ONE HEAD NEEDED. Gen. Schofit'ld's Testimony in Staff Bill Inquiry. u hat Good In a General II Prrtldeul Only Talk* lo lllin lo Critic ise ■ Hint" Sayn the l.riirral-- Some Other Thing* tliat lie Said. 'Washington, April 12. —The report of the testimony given before the i senate committee on military affairs J by (Jen. Sehofield, formerly the com- i mantling general of the army, on the bill to create a general staff, was made public Friday. He indorsed the ! bill, saying that he had long since : come to the conclusion that there is j no room under our constitution for j two commanders, and that the pres ident, whom the constitution makes the supreme commander, must act through the secretary of war. He added: "The very exalted individual office, so called, of commanding gen eral of the army must disappear, 'j.nere is no room for it in this gov ernment, no matter who occupies it. He must be what other nations of { the earth have, a chief of staff, not j a commanding general. "If we had at the head of the army ! for years the same distinguished gen- ! era I, other things being satisfactory, i that would be very well; but what is j the use of a great general as the < nominal head of the army if the j president will not even talk to him | except to criticise hint, or if the sec retary of war and he do not even see ■each other? What good is he?" Asked why would not the same condition of affairs exist between the chief-of-staff and the president. Gen. Scliofield replied: "Because he would relieve him and get another." The personal relations between the pres ident, the secretary of war and the commanding general are, after all, more important than any law, and that is one of the reasons why this bill is absolutely indispensable, or something like it. You must give to the president discretion to select that man." When asked why the lieutenant •general and president could not con fer as it is, (Jen. Sehofield said they were not on speaking terms, and con tinued: "You will have to get rid of | that intolerable condition by which j this man close to the president, the only man who is available to do | these things, is a man whom the president does not talk to except to criticize him. The result is bad. The president feels the need of such a man, as did the presidents whom I have known. They would say 'I can not do these things; 1 must have a military man to help nte.' Then in j that situation, lie perhaps sends for •colonel or major so-and-so, and he \ finds that he is a bright young fellow ; anil he knows about these things, j and in a few days it jfets to be known ; that 'Tom so-and-so' is commanding ; the army." Remarking upon the provision of the bill for a four years' term as chief-of-staff. Gen. Sehofield opposed I it as coming from "that fountain of error, the congress of the United ! (States, which provides for there- j tirement of the very best men just j when they come to be of the age! when Von Moltke won his greatest triumphs. KILLED AN OFFICER. Chief of Police In Shot to Itrafh by a tlan Wliom lie Had Arrested. Elkins, W. Va., April 12. —Chief of Police P. C. Marstiller was shot and | killed Friday by Wilfred Davis, a woodsman, whom he had arrested anil was taking to the city prison. ] Davis appeared willing togo to jail and offered no resistance until with in 80 feet of the jail door, when he told Marstiller that he would go no further. A slight scuffle followed, when Davis pulled a revolver from his pocket and fired, the ball striking 'Marstiller just above the left ear. Mayor Woodford heard of the shooting and in less than ten minutes hail 30 men on horseback scouring he country for Davis. These were joined later by the sheriff and posse, until there were 100 men in the chase, all armed with shotguns and rifles. Davis was sighted as he came to where the creek crosses the country road. They ordered him to halt, but he started to run and the posse opened fire. He then surrendered and begged them not to shoot him. When Davis was brought back to town a mob of about 1,000 surrounded the officers having him in charge and the cry of "lynch him" soon became a roar, but after hard work the posse got him on a train and landed him safely in the jail at Phillippi. Driven From Their Home*. Pittsburg, April 12.—Fire last night in the Wallace block, at the corner of Center and Highland avenues, caused a loss of about $33,000 and drove 30 families temporarily from their homes. The flames, which originated in the boiler room, spread with won derful rapidity and many narrow es capes by the tenants were made. I<"or Child Stealing. Columbus, 0., April 12. —Mrs. Fran cis L. Taylor, sr., aged 78 years, and her daughter, Miss Francis L. Tay lor, jr., arrived here yesterday from Cincinnati to serve a one-year term in the penitentiary on a charge of child-stealing. Whiten and HlaeliN Clanh. New York, April 12. —Negroes and whites clashed last night in the heart of he Tenderloin district and as a result some 12 or 15 of the former were badly beaten up. The cause of this small-sized race riot was the shooting of Holmes Kasley, a young negro, by a bicycle police man. Kasley had some 1 rouble in the neighborhood and was pursued by a crowd. He drew a razor and threatened a policeman who tried to arrest him. 'The officer drew his re volv«r. Kasley ran and the police, (nap fchot turn. TERRIBLE TRAGEDY. While Lnoklii; tor a Murderer a S»e» ond Virtlm I# l onuil. Detroit, Mich., April 11. —-While the police were bending all efforts early yesterday toward running dowu the slayer of Mis Jennette, whose mu tilated body was found on Thirteenth street Wednesday night, a second brutal murder was discovered. The body of George Henry Heygood was found lying in a pool of blood on the sidewalk on Amherst street, a half block west of Junction avenue, at 5:30 o'clock yesterday morning, a deep gash over the left eye from which the brains oozed, telling the cause of death. An examination of Heywood's body showed that robbery was not the motive. There was but the one ■wound, evidently made with a heavy blunt instrument, as i 1 penetrated the skull and left an ugly cut. De tectives were immediately put to work on the case and they arrested William I". Jones, a roomer in Iley wood's house. The two men are said to have quarreled frequently. The police admit that they have not reached a solution of the murder of Heywooil. A "sweat box" examina tion lasting all day and last evening failed to bring from Jones any dam aging admissions. '.Miss Jennett attended a lodge meeting and was killed while return ing home. Detroit, April 12.—After 21 hours spent in the (irand River avenue po lice station. Prof. Joseph M. Miller broke down yesterday and confessed that he murdered Miss Carrie M. Jennett, one of his former pupils,last Wednesday night with the small hatchet which was found in his kitchen Thursday night with blood stains upon it. Yesterday afternoon a warrant was issued for him in the police court and he was arraigned there at 4 o'clock. He waived an ex amination and was committed to jail without bail. ltis confession is an awful story of impending disgrace and finally mur der as a means of averting it. lie admitted that there had been illicit relations between Miss Jennett and himself for the past two years, and said it was the result of these rela tions that led him to kill her. The girl was in a delicate condition. She refused togo to a lying-in hospital, as he wished her to, and demanded that he abstain his family and leave the city with her. LAID TO REST. The Hody of Cecil Itbode* 1« I*laeed In a Hoik Tomb oil llnt<>|>|>o« 11111. Huluwayo, April • 11.—Amid an im mense throng of soldiers, civilians and natives the body of Cecil Rhodes was yesterday committed to its rock tomb in the Matoppos hills. The coffin was shrouded in a union jack and the wreath sent by Queen Alex andria was laid upon it as it was lowered into the grave. The proces sion was five miles long. 'When the procession was a mile from the grave everybody dismount ed and concluded the journey on foot. Twelve oxen hauled the coffin to the almost inaccessible summit of the kopje, where the chiefs Khembli, Faku and Ujngula and 2,000 natives had assembled to witness the Chris tian interment rites, which they af terwards supplemented in their own fashion by the sacrifice of 15 oxen to the shade of the great dead chief. L.elt Fortune to Catholic Church, Philadelphia, April 11.— l»y the terms of the will of Col. John Mc- Kee, said to have been the wealthiest negro in the country, who died a few days ago, Archbishop Ryan, of the archdiocese of Philadelphia, will come into the possession, as trustee, of an estate valued at upward of $2,000,000. MeKee is survived by one daughter who, has five children liv ing, and by Harry MeKee Miuton, who is the son of a second daughter. This daughter is The surviving daughter is cut off with an annuity of $:SOO, and after her death her sur viving children shall receive annui ties of $.lO each. Harry Minton is bequeathed an annuity of SSO and af ter the deathof all thounnuitunts the annuities shall revert to the resi duary estate in the hands of the archbishop. Cuban l'o«tal A (la Irs. Washington, April 11.—President elect l'alrna, of Cuba, accompanied by Gonzaio de Quesada, had a confer ence yesterday with Postmaster Uen eral Payne and other postal officials. They asked that this government continue the existing postal arrange ments with the island and that the present postal officials now in Cuba be kept there until the Cuban ap pointees have become thoroughly familiar with postal operations. As a result of the conference the pres ent postal relations between this government and Cuba will be con j tinned by joint action of both gov ernments until a postal treaty shall be concluded between the two gov ernments. The American officials will be authorized to remain if they wish to do so until the Cuban regime is working smoothly. Death of a Woman Kdltor. Stillwater, Minn., April 11.—Airs. Elizabeth Seward, who for years was editor and publisher of the Stillwater Messenger, died yesterday of heart failure. Mrs. Seward was born in Hamilton, N. V., and her maiden name was Putnam. Want CongrOiM to .Tlakr LOWACK tiouit, Washington, April 11. —The build ing of 20 torpedo boats for the Uni ted States government cost the con tractors something over $2,000,000 more than the price they received from the government, according to the report of the torpedo board, which has just been submitted to Secretary Long. The builders them selves claim that their losses aggre gate over $.1,000,000. The contractors want congress to make good their losses, basing their claims on the as sertion that the boats were all of types new to them. ___ CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1902. DUN & CO.'S WEEKLY RE".PORT. Manufacturing 1M Active, l>eK|iltn of Strife llelwceii Hniploje and Em ployer. New York, April 12. —IJ. G. Dun <& Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says: Good news predominates in the busi ness world, notwithstanding two somewhat serious drawbacks. Weath er conditions have been unsatisfac tory at many points, retarding retail distribution, and excessive rain has put many southern planters behind with work in the cotton fields. Still more of a handicap is the strife be tween wage-earners and employer. Manufacturing is exceptionally ac tive in lines not disturbed by strikes and there is a vfgorous movement in goods through regular chanels. At the close of last week negotiations were concluded for a large sale of pig iron at $10.50, furnace, deliveries beginning in October anil covering six months. Not only pig iron, but bars, billets and structural shapes are all sold so far ahead that new business is com paratively light, although consumers would quickly absorb any early de liveries that might be offered. The situation may briefly be summed up in the statement that it is the excep tion when order books are not filled for full capacity. Buyers are still placing contracts abroad and on urgent business this will probably occur frequently during the re mainder of the year. Firmness in cotton goods naturally follows the combination of light stocks and the interruption of work at, some mills with threatened dis turbance at. others, together with the higher prico of raw material. Worsted manufacturers are busy and there is a noticeable inquiry for yarns. Footwear manufacturers have secured a little more business and shops have been able to avoid the reduced time that was feared. Wore animation has appeared in the speculative markets for staples. Fluctuations were more irregular in corn, which broke sharply here here and at the west, but made a partial recovery, although still re maining below the best price last month. Wheat moved within narrow limits, varying a fraction according to the preponderance of good or bad crop news. Cotton moved up to the highest point of the season. Failures for the week numbered 19S in the United States against 203 last year, and 19 in Canada against 24 last year. UNJUST RATES. Ilearlns;* on Itlllft to Amend Inter state Commerce Law. Washington, April 12. —The senate committee on inter-state commerce Friday gave a hearing on the Elkins and Nelson bills to amend the inter state commerce law. E. I*. Bacon, chairman of the committee of the inter-state commerce convention held at St. i.ouis, November 20, 1900, made quite an elaborate explanation of both bills. He criticized the present law, saying that the delays before the commission and the courts made it impracticable for business men to undertake prosecutions of the rail roads for unjust rates and discrimi nations. B. A. Eekhart, president of the Millers' association, favored the Nel son bill and complained of the dis crimination by railroads against flour as compared with wheat. Aaron Jones, grand master of the National Orange, spoke in favor of the Nelson bill, and George F. Meade, of the New England Manufacturing association, advocated the Elkins bill. J. li. Daisli, of this city, appeared for the Hay Dealers and urged that more power be given the inter-state com merce commission. GEN. HAMPTON DEAD. Tlie IliMtliiKulMlii-d Carolinian l*a»Mea Away at a Itlpe Old A-»c. Columbia, S. April 12. —(ien. Wade Hampton died Friday morning at 9 o'clock. His death resulted not from any disease, but was the result of a general breakdown, (ien. Hamil ton celebrated his 84th birthday last week. A month ago he had a severe attack and his children were called to his bedside. Be rallied, however, and was out driving a week ago. In the last few days his condition rapid ly grew worse, and Thursday night it was pronounced precarious by his physicians. The general twice this winter had sustained attacks that had greatly weakened him, but he rallied won derfully. He was driving a week ago, but it, was evident his strength was deserting him. No arrangements have yet been made for lie funeral Two Fire* In Clitcaso. Chicago, April 12.—'Two fires, one of which destroyed several buildings at Ninety-second street and Commer cial avenue, while the other destroy ed the lienfost apartment building, called out nearly the whole fire de part ment here yesterday afternoon. 'J he lienfost was one of the largest buildings of its kind in Chicago. All the occupants escaped. The loss is put at, $175,000, while the loss at Ninety-second street and Commercial avenue is estimated at $.">0,000. A fireman was killed by falling walls. ItloterN Wounded. (Brussels, April 12.—There were several small riotous outbreaks in the city again last night. The police charged the rioters and about 2.1 per sons were wounded. Prominent -fluKine** iTlan Head. Aslmry Park, N. J., April 12. IHenry M. (Bennett, president of the Consolidated Gas Co., of Pittsburg, who was interested in a score of the aters in New York, Boston, Pitts burg and other places, died Friday on his stock farm near Farmingdale. His death was due to dropsy. Valuable Hull Head. Emporia, Kan., April 12. "Wild Tom," the famous llcrford bull, win ner of prizes at innumerable cattle shows, known over the I'nited States and England and for which $25,000 was refused, is dead, MISS STONE ARRIVES. Shu >iay* llm IVIio Held Her Captive Wore Mut So Ftercn us 'i'iiey r»l Itsll ( Hair Keen. New York, April 11.—Miss Ellen M. Stone, the misisonary who was cap tured by brigands in Bulgaria aiul held for ransom, arrived here yes terday on the Deutclilan'd. Slie was met at, the steamer's pier by lier brother and many other relatives and friends. Miss Stone said the brigands were not so fierce as might have been imagined. They said many insulting tilings, but never struck or beat either her or her companion, Mine. Tsilka. "There have been several reports printed which stated that, Mine Tsilka had been held for ransom by our captors," said Miss Stone, "but that is a mistake. 1 was the one wanted, and they always take a mar ried lady to chaperon a single one, no matter how old the latter may be. The brigands meant to take the first married woman they came across to accompany me, and tlie one they found happened to be Mrs. Tsilka, for which I was very thankful after ward, and 1 will tell you why. "Seven weeks before we were re leased a baby was born to Mrs. Tsilka. The brigands had, by this time, become so insulting and cruel, in their remarks, that it was becom ing unbearable. The appearance of the baby stopped all this, for the reason that the brigands of Turkey believe that a curse will settle on them if they do harm to a child or its mother. Our treatment after the birth of the baby was excellent. We began to get better food, although I must admit that it was generally very good, and the sneering remarks stopped. "It was when the negotiations for our release fell through or became disturbed that we were subject to our worst treatment 'You are to die 20 days from now,' or 'We will put a bullet in your brain soon,' were some of the least things that they said to us." Tcntlmoiiy la All In. Manila. April 11.-—The members of the court-martial trying Maj. Waller, of the marine corps, on the charge of executing natives of Samar, without trial, were handed the records of Bal angiga, island of Samar, yesterday. They were mostly a series of letters from the insurgent (ien. Lukban, in forming the officials of certain facts and congratulating them on a vic tory. There was one from (iueverra, the insurgent leader, telling the of ficials not to give out certain details, as it was contrary to the laws of war. One letter was from the presi dent of Balingaga, addressed to l.uk ban, saying he had agreed on the policy of doing what the Americans liked and then, when the opportunity offered, rising against them. Counsel notified the court that they had fin ished with their witnesses and the court was requested to allow Maj. Waller to speak to-day before the regular addresses of counsel. lVanl Full ill Footliitf for Chaplains. Saratoga, X. Y., April 12. —At Fri day's session of the Troy conference of the Methodist Episcopal church a resolution was adopted calling upon congress to enact at its present ses sion such legislation as will place the chaplains of the I'nit.ed States navy, both as respects remuneration and general treatment, on an equal foot ing with other oDicers f>[ the same rank in the service. Ojtpoaed to Kliilii*. Philadelphia, April 12. After months of silence, United States Sen ator Quay announced yesterday that he is opposed to the nomination of Attorney (Jeneral John I'. Klkin for governor of Pennsylvania. This an nouncement came as a great shock to the friends of Mr. Elkin, and has caused a tremendous stir in political circles. Hotel Wall IMen. (New York, lApril 12.—James D. Leary, vice president of the Hoff man House Hotel Co., died yesterday of heart trouble at the hotel, where he made his home. He was born in Montreal, in 1837, and while a small boy came to this city. Mr. Leary leaves a wife, two sons and a daugh ter, and an estate valued at $:>,000,- 000. Will Withdraw From tlic Company. Baltimore, April 12. —It was an nounced here 1' riday that the Balti more interests which financed the big London trolley deal intend to with draw from the Yerkes syndicate. The details of the plan under which the project is enlarged from a $5,000,000 to a $2.),000,000 deal are objected to by these interests. Smallpox In /101 l College. Chicago, April 12. —Two new cases of smallpox were reported from /ion college, a Dowieite institution, Friday. This brings the total of eases to five. The place, which eon tains about 200 people, is quarantin ed, but the inmates, clinging to the teachings of "Dr." Howie, refuse to be vaccinated. Cnme Too Late. St.. Louis, April 12.—Henry Flutch er, colored, was hanged yesterday morning for the murder of Louis Hoth, Hi years old, August 27, 1900. Thirty-live minutes after the drop fell a telegram was received by the sueritT from (lov. Doekery granting a respite of 15 days. Condition of Winter Wheat. 'Washington, April 11. —The April report of the statistican of agricul ture will show the average condition of winter wheat on April 1 to have been 75.7, against 91.7 on April 1, 1901, 52.1 at the corresponding date in 1900, and 82.4 the mean of the April averages of the last 10 years. The averages of the principal states are as follows: Pennsylvania, S2; Ohio, 77; Michigan, 83; Indiana, 81; Illinois, 90; Tennessee, GO; Texas, 72; Kansas, 7;i; Missouri, 91; Nebraska and California, each and Okla homa, 07, __ mm FOR INFANTRY SERVICE. Prof. CSeorito Forlie» Una Invented a Itaufce Finder Tlint (jlven Dis tance Willi Accuracy. Devices which give the range of dis tant objects have been used in the navy for years, and also with long range artillery, like that employed for the defense of harbors. Apparatus for infantry service has now been invent ed by an English engineer, l'rof. George Forbes. The instrument is a combination of a square aluminum tube, six feet long, that can be folded up for carrying, and a field or opera glass of special design. Reflecting prisms are mount ed on the ends of the tube, and each throws an image of the object tinder scrutiny at right angles toward the middle of the tube. Here they are re flected again into the field glass, one into one barrel and the other into the other. In this manner a stereoscopic effect, of great value optically, is se cured. Only the ends of the instru ment require an unobstructed view of the enemy. Kays of light proceeding from a given point in the distance, such as a sol dier's bayonet, to the ends of the range finder diverge slightly. The nearer the object to the observer the wider the angle, and vice versa. If one can measure this angle the distance is easily computed from the length of the aluminum tube, which constitutes a "base line." The prisms are so ac curately adjusted that when the images enter the two tubes of the field glass the angle between them is the same as out in front of the instru , f§jp3 - S 3 INFANTRY RANGE FINDER. ment. Provision being made for its measurement in the telescopes, the calculation is easily made. In each bar rel of the field glass is stretched a ver tical wire. One is fixed and the other is movable. When the two are seen as one, and the distant object is sharply defined, one reads off an exceedingly delicate scale on the adjusting screw. Prof. Forbes declares that the distance can be estimated within two per cent, of the truth, even at 3,oooyards. Summarizing a paper read by the in ventor before the London Society of Arts. Nature says: "The wire seems to stand out solid in space, and the slightest turn of the micrometer screw causes the wire to appear to be nearer or further than the object looked at, and when the wire appears *o be at exactly the same dis tance tli* micrometer reading gives the distance with an accuracy far greater than that attainable by ob serving the duplication of images on the retina. "This range finder can be used in a variety of positions. The more stead ily it is held the more accurate the re sult. A standing position is the least steady. When kneeling, using only half the base, the other half may be bent d</*vn at right angles, and so form a leg. which serves as a rest on the ground. The most easy position is sit ting. with the elbows resting on the knees. Another steady position is lying flat on the ground facing the ob ject. In every one of these positions you can take advantage of cover. Since the eyes are virtually at the ex- y trernities of the base, the observer may stand, sit, kneel or lie behind a tree, bush, rock, anthill, horse, comrade or wagon, and will not only be more able to work without sensation of danger, but without drawing the fire of the enemy on his comrades. "Lord Kitchener having expressed a desire to see the range finder tested in the field. Prof. Forbes has proceeded to South Africa with his instrument, and a thorough examination of its ef ficiency will be made under practical conditions." Krn llonpital for Con»nm pi I vfn. With regard to the glass hospital which is to be erected at Philadel phia for the cure of consumption, with isolation for each patient and a constant supply of rarefied air, a similar experimental hospital is al ready for use in London. The patient sits In a glass cubicle, breathing am atmosphere specially treated by ozone. The value of oxygen, or ozone, in the treatment of ulcers, ' burns, wounds, lupus, etc., has been proved there by several cures of hith erto incurable cases during the past five years. Great as has bee-o the actual relief thus afforded, this oxy gen hospital exists equally for pur poses of demonstration ami experi ment. GnrdeninK TaitKht In Sehnola. Scientific gardening is taught in the national schools of Sweden and in tlie seminaries for the education of national school teachers. There is a school garden in nearly every rural school district, in the kingdom. The garden is placed near the school house, and the children receive prac tical instruction in the cultivation of plants, bellies, flowers, herbs and fruits, the management of hotbeds, £-erehouse?, etc. A CHEAP HYDROMETER. Moilc of MHIIIIIK >• IK Simple and Will lt«-|>n.v llir Kipi'rlmrnler for J1 i M SllKlit Truuiile. There are ;tmny amateurs who have at one time or other tried to make a storage battery, but have given up in disgust on finding that their plates have sulphated, thus ruining their bat tery. This is often caused by not hav ing the electrolyte of the proper density, but this fault can be corrected by the use of a hydrometer. Headings should be taken regularly with the hy drometer, and this will also form a valuable guide as to the amount of the charge in the battery; that is, the den sity of the electrolyte after charging will be found to be slightly greater than the limit of discharge. A simple and cheap hydrometer can be made as follows, which will more than repay the maker for his slight trouble: Kill procure from a druggist or chern- | jw ical house a test- I J 7 * tube (Fig. t, T) six inches long,and j =/./; 7-16 of an inch in :§-s£c outside diameter. cV? i i'.-' The test-tube ■ r j Ei'z should be free iZ~LI from flaws and IZ-. : very thin about ~ ££-.•: 1-32 of an inch in !r.rv -V thickness. Now ~rz:' place some buck- ir r shot, S, in the I Err. ' bottom of the j qfc-Jf.! tube so as to form a column about a '-zr'-' Hp- -• half-inch in height, Wrl-" or until it will ! float upright in : E.-Itjz'jzz;. j water, the tube j zrC m £~yy.' projectirg abo u an inch above the surface of the water. A small wad of cotton, B, should be placed over the shot so as to hold them in place, and also a small strip of paper, P. should be placed inside of the tube on which to mark necessary graduations. Now procure a bot tle as long as the tube, and large enough to allow the tube to pass into it. Fill this bottle full of dilute sul phuric acid having a specific gravity of 1.225 when cold. A druggist will put this up for a small sum, but if you wish to put this upyourself you can careful ly add one ounce of good commercial sulphuric acid to four ounces of dis tilled water, and when this is cold place the tube in it. But before doing this place a small waxed cork in the mouth of the tube to prevent the liquid from accidentally flowing into it. Now mark the point to which the tube sinks into the dilute sulphuric acid, 1.225 specific gravity. If you desire any other gran ulations you can proceed as above, but you will then have to compare your hydrometer with a standard one. Most makers of storage batteries recom mend the use of an electrolyte having a specific gravity of 1.225, so that is the only necessary mark. A small drop of glue on the strip of paper will hold it in place, completing your hydrome ter.—Parker S. Simonsen, in Scientific American. THE BLOOD OF APES. It Rrsrmlilr* Thnt of Hiiinnn Di'lnjri tintl E»tnl>H»l»e« n Sort of "Blood Relationship." The recently devised biological tests of blood have given, a new sig nificance to the term "blood-rela tionship." Dr. Friedenthal and oth ers believe that tests of this kind have established a probability of owr cousinsliip with the apes, since trans fusion of human blood, which is harmless with them, is always in jurious to other animal's, operating by dissolution of the blood corpus cles. But it lias been found that the serum of an animal may be immun ized against human blood by appro priate treatment, and it is then called "human anti-serum." Such serum, when mixed with human blood, produces a precipitate. Dr. A. S. F. Grunbaum, lecturer at Univer sity college* Liverpool, announces in the Lancet that "human anti-serum" produces precisely the same precipi tate with the blood of the apes, lie writes: "Other observers have already pointed out that 'human anti-serum' precipitates the lower monkeys" blood to a slight extent. Adopting the general mode of application of the test, I find that 'human anti-serum' gives a precipitate with all three species of anthropoid apes already named, and to me this precipitate is practically indistinguishable from that obtained with human blood either in quality or quantity. Occa sionally it seemed' that the blood of the orang gave a more gelatinous precipitate as compared with the granular precipitate of the other bloods, but this may have been due to accidental circumstances. The granular precipitates from other bloods are also liable to become sticky when shaken up. But it is not only by the action of 'human anti serum' or anthropoid blood that this close relationship of the various bloods may be demonstrated. I have prepared gorilla, orang and chimpan zee anti-serum. Tested in the way described, they all react, not «nly with their own blood but with each of the others, end also with human blood. Here again, in the absence of definite standards, I am unable to assert that there is any difference ~,f reaction amongst tho many com binations of anti-seriun and blood which can be made with the four above-mentioned bloods and sera." There is thus t-ertainly a strong resemblance between man's blood and ape's blood, and so, in one sensQ at least, a "blood-rtlationship." 3
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