The Blind Millionaire's Offer.
Mr Charles Rous.*, the blind millionaire of New York, who ofl'trs a million dollars to the person restoring his 6i"ght, snid to a correspondent recently : "I lmve received several letters from England in response to the news you cabled to that country that I will give a fortune to have, my eyesight restored. I haye replied to them, but with no result. Dr Miller, who has arrived from Atlanta, Georgia, says he is confident he cun cure vie. I liave little faith now, but I am willing to grasp nt a straw. If I could see agnin I should be willing to givo, not merely one, but seven million dollars, and I could make another fortune. I will give ten million dollars to anyone enabling me to see a streak of light for three minutes. The trouble ia paralysis of the , optic nerve, Dr Miller will experiment on my eyes. My offer is a grand chanco t for a clever scientist to make a fortune quickly,
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Feilding Star, Volume XIX, Issue 30, 4 August 1897, Page 2
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