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facility of adaptation. ; gist, ithe is any account, wi WHOM TO MARRY. A Phrenologist Gives Away the Se- eret of his Science. specific scientific principle eling human nature as upon knowledge of the world, and intut- tive grasp of character, from the hints that are inseparably linked with the general bearing of a man. ‘“‘Have you any special principle | by which you determine the temper- ments ?’’ é “Yes, sir. The phrenologist classifies the temperaments in a way distinct from the physiologist. It a man 1s made up mostly of bone, and sinew and muscle, we denominate him aman of motive temperament. If he possesses large abdomen, lungs and vital torce, we denominate him aman of vital temperament. If he is built on the nervous principle, |with large brain, poor digestion, small, bony framework and general refinement of bearing, we denormin- ate him a man ot mental tempera- ment. This thing of temperaments hes atthe basis of all our observa- tions. It would be difficult to clear- How to Balance Human Nature— The Kind of Temperaments that Should Unite in the Matrimonial Kind. | “Ot course Ican tell you the se- cret of your life,’’ answered a visit- ing phrenologist, who was running his fingers mmbly over the oblong cranium of a down town clerk last evening on Chestnut street. “Tell a young man the sort of girl he ought to marry?” queried reporter who had accidentally be- come an uninvited spectator. “Certainly. There isa prevalent impression that phrenology is a hum- bug, and that all a phrenologist has to dois to run his fingers over the bumps on the human head, and ci- a a pher out the mind by them. The; ly state what we mean by tempera- however, is a great mistake. I can ment, though it lics at the bottom of everything we teach.’’ tell a clerk the kind ofa girl he ought i ‘*Make much of a haul this week?’ , to marry by an exact scientific t 4 soning.’” “Well, can’t complain. I have ppresccua es ea sold quite a number of bust, and “Based on facts ?’” *‘Of course they are tacts. When I get through with the examination ot this young man’s head, I will take pleasure in proving them to you.”’ ‘Lhe phrenologist carefully adjust- phrenologized upward of a hun- dred.”’ The Biggest Fali on Record. S$. §. Cox at Newark, Ohio. The Republican party as I fall said last before haa an awful big There was never such a tall . | year. ed the tape line over the. ee : Fe in politics since I can remember. muscles of the clerk, drew it back to | 7. a. not exceeded in 18 jo, when apoint eyen with the top of his ears, and caretully noted the measure- ment on a ten cent Fowler & Wells the whigs beat the democrats. I can remember only one story to il- lustrate it. (Lavghter.) And that is about a colored man over Vir- ginia. He got religion, and joimed the Baptist Church, and they said to,him: ‘*Jim, we want you to give in vour experience before you are baptized.’””"And Jim got up, with the sisters around him and _ all the brethren of the church and said: ** Brethren, I will tell you why I got ‘ligion. Last night I was sleepin’, and had avision, and dreamed I saw the ladder ot Jacob let down from hebben. Itcame right down from de clouds, and looked awful beauti- fui, and a voice was heard saying, *Come ud de ladder, Jim, clime up de ladder,’ andI clum. And the voice said: Clime up de ladder, Jim clime, and I clum, and I clum faster chart. Ea **That will do,’’ “Be sure now and don’t forget. Blue eyes and lignt hair. She must not weigh over 150.” The clerk carefully pocketed the chart, pnt on his hat, buttoned up his overcoat and stepped out. “Do you haye many persons con- sult you as to their love affairs?’’ asked the reporter. *“Yes. More than you could im agine,‘only they hate to be seen Anybody would an indelicate he continued. then coming in here. think the house had feputation to note the way many of my friends shoot into the room. ‘“‘Men prefer to keep their love affairs secret,’ suggested the report— ’ er. clumb up to de clouds, and de voice “O, yes; but I see no reason camea saying: ’Clime, Jim, clime,’ ” ? why. andIclumb up trough de rosy *‘How do you find out the special love-bent of the mind ?”* “In this way. I first judge of the temperamentf the person who en- ters the room. ‘This I am enabled to do instaneously. It the young man is of vital temperament, and his mind runs in a matter-of-fact channel, he is apt to look with favor upon a young lady of mental tem- clouds, and de voice came down: saving: ’Clime, Jim, clime,” and I clum, and I clum untill de gates of hebben, where I could see de gates ot pearl and alabaster, and every thing was radient with glory, but de ladder was to short; and | saw an angel standing dar at de gates who said, Chime, Jim, clime, and I clum till I got to de top ot de ladder, and perament. Knowing this, I draw | ge angel saidjump Jim, jump, and the philosophicat inference that a I jumped, and dis nigger got the 7a Ss nigg young lady of deep blue eves, flaxen | gamndest fall that ever any nigger hair and eyebrows is the fate intend- ed woman intended for that young man.’’ “How about torm?’’ “Well, a young man of vital tem- perament doesen’t go so much on } on that idealistic got.’’ [Great laughter and applause Gentleman, lets give them another fall this fall. (A voice; ‘*Give them a hig fall.’”) Missouri in the Front Rank. Washington, D.C., Oct. 9.—Pro- torm as he does formation of the face, which the | fessor Richardson of the agricultural physiognomists call the Grecian, | department has just completed a which is nothing more, however, | two years task of the analysis of than an imaginative excellencey. | some 2.000 from He from Missouri On the other hand, a young man _ of parts of the cou motive temperament always prefers a girl of vital temperamert, aboutthe ideal analy- zed twelve ples who | and twenty six of corn from the same state Te placed Missour: in of States saying that the state lying just and takes This also true of young men of mental- motive temperament. cares les is | the first rank wheat producing west of the Missssippi river are the best wheat growing states in the coun- try, AS A RULE, In corn, Missouri ranks even higher than ia wheat. The Album- inoids and carbchydrates, which are the principal food properties of the grain, being much above the average. Only three states Missourt in the high grades of their corn. tae more angular the the admiration opposite extreme.’” “But how do you weigh the rela- tive phrenological devlopments of your visitors ?"* temperament ater the for the surpass “In the same way that a physician does in diagnosing a patient, I first A Haunted Engine. fix the names of the phrenological | From time to time hints have been organs definitely in my mind and] thrown out concerning the haunted then draw from the general appear- | engine of the Detroit, Lansing and Northern railroad. Of late so much has been said that your correspond- The | €nt determined to inquire into the same phrenological organs, of course | matter. The engine—No 20—is run apply all classes of visitors. | at Epmore as a yard engine by Cal There are some thirty organs in | Platt, from whom I learned that the all, which can readily be localized } locomotive had been the } and remembered s | means of causing the death of sever- {al people, and only last spring rani ance of my visitor an inference as to the extent of his or her development. In this I am rarely deceived. | | whitewashed Sessions, but the grand Jury at Albany found.a true bill against him and he is now on _ trial to A phrenologis shill depends, of course, upon A prenolo- | li not | the side which has run over the bod his | distress. over and killed a man near Portland depend so much, however, upon this | ies keepsup a constant groaning, in unrave | and moans‘like a humane being ip It has since been oiled and? | everything done to stop this noise, | but it has no effect whatever. The | latest freak in which ithas indulged | occurred one day last week, The engine was standing on the track and | the engineer standing beside it, but | no ong was touching any part of the machinery, when the bell commen: | ced ridging and continued for sever- | al seconds. ~ Several persons stand- | ing by witnessed this, and say that thév would swear that it was a fact. Engineer Platt says he not nat- | urally superstitious, but he doesent | know what to make of it -[Detroit Press. 1s Free money He has had large given him, two valuabl in Washington and one in Ph ouses—one rht years a general in the army, fore the salary of the President, ing to $300,000; had, finally, amount- the aid of George Jones, ties tomake money, and it is doubtfl it he is worth $150,000° to— day. As to the Jones subscriptions yet not to blame for its shrinkage. had been injudiviously invested, much so, indeed, that the net inco from it was but small. It was even ity of two or three heavy to the fund it had been vested in certain Is ties of which these same had lots to sell, and that their value soon depreciated in the market. bonds and Gov. Crittenden and Frank James’ Surrender. Epiror Repupiican:—Will you have the kindness to permit me to make the following statement through the columns of your newspaper :—L have seen it published various ways, but always to the same effect, that betore Frank James surrender- ed he had a positive promise from Gov. Crittenden that he should be pardoned it ever convicted; that such pledge was made «in writing: that a copy of it, was in possession ot* Frank James, and that other’ copies were in the kands ot some of Frank James’ friends. 1 negotiated the surrender of Frank James. I knew of his whereabouts months before he gave himself up to the governor. No pledge of any- kind was ever None was ever asked. The men who repre- sented Frank James had too much in given. ally, and too much respect for the high office which he filled, to even think of asking him for a pledge or promise ot any sort. The surrender was absolutely unconditional. Ev- ervthing that Gov. Crittenden ever uttered in the matter, from the when the surrender was t hour first tioned to kimto the present hour, man should have a tarr and impar trial— i nteed to him in com hat the t exacil yon with other law-breaker or criminal. Neither Frank James acting tor him ever de danythieg upon t hi more than this, and it was the simple declaration that the | The Mitchell RacineFarm Wagon. adel- | phia—had for four years the pay of | $250,000 purse raised for him by the } and has had} other money favors and opportuni- | vt $250,000, perhaps Gen. 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