The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-29
Here and There,
The AFFAIRS or MEN BRIEFLY DISCUSSED.

"F's 49, -"
To part with, and people can hardly tell
how they managed TO get along without it
before il was invented. OF course there
are certain experiences connected with
the workings of the telephone that are not
at all agreeable. IL is unnec' ssary To
mention them TO those who have ever
had the pleasure of putting a receiver to
the ear and hearing several people all
talking about different things at the same
time. These are minor "annoyanccs,
and you put up with them without
complaining because you know that. with
all the difficulties that induction brings
the telephone, il is a great time-saver, and
could hardly be dispensed with. But
there is one annoyance that promises to
be overcome. The nickel in the slot man
has cast his eyes on the telephone, and he
now proposes To furnish an attachment
that will call for the deposit Of the requi-
site coin before the central can he called
or the receiver taken from its hook. Then
your neighbor will not annoy you so much
by coming i'm and ''using the phone a
minute" and keep you from your own
business trying To make out by the one
sided conversation he is carrying on with
BROWN what he is up To. III an instrument
is provided that positively refuses to work
ultil payment Is n1hIt III HtNtttltt, one
great annoyance will he removed, and
those who have been pestered by tele-
phoneless ncighbors will no doubt enjoy
more happiness than has heretofore been
their lot. But there is one great danger
in the use of such an appliance. and that
is that a fellow may occasionally he broke
himself, and then how is he going to use
his own 'phouc?
IF ANY Montana philosophers or muir
L derers wish To dispose Of their brain by
will here is a chance Professor Burt G..
Wilder, professor Of physiology.
tive anatomy and zoology in Cornell uni
v~ersity, who has collected more than
400 specimens Of entire animals i'm alco-
hol, has decided Ia give his attention tn n
careful study of the human brain. For
this purpose he has got together within
the last year the brains of several hun
dred philosophers, artists. business men
and even murderers. In he latter class
are Mcnkin, the Elmira murderer, and
Rudolf, the Binghamton murderer.
DIR. Wilder has discovered some
very curious facts which have "a
distinct bearing on the question of ethics,
such AS mems accountability for their
crimes, by the peculiar hardness of the
brain before IL is taken from the body, so
that one can handle il readily. lie IL
anxious To procure the brains OF great
philosophers and professors, and is on a
still hunt for requests of this kind. Oue
prominent college president has already
made the desired provision i'm his will,
aud several professors in leading cduca-
tional institutions have likewise be-
pucathcd their bodies as well as their
brains. DIR. Wilder has also formulated
some very peculiar propositions, and
shows almost conclusiyely that insanity
in many cases springs from lack Of cere-
bral nutrimcnt consequent on poor blood
circulation.
THERE lives in Ashland, KY, an old
ana wornout soldier, who is known
throughout the surrounding country as
"Garfeld's Scout" lie joined Garfield
when the latter marched up the Big Sandy
river early in the war, aud engaged in the
campaign that eliminated at Chicka'
manga. The scout was IA native OF the
county. and was invaluable in procuring
information n acting as n guide through
the mountains of Eastern Kentucky. Gen
eral Garfield relied very much upon him
throughout his Kentucky campaign, and
the spy was "A member of his official fam
lily. He served four years and wa.
nohorap'y mustered OUT AT the Gloss
of the war with "A very ugl,
wound IN ms side ana a bad cas-
OF rheumatism lhe only pension III
draws Is an ihsighiilcaht one OF a lev
dollars a niohth' Nhen 1arfieid wa
elected president thc scout was induce'
10 write To INN ask to he remem
bered IN the pension list or by appoint
ment. fairfield the let'e
very kindly, ana promised To do some