blow in the breast and
fell to the pavement like a dead man.
When / recovered consciousness was ta-
ken to my hotel. first thought perhaps
some enemy had struck me, but my ply
sicians 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 physicians said
would probably never walk the streets of
Boston again. l did not want to die, but
who can expect to live when all doctors
says he cannot?" And Mr.. Larrabee
smiled sarcastically, and expressed him
self very freely concerning the number of
common disorders which are controlled
by remedies which physicians will Dot en-
ploy.
But how about that paragraph"
"Yes, yes. When was obliged to SIT
up In bed day and night for 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 condi-
tion SO exactly that for the first time | be-
gan to realize what had prostrated me. l
was filled with a strange hope. at once
dismissed my physicians ami Immediately
began Warmers Safe Cure. In few
i pn ho I fn r.arf..nf haalfh
Notwithstanding mine wa, one of the
worst possible cases OF Bright's disease of
the kidneys, which all my physicians
and had the best specialists in Boston,
said was incurable. l tell you, when a
man gets into the desperate condition
was in, he dosn't forget what rescues
him"
But were the effects permanent 2"
That was about five years ago, eaid
Mr.. Larrabee, and for thirty years l
have not been SO well as during the past
five years. i'll had known what ! do
now, would have checkea. the matter
long ago, for it was In my system for
years, revealing itself in my blood, by
frequent attacks of chills, jaundice, YER
tigo, typhoid fever, nervousness, wakeful
nights, etc., etc. took over forty bottles
before got up, and over one hundred
and fifty before was we'll. l have CON-
mended that treatment In thousands of
cases OF general debility, kidney and liver
disorder, ETC., and have never heard Ill
concerning 1t. bank on It,"
"Speaking OF paragraphs, how do Eng
iish 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 iu sharp, incisive para
graphs without wit. In general, Ameri-
can papers make the most OF news, the
London papers make the most of opinion" +"