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THE AMERICAN. REMARKABLE EXPERIMENTS. -'Iklfji111 v a I Ik k i 11. . ...t.-j. .-.. Ik. '' . k kt How Various Hunan Emotions May Be Re corded ty Delicate Mechanical Devices. 1 , kew.k t4 k 4 ktl ! fw:!f will k '' ! It J la tk i 4 kk !-' "ar tf , ikaw Ikk4 k.w4 - 4 k' -kt k4 rvkr4, vwff4 kt Ik l t4 mt ! k x- II v i , He tttlttwt nkl ,. t I kra t,f ih t .vm 4 Ik Win k All r Ik lkrl tmkW-'l If ItwipHl totkeV UHil4 l In . I Ik mm I tk Mult t tM lui rw at Ik wmkeeah rf tk Ul r, IK cVnl "f Ik lnttttaihii Irt 4tvt lh t)Mftkln W- law r-arMile, ttmwndlm, nttlow Illy, ttatar, iM, ! n. hr tf kekil unit Mhef rHlttlf Ak4 tk tondnvt, Intel) t and keallh r4 hll ir At liftVrv-nt Ate. Atnxwt All of In uhrta wer elct4 from lk frublle trhoola of Wathtnttnn, Ik tranalent population of whbh Include tienrly til America and fflgn type r rhll.lhtH, For the cat of ri h rhll4 aa Waned ft blank calling for aa many 107 ( alia, covering all facte and rhnraotpr letlca to l fonetdered. All Ihiw data Wer collected by teacher In th v rloua school, jmder the direction of lr. Arthur MarlVwald, well known at an Anthropologist, who pereonally ex amined taaea demanding lh ime of liminimriili of proi'lHlnn. Of mrh InNtrnmrni, (IpvIhimI pntlr f for nioRmirfiiirnli of nmn, lh Hit ten il lini otto of llin moxt olnltornlA rol liK'llona In rulufpiu. They MHtomntt rally mpMHiire tlm rrlnilv nuttinM of th RoimoK, iicnitltlvotiPNi to pain ml other tlmull, ml th llmpnnlona And motion of rxtonml mrti of th body, brildia kwplng itrlot ammnt of the rhnnxpi In lironihliiK anil tlm illn Irlbutlon of tho blood clroiiliitlon tm dor different condition, The extravagant thoorlxa of imomlo arpntlnta of the apiclnrtilnr acliotda of phrcnoloKy iiiiikI l alinndonod for romdtiNlona roai bi'il by am-h tlioroimli work ai tbla. No attttmpt whu nmdo to utmly th Immpi of (lie yotilbful hoada, yet tbn Rmiornl dlmotiMlona of tba crnnltim wr cnrt'fiilly ronnldnrod, ()n of tba moHt IiIoi'nIIiik dodtictlona li Unit brond-bnnddd cbllilrcn appxnr ito li brlKbtxr tlnui lonK-boiolod rlill dirn, tba IpiikMi of tbn IhmuI btdim jiipnunrt-d from front to buck of lb cranium. in PHtlmntltiR wbothor nich Inuid wan brond, medium or Ioiir a almpla for inula nn nppllnd, Tim nuulmum width wita nlwityi mulllpllnd by 1 cm and divided by Ilia nmxlmiim lotiKth. Wlmn thn rfaultlnn nutnprwl wnn 70 or Inn the aubject wa reglNlnrud a long Jieadnd, when between 79 and 80 ba whr medium nnil bet ween MO And KB he waa luoitd beaded, Another Inlerettliig diiducllon lthnt the child with ft large bend I ftpt to ba mora Intelligent than the one whoaa cranium I aiunll, IHngram Ttinda from (ha gtatlHlIc bow that a the clrcnmferanca of I ha akull In ci 0M mc no doea menial ability. Chil dren of laborer were found to hava entailer bend than thoaa whote pa rent work wilh their brain rather than with (heir bodlea, Of all hi ineaaiiremeiiti Ilia atilhropologlt any lie attache idohI Inipiii'lnucn to thoHe of the bend, Defeeia of tha cranium, y be, are prolmhly mure algnlflcant than thoae of other parta, and In gen eral I he neurer A bodily defect la to the brain thn more Important It la, Can any relnllotiMhl) exUt between It child' height or weight nnd hi men tal ability? wa another rjuetlon, The bright boy were found to excel tha RCADINO LIP MOvTMLNTJ T 1 i MEA3URIN0. Jt'KJlTlVENEM t ? u 4 Va nl V 4 ' ixMftf iti Ik t4a i4 Ik UMiti 4m. na ! ttrh M lrt M) k k MklM ?.! t IvM'k 4 kl 4 I'wk at M t lk IK, !.- t' KKt Ik hnl Ut4 ttMt- a4 k ) lktf ttiKi .r titi4 .1Vtt Ih'rtwtMot r,.rt, lw. at- ttM al l Ikal anliiar nl ki a)!tt la Ik ii--,u l iH ttfvwM Irtlk htUl 4t-l'al Ik kU4. Ike mmi rtti lJ k a n-4avnti la Ik lrtrrr f Ik it4 l'htlra vt KiIp4 natioaal iu r alw lnfilit la riaki, oa an iti, ld4 aa4 mUM fhi!4ia r rtnnrr4. Tk ttvwUi ba ki.lnlnn aptMM ladltat 4wt ltpa hi romtrttnt ar ma4 mn (MMrra of lb m t. found to k lati aa (tt amont rot or.l a anion whit boya. hut Ihta la MItp4 lo l du latply l lh ra rial dlffprtni-a, tloi4 glrla' bpad ptiitid to b laraor around than thou of colored boa. th min of the rul with whit rhlt4-tn and to b ahort cr In atatur althouah bcavUr In claht, Th cidorrd chlldrrn wcr al ao found to I" niurh tb mor arut In dittimnlpbliia tpmpcraturca. Tba marka of "dull" and "brlabt" affixed by the teacher led to noma fun her romluidoua of great Interval, tl trial allowed hlnher penentaaea of "avernjtn ability" than boy, but thn boya ahowed lh higher percentagea In entremea. The boy wore found to bo intra variable. Variability, th an tkropologUt aaya, mimt ba regarded aa an excellency. If an orgnnUm ran vary itaelf It ran adapt Itnelf better to Ita aurroundlnga, Children of the laboring rlnaaea wera found to ba In ferior In their atudlea to ttumo of thn non-laboring rlnaaea. An algometer wna lined upon thn trniple and palma of the linnda to de termlna tba lenat aenalhlllty of differ ent children to puln or to dlaagree nbla Impreaalona cauaed by preaaura. Tha Inatrument I brna cylinder with a iioel rod entering ono end, Thn rod I attached lunula to a aprlng with a acalo and marker menaurliiK the de gree of preaaurn In graniuiea, Tho object wii to dlacover how much pre aura could ba borne before tha lenat pnln reunited, (llrla were found to bn much more aenaltlve thnn by, and glrla In thn public icboola allowed lea aetialtlveneaa than tboaa In tbn prl vnla acbuol. It wim concluded that In boya aen alllvenea to pnln decrenae In thn or- J I0W KXI'ICIIIMIINTH AltIC MAI HO. der of their birth, whether Aral born, Remind horn, etc, but thn reveimi teem ed to ha the rate with girl, Hoy wilh light hair and eyea were found to be lea enIUv than boy with dark hair and eye, the anme being trim of girl, Height boya and girl at the in ma time appear to ba mora aenaltlve than dull boya and glrla, Or, Mnelion aid la of the opinion that luxurlea and refinement Increime (hi aanaltlvene In people In general, Children of the non-lahorlng (In e were found to be twice a lckly a IhoMfl o V.'ti U'xilug rlacN, The highest percentage of lalne and of iiririillncH wa found among hoy da tlgnated a dull, Hoy allowed a high er IiuIiikm average t tin ti girl, The ton of laborer were found lea un ruly than thoae of noii-lahorlng cIhm e, The reverts w the ruin with girl, ConvulHlon worn freoucnt In dull boy and IIionh of non tailoring clattca, Ut very rare In girl genar all), That iinrvoimncNa Incieimea with k k Vr4 lk' l u Ik i v4 ia iMii - a4 U t. M a-i la v.i I kt 4 t 4 k tk.w.ikl t Hlkrt MtHl!t I ) f-yrj fi t4 Ik k- lA Ik kl, iff I .k al IV u. Ik.ki4 w-tT '! kf 'e Ik r la iMt,-w at an m. M u . ikk ta aoinki t.it 4a ln ft a' eel of airt At Ik k..4 Ai Ik an,H.i v4 air kle Ik ( a4 Ik rkt I. a4 Ik la.tr It n'at4 TltKJ KYMOdllAI IIION. by a pointer, quite a aenaltlve are a cora of liiMtrument for measuring movement a f muai le. On can ba rlnaped above any muacle of the body for thin purpoao. Another reconla tha breathing, and with It It baa been lenrned that con centration of mind cauae rnaplrallon to grow lea and a rotmcnuent Impov erlahment of tbn blood, HUH another record thn exnet movement of tbn Anger nnd toea, Another ineaaurea and count nervoua trembling nnd Rtlll another llin aenalllveiieaa to fa tigue, Other gauge tho preaatire and inovnmntita of thn toiigun In apeech or nervoUHtieaa, A atlll morn dellcntn device reglHtpr tbn exact motlona of the Up In tiillilng, Tbn net Ion of the InrynxAditm' npplnnra alinllnrly aludled, To aludy (bn wiggling of tbn toft pillule In apeech, a. billion glued to that orgt I atlHched to lever connecting wit tt g recorder. All audi motion are cor rectly reproduced In white line upon black paper by a kymograpblon, acting a an auiomailu reporter for each piece of appitratti, NKW ENGLAND ART. Ita4 Mural Kffect nf Mail Art In h VIIIM, There I not one good picture In our whole village -no, not one, any l(o. Iln Lynda Haiti, In the May Atlantic, It I not no much that I abhor the law dry crayon portralla, the cheap litho graph of Alderney heifer and Die flamboyant calendar, It I the preten tion u!ml!!ui!on for real art that ttlrt my Indignation, Our people become rtpluroutly efferveaeent over the lo deiilmimeii Madonna reproduced on glim with a rococo edging of A'lutv gilt, and a prop to aland up by. Jim fn It t -c ' ki 4 r-l .- i t ! m iitt t-i IW fii - ik. i, i -) at, W! n, . hl kl k vl if va M h ikal tk r4 IMmif at il- It M k,k.i4 Mrkki a.. if v. o' It kr , i, tf 4 I. kt , Hnk a4 k - ! a ii I t' it, lk M it k4 Ike tVtrktttta W-t fnm-4 CHI .k auk a rf i ii4 n k tkl. ik'ek ! tti'ie. ta iv aiumtia criterion of InHtn, Moreover, we are mimical after our uncouth faahlon, Ther la an Imitrument of one kind or another In nearly eva'y hotiea, In deed, I never mw a community where to many people could alng by note, or where go many people could piny. However, you will r,.ver hear It anld In the hill that mimic ha charm to aooth the tnvnge breaal; our mnalo never aiMithen, It Inebrlnlea, but doe not cheer. Htlll, lining heard no bet ter, we like It, 1 .t int Inn twi good for mimic Beo lnit happeiied In China I "What you you think of amir choir?" naked lIcKcklnh, 'WVn't that milo a bormler?" "Well," I replied, "I'nclo Jiwlght hnan't what one would cull a ciilllvnted voice, H " o'lmoiit that," retorlef rlie enlhimhmllc ller.e klah, "fliioimrt a If he'd been over It at lenal once w,!ih a harrow I" And ao It doe, Bo, In (ruth, do the other, Never! hale, our wiciiIIn! et forth upon heaven aeallng anthem with uu exttiupled audnclty, APPENDICITia Ami Hi t Veriiilhirm Aiienilli f Milled It (iiinea, A great deal I heard nowaday about nppendlcltlt, There f no doubt that very many perton are badly tcared ahoiit It, ami the number of peraon who will not eat, fruit contain ing teed I very large-thl nolwilh tlamllng the fact that medical opin ion hti g, ,' that not more than fl per cent of t .1 cate of nppendlcltla are (In to the twnllowlng of eud. Thn content of thn appendix imiilljr con tlMt of tinicut, The appendix hat Abun dant mimciihir ability to empty Itaelf, mid It baa at. Ha point of connection wilh thn InlcKiine a good flc( point for mimciihir action, Hut H very little twelllng will to contract the tube at lo prevent the encape of the concre tion, Jt la llin bacteria (hat do thn himlnc, They attack the affected ap pendix, thn Inflammation extend thence to the Adjacent organ, Al (hough now apparently imelc, It I believed that (lie appendix once formed an Important purt of the ali mentary tract, Thl wa in the day when wa needed a wladom tooth for rnmhlng palm and fern and a large abtorblng aurface with which to ex tract their wanly nutriment, Thn wladom tooth, wild It IriNuitielent cal cification, perlwhe eimlly when at tacked by bacteria, nnd the appendix Nhow (he tame want or rcaUllnil power, The vermiform appendix wa racognlaed In Ihetlxternth century, At compared with the nIxu r,f t It lulellne It I liirgcxt at tlrl h ami amallent afier 70 year of age, it of variable dl meiiNlon for the reimun that. It la one of the atructiire which, In the dement of man, "flutter before going nut," Jtf Average length In a young adult I no far from three and a quarter India, "rioi a tliiNiitaln," A good example of the cniiNtlc hu mor of a Hootch examiner float thl way from wa know not where, it teem that Scotch pariah achoolmn. ter are, on their Appointment, exam ined a lo their literary oiiallflcatloti. One of the fraternity being called by hit examiner to trantlate Horace' ode beguiling "ICxegl moiiumenliim oere pi rentilu," began a follow; "rcxegl mntinmerilum," (I have e.iten a moun tain) "Ah," tald one of the exam iner, "y needna proceed any fir. tlmr; for efter eaten' R dinner, Oil parlth WUd lie a pulr moiilhfti' t' j, Ve miiiin try aome wider ephere," I'oet Lore, Mt ltkH'k !! -t t K t' liinii I ! I k f ' I l tfi'l ' M.I4 a 4m k n K. I1' Aim.. ii.m An-t il tl i' lk', k k4 ! kt- I .! 4 Ikkl t llMtl le4 Ik 'i'i. 4 Akt-ft l k -. bj k.wl r-M'4 kt lil 4 krn4 tni4 Hi k rH 4 li'V! Wr.t!l4 4oM4l , k l'khk4 HI t-k Ik k'rt let tktl re ti.HW A tt l Ak4 lM t-twrk ak4 I i lkl Ik M I. lt-M .in,, 4 i(tr (H Ull. nk k! m lki -.'iiel rM tnemtki a freMic tftili (kl i''4 l ar Ik InifoHtkl tn uiliee4 At Ikkl Hm k4 N I ' U,it A ar iiei 4 Ik '4 'f Ik ilh n4 nur oe loitdlc u)4 be f iM, al lki liinv w k4 An Met Ikal Amnl.ka o,euftto Would h fiimlrhleg liHstnuttUe lo Ik t'eiill-h llM'.l, writ Jtpaneee, and tin on thought four )etit ago that Amu dun btl.U Imttdei would m In lb ojH-n mat ki t and i ciffully compel for lh building nf a greal lee blldg In t'llpti M'f thai In AO brlrf a tint Amerlrtn engineer wmibl I. building rallMadt Into th Interior of Chlh from the tnnat Important tea ortt and furnlahlng locomotUe by lh cor lo nearly every rountry on the glol. In a letter from a friend In Tiiklo, Japan, wilt ten only a tbort time ago there wat thl algnlncant ten tenc: "Von will It Interrated In knowing that I have banging on the wall of my office a framed picture of your "Umpire Wat lOxpre.' and we rxpect In the near fuiuri lo be haul ing a Japaneae 'Kmplre Kxpre,' with an American locomotive." They hav now In Japan nearly Ion locomotive that were built In the Culled Htnte. In KiiHKla they have over 40 of our locomotive, and nearly every railroad In (Ireat llrltaln haa ordered locomo tive from thl rountry alnr the be ginning of thn war with Rpaln, In thl connection It will be Inter em lug to not In panning that the aee ond American locomotive waa built at the Went point Foundry, near Cold Spring, on tbn lludnon river, and wa railed the "ltet Friend," and from that day to thl the locomotive ha been one of the beat friend of nil our people; Hut It I not alone our loco motive that have attracted the atten tion of foreigner who have vltlted our ahnrea, our rallwny equipment gen erally bn commanded admiration and I now receiving tha hlMiett compli ment, namely, Imitation by many of our litter nation. I'rlnre Michel 1111 koff, Imperial Mlnltler of Kallwaya of HunmIa, ha, ilnco hi vlait to tha I'M lied Htale few ye.ir ago, con ttructed a train on much the lamn line a the New York Central'! Mkn Hhor Mmlted, Only a thort tlm ago, tt tha reiiiet of c.no of i.ifl Imperial , Comniltltom of Oer many, thn New York Central tent to Hnrlln photograph of tho Interior and exterior of our flnent car and other data In relation to the opera tion of American railway, Beveral oilier coiintrlea Imvo atked for ilmllur liiformnllon and there fa a generil waking up of foreign nntlona on the Rubjert of trnntportntlon, brought about mainly by the wonderful achlev men! of American railway, Tha admiration of foreign nation for n Ir not by any mean eonflned to railway, One Incident that tltrtkj thn entire world, and riveted tho at tention of thinking people everywhere to American achlevment In machin ery, wa that of tha United Blnte but tlethlp "Oregon," built at the Union Iron Worka In Ban Krnnclaco, and which Rtenmed A dlManca of more than half round the globe, without loonenlng a bolt or alerting a rivet, and Arrived at her poet off tha Inland of Cui,a pre pared lo perform any aervlce required of her; and lhn having given a mot tatltfactory account of beref on that memorable 3d of Jjily, jsss, off Huntl ago, ihe (teamed back to the Pacific, and without unnecery delay croei that great ocean to Join Admiral Iiewey'e fleet at Manila, On her arriv al there the Secretary of the Navy re reived one of Unite rortdenaeil me, tage, for which the adtnlral-who ba thed undying hitter upon the name of the American navy-1 o noted, which rend a follow: "Manila, March 14, 1 Rill),--The Oregon and Jrla arrived her (oday, The Oregon n nt con. dltbm for any duly, Dewey," Thete demonatration of what Ameri can Khlpbiillder ran accomplUh, cre ated a dealie on the part of every nav al power In the world for ahlp of the character of th Oregon, and tha log ical roiirlimlon of thinking people w that If we could build thlp like the Oregon, anything ele that we built Know II, Klla Wheeler Wilcox I A rerognlxed authority on the tubject of love, Speaking of H the tnyt; "Very few people really love, I dare any not one third of the human family ever expe rlenced (he pnxilon In It beight.deplh, length and breadth, Score, ye, hun dred of people go to their grave be lieving thai they have known love, when they have only encountered It pale thncbiw a warm frlendehlp, or a lender affection, or a good comrade-thlp." I k 4 a kf-" tkt'n 4 lk e.t4 mnn knkat4A k I .-.. k4 I ! 'k .k t. .!( kk44 4 I, m kir r.kl I tt'tfct 4 k' la k I k '' a Hm lw t.r riMin k. a n H Ml Ik UM 4kt 4 kk 11 a ki4 If A 'k Atnf4 rA Alltrt Ikkl 14 Mlt Ik tl" l kl (' kt !f4 ont A. wrm Ik Hike r4 Ik IA- 'f. iilkrlt k Mlntkt llk k k. tn ik rritii r.i 4 Ik I wlt4 likte k4 Jca 4 I'k'kk. k4 riwklki (Mir ttwir estT wtik ikr r.t. ikvM ar rt4- 4 ! lh tenrk,np MkUwAt il Al Ik mn.elia of Ik Hil enallwwnw lie tf t!',ui. -.iea tk Allantl 4 Taitfle !.(. by Ik yoimeg l Ike I'nlno an4 iVniral rarllle tail I o ,1k, rent Ik Iktrly )r g, kf Ikal tropkrt it kla Onus Ikomat It. Hrnlon, wkiv, mamling rn lb knmll t1 Ik Itnrkt Mmmlatnt And rlnllnf Iwr4 lh rlBe wA, al4i "lhrA I lh Kl; Iher la India," Mr. rmldrnt, alne lh imeting at lAk lleorg. four year ago, Ik fortnn of war hav placed Ik Vetted Htalw In lh frtmt rank among lh power of lh world. And can no mor ahlrk lh rmnlbtllty which the vnl hav broiuht on u a A nation, lhn we can thlrk our renponntblllty a pri vate rlltten. There are torn who em to thing that we might get along without trAd with China, and that It I a new fan- gled notion that Chlnen trad can a pcclally hem nt tha United State. Commerce with China I much older limn many eiiptHi, for It began IIS yeara ago, the flrat veimel tailing from New York on Waihlngton'a birthday, In Ihe year 1774, Thl veol returned lo New York May 11. 1775. Th aue ce of Ihe venture wt uch aa to war rant Ita repetition, and from that day to thl, trade between th UnlUd Btate and Chin ha continued with out material Interruption, until tt I now greater In Importance and vaIu than that or any other nation trading with Chlnn, with the alngle exception of (Jrent llrltaln. If w are to contlnu aa one of th great nation of th world, we can hardly afford to Ignor a country that comprlae one-twelfth of the land area and nearly one-fourth of th population of th glob. Tha Influence of the pre, particu larly In thl country, I Immeme, And It U growing year by year, and with rentoiiabl co-operation and reclproo Ity between th pre, th tranaportA Hon companle and the rnmmerolal and ItidiiNtrlnl Interrata of th country, there ran be no doubt about our u premary. At time there hav been period of leglNiatlon adverae to th great tram portatlon lnlerel of th country, ! mot Invariably the remit of a mlun deratnndlng of the real ttt'ittlon, And the haty leglttatloo of tuch time ha UHiiitlly been repealed upon th aober tecond thought of the people, for In th language of our great Lincoln: "You can fool all th people Rome of th time, aome of the people all th time, but you ran't fool All the peopl All the time," Ther ere tlll aome peopl who fear that eoniolldntlon, eipeclal y of trantportatlon companle, will roult dltttttroimly to the general In teret of the country, Tuera I on example to which I with to call your Attention, And which, I think, enh of you will appreciate, Korty-ven year ago, there wa lued n annual pa over tha Central Line of Itallroada, bat-pen Iluffalo and Hoton, and by th People' Line of flteamboata to New York; thl) pat bearing th following lgntur on tha back thereof: Rte klel C. Mclntoah, Pretldent, Albany and Schenectady R. U. Co, Eraatui Corning, Prealdent, I'tlr and Scheneo lady It. It. Co,; John Wllklnaon, Prl dent, Syracu and Utlc R. R, Co.j Henry II. Olbaon, I'reldent, Rochester and Syracu It, R, Co. Joeph Kleld, preldent, Iluffalo and Rochester R. R. Co.; William II. Swift, Prealdent. We, tern R. R. Co.) laao Newton, Teople'i Lin Steamboata; Job Collnmor, Wa tertown & Rom R. R. Co, Mr, K, H, Worcetler, Secretary of th New York Central, ayt he rod on ticket of thl kind from Albany to Dot ton In th tiimmer of 112,. and h re member dlttlnctly the elgnatur of each of the Prcaldent. What would you think If In preparing to attend your Annual meeting you bad to writ to eight different peraon to terur trnportatlon from New York to Ni agara Fall? I am lure you eppreclet the fact that It doe not require eight letter to aecur tuch trantportatlon, nor doea It require teven change of ran to make the journey aa it did lo 1652, Ah Hand. "Your teacher whipped you?" roared dayboy. "How dared h7" "Well " blubbered the boy, "he tald the alio licked you when you were In her clat and the gueimed the'd rltk It." ' 4 niillioimi. Mr. Sentimental (watching tieeplng child -ow trim I) i her that "heaven lie about tin in nur lnf,..ui Her Cold-Wooded Himl.and-Ye and ftomebody e) keep it un aftr ward.