Evening star., 1896-12-18
IN HOTEL CORRIDORS

do know anything out of the ordinary
replied +. ID. Johnston of Omaha at the
Regent to The Star reporters query. Il
think do. 1 know a cousin of mine who
Is certainly out of the ordinary. When he
was baby there did not seem to be any
thing about him to distinguish him from
| other babies. but the months passed no
signs OF teeth appeared. He grew to be a
good-sized boy of six years and stIIl no
teeth. He lived entirely on liquids. and
was taken to a dentist who attempted to
nit artificial teeth in his mouth. but Il was
impossible. He grew in stature. hut not In
strength. and an eminent surgeon was
called in to make a thorough examination
OF the boy. He reported that there was no
way TO ht teeth into him or Induce any to
grow. and that he must have solid food.
AFTER studying the case thoroughly and
nnding no parallel, he adjusted a sort OF
artihci&i craw into the boy. and ever since
that time he has partaken of solid food.
cutting IL into small pieces and digesting II
upon precisely the same principle that a
chicken does"
Il don't understand the American peo-
pie. said A L. Taylor. an Englishman. al
the Riggs. Il have been in this country
ever since the campaign opened. and was
| in Colorado until the result was known. I
was Interested In the election. and the
| campaign was SO exciting that [ wrote To
| my friends in England that no power on
| earth could prevent riots and bloodshed.
III Bryan was elected. the east would noi
submit. and If Mckinley was elected an
army could and would he raised in the
west on days notice 10 wrest the gov
eminent from the eastern men. ] never
saw people so determined as they were in
toiorado. As soon as the result was known
the newspapers came out with enlncis.ic
articles about Mckinley. Everyb body locked
satisfied, and, instead of a riot the utmost
good humor prevailed. the silver men sim
| ply saying that the fight was postponed
four years. How they could get SO excited
and then calm down so suddenly l do not
understand. Ii is peculiar country"
IF whales were as profitable as hey
| formerly were a fortune could now easily
| be made" said \. S. Staunton of Cape
| May at the Normandie, "A few days ago
several whales appeared in sight of Cape
May. 1 was at Santa Barbara last year
| and the school OF whales protected by the
| government has SO increased in numbers
| that it is seldom some of them are not in
sight of land. In both the Atlantic and
| the Pacific they are not uncommonly seen
as Tar south as the usaul lines of ocean
travel. Comparatively speaking they have
been left alone since the general introduc-
ton of petroleum, although a limited rum
| ber find ready market at fairly remunera-
tive prices, but the oceans are not hunted
| is remarkable how rapidly they nave in
| creased The captain of a schooner told IRE
ne had sighted five of the monsters only a
| few miles from Charleston"
Perhaps the most enthusiastic admrer
of Bryan in the country was Mrs. l.. V.
Moore of my city," said c. F. Bevans of
Spokane. Wash, at the Shoreham. she
vas theosophist. and during the cam
paign claimed to be gifted with second
sight She went into alleged clairvoyant
conditions and outlined the election Of
Bryan and the policies of his administra-
ton. During the entire campaign she de-
voted herself to his cause. At midnight
of the day of election friend brought the
returns and told her Bryan was elected
| and she swooned. Every effort was made
to restore her to consciousness. but they
We're futile and physicians pronounced her
dead. She was kept several days as her
followers believed she would recover, but
| urmistakable evidences of death appeared
and she was buried four days after elec-
tion, the day left home
'It is well-known act that fish food
goes to the making of bone tissues and not
| to fat said Capt. l.. A. Barnes of
Charleston, $. c., retired sea captain at
| the Arlington. There are some fish that
| can be excepted. for example. the blubber
| OF the whale. Those who eat that are fat
and generally aabby. But there is a kind
of fish in the Southern Pacific ocean
that seems to make home exclusive
| ly. 1 was blown off my course at one time
| and landed upon very small island not
marked on the maps. 1t was inhabited by
| the strangest people L ever saw. They
were intelligent enough and treated me
hospitality during the short time / was
| there, but l could never become used to
them. Their sole diet was a small phos-
phorescent fish and the result was that
4 al limo lar-r
mine, and a parchment-like skin was
! drawn tightly over them. There was
| scarcely particle of flesh about them
| Yet they lived to old age and were
healthy"
There are some singular affections of
| the eyes" said Dir. L. p. Arnot of San
Francisco at the Ebbitt- zone of these
| occasionally appears among Sesfaring men
who keep lookout for objects at long
distance. L had patient short time ago
who had achieved considerable distinction
by being able to see a greater distance
than any other man who sailed on the
Pacific ocean. legacy caused him to
abandon his calling and settle on land for
the first time in many years. He came to
me TO treat his eyes. They would easily
distinguish objects at a great distance bu.
d,scerned nothing within several hundred
yards of him. For all practical purposss
he was blind. / called IT, for the want OF
| better name, the sailors telescope eye
l tested him and found that he could see
farther than 1 could with the use of an
ordinary field glass, but everything I'M
mediately around him was dark / adjust
ed Shade so that his eyes focused upon
the ground and treated the optic nerve as
being strained, and he is slowly improy.
ing"
Il was greatly Interested in a waif that
came to a home where 1 am one of tina
officers in st. LOUIS said Rev. /. 5. Dun.
ham of that city at the Raleigh He was
an Italian boy, about six years of age
and his parents were both dead. All THAI
he said was in sort of musical chant.
No matter what the subject about which
| he talked the words were fitted to a tune
L thought at first he must come from musf-
cal parentage, but inquiries showed that
his parents and his grandparents were
hucksters. 1t is impossible for a human
being to cry the same words all day long
In monotone, and all hucksters pitch
their voices to tune. This had become
hereditary in the family probably several
generations having been hucksters. and
the walf We picked up on the streets could
not talk. but he could sing, and this he
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