Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1896-11-26
Tortured to Regain Sight.

pocket and has nothing in the world
to live for. He would like to die, but
he doesn't believe in suicide So when
he heard of Mr.. Rouss' 81 100000
offer. and being afflicted with the sane
trouble, he offered to allow himself to
be operated upon by anybody Mr..
Rouss was satisfied with, Mr. Rouss
paving all the expenses.
The thousand cruks that besieged
Millionaire Rouss only to be turned
away are received by Martin. He is
generous He doesn't expect any of
them to cure him, hut he heroically
allows each person as he comes along
to try his skill on his poor eyes. The
expermenters have gwen him no rest.
Martin is living on the top floor of
the rear tenement at No. l92 Elizabeth
street. His orders are to admit every
body One experimentor sand she
was a psychic. She declared that she
was fall Of electricity and by simply
putting her finger tips on Martins
eyeballs such current would be
transmitted that he would see forth
with. Then She put her fingers on
them and waited for the current to
come. 1t didn't come. She held
them there until Martin got tired and
she left, declaring that it was the first
time her power had forsaken her.
Next came a man who said he had
an absolutely sure remedy which had
been handed down as a family secret
for generations. Il was so simple that
Martin would be surprised when he
told him what it was. /; was simply
wet clay This he explained he would
put on the eyes and at the end Of nm
hour the patient would be completely
cured.
"Tr5t along, said Martin YEARLY.
The stuff Was plastered over his orbs
carefully and allowed to stick there
seventy minutes. Then it peeled off
and the alleged sight restorer said
There Holding up his five fingers,
he asked Martin
"What DO YOU see there
Nothing" replied Martin, I'm not
cured yet.
Then came man who claimel the
championship for simplicity Of cure.
"The wonderful properties Of herbs, -
he sand. "are old, but unknown to the
present generation Yet the most
miraculous cures can be effected by
those who have the wisdom to under
stand their use. These green leaves
which hold in my hand picked M
in the park, yet to them you will owe
the return of your cycsight."
He soaked them in water and made
poulticc. This he applied TO the
victim and predicted that IN few
hours objects would be disccrnible.
But the green leaves didn't work any
better than the clay.
Another visitor was a young college
student, who explained that all that
was necessary was by the use Of a
knife TO remove the skin, which was
obscunng the pupils, and that done
vision would be as clear as crystal
Begin" said Martin, indiferently.
He operated for an hour with his
knife, and Martin appeared destined
TO die from loss Of blood. He sur
yiyed, however, but not 10 see.
Still another operation was per-
formed on Martin a week ago. Dr..
Brown, Of Philadelphia, cut the mus
cles Of Martins eyes, causing them TO
remain filed with blood for four days.
The operation was 70 painful that
Martin tainted His eyes were still
dark
Since put myself in the hands Of
| Mr.. Rouss, SIX months ago, said Mar
tin, Il have received about SIX ihous-
and letters and about FIVE hundred
personal calls. have had at least
thirty operations performed on me,
/ aud have taken several hundred me-
| dicinal cures. ! have had needles
stuck into nay head and have suffered
every torture on earth, yet today !
am a. blind a. | was six months ago.
But do not complain" he said.
with sigh, "for God has been good to
me in sending me such friend a.
Charles Broadway ROuss.
Martin was drug clerk when af-
hicted nine years ago.-ReD YoTk
World.
Customer On tea store, tasting the