Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-06-24


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\ ucro paths.,c cry has never esc2p-
oj from human lips. This man, the
cCZ;roner of one of the largest msrcan-
tile enterprises in this country, the pcs
sesScr Of millions and millions Of dol
lars, with many years of life before him
and the power 20 command all the COM
forts and Inquiries that the ingenuity
of man can doViseS sits helpless, n ut
ter darkness.
Wne7s is the philosopher who has
Enae,erCd the scores CT nature and is
bcxailins tho poverty Of his lot? Where
is the skilled physician who SemOanS
she worlds inSratEude? Where ara
ali those men who say, I've are the
wise ones of the earsh. yet the eartA's
riches ara withheld fTo-a US by the ig-
noranCe of man."
Here is their opportunity. II IS but
a little thing that this man Ccsires-a
tiny bit Of DervOuS tissue not TWO inches
long has become paralyZed, and re
wants it restored 10 activity; and for
this been he Will make mis- banefGctOr
4 miliOnaire-nake him power
among men-place him and his de
sceadGn5s' descendants forever beyond
want.
Yet Nr. RoJsS Is still blind. and The
million dollars are still in his vaults,
and all the wisdom Of man is not great
enough to care him. Is it not pathe-
lie?
Charles Broadway ROuss IS a very &C.
centric man. with many strange habits,
the average human beings allotment
OF weaknesses. and an impulSive dispO-
sitiOn and i generous heart. His &C.
centricities are all natural, and are not,
as has sometimes been said. assumed
by him for the sake Of acquiring motor
iety He brought them with him when
he came to New York, and stuck TO
them through adversely, as well as in
prosperity.
As was TO be expected. his extraOr-
binary offer of a reward aroused all the
erankS in the land, and day after day
his mail was flooded with the most
amazing Communications from all parts
of the country. Mr. ROuss, however,
is ably guarded by a corps of secretaries
and clerks who, in his pressn cOndi-
ton. tighten the burden Of his troubles
as much as they possibly can. The idi-
Ouc letters and offers and suggestions
are therefore thrown into the waste pa
per basket and never come to his
knowledge.
His secretaries have tried to select
from the mass of correspondence those
letters that contained a glimmer of in
teHigence of the slightest shadow of
promise. These in themselves from an
exceedingly curious collection.
A young man by the name of Martin.
who had formerly been in Mr.. ROuss'
employ, was recently afflicted with the
same trouble that brought about his
employers blindness paralysis of
the optic nerve. When Mr.. ROuss
heard of the case he took a deep inter-
est in the young man, and provided, as
well as he could, for mis- comfort
In return for this Martin volunteered
TO try any or all OF the remedies that
We're suggested in order to test their
efficacy. As this arrangement saved
Mr.. ROuss considerable time and a
great deal of anxiety, he consented TO it.
To-day Martin is being treated for his
blindness in four different ways, and if
any Of them is successful Mr.. Rouse
will try il upon himself. and if he, too,
is cured. the man who suggested the
treatment win set the million dollars
together with a substantial present for
having cured Martin.
In spite of his afliction. Mr. Rouss'
sense of humOr and his fOndness for
sarcasm have not deserted him. One
Of the first physicians 10 apply for the
reward was a Chicago practitioner, who
wrote:
Unfortunately I an unable at pres
ert to go 10 New York, but if you will
come to Chicago and remain under ny
treatment for TWO weeks, 1 feel conf
Celt that I will get the million dol
lars
Mr.. Rouss' answer was as follows:
My Dear Sir.-I would not stay in
Chiosgo for two weeks &c make one mil
Hon dollars, mucn less to spend it,"
One day q huugry-lookilg Individual.
Kauut and sJsabb;iy clad, entered the
store and asked 90 see Mr.. Ro0ss. There
10 no millionaire in New York, by the
vav. shO IS so easy 10 sac as Charles
Broadway RouS5. All YOU have TO do
70 to walk into his Office and sec him.
Cards are dispensed with in his estab-
lShucrt.
Il think can cure you, Mr.. Rouss."
said this chap.
Is that SOL was the CHEEKY response.
"Yes. 1 have q acknowledgements
rapeutic method for curing just such
cases as yours. / have cured hun
dve6s."
Mt. Rouss called a boy and said:
Bring Mr.. Martin here.
Then. when Martha arrived:
Martin. th!s gentleman says Re can
cure you. ii he does IN give I'm an
interest IN ,bis business. Then. 4 he
cucos me. IN give him he million dol
lars"
The visitor looked blank.
Hadn't I better begin with you, Mr..
Rouss?' he asked.
nc. sir. No. sir. I; ycu cure Mar
tin YOU can cure ME. l. YOU can't cure
him. you can't cure me. He has time
% spare. Z have none.
From that dGy 20 this Martin has
been getting daily doses of the galv&aO-
elsc.ro-.he treatment His
sight has not improved, ard NJ. Rouss
feels that he has saved Q sre2S deal @:
valuable Ulae.
Then a female physician turned up
With Q theory and s. method. Her the
ory was interesting. Hex netbcu was
painful.
Scientists have discovered" she eS-
nl7.red to Sfr. R0uss, that paralysis