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with a pile of that material, which he raised in the air. In this 
singular condition he made the greatest possible display of him- 
self in front of the copperhead, as though to intimidate him. He 
maintained the inflation for two days, or until the copperhead 
was removed, as if aware that a bite into a bag of wind would be 
almost innocuous. The copperhead acted as though master of 
the situation, but could not be persuaded to bite, though consid- 
erably irritated —EZ. D. Cope. 
ANTHROPOLOGY:! 
Cuitp GrowTH. —It is a matter of almost daily notice that 
the children about us are changing, growing, yet of the laws gov- 
erning this growth, we think but little, if, indeed, we give them 
any thought. 
If the body develops normally it receives but little attention 
and no study from mothers. To the mind we give more heed, 
although even that receives but a small amount of care until the 
child has advanced far on the pathway of knowledge. 
There are laws governing the growth of body and mind which 
go hand-in-hand, and which should be known to, and studied by, 
every custodian of children, be it as parent, teacher or guardian. 
No need to leave our homes, families or schools to study these 
laws, for right there is the veiled Isis whose study will lead us to 
igher planes, where, if we would work with half the zeal dis- 
played in the merely ornamental, we could make contributions of 
true -value to anthropology, as well as secure to ourselves and 
children knowledge of priceless value. This mine of wealth is 
our children, the beloved of our hearts, the treasures of our lives. 
It is the systematic study of their growth, physical and mental, 
that I hope we may undertake together. 
The study of my little daughter began in 1881, shortly after 
her birth, when, looking at her tiny hand with the wondering love 
of a mother over her first born, I outlined the rosy palm wi 
pencil and paper, adding a lock of the silky fuzz, not so much to 
races of mankind into two primary divisions, according to the 
Shey ee the hair, viz: The Ulotrichi with crisp and woolly hair, 
until I have a journal which has much in common with the stud: 
TOF anthro l y, : 
Every thinker admits that in the human, as well as other ani- 
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