The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-24
AN ENTIRELY HAIRLESS MAN.
Extraordinary Effect of a Dose OF
Quinine on a Humble Woodcutter.
EI,otn the Ve,, VorI. prooo


From the NeD York Press.
VINCENNEs, IND, May 19-The world is
full of strange and odd things if the eyes
are but opened to ses them. There appeared
upon the streets of this city yesterday, a
gentleman of singular and strikingly pecu-
liar air. His looks were such as to call for
a second look at him to discover, if possible,
what odd thing distinguished him from
other men. He was a man without hair,
both on head and face. The discovery led
to inquiry, and in the conversation that en-
sued, the stranger politely pulled off his hat,
displaying an utterly and absolutely bald
head.
"You will notice." he said, 'that am
slightly bald My bald head is no veto
upon my tongue as you shall see and when
tell you how 1t happened you will be aston
ished not little My name is John Bow
ers, and l used to live in the vicinity of
this city. Three years ago had as heavy
a head Of hair and as fun a beard as any
man ever wore. This natural adornmsnt
of notIre of course | took no thought of
then, TO. was simply as other men are,
but since | am minus my hair | have
thought something of this BILE sing of ma
ture. To be sure | now have to wear some
thing on my head in winter time to keep it
warm, and in summer time have to wear
Well, even the hair ON my
body, particularly on my hands,
arms and legs was remarkably
thick and long. But this now is also gone
j left here about three years ago and went
to Southern Illinois, where went to work
in the woods cutting logs for u saw-min.
had been at work for some time, and felt
as well as usual, but one day became a lit
tie indispoSed and cared nothing about it,
believing | would be all right again in
day or two, but was compelled TO go home.
| did not appear to get better, but rather
got worse. | then took heavy dose of
quinine and went 10 bed bad great faith
in quinine, and was q lite Ssure it would
fetch me out Of the kinks in a day OF two.
And it did. | became myself again. and
felt as usual, except peculiar numbuess or
deafness in my skin all over my body. This
strange feeling gave me no particular an
noyance, ana | went to my work again as
before.
In few days l discovered that the hair
Of my head and the beard OF my face were
dropping Off could pull out hair from
my head, and my flowing beard came out
without the slightest pain. In week had
not a hair left on my entire body. The skin
did not get sore MS | feared it would, and |
suffered no particular Inconvenience from
my novel, and, may say, picturesque con
dltion. At first | felt little ANNOYED at
my groteSque appearance. and suspect |
grew a little profaue over it and charged it
all ~ TO the account Of the great | Am, but
l have become now perfectly reconciled TO
my state. Tee fecing OF regret and the dis
position to hide myself from my fellow men
have gradually worn away, and | do not
notice il now unless my attention is directed
toit.n
"Do you think the quinine did itP'
ITO be sure / assure you | have not
turned my head out to the pasture of mos
qutoes and other swamp insects simply for
fun
"Do you think your hair will ever grow
againN
81 can't say. 1t has been this way so long
that l rather guess will 90 into my coffin
a hairless man"
We'll, your case is as strange as that of
DIR. Jekyll aud Mr. HYDE
II don't know them fellows, and never
heard Of them before, but rather think
can match them il they have no hair and
with that he walked away as proudly, it
ee"r'"a as n b. with pair of now red top