The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1898-02-11
MEDILL AND MUD.
The Old War-Horse OF Journalism Dis
covers the Virtue Of New
MeI!icIn;1 VARIETY.
There are only a few of them left.

There are only n few of them left
SINCE ChaS. 4. Da1a's death, Joe Ne
dill. tho old wHr. horse Of tho Chicago
Tribune, is the chief surviving Representa-
I'VE I'VE OF tho old school OF virile. aggressive
editorial giants.
To have mud thrown at them was part
OF the profession at all times but to find
health in mud is rather d moGcrn innoya-
ton. That is what ''JOe'' MCdill has been
doing of late, and he feels that If his old
friend Dana had found the same source of
vitality in time lie might &c abiding with
US still
Mr.. Medill is an investigator and when
the stories OF the miraculous MagnO-Mud
at Indiana Mineral Springs began to spread
over the country, the great editor became
Interested and eventually decided to try
this mysterious substance on his owl, rhcrI-
matte limbs, and weigh is value. He was
accompanied by his private physician. Dr..
IoroS SarklslaD, young Armenian SCI
enlist OF high attainTaents. The great ed
1tor was mud-mum m:1iGcd daily for several
weeks and gained visibly in weight strength
and vitality. The chief evidence OF his re-
cuperatlon was series of editorial sIedcc-
hammer blows, which made the opposition
trembIe
Theffnal result of the experiment was
an unqualified success. joe Medjn went
back to Chicago il September. and wrote
an editorial about Magno-Mud with his
own hand Next. he sent his sOu-!u-Iayy
K. ;. Mccormick, down for a little of the
mud-treatment. in November lie went
down again, and since the new bath house
Is completed he expects to be :. rega!ar
visitor four times q year
This nud-treatmcnt in which Nj Nc1ill
iound so much virtue, is peculiar. vet log
lcal- After all, every form OF life springs
from the earth, which IS the great ciestrov-
er and asslmllatCr OF dead and efcte mat
ter All life Is led al the breast OF Mother
Earth. AT the Indiana Mineral Springs Is
beautiful little natural arnphitfeatr;. the
slopes being grown with magnificent oaks.
Al the foot of the coEvcryiag hills. n biz
Llthla spring gushes forth at the rate OF
"-GUJ barrels q day and floods Tie soil
winch consists Of z rich. black pC:Oas loan.
fed by the deciduous foliage OF the oak
trees, This peculiar soil saturated with
mineral salts for ages, IS as soluble as
sugar, and being devoid Of clay is not
sticky IN the least. Ii j. nos. therefore. in
any sense related To the conventional mud
OF the roadway. Of the Chicago street n,--
10 the variety which cIincs to your heels
The mud is applied To the patient on a
cot, the subject being entirely encased IN
the substance, steamed to proper temper
atire- IL then acts as poultice stirnU
lates the skin, superficial blood vessels and
nerves, opens the pores and Initiates the
blood. dlssolving all uric acid denosits
No hing can be simpler or more rational
Mr. Medill at the time of his last visit
shared the benefits of the Macno-Mud (,i,ro
Win several other shining lights from
Chicago His professional coI!eapne W.,
Penn Nixon, late of the Iuter-O,.eon ~
Ioilector OF the Port of Chicago is another
So Is Ex-tioy Jobn y A.
geld, which shows that mud is more ~
erfaI than politics, because il unites ~ q
common purpose Two men, who are. polit-
lea " not exactly bei-feIlows