The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-12-01
HOUSTON DAILY POST: SUNDAY MORNING DECEMBER l. 1901

Frch,,tu hp TT OF Pennsylvania and there was
Teufot,f, iusueuet blood mingled With the
caeo A., strain as well. tie WAS ia Chit
s" turing the Columbian exposition. aud
it d ne voyage home met with tho fatal ac.
nv M. ~, Nlhch caused his death falling down
Of an n'n az. stair on shlphoah as the result
sfonti. "ttack or dizziness He lived cOa.
S,dntiy growing worse until ScntsrnIey :
- passing his TSd birthday
~ ,npp,surahce Won Helmhoitz was n man
seems ~ ~ majesty and impresSvcncSs II
lives ,'e true that men who devote their
n.i.Ss I" The pursuit or femonstTsbic tr,ifb
sss su no therght OF personal glory or proft
which tne H6 bn highest type u expression o.
Ssplle OF features In no wav imnressiyo Il,
cas Ie instances than oue--thoneh NOT In thc
go go IN hand- the Intellect, chnstened and
facts deS}er.alSe unce9Slng search for living
81 ifnatUm Savasery to the highest plane Of
n M \, shines through the oountcuancc
tnent 'trihec9nes a matter of universal com.
~, Nhdall PaSteur Bernard ana co,t,f-rs.
/, - q fact of great Significance
IN " ~ uot oe supposed that urliuhOtz
o.. IN ,n 1'eSligdtons, achieved nothing high.
,c, "'H tue invention Of the opathaNnnS-
I,t'' tue apparatus already meution.r
man, ~ merely the most popular Of his
mnfi.fp,,,Wsl oGts' one Of the greatest matne-
natG.Ins. he discovered tile usr If tho
muNcleS Of accommodation i'm Tho hun,Sn
ia una ma made possible In this way tho sclrn.
lon ne I'M eni Of all defects Of human us.
~ ffsu1tN
resulted In the ,onplete rcforn, ~ tb p' .iSut
uuc color scheme. subsfitnting 'srN,ivn
Ergen and violet for tho sunt,nScdlr n,t,,,t,,,,
tol'rS, red. yellow and hluc TIf- H. hI
name foremost among Inc men who b4vc
made scientific ootIcs nosSibie "' "'''
From ontics he vent 10 'i acoustics NOR.
forming for the human ear and mo srisnro
nt sound all that he had nrcvio,tsIy dnns
Tor the human eye aud the science ~ colnr
~ Is 70 MIN that the modern world Is in.
dehted for an almost comnlnte knnvlcdgo
OF Inc construction and mechanical oncr-
tion Of the inner ear. Himself a musician
OF great skill and acauuiutanre with must
ga literature, his nttalnmeuts were
nose which enabled him TO produrc
the most brilliant results He has
shown how IL Is that tho cnr distinru{shr
between all the innumerable varieties az
tome VIII "a may come to II. as well MS OK
mbting the devices which evolution has
loft for it's preservation I'm perfccr health
and action. There was no norton ~ In.
auditory channel that aid not receive his
distinguished consideration: and he stoned
short Of an explanation why IL is that
music so affects the scnSibilitipS only he
cause his province was in physiology and
net in psychology
in addition to this he investigated thc
quality of the human voice aud brought
ont the underlying principles attendant
uuon The production Of the different sounds.
a remarkable interrclHtion between the hu-
man voice for making sounds aud the hu-
man ear for herring those thus made. ac.
counting scientifically for the abstluSe
pleasure which the human voice hestows
above every possible musical instrument.
Such men q Helmholtz redeem the human
race from its faults Of bascness and self