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HUMAN BRAIN CELLS.
THEY REFUSE TO WORK UNDER TOO
HIGH A PRESSURE.
Pnt on Too Mucli*6team and These
Minute Cfrg-anlattts Go on Str.JRe.
Why Men Go Crazy or Become At»
sen tin! mlcd.
Keeping pace with scientific thought
an<J progress certain problems which
In the pasf have been shelved for want
of light being thrown upon them have
been takqn up again one by one to un
dergo further examination by tho aid
of Improved science.
The newest revelation in this dlrec
tion tends to the science of the mind
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Why does a man act queerly er
be is intoxicated?
Why is a man ahsenttninded on oc
caslons?
Why does a man sometimes become
.violently lusafio, often a daagerous,
raying lunatic?
Such questions as these have puzzled
our immediate fathers, who have hard¬
ly ever satisfactorily explained them
away or indeed thrown much reliable
light upon them. Tho lufman bVain is
composed of cells, and each ceil is a
shhpje bit of nerve substance, ftom
one end of which, like du octopus,
spring a number qf tentacles, while
from another pa t arises an arm dif¬
ferent from them :jud of great length.
The long arm is iutcoded for trans¬
mitting impressions from one portion
of tho brain system to another, it be¬
ing made to touch the tentacles or
Bhovt arms of the next one to it. the
latter In Its turn effecting coutact with
a third cell, and so on.
Thus a message is conveyed and the
mind gets its news. Tho entire brain
is made up of these cells, whose num¬
ber is legiou aud whose full strength
is grouped in systems, these systems
in turn being arranged in communi¬
ties, the communities in dusters aud
finally the clusters La constellations,
by which divisions they are known to
physiologists.
So long as the mind is in a healthy
condition each little cell, or brain oc
fcopu>, attends to its business faithful
ly and gives no trouble, but 'as mftn
generally is an animal \fJio usually re¬
fuses to live the life spanned out by
nature and adopts instead the HIT* laid
down by tbe inoueru artificial process
of living, instituted forsooth by civi¬
lization, mental disturbances frequent¬
ly arise through the brain Itecotuhig
abused in various ways, from over
work and alcohol principally.
Your octopuslike brain cell is a liv¬
ing little thing, and it can endure a
great deal of abuse from you. hut If
you should go a little too far It rebels
and refuses to work any longer by
br<c!:!ng eon'oet with its companion
cells, which It *:ui do by withdrawing
its long arm and getting itself out of
circuit. But this rebellion Is conduct¬
ed by whole groups of cells? acting to¬
gether lu full harmony.
Now. the object of this "strike" ts
simply to avoid overwork, for each
tiny cell baa stored within lt« minute
space only a certain amount* of energy,
but If you put ou tbe high pressure
this is easily consumed by the oimto
,tloo of the brain, and the orgtufism
breaks dowu from exhaustion. Now.
take the first of the problems
stated. Wlu*n a per sou takes too much
to drinic, the cells In those patches of
the brain that are responsible fo? the
conduct of muscular movement ts*
coise affected aud tho uiuu staggers.
W^en the dos^* is very large, the
cells, which, although stupefied, have
tried to keep their master on his legs.
Dow cease working, au<j the man sleeps
like one dead. Finally, if mort* than
enough of alcoholic drink be taken,
the effect on the cells is to paralyze
them,, and the unfortunate man dies.
Thgre Is some relation between ex
traordihary activity of the mind and
insanity. Geniuses are apt to exhibit
Fympte:::* rf nfeutnl alienation, and.
singular to relate, their children are
usually inferior to those of average
men.
For instance, not to go out of Eng
Ioe j for example. Cromwell was a
kypoebondraic and had visions. Dean
Swift inherited insanity and was him¬
self uot a little mall. Shelley was call¬
ed by bis friends “Mad Shelley, 1
Charles Lamb went crazy. Johnson
was another hypochondriac. Coleridge
was a morbid mnniho. Milton was of a
morbid turn of mind, nearly approach¬
ing insanity (modern idwas of hades
are largely formed on tin* description
evolved py his diseased imaginationl,
and Byron said he was visited by
ghosts.
This mental alienation occurring in
the foregoing cases shows that cer¬
tain specific groups of brain cells have
conn* under tbe baneful Influence of
the guiding spirit called talent or
genius, which 1ms used up all the en¬
ergy stored in each cell and each group
of cells, to the detriment of the whole,
With tbe result that their ceasing work
has brought about various types of
insanity as depicted or. to phrase it
more softly, induced disturbance of
the mental equilibrium.
The problem is absent.
miiMlecirtess. This Is pi-oducvsl hy a
temporary disjunction of certafh
groups of cells. A man becomes so
absorbed In his study of some partic
ular subject and lends bis wjtfole
mind to thought that the hard think¬
ing disorganizes »tlle grouiw of cells
employed in the pVocess of rottvetlon.
thek-.. tentacles beiug turned all
■nay. to the detriment, of rnentfH ac
tion generally, aifd so the man with
the tentacles of Ills brain «jUs wn; i
>
In the one direction passes7olong
streets lost to all observatloavr nu ju: - .!
Inceptlon and does all manner of queer
thidgs because he le not conscious of
what he Is doing.—Ifearson's Maga-
2 l ne>
Snored on MeCaltonKh.
“The late h C M^ullottgli. the tra
gedian, was a tt reai friend of mine/'
said Comedian Cr.\n* “aud tvhea in
this city used always to live at
tho Gilsey House. One dav I went
tliore to call un him and. he being
out. left tny card, upon which, un
joke, dernea^h wrote my name, In large by letters way of the a
word ‘Actor.’ The next day 1 was
passing McCullough on the street when
ho stopped mo with *Sny. Billy, what
do you mean by leaving a card in my
box with such an infernal lie as that
written on it ?’
“I got even with him. however, later.
MeCullough was inordinately fond of
the game of seven up. and one evening
I had the satisfaction of beating him
nine straight games. Bright and esirly
the following morning ! again left tny
card £or him at Ills hotel, this time writ
ing below my name ‘Seven tip player. -
When I saw McCullough later >u the
day. I jollied him with That wasn't
any lie I put on my card this morning,
was It. John?* And he evidently saw the
point, tion.”—N^wSEork didn't reply to my ques
Tribune.
The Be*t nt the Bottom.
Speaking of poison murders, a native
of Maine told of a peculiar crime that
occurred in his state . This was the
case of a man who — tired, of his
wife, and in order to rid himself of her
in the shortest and most expeditious
manner possible he determined upon
her death. Divorce, while a feasible
method, appealed not to his frugal
mind, since it involved a large initia
tor.v -xponse from counsel fees and a
continuous one from alimony.
So on murder he resolved, arsenic as
the agent to ojfect it. and the method
through whiejj to introduce the poison ;
into the stmnaoh of his victim with
out arousing her suspicious the usually
Iunocuons and popular lemonade.
At the trial it \fas proved that he
carried through his plans with skill
and finesse, but after the deadly lern
onadc had been drunk by Ids too trust
Ing spouse, noticing that some of the
precipltnte remained In the bottom of
the glass, he stirred it well up and
again handed it to Ids victim with a
loving smile, nt the same time remark
lng. “But the best’* nt the bottom, my
dear#*
How Slintpnel Ope rn tea.
Shrapnel shell Is a beautiful aud in
feoloua missile. It consists of a hoi
low, elongated shell, with a bursting
charge of powder at the base aud tilled
with from 200 to 600 half inch bullets,
according to the star of the gun. It is
fitted with a time fuse, which is '‘net*’
to lire the bursting charge at a given
number of seconds after the shell has
left the gun. The bursting charge In
turu blows the head off the shell and
sends forward the 290 (o goo bullets,
which continue their course in a couical
shower ou to the ground.
Itol « Violent Cnne.
Mrs. Peek—Henry, what would you
do If I wen* to die suddenly?
Henry—Pray, dou’t talk of such a
thing. I think it would almost drive
me crazy.
Mrs. Peek—Do you think yon would
marry again?
Henry—Oh. no! don’t think 1
would be as crazy as that.—Chicago
News.
An Exclnulve Rook.
The “Almnnach de Gotha” is the most
exclusive book of its kind, and perhaps
of any kind in the world, aud to get
one’s name in its pages implies that
one is either an exalted personage or
something very much like it. And of
those whose names appear very few
are able to boast of having a portrait
between its select and scarlet covers.—
Loudon Letter.
Why He Hurried.
“Young man.” said the old gentle
man. “my daughter Is too young to
marry. A girl of her age cannot l>e
sure of her own mind In a matter of
such importance.”
“I fully realize that.” replied the
young man. who had just secured the
fair one’s consent. “That’s why I
don’t want to wait.”—Chicago Post.
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Silence is the safest response for all
the contradiction that arises from 1m
pertinence, vulgarity or envy.
The vineyards of Italy cover nearly
8.000.000 acres.
1 he inhabitants of Cochin China
much prefer rotten eggs to fresh ones.
A QUEER EXPLOSION.
blOW A MOUNTAIN LOCOMOTIVF. ____
CAM^-TO AN UNTIMELY END.
TU< , re slither Flra I* Her For
U1MW w in Uer Bailer, aau
Ve< Ma4^<i to Blow Up in the
Approved s«j-h..
^ Clenry Alqutet, prominent ... ran
r - a
man. relates the-story of a. cuj>
008 wreck, the facte in which be will
vouch*- fof.
' ^ ' a . s 6clr a remarkable thing, s^jid
Mr. Aiquist to a reporter, “that I fear
many will be inclined to brtmd it a£
*ptpe.’ I have been railroading noyv
for- over 20 years, ahd never in
varied exix'tience have I eeo such 80
unique and as the one
1 .s[H>ak of—that of engine 1,120 of the
Uio Grande Western, ^iiiluoad men
will tell you that locomotives seklopa
explode nowadays, but 1.129 did
in a very peculiar way.
**At the time this wreck occurred 1
was holding down the job of train^is
patcher at.Soldier Summit,'Utab, aud
a tough old job It was. Never been
there. I suppose? Well, Soldier Soai
at It is u station ou the top of oue of
the Wasatch divides, a bleak and lone
ly place, where tho Rio Grande West
ern has a roundhouse and coal chute
locate^. At the summit are long
suowsheds covering the tracks. These
sheds protect the Hue from the win
ter. And it is only due to this method
that a train ever gets over the' moult¬
tain.
“Qn both sides of tho mountain the
line winds down in a succession of
winding curves to lesson the grade.
Running off from the railway are
switches, which, diverging from ‘the
grade, run up iuto the bills and grad¬
ually come to a dead level. These
switchbacks, as they are called, are so
constructed that they can be thrown
fyohi any point ou the grade. And if
a train breaks in two \yliile ascending
the steep grade tbe runaway cars can
be switched on to one of these spurs,
w here the breakaway finally stops aft
er it has run up the spur as fkir as the
momentum attained in its descent will
take it.
“All heavy trains have an extra 10
comotive before the grade is tackled,
These are called helper engines aud
are j;opt in roundhouses at each side
0 f ^j ie mountain with steam up.
“One night I got word from Clear
Creek, n town' In the western valley,
tj )a t ^j ie 9;20 freight would be 30 min
utes late op account of having to pull
0l] *i a crippled engine. 1,129. She had
burned out her flues and had to be
hauled to Grand Juactiou for repairs,
~ TllAt uight n p out 10 o’clock, after i
p a s^> t i down the Salt Lake ex
press. I heard the freight coughing up
h»ng grade from Clear Creek .There
was a snowstorm raging, and the wind
howled around the statiou like the
mischief, Wkeu the overdue 9:20 pull
ed Into the shelter of the big snow
sheds on the wind swept summit, the
first thing 1 asked was* ‘Where’s the
dead engine?’
“ ‘Behind the doghouse!’ shouted the
‘con.* But ns I held my lamp above
nay head 1 failed to see it. I was just
about to cal! his attention to it when,
dunlng a lull In the storm, we plainly
heard the familiar rattle of the rails
ns tho runaway engine flew at light¬
ning speed down tbe mountain. No.
1.129 had broken loose and was tear¬
ing down the grade lo destmetion.
“i jumped and pulled the lever wlpch
opened the spur switches. This th<? 1
kucw would prevent g smashup. as
engine would run up on tho switchback
aud come to a stop. B«it 1 was too
late. Almost at the same instant 1
threw the lever n terrific explosion was
heard from far down the mountain.
The runaway had exploded.”
“I thought yon said a moment ago,
Mr. Aiquist.” interrupted The Scimi¬
tar man, “that the locomotive was a
‘dead one?’ If she had no fire under
her boiler, how could she explode?”
“That was the only thing I couldn’t
understand myself.” the railroad man
replied. “1 could easily see how the
dead engine could break loose on that
grade, and 1 could understand not
hearing its descent during such a
howling blizzard, but the explosion
fldbred me. The only theory which In
any way solved the mystery was that
the old kettle was blown up by com¬
pressed air.
“You see. when the engine broke
loose from the freight and started
down the mountain the pistous in the
cylinders began to act as air corn
pressors. -During the rough trip up
her throttle probably jarred open, and
as the speed Increased with every rev¬
olution of her drivers her boiler soon
filled with compressed air. It was not
long before those flying pistons had
worked up a pressure of nearly floo
pounds to the square inch, which came
in faster than it could escape by the
safety valve, and before the old nut¬
chine reached Clear Creek her boiler
let go.”— Memphis Scimitar.
Sl»nrp,
Doctor—Stick efut your tongue. Tom
my.
Tommy—Not on your life! I did that
yesterday to my teacher, and I still
ache nil over for It.—Wiener Tngblntt
Notice of Sale.
On Saturday, March 3rd, 1900,
at 12 o’clock, in., before the court
house door in Statesboro, I will
sell mv Academy lot containing
two buildings and four (4) acres
of land, bounded as follows: North
hv Mro u'. \v. on of. a-'. ? be
No u is 5 {ji .ith o. s.
! y *..^4 A Jtrni.ur:...
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un£e in ^iicanu eVv r o yc: r . 1 c. <
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February let, 1900. Bbannbn.
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by lie#*-. Solomon Grooms.
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All persona indebted to the estate of Asbury
Bland are hereby notified to make immediate
s -ttie:i eiit to the undenigned, or with her
attorneys, Brannon & Morre, and all persons
holding claims against said estate are also notified
tj present same ns required by law. This Jan 11,1!X>0.
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