The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1900-12-08
STUDENTS OF pHRENoLoGY.
Persons from All Parts of the World
Come to America To study
the Subject.

sons have in New York studied phre-
nology. People have come here from
all parts of the world to study it..
From every part of the United States,
England the continent. and even from
New Zealand and Australia have come
young and middle-aged persons for
the purpose of learning how TO read
character by exploring the surface Of
the human head. The expert phrenel-
ogist assumes to be able to estimate
10 a nicely the power of ones mental
faculties. separately and together, and
TO clap his hand at a glance on the
precise part of the head which shows
il one can be merchant. a lawyer or
an Arctic explorer. says tie New York
Sun.
"Ilow are your pupils taught 70
discover the different traits of char.
acter2" was asked by the sun reporter
of veteran professional phrenologist
in this city.
An adequate reply to that ques-
ton said the professor. "would fill
book of thousand pages; but,
briefly. we teach that the brain Is
the center and source of all mentali-
ty. There is no thought, purpose or
emotion that belongs 10 human life
that does not originate in the brain.
We may feel sensations that are pro
duced upon the extremities. but those
sensations are reported at the sen
sorium. and then the brain 'ac-
| quiesees' or protests, according TO cir
eumstances. According to the size or
form and quality of the brain, char
acter is possessed and manifested by
individuals.
"A moments observation will show
any person that heads differ in form
and size There are heads that are
broad and heavy above and about the
ears. Those belong to bnrly, hard,
selfish, secretive, treacherons, animal
people. other heads are tall-that is,
they rise at the top. Those carry
with them the aspirations. the moral
ity the susceptibility, the sympathy,
| the enthusiasm and the invention of
| life. Still others are massive in the
|
the ear forward the head is long and
broad. Those belong TO the thinkers
the persons of commanding talent
those that carry genius into the works
and ways of life. They are the lead
ers, the creators, the master spirits
the pioneers of civilization, progress
and reform.
'If one will look at the broad tenn
pies of Edison and his massive uppei
forehead he will see what lies at thi
foundation of all that genius great in
ventions and successes. Then the hea'
of Ericsson, who invented the Monito
and the propeller for steamers, indi
Gates TO the phrenologist the sourc
of his power. Whoever looks at tn
portrait of William NJ. Evarts will SCI
wonderful development across th'
brows. which gather knowledge, an'
the middle section of the forehead
which remembers the knowledge. Thi
always enabled Mr.. Evarts to make I
paragraph two pages long full o
sense and grammar.
"In the chronological school there
rTe long rows of busts and skulls o.
murderers and other malefaetors
with their low brows and their broat
base of brain and their brutal physi
ognomies. Students are taught Il
classify the nationalities of mankind
by the skull alone All the races car
be graded. The very dark races ant
the lighter-complexioned people car
be assorted historically and accurate
ly. The chronological graduate vii
not make a mistake between the white
mans skull and the Chinaman's, tn,
American Indians and the Africans
and he will generally be able TO desig
nate a mulatto, half negro and hal
white by dry and ghastly skull that
is so years old. After about two
months study a student is sufficiently
equipped with information 10 enable
him 10 go into an audience. and, il
confronted by a man who is half Ger.
man, to recognize the German blood in
him at once, and to do so blind
folded"
SIS 1t necessary TO study the face
in connection with the head, in order
TO Judge Of ones characteristics? p
asked the reporter.
I'VE regard character reading a.
centralized in the brain, and whatever
is shown by the form and expression
of the face or by the form and move
ments of the body is simply an ex
ternal manifestation of what the brair
! itself reveals. No motion of the bod,
can take place that isn't instigated ii
the brain or in its gangIionic out
posts. Students not only have bust
and skulls as a source of information
| but they have hundreds of portrait
of historic characters, ILLUSTRATING
temperament, constitution and talen
in every phase. In addition, they ar
trained in practical examinations o
living heads and temperaments. Tn
human brain is also dissected and ex
planned to the class.
AT present courts of justice are be
ing enlightened by phrenology con
cerning mental alienation, and moth
ers are studying phrenology an
learning how to teach the young ide
how to shoot, or rather how 70 ayoi
shooting. In England some of tn
best thinkers have been ardent work
ers in the chronological field. notabi
George Combe and his brother, Dr
Andrew Combe, and DIR. Elliotson, 0
London. In the United States Their
are number Of clergymen whose ser
mons are nodded on the model Of phre
biological thought. Though the ter