The Bad Lands Cow Boy

A Curious Story of Clover Tea and Cancer

Omaha Special: United States Senator Stanford of California spent a day in Omaha and left for San Francisco. In regard to Gen. Grant whom he has been endeavoring to induce to accept an invitation to go to California he said when he left the general's condition was then more hopeful than at any time during his illness. He was more vigorous in body and mind and seemed in a fair way to get well with proper treatment. Senator Stanford was unable to say whether Gen. Grant would come to California as there was a great deal of opposition to his taking so long a trip, as it was thought he could not stand it, but if he could make the journey everything would be done to induce him to come. The cure of Gen Grant is attributed by Senator Stanford to the decoction of clover tea. Mrs. Grant insisted on giving it a trial. The doctors said they had no objections although they had no faith in it whatever. However, they gave it a trial of one week or ten days and then dropped it. Mrs. Grant and the family, however, continued to give it to the general without the knowledge of the doctors and have kept it up ever since. His improvement was noticeable from the day he began taking it. Gen. Stanford says that Gen. Grant told him at three different times he would have died had not the doctors been present to revive him with stimulants. Stanford was present at one time when Grant was unconscious for five minutes, and at another time when he nearly strangled to death.