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THE VOICE FUNCTION.
In What Part of the Human Anatomy 1t
Is Located.

AS AuCdbOus
Aphasia is disturbance of the pewer
of speech. 1t appears in two distinct
forms, viz, amnesic and ataxic aphasia.
The person suffering from amnesic
aphasia forgets substantiues and names,
other parts of speech being properly
used; or he forgets language which
he once knew, or he misapplies terms,
using pamphlet for camphor, horse
for man." etc. In ataxic aphasia the
power of articulation is completely lost.
The person understands fully the word
to be used, and makes vigorous effort to
use it, but is unable to do so. Some
times articulation is half destroyed, SO
that the first part of the word can be
spoken, but not the other. Sometimes
automatic phrases can be uttered, such
as yes and no, while it is perfectly clear
that these exclamations do not satisfy
the person. Another form of this
general trouble is agraphia, or the in
ability to express ideas in writing; this
is frequently complete, and all attempts
at writing end in a scrawl. 1t is notice
able that aphasia is sometimes, though
seldom, unaccompanied by insanity.
As early as 1861 Broca, in Paris, ex-
pressed the opinion that aphasia was
connected with disease in the third
frontal convolution. While a large
number of cases have been cited for and
against this conclusion, many patholo-
gists are disposed to regard it as sub
Stantiallv corract Tt would Soau i11St
then, to connect these central functions
which are concerned in speech with the
peculiarly developed region of the
human brain that lies on the anterior
and lower limit of the Sylvan fssure. =
Prot. w. R. Benedict, in Popular Science
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PuNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

A young man sent twelve stamps
to an advertiser to learn show to make
money fast, and was advised in reply
to glue fiYe-dollar bill to the bottom
of his trunk Troy Times.
You may have seen a young man
on one side of gate and maiden ON
the other side. Why they talk so long
is because a great deal can be said on
both sides.
"A Boston tailor stamps bis bill
heads with picture of the forget-me-
not, He should substitute. the golden
rod, the significance of which is "Down
with the dust. ~. Y. Journal.
"A woman who has taken in sewing
for couple of years to support lazy
and drunken husband says it is surpris-
ing that the Board of Health has not
had her indicted for maintaining q
nuisance. NorristoWn Herald.
Diamonds found in dream" is
the headline in cotemporary. If this
story can be authenticated its author
can realize handsome sum by disclos-
ing what he ate before he went to bed.
IN. Y. Graphic.
1t is stated that out of one hundred
men who parade in brass band at least
forty are dummies and only pretend to
play. 1t will be seen that bands are
more considerate than is generally sup.
posed. Philadelphia Call
A new York circus is advertising
for the second year sacred white
elephant. An animal that can keep the
company of circus men for year and
remain sacred must certainly be a
curiosity worth stealing under the tent
to Yo1kers Statesman.
Here; jerks, that watch you
traded me two weeks ago and warranted
to be good horse-timer won't keep any
time at all. 1t won't go more'n half the
time" ''Well, l told you it was first
class stop-watch. "-Chicago Herald.
An Illinois doctor thinks he has
found sure cure for rheumatism in
geranium leaves. Perhaps he argues
on the principle that like cures like; for
spooning over geraniums in the garden
after dark during the summer is o
favorite way of catching the disease
with many susceptible young persons.
-LOsOeU Citizen.
Il neber wastes my time in wushin
dat wuz like de man whut am greater
an er way up yander. doan kere how
high de buzzard fly-way up 'mong de
clouds-he's got ter come down after
ier while an be jis ez low ez birdw whut
couldn' fly hat so high.-ArkG'ssas
Traveller. g. ,f ~. M
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SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

AT the recent conference of the
Jewish ministers in New York City, it
was reported that the Jewish syna-
gogues are increasing every year.
Rhode Island occupies only one
thousand square miles of territory, but
it has about nine hundred schools, with
about eighty per cent. of the children Of
school age in them.
-Fifty-six- new Baptist Sunday
schools We're organized in North Caro-
lima during the year 1884, many of them
in communities where no other religious
services whatsoever are held.-N Y.
Examiner.
"A clergyman In Boston-a man
well versed in the Bible. devout. earnest,
a good worker and a fair preachers
a settled pastor over church which
pays him only $12 week, and that is
his whole salary.-Boston TraUelIer.
Mortimer F. Reynolds, of Roches-
ter, N. Y, has given $4,000 to the Uni
Versity4of Rochester for chemical lab
oratory, as memorial of his brother,
William A. Reynolds, who was a mem
ber of the Board of Trustees.
The University OF Virginia recently
dedicated an observatory and telescope
presented by Leander j. Mccormick, OF
Chicago, at cost of $4,000. The OBJ
servatory has an endowment of $780,
600, one-half of which was given by w.
H. Vanderbilt. - Chicago Times.
"A few weeks ago Solemn High
Mass was celebrated in Copenhagen for
the first time since the Reformation.
The occasion was the twenty fifth anni-
versary of the priesthood of Rev. John
Euch, Apostolic Prefect in Copenhagen.
Complete religious liberation now exists
in Denmark.
DIR. Moorehouse, Bishop of Mel
bourne, has refuses to order prayers for
rain in his diocese. His lordship gives
as his reason that, before complaining,
people should do something themselves
towards storing up the superfluity in the
wet season against the drouth.
The japanese Commissioner at the
Worlds Exposition in New Orleans re.
ports that there are now in his country
seventy-eight normal schools, 29, ,254
grammar, intermediate and high schools
with an attendance of 3,017, ,088 pupils.
Chinese, Japanese and English are
taught. In order to increase the digni.
ty of teachers in the eyes of the people
the Government has conferred upor
them titles and official positions.
There is a religious life in mos
English families. It is matter taker
for granted. Family worship is OBJ
served in the vast majority of the fami
lies. Among the upper classes domes
tic religious observance is looked apor
as part of the well ordering of the
household. 1t is not subject of which
children fight shy in any way. The
children are asked to say grace at the
table-boys and girls alike-except wher
guests are present. Children are taker
to church at very early age, and grow
up accustomed to church attendance
The institutions and ordinances of re.
legion are held in profound respect
The clergy are honored and hold dis
tinet place in the regard and even af
fections of the family. Robert .Laird
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a Change of Policy.


China is devoting what time it can
spare from the discussion of its struggle
with France to the consideration of a
decree which has been issued by the
Empress to the effect that, whenever
the time serves, railways win be per-
mitted in China. This announcement
has created no little excitement, and
has excited a lively spirit of opposition
on the part of several sections of
Chinese society. The literati, the
walkers in old ways, the respecters of
the past, are dead against the innova-
ton. Confucius made no allusion to
railways in his writings, and as, had he
approved of them, he would doubtless
have said so, this is in their eyes final.
The class who objects to the introduc-
ton of European ways and customs are
even more ayerse to the change, but the
chief and by far the. most serious oppo-
sition will come from the very numerous
class who obtain their living by the
navigation of the rivers and canals
which form the thoroughfares of China.
These regard the Introduction of rail-
ways as direct attack upon their
means of getting livelihood ~ II.
Post " q ~
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TOO FRESH.

flowed pretty German girl
Fresh from the Rhine;
Iyished with all my heart and soul
That she were mine.
Iasked had she heart to give,
And she said mine"
I Ibegged my little German girl
SO fair, so fine.
To come along with me some day
Abroad to d ne.
"You' n sure accept one treat from me-"
And she sad mine"
Idd not urge her then to take
That treat of mine;
simply said: YOU'RE beautiful,
All but divine:
But if another you should love-"
81 Aud she said mine"
80. what cruel, tickle heart
Must then be thine;
And yet you can not wed but one;
Your choice assign;
VIII you not choose q husband, dearP'
And she said 'nine."
Igrew impatient with that girl
Fresh from the Rhine;
said: "You think such jokes as these
Are very fine,
Perhaps you have husband now."
And she said mime
40, tell me plainly, lady fair,
Fresh from the Rhine,
Why do you always answer me
With, mine, nine, miner"
'Tch kann nicht English!" All she meant
Was simply: "llein.'
g. II. Jessop, in Judge.
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IvANoFF.


Whom che Russians Threaten to Turn
Loose on AfghanIstan. Il
Colonel Ivanoff-one of the high Rus.
sian officers who conducted the Khivan
campaign-is still a young man, very
tall and handsome, with a fair com.
plexion and a full thick beard. This
beard has won him the appellation OF
Sara-Sakal-Tura, THE Yellow-bearded
Chief,' and the natives Of Turkestan
never speak of him nor address him by
any orther name, not even at official
meetings.
Ivanoff has been for twenty years in
active service in Central ASIA. and II
would be hard to find keener observer
of Oriental manners and customs than
he His extraordinary tact, resolute
character and immense energy, are well
known to the natives; and it is wholly
owing TO his renown that, although
having only two battalions of troops
with him, and separated by q distance
of six weeks journey from the nearest
Russian fortress, he feels quite 1t home
in the country of the Amoor-D -Darya, and
fears no trouble. t safss go as.
have known this man since the time
of my first trip to Central Asia; and !
always found him the same-calm anc
collected, never losing his presence Of
mind in any critical situation. The
following incident affords q good ex-
ample of this faculty he possesses Of
keeping cool and calculating in the
midst Of danger. Once, when accom-
panied only by three Cossacks, an in
terpreter and few natives (Djighites9.
Ivanoff found himself surrounded and
attacked by band of at least 200
Turkomans. The Russians Immediately
grouped themselvesclose together. back
to back. and opened fire. Ivanoff had
a six-chambered revolver; he fired FIVE
shots, and reserved the sixth, in spite
of the desperate attack OF the enemy.
When reinforcements arrived, when
this handful of Russian troops was
saved, and the, General, severely
wounded, had been carried to camp,
somebody ventured to ask him what he
had reserved that last shot for. "Why.
for myself. /" replied Ivanof, very coolly.
Il kept watching to see If the Turko-
mans had lassoes. If had felt the
touch of lasso, the Turkomans might
have had my corpse, but never a living
prisoner. - NJ o. Times De7nocrat
Translation from the French
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The Late Prof. soph ocIes.


: The Harvard Crimson tells the fol-
lowing anecdotes of the late Prof. Soplp
ocles: "His well-known disregard of the
ordinary methods of crediting students
work is shown in this One day stu,
dent came TO him to ask his mark for
the month"; Ii was when recital ons
were taken into account and marked on
scale Of eight Prof Sophocles, after
moments thought, rather ellrtlY re-
piled: It's three Perceiving the stu
dents look of disgust. he asked: Would
youlike to know your mark for next
month? Well, that's three alsolA An
other day in recitation. the class failed
Ito distinguish clearly enough between
the uses of the Greek negative particles.
I One after another gave up in turn, till
the question was putto man who hap
peued to remember the distinction as
given in the Professor Greek Gram
mar. Rising in his place. he gave the
paragraph word for word, prof.v So,
phocles, with look of Satisfaction. set
tied back in hisehair and sgrowled ont.
'Theres that sounds ike somethin g. !"
Next to true-hearted. able COM
rade in any good eanse, the very best
ally IS a true hearted able opponent. :
Unity.
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Trees havebssn found In Africawhich

I Trees have been found In Africa which
we're computed to be $3.50 years old,
and a cypress in Mexico is said to have
reached still greater age. The oldest
individual specimen Of any species-in
fact the oldest living thing upon the
globe--is probably the cypress o. Santa
) Maria del Tule, in the Mexican State Of !.
Oaxaca. If estimates of tree ages are
to be relied upon, the hfe Of this veneer
able forest monarch may. have spanned
! the whole period Of written history. Al
last accounts it was still growing. and
in 1851, when Humboldt saw it, it
measured forty-two feet in diameter, 146
in circumference, and .S82 feet between
the extremities oftWo opposite branches.
Exchange,
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While exploring the timber around
the Lake of the Woods Winnipeg man
found young Sioux boy hunting and
trapping without arms. The boy could
do anything known to the science Of
hunting and woodcraft. He has been
put on exhibition.
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"A life prisoner in the penitentiary
at Charleston, Mass, claims to have. a
bullet in his head which he can feel
move. whenever he shakes his cranium.
He has sold his head to doctor for
fifteen dollars, with the proviso that he
is to keep it until his life sentence has
expired. Boston transcript.
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ROLLER SKATING.
A Medical Journals Conservative View o
the Pastime.

A Medical Journals Conservative View OF
the Pastfme.
1t seems as if Americans were pecu-
liarly susceptible to epidemic influences
of mental kind. We hear of no other
country so violently perturbed by
''waves" of temperance crusading, re-
ligious reyivals, Velocipede crazes. pe-
destrianism, and, finally, roller skating,
upon which latter pastime the thoughts
and feelings of three-fourths of the
rising generation are at present CEN
tered. In intensity and extent, the
roller skating mania has far exceeded
all its predecessors, and it must be in
ferred, either that the psychological
contagium is particularly strong, OF
that the susceptibility Of young America
to affective epidemic Influences is in
creasing.
Modern scientists of the "Psyehical
Research school are putting forward
the theory of brain waves as a possibly
potent element in the production of
panic fears and epidemic fashions and
feelings. The mind. acts s'exoneural-
w." are told, and the vibrating
brain cells of the enthusiastic roller
skater communicate their rhythmical
pulsations to the previously insensitiye
spectator. Whatever the mechanism,
there is certainly at present morbidly
exaggerated passion for, and indulgence
in, roller skating. And The question
comes home to the physician, whether
. 1t is doing any physicalor or mental harm.
On the whole, we are inclined to take
rather lenient view. of the present
craze. Considerable inquiry has failed
to elicit any facts showing that roller
skating. telnperately indulged in, does
any harm to growing children, or pro-
duces any diseases and injuries peculiar
to the sport. Severe sicknesses have
, been known to result from violent exer-
else in hot, ilI-ventilated rinks,
and occasionally serious injuries are
produced by falls and collisions. In
proportion to the immense number Of
persons who have been engaged IN pro
pulsivesdiEagations upon polished floors
during the past winter, the pathological
outcome has been small. Medical Re.
cord. E q saassf 20
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One cubic inch of gold is worth
$210, one cubic foot S312, $50, and one
cubic yard S9s7s6, 762 lcountingf the
ounce at S18l.. AT the commencement
of the Christian era there were alto
) gether S427, ,0O0, 900 worth. Of gold. but
at the time of the discovery of America
only S57, 600, GOO remained. AT present
the value Of all the gold in the world is
counted at $1,000, 900, ,009-- Chicago
Times.
, 1885-10-18
Bismarck's Expulsion Edict.

InNnov Oct 1--In Rerlin lbe
$3.50"
rrogressiVes III the reicns'ag nave reso''eu
to make the government : action IN ex-
polling the Russian Poles from Prussia
Tho lead;nr n,rl;ame,torv apest;or 80
A. -
SUI" as tne soSSio"S u '"o 'eI'"S'"k "e
resumed. Deputy Professor Mueller pro-
poses to appeal to the German govern
ment IN withdraw the edict of expulsim
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Wards Accomplish.

New YORK, Oct. I7.-Mr. 5. War
ner, who secured most of the funds of
the bankrupt firm of Grant 4 Ward, sur
rendered himself to United States Com
missioner Shields this morning, saying he
understood there was a warrant issued
against him. A deputy marshal watched
his house last night, but was unsuccessful
in finding him, 1t is generally under
stood that for weeks past Receiver John
ston, of the Marine bank, has been inves-
t~igating the dealings of Ward with the
bank, and he brings the present suit tn
recover moneys which he claims to be due
the bank, and which Warner is said to
have illegally obtained. Warner claims
he had no dealings with the Marine bank
except to draw money on checks paid him,
and that he never had any dealings with
the firm of Grant & Ward except to buy
its obligations over the counter. Warner
brought bondsmen to court with him and
will give bail in any mount that may be
desired This examination was set down
for Thursday next, bail being fixed at
$4,000. Warmers counsel produced
two s%ureties, who justified in twice that
amount. They were T. Bates Musgnve,
banker of this city, and Tracy r. Roberts,
a retired merchant of Brooklyn.
, 1885-10-18
Hung for Murder.

COLUMBUS, o., Oct l7.-Prederick
Greiner, the murderer of Margaret Seell-
ing was hung in Franklin county Jail to-
day. Greiner was wonderfully cool and
possessed, mingling with his friends in
Jail, and at 1880 sent word to the sheriff
he was ready. He came on the scaffold
smoking a cigar and uttered only a SEN
tence, bidding all good bye. Greiner was
a German who came to this country four
years ago. Three months after his arrival
came Margaret Selling, a prepossessing
German girl. and they soon became strong
ly attached to each other. Through eff
forts of relatives of the girl, she was made
to believe Greiner left the old country for
crime and she rejected his suit for mar
rage. He grew desperate, and on the
night of Sept. 1, 1884, shot and killed
her
, 1885-10-18
parliamentary Campaign.

LONDON, Oct. l7.-Prime Minister Sal
isbury has already got the Tory party in
thorough campaign trim. At the open
ing of the canvass the Conservatives were
in an apparently hopeless minority, as
against the united Liberal factions. These
factions were at the tine INDUCING in a
sort of go-as-you-please campaign, and
committed themselves to all kinds ofisms.
Gladstone was at this time enjoying his
vacation in Norway, People supposed
that when lie should return and blow his
bugle blast, the Liberals would cease their
chickering's and close up their ranks in solid
array. lie returned and gave his trum-
pet call. 1t was followed by an unmistak-
able cessation of the noise OF q%uarrels
among his followers, but the ranks did not
close. Investigation showed that the
faction leaders had gone too far with
pledges, and that many of them could
not decently recant and submit to a mar
rover policy adopted by the great leaders.
, 1885-10-18

Several farmers from Iowa and Ne
braska are now in Cheyenne having come
to buy feeders.
The corn crop in the western states is
larger than usual, and producers can
make a better profit by feeding their grain
to thrifty young cattle than by selling
their corn at the price likely to be- offered
later in the season. Beeyes have been
gathered closely throughout the west this
year, and cattle in good condition will
command a paying price next spring.
Feeders will now bring, in this market. /.
cents, which will equal, without any risk.
4 cents at the present time in Chicago.
Some of our Wyoming stockmen will
feed native hay this winter to stock in lots
from 80 to 500 head. There can be no
doubt as to the success Of this experiment
Mr.. Hedges, Of Bear creek, bough.
this week in Cheyenne lO0, 0OO feet o
lumber, to be used in building cattl'
sheds and in making general improve
ments on his ranch.
f. W. Murphy will load Is ears %
cattle to-day at Pine Bluffs.
Teshmacher Il De Billier will load a
Branson next week two trains of cattle t
be sent to Iowa 10 remain through thI
winter as feeders.
The Bay State Cattle company will loa.
at Branson on the 18th aud 10th twI
trains Of cattle.
Kuykendall and Green each load on til
18th at Rock Greek a train Of cattle.
, 1885-10-18
Remarkable RoguerY.

haoA0 4NOklGlA
ST. LorIs, Oct. l7.-For GOODNESS. an.
dacity and cleverness of execution. the
Successful i%mpersonation of a United
States officer, and the arrest and snhse.
quent locking in a Broadway hotel in thus
CITY last night of two Hoosier immigrants
bound for the interior of Missouri. as
countcrfeiters, has few rivals; and though
not a big thing in a financial way, the
amount realized being $sl, it still has the
merits Of novelty. James A. A~ddington.
one of the victims, was interviewed by n
reporter this morning after the latter had
allayed all suspicious about his being an
emissary Of some bogus United States
marshal. lie said he was en- route to
Sedaiia, Mo, with his family and two
wagons and teams from Randolph county,
Ind, and had managed to get safely
through the city and twenty-five miles
beyond on the Manchester road, when
some time yesterday forenoon two men in
a special wagon drove up and inquired
49, fe N'NbN Hbhi
ILLINOIS, aud II any movers with a gray
h)rse had passed him on the way. The
spokesman was informed that they anne
over about . o clock Sunday morning and
mad seen no such team as that described.
Onc OF the men said he was n United
states marshal and had a warrant for their
arrest that they must be back on the
o somewhere and that he also had a
warrant Tor the arrest OF a man with AN
outht similar to the A%ddington layout, on
n charge of passing counterfeit money.
To this Addinrton said he had no'ohioc-
,;on 81 ii
""N ~ Su,' iio"eS aoou' nim'
unless someone had worked ton III
without his knowledge, which they might
easily do. since he knew little about
NANCY Thor ,hon osLo1 h;n. - o~L;t;t
- ~ '"'" III" ~ eAn,o.'
the httie Wealth ne had about MN, which
consisted of two $50 bills, a $40 bill and
some silver. and which was pronounced
the gor,ino stuff and anal - ,ho Loa,
en- Nl" u ',''
maue. 0uh' the speaker SAID the de-
scrlption was so complete he would be
compelled to make the arrest. His com
nanion , German wbo had hoen rroysod
81 -
j" v" "S ""So' anu 'e"ni' aoou' iour-
teen miles out ON the road, to 90 and help
, 1885-10-18
An Eagles Flight with a Child.

TORONTO, Ont, Oct. l7.-This after
noon, while the wife of Jean Baptiste
Romilly, residing ten miles from here,
accompanied by her > year old child, was
feeding her fowls, a large bald head eagle
swooped Idown and bore the little one off
in its talons. The neighbors turned out
with shot guns, but the only effect their
firing had was to accelerate the eagles
flight. The bird alighted on the top of a
barn a mile away and was seen to make
several strokes with its beak at her head.
The neighbors had got pretty close by
this time and succeeded in frightening the
bird away. The child's body was recov-
cred, but life was extinct, a hole having
been nade in the skull and a portion of
the brain deyourel by the bird.
, 1885-10-18

BALTIMORE, Oct. l7.-Capt. Trcnery,
of the steamship Baltimore, which ar
rived here to-day, reports that ON the 3rd
inst. at II o'clock at night, while in lati-
tude 5000. longitude l7el0', west. he
passed a ship on fire. He steamed all
around her, burned night signals and
sounded his whistle many times, but
could not discover signs of any persons or
boats in the vicinity, The ship was Il
mass OF fire to the waters edge, from her
stern to foremost, which was the only
mast standing. Capt Trenery judges
from the smell Of the smoke that the
ships cargo was Of vegetable matter, such
as wool or cotton. The wind was blow
ing heavily at TIE time, and he could not
get close enough to secure means ofidcnti-
~fication.