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Through trains fIuIn the South arrive Washing
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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-11-07
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erect. going TO prove that a recumbent
position ought to be conducive 10 lon
geNity-thGt long sleepers should be
long livers
by means of the olfactometer the
acuteness of the sense OF smell is meas
ured, snd by the thermesthe
the skin surface sensitive 10 the sensa :
tions of heat aud cold is accurately
chsrted. so la speak.
One of these instruments Is Their
moneter which registers the sensation
OF heat tho second ID is felt. and The
other is small aifair containing reccp-
tacles for hot and cold water Some
people. II has been found. arc more
sensitive Go heat anu touch than 9TH
crs. The shape ul an object Is more
accurately fclt with the tip OF the
tongue than With tho finger tips. The
skin over the Joints Is said 20 hc more
sensitive than elsewhere. Sweet things
are tasted best by the tip. sour by the
tdse AMI bitter by the base OF the
tongue. Boy arc more sensitive To
heat than girls, children born in win
ter are shorter than those born In
summer Dun children weigh less than
bright ones These are some OF The
things proved by data collected through
inc measurement and critical eXam.ns-
ton OF many human phenomena.
The learned expert In psyohometry
has thoroughly imbibcd the philoso.
phrrs dictum that 1t is no longer SUI
iicient thai psychologist shall be IA
niiiar with general philosophy I'm its
history on capable OF acute logical crit.
itism of systems &c IL necessary II he
would deal with the new problems and
gain The ear OF the advanced philosoph-
zeal pdbllc that he should reason from
a basis of fact and by an inductive pro-
ccdure"
Facts then. are what the learned
professor h. after lie would reduce
, the hitherto clusiyo phenomena OF mind
10 concrete facts, register the interde.
pendent functions OF consciousness and
nerve action and make science OF
what has heretofore been tho sport OF
speculative philosophers
CHIANNfNG A. BARTOW.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-11-07

young prince into his responsible du-
ties. In his printed journsl-for the
former ameer was a writer OF skill and
published several books--he says that
for some time his son performed the
greater portion of the duties that de-
YolNed upon the ruler. first acting as
the state treasurer and then as the
supreme court Of appeals" Little by
little he gathered the reins into his
hands. SO that at the last. on the occa-
sion OF the old ameers demise, Habi-
bullah had only TO seat himself upon
the throne 70 be king in name as we'll
as in fact
Habibullah is now about thirty years
of age. young man OF pleasing APP
pearonce-dark like his father. slight
OF frame, agile and well developed. lie
doubtless is impressed with the truth
of his fathers maxim that "one must
be lion II he has 10 govern wolves, ''
for the old ameer knew the character
OF his subjects and never trusted one
OF them out OF his sight. In fact, the
present ameer is living witness "a
Afghan hatred and treachery. being
known as 'Hahih the stammerer." ow-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-11-07
LEcIuRINo THE aLAcNsu,vH

One evening not long ago a youns
stranger dropped into the parlor OF
certain village inn In England He was
a very talkative fellow. and he was
soon monopolizing the conversation.
Wcaried OF "A subject he didn't under.
stand. NIliager on the newcomer
right blurted out. with a nod toward 4
silent individual In the corner:
IL thoo wants 10 talk about wireless
telegrarhs 20 over Co that feller. lie
takes a hintercst & such like Aw
doap't"
rhe young fellow took the hint. and
a moment later the village blacksmith.
Tor u was he. was listening 10 a iecturs
on wireless telegraphy.
The blacksmith. who knew little 90
the subject and cared less. suffered The
innction for half an hour. then put
sudden stop 60 tho now OF words With
tho cool remark
sIook ere. young fellow. if IN does
rosm frse Lunnon, ths can't teach me
nowt shoot wireless telegrarfs. for AN
msks 'sml'
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-11-07

diers Is a facpr 10 he reckoned with
should she insist upon recognition Of
her son.
Abdur Rahman farseeing ruler that
he was. quite accurately forecast events
Ia ease OF his demise and years ago did
All he could 10 make his faVorite sons
seat secure by appointing him co-re-
sent with himself and instructing him
IN the complicated business OF king
ship, lie virtually established him In
power during his lifetime in order TO
obNiate any adverse contingency.
Prince lIabibullah several times acted
as his fathers representative on the
throne while the latter was away on
his various campaigns the first time
that he was left I'm charge being when
he Was "a mere boy. Al one time in
fact. he governed az the capital while
the ameer was OF on two years cam
paign In Turkesian and did so well that
a Abdur Rahmau has left his opinion OF
his acts on record i'm the following lam
guage: Il found that he had governed
the country so wisely. cleverly and so
in accordance with my wishes that
conferred two orders upon him. ono
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-11-07

folor,1 os,o hputild, Dut III
never entered ei.
ther His entire education, physical
and mcntal. was impaired in the Quiri-
nal by private tutors under the direc
ton of the strict King Humbert and
the devoted Queen Margherita. Not
only did the princes constitution need
special care. but the king insisted on
holding him with a very tight rein
In 1881 Professor Morandi was notl-
fled by the princes governor" Colonel
Oslo, Of his appointment as tutor.
The tutor was received by Colonel
Oslo. who explained that the prince
must be treated exactly like any other
pupil, without indulgence or especial
respect: that, for instance. IL book
fell from the table the prince, and not
the tutor. should pick it up. The colo
mel added, with military frankness,
that no favor would be shown the tutor
II he should violate these regulations or
fail otherwise in his duty.
The princes daily life was regulates
with the utmost minuteness and sever,
ity. He rose, winter and summer, al 3,
took bath and a cup OF coffee or
bouillon and at once began his stud
les. ON the rare occasions on which he
was a little late In rising the breakfast
Was deferred until after the first les.
son, but the bath was never omitted.
After his morning studies the prince
went riding with the governor.
Every hour of the day had it's pre-
scribed duty-study, riding military
exercises, fencing or gymnastics. Meals
were at fixed hours and prepared &C
cording GO hygienic principles without
regard 10 the princes personal tastes
Hunting was not neglected and the
prince was an excellent shot when only
twelve years old.
The only relaxation came on SUNDAYS,
Thursdays and holidays and even then
only the studies were interrupted The
prince rose as usual at and went 10
bed at 3, and the day was by no means
a day OF rest. Furthermore. he had 10
keep "A diary and make entries in IL
daily.
Professor Morand quotes many in
stances OF Colonel Osio's severity. Dur
Ing one OF the nrst lessons the prince
he was only twelve--was lnattentive.
Colonel oslo, who was present, said
Your highness should remember that
"a kings son as wei as cobbler's. II he
grow. up A blockhc5rd,- wifi rrururu Urv
all his life"
Ihen the colonel strobe away. clank-
Ing his spurs and banging the door be
hind him.
lie did 4, for your good" said th'
ttltor Ia consolation.
u know IL, said the prince.
Tho prince was subject TO colds in ths
head. one day. when he had bad on,.
Morundi suggested TO the governor that
IL might be we'll TO omit the hors.bacE
exercise.
II there was a battle" said the colo.
mel. would the prince refuse TO noun
ana lead his troops on account OF .
coldg'
And the riding lesson took place.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-11-07
Some Wonderful Experiments In Psyche Physics

49, %SCONCED i'm an office al
tached 10 the bureau of edu-
cation at Washington Pro-
ftssor Arthur Macdonald
specialist I'm education as re-
lated to abnofmality. is car.
ryug on a series of most wonderful
experiments In the domain OF psyche
rhysicsa lie aims. if Hst 10 discover
the relations l,at cNist in man between
The psychical ana physical Go az least
bring out s3nie facts that shall he of
service M thc'study of the relationship
uc mind to body His search IS IN fact,
sort or huut for the soul OF man as II
may le induced 20 betray itself through
the nerves. II viii be q long and luOO-
ricus hunt without doubt but Pro-
icssurA Macdonald Is said 90 be as weli
equipped for Il as any man aIiVF, for he
has graduated from the great uniVcTsi-
tics Gf. this country and Euroue has
taken special courses I'm metaphysics
psvcho physics insanity ana hypno-
ii-ln and H. a recognized authority on
crlmnology and human abnormalities
But il is not so much with Professor
Macdonald that have 60 do IN this ar
ticle es with the Instruments he uses
While he may DC great in his line and
hold high rank in class all by him
self. yet he ls dependent upon wha
others have done before him for tho
material with which ne works--the va
riouS Instruments with which he pro-
poses 20 measure the psychic force
cmanating from within the human
frame. His Office is a workable museum
of psNC Cho mctrical apparatus. in fact,
such as tho algometer FOR measuring
the sensation OF pain the olfactometer
Tor the sensation OF smell: snsthesiome-
ter. Cor touch. thormtcstheslometc ter. for
heat and cold, the cardiomctcr or car.
dioSraph. fpr measuring the rate and
intcnsfty of heart beats. the sphyrmo-
graph. tor the .-slsc. pncumogtaph. FOR
the movcmorts Of the thorax in breath
INK nc labiograph for lip movements.
lafyngnEraph, for he larynN. palate
ine ~r. for ihc palate; thc rlethysno-
FrHpb, Tor detecting changes IN the
Volume of Ire arm dur Go changes in
iho blood supply. and even nlHstical np-
varsins f0l nu assuring The intellectual
functions indeed. this scientific WIZ
ard is said 20 be capahlc pr dissccting
the meutai progresses of human being
as accurately ass p skilled anatomist
can dlssect tbc physical frame
The Triumph OF these occult invcn-
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contend with. OF the 5000, 900 Afghans.
comprising various tribes lacking the
coherency Of common cause and Ian
euagc, probably the major portion or
them are "ag'in the government on
principle or through lack OF it, They
recall the prophecy that Habibullahs 3
father was TO be the last OF the ameers,
and they have Russian backing i'm their
desire to unseat him and place in his
stead the dissolute Ishak Khan. son OF
a former ameer, Dost Mohammed
Again. the present ameer is the son OF
a slave woman and this fact, "a great
many hold. should deDar MN and his
brother. Nasrullah. from the throne.
Abdur Rabman, awaiting himself of the
privilege allowed by the Mohammedan
creed, which he professed. had five lie
gar wives only one OF which number
was NJ royal birth. This lady. who was
the late ameers. cousin as well as
spouse and the acknowledged favorite
OF the harem, is the mother of his
youngest son Prince Mohammed Omar,
who is admittedly the only prince with
royal blood from both sides. But he is
the youngest and only twelve years old,
while his half brothers, Habibullah and
Nasrullah. are men OF mature wears
and experience. 1t was the last named
Nasrulah. who astopighed London a
few years ago by his exhibition of boor-
ishness, and IL is no secret that he is
not a favorite with the British govern
ment. In the autobiography published
by the late ameer some years ago he
says; I'm the second year" Ils11-12l
'the Almighty gave me a son whom l
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-11-07

blanche Tor money and resources OF ell
kinds. besides sending him on dlpie-
matte mission 10 the Niceroy of India.
which resulted in intrenehing the Brit
'ish IN ar almost impregnable position
I'm Aishanistsn
II trouble develops in the near su-
ture between the powers contcndinx
Tor supremacy la Afghanistan. IL viii
doubtless be found that what British
diplomacy has accomplished. I'm CON
junction with what Engineer ryne's
ingenuity has done for the country.
VIII carry the day for England as OPP
posed to Russia. IL required no AGATE
provision on diplomatic sagacity to an
ticipate. as the British government has
anticipated, the present status in At
shanlstan for aside from Russian in
trigue. which had 20 be reckoned with.
the course was clear. The former di-
plonlacy had sidetracked the late ameer
very effectively and had paved the way
for similar management OF his sue
cessor, Habibullah.
Unless. then, the present ameer runs
counter TO the tacit promise OF his
training, there should be no more DIM
Guilty In managing him than there was
In guiding his father. a man vastly
more fordeful. sagacious and head
strong than Iiabibullah The father
was the means Of introducing some OF
civilizations latest inventions. such as
modern guns and the electric light
The son. his favorite. inheriting his
tendencies. viii probably perceive the
BENEFITS OF peace and progress and the
unwisdom of war even IL urged on by
Russian Anglophobes.
TRUMAN l.. ELTON
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\ London clergyman who christens
on an average twenty babies a week
SAYS that twelve of this number ar.
gi,ep at least one name suggestive OF
the war 'ic had. however, 90 draw the
line a. "Absentmindcd Tompkins {"
Two little Cape sigls viii have 20 stag
gcr through nc under burdens OF Ta-
lans Elando and Belmontins Mcthucns
As Tor i,cdtcts Butler Browns and
Penn Symons Icneses. the registers In
them.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-11-07

ing TO the brain when mental process
takes place and 10 the feet when IL is
not. This may account for the fact that
when one Is thinking he is generally
troubled with cold feet. and conversely,
when his feet are warm his brain is
quiescent.
Then, again there is tho cardiograph.
which registers every heart beat.
whether the individual be awake or
asleep. and which seems TO show that
the heart beats more slowly when one
is I'm a horizontal position than when
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-11-07
HOW THE KING OF ITALY
RECEIVED his TRAINING.

Professor Morspdi, the tutor OF the
king OF Italy. has published book de-
seribing the rigid discipline and hard
study TO which he was subjected when
a boy.
The Italian people knew so little
about the prince that they were great
ly surprised by the energy, intelligence
and evidence OF learning displayed In
his first acts as king. Foreigners knew
stll less. though after the tragedy
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-11-07

them, but OF their experiments the
world is beginning to learn.
Now, this SO called billboard plays
a prominent part In the measurement
OF the amount of blood that flowS from
the brain tn the eXtremities. and vice
versa. when the human body assumes
different positions. More than this, IL
is SO accurately balanced that a mere
thought moves it perceptibly 80 IL is
said, for when one Is in IL AT fun length
and asleep the billboard remains on
even keel When one happens to think.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-11-07
Gpn6in6 AcuteneSs
Ut Smell

war to the French newspapers. Is re-
ported to be seriously ill on board shlp
at thcfu.
This AcarE 'hsmps guo vintage,
which promised 80 be unusually good,
Was spvilcd By bed weather just before
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-11-07

named Hab,bullah Cbeloved OF Cod
lie Is now my eldest son and heir APP
rarent Two years after his birth God
gave me another son, whom l named
Nasrullah victory OF God)." The
aneer had married the daughter OF the
king of nadakshan, but this lSdy had
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-11-07
Determining ShapebyTonch

tions seems 90 bc the billboard"
which while il appears to be merely
well balanced secsaw. upon which the
subject lies at full length. is in reality
an important instrument for detecting
the fundamental relations between the
mental and physical processes. "One
Of tho ideas which lie at the bottom Of
tho so called new psychology" an au.
thority has declared is the idea of
measurement" The modern psycholo-
gists. with their rigid notions of exact
reasoning discarding tho loose process
rs of their predecessors. hold that "our
mental .lgc Is always and everywhere
accompanied 10y "a process of nervous
change. Experimental psychology.
therefore. rcsts upon The assumption
chat relation nf corrcspondencc- boz
~ eprXistcuco or'causslt lon once -clasrly
n'adc out between mental and a nery-
ous modification. must hold good under
any and every repetition Of tiie sanc
experiment under tho same conditions"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-11-07

his dearly bought allegiance ana pre-
vent War.
most pronounced I,usSophobists that
the young ameer's throne Is not bed
OF roses In the first place. he has "A
fierce and superstitious population 10
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-11-07

ski before marrying tho prince. on
The strength OF tho Bavarian Judgment
The prince has married again.
Pierre Lou. vino has been serving
with tho French feet 1n China ana has
bccn writing descriptions Of the Chinese
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-11-07

at Monza the
newspapers pub.
llshed many ac-
counts and an
ecdotes alleged
10 have ema-
mated from his
tutor.
All these sto-
ries were pure
fictions The
prince was said,
for example. 20
have studied az
the Naples Mil
itary school and
the College OF
Modens, but lie
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-11-07

the grapes rlpencd. According To Mr..
e. Hcidsicck the 1926 wine has devsl-
op"d we'll and is delicate while the
wines ~ 1898. 1920 and 1900 show great
promise
The uumhcr OF rooms IN house, Of
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-11-07

riago is declared valid by f1ic highest
French courts. but null and void by the
Havlrian courts. IS about 10 appear on
che stage ~ singer Her name WAS
i.udmills Muldauer, and she bad been
divorced from a man named pvbrzaW-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-11-07

ing 20 the fact that he is an incurable
stutterer through the effects OF "A dose
OF poison administered by relative.
Though the son OF slave and a
stammerer. Habibullah is discreet
and forceful man OF affairs but he
does not possess probably the mastery
character OF his father who was the
most wonderful potentate I'm many re-
spects that has ruled in modern times.
He was warrior almost from youth,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-11-07

the board ults him head downward.
aud when he is in the happy condition
Of being totally devoid of thought his
feet descend This rs caused. the alien
ISIS say, BY The blood In The body How
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-11-07

windows or doors in room. even ri
runSs of ladder IN Siam must always
be odd.
More than million people are treat
"a In the hospitals Of London each
year.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-11-07

So there "a Is ia nutshell" Thcse
psychologists want To measure cve~y-
thing they come across and measure 10
exactly, believing that when once ac-
complished the result will stand FOR all
time az valuable contribution 60 sci
enco. OF their beliefs We may know
nothing except as They promuIeate
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-11-07
NoTEs OF REAL InrEREsT.

tinn According 20 others. howcvcr hc
died. insane. Of psrcsis brought on by
drinking and dissipation
Princess Adolf Of Wrcdc, whose mar.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-11-07

for his distinguished services in the ad-
minstration OF the kingdom, the second
for having very bravely put stop TO a
mutiny which was caused by my own
soldiers. lie acted most bravely on
this occasion riding alone into the
midst Of the rcbellous soldiers With
out showing any fear"
This tribute 10 his sons abilities was
sincere. and the old ameer gave proof
OF his trust by gradually inducing the
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-11-07

no children, and both Hablbullah and
Nasrullah were born to the ameer by
one of her slave girls.
Habibullahs worst enemies. it is be-
lieved, Will be found marshaled under
the banner of Prince Mohammed's ;
mother. Queen Halima. who. as she is
a person of strong mind and great
bravery, having herself at one time
donned male attire and assisted in
quelling a revolt OF the ameers sol