Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1873-10-24
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OFTEN less tDan nalt the ordinary weight,
and in sone instances less than a fourth.
But in list of crania contained in arccent
work by DIR. Flint, one idiot is ahown to
have had brain that weighed 5433
ounces two others had brains weighing
little more than 4S ounces the brain of
another, of "the lowest degree of intell;-
gence,n 46. So, and that of one "below the
condition of a BRUTE" 44.3, or less than
four ounces below the normal weight of the
human brain. The cranal cavity was
measured by Morton in 623 instances /; the
largest, III cubic inches, was that ofa Ger
man the smallest, that of an Australian,
only IS cubic inches.
POISONOUS CoLORINGS. tappears that
greens are not the only coiors which colt
tain arsenic, nor wall paper the only fabric
colored with arsenical pigments. a cor
respondent of The Chemical Nets, who is
in position to know, states that the
French use the following pigments, con-
tanning arsenic, in calico printing, and that
they are equally suitable, and doubtless
used, i'll the coloring of paper hangings.
Light scarlet paper contained aluminR, ar,
senious oxide and aurine scarlet pouceau
contained carbonate of lime, in addition to
the ingredients just named /; dark green, q
preparation of analnc green and arsenious
oxide steam chocolate and .catechu pig
ment, both contained the arsenious oxide.
The presence of arsenic in red as well as
in green colored wall paper, has been de-.
monstrated by lIallwachs.
TIE RACE GROWING MORE ToNG-LIv-
ED Items of vital statistics recently pub
lished in Europe are cited in confirmation
of the generally received opinion that the
duration of human life is at present greater
than in past centuries. Thus, IL is stated
hnt IN, ,it, ,fG S,x;f-o md
gisters have been kept of the yearly ave-
rage of human longevity since 1890. In
that year it is given at e. years and o
months. At present it is over 40 years.
The tables compiled by life insurance COM
panies in England, and adopted in this
country, are said to show a similar result
In the fourteenth century, the average an.
nual mortality in the city of Paris was in
16 it is now given as about l in 80. In
all England in 1880, the rate Of mortality
was in 33 as now given, it is about i'll
AZ.
HAIR OF DIFFERENT RACES. -Somebo-.
dy who has been studying the matter Of
the form and substance Of the human hair
in different races, finds that the hair of the
North American Indian is cylindrical,
that of the white race is oval, and that of
the negro may be termed eliptiCal. 1t is,
also found that when the hair is cylindri.,
cal the stretching and shrinking powers are
equal on all sides of the filament, and this
condition gives it the lank, straight appea-
rance of that of the pure blood Indian. The
oval hair displays II greater number of
libres upon tho tlattened side than eise>
where, a condition which gives to such.
hair a tendency to curl or curve in that di-
rection. When eccentrically eliptcal it
not only always curls but often assumes II
/ spiral shape as on the head of the negro.
/ The hair Of the Chinese is nearly cyliudri-
cal, and hence it is that curled hair is al
most unknown among that people. -
| WHEN man is sentenced to be cxecut-
! ed, as the time appointed draws nigh, ma
ny people are heard to remark, "Well, ono
! day more of poor--'st time has gomez
! 1t does not appear to the careless outside
I observer that this is no truer Of the prison.
cr than of himself and every one else--that
another of his days has gone, and that he
is just as absolutely one day nearer to his
own death as the doomed prisoner is to his.
It is n nearer approach to death which the
condemned makes at common pace with
al! tie living, only the day of his doom is
known to him, while That e others is con-
ccaed from them.
! Mercifrlly concealed, too for how much
would the enjoyment OF this life be Gimiu-
ished, five knew beforehand just when we
would be obliged 10 quit it.
The uncertainty when we are to go the
expectation of dying in our own homes,
with our last hours consoled by the atten-
tions Of kindred and friends, and sustained
by the hopes inspired by religion, these
considerations rob death, come when it
may, of much of its terror, and lead us to
look upon it rather az the peaceful close of
lifcs lGbors. ........-. -
YoUNG Lady to beau OF whose CON-
pnny she is getting tired--''I hope YOU are