Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 March 1905 — Read The Democrat for news. [ARTICLE]

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Incomes of the Grand Dolten. The Russian imperial family number at the present time something like sixty grand dukes and grand duchesses. It is a fact that they would, one and all, be wholly dependent upon the reigning emperor, whose wealth is practically boundless—his minimum income is estimated as being £1.500,000 — were it not that a former czar, Paul 1., set aside a certain number of estates, to which he gave the curious name of “the imperial appanages." The income of these vast stretches of fertile land is devoted to the maintenance of all those members of the imperial family who are not in the direct line of succession. At present time this source of income produces £2.000,000 a year, and the imperial appanages stand In the proud position of being the largest landowner, the most important and prosperous farmer and the wealthiest wine producer in the Russian empire! This is the reason why Russian grand dukes are so amazingly wealthy.

A Sew Theory of Sleep.

An Interesting and novel theory of sleep has recently been put forward by Dr. Claparede, a French scientist, who holds that sleep is a positive function or an Instinct designed to arrest functioning. Dr. Claparede makes the assertion that we sleep not because we are intoxicated or exhausted, but In order to avoid such conditions. Not only are there various kinds and degrees of sleep, but It does not always follow exhaustion. Furthermore, it is well known that sleep is not proportional to the degree of exhaustion, and It may be either total or partial. In measuring the profoundness of sleep various conditions are encountered which are not susceptible of explanation on the toxic theory, but which agree perfectly with the hypothesis that it Is a positive nervous function. The definition of sleep, according to this new theory, la a reaction produced by various excitants and is an Inhibition which manifests Itself subjectively by a lack of Interest In exterior things. Harper’s Weekly.