Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-08-14
ALAsAmA,s nuMAn wonoeR.
SIAN Who Lives without Feeling
Hungry. Thirsty or sleepy.


Hungry. Thirsty or sleepy.
do You sea that manTr said a well
known physician to a reporter. at the
same time pointing out Mr. q. w.
Behrnan, who Is engaged at Mr.. T. +.
Leaks undertaking establishment. The
reporter looked at the gentleman In.
dictated, and asked his questioner what
there was peculiar about him. The
physician replied that Mr.. Behrman
was a phenomenon, and had very In
teresting history; that he was man to
whom water was not a necessity.
Hearing this, the reporter called on
MIR. BehrInan, and, finding out that
the information was correct, obtained
the following interesting interview with
him
II was born In Riga, which Is the
capital Of Liefilane, political division
Of Russia, corresponding to the states
of this country. | reached America In
1912, and settled permanently In Texas,
residing ut differents points for eighteen
years. When the war broke out |
joined the Third Louisiana regiment,
and served rs Confederate soldier I'M
til was wounded and captured at the
battle Of luka, Miss. was kept a
prisoner Of war for several months and
was paroled, after which | returned to
New Orleans. Where | was when the
war closed. came to this city in 1877,
and have resided here the greater por-
; ton Of the time since that year
AS To my popularity on the subject
of eating and drinking, | can say that
| never experienced the sensation of
being hungry, thirsty or sleepy. When
| eat, which Is at the oftenest only
. once day, 1t is to sustain life and
not TO appease the craving of an appe-
} tite. My daily meal consists Of little
, thin soup and a small piece Of pumper-
nickel bread-a bread made Of rye,
ground up with bran. No boiling at
! all. This bread get from Indiana |
I have frequently gone without tasting
/, food Of any kind whatever for from
l eight to sixteen days.
I 1T Is the same with sleep. ! am never
Q sleepy. and when do lie down il is not
| because | must sleep, but because
b must pass the time away. | cannot say
y how long period Of time have gone
y without sleep in this city, but remem-
+ Der that once went for seven months,
y in which did not sleep altogether one
!. hour.
o Now ON the subject of drinking
/ water ! can say that for forty years
p have not taken glass of water, and
e that never in my life did have a de-
il sire to take "A drink as you do. never
o drink water except to take it with med.
cine, and that is the only way have
r ever taken it in the last forty or forty.
IS one years.
e when | was in the army men all
y around me on the march painted for
q water and complained that they were
It unable to keep up because Of hunger
or thirst, or both. but plodded along
ir without experiencing Inconvenience
/, from either. | remember when VIC
% evacuated Tupelo, Miss, the troop.
It had hard march and there was much
Is suffering from Thirst My command
halted a short time ON the roadside.
Ie near place where there was a well.
5, The soldiers broke for the well like
It madnen, while stood by IA fence lean.
y ing on my gun Gen. Fifer, who com
st manded the corps, rode up and called
1. out, 'Behrman, why don't you go to
II the well and get waterf replied that
d | was not thirsty, that never drank
IN water and he was astonished; and dur
No ing the whole war the only thing that
ever craved was cigarettes.
Il have never enjoyed good health
in my life, and though | have consult
n ed many physicians in this country and
x in the old country, have never found
n one who could tell me what was the
{. matter with me or who could afford IN,
h relief When | die | want Drs. Gas
a. ton, Blue and Seelye and other physi
e, clans they may desire to invite to max,
II All examination of my body, my heart
Is liver and brain particularly, to find ou
b. what arrangement Of the system pro
n dnced the conditions which have ex
nc isted all my life. that humanity may b.
< beneilted by their Investigations
IN have already selected my coffin. ant
"a when the end comes | want To be lait
n away peacefully and quietly"
ir Mr. Behrman does not appear to b.
a unhealthy. He is stoutly built ant
re weighs now about lG0 pounds, though
IN he says he has at times weighed a
le much as I76 pounds. lie has fai
lt education, the foundation for whicl
I was laid in the old country. He speak
four languages Russian. French, Ger
man and English. lie is great news
paper reader, and keeps thoroughly in
=, formed upon current affairs in Europ.
as well as In this country. -Montgom
cry (Ala) Journal