The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-03-04
TRUTHFUL TOURISTS
REMARKABLE STORIES TOLD BY COM
MERClAL TRAVELLERS.


Relate Incidents About Severed Limbs
That One win Take with Sack of salt,
well, " said a drummer to a proup of
! his colleagues sitting around the lobby at
the Continental hotel "hero's great
yarn. Have you read about the remark
able cure of blindness?"
'No; let's hear it, " was the responsive
echo.
The first speaker cast his eyes upon his
newspaper and read as follows:
! CHICKAMAUGA, Tenn.-A wonderful case that
has greatly puzzled local doctors has Just been
| published. About ten years ago Thomas jim.
/ gle, well to do farmer was suddenly smitten
with blindness. His eyes were in such a hor.
rible condition that surgeon removed them
/ leaving stump Of each optic nerve in the
socket The poor farmer was disoonsolate at
/ first, but finally became reconciled to his af-
! Fiction. One day last month he told his wife
| that he thought he could distinguish the glare
/ of the lamp Investigation proved that now
| eyes were gradually forming around tho old
nerve remnants, Since then his eyesight has
/ gradually improved as his second set Of orbs
have developed, and the physicians who haNa
| investigated the case have no doubt whatever
/ that he will be able to see as perfectly as be-
| fore.
"This is a great country" said drum
mer at the conclusion of tho reading. "A
glorious countryl The offeto monarchies
of Europe couldn't begin to show such q
marvellous case"
| Il don't believe a word of it, - said an
other lit is nothing but a newspaper
fake"
"Not so sure about that" said a com.
mercial tourist from Chicago for l know
of a case somewhat similar, the truth of
which l can guarantee. An uncle of mine
was crossing Wabash avenue some five
| years ago when he fell right under a cable
car, and before you could say Jack Rob
inson' his rightl leg was cut off three inches
below the knee He lay for three months
in the hospital, and when he was able to
hobblo about on a wooden peg he sued the
railway company for So, 900 damages The
/ company paid tho amount after consider
able litigation One day my uncle deter
mined to get new and improved artih-
cal leg, but when he went to remove the
old pin, which had served him as tenn
porary makeshift, he found 1t had grown
! tight to the bone. In fact, the flesh of the
stump was beginning to grow over the
/ wood, and the doctors said it would have
to be amputated above the knee to remove
it, He refused to submit to the operation
To his surprise he found that the flesh was
gradually growing downward, assuming
the shape of the original leg. In the course
of year his limb was entirely restored,
the wooden stump taking the place of the
original bones. The foot began to form,
a little club footed, 'tis true, but perfect
enough to kick with, and he now goes
about as gracefully as you or l.
THAT is really marvellous" " said one Of
his audience.
Yes, " said the veracious narrator from
Chicago, 1.-THE strange part of it is that the
railroad company sued him for the recov-
cry of the SO, 900, claiming that, as the leg
was restored, they were not liable to dam
ages"
Great Indignation was expressed at such
smallnoss, after which gentleman from
Rochester took the door. Said he;
II can tell you a stranger tale than
that, which 1 know to be absolutely true
Sam Revere a friend of mine, was bitten
in the arm right above the wrist by a rat
tlesnake last summer in the Rocky noun
tains. With great presence of mind he
fastened strap above the wound, and by
pulling hard managed to stop the circula-
tion of the poisoned blood. Then he
jumped on his burro and galloped to town
to sec doctor. 1t was high timel The
|
their natural size and were almost black.
The doctor reached for his knife and in
stantly amputated the arm at the elbow.
1t was the only way of saving Sans life.
/ felt sorry for the poor fellow, as he was
engaged to be married. and that was the
arm he did most of his hugging with.
Well, Sam recovered, but though his low
er arm was gone he complained of feeling
an uncomfortable sensation where his
wrist should have been. A month passed
and still this impression clung to him.
He felt terrible pressure between the ell
bow and wrist Of the missing arm, and at
times the pain was so acute that he could
not sleep. One day he determined to 90
back to the Rocky mountains and see the
doctor who had performed the amputation.
- By Jove, said the surgeon, 1 think
know what ails youl They went out
into the yard, where the doctor dug into
the earth and after short hunt brought
up the amputated limb. The strap was
still tightly closed over the flesh above the
wound The doctor made haste to unfas-
ten it. Now, ho said, you can go home
in peace, The pressure win not trouble
you again. Sam went home satisfied
and has never felt the slightest inconven-
ienCe since"
"How do you account for that?' asked
d drummer from Boston,
Il don't know. Spirituallsts say that
the spirit takes the exact form of the hu-
man body, limbs and everything, and it
is possible that when a limb is cut off the
spiritual counterpart remains with the
bulk of the body, but still retains a Ger
tain consciousness of what is happening
to the severed member philadelphia
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