He Eats Again

Detroit, March 18.- Tvvelve years ago Grann Castle, of this city, now a joung man of 22 years, swallowed a spoonful of a solution of potash. From that day uatil last Wednesday not a single mouthful of solid food passed his lips, for the powerful stuff he swallowed formed strictures in bis throat and stomach, and nearly eost him his Ufe. His vitality has been kept up by tlie use of liquid food alone. His parents tried skilled physicians of all schools of medicine, but all agreed that he was doomed to pass throug-h Ufe without swallowing any thing solid. He traveled for a time as an attraction in a museum, and while in Chicago medical men became interested in 'nis case. He was placed in the Germania hospital in that city last f all, and underwenttreatment which proved successful in restoring him to perfect health, and last Wednesday, for the first time in twelve years, he dined on meat and potatoes, the food passing into his stomach without pain or trouble.