La Junta tribune., 1898-02-12
h1EplLL AND MUD.
The Old war-Herss Of Joarnaiism DIS
covers the vlstse OF . New
Msdieisal Variety.
ere are on..y . few Of them left.

Medicinal varsity
There sre on.y few Of them left.
dill, the old war.horse Of the Chicago
Tribune, is the chief surviving represents.
tive Of the old school Of vi-ile, aggressive
editorial giants
To have mud thrown at them was part
OF the profession at nll tlmes, but TO find
health in mad Is rather modern innovR'
tiop. That is what "Joe' Medill has been
doing of late, and he feels that IL his old
friend DAM had found the same source OF
vitality in time he might be abiding with
us still.
Mr.. Medili is an investigator and when
the stories of the miraculous Magno-Mud
at Indiana Mineral Springs began TO spread
over the country, the great eaitor became
interested and eventually decided to try
this mysterious substance on his own rheu-
matte limbs. and weigh It's value He WAS
accompanied by his private physician, DIR.
Toros Sarkisinn, young armenian sci
enlist OF high utrainment-. The great ed
itor was mud-mummit.ed daily for several
weeks and gained visibly in weight strength
and vitality. The CHIEF c, idcnce OF his re-
cuperation was II series OF editorial sledge-
hammer blows, which made the opposition
tremble.
The fnal result of the experiment VIVA
an unqualified success. "Joe" Medill went
back to Chicago in September, md wrote
an editorial about Magno- Mud with his
own hand. Next, he rent his son-in-law,
X. 8. Mccormick, down for u little of the
mud-treatment. In November he went
down again, and since the new bath house
l. completed he expects to be IA regular
vi itor four times year.
This mud-treaiment in which Mr.. MediI
found 70 much virtue, is peculiar, yet log
ical After all, every form of life springs
from the earth, which is tho great destroy
er and nssimilator of dead and eficte mnt-
ter. All life is fed at the breast of Mother
Earth AT the Indiana Mineral Springs is
n beautiful little natural amphitheatre, the
slopes being grown with magnificent oakh.
At the foot OF the conyerging hills. n big
Lithia spring gushcs forth ut the rate OF
which consists OF rich, black porous ionm,
fed by the deciduous foliage of the oak
trees, This peculiar soil saturated with
mineral salts for ages, is soluble u.
sugar, and being devoid Of clay is not
sticky in the least 1t is not. therefore, in
any sense related to tho conventional mud
OF the roadway, Of the Chicago street or
to the variety which clings to your heels
The mud is applied to the patient on q
cot, the subject being entirely encased in
the substance, steamed toa proper temper
ature. 1t then nets as poultice. stimu
lntes the skin, superficial blood vessels and
nerves, opens the pores md lithintes the
blood, dissolving all uric acid deposits
No.hing can be simpler or more rational
Mr.. Medill at the time of his last visit
shared the benefits OF the Magno- Mud Cure
with several other shining lights from
Chicago. His professional colleague. VIM
Penn Nixon, late of the Intcr-Ocean, now
Collector of the Port of Chicago IL another
mud-devotec. So is Ex-Gov. John 7. Alt
geld, which shows that mud is more pow
erful than politics, because it unites in q
common purpose two men, who are, polit
ically not exactly ted-fellows.