The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-03-31

tclerS, but the reason OF the expedition
| to the Cape Verde Islands, now pub
| Hshed for the first time, throws much
| light on the psychology OF Louis XI,
his i'll humor and his sedulous avoid
ance of mankind during the last days
of his life The wretched man evil
| IDENTIFY believed himself smitten with
| leprosy. He was, however, never fated
to test the efficacy OF the sea turtle
remedy. for he died August 80, 1888,
before the return Of the expedition.
For Care of the Blind.
A group OF blind masseurs, encour-
aged by their success at some of the
principal French watsring places, have
just opened an establishment In the
medical quarter OF Paris. The minis
ter of the interior has granted them a
small subventfon to help place their
institution on a sound basis, and they
will he actively supported by the VAL
enttne Hauy Association for the Care
Of the Blind.
Owing to their highly developed
sense OF touch, the blind masseurs
succeed in an altogether exceptional
manner: they are also necessarily the
most discreet members of the profess
sion. In Japan from time inmemorial
massage was always q monopoly Of
the blind, indeed. in japanese the
same WORD does duty for a blind man
and q masseur. AS new opening for
active usefulness, and as a means of
independent living for the blind, the
new enterprise is attracting a great
deal of interest in Paris and many
offers of support from specialists.
The oldest university student In
Switzerland, G-ottlieb Laederaoh, died
In Paris this week at the age OF fifty
seven, having studied at the Univer-
sity OF Bern for thirty-seven years
without having taken his medical de-
gree.
Iaederach entered the university
when he was twenty years old He
studied assiduously but. owing to a
singular nervous temperament he
could never pass an examination IN
der the written and oral tests he be-
came 50 embarrassed that he always
failed.
Laederach. however, had an indie
pendent income. and tenacity. He de-
termined to pass the examination If it
took a lifetime. Many of his student
friends became distinguished doctors.
Several became professors of medicine
lectures, although he knew as much as
they did.
Years went By, with the student still
striving Tor his degree. Last week he
went into the university examination
room for the hundredth time. He was
engaged In writing a series Of answers
to the questions OF the examiners when
he fell forward on his desk, dead from
heart failure.
The end Of June win see the de-
parture from Havre of a French Polar
expedition under Jules de Payer. The
ends sought, however, are purely
scientific and this expedi tton will not
be a sporting rush for the north pole"
The principal purpose is thoroughly to
ders the North European submarine
continent. and to this everything else
fs to be s11bordinated.
The expedition, which comprises ex-
pert biologists, photographers, ocean
will take up its winter quarters In the
Franz Josef archipelago. and the mem
bers VIII devote the long winter to
cal observations.
When summer comes the expedition
will be divided into two parts; the
first, under NJ de Payer, assisted by
two sea captains, a military aviator
and a navy doctor, viii push boldly
northward; the second. under a navy
lieutenant, will survey and make
soundings among the canals, fjords
and islands of the archipelago as yet
unexplored.
Two aeropIanes are included in the
expedition, in order to determine If,
and under what conditions, they can
be utilized in the Polar regions.