Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-03-14
?raslical Phrenology
and FakirS

and FakirS.
Some yorrr gentlemen who have O
laundering I'D hltC Arlr hoods telt
lltr asked about phrluoiO1y. Phreu-
a.p-y v.- ug maiden ambition. I
rn.elo'cl Iet uy friends ana as
irCu .hcu ven my diagnosis was wen
NcI af church Cr mo tlo theatre
O.. "es -y l-lll. -o six behind bald
lullel man and SAFE in rapture at The
Shining bumps ol his head. and men
'aIly rhrenolc@r him. I could even
iac9rc and define lle bumps on snuff
ba det ana tcl whether DC was ever
cc,ns ,o amount Co much or not
Even The docs. / displayed my skill
on them. some of them had bumps
th.. any eenius would De proud Of.
one iu particular smiths old NANCY
"7iec that WIS shot on account of vic
iOlesuess. had bumps for mirth and sub
Nrhy that were abnormal
. rerlcmtcr the first live phronologist
7 listened 20. His stage was decorated
viii portraits. poorly executed Of dis
tina dshed men. His Ovn occupied 4
posib on between Napoleon BOnOparte
and Lord Byron Tie did this because
ne noticed q great similarity between
his heal and that Of SErOn and NapOl-
con. Ee showed this to the audience.
T had heard of Napoleon and Byron.
but I hal never heard Of our phren-
oiogist friend before he struck town. I
thought perhaps that ne was just wait
ing for a more fitting ume to score
the world with his poetry or feats in
var am satisfied now that he was
footing MS.
He took q number Of persons on the
stage and felt their heads. One sub
jcct who was going 10 be a great rail-
road king who now ON account OF
mo- railroad 10 be president Of runs a
Ertle grocery store. Another who show
el decided talents for fine arts and
poetry. keeps q butcher shop. A young
lady OF sweet domestic disposition.
went on the stage and has been married
three times.
Curious enough these people say the
parcroloEisf was correct I'm speaking
c. tae matter. the grocer told me he
s-H .eIt talent hankering for being
road president. but somehow so
u.rr parsons seemed leaguej against
H.u The butcher told me he knew
u..rr uas his fort He has not read
or Shakespeare because ne
'rt t.Ue' but il he had had the Op-
.rrtr tha- so many Young men
l.tr .n' could have been apprenticed
--rate poet he would not be
t-or'r- rov.
Since fhe FIRST. 7 have come i'm cor
ilb many phrenClOgists and my
f.th has grown weary. IL was a shock
tn know that Iayater. far superior 10
Can a- q dir'uer of character. made
t-e awful mistake OF thinking q horse
tr.ot and an al-rOund tOugh-a noble
minded philanthropist. and vice verl-.
le declared vCr. benevolent old soul
q maiefac-0r Mistakes of this kind
we're rough on John Casper Lavater.
The Psychologists I knew personally
we're about as accurate in their state
weuts as Ira Hicks. the weather
prophet Presumed cthnologist.
knowing the character OF Pizarro. made
estimates showing how his head should
be-. a physical examination of the
great conquerOr's head at Lima. where
o. .r... 4
A-9 Ie-- ans no" are showed tney were
as TAR on as t they had been diagnosing
o cocoGnut. This led TO a spirited con-
trorersy. The remains OF Bach. the
Sfed, musical com poser. were eNnumed
lh 't aIler burial or loo years. The
cemetery register showed that Bach
ldd 1-eA inferred IN am OAK collin
IT'D ire vast number or ourials but
twelve oak collins had been used
Among the contents OF these were
skeleton supposed ODD boz Bachs Our
phrenoIoeists Vere called Boz to verify
corr disn-o e. and even with portraits
t0 @ ..cu obey Hra st variance.
To settle fhe ater tho skull was
placed u rh. lands OH skilled an-
f.. Hn-I RnuI have H.ro-anH Do WAS
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