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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-05-30
ing humanity by this line OF study are

ing humanity by this line OF study are
well known.
The reign OF Queen Victoria VIII be
notable in future generations for scien-
tac discovery and progress. and among
the sciences that have advanced by
leaps and bounds during this heightened
period, biology must surely occupy one
Of the most prominent positions. IN
deed. Il Is almost impossible for workers
at the present day TO realize how I'M
perfect was our knowledge. and how
comparatively few were our books on
biological subjects, In the year of grace
1887. To give any adequate idea or the
amount OF progress that has been MADE
in even one branch OF this science during
the reign would be manifestly impossi-
bic IN an article OF the present length.
aud &C. IS hence a matter OF extreme
difficulty TO select points for special
mention.
or owens works the greater portion
has appeared during the reign, although
his memoir on the mammary glands OF
the duck-bll bears the date 1892 This
serves to remind us that the history of
the monotreme mammals has been prac-
ticaly worked out during the same pc
Rod the discovery that these animals
lay eggs not having been announced till
the year 1854. Although. owing to his per-
sistent opposition to the doctrine Of evo-
luton. his theories Of the relationships
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-05-30

been explored and opened up, and the
fauna of Thibet and other parts Of Cen
tral Asia. or a large portion Of Africa
of New Guinea, Of Central Australia.
and Of many Oceanic islands. as wen
as the interior Of Borneo and Celebes.
have been revealed and described.
The ORTHODOXY Of South America has
received an especial attention during the
reien. while the magnificent eNpositons
have made known the entire fauna and
fora Of the central districts Of the
New World. In the classification ana
morphology Of fishes, as also IN our
knowledge of whales and other marine
mammals. great advances have been
made In embryology and PHYSIOLOGY
the strides have been enormous
New doctrines I'm connection with the
evolution Of animal life have also been
propounded by Darwin within the
period Of which | write Among these
ono OF the most important, and one
which has probably played a very con-
siderable part In nature IS that OF
parallelism in cpment-that Is 10
saw. the Independent development or
similar structures I'm different groups OF
animals living under similar circum-
stances. or in course Of adaptation 10
similar conditions OF life. Mimicry, too
SIS another important factor in nature
the discovery and recognition Of which
has taken place during the Queens reign.
The cutting Of thin sections Of animal
and vegetable tissues and their eXamlna-
ton under the microscope, and tie
wonderful results that have been OBJ
tained thereby, are also development
OF the reign, as is likewise microscopy
in general Bacteria and microbes,
again. are low types Of life whose in
vesugation forms one Of the greatest
achievements Of the latter part OF the
era. and the incalculable benefits which
have already been conferred upon suffer-
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-05-30
Angio-Snxon Music.
Westmlnster Revlew.)

For the laity the Growth, harp, and pipe
were faVOrite musical Instruments The
tabor was used at Anglo-Saxon entertain
ments. but it was not so popular as these
three. Drums were occasionally used to
heighten the effect, but they, Also do not
seem TO nave been in high favor. While
the pipe was a fayorite instrument among
the lower classes, such as bear dancers
and exhibitors of dancing dogs, the harp,
on tho other hand, was the instrument Of
the nobility; all noble children were taught
to play on the harp. Thus the King OF
Westnesse commands the harp for the
education Of his son: Teach him Of the
harp and of song; teach him to tug o. the
harp with his nails sharp" Most famous
knights Of King Arthur were taught
"harpng." And we know that Alfred the
Great put his knowledge Of the harp to
other than musical purposes. 1t is also
worth noting that st. Aldehelm and St.
Dunstan were renowned as harpers. In
fact, a gentleman OF Anglo-SaXon days
was supposed to be able to play the harp
as a matter of course, just as an Ameri-
can or English girl is supposed to play
the piano.
A few specimens OF very early Anglo
Saxon music remain. as. for example, the
music to the praise of Virginity" and TO
other poems by st. Aldhelm but we can
not interpret their peculiar notation-it is
decidedly imperfect and misleading. f
was represented by a red line and c by a
yellow line, and singing marks or names
were written between these lines, but the
time is quite indefinite. As to harmony,
considerable progress must have been
made, since the nation used the harp and
organ, and this implied some knowledge
OF concordant sounds.
1t is claimed that Anglo-Saxon secullr
music was plaintive. Doubtless this was
the case. for melancholy played a consid-
cradle part i'm their moods. The philoso-
ply Of Schopenhauer has a natural basis
in the Teutonic nature; and among other
rich deposits they possess a strong vein
of pessimism. it must have found ex-
preston in Saxon music, as it assuredly
found expression in Saxon poetry.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-05-30


be Young because her heart Is young and
there is rich. young blood circulating IN her
veins. She doesn't need cosmetics and face
powders and skin-presefyers. Pure blood
is the only true skin-preserver.
But when a womans blood IS full OF bill
ious impurities, she can neither look Young
nor feel young. Her whole constitution IS
poisoned with bad blood. 1t permeates ev-
cry part 1t paralyzes the centres;
weakens the stomach; initiates the heart,
preys upon the lungs and bronchial tubes.
Itreduces awoman to a state of weakness,
nervousness, irritability, detection and mel
ancholy Such a woman can't possibly be
youthful, no matter what her age may be.
She needs the youthfulness of highly vital
lied blood. DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery will give it to her 1t will help
any woman to get back her youth and
freshness again.
1t gives the digestive and blood-making
organs and the liver power to produce good,
pure, healthy blood. 1t gives color to the
cheeks, and sparkle to the eyes; drives away
pimples and blotches; wipes away wrinkles;
rounds out emaciated forms, and creates
firm, natural healthy flesh.
Mrs. Rebecca r. Gardner, of Grafton, York Co.,
Va writes: when i was married weighed I25
pounds was taken sick and reduced in health
and broke out with disease watch my doctor said
was eczema. He treated my disease but failed 70
do me any good and fen away to 90 pounds: L
began using DIR. Piercc's Golden Medical Dis
covery, and thank God and you, began to I'M
prove. Now weigh I4o pounds and have only
taken two bottles / cannot say too much about
the medicine NY husband says look younger
than did the first time he saw me IS years ago."
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-05-30

Of animals have not met with accepta-
| ton. il is difficult TO estimate the DEBT
which zoology and paleOntology owe 10
! owen for his work during the reign.
TO him is que the honor Of making
known TO the world the former existence
Of the gigantic extinct moas Dinornithi-
dae) Of New Zealand. and also Of the
wonderful extinct marsupial fauna or
Australia, while he was the pioneer III
the elucldation OF the equally marvellous
fossil mammals in South America. Had
these faunas not been discovered and
worked out, we should never have gained
our present ideas Of the geographical dis
tribution of animals. TO the same mas
ter of anatomy is due the description or
the long-tailed Jurassic bird (Archaeop-
teryx) i'm 1862, the fossil being one Of the
most remarkable missing links" ever
discovered-too late, unfortunately, for
Darwin's "Origin of Species" Although
many Of his views are now proved to De
erroneous. owen also did much for the
extinct Mesozoic reptiles. which he well
christened Dinosaurs, and his labors laid
the foundation for almost all subsequent
work on fossil reptiles in general.
The mention OF Dinosaurs naturally
leads on to Huxley. who, although by no
means essentially a paleontologist, was
the first to point out the connection be-
tween that extraordinary group of rep
tiles and birds, line Of investigation in
which he was ably seconded by J. w.
Hulke. The life-work Of Huxley was en-
tirey produced during the reign, and
how much it contributed TO systematic
and morphologcal zoology needs no mem
ton here. one of his most famous me-
moirs-on the structure Of the palate OF
birds-forms, to a great extent, the basis
Of the present classlhcations of the group.
HUXLEY'S CLAIM.
But in popular estimation Huxley's
greatest claim is probably his brilliant
advocacy of the evolution theory. That
doctrine will ever remain the crowning
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-05-30
Not I'm His Diocese.
Crima and the Hourly

Happy was Bishop Potter's reply to a
brother prelate whom he CHANGED to be
visiting last summer at popular seaside
resort. AS the bishops were walking
home from the Sunday morning service
they could not fail to notice the crowds
of bathers in the surf, clad and unclad in
all manner of costumes. The resident
prelate turned to his visitor, saying with
a sigh, what should you do If you We're
confronted by problem like that in your
docese? Bishop Potter quietly replied,
Brother, this is not my seer
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-05-30

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DURING SIXTY YEARS.
THE MARyELs or SCIENCE.
DSRWIN'S DOCTRINE REVIEWED.
First Knowledge OF the Giant Moa's
ESistcncc--HcmcrkR Animals
During tho Victorian Era.
Ccorresponaence Of tho DIspaten)

LONDON. May i5.-Not the least re-
markablo among the events which have
occurred during the reign Of Queen We
toria are those which form mlle-posts
n tho paths OF biology. Within tho
sixty years referred 10 we have first
learned OF tho gorilla, the potamogaie
The watcr-ohcvrotain. tho parti-colorcd
bear. the Australian lungnsh. and others.
The dark corners Of the earth have
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-07-09

Recently small boy, real boy, who
chases cats and wears out his clothes
and slams the door, showed that he had
rare ability in solving the problems
and answering the questions that so
frequently come into boys life.
Near the house was tall maple tree,
and the boy announced, late in the
summer, that the tree measured 80
feet.
How do you know" he was asked.
His answer was, II measured it,"
Ibid you climb it,"
"Why, no." the boy said, with sur
prise; II measured the shadow.
Some one near him made the COM
ment that shadows differ in length. He
said, Yes, but twice day the shadows
are just as long as things themselves.
All summer l have been trying to get
the height of that tree. drove stick
into the ground, and when the shadow
of the stick was just as long as the
stick, l knew the shadow OF the tree
would be just as long as the tree. /
measured it, and it was just SO feet
Outlook.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-07-09
VARIETIES.

More than 22,000 patents on veloci-
pedes and things connected Herewith
were applied for and granted in Eng
land last year.
Machine guns have been supplied to
the Queens life Guards, and gradually
all the British cavalry regiments will
be armed with them.
'Have Scribbler, the author, and his
wife made,it up?" "Oh, yes. She now
reads what he writes, and he eats what
she cooks. "-Tit!Bits.
In Mexico City ''first-class American
butter, made by an expert" is advef.
tised at so and Sc cents pound, al
wholesale and retail respectively.
A complete set of thirteen JacozeaT
silver apostle spoons, one of the only
three complete sets in existence, was
sold in London the other day for So,
$50.
An Angora cat which by accident was
| locked in trunk under some clothins
at Tullahoma, Tenn, remained there
for seven days and revived when takeI
| out.
Carbide of calcium has been found t.
be a remedy against the phylloxers, ac
cording to a Swiss trade journal, and t.
be also an excellent fertilizer for plants
of all kinds.
At Bridgeton, Me-, man ninety-on'
years of age dug up two young mapl'
trees on his birthday, carried them A
rods, and planted them at the edge O
his driveway.
1t is said that since the remarkabl!
cold winter of 1S93-94 there are man!
parts of South Carolina in which thu
bluebird, once so plentiful, has becom
totally extinct.
Germany had 25,4O0 miles of RAILROAD
open. on March 81. an increase OF Al
miles over last year. The earnings TO
the year were $77,70O per mile, an in
crease of $G75 per mile.
: A German paper records the arres
near Passau. of vagabond who's
work book" contained fifty-sevei
samples of four-leaved clover which h
had spent his time in collecting 10
luck" instead Of trying to get job
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-07-09
Way TO DIAGNOSE DISEASE.
The Telephone Will he Used By Doe
tors.

The Telephone Will He Used By Doc
tors.
The time is coming when the great
specialists in heart and lung diseases
will make diagnoses upon patients
hundreds. perhaps thousands. of miles
away, and with the same unerring ac-
curacy that the trained ear insures in
the private Office, says the New York
World. The time when this will be
done is not far off. In fact, it is
possible today, though not commerce.
ally practicable. The instrument
which will bring about this revolution
is the improved telephone. Men are
now at work following up series of
experiments made in 1884 by a tele-
phone company which promises soon
to make the exercise of these extraor-
binary telephone powers commonplace.
In the year mentioned a line was
strung between this city and Boston
with the most perfect insulation pos
sible and provided with the most pow
erful transmitters and receivers then
available. 1t was found, to the sur
prise and delight of the experimenter
that it was not necessary to place the
lips to the instrument to be distinctly
heard at the other end. The transmit
ter was placed against the throat and
conversation was heard in Boston al
most as clearly as when the words were
spoken into it. The operator then
placed the transmitter against his chest
and was clearly understood over 300
miles Of wire. Going still farther in
his investigation, the transmitter was
placed against the abdomen and even
then his words were audible in Boston.
tions of the larynx, although weaken
ed by distance and screens of tissue,
were yet strong enough to make rec
ord upon the delicate mechanism of the
receiver, But even more marvellous
facts than these were brought out
which suggested the medical possibili-
ties of the instrument. With this i'm
proved transmitter and the perfect cir
Cuil n man III ANCW YIN COulu uldhG
enough noise in Boston to be heard
and understood by a man in the next
room to the one in which the receiv-
ing instrument was set up. More re-
markable still, the tick of watch and
even ordinary breathing could be dis
tinctly heard, as if the ear were close
to the PERSONS mouth. If this were a
fact twelve years ago, with the i'm
p;ovements in the circuit and instru-
ments that are constantly being made,
hardly anything will be surprising
The men who are making the expert
ments promise to transmit the beating
of the heart and the action of the
lungs from sethoscope placed to the
transmitter as clearly as if 1t were
placed directly to the doctors ears.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-07-09
Trials Of Authorship,

A little girl in Chicago has recently
published volume of verse, to be sold
for charity. She was only six years
old when she undertook this literary
labor, or, as she says, II talked it, and
mamma wrote it down for me Just as
talked it,"
In one story she tells how typhoid
fever broke out among the fairies.
When the fairy doctor came, he talked
to the fairy godmother about microbes
and germs, and told her to boil the
water"
Then she. who was of an inquiring
mind, asked If hair was a sidewalk for
a microbe.
"Oh, no." said the doctor, they are
much smaller"
But If the germ had the fever" per-
sisted the godmother, why didn't the
fever, which killed little boys and
girls, kill the germ? And if the germ
didn't have the fever, how could it give
the fever? How could thing give a
thing it didn't have?"
lib was IOo huCu III IHe ldiIy uOC-
tor, who could only answer, Nobody
knows but God"
Later the child breaks out into verse:
The flower that bends down to the
earth
Will soon go back to God;
But never again will it return
The same as it was plod.
In an apparently much needed foot.
note the author explains that this
poem, which came into my head quick
and sudden, doesn't make sense, be-
cause the word 'plod,' which rhymes
so nicely with God, doesn't mean what
l want it to-"
In this embarrassment she seems
strikingly like real poets.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-07-09

The annual report for 1896 of the su-
perintendent of insurance of New York
upon life, casualty and assessment in
surance companies shows that the
gross assets of the life companies are
Slips, 1924 ,341.74, an increase OF $685.
9O4, 415.21 over last year. New York
state companies have $739,614.213.s6
assets, an increase Of $50, 1913, 81.
The liabilities are $1,o53, oS,1SS.O7, in
crease s7O,s3s, 1850. The liabilities of
New York state companies are $685.
86O. 2OO.3s. The gross Invisible surplus
Ia: New York state companies. $780,
754 ,o1s4S; companies of other states
is64. 1862, 1903. Twenty-Five casualty
and fidelity companies reported: As
sets, s2S, 568S4o.s5; liabilities. except
capital, s12,74s, eoo.71; capital, s1o.-
17s 500; net surplus, s5,67S,346.s7; re-
ceipts, $17,451, 219.24; disbursements,
s1s ,274, S3s.04; risks in force, $780,
S71,565.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-07-09
The Squash Vino BOrer.

1t is necessary to guard against the
squash vine borer in advance. After
he begins his work he operates inside
the stalk, where no poison can reach
him. Yet he must first eat his way
into the inside This suggests the
right way to head him off. Keep the
stalk from the earliest growth of the
vine sprinkled with water every few
days in which Paris green has been
dissolved at the rate OF one teaspoon
full to each gallon of water. If rains
come and wash this off renew the APP
plication. 1t is much cheaper to kill
Off the borer before he has done any
damage than it is to wait and kill him
after he has done his worst work
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-07-09
He Was Dead.

A Chicago man died the other day
after a short illness. All the arrange
ments for the funeral had been dis
cussed, when somebody suggested that
perhaps he was not dead after all, and
this suspicion was communicated to the
bereaved widow.
"Well," she said, between her sobs
II think he is dead, beyond any ques-
ton. But we will soon find out"
Approaching the corpse she bent over
II and called, John" There was nc
response. John" she called again
DO you hear me. Arson has won q
game"
There was no sign of life. THAT set.
ties it," she said, and resumed hel
weeping, while the preparations for thu
funeral went forward.-Chicago Times
Herald.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-07-09

Among the great pulpit attractions
OF London at the present time are two
"black Bishops" Right Rev. DR.. Isaac
Oluwole and Right Rev. Dr. Charles
Phillips They are both young full
blooded negroes of great power and
eloquence. and have already pleaded
the claims of Western equatorial
Africa before vast audiences in the
cathedrals of England. They are
worthy successors of the grand old
black bishop" Samuel Crowther,
who was slave boy rescued and
brought home by English missionaries
and eventually consecrated Bishop Of
the Niger in St Paul's cathedral.
Unfortunately the Western African
church is somewhat divided at the
present time, so that the negro episco-
pate in those parts is by no means a.
bed of roses
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-07-09

A counterfeit of a peculiar character
is at present widely current in the
west. This is a fifty-cent piece, which
appears to be made of coin silver, or,
at any rate, silver which differs but
slightly from that used in the minis.
This counterfeit is one Of the. most
dangerous that has yet made !ts ap-
pearance, and, naturally enough, boz
cause it is not made, as so many
others have been, Of Base coin. 1t has
been in existence now for two years
or more. and in spite Of the efforts
made by the secret service officials, Its
source has not been located. The coin
appears to be a counterfeit, in fact
only in the sense that 1t is not minted
by the government. Its existence Ia
rendered possible by the difference be-
tween the face and the bullion value
OF the coin.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-07-09

Apropos of the Logan-McCook con-
troversy over their wearing apparel at
the cars coronation, a reader relates
the following: when - was an
attache of the United States legation in
Paris he was startled on grand court
occasion by seeing his friend, Bill
x of Kentucky, attired in the
gorgeous uniform of a field marshal OF
the French army, fiourishing around
among the grandees of the empire
Siding up to Bill, he inquired by what
right he was thus uniformed. BY the
right of this said k, drawing
himself up to the full height of six
feet two and handing the official doc
ument, which proved to be an appoint
ment as deputy marshal to take the
census in the -- district of Ken
y."-Columbu Dispatch.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-07-09

once saw father walk up to .
map his little boy had made and
pinned ON the wall. He stood before
II a long time IN silence and in silence
walked away. The little fellow was
sitting in the room, and his father
knew he was there. He was watching
with hts eager child's eyes, waiting
anxiously for a word of approval. AS
rene came, his poor little face fell
unhappily. Straight into the next room
walked the father, and said carelessly:
Robert has drawn a very clever lit
tie map in there. Look at it when you
go in"
did you tell him it was clever?'
asked judicial listener, following from
the room where little Robert still sat.
why, no. l ought to have done so.
| never thought to mention it."
well, you ought to be ashamed OF
yourself was the deserved reply.
Go back now and tell him."
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-07-09

The old proverb that the foot of the
sheep is golden is scarcely true if the
sheep have only the grass that grows.
in pasture as feed But if fed grain or
oil meal to fatten them while they are
at pasture their excrement will be.
very rich, and will increase fertility
rapidly. Sheep do best on the natural
grasses. They will soon ruin clover if
allowed to eat it down, for they gnaw
closer to the soil than any other do
nestle animal can do
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-07-09

Some of the short stories told by
press dispatches are full Of pathos.
This one, from Mascoutah, ILL.,, Is pc
culiarly sad. Barth Klein, a young
merchant of Freeburg, left that place
for Mexico, Mo-, to marry Mary Clach-
er. to whom he had been engaged for
some time. Mr.. Klein reached the
home of his intended bride, and while
pienicing with a party of friends
there was suddenly stricken with
heart disease and died in few min
utcs. The funeral took place at Free
burg, the young woman accompanying
the remains to that place.