The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-01-31

presidential address delivered to the
British Society of Psychcal Research bv
Prof. VIM. Crookes. He entered upon nm
elaborate calculation rs to the vibrations
which produce sound and light Then
he applied similar law to the subject
of thought trnnsfcrrencc, and suggested
that 1T was quite conceivable that Intense
thought concentrated by one person upon
another with whom he was i'm close sym.
pnthy should induce Il telepathetc chain,
along which brain waves could 20
straight To their goal without loss of en-
crgy due to distance
Such speculation was, he admitted.
new and strange to science. 1t was at
present strictly provisional, but no was
bold enough to make it, and the time
might come when il could he submitted
tp experimental tests.
The Professor spoke OF the work'which
is being done by the society as likely to
form no unworthy preface to the pro.
founder science of man, Of nature and
OF worlds not realized than we vet had,
ana said he could see no reason why any
man of scientific mind should shut his
eyes to or stard deliberately nloof from it,
lie cndcavored, in II long argument, to
clear away the scientific sllprestitions
which prevent many from venturing into
researches which might in time dominate
viz NiolS NOllfi vi llOuSuI.
1t is difficult, if not impossible. to dis.
cover the truth among the mass Of con.
ilicting reports in regard to the health of
the ear 1t is Il matter of some signifi-
canoe that nearly all pessimist reports
come from St Petersburg, via Vienna.
while the official announcement affirm
that The car is in best of health
No day nos passes which does not add
to the evidence Of how great II man Is the
American ambassador. His engage
mentS for the next few weeks are limited
only by his inclination to accent invita-.
tions. He is already booked to sneak mt
Harrow, at Sheffield, at the Mansion
House, ut the Washington birthday din.
ner, and at other places Next Wedncs-
day he will entertain at his own table
twenty six gentlemen who, from an Eng.
lish point of view, include the most emil
nent individuals in the land The Prince
of Wales WILL for the first time. honor
IN American envoy. in fact, it begins
to appear that the foremost men Of Brit.
ish empire propose 10 indicate to the un.
appreciative authorities Mt Washington
that, in their opinion. ut all events, Am.
bassuiior Bay;ird is IL bigger ;:ian than
his titular Supporters.
Frcnchmen, or Il large section of them.
are beginning to manifest serious con.
Germ over the revelation of the last cen
Sus that France is the only great nation
which no longer is Obeying the Divine
command to increase and multiply. The
subject has been taken vigorously in
hand by public men, and various plans
have already been suggested Cor making
Frenchmen amenablc to compulsory
fatherhood 1t has been pointed out
that by reason of her shortcomings in
this respect, France loses every year a
Nbn
for the increase of population of France
has this week presented petition to the
prime minister setting forth certain
drastic measures which the governments
urged to adopL. DR.. Bertillon, the in.
ventor OF the system of measuring GRIM
lnals, is the head of che society, and its
pans include some interesting features
1t proposes that government scholarships
IN schools and academies he given only
to families having ut least three children
living. All favors of the governments,
such as .Obacconist's licenses. etc, shall
he given such families. When the GLAZING
oil government officials for promotion
are decided, the number of their children
should be taken into account Allow.
ances ana travelling expenses to officials,
as well as salaries of such, shall be reg
ulated according TO the number of their
children. Posts under the government,
except those requiring special Qualiiica.
tons, shall be given only to fathers hav.
ing more than three children. Already
something has been done in this drec.
tion Every seventh child may he edu-
Gated and boarded ut school at the eN.
nense of the nation. This law was passed
some years ago, but no results ar. ap
parent.
1T is again announced, this time from
an English source, that photography in
natural co'Ors is an accomplished fact
The news reaches the public through Sir
Henry Wood, secretary of London Society
of Arts, who tested the discovery with
other experts at Kings College this week
The process is simple and inexpensive.
The negative is taken on gelatine plate,
which has been treated with IL solution
of certain salts. The nature of the solu.
ton used is for the present kept secret
The negative is developed and fixed in
the ordinary way, and when finished
looks like any other negative. From it
the positive is printed on sensitized ia.
per, or IL gelaJine film plate or parer hay.
ing previously been treated with an I'M
known solution. The positive looks en-
actly like an ordinary Photographic print
and shows no trace of color. 1t is then
washed over with three-colored solu-
ton, blue, green and red, and it takes up
in succession the color parts and combi-
nations of colors with all varieties of
tints. In landscape the trees take the
various hues, the sky becomes blue, flow
ers show their proper colors, bricks and