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Show Miracle Man in Real Life Making Over Invalids in Rural Village in Indiana By a Staff Correspondent of Universal Service. NBW CAKL1WLE, Jml.. Xov. 24. The ''miracle man"' lias come to New Carlisle. He has laid his hands on tiie halt and lame and they have gone on healed. The evidence evi-dence of what he has done was found here today, but how he did it baffles explanation by medical science and even the ''miracle man'' himself cannot can-not explain. And the plain country people are asking: 'Is he God, man or devil?" On a hot summer day last .Tunc, Joe Carr, the hardware man at New Carlisle, Car-lisle, stood in front of his store when a perspiring young fellow of heavy build slouched up to him,., ' ' Know wheiw 1 can find n garage right handy hereabouts" asked tho stranger, "f got a breakdown.'' ''Up on the next square,'' answered I Carr, biting off the end of a cigar j and feeling in his pocket for a match. "Like to smoker' asked the young' . rman as Carr struck a match and broke j the head off. ''Yes,'' Carr answered, "too well. " ' "Let's st'e the cigar,'' said the j young man. He took it. squinted at it with one eye, rolled it between his palms and handed it back. Carr put the cigar in his mouth rand immediately spat it out with an ex-' I preasion of keen disgust. Cures Smoker of Tobacco Habit. "What in thunder did you do with it?' demanded the hardware man. "It tastes and smells terrible.' . The young man. chuckled a hearty, I guileless laugh as he held up two clean i muscular palms to show he had used j no drug on the cigar. That, was the first cure of this mod- ern miracle man as ho first landed in New i larlisle. Today hundreds come by train and automobile for the magic (Continued on Ptgc 15. Column 1.) to 1 1 u' mirui'le man tin lu helped 'lie HllU' girl to the fluor. "Pleeee, you must come with me," (he pleaded. lint thu iniriiili' iiiiin culml.v stepped over to the next person in In:.- mil helped him Into I chair, lie was eery prosaic. There wan not the slight est evidence of mysticism. "Itut lady, 1 couldn't do It, You will have to take your turn," he laid, "These folks hav. let,i waiting for hours ami they'd bew BM OUt for fair if 1 left then to let fOUI father." From three to four minutes were spent in laying hands on several men. Their ailments wwe niustlv rheutna Usui. Members of somo M' the must jirmn- inent families in Indiana heve eonie for treatment from the miracle man. Among these are members of the .Stu!,--baker familv and the 'livers ef plow fame, and one of the first to beuefii was VY. !,.,, Casaditv, living three and one half miles outside uf ', v Carlisle, He was afflicted with rheumatism. The miracle man was interviewed while he sat in a ear managing threugh heavy clothing the body of Frederick Kostiser of South Bead, Born in PeilllSJ Ivania. He said bt was twenty nine vears old and wus born on a farm near ( bar field, IVun. No other member of his family had ever shown signs of this mysterious power. He hud worked as a eommon laborer and had also taken up pugilism. He said once he had gained a V.'rision in a fight with Gun boat Smith. L'uriug the war be worked in the shipyards and could rivet 17oo bolts h -day. He hod uever employed his powers to make a living before, at thuugh he had used them for amusement amuse-ment and frsL'iidiy favors. "And how does it work witbyouf" Mr. Kostiser was asked. "Two weeks .ico I was so helpless from paralysis Hint ajeittl file had sel in on mv left foot,'" said Mr. Kostiser. "I have had fourteen treatments. Not a. sign of the gnngrcn. remains and I am able to walk a little." erv Mck, indeed. Mis friend was the I village doctor himself, Dr. Jamee Burke Wanaiek, who had lived in the I community all his life and had helped ! hrimr into the world half the voutiRcr population in town, I Old Doctor Wax nick was almost help i less with rheumatism and paralysis. Hie ! had been an invalid for twenty eight ! mouths, and it was said his days were few in number. Also t'arr had an invalid wife for whom he had consulted five faiBOUl : specialists, all of w hum had declared her case hopeless. I'arr decided to try i the doctor first and see whether good I or harm might eonie, prolmble reiuem-i reiuem-i bejHag the cigar. The doetor looked up from his inva-1 inva-1 lid rhair as the two men entered. He ;was not greatly impressed with Maes' appearance short, powerful, pudgy I hands, mild blue eyes, hair thick and ' low on the forehead, but clipped badger stvlc around the neck and ears. The errand was explained. The doe-tor doe-tor smiled a patient, wearv smile. I "Where do vou feel the worst!" May asked. Tlv question is quite habitual ha-bitual w-ith him now. Wonderful. Exclaims the Village Medic. VAithout removing any clothing ; whatever the young man applied his hands, rubbing gantry, but firmly. A I new spark wf light came into the old man's tired eyes. A smile came over his face. "I can't believe )t. Never heard of such a thing." exclaimed the doe- tor. But he felt like stirring himself, j He felt thrilled with a pulse f grow j ing vigor. There was a tingling sen sat inn that permeated like oil from I the hands of the iniraelo man. "This is wonderful' I enn Is.' cured! 1 What is happening T cannot explain, j hut 1 am eonting to life again," be ex- claimed over and over again. After that Mays did not repair Ml I l"jit." He sold it to a junk man for1 ItWO, and went around visiting tUe siek j people in the towni. Dr. Wavuick took the young mau into lus own home. I He nlao took the young man 's w ife. vno nau orairn starieu out wiui mm !! t he long jounu-v overlHii'l lo hH- fornia. It :is she who inspirt'd him i ti drop his wtrk in the Toledo ship-! ship-! yard, wherf he had lieeu running a ! rivctimr machine at to $3 a (lav. ' IV had often cured hit friends but 'never thought of accepting pay. Now j he treats as many as li.to "caMu" a dav, and hi? charges nil the uniform I price of $ a treatment. Start a Sanitarium. There were -o many people who (Wanted to be tneated iu the vicinity of ; New Carlisle tbnt the -business men of ! the town got together and bought an old brick mansion, which they now call a sanitarium. Architect, are working on a plan tor a' new hotel to accommodate the crowds that are coming front neighboring states and ?ven from foreign countries to be healed by the miracle man. Today outside the sanitarium Was a line of people, some with crutches and I others being borne on chairs and I stretchers. The retz-ption hall was filled with people sitting on smnJl chairs. At the left was e parlor, crowded crowd-ed to overflowing. All eyes were turned to the portieres that hid the din j ing room from view. By dint of icdgiug and euuirming it j was possible to enter the dining room 1 through the hall door. Six or eight persons sat about the room. Throughout there was an awestricken silence. In the center of the room stood the mir aele man. Propjcd up on a box in front of him sat a little girl about four years old. Her eves were half closed, and it was evident that the reasoning power of the little brain had not fully developed. The miracle man canessed the head and moved his fingers over the eyelids. Beside Be-side him stood an anxious mother, her face animated and beaming with hope. "How decs it feel, darling pet?" she asked eagerly as a pleased smile spread over the small features. The child did not answer until the question was repeated re-peated several tirrnes. Then she burst out with rapid eiaeuhitions: "Tickle, tickle, tickle," she laughed. A stvlishly dressed woman crowded i her way into the room and whispered MIRACLE Ml IU jaUFE FOUND pontinued From Page One.) PI from those uudgv palms that re-2,' re-2,' Pew and disease, fa f'arr 'na'ly recovered from .'- astonishment, he asked tlie young g i who was again concerned about :,MRiobile, what else he could do. ,1 y name Is Billv Mavs, and I cure "anlB, ' explained the stran ' : 1 ft always been doing it in a .,. "W8V .iust for tun, but I'm on my .,' irom Pittsburg lo Long P.jach, 1 i f iiH' where 'jU hf- 'tipples and ', aJid I 'in going to inak- "Vl'iicss of it. Mv old il ,1',n nnd I expeel I 'l'l have w -round Uere for a while until 1 fc-n. , J:i,''I. Kno'.v anvbo'iv aryund L,'"': wants to be riired'.'" rr 'bd know uf .-, friend who w:,t |
