Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1889-10-25
TIE eLuE.aLAss CRAZE.

"lHorotlng and rctulninY or restoring
aonlth. In n subsequent edition he
added list OF testimonials from grato-
Jul patients who proicsscd to havo de-
nived immense benefits from tho treat
ncnt, and also the full text of tho
specification for his pntIonts His
Book was entitled blue Rny Of tho
Sun light and Of tho Bluo Color Of the
SKY In Developing Animal and Vcge-
taolo Lille. In ArreStinH Disease, and
IN Restoring Hcalth in Acute and
Chronic Diseases In Human and Domcs-
tic Animals. Tho General adorned
The frontispicco with rather unfort-
innate quotation: III this theory DO
truo It upscts oil other theories" Tho
Converse scems 70 hnvc been very
satisfactorily established. A full
record Of tho Gcncral's military OK.
pcrinnco ID also given. apparently az
somewhat Of n guaranty OF good faith.
Tho authors first experiments wcre
on grnpo vlnes. In his greenhouse he
substituted blue for white glass In
"vcry eighth row and succeeded In
producing grapes no Hnc that all others
were rendered insignificant beside
shcn. In 1869 he treated some hogs
TO n sinilar dose and some lIttle pigs
grow and thrivcd 30 we'll thnt q ROYAL
road TO q fortune In hog -ralsing seemed
10 have been found. Next no tried tho
effect Of blue glass on an Aldcrnoy
bull calf, which grow six inches almost
~ by miracle md became vcritable
Saul among tho little calves on tho
eSIate. From hogs and cnttle tho do
scent TO poultry was short and easy,
and chickcn-house was fitted with
just tho right proportion OF blue glass.
Tho result was as forcordaincd. Tho
young chicks were ready for tho
boiler almost as soon as they emerged
from tho shell, and those that escaped
the usual and proper spring-chickcn
route TO oblivion grew into sp!endldly
developed and plumaged birds.
1t needed not implicit belief in Oar
winism 70 induce the General 10 ap-
ply his experiments To men and
women Architects would be reqiireli
to 30 arrange buildings as TO insure
the introduction Of the elixir-like rays
40 that the owners and occ1Ipicrs
might enjoy the marvellous advantages,
and mankind will then not only t,p
able IN live fast, but can live long and
niso live we'll"
Judged by the fact that tho blue.
glass craze, general az 1t was during
the yenrs 1915 and part OF 1877, died
out quietly and has long since been
decentIy inferred, some OF tho testi-
monials az to It's efficacy form very
funny reading. They show that IL oil
tho writer's meant what they wrote
General Plcasanton invented an
elixir TO cure not only every
ai!rcert but 10 supcrscue SUR
gerry and obstetrics. In fact it must
have been omnip0tsnt A man with
Varicnse :. ans was abe 70 throw away
his 81 X stockings after sleeping In n
room few nights with blue Piass in
The windows. Typhoid patients, after
. day or two, arose like giants re-
>reshed and dismissed their ply
sicians a baid-headed LADY was de-
lighted ~ di'cnver an embryo crop Of
hair after seven days treatment,
while another grateful recipient en-
iarged on tho marvellous effects Of blue
2 ass on his ancient muc. This once
gay and festive qnadrupcd had been
deaf for ten years, IT.. limbs wero
stiff. and it was in 4 very bad WY;
but after blue glass was inserted in
the stable window Jack brnced up,
could hear tho word "oats' II only
whispered. could kick its owner across
the va d, and generally ncted like .
viyaciGrs three-year-old.
Excitement ran high and tho crnzo
travelled north, south, east and wost
Tho widest stories OF cures were Cir
eu!aie1. Men heard OF objects OF pub
lie sympathy getting cured almost
without money and without price md
entirely without trouble, for mover
was there so passive u treatment
recommended, nor ono less hampered
with directions nc 10 what shou d and
should not be eaten and whathnbits or
vices should be abandoned The do
nand for, b.ue glass was such as tho