Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1848-11-28
The PhFsnOlOgiSt.
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BY II. r. ADDISON.

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eumstances, all other subjects, save the
one engrossing topic on which he was en-.
gaged. His eye, widely daared, saw no
object save the bril- hr imagery created
ny his fertile brain. His voice was i'm.
passioned. His every pulse beat high
The professor, at the time | speak of, was
just Two and thirty, and ranked himself
as the very leader OF Gall and Spu.z.
helms energetic disciples. On the sub
ject Of phrenoIogy he was discoursing
when entered The dining room CT the
Baron Hartsmann. ..z ~ .a, ISL.
IL was fine summer evening. Straw.
berries and other fruits decorated the
hoard. The welliced Johannisberg and
the cellar cooled Lafile stood temptingly
on table, around which about u dozen
young men. with The worthy baron und
the professor, sat. .........
Ii appeared that, in the height Of his en-
thusiasm, Leyden bad, to please the com.
pauy, examined their heads, and with ma =.
ny wise looks pressed the bumps which
declared 10 be the unerring icaiiuns Of
human character and passions Some
unfortunate wight in company, however.
had evidently shocked the examiner by a
demonstration of wicked propensilies, for
he strenuOusly refused, on this occasion,
20 pronounce upon the several organs.
declaring he ''might give offence" he
might he WRONG ''indced it might ap
pear mvidi"IS;" in sSoft, after t1!aking
several similar excuses, the professor sal
down in meditalive silence; nor could he
again be brought to speak save and ex
cePt upon the general merits of the sys.
TEN, subject Oh which he never failed
TO enlarge. ... .... .-
1t is curious fact. that never in my
life heard the subject OF phrenoIogy breach
ed without laugh being raised al its ex.
Pense, which very naturally annoys the
supporters Of this theory and brings Oh
the warmest argument. 1t was discus.
sion Of this kind that probably had raised
the fire which pushed the cheek OF Ley.
den on the evening Of which speak.
The CONVERSATION had now taken new
channel. A dreadful murder had been
committed in the neighborhooG of the
Black Forest. A young ei,l had eIoped
from, her parents some weeks before
The companion other flight was suppos.
| ed to be young man who had heen stay
ing in the neighborhood; be had disappear
ed about the same time. She had been
found savagely murdered, while the sup
posed partner of her guilt had reappeared,
and declared that he bad with difficulty
escaped from the hands Of banditii, who
bad, without any apparent motive, seized
and imprisoned him. To prove this, he
showed several severe wounds which he
had received in the successful struggle he
had had with two of the gang in his en-.
deavor to liberate himself. This story,
however, appeared so improbable, that
no belief was attached to it. and the
young man was hurried TO prison, there
to abide his trial. -..,a. = --.-. ....
This sad story had been repeated with
painful minuteness by Carl Hoffenon, a
handsome young man, who had lately ar
rived at Baden, and whose mild and gen.
llemanly manners had already won for
him the golden opinions of all the society
assembled there. No one was more
pleased with him thah The old baron. Il
was even Believed that he ranked so high
in the good old mans opinion, that it was
rumored he had proposed and was aciu.
ally accepted by Clara Harsmann, with
the, full sanction Of Der father,
AS a narrator. few could excel him
His vivid descriptions lent life 70 his sto.
ries; and when he chose. las on the pres,
ent Occasion) he could harrow up the
nerves of even the most apaIhetic, by
depicting horrors in their most glaring.
most appalling coIors.
One burst of indignation, as he conclu
ded, bespoke how truly he had interested
his auditory. A thousand excavations
were heaped upon the head of the u.lhap
Py youth. who seemed plainly. incontro
verlibly. from The details given by Carl.
to be the perpetratol ofthe bloody deed.
'f'll go 10 see his execution myself l
could enjoy the death torinres Of such a
wretch!'' Indignantly exclaimed the prince
of Olsebach, a young Russian, as he took
pinch Of snuff, and handed to his mex,
neighbor his splendid box, which dazzlpd
the eye by the richness Of the diamonds
encircling it. ''If such wretch existed
on my estates. I'd have him racked.''
"And well would he deserve it; cold
hearted, cruel assassin" chimed in an
other. %.
MAY he be punished in the world to
GOMEZ" fervently calculated Carl. aa' a
SHAY, nay saidthe old baron, shat
is saying too much Il is true the man
deserves, an earthly punishment. but you
are allowing your anger against a vice.
my dear boy, to carry you TOO far" And
the old noble good naturedly patted Carl
on the arm. 7sa,1 80 Sc - i-4F %
Thus various subjects were discussed
and argued; but during the whole even
Ing leSdeh spoke NOT a word At last
| the hour for breaking nm arrived. and =,