The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-01-25


whose face seemed familiar. yet / could
not identify him. He was tho picture OK
health and his large brown eyes seeineu
10 fasten on me. Il peg your pardon
he said, but your face is familiar. May
| ask your Manner j. Mahl Bennett
1 replied A smile crept over his face
and his eyes closed as though he were
trying to think OF something. Another
question, please. Where were you from
August 7th TO 18th. lSS62' ION the broad
Atlantic ocean."I said. zen route for
Europe" Were you on the French
steamer La Gascogne?" he asked. o" Yes
Then" he said slowly. you are the man
| am largely indebted 10 for saving my
life" you interest me. Il said. for 1
did not know that 1 had credit in this
or any other world for saving human
life" You will remember" he said.
rather late on the evening OF the 18th
of August at the stern OF the boat, you
and had a long talk. You said you were
nom0sck and would be glad when YOU
had gotten through with your business
IN Germany and could return home. / re-
piled that ! expected when 1 returned
nome it would be I'm box. and that
wished that l was I'm the bottom Of the
furrow made In the water by the keel OF
our steamer" Then" ! said. you
must be that tall. thin. sckly man We
called the Ghost" The same man,
ne said. and YOU will remember intro
ducing me to DR.. r. c. Flower Of Bos-
ton. a physician, who. you said was the
most wonderful specialist in the treat
ment and cure OF chronic diseases the
earth has ever produced" IL remember
the incident well Dr. Flower and his
secretary were passing on Ia Gascogne
and in introducing you ! told you that II
any man on earth could help you. Or.
Flower was that man" well, the day
after / was examined by DR.. Flower. My
troubles. as ! had told YOU, were con-
sumption. Brights disease. catarrhal and
gastric disease of the stomach and heart
trouble. and my limbs had swelled 90 the
size OF my body nearly. 7 had been
given up as incurable by the leading ply
sicians of san Francisco and New York.
and had been sent abroad. as | knew so
as TO die away from home. Or. Flower
I'M his wonderful examination. told me an
my diseases from my early life 20 that
hour without asking me n question or my
telling him thing. ! made up my mind
Immediately that DR. Flower was the doc
tor for me that he did not belong TO the
ordinary class Of doctors. that he was
man OF culture. Of great knowledge and
rare attachments. and that his wonderful
diagnosis OF my case was nothing less
than a miraculous demonstration Of in
tuitional power from a superior brain. /
placed myself Immediately under his
care. He seemed to have everything I
needed with him. During his three or
-FOUR weeks practice in Paris and London
I visited him frequently / rapidly i'm
proved and after returning 10 San Fran
cisco / continued my treatment for thir-
teen or fourteen months and was perma-
nentlv cured If it had not been Cor DIT.
Flower I should have been a dead man
ten years ago and in place of a happy
wife a sOrrOwing widow and three father
less girls would have been struggling for
sustenance. and If IL had not been for
you never would have met Dr. Flower.
! shall move my family TO Philadelphia
IN few weeks. where my new business
calls me. and shall ever sound the praises
OF Or. Flower in the East as for ten
years 1 have sung them at the Golden
Gate"
I spent a lovely evening with my friend
Of the ocean voyage and before retiring
that night / made up my mind that as
I had entered into newspaper work. 7
would investigate Dr.. r.. @. Fiowor' s.
practice in Connecticut and that II r.
showed the same wonderful examinations
and miraculous cures and bore the slme
charmed history that the cure of Phii0
f.. Brosius OF san Francisco bears.
would give II TO the world-flrst. as "a
fascinating narrative full Of interest ana
charm, and second. that the sick may
know where to find help when AN others
have failed.
INVESTIGATION BEGINS.
Procuring the names Of a few OF DR. r.
G. Flowers patients and from these pa
tents hearing OF others. 1 began an in-
vestigation Of his practice which am cities
will confess Is phenomenal IL not mira
culous
Judge Dwight LOOMS. 27S Pennington
avenue. Hartford. Conn. when asked
what he thought Of DR.. r. O.. Flower
said promptly In his concise and pointed
way: II regard Dr. r. G. Flower as the
ablest and most wonderful physician Of
this age and in every way a remarkable
and wonderful man. 7 was a very sick
man." said Judge LOOMS 'and was
treated by several prominent physicians
but grew constantly worse. Ny friends
became alarmed az my condition and urg-
ed me to consult DR.. r. G. Flower Of Bos-
ton. 7 was told that Dr. Flower could
tell me my troubles better than 7 could
tell him. without asking me n question.
| did not believe that he could do any
thing OF the kind. but as other physicians
had failed 10 help me and as I was grow
ing rapidly worse I decided 10 consult
NJ I-fou-or T-ror, ono Of his visits fo tho
Allyn House. Hartford 7 called on him.
A great crowd Of people We're waiting 10
see him. In time my turn came. Imagine
my surprise when the doctor. without
asking a question. told me an my trout
bles better than 7 could have told him.
7 knew 7 was In the presence OF a man
who was great I'm his profession. who
understood through his work and that
he understood my ailments ] put myself
under DR.. Flowers treatment and soon
began to improve. NY Improvement was
rapid and permanent and In n few
months wa. cured. 7 have sent several
Of my friends 10 Or. Flower. and he has
examined them and cured them in the
same wonderful way. | never faii 10 re-
commend DR.. Flower 10 the sick"
Words OF praise from Judge LOOMS
lips are not idle words. az every man In
Connecticut knows. For years he was
foremost at the Connecticut bar and for
twenty years he WITS on the supreme
bench OF the State. No man stands
higher intellectually or as man Of in
tegrity and clean character than judge
Dwight LOOMS and when such n man.
IN the evening OF his life. as he nears the