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FACTS ABOUT BABIES.
Akin TO the Lower Animals When the First
Consciousness Appears.

Boston Herald.l
In the course of lecture delivered in
New York the other day distinguished
female physician said that the inability of
a baby to hold up its head was not due to
the weakness OF the neck, but to the lack Of
development of its will power. The act of
standing was instructive and iniative, while
facial expression and gesture were due
almost wholly to imitation.
A baby's smile, she said, was the most
misunderstood thing in infancy. A real
smile must have an idea behind it, which is
SO often seen on a very young baby's face,
was without an idea and was due to the easy
condition of the stomach or to some other
physical satisfaction. The smile with an
idea does not appear earlier than the fourth
week. So, too, with the crying of baby.
The contortion of the features is due to
physical causes A baby sheds no tears,
because the lacorymal glands are not de-
veloped for several weeks after birth. The
chief pleasure of all children is to change
from one condition to another by their own
efforts. This is the beginning of the devel-
opment of the will power, and is often at
tested in what has been called the "impera-
tive intention of tears" This is not dis
closed until after the second or third month.
A baby tests everything by its mouth, its
sense of taste being the surest and most re-
liable guide it has. The attention of all
young children Is difficult to attract and
they must attain considerable age before
they begin to notice. Then colors and
sounds are most potential. Fear has been
known to be manifested by a baby only three
weeks old, and, in all cases, the sensation is
produced by sound more than by sight
Children of luxurious and carefully guarded
homes are almost wholly without fear, but
the children of poor and exposed parents
always manifest it. Jealousy and sympa-
thy begin to manifest themselves in the
second year. Curiosity also begins to de-
velop here and proves to be a sel[feeder
throughout childhood. A little later the ego
begins to appear, and the baby has the
first consciousness of ITSELF The ego first
appears as muscular sense, and the infant
gradually learns to distinguish itself from
surrounding objects. 1t is first the hand
that is distinguished, and then the foot, and
finally the whole body. Memory does not
appear before the child is 2 years of age
All the reasoning of children is primitive
and elementary and develops slowly. Darwin
noticed an association of ideas in the mind
of his child when it was only months of
age. The lecturer related experiences of
babies with the first view of mirrors, and
showed that their actions under the new
conditions we're similar to those of anthro-
poid apes and dogs under like conditions.
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ONE OF FoRTUNY's MASTERPIECES.

alive, the weight being from s to %
pounds. Good wages can be made
in their capture, as camping parties near
the mill dams on the edge of Lawrence and
Butler counties, have brought to market as
much as 200 pounds in one week.
Some kinds of tortoise are herbiverous,
but the snappers' food consists of small fish.
crabs and frogs.
Festudinata is the name adopted by
Agassiz, embracing the reptiles known as
tortoises and turtles. They are the highest
of their class, approaching the lower or
aquatic birds in form, mode of existence
and in some points of structure. The head
has wonderful mobility on the neck, which
is furnished with powerful muscles, by the
contraction OF which they can withdraw the
head under the shell out of sight, or thrust
it out with great rapidity and to surpris-
ing distance. The upper jaw always shuts
over the lower and both are covered with
horny sheath. The jaws are powerful, and
once having closed them upon stick a
strong man can with difficulty pull it from
them, and even when decapitated they will
snap at stick and hold so tight that you
can scarcely shake it off.
Z Their vitality is something amazing. They
can exist long time without food, and ac-
cording to Rede's experiment live for %
days after decapitation. Agassiz divides
them into four families: Thallasites, or ma
rine turtles, which grow to enormous size;
Potamites, or river tortoise; Elodites, or
marsh tortoise; Chelydroid@, or swapping
turtle.
LONG LIVES.
Turtles live over century and in geologic
lore reach far into antiquity. They first
appeared, according to Agassiz, in the
oolitic period, when neither genuine birds
nor mammals were in existence. The So
called tortoise footprints found in the new
red sandstone and devonian strata are
thought by some to have been made by
crustaceans. Impressions of their shields
first occur in the jura limestone. The
largest remains of turtle ever found was
that of marine which measured 20 feet
across the shell.
F. E. Malone, a geologist of note, while
ON a geological trip through the West in
1885, wrote me letter in which he gave an
account Of some wonderful fossils discovered
by him in the bottom Of what was supposed
to have once been vast sea. He said:
"One impressive scene'which shall not soon
be forgotten was the bad lands of Dakota.
You enter between lofty towers of clay; the
ground at your feet is parched and dry.
The wind howls mournfully as If chanting
requiem tor the forgotten dead whose
bones protrude from the walls everywhere.
You turn your eyes upward and from the
base to the apex of every spire you see
skulls and ribs aud yertebrae of extinct
animals and replies.
= = "There you perceive the skull of the
three-horned tertiary elephants near it are
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being idle this time of the year, pitch their
tents on the bank OF some picturesque
stream or small lake and let the long sum-
mer days glide quickly into the past. There
are quite a number of methods of capturing
the swapping turtle. The most simple and
successful way is to secure number of
stout lines, about 15 or 20 feet in length,
tie to the end of your line chunk of raw
meat about the size of butternut. throw the
bait out the full length of your line, tasten
the other end to a stake, which should be
securely driven in the ground.
The lines may be set from % to 80 yards
apart, or closer if fishing in mill dam or
small pond, where they abound in great
numbers Sometimes small stick is tied on
with the meat. The snapper takes hold Of
the bait and deliberately bolts it stick and
all. Then you have him. You make a tour
of your lines every two or three hours, or
oftener if they are biting rapidly, and by
gently pulling on the line you will soon find
whether there is ANYTHING at the other end
or not. If your line feels heavy, and a
gentle tugging, you will slowly tow your
catch toward shore, where he will come just
like piece of driftwood.
You will be careful not to pull him to the
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WHEN THE DEAF CAN HEAR.
Il Seems They Understand Conversation
While Riding on the Cars.

Il Seems They Understand Conversation
While Riding on the Cars.
Why is it that deaf persons who cannot
hear ordinary conversation anywhere else
can hear the most casual and low-toned re-
marks when they are riding in railroad
cars? 1t is said to be fact that the deaf
person can converse easily while riding in
herdic over rough pavement. A lawyer
relates that he was riding down Seneca
street the other evening when deaf client
with whom it is an agony to talk got
aboard and sat down beside him, wearing a
very friendly air.
"I'm in for it now," groaned the limb of
the law in stage-aside.
81 wish to heaven this fellow wouldn't in
sist upon making my life miserable"
"Never fear, 1 won't bother you any
more" exclaimed the deaf man.
The attorney says that the next day his
client closed up his business and now en-
ploys another firm. Can deaf man hear
better on a rattling vehicle, or does the
speaker raise his voice involuntarily.
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Hut by Rousseau; also, another of his
most beautiful works, "The Farm in the
Wood" Modern masters have great ad-
miration ior Rousseau, and Diaz and Corot
used TO speak of him with much veneration.
In the ensemble that Secretan had SO care
fully collected is a matchless masterpiece
which expresses the religious idea by
the silent prayer of two humble
beings in the midst of grand and
beautiful poetry of nature wrapped in the
mystery of twilight, over which there will
undoubtedly be mighty struggle for its
final possession. This work is called the
"Angelus," and Mtllet painted it. When
ever one sees this canvas one renders homage
to the memory of man little known when
alive, and who is now recognized as greatest
among great artists. America was the frst
to do Justice to Millet's genius, and it was
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surface of the water, as he might disgorge
the bait and escape. When you have brought
him quite close to the shore reach your hand
down under the water, catch him by the tail
and draw him up on the bank, being careful
to keep out of range of his powerful jaws.
OBJECTIONS TO hooks.
This method Of fishing for turtle without
hooks is far superior to the night line with
staging and hooks, as you are relieved of
the disagreeable duty of taking the hook
out of his mouth, as about the only way to
remove the hook is to cut the head off and
split it open with hatchet. That is sup
posing he is hooked in the mouth. If he
has swallowed the hook nothing but COM
plete autopsy will recover it. With the no
hook method your bait can be used again,
thereby saving a vast amount of time and
labor.
Country people as a rule do not appre-
ciate the succulent qualities of the snapper,
and when turtle soup is suggested they
shrug their shoulders with an "Ugh! the
nasty things; don't see how you can eat
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A MAN AND A TURKEY.


The Question as to the Difference Between
Them FIoored the Crowd.
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
There was jolly little group about a
table in downtown cafe last night shak-
ing dice for the lemonade. The man who
threw the lowest number had to pay for the
lemonade and tell story. All at the table
had been "stuek" but one gentleman, who
is noted for his keenness of repartee The
gentlemen who had been "stuck" told moth
ing, but aged anecdotes and antique tales.
Not new story had been recited; and they
were all chestnuts. When the gentleman
noted for repartee had been "stuck" there
was applause, call for drinks and de-
mand for new story. 81 can tell story"
said the gentleman, as he ordered the proper
thing, "but I'll ask you a couundrum."
$50 ahead" he was told. "Well," he went
on, "what is the difference between turkey
and a man?"
This odd conundrum foored the crowd.
The questioner was appealed to for an
answer. ''The difference between turkey
and a man." he explained, as he rose to
leave, sis that turkey isn't stuffed with
chestnuts until it's dead" The crowd COM
pretended.
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THE AGE OF MARVELS.
The Time May Come When We Will Travel
200 Miles Per Hour.

The Time May Come When We Will Travel
200 Miles Per Hour.
Philadelphia Enquirer.l
In view of the almost incredible progress
of the last two generations it is not the best
judgment which pronounees the post cleo
trio system of transportation the dream of
an inventive maniac. There Is a freshness
about the proposition that we shall yet send
letters across the continent between the
dawns Of successive days that takes the
average breath away, and the suggestion
that passengers are to be rushed through
space at the rate of 200 miles per hour is apt
to alarm the apprehensiye. But the propo-
sition is not beyond tine limits possibility
for all that.
A few days ago an experimental train
upon a railroad in this State made run Of
80 odd miles in about go minutes, some por-
tion of the journey being at the rate of
nearly two miles per minute. If steam can
accomplish such marvellous results as this,
why may not that greater power, electricity,
eclipse this stupendous record? The truth
is that We live in a phenomenal age. All
the ancient faiths concerning the develop
ment of material things are being rudely
jostled by the pushing shoulders Of
science. 1t is no longer the dream
of visionary that we shall converse
with persons thousand miles away.
Marked progress has been made toward
solving the problem of aerial navigation,
and although it is yet impossible to predict
the ultimate outcome, it is not insanity to
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pictures and icons set in gilded architectu-
raj framework gorgeously decorated in ro-
coco style. The tombs are guarded by subal-
tern officers belonging to the garrison of the
Fortress, and are constantly visited, espe-
cially the tombs of Alexander IL, by the
faithful. We saw men, women, and chill
dren of all classes. mujiks, common SOL
diers, and dashing generals, thread their
way between the palm trees to the martyred
Emperor's tomb, kiss the cross on the
marble slab, fall on their knees, and offer
a PRAYER.
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corners, and splendid funeral accessories,
and imbedded in palm trees, growing
plants, and flowers that bloom sadly in tine
faint white light of innumerable burning
tapers and lamps.
The walls and pillars of this church are
covered with military trophies. standards,
flags, keys Of fortresses, shields, and battle
axes captured from vanquisheT foes, while
the sanctuary is sumptuously adorned with
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-23

been seen in Paris such a dispersion OF
valuable pictures as will be witnessed at
this auction. That memorable event occurred
in 1868, in the gallery where now stands
the Theater Nouveautes, in the Boulevard
des Italiens, and the total proceeds amounted
to as much as $500, 900. Such thing had
never been seen before, and it was thought
that the like would not happen again at
lest in this century. Indeed, no one then
would have dared assert that in less than 80
years another sale would take place which
would yield at least twice that amount Of
money.
The celebrated art critic, NJ. Albert
Wolf, tells good story on himself apropos
of the San Donate sale. InDemidof's collec-
tion was a little water color, not much
larger than a mans hand, representing
Rouen in the twilight Wolff had about
800 francs saved up, he took it all out of
the bank, attended the sale regularly, and
finally the water color was brought for
ward.
"Two thousand francs" sang out my con-
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A Cynical Epitaph.
From the Boston Transcript!

From the Boston Transcript
The significant epitaphs do not all belong
to the past age. Here is one from a grave
stone not yet very old, in cemetery in the
town of Randolph, which has whole vol
ume in few words:
JONA. MANN,
BORN DEC. z. 1855, DIED APRIL %. 1873
HIS TRUTHFULNEss NO ONE DOUBTED. HE
WAS VERY POOR, CONSEQUENTLY
NOT RESPECTED.
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new motor: Absolute safety, great economy
in running expenses, and such simplicity OF
construction and handling that it can be
run by any man of common ordinary sense.
Its safety is due not to the skill of the driver
but to the principle on which it is built.
The weight is so evenly distributed on four
wheels that it can run on an ordinary street
car track. It is at all times under the full
control of the driver, and the car can be
stopped in a space within its own length.
Detentions by blockades or other causes do
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An Easy Way to Make Money.
Norristovn Herald.1

A Chicago professor" advertises that he
"will take the most bashful man in the
world and give him nerve to get up and
speak before an audience OF 1000 people"
The professor would accumulate more
wealth if he would take the most "nervy"
man in the world and give him the power to
draw an audience Of 1900 people to speak
before.
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THE STORAGE OF STEAM.
A New Way Of Utilizing it for Running
Street Cars.

Boston Post.I
A new method of storing steam to be util-
lied and controlled for motive power Of any
description is especially adapted for pro-
pelling street cars, either surface or ele-
vated. 1t is asserted that good speed can
be attained without the usual noise, smoke,
cinders and escape OF steam. Very little
fire is required, as the exhausted steam is
saved and condensed in the boiler, using the
same water continually. Any danger of
explosion is averted by the boiler not be-
coming heated by water passing through
tubes as by the ordinary method. The
steam reservoir is capable of resisting a
pressure of 1000 pounds to the inch, but
will hardly ever carry more than 200 to 300
pounds of steam.
From this new and simple process are de-
rived the following valuable features of the
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-23
TOMBS OF THE CZARS.
A Description of the Place Where All ii

A Description of the Place Where All the
Sovereigns of Russia Lie.
Harpers' Magazine
The Cathedral of St Peter and st. Paul
in the Fortress is remarkable for the ele-
gance and height of its gilt spire, which
was designed by Bales, Dutch architect.
in the middle of the last century. In this
church, beneath the floor, are buried all the
soyereigns of Russia since the foundation of
st. Petersburg, with the exception of Peter
IL, W no died and was inferred at Moscow.
The side sisles are entirely taken up with
white marble tombs, making the sites of the
graves, each adorned with gold cross, gold
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-23
AReIic of the Past.

Drake's Magazine.I
Rev. LOnggrace (at the table, discours
ingly)-The ancients were very fond Of
fowls. The custom was to catch them at
sunset
JOHNNY Cooking up from tough drum
stick)-Not all Of 'em wuz caught, Mr.
Preacher. This is one wOt got away.
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extinct species of the horse and camel; you
turn your eyes toward the ground and
move on. You tumble over the shell of a
turtle that would weigh a ton. You ex-
anime it. Then you perceive the immense
orifce through which its head once pro-
truded. You can trace the divisions of the
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A TUREEN FAVORITE.
The Life and Death of the One Rep
tile That is Popular.
CATCHING THE SWAPPING TURTLE
A Profitable Summer Occupation for Camp.
ing Ont Parties.
THE PROPER MODE OF PROCEDURE
WRITTEN FOR THE DIsPA1cH.l

FEW persons in the
cities who are in the
habit of partaking in
season of that delicacy
placarded in the res
taurants as turtle soup,
are acquainted with
the habits Of this Won
derful reptile, or the
methods by which they
are captured and put
on the market, form
ing in the hot months
agreeable occupation
and also recreation
for hundreds of iron
and glass workers, who
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-23
Knew When He Had Enough.

Fnegende BlatterI
"You are looking for novels or for poems
perhaps Goethe or Shiller?" asked the
book store clerk.
"Oh, no poems. My son writes them
every day at home"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-23
A Devision of Labor.

Boston HERALD
Wife, wish you would push this baby
carriage little way.
Husband-Well, 1 will, if you carry the
baby,
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A r 1 S, June 5.
The sale of the
celebrated collec-
tion of paintings by
modern and old
m a S t e r S, and Of
water colors a n d
drawings formed by
NJ. Secretan, e K
President of the
copper syndi ca t e,
begins here in Paris,
the first of next
month. Not since
the dispersal of the
celebrated San Don
alto gallery has there
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bony plates that formed its shield. A little
further on you find the passages blocked up
with these fossil turtles. You slip, and
slide, and climb over them, and when at
last you behold the ponderous petrifed
jaws of these monsters you thank nature
that they have been dead for several hun
dred thousand years." j. W. A.
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not occasion any loss Of power. The motor
has sufficient power to easily pull one or
more cars. and mount heavy grades. 1t can
run backward as easily as forward. A
speed of Is miles per hour can be attained,
and the rate Of locomotlon is entirely under
the control Of the driver,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-23
A Balcony Scene.

She-No, Billy, can't come down to-
night amt been good, an I amt goin'
to get any supper, an Use got to get licked
an go to bed!-LVe.
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N THE MARKET.

The first snappers brought to market are
worth from to 10 cents per pound, but in
July and August great numbers are caught
and they drop to 8 cents. always being sold
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SOME ARTISTIC GEMS.
A Grand Collection of Paintings, the
Masterpieces of the
GREATEST OF FRENCH ARTISTS.
The Dethroned Copper Kings Famous
Gallery to be Dismantled.
SOME PICTURES WITH HISTORIES

CORRESPONDENCE OF THE DISPATCH,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-23

Mr.. William Hunt, his pupil, who first
drew the attention of Mr.. Quincy Shaw, of
Boston, to an art which France was then
disdaining.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-02-08
GRIM +.

Miss HANNA BURROWS, OF PhiladeI phia,
who plead guilty to numbering her nus
band, was sentenced TO be hanged.
MINNEAPuLIs.-Lat Monday afternoon.
the supreme court hssds d down decision
denying a new trial III the cases of Tim
and Pete Barrett, convicted last winter
of the murder of Tollsffsou.
CONTRACTORS KLINE who built the bridge
st Spottsville, KY, that fell, killing Il
number of wovkmeu has been indicted
for murder.
Ar Olathe, ksr., Thursday, Mrs Lucy
Ferguson, IS years old, was convicted Of
murder in the first degree and the death
sentence pronounced.
An sttempt WAS made at Denver, Col.
TO sssassinate John Grinrod. An i'm port
aut witness in the Sullens murder case
His cabin Vas blown to pieces by dy-
Mantle.
A MAN named Lake who is under arrest
ar Boston for arson, is supposed to have
been playing the fre-buS throush shout the
country.
STREET car in Dubrque was badly
shaken up by running over q dynamite
cartridse which some malicious person
had placed on the rack.
Two arrests were made in Hannibal
Mo-, by the police, who think they have
found a clue to the murderer of Amos
Stlllsell. The parties are George Hicks.
4 colored msp, and a white woman nam
ed Annie Parkmsu. 1t is supposed they
know about the crime.
E. G. HALkH, in jail at La Grange, Ky,
for robbing house, claimed uhsn arrest
ed TO be the son of the MAYOR of ST.
Catherine, Ont. Letters have since been
received confirming his claim aud saying
that his father had just died leaving him
a fortune of $4,000.
DULUrH.-Miln Bunnel, editor of the
Duiuth Herald, Was arrested at Grand
Forks, by Chief Hennesy and lodged in
jail. de was en- route to Winnipeg, and