Madison times., 1885-09-05
Natures Curious Freaks.
New York Times.


carefully guarded son Of q well-to do
merchant occupying a costly mansion |
not far from the southern boundary OF /
the Central Park. The Prince Trepot-
kline, who is justly re Iarded as one OF
the most br liant minds in the Rus
sian Empire. is the physical prodigy
and monstrosity of an intelligent
man with h S head at the terminal on
of his ri hit arm, and hand and arm
rowing out of his neck and fall ng
down over his breast Born in 1858.
the Pr nee has received thorou b
,edu alton, and is known throughout
the Russ an Empire as statesman
aud poet OF hi. h order.
The monstrosity that is so carefully
guarded in the mans on on West nifty
seventh street, IS perfectly formed
man about 80 years Old, whose head
andface is n block, as it were; that Is.
the sides and the top of the head, as
well as the ia e, are Pa fectly fiat or
slab SIDED. The ears do not project.
but are interlineatal. and the same
with the features, the nose being Q
very slight protuberance, but natural
in its functions. There is good
growth of hair on the caput; the eye
brows are perfect, but excepting Il
| light mustache no beard has ever
! grown on the face beyond a coating OF
1 down. Thus deformed, no effort was
ever mad to educate the unfortunate
man, for the reason that he is so will
! full that it has always been deemed
best to let him have his own way. He
possesses, however, much natural in
| tellgence, and has remarkably re.
tent We memory, and, to a certain ex-
tent he has educated himself, Never
forgetting anything he hears, he re-
members dates, names and occurrences
and can carry on conversation by re-
| peating what he has heard on the SUBJ
i ie t, evinc nc an INTEL gent apprecia-
Ii on of what he is saying. Chiro-
lgraphy excites in him the liveliest in
, Iterest and wo.dar, and one OF his
, IdiOSyr crasies is 10 treasure all pieces
of writing that he comes acrcss. He
also much delighted by pictures,
ard illustrated papers form his chief
: amusement. The ample means of the
: family enable them to provide him
, With an attendant and every comfort.
+ and besides he has an inheritance from
"a grandfather, formerly a very promi-
{ nent merchant in New England, which
w II the compounded interest and ac-
D craed inc one VIII ch has been allowed
. o accumulate in his tru in event OF
! family misfortune, now amounts to
a snug tile fortune. He is gener lily
= am able and passive, al hough self
{ wlled, and is apparently perfectly con
4 tented with his lot. At mes, how
e ever, he becomes cross and Vicious
wien he can only be governed by h.'
at endant, now an ag-d lr.sh-woman
who has had h s care ever since hi
birth. He occupies a slit of rooms a
s the top of the house and, beng ratael
: weak. bit not otherwise unhe .lthy
v seldomear to leave hs apartments
8 He is above |, whenever inclined to d'
d so, to roam about the house accom-
n ran ed BY h S nurse.
n The only vcous trait manifes'e
j. by the unfortunate man is when in
Il bad humOr he always makes an efor
d to start fire. and the ght of fame
o. dr es h m almost to frenzy OF de
,t ght mixed W. tn savage glec. Ono
s he ran ahead of his nurse and mar
70 agei to secrete II msel'e in the cellar
d Not mme hat by found, he was allow
ed TO I, man unmole;tCd, the Mr.
,e believin, he would reveal h'mse
j. when re 70 nd that 70 earch was t'
D ing made for him. Not appearing
ct owever. the nur e repaired to the &C
IT lar and found him throwing wood int
A the furnace ev IDENTIFY W tn the in'eI
{; on of starting a b e bla C. As SOD
d q he saw the nurse he SUNK back int
d co ner, evidently determ ned to IL
ne fend him f in his retreat to watc
le the fire he had started. IL is RENE i
A. bered hat shoril, before his birth ii
ri mother was terribly frightened by
rs Ire in the neighborhood which threa
TO ened to extend to tie build ng of whit
II she was an inmate. His id ostncras
10 in regard tD tie fire is phvs oiogical
af accoun ed for or attributed 10 this fac
4. He W II sit and watch the fire IN Il
l. crate orihe gas burning by the ho'
" in contemplatv We interest and eohten
% ment. The CRATE in his room is pr
tectei by strong iron network und
lock and key. and the gas burners a
sim llrly inclosed, so as to preve
-. him from reaching the fame. 1t
- feared that II might tie inclined
- taniper with the burner in .p-e of b
~ v cious oo1s. : An indulgence Is
=. allow him TO ignate quantity OF p
no per. the burning Of which affords b
- much pleasure. Perceiving hg faith
smoking a C or, b ,onee susrcpt I ou
osl ly obta ned one; but the taste Of 4
tobacco ckcnea him and he has ne
ar e. since attempted TO become a sm
i'm kera 1t p'es SIS him. however,
nt watch his father smoke. and he "
A. fire. uendy request his father
" smoke. AsDfer was born sub.
went 10 h's b rth, bae she diedsR
,o, fancy. She was perfe tlv fos0e
10 beautiful, healthy little ch Id.
=. The appearance Of the head and ia
~ of thi, fortunate man sug ests Il
n a circular aud smooth compress b
,,t been placed on b s features as he "
~ growing, and the result is that
81 growth of all the features and
~ curves of the face and head have be
suppressed and made uniform
y, smooth all around He was born W
''' this slabs ded deformity. howev
and growth has not developed any
I the features or the shape of the he;
= There is a number of deformities
~. the head. ears and face strongly
sye sembling those Of a pig, and to
,m- c ass the physicians ascribe this SIM
my lar freak Of nature. Usually pers,