Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-06-27
AN EFFECTIVE MAIDSTONE.
aou 1t Adh.rss to the Dody ANA Suck
Out All The Poison,

How 1t Adh-rss to the Body ANA Sucks
Out All The Poison.
Nearly every one has heard more or
less about madstones and the wonderful
cures with which they are credited in
saving life where a person had been bit
ten by mad dog. Many regard these
stones as q mere superstition, but stats
tics go TO prove that they really do con-
( tain many wonderful properties. Mad
stones are seldom heard of anywhere ex-
/ cept in the southern states, where they
( are quite common, aud most Of the peo-
! PIE Of that section place great faith in
/ them. Nrs. J. NJ. Parks, lady resid-
/ ing il this city, is the possessor of one
I Of these remarkable stones, ard a report
er called ON her tolearn something about
them.
Yes she said when questioned on
I the subject, Il have q maidstone and
have had it many years. My husband
found it near MagIesia Springs, Fla. !
have only had occasion to use it three or
four times since it has been il my pos
1ession. and each time the hest results
followed. The reason that / have not
used it often is that Inever hear of q case
where a person has been bitten BIZ Z mad
dog until l see it in the paper, and then
it hrs always been stated that the pG-
tient las been taken with commissions.
Il is too late TO Use the maidstone then.
Spaslns DO not generally appear until
about nine days after the person Is bit
ten, and # the stone IS applied any time
preSiOus to the commissions the-pOison
will be entirely drawn ont by it.
The worst case l ever cured with my
maidstone happened when q policeman
here in the city, named Price, was bit
ten On the hand by a mad dog. Ills arm
had swollen up to three or four times its
natural size and had turned black. The
man was suffering the most eXcruciat-
ing agony. and his physicians he'd de-
SPARED OF his life. / accidentally heard
Of his case and at once hurried 10 the
house with my maidstone. The doctor
consented to give it q trial, and the re-
salt was that the man recovered and is
ROW walking around the streets as well
as ever"
Upon the reporters asking ii he might
see the stone Mrs. Parks Immediately
produced it, rcmarking as she did so,
1T does not look nearly as powerful as
it really Is"
1t Is a little, porous, chalklike sub
stance aboat an inch long, half an inch
wide and quarter Of an inch thick
ard appeared to be a sort of vegetable
compound.
The process Of applying the mad /
stone, continued Mrs. Parks, us very
simple and somewhat similar to vaccina- /
ton. You select some part Of the body F.
between tho bite and the heart and with F.
R sharp knife scra3e the skin Till tie /
blood comes, then apply tine stone to the /
raw spot. The stoue Will adhere imme- /
iiately, and It's drawing qualities are so .
great that il will almost bury itself III .
the flesh, sucking out the poison until ell /
the pores CG the stone are filed with tie .
deadly virus. The stone then. drops of .
If its own accord, and after being thor
oughly cleansei with milk, warm water
and soap is applied again. This Is kept
up till the stone refuses TO stick, Thereby
showing that all the poison has been
drawn ont. st. Louis Giobe-Dcmocrat.