New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-08-23

fifty heard BY the muittude5 who would desire W
listen to them.
The question whether sensation is cxtinguished
when a mans head is cut oil has afforded ground
for much controversy among scientific men, and
it was recently reopened BY some French expert
ments on the gulotined head of murderer. 1t Is
related that @under the influence OF transfused
blood the blanched features recovered almost their
normal expression the eyelids were slightly open,
| and the lips quivered for q few seconds, as II to
express some perception communicated from the
BRAIN" Ii was concluded from this experiment
| that so long the brain contains any blood the
head is capable ofseeing. Of hearing, and Oh know
ing that It Is eparaied from tho body" Professor
| Vulpian. however, repudiates this Wow. holding
that tho shock OF deoapitation produces syncope.
from which of course there can In the circum-
stances be no recovery and that as this syncope
follows instantaneously upon the shock of the axe,
the extinction OF sensation Is practically consen-
taneous with the stroke. An experiment with a
dog fully bore out this theory, which will probably
be finally adopted. to the relief Of the tcoder-
hearted and imaginative people who fancy the
heads of decapitatsd criminals capable OF sensa-
ton Us the head of the magician in the Arabian
Nights story
II Mayor Grace could wipe out Squire as easily as
no wiped out Squire's verses, what lively hnstling
there would be in the Public Works Department
A Canadian paper, The Victoria Harder, of Lind
say, Ontario, Ia out with q novel aud gigantic
scheme for the federation OF the whole world Its
plan Is briefly thia: Each Province Of Canada and
each State OF the United States would retain
legislative and executive control OF It's local
Affairs tho only appeal from the Provinces and
States being TO n sort OF International Supreme
Court. Continental Parliament or Congress for
North America would meet at Washington or
Ottawa This Parliament would deal with inter
Provincial and interstate affairs such As railways.
annals, public lands, taxation, etc. the OK peri
ment would work so well that Europe
South America and Australia would
soon fall into line and have
continental decorations OF their OWL The
Canadian editor has strong hopes that even Asia
and Africa would ultimately adopt the scheme.
But this Is not all. The continents would have
great pan-Continental Congress Parliament,
which wonld meet at London. and which would
IeQislate for the world In general. The editor
thinks that by this system standing armies and
gigantic navies, except for police purposes,
would be done away withi the immense expense
TO which all nations are put for military, con-
suar and general international concerns would
be diminished: trade aud commerce would be
facilItated and taxation would be reduced
10 minimum" All this is doubt
less true enough. but It Is the old
problem Of catching your hare. over again. The
federation of the world may or may not DO one OF
the possibilities Of the future but It certainly is
not going to take place within the next generation
"a The Warder thinks National and race preju-
dices will for long time to come stand in the way
Of this grand cosmopolitan dream In the mcan-
time the various nations of the world will continue
doing business nj the old stands. and pretty much
In the old way.
Tho man who tried to pawn his baby for drink
ought 20 be hired by the Prohbtionists as shock
lng example, for certainly no more hideous Illus
tration of the degrading effects of drink could DO
cited. As that course however. would prove any
thing hut punitive to such q hardened sot. per-
haps II would be well TO turn him over for punish
ment TO a jury - young mothers. They would
know how to estimate his crime, and could be
trusted not to err in the direction of cemency under
the OK asperating circumstances.
The New York State Fair is to be held at Albany
this year and promises to be one of the most sue
oessful of the long series The Albany Express statos
that the list of IN .res exceeds that Of last year
which was exceptionally largely over 200.
The fact that all tho unknown tramps whom the
President has picked up by the waysdo and honored
with public Office have turned out badly must not
be construed warranting tho notion that ali the
lowly ones by the wayside are tramps
Rochefort il scarcely just to tho Prince OF Wales.
He proposes that the latter should be sacrificed
assasslnated. he appears to mean-in revenge for
the alleged murder of Olivier Pain. and failing the
Prince the trucuent Editor OF the intraasiJeaRt
would have Lord Lyons, the British Ambassadors
al Paris. removed" No doubt in Mr.. Rocheforts
estimation the murder Of Prince Of the blood
royal or of an Ambassador is matter OF Little con-
sequence, but people of less leyity will demur to
his sanguinary suggestions, on the ground that
there is absolutely no proof of the murder of Pain.
while probably no sober-mlnded person either IN or
ont of France believes for moment that tho van
ished Bohemiaa owed his death-if he really Is
dead-to any cause but his own foolhardness.
II Surveyor Beattie DO ambitious for fame. let
him hunt up Higgins and ask him few theoretical
ouestions about mensuration and practical gauging
IL would be an experiment which would doubtless
be viewed by the Presidents admirers with Amore
amusement than alarm Higgnss answers would
have wide circulation in the press OF both parties
The cynical expression OF his face during the test
exam nation, if accurately caught by the camera.
would suffice to sell an enormous edition of the illus
trated weeklies.
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