Omaha daily bee., 1888-05-27
AT THE U. P. DEPOT,
The Writer Meets a Queer Old Man
From Iowa.
Who Entertains Him for an Hour by
Reading the Character of tho
People who Were Waiting
on the Train - The
Writer Gains an
Important
Scoop.

"Did you ever get to q railway station about q
half hour too early for your train, and there, for
d d1eN want OF Sometning better to do study the
the same trainY" asked an old citizen OF Iowa of
q reporter while chatting over their cigars I'm the
waiting room of the Union Pacific depot several
days ago. II never get to the station so early,
but l have often arrived in time to see the train
pull out and see. a rival reporter make a 'scoup'
j had thought of making myself" answered tho
scribe, who was then feeling very blue on account
ofhaying missed the South omaha dummy train.
"well. l have" replied the old gentlemen, NOW
see that boy there. I'll wager that that is a boy
you could trust to attend to anything almost as
simply because he sits there, minds his own busi-
ness, and is not running about the room in older
amount of trouble and worry. See that woman
there, she has Ave children with her. the Oldest
be more than six months old, but She appears 10
be h1a, lgp any way way because use they al are qqiet and
n wsn c Sess so be st rayslins s SI a sI the %, same ne. ! v wSnld
bless them, they are all sweet girls. they have
hear how they talk Of 1t. / was there myself and
l am not surprised at the way they are pleased
look how sad he looks. / suppose he is going
somewhere to a funeral, perhaps has had a tele-
gram that 2 near relative or a dear friend has
just came in, he Is an acquaintance of mine. L
will introduce you and he can tell you something
that will be news to your readers. He has just
passed through an experience that many a resi-
dent here can avail themselves of il they only
IDOh lit ITOuDlt III TtdllZtu Lu0 uHuVeT IuGY
were mourning.
The writer was then introduced to Mr.. william
Ward, who has lived in Omaha for nearly three
years, and is employed as a coachman at No. 2522
Davenport street: on being asked to tell his ex-
perience, he told the writer the following: II
was troubled with the catarrh about four years.
1t commenced with a fresh cold. had fits OF
sneeZing, with chilly sensations followed by q
feverish condition, and my nose was stopped up
trils continually, until the edges of my nostrils
looked red enough to satisfy the most fastidious
old fnpar md NV avng Nynp1I ha H1Ia1 NyifI fno ta
m conc Condition aieu So Soon iiessened. and NV Womi ID e sen,s.
me but little annoyance, but each new cold
made the condition worse, until 1 had q perma-
nent condition Of cold in the head, The dis
charge was then thicker and changed in color.
could hardly breathe, through my nose, and
kept me continually hemming and splitting, the
slightest change in temperature would affect
my condition and stop up first one nostril and
my right side my right nostril would stop up, If
on my left. my left %nostril, and l was compelled
voice had a mufled character and kind of nasal
twang." ] had a continual pain over my eyes,
and in the back part Of my eyes, my food did
was changeable, 1 ate a very light breakfast,
due no doubt to my being compelled to hem and
spit so much upon arising. l suffered this way
until 1 became discouraged. After trying nu.
merous patent preparations and obtaining, no
T i baa b ; eShr readinr a Mouia p ma MeS Sne a nSre bi S,i as.
sociates and visited their Office in the Range
Block. and must say that was benefited by
again. l feel to-day like a man who has been
liberated from a close confinement. 1 do not
is clear and my nose also. have no more dis.
charges from the nose, my appetite is good and
what L eat agrees with me. 1 am gaining in
flesh. / sleep we'll and get up the morning re-
freshed, no more hemming and splitting. and in
short l feel much better than have for over four
years. feel like doing and saying all l can for
DR.. Mccoy, and certainly recommend all who
are suffering with catarrh to give him q trial,
for he has worked wonders for me-"