The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-13

4 In the afternoon. The remainder of the
day IS given up to blessing more handker-
chiefs which have been handed or sent 10
MIN, ana answering his enormous corre-
spondence. In one day recently he blessed
400 handkerchiefs and answered between
zoe and 700 letters, after standing in the
prolhng sun from to 4. His power he
claims to receive directly from God, and
10 nave become suddenly conscious of this
grit while in semi-trance state some
years ago. He does not claim to be Mes
siah, but that he has the spirit of Christ
ana similar powers. He is saNs not to he
a faith curist, but to heal by divine gift
out ne insists that his patients shall be-
lieve in his power and their cure, and
that both are from God. His cures are
not all instantaneous, few of them are;
he usually sets a time in the future when
the cure will be completed Ii would seem
10 be wrong TO set him down as a con-
scious impostor, rather than a sincere, al
though deluded enthusiast.
There is more than the usual amount of
evidence that this enthusiast has really
accomplished remarkable cures-fully as
much as there is to prove that cures have
been accomplished at Lourdes. or bv the
more familiar faith cure process. The
man whose guest Schlatter is while in
alderman of that city, who claims 10
have been cured by him months ago, and
the newspapers of Denver report a num-
Der of cases where former patients az
firm their restoration to health at his
hands. One case reported is of an engi-
neer who came all the way from Aibu-
QueIQue TO Denver 10 see ana thank
Schlatter for removing the effect of a
railroad accident. which had left the en-
gineer lame for life, as he supposed and
other even more remarkable stories are
told which may be believed or not ac-
cording to the amount of faith or credul-
ty of the listener. The striking fact is
that multitudes do believe these stories
or cures, and go to Schlatter with as pro-
found faith as ever devotee carried to his
shrine, and that among these believers
are men of intelligence in ordinary af-
Of rb.ar hox a
their ability to handle successfully the
difficult practical problems of business.
Schlatters day is probably short one,
had predecessors, and until the mlllen-
mum of universal intelligence, and the
appreciation of the supremacy of law in
the universe, approaches, his successors
Will find followers as he has.
SOME OF SCHLATTER'S CURES.
Denver Correspondence New York sun.
Now as to cures. The Sun correspond
statements made in a. recital of a few
cases, leaving to the readers to form their
own conclusions. The words of the pa
TENTS must be taken for what they are
worth. Enough has been seen and known
to satisfy any one that through this re-
markable man many people have secured
a rellef Tor Whlchfthey may well be thank
full. Whether this relief will be permanent
time alone will tell.
A man owning several business build
lngs and who lives at the Metropole h.
tel, decided tc Try Schiatter's powers for
reneI from rheumatism. ashamed to be
thought by his friends to be doing a fool
ish act, he arose atF3. o'clock one mornins,
and stood before theY adence where the
healer was sleeping untn 9 O'Clock. so a.
10 be treated and away before any of his
friends was the wiser he has not had a
touch of rheumatic pain since
A newspaper reporter secured A hand
kerchlef which had been "biessed'' nv
Schlatter. He has consumption and me.
disease in his case is well advanced For
eight years he has rested badly at nigh
always awaking several times to collgo
violently. Since he began to wear thai
handkerchief upon his chest at nirbt ne
has slept without bein~ once dIsfurbec
by attacks Of coughing. He is thankfn
for seven consecutive nights of perfect
comfort and rest-somethfng unknown ~,
his case-and he is now convinced ms,
this man has some strange, and to him
a marvellous power. '''''
A young woman, the daughter Of n
well-known physician. has SUFFERED fo-
many months with most ANNOYING faefal
eruption which neither her father NOV
several other physicians We're able TO cure
She went to SchlatteT, and after sleepinp
2 rev nights under the handkerchief whic6
mad been held by that man, her face has
recovered its normal condition and is To-
day as smooth as that of a child.
\ BOY OF six years, born with a physi-
cal qelect was operated upon by one Of
the hest surgeons of the city. The result
was the establishment of a weakness
most distress 1g to the mother, who tried
elnics of medical schools and many phvs-
leans IN vain. All said that only another