St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-06-28
A Fine Work of Art.

In the Wiener McdiIin>chr Wurhen-
>chitt for January l3 IL full account is
given of the tattuocd man. whose ease
has created such an interest both in and
out of Vienna. This man states that
he l. an Albanian. 10 Years of age. and
unmarried. Besides Greek. his native
tnuugur. he speaks Arabic and Persian
tiuentlN. French. Spanish. Italian. Ger
man. and English with various degrees
of tiucncN and correctness. His ac-
counts of his life vary someWhat. Ac-
cordiug to one statement he has been
tol the last five years engaged. together
with ! ! companions. in fortune hunting,
i'll the shape of working gnldmines i'll
Chinese IartarN. During Il rebellion
which occurred III that country. he sup
piled the rebels with arms: and upon
the defeat of the insurgents. wu~. with
his companions. taken captive. Nine
Ot the prisoners We're pm To death the
remaining three. including himself.
were sentenced To the punishment of
tattoomg. in order that they might ev-
rl hereafter go about aS marked men.
one of the victims died. either in CON
Srqurncr of tl!e severity of the opera
tion ur from disease: Il second. blind
lives Vet at Hunykom%: while the third.
the subject "f the present commuuica-
tinn. managed To make ais escape
through China to a port on the Indian
GHlf. Thence an English shin brought
him tn Maniila. thence to HOngkong.
from which place he returned. rj0 Suez.
to Greece According To another ac-
count he engaged. together with some
frruchmru.ln IN hostile operations against
the Chinese. hl whom he WAS taken
prisoner and tattr"cd The operation
was thus performed The victim was
held fast lay -four strong men, his Strug
giles being further quilted 10y threats of
instant death. while. fur three success
i've hours daily. the always the
same man worked away at him. In
les than tlurc months he MAS tattnoed
from head t" foot. When the man
Nnu j. OF middle hight and beautifully
and strongly huIlt. is stripped it seems
a. though the whole OF the body WAS
tightly cmNrl"prd in Il Webbing trrsD
nt richly -N"Ncn Turkish stun. From
the crown OF his head Ia the tips of his
toes he il covered with dark blue iig
,uc> "t ;nimal, and plants. in the inter
spaces of which appear I" Ice chalac-
tcI> IN blue and in cImmaIar red. | he
hands are tatt"ocd on both surfaces.
hur only with Inscriptions. The blue
figures stop short at the mstcps of the
feet. hat the tattoulng L. continued
along the toes to the root of the nails
ia the form OF red characters. Through
the very hairs of the scalp and of the
beard appear ais" designs i'll blue. On
the forehead. one on either side, iiIc
two panthrr~. ''rr1ai,lrmt. aS hrIald>
would SAY. and. separated i'll the mid
die line 10y red characters. There .ilc
. altogether on the body no less Than
- figures. All of thc>, are Of Il blue
colour. and represent apes. lcorard>,
cats. tigers. eagles. crowned >phN nNC>.
stnTk>. SWANS. men. women. elephants,
crucodile>. snakes. fish. lions. SmailS.
. tult. leaves. flowers. bows. arrows,
and quiNcrS. Some of these are fairly
done after nature. others are "cum\cn-
tinmaliZcd" (Sfyii$vO. The inscriptions
on the surfaces of the hands belong.
according to Professor Muller. to the
/ language of Bulmah. The man states
that he has been in the region of this
country. The skin is eVerNwh here.
even over the figures. smooth and sup
pie. and, moreover, freely tramSplres.
The tignrcS and characters may be- ana; .
lNZed into single blue or red points, OF
about the size of Il pins head, III the
centre of each of which Is whItIsl,
scarlike pit. 1t appears extremely
probable that the tattoolng has been
done with the juices of plants, and not
with the usual agents -c.g., powdered
charcoal or gun powder for IL blue col
our. and cimmihar for Il red and toI
the following REASONS. BarcnSprIng
+ and Nirchow have shown long ago that
after tatt"oing with agents such Is cin-
mabar. some of the PARTICLES remain Ell
tangled between the mcshcS of the true
skin (cOrium). while those which find
their way into the lymphatics are ar
rested ut and become tncapsuled i'll the
nearest Iymphatic gland. A. the man
will not submit to the removal of Il
small piece of his skin, the absence OF
the former of these conditions cannot
he proved; but as the lymphatic gland,
! are i'll no part of his body swollen, the
| absence of irritating particles may fair
+ ly be inferred. The instrument. more
L over, with which he was tattooed, and