Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 July 1890 — Page 7

A TONGUELESS TALKER.

The Texas Who Chats with a Wire-Hang Month. A man without tongas or palate—yet he lives, laughs, and, most wonderful of all, he talks. And there isn’t a physician in the land who can explain why. The operation, which was performed recently in the Charity Hospital upon Col. George Washington, is the 6ame identically as that performed on Gen. Grant and Emperor Frederick. A man who is compelled to undergo it has just one chance in a hundred for his life. This is the Colonel’s story, as he told it himself yesterday: “It was in ’79," said the Colonel, “out in El Paso, Texas. I had charge of the Comanche Indian Reservation, on the Estacado Llano, or ‘Staked Plain.’ I had a dispatch for Fort Sill which had to he got through somehow. So I got my hroncho and started out to deliver it myself, though the country swarmed with hostile Apaches. Four red devils in ambush on the Toad sent four arrows whizzing after me. One of the arrows struck me in the neck under the right ear, and went in about three inches. I pulled it out, and the wound healed up. It never bothered me until last November, when it began to trouble me considerably. A sort of sore appeared on the back of the tongue. Last December I came East and went to Bellevue Hospital, but the doctors there could afford me no relief. You see, that arrow the varmint hit me with was poisoned.” he explained, dryly. “While at Bellevue I met Prof. T. J. Kelly, and he said that if I would submit to &n operation he would Bave my life.” The Colonel was taken to the Charity Hospital. Prof. Kelly and Dr. Van Rensselaer, of the house staff, performed the operation. They gave him chloroform and kept him under its influence for four hours and a half. They first cut down through the chin, sawing the bone in two and laying open the lower jaw on both sides clear back to the ears. They took out all the glands that could iu any way have become affected by the poison and removed the entire tongne and palate. In splitting open the jaw they broke the muscles that hold the jaw in place and control its movements. In place of them they substituted two little silver hinges, which work exactly like a spring door hinge. “I can open my mouth, but were it not for the little spring hingas I could never close it again," says the Colonel grimly. Where they sawed the chin in two they brought it together again and made it all fa=t with stitches of silver wire. “I have lost all sense of taste or smell and I’ll never have another square meal,” and here the Colonel sighed deeply. “Have the doctors any theory or explanation to offer regarding your ability to speak?” asked the reporter. “No.” replied the Colonel. Col. Watson was a Confederate during the war, and was in command of the Eighth Texas Rangers. He can carry on a conversation quite distinctly, but keeps his mouth closed while talking. His words sound thick and husky. In physique he is strong and robust. —San Francisco Examiner.

Unknown Hero.

There are everywhere men and women ■who have in them the qualities of heroism, but not so large a number, perhaps, wi o prefer, when they have done a brave act, that no one should know who they are. In New York City, late one night in April last, a tall tenement-house, in a, crowded down-town district, took fire in its basement. The fire, spreading rapidly, reached the stairway, and cut off the escape of the fifteen families who occupied the building. All these people, however, were sound asleep in the upper rooms. 'Unless they could be aroused by so mo means, they must, it seemed, all be suffocated or burned alive. Just at th.s time three men who were passing by saw through a window the iiames climbing the stairway. Two of; these persons ran at once to alarm the! police and firemen. The third, a young man, thrust his shoulder to the locked 1 outer door, and tried to force it in, in ■ order that be mi.ht alarm the inmates, and enable them to escape. But the door was too much far his strength. Glancing above, he saw that the iron ladder of the fire escape ended \ with the second story. Next do-orthere was a butcher’s shop, and on the door posts were two or three iron hooks. ‘Raising himself by one of these hoots, and •then by another, the young man was able to climb, by a noble effort, to the'base <®f the fire-escape, and mount upon it Then he kicked in the windows of the second story, and shouted in and waked the sleepers. As soon as he had seen that they were engaged in saving themsehve'k, he climbed to the third floor, repeated his i alarm, and started the people oat down the fire-escape. Climbing thus from story to story, he ; alarmed all'the people in the house, and oversaw their escape down the iron ladder. for all this time the stairwav was . quite impassible by reason of fire and smoke. All the 'inmates succeeded in getting • out, and when the young man himself . came down to the ground, a crowd pressed i ; about him and asked his name. “My name doesn’t make any differ--ence,” he said. “I’m a fireman off dutv on laave, and ituvould be strange if I didn’t .know how to climb. ” Then he disappeared in the crowd. Not one of the newspapers which recorded the'incident was able to publish the name of the young hero.

Illuminated.

Qi&e by one tibe .mysteries of the animal -world are yield ,ng before the investi atictns of naturalists. Some very curious information is given in a recent is*ue .of a tFnench scientific .periodical regarding microbes that have the faculty of tbeing sei f-luminous. One moonlight evenings spot of greenish light was noticed on the seashore. On closer examination the light proved to come from within a crustacean of the genus Talitrus or sand-flea. The entire Teiitre, ineluding the antennae, was phosphorescent. Only the eyes were dark spots in the luminous figure. He was proceeding, more slowly than is natural to that species, ocer the sand. Other similarly illuminated Talitres were sought for, but his seemed to be a unique distinction. The next day one of his claws was examined under a microscope. It was full es a singular kind of bacteria, \ luminous microbes. These luminous mierobs « appear on lbs ear- * •

fao of the sea, in the sand of the seashore, sometimes on meat, and in saltwater fish. Just what their phosphorescence is due to is not clearly understood. Other Talitres were inoculated with the bacteria. In less than three days they Bhone with a white light. They remained in this state from three to six days, apparently not greatly inconvenienced by the presence of the microbes. Then fame a motionless state, which lasted three or four days, when they died, and a few hours later the fatal illumination faded.

His Warning.

Noform of tobacco is S 3 dangerous ns that found in cigarettes, because the nicotine of the smoke iB taken unfiltered and undiluted into the lnngs. Even if the paper in wh ch they are rolled is not poisonous, the tobacco within is sure to be. Not long ago a chorister boy of St. Mary’s Church, Brooklyn, died in St. John’s Hospital. He was a bright boy and an exquisite singer, and had many friends. Tais is his story, as he told it to his nurse: He confessed that hisdisease, of dropsy in the legs, had originated from cigarette smoking. Some days, he said, he smoked twenty cigarettes. As he continued to smoke, the appetite grew upon him w'th such force thnt he could not withstand it, and it began to affect his health. “But why," asked the nurse, “did you not stop when you began to see the results?” “Ob, I couldn’t,” he replied. “If I could not get them, I almost went wild I could think of nothing else. I worked extra hours, instead of spending my regular wages for cigarettes, so that my grandmother might not suspect me. For mouths I kept up the habit, though I knew it was killing me. Then, nil of a sudden, I seemed to fall to pieces." During all his sufferings he never forgot what brought him to this condition. A few days before his death he called the nurse to his bedside, and said he thought he had not lived in vain if only those boys who are still alive would profit by his pain and death.

Getting the Best of an Auctioneer. A story is told of Auctioneer Wells, who was provokingly annoyed while in the exercise of his profession by the ludicrous bids of a fellow, whose sole object seemed to be to make spoit.for buyers gather than himself to buy. At length, enraged beyond endurance, the knight of the hammer, looking round the room for a champion to avenge hie wrongs, fixed his eyes upon a biped of huge dimensions—a very monarch m strength, and cried oat: “Alarkjw, wh*t shall I give you to put that fellow out?” “I take one fi£e-dollar bill.” “Done, done! You shall have it." Assuming the ferocious, knitting his brows, spreftding'his nostrils like a lion's, and putting on'the wolf all over his head and shoulders, old Marlow strode'off to the aggisessor, and, seizing the terrified wretch by the collar, said to him in a whisper 'that was heard all -over the room: “My good >£rin’, you go out with me, I giv«e you two dollars!” “Done, done!” said the fellow. “Hurrah, hurrah!" shouted the audienoe. The auctioneer had the good sense to jorin in'the laugh, and coolly forked over CheV.

Humors of an English Dinner.

Hostesses are frequently 'impelled to edopt some fantastic and for.uitous method of determining who shall take whom into dinner, but anything sillier than a device resorted to'the other night by a lady of position in London society can hardly be imagined. The male guests were pul up at auction, andtnocked down to'the highest bidders in imaginary sums. Sir Redvers Buller was the most valuable human chattel exposed for sale, and was finally secured fora trifle over a 'million, whereas one of the party only fetched half a crown. The only amusing part'of the game was the description of the human wares by the auctioneer, who hitithem off very cleverly. Afresh surprise was in store for the company after dinner, as a coffin was brought in by the servants, which was founddo contain the ■dead body of a lark and the inscription, “Our little lark is o’er.” It is almost incredible that such puerilities cau entertain -sane and sober adults in this ao•ealled ,progressive age. —San Francisco Argonaut.

Wasn’t Built on the Presence-of-Mind Plan

Theifact'that a little fire in the kitchen wasteatingnished before he tore ont of the house did not prevent one of Low- ■ ell’s .excitable email boys from raising the neighborhood with every hideons sound within his : power of utterance. When ithe hubbub was over the minister tooktfcbeiboyito task for losing his head and making-such a'racket. “Y«u should alwavs retain your presence <ef anind,” the -said. “Presence-of \your grandmother,” returned the boy. “Wasn’t the place on fire? What would youihave me do? Put on my best clothes, and black my boots, and walk .ton to your house, sund ring ithe bell, and -wart in the parlor till .your wife came, end then gither to ask yotntec sorter mention near the end o’yernext Sunday's sermon-to a lot of sleep v old duffers that Jactk Bustler’s house was afire? Gueasoot! il ain’t built that tray.” —Lowell MaiL A thokouohSjT reliable gentleman informs a correspondent that he saw neatr Scottsville, Ya. t two small snakes deliberately engaged m swallowing eaek other, a goodly portion of each snake having been taken into the stomach of the otaer. This reminds us of the old farmer who saw a lar&e bullfrog basking in the sun on the bank of his millpond. A large water moccasin commenced to swallow his frogship by taking in his legs. Meanwhile the frog began the same process bv taking in the tail of tie snake. The swallowing process, as the story goes, continued nntil the reptile aed the frog swallowed each other and hath disappeared from view. The sadden, unexpected death of three persons has saved the life es one man. Azero Poller, a West Virginian, was to be tried for an assault on Julia Hester, the penalty of which in that State is death. The only witnesses were the girl herself, her sister, and her mother, and all three of these were killed a few days ago in a railroad disaster on the Chesapeake and Ohio. The case against Polley hag therefore necessarily been dismissed.

Confirmed.

The favorable impression produced on {he first appearance of the agreeable liquid fmit remedy. Syrup of Figs, a few years ago. has been more than confirmed by the pleasant experience of all who have used it, and the success of the proprietors and manufacturers, the California Fig Syrup Company. A Western fair association has had the following statement printed on its press tickets. “This ticket piobably has been paid for ten times over by the paper to which it is issue I. It will be honored in the hands of any man, woman, or child, white, black, red, or yellow, who favors the association by presenting it. It is good for entrance aud graud stand, and the bearer, if driving, will be entitled to pass a team free. The association recognizes tne fact that its splendid success is owing largely, if not wholly, to the notices so freely given by the press, and, while we cannot render an equivalent in cash, we return our grateful thanks. ”

Peace on Earth

Awaits that countless army of martyrs whose ranks are constantly recruited from the victims of nervousneas and nervous diseases. The price of the boon is a systematic course of Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters, the finest and most genial of tonic nervines, pursued with reasonable persistence. Easier, pleasanter, and safer this than to swash the victualing department with pseudo-tonics, alcoholic or the reverse, beef extracts, nerve foods, narcotics, sedatives, and poisons in disguise. “Tired Nature’s sweet restorer, balmy sleep,” is the provileutial recuperaut of weak nerves, aud, this glorious franchise being usually Ihe consequence or sound digestion and Increased vigor, the great stomachic which insures both is productive also of repose at the required time. Not unrefreshed awakens the individual who it. but vigorous, clear-headed, end tranquil. Use the slitters also in fever and ague, rheumatism, kidney troubles, constipation and biliousness.

But few persons who view a passenger tra n as it goes thundering past have an idea that it represents a cash value of from $75,000 to $120,030, but such is the case. The ordinary express train represents from $83,000 to $90,000. The engine and tender are valued at $10,500; the baggage car, $1,000; the postal car, $2,000; the smoking car, $5,000; two ordinary passenger cars, SIO,OOO each;, three palace cars, $15,000 each; total, $83,000. E. B. WALTHALI, & Oa., Druggists, Horse Cave, Ity., say: “Hall’s Catarrh Cure cures everyone that takes it,” Sold by Druggists, 75c. Melbourne, Australia, and Birmingham, England, are competing for the honor of “the best governed city" in the world. But there is our own Salt Lake City, which has no debt and the lowest rate of taxation ever known in a city of 50,000. _________ Have you uvor tried Dobbins’ Electric Soap? It don’t cost much for you to get one bar of your grocer, and see for yourself why it is praised by so many, utter 24 years’ steady sale. J3e sure to get no imitation. A truck “farmer at Inter]achen, Fla., shipped one box of beans to Cincinnati and the box was sold for $1.50. The freight was $1.25 and the commission 15 cents, leaving a balance in favor of the grower of ilO cents. People go to the mountains and the seaside Vo do noihing aud yet where young couples are congregated business is usually pressing in the evening. Don’t -urge children to take nasty worm oils. They enjoy eating Dr. Bull’s Worm Destroyers aud will ask for more. “Which do you love, my money or myself?" "‘Both. I cannot get the one without the other." Beecham’s Tills act like magic on • Weak Stomach. Claws in the will—Fingersof the lawyers.—Boston Herald. “Weeil begun is half done.” Begin your work by buying a cake of SAPOLIO. Kapolio is a solid cake of Scouring Soap. Try a cake of it and judge for yourself. The best cough medicine is Piso’s Cure for Consumption. SoM everywhere. 25c. If afflicted with Bore Eyes, use Dr. Issue Thompson’s Eye Water. Druggists sell it. 25c. Rich:! .fragrant! tine! are expressions of those who use “TansiU's Punch” sc. Cigar.

Cet The Best Is a good anotto to follow in buying a medicine m well as i» (everything else. By the universal satisfaction it has given, and by the many remarkable cures it has accomplished, Hood's BariapariUa has proven ilnelf unequaled for building up and strengthentmc the system, and for all diseases arising from, or promoted by. impure blood. Hootf’s Sarsaparilla Sold by *ll dnugglsts. $1: six for $3. Prepared only by C. 1. HOOD .V 00., Lowell. Mass. rrtr* Docoq On° Dollar DACTIII rHT ||ADC for an mvlgorator will rAullLl,L lIL mAKtf be found the most satisfactory arucle ever offered the public (sl.ooper box). De Mars’ OVDXDb for private disease unsurpassed (*2 per box). Treatment and conespondencestrictly confldentla'. DE. DE MARS, Ex-0.8. Examining Surgeon, 28 and SO Imperial Bldg, 'AW Clark st„ Chicago InForaHSredUveni Try BEECHAi’S PILLS. I 25cts. a Box. OF JkXjXu drttgoists. FOR MALARIA, ~ BILE BEANS. It affords me great pleasure to add my testimony to the value of Smith's Bile Beans ; they are certainly an excellent medicine for bilious attacks and cold. I have given them a thorough trial and can conscientiously recommend them. W. J. Cardwell, Iron Try “BILE BEANS SMALL”(4olittle beans in each bottle). Ve*y smalleasy to take. Price of either size, 25c. ffiTBUY OF YOUR DRUGOISf. #

Don’t read! Don’t think ! Don’t believe!. Now. are you better ? You women who think that patent medicines are a humbug, and Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription the biggest humbug of the whole (because it’s best known of all) —does your lack-of-faith cure come ? It’s very easy to “ don’t ” in this world. Suspicion always comes more easily than confidence. But doubt little faith never made a sick woman well and the “ Favorite Prescription ” has cured thousands of delicate, weak women, which makes us think that our “ Prescription ” is better than your don’t believe. We’re both honest. Let us come together. You try Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription. If it doesn’t do as represented, you get your money again. Where proof’s so easy, can you afford to doubt ? Little but active—are Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets. Best Liver Pills made ; gentle, yet thorough. They regulate and invigorate the liver, stomach and bowels.

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