, 1875-05-16

truth, how little OF fiction, there Is in this story
can satisfy themselves by ver1 deliberate 81.
animation Of the records OF ths Secret Seryics
Bureau.
rEUssIAN CURIos1TIEs.
The Ether Consumer OF Berlin, aud
tho EIniry Ncu.
Berlin Co47sssond:aes cinetanati Gazetx
: ouc Of the sad Sights OF cur c.ty ia man,
whose history ID worth relaang. and who haa
been made. tie subject Of solna interesting ~
per1nants BY tho physicians. This becc,r.
Uho7e ma1'rer aud speech be.1ay man OF cuti.
vAtaou and 1o44ucment. became 30 great ppi-
sance OIL tie streets thas hu VAS ar1ea.ad aud On
the supposition OF illness sent to tho hospital,
appetite, and trembling in the muscles and
showed nnmistakabls traces OF neglected
lite. His cultivated speech contrasted strangely
wita his miserable Appearance, and in 4 sara
moment bis physicians drew from hlna history
OF bis mlsfottuncs. given 10 = refued language
and with reg: :ettul pathee that made the rec!tal
painful to his hearers In his youth, having :
FREQ, uutrammeled Eis, be busted himself pfi1ci-
paly With philosophy anu &sthetice and had
An inclination to mysslcal theology Hs passed
hts examination at the symnaaium sud uniYer.
str With credit. Soon at,e1ward he came aczosa
= writing OF DicIenback which described sha
use and effects OF ether ~ medicine, and gsye
such glowing account OF tas condition Of per-
sons who ere subjected to Its influence that he
could not rests. trying the experiment. Ia 1866
ha made tho first triA by iahains sno and one
half ounces Of suiphn1ie ether. So soon a ha
Was fairly under its influence he had succeed
sion OF lively Illusions, Of Representations In
mystical thsology, that colIeaponded 70 his turn
OF mind, and in which, as from hashcesh or
opium, material spacs OF tlu,e uers entirely DIS
regarded LIE ebsiieyed he had travelled aIl over tao
world, and lived through unending tune, though
the atupcr lasted bus fifteen minutes : FeAl.
ing 90 bodily iudiSEos1tou resulting from It, and
nos being perfectly satisfied with the rosult "a
he returned to consciousness just ss the mo-
n1ant all MIS- wishes were about to be realized, ho
repeated hin experiment. The second time, how
ever, ths iuuaions OF this drean-lfo were nos 50
brilliant ncr plezsent " befora- In order to
produce tho sane result he increased the quantity,
and soon the inhalation that was at FIRST tried u
an experiment, changed into an uncontroltabb
desire. snd, step by step, al An intemperate
driukeE retulns to his glass, the poor fellow 70.
sorted to the ether. A. fret hs inhaled it only
in Its orn room but the desire grew so strong,
and the power over him was 30 irresistible, that
he had ne rest, and aoon ho vas seen on the
streets WITH q saturated handkerchief heIa to
his mouth and nosizils, rec1irR from ono aposhe-
cary to another, buying the ether in small qu1n-
titles as his now limited Gnancea would permit.
Ho consumed ut least thtee-qua1tera of pound
ers ia whatever house ha entered, md d1iten
forth on account Of tits d1eadtn smell tta. H.
Ways surrounded him. He became housetese,
homeleas outcast, jeefed sud jlbed At By the
boys On tho atreets. When under tho inausnca
Of tha ether he reeled like drunken man but
At other times EAra Reen MN with cana
striving "a sa.nly a. paralyzed man 70 make
step. In the hospital he entreated Dr.. Ewald
to subject him to tho influence OF tho
ether, IN order that ha might observe
scientifically nol its effect on his system.
He used 2o7 Erammes IN thirty-three
minutes, With Ill possible caution against evsp~
oration, before As becama at al undor the M
duanca, and then, even Win sn1s enormous
quantity. unconsclousneas remained but : mo-
nsnt. He came to h1mse1 drecs!y aftef tho
inhalation ceased, aud answered questions
cohefently, and gave II" appeal anea only Of
person! somewhat disturbed II nla mnd 1ne
narcotic effects presented nothing nav IN
science. Tho illusions rere tho sxmo - shose
OF any couanen drunkAtd, and shs sther may
add only another to the lists Of opiAtea hJ
which tho unfortunate may seek to d1o1n thar
eorroxs.
6incs the fat Children and LApianders haSe
ceased to aetonish us, Salmonhky haa imported
from the province OF Kostroma some hairy men
(Homines htr*uti) that Prof. Virchov has made
tho subjec. Of Investigation. Ths father, Adn-
an. is 81 ycars old, and ths son, Fedor, but s.
Prof. Virchov dellTeTed the lecture over tdesg
queer specimens Of humanity before the medical
society. He E2ys there Is but limited number
Of examples OF this excessive growth Of hair On
the human frame. Tho English eraYe4or, M.
Crawford. fo7nd some similar persons in Asia IN
1929; the,e being family IN tho Kingdom d
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