The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-06-03
CONSERVATORY or MUSIC,
DR CARL LEO vRRRIxDIh
Director.


CONSERVATORY or MUSIC.
DR CARL LEO vHRRIxDxA,
Director.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
To sit. a. did Planet reporter fsv
days ako, in . very atmosphere of sweet
harmony created by Dr.. verrinder's ma
gician-llks touch, was m experience that
might we'll be envied. and one calculated
to inspire the most sentimental reveries.
But sentimental moods finally vanish and
leave one facing the sober and practical
side Of life. The music ceased and the
conversation took = turn leading to the
real object of the reporters call.
There are stories abroad" said the
newspaper man. regarding some extraor-
binary deliverance from death which you
have met With recently. doctor. Would
you object to stating what foundation
there is tor them, and, ii any. furnish me
with the true facts for publication" DR..
Verrinder shrugged his shoulders and
given to seeking newspaper notoriety, and
ct SIS years Of age it IS not likely I shall
begin, and yet" ST 4 the professor after
thinking q moment and consulting Mrs
Verrinder. perhaps it il best that I
should give you the circumstances for use
in the Planet The story Of my rescue from
the grave might fittingly be prefaced by =
in England. where, though was pro-
lessor Of music, | Was not dependent on
my art, a. had acquired . completeness.
Ny wife WAS an heiress, having ESQ, 600 in
her own right Through the rascaiity of
. broker she was robbed almost Of all her
fortune, while BY the Bank Of Glasgow
failure my money vanished forever. It
became necessary for me then 30 return to
my profession In order to live. do not
speak of IL boastinRly, bat stood we'll
among the musicians Of that day IN the
old land. My fees were guinea lesson.
and il was no uncommon thing for me 70
give twenty in day. We came TO Amer
lea. landing in Quebec. where anticipated
getting an engagement as organist in the
cathedral. bus was disappointed. Subse-
quently We moved to ST. Catharines, in
which city procured an organ and choir
and soon had large clientele. Later, in
order as thought to better my fortune,
took up my residence in London, first hill.
ing an engaesln4at with. . Methodist
church and Afterwards accepting the posi-
ton OF organist In st. Peters cathedral.
In those cities made many warm friends,
and their tributes and gifts shall ever re-
tain as amongthe most precious of my
possessions It was while living in London
and pursuing nv art with much earnest
ness and labor that received q stroke of
paralysis. Perhaps'-here the speaker
rose and stretching himself 70 his full
height, thus displaying his welLbuilt and
weli-nourished frame-''I do not look like
paralytic. But the truth is l have had
three strokes--yes. sir. first. second and
third, and they say the third Is fatal
ninety.nine times out Of one hundred.
Yet here You SEQ before you three stroke
victim, and man who feels, both in body
and mind, as vigorous as he ever did in his
life. MY ultimate cure attribute to my
testing the virtues Of a medicine whose
praise shalt never cease sounding as long
az live, and which shall recommend to
suffering humanity as l am now con-
can reach the ear Of the patient. After
removing to Chatham ! had not long been
here when my health further began to give
away. Gradually l noted the change.
felt II first and most strongly in stomach
affection which produced constant and
distressing nausea 1t grew worse and
worse. I myself attributed it to bad
water poisoning my system; One doctor
said It was catarrh OF the stomach.
Another pronounced it diabetes, still an
other q different diagnosis. l kept on
doctoring, but getting no relief. tried
one medicine after another, but il was no
use. Grippe attacked me and added to nv
pain. discomfort and weakness. Al last /
took to my bed and it seemed that was
never going to get well. Nothing of a
nourishing nature would remain on my
stomach. No drugs seemed to have q
countcracting influence on the disease
which was dragging me down to death.
Ny wife would sit At nv bedside and mois.
ten my lips with diluted spirits which was
oil that could be done 10 relieve me. BE.
sides three local doctors who gave me up,
l had doctors from London and Kingston
whose skill believed in and to whom I
paid heavy fees, but without receiving any
help or encouragement Ii Is true that
stomach pump operation afforded tempo
rary relief, but yet felt that nv peculiar
case needed some special and particular
compound or remedial agent which I
knew not Of But. at last. thank
God, discovered it. l had been for
eighteen months a miserable wreck. un-
able TO work, unable to eat or 20 sleep
properly. NY means were becoming ex.
hansted. My poor wife vas worn out in
body ana spirit. Suddenly the deiiverer
came! Pink Pills. Yes, SIR, PINK Pills
tod bless their inventor or discoverer -
have rescued me from the laws of death
and miraculousiy made me what you see
me today. hearty. happy. with a splendid
appetite, clear brain, capacity tor work
and an sbilify to sleep sound and refresh.
AK s4fStr-3 popB olfS man " no
has experienced the terriers of insomnia
can rightly appreciate. bear in mind. nv
friend, am no wiId enthusiast over the
supposed merits OF this medicine. | have
tested the virtues of F1ak pilis and am
ready TO take oath 10 their efficacy. No
one could shake my faith in them: be-
canse what man has thoroughly proyed
in his own experience, and what he has
hal confirmed IN the experience of others
i have prescribed the pills TO other sick
persons and know whe. extraordinary
good they have effected n .hei. caseS-hs
ought 10 be convinced is 50. shall tell
you how | came 20 try them. A fellow
mem Der of the A. q. I. W, the brethren
of which order had been more than xind
20 ne during MY Illness. recommended
Pink Pills ! knew nothing about what
they we're or what they could accomplish.
III tact. am rather skep;ic on what are
termed proprietary remedies" But /
started 10 take Pink PI.is for Pale People,
made ay the Dr.. Williams Medicine Com
panY. Rockville. From the very nrst, one
=; dose. began 10 mend, and before I
had taken more than = box or tao knew
that bad found the right remedy and
that ~ the PINK Pills | Owed nv life. In
nine months / have taksn twelve boxes
igs, s. worth Think Of IL. NV friend
Hundreds .of dollars for other treatment
aud only s. for what has IAi~ q man
of Dse and set me again on the
highway al health ard prosperity.
There IS some sao..e. siie-giving psin-