davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-14
ORIGIN OF PHRENOLOGY

The first public notice of the Faith
er of Phrenology" appeared in Wei
lands Dutch Mercury" on August
IA, 1898.
Gall was a practising physician of
Vienna, and early in his career he
became firm believer in the idea
that the talents and disposition of
men are dependent upon the func-
lions of the brain, and, Furthermore,
that they may be inferred with per-
feet exactitude and precision from the
external appearances of the skull.
Gall was an able man. He set
forth his theory in a graphic, unctu-
Gus manner. and in a very brief period
he had all Europe at the top notch of
excitement. The idea spread like
wildfire, and in all grades of society
people were discussing the greatest
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-14

to the court that it was decided to
have her come to sing in the royal
chapel. When this invitation was
brought to Madeleine her mother OPP
posed it strongly, but an invitation
from court was practically a com
mand and neither Madeleine nor
her mother was strong enough to
oppose it.
When Madeleine was heard first at
court Nine. de Pompadour, then in
the height of her favor, heard her
and admired There is material. out
Of which one might make a princess, "
she said, and from that time her sue
cess was assured. Both at court and
in the Paris opera she was favored
beyond any other singer of her day.
When she was on the point of death,
after life spent in prof1igate pursuit
of pleasure and success, she said to
her eonfessor Il am like Mary
Madeleine, my namesake, and l will
have to be pardoned many sins be-
cause l have loved so much"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-14

of all discoveries" The new theory
had to meet the customary opposition
from the custodians of truth and the
preservers of morality, but the oppo-
sition only increased the popularity
of the theory, and Calls celebrity in
creased by leaps and bounds. His
lectures We're interdicted, and he was
threatened with the direct penalties
unless he ceased his Immoral and
atheistical' teachings. but he kept on
with his propaganda, visiting all the
large towns of Germany and the con-
tinent, and by 1905 all of Europe was
interested in the Vienna doctor.
In 1928, the year of Calls death.
phrenology was in vogue everywhere:
but after a great and glorious food
tide of popularity it began to wane,
and today it is but seldom heard of.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-14
NEW JERSEY AT THE WHITE HOUSE.

NEW JERSEY much in evidence the White House
Yesterday well represented by the
company assembled in the stately and historic mansion that has
witnessed remarkable There far
and brave men, from all of State
an ensemble creditaDe manhood and womanhood
{ New Jersey.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-14
VERY SIMPLE.

Whately once asked surgeon why
the operation of hanging is fatal.
He replied: Because respiration
is checked, circulation is stopped and
blood suffuses and congests the
BRAIN
NO. said the archbishop, casting
about for illustrations for his logic"
sit is because the rope is not long
enough to allow the mans feet to
meet the ground"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-14
OPINIONS AND VIEWS FROM
THE EXCHANGES

a Goose" of the second century B. c.,
and there are numerous other very
| fine specimens of old Greek sculpture
among the treasures already re-
covered.
The bottom of the hold contains
about sixty columns of BLUSH white
marble thirteen feet high, which were
probably one of the causes of the
wreck of an evidently too heavily
freighted ship. All the inscriptions
deciphered relate to Attica and per-
sonages of the middle fourth century
B. c., aud it might have been thought
that the vessel dated from that period
but for the Boethos statue and a lamp
OF a pattern only introduced into
Attica at the end of the second CEN
tury B. c. Some writing on the lead
ingots also is in the Latin of that
epoch, and experts have concluded
so far that the vessel was loaded in
Attica for Rome, and probably the
cargo was the spoil after the taking
of Athens by Sulla in Sc B. c. Both
Lucian and Pliny relate how Sulla
pillaged Athens, and the former de-
scribes a wreck off Cape Malea of
ship full of works Of Greek art, in
Guiding a picture of Xeuxis, Rome's
loss 1000 years ago, however, becomes
French gain, and soon travellers will
be able to admire those priceless
relics in the Bardo Museum at Tunis.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-14
Police.


From the Survey.
If you have ever been a police re-
porter on newspaper you know how
soddenly Indifferent to new ideas are
many members of "the force" You
can call to mind typical "coppers, :"
strong armed, rld-faced. loving an
air of mystery. ostentatiously hiding
the dark processes by which criminals
are caught and society saved.
Turn from that picture to another.
Thirty-two uniformed policemen are
listening to a speech. In the audi
ence sit eight or ten heads of city
departments. The chief of police has
arranged for the meeting because he
has been attending all the sessions of
the State Conference of Charities and
wants to secure some of the benefits
for his men.
The speaker is talking about the po-
liceman of the future He asks his
hearers to throw their imaginations
forward to the day when the last
thing that will come into our minds
about policemen will be the arresting
of criminals. At that remark the au
dience pricks up. The best traffic po-
liceman, he goes on, is the one who
can handle a busy corner with the
fewest accidents and least delay. The
best copper on a beat will be not the
one who makes the most arrests, but
the one who most effectively serves
as guide and mentor to his people,
forestalling and preventing trouble
instead of experimenting those who
make it,
In his treatment of children, also,
the policemen must get over regard
ing them as naturally bad, says the
speaker. As he pursues this point,
declaring that some day kids will run
to cop Just as instinctively as they
now run from him, one seasoned blue
coat in front, his eyes dancing and
the words bursting from his lips,
cries out. Some of 'em do now, sir"
Other things happen to show that
the bluecoats are getting new
vision, but enough has been set down
to prove that your notions formed
when you We're police reporter will
have to be revised The speaker was
Alexander Johnson and the place tho
Municipal Courtroom of Newport
News. Va. The chief of police is de-
scribed as the best that the town ever
had
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-14
Youngest Member OF Alimony Club; He's
Seyenteen and Paws Wife So Week.

NEW YORK, Feb. 14.-Bernard X.
Sheinart, seventeen years old, who
through his father as guardian is
suing for an annulment of his mar
rage. has been ordered by Supreme
Court Justice Blackman to pay his
wife, Mae Sheinart, S. a week ali
mony out of his salary of SO pending
the hearing in the case.
The couple were married on Sep
TENDER II last but have not lived to-
gether.
Find Money Lincoln Gave Beggar just
Before He Was Killed.
HOOSICK FALLS, n. Y, Feb. a.
That almost the last act of Lincoln
was one of charity to poor SD
a story told by William Je,ne,, a
merchant here, at Lincoln 3,.niver-
sary celebration last night.
Henry Babcoek, employed as a rag
sorter by the Thompson & Stevens
Co, paper manufacturers of North
Hoosick, during Il e course of his
work, discovered two old half-dollars
wrapped up in a piece of paper, sewed
up in an old pair of trousers. On in
vestigating, he found note, barely
legible, because of its age, which
stated that the two half-dollars had
been presented to the owner, who
was cripple, by President Lincoln
at the entrance to F'ord's Theatre, ip
Washington, d. c., on the night he
was shot.
Acting Mayor Starts His Own Fire Like
Ordinary Mr.. suburb.
NEW YORK, Feb. 40. Grant
Esterbrook, vioe-chairman of the
Board of Aldermen, was acting mayor
yesterday, and, in spite of the fact
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-14
Frightened by Sun Dog Phenomenon.
Connecticut Man Kills Himself.

HARTFORD, C,nn., Feb. IA
Throughout northern Connecticut for
several hours yesterday afternoon a
wonde-spl sun dog, of unusual size
and remarKapiS seautv. was visible.
The strange phenomenon had a sin
gular effect on the superstitious, who
were expecting something dreadful to
happen on Friday, the 18th.
William J. O'Farrell, of 331 Front
street, who has been acting strangely
since he suffered an injury TO his
head two months ago, talked con
tinually about the day and the date
to his friends and assured them that
it was going to be blue day. When
he saw the sun dog he cried out that
the end was near and, going to his
attic. hanged himself
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-14

and the other for men workers in all
branches of the trade.
Fresno (Cal) Building Trades Coun-
ell has instructed their trustees to
secure State liability insurance
against injury for their business
agents and stenographers.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-14
ODDITIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

that it was FRIDAY, the thirteenth"
ne got away with the job.
Mr. Esterbrook became temporary
chief executive through the absence
of Mayor Mitchell and George Nc
Aneny, president of the Board of AL
dermen. He reached the mayors Of
flee at O'Clock. The CRATE fire had
not been started, SO the acting mayor
got on his hands ami knees and coax
ed it into something like business
institution
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-14

copyright, 1914, by e. ]. Edwards
All rights reserved.)
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-05-22
GIRLS AND DOLLS.

Mrs. Charlotte Perkins Gilman, who
manages to provoke comment, and
may perhaps aim at that as much
as at anything else, is quoted as fol
lows:
"Little girls should not be allowed
to play with dolls and call them their
babies. Whether it is done instinc-
lively or in imitation of their own
mothers, they should not play house
and put their children to bed, nor
harbor any of the emotions or duties
of mother. 1t is not childish; it
is abnormal. That love of little girls
to mother things is just another
proof that with a woman her sex pre-
dominates.
1t is a rather uphill business to try
to denature the sex. individuals may
be, paradoxically speaking, dena-
tured by nature, but the horns pre-
dominate. 1t will always be so.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-05-22
PANAMA CANAL IN USE.

The Panama canal is already in ac-
tual operation, according to reports,
although not yet formally dedicated
and opened. As a result of the Mex
lean war and the closing of the Te-
huantepec railroad, Il large quantity
of freight has been diverted to the
Panama route and the Panama rail
road has been literally swamped by
the offering of shipments. To re-
heve the congestion it has been ar
ranged to ship much of this freight
through the canal in barges, and long
strings of the latter are now being
towed through the canal.
1t is stated that in case Of a pinch
it would be possible to send even the
largest boats through the canal, al
though dredging operations are still
in progress, and this work would be
interfered with if the canal should
now be opened to all commerce.
Moreover, there is a prudent desire to
take no chances of causing further
landslides previous to the formal
opening of the canal, so that nothing
but light traffic will be permitted for
the present.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-05-22
HONOR DALLAS WOMAN
AGAIN CHOSEN STATE SECRE-
TARY OF REBEKAHS.
Judge Galloway Chosen Head of
State Oddfellows Body at
McMinnville Meeting.

The four-day convention of the
state grand lodge of Oddfellows end
ed yesterday at McMinnville. The
grand lodge officers were elected and
installed in their new offices. Cir
cult Judge William Galloway, of Sa-
lem, formerly of that place, was chos-
en- grand master; John F. Hall, depu-
ty grand master; E. E. Sharon, grand
secretary, and o. D. Doane, grand
treasurer. The following officers
were appointed: j. S. Fine, grand
marshal; Robert Miller, grand con-
ductor; A. j. Howell, grand guardian; ;
A. Arbuckles, grand herald; D. S.
Young, grand chaplain, and Henry
Taylor, grand representative.
The following officers were chosen
by the Rebekahs at their closing ses-
sion: President, Mrs. Kate Lando,
of Marshfeld; vice-president, Mrs.
Rose Palmer, Baker City; warden
Mrs. Nellie Wattenberg, of Klamath;
secretary, Mrs. Ora Cosper, of Dal-
las; treasurer Mrs. Eda Jacobs,
Portland; trustee of the home, Mrs.
William Howell of Oregon City, re-
elected; trustees of the assembly,
Mrs. Jessie Peters, Eugene; Mrs.
Nicklin, McMinnville; Mrs. Mary
Donnelly, Condor.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-05-22
KILL OR SELL ROSTERS
EXPERT SAYS THEY COST COUN-
TRY $15,O00,000 A YEAR.
Government Employe Warns ALI Poul-
try Men to Curb Mating in
Summer

An appeal to poultry raisers to kill,
sell or confne roosters after May 80,
in the interest of the infertile egg,
has been issued by w. H. Hickey of
Lexington, state agent in poultry
club work of the United States De-
partment of Agriculture.
"Because roosters are allowed to
run with laying hens during warm
weather." he says in circular letter,
$15,000,O0O worth of eggs are lost
to the farmers throughout the Uni
ted States each year; and most of this
loss occurs during June, July and Au-
gust. For this reason raisers of
poultry are earnestly asked and urged
to kill or sell all matured males or
confne them in pens away from the
laying hens during the summer. Eggs
that are laid by hens not mated are
sterile or infertile, and do not decay
The fertilized eggs spoil very quickly
when subjected to the influence of
heat and if they are left too long in
the nests or under broody hens or are
left in any very warm place the germ
cells begin to develop, the chicks be-
gin to grow. These growing cells
may die at any stage Of development
due to unfavorable conditions.
"Whether the embryo dies or not,
the eggs are useless as food and is.
unfit for market. If the wives of
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-05-22

Brazilian river with skepticism,
mingled with a suspicious amount of
ridicule. There is evident malice in
some of their comment, compelling
the inference that they recall the
colonel's severity on alleged nature
takers. They insist that the un-
known stream brought to publicity
by the colonel must cross many other
charted streams and that it must run
up hill if it follows the course, de-
scribed in the explorers preliminary
statement.
In proof of their contentious they
point to maps which have long been
accepted as authoritative. Being ex-
pert geographers they resent an in
vasion of their domain by the great
specialist on things in general, things
past, things present and things to
come. Too much of professional hos
tility appears in their structures.
They would be more effective if they
assumed a pretense of an open mind
and were more mildly skeptical. But
the colonel will accept the challenge.
What he will do to the armchair
will be a-plenty.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-05-22
ATTRACTIONS ARE NUMEROUS.
Carnival Company Will Precede
Chautauqua By a Week.

The announcement that the Pollow
& McClalland Carnival company had
booked into Dallas for the week of
June 16 created some little stir among
Commercial club members and the
Dallas band on Wednesday, these or
ganizations believing that this amuse-
ment would injure attractions to ap-
pear under their respective auspices
at later dates. An effort was made
to induce Mr.. Smith, representative
of the Pollow & McClalland company,
to withdraw from the field until
another time, the Chautauqua follow
ing his closing day within a week,
and preceding the bands carnival by
a month, but that gentleman had
perfected his arrangements and de-
clined to listen to the appeal.
At a meeting of the Commercial
club Wednesday night, after all par
ties interested had been heard, on
motion of Mr.. Miller, a committee
of three was appointed by Vice-Pres-
ident Guy, who presided, to confer
with the city council relative to its
resembling an order giving the car
nival company use of streets. The
committee is composed of Messrs. Mil
Ter, Miles and Patterson. Notwith
this opposition Mr. Smith de-
clares his company will appear here
on June 1920, and is advertising
those dates.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-05-22
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + /

relish the prospect not little bit
They know it is going to make trouble
for them, whichever way they vote,
and they also appreciate the fact
that with not few members it is
going to be difficult to smooth out the
resentment of their constituents who
are not satisfied with the stand taken
by their particular representative.
The democratic leaders of the house
of course understand this fully, but
they evidently have grown tired of
the use of the prohibition issue as a
bludgeon, and they therefore propose
to take the plunge and have the
question disposed of. The terror
grows no less with those members
who have been on both sides of the
question, for they at last have reach
ed a point where they must show
their real colors. And possibly it is
Just as well to have this showdown,
although many members of congress
would like to avoid it if they could.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-05-22
A MILLION BUSHELS.

A billion bushel wheat crop for this
country this year is prediction being
ventured by some of the optimists
OF course, this is something like count
ing your chickens before they are
hatched, but it cannot be denied that
the prospects at the present time are
favorable to the verifcation of this
prophecy. The official report of the
government has estimated a probable
yield of 630,000,000 bushels of winter
wheat, and if this prediction is up
held and the spring wheat crop does
correspondingly as well, the billion
bushel mark may easily be reached
in the aggregate yield of the two
crops.
A billion bushels of wheat would
give this nation a large surplus of
this important cereal for export pur-
poses. The average annual con-
sumption of wheat by the people of
this country is about seven bushels
per person, which would indicate that
about 7OO,OOOOOO bushels would am
ply supply the home needs. And if
the total should amount to a billion
bushels there would remain for ex-
port as much as 3OO,0O0,OOO bushels,
which alone would afford fine bus
mess for railroads and ship lines,
and also would mean an excellent
line of foreign credit, to pay for our
purchases abroad, and even call for
the shipment of gold in this direction,
as of course this would be only one
item of our exports.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-05-22
MOUNTAIN VIEW.

Mr.. J. Stewart has bought new
Ford car.
The Popcorn and Mountain View
schools close Friday, May %.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stearns entertained
guests from Salem several days last
week.
Mr.. Fry is building a house on his
place.
Mrs. Miller of Greenwood has been
visiting her daughter, Mrs. Koehn.
The Parent Teachers club will
meet for the last time Friday even
ing. Officers will be elected for
another year.
The Ladies Thimble and Reading
club will hold their annual picnic
Saturday in the Kubin Grove.
People are busy taking care of their
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-05-22
BAND CONCERT TOMORROW.
First Street Entertainment of Sum
mer Promises Well.

The first band concert of the sum-
mer season will be held in the pub
lie square next Saturday evening un-
der the dictatorship of B. A. Down
ey. A splendid program has been
prepared for the occasion, and the
promoters of this entertainment are
desirous that the band boys, who are
ever generous with the public, should
be given a cordial reception from a
numerical standpoint. That appreci-
alton will follow is conceded. The
program follows: March, "The Iron
King" by F. J. ST. Clair; one step,
"Tango Toxic and Sailing Down The
Chesapeake Bay" by Wells & Bots
ford; fantasie, "0n Ny Old Ken
tueky Home" by C. W. Dalbey;
grotesque march. "Two Thomas
Cats" by L. C. Smith; concert
waltz. "Enehanted Nights" by Neil
Moret; march ''Bombasto," by o. A.
Farrar; medley overture, "Bits of
Renieks Hits" by ]. B. Lampe;
march, Fidelity" by F. H Losey.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-05-22
BETTER BALL PROMISED.

Sheridan is coming Sunday, rein
forced by several of McMinnville' 8
special artists, and Manager Sibley is
confident of a more Interesting game
of ball than has recently been played
on the home grounds. The Sheridan
manipulators are said to be strong,
but for this occasion they have draft
ed additional strength from their
county seat town. "If Manager Sib-
ley is giving it to the fans wrong
trouble is bound to follow" says one
of the most enthuiastic enthusiasts.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-05-22
THE PROHIBITION ISSUE.

A poll of the members of the house
of representatives is said to reveal
the fact that the Hobson bill calling
for national prohibition is certain to
be defeated when it comes to a vote.
1t is regarded as probable, however,
that the friends of the measure will
be able to force a showdown vote,
and a good many of the members,
representing both sides, are said to
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-05-22
EVERYBODY SHOULD HELP.

Every good citizen should do his
share toward keeping the streets of
Dallas free from unsightly litter, and
he also should pass the word along
to his careless neighbor when the
latter shows symptoms of forgetful-
ness. No matter how active the
street cleaning department may be,
the thoroughfares Of a city never look
tidy and decent unless there exists
in the minds of the citizens them
selves a spirit of neatness, and they
put this idea to constant practice.
The tendency to litter up streets with
paper bags, hand-bills, scraps of pa
per, etc, seems to grow. The boys
and girls are often the most fragrant
offenders in this respect, but they are
not the only ones. Some people even
take on lordly manner in scattering
waste around. They seem to think
an official duty rests on someone to
follow them around and pick up their
leavings.
Disorderly and Uttered streets and
parks give the impression that a place
has no community spirit. This af-
fects the minds of all who pass
through, and makes place look un-
attractive to people who might settle
here. The automobile traffic places
every town on dress parade. Our
home people, as well as strangers,
pass daily through the streets. They
pass judgment on the place. If it is
disorderly, they circulate the story
that the town is slack and slovenly
The summer is time when pecu-
liar care is necessary. Refreshment
stands and candy and fruit stores are
running full blast and many people
cast the debris into the cutters. A
citizen should be as ashamed to cast
refuse into his street as to spit on his
parlor rug at home.