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by Siiruery?" A Physician's Comment
on the Subject I'litnrr) Research.
"How itiruiy Slrike? peares Imve we
lost by skull pinching? How many
Platos h;ivo gone down to the grsivo sts
nou compos inentis? Can idiocy be
wholly abolished?'" Tlm.-i a.-.k a some
what prominent medical authority ami
newspaper writ-r.
The worM of iosribilitio3 in the alcove
suggestion i.s tlu- out.growth of a recent
surgicsd operation performed in London
on the skull of an idi it child for the pur
pose of releasing the brain from the con
finement of si malformed bone case. The
experiment was entirely successful. Tht;
subject immediately began to "develop
a brightened intellect, while evil effects
upon the nervous system were practically
unnoticed.
The problem presented by this result
is a very wide and a very complex one.
If the darkness of idiocy in a few cases
can be banished by lifting the brain
covering, thus permitting the brain's ex
pansion to the limits which nature
doubtless intended, why may it not
prove effective in the great majorit- of
cases of young children now doomed to
live out their lives in eternal gloom?
To those who delight to wander in the
realms of the fanciful, and trace still
greater effects and results from similar
causes, it will not appear unreasonable
to say that the conformation of the skull
is, after all, the incident which deter
mines whether a human being is born
to be a Nero or a King Arthur, a Cleo
patra or a Florence Nightingale, a Napo
leon or a nobody.
CULTURE OF TDK SKULL.
There was s case in a Philadelphia
hospital not many months ago which
was not dissimilar to the one in London.
An epileptio was relieved, perhsips re
stored to perfect health, by an operation
which lifted the bone pressure upon cer
tain nerve centers in the brain. Cer
tainly there are mental idiosyncrasies
inherited for generations where the brain
case varies most remarkably in form.
But when we find a peculiar trait sud
denly bursting out in one of our chil
dren, a trait unlike xarent or grandpar
ent, are we quite sure that it is not ow
ing to some modification of the skull
csise? Most assuredly, if it is finally de
termined that the pressure of bone on
the brain determines the mental ability,
shapes the character and molds the ten
dencies, we shall have to recast all our
theories of heredity.
Here, then, is presented a new problem.
Is not the question of brain culture
about to become to a greater extent a
question of cranium culture? If it can
be demonstrated that an idiot can be
made by pinching a skull, and unmade
by the knife and saw of a surgeon, have
we not a new and wonderful field of ex
periment before us? Dr. Brinton tells
ns that experiments on the lower ani
mals prove that the 6kull is easily mold
ed by trifling causes; that is, in the
earlier stages of growth. Darwin found
that he could produce long or short or
non-symmetrical skulls in rabbits by
training.
Ethnologists affirm that the skull is
modified even by the cradle and the pil
lows on which the infant sleeps. Dr.
Jaralld proves from hi3 own observation
that the skull may be modified from the
head being held in an unnatural posi
tion.
possreixjTrES of the future.
If this new line of investigation can
be pursued persistently and successfully
it will result in disproving the belief
that idiocy in children, outside of cases
of hereditary mental defect, is a visita
tion upon the children for the sins of the
fathers, and showing that it is an un
natural but essentially curable physical
condition. The ability to cure idiocy
will therefore depend entirely to what
extent the bony case has closed its sutures
and hardened itself to the brainl
Dr. Maurice, the authority quoted at
the beginning of this article, in discuss
ing this range of subjects, a few of
which are embraced in the above, closes
by saying:
The world has of late grown enor
mously in its tendencies toward the pres
ervation and merciful care of the mal
formed and helpless. Civilization has
badly overloaded itself by merciful ten
derness toward criminals and diseased.
Are we at last to find relief by discover
ing that crime and disease and idiocy
are all curable? And the next stage,
what will that be? Possibly the marked
decrease in human fertility and the in
crease of our average life quite beyond
what now seems possible. The removal
of life's social terrors must precede the
largely prolonged and happily continued
existence. Philadelphia Press.
News Agencies in England.
"Renter" is a word which is pretty fa
miliar to most newspaper readers, yet
few are aware that Renter's system of
news supply is practically not more than
thirty years old. In 1849 Baron Renter
tried to introduce his agency into the
metropolis, but the London newspapers
would have nothing to do with him. At
first he confined his attention to the sup
ply of financial intelligence, but in 1S39
be managed to be first in the field with a
report of the speech delived by Napoleon
III at the New Year's reception in the
Tnileries, and from thenceforward Rent
er's agency became an established fact.
The Press association, or "P. A.," as it
is called by newspaper people, is an even
more recent institution. Prior to 1863
it was unknown. Chambers' JournaL
The Humps of Camels.
The humps of camels are mere lumps
of fat, and not provided for in the frame
work of the skeleton. When the animal
is in good condition the humps are full
and plump. On a long , journey where
food is scarce the humps are entirely ab
sorbed, the ekin covering them hanging
over the flank like an empty box. St.
Loni3 Eeoublic
M'CARTHY'S THOUGH T EXCHANCt
Keuatnr
St.Hllfo
31o.li-
rd'a I'rlvate Serrelirj'.
of A 1:1 afkenient-
"Did you ev r hear about ?.!cCart hyV
Thought E.-.-cha'ige"?" one of si group
asked in n r-.-t lur.tnt the otii- r day.
"Who's McCarthy?" Komt-h-ely si'sked.
"Why, John LV McCarthy. Senator
Stanford's privsite secretary," said the
first. "He's sin odd genius, and so handy
that the California milliouare give. him
his own salary of 000 a year in addi
tion to the $ii a day sillowed by the fjov
frrnment to .attend to his .affairs. I'm
reminded of Ins 'Thought Exchang' by
reading the : t ry of Clyatt, the London
reporter, who ha 1 witnessed COO execu
tions." The geutl.-mcn present said they had
never heard of the "Exchange."
"Well." said the fir.-d: speaker, "Mc
Carthy u.-ed to In; a newspaper reporter
lie has worked m New York ;md in San
Francisco, smd a good many towns be
tween thern. Before he became Stan
ford's secretary he was in Va-'n'ngton, ;i
reporter on the old National Republican.
Ho conip!ain"d that life was so dull Sun
day nights that it wasn't worth living,
so lie organized the 'Thought Exchange.'
lie printed a notice in The Republican
that such an exchange bad been orgati
i ized, and that fill people who had any
views on any subject would be welcome,
and invited to speak. He rented si hall
on Tenth street, and the next Sunday
night about fifty were present.
"There were Spiritualists who wanted
to give exhibitions of their powers.
There were labor agitators. Tlire were
socialists and temperance workers.
Everybody wsxs allowed to speak. The
following Sunday the attondsmce was
larger and the speakers of about the
same sort. The hall rent was eight dol
lars an evening. A collection wsis taken
up which usually .amounted to si dollar
or two more than thsit, and that wsis
clesir profit. The thing went along until
tho owner refused to rent the hall, smd
bo the 'Exchange' wsis about to move out
to si little hall nesir Twentieth street and
Pennsylvania avenue; but it did not
make the change."
"What has this to do with a man who
had seen 300 executions?" some one asked.
"As I said, McCarthy used to be a
newspaper reporter. Ho had seen hang
ings in a dozen stsites about forty in all
is his record, I think. He saw Guiteau
executed, and had been present at
lynchings in Missouri and elsewhere.
On the last night the 'Exchange' was
to meet in tne ientn street nail no
speakers came forwsird. Something had
to bo done, and McCarthy was equal to
the occasion. He went upon the plat
form and announced that he would give
a lecture. His subject would be 'The
Comparative Merits of the Long and
Short Drop at Executions.' lie went at
it and discussed the subject as coolly as
one would discuss whether Washington
j or Napoleon were the greater general.
He talked for two hours. He cited sev
eral executions he had witnessed as
showing the merits of the two systems.
"He described one or two horrible af
fairs where a rope, and a mob, and a
bridge were the principal accessories.
The ladies present got up and went away
at that, and the others of Ins audience
were either dazed or charmed with his
audacity. After talking for two hours,
he announced the change in place of
meeting for the next week, and said he
would deliver another lecture on the
same subject, giving especial attention
to lynchings.
"One of the long haired men present
came to him after the lecture and said,
'Of course your lecture was very fine,
and it certainly shows you have had
some remarkable experiences, but don't
yon think it would be wise for the next
time to take something in which we
could all be interested?' Next week
there was no andience, and the 'Thought
Exchange' was dead. It wasn't long aft
er that that McCarthy was appointed
private secretary by Mr. Stanford."
New York Times.
Public Opinion and Morality.
The Rev. Dr. Wayland thus happily
describes the attitude of public opinion
toward morality: "We gx) along and
wink with both eyes at the wrongdoings
and shortcomings of A and also of B,
and eke of C, and all the rest of them;
but by the time we get to O or P, we
pull up and cry aloud that this thing has
gone too far, and we must make a stand;
and so we come down upon P, who is
not a whit more guilty than any one else,
his only crime consisting in the fact that
he chanced to be standing just in the
plaoo where the lightning struck; and
we denounce P; we excoriate P; we os
tracise P.
"Having done that, our virtue, wearied
with the unwonted exercise, falls asleep,
and all the other letters go along doing
exactly the same thing, until finally, by
the time X is reached, we wake up again
and go through the same process. If one
wants to go astray with impunity all he
has to do is to select his time and run in,
as it were, between the spasms of public
virtue." New York Tribune.
An Artist's Wife.
I worked hard, though there was little
to show for it, as my wife told me when
she turned over my many sketches.
""What, three shiny poles and a lot of
green water!" she exclaimed. "Was
that all you did in a day? Why didn't
you paint a whole view?" I do not like
her to criticise my studies. She handles
them unlovingly, looks at them upside
down, and says, "If you would only en
large that and make a picture of it, and
put in some figures, I might have the
pink dress, after all." Three palaces,
several gondolas and a flock of pigeons
mean the pink dress, and six palaces,
more gondolas and more pigeons, mean
Paris. Von Degen.
Use This) in Case of Fire.
.A wet 6ilk handkerchief tied, without
folding, over the face is a complete se
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It permits free breathing, and at the same
rime excludes the smoke from the lungs.
It is a wise thing when traveling always
fco keep a silk handkerchief within easy
reach for the emergency of fire. New
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ICriatl le.- SelerMon from U) Paper
It wa. one of those wild nights you
rvud of in nine novels out of ten.
The cold s5rii' rain rplashed vicious
ly against Ihe panes, smd tin shutters
rattled .and Uangeil as I he fitful gu.-,ts of
wind swept through tin d'-st-ried si roets.
It was lodge 1 1 1 ; i i r . Init Brother Fay
concluded to stay at hi me fur once, par
ticularly si.s his mot her-ir.-law was on
her periodical inspect ion tour, smd spend
ing si couple of days with him.
With si sigh he rolled back in the
rocker, his feet in si chair smd s news
paper spresid open before him like a
screen.
Presently he chuckled, smd wife smd
mother looked up from their sewing in
quiringly. "Rather a remarkable ease," lie ex
claimed, looking ovu- the top of tin;
paper, .and with si suspicious twitch
about the corners of his mouth he read
aloud:
"A model husband died recentlj' sit
Cornish, N. 11. He h;id been married
forty-three 3"esirs smd never spent si night
away from home."
"Well, I should say ho wsis a model
husbsmd," broke in the old Lady, grimly.
"Just think of it, Msiry dear, forty-three
yestrs smd every evening spent sit home.
No lodge could cosix him awsiy from his
family," she added, significsmtly. "Poor
msm, ho ought to hsivo a monument si
mile high," smd she sighed deeply.
Brother Fay held tho paper u little
higher and continued:
"Never spent a night from home. He
was psiralyzed."
Without tho storm besit hsinh r and
louder (a habit storms hsive at such
times), while within silence reigned, ssivo
the suppressed rustle of the paper smd
the "swish" of tho thresid through tho
pillow case the old hidy wsis working on.
Nsitional Weekly.
Ohiirarleristies of the I'munyim.
The whole Banda Oriental smd its in
hsibitsmts strike one sis being more re
fined, more amiable smd more gentle
than the land and "people of the sister re
public. Nevertheless, in tho country
everything is very primitive, smd one is
astounded at the rough way in which
many of the rich estancieros live 011 their
estates in the simplest smd most comfort
less houses. These men own leagues smd
leagues of land, and they live like the
patrisuchs of old with two or three gen
erations of children under tho samo roof
smd eating at the ssime table in thti old
fashioned Creole way. Such men, as msiy
be imagined, are not progressive; they
continue their pastoral industry in an in
dolent, apathetic msinner, lestving to na
ture almost everything except the opersi
tion of selling and receiving the money;
and, above all, they cannot be persuaded
to subdivide their lands and let them out
for fanning.
Uruguay is being kept back chiefly by
the conservativeness of the Creole land
holders, who possess immense est sites that
are inadequately developed. The Isiw of
inheritance and the obligsitory subdivis
ion of property among the heirs will
modify this state of affsiirs in tho course
of time, and these vast holdings will bo
gradually broken up and developed in
detsiil. The process, however, will nec
essarily be slow, and meanwhile, as the
state owns no lands, the increase of im
migration can only be slow in propor
tion. Theodore Child in Harper's.
Not Literature.
Farmer Ellsworth lives in the suburbs
of a little Massachusetts town, and is a
man of considerable consequence among
his friends and neighbors. During the
long winter evenings he and Aunt Hul
dah, his wife, read much, and hi3 com
ments on the literature of the day, though
not often grammatically expressed, often
display discrimination.
Not long ago he took a book of short
sketches of country life from the town
library, and when he brought it back he
had to pay a small fine, having kept it
several days over the time allowed.
"I'm willin' an' glad to pay it, too," he
said, as he laid down hia pile of coppers.
"You enjoyed it, then?" asked the li
brarian. "Enjoyed it? I should think we did!"
said Farmer Ellsworth. "My wife, 'spe
cially, has ready every one of them stor
ies twice over. But I'm bound to say,"
he added, in his character of critic, "that
it ain't exactly what I should call writ
in.' Why, it's jest like folk." Youth's
Companion.
Two Kinds of Censuses.
A census of the United States differs
in its very conception from a European
census. Once in ten years, as with us,
the English government makes an enu
meration of the inhabitants of the king
dom. The time chosen is the night of
the 2d of April. On or before that day
the enumerator must leave at each house
within his district a family schedule,
which calls for the name and personal
characteristics age, sex, color, occupa
tion, etc. of each person who on that
night shall sleep in that house. If a man
be traveling on that night, he is to be re
ported at the hotel or private house at
which he arrives in the morning.
A census of the United States is a very
different thing. As in England, the
census is supposed to be taken on a cer
tain day with us the 1st of June but
the question regarding each and every
man is not where he was on that day,
but where on that day he had "hia
usual place of abode." General Francis
A. Walker in Forum.
A Corporation with a Soul.
"Yu 6ee that man who just got off
the car?" said a street car conductor.
"He worked for this company over forty
years, and was a 'bus driver long before
they had any street cars. The company
pay him, or rather his wife, regularly,
and he does not do a thing. They some
times give him a quarter. He goes after
that quarter as regularly as though he
was going to get the whole of his salary."
Buffalo Courier.
Conversation Was Drowned.
Algie Why. old man, what in
the
world is the ear trumpet for?
Charlie It's my new suit. When I
wear it I can hardly hear anytking else.
ilunsey's Weekly,
WHEN THE OLD TTEE WAT YOUMtJ.
Won thi-l ol npi-le tree nr. yoiinn.
'1 In! worl' wii. be i o r Du n t hint now.
An' lilo wti lu. j; d'T. im how.
When tint ol' t n-e wii-. ouiit,'.
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An' neter lo in' a 't.der 1 m ti.
Wi n tin t ol' tree t 11 )niinif.
The worl wo, foil of 1,11
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Wen tin t ol' tree tt 11. youiik'-
Wen tin t ol 11 1 'pi II"' e wii. youiiK,
There vu. no t i " il-t on t he be it,
A 11' food 1 1 icy rooked n. hi lo eat.
Wen tin t ol' Ireo w 11. ymllik'.
An" nil t he (,'ii It wi'i" I!, en-own hair.
An never lni;-lil it uiiyuhv'e.
Wen I bet ol' tree w. yuin.
Men held ki 1 n et idees.
Not wicked heresii S
Wen lln l ol' tleo wii. yoiini'.
Wen 1 1 id. ol' 11 pi le I ice wii. y in 1 111;.
Hell lo ver u.-cil lo lie iin' cheat.
An' women e'l Vicre lmi'I an' oweel.
Wen I hi t ol' 1 1 -co u 11. you n'.
The years hate rn:di'-d a i-'-rf'I.ir whirl.
It m-ciiis t he Minrinr of I lie worl.
Well I lie I el' I r. e II. ) ollli.
For e t-ry I bin' wii. new.
An' tlrenebeil In m iriiia' dew.
Well tin t ol' tn o w u. j ijn.
Wen Ihel 1' apple, tree wii. )oii!iir.
The sun looked down on brighter wuwn.
An' liL a Ian' of few er m at e-,.
Wen Ihel ol' tree wu. ouin;.
Tiie worl' wii. heller I hen, my son,
Alt' belter, nobler deeds wcreilolio.
Wen Ihel ol lice w ii. you 11;;.
Now 1 hit an wait,
ISut then I fought Willi fate
VVV11 thet ol' Ireo w uz joum:.
Yankee lit; win.
A Deal Iibeil Oitesllon.
Not long before his (h ath B.irnuiii.
summoned his Lawyer to the side of tho
couch where he wsis lying. "I am very
much worried," he said, "about ucertsiiu
matter, and ly.-sint to consult you. My
neighbor keeps ie.aeoeks. Suppose souio
of them should lly over into my yard
which they sire doing all tho time smd
Lay some eggs here. Would those eggs
belong to me, or could my neighbor com
pel me to give them up?"
The lawyer, hsiving duly scratclnil hin
head, answered: "Well, Mr. Barnum, I
must tsike time to look into this matter.
But tho best thing lor you to do would
bo to keep tho eggs and let your neigh
bor sue for their possession. In thsit way
your rights would be determined, ail
we should hsive si very vsiluablo tet
case." "Well," said Barnum, "whilr
you are looking into the matter will you
find out how it would be if the eggs
were laid by pesihens?" The Liwyer
swore softly to himself, but never m.ado
any investigsitioii. San Francisco Argo
naut. Ah Unique Char-.teler.
A unique chsirac.ter in tho Princeton
college fsiculty is Joseph Korge, profss
or of modern langusige.s. Adventuro
and experience of si rough nsiture have,
msirked his life, the esirlier pstrt of which
wsis spent in Europe. Coming from .1
family of Polish gentlemen who inside
arms their profession, he went into tho
German sirmy soon sifter finishing hi.-i
university education, smd for a time wm
closely associsited with Prince Frederick.
Lsiter on the Polish insurrection drew
him into it sind m.ade si longer residence
within Russian dominions undesir;iile.
So the ardent Iole came to this country,
and won distinction in the Union army
before ho settled down as a pedagogue
under the shadow of old Nstssau. Har
per's Weekly.
About Ifrk Iioviewing.
An expert book reviewer does not reod
to read a book thoroughly in order to de
scribe it sufficiently for his imrjKf,
Most newspaper book reviews are mere
descriptions and not criticisms, and such
notices can be written quickly by one
who has had experience and has thr
necessary ability. When a publisher
sends in a book of sufficient importan
to deserve a careful criticism, either ti
editor takes time to read it or ho dele
gates the work to somebody else. Tlin
are a few papers that always give care
ful reviews of the books they notice, but
their number is very small. Writer.
A Statue of Columbus.
This city owns one piece of statuary
that few persons see, although it is a
work peculiarly significant bcnu.soof th
approaching anniversary. Standing in
the gloom of the first floor hall in fixe
arsenal building in Central park is a
marble statue of Colnmbus of heroic size.
It is the work of Emma Stebbins, and it
was made in Rome in 1SC7. The great
discoverer stands with one hand on tho
tiller and the other grasfiing the light
mantle about his shoulders. New York
World.
Hot and Her Kitten.
Little Dot Mamma, my kitty is"
thirsty.
Mamma Why do yoa think so?
Little Dot 'Cause she went to my toy
kitchen and began workin' at ze pump
handle wiz her paw.
Mamma (smiling) You are very con
siderate with your kitty, my it.
Little Dot Kitty is too sweet for any
sing. I don't wonder she is always lick
ing herself. Good News.
Just the Same.
The other day a Virginia negro
due:
up a shell at Malvern Hill which had
been buried since 1802, but when he put
it to roast in a fire so as to get at the
kernel it went off and killed a plow
horse and left the darkey only one leg
to go on for the rest of his life. Those
old shells were loaded for b'ar. Detroit
Free Press.
Masculine Intuition.
Mr. Simkins Our new neighbor, Mrs.
Lamkins, is not a very neat housekeeper,
is she?
Mrs. Simkins Indeed Bhe isn't. She
lets things lay around every which way.
How did you know?
Mr. Simkins Oh, her husband look3
so jolly. New York Weekly.
It takes Zola nine months to write a
novel. He handles a pen as a laborer
might a spade, and is a slow and painful
toiler. The expression on his face when
he is doing literary work is one of tor
ment. On the second day of the week the old
Saxons worshiped the moon, calling it
"Moonday." We drop one "o" and call
it Monday,
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