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them in the following year. When this
was done it was found that both tall and
dwarf plants appeared in the offspring.
Each individual was either frankly tall or
frankly dwarf. and no intermediate ap-
peared. the proportion of tall to dwarf
being three to one. The following year
seed from the dwarf peas gave only
dwarfs; seed from the tall gave a large
proportion Of tall and a few dwarfs.
In the following year tall seed brought
forth tall plants only. dwarf seed dwarf
plants only. The reversion to the proto-
type was complete. In the process, how
ever. the tall plant, the dominant, ap-
peared three times as frequently as the
recessive. The experiment was tried with
various animals. and 1t was found, first,
that after several generations the indi-
vidual reverted to the pure type Of either
the male or female ancestors, and, sec
ondly, that one type was domnant-that
is, produced many more individuals than
the recessive type. Crossing colored and
white mice produced in the long run
pure colored and pure white. with ma
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losing the desirable combination of char
acters found in the original strains.
Menders discovery may reassure them
on this point In three generations breed-
ers can repr roduce the parental types with
all the increased vigor resulting from a
cross. We must also revise our conccp-
ton of pure breed"
Where the problem becomes fascinat-
ing. however. Is where it touches the
mooted question Of heredity. and here
again il Gpsets absolutely our previous
notions. Man being the slowest breeding
animal. observations are difficult. and
only imperfect statistics can be relied up
on at the present day to supply eviden:e
The study Of certain diseases. however.
in the course Of several centuries fortu-
nately enabled scientists to establish he
redity tables. One Of the most interesting
cases observed is that OF the trarsms-
sion of "brachydactily." In people af-
fected with this malformation the joints
Of the fingers and toes are two instead
Of three, and the whole body presents
stunted appearance.
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ward which heaven had assuredly pre-
pared for hin-plsce and warmth of re-
ward not specified-the Belgians found
themselves equipped with a vast national
stink over the cruel Congo. one new
king, Albert. and his immediate family.
and three daughters of old Leopold. to
whom their gallant parent. by reason of
his devotion to his morganatic wife, had
left little of the fortune he owned and
had managed to rob them Of
1t looked though the princesSes
might keep on being charges on Belgium
until the mint failed or their unlarnented
parents new place of residence froze
over. Besides. here was Princess Glenn
entine'S marriage with PRINCE Napoleon
coming along. and there was no knowing
but that she might provide wholly su-
perfluouS bunch of heirs who would have
to be provided for.
Then there was Princess Stephanie.
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He was discovered lying on the floor of
his bedroom, dead. and by his left hand
was a revolver. Had he committed sui
eide. or had he been killed by that ap-
parently gricf-ra cked sobbing woman?
The medical experts called in were de-
cisive about the matter. The man had
died from the effects OF four bullets. Two
OF those wounds. they declared. must
have resulted in almost instantaneous
death. and he could not possibly have in
f1icted one and then had strength to
again fire the revolver. Moreover. to
have caused one of the wounds he must
have held the weapon in his left hand.
But he was a right-handed man. Again,
a man shooting himself could not hold the
revolver at distance, and these shots
had certainly not been discharged with
the muZzle of the revolver close to his
body, for his clothes presented 10 signs
of discoloration. In the face of that evil
dence. the jury could only return a YER
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which may roughly be taken as ranging
from 100 to 900 per annum are de-
creasng while incomes over Gc5,OGO are
actually creasnS.
To hasten the extinction OF the middle
class there is the growing burden OF
taxation. the wight of which falls main
ly on the shoulders of the middle classes
The very wealthy can always pass part,
if not all. of a tax on to the middle class.
but the latter. il turn. cannot readily
pass the burden on to the working class
for this reason. The workinS-class wage.
though il may way. amounts on the
whole simply to the sum required to keep
the wage Garner and his family provided
with the necessities of life in the way
Of food. clothing. and shelter. and he
therefore cannot. and does not. pay rates
or taxes.
Here. for instance. is an example to
prove the truth of this statement which
has been often called in question. In
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dict of Guilty" against the accused wo-
man. although there appeared an utter
absence of motive for the deed. She was
sentenced to death. but the punishment
was afterward commuted to penal servi-
tude for life.
DR. Laccasagne. one of the greatest
criminel medical experts in France was
once called upon to solve the mystery
of a tragedy which created an immense
sensation. 1t was the death Of an old
gentleman who had been discovered ly-
ing in his bed and who had succumbed
to the bullet Of revolver which was
found on the floor beside him. Had
he killed himself. or had he been slain
by some assassin as he lay there asleep?
The revolver was his own. and people
were at first inclined to accept the theory
that the old gentleman had. in fit Of
temporary insanity. committed suicide.
Yet, why should he have done so? He
was a person of considerable fortune and
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poorly paid hand in the lower ranks
of the profession.
In the engineering profession. the mid
dle-class man, as an independent individ-
Ual has long since disappeared. The gil
gantic concerns with millions of capital
that now nonopoli::c the engineering
business of the country have absolute
ly swallowed lin ul.
There are. OF course. thousands of en-
gineers employed by these huge firms
but here. again. these men are simply
hands," some better paid than others.
but all liable TO lose their cmployme Mt
when work is slaCk-a fate that over
takes numbers of them.
In all trades and professions it is the
same story. In some of the big solici-
tors firms half the clerks are qualified
solicitors. Who not having the big capi-
tai that is now essential to enable a
solicitor to start independently in busi-
ness, are simply forced to sell their SER
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they could. So they have offered SSOo.0N
cash to every one of the princesses and
the income of $500 ZOO more in the form
of annuties if they will join in relin-
gushing all claim to the estate of their
father.
1t will be good bargain for Belgium
toe good. the princesses have been think
ing since Clenentine married Prince Vic
tor Napoleon. .he eagerness with which
it wa, thought they would snap at the
sopS of their inheritance was not evident
when Clementine. a bride. betook her
self to Austria to visit Emperor Francis
Joseph. and Countess Lonyay. her sister.
proceeded to Vienna to meet her and
discuss acceptance or rejection Of the bid.
Ii may happen that the three useless
princesses of Belgium will be able to
raise current quotations in the princess
market
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apparently. had no trouble in the world
save the anxiety occasioned him by the
evil life of a young relation in whom
he was much interested. and who would
inherit his fortune at his death. DR..
LaccaSagne declared that the old man
had fallen by the hands of an assassin,
and he was led to this conclusion by
the fact that the dead mans eyes were
closed. They should. had he committed
suicide. have been open. They had been
closed by some one who had murdered
him. But what could have induced an
assassin to perform such an act? The
detectives were able to state that it is
a common superstition among criminals
that the unclosed eyes Of a person who
has fallen by their hand may haunt them.
The doctors declaration led the police
to turn their attention to the dissolute
relative of the dead man, and they quick
ly found other circumstances to prove
that the doctors theory was correct.
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gramme. II religious fervor inspires q
member of the Pentecostal Union to hop
over chair during the course of morn
ing devotions no co-member objects.
The most interesting feature Of their
daily life is the community system. which
is managed in q business-like and evil
IDENTIFY profitable manner.
The sect was founded by a woman.
Mrs. Alma White. who remains its presi-
dent and superintendent. She is now In
London looking after the English branch.
It Is a close corporation. protected by
the Incorporation laws Of Colorado. and
administered by Mrs. White and q body
Of trustees. severAl Of whom ere close
relatives Of the founder.
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In a case in England some time since
a woman was found dead in her room.
Her throat had been cut. and in her left
hand was the knife with which the fatal
wound had evidently been inflicted. A
considerable amount OF evidence tended
to prove that il was case of suicide and
the police were puzzled The medical evil
dence conclusively proved that murder
had been committed. The knife was in
the victims left hand. whereas the doc
tors were positive that the wound had
been inflicted from left to right The knife
had been placed by the murderer in the
woman's hand after death. Had it not
been so the weapon would have been
ciutched tightly: but it was loose and
easily slipped from the fingers into which
it had been thrust! The murderer was
hunted down and brought to the gallows
The medical expert in crime has col
lected hundreds of photographs of wounds
inflicted with the knife. and he is able
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vices to an employer: the big firms of
solicitors are now beginning to open
offices in the smaller towns. putting one
OF their qualified employees to take
charge of the business at a small salary.
and these monopolize the field which
was once open TO man with only "A
small capital. Thus in whatever direc-
ton the middle-class man turns he finds
on the one hand small and enormously
wealthy set of capitalist employers. and
on the other an ev .r-increasing army of
employees. and worse still. an eveT-in-
creasinE army of men seeking employ
ment which, of course. decreases the
salaries paid to the professional classes
and renders their employment daily less
secure.
Obviously. this state of affairs must
sooner or later reduce the middle class
to precisely the same condition as that
OF the working class. The latest revenue
returns show that middle-class incomes.
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jority of colored: the angora fur OF some
rabbits was found recessIve to the nor
NAL short fur; the rose comb which oc-
ours in certain breeds of poultry, such
as Hamburgs or Wyandottes, behaves as
a dominant to the high serrated single
comb of the Leghorns.
Freakish cases in which one of the par
ents was in a markedly abnormal con6i-
ton was considered. Japanese waltzins
mice were crossed with normal mice.
The walters are driven to circle
round sometimes for hours by a painful
malformation of the labyrinth Of the ear.
After a couple of generations the crosses
bred true to either the normal mouse or
to the "waltzer." the latter being recess
sive to the former.
Before experiments can be made on
human beings the Mendelian discovery
can be applied practically to the i'm
provement of animal breeds. We know
for sure that in most cases a cross means
greatly increased vigor for the progeny.
Breeders. however. are very shy in max
ing crosses for fear breaking up and
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amazed to learn that this new religious
body has missionaries practically all over
the civilized world and branches in
Brooklyn, Cincinnati, Philadelphia, Jack
sonville. Denver. Los Angeles. and Lon
don.
manifestation Of fervor and religious Joy
In physical activity. which is strongly re-
miniscent Of the Southern darky getting
religious'' under the exhortations of camp
meeting leaders. Their dancing, or what
might better be termed religious calls
thenics." lack the dig nity and system Of
the professions formed by sun worship
ers Movements are matter OF tndivid-
ual Inspiration and mot Of any pro-
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secured Princess Clementine, the mature
beauty of the Belgian trio. But expec-
tations of some description you must
have. even though your beloved France
should have contracted the habit of re-
peatinS at every election some refrain
like We hope never to see his face
again" If you Complcate the vagueneSs
OF the expectations with an undeniable
buffalo-horn mustache you may land a
princess and be grandly privileged to
keep her until the end of your natural
days, unless you happen to pick one like
the choice made by Philip of CoburS.
But that is another story
In fact, there are as many stories as
there are early Belgian princeSses, and
in those stories lies the secret of the Bel
gan peoples hope of getting them at
such marked reduction. as priEcesseS
go. or, rather, generally refuse to go.
When King Leopold went to the re-
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now to say in most cases. with perfect
certainty. whether a wound has been in
f1icted by left or a right handed person.
There is not the slightest doubt that who
ever was the mysterious perpetrator of
the series of East End murders which
Mortified London some years ago. Jack
the Ripper" was a left-handed man.
A terrible tragedy was that which oc-
CURED some years since at UXbrdge,
when a man named Gibbons, living with
his wife in a little detached residence,
met with his death one night under myS-
teriouS circumstances. Between II and
l. that night the peopl" in a neighobring
house were alarmed by the shrill cries of
woman in distress. They rushed out.
Before them stood woman in white. 1t
was their neighbor. Mrs. Gibbons in night
attire, as if she had been alarmed in her
sleep.
MY husband has shot himself she
exclaimed
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who married Crown Prince Rudolph Of
Austria. Rudolph had the Austrian facil-
ity for intrigue. and he died very sud-
denly and tragicaIly in consequence
thereof. leaving a very disgraceful scan
dal for Austria to worry along under and
a widow who was far from inconSolable
for his loss. The widow married Count
Lonyay, thereby renouncing her royal
rights in both Austria and Belgium, but
not any natural rights she enjoyed in the
possessions Of her father the late and.
as previously specified, unlaInented Leo
pold
The oldest daughter of the unlamented
one was named Louise. She married
Prince Philip af SaXe-Coburg in 1875, and
subsequently supplied the scandal almong-
ers of Europe with excitement enough to
make her late brothcr-in-law. Crown
Prince Rudolph Of Austria, look like a
piker trudginy the broad pathway Of de-
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NF1Y MIDDLE CLASS ARE DISAPPEARING GREAT BRITAIN

Special Correspondence The Washington Herald.
London. Jan. eff the middle classes
would only open their eyes they would
see how rapidly the work of their exter-
mination is proceeding.
To start with the large body of pros
porous shookeenerS trading independent
ly. who. fftv years ago or less. formed
such a consider lble section of the mid
die class. have practically disappeared
from all the large trading ceEters. at
any rate"
1T is extremely are. nowadays. to find
any prosperous retail house which is
controlled by one individual. The name
over the door may or may not be the
name of one of the individuals who waits
on the customers inside: but il is rarely
the name of the proprietor. who. in nine
ty-nine cases out of a hundred. is a
limited liability company or big private
syndicate controlling numbers of similar
establishments.
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is now about to speak to you through
the tube attached to your right ear.
Car you hear?' He could. perfectly well.
In short time the victim of the expert
ment came TO the conclusion that the
experiment was rather embarrassing, for
he was totally unable to say through
which tube the doctor was really speak
ing. Sometimes. when the assistant said
he was speaking through the right. he
was, as a matter of fact speaking
through the left, and the message the
man ought to have been deaf to be heard
distinctly. while the message he ought to
have heard with his right ear he de-
clared he could hear nothing of. By
the time the would-be swindler had ar
rived at the conclusion that it would be
we'll for him to be taken suddenly un-
well. and unable to submit to further ex-
perimcnts. ne had convicted himself as
fraud. He could heai with both ears
equally we'll
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steps of monastery that looked old to
the reporter. \ skulking female figure
was in the shadow of the sanctuary The
church WAS holding night service.
something unusual at that time. A man
came out of the big stone building ahead
Of the others. He was half way down
the steps when the ''skulking figure
was upon him. The weapon she used
was a Stiletto. The scene was in a mar
row. dark. unfrequented street.
1t was bullhead luck that the reporter
should be coming around the corner
when he saw the attack. He rushed at
the woman. took her firmly in his hold
and held her. a policeman CHANGED along
at the opportune moment-''pSyCholos
car was not in business then. The vic
tim was sent to the nearest hospital. He
ded an hour later. The reporter was
present
As soon as the hospital end Of the story
was out Of the way the reporter went by
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The people of Belgium have just been
driving a bargain. They are trying to
buy three princesses-to buy them off,
not on. which is an altogether unusual
way of disposinS of royalty. well as
far from disagreeable. considering the
more painful methods employed by the
English in eliminating King Charles l
and the French in easing themselves of
tho worthy Louis XVI.
Current prices for princesscs of the
early Belgian variety average s1.s0OOOO-
for buying off. When it comes to buying
then to keep. you probably need as much
as that in cash and infinitely more in ex-
pectations.
The expectations may amount to
guess and a ticket of exile from the land
of their realization. as was the case with
Prince Victor Napoleon who recently
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one part Of North London the local ratei
ar" thirteen ShillingG in the pound. %
another seven shillngs. but in hots
places the rents Of working men dwell
ings are precisely the same. namely. seq
Ell to ten shill!nGs per week. free of ratei
and taxes. Th. rates are paid by middle
class property owner. who have invested
their savings in house property. the in
come from which is reduced almost "a
vanishing point by rate of thirtecI
shilling in tfe pound.
Eut heavy as the burden of the rate;
and taxes is to-day. it is nothing to whh
il is bound t. become within the neN
ten or twenty years: for social reform!
must proceed. and every new reform costi
money. the greater part of which will
undouhtly. come out of the pockets -;
the middle class.
Their extinction. therefore. is obvious
.y inevitable.
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common American countesses and duch-
esses who had bought their positions at
the international bargain counter. And
that the Countess Stephanie has sensa-
tionally proceeded to do. hampered only
by the paucity of the riches she has thus
far been able to lay hands on
Meanwhile. Princess Louise. who had
been adjudged crazy in the past and had
no intellectual or moral dignity TO pre-
serve. was suing the Belgian govern
ment for her share of the fortune of her
dead mother. Marie Henriette. Leopold,
her father, had simply looted his daugh-
ters of all their mothers fortune At his
death the three princesseS claimed resti-
tuition from the Belgian government by
letting Louise lead the legal onslaught
alone.
Things looked pretty difficult for Bel
GUM. and the shrewd subjects of King
Albert resolved to effect a compromise if
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colony are permitted to attend school
at a neigh5oring district schoolhouse.
Religious ecstasy Is combined with
manifestations Of Feen business acumen.
For there IL not a wasted minute in tine
day at Zarephath. Men and women work
industriously In The biL.deries. The farm
lands are admirably, titled. The living
quarters are models of neatness. The
missionaries sent out to solicit subscrip-
tions for Pillar Of Fire. the denomina-
tional periodical. and long list OF re-
hStous BOOKS are recognized as the best
book agents Of the hour. That there Is
profit for a new and jealous religious
body Is shown In the fact that Zare-
phath sends out ton Of mail matter
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These syndicates and companies with
huge capital at their command have sim
ply swallowed up the once comfortable
and independent trader who has become
their paid employees, liable to dismissal
at any moment
In these big concerns there are GER
tainly some men earning large salaries
larger. perhaps, than their incomes would
have been as individuals in business
but the number OF these compared 10 the
army of independent traders who have
disappeared is infnitesimal.
The same system is at work among
the professional classes. Take. for in
stance. the medical profession. All over
the country large numbers OF practices
are now owned and controlled by one
rich medical man or small group of
men. the practices being worked by
young doctors on small salaries.
In South London there are eight prac-
tices owned by one doctor. Each of these
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Restlessness and a yearning for new
thrills. new theories. and new exploits
are by no means confined to the idle
rich in America They have invaded all
classes. Frequently they manifest them
selves in religious ecstasy and have been
responsible for the mushroom growth OF
strange new sects which appeal particu-
larry to the emotional.
The immigration officials recently held
up at Ellis Island for examination q
young English woman. Maud Allen. who
had emigrated to join community known
as the Pentecostal Union. located near
Bound Brook. N. J. With the publicity
thus thrust upon the sect. frreverently
called Holy Jumpers" the public wAs
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They were able to bring his guilt home
to him. and he was Convicted
The medical expert has occasionally to
deal with the willy impostor. and that
cunning gentleman is apt to find him
very terrible person. Some time since.
a man who claimed big damages against
q railway company for the loss of the
sense of hearing in his left ear. found
himself subjected to the most bewilder-
ing tests. He was placed in a room
through the vail of which projected two
india rubber tubes with mouth-pieces.
which he was requested to place to his
ears Then the medical detective went
into the next room.
"The DOCTOR explained the assistant
who remained with the victim of the
experiment. lis now about to speak to
you through the tube attached to your
left ear. Can you hear anything"
He could hear nothing.
1.-THE doctor. went on the assistant
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jumps to the station where the woman
was and told her that her lover was dead
The woman fell upon her knees and dra-
victims soul
That much of the story was "a SCOOP
the word beat was not in that city's
newspaper parlance. The scene at the
police station was the best situation in
the write-up
1t was we'll done. For it the reporter
got laudatory letter from his city edi-
tor who invited him II dinner the follow
ing Sunday. The chief editorial writer
of the paper. who had Travelled some.
who was a correspondent in the civil
war and was still rounder. wrote the
reporter fervid congratulations and two
weeks later invited the reporter to be
his guest over Sunday. The account Of
that day of with the leader writer has
never been printed. for it has never been
written. 1t consumed the full Sunday