Cottage Grove leader., January 24, 1908, Image 6

SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF BRAINS.
ears were at first entirely uncovered,
DISASTROUS MINE ACCI­
being In fact merely platform cars
DENTS IN RECENT YEARS
M a n ’s In te lle ctu a l S uperiority H e
with a row of seats along eanh side,
p l a i n e d b y U r . E d w a r d M p lt ac v.
The passengers were entirely unpro­
Lives
A work that scientist* lu all parts
tected from the sun, rain, smoke or
1WM— Albion colliery, South Wales.
o f tha civilized world have bees aw«lb
1JM)2— Fraterville, Tenn.....................
Flr»t Charter In Country Obtained cinders. A passenger who took a trip
lng with eagerness has Just (peen Issued
1903— Rollins Mill mine, Pennsyl­
over
the
Mohawk
Valley
ratlruud
when
In i 8 a j — Sail* Attached to
under the Imprint of the American
vania .......................................
this company had o|>enod Its line be­
Philosophical Society o f Philadelphia.
Hanna, W yom ing...........
Engine«.
tween Albany aud Schenectady thus C xpert D eclares the Boasted F igh t­ 1003—
It la a atudj o f brains, by l>r. Ed­
1004—
Lackawanna
mine,
Pennsyl­
describes his experience:
ing Ships Are M erely Death
ward Anthony Spltzka, professor ol
vania .......................................
“ They used dry pitch pine for fuel,
HKH—Tercio, C alifornia..................
general anatomy la Jefferson Medical
Traps.
and there being no smoke or spark
11*05— Virginia City, Ala..................
College, formerly
demonstrator
ol
ACCIDENTS WERE VERY COMMON
catcher to the chimney or nnokeetack
1005— Ziegler, III................................
anatomy In Columbia University, and
the volume o f black smoke strongly Im­
1005— Welsh coal mine......................
an authority o f world-wide recognition
1905— Diamond ville, Wyoming . . . .
pregnated with sparks, coal and cin­ ARMOR
BELT IS TOO LOW. 1905— Kurtaisk, Russia ..................
! upon scientific study o f the brain.
Barrier Cara aa a Rem edy—Diffi­ ders, came pouring back the whole
| Omitting the scientific terminology^
1005— M., K. A T. Cdttl Company..
length o f the train. Kaeb of the pas­
culty In G etting W ood and
some o f the most Important o f Di\
1905— Princetou, Iud.........................
senger» who had an umbrella raised It
Spltzka’a statements may be thus ex»
1005— Coal mine in Prussia............
Water.
D
efects
in
C
onstruction
Pointed
as a protection against the smoke and
1905—
Wilcox, W. Va................
pressed:
\
fire.
Out and P rom otion System
1906—
Blueflelds, W. V a ./.........
The white matter of the calloeona, oi
"They were found to be but a mo­
1000— Johnstown, Pa.........................
band connecting the hemisphere« o f the
Is Scored.
In 1822, the drat charter was ob­ mentary protection, for I think In the
1900— Century, W. Va......................
cerebrum, In great measure determine#
tained for a railroad In the United first mile the last one went overboard,
1900— Durham, England..................
the quality o f human Intellect Th#
State«. It waa for a line from Phila­ all having had their covers burnt oft
1900—Dutchman mine, Biossburg,
cereibruin ia that portion of the brain
delphia to a point on the Susquehanna by tbe Sanies, when a general melne
N. M..........................................
ilenry Reuterdahl, associate o f the
which lies In front o f the skull, and is
1900— Courrier« mine, near Calais.
river, but waa never built. On the an­ took place among the passengers, eada
United States Naval Institute and
1282— Llewellyn, the last Welsh Princt generally accepted as the Roat « f tha
France .................................... 1
nouncement o f the project some one whipping his neighbor to put out the
of Wales, killed nt Llandewyer.
American editor of “ Fighting Ships.“ 1900—Japan ......................................
mind. Heretofore the quantity « f th#
asked one of the lialtluiore newspa­ fire. They presented a very motley ap­
1014;—The Dutch erected a blockhouse gray matter of the brain was supposed
Is the author of a startling article on 1900— Oakhill, W. V s ........................
pers, "W hat Is a railroad, anyhow ?"
pearance on arrival at tbe first sta­
near the present site of Albany, to determine the fineness and us^ul-
“The Needs o f Our Navy” in the Jau- 1900— West Fork, V s ........................
The editor » « a forced to reply that tion."
I
1900— Quarto, Colo............................
V Y.
ness o f the brain.
uary
McClure’s.
Mr.
Reuterduhl's
ex­
he did not know, but that “ perhaps
1907—
Saarius,
P
russia.............
Telegraphic service avsllable for
1020— Pilgrim fathers landed at Ply­
The fibers o f the callosum are th§
pertness
on
unval
matters
is
not
dis­
some other correspondent can tell."
1907—
Primero,
Colo............................
railway service was not established un­
mouth Rock.
telephone wires connecting and asso­
Seven years later on the little wood­ til about 1850. In the ahsence o f the puted and neither is his patriotism. 1907— Fayetteville, W. Va................
10*12— New Zealand discovered by Tae ciating the brain centers. Disease oi
en track along the I .a oka wanna creek telegraph and tbe lack o f any estab­ He agrees with President Roosevelt 1907—Saarbruck, Prussia ...............
man.
Injury in these Is attended by profound
the first locomotive had Its trial. Thu lished system o f signaling tbe early that a navy must be built “ and all its 1907— Las Esperanzas, Mexico........
1053— Meeting of the first General As­ weak-mindedness or downright Idiocy.
experiment wua far from successful, railroads adopted novel methods for training given in time o f peace” and 1907—Forbach, G erm any................
sembly
of
the
people
of
New
York.
1907—Monongahela, Pa......................
Contrast o f the brain of Dr. Jeenpb
and for a numlx-r of years afterward conveying Information.
with this in view he expojes defects 1907—Toyoka, Japan .......................
1009—«Swedes defeated the Muscovites a| I«eldy with that o f Prof. E. D. Cope
the train on most of the railroads con­
The New Castle and Frenohtown In our first-class battle ships and ar­ 1907—Tsing Tau, C h in a ..................
Narva.
shows that It Is possible not only ts dif­
tinued to be drawn by horses.
railroad had a primitive telegraph In mored cruisers which all but make 1907—Negaunee, Mich........................
1738— First bank post bills issued in Eng ferentiate between the learned nnd the
The first locomotive on the Baltimore operation as early as 1837. A descrip­
1907—Monongah,
W.
Va..................
land.
them useless as a efficient units in a
and Ohio had sails attached. So did tion of It says that “ the poles were of
1007—Yolande, Ala............................
fleet on heavy sea and in real action.
1775— America Congress determined to
the cars. These sails were holstisl cedar, quite like thoae now In uae, and
build a navy of thirteen frigates.
Mr. Ueuterdahl'8 criticisms appear
FARMING IN A DESERT.
when the wind wns In the right direc­ had cleata fastened on them, forming a
to be the more amazing on accouut of
1770— Continental Congress adjourned to
tion so ns to help the locomotive.
sort o f Jacob’s ladder."
Baltimore, on the approach of th#
ths contention that most. If not all of There Are C olon izin g P ossibilities
The rivalry between the railroads
The operator would go to the top the weak points he emphasizes, will be
British.
Even in Death V alley.
using locomotives and those using of tbe pole forming his station and
acknowledged by sea going officers, “or,
The craze o f “ homestaking” which I* 1778— John Jay of New York elected
horses was very bitter.
In August, with his spy-glass sight the next sta­
president of Congress.
If the reader is sufficiently Interested, seems to have reached its limit in the
1830, an actual trial of speed was tion In the direction o f the approach­
by the testimony o f his own eyes.”
choice of Death Valley as a colonizing 1781— The British evacuated Charleston.
held between a horse and one o f the ing train. If the train waa coming
His principal points are the follow ­ possibility.
With the idea o f trans­ 1786—Sierra Leone founded as an asy­
pioneer locomotives, which did not re­ and the signal showed a flag, It meant ing:
lum for destitute negroes from th#
forming the most arid and most deso­
O r M o / G ea sy ft /"rs/rc/s
sult In favor o f the locomotive, the race that all was well, and the operator
United Hlates and West Indies.
That the shell-proof armor o f the late portion of the great American des­
was on the B. A O., the locomotive would pass the signal along to the next American battle ships is virtually be­
ert Into farm land, a number o f tracts 1795—Charles Lee of Virginia became
being one built by Peter Cooper, who station below.
Attorney General of the United
low the* water line where It will do no have been homestaked. Irrigation sy*.
also acted as engineer.
States.
If a ball was shown, and no train good, leaving the broad side o f the ves­ rems have been planned, and othet
The horse, a gallant gTay, was In the In sight. It signified an accident or a sel exposed to the shells of the enemy.
preparations are now in progress f o r 1 1708— King o f Sardinia abdicated.
habit of pulling a car on a track par­ delay of the connecting steamboat, | That this defect has been pointed
beginning the reclamation of Death 1811— American ship Essex captured
allel to that used by the locomotive. These signals were methodically ex­
British packet Xocton, with $55,900
At first the gray had the better o f the changed until an understanding was
on board.
A BLOT ON THE LAST CHAPTER.
race, but when he waa a quarter o f a had all along the road.
1813— Burning of Niagara at the in­
inlle ahead Mr. Cooper succeeded In
The facilities furnished by the rail­
stance of the American forces.
getting up enough steam to pass the roads were at first much more fully
1810—Indiana admitted into the Union
horse amid terrific applause.
appreciated by travelers than by the
as the nineteenth State.. . .First sav­
At that moment a band slipped from shippers o f freight. The speed o f tbe
ings bank in the United States open­
ed in Boston.
a pulley and though Mr. Cooper lacer­ trains, amounting at times to as much
ated his hands trying to replace It, the as twenty-five or thirty miles an hour,
1817— Mississippi admitted into the
Union ns the twentieth State.
engine stopped, the horse pussed It and was a source of unabated wonder to
came In t-he winner.
1S24— Peruvians achieved independence
the passengers, who had hitherto trav­
by defeating the Spaniards at Aya-
As there were no brakes on the eled on the slowly moving canal boats
cucho.
early trains, they used to stop and and stage conches.
1830— National Republican party, at
start with Jolts which threw the pas­
In the matter of freight traffic the
Baltimore, nominated Henry Clay
sengers across the car. The coupling railroads were at first unable to com­
for President.
wns with chains having two or three pete with the canals. Of a prominent
1833— Jamaica abolished slavery.
feet o f alack which the engine In start­ Massachusetts railroad It la said that
sferr/nas«/
1838— “ Atherton Gag” law passed by the
ing took up with a serlea o f fierce a motion was made at an annual meet-
é
H
V
/'/ro
/,
House
of
Representatives.
Jerka. The shock on stopping wns even In gto let the privilege o f carrying
1844— Bill for the annexation of Texas
worse and “ never failed to send the freight on Its lines to some responsible
introduced in both houses of Con­ ignorant, hut that ahstratlc reasoning
passenger flying."
person for $1,500 a year.
produces one kind of a brain, while ob­
gress.
There were no whistles In the old
There are many accounts o f the piti­
1845— British war against the Sikhs be­ servation and concrete philosophy pro­
days. Signals were given by pushing ful state o f liupecunioslty to which
gan. Ended with annexation of the duces another form.
np the valve on the dome by hand and soma o f the railroads were reduced.
Such abnormalities ns left-handed­
Punjaub in 1849.
letting the steam escape with a loud t Cash being exhausted, and receivers’
1848— Louis Napoleon elected President ness, partial deafness and defect* of
hissing noise. On the New Castle and certificates having not been Invented,
vision leave their Indelible Imprint#
of the French.
Frenohtown railroad when the signal when operations proved unprofitable
1850— Many killed and injured in boiler upon the brain.
was heard the slaves around the sta­ there was no basis for credit
explosion on steamer Anglo-Norman
The brains o f various kind* o f think­
tion would rush to the arriving trnln,
Men were sometimes put on the ten­
at New Orleans.
ers show specialized developments;
seize hold o f It aud pull back with all der with a snwhorse and snw, and
thus rfiusiclans’ brains are richly con­
1859— Victoria bridge, Montreal, opened.
their might yvtille title agent stuck n wlien the engine ran out o f wood these
1800— Lewis Cass of Michigan resigned voluted In the auditory association
A railroad Is already built
piece o f wood through a wheel.
men would take up their saw and cut out time and again ; that other nations Valley.
as Secretary of State.
area.
There were so many collisions and up a new supply of fuel from the near­ years ago recognized it ns fatal and from Greenwater, at the southern end 18G1— The 1’rince Consort, husband of
The average weight o f the brain of
explosions that soma Southern rnII- est woods. Often the passengers would now have armor wrapped around the o f the valley, to the borax works owned
Queen Victoria, d ied .. . . Large sec­ an adult male Is 1,400 grammes. The
roads Introduced what they called a get off the train and help In the cutting sides o f their war vessels from five to by the celebrated “ Borax” Smith of 20-
tion of Charleston, S. C., destroyed average weight o f a woman’s brain Is
■even feet above the water Use.
mule team fame, and there Is an auto­
harrier enr between the locomotive and of the w ood
by fire.
\
1,200 grammes. The brain o f Cuvier,
That,
despite
repeated
accidents
on
mobile
stage
line
through
the
valley.
the panenger coaches o f the train.
The railroads were often too pom
1802— Gen. Burnside repulsed at battle of the naturalist, weighed 1,830 gramme«,
board
our
ships,
the
Navy
Department
Even
enthusiasts
do
not
claim
that
This barrier ear consisted of a plat­ to pay for the fuel thus secured, nnd
Fredericksburg.
that o f Turgenev, the novelist, 2,012
form on wheels upon which were piled then- are many stories In the old news­ year after year has approved of plans piping water from Telescope Peak 18G6—Oaks colliery disaster in England,
grammes, and that of Daniel Webster,
by
which
the
greatest
guns
on
the
across
the
Funeral
range
Into
the
val­
«lx Imlea o f cotton, and It was claimed papers of encounters between train
with loss of 360 lives.
1,807 grammes.
It would safeguard the passengers In crews and the farmer« who caught ■hip« are directly above an open shaft ley Is also undc*r consideration.
18GS— House of Representatives an­
Smallness o f the occipital are (the
leading
to
the
powder
magazine.
two way»—It would protect them from them cutting down their trees. The
nounced its purpose to pay fully the curvature at the back o f the bead) sig­
That other motions long since recog­
the blowing up o f the locomotive and complaints o f the high-handed meth-
national debt.
nifies superiority o f brain development.
nized the criminal stupidity of thus en­
would form a soft cushion upon which ods of the grasping railroad corpora-
1871— Alarming illness of the Prince of This measurement In eentessimala, the
dangering the lives of officers and men
Wales, now King Edward VII.
the paaaengers could land In the event tlons, their defiance o f the law of the
metric divisors of a 90-degree arc are
and have remedied the defect by use
o f a collision. There la no record o f land and the rights o f others, sound
1876— Wade Hampton declared Governor as follows:
of conynon sense and ordinary precau­
how till« experiment worked ou t
| strangely familiar to-day.— Van Nor-
of
South
Carolina.
-
tionary measures.
Iloratlo Allen states that when the den Magazine.
1877— Osman Pasha surrendered with Average m a n .................... •.................. 20.8
That, without regard to the protests
Average woman ...................................21.7
his entire army.
of
experts,
our
battle
ships
have
been
Orang-outang ........................................23.2
rH!!r," li 7 a* CO" H,l<?t' 1 E AT S O U R m E x A1CD L IT E LONG
* d with Its 100 miles o f track, 0 |>era -1
_ _ _
1889— Congress commemorated the cen­ Chimpanzee ...........................................24.2
built so low that if the sea is heavy
tenary of the inauguration of Presi­
tlon over such an extensive line was D o c t o r . D w e ll o n s h e M e r i t , o f 7 . 0 « - and ships are In action, the seu would
Concerning the question of weight.
dent Washington.
then unprecedented In making nr-
h u r t , a B n iirn ria n Food,
Money is suffering from bad circulation.
wash over the vessels, render some of
Dr. Spltzka says:*
rangeuienta for this unusual undertnk-
The latest producer o f long life din­ their most effective guns useless and
An Aurora (111.) physician has discov­ 1890— North Albania reported to be in “The fruitful investigation« o f many
a state of sanguinary anarchy.
ing one o f the first things that occurred covered by European physiologist« la practically leave the ship to the mercy ered that peanuts are a beauty diet. This
anatomists have resulted In the tabu­
1895— William O. Bradley inaugurated
to him waa that the locomotives would zoghurt, a preparation of sour milk, o f the enemy.
ought to be a circus for some people.
as first Republican Governor of Ken- lation of thousand« o f brain weight*
lay*, to run at night as well as day, says the Washington Star. Prof. Elias
An
Eastern
banker
says,
“
We
want
The officers In the American navy
drawn from all the social and intel­
and III the absence of a hmdllght lie Metchnikow o f the Pasteur Institute, who command the battle ships and more common sense.’* We want also more * tucky.
1897—Strike rtf cotton mill operatives lectual classes, among which more than
built on an open platform car stationed wns the first to direct attention to It, squadrons are too o ld ; that under ex­ dollars, which are not so common now.
100 are of men o f Intellectual emi­
at Atlanta, Ga.
In front of the locomotive, n fire o f pine | but no sooner had he clone so than isting conditions young men cannot at­
If prices of bread and meat keep on
nence.
knots surrounded with sand, which 1 Prof. Reinhardt of Vienna announced tain command, and that the service is coming down, pretty soon the average
“ Men of the kind who never remain
man can afford to eat three meals a day.
furnished the requisite Illumination of that he had known all about It for badly crippled i s a result
Sen Tent o f C y r o a e o p e .
steadily employed and who usually
Chief
Spryburk.
the
Indian
w*ho
drank
the route traversed.
I years and that It wns a food In general
The claim made some time ago tha$
That there is too much “bureau man­
a quart of blue paint, is carrying the steadiness might be imparted to ships at full to even learn a trade stand lowest
Ou most o f the other lines no suhstl- use In country parts o f Bulgaria,
agement” In Washington; too much
in the scale. Above them come the me­
“decorative
interior”
fad
to
an
extreme.
sea in heavy weather by means of a gyro­
tiles for headlights were used. The | Prof. Metchnlkow's theory Is that the red tape In the Navy Department;
With 1,300,000 divorce suits in ten scope was revived with some incredulity chanics and trad«» workers, the clerks,
trains traveled slowly through the ferment contained’ In the milk attacks that American genius is stifled because
the ordinary business men and common
dark. Night trips, however, were certain bacteria which develop In the of ths bureau’s Immersion in details, years, the United States is plainly in need by practical mariners. Recent dispatch­ school teachers.
avoided aa much as possible. The first human system nnd have poisonous ef- and that with the Secretary of the of a national “ Stay-Married Association.” es from London, however, indicate that
“ Highest o f all we find men o f de­
After a while it may dawn on the army the matter has been put to a thorough
heaillight on a locomotive waa used by fects. He has proved by experiment, 1 Navy a civilian, he should have a
recruiters that the average soldier doesn’t test, with most gratifying results. The cided mental abilities; the geniuses o f
the Boston and Worcester In 1840.
| he says, that the /.'«hurt has an a b so- j board o f expert advisers.
look upon $13 a month as any great graft. experiments were made in the North Sea, tbe pencil, brush and sculptor's chisel,
The original American locomotives lutely disinfecting Influence and that I Other matters are dwelt on. btit the
mathematician*, scholars
and
Pennsylvania miser who spent only 3 off Tynemouth, under the direction of Dr. the
were nearly all wood burners, and dur- by destroying the polsonons germs It foregoing are by far the most Impor­
cents last year is dead. He just couldn’t Rehlick, the Inventor. The vessel used statesmen.” — Philadelphia North Amer*
lug a protracted period, before the In -1 not only prevents nctual disease, hut tan t
wns
a
boat
of
the
torpedo
class,
the
See-
An afternoon’s tight on water bear the increase in living expenses.
lean.
bar. 110 feet long. The water during
ventlcm of spark arresters, the flying also arrests the process of aging,
sealed Russia’s fate In the recent war
Secretary Cortelyou is trying to iro- the three days of the test was such as to
sparks caused a great amount o f dam- ) In a paper published In the Austrian with Japan, says Mr. Renterdahl. and piess us with the fact that stockings were
S t a c k t o Ilia W o r d .
age and annoyance. Interwoven with Review Dr. Reinhardt tells how ths the same may well be true o f the next made to be worn and not to hoard money cause considerable rolling of vessels of
"O f rourse Dubley'a married. Didn’ t
even
greater
dimensions.
Tbe
effect
of
this difficulty was a necessity for nslng Bulgarians prepare the zoghurt. row 's war Into which this nation Is plunged. In. |
the gyroscope was roost remarkable. yon know that?"
smokestacks many times larger than or goat's milk Is boiled In an open ves- Tbe issue Is so Important and the stake
"No. Why. he ««id he wouldn’t mar.
James J. Hill says the railroad* need While the vessel heaved up and down
thoM now In use— too high Indeed to set until It Is reduced to «bout half Its so tremendous that tbe sea power billion* of dollars. From present pros­ with the waves, the deck remained almost rv the host woman on earth— ”
pam under overhead bridges or the original volume.
which Is prepared In every respect to pects. It will be some time before they horizontal. It is said thst arrangement*
"Yes. «nd he kept bii w*>r<l."— Phlk
roofs o f covered wooden bridges.
I Then R Is cooled and when It reaches meet the crisis, will be the victor.
get ’em.
are being made to install the apparatus adelpbla I’ resa.
T o overcome this difficulty the a temperature o f about 113 degrees
An Italian count one American heiress on several commercial lines.
Flub W i t h F o u r E y « ,
married Turned out to be an ex-convict.
smokestacks of many o f the locomo- some soghurt already prepared Is
Prof. Emil Muensterberg. head of the Some of tbe other counts haven’t yet been
Bell*a A e r o p l a n e F llea .
Finin'» have been discovered In Gnat
tlves were Jointed or hinged so that stirred Into It and It la left to ferment, public charities of Berlin, waa the prin­
According to reports from Raddeck, C. .•mala will two pairs of eye*. One pa l,
they could be lowered when trains were The germ, which the doctor calls mays cipal speaker at the celebration of the convicted._____________ ________ _
B., the tetrahedral kite Cygnet, invented doe» /duty «hove water and the other
T o P ro d u c e Soelullutle P lu g s.
proceeding over or under hrlAges. This fungus, acts quickly and the zoghurt twenty-fifth anniversary of the New York
The Socialist ^ttage Society of New by Prof. Alexander Graham Bell, made a below, the fish thus being able to see
naturally greatly Increased the danger Is ready for use In a day.
Charity Organisation Society at l*rn<»gi«
o f setting fire to the wooden bridges, j
Dr. Heolnhardt thinks the health- Hall .recently, along with Mayor Mc­ York City has for it* object the produc­ successful ascent on December 6. While equally well In two elements.
it is intended, to have the kite, or aero­
and It was customary for a watchman giving qualities o f the preparation are Clellan, Gov. Hughes and others. Prof. tion of play* In which socialism ia ths plane. propelled by a motor, this motor
P a ttin g H im X r i t .
to follow every train over or under the amply proved by the fact that Bul- Muensterberg said that charity work had keynote. It* manager. Mr. Hopp, aay* had not heeti supplied ; therefore the ma­
that when the society m in good running
"Papa, what ia a hardship?”
hridges, carrying a bucket o f water gsrls. In a population of 4.000.000, has to be undertaken now In “ the twilight of
chine
waa
mounted
on
a
platform
floating
widespread egotism and aelfiannesa,” hut order it will be able to assure a manager
".Vo armored cruiser, »on."— Houston
for the purpose of extinguishing fires. 8,800 zoghurt eaters of 100 years o f
that the work had changed from a purely an audience of 5,000 at the start far a on the waters of a small lake, and waa Post.
Notwithstanding this precaution the ago and upward, while In the whole philanthropic to a social conception. He satisfactory pl*J- In
ti ran time It taken in tow by a steam launch. Aa tbe
burning o f bridges wsa a common oc- German empire, with 01,000.000 people, finds that private charity does in thia intend* to produce Its own plays, which apeed of the launch increased tbe appa­
Nature seldom atoran a lot of brain*
ratus left the platform and soon soared
mrreucs.
| th en are only' seventy one centra« r- country the work done by the fovernoMOt it Is claimed can be done for a very
behind a pretty face.
to a considerable height
to Germany.
actual cash eutlar.
Oc most of the early railroads the Isno.
EARLY RAILROAD DAYS
SAYS ERRORS IN NAVY
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