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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-09-09

creases so does mental ability. Chill
dren of laborers were found to have
smaller heads than those whose pa
rents work with their brains rather
than with their bodies. Of all his
measurements the anthropologist says
he attaches most Importance to those
OF the head Defects of the Uranium,
says he, are probably more significant
than those of other parts, and in gen
eral the nearer bodily defect is to
the brain the more important it is.
Can any relationship exist between
child's height. or weight and his men
tai ability? was another question. The
bright boys were found to excel the
dull ones in standing height, sitting
height and weight. A surprising dis
covery was that the children of the
laboring classes, whose parents daily
exercise their bodies, have a much
smaller average for length of body
and limb as we'll as for weight than
those whose parents belong to the nom
laboring classes and who gain their
living mostly by mind work.
Another interesting conclusion ar
rived at is that mixture of nation
alities in the parents seems to result
unfavorably to the mental development
of the child. The result appears to be
a reduction in the circumference of
the head. Children of mixed national
tiles were also inferior in weight, on
an average.
Colored and weight children were
compared. The percentage of long
headedness, appearing to indicate dull
ness when comparisons are made
among children of the same race, was
found to be twice as great among COL
ored as among white boys, but this is
believed to be due largely to the ra-
cial differences. Colored girls heads
seemed to be larger around than those
of colored boys, the reverse of the rule
with white children and to be short
er in stature although heavier in
weight. The colored children were al
So found to be much the more acute
in distinguishing temperatures.
The marks of "dull'' and ''bright'
affixed by the teachers led to some
further conclusions of great interest.
Girls showed higher percentages of
''average ability than boys, but the
boys showed the higher PERCENTAGES in
extremes. The boys were found to be
more variable. Variability, the an
thropologist says, must be regarded
as an excellency. If an organism can
vary itself it can adapt itself better
to it's surroundings, Children of the
laboring classes were found to be in
ferior in their studies to those of the
non-laboring classes
An algometer was used upon the
temples and palms of the hands to de-
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-09-09
NEW ENGLAND ART.

Bad Moral Eject of Bad Art In the
Villages.
There is not one good picture in our
whole vlllage-no, not one, says Rol-
lin Lynde Hartt in the May Atlantic:
1t is not so much that I abhor the taw-
dry crayon portraits, the cheap litho-
graphs of Alderney heifers and the
f1amboyant calendars It is the preten-
tious substitution for real art that stirs
my indignation. Our people become
rapturously efervescent over the Bo-
denhausen Madonna reproduced on
glass with rococo edging of fimsy
gilt, and a prop to stand up by. jim
Asa, viewing that wonder, exclaims,
"Ain't she s1ick?" And what of the
long and narrow etchings by the in
defatigable Field? We cross ourselves
before them with pious alteration. Yes,
and the Photographic marve1s so lately
put upon the bourgeois market
groups of white-draped figures holding
Tyres or trumpets or other pseudo-Hel-
1enic symbols-these, to elicit our ad-
mlration. But ch1efest is that. shoddy
Madonna. M. Charles Blanc SAYS that
the test of artistic appreciation is to
behold Raphaels Stance; if you weep.
there is hope for you; if you don't,
why, eat, drink and be merry-tomor-
row you die. Clearly then, M.
Charles Blanc had never seen the
Bodenhausen Madonna reproduced on
glass, with prop to stand up by. That.
thinks Sweet Auburn, is the ultimate
criterion of taste. Moreover, we are
musical after our uncouth fashion.
There Is an instrument of one kind or
another in nearly every house. In
deed, I never saw a community where
so many people could sing by note. or
where so many people could play.
However, you will never hear it said
in the hills that music has charms to
sooth the savage breast; our music
never. soothes. It inebriates, but does
not cheer. Still, having heard no bet
ter, we like it. Isolation is not good
for music. See. what happened in
China! What you you think of aour
choir?" asked Hezekiah. Want that
solo a booster?" "Well," T replied
:s"sUncle Dwight hasn't what one would
call cultivated voice. Dunno 'baout
that" retorted the enthusiastic Heze-
kiah. "saounds as if he'd been over
it at least once. with a harrow!" And
SO it does. So, in truth, do the Others. s
Nevertheless, our vocalistsl set forth
upon. heav caling anthems with un-=
examp1ed audacity.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-09-09
How Various Human Emotions May Be Re-
corded by Delicate Mechanical Devices.

PARENTS, teachers and lovers of chill
dren generally will be greatly inter
ested in the results of an experimental
study of no less than twenty-five
thousand school boys and school girls,
white and colored, just completed by
the United States Bureau of Educa
ton. It has been monster under
taking, requiring several years, as is
shown by the first detailed account of
the work.
All of the youthful subjects If
grouped together would equal in num-
Der the men in the ranks of our stand
ing army at the outbreak of the last
war. The object of the investigation
was to discover the relationship be
tween parentage, surroundings, nation
ality, stature, weight, size and shape
of head and other conditions and the
conduct, intellect and health of chill
dren at different ages. Almost all of
the subjects were selected from the
public schools of Washington, the
transient population of which includes
nearly all American and foreign types
of childhood.
For the case of each child was issued
blank calling for as many as LOT de-
tails, covering all facts and character
istics to be considered. All these data
were collected by teachers in the va
rious schools, under the direction of
DR.. Arthur Macdonald, we'll known as
an anthropologist, who personally ex-
amined cases demanding the use of
instruments of precision.
OF such instruments, devised entire
ly for measurements of man, the Bu-
reau has one of the most elaborate COL
lect1ons in existence. They automati-
cally measure the relative acuteness
of the senses, sensitiveness to pain
and other stimuli, and the dimensions
and motions of external parts of the
body, besides keeping strict account of
the changes in breathing and the dis
tribution of the blood circulation un-
der different conditions. j.,
The extravaganto theories of-pselfuo-
scientists Of the spectacular schools of
phrenology must be abandoned for
conclusions reached by such thorough
work as this. No attempt was made
to study the bumps, of the youthful
heads, yet the general dimensions of
the Uranium were carefully considered.
One of the most interesting deductions
is that broad-headed children appear
to be brighter than long-headed chill
dren, the length of the head being
measured from front to back of the
Uranium.
In estimating whether each head was
broad, medium or long a simple for
mula was applied. The maximum
width was always multiplied by 100
and divided by the maximum length.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-09-09


by pointer. Quite as sensitive are a
score of instruments for measuring
movements Of muscles. One can be.
clasped above any muscle OF the body
for this purpose.
Another records the breathing, and
with it 1t has been learned that con-!
centration Of mind causes respiration
to grow less and consequent impov-
erishment Of the blood. Still another
records: the exact movements Of the
fingers and toes. Another measures
and counts nervous tremblings and
still, another the sensitiveness to ia;
tigue.~ Others gauge the pressure and
movements Of the tongue in speech or
nervousness. A still more delicate
device registers the exact motions of
the lips in. talking.
The actions of the larynx-Adam's
apple-are similarly studied: To study
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-09-09
THE KYMOGRAPHION,

refinement increase this sensitiveness
in people in general.
80 Children Of the non-laborings class
es were found to be twice as sickly as
those of the laboring classes. The
highest percentage of laziness and of
unruliness was found among boys de-
signated as dull. Boys showed high
er laziness average than girls. The
sons of laborers were found less un-
ruly than those of non-laboring class
es. The reverse was the rule with
girls. Commissions were frequent in
dull boys and those of non-laboring
classes, but very rare in girls gener-
ally. That nervousness increases with
the refnements of life is indicated by
the highest average for this defect in
the white children of non-laboring
classes and the lowest average in COL
Ored children.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-09-09
IN THE SOUTH SEAS.

BY Frank T. Bullen, in 'The Cruise
moledos and Astove, the next island to
the northward, we sighted SOLITARY"
cachalot one morning just as the day
,dawned. It was the first for some time
nearly three weeks-and being well
seasoned to the work now, we obeyed
the call to arms with great alacrity.
Our friend was making passage, turn
ing neither to the right hand nor the
left as he went. His rising and num-
Der of spouts while up, as we'll as the
time he remained below, were as reg
ular as the progress of clock, and
could be counted upon with quite as
much certainty.
Bearing in mind, suppose, the gen.
eral character of the whales we had
recently met with, only two boats were
lowered to attack the newcomer, who,
all unconscious of our coming, pursued
his leisurely course unheeding.
We got good weathergage of him,
and came flying on as usual, getting
two irons planted in fine style. But a
surprise awaited us. AS we sheered up
into the wind away from him, Louis
shouted: "Fightin' whale, sir; look
out for de rush." Look out, indeed!
Small use in looking out when, ham
pered as we always were at first with
the unshipping of the mast, we could
do next to nothing to avoid him. With
out any of the desperate founderings
generally INDUCED in on first feeling
the iron, he turned upon us, and had
it not been that he caught sight of the
second mates boat, which had just ar
rived, and turned his attention to her,
there would have been but scant
chance of any escape for us. Leaping
half out of the water, he made direct
for our comrades with a vigor and fe-
rocity marvellous to see, making it no
easy matter for them to avoid his tre
mendous rush. Our actions, at no time
slow, were considerably hastened by
his display Of valor, so that before
he could turn his attention in our di-
rection we were ready for him. Then
ensued a really big fight, the first, in
fac.., of my experience, for none of the
other whales had shown any serious
determination to do US an injury, but
had devoted all their energies to at
tempts at escape. So quick were the
evolutions, and so savage the appear
.ance of this fellow, that even our vet
"eran mate looked anxious as to the
possible result. Without attempting 10
sound the furious monster kept mostly
below the surface; but whenever he
rose, it was either to deliver a fearful
blow with his tail, or, with jaws wide
spread, to try and bite one of our boats
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-09-09

much more sensitive than boys. and
girls in the public schools showed less
sensitiveness than those in the pri-
vate schools.
1t was concluded that in boys SEN
sitiveness to pain decreases in the Or
der of their birth, whether first born.
second born, ETC., but the reverse SEEM
ed to be the case with girls. Boys
with light hair and eyes were found to
be less sensitive than boys with dark
hair and eyes, the same being true of
girls. Bright boys and girls at the
same time appear to be more sensitive
than dull boys and girls. DR.. MacDon-
aid is Of the opinion that luxuries and
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-09-09

When blood is reduced by thought,
exercise or other stimulus to flow from
one part of the body to the brain or to
another part DR.. MacD Donald measures
the extent of flow by submerging the
part in question as an arm, for in
stance--through an airtight rubber:
dam lar into glass vessel Of water. AS
the blood decreases the amount of air
between the water and the rubber in
creases and the increase Is measured
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-09-09
STRUCK THE BOAT FAIRLY AMID

81 hUCh IEE BOAI FAIRLY AMID
SHIPS.
in half. Well was it for US that he
was severely handicapped by a NAL
formation Of the lower jaw. At a short
distance from the throat it turned off
nearly at right angles to has body, the
part that thus protruded sideways be-
ing deeply fringed with barnacles and
plated with big limpets.
Had it not been for this impediment
verify believe he would have beaten
us altogether. AS it was, he worked
us nearly to death with his ugly
rushes. Once he delivered a. sidelong
blow with his tail, which, as we spun
around, shore off the two oars on that
side as if they had been carrots. At
last the second mate got fast to him,
and then the character of the game
changed again. Apparently unwearied
by his previous exertions he now start
ed off to windward at top speed, with
the two boats sheering broadly out
upon either side Of his foaming wake.
Doubtless because he himself was
much fatigued, the mate allowed him
to run at his will, without, for the
time, attempting to haul any closer to
him, and very grateful the short rest
was to us. But he had not gone a
couple of miles before he turned a
complete somersault in the water, COM
ing up behind us, to rush off again in
the opposite direction at undiminished
speed. This move was a STARTER. For
the moment it seemed as if both boats
would be smashed like eggshells
against each other or else that some Of
. us would be impaled upon the long
lances with which each boats bow
bristled. BY what looked like hand
breadth we cleared each other, and the
race continued. Up till now we had
not succeeded in getting home single
lance. the foe was becoming wearier,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-09-09
HOW EXPERIMENTS ARE MADE.

termine the least sensibility Of differ
Sent children to pain or to disagree
able impressions caused by. pressure.
The instrument is a brass cylinder
with steel rod entering one end The
rod is attached inside to a spring with
a scale and marker measuring the de-
gTees of pressure in grammes. The
object was to discover how much, pres
sure could be borne before the least.
pain resulted. Girls were found to be
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-09-09

uPOA OuI nerves. 80 -MF. count got
out his bomb gun.shouting at the same
time to Mr.. Cruce to do the same.
They both hated these weapons, nor
ever used them if they could help it;
but what was to- be done?
Our chief had hardly got his gun
ready before we came to almost a dead
stop. All was silent for just a mo-
ment, then, with a roar like cata-
ract, up sprang the huge creature, head
out, jaw wide open, coming direct for
us. AS coolly as if on the quarter
deck the mate raised his gun, firing
the bomb directly down the great livid
cavern of throat fronting him. Down
went that mountainous head, not six
inches from us, but with perfectly in
describable motion, tremendous
writhe, in face; up flew the broad tail
in the air, and a blow which might
have suf1ced to stave in the side of: the
ship struck the second mates boat
fairly amidships. It was right before
my eyes, not sixty feet away, and the
sight will haunt me TO my death. The
tub oarsman was poor German, and
that awful blow put an end to all his
earthly anxieties. AS 1t shore oblique-
ly through the center of the boat, it
drove his poor body right through her
timbers-an undistinguishable bundle
of what was an instant before human
being. The other members of the
crew escaped the blow, and the har-
pooner managed to cut the line, so
that for the present they were safe
enough, clinging to the remains of
their boat, unless the whale should
choose to rush across them.
Happily, the rushing was almost
over. The bomb fired by Mr.. Count,
with such fatal result to poor Bamber-
ger, must have exploded right in the
whales throat. Whether his previous
titanic efforts had completely exhaust
ed him, or whether the bomb had brok-
en- his massive backbone, I do not
know, of course, but he went into no
furry, dying as peacefully as his
course had been furious For the first
time in my life had been face to face
stunned with the awfulness of the ex-
perience. Mechanically, as it seemed
to me, we obeyed such orders as were
given, but every mans thoughts were
with the shipmate so suddenly dashed
from among us. We never saw signs
Of him again. =. We got the
whale cut in as usual without any in
cident worth mentioning, except that
the peculiar shape Of the Jaw made 1t
an object of great curiosity to all Of us
who were new to the whale fishing.
Such malformations are not very rare
They are generally thought to occur
when the animal is young, and it's
bones soft; but whether done in fight
ing with one another, or in some more
mysterious way, nobody knows. Cases
have been known, believe, where the
deformed whale does not appear TO
have suffered from lack of food in
consequence of his disability; but in
each Of the three instances which have
come under my own notice, such was
certainly not the case. Those whales
were what Is termed by the whalers
"dry-skins;" that is, they were in poor
condition, the b.ubber yielding less
than half the usual quantity of oil.
The absence of oil makes it very hard
to cut up, and there is more work in
one whale of this kind than in two
whose blubber is rich and SOFT
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-09-09

When the resulting numeral was rs or
less the subject was registered as long
headed, when between Is and 80 he
was medium and between 80 and IS
he was broad-headed. s8 .
Another interesting deduction is that
the child with a large head is apt to
be more intelligent than the one
whose Uranium is small. Diagrams
made from the statistics show that as
the circumference Of the skull in
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-09-09
Why Not a Man?

what are you thinking about?" she
asked, during a lapse in the conversa-
ton. ~ X .l@5... =: ,@.-.J r. =.
II was wishing" he replied. drawing
closer, "that I might be turned into a
lip-biting bug for about five minutes
"But why a bug?" she inquired inno-
Gently. ss S..
p. And then, of course e----.-Philadel-
pnia North American.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-09-09

the wigglings of the soft palate in
speech, button glued to that organ
| IS attached to a lever connecting with
| a recorder. All such motions are cor
rectly reproduced in white lines upon
black paper by kymographion, acting
as an automatic reporter for each piece
of apparatus
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-09-09

Upholsterer-Are you in hurry for
this sofa, miss? She Oh, i would like
it before s tonight
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-13
Election Contest.

Forty-nine witnesses were examined
in the election contest yesterday, as
follows:
North Abington-Milo Stone, n. r.
King, w. B. Aylesworth. Warren n
Lee, Edward Rudd, ]. 7. Stevens, Ster-
ling Reynolds.
Scott township-John A. Lee, p. r.
Carey, Lehman Carey William r.
Jones.
Glenburn-H. S. Cornell, Willis Nor
thup, John Northup, ]. c. NOrthup
Milard Bechtel, NJ. ]. Hall, d. C. West
d. w. Griffin, Judson Woodward, n. l..
Hall, Fred. Robbins, Lewis Parks, Del
bert Griffin, William Harvey.
Waverly-Henry Miller, Lester Slo.
cum, Lester Stone, George Rhodimer
Jerome Thomas. Ira Lewis, James
Shaw, Oliver Peck, George Corey,
George Perry, James Van Weigan, Ed
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-13
Lace Works Litigation.

In the case of Creighton & Birch
against the Scranton Lace Curtain
Manufacturing company, a motion was
made yesterday morning by Attorney
Joseph p. McCullen, of Philadelphia,
and A. A. VosburG, Of this city, rep
resenting r. A. Blythe, for an issue to
determine the validity of the judgment
entered by Creighton & Birch against
the Lace company. 1t is alleged that
Blythe is a creditor OF the lace concern
to an extent of over 10000 and that the
judgment of Creighton & Birch is
fraudulent.
This case was argued before the cour:
some time ago, and a rule to open
judgment was refused, but on an ap-
peal TO the Supreme court, It was held
that the whole transaction between
Creighton & Birch and the Lace COM
pany was prima facie fraudulent, and
the judgment of the court below was
reversed. and an issue directed.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-13
Coray-Jenkins Dispute.

John S. Jenkins made answer yes
terday to the petition of +. A. Coray
for rule for attachment for contempt
against him, for disobeying the injunc-
tion of court secured by Coray direct
ing him, jenkins, not to sell or in any
wise dispose of certain property alleged
to be held in trust by Jenkins for
Coray
The order of court was to the effect
that Jenkins should not dispose of the
two hundred shares of Rushbrook Coal
company stock or any other property
held by him in trust for Coray The
petition for the contempt attachment
set forth that Jenkins violated the in
junction in arranging 10 sell certain
shares of Blue Ridge Coal company
stock, because the said Blue Ridge
stock was secured by transferring a
part Of the two hundred shares OF
Rushbrook stock.
In his answer filed yesterday. Mr.
jenkins says he has not been guilty OF
contempt, because it has not been
proven that he held any Blue Ridge
stock in trust for Mr.. Coray, or even
that there is any Blue Ridge stock
figuring anywhere I'm the case.
Judge Gunster referred the matter 10
Argument court.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-06-13

Attorney John IT. Martin, of Oily
phant, yesterday began a trespass suit
against the Delaware and Hudson
Canal company for 100000 damages
for personal injuries, sustained in the
wreck at the Diamond crossing, April
last The case was filed with Clerk
\. j. Colborn. of the United States Cir
suit court, by Attorney Everett War
rem, Nathan Vidaver and Joseph
O'Brien.
Mr.. Martin in his statement AYERS
that he got on the train at Olyphant
that day to come TO Scranton and was
sitting in the second car of the train
when the collision occurred. He was
thrown out of his scat and hurled
against the opposite side of the car,
sustaining injuries in the back, alb
domen, spine. nerves, stomach, kid
neys, brain, spinal chord. limbs and
body"
At the time Of the accident it was
not thought he was seriously injured,
q scratch on the neck being the only
visible hurt. 1t later developed that he
was injured internally, and now, ac-
cording to the statements of his attor-
neys, based on their physicians eX-
aminations, he will never be able To
do any labor, and likely will not live
more than a year.
In this same wreck, it will be remem-
bered, Engineer Richard Dougherty
lost his life and two other Delaware
Lackawanna and Western employees
We're seriously injured.
A Delaware and Hudson passenger
train due here at noon dashed into the
engine of Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western freight train that was going
east over the right-angle crossing, re-