| Show the tho mad ead stone A description OF TUR TUB STONE AND ITS ACTION I 1 I 1 24 24 SIR from the tho numerous questions that havo have been beed asked me I 1 ludge judge judge that some description bf the mad stone owned by mr joseph P evans of lincoln in thiaS may be gratifying to mandof your numerous readers and I 1 therefore there foie fole write to you the stone is irregular Irie irle gular guiar in shape about one and a fourth inc lre inched bieti iong one inch wide bidet and three eighths of an inch thick straight on the face as if worked ofil off the other sida side nearly hearly flat having the appearance of being its natural shape it has the appearance e of a framework df r cells eells about 3 of an all inch in diameter round smooth and having the color and app upp appearance earan ee of a browni brown flint the eav cavity ity in iti ie interstices between them ppe nie filled with a grayish greyish stone gorou resemble resembling lava or pumice stone with twe tze the grains rains running through from ono side id to the other arid and in bi places looking as if the grains did not qui quite reach the even surface of the cells mr E evans ya ps the owner of the stone r i f claims thae that hiis hils his fam family ly an and ances ancess tors have been in possession of it for sor years bub but does not claim to know its origin he appears like a candid intelligent farmer and expresses the most perfect confidence in its efficacy as a remedy for the bite of a mad dog or rattlesnake if applied before the patient is taken with convulsions and find bellev believes esit it will cure the di disease sease pease oven after it has reached that thai stage I 1 also add a description of its application in aly my case partly to correct a false impression which an article in thursdays thursday inter ocean might be calculated to mak maka I 1 was as bitten in the hand band by bv a doon doan doon dog 0 thursday night about 7 ocl oel loek lock an and d the woun poun wounds pounds Voun ds were very thoroughly cauterized within from ten to twenty minutes before applying the stone which was on saturday morning a about bul but thirty eight hours after I 1 was bitten hitten mr evans scarified fled fied the edges of the wound removing as mu much ch of the burnt part as he could conveniently repeating that process several times on removing the tile tone atone from the he deepest wound he ile then placed the stone upon that wound which was partly be tween my little and third fin gery geff binding it on verv very tight fight ly after thirty minutes li he removed t and where it touched the wound t was wet with a thin matter which emitted a very strong sick eng edg odor which I 1 noticed at several different times on an its removal rom the wound and which continued to some extent to the last A trace of that odor could be when I 1 tried it after cleaning before the third or fourth application and as he continued its application the odor which it after being cleansed seemed to 0 o increase the applications to that hat wound were continued about nifty fifty four hours and to the other on the backof back of my hand about twenty wenty four hours I 1 did not pot seo see se lim him cleanse the stone as he look took ii if from rom the room for that purpose but under udder understood that he cleansed it warm water leaving it fifteen r twenty minutes before return returning iq i 9 A to the wound after the first application ho he let left it on an hour or nore more ach each time the strong odor that ant demitted it emitted was evidence to me that it po possessed some property which I 1 dwi dyl not alot understand and the numerous cases eases which he cited where ho he had tested its efficacy never having failed but once onee and that when it had not a fair trial gave me so much confidence that in i similar case I 1 should recommend its trial As to its adhe adhering ring to fhe the wound asoria as long as the virus in the system I 1 am unable to say anything ds as the wounds on nay hands bands were so located that it coul could ld not be a fair test if f it possessed that quality which T r think the own owner er claimed forit for it X hope that another case shall occur where t is deemed advisable to fo make malie a rial ef the stol stone letho tho patient will ae accompanied by a physician competent to expose the humbug humbling if ilbe ilbo it be one and note any phenomena that may appear which might lead to a better knowledge of the disease and its 16 antidotes N r iner ocean oc ea n 1 WONDERFUL DISCOVERY A dispatch patch to 6 tho the the tho prescott arizona miner nei I 1 from frony wicken Wieken wickenburg burk burb dated january 22 tells the follow following re story john dale a prospector came in yesterday evening and reported a most wonderful discovery in the aquarius mountains we ve i give his story believing it to be tru d he has been out abolt about forty daysja smarting in at a point twenty nive five miles from this ee pince place and und in irl passing up a canyon he no noticed t iced leed the formation as being peculiar and prid showing signs of recent travel on his return through the same canyon lie he faund a fresh living spring running down d wn the middle of the gorge which had evidently been opened by the shock of an earthquake or by tho the heavy rains bursting out from gome some underground der ground passage on following the pring to 10 Us source he found a fissure in tile the rocks gut put of which the stream seemed to come pro fron i viding himself with torches he forced himself through h the fissure wading the tream stream rs for one orle hundred yards when lie he came to an immense cave or cavern here he be found old mining reiles relies such sueh as picks shovels etc made out of stone and copper on one side sided he found what he considered tabe to be tombstones nies fies with numerous tablets and aud hieroglyphic pictures and writings one of these tablets table tsi made of apper copper lie he tore x 17 1 l i L J a and brought lit with witti him it bears the inscription tion sic sit tibi tetra terra levis in one tiace place he found a which he e broke op open en and found some somer very a an ansome some of them the word JP ezzo can be plainly made bade but another tablet found on the hard wall bears this inscription 1191 jutta jurta imra morar moray 11 yi he 11 0 also found a scabbard richly embroidered and havinga having a coat of armson solid gold set with precious stones the place bore evident trace many people having lived thereat there at some previous time tirrie and that flioy excelled in mining and some art ark is beyond a doubt he also carried away other and valuable articles which he declines to exhibit he goes to ban francisco immediately where lie he will exhibit make maker arrangements to come thoroughly thorough ly explore the entire cave and und mountains in the vicinity it is the opinion here that there is immense wealth buried some place in the cave many men are fitting out to make a search for the tho cave the themselves u feels safe in holding ills his secret his HL story has created the greatest excitement among those to whom lie ho told ih IF and exhibited specimens |
