A REMARKABLE REMEDY.
A man in a neighboring town having heard that the ague could be cured by crawling head-first down stairs when the chill is coming on, tried it. He felt the dreaded approach of the shake, and, dropping on his hands and knees, started down the front stairs. Just as he started, two old ladies came upon the stoop to consult his wife in regard to shipping 700 neckties to the poor of New York, and it so happened that the moment they opened the door he lost his balance and came down upon them like an avalanche with spokes in it, and before they could even think of saving themselves the enemy was among them, and the next instant a horrible mixture of humanity and cloth went revolving across the side walk and into the street, to the uhraixed astonishment of the neighbors, and to the unconcealed disgust of the participants. But it cured him!
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Evening Star, Issue 10931, 13 May 1899, Page 1 (Supplement)
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158A REMARKABLE REMEDY. Evening Star, Issue 10931, 13 May 1899, Page 1 (Supplement)
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