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YORK HAS 4
''lMIRACLE MAN.
Uses Sea Monster Tears TO
Cure Blindness.
SCORES GO TO SEE HIM
House Painter Strikes it Rich with
Mysterious drops" For the Eyes
of Sufferers.

Mysterious drops" For the Eyes
of Sufferers.
York. Pa. July 9.-"The Miracle
Man of York treats blindness With
the tears of Il sea monster.
And hundreds seek his treatment.
On,.,. ,-,., {, ;i..ln the nirlE1e Man
was Il house PALMER and for 81 ne
would spread IL gallon or so Of paint
upon Il house. But now ii costs from
So t" ~ Il drop fur the tears of the
sea monster" and then You have got
to drop item iii your eyes Yourself :
"Charlie" Dice. the house painter,
129 West College avenue, former cow
boy. has struck it rich. according to
his friends He had Il secretary or
cid up until few days ago, when
the secretary. described by one ot the
patients as rather VampSh. lett.
He has q typewriter. He has. 50 ne
confesSeS an option from several York
CAPITALISTS. on his secret sea monster
tears" for $4,000. In addition he
has an ambition. ii the option is NOT
taken. to build Il sani orium where
attractive nurses administer drops at
So a drop to rich millionaires and easy
20 look at millionairesses.
II hope they don't take up that
option asserted the Miracle Man
IN his discussion of the option.
In a modest little front parlor in
a frame home, freshly painted yellow
n which Charlie" as some call him.
receives his patients and gives out his
mysterious cure" Just what this
Wonder-working cure" is Charlie"
won't tell. That's his secret.
is this stuff very eXpenSivet said
Dice, repeating question. well,
brother, in one way it is very eNpen-
sive and in another sense ii isn't. The
luantity YOU can get is small. 1t is
ike this, sometimes | get from l6 to
lS drops and to get them there drops
runs me near $120 Often I get it for
$50 to $40. 1t only takes one drop In
he eye for a treatment.
No, it don't require Il special ex-
1editiOn to get it. It comes from q
sea monster. 1t contains no alcohol.
It is a straight. harmless fluid. 1t Is
often eaten by people at large hofHls
unknown as to what it is.
: He handed over q bottle of the fluid
It smelled like a concentrated fish
stand. 1t was Shiny sort of fiutE,
The patients say its stings like salt
water when it is put in the eyes.
Yes, I get shipments of this sea
monster flesh every day by express
about hundred pounds in ship
ment." he continued
But the driver of the express wagon
who for years has been delivering all
the express packages on Dice'S street
doesn't remember delivering 100
pound packages daily.
1T was while reading the Bible
came upon the recipe for blindness
and | tried il myself for cataractS and
Il worked then for about eight months
tried it on my friends before | of
fpred it to anyone else" he added
''Where in the Bible is it found? 1t
:; in that chapte"."
And he handed New Testament
opened It the first chapter of st. John
1t is in the ninth chapter of 81. John
that it is related how Jesus anointed
the eyes of the blind with clay.
Rut-Rev. H. Minsker, pastor of
Grace United Evangelical church, the
church that Dice attends. says that
lie understands from Dice that he
found the recipe in the Old Testament
among the old Mosaic laws of health
His pastor tells people who testi
fed to having improved sight after
taking the drops
Il believe it is a divine revelation
said Rev Mr.. Minsker.
Mrs Samuel Kormeny, 10 Broad
street. wife of a former chief of police
of York, was cited by Dice as one OF
his "cures" Although he never went
20 medical school and doesn't pre-
diagnosed her case as a cataract an(
ruptured blood vessel Mrs KOrmenl
is away on a vacation, but her hus
band says that she cannot see yet. hui
the film over the eye seems to be get
| ting thinner
Mrs. =. Wisman. 1924 West Marke
street, whose case had prevfouSl!
been diagnosed as hardening of th'
| eveball, said Before | took the treat
| ment | had many pains in my head
I had difficulty seeing close at hand
| The condition varied from day to day
| The pains are now gone and I have
Sewed recently without glasses. No.
would not say I am absolutely cured.
And there is Rebecca Lewis. blint
| in one eye since birth. Dice reported
she could see objects in shadow tina
| she could not see before and that tn,
! film over her eye was clearing up
| In good light Il black spot can b'
seen through the film. But Mrs. Lew
is confessed that she could not SCI