The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1886-10-02
TIE TWINS OF LOcANA.
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the famous Siamese twins, are dying in
Vienna. Their mother is q strong,
healthy country woman. The boys re.
sembled each other exactly, have pretty,
delicate features. and are now in their
tenth year. John and Jacob are separate
as far as the sixth rib, and have one aldo.
men and one pair OF legs between them.
Jocob moves the right leg; John the left
The twins cannot walk. and keep their
balance by lacing their arms around each
others neck. Jacob eats often and heart.
lily. and is the healthier Of the two, and
to all appearance it is he who keeps his
brother alive. Two days ago the twins
quarrelled over a toy, and John grew so
excited that his heart blood suddenly
ceased to flow, and he changed to con.
dition Of complete lethargy, from which
he had not awoke on the following morn.
ing. The boy suffered from the same
complaint year ago in berlin, and Prof.
Virchow then declared that q recurrence
Of the lethargy would put an end to the
twins life.
A number Of Vienna physicians are OBJ
serving the malady. but they entertain
little hope Of Johns life. and il John
dies Jacob must follow him to the grave.
The twins, as they lie in their bed. offer
strange contrast. Jacob, with feverish
eyes and red face seems to harbor all the
blood that has retreated from Johns life.
less body. The conscious boy cries in
cessautly, because he has heard Prof.
Virchow's remark repeated, and knows
that his brothers death is but the harb-
niger Of his own. The poor creatures are
meeting with the same fate that some
time ago put an end TO the life Of the
Siamese twins, the second of whom died
of poisoned blood vessels. after hav.
ing spent six terrible hours with the
corpse Of his brother. The advisability
Of an operation separating the living from
the dead brother was discussed at the
time. but before . resolution could be
taken death had done its work. The
twins Of Locana, for the last eight years,
have travelled in all the worlds shows,
were to have left Tomorrow for New
York, where Barnum is said to have
engage them for year at . salary of
30, 600 francs. In the event Of their
death the parents have sold their body to
. London anatomical museum for the
price Of $1,000.
Most Of US know Of the story Of the
American who, Waiting some provincial
museum on the continent, was shown .
rusty blade which. he was assured, was
the identical knife used by the brave
Charlotte when she finished the blood.
thirsty Jean Paul. "Where's the fork z,
asked the American. He must have been
the twin-brother to II not the self.same
American globe-trotter Of whom l heard
lately at Candy, in Ceylon. He was visit.
ing Buddhist temple, and the priests
showed him lamp in which burned :
sacred FIRE which. they said. had not been
extiDguished for 1900 years. rs that
so." asked the American. 1T is," re-
piled the prests. Then the American
stopped down, pursed his lips together,
and one vigorous puff extinguished the
sacred fire. II guess it's out now" he
remarked quietly a. he walked away.
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The invention Of the modern form Of
the piano dates back to about 100. The
spinet, are rectangular shape, which We
manage to call square, was called virginia..
1t is frequently stated IL was done to
compliment Queen Elizabeth, but this
cannot be true. - it is found mentioned
among the musical instruments Of King
Henry VIII. 1t is more likely that Il
was 20 named because IL was intended 10
bs played by young ladies. It Wa q.
sentially lady's instrument, for IL ID
said that at q concert in Oxford, England.
the public performance Of the 6rst male
pianist was rewarded by storms Of hissss.
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