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The daily gazette., 1879-04-03
Brief Locals.

Out of 972 800 pieces of baggage car
ried on the Pennsylvania lines during
1873 only one was lost.
Call on j. ]. Smith, Fourth and Ship
ley streets for garden seeds.
Tom Thumb and Company appear at
the Institute Hall on Saturday afternoon
and evening.
Marriage is now uneven term. 1t is a
"tie."
Four feet Of snow still adorn the crests
of the Aileghenies.
The days are now about 12 hours and
80 minutes in length.
All the variety of garden seeds kept
on haui by Smith Fourth and Shipley
streets.
The Count Johannes, will appear at tho
Opera House a. an early date.
The Ladies Aid Society of the W. r.
T. A., will give mum social tomorrow
evening.
The mem hers of the General Assembly
and their friends returned from Wash
iDgtOn at noon to-day.
The members of the General Assembly.
Levy Court and City Council are being
dined at the CLAYTON House this after
noon.
"Is there any danger or the Doa-con'
strictor biting me?" asked lady visitor
at the Geological Gardens. "Not in the
least, marin" )" replied the Snowman. "Hs
never bites; he swallows his wittles
whole"
Tho most dlminutive mOustache IL
always twisted most.
The humming bird lives on perfume
30 does .he druggist.
The man with diamond stud never
wears stvrt cover scarf.
City Council meets in regular session
this evening.
Have your decayed teeth filled by DR.
Gallagher, the dentist, No. $50 Market
street.
Oh you naughty, naughty newsboys
not to sell more Of the great big one cent
daily.
Mr.. and Mrs. George S. Knight, in
their great specially of otto, at the Opera
House, on next Monday evening.
The morning concerts of the feathered
songsters have been postponed until
| warmer weather.
All garden seeds warranted to be OF the
best quality kept by Smith, Fourth and
Shipley streets.
The DELAWARE GAZETTE, the greai
weekly of the Peninsula, will be issued
| TODAY,
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CHANGING IMPORTANT COM
NITTEES.

WAsHINGTGN, April 1.-The House
Committee On Rules agreed to report
favorably on Mr.. Cox's resolution pro
viding for the appointment of select
committees on the Census, on Reform in
Civil Service. on Revision OF Laws,
Regulating the Counting of Electoral
Votes for President and Vice-Presldent,
on Epidemic Diseases and Ventilation
The Committee also agreed to report in
favor or increasing the membership OF
the 70 lowing committees from II to 10:
Elections, Agricultural, and Commerce;
of increasing the membership of the
Committee on Enrolled Bills from 8 to Z;
on Printing from to Z; on Coinage,
Weights and Measures, from to IL, and
on Judiciary, Appropriations and Ways
and Means, to l6.
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beet Sugar Company.

The Delaware Beet Sugar Company
chartered at the last session of tue Legis-
latu,e, has been organized by the election
of the following officers:
President-Geo. e. Lobdell.
Secretary-Geo. w. Stone.
Treasurer-A. d. Warner.
Directors-Geo. G. Lobdell, William
G. Gibbons, Lea Pusey, Geo. W. Bush
VIM. G. Pennypacker, Geolge W. Stone
and A. ID. Warner.
The first annual meeting of the com
pany will be held next September.
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Wilmington Markets.
kILADELPHIA MARKETS.
Wednesday, ApIil 2,6p. !


fR.-There was rather more doing.
Ices we're unchanged. hales OF 2000
Including Minnesota extra. at@ %
up to as for very fancy; Pennsyl-
ro do at AIS for good up to 8 for fancy
tn do do, al s5 for good up 10 % 90
ley and patent and other high grades
u b. Rye fiosr is steady at ~ 10 a
| Corn Meal is inactive. We quote
fob.
jIs-wheat continues dull, but
were higher; sales OF 10 900 bushels
hing Penn red at 10; Penn and South
Pnber, on track and elevator, 81 10 .
bd No.l Western red, elevator. at
April, ! i3S May and 13H June. Rye
3hy; We quote car lots OF Western and
Ton track, at 58a5T hc: Corn IL higher
>fis0,OOo bushels, including reJectoe
Rsc, steamer at 4la4ikc; southern
at 43Sa Sa44c, and sail, elevator. 43 \
i;t May and &3kc June. Oats are
pull; sales OF 5000 bushels, including
end light mixed, at 3oa37c, and white
P}'. The receipts to-day were az fol
1850 barrels Flour; q 600 bushels
800 bush Corn; 1000 bush Rye
Ibn h Oats; 900 busli Barle, 100 bar
hisky.
lsKf -is barrels Western IRON
sold at 81 06 per gallon.
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THE BILL TO PUNISH COWHID
ING.

RICHMOND, VA, April 1.-The bill
introduced in the State Senate a few
days ago making cowhiding a felony,
punishable by confinement in the peni-
tentiary for not less than two nor more
than three years, and referred to com-
mittee, came up in that body to-day on a
substitute reported by the committee
and drafted by the attorney general Of
the State fixing the punishment at not
less than five nor more than ten years in
the S ate prison and fine Of not more
than $500. at the discretion of the court.
The proposition provoked considerable
discussion. The bill was opposed only
by Senator Paul of Rockingham. In
view of the pending trial of John E.
Poindexter fos the murder Of c. g.
Curtis, in this city,. on the 3rd Of March,
which grew out of Poindexter horse
whipping the deceased, and the adjourn
ment Of the General Assembly to-mor-
row, the matter was tabled by vote of
12 TO 10.
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OuITE A CHANGE.

In 1850 the ground lying between
Washington and Monroe streets, and
Second and Fourth, comprising six COM
pl.te squares, was owned by Benjamin n
Ferris, and not contain more than half-a-
dozen, buildings. Now the ground is COM
pactly built up, is divided among perhaps
. hundred different owners, and is worth
many IT, ousands of dollars. The exten-
sive morocco factory of Messrs. Pusey,
Scott 4 Co., Third and Madison streets,
IL on the ground above described, and
many of the dwelling houses are OF
handsome and substantial character The
population of the city, In 1850 was esti-
mated at $1,000.
The daily gazette., 1879-04-03
Ohio Iron Business Reyivins.

At Ironton, Ohio. the Belfast Furnace
and Nail Factory is running to its full
capacity, and selling its product at full
current prices. The Etna Iron Works
one of the greatest establishments of its
kind IN the world, proposes to put its
furnace in blast soon. Furnace "Grant,
after lying idle four years, will soon be
put in blast by Kelley & Sons. The
'.Sarah" furnace is running to its full ca
pacity, and the product sells readily
The Lawrence Iron Works Is running
i,s rolling mill, and selling the producs
without di ifficulty.
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r"Posed Worlds Fair,

! Ynpl Yohs !, opposition IS developing in
ShoniAA " Tue proposal that the worlds
auoa .uu,o be held i'll Central Park. The
e wo oi The executive committee
AN ",''u aa IN no wise interfere with
h = aa, as pleasure ground is received
betitin''a' ie'ai public with incredulity,
asDi"', ,"us accordingly are in circula,
hold IL, ca, NAV the common council
elepa,;a'e,o ia consent rs from the application.
bad an , me-, ol property holders have
hissianaaii @n informal conference with the
.pa,ns, s, ., o' public parks to remon.
sa''ls' the proposition.
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Mum Social.

Tomorrow evening mum social and
musical entertainment will be given by
the Ladies' Temperance Aid in their new
hall, Nos. 22O and 222 Market street. Ar
rangements are in progress for the pre-
sentation of pleasant programme, and
the admission will be only ten cents, re-
frsshinents included.
The daily gazette., 1879-04-03
ign Telegrapllic Su IN ss AIRY

4nadron of British Hussars were
ped In the Cabul river on tho 31st.
-Emperor Williams health is
y improving-There is an appre-
Onih England that the governm ent
us TO levy An increased duty on tea.
ioeSS Christina, of Spain, is report
''er' ou' not out of danger One of
uhafd line owners writes that the
Vi Great Britain is the most de-
Ed of all nations.
The daily gazette., 1879-04-03
OFF FOR ZION.

Rev. A. d. Davis, late pastor of the
Claymont Nj. L. Churcn, left this morn
ing, for Zion, Lecil county, Nd, to which
charge he was appointed at the recent
session of Conference. The Zion people
will find Mr.. Davis a pleasant and able
naStur.
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Indications for To-Day,

He Middle Atlantic Stdtes, His
fg are Increasing cioudinses, .JolloDed
ran or MoW, north,oesteriy ,oinds,
to warner southSeSterly and failing
f'er, JoAoped BY rising barometer
sder northwest minds.
The daily gazette., 1879-04-03

"ohhls, the red-handed murderer,
a'saefed dramatic company IN
'ne other day, is an honored ma
New York, while the infuriated
VI 'ne okolona tMiss.) States, who
1s aloud and refusing to be COM
:, ''oause the land is not SINE ared
puohcan gore, is citizen of
'S ABOUT time for the South to
pra i'' might and e1pel these inva-
The daily gazette., 1879-04-03

pa STREET YEsTERDAY-The stock
II yesterday was less active and
sh IN tone. Government bonds
h'in, States dull and railroads ir-
i' Money on call lent at 7 per
fo i-3Z per diem, with interest.
The daily gazette., 1879-04-03

DIED.
McCLOSKEY. - On Tuesday morning,
April ls,, Mrs. Catharine McCloskey,
aged 78 years.
Relatives and friends of the family are
respectfully invited to attend the funeral
from her late residence, sos E. Fifth street,
Friday morning at 9K O'Clock. High mass
at St. Mary's church,, ap2-2t
The daily gazette., 1879-04-03

Nj OTICE.-I, JOHN MEALEY in COM
~ pliance with the requirements of the
act OF Assembly, In such case made and
prov ,ded, do hereby give notice that 1
shall apply in wrltli G to the Court Of Gen
eral Sessions of the Peace and JairDeliv-
cry, OF the State OF Delaware, in and for
New Castle county, on Monday, the 18th
day OF May, next, a. D., 1879. being the
first day of the next May term OF the SAID
court, for license to keep an inn or tav-
ern, at Nos. 1O8 and ITO Market street in
the Second Ward, in the city of Whining
Ton, Delaware, and te sell Intoxicating
LIQUORS in less quantities than one quart,
to be drum on the premises and the fol-
lowing respectable citizens recon mend
he said application, to wit:
VIM l.egg, Henry Feltmeir,
T b Brson, CharIes Weyl,
Jos Locke, u Il File,
! VIM r Bown Bernard Row,
Daniel Ross. Adolpe k.oberg,
Wright King, Joseph Stoeckle.
| Charles E Sparkes, John Parker,
/ Michael Kenney. Nicholas Jenny,
John McCatiery, Joseph H Richards,
Geo W Ortiip, Charles H F Gross.
| Andrew Fulmele, Richard o Booth,
Wolfson, Anon HenEe,
| leo r Higgins, Robert NJ Gibson,
/ Geo W Rival, Martin 1raub.
| arr1-3t$ JOHN MEALY.
The daily gazette., 1879-04-03
EIRsT MASQUERADE PARTY
OF THE
M inequa Bay Club,

OTICE.-Mr. Miller StraSley who has
IN been under our employ as book-keep-
er Tor the past three years, has this day,
left and engaged with Messrs walton a
Bros, and is not entitled to use our names
hereafter. Also, Mr.. Robt. Bradford, who
drove our wagon west of Jefferson street is
now employed with Mr.. Jacob Pusey. We
caution our customers not 10 give their Or
ders to them. We also caution them
against W. .. Loomis, formerly driver of
our Market street route, who was employ
ed by Walton & Bros, this morning.
apl-3t j. B. CONROW & SON.
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,cial and'COan mnercsei.

voroN. DEL. April ., 1879
siock quotations iurn.snGd na Dy
Co. clayton House na'idins
,on bel, at IL M. to-day.
acu QUOTATIONS.
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OTICE.-We, Thompson & Locke, in
~ compiiance with the resnirements Of

OTICE-We, Thompson & Locke, in
~ compliance with the requirements Of
the act OF Assembly, in such cases made
and provided, do hereby give notice that
we shall apply in writing to the Court OF
Gsre eral Sessions of the Pea ce and Jail De-
livery OF the STATE of Delaware. in and for
New Castle county, on Monday. the 18th
day OF May, next, A. D., 1879, being the
frst day of the next Nj ~ term of the said
court. for license to keep an inn or tav-
errl, at the p, W. d b. Railroad depot res
tauraut, on Water street between French
and Walnut streets, in the Second Ward,
In the city of Wilmir gton. Delaware, ard
to sell Intoxicating liquors In less quanti
ties than one quart, to be drunk on the
premises and the following respectable
citizens recommsn the said application,
10 wit:
I Brison, Eph + wise,
r Murphy, Robert NJ Gibson,J
Joseph X sickers, John r Harr,
George II Wheeler. Fred'k Push,
" s Townsend, John How,
Jacob Depney, l. Brown,
James Christy, sd Townsend,
John Mealey, Charles Sparks,
Geo W Ortlip, Michael kenney.
Harry Christy, Il Merritt,
l. = Caulk, VIM Legg,
sam u Roberts, W Hukin,
James M Swceten.
W. III. THOMPSON,
n
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(sr EDITION:
FALI) & co.
rns BROKERS',
.rDDEALERs IN

AND DEALERS IN
RoNDs. LOANS: MONT
\, CuMMERCIAL PAPER.
uoIIsE, WILMINGTON. DEL.
~ ,aunon and General Collec-
OuP,n n and drafts on Great
nj other parts Of the world.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

yXyILMINGTUN CITY LOAN FOR
w SALE.-At L. W. Stidham q Son,
No. Ill East Fourth street, on SATUR-
DAY, APRIL 5th, 1879, at O'Clock, p NJ.
thirty Two hundred and twent y-flve dol
lars, six per cent. interest, bearing bonds,
redeem q Bile in 1890 mar31 6t
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apr3-3t#

James M SWcet6n,
W. III. THOMPSON,
apr3-3t# JOSEPH N. LOCKE.
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The Changes in the Frog.
Barnes Educational Magazine

Nowhere in the animal kingdom is
there so favorable an opportunity for
peeping into natures workshop as in
the metamorphoses of frog. This ami
NAL is a worm when it comes from the
egg, and remains such the first four
days of its life, having neither eyes, nor
ears, nor nostrils, nor respiratory organs.
1t crawls. 1t breathes through its skin.
After awhile neck is grooved into the
flesh. Its soft lips are hardened into a
horney beak. The different organs, one
after another, bud out; then pair of
branching gills, and, last, a long and
timber tail. The worm has become fish.
Three or four more days elapse and the
gills sink back into the body, while in
their place others come, much more
complex, arranged in vascular tufts. one
hundred and twelve in each. But they,
too, have their day, and are absorbed,
together with their framework of bone
and cartilage, to be succeeded by an en-
tirely different breathing apparatus, the
initial of a second correlated group OF
radical changes. Lungs are developed,
mouth widened, the horny beak con
verted into rows of teeth; the stomach
the abdomen, the intestines prepared
for the reception of animal food instead
of vegetables; four limbs, fully equipped
with hip and shoulder bones with
nerves and blood vessels, push ou
through the skin, while the tail, beins
now supplanted by them as means o.
locomotion, is carried away piece-mea
by the absorbents, and the animal passe
the balance of its days as an air.breath
ing and fesh-feeding batrachian.
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ITEMS FOR FIELD AND HOUSE.

WHILE birds sometimes destroy weed
seeds, it must be also borne in mind that
they often disseminate them. Observa-
ton and experience amply prove that
many, if not most, of the seeds excreted
by the feathered tribes, still retain vi
tality enough to germinate.
The original Southdowns we're the
purest blood of any English sheep.
Their improvement was accomplished
by judicious selection from various
focks. Good symmetry of form has
been attained, large size and fattening
qualities. BY reason of their purity
they have stamped their fattening quail
tiles more certainly upon their offspring
than any other English breed. Lord
Walsingham's flock is the most cele-
brated.-Stock journal and Farmer.
CATILLoN, French Psychologist,
found that the addition of from seven to
eight grains of glycerine to the daily
ration of lot of guinea pigs increased
the effect of their food 80 that they
gained from one-tenth to one-fifth of
their weight in q given time, while a
second lot fed on the same ration, bu,
without glycerine, gained nothing
to the second lot they gained in weight
aud the first lot gained nothing. Large
doses of glycerine, however, cause de
rangement of the digestive organs.
A FARMER says: "Four years ago my
farm was fearfully infested with rats
They were 80 numerous that / haC
great fears of my whole crop being de
stroyed by them after it was housed
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-07-10
An Imperial Funeral in China.

An Imperial funera' in China is very
poor show. Foreigners are not per-
mitted to witness the proceedings, but
when the remains of the Emperor and
Empress were transferred late in April
to their final resting place at the Eastern
Tombs, a stranger contrived to peep
through hole about the size of half
crown cut in curtain. In a letter to
there is no travelling circus in Europe
that would not present handsomer ap-
pearance in procession through the
country town than does the funeral
cortege of an emperor in Peking, bris-
tling though it may be with princes,
mobiles, empresses and princesses, to say
nothing of the august presence OF the
reigning Emperor himself. With the
solitary exception OF few gay dresses
there was absolutely nothing to please
the eye; and it was impossible, while
contemplating the under sized, i'll
eroomed ponies, the struggling riders,
the sorry string of baggage wagons and
the common, ugly little wooden carts
occupied by the princes and princesses
as they were dragged along the road, to
avoid exc'aiming: Is this all, about
which SO much fuss is made, such awe
and mystery kept up?'' One man would
be dressed in brown or purple; another
in blue, handsomely embroidered; a
third, perhaps, in brilliant silver gray,
looking from distance almost white
and they all trotted or cantered OF
stragg'ed along, according to the pace
each man preferred. Then came another
detachment of the Guard OF State; and
then heterogeneous collection of man
darins, gorgeous in every variety of tint
and button and peacock's feather
ambling martially along on the il
scraggy ill-kept ponies. The Expresses
sat bolt upright, looking straight before
them. They are middie-aged, well-pre
served women, with hard stolid faces
and an expression which suggests The
idea of cold rigidity of purpose. The
principal features of the little Emperor
face are somewhat projecting forehead
and q pointed chin
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-07-10
An AntidOte for Flies.

Now, with the heat of summer and
the recurrence of ''fiy time," it is i'm
portant to know how to get rid of the
pests that do 80 torment humanity, if
that be possible, or toabate the nuisance
if it can be abated. Upon this theme,
which is local, general, and at. this sea-
son all-pervading, we quote the follow
ing from letter written by a lady;
and, it may be added, her testimony is
worthy of acceptance in the matter Of a
trial which is entirely practicable, at
the same time assuring a pretty feature
in household decoration: For three
years." writes the lady, "I have lived
III town, aud during that time my sit
ting room has been free from flies, three
or four only walking about my break
fast table, while all my neighbors'
rooms were crowded. Ioften congratu-
lated myself on my escape, but never
knew the reason of it unit: few days
ago. then had occasion to remove my
goods TO another house, while l re-
mained for few days longer. Among
other things moved were two boxes Of
geraniums and calceolarias, which stood
in my windows, being always open to
their full extent, top and bottom. The
boxes we've not gone half an hour when
my room was as full of flies as those
around me. This to me is new discov-
cry, and perhaps it may serve to en-.
courage others in that which is always a
source of pleasure, namely, window-gar.
deniDg. Mignonette, planted in long
shallow boxes, placed on the window
sill, will be found excellent for this
purpose"
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Charlie Ross Once More.

Mr.. Christian Ross lately wrote con-
cerning his lost child: Mrs. Ross and
myself would both be only too glad to
know that our dear Charles is safe in
heaven than to be tortured by the dread
that he remains in charge of people who
may lead him into life of misery or Of
crime. While we have suffered beyond
what any mortal can understand, yet we
have the comfort to know that many a
little fellow has been rescued from
want and misery through the search for
our Charlie, and we believe the public
have reaped largely the benefit of the
sacrifice we made, for had compounded
the crime feel certain we would have
had our son long since; but declining to
do so, / have suffered and the public
have been benefited. for do not think
a child will be taken soon again for a
ransom.
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9LEANINGS FROM THE MISE.
NEVER GIVE Ur.

oh, never give up, and never get blue,
Keep a brave soul, you'll weather " through
Never say fail.
Thrice clad In mail
Is the hero Who's honest and true.
When the weather Is dun, and the rain
Rolls like ~hite tears on the window pane,
Never act blue"
Light will shine through,
And the sun rice In glory again.
Though thy losses like tempest clouds lover,
Hs heTe-shrink not from the shower.
"Never despair"
Atching the air
fs bow, spanning cottage and tower
What though riches should take wings and nee
Aud thy iot with the lonely should Dei
"Never give up."
Mixei in the cup
of tears are the sweets Of sdversity.
n the naughty pass by with sneer,
Think not that soorn can eclipse the sphere.
I" Never say de"
Let him pass by,
A ~ n Of the wheel may bring near.
STRIKE out aud swim through the rolling sea
To shore, vheIe hands are outstretehed TO thee.
"Never 20 doEn"
He will not drown
whose head is upraised and whose hands are fres
Oh, never give up, aud never get blue,
Keep q brave soulsyou'll weather II through
"Never say fall" l
Thrice clad in mail
IL the hero who's honest and true.
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Modifying by a Happy Word.

A happy retort will sometimes mol
lify an angry man when words of reason
would be lost upon him. A warm dis
pute once took place at cofee-house in
New York between the proprietor, a
Mr.. Bradford, and a guest, Mr.. Delan-
cey. An English officer, who happened
to be present, stepped in between the
parties and prevented them from fight
ing. The next day Bradford roundly
took the officer to task for showing par
tiality to Delaney.
81 interfered as common friend to
you both," replied the officer.
No, SIR" answered Bradford, tartly
you were the decided champion of De.
lancey. You laid hands upon me, you
kept your face to me, but your back was
turned upon him."
Then, sir" said the officer, quickly
al treated you politely, and Mr.. De.
lancey with a rudeness for which 1 owe
him an apology"
This retort restored good humor.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-07-10
A Queer Statement.

Nearly all the medical authorities,
and those who have been fortunate
enough to recover from stroke OF
lightning, agree that electricity ac.s
with such extreme rapidity as to be alb
solutely painless. Professor Tyndall re-
lates that while standing in the presence
of an audience, and about to lecture, he
accidentally touched a wire leading
from charged battery of fifteen large
Leyden jars. Life was absolutely blotted
ont for very sensible interval, without
a trace of pain. In another second or
SO consciousness returned. He saw him
self in the presence of the audience and
in contact with the apparatus, and
realized that he had received the dis
charge. The intellectual consciousness
of his position was restored with exceed
ing rapidity, but not SO the optical con-
sciousness. To prevent the audience
being alarmed, he stated that it had
often been his desire to receive, acci-
dentally, such shock, and that his wish
had at length been gratifed. But while
making this explanation, the appear
ance which his body presented to him
self was that of being in separate pieces.
His arms, for example, seemed to be de-
tached from his body and suspended in
the air Memory and the power of rea
soning and speech were complete long
before the optic nerve recovered from
the electric shock.