fifty cents, but as I am
traveling, and this is out of office hours, I don't mind reducing the
price for this occasion."

Among those present was a rustic couple, who appeared to be on
a wedding trip. The bridegroom was dressed in a full suit of
blue cloth, the coat being decorated with brass buttons, while the
bride was resplendent in a dress brilliant in color and with large
figures.

"Sally," said the young husband, "I want you to have your head
examined. It only costs a quarter."

"Oh, Jonathan, how can I before all them folks?" said Sally
bashfully. "Suppose he should say something bad about me."

"If he does, I'll bu'st his head," said Jonathan. "He can't say
nothin' but what's good about you, Sally.

"All right, Jonathan, just as you say."

"My wife will have her head examined," said Jonathan, with a
proud glance at his radiant bride.

"Please sit here, madam," said the professor. "Now I will trouble
you to remove your bonnet."

"Don't tumble up my hair," said Sally solicitously.

"That will not be necessary," said Prof. Crane. "This lady has a
very harmonious head."

"What's that?" inquired Sally, in a low voice, of Jonathan, who stood
at her side.

"Something good, I reckon," whispered her husband.

"She has those sweet domestic virtues which fit the possessor to
adorn the family circle and lend a luster to the home."

"How nice he talks!" murmured Sally, in a tone of gratification.

"Yes, Sally, he's smart," said Jonathan, "and can read you like a book."

"This lady has a great taste for music. She would be like to excel as a
musician. Am I right, sir?"

"I guess you are," said Jonathan. "You'd ought to hear her sing in the
choir to hum. She's got a powerful voice, Sally has. She can almost
raise the rafters of the old meetin'-house."

"You see, ladies and gentlemen, that the husband of the lady
confirms what I say of her. Phrenology never errs. A phrenologist
is never mistaken in character. Nature has stamped her impress
upon each one of us, and declares unmistakably what we are."

"Go ahead, professor," said Jonathan impatiently.

"The lady has a taste for strong and decided colors. What is showy
attracts her admiration."

"That's so!" commented Jonathan.

"She has a good deal of firmness, and likes to have her own way; as
most of use do," added the professor. "Still she would yield to
strong persuasion."

It will be unnecessary to go farther in the examination w