Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1882-07-27

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produced a grand NEUROLOGICAL pageant,
in which an afterward well-known opera
singer made his debut in the character
! of Jupiter. The stage-thmder rolled,
the stage-lightning flashed. as the
Olympian monarch descended on his
cloud-supported throne. Suddenly.
screams of horror rang through the
house; the Queen tainted. and all was
uproar and CONSERVATION. until the
voice OF the King was heard above the
din, crying: If any one shouts or
screams again. l. II have that person
shot"' Something had gone wrong with
the machinery before the clouds had de-
scended ten feet, and Jupiter had fallen
through. Fortunately, strong iron
wire or rope caught his cloak. and. I'M
coiling with his weight, let him down by
degrees. But workman falling with
him was impaled' upon a strong iron
spike supporting the scenery. In ten
minutes or so they reached the ground.
the workman dead. the singer dazed.
but able 10 thank Heaven on his knees
for his escape; and then the awe strick-
en- people saw that the black haired
deity had become transformed into a
white haired mortal. whose youthful
features formed a strange contrast TO
their notwithstanding crown. 81
Staff-Surgeon Parry. while serving in
India during the mutiny, saw strange
light. Among the prisoners taken in a
skirmish at Chamda was q sepoy of the
Bengal army. He was brought before
the authorities and put to the question.
Fully alive to his position, the Bengalee
stood almost stupeiied with fear. trem-
bling greatly, with horror and despair
plainly depicted on his countenance.
While the examination was proceeding,
the bystanders were startled by the Ser
geant in charge of the prisoner eyclaim-
ing: HE is turning graym All eyes
were turned on the unfortunate man,
watching with wondering interest the
change coming upon his splendid glossy
jet-black locks. In half an hour they
were of uniform grayish hue.
Some years ago young lady who was
anxiously awaiting the coming of her
husband-elect. received /, letter con-
veying the sad tidings of his ship
wreck and death. She instantly fell
to the ground insensible, and so re-,
manned for five hours. On the follow
ing morning her sister saw that her
hair, which had been previously of a
rich brown color, had become as white
as cambria handkerchief, her eve
brows and eyelashes retaining their
natural color. After while the whit
ened hair fell of. and was succeeded by
a new growth of gray. This case COM
ing under the observation of DIR. Eras-
mus Wilson. shattered his unbelief in
the possibility OF the sudden conversion
of the hair from dark color to snow
white. No man knows more about the
hair than DIR. Wilson; but he is at loss
to explain the phenomenon quite to his
own satisfaction. If" says he, "it
be established that the hair is suscepti-
BILE Of permeation by fluids derived from
the blood-a transmission of fluids from
the blood vessels of the skin into the SUBJ
stance OF the hair really occurs, the
quantity and nature being modified by
the popularity of constitution or state
OF health of the individual-it follows
that such fluids. being altered in their
chemical qualities, may possess the pow
er of impressing new conditions on the
structure into which they enter. Thus,
if they contain an excess of salts of lime,
they may deposit salts of lime in the It's
sue of the hair, and so produce change
in its appearance from dark TO gray"
Then he tells us: The phenomenon
may be the result of electrical action:
it may be the consequence of chem
zeal alteration wrought in the very blood
itself, or it may be a conversion for
which the tissue of the hair is chiefly re-
sponsible." So many .'may-bes" from
such an authority prove that the mys-
terry OF the sudden whitening of the hair
is yet unsolved. 1t is likely to remain
I'M solved since the dncfor-mnre mod