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Year: 1877

A paper read by M. Bouilland before
recent meeting of the French Academy
of Sciences gives an account of his
further researches relative to LESSONS of
the brain. In his former communica-
tions he demonstrated that the loss of
speech was due to malady of the third
of that organ. He now goes further,
and asserts that the three faculties which
essentially distinguish man from other
animals-speech, reading, and writing
are each controlled by separate portions
of the brain. In his researches he dis
covered that the paralysis of one of those
functions could exist without the others
being affected, and he gives as an ex-
ample case in which he was called to
a consultation on young man, whose
avocations compelled him to write con-
tinualIy. AT first the patient had felt a
slight weakness in writing, then great
difficulty, and finally an absolute loss of
the faculty. The result of the closest
examination could not detect any defect
in the muscles of the arm or hand, the
latter retaining all it's sensitiveness and
power for every other purpose than that
of writing, and all other functions being
normal and in good condition. The
conclusion arrived at was that the source
of the infrmity must not be sought for
in the external organs, but in the center
itself of nervous action-the brain. The
young man was advised to learn to write
with the left hand, which he rapidly
succeeded in doing. The defect from
which he suffered had long been known
as writer's cramp, just as the loss OF
speech was for centuries termed paralysis
| of the tongue. Both designations were
equally enormous, both now being at


tribated maladies of certain portions Of


the brain.
Year: 1877

The Portland Oregonian contains this
story: "Judge E. G.
Bronaugh has attached to his watch
chain little amulet or charm, which,
aside from its peculiar history, is very
pretty in itself. 1t is nothing more or
less than a petrified rosebud. During
the rebellion, young nephew of Judge
Bronaugh, while in one of the Southern
States, wrote home to his mother and in
closed in the letter rosebud. The let
ter arrived safely at its destination and
having been perused, was laid aside
with the rosebud in a drawer, where it
remained for eight or nine months.
When the drawer was overhauled
and the letter again brought to light,
the rosebud it contained was discovered
to be petrified. The Judges aunt re-
Gently sent the stone to him at this
place, and he placed it in the hands of a
jeweler for the purpose of having it
fitted to carry on his watch chain. The
petrefaction is so very hard that while
trying to drill q hole in it two or
three tools were broken before the OBJ
ject was accomplished. 1t is a perfect
rosebud and so well preserved that the
finest tibres are to be seen. What pecu-
liarities of air, earth or water could
have changed the tender rosebud into a
hard, almost diamond-like substance in
the short space of nine months is to us a
mystery"
Year: 1877

The Omaha Bee publishes statement to
the effect that Gen. Crook narrowly escaped
assassination at the hand of Crazy Horse,
on the occasion of the recent disturbance
at the Red Cloud Agency. Crazy Horse has
been working to breed discomfort among the
Indians, and urging them to go on the war
path, but could not succeed among the
Northern Indians. He had been pretty
powerful, but when he came to the reserva-
ton, he found so many chiefs who were re-
garded his superiors, that he lost all his in
fuence, and became angry and ill natured
Gen. Crook sent word that he wished to talk
with him, and had started out with Mr.
Clark, an Indian Agent and interpreter,
to see him. On the way down to his camp,
Gen. Crook was overtaken by car
rier, who stated that Crazy Horse, in CONVEX
sation with his men, had said that he IN
tended to talk pretty saucy to the General
and in case this General should object he
would kill him. General Crook and his
companions, who were unarmed, thereupon
abandoned the idea of having talk with
Crazy Horse, and the plotter's arrest and
death followed. Red Cloud, Spotted Tail,
Little Badman, Man-Afraid-ofIis-H Horses,
No Water, and others, will go to Washington
the last of this month. General Creok
left for the East and will be in Washington
when those chiefs arrive there.
Year: 1877

The vexed question as to how often
vaccination is needful is again discussed
by the London Lancet, the best English
medical authority, which distinctly dep
recates the frequent repetition of re-
vaccination as being useless and tending
to unsettle the minds of people in re-
gard to its preservative power. 1t states
that revaccination, once sufficiently per-
formed at or after puberty, need never
be repeated. The nurses and other SER
wants of the London smallpox hospital,
when they enter the service, are inva-
riably submitted to vaccination, which
in their case is generally revaccination,
and is never afterwards repeated; and
so perfect is the protection that, though
the nurses live in the closest and most
constant attendance on smallpox pa
tients, and though also the other ser
wants are in various ways exposed to
special chances of infection, the resident
surgeon of the hospital, during his forty
one years of Office there, has never
known smallpox to affect any of these
nurses or servants.
Year: 1877

A sneeze, to be in good taste, should
crack like a rifle on a clear morning. A
sniveling, dry, half-frightened-to-death
sneeze is odious, but for one of your
full, clear, sonorous, detonating, rever-
berating explosions-o of those reports
that set the wine glasses on the sideboard
a jingling, and awake pussy-we say for
one of those earthquake sneezes, we
have love inferior only to that which
we bear to woman and-our favorite
dog. A recipe for a sneeze of this
genus is as follows: When you feel a
tickling at the root of your proboscis,
just jump up, if you be seated (other-
wise no necessity run to the window
through which the sun shines, throw
your head back until the bump of
philoprogenitiveness presses ON your
coat collar, open mouth, snarl like
a half-starved hyena at piece
of fresh meat, inhale a deeI
breath, and then-blaze away. The
effect will be prodigious. One echo will


salute you from the housetop over the
way, the good housewife will order the


clothes to be taken in, your game cocl


will turn up the red of his eye at the


sun, and you will then have the bes


assurance that you have not sneezed il
vain.
Year: 1877

A FRENCH ornithologist has taken the
trouble to find out ut what hours during
the summer the commonest small birds
wake up and begin to sing. The result
of this inquiry shows that the earliest
riser of ali is the greenfnch, who tunes
up at about half-past one a. m, some
hours before the more robust and melo-
dious species of finches are ready for
work. The second to put in appearance
is the blackcap, who is to be heard at
half-past two, or thereabouts; and half
an hour later the quail makes his first
attempt at musical performance, 1t is
nearly four o'clock, and the sun is well
above the horizon, before the first real
songster appears in the person of the
blackbird, who ,precedes the thrush
about haitian hour, and the chirp of the
robin is about the same length of time
before that of the wren. Finally, the
house sparrow and the tomtit occupy the
last place on the list.
Year: 1877

Mrs. DAVENPORT designs to presen
her late husbands magnificent wardrobe
to needy members of the profession. She
says she will not sell it, and she could
not bear to have it where it would be
constantly opening the wounds of her
heart afresh. Though forced to continue
on the stage for livelihood, the Daven-
port family have not been left in needy
circumstances. The residence in Can
ton is free and clear, the last mortgage
having been paid off three weeks before
MIR. Davenports death.
Year: 1877

CAPTAIN WHITE, of the revenue ma
rine steamer Thomas Gown, lately visited
the Territory of Alaska. In his official re-
port he states that trouble is appre-
hended among the Indians from the
excessive use of fiery and intoxicating
drink distilled by them from molasses 8
and various kinds of wild berries. The
natives and creoles lie drunk with it
half the time. The art of distilling the
drink was taught them by the soldiers.
Such is civilization.
Year: 1877

A CORRESPONDENT of the Tribune in
Utah says the popular idea of the wealth
and power of the Mormon church is
wrong, and that the show of wealth
made by tine organization is delusive.
The Mormons themselves have not gone
into business and mining, but have kept
on tilling their little patches of wheat
and potatoes, paying tithing, marrying,
obeying council, livin gthier religion, !"
and growing poorer and more wretched
every year. Brigham Young told his
people, two years ago, that they were
the most miserable people in. the world.
Year: 1877

THERE isuntold honor, fame and gold
awaiting the man who will invent
steam hired girl that will fasten the al
ley gate at night and one who can be got
up in the morning without raising an
alarm of fire.
Year: 1877

Nor only is kindness due to every one,
but special kindness is due to every
one. Kindness is not kindness unless it
be special. 1t is in its fitness, season.
ableness and individual application that
its charms consist
Year: 1877

THE oil of roses that is manufactured
in the country south of the Balkans is
worth half its weight in gold. A short
crop is an advantage to the rose growers
for the price rises in the exact ratio of
the scarcity of the roses
Year: 1877

A FRENCH scientist claims to have
discovered that writer's cramp is not an
affection of the muscles of the arm or
hand, but that the difficulty centers in
the nervous action of particular por-
ton of the brain.
Year: 1877

THE only place yet heard from where
steve-pipes are taken down and put up
without profanity is the deaf and dumb
asylum. But the victims keep up a
terrible thinking, though, and all
writing materials are carefully hidden
for the time.
Year: 1877

A FARM hand for harvesting is paid in
Central Italy seven cents a day, and
considers himself lucky man to find
employment at that rate. But he is 80
economical and abstemious, and the food
he deems sufficient is 50 cheap, that he
can save money out of this pittance.
Year: 1877

The twelve Mormon Apostles have
waited upon the Lord /" and received a
revelation to the effect that the last days
are at hand, and that it is important
that the faithful should pay up their
tithing promptly. This may be regarded
as the settlement of the Mormon prob
lem
Year: 1877

A STRANGE lawsuit is in progress in
Australia A Tasmania capitalist pur-
chased two islands from the govern
ment. When he proceeded to take
possession the islands disappeared, and
where they stood was only water. Now
he wants the government to give him
back his money, and the courts of the
colony are to decide whether it shall
or not. Perhaps this is the first time
volcanic agency was ever made the
subject Of lawsuit.
Year: 1877

There was a certain bride of high
birth who felt that she had cause to
suspect her equally high-born hus-
band. Her suspicious pointed to-
ward an intimate friend, who not
only had a lisp, but also never used
any perfume but jasmine, and in
yariably dresses in white, mauve or
black. Wife and friend were both
of a height. To procure a toilet
of white satin and mauve velvet, a
blonde wig, jasmine odor and jas
mine blossoms, and to counterfeit
the lisp, was the act of the quick
witted and jealous woman. A
bunch of Cape jasmine blossoms
held her domino at the throat.
Next, at the last moment she
feigned illness, and said she would
not go; monsieur started, and mad
anne, with the aid of her femme de
ohambre, was soon ready to follow,
to find her husband, who had been
looking EXTREMITY bored, grow ami
mated and seek her side at once.
The music that drowned the tones
of their voices and the assumed
lisp aided in her project. An ap-
pointment was made for the follow
ing day, which both kept. An
eclaircissement then.
Year: 1877

in the victims own words. / am
led to ask how it is possible that in
our day such barbarous cruelty can
be perpetrated for so small an Of
Tense as the poor student was guilty
Of and which he so magnanimously
owned? The writer says: 'The
victim was thrown fat on his face
and his legs bent up so that the
soles Of the feet were horizontal (;
the feet were held in this position
by a long staff aud chain. At first
the blows were moderately dealt,
then they were laid on more rough
ly, and every stroke felt like the
application of a red-hot poker. AT
first the pain was excruciating, but
the feelings in time became numb,
and it was like beating a bag Of
wool. 1t was six weeks before he
could walk even with crutches, and
for more than three years his feet
and ankles were very much swelled,
and though twenty years had
elapsed when he published this ac-
count, he still suffered. He men
tions instances of the bastinado
having been applied for three days
successfully, and, if the person sur
vived the feet were rendered useless
for life; but in general, he observes,
when between five and six hundred
strokes were inflicted death was the
consequence. "
Year: 1877


Baltimore American.


A recent cowhiding scrape in
which a New York lawyer figures
has for its basis the terrible conse-
quences which result from a young
and willGul girl having her own
way. For two years past the only
daughter Of a very wealthy man
has been a central figure in fash
ionable New York society. She
was not twenty years old, and the
heiress of large fortune. Of
course she was courted, flattered,
followed. She organized a "cote-
rie " Of which she was made presi-
dent. She received the attention
of titled foreigners, and was the
envied of her set.


But one morning last winter the
intelligence came ike a shock that
she was married, had been married
a year, and to a worthless fellow,
scarcely older than herself-poor,
b1t already a drunkard and gam
bier. The marriage ceremony was
performed at the mayors cffice, the
infatuated girl having been made
to believe that this was cnly civil
contract, and did not constitute a
real marriage, and that she could
disayow it at the end OF a year,
during which time it was to be
kept a profound secret. Before
the year expired, however, the hus-
band grew jealous, threatened, and
finally claimed her, treating her
parents with the most impertinent
rudeness, and, to her unhappy hor-
ror, the girl found herself tied for
life to a person without ordinary
decency OR manhood.


Probably divorce would have
been obtained had it not been for
the interference of the relatives of
the young man (his family is re.
spectacle one), who finally prevailed
upon the parents of the girl to ex-
tend a sort of sanction to the mar.
riage, which they did, by issuing
invitations to a grand party, to
which three hundred guests were
invited, of which fifty only were
present. A house was bought and
furnished by the father of the
bride, and the young couple went
to housekeeping The other day
the mother called, found that her
daughter had been struck and beat
en-, and was summarily ordered
down stairs and out of the house
by the scapegrace son-in-law, who,
mad with drink and rage, himself
put her out, and told her never to
darken his doors again. The next
day he was cowhided in the street
by an indignant nephew of his
mother-in-law and cousin of his
wife, who is now out on bail. So
much for a secret and hasty mar
riage.
Year: 1877

The gambling propensities of the
Russian priesthood are amusingly
illustrated in the following story:
ga Russian priest who loved whist
as much as the ceremonies of the
church, CHANGED to have good
hand at trumps, but at the critical
moment Of triumph the bell rang
for service. 1t was agreed to con-
tinne the game when he came back,
Year: 1877



 ger to them whesfiadsandy whiskers, rods up and asked them 10 bring package to town and leave it at the express office. This they consented to do and the man handed them package which afterwards proved to be a small bar of gold bullion, this Alexan- der put in his pocket but when he handed him some larger packages which could not be got into his pocket, he put them in his saddle pockets, and thought no more about it until he met Standefer and Evans, when they asked to look at it. and when Stsndeier instead of handing il back to him put it in his own pocket Alexander, then and there, began to suspect for the first time that he had got himself into scrape.

 They assume an air of indifference and affect to regard the matter as simply an un-. fortunate circumstance that will all be sat isfactorily explained at the proper time.- The men are entire strangers, so far as we can learn, in this part of the country and al- though they are dressed in laborers garb and talk in an honest .one, we, as well as those Aio 'Sdh 'ii1, VIII pc uhaNVh'4btl iOIScu to the conclusion that the story is ''thln," Since the above has been in type We learn that Je- sus (Hasoosl stopped the stage after driving some distance, after the robbery, and went back to the scene, after the robbers had left, and he and Evans examined the ground as we'll as they could in the night, find ing the mail bags cut open, many of the letters torn open and Evans picked up a check drawn by the Peck Mining Company on the First National Gold Bank, San Fran cisco, for $50 A preliminary examination of the parties will be had tomorrow morn. ing.
Year: 1877

Parties desirirous of making remittances to San Francisco can take their currency to the office of the Peck Mining Company and obtain sight checks TO ORDER. on the First National Gold Bank Of San Francisco. No checks are drawn except against actual ship ments of Bullion. and this method Of re- mittance is cheap and safe-particularly since robbers have commenced attacking the stages on the route here.

 Go to the Peck Mining Company with your grecnbacks and keep the currency here.
Year: 1877

We have petition on hand for daily mail from the end of the Railroad to this place and shall soon have time to pass II around for signcrs-to growing necessity that k. a daily mail. Unless something be done we are assured by those who are trans porting our heavy mails, that they will bc compelled to run daily line at their own cost to keep up with the amount of mail matter that continually arrives at the end of the track.
Year: 1877

Ouryoung friend \. $ Haskell, one of the proprietoIs of the blaming mill aud factory on Cortcs street. took time by the fore-lock and got married to Miss -- Miles, just when the year 1876 was vet rcPo-ing m the lap of 1877 and watching the index finger of lime to indicate the moment for her to take her flight for ever. and when the New Year year dawncd upon the world Haskell found himself a married man.
Year: 1877

ANOTHER NUGGET.-John Brewer cap turcd another Sl50. lump of gold in his claim near the Clipper Mill on Hassayampa this week. this i- the 2nd large one he has found within q month He gets numerous pieces weighing from SIS 10 S30 Such claim would seem to indicate that there must be a good quartz vein not far away.
Year: 1877

MoohV's WORK IS CHICAGo,--Chicago,

 December li,-At the noon-day prayer meeting yesterday remarkable scene oc-

 urred. Moody read long and elegantly

 composed letter from one who announced at the opening that sine was a prostitute The

 latter expostulated with the Evangelist for not speaking some good word for lost wo-

 men. while deyoting himself to wicked men. The audience was deeply moved, and many were in tears. Moody announced a meet ing for this class of women tonight at the Tabernacle. Over 10000 were in and around the Tabernacle last night. This be ing the last week of Moody's labor here the attendance is increasing every night
Year: 1877

We are in hopes our Legislature Will mcmorializc Congress Cor daily mail from the end of the Rlilroad to Prescott, and aS for second class office that will have to come as tn. proceeds of the office will necessarily lemand it.
Year: 1877

MT. Frederick dropped in on us this morn- inr and we learned from him that his new mill would start about Wednesday next When this new mill gets fairly under head way we may expect to hear of big clean-ups and q good many of them.
Year: 1877

Mir. Gison is in town from his Ranch near old Camp Date Creek, where he has resided for some or years. He is now one of our large stock men and has some of the best cows we have seen in the Ter ritorv
Year: 1877

The new Medical Director is just as large as Doctor Magruder and therefore IS just as good-we have known him tor some years, by reputation, having lived Tn New Mexico at the time he was on duty Tn that Territory.
Year: 1877

Part of this edition of the MIXER was worked of before mistake in the make up was discovered which placed two lines al the bottom of the third column on the first page, commenting Coming on down" etc. which belongs at the top of the second paragraph from the bottom of the fourth column.
Year: 1877

IsNr IT SwEET-A little miss, beauti- fully dressed. with white huff iu one hand. and her pretty little face beamiug all over with smiles came tripping into this office yesterday to exhibit beau iiful flower bas ket, all made of sugar which had just been presented to her by Dan Iiatz The basket was manufactured at Dams confectionery cs tablishmeut. and is a most elegant exhibi- rion of what may he done by those who un- derstand their business Isn't it sweet. She said. having no reference of course, to the material of which it was composed. but il was really sweet in every sense, and those who saw the pleased little owner thought she was even sweeter than the basket
Year: 1877

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.-The question


of the introduction of the metric system


into the Government service, which was
referred to Professor Hllgard, of the Coast
Survey, and Mr.. Elliott, of the Bureau Of


Statistics, is regarded with much favor in
all branches of the Government. 1t is
claimed for it that in every department
of business it will greatly simplify trans
actions. The statement that such a
change would lead to much embarrass-
ment throughout the country is offset by
the experience of France in 1895. when
the metric system was introduced and
carried out by AL arbitrary act, and at
the same time was attended with most
satisfactory results. There is but little
doubt that in less than two years this
system will be in full operation.
Year: 1877

DEERING TOWN MEETING.-About tiftv vot-
ers attended the Deering town meeting, which
was held yesterday, to see what action the
town would take in regard to removing earth
from the pit near the Bradley meeting house.
objection being made to further removal by
the residents in the vicinity. The meeting last
ed two and half hours, and at times the dis
cussion was quite animated. The point was
raised at the opening on the legality of the
meeting, the selectmen of the town having ig-
nored the petitioners prayer for the meeting to
be held at the school house in the Immediate
vicinity, and called it at the town house. A
motion to take recess of half an hour to give
all chance to view the premises was lost. A
motion to instruct the selectmen and road COM
mittee to abandon the place till the March
meeting was also lost, the Woodford's Corner
voters with one exception, containing some of
the wealthiest residents of the place, voted
solid against the petitioners. Finally a motion
to choose committee to view the premises and
to report at the March meeting prevailed.


The place complained sof is long narrow
strip between and at the junction of two roads
in very pleasantly located portion of the
town. The substance of the argument of those
opposed to granting the petition seemed to
be that the town owns the lot, hence has the
right to dig as deep as it pleases The petit
TONERS seem to have the moral if not the lesa
right of .the matter.
Year: 1877

Mt. PLEASANT HoUsE.-This fAvorite sum-
mer resort will close for the season on Septem-
ber 1st 1t has had fair amount of patronage
during the season, but not 60 much as it de
serves in view of its pleasant position and the
delightful journey over the lake to reach it.