The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-14
A VALUABLE MAIDSTONE.
It l. said to Have Cured Many Bites
by Mad Dogs.

DIR. II. l.. Miller of Nevada, Vernon
county. Mo-. has in his possession a bit
of stone not larger than a hen's egg.
which could not be purchased for $780,
900.
Ii Is only a bit of notified grayish
substance. rough on the surface, por-
Gus and light in weight. 1t is a mad
stone.
The stone is the property of a syndi-
cate, i'm which there are 496 sharehold-
ers. DIR. Miller's interest in IL Is $500.
Our maidstone came TO Vernon coun-
ty 20 years ago." said DIR. Miller. "A
Russian physician VINO had just come
from his own country brought 1t. He
also had papers containing a history
of the stone as far back as the year
l74s.
The stone was found by its original
owner in the body of an elk. Ii came
down through the Russian physicians
family from generation to generation,
and IL was the most highly priced of
all the heirlooms.
Like many another Russian the ply
| stefan lost his wealth through political
intrigue. and with the exception of the
maidstone, he had nothing of value in
the world.
'Dr. J. II. Frye of this county ex-
amined the stone and it's history. In
the records which the Russian carried
there were hundreds of estimonials TO
the virtues of the one DIR. Frye Of
fered $500 for 1t. The Russian was in
need. but he declined emphatically to
accept the offer.
Soon after this the tor was APP
piled to the wound on a child's arm
caused by "A dog bite. In a very short
time the wound healed cleanly.
ID Frye again offered $500 for the
stone. and that amount was again re-
fused. DIR. Frye raised the offer and
finally purchased the maidstone for ST.
300. Business reverses compelled DIR.
Frye to place the stone on the market
shortly after he became possessed of II.
BY that time the stone had become
we'll and favorably known all over YER
non county. Ii had been applied in sew
eral cases of dog bite and always with
success. The residents of the county
did not want the stone to get out of
their reach. Accordingly. when Dr.
Frye that IL was for sale.
a mass meeting was held and the cit
liens of Vernon county formed a COM
pany n subscribed 81. 000. the price
whicn e.. Frye was willing to accept
for IL. Since then more stockholders
have been admitted. n l now own a
$500 interest In the stone.
The method OF treatment Is to apply
the stone To the wound caused by the
bite. The stone will generally adhere
to the flesh n cling there for some
minutes. The theory IL hat IL absorbs
the poison. our stone will cure cattle
n hogs OF snake bites also. In 1890
Mrs. Pail. living i'm Cedar county Mo,
neal Eldorado Springs. had two chill
dren, n cow and a hog bitten by a mad
dog. our stone was sent for and APP
piled. with the result that neither the
children nor either OF the animals was
seriously affected. In 1894 a man nam
ed j. +. Wilson. who lived i'm Nebraska.
traveled from his home to Nevada to
have the stone applied Ia a dog bite.
He was In a serious mental condition
when he arrived. The stone uuieted
him Immediately and the wound healed
promptly.
These are only exceptional cases
out of the dozens in which the stone
has cured. IL Is so highly priced that
$4,000 could not buy IL from the pres
ent owners. The articles OF agreement
state explicitly that the stone shall new
err leave Vernon county.
"A fee OF $40 is allowed me for an
ordinary case where the stone is TO be
applied. and $50 Is allowed in extreme
cases"
Following is a partial list OF persons
who have been successfully treated by
he mad stone. with dates of treat
mcnt:
Sept. 2s. isse-Mrs. Sarah Busby. La
mar. Mo-, bitten by a mad dog, inflc;-