Show THICK AND THIN SKULLS now scientific curiosity b has tackled the thickness and thinness of skulls our scientific correspondent writes to us as follows on the subject Is the human skull growing thinner is a question raised by mr IN B cooper who endeavors to prove by generally accepted laws of evolution that such must be the tile case these laws laws teach that the stronger organisms must survive the weak in tho the scrugg struggle b e for life and that all living creatures possess the natural tendency of becoming accommodated to altered circumstances I Z cum stances within certain limits mr cooper argues that when barbaric warfare and the dangers of the eba chase c were common occurrence the law of natural selection must have operated to eliminate individuals with skulls too weak to withstand the severe shocks to which they were exposed adaptation also must have exerted ried an influence in causing the bony armor of f the brain to become thickened to serve as a protection for that delicate organ with civilized man a change is found natural selection no longer lias has special occasion to remove persons of weak crania as the skull is seldom exposed to violence except it be in democratic ward meetings in the city of I new deiv york orin or in a republican congressional caucus at washington F for or the same reason the law air of adaptation which like all evolutionary laws may be cither either progressive tor or retrogress retrogressive i ve tends rather to decrease the skulls thickness than to increase it the brain no longer having need of a strong protective co covering vering mens skulls arc are now less exposed to violence than at any former period in the worlds history but in view of the fact that the W most advanced races of today to day were barbarians a few centuries ago itis it is obviously too early to look for any great change lie he maintains haw bew ever that in accordance with his theory the brain roust must ICE fast losin losing its bits shield and points out that it is no unusual event nowadays to hear of fractures ascribed to unusual thinness of the skull we shall soon expect to hear of brains unprotected by the bony inclosure similar to the eggs without shells A FRENCH MANU manufacturer claims the discovery of making use of the leaves of the eucalyptus tree as a substitute for tobacco leaves in cigars gars the eucalyptus leaves emit a delicious odor in burning in this case they would be a great improvement on the customary prima an ma donna Stin Stine cadore adore observances BO 50 XV the poets and romancers romancer of all ages inform us arc are most but only so when resulting from mutual consent and within legitimate bounds otherwise kissing for it is this we mean may become an expensive expression of enthusiasm as shown by the following paragraph from a aiss miss rosa van dieman of mih au fcc has brought suit a against ainest adolphe because ho he kissed her sho she claims damages she avers that ho lie then and there did seize plaintiff by the shoulders put his arms around her hen neck eckand and did then and there kiss her ber and by reason of said act the plaintiff was greatly pr catly hurt in her feelings and suffered and underwent great reat mental distress poor girl I let the cruel wretch be summarily dealt with what is is for a girls mental distress were that aggressive adolphe in victorias realms lio lie would have found out that there are no rosas roas without thorns and he might even have been compelled to do penance in van biemans Di emans ia land nd |