Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-05-02

ing 50 interesting; and-and the North
Pole"
I'm excuse the North Pole," said
Ralph, ''but I do feel an interest in
Pasteur's discovery, and the Bacon
Shakespeare cipher. And l confess 70
q yearning desire to know how the
Philadelphia Public Buildings will look
when completed"
Yes, indeed" said sympathetic
Ruth. ''And there are lying-machines
to be perfected. Then think Of faith
cure and hypnotism!"
"Humbugs!'' groaned Father Wake
field
'GBut there are mysteries which are
not ,humbugs; every thing connected
with electricity is mysterious. Think
of the Sphotophone, and. ale other
phones What mystery is the ph0no-
graph; and-oh. SO many other
thingsr'
"Name some of them, please" said
Ralph.
"They can hardly be named" she
said, with sort of reverent hush in
her voice. II call them the Reserves
of nature. They are SO fine, so subtle.
What hints there are in what Ruskin
calls the choices of the atoms shown
in capitalization. What miracles are
the lovely singing flames. as Tyndal II
shows them, and the light waves that
have their choices. also. Think of the
musical sounds that lie outside the
gamut of our hearing, our present, this
world hearing"
She Stopped, her face radiant, her
eyes sparkling. Ralph could not think
of one sarcastic word to utter. but
smiled upon the young enthusiast with
heartfelt sympathy. And in spite of
the fact that again. in their walks to-
gether, she treated him to the blankest
of statistics, geological. paleontolog.
ical and historical, the acquaintance
ripened and mellowed with the golden
days of the late summer in very sat-
'isfactory manner.
One afternoon Ruth had gone to the
wood alone, and returning. near SUM-
set, to the meadow bars. was surprised
to finn Ralph waiting for her in the
shadow of spreading maple. He
held il his hand a New York paper.
Laden, as usual" he said, looking
at the bunch of green's in her hand.
amongst which was sprinkled brill
liant red.
''Only some Lobelia Cardinals" she
said, land a few sprigs of Artemisia
Santonica, commonly called worm
wood"
II came to find you." he began. ig-
noring the high-sounding names. land
to read to you an account of a most
extraordinary discovery. Greatest
event of the age, and quite in your
line. Transference of brain from one
Uranium to another. It's going to
prove the great renovator of human
ity. TRANSMISSION of blood not to be
named in comparison. Now listen.
I'll just summarize. A Prussian SOL
der condemned to death for the muir
der of his Colonel; left in charge of
surgeons; they remove his brain;
chlorOform, of course; did not kill him.
Next thing, introduce the brain of a
wine merchant who had died suddenly
of heart disease, with brain in perfect
health. The thing took root, grew,
felt at home; man recovered; escaped
execution. The best of it is that he
was never afterward profane. Had
the wine merchants memory; used to
ask old customers to buy of him.
Mixed entities. you see. l hope you
comprehend, Miss Ruth"
Now it happened that Miss Ruth,
having cautiously picked up the paper
from the piazza floor, where it had
fallen while Ralph lay asleep on the
bench. had read the identical story;
had also ascertained by the editorial
note appended. that it was doubtless a
clever hoax. and that the great name
of Virchow, which gave plausibility to
the story. had no right there. She
was. therefore, entirely prepared for
the onslaught
II can comprehend, but can not ap-
prove" was the cool reply. would
it not be great impertinence, could l
help. indeed, regarding it as great
wrong. if 1. on departing from this
present scene of action, were to be
stopped on the threshold, turned back,
and set to work again in new organ
ism? The immortal spark again inn
prisoned
In the dark house Of the body.
Cooking victuals, lighting tres.'
to exc out some other PERSONS indi-
viduality? Never will l countenance
such a nefarious scheme-never!''
But" said Ralph. "take another
view. have arrived, we will say, at
the age of fifty. My brain, from severe
study. and the heavy responsibilities of
public life. is beginning to show slight
symptoms of weakness. l call in two
skillful medical men, impecunious. but