Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 15, Number 45, Jasper, Dubois County, 9 January 1874 — Page 3
WEEKLY COURIER.
C. DOAKE, Publisher. JASI'EU. - INDIANA. i Tims or ixtj'ki.st. IrOHMl Kud I. If erin-jr. The irsinjftTS ami Farmer' Claim in America" lave jrut into tin1 Cornhill Jijiifi'if. A movement is on foot unions the old friends of Uichard Yates, in Jacksonville, III., to have a monument erected there to hi- memory. " livery Man Hi Own Poet." is the title ol a li'ltlc work reeently pilhli-hed in Oxford, coiitainhij; directions for uianufa -t:iriur all kind of poetry. Tin-remains of the late President Zachary Taylor are to he removed from a private huryinjr-j-round in Jei!eron county, Ky., to tin' Mate cemetery. Nil-son M iit daek word to tin tnaur, r of the Industrial Fxhihitioii at Newark, that ' ina-nimh as it was thetn," she would siuj: at their concert for ?.l,iw. The posthumous work el the Oerinaii dramati-t l.cnrtlix, called Shakc-pcans-manic," which is directed ujraiiist the admiration lor Shakespeare prevalent iuOerniany. will s-ooii appear. Lord Lyons, who is rcincmliored at AVa-Iiiiilon'a?. one of the ahlet and ajrrcc-aMe-t tuiui-ti-r Knjrlatnl lias sent to us, is alioiit to leave the diplomatic service to enter the ministry, as sueeessor to I.ord (Granville. lou I'iatt, of the Washinjrton Cnift(, meditates the HI 1)1 idling ol hi-letters Iron i Lumpc the past summer in a volume, Th re never were any like them, ami the pnMisIa r w ho could coinhinc these in a volume It 1 1 tlioe M lUter-on, of t. Loui-ville t'ouricr-Journnl, would either oo Ins character or make his fortune, per haps tioth. Sjirtiiiffirhl J'i publtcin. The New York Board of Aldermen have appointed a eoinmittee to five, as a memento, to the lainily of the late Hor.nv (rt lev ail illuminated allium, (-outaininjr the action of the city authorities on the occasion of his death, and al-o an excellent portmit of Mr. On-cley. The allium is a Volume ahout two In 't lojr iy one toot hmad. hound in Mack v I vet. Wlnn Mr. Charles I.anman lini-lnd his U-ellll Jlir'n, wiry tf I'ontjrr. lie h:id accumulated altoiit tell thoil-and paj; es of au-tohioj-raphical letter. Alter aifahii.x them in a -erics oi volumes he -old them to Jay Cooku. W hen the huiness attain of Mr. ooke Ui'aine involved, ll received an oiler from a lihrary in Knjrlandof ..i,uiu for the whole collection, w hich was aeccp:d. So that curious collection ha pa i d Iroin our native heath, and U-come the property of the luted foreigner. Although only thirty-six years old, Mr. Proctor, the Knli-h utronoiner, now in tlii-country, is a very prolific author, and ha- "j"-i"tie to the h-ad" in every cla-s of -tudy to w hieh he ha devot-d himf It from IhivIckmI to the present time. He is the ;iu'li"- n' works enough, many of them pri l nind. to have occupied a life '. vice a ionjr. and h i- .o written that the jM-ople even ho-ly could under-taiid the suhliiiie truths ot :tronoiny. Sclni--- nntl lualiiatry. There more cartx'tiiur made in the Nineteenth Ward of Philadelphia than in ail the loom, of the rest of the I'ltitcd Mate and lin-at lliit.tin. The tol:ieeo crj of Connecticut ot the present year, though ! in quantity than in pn-v ion year. n injr to the smaller area devoted to the cultivation of the plant, is tally equal in quality 'he famous eroji o id. )ii!L' to the hill Jrice of coal ill 1 3 ti !;i 1 1 I. a shcll'idd firm ha- decided to remove it- hn-ine-s to the I'nitcd State-, wlnn the proec of smelting and convciiinjr will lc carried on under condition ui"!v I .or.tMe to the inanutaetiirer than in l.'.i!;uid. The Iooac Tunnel willlH' realy fr u-e at an early day, as the aim unt of work to ho done on thetunnel and its approaches is comparatively small. The railroad on the ca-t side is ilni-hed to within a mile o the tunnel, and the work is progressing on the road Im tvvc ii the west end and North Adams. The eo-t ! the tunnel and the roads hv w hi' h it is approached will he over .1 j.nuu.tKMihat ol the tunnel it-clt alMiut sln.WMi.niiii. The eo l-ti-llcries of til" Paeitle liaVe lx n unite sii'-s..-tul (lurlnir the pa-t -ea-Mni. all the ll-h taken l in sureofafiir market. The prires in San I'raiicixo are alM.iit one cent per puund h' than for the Ka-ti-rn cod. I he total arrivals at au I'raiici-eo up to the end of OcIoImt from the Ala k.iii and SilVriaii tl-heries aniiumtI d to .- I.O'NI t!-, of which iMTi.lMNI Were from the Shuuiaiii ll.uid and :ts.tKi from thn-e of the S a of (khot-k. The largest ear hroiiuht in was that hy the Wold Hunter, of Ul.unO. Am eplo-ivc i-ompouinl has Itcuinc ntlv hroii"ht to thi- notice of the A'-ade-lilie lie. Science-, Under the liallie of " Jiyrolithe hutiianitaire." Intended to replace gunpowder in Ida-tin in mines. It is sai l that this compo-itiou may Im transported with s.tfety. and will not explode in the open air, hut mu-t 1m- compressed in a clo-coavity. It contains nitre and sulphur, as ordinary jrunpowder 1m's, hut the charcoal is replaced hy sawdust. elioil nnl hurrli. The w hole nnmlx r of 'oii'reational Churches, in the I nit sI States is :!.i;j:t. ot which 77' have vacant pulpits, and l,.V;j under the care of acting pastors.. Th. Japan (in-.itte makes the o-itivc declaration that many natives of Japan are !ecomiiijr converts to Christianity, and that churches of native hri-tian- have actually lis n c-tahli-hed in Vcddo and Yokohama. Ihiriii the a-t year the Mcthodi-f I Ij i -( i::1 Church has rovvn Sl.l-KiJMtt richer, and irainod oi r ."i.tUNt meuilM-r-. making a total of I,Pd.iJ7 memhers and jirohationefs. The iiunitHT of death- during tic- year is uhi. h is umisiciliy lar;re. A lare 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . r of the Kpi-copal eh-r-ry in New ork have united in a circular h tier r ' inr the mini-lers and vi-itor-in varioii- jsiits t the country to n-M'nd applieatioiis for aid in the varioii-ehurcli enterprise in whiih they are cnjaircd. until tic financial troubles have passed over.
Professor llsll, of the Aurora (111.) puhlic schools, has a clasn w hich he exerciser in " ii vvspiiM r work." The h holars an1 reuired to ";ive an epitome oi the liewi (f the day, the j.reo";raphical (o-itiou of towns and counties where prominent events occur, and as far as may lc the .iyiiillcance of ptditicul movements. We venture to say that the lahoi s of this class are productive of more jood than any other ill the school. The seini-ccntenary of Preshyteriim-i-m in New Orleans was duly eelehrated hy the Prcsltyteiian chinches of that city on the k if NovcinU r. I r. i 'aimer read U valuahle historical record of the lorty years from S.l to s7:t, wldch clo- d wit li 'this summary: "Our real pnere-s dates iroiu ls.'l.t, .st.utin' w it li twenty-four; to-tlay. alter the lapse of forty years, we count hine or'auied churches, i'ik India;.' the l'ir-t ( lerinan. Our original uuiiiU r of twenty-four has increased nearly to :'.( kk) couimiinii ants, ami with alxmt :,'.M)t) childn n in our various Nalhath-st hoojs."
According' to an Mnli-h aer, the Ilaptists on the continent of Kuroe are di-tiihuted thus; 1'he (ierinan churches have a mcinlier-hii of nhouiJ.",ooo. In leiiin:irk tln re areuhoiit .'.IkxI mcrnlers in the various ltapti-t hiirehes; in Hnlaml, nearly 1(H); hi Sweden, Ji.Mm; in Norway, nearly h); in Poland, lJOO; in Kussia, 1. ."(); in riam.', "); in Spain, .'no; in Italy, i'im); in rla-sie ;ii-ece, Ut. Some of these churches are heljM-d hy American, and some ly ISriti-h llapli-t ini-sionarv societies, w hile many t them are entirely sclf-sii-taiiM-d. In each case we have riven the rross total o ineniiM rship. All tin' ahove churches are the rrowth of about forty vcars past, some of them of ipiite a recent period. Ilnp nii yt lih-px, Charles I'cniiias, a (tcrnian living near Watsika. 111., irave his sick wile morphine l:;.-t,a:l cl nt!nio from which she died in four hours. At Montoursvillc, Pa., recently a man w as stamiiuir Iy Ins liorse, eating an apie, Wlien llie ailllll.'ll opelieil Hi- jaws ami scicd the iiiple. Idling the man's thiimh eoiapletcly oil'. A little child died near I.'iley Centre, Mich., a lew dav s aro, lrom the'etfects o poi.on extracted lrom a cork which it was hew ing. Tin' cork had Im-cii u-cd in a hottlecontainiii"; the deadly drur. A jjreiitec" appeariii'j: loali r addressed an insulting remark to a married lady in Troy, N. Y.. the other cveniiiir. She had a p.iil of yea-t in la r hand, and an-wcred his illlM ltilieli-e with a dadl of the livtdy lioiiid w Inch coven d him from head to foot. His friends now regard him as a ri.-inr youiifr man. A man in Vernon county, Midi., sent Ins two children, a few nights ao, aln-r the cow s. 'They did not return. Mid the next inornin the lather started iii search of them, lie found tin- feet of one and the clothes of the other, they having Im-cii devoured hv tw o lx ars. The animals were traded to their dell-and killed. A Lafayette (hid.) Ixy is out of lin k. Recently he drank a pint of Ive, thinking it was ci'ler, and as soon as fie was well, while he was phn injf shinny," had two linecr on his riht hand di-hwated hy a I. low from a c hili, and w hile on his way home, howling with pain, fell down and hroke his arm. That is nil to date, hut he is an invaluahle hoy for an editor. At Carliondalc, 111., the other cvi tiin, John M. l!ruh. in rei-terin his name at the Planters lloii-e, spilled ink on the resist r, w hieh provoked tin ch ikof the Iioiim'. 'I hey cot into a iiiarrel. in w hieh the proprietor of the hoii-c, J. W. Md )oiiald, took the part of the clerk ami the nsiilt was that I'.ru-h was shot and in-taut ly killed hy a revolver in the hands of MciMiald." The atliiir Teates inteii-e exeiteiin ut. winy: to the popularity of Ih u-h ami the tact that the provocation was trilling. I'.ru-h was mi old army te'; irraph oj r ator and hihl' c-tccnied hy ail w lio knew him. 10. "V. Stnitton.a well-know ii resident ol Titu-ville, I 'a., and prominently known in huine-s circle, committed suicide recently, while lahorinjr under incut. d al mtration. lie had In--n sick three or four d:iy. and on the morning of the l.it.d tri'dv. he recjue-ti-d his attendant to o for a pltch. r of freh water, and as the Liter ros.e. the threshold on his return he aw Stratton standing hefore the lookiuj;jrlass w ith a ;li-tciiiir raor in his hand, wliieh he drew twi-' acro-s his throat, near ly entirely severing the heail. lit -pit'ed ahuo-t imiucdiati ly. (hie moridii- recently Vance I lent went to a ehooldioiis,. at uiiicy. Owen ciniutv. hid., and u-ked Salem C. Hardin, a h-aeher employed then-, to lend him a hrooiu to swop the Christian Church. They "jot into a ijuarrcl aljoiit. the liroom a id I ) ut -truck at Hardin with a knlle. Ilaluiu Ian If pur-i.ed hy I tent, who a:;aiii struck at him, inllietin-ra had wound and telling him to tin- cartii. Hardin trraspi d a stick of wos as he rose and hrouirht it down o:t Hent's head with fri'htlul force, causing instant death. Valu e iN'iit has always Im-cii a s'acealile man ami is a wealthy lanin r aui old citizen. II irdin is will known and ;r really r-te nied. atid the allair has create 1 -rcat excitement in Ouincv. I'oreiicn (oiii. Tin1 cxjmiisc l" runiiin-; railroad in Italy i enormous. Kvery ton of coal i hoiiirht in Kn'Iand. co-tin' jlU (-.'old) h r ton, and is tran2orlcd at an enormous cost to Italy. Saint e Marguerite, where Marshal I'.aaiiic w ill end hi day s, is a small island in tin- Mediterranean, oil the southern coa-t of France. It was at Cannes, lhe point of cinh ukatioii for thi l-land. that Napoleon landed on his return from Kllia. Coiisiderahle u-e is In hi"; made of -as in Kill-land a a means of lihtinjr mines, A steani-iet is u-ed to draw ra into and lon-c it d)wn a pi;c to the hottomof a mine. The jet can he applied to almost any depth. It i. now in n.e ."i0d yards helow the stirfair of the found. -The name if IJoer Tichhorne will he handed dow u to pos-ei ity hy other mean thanhy the fame of the"rrc.it trial which I n."v j-oinjf on. The returns from the M-al registrars In Knidand -how that nearly one hundred children have, hy their parents, N-cn named l.'o'i-r TiclilM.rne. Commercial to tin' l.tt, tic liarlm; whola'dy lied at London, on Ix in-.- infonucil tli it he could not recover, tin-d ay Nd'oie hi death tran-l. rred $r,...-o,iHiu o 1 nephew, I.ord Northhrook. iu order to
save the legacy duty which would have had to In paid had he 'iveii the money hy his will. The passengers carried hy the railways of (ireat Jiritain in 1 72 reached the enormous total of I.'.'I.IMI.OOO. The total liiliillier carried In ls"0 was only 7."l.tj-'. The iiicrea' Is mainly owin totheconstriK tioii of underground and other sulsurhati lines leading out of the lare cities. Ireland is proiiiin hy the lar'- increase in the price of coal in LnIaiid. The i-land is know u t contain many rich coal tields, w hi i have U eii hitherto w orked on u very small scale. Canitali-ts are
now hcmum-; to look to the-,- as proiitahlc investments, and preri;tratioiiM are Ihin made to work the coal on a lari- scale. Iurinrthe trial of Mar-lial l.aaiue, his wile, tlioil'dl detplv a fleeted hy the dreadful suspense, did not oe courage. She considered her hu-hand entin ly iiiuitceiil, and kit up his sjdrits lyh sol an hoiiorahh. acoiiittal. lh r faith inhi innocence, and licr clu-erful demeanor w hen in his company, irreatlv ciicnurai:e the marshal. Madame Ua.aiue i- ulniut twenty-live years of a'e, ami a Mexican hy hirth. She lias Im-cu residing in a very retired way at Versailles with her two'childreii. 4-ii nntl i:iii. Motto of the lard inaiiuf.n tun r : " I'll try." San Franci-co contemplates the hi:rj.rct hotel yet. Why is a sdii-h friend like the letter "i IW caiisc, though he is the lir-t in pity, he is the la-t ill help. A Fort Plain .. Y.) merchant advertise his i-oods at. oxyun. That man ha alw ays steered clear ot' newspapers. Two clcrryiucn ot HeK'alh county, 111., w ho have Kcpinf uifiirate a--coiint of the exiNii-es of their tahlcs, with a view to ascertain the exact amount retidicd to cwpi ly iti or-loeo-y eater with rood plain 1'om, find that they dilh r ten cents imt w e k in the amount. One puts it at ninety cents and the other at one dollar a week. So says the Sycamore lb-pub-I if ii n. Ainon the question rale 1 1cfore the Supreme Court in the ;-e ot IVrtcct, the hieai inurden r, was the curious one that the state's Attorn-y, Mr. P-s d. had W roii-rfiillv quoted it I'taill pa-.l-.re- ol Scripture iii his cloinr -jsi ch. The pa sa'es in ipie-tiou were lrom the M-veral sUtcineiit--ivcn hy the four evaiicli.i of the inscripiion on the cro-s. The.m Hate Court tMk no notiv of the point. The ou ncrddp cl" nnc-fourth ol I'mrIand's laud hy a score or so of families has a likeiie-s in' California, where there are eleven hundred owner of fifty million acre- over thirteen thousand acres each. This land is now used only for j-raiii-, and is rated at a comparatively low valuation ; hut its appreciation is liaMe to make a lew thoii-and Astors out there within a few years. A oiiiil' man in New Jersey files his I father for loaned money, which the lather claimed was lus ov n jro-crtv. 1 he tat tier's counsel, in suiiltnmr up the cae of his client, remarked: "Twi-cha thisprodi--.ral returned to tin father's hoii-e. twice has In In-cii reccivisl w it h ojm-ii arms, t w nifor him has th- fatted c.ill'leen killed, and now he come hack and wants the old cow." The icannt hu-im -s i- not overdone, thoiiv;li it may m-ciu to In-. Old Virginia is ju-t waking up to the lad that tin re iniore money iu these " e-ooN-r." as they are called, than in tohaeco. All land i'cheap iu that State, hut the sandy and lllii 1 1 x it : i iir section that an- ls--t si;iti-l to the rai-injr o M-anuts i- Ic-hlat w -llni-Ji nothing. A I inner near Norfolk ha ju-t Im'-cii te-tin- th- ih aunt capacity of sm h a piece of laud, and has raised a crojt. on a few acn w hieh has netn-d him ... . Men of small eap'Ml should conilcr thi fact, and reflect -i-riou-ly on tin pi--ihilitie of the "des,jsed peanut." There I- a jrrcat deal of d'h:if( w hat plant it was with a 'rifoliate leaf which st. 1'atrick Used a- an illustration w ith w hieh to convert the ;rcnt Iri-h kin-; to a lx li I iu the doctrine of the Trinity. The tendency of modern investigator is to the NI'h I'll. at it was the sori'i I. Vsitii nrr1, -lin. jmd not the traditionary clover. In like maimer tin re i a du! a to w hat wa the thistle w hi h the S-otch u-1 to st V ti e inarch of their haihiric harct'Mtted invailer. Tin "vncial U-liel. too. settled doWII oil the i hoi or.M i-i;i 1 1, tu m, and thi was finally s lei -ted to plant ov r thetoinoot Kuril. 1'iiit tin-pie-:i..i has Im-cii r::i-"l a vain hy the ili-eoer that an old lod-e of Scoii-h Free Masons have lroin linn- ininiciuorial n-ed what tin y regarded a the " S ot h thi-tle" in their initiation rites, ami that thi vv a what i now know n in rardeii a the holy thi-th- SiU.'ii,i. gr Cir.linn Mttri win of I. inna-us. Prof. I'.alfoiir -ay it i- not a native of Scotland. I it was formerly inueh eultivafsl hi garden. A l'aiiur Ihiomcs a Millionaire. In the autumn of 171 there arrived iu thi city a youn-; n-rni.-ni from tl city of I.'et kliiiLrhaUM ii. Westphalia, in a state ol most at'ject poverty. He .--.'ivc hi name as Louis St mkopt, and said that he had Inch rolihed of all hi clothes oil lni.ird tincuiiirraut ship. To ai:vravate hl ini-ei v. he In -came iillicted vv ith rheiuuati-iii. and wandered iilsnit the street of New York lami-hed and rajrirod. Finally a humane count ryinan of hi took pity on him and pit him admittiil to tin- (o-nnau ho-pPal. Whence poor Sleilikopf wa- i!iehar-il -hoi tly alti-rxvar I w ith only a few shillii ; in hispiN'ket. II" was thrown iijmui tintown avain iu tin- di ad of lie- hard w in'er of 171-2, and he w ,i- soon more mi-craM" thancvi r. t )ne day in the Mimnii-r l 17.1. I'V that linn- having Im come atilthyai.d li-j-tilitiir lM--.'.'ar. In- pitcoiisly licked .f a I'clici iii.iii to have han -cut tothe 1-1. md. There he remained two neuitli. w hen Insuddenly received, through tlieOerman con-iiI. a h ttc r w ith an cm lo-un- of S too and an ur.'ent n-qtie-t to return to 1 1 i - h-r-maii hoinc. A lew hour ata-r the New k tauer i-i: d a hai It r le 'p and a clothiii stre and wa- trati-torioi d into a trcntlciuan. and tin- m-xt steamer carried him hack to the Fatherland. I'pon hi ai rival at Ke kliii'.diaii-eii. Stchkopf foil i id lha two of hi xxialthi'-t nlatiehad died sud-l'-lilv, and that he. their sole relative, whoa short tini" ! fore had U-rtred aim In the stn-ct of Nrw ork. ha I all o a Sllddetl hecoine poe-cd o real Ctatc at. d stock valued at twelve hundred tl -and thaler. A more shiirular and sudden revilldoii of tortillie ha ran ly take n place -V. J. Sun-I-ty Mrrary.
The Kxprcsslon ut Kinotiou iu Man ami iuiuuN. From a n view in the )ivlrnt f Mr. Harwin's new work under the al.ve title. We make the follow extract: Mr. Harwiii's dhji-cts in this di-cii--ion are M-veral. One of these is the di-inoii-stration of the fact that the motional cxrc ions of loan nre similar to tho--of some animals. dilli-rinf only iu tln ir -,-n-at-er variety and comidevity." Another olt-
Ject is to -how how the luodcs of CXUresion have on-.-iii.ited iu man or hi-animal prc-.-enitrs. In order to do this, he analyzes them, tracinjr the niovcineiits to wliieh exn s-ionsof the ta.-' and Ixsly andue. to tin ir ai'propiiatc inu les. iii-nc-, and -.'aii'.dia. lhe lar r rtiou of the work is oc upi.-d iu showing that all expn ion of emotion, hodily ami f.i ial. has had its uriirin in two way in ai-conlanee with which hecla-ities them , follow: "I. Tlif Jirinrifi'e of frrrtihlt ati idatfd k ihiti. 4'ertain complex action arc of direct or indirect servi--' under certain state of th" ni'nd in order to relieve or jrratify certain sensation. di-ir etc., and w hciicv-r the same state of mind i- indu--ed, however fechly, there is a telilency, through the force ot hahil and a-oeiatioii, for the -aine movement- to le x rlonned. though they may not then lc of tjie ea-t u'. Some actions ordinarily a-oeiatc' throii-;h hahit with certain state of the mind may 1m partially rcpn - l through the w ill, and ill Mich -a- the lllU-ele which are h a-t under the separate control ol the will an- the mo-t liahle still t act. causing ino incuts which wr re-o"-ni.e a express ivc. In certain other ea-cs the cln ckinr of one hahitual luovcim nt rqiiire other slight movements; and tln-M-are iikewi- t xpressjve. II. Iht vnni xple of nutiti'i. crtain states ot the mind lead to certain hah il ual action., which an- of M-rvii-e a under our lirt principle. Now. when a di-n-ctly opposite state of mind 1 hidm-ed t hew i a strou-; and involuntary tendency to the H-rfiruianee of movement of a directly opM.site iiatun-, thou-.'h these an- of no u-e, and sudi nioveiiiciif an In some cases highly cxpn-ive." This i- -imply a part of principle . "III. 7'i- pri'icijiU cf afti'iH d'lf tu lit tinitiitir of the. nrrrm nstrm, indfprn liHily f'ro-n thf firit, (,f tht trill, ari't iii'lrKinfriitly t' a ttrtiiitext'-uf of ha,it. M In II the M n-oriuill is strongly ex-ited in-rve lorci' i reiterated in i vn , and is trau-mitteil in certain d finite direction. dejM-iidilljr on the connect ion of the liervett II and partly on hahit ; or the supply of nerve-force may. a it apM-ar. U- inti rruptiil. Ktli-ct are thu prihii-el which we reco-ritie a cpn iVC. '1 hi third principle inny. lor the sake of hn-vity, he calh-il that of tin- direct action of th" nervous system." As the siinple example ol the irt inishof expression certain inovcmt ?it !' Ui' eves are iiofii-tl. 'f hu we naturally rai-e the ey cl.row w h-ii ciideayorinv; to remeinIht soiiiethiinr. a wc do wln n looking all round to try to di-covcr some ol.jeet. We turn the f.a"c partly away, and olu n close the eye more or le, wln n rcje tiii-r a prejMt-itioii. a though xvc do not w ish to Me ail ohject. Pi-r-oll sometimes close their eye from a similar -an-e. when d--crihin a painful or horrid -itrht. Ainoiii low r animals a tew jM.'mts illustrate the iroo-:tioii t rx clearly. Thu. i-Ti-ry one knows how a cat pu-he w ith it expanded ton- feet wln-n plca-ed hy tn -. Thi " evidently the r-i-t-iit hahit of the kitten which pre--- the mother's hna-t when suckim:. A do; hi cnepin on it prey ln it icet slowly for the piirjMiM' of ayoidinr noi-c: and wlnn li-tei,in attentively to any sound or ot- rx iii ir an ohji et -f iin-n curio-ity a d-- will .tn-n lrom mere hahit. stand with a foot elevated i i the air. lo-r -cratch thcniM lvs with their hind h L's. It i familiar to everyone that the motion i n ated in the air w lieu tin' hack i lcin;r scratched hy a man. I -.'-. when tin y wi-h to e-o to ecp on a carpi t orotln r hanl siirt ie'. nerally t arn round and round, and cr.it h w ith their lore paw in a seni le manner, a it tin-y iiit tided to trample down the -Ta ami sciMipoiit a hollow, a no ilouht tlnir wn.i,,r.;ni-.ii i wnni iitin nvci on t h n. j:ra-y pia.n or iu tin- vvoihI-. , Ja k:"--l llllfis. .1111 l'l III 1 41111-1 .1111111. tl- III III'-Milo-rjeal -.rank ns treat tin ir straw iu this manner." Tin- second c!as ot expression, or the antithetic, i i!!u-tratl a follow.: the do-.r, when approaching an neinyir when tilh-d with a lio-tile intent, di tin s-ms tinhead, erect- tin-ear and the hair of tie hack, carries the tail stiilly le.it. d. an-1 ! Ill'ltltt'llllal ! ri'ri.l Ml!ti.lll tm l'l U-ltLd ' -lowly toward the o'ij--ct of hi ili-lik-. h ii. on tin- other hand, h" tin-it hi ma-ter hi- inoxenieiit- and attitudes are n-tnai kahly the n v r-e. Thu-the w hole IiimIv i- tiuowii into fh xiioii niovemciit. the tail is low i n d an-1 w ajrind In-ni side to -i 'c. the hair i no h-ncr en-el. and the e:.rs ar l'-pri - d. Tin- i-ounti iiatn di play plainly the -ratification whi'h he lis I, fhi-i-a ;i-' of true :-.!ifithi i. the ih xiious movements having no nn anin-j of thelil-i he, i I relation to the si a-ion of tli-p laying at!i-etioii and ftieiid-hip. hut tni 1 1 r apfiareiiily adopti d a tin- xtn tinrcver ef the i xtm --ion of hostility. Tinlatter i. re readily explained iii aii ordancc with principle lir-t, tin- po-ition .---uincd hy the iii Im-U' a CUIlMilelieeof IUUclllar eoiitraetioii-. pn-aratory to an attack on the iiemy. The cpre--ton (f tin1 hii'ln r animal j ic h r ( -motion are shown hy Mr. I .mv in to lie iili ntie:,l with tlm-i-if man. In the ex!i'e-i.ill -t hostility the ohji-ct i to strike ter-or into the ciieiuy hv har-h sounds or the ateiiiuix hsiksiit all aniuia!-. Iii tlnr (ii-leavorto attract tin- opposite cx the voice and maninrs ri nine a- mudi of ls-auty a- Mt--i!ile. In the extremity of utl'er ini' tin' -i-utid an- particularly viletit and pi' rein jr. Animal an I un-ti i-rn t the hair wln n much alarmed. T! i- ha Ut n ofV-n oh- - rved ill tin1 cae ( tuoliki , w l- T1' tinhair ri-e cm r tin' w hole ImhIv. Tic -aim-pin iioiiii in n i- cx hi I Mil d hy cli! ajr--d a'liuial. Tie- jroril'. t. f ir iu-tance. rectaud throw h-i ward hi cre-t of hair, hi no-tril are dil ititl. ami under li; thrown dow ii : at tin- -aine time ho utter- hi characteristic yell, iii -ivrin-d. it Would mi in, til ti rrily hi-ant.-r.'oni-t. In die.' the hair ii rci tii throui-li :m-.'i r and h ..r, and in cat throii-jli i ar ah'iic. Ll tin- -nine w.-y hirdnet I heir feat in r ; and Mr. Oarwin jrive. iu iilii-trati'-n. haracn-ri-tic tiun of the hen and the -wan. w ith t xpatidi-d w in:r. tail. ( t-. flalioon Ihri ateii eai h otln rhy (i:playinjr tin ir tct th f'V yaw n'm. and not, a the
camivora do, hy chvatin-,- their lip. Nunc of them di-play their anyer hy sirik-in-r the "Touti I wit hone hand. a aii an-.'ry loan strikes the t.Jde. Silne luolikeyri iirw red iii the l.ut when unry, and other xut their lips. Ju-t as human children do. Aii amu-inir cut of a poutin c hhiipaii.cc illu-trate the fact. In n ctideavorin' to thread a in-ollc or j-etliTiu some little action which require pr-i-ion, men naturally compn- the lips, prohaMy for the j iirH.-- of avoiding a dis-tuihaii"-' 1'f tin- of.je( t hy hn-athiii-;. Mr. Harwin records his ohcrvatiou of the -aine movement iii a yoim-j ttraii; w hich wa s'n k. It wa nmuin; itself In trying to kill the llie on the window pane with its knuckle. This was ditlleult, as the tlie hued ahout ; and nt ea- h attempt the lifts were firmly comprcsM-d and at the -ame time slightly protruded. l lie la.-t cluht chapter. ! the work are dvoie-l to the explanation of the complex
cxpre--ioii-of the human fai-c, in accordainv with the three principle laid down at the out t o 'the ar-ruinent. Hi explanation of the origin of the cpri--ion de-iioiin-; sorrow i highly curi-m. In intuit almost jdl form of I i -i 1 1 ; t". -i t and di-saii-faction arc expr -l hy loud screams and contractions of the muscle, of the flee. The ees are tightly Clos.-., so that the kin round them fs wrinkleil. aii'I the toreheaI contracti-d intoatrown. The mouth is wide ojxii mi: 1 the lip p tractcd in -u li a manner as to a-Minie a quaridi outline. 'J hee contraction had already lxi-n explained hy Sir i harh-s j;. II. hv sav in-r that thi i"a i prov iioii lor supMrin-' ami deii tiding tin1 vaeu!ar -tern of the i ut rior of the eve from a retroLTade iinpus- comiiiunicatl to the MimmI in the vein," under the in.'u-eii--of the violent expiration accompanying lau --liter, wc pin, coi;-;hinr, or sin-e-in. Fr the same reason, a man clo4s hi ey-s when hlowii--; Iii- iiom. SImhI-diii-"of tears Mr. I arw in account. for as follows; "At the same time the spasmodic preure on the stirlan' of tin- eve ...... the di-'-!"!"! of the vcsm-I within the eye, w ithout necessarily utailin' any con-M-ioii sensation, will atl'eet. through relh.-x action, the lachrymal jjl.uid-. finaliy, through the three principle: of in-rvc-fon-e nadn'y p;Linr alon ai--ii-toiiicd haiim 1. ol a oi-i.ition w hieh I o widely extendisl in its Miwer, and of certain action l -inr mort umler tin- control of the will than other it ha come to pas that suth rin-r nadilr causes tin .i-ei-ction ot tear without h in necessarily aivompaliied hy any other action. We mu-t j:is over hi interc-tinr explanation of the expression di-notin-r hili spirit. love, determination, hatml, contempt, ruilt. surjiri-e, etc.. and la to hi.-di-M-ription of hlu-hin. He n inaik that "hlu-hin-r i the ino-t M-culiar and the ino-t human ol all cupn-s-ion. Monkeys nsld n frotit pasim; hut it would reuire an overwhi lmlu amount of ( vidnce to make it hclicvc that any animal could hlu-h. The nsldi nin of the fae fnxn a hluh i due to the relaxation of the lnucnl.tr coat of the small arteries, hy w hieh the capillaries Nconic tilled with hloisl; and thi dcs-nd n tin j-rot-cr vaoniotor center IreillSf Htlift'sl. N iloutit. it there le at the -ame time much mental agitation, the jn-iier.il circulation w ill le ath-et-eil lso; hut it i not due to tin- action of the heart that the network of minute vesm Is covt rin the faee N-coiic-, under a sciim' of shame, roriril witli hhxsl."' . . . "We cannot i;uw a hlu-h hy any phv-ical means; ... it is tin' mind which nia-t Im atl'ectcd. r.Iushin; is not only involuntary ; hut the wi-h to n-train it. hy lcadic to m lf-att ntiin. actually increases the t-nd-iicy. Infants m verand idiots rawly hlu-h. and women hlu-h mui It men- than nu n. i'dii-hine; i chiefly to N' oh- rveil on the exoi-i njriou. the I'.ti'e and neck and to some extent tin- npH-r part of the die-t ; In-nce it i thoiihr that exposure ha acj it-toimsl tin- vcm Is of these n i"ii to mow n-ady contraction and (Apau-iou. All jeople with li-.dit--olori-il -kin hlu-h more or le-s; whiie hl.n k ru e cxhihit traces of tln sann- trait, and thc.v is r ason to lielievc only ilitli r from others in Coneq!c!ice (.f the ohsirity of llie color of the skin i;:iisdn" I u-uallv accompatii.sl hy ix. ci.liar mov.-mcnt. . -'iieiallv tin- av. r-'on of the h.-ad or . and al-o hy conttiion of mind. On niiiny infoiuit Mr. Oarwin i liil to helieve that the i.ntiusiiate call-e of hhlshilix i a ili-t lirhalH-e of tin- cerchral cireula' in. The n-mai kahle sympathy twit ii tin' internal and external apdlary circulation render thi ex huiatioit highly prohnHc. Tin' lie ntal tmit which h ad to th: dNturhain-e i ' f-iitriiti.in hi it various tonus. Thi attention, he thit k-. ha hadn t'-n in-e iu the licjriiiiihijr to -i r-oiial nppcar.iiM -. and not to moral conduct. He say of it : "Our si If-afti-n-tioil I excited almost cXchl-ivi-ly hy the opinii-ti of otln-r-. . . . I'.very imhi Ii i ! h'auie nion-aeiite than j rai-e. Now, w hciiever we know or sn-iji-r that otln rs are dcpni i.it in jr our m r-onal uppearance, our titti ntioii i stroii:ly ilrawii toward our-clvc. inori (- aally tow an I our fait-. Tin prohahli-1 fl". et 'i.f thi w ill lie tii t xcite into actlv ity that nart of tin- sen ory nerve of the fait-, and thi- will read, throujrh tin- va.-oniotor system, on tinfacial capillaries. Py frcqm nt n iti ration throii-jh huiiiIn rle jrem ration. tin1 roit - w ill have U-coine si hahitual. in aociatioii with the It lief that otlnr aw thinking of u. that even a su-pii ion of tln ir di pn-ciation sulllc- to relax the capillaries, without any conscious thoujrht ahout our l.nt-," of other fXprc-ion nf f.n-e and Uxly which an-evidi-ntly pun lv n fh x.imd not under control of the w ill. Mr. Oarw iu -itc sweating and tn nihlin nmler iin-ntal excitement, iucrcaM-d m crctioii of .damls.and tioii-p-tcnf ion of it content hy the alimentary canal front similar caiiM-. I low completely faci.il expn-io:i I a n -ult of iiiu-cular contraction ( w here color i- not an eh incut) i di-inoii-ratd hy ex--rinii nt cited, when' 1 r. Hucheiine ;ri!uiti tin- xpre-ious di iii d hy pain jralvanie ciirn-nt throu-.di tin- appropri ate litucc. 'I he lniisi I" ot Iriidit i the thin ulM-'ltaln-iu p! ityona of each i !' of tin1 tni k. and the strong dow nw.ird traction of the whole lower part of tin- f.n haracti r-i-tic of terror may U- n adily ppxluecd hy ralvaiii-m. At the ame time, tin- vihrow an- elevated hv tnu-ciilar contmlion jmluci'il hy another cum nt. and the xp a s-ion i f horror i -oi-oniph V- a- to U-reeo'-lii.isl 1'V 't TV oh-i ni T. r.iiilder- In P.iri utilize old sardine hoxis ,v fillir.' thou with mortar and n.-injr tin ia u h:i..k. to huild Lou-es w ith'
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