The morning call., 1894-03-12

yearnlng from the lecture platlorm
But he does not make the ,phono-
he says great deal about lis
marvellous sensitiveness that way, ana MS
knowledge of Africa and zoology seems
woefully circumscribed. The professor is
represented as making the mistake Oh
taking about things and not doing tnem.
mere Is. in shnrt, an impression that ne
IS humbug. and there are inquiries where
ne comes from and what does he pro
fess."
1t is most comforting to find that sewer
gas is only DOGGY of disease. It's smell
is bad. and therefore it was saddled win
all the maladies that could be twisted out
Oh Greek nomenclature for the sake Oh
Lees. But DIR. Petr of Berlin declares that
ne did not find a single organism In loo
Htres OF sewer gas taken from cioaca
reputedly poisonous in Berlin. and 10 some
other specimens he only dlscovered
one bacterium and three mods. wnich.
possibly, were themselves in collapsed
state from too healthy an environment;
Also there is the case OF Mr.. Laws Oh
London. He experimental upon the gas
10 an old sewer under st James ParE,
which accommodates rich neigh borhooQ,
and should be particularly vile and viru-
lent and yet he only found lew germs,
quite too innocent to be stopped at quar-
anime on the way to the lungs OF
the arteries. 1t is now scientific
opinion that there are million
times more mlcroDe Dangers IN
the atmosphere of a fashionable ball
room than in a sewer. Whether this
accounts for the evils some people are eter-
nally seeing in dancing is matter OF opin-
Ion, particularly for these people. But the
sanitary engineer is not excused Ii he
leaves streets squalid and drains foul, even
admitting that the gas OF the underground
arteries is not as pestllential as 1t has
Deen represented. The scIubblng-orusn
and flushing bucket are still necessary.
A lunacy asylum physician in Edin-
Durgh has come to the conclusion, from
an examination of crania. that in most
criminals there is an arrest OF brain de-
velopment, and he says this is usually
exhibited in a peculiar form OF hard
palate, owing TO the close relationship
which IL bears to the base OF the anterior
lobes of the brain in man." There is dan
ger in these speculatIons of working upon
too slender a draughi of the iDductive net.
LII Is not the testimony which characteriZes
q good deal of the criminality OF America.
BOodling and back defalcations, train rob-
berries, forgeries and Swindllngs innumer-
able are rather the result of superior than
deficient brain development. The moral
faculties are depraved. but the intellectual
endow ment is active and discerning. Ihls
Is indicated in the subsequent effects.
When found out, these criminals, from the
political boss TO the train robDer, are Won
derfully versatile in defense against the
keenest prosecuting lawyers and Judges.
When they do go to Jail they do not always
remain there. Outside of this category is
tue enormous number of men and women
who commit murder or are accessory
thereto. But they are supposed TO be over
powered by impulse, and yet the impulse
is coincident with paucity of hanging.
The septennate term elapses in France
this year. and another choice of President
must be made. 4 lack of great names and
no great enthusiasm among candidates of
small degree and fame are the feature OF
the situa tio1. CARROT is said to be unwill-
ing TO prolong his services. he has had
enough of the Elysee and the cares of
6gure-head administration. Besides, his
purse, if all is true. has been considerably
depleted far above his official income. This
is not as it should be. but it is a
merit of citizenship to prize honor at
personal sacrifice rather than clutch
1t for personal gain and the indulgence of
love of power. When he was chosen
there were numbers of brilliant men who
thought they should take lead in the na-
TONS commands. Carnot was so far out
side as candidate that he was laughed at
when the election was declared. 1t was
such an absurd choice. apparently freak,
that the Parislans were tickled beynpd
control. But he has made the best of all
the Presidents since the empire went
down. II will not be an easy matter TO hit
upon successor as good.