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Year: 1877

A EOvel Operation in Dentistry at


the Central Park Museum.


New York WOrld.l


A feature Of the Central Park
mauagerie is the "Baby," half
grown lion abont eighteen months
old. For some months Baby has
been passing through that period
in which the first or milk-teeth are
replaced by the permanent teeth.
Nature, unassisted, did not attend
to this change properly, and there
fore Baby's health so began to fail
that his keepers became alarmed.
Cod-liyer oil had been administered
to tone up the system, but did not
restore health to the patient.
Finally, Baby refused to eat for
three days. A careful examination
were made by the director, eliciting
the fact that the gums were much
swollen in places, and that the new
teeth were breaking through under
the old ones. A dental operation
was determined upon.


One of the keepers, accompanied
by one of the park police, catered
the cage. The keeper placed him
self astride the subject and held
his forepaws, while the assistant,
a la David of old, opened the lion s
jaws, and thrusting a stick in the
back part Of his NAV, gently, but
firmly, insisted that it should be
allowed to remain there. One of
the bars in front were slipped up,
making a gap through which Baby's
head was put. The director then,
with a common pair Of lorceps, in Il
trice relieved master lion Of canine
and a molar tooth upon the upper
jaw and a canine tooth upon the
lower jaw. How the young patient
would have borne up had an ordeal
Of drilling, filling or fling been
necessary, or some Of the perma-
nent teeth needed drawing, of
course can only be a matter of
speculation, but as it was he behaved
very well, indeed, only evinoing the
state Of his feelings by an occasional
growl, and on the following day
celebrated his convalescence by
sumptuous repast.


Among the spectators present
were many ladies, whose sympathics
were highly wrought upon by the
operation, some of them evidently
believing that the teeth were ex-
tracted in order to prevent the ami
NAL from biting, and one did not
hesitate to say it was manifest
outrage which Mr. Bergh should be
made cognizant of. The only other
case that has occurred in the Cen.
tral Park Museum necessitating the
pulling of animals teeth was that
of the aged elephant Empress, about
eight years OF age. Empress had
both teeth on the lower Jaw badly
decayed. The gums were swollen,
she could not eat, and, Judging
from her believing, lay awake
nights in her agony. Her dentistry
was thus performed; Her keeper
threw her trunk up over her head
and held her mouth open while a
second party, with a blacksmith's
pincers, broke off the decayed parts
and extracted them. 1t required a
three minutes steady pull to remove
the broken pieces, which had roots
at least two and three-fourths inches
long She was somewhat vocifer
ous during the operation, but did
not behave badly, A similar opera
tion was lately performed upon the
baby hipopotamuS at the aquarium. |
Year: 1877

law be competent and perfect IN such con-
siderstion."


Yet the Commission in the Florids
case disregarded its duties and sbdicsted
its powers. This action Of the Commis.
sion is convincing proof that the par
tizan majority were afraid to scrutinize
too far, as the result would have been
what the Democrats announced as the
fact, that the certificates of the HAYES
electors did not carry the truth with
them, but we're frsudulently obtained.
Having in one instance by a
strict party vote disregarded the
plain language of the law
and having sbdicsted the powers con-
ferred upon them BY the act, it is res
sonable to suppose, they will do so again
In which event the only remedy lett the
Democrats will be to carry the case to
the Supreme Court of the United States.
AS the court is at present constituted
and with the evidence that the Judges
are as tslllble as other men, there seems
to be but little use in pursuing that
course. There is one hope and it is the
most reliable of all, and that is, this un-
fair, partizan action of the majority
of the Commission will arouse
a storm of indignation among the people
which will sweep like whirlwind over
the land, and: by its fury cause even the
supreme bench to bend to its force.
Year: 1877

Apother OF L1EB's reasons for not blowing
out the brains Of the journalistic community is
fear that when he got around to the editor Of
the old onion he would meet with difficulty
datiug back to the origin Of tho man.
Year: 1877

There arc many young business men that hare
somc knowledge OF accounts but not enough to he
fully qualified 10 take charge OF set Of books. by
spending little time at II. u. Dryants Chicago
business College tue whole matter could oe cleared
up Better Go it,
Year: 1877

cnt their yiee teeth, use the Sozodont, and a'l
who do are willing to declare to all who don't nse
it that it is the most perfect and delightful thing
for the teeth they ever dipped brush into.
Year: 1877

The cable telegram from London yes
terday brought the important announce
ment that the Directors of the Bank of
England had reduced the rate of discount
from to % per cent. For some time past
the reserves of the Bank have been in
creasing, owing to the slack demand for
discounts
Year: 1877

The Triumph Truss Is marvel of
mechanical ingenuity and accuracy and
hence if properly adjusted will hold any
Hernia in practice, when the Triumph
Rupture Cure, will infallibly and speedily
cure it. These wonderful appliances are
sold at 1915 Chestnut street, Philadelphia
and 334 Bowery, New York where the
Truss is warranted, and the Cure Guar
dnteed. Send 10 cents for Descriptive
Book, to either office. If
Year: 1877

UNDER SHERIFF JOHN MILLER Is a vet eran soldier of the Mexican war. Early in the week, he received an appropriately designed and inscribed medal made from brass cannon captured during the war and donated for the purpose. The names Of prominent battles are on the medal, and all in all it is neat and appropriate and highly prized by the recipient. IL calls to his mind rough old times"
Year: 1877

THE United States Depositary is paying out considerable silver coin in dimes, quarters and halves, both in making It looks very much like resumption oi specie payment by government, but best of all Is that to some extent the bright sil- yer will take the place Of the muiilated fractional currency.
Year: 1877

MONDAY was cloudy with little rain which increased during the whole night. The rain was quite general, and the mountains to the north, east and south We're covered from top lo base with enoW lon Tuesday morning. Fortunately the weather moderated So that To frost of any consequence followed.
Year: 1877

W. L. HANDY, nrO.herof Doctor Handy, had the misfortune to lose the ends of h s third and fourth fingers of his right hand lin the Ostrich mill early this week. Mir Holden brought him 10 town for care and we are glad To know he Is getting along very well.
Year: 1877

AMONG the arrivals of the week, id that of Ben. Holiaday, Jr. He is taking a thor ough look at the Territory and We under stand Is pleased with the prospects gener- ally. His judgment of what the Territory is, will be much more reliable than that of men who only pass over the stage lines and personally see but little.
Year: 1877

SEVERAL eases Of smallpox now in Tue son, but from what we learn all or neal y all are or a very mild type. Florence seems to be sorely afflicted, as many as seventy cases having been reported carly in the week
Year: 1877

HoS. CHARLES W. TozER, a gentleman Of large mining experience on the Pacific coast, is here looking around with view to permanent settlement with his family, and we are glad 10 know he is pleased with he outlook.
Year: 1877

THE admissions to the Exhibition yes
terday and last evening amounted to
over 800. During the afternoon the
children Of the colored school were pres
eft and seemed to enjoy themselves
Judging from their hearty laughs. To
night the Exhibition will close. .kand 1t Ia
to be hoped that large number of per
sons will be present. No programme has
been fixed upon, but no doubt there will
be one In keeping with the closing.


It Is gratifying TO know that the affair
has been q success both in the way OF
amusement and financially.
Year: 1877

THE news from France is of an
alarming character. President Mac
Mahon seems to have forgotten that he
is the President of the French nation,
and not the representative of either
the Bonapartists or Monarchial factions
of his country. 1t would seem as
though he desired to assume the con-
troll of the government just now, and
proclaim himself dictator, but the days
of Changarnier have departed, and it
would be as unsafe as it would be un-
wise, for this bravest of the brave, to
so far forget himself as to dare to do
something unconstitutional in the pres
ent state of the peoples feelings. Be-
sides it would be poor policy for Presi-
dent MacMahon under the existing
state Of affairs in Europe, to provoke
internal dissensions among his people.
However, the Marshal isa Chdsse,u, and
very apt to have his own way.
Year: 1877

FROM Deadwood we learn that the
first regular stage from Fort Pierre ar
rived in that city last week, just
twenty-one days from Chicago. Under
these circumstances the trip must have
been anything but delightful one,
and we can fully understand why the
passengers upon their arrival gave vent
to their pent-up feelings in curses loud
and prolonged. You should have come
by the way of Cheyenne. gentlemen.
Year: 1877

AND now it is in order for Sec. Sher-
man to be annoyed at the recent state
ments concerning him and his financial
reports, which he denies to be utterly
without foundation. We thought the
dispatches to that effect, the other day,
looked exceedingly improbable, if not
fshy-and declined to publish them as
news accordingly.
Year: 1877

IT Is A great mistake we indulge in
when we labor under the impression
that it is the Gar or the Sultan who is
running this war business. Presuma-
bly, they do, but Ssh! what would the
war correspondents of the New York
Herald have to say if we dared to infer
that they were not the original Jacobs?
Year: 1877

and the French have an exclusive right to


fishing, under an article OF the treaty of


Utrecht, on the banks, and of drying their


fish and sailing them on the coast from


Point Richie to Cape Bonavista. The


French government now urges this claim.
and if 1t is sustained it will render nuga-
tory part of the treaty of Washington,
and will cut off some of the privileges
conferred by it to American fishermen.
This matter will doubtless come before
the Commission at Halifax. Time " i'll be
taken in the consideration of the subject
as well as in the getting together OF the
Commission. The treaty allows six
months to each government in making up
its case. and the Commissioners will not
hurry in making up their decision. 1t is
a question which interests New England
and the coast provinces of Canada more
than the interior; and the doings of the
will be watched with
of the feeling which prevailed
during the session of the Geneva Tribu-
Herald.
Year: 1877

The London Times, in leading article
calls attention to the fact that all the re
cent disorders in France have been oc-
casioned by political recklessness. The
revolution of 1880 was occasioned by the
determination of the court and clergy to
defy the political instincts of the people.
The revolution of 1s4s was brought about
by Ministers who refused to let the Par
liamentary franchise be extended. The
Coup d'Etat'' was perpetrated in the
name of "order" by a military faction,
and the cause of the war with Germany
was the desire of tie same faction to over
throw the Liberals, and of the Clericals
to strike at the Protestant power of Ger
many.
Year: 1877

As considerable discussion has been caused on the
street BY the in favor OF the preferred
stock OF the Quicksilver Company It will be OF inter.
est TO our readers to up the exact points decided
which follows:-First that the holders Of tho
70, 658 shares of common stock who voted at the
meeting in 1870 In favor OF the creation OF preferred
stock are, by their action In so voting, estopped
from denying the validity OF the preferred stock.
second, that the holders Of the 400 shares OF
mon stock who did not vote at the meeting in 1870
are the only persons who have any right to question
she validity OF the preferred stock and they can
only do so BY showing ttat they have never
aons any act ratifying the creation OF the
preferred stock Third that tho preferred stock can.
and that the preferred stockholders are entitled to
per cent per annum out Of the not earnings and to
IN equal share with the common stock In the remain.
Ing not earnings. Fourth, that tho company be en-
Joined 70 refrain from all acts which may In any
way interfere with the rights Of the preferred stock
holders to receive the per interest and their
share the remaining not earnings since the lst OF
May, 1870


u was stated to-day that bill has been Ged de.
manding statement Of accounts by which it appears
that tho arrears due to the preferred shareholders
amount to $45 per share


despatch from Jefferson City says the Supreme
Court has adjourned the Hannibal and ST. Joseph 70.
oeivership case until tomorrow.


is reported that Mr. Garrett, OF the Baltimore ana
Ohio Railroad has madc arrangements with the hold.
ers OF the New jersey Southern stock TO obtain
OF the latter road II believed he Intends to use t
as part connection between Baltimore and New
York, and thus place the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
In such position ~ 70 compete directly for the New
York trade
Year: 1877

With reference to the energy of the
sun, Professor TAFT, of Edinburgh Uni
versity, says But even when we
have arrived at the conclusion that we
have to thank the sun for all our food,
we are not at the end of our inquiry.
The suns energy had source 1t used
to be thought that the sun was huge
fire, but, from the progress made by
modern chemical knowledge, we are able
to say that fire of the dimensions of
the sun, 400, 900 miles in radius, even if
it had consisted of the very best mate
rials for giving out heat, would only
have supplied us with the amount of
energy at present radiated for 5000
years. But if, ON the other hand, we
suppose a mass of combustibles to be
let fall upon the sun from the distance
of our earth, the attraction of the sun
would give it SO large an amount of
kinetic energy when it reached the sun s
surface as to cause an impact which
would represent 5000 times the amount
of energy which could be produced by
its mere burning


The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
is rapidly substituting metal known as
the 'sphosphor bronze" for brass in the
construction OF bearings. The metal is
said to be from 20 to 80 Per cent. more
serviceable than brass.
Year: 1877

TW-ENTT-TWO TEIRS IN PRISON.


The Hartford COuraat tells story of
long imprisonment, as sfollows: "Twenty-
two years ago a young man IN New Ha-
ven was engaged to marry young lady
there. For some reason she transferred
her promise to marry, if not her affec-
tions, to another person. The first
suitor, who was a respectable mechanic,
disapproved of the match, and declared
that his rival was q disreputable person,
who would lead his affianced wretched
life, and that, while he could surrender
her himself, he would rather she should
die than marry that man. Accordingly,
and, as he said, solely to save her from
the awful fate of such degrading mar
riage, he killed the girl He did not at
tempt to conceal his deed; he justified it,
and regarded himself as the savior of the
girls happiness. He was tried for muir
der and acquitted on the ground of insan-
ity, although he stoutly denied that he
was insane, and said that he had acted
upon lllS COOl CO1NICtIOH VI "11eAe "e'o
best for the girl, and was ready to suffer
the penalty of the law for the homicide.
Acquitted, he was remanded to the
county jail by the court he remained
there seven years, all the while protest
ing that he was in his right mind, and
that the State should either hang him for
murder or release him. He was then
transferred to the State prison at Weth-
ersfeld, by what authority it does not
| appear, under no sentence. There he
has remained until this day, III the same
state of mind, apparently rational on all
subjects except that he insists
that he had a right to kill the girl
to save her from dishonor and that il
the State thought otherwise, it should
have punished him as murderer. This
is the story of Willard Clarke, who has
now petitioned the Assembly to remove
him from the State prison to the insane


asylum at Middletown. If he is insane


that is where he belongs. If he is sane
! he has right to his liberty.
Year: 1877

JOB PRINTING
THE TRIBUNE Office is the only one in the City
run by steam power and has the largest and
best appointed job Printing Department. Par
ticular attention paid to orders for fine work
Year: 1877

Teach them that . true lady may be
fonnd in calico. quite US frequently rs in
velvet.


Teach them that common school educa-
ton, with common sense . is better than o
cullege education without It.


Teach them that one good honest trade
well mastered. Is worth dozen beggarly
.professiuls.,


Teach them that honesty is the best po.
hey that tits better to be poor than TO
be rich on the profits Of crooked whiskics,'
etc.. and point yonr precepts by the sxanl-
pie OF those who are suffering the torments
VI the doomed


Teach them 70 respect their elders and
themselves.


Teach them that as they expect TO lie men
some day. they can not too soon leain to
protect the weak and helpless.


Teach them that to wear patched clothes
is not disgrace. but to wear black eye
is.


Teach them that God is no respecter Of
sex, aud that when he gave the seventh
commandment be meant it for their own
good as well Us for their sisters


Teach them that BY indulging their de-
praved appetites in the worst forms Of dis
sipasion they are not fitting themselves 10
become the husbands Of pure girls.


Teach them it is better to be an honest
man seven days in a week than to he
Christian 7! one day and . villaiu six
days.


Teach them that God helps those who
helps themselves.


DO oil this and you will have brought
them up in the way they should go.'
Year: 1877

The following is from the diary of the
late Mr.. Adolphus, the barrister and his
torian: "May s, 1910: We had dinner
party, among them Mrs. Matthews and
Curran, who told an amusing story OF an
agent to nobleman in Ireland. 1t was
known to some ruffians in the neighbor-
hood that he had collected large sum
for rents due to his employer. In the
middle of the night he heard thieves
breaking into his house. He jumped
out of bed, and arming himself with a
carving knife stood behind the door, and
closed it, 80 that only one could enter at
time, which one would be shown In the
moonlight while he remained in the
shade. Four of the thieves entered,
and were dispatched one after another,
those without not knowing what had
happened. The fifth saw the CLEAN Of
the blade in the moonlight, seized the
man. and a tremendous scuf1e ensued.
The agent struck several blows with his
weapon, but made no impression. He was
got down and his antagonist over him,
when feeling the knife, he found the point
was bent. He had the presence of mind to
press it strongly against the floor, 80 as
to turn it back, stabbed his adversary
dead, and, as he was alone in the house
and could have no assistance till the
morning, retired to bed. He was
knighted for the exploit. Some one
said to him: Il wonder you could go to
bed while there we're on the floor the
corpses of five persons whom you had
killed?' His answer was: 1t did make
me very uneasy; could not get wink
of sleep for nearly an hour y"
Year: 1877

There is q vast difference in people.
However moralists and metaphysicians
may class them, there are opposite
points among the most similar which
are broad. contrasts-sweet and sour,
winter and summer-or any other pro-
verbal antithesis. To some folks the
leaves of forest are all alike, and q
school full of boys presents only 80 many
fao-similies of each other. Such person
ages regard all mankind as so many bi-
peds; of the difference between them
they are scarcely conscious.


Some people soothe one like strain
of music, while others agitate every
nerve with the irritating power OF a dis
cord. How much might be said about
the difference of people in their charac-
ters and actions. There are those who
turn pale at the sight of cheese, and 9TH
ers who shudder at the mention OF car
rots this one prefers hard eggs to soft,
and that one does not Like buckwheat
cakes. These marks by which some OF
our race are distinguished from the rest,
are but few of those which crowd the
mind. There are people who actually
detest children these who never have a
moment to spare and those who don't
know how to get through the day. Your
touchy people who are always prickmg
ND their ears to catch the first faint
sound of an insult, and your people
without humor who can never either
furnish Joke or understand one. There
are two causes of the great difference
perceptible in people. Much may Ger.
tainly be ascribed to education, but
much also to constitutional dissimilarity.
Here is one on whom good music acts
like enchantment; he cannot sit still
while hearing it; his eyes fill with tears;
he forgets oil his troubles, and when the
tune has ceased it is still in his mind,
bursting out at intervals in fragments
and exclamations, and keeping HIM
awake in the night by its busy mental
repetitions. Who shall say that his ma
ture is the same as that of another who
finds in the italian orchestra only dis
agreeable scraping, whose lips cannot
hum, whose imagination cannot contain
a tune? And thus on through life and
in every day intercourse if we but OBJ
sereye lite carefully, we will scarcely
veE,find two people alike-even those
pursuing the same avocations and united
by the closest ties, are oftentimes the
most aissinilay in shsir natures
Year: 1877

: A paper read by N, Bouilland before
a recent meeting of the French Academy
of Sciences gives an account OF his fur
ther researches relative to LESSONS OF the
brain. In his former communications
he demonstrated that the loss of speech
was due to malady of the third circum-
volution of the left anterior lobe Of that
organ. He now goes farther, and as
serts the three fecultias which essential
ly distinguish man from other animals
speech, reading and writing-are each
controlled by separate portions of the
brain. In his researches he discovered
that the paralysis of one of those func-
tions could exist without the others be-
ing effected, and he gives as an example
O case in which he was called to a con-
sultation on young man, whose avoca-
tions compelled him to write continually.
At first the patient had felt slight
weakness in writing, then great diff.
Guilty, and finally, an absolute loss OF
the fsculty. The result of the closest
examination could not detect any defect
in the muscles of the arm or hand, the
latter retaining all its sensitiveness and
power for every other purpose than that
of writing, and all his other functions
being moral and in good condition. The
conclusion arrived at was that the source
of the in6rmity 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 write with
his left hand, which he rapidly succeed
ed 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 equal
ly erroneous, both being now attributed
to maladies of certain portions of the
brain,
Year: 1877

Three and half pounds of milk are
equal to one pound of meat; and only
estimate COW to give 1000 pounds of
milk in a year, this would make the
cows product in milk equal in food
value to 1000 pounds of meat, and this
1000 pounds of meat would require a
steer, under ordinary feeding, four years
to produce, so that the COW produces as
much return from her feed in one year
as steer Ia four,