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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-13
Female Of the Species" More Intelligent Than the Male

woman's nature. Often. when soma df.
fcult problem faces man and a woman
together, the man is willing and ready to
give 1t UP and cry for help. while the
woman Is ready and willing to 20 ahead
and see II there Is not some easy way out
OF the problem. And in many cases there
Is. and the woman will find It,
From the experiments have conducted,
hardly believe that 1t Is safe to draw
the conclusion that the male Of the species
Is not as smart as the female In this one
instance 1t was without doubt the truth.
whether II would be true IN all instances
is matter yet to be determined by fur.
Their experiment, both here and elsewhere"
Professors and educators in various parts
OF the nation hSye looked with great In
terest on the results obtained by Professor
Harper In his experiments during the past
few weeks: many have voiced their ap.
prevail OF the results and -signified their
Intention OF repeating the experiments
Professor Harper is also considering the
idea OF attempting the experiment with
rats and mice although they are much
moro difficult to handle than the dogs
Using them would make the experiment
more difficult to conduct also, as they are
not accustomed to human beings and It Is
believed they would be frightened to such
an extent that 1t would be impossible to
secure as good results as with the dogs
Professor Harper Is highly elated. how.
ever. with his success with the two ami
mails The fact that time after time the
female would lead the male from the dark
mysterious boxes has proven without
doubt that the female Is able to remember
and that she is able to work out a problem
without the assistance of any one It also
shows that the male Is ready and willing
TO follow in the footsteps OF the other dog.
even after he has given up the task and
has laid down and cried for help.
Another noticeable feature of the novel
experiment was that while the female
might for time give up her efforts she
would at length renew them
The male In this respect showed entirely
different traits and different spirit A
Few minutes was all that was required to
convince the male that there was no way
out OF the maze. When he stopped once he
was through, and nothing bothered him
after the discovery had been made that
whining. barking and clawing would do no
good. He was through, and ready and will.
Ing to admit defeat while the female
would never lie down and stay there, ad.
hitting that she was beaten.
The dogs were fed at the same time, pur.
posely, so that one would not be more keen
to gain freedom than the other. Had one
been fed before the other, and had one
seen food only while the other had eaten,
Professor Harper is convinced that it would
have made difference In the action OF the
two animals
The fact that they were fed both at the
same time, with the same food goes to
show, 1t Is believed by the professor. as
well as others who have Interested them
selves In this experiment, that the animals
were both In the same physical condition
and that their actions were true to them.
selves and to nature.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-13

Tho Colonel travelled through the de,ert into the
eouaan ana passed through the immense territory
" mo iouaress. who are. In that great of
sand Kind OF pirates resembling those who raw
aged the seas in former days
The guides who accompanied tho column b..
'ohseo 10 the tribe OF Chambaa, OF Ouargla
now one day they pitched their camp In tho
49, .h oi tne DESERT and tho Arabs declared that.
az tho spring was little farther AWAY thew u,ouId
60 win all their camels look for water
only ono man warned the Colonel that he had
oHeh betrayed Flatters did not believe this and
accompanied the convoy with tho engineers m.
doctors. and nearly all his officers, Tb.v va
aAsshered round the spring and ali the camels
The captain of tho Arab Intelligence pen,rt
ment at ouarsla. who remained in tho camn
'ook command of the survivors, spahis and sharn
shooters. and they commenced the retreat ,eaSi
oe"ihu the baggage and the provision% for wont
or camels carry them t'.
.s, men tney started on their journey through
under the devourins sun. which burned them from
morning Till night = go
brought dates a tribute They ware no,.s
Nearly all tho French died. and among thar ~.
last officer. ~ inc
There remained only few spahts with their
auartermaster Poheguin. como .nattva s,ar,
shooters of tho Chambaa tribe. They had still tvo
caneis left They disappeared ono night aIonc
with two Arabs. s
ihen the survivors understood that thew ,u,s
eventually eat other up "A ,oon ~ 49,
u.seoNefeo inc night OF the two men with the two
beasts those who remained separated ana 49,
sand under tho glare of a scorchnr sun a. A.
nee ot moro than sunshot from each other
80 they went all day. When thew r.oo,o,
"pl'hs' each or them had to drink az ft in turn
nv soon as each solitary marcher had moved for
S mo number OF yards arranged upon Ana
uS theS continued marching the whole dav r,ts
'"s Ai"aSs In thht burning expanse tho,. ,itt.
o'"'"h' or aust which mark tho path of tbos.
VINO arc 'Tudgins through tina desert
But. ono morning tho trayel.rs r,,d.
sudden turn. and drew nearer to his neirhbor
They ell stopped look
The man toward whom the fami,h.d so,d,.-
drew near did not NY. but lay nat on the ground
anu TOOK aim at tho who coming on
When ne believed he within gunshot he nrad
me other was not hit. He continued TO advance
ana. cooking his gun In turn. killed HIS comrade
Then from the entire horizon. the others rushed
TO seek their share. And he who had killed III.
fallen tho corpse into pieces and dis.
tributed It
And they more placed themselves at hxed
distances. these rreconcliable allies preparing for
tho murder which would bring them together
For two days they lived this human flesh
which they divided among other Then tho
began killing nfresh And again. Tx.
butcher. ne cut tho corpse and offered II to his
comrades Keeping only his portion OF IT,
And this retreat Of cannibals continued
The last Frenchman. Pobeguin. was massacr.d
at the eide OF we'll tho very night before tn,
supplies arrived
do you understand what mean by the
horrible7"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-13
BY Guy de MaupassaH1t

= DO you tho prisoner said to tho
gendarmes
L had not speaking when a terrible push
threw me on ms back. and in a second saw the
man seized by tho furious soldiers. thrown down.
struck dragged along the side OF the road. and
hung against tree He fell In the snow. already
nearly dead.
And Immediately they shot him. The soldiers
fred at him. re loaded their guns fred again with
the desperate energy OF brutes They fought
each other to have a shot him. front
OF the and kept firing him just peopls
at funeral keep sprlnkling holy in
OF a coffin
But suddenly a cry Of Tho Prussiansl
the Prussansr
And all along the horizon heard the great
noise OF this pardc-strcken army flight
The panic. generated by the shots at this
vagaoond, had filled his very executioners with
terror: and. without realizing they were them
selves the originators OF the scare. they rushed
away and disappeared the darkness
II remained alone In front the corpse with
tho two gendarmes whose sense OF duty had
PEELED to stay with
They lifted up the rddled piece of flesh bruised
and bleeding.
He must be examined said to them
And handed them box of vcstas which had
In my pocket One OF the soldiers had another
box was standing between the two.
The gendarme. who feeling of ths body.
called
"'Clothed in a blue blouse trousers and na,r
OF shoes
The hret match went out: lighted second.
The man went he turned out his pockets
norm knife a check handkerchief. a snur-
box. bit OF packthread. a pieoe of bread
THE second match OUT we lighted a third
Tho gendarme. after he had handled the corpse for
long time. said
a. That ALL
Strip him. said I. we shall perhap. ANA
something near tho skin.
And In order that the two soldiers might help
eech other In this task. between thorn TO
give them light them by the rapid flash
OF the match take of the garments one by one
ana expose to view that bleeding bundle OF nesh
stin warm. though lfelsss
And suddenly one OF them exclaimed
"a
II describe you strange and poe-
nant sensation OF pain that my heart I
could believe It. and knet down In tho snow
before this shapeless pulp OF nssh 0 see for my
self
1T a womanl
The two gendarmes speschess and stunned
waited for mo 10 svc opinion the matter
But did not know what think. what theory to
adopt.
Perhaps she o look for d son OF nor, in
the artillery. whom she had heard from tho
brgadier drawled.
THAT might be. the other ehined IN
I. who had very terrible things
in my timo. began to felt, the presence
OF this corpse that Icy ooGd night. the midst
OF that gloomy plain. at the sight OF this mystery
at the sight OF this murdered strangor-I felt the
meaning the Horror
Now I had the sensation last year while
talking with of the survivors OF tho Fatters
Mission. Algerian sharpshooter.
You know the details OF that dreadful drama
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-13
Professor Harper of Northwestern University,
in His Experiments with Animals, Confirms
Other Evidences Which Indicate That
Women Are More Resourceful, Patient
and Enterprising Than Men

nEFORE select class of three mem.
n bers. all seniors at the Northwestern
university, Professor Eugene II. Har-
per, head of the department OF biology OF
the school. has been conducting some re-
markablc experiments with two dogs-a
male and female-wlth view OF deter
mining which sex had the greatest powers
of perception and comprehension.
The results obtained by the learned pro-
lessor are that the female Is quicker TO
learn, that she Will remember longer. and
that she will even teach the male after
che has solved the difficult problems and
completed the tasks given.
The only thing that is troubling Pro-
lessor Harper now Is this one question:
If the experiments were conducted by
woman, would the male be the one to learn
the faster? Although there is still some
doubt In the mind OF Professor Harper, az
we'll az others at the University who havo
interested themselves in the experiment,
IT is his belief that woman would gain
oiHerent results were sho conducting the
experiment. and that his own efforts to
instruct and teach female tricks and
give her a general store OF knowledge
would be less pronounced IL the Same work
were done by woman.
This new problem OF the interesting OK.
periments Professor Harper has been con-
Quoting in his laboratory at the University
for the past month was brought to his
l.
Training School for Police Dogs. located
at Coytesyille. New Jersey. In letter to
professor Harper. commenting on his ex-
perirnents and complimenting him on the
results attained. Mr.. Baer says: I'm train
Ing some 800 dogs II has been my expert
cnce that a man can teach a female and get
better results than IL the same work were
done by woman. and, in turn. woman
will have more success with q male dog.
believe that IL you Will carry out the suS-
gestion offered here and secure n woman
TO assist you in your work your scientific
experience will enable you to see that
am correct"
In all experiments conducted thus far
by Professor Harper the female has shown
superior knowledge" and higher grade
OF intellect than has the male The expe-
rirnents have been simple. but sufficient
for the professor TO reach his conclusions
that the female OF tho species is more
intelligent than the male. II tho entire
race" OF dogs Is to he Judged by these
two and he believes that IN general the
results would be the same.
When speaking OF his remarkable expe-
rment and the result attained. Professor
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-13

pHl aDeYe all by the abominable sensation
0' aAhoonment of the end. OF death OF notbtngn.s,
orr,.,, w Two xendsrmes holding BY the arm
'ooSins little man--old. beardless OF truly
,,o were looking for an officer believing tina.
they gathered in a group round ,hs n-i.ora- 60
,is, "cia'ned He must be shotr And all these
49,. VINO We're falling from utter prostration
49, "o'aths themselves their by leaning
o. eiF guns. felt all OF sudden that thrill OF
!urious and bestial anger which urges on mob
TO massacre - ~
wanted TO speak. ! was at that tine In com
mana OF battalion; but they no longer recognized
- "u'hoEity or their commanding officers and
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-13

Harper safd THE Idea Of experimenting
with two animals was first suggested to me
by a friend In the East, who believed that
what would be true Of animals would also
De true with human beings. Two dogs
were obtainable and we used those They
were brother and sister from the same
litter, q male and female Their mothsr
was a ruiEblooded Scotch collie and the
father an English bull. This combination
we believed would give us cupninpnaa.
sharpness. ability and spirit OF afect,o,,
for the human race from the mother and
spirit OF stubbornness and fight from the
male. 'A'
"A series Of boxes were first used to
carry out the Idea. When both animals
were placed In the same lfttIa NETT
rooms-for the boxes had been arranaaG
as such-we watched with breathless in.
terest the two. to see which one wonId Ara
the way out first. The male ran abou, for
moment. smiled at the entrance pusbed
a' IL with MS nose and paw. then lay down
on the noor and commenced to howl
ON the other hand. the female wan,
Iousi 'na hrst preliminary actions that
there. Instead. she started on an exniortupi.
e1peoltion At tho end OF three minutos
lowed 'ie Haie Iol-
we tnsn. after short time, put tn. two
animals back in the enclosure under IN y
.,. ''ohS. Inc 1emals started ne
once Tor the exit and got out Aftar -
, ma h OF thirty seconds the male followed
female. MN ny the
Inc same experiment was gone through
several times. with the same resultsNtSa
female always leading -
We then closed the exit where tho tw .
dogs had been accustomed to and that
way out. placed them in at the same a..
trance and retired to watch results IT,
, ,s, followed by the male, rushed for Tor
the old e1it-to find It closed. The NAL
gave up and started to whine and crv ~.
o the female again started her search for an
o 0pd ing me me entrance had been left open.
male ale followed her on, again 40
mis- same experiment was repeated
with the same results-the female rama,u
bered where she had escaped before. viii
the male did not. All OF these exper,mant.
were performed with several borea infnas
enclosure. ~ the
Not satisfied with this, we built q mo-
extensive maZe-one twenty feet IN I.na,h
with several small rooms from which thar.,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-13

they would have shot
One Of the Eendarmes said; He has fol-
lowing us for tho last three days He has been
asking information from everyone about the artil-
lery.'
II took II myself to question this person.
What are you doing? What do YOU want7
Why you following the army? 1 said.
He stamluered In soma unin-
teNigible dialect tie was. indeed. strange. being.
with narrow shoulders SLY look and such an
agitated air IN my presence that had longer
any real doubt that he spy. He seemed
very aged and feeble. He kept staring me from
end crafty air.
ITO the waI to the wailr shouted the men all
around
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-13
A Male Dog Could
Not Be Taught
to Close This
Door, but the
Female Learned
Her Lesson in
One Day. -.

1T is hardly possible for me 70 y, say g, ea.
actly what the scientific; value o. .he et .p,s
riment is. Whether the results OF tn ms
experiment may be accepted as gene eraas
true or not is a matter not easy W a1SI
tain II Is probable, and even possible,
that the female may have inherited the
qualities of the mother and that she has
the collie instinct, while the male has
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-13

were no exits. The two dogs we're again
placed within. The male was last after
few minutes but the female again came
out OF the exit, which she had located her
self. The male then got his bearings and
followed her.
We placed them both in the little mys.
terry box again. and the female. followed
by the male, found her way out
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-11-28
Mr.. Raa.dal. and Rural crsdits.-

Mr.. Ragsdals and Rural credits.--
Congressman Ragsdale, says the
Florence correspondent Of the News
and Courier. has received notice from
the chairman of the committee on
rural credits, the very interesting and
important sub committee Of the big
one on banking and currency, that he
will be expected in Washington for
the hearings on this matter which
open on December 2. Mr.. Ragsdale
is very much interested in the matter
under discussion, as 1t was largely
for the sake of rural credits that he
insurged so violently on the committee
when the Glass bill was under con-
sideration and he was promised at
that time that the matter OF rural
credits would be taken UP as soon as
possible, and the president himself.
1t will be remembered, figured In the
promise to Mr.. Ragsdale and his CO.
kickers.
The committee will have before 1t
all of the information that was gath
cred by the commission that paid
visit to the Old World, where the sys-
tenn of rural credits is far superior to
what 1t is in this country. The work
of this committee means the develop
ment of the farms Of the south and
west, and the increase Of the food
supply, now running so lamentably
short.
Mr. Ragsdale says that he regards
the work Of this committee is the most
important that will be before the
congress in the next session, certainly
for the south and west and the rest
of the country that is dependent on
the farmer for the wherewithal Of
life and happiness.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-11-28

night. Young woman, you'd better tell
all you know"
II don't know a thing!" Aggie re-
torted.
Burke drew the pistol from his
pocket and extended it toward the
girl.
How long has she owned this
gum" ...
"She didn't own It,"
"Oh, then it's Garson's!"
II don't know whose it is" Aggie
replied. II never laid eyes on it till
now"
English Eddie was killed with this
gun last night. Now, who did it?
Come on now! Who did it,"
How should 1 know? What do you
think 1 ana fortune teller?"
Now, Aggie Lynch, you listen to
me. Tell me what you know, and I'll
see you make a clean getaway. and
I'll slip you nice little piece Of mon
ey too. Now. what do you say?"
'T say you're a great big stiff! What
do you think amp" Aggie wheeled
on the detective. "Say, take me out Of
here. I'd rather be in the cooler than
here with him!"
ITO Re Continued1
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-11-28

The Missing Dime.-Here Is a little
problem that may be Of interest to
some of the younger members OF the
family as well as the grownups.
An apple woman had two kinds OF
apples on the stand, one being marked
three for dime and the other two for
a dime. Presently customer came
along who bought five for 20 cents, and
then another did the same thing.
Upon thinking the matter over the
apple woman concluded that she would
get rid of her stock more quickly In
that way so she determined to put the
lot In at Ave for 20 cents.
Upon counting up her stock she
found she had just 30 Of each kind, SO
she removed the two signs, mixed the
apples all up and put up the new sign
at the new price.
At the end of the day, the stock be-
ing al sold, she found she had lost 10
cents by the transaction, but she could
not account for 1t, because she argued
that II she could sell two apples for
dime and three for dime, each lot to
a different customer, she could GER
tainly afford to sell the five to one Gus
toner. Wherein lies the loss?-Bos-
ton Post.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-11-28

Eaqs.-We hear great deal about
the beef famine, but much less about
the chicken and egg famine. Perhaps
the reason is-though We are loath
to believe it-that we still have hopes
of providing an adequate supply OF
beef, while we have just about de-
SPARED of providing an adequate sup
ply of chickens and eggs. If this Is
true, why Is 1t true? Surely 1t Is
burning question and puzzling one.
1t ought to be possible to conduct
poultry farms at profit. In fact, 1t
is possible, for 1t is being done by a
few. Why, then, Is 1t not done 20 a
sufficient extent to mitigate the short
age of chickens and eggs which grows
more and more severe every year?
The prices are such as to tempt the
prospective producer. In New York
at present, eggs of the best grade are
sold at rs cents a dozen, and there is
every indication that the price will go
still higher. Smaller cities are ex-
periencing the same stringency,
though prices have not elsewhere
scared quite so high. From end to
end Of the country, eggs are far scare
er than they have ever been before; ;
while fowls now cost so much that
only the well-to-do can eat them
News and Courier.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-11-28

stared from one to the other and his
jaw dropped from the stark surprise.
The girl returned deliberately to the
chair she had occupied through the in
terview with the inspector, and drop
ped into it weakly 1t was after a min
ute of silence, in which the two men sat
staring, that at last she spoke with a
savage wrath against the pit into
which she had fallen after her ardu-
Gus efforts.
Amt that the-est luck!"
Cassidy, do you know this woman?
asked Burke.
Sure 1 do" came the placid an
swer. She's little Aggie Lynch-con
woman from Buffalo-two years for
blackmail-did her time at Burnsing.
For a little time there was silence
the while Burke sat staring at the
averted face of the girl. Then he set
his features grim!y, rose from his
chair and walked to position directly
in the front of the girl, who still re-
ION the level. now," the inspector
demanded, when did you see Mary
Turner last?"
EARLY this morning. We slept to-
gether last night because l had the
willies. She blew the joint about half
past TO-"
whats the use Of your lying to
me?"
so help me-" Aggie continued with
the utmost solemnity. Mary never
left the house all night. I'd swear
that's the truth on a pile Of Bibles q
mile high!"
Have to be higher than that. Mary
Turner was arrested just after mid