The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-17
BABI-s, QUEER OR REMARKABLE.
To Start With, Here's a Douole-Bodied
Female Prodigy.
From tie TiDton Adroc1te.

From tie Upton Aduoc1te.
On Monday night, June a. birth was
! given these twins, DR.. Coo jer Of Groom
vile, Ind, being the ate Iding physician,
and through his Skill their lives were saved,
and there Is n reason on earth why they
should not live to maturity, as there is no
deformity that conflicts with the natural
organs or to interrupt the natural growth
of the babies. They are female babies, and
there is but one boiy, cOnOlete from the
armpit of one baby to the
arm 1t Of the other. The union of the Two
/ bodies Is formed in the center. Tue lower
! limbs Qegsl are located on the side of the
| body and are opposite to each other. The
legs of each child are on opposite sides, ami
not on the same side, as declared by some
| kOkOmo doctors.
! Each child is supplied with heart, a
pair OF lungs, ab1o niual organism fact,
| the babies are perfect TO where the union Is
mae. 1t IS not yet certain whether the
| blood aSslmilates from one child 20 the
| other or not. At It's birth there was but
one umblllcus, and the natural presump-
| lion Is that life was sustained to both babies
| by one cord, but it is possible there
| were two nOurishlng veins in
| the one cord. 1t is &c tain that the blood
| does not circulate in unison, and it does not
seem reasonable that the heart could
| perform the double function of dischargi &
and recelvi 6 blooI at the same instant.
| The latest conclusion is that tl6 hearts
actions are Independent of each other I'm
fortuna ely the placenta was not preserved,
| or this problem could have bee solved.
AT birth their weight was twelve and half
| pounds ld measure 2255 inches long. They
are usually bri ght and seem to notice OBJ
1ects around them. Oneappears to be lit
tie healt Ter than the other, though both are
as lively as crickets. T e complex 1 of
o1e Is rather light while the other is dark
Both have luxurious growth of nar and
nave handsome features. Their respiratory
organs act independently, and the bowels
ana kidneys perform their respective func-
tlons. OIe is asleep while tine other is wide
awake. They nurse at the breast aud take
to the bottle like trai red children. They
are OF different dispositions, for while one
is inclined to laugh the other will cry.
NEW YORK PRODIGY.
In the Ninth ward, or Green yich village,
as it was call.d many years ago, is a re-
mar&able little babr. He IS 9 months old,
and yet ne is big enough and knows enough
to be twice his age. The name of the little
fellow IS Charles n. Waterman, and he first
opened his big gray eyes to the light of day
at % Carmine street. Charles father is a
| newsdealer about 50 years old and has been
resident of the ward for number of
| years.
When Charley was born he weighed 1881
pounds, dlscounting tine average baby bY
lOO per cent. Charlie is about 80 inches
long and at the present time weighs 32@
pounds. He has large gray eyes, pink cheeks
and sandy hair and eyebrows. he is a great
at ractl) and has drawn many customers
to his fathers store. His power of percep-
ton is something remarkable.
On Sunday morning G arhe is uD bright
and earl, and is seated in his high cEajr
behind his father, news stand. Charley
can PICK out Press from entv different
papers without any hesitation. He is brig It
III everything else He never cries or gives
his parents ~ trouble.
Although only mOuths old Charley can
dance an Irish jig to perfection while his
father whistles an accompaniment
One OF the most remarkable babies that
ever gazed on the blue sky of heaven is the
IA mo Aths-old daughter of Mrs. Anna Fet
titan, VINO arrived in this cit about three
weeks ago on the steamship Servia. The
baby Is tne offspring of Finnish parents,
and weighs 68 pounds. To carry it the
mother hal a basket made feet 10 o. 9
feet wide and IS riches deep. The head of
the baby is Is inches in diameter.
and hasa bust "a inches in
circumference. The baby an
The many medical mel who have been con-
suited are unable to explain why the child
Is tat. The other me nuers of the Fettlaa
family are average beings, and possess no
physical peculiaritie'.
A SMOKING BABY.
From the Rochester Herald.
reporter few days ago heard of an in
fant prodigy such as most families would
not care to posses, however mucn thew nav
think of phenomenally-deve oued children
as rule. The precocious infant in this case
is little girl aged II molths She doas
not play the piano like Ru enstein, or sing
like Patti or talk like Boston schoolma'am
| or read Cnaucer and Browning: her ac
complshment consists solely in smoking a
pipe and exnallng the smoke through her
nostrils.
She docs not swear yet, because the onlv
word 10 can speak is "Moke," and sne has
not learned to chew or drink verm nth and
absinthe but those who might be inclined
to chide ner for lack of know edge in these
directions should remember her tender
years This is not fairy story, but a plain
statement of facts. The little girl is the
daughter of a woman who sang at the
Calno summer garden last week The
mother and child boarded at the Atlantic
MOTEL, on North S.. Paul street, and the
statements in this article are given upon the
auth rlty of reliable persons who saw them
at that place and at the theater. The
mother makes the following statement in
regard to the depraved taste of tae child:
AN INHERITED CRAVING.
"My little girl inherited her abnormal
appetite for tobacco from her father. who
died on acc unit If his excessive use of the
weed shortly after the child was born.
Nearly year ago the child's tendency in
this direction was first brought to my no.
tca. | had her with me on the street and
clanced to stop near a man who was sm0k-
ing a pipe. The baby, asso)n as she per-
ceived the odor, reached out her little ha IDS
toward the stranger aud egan to crv
All my efforts to calm her we're useless. and
she soon went into convulsionS. | took her
to doctor and tod him g circumstances
After iaquiriug into the habits af the child's
father he told me that the taste for tobacco
had been inherited and must be gra lied
unless deSire1t to lose the child at once. [
wish | had let the baby die. Since | took
the doctors advice the child has never been
a day without pipe and tobacco ana she has
Dec me al expert smoker. She cries for
her pipe as a other baby would cry for its
nursing b tile, and haven't the heart to
refuse he. She smokes VIII lie package
Of tobacco a day. l don't suppose she car
endure it lolg, but what can | do?