Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-11-30
IL CAME EREPRECD.
How "A Chicago Youth proved the Depth
of Els Love scientifically.

How "A Chicago Youth Proved the Depth
of Els Love scientifically.
"You don't know what love is, Mr..
Swackhammer," protested the beauti-
full girl, with smile of incredulity on
her face; ''the sentiment you enter
] tain for me is only "a passing fancy.
When it has had its brief day and you
look at it in the cold light ofreason you
will be surprised that you ever mis-
took so palpabe delusion for the gen.
uine thing it assumes to represent"
''But hear me, Miss Clearinghouse,
exclaimed the young man, calmly, yet
earnestly, "am | not old enough to
know my own"
at is not n question Of age, Mr..
Swackhammer," interposed Miss Gar
linghouse, still smiling incredulously,
"but of scientific demonstration. AS
you are probably aware, ! have devoted
myself for the last two or three years
to a severe course OF scientific study
and | have acquired the habit, perhaps
uuconsciously, of accepting nothing as
true that is not demonstrated by the
memorable rules OF mathematics or the
soundest process of logical induction.
Science has become with me the touch
stone Of all things asserted, claimed or
proposed, and "
But how do you apply the rules Of
science TO matters Of the heart?" in
quired the young man. ''llow can you
G, hiApt l,tr, f1 bg Faa &C 10,
NAUTICAL or scientific demonstration"
In this way, Mr., Swackhammer:
The action Of the passion or emotion Of
love upon the various sympathetic gan
glia Of tho human organism causes cor
tain well established and clearly dohneI
phenomena. When you speak to me Of
love | look for the appearance of those
phenomena. From scientific point of
view they are not satisfactory. The
tremor in your voice is not sufficiently
pronounced, Your articulation is not
THE, and husky. The color in your
face is hardly u shade paler than its
normal hue, and you have no nervous
movement OF the hands. Do you think
II mere assertion can disprove the evil
dence---"
"Alvira Clearinghouse, came impet.
uously from the hips of the young man,
as he rose to his feet, ''there are facts
in mental as well MS physical science
that are not wholly beneath your notice.
Some men are gifted with a marvellous
faculty of self-control, so faras external
manifestations are concerned. Beneath
the apparently unmoved exterior that
you have subjected to scientific test
there RACES volcano of passion. Do
you doubt itP will demonstrate it to
a mathematical certainty. | foresaw
the skepticism with which you would
receive my avowal, and came prepared.
Listen to the beating of my heart!"
And with quick movement he drew
from beneath his waistcoat the flexible
tube of stethoscope and placed it
against her ear.
Count the pulsationsn' he continued.
"They will run nearly one hundred to
the minute Normal heartbeat, seven
ty pulsations. Note the revelation of
deathless love conveyed by this respiro-
meter!" And he produced another
flexible tube. "Respirations per min
ute, twenty-eight! Twenty-eight, AL
vira-count them -twenty-eight Nor
mai respiration per minute, from four
teen to twenty in adults Observe the
Mathematical certainty of tempestuous
passion demonstrated by my tempera-
turem And opening his tightly-closed
left hand he showed her small Their
mometer. Temperature, Alvira, one
hundred and twelve degrees! Normal
temperature, about one hundred de-
grees Fahrenheit! Have l proved my
love?n aI..r
"Alpheus,' murmured the lovely
girl, as she placed her head on his
shoulder, with her lips at an accessible
angle, you have.n- Chicago Tribune.
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