O
TKB FASCINATION OF OLD EOTPÎ
Science
invention
SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF BRAINS.
Ma«*«
I ntrlleet iial
Superiority
K>
plained hy I)r. Kdvvard Spltaer,
A work that scientists In all part»
of the civilized world have been await*
Ing with eagerness has just been Issued
under the Imprint of the American
It Is estimated that South America 1‘hilosophical Society of Philadelphia.
It Is a study of brains, by Dr. Ed­
furnishes abvul 03 ja-r <-ent of the
ward Anthony Spltzka, professor ot
Mv.rld's supply of India rubber.
It IS compiled t>at about 14.000 general anatomy In Jefferson Medical
Postmaster General Meyer tn hlw
Words were sent over die Atlantic on College, formerly <lemon»trat<ir ot annual rei»rt. makes wvemi rcoin-
the opening day of tin- wireless ten,««- anatomy In Columbia University, and mendations for Increasing tlie etliciem-y
raphy from the UnltecP Kingdom to an authority of world-wide retogultion and extending tile «.■ope of the work
ui»on scientific study of the brain.
Canada.
1 Omitting the scientific terminology of the Postoffiee Deimrtipent. Chief
Certain Minds of noises, says the
some of the most important of Dr. among tlu-se rtsDinmendations was that
Madras Times, attract snakes. The
Spltzka'« statements may Ve thus ex- for tlie establishment of postal savings
whirr of the mowing machine is one, pressed;
bunks. Mr. Meyer would have every
and in six months as many as 120
The white matter of the callosum, o» money order office, and »uch others as
cobras alone have been killed on a band connecting the hemh4>hetvs of th« may be deemed ms essary, designated to
grass farm in India by the advancing cerebrum, in great measure determine! receive de[»osits in amounts of not less
machine.
I the quality of human intellect Th« than $1. but the amount of Individual
By rubbing metals with' salt before cereibrum is that portion of the brain ai'counts he would limit to $.Vs>. Ou
applying mercury, the ancients obuiin- which lire In front of the skull, and li these deposits interest St the rate of 2
ed a reaction similar to that for which generally accepted as thg seat of the [>ei cent should be allowed. A material
copper sulphate Is used. The <-hloriln> mind. Heretofore the quantity of th« extension of tlie parcels [>qst service is
released from the salt formol a silver gray matter of the brain was supposed urged. A recommendation is also made
chloride easily attacked by the mer­ to determine ' the fineness and useful­ for more up-to-date business methods
j and a, revlM'd system of bookkeeping.
cury, so as to form an amalgam.
ness of the brain.
According to the Engineering and
The fitters of the callosum are th« He also suggests a pernianeut official
corres[»onding to the mi|s*rlntendent of
Mining Journal, chilled steel shot of ( telephone wires connecting and
extreme hardness and adopted to re­ I elating the brain centers. Disease or mails or tlie agent of a great manufac­
place diamomfo in drilling through injury in these Is attended by profound turing corporation, who would hold of­
many formations is made by «praying weak-mindedness or downright Idiocy. fice continuously through various ad­
In illustrating the
TOURISTS VISITING THE PYRAMIDS OF SAKKARA.
or atomizing molten steel Into cold wa
Contrast of the brain of Dr. Joseph ministrations.
L»idy with that of Prof. E. D. Cope growth of tlie [tostal business during
On« of the most fascinating expeditions which the the first dynasty ; in fact. It is regarded as an early pro­ ter, thereby chilling It Instantly.
the last fifty years, Mr. Meyer states
In August there was. inaugurated at shows that it is possible not only to dif­
tourist In Egypt has before him Is the excursion to the totype from which the more complete pyramids of Glzeh
that
in 1857 the receipts were $8,053,-
ferentiate
between
tRe
learned
and
th«
the Col d’Olen, close by Moqte Rosa, at
fttnoug step pyramids of Sakkara, which Ilea some ten were evolved. This yea» the Nile dams at Assouan and
952, with a deficit of $3,454,10«. while
Assiout have completely vindicated their existence. The i an elevation of 9,840 feet. o»e of the
mil«» »outh of Cairo. The route on approaching the Nile flood is actually the lowest which has occurred since j most remarkable institutions for scleu-
the last fiscal year the .receipts were
$183,585.005, with a deficit of $0.853,-
pyramids Iles through fields of clover, lentils. and th« year 1877, when Egypt was practically reduced to ' title research in the world. It owes Its
282. He believes that by 1917 the re-
vetches, among which are tethered little groups of goats famine, but owing to the existence of the great dam aC [ existence to the Initiative of Prof. An­
sipts will be over $350,000,000.
and oxen in the care of native children. There are no Assouan and the barrage at Assiout the whole of mid­
gelo Mosso, of Turin, and is called the
fewer than eleven pyramids to be found In Sakkara. dle Egypt and every part of the beavlly-lnden delta will j Institute of the Col d’Olen. It con-
One of the features of the annual re­
Some of them were explored by M. Maspero, the author receive a sufficiency of water, and we are therefore faced j tains laboratories for research in bot-
port
of Gen. F. C. Ainsworth, adjutant
of one of life most fascinating reconst ructions of ancient with the seeming paradox of a record low Nile and s
any, bacteriology, zoology, physiology,
general of the United States Army,
Kgyptlun life. One pyramid Is that of Unas, 3333 B. C. record harvest in the same year—a <x>mplete vindication
terrestrial physics and meteorology. All
which has called forth no little com­
Another 1« that of Teta, 32(10 li. C. The famous Step of the policy which planned the barragi.—London
thus« subjects are to be studied frois
ment throughout the country, is the
pyramid Is supiamed to hare teen built by « moaarcb of Sphere.
tits Si>«Msl point of view of tie effect
statement .that if present conditions
if Alpine condtkm».
continue there will be nothing for the
Monsieur Carbonelie, a Belgian, ha»
bed Enclna by the shoulders and rush­
A BIRHERMAID S BONG
Mr. Marshall staggered Away, reeled
government to do to secure men for
ed her behind four packs of «nmple amt. as Em-Ina screamed, fell ujlbn ths invented an apparatus by means of
the military service but to materially
which a picture can be reproduced tiy
111« poplars tall kissed the cold, gray sky. shingles plied on the sidewalk. A fold ground.
Increase the pay of enlisted men or re­
or two of his Own body was exposed,
“Oh. you're wounded!” the girl cried, telegraph in the form of an engraved
And in front was the hungry sea,
sort to conscription. The report shows
And the river swept dark and drearily by, but Enclna, forced to the ground and running to his side. Back the way they plate, from which printed copies may
that tile deficiency below the author­
While the wind sighed mournfully ;
held there, was safe from the flying bud come she saw huge splashes of be immediately taken. The picture to
ized strength of the army on Oct. 15,
Ally in the west the low sun died,
bullets.
scarlet. Mr. Marshall had fainted hroiii be »ent Is printed with thick, non-con­
1906, was 8,04(1, while in October, 1907,
The amethyst banks between ;
ducting Ink, and wound round a revolv­
At the height of the miniature bat- loss of bkxxl.
It was 20,535. Among the reasons giv­
A ad tmid th« reeds the plover cried
ing cylinder, over which passes a stylus
tie Mr. Marshall winced, A violent
When
Mr.
Marshall
was
resting
gus-
en for this falling off is the strong
AS I pta-d on thnt well-known scene.
pang shot through hla nerves, but he lly In Em-Ina's pa's I h -M room, and Dr. electrically connected with the tele­
competition which the government
Burns had extracted a bullet through a graph line. At the receiving end a
Aid the Gwherraen's boats wore far away held his position until It was all over.
encounters from private employers,
“Miss Enclna!”
hole between the wounded man's shoul­ similar cylinder Is encased with lead,
(Mi the ocean's heaving breast;
who offer higher pay and more attract-
Tommy was calling
Tim Bar Y der», ami mighty near the lungs, l.'n- or other soft metal, on which presses
And the red lights gleamed wide over the
ve conditions.
bay
bunch had disappeared In a hare of cina came and sat at the bedside. Her the point of « graver. The variations
From th« high hill's windy crest ;
dust,
Like apparitions the contile eyes were red and becoming streaks of intensity In the current produced
The annual report of the Isthmian
And I saw again my lover’s l>o»t.
emerged from behind the »hl ng I «9.
left by tears still remained on her by the stylus passing over tlie picture
^AT/7 «AF
Canal Commission, recently made pub­
With her white sails all outspread.
at
the
transmitting
station
causes
the
“Oh, Tommy I" Enclna cried, "you're cheeks. She bad done a heap of think­
lic, shows expenditure« up to date of
'■¡Me a joyous bird o’er the waters float
graver to cut more or less deeply, and
hurt!”
ing even as she cried.
$48,285,880.37, and Indicates gratify­
When the evening skies were red.
Bhxxl was dripping fnan a ST rat ch
Presently she sought pencil and paper thus to produce a typographic copy of
ing progress in the work. On June 30,
the original, which may be placed with­
on the hand.
and wrote:
io-morrow ths Sun in the »«st will rise
1907, the total force of skilled and un­
“Aw, 'tatn't nothin—don’t hurt. They
And ths fishing fleets come home,
“Mr. Mulhall—I've decided. I choose out change on tlie printing press.
skilled laborers was 29,440, un Increase
fa «ltdden the weary, waiting eyes.
paid for It. all right."
the man who know» where I am when I
of 10,000 over the previous year. The
Wet with mors than the salt si foam.
The Wtitn« ot Aorwtt'a Bloat-
6r<riïrof
With a Swagger of pardonable pride there's n rough house. Instead of the I
death
rate among employes for sever­
I
Dwt, Ith me ! for the bcKt that left the lie jerked his head toward the form« chap who makes a great grandstand,
A« to the uncertainty of the spell­
al years past shows a marked improve­
Shors
of two Bar Y men In the street.
then asks, after It's al) over, -Where ing of the King of Norway's name, a Ignorant, hut that ahstratic reasoning ment in health conditions, mainly due
Tht eve when the skies were red.
“Serves 'em right," said Enclna, and art you at?' Don't call to-night. 1 m Norwegian authority write»:
"The produces one kind of a brain, while ob- to sanitation, better housing facilities
For ths fwher lad I shall see no mors
servafion and concrete philosophy pro­ and better food supplies. The report
[■aid
the
bodies
no
further
attention.
genuine
form
of
the
name
Is
Hakon.
going
to
sit
up
with
John.
—
Enclna.
”
—
Till the set gives up Its dead.
Shot-up corps.-» didn't disturb Enclna. Cincinnati Post.
Such variations as Hakun, Hakunn, ■luces another form.
• t'hktataxs' Journal.
strongly recommends the continuation
Such abnormalities as left-handed- of the work by the National Govern­
At the horre trough she washed the
Hakwin, Latin Ilagulnus, I leave out of
blood and dirt from Tommy's hand, and
consideration. The name 1» made up ness, partial deafness and defects of ment direct and not through a con­
Tb« “PeOBiB« <Jv> I.«««.”
vision Iqnve tlielr indelible Imprint» tractor or syndicate of contractors.
with womanly gentleness wrapped her
There are In these day» the train de of two elements—ha, the root of bar,
upon tlie brain.
tiny handkerchief about It.
high;
and
kon,
for
konr
(like
son,
for
luxe, edition de luxe and hotel de luxe,
The brains of various kinds of think­
“Here's mine, Miss Jones." volunteer­ but It seems to have entirely escaped sour). The older form of konr was
Despite denials on the part of gov
ed the neglected Mr. Marehall, coming attention that there is also the femme kuur, 'he of the kyn (kuni), of the ers show tq>eeialized developments, eminent officials, there I k a persistent
thus musicians’ brains are richly con­ report that the United States Govern­
forward. “Yours Is rather small for
de luxe. The femme de luxe associates family, the noble race.’ According to
voluted in the auditory association ment has purchased from the Wright
bandage.”
the
Elder
Edda
poem,
Rigsmal
only with the rich and prominent, live«
•
| Bros, the control of their “heavier
“Aw, don’t deprive the gent of his but for amusement, spends money reck- konr was the youngest son of Jarl area.
Tlie
average
weight
of
the
brain
of
(Earl),
who
himself
was
the
son
of
the
nose-wiper,"
said
Tommy,
with
a
sar
­
than air”-tlylng machine. The Wrights
The day the Rar Y rowdies shot up
lessly.
an adult male is 1,400 grammes. The have been In Europe for some time,
Tularosa, Enclna Jones had no more castic gesture with the hand still bold­
This femme de luxe and homme db god Ileimdall (‘illuminator inundf).
average .weight of a woman's brain Is and it was generally supposed that
idea which ninn she would choose than ing the gun. “I don't need It."
luxe difficulty Is the disease which, Konr ungr, the young kon, swung him­
1,200 grammes. The brain of Cuvier, they were negotiating for the sale of
self,
by
deeds
of
arms.
Into
the
posi
­
But Enclna took It just the same and spreading
» girl with a nickel deciding between
with enormous rapidity,
the
naturalist, weighed 1,830 grammes, their machine to foreign governments.
tion
of
a
konungr.
king,
which,
though
wrapped
It
about
the
hero
’
s
hand.
caramels and chocolate fudge.
threatens to remove good conduct from
that of Turgenev, tlie novelist, 2,012 Much secrecy is thrown about tlie sub­
the
old
poet
knew
It
not,
simply
meant
But when the sun dropped behind the
the civilized world. A handful of men
grammes, and that of Daniel Webster, ject, but it is Apparent that the gov­
chapaKra) of mesquite and yuccas, she
break every law, divine or human, the kon-lng, 'he of the kin'—uugr be­
1,807 grammes.
| ernment is interesting itself deeply in
ing
a
suffix
indicative
of
descent.
knew to a dot. The man knew as well,
swindle with Impunity, and behave like
Smallness of the occipital arc (the the problem of air navigation.
“Accordingly, the name Ilakon mennt
for he'd l»een proposed to and kissed
hooligans, and with them are a hand­
curvature at the btuk of the bead) sig- j
while tlie other fellow hud begun a
ful of women who have abandoned all originally 'the high one of the kin,’ and
nifles Kii|M-riority of brain development
must
have
been
a
title
for
a
prince,
At the direction of the President a
M ven-day Jamboree.
restraint. These are held up to the
Tliis measurement in ecntesslmals, the special commission, consisting of Ixtw-
a
king,
before
It
assumed
the
exclusive
Enclna was • pretty creature with
rest of the community ns of such social
metric divisors of a 90-degree arc are rence O'Murray, Assistant Secretary of
velvet eyes and hair black ns Ink Her
importance that their misconduct Is to character of a proper personal name.
I
as
follows;
The
old
Norwegian
pronunciation
of
Uommerce and Labor; Herbert Knox
Immediate ancestors were a New Mex­
be admired.—Ixvndon Truth.
the
'a'
in
ha
m-eni»
to
have
come
close
A verage man .......................
,20.8 Smith, commissioner of cor[»oratioiis,
ico señorita and a Pan Handle cow
Average woman ...................................... 21.7 and Charles P. Neill, United States la­
puncher pa, and Tularosa said she
Marly ant Often.
I to the sound of the English 'ow' In Orang-outang
............................................23.2 bor commissioner, started for Goldfield.
know;
but
In
the
course
of
time
It
has
wasn't afraid of the devil. With It all
A number of years ago at a small broadened into a sound as nearly as Chimpanzee ........................
24.2
■Nev., to investigate tlie labor conditions
she was as dainty ns the snowflake
town In'Maine, an Important local elec­ possible identical with the English 'aw*
Concerning the question of weight, at that place and to determine whether
blossoms blowing In her yard.
tion was to take place, and there was In hawk. The ‘o' in kon is very near­ Dr. S[iltzka says:
I there is necessity for tlie presence of
John Marshall was one of 'em. lie
strong rivalry between the Republf- ly equal to the English 'o’ In on. The
"The fruitful investigations of many
was n raw-boned gent from up sound
cans and Democrats, and Hiram Morse, accent falls on the first syllable. In anatomists have resulted In the tabu­ tte United States troops recently or­
San Antone somewhere, and wore store-
the blacksmith, was a strong Demo-- modern Norwegian the spelling of the lation of thousands of brain weights dered there at the request of G<>v.
Sparks.
bought cloth«,s.
crat, but many of the farmers were van»« Is Haakon (‘aa equals aw).
drawn from nil tlie social and intel­
Tommy Mulhall w as the other,
Republicans.
lectual classes, among which more than
Bids to the amount of $25,(MN),000 ot
trigger finger was the loosest In Turn-
On the morning of the election a
Head Huntlnx •" New Gain««.
KM* are of men of Intellectual emi­ the recent offering of Panama cauai
ro«n county, and lie stood six feet two
farmer came to have hla horst* »hud
From Netherlands, New Guinea, nence.
bonds have been accepted by Secretary
In Ills sock feet.
The blacksmith »«Id to him: “We're comes news of head hunting among the
"Men of the kind who never remain
That afternoon Mr Marshall asked
tx>th busy. You're s Republican and people nt MeraBke, the chief settlement. steadily employed and who usually Cortelyou at an average price of 103,
Enclna to t.he drug store for a drink of
I'm a Democrat. let's pair off We’ll The Netherlnnjln authorities are hard fail to even learn a trade stand lowest and nearly all of the accepted blds are
from national banks which were In a
m dil water, and just as they ste|>ped she did so she .looked coyly into Ills neither of us vote, and It will amount
put to It to check the practlre. owing to in the scale. Above them come the me­
<>ut of the etu|torluin they came ft.ee eyes. She was beginning to feel the to the HBllIO UH If both went to the the force of the old custom that chil­ chanics and trade workers, the clerks, position to take out additional circula­
tion at once. It was thought that^the
to face with Tommy.
He had Just balance turn, and Tommy could ace it polls.”
dren must bear the names of those the ordinary busine»» men und common 3 per cent certificates would not exceed
emerged from the Rough Rider sal s»n. too.
This was agreed upon. After elec- whose beads had iieen taken off by school teacher«.
$15,000.000. The Secretary says that
"Now. run along, little boy," she cunt- tfon It was found out that Morse had
"Howdy, Tommy.” said Enclna sweet­
their fathers. Lately many children
“Highest of all we And men of de­ the improvement justities him in limit­
ma
tided.
"Find
Dr.
Burns
ami
havh
us
In
the
ly. “Sorry you couldn't Join
paired off with five Republican fa rm. nave t>een nameless from head hunting cided mental abilities; the geniuses of
ing both the new issues.
him fix It right. And to-night"—six* era.- Boston Herald.
refreshments.”
falling off. The result Is that the pa­ the ]*encil, brush and sculptor's chisel,
"Indeed w* are.” echoed Mr Mar added In a voice full of meaning—“If
rents have started hunting for heads In the mathematician«, scholar» and
Ilenr Admiral M. E. Mason, chief ot
A S h <I Brr«« vement.
shall.
"We might have another. you feel like It, why. y6u can come-
the neighboring British territory The statesmen.”—Philadelphia North Amer­ the Bureau of Ordnance of tlie Navy
Tommy
was
moved
by
an
almost
though; the nectar's fine!”
An honest countryman, anxious I to Netherlands authorities have sent out ican.
Department, in his annual rejiort
“Not fer mine!” Tommy exclalmcff, overwhelming desire to take the girl in explore the wonders of the British i mu- vatrols to prevent these ral<ls Severe
strongly
urges legislation that will au­
with a breath stiff enough to bang a bls arms, but, with a little laugh, she aeum, obtained a special holiday a punishment to the guilty parties has
Slnek to Kia Word.
thorize the department to purchase
short time sitter, Accordingly, taking veen threatened.—Straits Times.
hat on. "Ain't yon-all gettln' risk c-aught Mr. Marshall by tlie arm
"Of course Dubley's married. Didn't
■ ordnance, |>rojectiles. fiowder and tor-
hurried away.
with him h couple of frleuds, he pre­
less----- "
you know that?”
' [»edoe» in limited quantities abroad,
On the way home Mr, Marshall » as sented himself at the door for admit­
Just what Tommy was going to ask
U» A<alnat It.
“No. Why. he said he wouldn’t man
'such material tp be admitted free of
never develojied. for a whoop sounded quiet. His face was drawn and very tance.
Vlskey, of the Russian secret police, r.v the tiest woman on earth—”
' duty. This recommendation Is basisl
do» u the street that made the windows white, while bls teeth came together
“No admission to-day, air?" said the •lapped hl« hand on the tourist's shoul-
“Yes. and he kept his word.”—PAH
on the statement that the dome»tic
crushlngly tight.
rattle.
keejter.
adelplila Press.
■ ler.
manufacturers
are unable to eupply
“W-b-o-o o e-e-! Y e-e-l-l-p-p !"
“The »wla water must have gone to
“But I must,come In. I've a holiday
“You must not stay In this country,'
»hree articles within a reasonable time.
Fl ah With Foor 1C»««.
The Bar Y Kang had turned the cor­ your head." observed Enclna. ooklly
on purpnse."
i ae hissed.
Fishes have been discovered In Goat
ner. They gnllo[ie<l down Main street
Mr. Marshall did O»t answer
"No matter. This N a cl.KF <igy.1 'Then I’ll leave,” the tourist mildly
rmala
will two pairs of eyes. Ou pal»
hi a cloud of dust, banging Ks»«e with
"What's the matter with y<Wir knees and t»e museum Is abut.”
The opening of proposals for the $50,
«nswered.
their ('«»Its, right and left.
are you an frightened as all that?”
"What!” «aid John. "Ain’t thin pub­ "But bare you ■ permit to leave?” doe« duty above water and th« oth— 100,000 of Panama c«»«aT Itonds show<4
below, tM fish thus being «bl« to ae« thnt the amount* Imd reen MiitowrilM-d
M. m , women, crl[»ples, children r.nd she asked aiiarply. a little later.
lic property ?”
-No."
chickens bumped It for the back »ide
No anrever
"Yes. but one of t?le mummlm dlM •*» aen come With me.” »aid Vl»key equally well In two elements.
several times over, and that a good fig­
>f the neareet thing that looked like It
When they reached Enclna'« gate Mr a h«w day» »•». »nd we ar» going to latMily. Igafflng tbs way toward the
ure, well above the market price, would
Falling. Him Neat.
might »top ■ bullet.
Marshall took off his hat and held out bury hint."
tie realised for the securities. While
(rgpilln. •Til ldrtl ytu up till you de-
“Papa, wbrt'lb a hardship?”
A'ommy reachisl for his gun In ■ a very unsteady hand.
“Oh. In iwt
We Won't tnt>U%»!” ■lA» 4hM W
the official figure« were not obtainable.
Thllalelpfila Bulle-
“An armored cruiser, eon."—Houston It was thought that the average price
Wi''»nd it was unllmbered, and from be­
“Good by. tie said, weakly; "jdonWi Mid John In a huSAed vol<% 4t> b« *»
Post.
hind a big istttonwood he IwqQin pmiq>- [■anion m« for leading you Into ffiich ■ tkvy! Ixmdon Tit R 1 m
| would prove to I m - nlx>ut 1<4. The al­
|
¿MP
He leads
lng lea# at tlie rate of six pellets to the row -I'm «or ry" lie tried b> »WA
lotment of the ls>n<|* will
Natur« »eldom store« a *>t of brain»
quit«
Bccond.
Oikly a t*g,utlful Kiri can a$bctf > B* «nk$W
Korina laugQH mockingly.
•retlou of tX ♦> reUWy
behind a pretty fac*.
Mr Marshall’s face paled. He ffab-
hM <l<»in<«tk: virtue« under
AGrandstand Play
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