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La crónica., 1877-12-05
Otra tie pego.........

Causa grima yer Ii. poca gracia
con que TODD un Licenciado refuge
una discussion sobre una question
que debiera parecerle facil, aten.
dido la profession que sigue, y a que,
bien mirado, Ell asunto pertenece:
en- efecto, en- ell ultimo ndmero del
peri0dico que interinamente redac-
ia, Sc escapa por la tangente dicien-
do que nos deja q nosotros ell traba.
jo de enmendar o corregir ell diccio.
mario de 10 Academia, y sueIta otras
p~atochadas que desdicen de la gran
fama que Sc tiene conquistada en-
ell campo de la prensa. Hasta pre-
tende no entender nuestro language.
cCreerd que Sc 10 vamos q admitir
nosotros que sabemos por experien-
cia cuan sagazmente pilla las cosas
al vuelo cuando lie tiene cuenta?
No queremos rebatir la especie de
que somos ~correctores del dicciona-
rio, por que a nadie Sc lie escapa que
en- 10 "cuestion p%resunto'' hemos
.precisamente defendido ell signif-
cado que da q la voz la Academia
contra la falsa acepcion en- que la
us0 ell Licenciado, y N vez que
nuestro erudito contrincants Sc sa-
cude ell balago de la question la da-
mos TOR terminada.
Pero t0canos hoy dar otra mano
de jabon al sehor Licenciado recor.
dando IN asunto en- que algunos
Green que quedamos NAL parados. De
torpes Sc nos califico hace pocos
dias, y se ~ridiculizo nuestra
de decir, por que llamamos aceite de
piedrn al que Sc extrae de las mon
tahas de San Fernando. AL divide
dabamos la question, por que no
juzgabamos necesario probsr que
no habiamos cometido error min.
guno; pero como vemos que no es
solo ell Licenciado que nos cree en-
ridfdulo por tai motive, vamos a
dar una explicacion que ilnstre al
II y q los otros en- la materia. La
suerte nos favorece en- este case, no
por que nos de mayor fuerza de ra-
zones para demostrar que nos ha-
llabamos en- 10 ~cierto, sine por que
nos proporciona una autoridad que,
10 esperamos, sera respetada por
nuestro afamado rival. Ell ilustre
professor Oloardo Massey. catedra-
tico de griego en- ell colegio prepara-
torio de San Ildefonso, en- la CAPT.
tai de MEXICO, dice en- su ejemplar Y
utilfsimo Enquirfdion de las Raices
Griegas, que la VOC Petroleo provie
ne 8 SO origina de las palabras grie.
gas petros Cpiedra, roca) y elaion
(aceite). Asf, Petroleo es ell ACEITE
DE PIEDRA 6 roca, 6 sease betum
lfquido ~inflamable, mail que lie pese
q nuestro POGO afortunado crftico.
Para que adquiera mas conocimien.
los sobre la materia lie diremos
ademas que SO lie llama tambieu
malta, del verbo arabe ndtato, que
significa herbir @ salir en- pdstulas.
Nosotros ST que tenemos razon para
decirles a nuestros amigos de la ca.
lie New High cuidado O la len
qua sobre TODD IN asuntos que no
entienden.
La crónica., 1877-12-05

DRAMA SANGRIENTo.-En la San.
ia Veracruz pas0 un crfmen bastan-
te terrible: arrodillados al pie del
altar, recibian Ia bendicion del sa-
cerdote Ell y ella, que q nuestro jul
clio Sc amaban con ternura; mas de
improviso Sc presenta un hombr
con ell pelo erizado, los ojosinflama-
dos y ell rostro descompuesto; atra.
viesa por ante la multitud, que ex.
tasiada contemplate la union de
aquellos seres; llega al lugar del
desposorio, y sin cuidarse del mira
miento qua debiera guardian al sitio
en- que sc encontraba, con I'm punal
atraves0 Ell corazon de la novia, que
en- ell instante gued0 sin vida Y
teudida en- ell suelO. Los espectado-
res de aquella sangrienta escena
quedaron aterrorizados, ell temple
manchado con la sangre de una VIC
TINA sacri6cada, ell infeliz novio
con su Illusion desvanecida y ell luto
en- ell corazon, 10 sociedad alarmada
y ell asesino sin castigo, pues en- ell
momento mismo de cometido ell crf-
men desapareci0 como por encanto,
dejando a todos en- completa admit
racion. Aquf cabe bien cierto DIS
tico que recordamos en- este mo-
mento:
"Llegaba va al altar, feliz esposa.
ALI la hirio la muerte, aquf repo-
Pero las circumstances de ahora
no son las de cuando Sc aplic6 ell an
terror dfstico, y mejor decimos:
Llegaba va al altar Ia pobre espo-
sa.-Allf Ia hirio un cobarde, aauf
La crónica., 1877-12-05
S DE TEXAS.

Leemos en- Ell ProgreSo de Mata-
moros:
De San Diego CTejas] nos escriben
con feeha 81 de Octubre, y nos di-
cen:
Que en- las Pintas, cerca del Ban
quote, fueron asesinados tres meji-
canos llamados "Inocencio Gongora,
Catarino Gutierrez y un tai Sotero,
por n partida de americanos en-
ndmero de ounce.
Sc dice para justificar csc asesina-
to, que dos de las vfctimas, Sotero
y Gutierrez, ran bandidos de fama;
pero es de notar, que por 10 que res.
pecta a G6ngora coufiesan que era
hombre de notoria honradez, y que
no hubo necesidad de atacarlos para
aprehenderlos, pues que los sorpren-
dieron estando acostados Gongora y
sus acompaf1antes, y ademas iban
con estos dos famiIias ia de Congo
"a y la de otra de las vfctimas) las
que Sc regresaron para ell Banquete,
dejando los cadaveres en- ell campo.
Ell Weekly Gazette de Corpus
Christi, correspondence al 81 de
Octubre, omite maliciosamente de-
cir que los asesinos fuerOn america
nos, siendo este uno de los mas in
significantes datos que pueden pre-
sentarse para comprobar cuanta es
la mala re de la prensa americana
en- 10 general en- TODD 10 que Sc refie.
re q Mejico o a los %mejicanos.
Por demas esta decir que nadia Sc
ha hecho para ell esclaramiento del
crfmen, nj menos para la aprehen-
sion de los deliucuentes.
La crónica., 1877-12-05
EXTRA ME R o.
GUERRA DE ORIENTE.

Viena, Noviembre 30.-Un cor
responsal dice que los rumores de
negociaciones para Ia rendicion de
Plevna Sc contradicen en- ell mismc
cam3amento russo.
Bogat, Diciembre 10.-Los deta.
lies de las perdidas en- la pelea dc
Mitchka en- 26 del pasado muestrau
que los rusos recogieron $500 cada.
veres turcos.
Bucharest, Diciembre 3.-Los de.
sertores de Plevna aseguran que
Osman Pasha Sc prepare a hacel
una salida 81 no recibe ayuda en- l;
dias.
La crónica., 1877-12-05
ITALIA.

Roma, Diciembre T. Ell Papa
esta peor. Ell Vaticano ha acceptable
las condolences del Gobierno In.
giles, de modo que puede procla.
marse la g%erarqufa de Escocia in.
mediatamente.
La Puerta ha ofrecido complete
satisfaction por ell apresamiento de
dos buques mercantes italianos en-
ell B0sforo.
Roma, Diciembre Bel Paps
permanecio sin sentido por tres
hOras esta mahana.
La crónica., 1877-12-05
CONCILIO COMUN
SESSION ESPECIAL DEL VIERNEs
80 DE NovIEMBRE DE 1877.

SESSION ESPECIAL DEL VIERNEs
80 DE NovIEMBRE DE 1877.
Despues de leidas las minutas de
la session anterior, que fueron apro-
badas, ell Mayor do cuenta de haber
vendido aqua durante ell mes por va
lor de SIG; ell Juez de la Ciudad,
500 so por multas durante la sema-
ma, y $50 multas atrasadas; ell Colec-
tor de Contribuciones $I3, 909 90 des-
de su ultimo ipforme.
Ell informe del Zanjero sc refiri0
al Comite de Hacienda.
Sc concedio permiso para tender
una alcantarilla de tuberfa de pie
dra en- IN oplle Buena-Vista a ex.
pensas dc los propietarios de la Gale.
Ell hombre que cuida ell corral pd-
blico di0 cuenta de haber colorado
SIS.
Los residences de la Gale S4h Pc.
dro presentaron una peticion para
que Sc les sunIinistrara aqua inme.
diatamente para regar sus arboles,
y Sc tomaron medidas para atender
clio sin perdida de tempo.
La crónica., 1877-12-05
La ELECCION MUNICIPAL

La election de miembros del Con.
clio tuvo lugar Ell Lines con la
mayor tranquilidad y en- perfeco
order, saliendo victoriosos los can
didatos de los Pagadores dc Contri-
buciones en- ell segundo y tercer Ca.
bildo, y los Sres. Mullaly y ApabIa-
ga, Independientes, en- ell primero.
Ell siguiente es el resultado:
La crónica., 1877-12-05

Ell professor Rossi, inspector de
excavaciones, ACADIA de descubrir
cerca de Nervia un anfiteatro 70
mano construido en- piedra turhia
muy bien pulimentada. La parte
descuvierta del muro exterior v una
gran puerta, Sc dice, quo son de una
solidez y belleza admirables.
La crónica., 1877-12-05

I'm maniatico vic al traves de una
ventana a joven en- pahos nj.
nores Y creyendola un angel lie dispa
r0 un trio que hiri0 q la infeliz en- la
cabeza.
La crónica., 1877-12-05
REWSTA COMMERCIAL.

Preparada y ~corregida escrupu-
losamsnte para LA CRoNICA los
Microbes de cada semana.
La crónica., 1877-12-05
v. C H WALLER

Ha alberto ms elegante droguer,o !
Cardoua Block, calle Principal
Bien provista de frescas v pn,o,
~ medicines. Hay tambien rn@ az
IL surtido esplendido de
PERFUMES, CEPILLOS PARA IT
10, ESPONJAS, IT,
Y Soda chase de articulos para ell Too.,
de las meJores casijs de los Estados rTS41o
Y Francia. Patentes De Medicines .1Os
ricanas Y FranceSas. NNe
Sc habla Ingles Frances y EspaEo,
V. CHEVALLIER ha estado estabIa''r
en- San Francisco desde ell '4s ysu M
experienced en- 81 negocio de bo,Ios
recomienda q la confianza del p0bIi.o .
Los Angeles. Inlno U'
La crónica., 1877-12-05
MerCado de Los Angeles.
PreciOs al pOr NIenor,

Revista preparada y %corregida BIZ
semanalmente por Seymour y La
Fetra de la GRANGE STORE, 1SS,
Gale Principal Los Angeles.
La crónica., 1877-12-05

Y FRANCES.
Y de la Sociedad Francesa do
Beneficencia Mdtua.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-03-29
The Cry Of IS Dead Heads"

; In a long article ON Journalism and
Reporters, the New York Evenipg Mai
says: sit is the people ard not the
journalists who are sdead heads In
case any thing more serious than stub
bing the toe befalls a mar, he hastens to
the nearest newspaper and demands that
the editor shall WELD the pen and shed
ink in his vindication or defense. And
il the jaded editor does not with alacri-
ty espouse the cause of his 8 patron he
will make an enemy for life: tMem-
bers of the press are literally hunted
down by all sorts of people who have
axes to grind. The managers of a pub
lie meeting who do not find the report
ers al the table, suffer stings of disap-
pointment; the Judge, who generously
olows his nose before reading his opin-
ION, looks a~nxiously for the stenograph-
ers the preacher who descants upon
some special subject, loses spirit if the
representatives of the press are not
there; even the burglar on the wayto
the State prison covets q talk withethe
newspaper man. Yet the outside
barbsrian thinks al newspaper men
are dead heads, and envies them the fine
times they have in the way of free din.
ners and free tickets to all manner Of
shows. There never was a create,
mistake. People do not seem to real,
ize that, on the part of the journalist,
it is merelya matter of business; thai
the reporter goes to these places, so at
tractive to outsiders, much as the horse
goes to the plow-because he must d.
so. We venture to say that four-fifths
of these entertainments are to journal
lists intolerable bores. The press is the
victim of the public's rapacious ant
unceasing demand for services without
pay. Let US have.the boot on the RICH
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-03-29
GWend0lyn's Original.

l have recently been told a curious
fact in regard to, George Eliot's last
novel, "Daniel Deronda." 1t is this !:
The heroine, Gwendolyn, is a lady liv-
ing in London, who some years ago
was possessed of nearly a million of
dollars. She went to the Continent
and became .san infatuated gambler
losing nearly all her money, and part
ing with her necklace, as the book
states. During her ~infatuation she was
narrowly watched by George Eliot, and
also by q wealthy gentleman living to-
day in Manchester. So interested did
he become in "Gwendolyn," that, as
the book stated, he offered to make
good her losses if she would cease play,
but was refused. As | have said, the
lady now lives in London on an income
of about a thousand. dollars a year, all
that is saved from the wreck. She is
Is years of age, unmarried, and said to
be very handsome, and what adds in
terest to the tale is the fact that she is
the granddaughter of one of England's
greatest poets. -C0rrespondence Clere-
Znn1 Ienler.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-03-29
Cerebral LocaliZation.

I The question SIS Il. how far the brain
exercises an influence or the motions of
animals has been engaging scientific
men for years. DIR. Broca was among
the first to investigate the subject; he
proved that when a man was deprived
of the faculty of speech by a stroke
of ~apoplexy, there invariably existed a
lesion at the very same spotin the brain,
viz, in the anterior region, and on the
posterior side of the third frontal cir
cumvolution 10 the left. Hence the
conclusion that this was the seat of the
faculty Of speech in man, and thus M
was led to conceive a special place for
every intellectual action. Fritz, Hit
zig, Terrier, Carville, and Duret, the
most prominent among those who have
treated the question, operate asfollows:
They take off part OF the skull of a dog,
then apply electric wires to different
parts of the brain thus'laid bare, and
watch the motions produced. Certain
points cause none, SO that it is not the
whole brain that acts on the muscular
system, but onlYspecial points. gFerrier
operated on monkeys in the presence of
the London Royal Society. According
| as he touched various parts of the cere-
Drum, the ape would shake his fist at
the public, raise or stretch a leg, or cut
faces. 1t was shown that in the mon
key the center of motion of the tongue
answered exactly to that to which the
faculty of speech pertains in man.
From all this it follows that the surgeon
may now know precisely the point of
the skull at which to apply the trepan.
Thus, not long ago, a man was brought
into the Hospital st. Antoine. He had
received a blow on the left temple, and,
on coming to himself again, could only
speak with difficulty, and then3he would
call a fork an umbrella, q lamp q hat,
and SO on. Moreover. his right arm
was half paralyzed. The surgeon at
once knew what he had to do; he APP
pliedth trepan to the proper spot, and
hit upon a piece of bone that compress
Led the brain. This splinter was re-
moved, and the patient at once recov-
cred the use of his right arm. A few
days later his tongue was freed from all
impeachment, and he left the hospital
perfectly cured.-Gatgnana's MpSsen.
! ger.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-03-29
Sad End of An Inventor.

ANN ARBoR, Mich, March 15.-Don
r. Mozart, the unfortunate watch in
v~entor, died to-day at the County Poor
house. 1t will be remembered that he
was once . well-to-do jeweler in this
city, and finally succeedeain inventing
a watch which had such superior quail
ties that a stock company with a large
capital was formed for its manufacture.
Every thing was in readiness for work,
when, taking his model apart
for soma slight c. improvement,
he seemed to have been so
overcome with his success that his
mind was weakened, andh he found him
self unable to put the wheels together
again. Soon after he became hopeless
.ly crazy. His small fortune was lost,
his family left with nothing but q home.
He was placed under the care of physi-
clans at the Kalamazoo Insane Asylum,
but could not be cured. The Masonic
fraternity have since provided for him
in connection with the county. He be-
came a total wreck before his death.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-03-29
Simple Cure for Dyspepsia.

Milk aand&limeswatera are now FREE
quently prescribed By Physicians in
cases of dyspepsia and weakness of the
prove very beneficial. ssMany spersons
who think good bread and milka great
luxury frequently Hesitate to eat it, for
the reason that the milk will not digest
readily; sournessof stomach will often
follow. But experience proves that
.ime-water and MILK are not only food
and medicine at an early periodef life,
but also at a later, when, as in the case
OF infants, the functions 81 digestion
and assimilation have been seriously
impaired. A stomach taxed by .glut-
tony, irritated by improper food, in
famed byalcohol, enfeebled by disease,
or otherwise untitled for it's duties-as is
shown by various symptoms attendant
upon Indigestion, dyspepsia, diarrhea,
dysentery, and fever-wm resume its
work, and do it theoretically, on an ex-
elusive diet of bread and milk and lime
water A goblet of cows milk may
have four tablespoonfuls Of Underwater
added to it with good effect. The way
to make hme-water is simply to procure
q few Jumps of unslacked lime, put the
lime in a stone jar, add water until the
lime is Stacked and of about the con-
sistence Of thin cream; the lime settles,
leaving the pure and clear lime-water
at the top Great care should be
taken not to get The 1ime-water too
strong. Keep to the direction as to the
consistency, and when the water rises
pour it off without obtaining any of the
lime This water is also good to apply
to burns and scalds. In Stacking the
lime, take care that none of the parti-
Giles fy into the ewes - ta 5s'
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-03-29
LISA k& R aL g.
Adam and Ewes Wedding.

-r.-EE . .f@" r#-. EE- EE " E&' .# - Lai
Did you ever contemplate the pow
erty of Adam when he took Eve for
better or worse? Only think of it.
he hadn't a hat to his head, a coat to
his back, a pair of shoes to his feet,
nor @nary AIRED cent''in his trousers,
pocket Eve brought n 70 dowry; she
had nothing to bestow say her love
and affection, and as he was the only
young fellow around it was he Or no.
body. Equally as poor as her husband,
she came to him without q, bonnet or
shawl, ealicosgown, or yer a pair of
slippers. Moses forgot in his reminis-
cences to give us any account of the
wedding-trip, but from what we can
gather IN regard to the wardrobes of
that day, then Baggage would have
proved an incumbrance-for a very
limited amount sufficed, and dressing
to please every body was O no account,
for there were none but themselves to
please. Doubtless their whole outfit OF
travelling dresses, waterproofs, busters,
lunch baskets and all he could have
carried In, the pocket of his trousers.
They must have started housekeeping,
also, upon as small a capital as could
well be imagined. They hadn't, as
far as can be cleaned from history, q
hair-brush, a ine-tooth comb, a towel,
or soap; no bitters, soothing-sirup,
clothes-wringers, smoothingg-iron-7no
nothing.
Adam wasn't afraid to invite his wife
to go on an excursion with him through
fear of having to go down deep into his
trousers pockets for the wherewithalto
buy a suitable outft-for the reason
that he Lad no pockets in his trousers;
nor was he bothered about his trunk
checks, nor did he swear at baggage
smashers or brook the insolence of rail-
road officials. In. s, 81
There was no good and sufficient rea-
son why they shouldn't have been an
amiable couple and had a good time
generally. They washed their own
clothes, doubtless, by a dive in the
E~uphrates, and there being no Clothes
lines, their clothes were allowed to dry
upon their backs, and Adam didn't care
q rush whether his shirt-bosom was
smooth or not, and why should Eve
bother her head about it as long as her
husband was suited.-EtmirG On. X
Advertiser. Ht .sc- a. atI T-
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-03-29
4 Countryman's Extraordinary Adven-
1888 ture ON the Rail. a.

1865. #-E f.r
The engineer on a Southeastern train
blew his whistle for Slaughtersville at
II O'Clock Saturday night. At that
moment 81 countryman stepped out up
on the platform and jumped from the
steps into the darkness. Just as he
made the leap, Conductor McQuigg
grabbed at him, merely touching his
coat, but nothing could have saved him.
The train, which was behind time, was
rushing along at the rate of about 40
miles an hour. McQuigg held his breath
as he thought of the awful fate which
must have attended the countrymaa's
leap. He rang the bell and put IN his
air-brakes with q s~uddenness that
checked up the train within a remarka-
bly, short distance. aa.t E asr
McQuigg and the train men went
back expecting to pick up a corpse, but
the man was alive and talkative. He
said that he had never travelled on a
rain but once before. When he came
out of the car, he saw the ground and
thought the cars We're about to stop, SO
he jumped off, with the intention of
hurrying to his country home just back
of Slaughtersvile. ae Eavzao t
AS he left the Car his body was turn
ed round, his back being toward the
direction the train was running. AL
at once he felt a terrific jar, and found
himself at the foot of a telegraph pole.
f0n taking him to Slaughtersvi1le it was
found that his wrist and leg had beer
1rokeh, his hip knocked out of place
md the back of his head badly bruised
it is thought he will hardly survive hi.
lnjuries.-NdshUiUe AneericGa.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-03-29
Science and Industry.

Cheap non-explOslve oil from wood,
chiefly pine, is now extracted in Sweden
in Is factories, with favorable results.
"A Philadelphia oleomargarine fac
tory is said to turn out about 100, 600
lbs. a week, sending it to New York,
ostensibly for export.
The premium bale of cotton, which
Won the $1,000 prize at the Centennial
Exhibition, is to be sent to the Interna-
tional Horticultural Exhibition in Hol-
land by the Cotton Exchange of Mem
phis.
An English company with S25,00O,-
600 capital, headed by Sir John Rose,
is buying up 5000 square miles of tim
Der lands in Canada and purchasing
lumber-mills on the Ottawa and Gait
neau Rivers, .se q, Z 80
The Cumberland NeWs announces
an entire suspension of coal-mining in
Western Maryland. Not a single mine
is working between Cumberland and
Piedmont, and not a pound Of coal is
being shipped from the whole region.
A fine flow of green petroleum was
struck at San Bu~enaventura, CAL, the
latter part of February, at a depth OF
only a few feet. Several other wells
have been discovered in the-same vicin-
ity, none at a greater depth than $50
feet. .-s ggR .arsaas
While the Government is shipping
granite from Maine to build a Post
office in Atlanta, Ga, and marble from
Vermont for headstonessin the Nation
al Cemetery at Marietta, there is with
in sight of the new Post-office an un-
covered mountain of granite, and not
20 miles from Marietta there are in
exhaustible quarries of the finest mar
BILE.
Much has recently been said about
tampering with letters. To avoid this
calamity a safety envelope has been in
vented. On the flap of the envelope
the words Attempt to open" are
printed with a double set of chemicals,
the first impression containing nut-galis
and the second green vitriok If the
flap be steamed or moistened in any
way the magic printing will appear, to
oetray the attempt to open g+i@- rig
The mines of Utah are paying bet
ter than any ON the Pacific coast. They
are more economically managed, are
easier to work, and are permanent. AL
the leading mills and smelters in the
Territory are running to their full ca
pacity, new ones are being erected IL
several of the camps, and the prospects
are that the production of last year WI
be doubled. Never in the history OF
Utah has the outlook been so promls'
ing. ...4 .ai .-.m "a j.