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READING THE MIND
WITH A MICROSCOPE.
A Shadowgraph for Placing a Man in the
Profession or Chink He Ought to Occupy.
Pune by tlie X Kay With a New Attachment—The Hraln Bare t'pon a
Screen, Where Its Celia >nl Til etr Development a Can Be Seen.
Hot] Carrie ra show Mnacte Crate rat lawyer. Speech.
Copyright 1897.
Mistakes In life will soon be impossible.
The man who stands at the prescription
counter and thinks longingly of the court
room will be what his natural propensities
point towards a lawyer. The architect
who has always thought of medicine af
fectionately will have followed the science
of the phials. The hod-carrier who
notices the world around him will be a
wide-awake drummer. All people will oc
cupy thedr natural chinks.
There Is a man of high standing, one
Frofi Ebbinghouse, who has long been per
fecrfng the system for brain examination
necessary to produce this Utopian result.
Prof. Ebbinghouse recently read a paper
before a medical Ttoard upon the examina
tion of school children to determine men
tal soundness, and all present agreed upon
Its practicability.
The completed system takes a man-child
from the ago. of nine years to manhood,
liuring that time the brain is examined at
frequent Intervals. The natural areas
are first noted; afterwards the changes
made by time are taken Into considera
tion. By making suitable notes, and
drawing deductions from them, a very
clear idea of a mans possibilities can bo
obtained.
The brain is a peculiar organ. It Is sup
posed to be large In "brainy” people and
small in idiots. This is the general suppo
tfitle" Facts, on the contrary-, show that
the brain varies In size arbitrarily, the
brain of some of the greatest thinkers hav
ing been found, after death, small and
light.
If the development of the brain cells had
been noted It would have been found that
there was great development along cer
tain lines. The brain of Gambetta would
have been found big in the speech region
and very well developed in the portion of
mental vision. But in those days the
brain was weighed as a whole without
consideration of Its separate parts.
There are twelve nerves leading up Into
the brain, each communicating with cer
tain brain centers. These centers rule
certain parts of the body. Take the one
communicating with the arm and leg. If
that is strong and highly developed It
means great muscular possibilities for the
man owning that brain. He wolud make
an excellent workman at any work need
ing great strength and endurance. But
as a soldier he might not be a great suc
cess. unless busy with the heavy baggage
of the army. All this the examination of
the head In childhood would determine.
If the Intellectual area located in the
frontal bones is large, the man stands a
chance of being a great thinker. If his
writing speech-center, which Is within the
motor speech-center, Is big he will be a
Kipling or a Howells.
The motor speech-center Is In the poste
rior portion of the third left frontal con
volution, and Is in some people very large;
nlmost visible at sight. It is that the
phrenologist works and upon through this
knowledge of physiology it. his science, is
absolutely dependent.
Each motion, each muscular movement,
almost each thought can be located In the
brain by the scientist. The portion from
which it sprang is known to him and he
can diagnose Its origin as well as its pos
sibilities with perfect ease.
The examination of a man for his sphere
In life will be conducted with the aid of
the X-ray. The X-ray has been, until
lately, very disappointing. It promised
so much, yet always fell a little short. It
shadowed the Interior of a person's
anatomy, yet so vaguely that the arteries
could be scarcely located. Foreign bodies,
bullets and splinters could be seen, but the
actual workings of the organs about which
there Is so much curiosity could not be
Seen.
A microscope is now used In connection
with the X-ray: and with it the operator
can clear up many of the Indistinct por
tions.
By taking an X-ray of the brain the
scientist with his microscope looks at the
shadowgraph and picks out the prominent
portions. If the centers found at the top
of the temporal bone are well developed he
knows that the smell and taste nerves in
this man are sensitive and highly organ
ized. He examines him day by day. and
if the same result is always obtained, he
arrives at the firm conclusion that this
man will make an excellent chef. He can
direct culinary operations with a nicety
that will make him a Brillat-Kavarin, if he
is studious ami ambitious.
If the vision-centers are heavy and large
ly out of proportion to the rest of the
brain he knows that there Is a man who
can do anything that requires eyesight.He
can become a painter, car. do fine dental
work, anything that depends for its deli
cacy upon the exactness of the eyesight.
There Is no limit to the revelations of a
shadowgraph taken from the brain. The
work of taking them is difficult because
the operation must he many times repeat
ed until a clear shadow Is obtained, and It
Is expensive. But the results Justify all
the means.
Physicians and other scientists w ho have
experimented with the brain shadowgrapn
and microscope, declare that its use will
soon be highly Indorsed by all prominent
l>ersons. No railroad company can now
employ engineers who have not passed a
civil service examination nop even switch
men who are color blind. You cannot run a
steam plant without your diploma. The
color regulation caused ridicule when it
first went Into ofree, and was almost the
cause of a strike on a large railroad. Yet
now all recognize its necessity.
The employer of the future will advertise
for "a messenger boy with full diploma.”
This will mean that he wants a messenger
with large developments In the brain In
the centers of arm and leg activity, with
the ce.nter of visual speech full and prom
Inent. He must have been examined
when a little boy, and again when fourteen
to determine his fitness for a diploma.
"Wanted, a hodcarrier wPIt certificate,”
w ill be another advertisement and the man
who answers It will carry a paper saying
that his brain 13 developed in muscular
parts and In vision, though not necessarily
In visual or auditory speech. His motor
speech-center may be defective, but that
Is no harm tor him, the itjss ho talks the
more he works.
Would-be lawyers will find this of the
greatest assistance to them, and writers
will also find it Iti valuable. . A diagram of
their braln-centeru will show them the
probabilities of success, whether they shall
leave their professions or stick to them,
waiting for the end to crown the long
struggle.
in theory this makes a Utopia of a work
n 'ay world, and H will actually have
something to do with Its smooth workings.
Foopie will be where they ought to be, and
those who are unhappy will know that
they must remain unhappy; that It Is use
i*sa 10 seek for comfort, lor their braina
I are lacking in certain important cells that
give a happy balance to the mind.
The use of this X-ray and the reading of
the Shadowgraph is described by those
who have tried it as very wearing upon
Ihe persons as they sit under the ray. It
is itteraily having one's thoughts read, am?
that Is never pleasant for a mortal. The
man who gets a bad reading can comfort
himself with the thought that much of it
is inherited, for the brain is not entirely a
developed product. With the examina
tion a settled thing the “diploma of capa
bility" will be as much a thing of course
as the civil service paper is to those who
want to serve the government.
Harvey Lincoln.
SHoi , pi.\*ii cmvi.
Some of the Queer Features of Trade
In That Country.
From Trafflcdom.
China is a sliver country. When, there
fore, you go a-shopping an l are provided
with the necessary cash, you take a faith
ful servant with you to carry' the money
and a second to protect the first from the
whies of the snatcher. A hundred dollars
in our money is represented by a. bag of
silver coins weighing twelve pounds, and
a string of copper coins called "cash"
weighing three pounds. Your servant
keeps both the account ami the money.
You scrutinize the former but never han
dle the latter. On the other hand, every
storekeeper keeps a strong box, a safe,
or a silver room, and employs one or
more clerks to look after the w hite metal.
This arrangement makes as much trouble
iri paying a hill as in incurring one. The
storekeeper weighs your money and ex
amines every piece, while your servant
does the same to whatever change he re
ceives.
The stores are small, smaller, smallest.
Hundreds are scarcely more than mere
booths. Tire largest are not more than
twenty-five feet front and 100 deep. De
partment stores are unknown. The rule
is for one shop to sell one thing. A
silk store looks like a brown paper estab
lishment, or the delivery room of a laun
dry. None of the goods is exposed to
view. Each roll is done up in fine W'hite
tissue paper; this in turn in firm light
brown paper, and this in the strongest
gray-brown paper. One paper is sure
death to ants, roaches, moths, flies, spid
ers, and mice. Another 'ia water-proof
and almost fire-proof. Ail three are dust
proof and damp-proof. On the outside of
each parcel Is an inscription stating the
color, pattern, width, quality, and quan
tity.
The clerks are men. and are very neat
and polite. They will climb up a light lad
der to the top shelf near the ceiling, bring
down a parcel, open It on the counter and
display the material, and reverse the pro
cess a hundred times over without chang
ing the rich professional smile which
marks the calling.
The counters arc either made of dark
hard wood, polished until It sblnes, or else
are covered with black oilcloth. A sales
man or servant keeps them spotless with
a damp cloth, followed up by a dry r one.
There is no display or attempt at beauty.
Chaffering Is very rare. Both merchant
and customer know the value of the goods,
so that there is no debate over the price.
I his state of things is in strong contrast
with what prevails in the bazars of India
and Egypt, where a trader often asks ten
times the value of his wares, and cries
real tears of grief when he sells them at
five times their proper price.
Another extraordinary style of shop
ping results from tlje odd social conditions
of China. The ladies of that land ail un
dergo the process of foot binding, and are
unable to travel about except with the
greatest difficulty. In addition to this dis
qualification, it is considered unwomanly
and shameless to expose the face in pub
lic. When a Chinese lady desires the pleas
ure of shopping she sends a servant to her
favorite dealer, with instructions as to
her particular desires. The dealer there
upon takes down enough material to load
anywehere from four to ten porters, and
goes around with the invoice to the lady's
home. A European lady can enjoy the
same privilege without any extra charge
or any increase In the price of goods.
There are very few novelties in the Orien
tal shopping world. Almost everything
fashionable is prescribed by law as well
as custom. The pattern of your dress was
probably invented H.nuO years ago, and the
cuts of your pantaloons and Jackets were
designed in forgotten centuries. There is
one field, however, where the children of
the east can give points and then discount
their sisters of the west, and that is in
rich underwear.
Silks and grass cloth, Indian muslins,
and pineapple cloths arc employed, of
qualtics finer than nine-tenths of those
wc call the best. This material, worthy
of a king's ransom, they embroider until
the garment is a veritable blaze of splen
dor. I saw while in China a pair of panta
'oons which were heavy with decorations
in gold thread, pearls and precious stones,
and have admired under jackets and un
derwalsts which were so extensively em
broidered that It was difficult to determine
the material of which they were made.
The wife of a mandarin of my acquaint
ance had several sets of underwear that
were worth S3OO and SIOO a seg All of these
quaint goods are handled by male sales
men. and never by women. It is very
trying at first to women brought up under
the system which prevails tn the west.
To cap the climax, for all your garments
you are supposed to be measured and fit
ted by male dressmakers. The women are
regarded as inferiors, and are only allow
ed to do what sewing and darning that
may be necessary In the conduct of the
household There are no express wagons
and no delivery wagons. Everything is
carried by porters, from a spool of cotton
up to a trunk full of clothing.
They are much more powerful than they
look, and will carry heavy loads under
a tropical sun without complaint or mur
mur. There are no trade marks and tlo
particular means of identifying goods.
When you want to duplicate anything you
go to the dealer from whom you bought it.
If you hough! it yesterday, well and good.
If you bought it from his father twenty
five years ago. well and good, or from his
grandfather fifty years ago, or from his
great-grandfather seventy-five years, it is
the same, and if ten years hence you de
sire an extra yard of the same material
you get it from the same man at the same
place; or. If he has passed away, from his
son or grandson. The cast is very pleas
ant for ehqpping, but the shopping is not
one whit like what prevails in the depart
ment stores and dry goods palaces of the
great American cities.
—The Ear! of Kenmare, owner of that
most unfortunate tract of Irish land upon
which the terrible bog-slip recently oc
curred, is one of the largest land owners
In Ireland, possessing something like 80,-
000 acres In Kerry alone, to say nothing of
other property ia iamerlck auu Cork*
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, JANUARY 17, 1597.
Before The Ball.
"Oh, George. I believe I hear baby crying."
"For goodness sakes come on, you women believe everything you hear.”
Cheats the Inner Man.
Mrs. Bargain Hunter—Oh, dear, I have no money left to buy luncheon.
Miss B. Hunter—Then we will buy a little candy to take our appetites away
Not a Musician.
J ~>
Housewife—You lost your money plgylng. What instrument did you play ?
Itusty Waters—l plays faro, mum.
Repartee at The Chicken Shore.
;jF**S ilßß>iiJL.. t . tJ^&
"' ’
Higfoot—Say. Mr. Keatherduster, I'd hate awfully to be seen wearing that cold
slaw head-dress of yours.
Mr Keatherduster-Well, uncle. It would be a bigger feather In your cap than to
ho mopping up the hen-yard with those UUUsloas whisker* on your foot.
FOR MONTHLY SUFFERING.
; yf Thousands of women are troubled at
monthly intervals with pains in the head, back,
/ breasts, neck, shoulders, sides, hips or limbs,
t<o These pains often become neuralgic. They are
wjjr torture to many women month after month.
J If not treated properly the nervous system gives
\I way and a woman becomes a hopeless invalid.
"JEj The menstrual function should operate
'■n&rcK painlessly. Women need not live in dread of
e . approach of menstruation. Pains at this
jM&tXv time are symptoms of serious derangements that
can be corrected.
Win® ai
will permanently cure nine cases out of ten of menstrual disorders. ~ Women in middle
life who have never seen a painless period are entirely relieved by the Wine. It stops
this trouble by healing and strengthening the menstrual organs. It puts them in condition
to do their work properly. It has never been known to fail in an uncomplicated case of
painful menstruation. Why will intelligent women suffer these pains month after month
when Wine of Cardui will relieve them? One month free from pain is worth more than
the cost of twenty bottles of the medicine. The first bottle of the Wine shows good
results in nearly every case; sometimes it brings permanent relief. The second bottle
cures the average woman’s trouble. The horror of , _
an examination prevents many suffering women from i *mcc inuicnov ncDXDTUcuT !
going to a physician about menstrual troubles. Wine LADIES ADVISORY DEPARTMENT.
of Cardui can be taken privately, at home, without \ r ectio^^ a ad , S?e , sl7vtng r Xlom*!’u l D* l Es :
an examination. It only costs SI.OO per bottle. Ask advisory department, the chatta.
for McElree’s Wine of Cardui at any drug store. no oga me mem e chauanooga, T>nn.
SmiThfield, Va., July 20th, 1896.
I am confident that McElree’s Wine of Cardui is all that it is recom
mended to be. For six years I have suffered intense pain at my monthly
periods. I always had to be in bed at least one day and sometimes the entire
time. For the last three months I have used Wine of Cardui, beginning a few
days in advance of my sickness and taking it during the period. It has re
lieved me as nothing else has done and I have used treatment from our best
Virginia doctors. Ido not feel that I could recommend Wine of Cardui too
highly. Mrs. Jesse J. Thomas.
MARK DOWN SHOE SALE.
All the Regular Prices Are Blotted Out in
This Sale.
Our Stock Thoroughly Overhauled and Assorted in Open Lots Marked
, for Quick Selling.
IILRE ARE THE BARGAIN PRICES THAT MEAN SOMETHING:
Men’s Shoes, Tan Bals, pointed and square toes, splen-flj 7fl
' did &°°^ s ’ vvort h $2.50 and $3.00, at... .Oil I u
mm Men’s Calf Skin Shoes. fine quality, hand sewed,
;> >*.; J button, lace and con-In
R§ gress, worth $3.00 and $3.50, at . <}ZiTu
l|gk Men’s Patent Leather Shoes,
with cloth and kid tops, worth $4.00, at oi!iUu
111 Men’s Dancing Slippers, dfsi.“'.9BC
IS®! Men’s Patent Leather Oxfords, exc i' | le .”<j
quality, worth $2.50 and $3.00, for this sale OIiTU
WM Men ’ s Oxford Ties, $2,49
ISP Youth’s School Shoes, 'SSL 98c
Ravc’ Ci\ lf QLr Jn Clmac 'ace and hutton,' good quality and
OU y s wail DKin serviceable, worth $1.75 Cl OQ
W 2nd $2.00, reduced for this sale to vliZu
Ladies* Button Boots, genuine dongola, made with
VWBk common sense and opera toe styles, worth O j 01
$2.00, reduced for this sale to Q||Zl
mm? I Ladies’ Button and Laced Shoes, some with cloth
lUlpijft \ tops, all styles, high grade goods, worth 0 j 4fl
Jlßyjjk $2.50, at . JliTd
/’ / Ladies’Oxford Ties, good quality, tipped and QQ*
plain toes, worth 75c, reduced for this sale t 0... JdU
_ Ladies’ Oxford Ties, fine kid, with patent Q 09
leather tips, worth $2.00, at y i/J
Ladies’ Tan Oxfords, fine Vici kid. also pat- 0 QQ
ent leather, with turned soles, worth $2.50, at 0 iuu
Ladies Oxfords, with cloth tops, hand turned, worth $2.50, at.... $1,79
Ladies Juliet Slippers, strictly a No. 1 quality, reduced to $ i79
Misses’ Button Shoes, good quality kid, spring heel, sizes 11 to 2, worth SI.OO, j(Jg
Misses’Button Shoes, fine dongola, spring heels, sizes 11 to 2, worth $1.50. J^p
Infants Button Shoes, red and blacks, genuine dongola, worth 75c and SI.OO, 4Qn
reduced for this sale to • TuU
Infants Soft Sole Button Shoes, fine quality kid, black and tans,worth sl.oo.^j
PLUMBING. STEAM AND US HfltU
By Competent Workmen at Reasonable
F.grures,
l. a. McCarthy.
All work done under my supervision. A
full supply of Globes, Chandeliers, Steam
and Gas Fittings of all the latest styles,
at 46 DRAYTON STREET.
IF YOU WANT GOOD MATERIAL AND WORK ORDER YOUR LITHO'
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FROM THE MORNING NEWS, SAVANNAH, GA.