Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-11-05
SEES THROUGH Hls NOSE.

See0 sSUNOOSVt TUG NO0es
Erenchman Whose Nasal Organs Have
Taken the Place of His Eyes.
A Paris paper published a few days
ago an account of a nan who can see
through his nose. This extraordinary
person, 1t seems, was born blind, and
by systematic training has been en-
abled to make his nasal organ take in
some measur the place Of his eyes.
The story was read far and wide, and
1t is safe to say that the majority of
readers gave little credcnce to it. Ex-
traordinary things are daily happening.
but most of them are conceivable, and
hence credible. But how is it possible
for a man to see through his nose?
Many asked this question and waited
in vain for a satisfactory answer. If
such persons, however, will look into
an old book, which was printed in MI
rembers. in 11O2, they will find n record
of a ease very similar to that recorded
In the Paris journal. This book is en-
Nled "Oculus .Arti1icialis Teledioptri-
Gus Sine TclescOpium Est" and it ia
the work of the distinguished German
scholar, johann Zahn. Copies of it are
very rare, and the n which was con.
suited in the present instance was
found in the University of Bologna.
The man who. according to Zahn,
could see through his nose was n farm.
err. While he was still an infant he
met with a serious accident, which re.
suited III the loss of his right eye. \
few years later he fell from n cherry
tree and lost his left eye. His nose and
left cheek were terribly manglcd at the
same time, and it was a year before
the wound was healed. When he was
well enough to go out of doors the
blind lad would sit in the garden and
warm himself in the sun. Now one day
he fancied that he ~ through his nose
a din ray of light. He was naturally
puzzled, but next day he noticed the
same unaccountable phenomenon.
Week after week and month after
month he looked for this ray of light,
and, strange to say, it not only never
failed him. but, as time passed, It
grew more constant and more potent,
until at the end of five years he was
able to see all objects within a rea-
sonable distance. Here, however, Is q
curious fact. He was able to see all
objects on the ground or in front Of
him, but he could not see any objects
above him. Zahn vouched for the
truth of these statements and said that
the distinguished physician, Heinrich
Spezius, was also ready to make an af.
fdavit as to their truth. Skeptics may
say that the man was shamming, but
as both eyeballs were lost 1t is difficult
to see how shamming was possible. OF
course, the man may have imagined
that he saw objects en- the ground or in
front of him, but, according to Zahn,
he was subjected to tests which proved
to the satisfaction of all eye witnesses
that he was o imposing on them.
There must be some explanation of this
amazing phenomenon, and If there is
really in France now n person who a
see through his nose he certainly de-
serves to be made the subject of seri-
II study.-New York Herald.
The Champagne Industry Booming.
In 1S06-7 the champagne district ex-
ported more than 2S,OOO,OOO bottles of
wine. Frances best customer in this
industry is England. Our exporters
find in the United Kingdom an excel
lent market. In 1894 and in the first
months of 1895 the exports for this
market fell off somewhat, like all the
others, but in the second half of 1895
the business became more active and
the diminution of our importations in
England, which was $4,000 dozens of
bottles for the first six months of 1895.
was more than made up in the second
six months. The American market
does not come up to expectations, and
champagne wines have suffered from
the effect of the recent commercial
stagnation in that country.
The expectations to Belgium, Ger
many and Russia have increased in the
same proportion as those to England,
Our expectations to Belgium amount
annually to about 100000 bottles.-
Economists Francais.
A Delicate Industry.
The incrustation of precious woods