The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1881-03-04
Double Consciousness.

had happened in the interval was blank
to him, brings up the mooted question
whether there is OF is not such disease
as double consciousness. Many skSptics
aver that such condition OF mind is
impossible, but several physicians Of
this city and Paris declare that the dag
nosis Of this mental disorder is well de-
fined
Dir. William A. Hammond, Of New
York city, being asked his opinion on
the subject said
No doubt that amnesia, or double
consciousness, exists in both chronic
and acute form. 1t is something more
than absent mindedness or temporary
insanity. have classified it as a mild
form Of epilepsy. Many cases have come
under my notice. Among them was
that Of q patient in large mercantile
establishment, who left his office at II
o'clock to get signature to q paper
from gentleman whose place Of busi-
ness wns distant only d few minutes walk.
He had not returned at o'clock md, rs
was subsequently ascertained, visited the
Office and obtained the signature, and
left, apparently III good health, at 1880.
He did not appear at his own Office till
nearly o'clock The last thing he recol-
lected was passing ST. Paul's church, at
tho corner Of Broadway and Vesey street
II was subsequently found he had gone
to Brooklyn, visited newspaper office
there, and purchased newspaper. He
then returned to New York, got into an
omnibus at Fulton ferry, left it at the
corner Of Twenty-third street, entered
the Fifth Avenue Hotel, and while there
fecnyered recollection
!" An even more interesting case oe-
CURED in the autumn of 1875 A patient,
who was manufacturer, left his office
at 8 a. m. to buy some bulbs. He re-
NAMED away eight days, and no trace
was obtained Of him during that
time. Subsequently it was ascertained
that he had been to theaters, and hotels,
where lie slept, and stores where he made
purchases, and that he made q journey of
! 100 miles from New York Losing his
| ticket he was put off at d way station,
! and, returning TO New York, passed the
night at hotel, and on the eighth day,
at about 10 o'clock, made his appearance
at his Office He had no recollection Of
what occurred, though lie acted coher-
emily and had drank nothing intoxicating
except Il glass Of ale, which lie had with
some oysters in a restaurant on Sixth
| avenue.
DR. Hammonds daughter has com
| pleted novel entitled Mr. Perkin
| Daughter" which has been accepted by
g. p. Putnam's Sons. The plot turns
upon the idea Of double consciousness.
| The heroine, while in the Second state, /"
engages herself TO be married, and when
she recovers her normal condition has
forgotten all about that The publishers
have induced Or. Hammond TO write
preface, which certities that this pheno-
menon of double consciousness is recog-
nized by the medical profession. u. Mn
ncapoNs tribune.
An Ungallant Translator.
In review of Professor Blaclsic's
translation Of Faust the SATURDAY Re-
uietD says:
"Will it be believed that the closing
words
Das tJnbe chr0iheha
Hier Isl es getnan;
i DaS Ewig-Webliche
Heiht uns hinRn
Are presented by him to the English
reader thus:
Beauty immortal
The Iapt spirit nails,
Where the eternally
| Female prevails.
OF course translation is baffled here; but
only total want Of sympathy could enn-
bic a scholar of Professor Blackie's abil-
ity to turn out such carricature, even
by way Of incidental illustration. Bay
ard Taylors-
The Indescrlbable
Here IL Is done;
The Wonan-Soul leadeth us
Upward aud on!-
Is at least in the right direction toward
the movement and spirit Of the original.
And it is Just the finer spirit and move
ment that, even where he is in sympathy
with his author, Professor Blackie does
not always preserve.
Discovery of a Letter written BY Adam
TO Eve.
In Josh Billings "Cook Book aDd
Picktorial Receipts" the following in,
teresting letter is found:
EDoSIA, DECEMBER, Year Two.
Dean EvE-I have been on the rampage nov
one month, prospecting for our new home, anC
and have seen some ranches that will do prett
J well, but none Of them Just the ticket Tn
old garden is a hard place 10 beat, but we hav
lost that, and are turned out now to root hol
or die. We will fight it out now, on this line
il il takes all summer. Eating that apple wa
great Uluuupi5 Dutg NY NbhI gun Aet ny boiAt
be bygones, there is hope for us yet. Just a
soon as / strike a good claim / will come bac
TO you. Watch over Cain closely be is brick
The weather is raw and cold; feel that / an
too thinly clad. No more now from You
loving ADAM.
! P. s.--Has Cain cut another tooth vet
Compliment Exchanged.
Says the Cleveland Herald. "The!
tell of very cultured divine il
Boston, who, instead Of saying, The col
i lection will now be taken up, impres
sively remarks: The accumulation o
money will now ensue. Perhaps ther
is such man, but he is poor creature
compared with the Cleveland shepherc
T, Of souls who says, The deacons will nov
sail around, and the congregation vii
: enthuse and pass in its chips. "-Bostoi
. Tfanscri1ot,
aOH. Miss Dashwood, ma saws shei