The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1882-03-19
CRANIAL UNEVENNESS'.
HUMPS AND DEPRESSIONS THiT GIVE
THEIR POSSRSSORS AWAY
\ Talk with n Professor OF Cranioscopy-
Honest Advice to LOyers-Jay Gould's and
Grnnpa PhysIoRponIcnI PeculIarlties.


other day. balancing couple Of plaster casts
# human heads in his hands and whistling
softly to himself. On both sides Of the room
were long shelves loaded with busts plaster
casts. death MASKS portraits. charts. and rows
OF grinning skulls. The elderly man Is one Of
the best-known phrenologists.
The long line Of busts was headed by George
Washington. on whose right was Jim Fisk.
with moustnche deliberately waved. Then'came
Robert Burns, Horace Greeley. Peter Cooper
bio Lewis Charles Sumner. and other we'll.
known men. Shakespeare's poetical face stood
side by side with the stoical features Of John
Kelly. whose hair and beard were cut in wevy
ringlets giving him the appearance Of q Greek
god. barring the nose. Alone stood bust u
Il man whose neck Is so thick that II looks as
though 1t were a prolongaton Of the head. IL
s that Of Jim Grow" Rice, who won distinc-
ton by first Initiating the plantation negro.
What do you want. sir 2" the Professor asked.
Il want to know something about heads"
All. sit down"
The Professor placed the two casts on the
shelves and returned TO the fire. There was u
letter on the tray. He broke the seal and read
it slowly. looking carefully at two photographs
that were enclosed. and then said. in an tx
plunatory tone:
It's-a-letter from young man In Indiana.
He has written to ask If he should marry Il
young lady whose photograph he encloses with
his own"
Do you advise in such csses?"
Oh. yes. Next to a head is a picture"
The two photographs did not represent a
particularly robust couple the man being vvr7
trail. and the woman a small thin. and color
less blonde. with very weak looking eyes.
Whose head is this2" asked the reporter.
taxing 4 ctst from the shcl. The head Was
u. ROW.
m Ihat Is Robert OW.us, the philanthroplst.
There gcntloness and beneNolenGe for ,yoq.
mead Take II man with high top head. and
you can Hel1hd on u ne ma. soQd morals,
g.. Here's Elison's head: II very remarEaple;
particularly well Developed az the seat Of tie
fIns y oE @ XII Cafh sa 81 aFa sR9y 70
Inll on new Ideas y no marvel. 1t would 10
inarNe!ious rather II he did not;
The Professor then called the reporters at
'ention to some casts " which are attached
rGf!r%tns bits 81 history. f., ,,,,,.a, s.,s.
burroughs al American adyenturer. who led
most curious life. The number Of asoGatiohs
he followed Is Ia itself remarkable; He ran
away from nome Mhon lac was only IA Yeas
o!d to JON the army OF the IeNul ution. Arm!
lii" diin tsut his tastes, and he deserted at the
end OI SIX weeks. lie Was next heard Of as
student at amherst College. where ne figured as
Td %n1 rESe2@s sSPs2mGre hs was f E3Ir
this he was a priwteer and subsequently y
ships physician. though where lie picsed up
his kn3wIedEe Of medicine is mystery.
He LEFT the sea and BECAME Il sehoolmaster for
A % I p s GGs G0i6n ehuSg
IN Massachusetts, While preaching III the pull
pit on sundays he was detected in passing
counterfeit coin ON week days, and when
thrnwn into pT.7Hnl Tor TINS "itenHe ne attempt
away and had To serve his luil term in prison.
SGT his ad rsleSe Sc ne went n at eo1nt,eneting
in CANADA. When an old gray, ha red man. he
Snd1ehI! relorMrd ana went INTO tlie Sathoiie
AT hls own nome His mead is preserved us
snho III when cclllin faculties are developed 10
an G,rMttraGrdinarY deSree' ;. En-, ,.,o.
rms Is tne mead 81 Vendoyi. a FIJI chief
ana ih II Striking example OF stong conJuSal do
yelorment; That part OF the head where
family oy9 Is situated Is very prominent.
you SEQ When he was being taken from home
oacyessnl a. prisoner he chopped OH one Of
his fingers and threw 1t TO his wife as keep;
sake. lie pinned 80 for his family that he died
soon after.
,u, tine heads Of Eurderers are nearly always
VIDE Just above the ears. 1t Is also found tint
their heads are very low and flat on top. This
head ot Mrs: GotilrlSd has these characteristics
son her own mother. tYo husbands. several ~
hsr her own children q ana three other persons;
tier motive was 10 gain money l inu that IN
quisitiveness, ,secretyeness. and kindred
Qualities were highly deyeloped while settles
Iesm and beneNolrnce were excessively small
THIS low; brutal head Is that Of another
mhnrdsrrr; VINO Killed I'VE 81 ms wires relatives
The head 81 Anton Pro9st. who murdered tine
heerins family in PhiIadelphia; has the same
Burke. who Killed people simply that he might
SCI s!eiF tb DOGS Tor q, oil ou 4.
ye!3pcd AT the top?"
Not Away u marked degree. The reason
T. that many men are in ne pulpit who 9re not
] H,l.hnlnE nothing else IRON the CRADLE
Do men a. rule adopt the pursuits they
. ar. pest ltt'd Tor
some mon do, but in many cases it is mere.
lyh mHltHr "l accident IN this way: boy IS