Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1893-03-23
CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC.
DIR. CARL LEO VERRINDER,
Director.

To SIT, AS did a Planet reporter A few
days ago, Ia very almu.p hprp of
sweet haimUny, created by DR.. Yer
Tinuer' Il magician like touch WA An
experience that might well be- enyied
ana one calculated To inspire the most
sentimental moods finally vanish and
leave One facing the sober aud practical
side Of lie. The music ceased and the
con veisatiOu took u tutu leading to the
real object Of The reporters call.
lheIe are stories abroad, " said the
newspaper man, Regarding some
extraordinary delIveIaDce from death,
which you have met Will recently,
doctor. Would you object to statiup
what foundation there Is Tor lh.m IN, ana :,
II aug, furnish me Win the true tacls
Tor publication" DR., Verrlnder shrug.
ged his shoulders and laughed. Il
nave not, lie replied, been gwen To
seeking newspaper DOtOrIety, and at
ntty i've Yeas vi age IL is not likely /
shail begin, and Jet, SAID tue professor
afteI thinking d moment and consulting
Mis-. NerrIDutr, perhaps II Is best that
Should give you The circumstances foT
use la the Planet. Tue story OF my
rescue from the grave might i,inglI
he pfeiaced by lutte at my early
history. We resided III EDgaud, where
though L MAS "A professor Ot music, |
Was u dependent On my art, as had
acquired competence. My wife was
ali nelress, having ESQ 900 III her own
right. Through Tho Tascality of II
broker she was robbed almost Of all her
| lnfIIlIil4 Whtl1. ly Ia. R.1,E M
failure, made II necessary To return
To my profession in order To live. do
not speak OF IL boastingly, but / stood
we'll among the MUSICIANS OF that day
IN the old land My fees were a guinea
"A lesson, aud IL Was no UNCOMMON
thing for me TO give twenty IN IA nay.
| We cdne To America, landing IN Que
bee, where 1 anticipated getting HI
engagement AS urganist In The cathrd.
raj, but MAS disappointed. Subs qu'nt-
ly We moved To ST. Catharlues. IN which
CITY procured an organ aud choir aud
suun had u large clientele. Later, Ia
order as | thought To better my fort
unr, took up my residence in London.
first filling AN engagement with n
Methodist church and hfttrwRrd-
accepting the position Of urganlsl in 81.
Peters Cathedral. La those cities
made many warm friends, and gifts
shall ever retain a. among the mos
precious of my possessions. 1t was
while living III London aud pursuing
my art with much eaIntstnPss and
labor that | received stroke at
paraly sis. Perhaps, here the speaker
rnse aud stretching himself 10 his fui'
height, thus displaying his we'll hui
and VT ! uuuTlshtu frame de- .,
lonk like "A paTaly TIC. but the ruth
have tad thIte stIukes-les Sir, H.,
second aud thTd, and they Say a.
thIrd is fatal, ninety nine times uut
ore hundred. Yet here you ste beiuu
yun thrte-sirOke victim, aud mrn
who feels, both ia body and mind, H.
vigorous HI he EVER did in his lie. Ny
ultimate curr l II tribute To my lesuna
the virtue, of medicine whose pTalst
| shall never cease sounding ns long ~
| live and which | shall TeCUmmtu In
suffering humanity as | am now cot
SANITY doing. while | know Of "A ca
and can reach the ear 1T the pArlent
After removing to Chatham had mo-
long been here when my health furthtt
b-gan TO give way. Gradually / not q
the change. l felt II first ana moi
strongly in stomach affection which
produced constant aud distresslr Y
nausea. IL grew worse and worse.
myself attributed IL to bad water
poisoning my system. One doctor sad
II was catarIh Ut the stomach. Another
pronounced IL diabetes, sull another ,
/. different diagnosis, l kept on doctor
ing, hut getting no relief. | tired un'
medicine after another. but IL Was n,
use. Grippe attacked me and added g.
, my pain, discomfort and weakness
At last touk 10 my bid and IT. seemed
that | WAS never going to get well
Nothing Of nOuIishing nature would
remain ON my stomach. No Drug
. seemed To have a cOuntprHclng in
flueuce on the disease which WAS drag
aing me down to my death. My vile
would SIT at my brdside and moisten
NV lips with dilnied spirits which Wa
all that could be done to relieve me
. Besides three local ductoTs who gave
, me up, had doctors from London and
. Kingston whose skill believed in ard
to whom paid heavy fees, hut without
receiving any help or encouragement
L. ia true that stomach pump opera
ton afforded temporary relief. hut vet
| felt that my peculiar case needed
some special and particular compound
or remedial agent which knew NOT Of
But at last. thank God. I discovered II,
had been for eighteen months a mis-
: cradle wreck. unable to eat or To sleep
nropeTlV. NV means were becoming
exhausted, My moor wife WIS
worn ont in body and shirt
"snddenly the de'ivprpr camel Pink
pills! Yes sirl Pink Pills God bless
thew inventor or discovererl- have
rescued me from the Jaws of death and
mirarnlNusly made me wha' yon zee
me TODAY. nearly. hannv. with a snlan
did appetite. n clear brain. n capacity
for work and an ability 10 slePp snnnd
/ and refreshing sleep--a hoon that only
man who has eKnerienced the terrora