Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-04-07
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i A LADY OF Searcy, Ark, who, per.
haps, does not even care to have heP
initials given, sends the following r..
markable account OF the recurrence
of the Biblical seven" In the family
Of james Forbes Barton. Here In .
copy OF the communication: The
number seven is peculiarly entwined
with the life history OF the family Of
james Forbes Barton, one Of the vie
tins Of the yellow fever plague a&
Memphis, Tenn. He was born on the
9TH OF December, 1925 (twelfth
month, seventh day. IL plus Z plus I
plus 8 plus plus equals -, the
product being five sevens); hie wife
was born December Z, 1882 q plus 8
plus . plus equals IA, two sevens);
and they were married on December
Z, 1S47, when she was Is and he was
%. When he died he left seven sons.
and no daughters. His seventh son
was born on the 9TH of December.
1861 Twelfth month, seventh day; ~
plus I plus l plus 8 plus plus I
equals 30, the same product as in the
case Of his father-five sevens). His
Games Forbes Barton's) first grand
son was born on December Z, 1876.
At the present time there are seven
Of his grandchildren living and seven
that IRE dead. The facts above stated
will be vouched for by many promi-
nent people in Western Tennessee
and Eastern Arkansas.
WYTHE COUNTY, Va, numbers with
| la, 1nNt IL, a.. T..
the Commonwealth, II one considers
his dead weight-Melvin Grubb, whose
wondrous growth and pondrous lirnfx
make him the daily wonder Of his.
neighbors. lie was born something
more than fifteen years ago, and has
ever since that event kept his neigh
bors wondering ut his growth. Each
year since he was ~ has seen from
fifty to 100 pounds added TO his
weight, until he Is believed now to be
the heaviest youth alive; and should
his avoirdupois appreciate ut the sumc
rapid rate, he will soon break all the
heavyweight records since Adam
At 18 years Of age he weighed 41G
pounds; at II, $50 pounds, and now.
ut Is, the scales crenk ut 5a5 pornd1s.
and the end Is not yet. Gr1pbb is not
merely a mountain Of flesh, but IN
active and intelligent boy. He can
follow a plough all day without un.
usual fatigue, and Is a bright and In.
telligent pupil Of the public school
near his fathers farm, ut Walters.
Bridge, two and half miles west Of
Wytheville.
THE Sonoma (Cal.) Tribune
says: A young woman residing In
the valley, whose name we withhold.
for family reasons, IL victim Of
sleep.walking. A short time agc, A. q.
tired In white night .dress, she un- q.
consciously arose from her bed ncnr
midnight and was seen near home,
which Is In the upper part Of the
valley, by parties who mistoOk the
apparition for ghost and fed In
terror. The somnambulist las been
observed early In the morning by
train hands standing motiohlcss on
either the Donahue or Southern Pa
cific Railroad track, and has narrow
~ escaped being run over on several
occasions. Recently she arose from
her bed about 3 O'Clock In the morn
ing and was seen to- approach SonO-
ma creek In her night robe. UpOrs
reaching the stream the young Woman
waded In for u short distance. as IL
feeling her way, and then swan safe-
ly across. Upon reaching the opro-
site bank she awoke, and, half fright
ened to death, dripping wet and
shivering from the cold, madr her
way to the house OF u neightor,
where she was cared for and then
taken to her home.
The Mobile (Ala.) correspondents
Of the New Orleans Times. Democrat
was present ut some experiments
made by three reputable physicians
on the person of u man named l.ar-
tado, u native OF Trinidad. This man
seemingly Is IL wonder. lie appears
to be utterly ObliviOus to the sensa-.
ton Of heat and cold, and, in sact.
experiences no feeling OF pain, even,
when undergoing treatment THAI
would cause an ordinary man untold
agony. He IL five feet seven inches
in height, weighs 100 pounds. aud In
perfectly sound mentally and phyyi-.
cally. His father was Spaniard and !,
his mother an English woman. The s.
correspondent witnessed the man run
through his neck down to ind graz,
Ing the trachea a piece of steel wire
one.eighth OF an inch in diameter, to
which most powerful galvanic hat
terry was attached and shifted from
one current to another without any
perceptible pain, but with consider.
able acceleration Of pulse. He passed
another large steel wire into his,
mouth and through his cheek in all
directions and no blood flowed.
Another large wire was passed
through and through the large MUS
cles OF the calf of the leg and between
the biceps muscles, in line with the
brachial artery and through the arIE
above the wrist, between the, two
bones Of the arm, and other like ex- e.
periments in different parts OF the
body, all OF which with seemingly no ,
pain and no bleeding from any place .
but drop from the neck, in fact,
each OF the openings made by the
instrument closed up as bloOiless
and as easily as II the man was con-
structed OF india rubber. The physi-
clans present declared that 1t was the
most wonderful exhibition OF freedom.
from all pain they had ever witnessed.