Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-10-05

no difference which end he held up
permost, or whether he laid it quiet
ly on his lap, or, after placing it in
the coal SHUTTLE, swung it violently
around his head. Hence he argues
that his cries did not proceed from
dissatisfaction, but were due to to
the involuntary action of its vocal
organs. How does he know but
that baby was writhing in the pain
full embrace of the collie, and that
its cries were the expression of an
instructive longing for paregOric?
This is view of the matter which
evidently never occurred to him, and
yet he deems himself close observ-
er of nature.
He also informs us that the first
material object which which attract
ed his grandsOn's attention was a
gold ring which decorated the phi
lOsopher's finger. If Mr.. Darwin.
Junior, is wise man, and is count
ing upon inheriting any of the old
gentleman's property, he will do
well TO follow up the clue and ascer-
tain how his father came into pos
session of that ring-a topic upon
which the latter maintains a signifi
cant silence. Now, it may be conf
IDENTIFY asserted that the gold ring
In question was not the first object
which the infant under examination
noticed. Beyond all question its
first perception was a sudden and
acute perception of pins. There can
be no doubt that our earliest impress
sion of this world is that it consists
OF too little milk and too much pins,
and 1t is not until comparatively
late In our infantile life that we dis
cover marbles, matches, and other
objects suitable for swallowing.
Nevertheless, we search Mr.. Oar
wins voluminOus report in vain for
the slightest allusion to pins, and if
we were to derive our knowledge
of infants solely from him, we should
be entirely ignorant of the great CEN
tral fact of nursery science that an
infant is held together solely and
exclusively with pins.
1t was subsequent to the Dar,
winian Infants perception of that
suspicious gold ring that it exhibited
a knowledge of the uses of the bot
tie. AT least SO Mr.. Darwin would
have US believe. After the first
month of its existence the infant be-
gan to howl with well defined OBJ
ject, and this object was his milk bot
tie. Mr.. Darwin found that though
ne Offered the clamorous baby q
complete set of his scientific works
a photograph of Prof. Huxley, q
large pitchfork, the skeleton of ar
Orang-outang, and score of Other
attractive objects, the infant con
tinued to howl until provided with
his bottle. We thus see-remark'
Mr.. Darwin, in effect-that the frs
vocal request of the human infant Ii
for milk bottle. Had Mr.. Emer
son or any other New England phi
Iosopher made. this assertion, /
would not have been wholly unjustl
fable; but when Mr.. Darwin make
it, he grossly libels the matrons o
England, who, with the exception
of a probably allegorical aIlusion t.
/ honey, are accurately described in tn
! Old Testament under the figure o
| the Land of Canaan.
1t is hardly worth while to de
scribe any more of Mr.. Darwin's ex
periments, although some of then
are certainly interesting, and at leas
one of them-his experiment OF sus
pening the infant by the heels fror
the chandelier in order to utilize tn
force of gravitation in promotini
a rapid growth of hair-possesse
real value. Enough has been said
show that his views of the natuI
of infants are strikingly erroneoU
that he is often mistaken in his dat
and wholly untrustworthy in I'll
conclusions which he reaches 1t
quite clear that apes, and not infant
are his speciality, and henceforth b
will do well to confne himself t
the former, and to leave the invest
cation of babies to more cOmpetI
hands. ~. 7. Times.
Never Bet On WOman's Love.
There was a brightness, a fresl
ness and glow about Annie Breto
that won everybody over to her bt
fore they were aware of it. 1t wa
curious to note that everybod
agreed in one thing: that she wa
not a beauty, and could not b
termed pretty. Come to analyz
her-to measure the width betwee
her eyes, length of her nose, proper
tions of her mouth complexion, hal
really there was not a single rt
markable feature. What it wa
that fascinated every Que who cam
in contact with her few can tel
As for Annie herself, the chic
charm of all was revealed in the fac
that she was wholly unconscious o
her charms. So that when Allal
McDonald-young Allan the wealth
lest man in the county-laid hi
landa, his elegant establishment an'
their owner at her feet one after
noon in October on the russet
colored leaves, no one was NOR
surprised than Miss Breton. Stop
| Will do her the justice to say tina
she was prepared for evidences 0
friendship: she had not thought h
entertained the idea of making he
his wife.
Her surprise was transient, care