The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-07-29

Sne was cureu Dy MrS. WOOuWOTtN, tuS
trance medium. When young Keyser
tackled Mrs. Lochbaums case she was
suffering great pain. and had been un-
able to sleep on her right side for three
years. Keyser pressed her hands In
his, then gently pressed her ribs and
other affected parts. and, she says,
sensation like an electric thrill passed
through her body. her pain left her and
she turned over on her right side and
slumbered for over half an hour. When
she awoke she felt greatly rested and
although she still has to use crutches.
she says she feels much better. and es-
pecially when the sun Is out and the
air Is dry and warm. She attributes her
marked improvement to Keyser's
touch.
PEOPLE HE HAS TOUCHED.
In a short time Keyser was run down
with applicants desirous Of being
touched. and he now makes engage
nients with his patients, whom he
treats either at their homes or in some
place where crowd cannot collect.
Unlike other healers, he does not give
public exhibitions. Among those he
has impressed with his power to cure
is Frank Rollins. a brother Of the we'll
known base ball catcher, Pat Rollins
Frank Rollins has been doubled up with
rheumatism for three months. Last
Monday Keyser touched him on the
ribs and hips, and Rollins. 1t Is claimed
by those who witnessed the operation,
limbered up at once, Strengthened out
his limbs and joyously exclaimed:
We'll. I'll be dummed! l feel bully"
The next day Rollins was balancing
chairs and dancing jigs He says he
feels first rate now, except when the
weather is damp, then he thinks he
would enjoy Keyser's magnetic touch.
MADE ANOTHER CURE.
Mrs. Robert Coleman, colored, the
wife of the sexton of the Central Pres
byterian church, has suffered with
rheumatic knee since last August. She
says that she had no use of her leg
without cane; that she had unsuc.
cessfully used iodine, bl!sters and va
rious lotions, and that her physician
had told her that the muscle of her leg
was worn out. Healer Keyser just
touched her knee and pulled her leg.
and she says she got up and walked. She
says she can now bear her whole weight
on her rheumatic leg.
Benjamin Parrott, an aged colored
neighbor of Mrs. Coleman, says he suf-
fered from a complication of troubles.
beginning with a sunstroke and ending
with grip, from which he claims he was
partially paralyzed in his arms and
right leg Keyser touched him. for q
few minutes. and the old man says
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is anxiously waiting for Keyser to
touch him up again to get him In trim
to run foot races with his grandchil-
| dren.
There is another colored woman here
who had asthma, catarrh, nervousness.
rheumatisma nd u crooked leg. Keyssr
treated her and the patient said she
| feels better Her leg is still crooked,
however. but Keyser says 1t won't
trouble her SO much now, as he has
fabricated her joints" with his occult
| power.
Jacob Ault got mixed up with Cum
berland Valley railroad train about five
years ago, and has since dragged him
self through life on pair OF crutches.
He had rheumatism before he was
wrecked on the railroad, and his life
| has since then been one of continual
\ suffering. Keyser pulled his legs and
arm, rubbed his neck and head, and
Ault said that he felt much better and
slept that night with more comfort than
he had enjoved for years. He now
| thinks that II Keyssr will rub his spine
maybe he can shed his crutches. TOT
all appearances, however, he Is as much
of n wreck as he was when Keysar
| touched him.
NEW CURE FOR A DISEASE.
A man named S. Haller had salt
rheum, which compelled him to use
crutch. Keyser touched his leg on Mon
day, and on Wednesday Haller had
| thrown away his crutcn and was push
ing q baby coach around town. 1t Is
claimed that Mrs. Frank Rollins was
| getting diphtheria, at least Keyser
claims that she was. Keyser touched
her OH the head, and he claims that he
chased the diphtheria clean out Of her
system.
THE CHILD FELT BETTER.
William Scheers brought his 9-year-
old daughter Eva to Keyser. The child
was afflicted with St. Anthony's dance,
so her father said. Keyser grasped her
wrists held them for while,
asked the child what she felt.
She replied that she felt a funny sensa-
| ton as though her foot was asleep all
| over her body" do you feel better?"
| asked Keyser. Yes, SIR replied the
child. you feel rested, don't you?"
asked Keyser. Yes. SIR" she said.
Then turning to the awe-inspired father
Keyser said in a brisk, businesslike
way: That's about all l can do for this
| little girl at present. / think I've backed
her trouble little, and in time / can
| entirely cure her of it." AS the father
| left with his child, the healer carefully
accepted an invitation to smoke a cigar.
| As he puffed away at 1t he looked more
like base ball player than healer
| Representative ID. Hunter Patterson,
of Fulton county, is said to have been
| cured of a sore foot by Keyser's touch,
| and an old man who lives at this
place. who is said to be Sc years of age,
and who had been unable to raise his
| hand to his head for ten years. was
| touched by by Keyser. and, 1T is claimed,
| Immediately raised his hand to his head,
pulled his whiskers and said: "Ah."
WILL TOUCH" FOR A FEE.
These are only a few Of the many
manifestations of keyser's alleged pow
| or. He is receiving calls from all over
| the valley. and among those who have
written him for dates is Dr. G. H. Mark
| ley. the well known druggist of Harris
burg. who desires to be touched for
| lumbago and sciatica, and who has eX-
pressed his willingness to come to
Chambersburg for that purpose. In
| fact. so great is the call on the healer's
| time that he intends to locate here,
with his pretty little wife, for several
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