The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-03-22

calculated the level of floor ard the
angle OF a window frame to a nicely, and
his keen gray eyes have been as sure as the
surest Now, however, he is suffering
fate exactly similar to him of Torquay,
who IS reputed to have been so scrupulously
exact as to his methods of observation.
Like him "he took so much trouble at last
he saw double, and now every man, woman
and child, every nail, plane and hammer,
every dinner plate, brickbat and keyhole in
the classic region of Schwenksville has its
twin as seen by his bewildered optics.
HIS sEERSHIP CAME UNsoUHT.
Gerhart's gift of second sight came to him
all unsought and unforewarned. On Sun
day afternoon three weeks ago, while deep
IN the enjoyment of his postprandial p pc,
he let fall casual remark about a quar-
tette of men who were passing on the oppo-
site side of the street. The lady that owned
him said there were but two, whe reupon
her good man stamped his foot and bawled
out -four" There followed a wifely re-
monstrance in vigorous Montgomery county
Dutch and an alteration seemed inevitable.
Mrs. Gerhart, however, knew a thing or
two, and, attributing the duplex vision to
the fumes of a beverage upon which law
has as yet placed no ban, for the nonce
brought disputation to an end.
EVERYTHING MULTIPLIED BY TWO.
That no fault, however, was to be attrib-
uted to the home-brewed article next days
developments showed. Early in the morn
ing Gerhart took the train toward Perkio-
men, and was astonished to note the strange
metamorphosis which passenger cars had
undergone since his last travelling expert
ence. There were two aisles aud four door,
ways to each car, and a copglomeration of
seats that presented a quite ecclesias-
tical appearaac But when he beheld
two conductors approach him side bv
side and each extend graSping, persuasive,
ten-ingered palm he was overwhelmed
with CONSERVATION. He contemplated a
leap from the window and turned about
hastily, when, in a moment, things assumed
their normal aspect. There was but one
conductor and one aisle, and so long as his
head remained turned all was straight He
discovered subsequently by a series of ex-
periments that by turning his right ia
scriptural fashion, and glancing askew and
askance, an object would appear some
thing like" But if gazed at directly every
thing had its double.
HIS FAMILY INCREASES IN SIZE.
For the rest of the day and the rest of the
week Gerhart's experiences were precisely
similar and in lite of the consumption of
doses on doses f iodide of potassium bis
vision still continues to duplicate everything
that comes within its range He finds him
self newly endowed with several sets of
twins, and beholding pair of
matrons parading through his home,
lives in mortal dread of prosecu-
ton for bigamy. His fingers present
a strangely complex appearance when held
before his eyes, and ne can only co vince
himself that he is no Montgome v county
Briarcus by the aforementio led convenient
expedlent of turning his rig t chee1, when
all things assume an orthodox aspect, even
thong a little in iistinct When he calls
for ''ein bier" at the village tavern, two
foaming schOoners respond, which, however,
become sadly depleted when he proceeds to
quaH their Elusive contents.
HIS CASE BATTLES THE NJ. DIS.
When Gerhart had endured a week of his
double-sighteduess which baffied local ply
sicians and domestic curators alike, he had
recourse to a skilled Philadelphia occulist.
But here, too, he failed of relief, i'd the
defect still remains incurred. Every after
noon, about 4 o'clock, double vision is in a
measure dispelled; but the next day the
duplicating process begins with renewed
energy. He goes to work every day, but
plane and plank get hopelessly confused,
and the boards that he tries to saw look as
if they had mad their edges goffered. When
he drives a nail he is sure to hammer one of
his sixteen digits or four thumbs, and as he
nur,ed his woe yesterday, he declared that
unit the mysterious double sight should
leave him he could be absolutely no good
as a carpenter.