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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-07-11

course, the foundation FOR everything
that is good IN the human race. though
not necessarily the accompaniment You
can't have "A house without a founda-
ton. but it's a mighty easy thing 10
have a foundation without a house. In
the majority Of marriages husband and
wife are physically compatible. Mental
compatibility. however, Is much less fire.
Quent. This is caused. first. by the fact
that brain contours are usually con-
cealed by bOnnets or hair and are not
made the objects Of inspection and con-
siderati second. by the fact that van
ity. TO say nothing Of anything else.
makes most OF us hide our worst points
from our best friends. and. third. by the
fact that If the brain contours were eX-
amined and the worst points were not
hidden. most people are so indignant
that IL wouldn't make any difference.
LincoIn's Marriage.
IN the United states. especially. care
full marriage is necessary We have a
number Of national diseases. such as
dyspepsia and catarrh. and sectional tenn
permanent such as the New England. the
southern. the western. etc. are much
more universal than is ordinarily the case
in other countries. Our most common
type is the lank. lean. motive tempera-
mcnt. In men and women Of this sort
there IS almost certain 10 be a deficiency
Of culture and polish. although there may
be none Of intellect. Abraham Lincoln
Is a striking instance Of this. with which
we are all familiar. His was an ex-
treme Gaze. II Abraham Lincoln had
married a woman Of like temperament,
the result 10 the children Of the union
would have been most dreadfully disas-
trous. Lincoln was a man of fine intel
lectual development The faculties of
the intellect We're all there and large.
although the forehead was not high. This
was due TO the fact that the wreath Of
faculties which tops the mtellect-music.
suayity. love of beauty. etc. etc-wers
almost entirely missing. Lincoln was not
a witty man. but ne was a humorous
man. His fun came from behind his
ears instead OF from his forehead. He
was not polished. As Ingersoll said; "Hs
would use any common word that wit
could disinfect." man Of this tenn
permanent should invariably marry A
woman reasonably rotund in figure and
Of rather yielding physical fiber. One OF
the simplest indications is the hand
Lincoln's was hard, bony and big-jointed.
The fingers could not be bent back a
sixteenth Of an inch. Had he married
a woman with a hand like his their chill
dren would have been inclined 10 excess,
i've cOsrseness. The hand Of the wife Of
a man like Lincoln should have tapering,
comic fingers, small-jOinted and easily
bent back.
1.-The Germans as a nation are typicallN
OF the vital temperament, and from inter-
marriage with the same temperament they
have developed excuses Of almost all tho
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-07-11

ing brain students are offered. Below
will be found interviews with Forbes
Winslow and Edward George Younger,
England's greatest mental specialist; NJ
BertillOn of Paris. Dr. Z. G. Beall and
DR.. Frederick Peterson of New York.
Such testimony as this cannot be ig-
nored.
a Great LondOner.
The Importance Of DR.. Forbes Win
slow is overshadowing. A representa-
tive Of this paper called upon him at his
residence. 80 Devonshire-st., n. W, three
weeks ago, and the utterances that fol-
lowed was made rapidly and enthusi-
astically. 1t should be said that almost
every criminal case in Great Britain
where insanity figures is referred TO Dr.
Winslow. 1t was 10 him that the home
secretary turned for an opinion on Mrs
Maybrick's responsibility when the
queen was pedtioned to commute her
sentence of death, and 1t was owing to
the Doctors answer that the life of the
unfortunate woman was spared. it was
to Or. WinsoW that Jack the Ripper
wrote the now famous letter:
Dear Sir-YOu Will hear from me.
JACK THE RIPPER"
The whole world did hear from him
shortly afterward through thirteen
dreadful murders. This letter is framed
and hangs upon the wall of the doctors
study, and shows the mysterious crimi-
nal 10 have been a good penman and an
epigrammatic writer. The formation Of
the letters in this note corresponds with
the writing the murderer left near the
bodies OF his victims. and there is no
questioning its authenticity.
will the strength Of the human
mind increase, DR.. WinslOw, as the
strength of the human body has done?"
asked the writer.
81 can see no reason to doubt it, he
replied. 1T is a somewhat discourage
ing subject to discuss nOw-that is, it
would be 10 a man who could not see
beyond the present. There has not been
a decrease Of insanity coexistent with
the decrease in the death rate. That
does not mean, however. that the hu-
man mind has not been growing strong
er. but that an artificial agency has
been at work 10 overcome its improve
ment The rate of lunatics to each TO-
600 inhabitants of Great Britain in 1859
was 1857. In 1893 il was 1921. 1t should
be understood, however, that a law
passed here some two years ago Tequir-
ing all cases of lunacy 10 be reported
TO the proper authorities has brought
the full number Of lunatics to public
notice. whereas, prior TO the passage of
mat law, they existed but were not SO
widely known. That accounts for a part
OF the apparent increase.
Due 10 Drink.
The remaining real increase, l say
without the slightest hesitation. is due
70 one thing, and that one thing only
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ness on the selfish or lower plane will be
mistaken. Religions greatest idea is the
supremacy of love. BeneVolence or the
faculty of high love is furthest removed
from the low faculties of ANY until You
get 10 the intellect: therefore we should
consider that function the highest. II is
the highest in phrenolOgy and it is the
highest in religion. The lOw-brOWed
villain is traditional.
The future race viii he one Of spe-
cialists. So much knowledge is being
evolved that this will be necessary. but
believe that the whole volume of hu-
man knowledge Will be gradually re-
written and condensed, 50 that il viii
be infinitely more accessible than IL Is
now. The sciences themselves viii be
scientifically systematiZed and by the
aid OF that system il will be possible
for the future specialist to be better
versed in all departments than the spc-
cialist Of today Is in his own. knowl-
edge is very largely matter OF facility
We all know thousands of things that
we have no consciousness of having
learned. They are matters Of habit
With each new step forward along the
main road Of knowledge new bypaths
will be discovered. and each viii be ex-
plored. This viii bring a higher physi-
Csl culture and not only greater knOwl-
edge. but the ability to apply that
knowledge well"
Right Marriage Is Paramount.
I called DR.. BeaWs attention TO the
opinions Of the English authorities con
corning the drink hahi- To some extent
he agreed with them
They have put the cart before the
horse. however" he said They speak
Of drink first and marriage afterward.
They should speak Of marriage first,
and everything else afterward. When
the public conscience is awakened thor
oughly on the subject Of marriSge-and
that awakening has already begun. I'M
duestionably-a great stride viii have
been made toward better physique and
better mentality. When the public van
ity is awakened on the subject Of mar
riage-vanity IS infinitely more potent
than conscience-then the battle will
have been won. When people know
enough about this subject TO realize
that it is blame and not pity that par
ents of incompetent or undeveloped chill
dren deserve, the awakening viii be
complete. Men and women then will be
ashamed to be recognized as the fathers
and mothers Of anything but perfect
children Widely extended knowledge
will bring condemnation and ridicule
upon those who disregard the laws Of
parental influence or heredity.
THE most common mistake in mar
riage is failure 10 secure cOmradeship
on moral and intellectual planes. Ma
ture exerts herself first OF all TO attain
the physical type and neglects morality
and intellect. Physical strength is, Of
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The whole world Is waking up to the
fact that better times are coming. None
has goae 50 far as say that
the perfect man viii come with the
twentieth century, but almost all sci
ence lifts its voice with the welcome
news that with the twentieth century
man viii approach perfection much more
nearly than he does now. Improvement
comes at L geometricaI ratio just as de-
teriOration does When the Greeks AID
Romans began to fail they went down
with a sweeping rush that would have
carried them into oblivion had they not
left their books and their monuments
behind them. The man Of today IS go
ing up with the same sweeping rush,
and it will carry MIN far beyond any
point dreamed OF twenty years ago. Per
haps there is no stronger evidence Of
the truth of this possibility than the in
terest that these articles. telling the
pr, phecies of scienti. men, have atoused.
That dealing with the proper birth Of
children, printed three weeks ago today,
has called out many letters TO the writer
from people in almost every possible
walk Of life. This shows that not alone
the scientific men, but the people them
selves, are progressive. Scarcely less in
terest is aroused by the table on the in
crease of the length OF human life, print
ed the week following, and there are
indications that the astonishing facts
concerning heredity published last Sun
day viii prove OF quite as great interest.
II THESE messages We're interesting,
what Will the message today be? II
tells how insanity and idiOcy Will be
wiped out. how our mental development
VIII equal our physical gain, how in the
future none Will be predisposed to
nelanchOlia and failure The coming
man, says science, will be hopeful and
jolly as well as strong and long lived.
GrOundiess sorrow viii die out. As au-
thorities for these statements the lead
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-07-11
THE FUTURE OF THE RACE.
THOUGHT OF THE WORLD on TWEEN
TIETH CENTURY INTELLECT.

Mental MnrveIs COmfng-An EnOr-
nous Decrease in Insanity May
Reasonably Be ExPecfed-Drink
Now Its Greatest Cause-IntervieWs
with WinsIOyv and Younger of Lon
don and Bea1 OF New NOrk-Ita-
tiOnaI Marriage.
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Read Our OiiGl!

This magnificent work has received
the unqualified endorsement of the lead
ing papers Of the country as the great
est and most artistic Photographic re-
production ot the Worlds Fair that "a
before the public. The Boston "TIav>
eler" voices the sentiment OF the presS
thus:
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The only original. authorized and COM
plete Photographic panorama Of the mar
veIous buildings. exhibits. scenes and
surroundings of the Worlds Columbian
Exposition. sublime spectacle. Gu
blimely illustrated.
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The remaining real increase, l say
without the slightest hesitation. is due
10 one thing, and that one thing only
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-01-18

:. The Boston Post doesn't like the decis-
ion of the Ways and Means committee
to so amend the tariff bill as to postpone
the taking effect of the free wool clause
until the first of August. 1t says at is
a stupendous blunder from business
standpoint and crime from a political
standpoint From political standpoint
the whole Wilson bill is crime, and
the extension to the wool growers will
not help or hurt it in that respect. 1t
is political crime because it is a cheat
and fraud. 1t is not what the Demo-
Gratis promised the country to do, and it
is not what the country voted for. The
Democrats carried the country ON the
promise that they would make a tariff
for revenue only. They have made one
in which revenue is only small incident
Therefore they have cheated the conn
try, and cheating is a crime
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-01-18

the whole history of modern instrumental
music, and it is startling to reflect that
this musician who has just passed away
must have talked with men who could
remem Der Bach. Herr Randhartiuger
was schoolfellow of Schubert and a
teacher OF List, and one of the most
widely known musicians in Austria,
Ephraim Bull the originator of the
Concord grape, is dying at his home in
Concord Mass. from injuries received
last autumn by a fall from a ladder.
Though 81 years old he was active until
this injury overlook him. He is poor
having lost all his fortune in trying to
introduce a new grape that he originated
several years ago, and his friends are
caring for him. He may soon be removed
to Home for the Aged in Concord.
A Berlin correspondent says Prince
Bismarck, in addition TO gastric troubles
recently suffered from influenza: The
attack appeared to have passed off,
but actually it was otherwise, hence the
visits of DR.. Schweninger. The princes
appearance has lately altered for the
worse. He is much thinner, and his
face is shrunk.
Mrs. Beecher, widow of Henry Ward
Beecher, while attending services at
Plymouth chucrh Sunday morning, was
seized with fit of weakness. She was
carried into the lecture room, where she
was unconscious for five minutes. A
physician gave her restoratives and
brought her back to consciousness
IT half the things said OF him by his
wife in her petition for divorce are
true, Mortimer McRoberts of Chicago
must be a very extraordinary person
She says among other things, that in
three weeks spree he got away with
$40, 200 that he caroused $500 worth
in single night; and that he habit
ually drinks five quarts of whiskey a
week. over and above his generous daily
libati of champagne. On one occas-
ion, she further alleges, he expressed his
displeasure with her by firing two shots
at her Thorough her bedroom door.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-01-18
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR.

The msytery which has wrapped General
Gurko around during the height of his
career is about his death bed. Even the
d sease from viii CHI the terrible admins
traitor of Poland is dying isnot known to
the outside world. This makes the sug-
gestion that nihillst .. poison is at the
bottom of it a reasonable con- lecture.
By aid of an electric motor a gatling
gun can fire more than 5000 shots
minute. This concentrated and constant
discharge represents perhaps the fire of
two whole regiments for the same time
during the late war.
The number of women writers, editors
and journalists in the United Kingdom
is.very much smaller than one might
expect-only GEO., as against Sill men,
There are IA women journalists between
the ages of Is and 20, 1856 between IS
and As, and 20 above 65.
It is said that when Mrs. Peter Cooper
first went to housekeeping every piece
of her furniture was made by her hus-
band with his own hands. Even the
bedroom and parlor setsn were the
handiwork Of her ingenious husband.
Speaker Crisp smokes very bad cigars
the worst in the House, in fact, and
the members have acquired the habit of
presenting him with cigars themselves.
SO that they can get within nose range
of him when they wish to hold sweet
converse with the eminent Georgian.
Harriet Hosmer, the American sculptor
who has long lived abroad, is in San
Francisco to superintend the erection of
her statue of Queen Isabella at the Mid
winter Fair This statue was intended
for the Worlds Fair, but owing to dis
agreement between the Board of LADY
Managers and the ISABELLA Society as to
the site, it was not exhibited there. Miss
Hosmer made a statement to a San
Francisco reporter that she has now an
order from one of the Eastern cities for
a very large monument that would cost
about 81, 900, 900 to execute, and would
be about all she could do to in this life
She said she would probably do the
work, but was not certain till the con-
tract was signed.
The death of Benedict Randhartinger,
the veteran Austrian musician is a re-
m1nder of how new q thing modern
music is When he was born in 1902,
Josef Haydn, the father of the symphony
had still seven years to live, and when
Haydn was born in 1882, Johann Sebas-
t1an Bach was III the midst of his creative
Work. These three men join hands across
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-01-18

The tin plate industry shows consid-
cradle falling off in product during the
last three months. OF course this was
to be expected. The preservation of the
existing duties was a condition precedent
for the continued growth Of the business
No new manufactures would of caurse
be started unless there was reasonable
prospect that the duties would be con-
tinued, and those now engaged in the
business would of course go slow until
Ii was ascertained what was to be their
fate With the passage Of the Wilson
bsAs SasS SRaastry may be expected to
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-01-18

If the nomination of Hornblower was
Presidents strength the Senate, it
was an unfortunate selection, and goes
to show that Mr.. Cleveland has been
getting more credit for shrewdness than
he deserves. Iornblower could not have
been defeated if he had been conspicu-
fitness for the Supreme bench there could
have been no dispute. A majority of
the Senate would never have voted
against him if there had been no chance
to give better excuse for doing SO than
that he wasn't agreeable to Hill and
Murphy, or that they had not been
consulted in his selection. OF course
there was desire to help H i'll as against
the President, but that desire would
never have been manifested in action, if
it had been bound to appear to tue pub
lie as the chief motive. There were
plenty TO lawyers among the New York
anti-snappers of SO great distinction that
the appeals of Hill and Murphy. though
coupled with the dislike of eight or ten
Democratic Senators for the President
would have proved futile to de-
feat them. The President over
estimated his power to force an
Indifferent lawyer upon the Supreme
bench, and in consequence he has met
with defeat which will be far reaching
in its consequences Having downed
him once, his enemies in the Senate will
not hesitate to undertake to down him
again, aud the prestige of their success
in this case will help them in cases to
came
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-01-18
union MUTUAL
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.
PORTLAND, MAINE. !.

At this festive season of the year,
season at which each man vies with
his neigh Dor in the making of some gift
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and friends, it is peculiarly fitting,ss that
the UNIQUE advantages of Life Insur-
ance should be kept in view. The ten
dency of the age is to be PRACTICAL,g
those who contemplate making holiday
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which will in the event of the death Of
the bread-winner protect the Home and
afford nurture and sustenace to the
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not require any very vivid flight Of
imagination to comprehend the possibili-
ties of a ifty-fold return consequent ups
on an outlay for the acquisition of Life
Insurance; whereas, similar outlay up
on something more pleasing to the eye
and possibly of perishable or breakabls
nature could not afford the solid and
lasting benefit to be obtained by and
through policy in the Union Mutual,
apossession which no family should lack
but one which should be treasured in
every home dec23eodtf
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-01-18

But does the editor of the PRESS
think the words of Mr.. Willis, II then
said to er'that any moment night or
dsy, this offer of our government was
open to the acceptance" refer to the
offer to help her regain the throne, or
did it refer to the offer of safe asylum
either at the legation or on board our
American war ships?-Lifelong Republi-
can. III the Advertiser.
To the offer of safe asylum undoubted-
~. We first saw the paragraph separated
from it's connection and got wrong
impression about it at first.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-01-18

The B@ngot Commercial thinks Queen
LIPS desire to cut off the heads of the
members of the Provisional government
is more to her credit than otherwise " for
il proves" the Commercial goes on to ex-
plain that she too has been susceptible
to missionary influences and has kept
pace with the advance of Hawaiian
civilization. A few years ago she would
not have been satisfied with the removal
Of q few of the heads of her enemies
She would have insisted upon having
the latest remains served at dinner
Iha Queen is growing better every day.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-01-18

We sincerely hope that the sun of
prosperity" which the Boston Herald
shinks it describes through the gloom
is.l't an optical illusion. But as the
Herald has been deserving suns of this
sort ever since the silver bill was passed,
which was to immediately restore pros
perity TO the country, we have great
fears as to the correctness of it's present
vision.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-01-18

The rear end collision on the Delaware
&sLackawana road, which caused so many
deaths, would have been impossible
had the company adopted the block sys-
tenn. The rear end bakeman, enveloped
In thick fog. could not peer far enough
into the gloom to see the approaching
train in season to prevent the collision
The absence of the block system from
this road is entirely inxecusable, be-
cause the road is very rich one, and is
plling up huge surplus each year. A
road in that condition is bound to adopt
every effective continuance for the safety
OF its passengers. Something can be said
III extenuation when poor and stug-
CLING railroad company is found to be
without the best appliances for prevent
ing accidents, but in the case of rich
corporation like the Delaware & Lacka-
wanna nothing can be said in defense.
Ii juries mulct this corporation in huge
sums for the results of it's parsimony or
carelessness it will be nothing more
than right
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-01-18

It looks as though the Brazilian revo-
lutionists had got almot to the end of
their rope. Their resources appear to be
practically exhausted, and they seem to
ns occupying their energies in the pur-
suit of peace with honor" which prob
ably means peace without losing their
heads.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-01-18

If his president Cleveland's) admins
tation had had the strength at present
that it had eight years ago at the same
stage, he would have carried through
this nomination, which was an unob-
lectionable one in every essential respect.
1t should not have been in the power of
Hill TO defeat it. Whether this is all
owing to the perversity of the Demo-
cratic Senators or is partly owing to
some lack of wise dealing with party
conditions on his own part is an interest
ing question in our politics. 1t may be-
come more so in the future. Boston
Herald.
Perhaps it is owing partly to that lac k
of winning manners" on the part of the
President which the New York Post
alluded to few days ago. Mr.. Cleve-
lands tone and manner toward Congress
has been exceedingly offensive and if
the Senators are beginning to show some
resentment it is no more than natural.
Tact IS a quality that the President
is entirely wanting in, else he never
would have talked about having a sess-
ion of Congress con his hands, neither
would he have entirely ignored all the
Democratic Senators when he set his
Hawaiian policy on foot.