The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-12
HOW IT SEEMS TO
HAVE SIGHT RESTORED
New York WOman's Story of Her
Sudden Blindness and Her
New Hope.
FAITH IN DIVINE POWER.
After Sudden Electrical Shock,
Mrs. Jennie Nliet, for Twelve
Years Blind, Was Able
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REPUBLIC srEC1AG.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
New York. April u--Irto the darkened
life OF Mrs. Jennie NIiet OF New Brunswick.
n. J. has come Il CLEAN OF light. Faint as
the first vague suggestion OF coming day
that spreads across the face OF a black sky.
# has brought 10 her the dawn OF q great
hope.
For twelve years she has been blind-ut-
teriy. hopeleszly blind The brightest sun
shine made no impression. The optic
nerve. they told her. was dead and her
case beyond help Battling against despair.
she went from special 81 10 specialist. Any
thing but blindness she cried. But at
last her husbands small means were eX-
hausted. Ruin stared them IN the face.
Through the weary years that followed
nothing but her perfect faith In the divine
power TO heal has sustained her. There has
been no word OF complaint
She has prayed and others have prayed
for her. One month ago Mrs. Nliet. after
several days OF great suffering. awakened
from sleep and exclaimed with an over
Wheining JOY: 1t Is morning. can see
the Light Those about her could scarcely
believe that she was not ssii-deceiSed
Loving friends put her TO many tests. Dark
objects were placed between her and the
light She was lured into a darkened room;
But Mrs. Nl;et had found the Hight. and
none could take il from her
HOW THE DARKNESS CAME.
what that month since her discovery has
been to her Is best told in her own words.
Seated in her little home in New Bruins
wick she ~recOunted what the exquisite hope
OF sight restored means 10 Il mother who
has not seen her Tretty H-year-old daughter
since a child OF :, when she held her on her
knee.
q beautiful world. where the sky and the
flowers and every living thing seemed a
separate delight. into a bOttOmlesS pit. you
will know what my blindness was to me
My eyes were so clear and strong that
whenever ] saw a young person with glasses
I used TO say how hard It must be to have
defective sight. Blindness was something
4 never even remotely contaminated
1T came like a ihUnderb0it. one moment
] saw; the next everything was black. My
husband had beeH very i'll and I had been
nursing him, but l was unconscious Of any
great strain. For a while II seemed as II
the right eye might recoyer-that was what
my physician tod me-but il only grew
worse. My husband is poor. LumOagO has
made him more or less helpless. and his
salary as gatenan FOR the Pennsylvania
Railroad was not more than enough TO
keep the family. But ne was 50 anxious 20
save my sight that everything We could
spare went-my watch and his and all me
little treasures and trinkets We had hoard
cd since our marriage.
first l was told that the optic nerve
was dead. Another doctor held that II
was paralyzed. The last verdict was that
the enlargement Of the veins had clouded
the vision. and some specialists were OF the
opinion that a shrinkage might be accom-
plished by careful treatment But great
specialists cost money. Every time went
and the expense was mere than we could
stand. l owed something to my husband
and children, so 1 had to give it up.
SIGHT AT LAST RESTORED.
TT was hard. but / had my compensations.
One of them was my little daughter, LII
Ian. She was Just 2 when I lost the light,
but baby as she was she appeared 10 ap-
preciate my loss. At ? she was my guide.
Her tiny hand was always at my service;
play was secondary. She has watched
over me and cared for me as a grown per-
son would. and though I cannot see il. 1
know that her face Is serious and Old be-
The prescription which led to my first
him of relief came to me almost acct |
dentally. 1 was given a wineglass of
cherry wine. in which half a nutmeg had
been grated. At intervals OF six hours this |
was twice repeated. The effect was cleo
II felt a terrible oppression. Then all at
once something seemed TO burst in my
brain. They told me afterwards a clot OF
blood on my brain had been dissipated.
1t was after that that l could distinguish
the morning. and when holding my little
grandchild in my arms could see the shac-
owy outline of the baby figure. 1t gave me
renewed life. I can go about the house
now almost as well as 1 used to.
only two weeks ago / first made out
something like a bright light on the stove
My sister noiselessly removed 1t before she
asked ne il 1t was there still said: NC,
It is gene Then she returned II. and I ]
own tea-aettle.' / have loved that tea
kettle ever since Little by little 1t VIII
come-it must come. 1 am sure"
Cornelius Nlict IS now a hagman at Bay |
ments OF leisure he does some remarkable
penknifc carving. with samples OF winch
ne has Deautihed his home. Mrs. Nlet was
deftly hemming. and exhibited a dainty
infants basket. complete In every DETAIL
the work OF her clever fingers.
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Mr. SpraEue says I
Strawberries lc at the Delicatessen lunch