Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-09-04
A Modern Psyehe-yyonderfuI slippers
Killed by n Decayed Tooth-New Fly
ing Machine.

IlHllt'Htu tHlltN oltltS lnIantfy, tlitll
stationed at Atlanta, fell in love with n
lass in that city. Though he of Uncle
Sans blue was but eighteen years old.
and she of the school-book little more
than fifteen, they cut their engagement
short and were married. On the we'd
ding day nm order for the transfer Of the
Eighteenth to Fort Assiniboine, Mon
tana Territory, reached Atlanta. The
bridegroom, in spite of tears and woeful
protcstations, was forced To leave his
wife behind. The poor little lady was
disconsolate Tor many weeks after his
departure. Early in the summer, how
over, she started, like Psyche, to search
for her lover. She Travelled alone To
Savannah and set sail for New York.
and, ~ in the old story.
Underneath her ieet the moonlit sea
Went shcpurtling his waves disordcrly
so that after many trials she found her
self moving over the Pennsylvania sail
road toward the West. Food was given
her by kind passengers. and Interested
gentlemen saw that the conductors were
not troublesome. At Chicago Quarter
mastcr-Gcncral ingalls, was surprised
one day 10 see on her knees before him a
very pretty girl with tears in her eyes
and the story aforctold on her lips
General Ingalls, grew sympathetic and
gave her a letter to the railroad officials.
from whom she got pass to st. Paul
There she procured another pass 20 Bis
marCk, and went thence 10 Coal Banks,
from which place she dropped down
upon her husband at Fort Assiniboinc.
having Travelled 1000 miles without "A
penny in her pocket A Sioux CITY
reporter describes the meeting rs some
thing to shout over.
Students in general, and medical stu
dents particularly, enjoy things ottrc
The skull and cross bones being too old
n story for Max Weldon. Of Lafayette.
Ind, that young patron OF Cincinnati
medical college has procured pair of
slippers made from the hide Of human
subject. The subject belonged to one of
Wcldon's fellow sawboncs, whose name
he will not give. The namclcss student
got it into his head to send the hide to a
shoemaker in Cincinnati The latter
first had the thing tanned, and, without
so much as n shuddcr, gave IL over at
last 10 the knife and awl The fooigcar
show their peculiar texture To the in
noccnt scribe Of the Lafayette Courier. in
which a sketch Of tho slippers appeared.
color and was strcakcd with parallel
yeinings Of darker shade. the whole as
soft as silk" Among his friends"
continues the Courier. "ihc doctor
makes NO secret of the mystery of the
slippers lie thinks, In fact. that there
j. no moro harm in wearing them than
in wearing rings made from human bone.
or, indeed. Of sporting chguards Of
human hair. The Courier had some
fears at first 1t WAS being huaycd. but 10
verify the matter such Of the hide rs had
not been put into the slippers was pro-
duced, thus setting all doubts at rest.
Henry Wilson. young man who
lately resided in the town Of Toledo.
Chase county Kansas. probably is the
first person whose death was caused by
n decayed tooth. The Emporia. Kansas,
LcdgcT tells the story Mr. Wilson. n
few days previous to his death. had
been in this city having his teeth re-
paired. and while undergoing the opera
tiOn struck his arm against one Of tire in
strumcnts. rs above stated. The wound
was very slight one. but the virus on
ihe instrument from n dccayed tooth
was sufficient to inoculatc his blood
with n poison. which gradually pcrmc-
atcd his whole system and eventually
stance Of poisoning and loss of life we
have ever noticed from similar cause
and is n sad illustration of the poisonous
effect Of bad teeth. Dentists should b..
and we presume good ones are. very care
ful TO have their instruments perfectly
clean and free from debris of dead aud
dccaying teeth when they are not in use. ="
DR.. George Ezekial Thomas was Mt
Otho. Alabama. recently and exhibited
himself 10 q few persons. among whom
We're Drs. Baird and Crawford, Of Hill
liardvillc. Hccxhibitcd n double set Of
ribs on his right side. dropped his heart
to the lower portion Of his abdomen. on
the lCft side. and then changed 1t to n
similar position on the right side. and
afterward stopped his heart and pulse
from beating for n short time. This all
seemed to be So and the doctors said it
was so. but there were some around who
looked incredulous. lie is u negro, me
dium size. and talks with good sense
He says he was born slave at Ameri-
Gus, Ga. in 1920; that he has Travelled
over the United States, France. England
Germany and Cuba. and that his home
is now in Syracuse, n. Y.
Henry w. Earl. OF the Northern Cen
trail railway freight depot, in Baltimore.
has taken out cavcat Tor patent
"hying and life-saving apparatus" A
bag Of gas To float the body. and sail
on the back. with wings for the arms,
are the appliances. Mr.. Earl says he
has not tried the apparatus on himself,
but on wooden doll. which he caused
TO float in the air. OF course. until he
tries II on himself he will not be able TO
demonstrate conclusively that he --can
mako the winpa work ma hp thinla thav
will work. but he hopes 10 be able to try
IL successfully at the Maryland Institute
this autumn. lie thinks the apparatus
will Lc useful in saving life from the up
per stories Of purning buildings.