The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-05-03
Andrian Jeftlchiew, the Hairy Man.

is found in the case of Andrian JEFF
tichjew, who three or four years ago
was exhibited with his son, Fedor
JefticIljew, in Berlil, and Paris. They
were called in Paris les hOmBles chimes,
or dog men, the fathers face being so
covered with hair as to present strik-
ing resemblance to the face of Skye
terrier Andrian was thus described:
ale is about fifty-iye years of age
and is said to be the son OF a Russian
soldier In order to escape the deri
sion and the unkind usage of his fellow
villagers Andrian in early life fed to
the woods, where, for some time, he
lived in cave. During this period
of seclusion he was much given to
drunkenness His mental condition
does net seem to have suffered, how
ever, and he is on the whole of kind
" and affectionate disposition. 1t
may be of interest to state that he is
an orthodox member of the Russo
Greek church, and that, degraded as
lie is intellectually, he has very definite
notions about heaven and the hereafter.
He hopes to introduce his frightful
countenance into the court of heaven,
and he deyetes all the money he makes,
over and above his OUTLAY for creature
comforts, to purchasing the prayers OF
a devOut community of monks in his
native village, Kostroma, after his NOR
tai career is ended. He is of medium
stature, but very strongly built. His
excessive capillary development is not
true hair, but simply an abnormal
growth of the down or fine hairs which
usually cover nearly the entire surface
OF the human body Strictly speak
ing, he has neither head hair beard,
mustache, eyebrows, nor eyelashes,
their place being taken by this singu-
lar growth of long silky down. In
color this is Of a dirty yellow; it is
about three inches in length all over
the face, and feels like the hair of a
Newfoundland dog. The very eyelids
are covered with this long hair, while
flowing locks come out of his nostrils
and ears. Or his body are isolated
patches, stIewed but not thickly with
hairs one and half to two inches long"
DR. BertilOn. of Paris, compared a
hair from Andrian's chin with a very
fine hair from mans beard, and found
that the latter was three times as thick
as the former and hair from An
drian's head. is only one-half as chick
as an average human hair Prof
Nirchow, of Berlin, made careful
inquiry into the family history of An
drian Jejtichicw. So far as could be
learned, A ndrian was the first in W hom
this wonderful hirsuteness had been
noticed Neither his reputed father
nor his mother presented any peculiar
ity of the kind, and brother and sis
ter of his, who are still living, are in
no way remarkable for capillary devel-
opment. The son Fedor, who was ex-
hibited in company with Andrian, was
illegitimate, and about three years of
age. Andrian's Legitimate children, a
son and daughter, both died young
Nothing is known of the former; but tue
daughter resem bled the father "Fedor
Is a spIightly child" said .he account
from which we have already quoted
''and appears more intelligent than the
father. The growth of down on his face
Is not so heavy as to conceal his fea-
lures, but there is no doubt that when
the child comes to maturity lie will at
least be as hirsute as his parent The
hairs are as white and as soft as the fur
of the AngOra cat, and are longest ut the
outer angles of the eyes. There is a
thick TUT between the eyes, and the
nose is well covered. The mustache
joins the whiskers on each side, after
the English fashion, and this circum-
stance gives to accurate pictures of
the child lIdicrous resemblance to a
well-ied EnglIshman Of about fifty
As in the fathers case, the inside of
Fedor's nostrils and ears has a thick
crop OF hair.
Both father and son are almost
toothless, Andrian having only five
teeth, one in the upper jaw and four in
the lower, while the child has only
four teeth, all in the lower jaw. In,
both cases the -four lower teeth are al g
incisOrs. To the right of Andriap n
one upper tooth there still remains oSa4' "a
mark of another which has disappe or p
ed That beyond these six teeth 10
man never had any others is evi a. dr'
to any one who feels the gums wit I'll
finger" The deficiency of teet - Gen
companied as it is by what is in Arsisti
a deficiency not a redundancy ISEtati
tor Andrian and his son hsas / 90
real hair-accords well with Darwfn's
view, that Il constant correlation exists
between hair and teeth. lie mentions
as an Illustration the deficiency of
teeth in hairless dogs. The tusks of
the boar, again, are greatly reduced
under domestication, aud the reduc-
tion is accompanied by a correspond
ing illumination of the brisues. He
mentions also the case of Julia Past
rama, Spanish dancer or opera singer,
who had thick masculine beard and
8 hairy fore head, while her teeth were
50 redundant that her mouth project
ed, and her face had a gorilla like
appearance. 1t should rltler be said
that in general those creatures which
present an abnormal dev; lopment in
the covering OF their skin, whether in
the way of redundancy or deficiency,