Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 January 1901 — When the Deal Hear. [ARTICLE]

When the Deal Hear.

It is said that persons afflicted with certain forms ot deafmss can hen? * perfectly in the midst of a tumult. A locomotive engineer, upon examination by a medical expert, was found, to be very deaf, and, although he protested that he could hear perfectlywell un his engine, he was suspended train duty. Some time having vainly tried to get cured, he applied for reinstatement, again urging the fact of his perfect hearing while on duty. Finally, in order to*' satisfy him, the physician rode with, him upon a locomotive for a long distance and put him to every powib&i.? test. To the doctor’s surprise, hefound the man able not only to hear ordinary sounds without but also to distinguish whispers *xmK faint movements that were inaudible to his companion.