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lIIWWIH MI1T"IWUIIMW , Only Humane filling 0lr- Erain Specialist. Orft$r 0 I ! D II. SPITZKA, the eminent brain specialist, read before the opening session or the American Philosophical Society, at ...... . . . 1 . . 1 . -. ....(..nil,. oil 1 1 1 1 t - Eg m rnuaueipma, last weeii a paper wmcu wu vmuonj I R and-out declaration for electrocution as the only humane method of inflicting death, and he urged its adoption in all States and countries. His paper, from which the brief ex stracts presented below were taken, was based upon the results of thirty-one electrocutions, which he witnessed in the Sine Sine, Auburn, Dannemora, and Trenton prisons, the method being employed in New York, New Jersey, Ohio, Massachusetts and Virginia. The history of electrocution covers a period of only twenty years. It wa3 first introduced in New York in 1SS8. In its operation, the electric current Is turned on and reduced and increased alternately. From seven to ten am peres pass through a body. The time consumed in strapping is about forty Ave seconds, and in sixty to seventy seconds the victim is shocked to death. Consciousness is blotted out instantly. In only two cases of those I have observed was there respiratory effort after the current was turned on. A post mortem examination of the body reveals much interesting phe nomena. There is a rising of the temperature, in one case as high as 129Vi degrees F. The lungs are devoid of blood and weigh six or seven ounces av oirdupois. The blood seems to be under a chemical change and is of a dark brownish hue, almost black, and it rarely, coagulates. On the nervous cells there is no apparent effect, although there is a molecular change. I have witnessed a number of hangings at Moyamensing Prison, and would recommend a reading of Oscar Wilde's poem "Ballad of Reading Jail," to illustrate the unpleasantness of the dancing feet in the air. The preparations in hanging are about as quick as in electrocution, but the heart beats for some time after the drop, usually thirteen minutes. And there is a spasmodic movement of the body after the shock of the drop, due to a partly conscious effort to stop the choking, lasting for about one and a half minutes. In only one case was there no movement of the body after the drop, and that was a Chinaman, who, it is believed, died of apoplexy. Of five bodies -which I examined at the Jefferson Hospital, in every case death was due to strangulation. -7 0 The Meaning of a Smile gfgvv44vM y Winifred Elactc w-vVm N old man died in Michigan the other day and left $23,000 to a young woman who was no kin to him. In the old man's will he said: "I leave this money to this woman for the sake of her bright smile. She comforted the last months cf my dear wife's life, and I never saw her when she was not ready to smile." Twenty-five thousand dollars for a smile. Well, it was cheap at the price. It was a smile that came from the heart. If it hadn't been it would never have made the impression that it did. A smirk is not a smile, neither is a grin. You can smirk with malice and ycu can grin when you feel like slamming the door, but you can't smile to save your life, unless there is kindliness and love in your heart. The young woman who took her youth and her vitality and her cheerful emile, and gave it to a sick old woman, did it because she was good and she couldn't help smiling. I am glad she is going to get that money. It Isn't what we do that count3 so much, after all; it's what we are. I've been given a present with such a mean spirit showing in the eyes of the giver that I felt like throwing the gift into the fwe. And I have been refused a favor by some one who looked at me with o much kindness that my heart was light in spite of the refusal. Hypocrisy doesn't pay it never deceives any one long. ' I never knew a man who lived for himself alone who could deceive peo ple into liking him for longer than six months. I never knew a woman who was at heart mean and enviou who could make even a little child like her when she smiled. Beware of the man who's smile is a mere twist of the mouth. Look out fcr the woman who looks as if she had been eating something sour When she tries to smile. Give me the woman who smiles because she can't help it and the man who laughs and doesn't know it. They're th.? Eort cf people to live with. 27 The Criticism That Helps Ey Ellen Terry. o o 2 IT u a o . A i.ve asked, "Are you affected by adverse criticism?" I answered then, and I answer now, that legitimate adverse criticism has always been of use to me, if only beca-use it "gave me to think" furiously. Seldom does the outsider, however talented as a writer and observer, recognize the p.ctor's art, and often we are told that we are acting best when we are showing the works most plainly, and denied any special virtue when we are concealing our method. Professional criticism is helpful chiefly because it induces one to criticize one's self. "Did I give that impression to any one? Then there must have been something wrong somewhere." The "something" is often a perfectly different blemish from that to which the critic drew atten tion. Unprofessional criticism Is often more helpful still, but alas! one's friends are to one's faults more than a little blind and to one's virtues very kind. It is through letters from people quite unknown to me that I have sometimes learned valuable lessons. During the run of "Romeo and Juliet" tome one wrote a.nd told me that if the dialogue at the ball could be taken in a lighter and quicker way, it would better express the manner of a girl of Juliet's age. The same unknown critic pointed out that I was too slow and studied in the balcony scene. She I think it was a woman was perfectly right. McClure's Magazine. jay Intuition the Root of a Trouble Ey Ceorge Harvey. i HQ dornirance in the feminine mind of intuition c- T.on proct.f" paradoxes in morals, ad is larpl responsible for tup "rials and tribulations now being experienced in this curiously and somewhat causelessly unhappy land. Envy, it is true, lies at the root of our trouble; but, oddly enough, envy net of the rich who hold, but of the rich who give. Men continue to amass great fortunes and keep them to tteniseves or bequeath them to their own, and die uncen- surcd Ly tneir iellows, to pass to their just rewards or punishments elsewhere; it is upon those who are suspected of purloining 1 j oiP. tne peqple in order that they may distribute more liberal alms, that the wrntb. of the populace is now visited. Undoubtedly instinctive resentment of the double gratification thus obtained of first acquiring and then bestow ing constitutes the chief cauee of this quite general disapproval; but it is clearly the fault, as we have indicated, of .intuition inherited from woman lather tier, of the rea renins faculty grantetl by the Maker for some purpose known culy to Himzxif, to man. The North American Review. How the Pan-American "Temple of Peace," at Washington, Will Appear When Finished. Prevents Chicken Flying. An Iowa man has designed an anti flying chicken wing attachment hav ing in view to prevent the annoyance and damages incident to chickens scratching in your neighbor's garden. As shown in the illustration, the de vice is attached to the chicken's wing. It is made of parallel pieces of wire bent into the form of an elbow, with a hook at the end. To apply the at tachment to a chicken's wing it 13 uw mm slipped over the wing and by placing the parallel sides toward each other the hook can bo snapped in position and retained by the resiliency of the wire. The hook will be on the inner corner of the wing and will prevent the device from slipping off. The chicken will thus be prevented from spreading tho wing as required to fly and thereby unable to get over a fence into the ntit,i.bor's garden. Washington Star. Handle For Cooking Utensils. The device shown herewith pro vides a ready means for lifting a hot pan or like utensil from the stove. It is formed of a single piece of sheet metal doubled upon itself to provide a bifurcated spring handle. The lower end of the handle is formed in Handle for Cooking Utensils. the shape of a blade,, which may be inserted beneath the cooking utensil. The opposite end is bent to form a gripping surface, which fits ever t lie edge of the pan. In use the two ends of the device are caused to automati cally grip the pan by the very act of grasping the handle. Scientific American. An Unsuccessful IJoncon. Speaking of tho perversity of country "squires," State Senator John S. Fisher, chairman of the Pennsylvania capitol investigation commission, told this story recently: "We have an old codger out in Indiara County who fears neither lawyer nor court. Not long ago Dick Wilson had a case before the 'squire, and knowing his man, he went to the office fortified with a dozen or more supreme court decisions. "Wilson argued his case, cited several opinions, and finally re marked: 'Squire, I have here some decisions by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, which I shall read. "Wilson finished one decision when the justice interrupted, saying: " 'Mr. Wilson, I reckon you've read enough. Those Supreme Court decisions are all right so far as they go, but if the Supreme Court has not already reversed itself I have no doubt that it will do so in the near future. Judgment is, therefore, given against your client.' " New England Grocer. Schoolboys' Weather Observations. An interesting method of instruct ing boys in that part of nature study pertaining to the atmosphere has been devised by John Reid, the headmaster of the Reckleford Council School at Yeovil. Each day of the school week several boys are sent to the corpora tion gas works to copy the records of barometer movements and rainfall there kept, one or two less experi enced lads accompanying them. Meanwhile other boys note the direc tion of the wind and record the tem perature from readings of thermome ters hung in the open on the north and south sides of the school. The teacher of the clas3 then enters the particulars on a sheet, and encour ages the scholars to make deductions from the collected data. The boys copy the results, and every Friday they write an account of their ob servations in the form of "general re marks" on the week's weather. Lon don Evening Standard. A Permanent Position. There was not even standing room in the 6 o'clock crowded car, but one moro passenger, a young woman, wedged her way along just inside the doorway. Each time the car took a sudden lurch forward she fell help lessly back, and three times she land ed in the arms of a large, comfort able man on the back platform. The third time it happened he said quietly, "Hadn't you better stay here?" Uncle Ilernus's The Home Magazine. Uninhoritcil Forgotfulnoss. It was a severe trial to Mr. Hard ing that his only son's memory was not all that could be desired. "Where in the world he got such a forgetful streak is beyond me," said the ex asperated father to his wife on one occasion. "What has he forgotten now?" asked Mrs. Harding, with downcast eyes and a demure expression. "The figures of the last return from the election on the bulletin board," and Mr. Harding inserted a finger In his collar as if to loosen it, and shook his head vehemently. "Looked at 'em as he came past not half an hour ago, and now can't tell me. "As I said to him, 'If , you're so stupid you can't keep a few simple figures in your head, why don't you write 'em down on a piece of paper, as I do and have done all my life, long before I was your age!'" Youth's Companion. h - h: 1 ; nil y A Vr ; jf jt -jLx V ' s V O A. S rf Burmah is to have a Pasteur institute. A Hundred-and-Ten-Year-OUl Mokl Squaw Juana of Isleta. Hot. Those scientists are right; the sun is losing its heat and we are getting it. Florida Times-Union. PHILANTHROPY. From Brooklyn Life. New York City. The blouse that Is simply tucked Is one of the pretti est that young girls can wear and this season It is greatly In vogue made with collar and cuffs of lace as Illustrated. In this case it matches the skirt and the material Is dotted Swiss muslin, but the model suits the Kmbroidery For Gloves. The embroidered edge to the gloves Is so light and lacy looking, button holed in scallops as a finish, that ono could not help thinking what pretty work it would be to decorate plain silk gloves one's self, and save almost half tho cost of those already orna mented. Four Gored Skirt. The skirt that i3 perfectly smooth over the hips while it is gracefully full at the lower portion 13 the one that is most In demand for walking and general wear. This one includes that essential feature and is novel at the same time, being made with wedge shaped panels that are laid under the gores and which allow of treatment of various sorts. In this case the skirt is made of mohair and Is trimmed with silk braid and little buttons, but if a combination of ma terials was wanted the panels could be of striped, plaid or checked ma terial, while the gores were of plain, or vice versa; or one material can be used for the skirt with another for the panels. Again, the trimming can be banding of any sort, either braid or the same in contrasting material cut into bands, or anything of a sim ilar sort. The skirt Is made in four gores, these gores being made with exten- odd waist quite as well as it does the entire frock and is adapted to every seasonable waisting. The blouse is made with front and backs and with moderately full sleeves. The lower edges of these last are gathered into narrow cuffs for elbow length, into deep cuffs, that fit the forearms snugly after the latest fashion, for long sleeves. The quantity of material required for the sixteen year size is three and one-eighth yards twenty-four, two and three-eighth yards thirty-two or one and three-quarter yards forty two inches wide with three and sev en-eighth yards of insertion, one yard of ruffling to trim as illustrated, seven and one-eighth yards of inser tion for the deep cuffs if these are used. sions to the depth of the panels. Tit extensions are turned under to form pleats and the latter are arranged over the panels, the edges being joined beneath the pleats. The quantity of material required for the medium size is seven and five-eighth yards twenty-seven, five For Stormy Days. It is a great relief to know that when hot weather comes, and it is necessary to wear a raincoat, we will not have to wear those heavy silk af fairs, either in white or any other color that have been worn for so long. The new raincoats are of rub berized pongee, just as waterproof as the strongest rubber, but light and cool, and fairly becoming in their soft lines. Facing Often Matches Feathers. Black picture hats, trimmed with long ostrich feathers chosen in pale pastel shades of blue and-pink, leaf green and lilac, are enjoying a great vogue at tho moment. Sometimes feathers in two or three of these pastel colors are seen grouped to gether on one and the same hat, but a more surely successful result is ob tained when the feathers are selected in one shade, or in several tonr nf the same shade. yards forty-four or three and five eighth yards fifty-two inches wirto. eighteen and one-half yards of braid. Fichu AVithout Frills. A fichu of satin, without frills, worn ever a diaphanous frock, is a change from the usual order of thing3, and should be accompanied bv a transparent hat trimmed with bi2 bows or choux of the same satin, and a transparent parasol treated like wise. Cotton Voiles. The figured cotton voiles malra ideal negligees.
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