Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-01-25

WAS confronted hA n tail. balA-'f W. i"f'
whose face seemed familiar, yet l couip
not identity him. He was the picture OF
health and his large brown cA e. seemed
To fa~tcn on me II beg your pardon.
he said. but yonr face r. familiar. May
ask your namcg' -. Nahi Bennett !
replied. 4 smile crcpt over his face ana
his eyes closed as though he were trying
10 think OF something. Another cues
ton please. Where were you from
August 10 "a. 1852" ION the broad
Atlantic Ocean" ] said. zen route for
Europe" Were you on the French
steamer La Gascogne?' he asked. Yes,
Then" he said slowly. you arc the
man , am largely indebted TO for saving
my life" you interest me- said
FOR did not know that ] had a credit
IN this or any other world for saving a
human HE" you viii remember he
said rather late on the evening of the
llth OF August. az the stern of the boat,
you and l had a long talk. You said you
were homosick and would be glad when
you had gotten through with your busi-
ness Ia Germany and could return home.
/ replied that l expected when ! returned
home IL would be in "a box. and that
Wished that / WAS IN the bottom OF the
fugiow made in the water by the Keel
OF our steamer" "Thcn." 1 said. you
must be that tall. thin. sickly man We
called the Ghost "'lhe same man.
he said. "and you VIII remember intro
ducing ne 10 Dr. K. Z. Flower. of Boston.
a physician. who. you said. was the most
wonderful specialist IN the treatment and
cure of chronic diseases the earth has
ever produced" II remember the incl
dent well. Or. Flower and his secretary
were passing on l. Gascognc and In III
Producing You told you thai Il any man
on earth could help you Dr. Flower was
that man. "Wen. the day after 1 was |
examined by Or. Flower My troubles. |
as 7 had told you. were consumption. |
Brights disease. catarrhal and gastric |
disease OF the stomach and heart trouble, |
and my limbs had sweilcd 10 the size /
OF my body nearly. 4 had been given up |
as incurable by the leading physicians OF
san Francisco and New York, and had |
been sent abroad. as I knew. so as TO die
away from home. Or. Flower, in his |
wonderful examination. told me all my |
diseases from my early life to that hour
without asking me a question or my tell
ing him a thing. / made up my mind
Immediately that Or. Flower was the |
doctor FOR me. that he aid not belong TO
the ordinary class of doctors: that he
was man Of culture, OF great knowledge
ana rare attachments and that his
diagnosis Of my case was no.
thing less than a miraculous demonstra-
ton OF intuitional power from superior
brain. / placed myself Immediately under
his care. lie seemed To have everything
needed with him. During his three or
our weeks practice IN Paris and Lon
Ion. l visited him frequently. I rapidly
and after returning to son
Francisco continued nv treatment for
ni'teen or fourteen months and was per-
cured If il had not been for
Dr.. Flower l should have been dead
nan ten years ago, and IN place o. q
Happy wife a s0rrowing widow ana three
atherless girls would have been strue-
ling for sustenence. and IL it had not
zen for you 1 would never have met Or.
Tower. | shall move my family 10 Pbla-
ciphia in few weeks. where my new
usiness calls me. and shall ever sound
he praises Of Df. Flower IA the East as
DR. ten years / have sung them al the
olden Gate" ]
/ spent lovely evening with my friend
the ocean voyage. and before retiring
lat night l made up ny mind that as
had entered into newspaper work
ould investigate DR. r. C.. Flowers
'actice IN Connecticut, and that IL it !
lowed the same wonderful cXamina-
ons and miraculous cures ana bore the
me charmed history that the cure of
hiio +. Brosius, of san Francisco. bears. l
would give it 10 the world--drst as a
'scinating narrative full Of interest and !
1
now where TO find help when all others J
ave failed. c
INVESTIGATION BEGINS.
Procuring the names Of a few Of DR.. !
!. c. Flowers patients, and from these r
'uents, hearing of Others I began an :
Vestieation OF his practice, which all
rites will confess is phenomenal. If not t
iTaculOus. Z
Judge Dwight LOOMS. rs Pennington
venue. Hartford Conn when asked 4
hat he thought Of Dr. X c. Flower. c
I'D promptly, in his concise and pointed h
ay Il regard DR.. r. G. Flower as the
)lest and most wonderful physician OF =
MS age ana IN every way remarkable 4
nd wonderful man. ] was a very sick s
an said judge LOOMS. sand was A
Gated by several prominent physicians. !
II grew constantly worse. My friends n
came alarmed az my condition and | A
'ged me 90 consult Bf. r. &. Flower Of o
oston. l Was told that Dr. Flower could d
u me my troubles better than / could N
II him. without asking me a question. h
did not believe that he could do any e
ing OF the kind, but as other physicians v
al failed to help me and az l was grow +
< rapidly worse, 1 decided to consult ! n
r. Flower. Upon one of his visits To the y
llyn House. Hartford, L called on him. |
great crowd of people were waiting to n
g him. In time my turn came. I'm r.
Iine my surprise when the doctor, with +
4 asking question, told me all my II
oubles better than / could have told ],
m. l knew 1 was in the presence OF a
man who was great in his profession, | n
10 understood through his work and | Il
at he understood my ailments. I put
yself under DR.. Flowers treatment and IL
on began 10 improve. My Improvement Il
as rapid aud permanent, and IN o few p
onths | Was cured. i have sent several I,
my friends TO Dr. Flower and he has
amined them and cured them i'm the n,
me wonderful way. I never fail to re- "
Or. Flower 10 the sick"
Words of praise from Judge LOOmis's | +
$ are not idle words, as every man i'm a,
nnec;icut knows. For years he was
emost at The Connecticut Bar and | 6,
: twenty years ne was on the Supreme cs
lch Of the State. No man stands ri
CHER Intellectually or as a man OF in cl
'rity and clean character than Judge |
wight LOOMS, and when such a man, | Fl
the evening Of his life as he nears d,
e silence and sleep winch come to all W
ys what he says OF DR.. X. c. Flower J "