Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-07-22
SOLD HIS SKEI .E4oN
A FREAK WHO CAN nlsLoc4rs
JOINTS WITHOUT pIFFlc,,' WI

Hospitals. -
A freak, who is In no sense 81 ii. IS:
fake, is Charles H. billiard n &. sa
Gates his joints and replaces then, !. ,''s'e
to the great establishment 81 Tia ~. ~
visitors. The most eminent ptvs;s,.'
in this and other countries have t,.is s's' Y
solve this mans peculiar aift. M y
] have failed and he remains Al -. "
puzzle, to himself as well al oth,.,s I
when he first discovered he could loa.,
! himself, SO to speak, without dain. 4
harm or causing any pain. Mr.. HIM.
is of medium height 1.-THE and gyas ,'s's
and is possessed of his share II ,,sN,
beauty. An Eagle reporter .t,t4r,,, ,,a''t
this stumbling block to science VIZ ss,ss d
4 day-bearded him in his den ~ Il nc ,,ss,
and drew from him life history , HIN
is full Of incident and novelty. No.
81 was born at Martinsburg. " u.
he began, ION Aug, 10, 1861 &C.
up to schooling ago the same &C., 49,
other child One day. remember /
! we'll climbed into an orchard ~
which little boys We're supposed ID il g
cluded, and, catching sight Of 3 dss
quickly jumped the fence into the ross
way. turning my ankle when st,rss
the ground. Il didn't hurt any =
kicked against the fence and snat, Ii ~
back into place again went home ~
scared my parents almost into hvstsr;,s
| by repeating any snap act. and they VI,
| post haste for doctor.
THE DOCTOR PUZZLED
HE twisted me and hammered i.
and found ii lot Of new places that eo,la
be broken without pain, fually gisia,
up the puzzle with the consoling theorp
that there WAS a screw loose sollevhars
IN school | soon learned to unioint 81 4
head, and could write on the blackbos,a
and look sqnarely at the school At IN
same time. always cracked my anklas
instead Of swapping my fingers to ,,ttras
the teachers attention, and if | foundI
was being beaten in foot race aIwars
managed to have Il broken leg OF tysiStsd
| foot for ten on fifteen minutes as N, i.
cuse for having lost When 4 buckesa
coal was needed my wrist was alWsF.
| dislocated: during harvest time disle
Gated knee came in very handy
couldn't carry water with dislocatea
shoulder, nor weed the garden with tArss
broken fingers ON each hand. SO man.
aged to have things pretty easy during
my childhood.
"As ! grew older found there wers
few joints in my body that could hot
dislocate, and it gradually got to worry.
ing me. consulted one doctor afte,
another. and one, word, enigma, givs
the result of all their investigators
When | gave it up in despair and r.
solved not to bother myself any more
about my falling as called it, the doc.
tors began. DR.. St Clair, Of the Port
Huron Medical college; DR.. Paueret
Philadelphia; DR. Bliss. New York Dr.
Howell, Baltimore; DIR. Chambers Sc
Louis; DR.. Doremus, Philadelphia; Dr.
Adolphus, Atlanta, Ga. and Thousand
and one others tackled me one after
another, and Us regularly gave me upas
being an unexplainable mystery.
Il now began to get used to being On
exhibition through having SO many doc
tors experimenting with me, and re-
solved to accept one of the many offers
that kept pouring in upon me to visit
medical colleges throughout this coun-
try and England, and after exhibiting
for time before surgeons and students
at home | took an engagement in the
Royal college in London, where they
kept me for seven years, and yet could
tell me no more when left than whenl
entered. When | returned | took turns
at the prominent colleges in the large
cities, occasionally shifting of to sea-
son in museum on side show for
change, have become completely hard
ened to criticism and curiosity regarding
my defect or gift, which ever you have
a mind to call it, and am just as vel
satisfied here or in a museum as before .
crowd Of students that are aching for my
corpse whenever they see me-
SOLD HIS SKELETON FOR $4,000
college work pays me best, though.
l get $3.50 week at college or where
am now, but have worked as low as so
IN museum just because wanted
change SO much. By the way, suppose
you read in the newspapers few years
ago how | sold my bones. had received
various offers from half d dozen cranRs
scattered over the country of from Sl,VW
to III, 200 for my body after death, money
to be paid on date of contract, but paia
no attention to Them
FINALLY, one day while was exhibit
ing at the Bellevue hospital, Philadei-
phia, DIR. Doremus came up to me win
a pleasant smile and the equally pleasant
greeting of, Well, Hilhard how muea
for your bones today They're Se,VW
today, said |, laughing. It's 60 hs
answered, and the next day he sent ins
a check for that amount, and ! signed
contract giving him my skeleton aIlel
death, but reserving the right to use =
myself until death occurs, | though
first it was joke, but soon found out y
was straight transaction and business
from the word go.
Mr., billiard has never known what !,
was to be i'll, and is in perfect physical
condition His disjointing and relolnt
ing are done quickly, and among many
others include the following dlsloca.
tons, which will give some idea OF ~
peculiar formation; Complete disioc@
tons of the wrists. elbows, fingers, al'
kles and knees; four different disloes,
tons of the shoulders and four OF 'n0
hips; eight dislocations at the same tliis,
embracing shoulders, hips, knees ala
ankles, and twelve dislocations al wv
same time, embracing toes OF each lgV'
and the two ankles. While thus dislo,