Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1866-10-27
structiou at the expense of a grateful ma.
tiou by simply applying at the Horse
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ton by simply applying at the Horse
Guards. -
Eli the while this serio-comic conver
sation was going on, a workman in th,
coolest possible manner was working
away at most delicate little leg thai
would have come off secood lest In ths
Judgment of Paris" faultless Bal.
moral boot aud the daiDtiest silk stock
ings covered proportions that Madame
Vestris might have envied.
"These." said my companion, care
some of our frst-class gooas. Would
you like to see the mechanism !? Goodge
pull down the stocking" With tha,
the workman barred the limb, whilst my
companion put it through its PAGES
This, you see, is our patent knee cap
and patella, aud this the new India rub
Der tendonacchilles; here in the iustep,
you will observe spiral spring elevat.
ing the toes, aud if you will just observe
Opening little trap door in the back
Of the calf here is an ingenious con.
trivance by which the bending of the
knee elevates the front part of the foot,
thus allowing it full play to swing for.
ward clear of the ground"
Certainly it was an admirable contriv.
ance.
"And can man or woman progress
easily with that arrangement?' said l.
"Do you know Lady -?" said he.
eyes"
'sNothing the matter there?' he re.
joined iuterrogatively.
was obliged to confess, not to my
knowledge.
"That's her spare leg, nevertheless, "
he replied triunphantiy.
"Spare leg ?"
"Spare leg!" Look into the cupboard.
l have the spare members of half the
town there duly labelled. Things will
60 wrong with the best conducted limbs;
and to save difficulties we keep dupli-
Gates which can be ar piled at the short
est notice. A gentleman, whom we will
call Mr.. Smith, once lost the pin out of
his knee-joint, and sent here for his off
leg. A young lad from the country sent
him another MIR. Smiths box containing
an arm-very awkward"
"Will you allow me?" said I, trying
to read the names on the boxes.
"Certainly not" said he, shutting the
door and turning the key; "this is our
Bluebeard'a cupboard, and I would not
allow even my wife to peep. But come
and look at our hands.
There they were-some clenched,
some spread out, some in the act of
holding, some gloved, and displayed like
Vandykes as if to challenge attention.
"Now, what will they do?" said L,
almost doubtful whether the clenched
fists wouldn't strike.
"Do anything" said he, "by means
of the hook inserted in the palm, it can
lift or hold the reins almost as we'll as
the natural member. Observe the beau
tiful operation of the spring thumb, i'm.
itating the grand privilege of man and
monkey, by means of which it can
grasp fork or lightly finger tooth
pick"
"Do you supply fingers and such small
gear?" l inquired.
"Fingers, toes, noses, lips-we take
them as they come. A gentleman with
but one finger on bis left hand came to
US the other day and asked to have the
complement made up. We fitted on the
rest and attached them by means of a
signet ring to the remaining finger
movement perfect; you should see him
pass his fingers through his hair-natu-
raj as life. The hand is a wonderful
thing-that beats me-legs are mere A
B G, but the hand Here" said he re-
covering firm the momentary admira-
tion of nature, ''here is the drawing of
pretty thing. A Hudson Bay trapper
had his hand bitten off by bear, and
came to US to replace 1t. do you want
something really useful p said 1. 'Yes,'
said he. So made him this dagger,
fitting it into his arm stump socket
He sleeps in bis dagger, and finds it Pc
culiarly handy when shere are any bears
about. Look at the action of this spring
and racket-elbow; you have only to
touch the little button in the elbow and
the forearm closes as natural as life.
Who would wear an empty sleeve when
a member like this can be obtained !?
We always recommend our hand and
arm patients to wear a cloak neatly
folded over it, as it prevents any at
tempt at hand-shaking. We don't war
rant the shake-the touch isn't quite
natural.r
''But how about the more delicate
operatious-eyes and noses ?" l next in
quired
"Oh, we do any feature alta moments
notice Noses, for instance; the best
way is to bring patient to the modeler
who first designs the missing member in
clay after portrait, or from iOstruc-
tions; from this an india rubber cast is
taken to which we fit on pair of spec
tacles, to break the flesh line; and
when the superstructure is complete an
artist puts on the complexion
"And eyes? ?" 1 added, deeply inter-
ested.
Eyes we do not do much in" be
added, apulogetically. ''There is NJ.
Boisenou, from Paris, who travels with
all the eyes Of Europe-from the lack
of Audalusia to the blue of Scandina-
via.'
"But how are they applied 2"
"Easily as possible" he added, pull
ing out drawer aud displaying the up