Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 January 1886 — Fooled on the Faith Cure. [ARTICLE]

Fooled on the Faith Cure.

Indianapolis, Jan. 18.— Mrs Charles Wilgus and Mrs. John Moore, respectable ladies of this city, whose husbands are well-to-do business men, have had an experience as subjects of a “faith cure” which possessed some remarkable f atures. Both have been under medical treatment for some time, and, though not confined to bed, have suffered much from disease. A newly made acquaintance, a lady, who became awai-e of their ill-health, persuaded them to try a “faith cure” which had once, she said, restored her to health and with which she was familiar. So, unknown to their husbands, Mrs. Wilgus and Mrs. Moore engaged their friend to assist them in the matter. She . required them to give her a number of rings, and these she apparently placed between the leaves of the family Bible, which was then wrapped with a handkerchief and securely tied with a cord. Next she too k from the two ladies SSO in bills, and these she placed in small rolls, wrapped them with red yarn and tossed them into a closet. Then a cake containing nine kinds of fruit was baked, and this was to be buried at the roots of , a tree When all this was done she led in prayer, and enjoined upon Mrs. Wilgus and Mrs. Moore the necessity of not touching the Bibla or the balls of yarn till nine days bad elapsed. The ladies’ curiosity got the better of them to-day, and they peeped •into the Bible, only to find some black buttons instead of the gold rings, and an examination§of the balls showed that there was no moey in them. They then went to the house of the woman and found that she had left the cit.. It is possible th ;t she is starching the forests to find a tree benenth which to bury the cake; but the ladies think they were swindled. At any rate they have concluded to take Paul’s advice and ask their husbands hereafter when they want to know anything.—Chit ago Herald

Eighteen hundred years ago the Chinese made paper from fibrous matter reduced to a pulp. Now each province makes its own peculiar variety. The celebrated Chinese rice paper, that so resembles woolen and silk fabrics, and on •which are painted quaint birds and flowers, is manufactured from compressed pith, which is cut spirally by a keen knife into thin slices six inc -s wide and twice as long.— Funeral paper,-or paper imitations of earthly things which they desire to bestow on departed friends, are burned over their graves.— T iey use prper window frames, paper sliding doors, and paper visiting cards a yard long. It is related that when a distinguished representative of the British Government visited Pekin several servants brought him a huge roll, which, wh n spread out on the floor, proved to be the visittng card of the Emperor.