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Show BUT IT SAVED THE BABY. Dr. Matthews Tells of Queer Incident of Family's Faith. "When peoplo In our part or tho country select a fiunlly physician they stick to him," Buys Dr. John Matthews Mat-thews or Illinois, according to tho Washington Herald. "If ho goes awny thoy won't call In somebody else U tlioy can possibly help It. Thoy hnvo faith in nobody but their own man, so long us ho manages to bo fnlrly successful. suc-cessful. Last Bpiing I went up to Chicago for a fow days, much to tho distress of n young motlior In our town, who expects mo to Inspect lior only baby ovory other day at least. The second day or my stny Bho telegraphed tele-graphed mo to come homo nt once. Ilnby was sick sho told mo tho trouble trou-ble sho didn't know what to do. It wasn't on urgont caBo, I know, so I wired back a reassuring message, told her to give tho baby n doso or bohio medicine 'sho had nt hand, nnd to till out tho ten words I put lu 'Prognosis admirable.' I always llko to use largo words when I'm tolcgrnphlng makes mo fool thnt I'm getting tho worth or my money, you know. When I got homo two days lntor I went to bco tho baby. 'SIio'b nil right now.' tho mother told me, 'but wo wero aw fully worried. Wo hud to rely on the mcdlclno you left, though. The hoy at the drug atoro Bald thoy didn't have u bit of prognosis lu the plnco.' " |