The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-05
Her ,IeRnphonic Enr.


Miss Jury Knox, the daughter Of a
prominent citizen Of Yoakum county.
Texas. was in 81. Louis yesterday on her
way TO Chicago. says the St Louis Re
pubic, where she Will consult a surgeon
VINO treated her last summer and en-
deaVer OF have him remedy an unfortu-
nate mistake ne made in an operation Z
that time that has resulted in much pain
and discomfort OF a mental and physi-
cal character to the girl
Miss Knox is a most beautiful young
lady. Her figure, as il is suggested by her
neat blue gown, is almost perfect. Her
complexion IS a dream Of white and pink,
ana ner halr IS as a tangled knot or
silken golden thread. She is a brilliant
cOnversatiOnalist, a proficient musician
ana an artist Of no mean ability. But an
INJURY she sustained when years of age
by being thrown from the back of a pony
she was riding cast a black spell on her
NE than only her sunny nature has en-
apled her to Withstand.
When she was thrown from the pony
she alghted on the ground in such a way
as TO pull half of the upper portion or
her right ear entirely or. and so LAGER
ated the remainder that most of il was
later cut away by a surgeon in Dallas.
Mhen the operation was completed ana
the wound had healed, she had only a
small amount Of the ear left, but she
easily disguised the Disagreement by the
way she dressed her hair I'd to a wear
ago she paid no particular attention to il,
extent
Last April. while on a visit to Galveston
win ner mother, she met young lady
quite Intimate. The Chicagoan became
aware Of Miss KnOx's unfortunate condi-
tlon, and at once enthusiastically advised
tndt the IeXas girl go 10 Chicago and con-
suit surgeon, who, she alleged, could re-
place the missing ear by a grating process
UP to this time Miss Knox had not thought
particularly about accommodating a new ear
but the constant talk of her Chicago friend
made her long for auricular apparatus like
other people wear. The upshOt of it was
mat she went to Chicago in August, the
operation was performed, and she return
cd TO her Texas home with an ear which
while II was not nearly so dainty and
blum. -O- q
Shortly after she got home the new ear
began to grow, and IL has been growing
ever since. About once a week the young
lady is attacked with most acute pains in
the recently acquired member, which she
describes, as closely as she can diagnose
the matter, as similar to the growing
pains that affect boys and girls when
they begin to lengthen out. The ear is
growing every which way and does not
seem TO have any life in it.
To Republic reporter who was allowed
TO view 1t last night it looked like a slice
OF dried apple about as large as John l..
been formed to adopt a new style of dress
ing her hair, which requires her to comb
the greater part of it down over the ear,
giving her head a sort of lOp-sided appear
ance. She does not know where the sur
geon got the ear or to whom 1t belonged
before he grated 1t on to her. All She
knows about it is that it cost her a lot of
money, She is going to Chicago to find out
more about ii.
Another peculiar feature about this ear
is that she can hear sounds with it that
are totally undistnguishable to other peo-
pie. Seated at one end of the grand hall
on the second floor of the station last
night. she could plainly hear a whisper
uttered at the other end, despite the roar
OF traffic on the street and the noise as
cending from the midway below.
1t seems as though every sound that
comes to this unfortunate right ear" she
said last night, sis magnified a thousand
times. continually hear a roar like that
made by a thousand steamboat whistles
At home my room is carefully padded and
all openings are fixed with view to ex-
clude sound, and still have to sleep with
my right ear full of cotton, for the swish
of a pony's tail in the corral or a change
in the cadence of my fathers snOre in the
next room will awaken me. l have not
slept since l left Texas, and l hardly think
/ will sleep again until l see the surgeon
and either have my auricular monstrosity
repaired or cut off. l would rather be as
/ was before with no ear at all, than as
am now with this fan growing out of the
side of my face. You have no idea of the
worry it has caused me- 1 am afraid if
let il grow a year longer it will hang down
on my shoulder so that l can hear people
think"