Show PHRENOLOGY VINmCATED How a Prince of the Church Exchanged Ex-changed His Sword For a Stole The principle of phrenology as laid down bv Gall Lavater and other teadTiers have their ardent disciples as well as their disbelievers but whether < wheth-er thev be true or false there Is a cardinal car-dinal a member of the present college who ascribes to their eheorles the crowning success of his life Some weeks ago Don Anton Casca jares archbishop of Valladolid Spain called upon Senor Bosch the Spanish minister of public works to announce his elevation to the rank of cardinal and receive his ministers congratulations congratula-tions They were heartily given and the new cardinal then made the following fol-lowing explanation of his visit I wished yOU to be the first to congratulate con-gratulate me I shall tell you why One day when you Senor Bosch were about 12 years old your father Miguel Bosch took You to his friend Senor Indaleclo Mateo then master of the ceremonies at the count In order to have him admire your peculiar talent for the exact sciences As you and your father entered the room of Mateo the latter was talking to a captain of artillery You were subjected to an examination and the three men Senor Mateo vour father and the captain were astonished at the unusual talent of the boy The subject of phrenology then came ut Your father was an ardent ar-dent advocate of the teachings of GaIl but the cantain on the other hand had no faith In them After your father fa-ther Chad defended his point of view with all possible laxguments he proposed pro-posed half In lest and half In earnest to examine the head of his adversary the captain The latter readily submitted sub-mitted After Senor Bosch had passed his fingers over the captains cranium he said My examination proves that you will never amount to much as a soldier sol-dier The bump of combativeness is unusually small On the other hand mildness humility and religion are extremely ex-tremely highly developed I feel certain cer-tain that if you evchanee the sword for the stole and the uniform for the priests coat you will become a cor dinalA A short time after this meeting the captain resigned from the army and entered a seminary and the prophecy of your father was fulfilled The captain cap-tain is a cardinalfor I am the captain cap-tain Boston Herald |