The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-09-03


graves in Egypt adorned with religious
llieroglypllics. 1t IS most remarkable
that the Cairo Museum contains tomb |
stone erected to the memory of Una, an |
official at King Pepi,s court, the lnscrIp-
ton on which stone refers to the build
ing by Una of the pyramids which have
now just been opened.
For some years Mr.. Francis Gallon,
G.. r. S., has made a study of" composite
photographs" the curious results OF
Which he has detailed in a recent paper
read before the Photographic Society Of
Great Britain He has found that if two
or more portraits Of different individuals
under exactly the same conditions are
snperimposed the features, if not abso-
lutely lissinilar, will blend together
and form an ilealized portrait, which
NAV be we'll seen when the image is
| thrown on Il magic lantern screen. The
pcculiarities in the features of any class
of individuals are thus concentrated, as
it we're, III one ideal picture. Mr.. Cation
believes that composite photographs
may prove valuable for producing
standard physiognomy Of disease. Por-
traits of q number of consnmptive per
sons were combined; and it was remark
able how a certain average OF faces was
almost identical. Ii d variety of what
he called typical portraits, Mr.. Gallon
showed that the individuality of each
class ofpersons represented was strongly
brought out and itlealized. He thought
composite photographs might be put to
an interesting use in the production OF
family likenesses The results obtained
are really surprising.
Despite the boosted power and H.
te]ligcnce Of human beings, many things
are doubtless familiar to lower orders of
animals which eau never be perceived
by man, while a large part of the animal
world may look upon things as very dlf-
ferent from what they appear to US. Sir
John Lubbock has just recorded some
interesting facts concerning the effect of
light upon ants. His conclusions are
that these insects must have very diff
ferent perception of light and color from
what we do. We all know that a ray of
white light passed through u prison be-
comes broken up into a beautiful band
of colors-thc spectrum. To our eyes 1t
is bounded by red at one end and violet
at the other. But ray oflight contains
other rays not visible to our eyes called,
but not with absolute correctness, heat
and chemical rays. The heat rays cX-
tend beyond our limits of vision at the
red end, and the chemical rays at the
violet end Of the spectrum. Sir John
undertook to determine whether the
limit Of visibility of these rays is the
same with us as with ants, and i'll Il
series of interesting experiments has be-
come convinced that they pcrcel We the
ultraviolet rays which are quite invIsi-
bic to US. These must appear to them
:iS q different color, Oh WHICH We WI
: form no idea, while white light witt
this added component may not appear
: the same to them as to us.
In most interesting FHper in the
Z Popu7ur Science Monthly for July, DR.
8 Thomas D. Spencer reviews what il
: known of the end of life, and endeayor
2 to prove the painlessness of death Th
" visions Of the dying, so often popularl.
: attributed to glimpses into the mysterle
Of future world, he maintains ar
vt shown in the light of scientific fact to b
I merely the wan,lerings of Il fast-tiso1
hy burning charcoal is often accom-
} panied by disturbed fancics, similar t
: those preceding death, and the natur;
10 inference is that they both result froI
~ one and the same cause. In Il semi-Co1
- scious stupor, the dying mans thought
W. taking no note of the present, revert t
- the past, and he seems to live his III
" over again. Oldtimc friends aud scene
cluster around him in a vision so WV
: as to cause spasmodIc action OF IL
: body, attracting the attention OF tt
III awe-striclscn bystanders to these FAINT;
sizes of his own brain. Thus some pa
away as though falling asleep; othe
- with a sigh, groan or gasp; and son
with a convulsive struggle; butall witt
- ont the agony vllich is so generally b.
49, licvea to accompany the departli
- breath In the drowsy stupor OF a
proac!iing death pain is doubtless n
=" felt and the deathbed visions, While
- are of so frequent occurrence, cann
;" with our present knowledge be resard'
as realities.
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