Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-06-22
He BELIEVES N MApsTOvEs.
The Good Record of II stone ihnt
Came from the Far East.

| tMfmphis Commercial AppeaL)
| "No person who has seen maistones
applied so often and go successfully as
| have can ever doubt the efficacy OF these
| articles"
So speaks Mr. -. Pointer. citizen Of
| Memphis who's rhitoncd hair attests
| his arrival 40 au age ~ intelligence. Mr.
| Pointers father was Dr. -. Pointer. who
| prictiCai the healing art ~ como. Sis
| for many years. being a native OF halI-
! faX county, Va, where the grandfather
Thomas Pointer. lived. This family Is
widely connected. and Is well known In
| Virginia as we'll as IN the Mississippi
Valley.
"Wh-n ! tell Won that we have had
maidstone in our family for over three
quarters Of q century. and that / myself
have positive knowledge Of hundreds Of
| cures OF bona tide eases of hyisounobia
by the stone. you viii understand why
! am such thorough believer in it, e1ys
Mr. Pointer MY grandfather. Tom
Pointer of HalfaX county. Va. first came
! into possession Of the stone. , have ln
my younger days often heard an about
how he got II. but have forgotten most
Of the details ] know that friend ~
my gandfather's travelled I'm the Fast
India. or China, and came back WIN
great many of these stones ] io not
know how ne got them. II sold many
% different people. He d.d not s"ll th-
one TO my grandfather, but left n with
him. saying my grandfather could have
it unless be- returned and claimed H. He
was a great traveller. lie made another
trip after this. and was never heard of
again. Hence my grandfather retained
the stone. I-lter IN It's history IL was
broken. one part IS now in the possession
Of Joe Pointer and Green Williams. OF
Person county. y. c.. and and my sister.
Mrs. St.th, OF Dallas Tex. keep the
other At one time. when IL was neccs-
sary 20 sell this stone at auction 10 settle
an estate. IL brought 500
The stone We have is quite ordinary I'm
appearance. II is black. and might be-
mistaken for a chunk Of coal. one side
Is smooth. but the other. the porous side,
that IS applied 10 the bite. is rough When
the stone is used 30 Is laid on the spot
where the bite has scratched the skin.
If poison has been deposited there. %
maidstone will stick and absorb the poison
Gus substance.
II recollect on one occasion. when
member Of our household had been
bitten. the doctor gave up the patient.
and said he could not live TIN morning.
The bite was on the arm. and the swell
ing was immense. The patient could
not open his eyes. There was no doubt
about this being case Of rabies FOR the
doctor so pronounced II. The doctor
having given up the case. ami declared
that death would ensue before morning.
] ask him II ] could not try the efficacy
Of the maidstone. lie had no objection.
stating that IL would do no good. but to
appcase my insistence he said IL could
~ hsr Il q afln .
adhered. Presently it had absorbed all
it could contain OF tie poisonous sub
stance, and fell of. BY that time the
sufferer had been benefited sufficiently to
be able TO open his eyes / placed the
stone in a bucket Of luke-warm water
che usual way of treating IT'D, and the
poison at once cxuded AMI rose 10 .he
top Of the water. forming a green scum.
When the stone had emptied itself il was
again applied to the sore. and before it
had filed up again it fe!l OFF, all the
poison having been absorbed. The pa
tient recovered. though the doctor, dis
believer in the maidstone had given him
less than twelve hours 10 live
There are many people in this city and
IN Mississippi who can youch for the ef-
hcacy Of this stone. / remember Of
cure before the war, I'm which Phelan
Lucas, who now lives at Holly Springs.
was deeply interested. Mr. Lucas had
valuable negro bitten by a rattlesnake
Willie working in the field. The bite was
In the thumb. The negro came in from
the field with his hand and arm fearfully
swollen. and suffering great pain. Their
was no chance for him TO live long. Mr.
Lucas said afterward that anybody could
have bought that negro for 80 then. But
the maidstone was got from my fathers,
and the negro was cured
Persons who have seen 50 many and
such positive cures as | have cannot
doubt the efficacy Of the maidstone"