The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-12-31

became d doctor of medicine in
Il his twenty first year. The con-
VI between psychology and physiology
Especial interest to him. and after his
cation ID Berlin he pursued a psyche
al course OF study at Freiburg, where
suuent.y he became doctor of philoso.
S In 1862 lie was called to take a chair
UNIVERSITY at Basel. There he re-
until his death, one of the lions and
los of the place. He was pointed
tourists and temporary residents as
Alte Herr Professor" II never
4~---s To attract all the interest claimed for
~ his friends. His long. tawny hair,
sen, thin face. his hefculean figure i'll
j trousers and vest and black short
and, above all, his big, old-fash-
III silk hat, for many years did not fail
,ceive all attention in the city streets.
T lived poorly in bachelor apartments and
lose-fisted beyond reason. In view of
ia life no one who knew him has been
sised By the eccentricity Of his will.
HS ID learned men who are to gather under
roof Of his home or institute must, the
saws, think persistently on the prob
HI of psychology and must publish all
scoveries that they may make. They
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btestant or Roman Catholic. Their Writ
III must be purged of all foreign word 9
al philosophical catch words, such as
1hiectiye.', ''obiective,'' RATIONAL"
! Extraordinarily etc. The founding of
j institute will tax place within the
III few months.
Jlthor Germans in recent years have left
iils with provisions fully as peculiar, al
ouph often less calculated to benefit man
ia. IA merchants widow in Vienna willed
Ill S~trauss's orchestra should play the
anube waltz at her grave. and each mem
II should receive $40 for his services. The
lthorities at the cemetery made objections
ths execution of this provision, SO the
natter was compromised by having the
Eanube waltz played over the coffin at the
Il lose of the funeral in the house. This idea
LII waltz music at the grave was suggested
~ the Vienna woman, doubtless, BY the
last will Of the Dutch painter, Egbert Van
Hemskark, who died without heirs. In his
will he said II bequeath my whole estate
\ d fund from which evory year a bride
all receive her trousseau, but under the
.alterable condition that she, on the day
xsaer wedding, together with her husband
the wedding guests. shall dance on my
A French will, with German ramifca-
tions, attracted considerable attention Oh
both sides of the Vorges about two years
The ~tsstator WAS the millionaire
glass manufacturer, Auguste Genln. He
disinherited all relatives and left his treas
ures OF art to cities and his two palaces to
the poor. To each of the eightv-slx French
departments he left an annual income OF
500, and for the lost PROVINCES. Alsace
and Lorraine, hi stipulated that . certain
to be known as their share, should be
expended every year by the ministry OF war
for weapons until the provinces should be-
French again, when the sum IN cues
should be paid to them.
\ Baron de Jouarre in Paris some years ago
disposition Of his property IN q man
her unprecedented in French testamentary
slnnals. He willed $4,000 for the care of
Ais Danish hound Tiger. He directed that a
house be bought for Tiger in the suburbs of
Paris. and that there the dog be allowed to
choose his own dog table-companions,
which must be lodged under the same roof
with him. A Waterman and housekeeper
receive $500 annually for caring for the
villa, Tiger and feeding and cleaning the
inmates. Tt is to the advantage OF this pair
Of attendants that Tiger live to q ripe old
age, as upon his death the Villa Tiger will
monument over the dogs body, and the rest
will 90 to the Paris society for the proven
ton of cruelty to animals.
The two classic examples of curious wills
on the continent are, however, from the
biographies of Baron Ulrich Than. German
EiuDHsSduOI Ill 1 dIlSs dA0 l1ulSi SOlIu5As
professor of law in Padua centuries ago.
The former, having placed all his money in
annuities. ordered that his body, after
death, be cut into small bits, sailed dow in
q tub and sent by ship to Pomerania for
sbu1iai. This was done. The Padua pro-
lessor, according to his will. WIS carried to
Ills grave by twelve fancifully dressed girls.
.rsceded by a band playing dance music.
One Of the last peculiar Wills in Germany
az left by Prlvy Court Chancellor Lude~
%, iii Dresden, whose lawyer found in the
K with his testament some $50 engraved
uruing cards bearing this announce
at:
have the honor to announce hereby to
friends and acquaintances my death on
Date of the postal mark.
Johann LuDEKus."
'hese cards were sent out as directed in
will. A hardly less striking instance of
eocentricity of Germans in directing
the disposition of them and theirs after
death was given in this city a few months
ago, when three men assembled the statue of
liberty, scattered the ashes of a dead Ger
man friend to the four winds, as he had
willed. and then drank champagne to his
memory.
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