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Not so 'Wise, After All.
We pride onrselveson living in
an age of discovery and invention,
and pity, our ancestors for being
born too soon. Yet much of this
is misplaced, says William Alva.
The real truth seems to be thaban-
cients knew abont everything we
know, only the knowledge was not
generally diffused.
The learned man 2,000 or 3,000
years ago was so far superior to
The Growth of Brains.
Chicago News.
In the inferior races the head
ceases to grow after 20 years of
age. In the superior races the
head of the intelligent and educa
ted man increases in volame until
he is 35, 40 and 45 years. The
skull has reached its maximum de
velopment when the bones com
posing'it are wedded together, so
as to render the sutures invisible.
the majority that-he-was regarded Once the sutures are solidified, the
as a wizard, and prudently kept
his learning to himself.
In our schools at the present
day, we use “Euclid’s Elements of
Geometry,’’written by Euclid 2,000
years ago. Euclid also wrote on
music and optics, antedating much
which we think we discovered.
The science of optics must have
been pretty far advanced in his
day, because we know that Alex-
der the Great had a copy of the
Iliad enclosed in a nutshell, and it
is quite certain that it could not
have been written without the aid
of a microscope.
Laynrd found in the ruins of
Ninevah what Sir David Brewster
pronounced to be a “magnifying
glass,” and nearly 4,000 years ago
the Egyptians and Assyrians ob
served the stars through a “sliding
tube,” which we have reason to be
lieve was a telescope.
We make some very fine razors,
at the present, but we cannot make
any finer steel than that , contained
in the Damascus swords andkniveB
which the ancients used several
thousand years ago.
At the same time the people of
Tyre were such experts in dyeing
that the Tyrian purple remains
unexcelled to this day. The Egyp
tians were also wonderful dyers:
and could produce colors so dura
ble that they may be called imper
ishable.
. The Ancients were wonderful
glass-workers, and discovered
method of making it malleable,
which we have not been able to do.
They could spin glass into gar
ments, dye it in every shade of the
rainbow, and etch it with marvel
ous skill.
Twenty centuries befose the
birth of Watt, Hero of Alexandria
described machines whose motive
power was steam. He also invent
ed a double force pump, used as a
fire engine, and anticipated the
modern turbine wheel by a ma-
<chine he named “Neopile.
Electricity derives its name from
the Greek word for amber, elec
tron, because Thales, abont 600 13,
C., discovered that amber, when
rubbed, attracts light aud dry bod
ies, and in the twelfth century the
scientific priests -ef Utruria drew
lightning from the clouds with iron
rods;
All the mechanical powers, the
screw,lever, pulley, inclined plane,
wedge, wheel and axle were known
to'the ancients and used in every
day life. They were expert build
ers, as existing relics testify.
The ancient Gauls used a reap
ing machine. Hobbs gave his
name to a lock found in the tomb
of Egypt.
Natural gas conveyed in bamboo
tubes was utilized in Ghina centu.
xies ago, und one of the Mongolian
authors writes of boxes which re
peated the sound of voices of men
. long since dead—an approximation
to the phonograph of Edison.
In medical skill the Oriental
physicians practiced vaccination
1,000 years ago. Anaesthetics were
known in the days of Homer, and
the Chinese 2,000 years ago had a
preparation of hemp known as“una
vo,” to deaden pain—something
similar to the modern cocaine.
Coins were Btamped with en
graved dies so far back that we
have lost the record, and movable
■types are said to have been known
to the Romans.
In all that pertains to scripture
and painting the ancients knew bo
much that their superiority has
never been questioned, and their
work remains as unsurpassed mod
els.
We may say with truth that
much of our boasted light and me
chanical wisdom is but the match
put once again to the candle of our
ancestors. The old times were
days of war and oppression, and
the inventor hid his invention for
fear of being robbed. The vast
majority had no money to buy
laboring device, even if they had
brains to nse it.
It was not a practical age, and
the knowledge, as well as wealth,
was . confined to the few. Nowa
days an invention of value spreads
over this world like a flash of gun
powder, aud in the .light of mod
ern common sense the invention of
the common friction match has
doubtless done more for the good
of mankind than all the discoveries
of antiquity.
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future growth of the brain is im
possible, which is said to explain
the insnrmounta'ble difficulty ex
perienced in trying to teach illit
erate adults.
The solidification varies accord
ing to the investigating activity of
the brain. It takes place between
the ages of 22 and 25 years in the
task worker, between 28 and 35 in
the middle class of manual profes
sions, and after 35 in educated
persons who practice intellectual
professions. Recent experiments
in the female colleges of Russia
prove that woman’s head, though
naturally smaller than man’s
susceptible to similar development
under educational treatment. The
skulls of great thinkers grow
throughout life.
The frontal sutures of Pascal
Rousseau and otners who lived to
a ripe old age were found open
Comparison of the individual
skulls of different races discloses
the singular and important fact
that in the inferior beings the so
lidification of the sutures begins
in the frontal, or intellectual, re.
gion of the brain, and terminates
in the.occipital, or animal. In the
case of the civilized man, on the
contrary, the solidification, begin,
ning much later in life, starts in
the occipital, passes to the parielal
bone, and thence to the frontal
thus giving to the last moment the
fullest scope to the superior func
tions.
The Largest Stationary Engine.
At the Eriendville (Penn.) zinc
mines there is in operation the
largest stationary - engine in the
world. During the past few
months it has pumped dry by un
derground drainage nearly every
ore pit-, spring and small stream
within a radius of five miles. The
engine is known as the “Presi
dent,’’ is of 5,000 horse-power, and
is run by sixteen boilers. At each
revolution of its ponderous wheels
a small stream is thrown out, the
number of gallons raised every
minute being 17,500. The driving
wheels are 35 feet in diameter, and
weigh 40 tons each. The sweep
rod is 40 feet long.
The cylinder is 110 inches in di
ameter, while the piston rod is 18
inches in diameter and makes a
10-foot stroke. The engine has a
ballast box capable of holding 60
tons, and to feed the boilers 28
tons of coal are required daily.
On the engine is the largest nut in
the. world. It is hexagonal in
shape and weighs 1600 pounds.
To tighten or loosen this nut twen
ty men are required, while the
wrench that fits it is 20 feet long.
From the end of the walking-beam
of the engine to the bottom of the
shaft the distance is 300 feet. The
masonry on which the engine rests
in 103 feet deep, some of the foun
dation htones weighing as much as
five tons.
At a Polish wedding in Hurley,
Wis., the other day, .there were no
presents to 1 the bride of : bride
groom. Instead of these offerings
of.friendship, all the plates which
had been used during the wedding
banquet were first carefully wash
ed, and, afterward set on
against the wall. Every guest
then peltsd these dishes with sil
ver dollafs till not one was left un
broken. The missiles became the
property of the happy couple, and
as they made np seven hundred
in number, they formed quite £
nest-egg on which the newly wed
ded pair might begin housekeep
ing.
The quantity of paint required
to cover a given snrface varies with
the kind and thickness of the
paint, the kind of material to
which it is applied, the age of the
surface, etc: The followingis an
approximate rule: Divide the
number of square feet of snrface
by 200. The result will be the
number of liquid gallons required
to give two coats; or, divide by
eighteen and the result will be the
number of pounds^ of pure ground
white lead required to give three
coats.
An American traveling in Egypt,
writes from Luxar, that-he there
sees daily naked natives ploughing
with a sharp stick plow drawn of
ten by camels, sometimes by one
camel and a donkey, or cow, bitch
ed together. And this is the coun
try where cotton is grown jff pom-
petition with our southern stasis.
There seems to have been no im
provement in plows there since
the days of the apostles.
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CLIPPINGS.
There is no snbstitnte for suc-
!SS.
America’s first street-car line
was bnilt in 1826.
Charity frequently should begin
at other people’s homes.
The true heroes are those heroic
in the trades of everyday life.
Tbs good who die young have a
great deal to be thankful for.
Grown people feel the truth, but
it is the children who tell it.
There are nine kilted battalions
altogether in the British army.
It is-computed that a napkin
will last three months in a hotel.
If a woman can deceive another
woman she can succeed at anything.
If fathers could be sons to them
selves what good sons they would
be.
Virtue is its own reward, but
vice will bring curses from a doz
en sources.
It is no crime to be poor, but in
the eyes of many people it is rank
felony to be rich.
When the fires of youth go out
in a man be wonders that they
burn in others.
It takes very little to make a wo
man happy; it takes much less to
make her miserable.
When summoned to the bar of
final judgment no pleas of “not
guilty” will be allowed.
Death stills the tongues of a
man’s detractors, but it seldom
changes their convictions.
He who refuses to fight and holds
his temper, rarely fails to defend
himself when attacked.
Most men think they could suc
ceed better in what they like to do
than in what they have to do.
The newest nickel-in-the-slot
machine gives you a photograph
of yourself in three minutes by the
watch.
At Milwaukee, "Wis., all theater
bills are hereafter to be submitted
to the Chief of Police before being
posted.
A death bed repentauce is like
payings uebt after you’re sued;
it’s only a few removes from moral
dishonesty.
Philosophy has used the candle
of speculation instead of the sun
of Truth Ear so many years that its
eyesight is practically ruined:
An illnmiuated vellum fan will
last for centuries. Illuminated
paints are body water colors that
preceded the discovery of oil
paints.
Counterfeit notes are very rare
ly taken iu the banks of Russia
The tellers are held responsible
and therefore exercise keen vigi
lance.
Sidney Ann Wilhite, of Sedalia,
Mo ., is one hundred aud six yeara
old,, weighs 250 pounds, and was a
slave to George Boone, a brother
of Daniel Boone.
It is more blessed to give than
to receive, simply because the giv
er can squeeze no end of content
ment out of the contemplation of
his own generosity.
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