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Show BELIEVE TELEPATHY. American Fork World II; W. K. THESE MEN ACCEPT IT AS ONE OF THE SCIENCES. HMITI1. AMERICAN FORK, UTAH. trnokni Convinced tho It doea not take long for profuaa apologies to become a nuisance. There la suspicion that the Mayor ol Baltimore, who vetoed a high hat bill, may have been the victim of feminine coercion. The crowded Jails, penltentlarlea and lunatic asylums should teach ua that we oae not doing all that we ought to do for mankind. The man whom Iilondin carried on his back across Niagara la still alive. The fool killer has really been dead longer than we thought. Roads arc so bad In Connecticut that a funeral procession there had to taka to the trolley cars. The older states are apparently aa neglectful of roads as some that are further west. If Texas Bhould take It Into her head to burn a negro just now, it's safe to aay some New York paper would have a "commissioner on hand to take c singed atatement from the victim. LI Hung Chang's Grand Army badge la a sight more ornamental than that old yellow jacket and bedraggled peacock feather the Chinese Emperor took away from him some time ago. Mrs. Desant, theo sophist, la quoted as saying that offerings of burnt butter to the gods might produce an electric current that would bring rain. It might pay irrigation committees to look Into this. An unemployed man In Chicago supported two persona beside himself, and sometimes three, for three months, on 118. The bad times are teaching hard lessons of economy, some of which may be useful in the future. INO ho the Easter bonnet With a lot of things upon It Newand bright; And the avenue parade Of the maidens all arrayed Laboucheres instanre of a woman having been cured of kleptomania by a good whipping la something of an Indorsement of our late Delaware whipping-post. The record of Delaware reforms is not. however, at hand. There Is a national, "almost a patriotic," movement In Japan to Induce ths people to become eaters of meat .Ths Japanese are intelligent Imitators oi Europeans and Americans, and it seems that many of them think because of its general use by other nations that there Is promise of physical and mental improvement in the substitution of flesh foods for rice and other cereals. If a favorable result fols lows this change of diet, the will be hilarious in proclaiming it against the vegetarians. meat-eater- The British Post Office Savings Bank years o lately completed thirty-fiv- e existence, and a summary of the results eachsd Is given in the Pall Mall Gaxette, which ten years ago gave an account of the progress of the system for the quarter century completed In 1888. The journal In question showed that, beginning In a very modest way, only 435 deposits, amounting to 951, having been received on September 18, 1861, the first day on which business was transacted, there were during 1885 8,474,484 deposit!, amounting to and on December 31 of that year the sum of 47,697,838 was standing to the credit of 8,535,650 depositors, In addition to which 30,597 depositors held government stock of the nominal value of 2,452,252. These figures bore ample testimony to the thrifty habits of a considerable proportion of the habitants of ths United Kingdom, and to the facilities for saving afforded by -- the post office pseudo-scienc- Tlmes-Heral- excellent leaf that the Wisconsin people In talking of It can hardly avoid speaking Spanish. Our judges often enunciate sound principles in morals aa well as In law. In the New York Supreme Court Justice Pryor lately gave his opinion oi marrying for money. A lawyer said, "Admit that the man was after this woman's money to better and elevate his position In life. Is there anything reprehensible In that?" The Justice replied, "It Is Infamous to marry a So woman simply for her money. far as is known an appeal from this decision was not taken. TIico-opli- y HE fact that Prof. William Crookes, the Inventor of the tube which made the Roentgen ray a possibility, publicacknowledged ly the existence of brain waves has lifted telepathy, or transferthought ence. from out the and ranks of elevated It to the plane of accepted Others fact, says the teleof existence claimed have the the public but for years, many pathy Las been chary of accepting their assurances and explanations as the whole thing smacked too much of charThe eminence of Prof. latanism. Crookes In the scientific world, however, Is reckoned a sufficient safeguard against Imposture, and his statements within the past fortnight will certainly lead other men of recognized ability, who have hitherto stood aloof, to take hold of the subject and sift It thoroughly to the bottom. What practical benefits accrue to mankind from a perfection of the science la something of a problem, but Prof. Crookes outlined these In his address to the Psychical Research society when he suggested the possibility of one person, by means of intense thought and the telepathic chain, communicating with another without regard to distance. This, of course, he said, was provisional anil had not yet been demonstrated by practical tests. At all events, he contended a study of thought transference would preface a more profound study of man, nature and of all things and stimulate Investigation Into unexplored paths of science, principally psychical phenomena. In France and Italy telepathy has been more extensively Investigated than In this or any other country, but the experiments of Dr. J. B. Ermacora of Padua and of Dr. Baraduc of Paris, while painstaking and unique, have received small recognition from the sober minds of tho scientific world. The work of these two men from now on. however, will probably be examined with minute care, and If tbelr claims are satisfactorily established some interesting developments must ensue. Dr. Baraduc goes further than the others, so far as he treads upon the fringe of theosophy, and that very fact has deprived his Investigations of serious consideration. He not only contends that thought waves are a fact but he claims that they can be photographed and that he haa photographed them. He claims the existence of a vital or psychic fluid, and he demonstrates this fact by two curious instruments called magnetometers. These consist of two small dials divided Into 300 degrees, with very delicate needles made of annealed copper and, therefore, irresponsive to ordinary magnetic Influences. Each needle is protected against outside contact by a glass case. If both hands, with the fingerB brought to a point, are extended in the direction of the magnetometers, the needle corresponding to the left hand is, after about two minutes, driven back, say from 0 degrees to 5 degrees, whllo the needle opposite the right hand Is moved forward to 15 degrees. Such motions show the existence of a force emanating from the fingers and forming a cir-ed Some tobacco raised In Wisconsin from Cuban seed developed auch an The Duchess of Fife is an ardent devotee of the wheel. She haa recently purchased a very handsome one made of black walnut mounted with brass, and although It la 100 years old she finds It In excellent working condition. With this wheel she spina her own yarn, which she knits into golf stockings for her husband to wear when he dona the kilts. From an industrial and domestic standpoint at least the Duchesa aeema to be all wool and a yard wide. ScIcnllulN Kind rod Itrnnrli Mnny In Franco Iciil to Altu-iklilu- g Itmull Chary at First- - For the sight For sweet the Easter faces That brighten up the places Where they go; With their nodding and their smiling. All our mannish hearts beguiling As they know. Not a man but likes the showing the bonnets In their going Up the street; And our admiration rightly Do we give the sight is sightly. And a treat Of In old times in England (which means about the time of Edward I.) Easter eggs were always sent to the church in large hampers to be consecrated or blessed by the priest These Easter eggs were colored or ornamented in many ways before they were Bent, and when they were returned home they were distributed among the household. There are many ways of coloring and decorating Easter eggs. One of the simplest Is to tie them up, each In a piece of bright calico, and boll until the pattern of the calico Is transferred tn the eggs. Cochineal, indigo or other things can be used to color the water In which eggs are boiled, darker or lighter, according to the quantity of coloring matter used. Nowadays coloring matter of any desired shade can be bought at the druggists for a few cents. These dyes make the egg one plain color. They may be further decorated by writing or drawing upon them with a sharp knife or by pasting upon thorn little scrap pictures or the decateo-manpictures which all children use. Another style Is to heat the egg first by immersing in boiling water. Then draw upon it a picture, or write a name and date with the end of a tallow candle. If the egg is afterward colored by a dye, the greased part will he left a plain white, while the rest of the egg is colored. ie So let's hang the bills for dollars, That are stiff enough for collars Yea, and high; And pray for decent weather For the witching maidens feather, So say L For I love one Easter bonnet With a lot of things upon it. Bright and gay. For the face that's Just below It, ud I care not if you know It Right away. LIKE HUMAN FACES. PHILIP VERRILL MIGHELS. Faces can be drawn upon the eggs, turning them Into all sorts of funny caricatures. A pale yellow egg may have a Chinaman's face, with paper hat and pigtail glued on. An old woman's face may wear a cap or frilled paper. A rabbits head may have two long ears and whiskers stuck on, and another egg may have a fish face drawn at one end and have a paper tall and fins. A clown's face or a darky's, with a big paper collar, may be represented. In fact, there is no end of the funny faces you can think of when you once get started. Easter games played with eggs were always thought much of. Firm, solidlooking eggs were chosen, and one boy held his egg. small end down, and his companion tried to break It by hitting the point of his own egg down on It. The one whose egg remained Intact was the victor, and he was declared "a cock of one, two or three eggs," ac"FISH" AND "RABBIT EGGS. cording to the number his egg had deof the Jewish Feast of the Passover stroyed. The eggs were also used for or Paschal. But far beyond that, balls, and tossed up to see how long among all Eastern nations and In very they remained unbroken. ancient times, the egg was the emSha Did. blem of the opening vernal season, and It had always been the custom for "Jane," said the landlady, severely, friends to present them to each other "where are the eggs for dinner? I told at this time, when all nature was you to cook that dozen I borrowed waking from her long sleep. Hence, from the neighbors. "Yes, mum, but you told me later to they were adopted as specially approMva1 of the be sure and return em." Detroit Free priate to ths Koifl Esirr Egg. The custom of exchanging or presenting Easter eggs at Eastertide dates from the earliest Christian ages. They were called Paas, or Pasque, or Pace eggs. The ancient name of Easter was Pascha, as the first faster occurred .at the time f Tress d. es apart from aolar light, heat, electricity and more or less rarefied gases, we are surrounded by other forces, which we Inhale and exhale through some process analogous to pulmonary respiration. Dr. Baraducs written explanations of his discoveries are not very intelligible on the lay mind, and this fact Induced Annie Besant, tbe noted theoao-phis- t. to attempt a lucid presentation of them. Unfortunately, Miss Besants enthusiasm far the cause of theosophy switched her off from the main point and she befogged her elucidation by Interjecting arguments to show that the whole thing was part and parcel of her beloved theosophy. Moieover, to clinch her argument, she published some pictures which she asserted were reproductions of thought waves. In Judging these pictures she says there are three general principles Involved. First that the quality ot thought determines its color; the nature of thought determines Its form and the definiteness of thought determines clearness of - outline. A devotional thought la shown in clouds of deep blue; anger in flashes of lurid deep red; love In clouds of rose pink; jealousy In dashes of dull green; intellect in circles of delicate yellow. Not much reliance Is placed upon the authenticity of these pictures, as clairvoyants had something to do with their formation, and for that reason they should not be classed with the genuine work of reputable scientists. They show, however, that Prof. Crookes and his fellow workers will be constantly hampered by faddists and eccentric folk generally who will distort real achievements by bogus attempts to outdo them. Dr. Ermacora. the Italian telepathist, has conducted his experiments in a unique way. He has made a child see in dreams many things that she had never heard of before and to experience emotions that DR. BARADUC OF PARIS. she had never felt. This, of course, would be possible by the UBe of hypnotism, but the doctor claims that this power was not invoked. The child would go to sleep naturally at nighttime and the next morning she would be asked if she had any dreams during the night, and she would then tell of them. In a majority of cases she dreamed exactly what the doctor had said she would inspire. Several times he met with complete failure, but the successful attempts proved the general truth of the phenomena. The child, Angelina Cavazzonl, was only 4 years old at the time and her worldly knowledge and experience were naturally small. The child never made a trip on the water and knew nothing of tho distressing malady, but the next morning she told how she had dreamed of being on a boat.how It was tossed about and how terribly sick she was at her stomach. She described all of the regular symptoms perfectly. At other times she was inspired to see wild animals which she knew nothing about, and although she could not describe them by name her description made it an easy matter to Identify them. Pictures and buildings she had never seen she was also Inspired to dream of, and In several cases she described them These experiments quite accurately. continued for a period of several months, but the child never knew, and for that matter, doea not yet know, the part that she played in them. AxaliMt the High Hat. The approach of the centenary of the high hat has led a Paris newspaper to Interview the literary and artistic celebrities of the metropolis on the subject of masculine headgear. Jules the critic and dramatist, says the tall hat la Ignoble;" Gustave says It la neither ornamental nor practical, and Claretle pronounces DR. ERMACORA. OF TADUA. cult through the glass cases. This, ac- It "ugly. Inconvenient, heavy, and Carolus Duran cording to Dr. Baraduc, Is the vital or calls of the It last word the horrible." a force. If psychic photographic plate The general consensus of opinion Is Is placed between the mc.gnr'tomet;T and the hand, either In the dark or In emphatically against the beaver. a faint red light. It will be seen after illunder of Shakespeare. developing that the plate bears the ImShakespeare made some great blunpression of some luminous effluvia ders in his time. Though universally which do not affect the normal eye. Dr. Baraduc nainea the force Issuing believed to know all things, he has In from the left side explr and aspir the quite a number of instances made misforce that entera the right side. He ar- takes in details. He Introduced cangues as follows: If the body exhales non into a period 150 years before canfive units on the left side and Inhale non were invented. He speaka of. printfifteen on the right there remains a difing done In the time of Henry II, of ference of ten units, which In some way clocks in the time of Julius Caesar. accumulates in the human bnttcry and Hector quotes Aristotle and Carlolanus constitutes the psych lc force tint la radi- refers to Alexander. A billiard table ated through the action of the will, or, Is introduced Into Cleopatra's palace; to quote the doctor's own words: "We Bohemia haa a sea coast, and Delphoa are not Isolated in the Cosmos; hut, Is made out to be an Island. re, Lar-roum- headache-producin- g. et |