Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1897-07-23
FRISKY ORGANS.
Persons Whose Hearts Move About
In Their Bodies. a.


The human heart has been up to some
queer freaks of late in various parts Of
the United States. Indiana leads, rs
she usually does, in the matter Of
freaks. In the town of Anderson in
that lively commonwealth, lives one
John Reville, an enterprising and hard
working baker. 1t was Reville's good
or bad fortune, as he looks at it, to WOO
and win Mary Hastings, esteemed by
many of the youths of Indiana. When
the engagement of the baker to Mary
was announced there was much anger
among the girls less favored suitors.
Henry Jameson, who had felt certain
of Mnry's affections, did not content
himself with mere words. He lay in
wait for Reville on the night of Janu-
airy 80, and when the happy lover left
hehouse of his fancee Jameson rushed
on him and, pressing pistol to Re.
ville's heart, pulled the trigger. That
would have been the end of lieville had
he been like other people. But it holl
happened during n recent illness his
heart had shifted from the left to the
right side, SO that the bullet that was to
have ended his life sped harmlessly be-
tween his seventh and eighth ribs, and
to- day he is about again almost as well
as ever, and preparing for the wedding.
As for Jameson, he is in Jail, thanking
his stars, now that his jealousy has
cooled down. that nature helped him t.
escape the gallows.
Almost as queer is the case of Marion
Gilmore, of Chicago. Marion is a young
woman of 10, and is employed as q
saleswoman in a dry goods store. No
one ever suspected that there was any
thing wrong with her heart until the
other day, when she underwent an ex-
animation by the medical examiner Of
life insurance company. The med
ical man found that Marion had been
born with a proper enough heart, but
it had gradually worked its way over
from the left to the right side, being To-
Gated now close to the ribs, in the place
where the liver ought to be.
Miss Hattie Benedict has a heart that
for months past has been in a state Of
transit, moving from it's normal posi-
ton toward the right side and up and
down and then back again. Miss Ben
edict lives in Marengo, Wayne county.
tIilS ot<1tCs run luOnt dkO SuC lCli
into a trance that lasted until few
days ago, when she practically regained
consciousness. DIR. William Hubbell.
who had her in charge, said the first
words she uttered were:
II am alive. Please do not bury me"
Then she passed her hand to her
right side and declared that her
"heart" was hurting her. DR.. Hubbell
made an examination and found that
the heart had shifted fully four inches
to the right and two inches upward.
The doctor was by no means surprised,
as the heart had been guilty of similar
eccentricity three times during the
trance condition. Each time the organ
went back to its old position, and Dr.
Hubbell declares there is no danger to
be apprehended. He can give no reason
for the strange phenomenon.
! Elmer Harris heart began to change
two years ago. Harris lives in Mime.
| apolis, and the doctors there have been
keeping close watch on him. They say
that every three months Harris heart
has moved half an inch with absolute
regularity in a diagonal line toward the
lower right side of the body. The move.
ment seems to take place in jumps that
occur toward the end of every third
month. When the migration is going
to stop is a problem that is filling the
unfortunate owner of the heart with
much uneasiness. His general health
does not seem to have been affected, ant
he says he feels no pain. He nevel
knows that his heart has shifted unit
the doctors tell him so after each move
Here in New York city DIR. Cyrus Ed
son has q queer case in one Of the pa
tients whom he has treated for con
sumption with his famous remedy
The patient had lost one lung, tn
right, before he came to DR.. Edison. ant
had been given up as hopeless
case by q half dozen physicians. DIR
Edison himself had but little hope Of ef
fecting cure, as the left lung had beef
attacked. But he gave the patient tn
usual hypodermic injections. and Il
everyone's surprise the man recovered
To-day he is apparently as well a
ever he was, though he has but on
lung. But a strange thing has hap
pened. In accordance with nature
usual law of compensation by whicl
one organ that has to perform tn
functions of two is corresponding.
strengthened, the patients remaining
lung has been very much enlarged. s
great has this enlargement becom
that the heart has been displaced, an
row beats about the middle of III
mans body.-N. Y. Journal.
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