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The supplemental essay contributed by Prof.
Huxley occupies sixty pages in the latter of
these volumes. 1t is pointed out that obvious
as are the merits OF Owens anatomical and
archaeological work to every expert. 1t is neces-
sary to be an expert to discern them: endless
pages of analysis OF his memoirs would not
make the general reader any wiser than he was
at first. On the other hand the nature of the
broad problems OF the "Archetype' and OF
"Parthenogenesis'' may easily be stated In such
a way as to be generally Ineligible; while from
Goethe to lola poets and novelists have made
them interesting. Prof. Huxley, therefore, has
permitted himself to dwell on these topics at
some length, but the reader Is cautioned to bear
in mind that. whatever view is taken OF Sir Rich
ard Owens speculations on these subjects. his
claim to a high place among those who have
made great and permanently valuable cOntri-
buttons to knowledge remains unassailable.
IL is In terms OF lavish praise that Prof. Hux-
ley speaks of Owens Memoir on the PeArly
Nautilus" which was published in 1882, and
placed It's author at a bound in the front rank OF
anatomical monosraphers. There is nothing
better" says Huxley +" in the Memories sur les
Mollusques,' would even venture 10 say moth
ing so good. were II not that Owen had Cuvier's
great work for a model; certainly in the sixty
years that have elapsed since the publication Of
y A17 ~ bCCn a
celled; and that is a good deal to say with 'MnI-
ler's MyHinoid Fishes for a competitor" Dur
ing more than half a century Owens industry
remained undated, and whether the range,
tho quality or the quantity OF the work
done Is considered, a doubt is expressed
II. in the long annals OF anatomy, more
Is 10 be placed 20 the credit of any
single student. Furthermore, Prof. Huxley
thinks that Owens monographs work In COM
p~aratiye anatomy occupies a unique position,
not merely on the score OF It's general high
standard OF excellence, but by reason OF the
way In which so many OF his memoirs have
opened uD new regions OF Investigation. rho
following are mentioned as among the most i'm
portant from this point OF view in addition 10 the
monograph on the Pearly Nautilus already men
TONED. To begin, for example. with the higher
animals, Owens early memoirs on the anatomy
OF the snthropoid apes contained by far the
most complete account then extant of their
and OF tho resemblance ana
differences between them and man; and thev
form the foundation OF all subssousnL -
searches In that field. The same tbing
IL said OF Owens investigations on IN
A0nOtEsmes and AArsuplalsi thsss re-
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NEW YoRK's EXCESS OF WOMEN.
They Outnumber the Men In Most or the
Sixty Counties In the State.

Sixty Counties In the state.
There are $4,000 more women than men in
the state OF New York. TIT universal law GOV
erning such matters makes the female popula-
ton OF a long settled country or district higher
than that OF one newly settled or partly devel-
oped, and so in the New England States the
number OF women is In excess OF the number Of
men, while in the Western and Pacific States
this Is reversed.
There are sixty counties in the State of New
York and in only twenty-six OF these do the
male Inhabitants outnumber the female. Oddly
enough. and for no reason that Is known, the
excess OF men is greatest In those counties
which arc nearest New York and BROOKLYN.
though In New York and Brooklyn the women
outnumber the men. In this city the excess OF
female over male inhabitants is 90, 900; in
Brooklyn 1t is $1,000. On the other hand there
are 1890 more men than women In Westchester,
200 more in Putnam, LOO more in Richmond.
State and IN the sso COUNTIES ia a e slstsi % l. 1aS
and this is En partis SHITq%Os the 'h case men;
the county OF Rensselaer, which includes the
.as9ary town q Troy. BY the last Federal cen
Rensselaer,. In Albany the excess OF women is
Slo0O, In onondaga LOO, in Oneida 3.lOO, in
county, which includes the city Of Buffalo, is an
exception, the excess OF male inhabitants there
Ems HsOyo. WY Erie shOulu he an exception TO
the other big counties containing big cities Is not
entirely clear, but possibly the shipping interest
which centres In and about Buffalo has some
Ihlng 70 do with II, the transient population OF
uhal city being very large.
A. might naturally be supposed. a county
when has the largest proportion OF male in
hAoltahts ana the smallest proportion of women
Is Hamilton which includes the big Adirondack
preserve, by the last census the male pupula-
Ton OF hamilton was 200 while the female
population was only 1000. In the adjoining
county OF Frank lin there are 1000 more men
man women and in Clinton there ara nearly
1000 more.
The migratory disposition OF men is much
more pronounced than that of women. and "a
TINS peculartty, In part. Is Ia TO traced the In
SqnalllleS which are noticed In many counties.
4 a TACT not generally known that there Is a
hlkher male than female birth rate, and II other
causes did not operate TO reduce the disparity
tnere would be IN every community more men
lhah women; The reason that this Is net The
S4se ! : that the ratio OF deaths duo 70 accidents
ana violence Is much higher among men than
among women, The casualties Of warfare TALL
Almost exclusively On men. The victims OF
murders shipWreCkz. and accidents are men
chteuy. The majority Of suicides are men. In
thls way the higher birth rate is offset by this
higher death rate. IL may be said. In a general
sey. too, that tho ordinary laws OF health arc
mole generally observed By women han By
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What were,the people by whom that civilization
WAS developed. tho country whence they came,
the races TO which they belonged, Is to-day I'M
known. The majority would place their cradle
land In Asia; the greater number OF contempt
rary Psychologists have rallied 10 this opinion
In the train OF 4. de Rouge; but the most ex-
irene position has been taken up by Hommel.
the Assyriohogist, who is inclined 20 derive
Egyptian civilization entirely from the Baby
lonian. He andsayors to prove that the Hello
politan myths. and hence the whole Egyptian
religion, arc derived from tho cults Of Eridu,
and would make the name OF the Egyptian city
Onu, or Anu, identical with that Of Nun, which
Is borne by the Chaldean. Those. however, who
would derive the earliest settlers of the Nile
land from Asia, cannot agree in determining
the route which was followed in the emigra-
tion TO Africa. Some of these think that the
people took the shortest road across the Isthmus
OF suez. Others give them longer peregrlna-
lions and . more complicated itinerary.
The latter would have them cross tho
Straits OF BRb-sl-Mandeb. and then the
Abyssinian Mountains, and, spreading north
ward and keeping along the Nile. finally settle
IN the Egypt of to-day. Prof. Maspero. for his
part hnds himself constrained by a minute ex-
animation Of the evidence 10 regard the hypOth-
Isis OF an Asiatic origin as dihicult 70 MAINTAIN.
The fact Is noted that the bulk OF the Egyptian
population presents the characteristics OF those
white races which have been found established
on the Mediterranean slope Of the Libyan CONT
nent; this population, then, Is OF African origin.
and came To Egypt from the West or Southwest.
IL Is admitted 70 be possible that, in the Nile val
iey. 1t may have met with a black race. which II
drove back or destroyed. and that there, too. Il
may have Afterward received an Accretion Of
Asiatic elements. introduced by way Of the 18th
mus and the marshes OF the Delta. But What
sVsr theory may be adopted With respect 10 the
origin Of the ancestOrsO of the Egyptians, It seems
undsniAble that they had scarcely settled on the
banks Of the Nile before the country conquered
them and Assimilated them 70 itself a. il has
asEsT ceased 70 do in the eAss Of strangers who
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LETTERS FROM ANNETTE.
Biind Sisters Who Uaeonsciousiy HELP -
Produce - Novel

iAa tncOnsciOuotY 4IeiR -
Produce - Novel.
The blind sisterhood of the Convent of ST.
Paul, in Paris, were engaged recently In writing
over and over again, in the raised characters
which the blind can read. this letter;
IL Is enough Adleul Why continue 20 sunes To-
gether when we may be happy apartf Do not seek -
IND me, for your search will be In vain ANNETTE
The work went on for days and weeks. An
the inmates were employed in repeating An
nette's cruel adleu before her flight TO a mysteri-
Gus refuge. At last the hands OF the Sisters had
formed 5000 OF these enigmAtic e~pistles. What
was their purpose? Why could not Annette
leave her lover without addressing him thou
sands OF circulars? What could he the solution
of this mystery These were the questions they
asked one another daily.
The secret at last came out. Annette's Oft ro-
peated farewell formed one page of a romance
which is a warm plea for those condemned 70
eternal night, and gives a faithful picture OF the
asylums and OF the hardships which many OF
the inmates are forced IN endure. The eyes or
Annette and her lover had been sightless since
childhood. and the author had tho original idea
of introducing in his hook her letter, exactly a.
she would have written IL. This work could nos
be done otherwise than by skilful hands. 50 the
publisher addressed himself Ia the blind sister
nood Of st. Paul, who possessed all the material
necessary for writing in relief. The task was =
considerable source Of revenue TO the institution.
The letter is written in what Is known as the
Braille system, which is considered the best ysS
known. GENERALLY speaking. this system cor
slsts Of six points arranged in two vertical code
umus, by which siXty-thres combinations are
produced which represent the alphabet and, in
French. the accent marks. Books for the blind
as the letters are TGised-must be on thick pa
per. and a short story would make a volume Of
considerable bulk.
The success Of the book finally obliged the
publisher TO prepare for a new edition, and. nat
urally, more letters from Annette were needed;
but the sisterhood u 81. Paul refused 10 maSs
them. They had learned, at last. that they had
been collaborating a romance a kind ~ litcra-
ture altogether profaue aud proscrihsd hy The
Church. The publisher urged that iheg hH2 a.
ready written several thousand az tNcsF ~lrtt"rs,
nut. ihey met his pleautnEs VITA LTGu rr'4,ats.
saying that they were obeying he orders ~
lhelr supcriora The result is that copies ~ Tue
nfst edition OF the book have doubled IN value
and are being bought ~ b specuIatorS
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soMB EEW BooKs.


In . qusrto volume Of nearly 500 pages, the
Eessrs. Appleton have publiahed An English
version Of the great work by Prof. @. MAsPERo.
entitled. The Dawn Of OVnt1dtton; E0pt and
Chdlded. The book has been translated by Mr..
N. L. Mcclure, . member Of the COMMITTEES Of
che Egypt Exploration Fund, and II IL edited by
Mr.. A. H. ssyce, the well-known Professor Of As
syrioloey At oxford. The reader scarcely needs
20 be reminded that Prof. Msspero's intimate
acquaintance with Egypt and its literature. and
che opportunities Of discovery afforded him by
hie position for several ycars - the director Of
thsBulsk Museum, give him . unique claim 10
speak with authority on the history Of the Nile
Valley. In the case Of Babylonia and Assyria,
on the other hand, he no longer speaks At
drst hand, but he has thoroughly studied
the latest and best authorities on the subject
and has weighed their statements with the
acquaintance with q similar department Of
knowledge. Mr.. ssyce. however, dissents from
his views regarding two points, which are OF
considerable Importance. These are the geo
graphical situation Of the land Of Magyar. which
most Assyriologists concur In placing In the Inn
mediate vicinity Of Egypt, and the historical
Of the annals of Sargon Of Accad,
which Prof. Maspero seems inclined TO regard
as legendary. In this notice wo shall limit our
selves TO indicating the conclusions arrived ut
By the author regarding the antiquity Of Egyp-
tian civilization, and shall touch but very briefly
m the corresponding part Of his work relating
- Chaldea-
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ent biosrppher and his colaborer. Mr.. @. d.
Sherborn. expressed a definite opinion on Oar
wihism. and, In the Historical Sketch" which
serves as 4 preface 10 the sixth edition OF
the "Oriein OF Species" Darwin under
takes 20 define Owens ideas 20 far as he
can comprehend them. The singular impartial
ity Of Darwin and his incessant endeavors 10 ar
rive at the truth whether IL turned against him
or for him will be made plain by some Of his
own words touching the question as TO what
Ovens ideas were. "when,' he says, "the
first edition Of this work was published, I was
so completely deceived, as were many others. by
such expressions as the continued operation Of
creative power that Included Prof. Owen with
other Intercollegiate as being firmly convinced
Of the immutnbility Of species; but IL APP
pears that this was on my part a prepostcrous
error. In the last edition Of this work lin
ferred, and the inference still seems to be
perfectly just, from a passage beginning with
the words. no doubt the type. FORM &c. that
Prof. Owen admitted that Natural Selection may
have done something in the formation Of
new species; but this, IL appears, IL mac
curate and without evidence. | also gave some
extracts from q correspondence between Prof.
Owen and the editor OF the London Rerie,C,
from which Il appeared manifest 20 the editor
as TO myself that Prof. Owen claimed TO have
promulgated the theory Of Natural Selection be-
fore l had done so; and l expressed my surprise
and satisfaction at this announcement; but, as
far as IL is possible to understand certain re-
Gently published passages, | have again, either
partially or wholly. fallen into the error. 1t is
consolatory 10 me that others find Prof. Owens
controversial writings rs difficult TO understand
and to reconcile with each other as I do. As far
as the mere cnunciation OF the principle Of
Natural Selection is concerned, IL is quite i'm
material whether or not Prof. Owen preceded
me or both of us were long ago preceded by DIR.
Wells and Mr.. Matthews"
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VI.

We have dwelt at length upon what the au-
thor has 70 say regarding the earliest Egyptians,
because, until now. but few efforts have been
made to throw light upon the subject. Erman,
for instance, and I'd Meyer have devoted 10 it
only a few pages Il is the examination Of the
hieroglyphic signs which has yielded to Mas
pero much valuable information. lie has found
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H.

II will be remembered that 1t was in the latter
part of 1850 that Darwin published his Origin
OF Species" The price which he set upon
Owens opinion OF that work may be inferred
from a note written to Lyell. which was In
cluded by Francis Darwin in his Life" Of his
father. "How curious I shall DO 10 know what
line Owen will take. Dead against US, fear;
but he wrote me q most liberal note on the re-
ception of my book, and said he was quito pre-
pared TO answer. fairly and without prejudice,
my line of argument" After a meeting with
Owen, Darwin wrote TO him a letter respecting
the Origin" from which the following extract
is taken; you made a remark in our CONVEX
sation, something TO the effect that my book
could not probably be proved, as 1t attempted
TO explain so much. ! can only answer that this
might be objected 10 any view embracing two
or three classes OF facts. Yet ! assure you that
its truth has often and often weighed heavily
on me; and l have thought that perhaps my
book might be a case like MAcleay's culinary
system ian artificial attempt at a natural sys-
tenn OF classification which soon became a by
word among naturalists). So strongly did | feel
this that l resolved to give it all up as far as l
could II i did not convince at least two or
three competent judges. You smiled at
me for sticking myself up as a mar
tyr; but / assure you II you had
heard the unmercifuL, and l think unjust,
things said OF my book and TO me in a letter by
an old and very distinguished friend, you would
not wonder At me being sensitive, perhaps
ridiculously sensitive. Forgive these remarks.
/ should be a dolt not 20 value your scientific
opinion very highly. II my views are in the
main correct whatever value they may possess
in pushing on science will now depend very
little on me, but on the verdict pronounced by
men eminent in science" The old ana very
distinguished friend" here spoken OF. DIR.
Francis Darwin considered 10 be Adam sedg-
wick. and the Identification seems confirmed by
a letter from Sedgwick 10 Owen which is printed
In this book, and 10 which We shall shortly refer.
II not dead against the theory OF Natural
Selection, the subject OF this biography at first
looked Askance at 1t, preferring the idea OF the
great scheme OF nature which he had himself
advanced. He was OF opinion that the operation
OF external influences and the resulting " contest
OF existence" lead 10 certain species becoming
extinct Thus IL came about, he supposed, that,
like the dodO In recent times, the dinornis and
other gigantic birds had disappeared. But he
never, a. far a. can b AseeTtAiRd By the pres
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Tho subject OF this biography was more than
az wears old when he died on Dec. ia. 1902 bav.
ing been born at Lancaster on July %. 1904. He
was the son OF a West India merchant. and re-
ceiyed his early education nj the grammar school
of his native town. where one OF his schoolfel-
lows was William whewell, afteryard the we'll
known master Of Trinity College, Cambridge.
At the age of 20 he matriculated at the Uni
yersity of Edinburgh. and two wears later he
became n member of the ROYAL College NJ sur-
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have occupied n Al the time WHEN Tire history
Of Egypt begins the inhabitants had long formed
one people and had but one Language
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-10-12

nut questions to candidate for citlzen-
Ship and that II the latter failed 10 an
swer them they rejected him. >,
80 that without your PERMISSION,
said Mr.. Gofr, ''the candidate can go 10
further"
Yes, SIR"
This is an important piece OF evidence,
Mr.. Chairman. that clerk can eAeICis.
ministerial power without such power
being delegated to him" said Mr.. Son,
"Yes, indeed, II is," said chairman
.Lexow.
Lawrence Carney, who has been en-
gagged in the policy business for some
years, was the first witness called AFTER
recess. The witness produced list OF
six hundred policy shops which he sald
were running In this city up to feW
days ago.
The witness explained how the game OF
policy was played, gave the names oi
the principal hackers in this city, anu
said all classes OF persons played the
game He said that I'm one ward, cap
tain Siebert's precinct, he had seen
school children play. Carney tesuheu
that the police were paid for Protec-
tion, and mentioned a number or cap
tains to whom he knew money was so
paid. In describing the game the Wiz
ness mentioned the names OF various
gigs. He was asked If they had Lek9W
gig" and replied in the NEGATIVE. lie
stated, amid great laughter that there
was a McKane gig though. 1t was ne
said, NcKane's age, the NUMBER OF ms
cell and the number Of his tier. Inc gig
won few days after Mckane was LOCK
ed up.
Alter some unimportant testimony an
adjournment was taken till next Tues
daV
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-10-12
FORGET's MEMOEY REFRBsHED
Paid the $500 10 Captain schmittbsrger in
Per-un-DeGan Corroborated

NEW YORK, oct. 11.-Mr. Forget. agent
Of the French Steamship Line. gave di-
rect testimony to-day that a police cap
tain had uulawfuliy accepted money
from him. Mr. Forget was a witness be-
fore the LeNow Committee on Tuesday,
put AT that tihe MS memory was so de-
tectiVe that Chief Counsel Gon gave
him until to-day TO refresh his recollec-
tiOns Of his dealings with the police
Now, MIR. Forget said Mr.. GOff, when
the proceedings began to-day have YOU
remembered what became of that $500
paid to the police by you on December
81, 1912"
81 have. paid it to Captain Max
Scnmittbargcr."
Mr.. FORGET continued: "The ward de-
tective told me that. as we had ceased
10 pay officer Degan $40 a week for a
year, the captain wanted 800 which sum
the weekly payments fee had aggregat-
Ibid Captain schmittberger call for the
money!
Il believe he did; yes. remember pay
ing him in bills"
officer Martin G. Riley. for twenty-six
wears on the force. and a member OF the
steamboat squad during fifteen years, tes-
titled that ne made $40 a week for extra
services on the Cunard Line pier, but
that CAPTAIN Schmittberger wanted every
cent of IT, Riley, however, objected. He
was already paying the ward detective
s. a week His evidence was strongly cor
roborative of officer Degan He said he
was taken from the Cunard Line pier
"n5 niaced on a less pleasant post.
The next witness was Gustave Wolf,
whom Nr. Forget, the manager of the
Erench Line. testified on Tuesday had
apprOached him in Captain Schmittber-
ger's behalf lie is manager OF Mailard
Candy Factory, in west Twenty-sixth
He said he had known Captain Schmitt-
b,.,oer Tor years. The Captain asked him
a. he would intercede with Mr.. Forget I'm
hts hehaIf. The witness did business with
Mr.. Forget, ana consented 10 ask him not
IN testify against the Captain.
CON Buck was not profitable witness
NJ ,oid the committee. with seeming re-
inctance and protessedly with the fear
tbot ba ving given his evidence he would
sii"e aes,.oI;itet; Ey the Max Hochstim gang.
pe 49, ha had been discharged from the
s,,,,,ca department OF the city because IL
,,lleI,.,, known that he would be n wit
c-.' fore the committee. He admitted
,,.dsr oross-examlnation, however, that
ui,u,, tulnnr,netency had been alleged as the
reason for his discnarge.
Somnmon Pleas. In the naturalization
u 99lortment. was then called. He said the
9s Il season was the busy time In his de-
partment. ,ersons wara na,,ro,,,sa
A., ,,n,,r court yesterday"
"Sixty-three persons yesterday and
,s,.N,9o the day before"
eAI said fifty cents was charged for cit
,'shin certificates OF declaration Ger
zen "nolitical organizations sent claims
tam -, which the fees were charged up.
ga think the German-American organ
- sent a check for 500 and Tamma-
lza,'p liza area nization a check for s50."
ny os witness then described the process
naturalzng citizen In detail He
Sa,d that he and his feliow-elerks always