Human Hide Shoes

There is no accounting for tantes, but a dtinguisherl PlittacUlpuiN phyr-iciun ges little aliead of aiiythlnji yti seeu In this cuntry. For iometime pat be has been wearing shoes so peculi;irly Uiatrotti n tlicir blackness that his friend wonderpd if he he used sume magical blaokliig or utilized the museles of some extiaonlinury bool black. Au icquaintance receiit]}r asked the pliysioian liow t was tbat liN 8hoes retained noch a lustre in all sorts of weattier. The ivp]y wa ItMrtling. The shoea were mude of human leathrr, the skin of a colored man. The physician stated tiiat he hal worn this pair of 8hoes seven nioiiths. Tlie leather was soft and pliable, and more endurlnjr than oalf-skin. Fiirther qnestionin;; elicited the Information that human skiug are tanned In larife quantities in Pennsylvania and made into shoes, match safes, cigar casei and cases for siitíjíchI instrumenta. The skins are btained fiom the bodiea of the subjects diïsecteü in the medical collt-ges.