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The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-05-11

A remarkable experiment In signaling
with electric lights was recently made
by the officers Of two vessels Of the Brit
ish navy, the Orion and the Espoir, of
the Port Of Singapore. The Espoir had
sailed from that port for Hong Kong,
leaving the Orion in the harbor OF Singa-
poreA When the Espoir was sixty miles
distant the Orion sent her a message by
means OF the electric light. t II
But can light be seen sixty miles at
sea? Certainly not, in its direct rays;
but the Orion threw brilliant blaze of
light upon the clouds, and the reflection
of this light was distinctly seen on board
the Espoir. More than this, the Orion,
having thrown upon the clouds regular
message by means of successive flashes,
this message was read and understood on
board the Espoir. The question has been
asked whether this means Of c6mmuni-
cation might not be made Of practical
advantage. Companion.
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The Dial Of the Face.

What in nOSe2
Shakespeare might better have pro-
pounded that question than the one he
did, for nose is of infinitely greater i'm
portance than name. Truly rose by
any other name would smell as sweet,
but would a beauty with any other nose
look as SWEET
Not much.
Add but trifle to the end of your
nose and see what change it makes.
Shave off but the thinnest slice from
either edge, and behold the altered ap-
pearance. Flatten it with the slightest
pressure and watch the result. Twist 1t
to right or left the shadow Of a millionth
part Of degree and your handsome
mans beauty Is forever destroyed. 1t
has been called, and rightly, too, the
rudder or the dial Of the face. An au-
thority on physiognomy says: eff the
beauty of the nose depends on its shape,
its power is regulated by its length,
which ought never to be less than one
third of the profile, measured from the
roots of the hair TO the tips of the chin.
Should 1t exceed that proportion 30 much
the better, for we are assured that when.
ever two persons, the one having large
nose and the other a small one, come
into collision, the latter must yield, I'M
less it is of the feminine gender and takes
an upward turn. Chicago Times.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-05-11

Macaroni is preparation Of fine wheat
-four Daade into peculiar paste or dough
and then manufactures into pipes or
tubes. Macaroni is Of Italian invention
and has long been known as delicacy
among the sons and daughters o. sunny
ytaly. The chief places of the Old World
in which this article Of food is nanufact-
aped are Naples and Genoa, faat it Is now
necognized industry in New York.
To reporter the largest manufacturer
IA New York ard in fact in the United
States recently stated that the process
was simple and that the amount of CAPT.
tai acquired to establish and conduct the
manufacture of macaroni was very
limited. After the wheat has been prop
erly ground the -four is mixed into dough.
This d then thoroughly kneaded. After
the dough has been rendered perfectly
smooth Il is next to be reduced to thin
cylinders, ribbons or tubes, according rs
it is to Ike converted into vermicelli or
macarom- For the latter, however, a
somewhat less compact dough is required
than for the former. ~.
In either case a hollow cylindrical
vessel of cast iron is required, having its
bottom perforated with large or ANAL
holes or Sits as may be needed. When
the cylinder is filled with paste piece Of
wood or a plate of iron that exactly fits
it is forced in by means of powerful
press, and the paste is thus driven
through the perforated bottom of the
cylinder, taking the shape of the perfor-
atoms. Macaroni is sometimes forced
through the holes in the form of pipes,
but it Is oftener in fillets, which are
formed into tubes by joining their edges
together before they have time to be-
come dry. The macaroni is partially
baked during this manufacture. In a
few days It Is dry enough for use. For
vermicelli the holes in the cylinder are
smaller and the dough is more tenacious.
The paste is forced slowly through the
holes, and when the threads have
reached the length Of foot they are
broken off and twisted into any desired
shape on piece of paper. 1t is used at
most hostelries in thickening soups and
for buildings, but is invariably eaten by
Italians in its original state. Whereas
in the past large quantities OF it were inn
ported, now New York exports macaroni
in large quantities, and the demand for
the American article is growing. New
York Mail and Express.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-05-11

ished call for . county convention to
form new party. The call had few sign
ers, but when tho convention met every
district in the county was represented by
duly elected delegate A strong
ticket was nominated and from this
is said to have sprung the great Republi-
can party. The following year a conven.
ton was held In Pittsburg and the ma.
tional organization formed His claim to
the honor of fathering the party IL ques-
toned. and 1t Is only just to say that be-
fore publishing the call for the convention
he received an invitation to call upon
Salmon p. Chase, who went to Pittsburg
partly for the purpose of consulting him
upon the political situation. But 1t Is
doubtful II. even at the time, Mr.. Chase
himself had in mind the gigantic project
which inspired the mind Of The Gazette.
His family circlo consists of his daughter.
Miss Helen. and his agod wife, TO whom
he was married sixty-two years ago. Until
sickness seized him several years ego he
was an attendant of the Presbyterian
church. In tho Methodist church he was
formerly high official and faithful
worker. and to that circumstance Is at
tributable his title OF deacon. Chicago
Tribune. nS
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-05-11

Theold soldiers have not forgotten how.
during the war. the Democratic party. as
o party. continually criticised and bad
gered tho government In its nttompt 70
save the Union. It was not the armed
enemy in tho front that gave the men in
the Union army the most uneasiness. It
was the never ending carping of the men
In the rear. It was the attitude Of oppo.
sition to tho prosecution of tho war whicl,
the Democratic party maintained through
out its prosecution that dragged life In
the camp. In the march and on the Skin.
mish. and many weary months longer than
it would havc been but for the attitude Of
the Democratic party.
There was not man, private or officer,
who did not believe this to be true, what.
ever their present political associations.
It was tho Democratic party, in national
convention, which declared "the war q
failure" It was Democratic statesmen
who declared In their seats in congress
that they would not vote another man or
another dollar to carry ON the cruel and
unholy war" 1t was with the connivanco
of the Democratic party and Democratic
leaders that draft riots were organized in
this and other cities throughout the
Union.
This is history. Democratic Confederate
brigadier generals cannot change it. And
the frst Democratic president-twenty
years after the close Of the war-has pur-
sued q policy toward the Union veterans
in perfect harmony with the feeling Of
hate sntertainsd toward them by his party
during the great struggle In every con.
ceivshls wsy he has shown his contempt
for and lack of interest In tho old soldiers.
The one day in the year nearer and
dearer to the old soldier heart is the day
which by national statute Is made q legal
holiday, tho 30th Of May-Memoria1 day
ON which they assemble in every town
and village throughout the country and
march to the various burial places to strew
flowers upon the graves Of the immortal
dead. Until Democratic president came
in this day was properly observed by the
executive In taking part in these exer
cises. ~
Il was left for O Democratic president
to show his contempt for the .honors paid
the loyal dead on that day by packing his
fishing outfit and taking to the woods, as
it was left him to interpose his vetoes to
private pension bills couched in language
as terse and offensive as the vigor of
speech could make them.
Restless Democratic soul, these are
truths that cannot be denied, and no
amount of shifting by ex-Confederate
bushwhackers now high in the Democratic
synagogue will change these historical
facts.--New York Press.
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%r G,u11E4,p

Sunield, Mich, Dec, 3lst.. 1871 feel
unable to express my great joy for what
Warmers Safe Cure" has done for my
mother. Fer twenty five years she suffer.
ed with a gripping pain" in the abdomen
She tried everything without relief. A
ncighbor recommended Warmers Safe
Cure" She tried it and before she had
taken three bottles the result was marvel
ous. The fourth bottle cured her. Before
taking Warmers Safe Cu,e" she was
troubled with nervous dyspepsia. sleepless
nights anda series of female complaints.
Can never say enough about Warmers
Safe Cure"
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Concerning Unconscious Cerebration.


Under the somewhat fanciful title.
1.-THE Antechamber of Consciousness. q"
Mr.. Francis Speir, Jr., contributes to The
Popular Science Monthly the result Of
some carefully planned Investigations in
psychology for the purpose Of weighing
anew the argument for unconscious Ger
ebration. He distributed printed ques-
tons, to be answered from personal ex-
perience. The question in which the in
quiry conferred was: "Does there exist in
man the power to exert Intellectual ac-
ivity during unconsciousness2"
The answers are grouped and summar-
lied under four heads: (a) When the eff
fort is simple, by reproducing past ex-
pcriences in obedience to mandate Of
the will, as in the familiar experience of
recalling a lost name or fact while con-
sciously devoting the attention to some
thing entirely different; (b) by compar-
ing related facts and arriving at settled
Judgment, as in the case of awaking
from sound sleep at a predetermined
hour; To- when the effort is more COM
pick, by continuing old trains of thought
began in consciousness, and proceeding
logically, step by step, to relative set
tied conclusion, as in dreaming out the
solutions Of problems in chess, mathe-
matics. ETC., or in reaching the solutions
while working at something totally diff
ferent; (dD when the effort is most COM
pick by commencing and continuing new
trains Of thought without having vofun-
tarily undertaken or continued them,
and arriving at results of original crea-
tions, as Inventions, literary and musical
creations, etc. OF the first 81 per cent.
of those answering had had such expert
ences; Of the second 40 per cent. claim
this power in strongly marked degree;
about 85 per cent. claim the possession Of
the power defined in sol" and about 80
per cent. claim the unconscious creative
power. Chicago News.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-05-11

81 s. McKensie ST.

Farwell, Mich. Dec. 31st, 1871 am
using "Worner's Safe Cure" and find that
1t isa No. 1 medicine for what it is rec
ommcnde l..
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-05-11

Since President Cleveland has been re-
minded that there is civil service reform
concern In business under his administra-
tion, there Is great hope that he win en-
force the rules prohibitipg federal Office
holders from controlling political conven.
tions.-Albany Times. Dem.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-05-11

Scwickley. near
Pittsburg, recent
ly, WAS born in
Wareham, p ly-
mouth county.
Mass, Aug. %.
1905. II 1S4l hS
went to Pittsburg
a Id purchased
The Gazette. He
W as 'an nncom-
promising 0ppo-
nent of slavery,
aud 4, 12kS nuh-
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-05-11

The policy Of the Democrats is<not to
present facts, but rather to hide them.
Their appeals are made to prejudice, not
to the judgment. They tell the farmers
that they are taxed. but do not tell them
that the Democratic tariff bill places every
farm product now protected ON the free
list.-Omaha Republican.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-05-11


Tent Life tn Siberia, ETC., had spent four
years in Russia and Siberia, was thorough
ly conversant with the people and the lam
guage, and had reached the conclusion that
the Russian Government had been misrep-
resented, and that the exile system Of Sibe-
ria was not 80 terrible as was supposed
Knowing that Mr.. Kennan held these
views, the Russian Government gave him
every facility for o thorough
INSPECTION OF MINES AND PRISONS
Of Siberia-the most thorough that had
ever been made by traveller. Armed with
letters from the Russian Minister Of the
Interior and other high officials, Mr.. Ken
nan went everywhere, inspecting mines and
travelling with chained exiles along the
great Siberian road. He made the intimate
personal acquaintance of more than three
hundred exiled "liberals" and Nihilists,
many Of whom wrote out their histories for
his use. The actual facts, as revealed by
this searching investigation, were far re-
moved from Mr.. Remnants preconceived
ideas, as this thrilling narrative Of fifteen
months privation and adventure will show.
As is already known, the publication OF
Mr.. Kennan's preliminary papers has re-
suited in his being placed i~. yU
ON THE BLACK LIST
by the Russian Government, and copies OF
The Century containing them have the OBJ
officials before being allowed to enter the
al expected, Of course,n says Mr.. Ken
nan, In q recent interview, ITO be put on
the Russian black list am only thankful
that succeeded in crossing the frontier
with all my material and papers coming this
way. i became satisfied before got half
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-05-11
918 Mich. Ave.

Adrian, Mich. Dec. 23d, 1s87-About
three years ago suffered from shivering
pain across my back, together with weak
ness of the bladder. My family physician
doctored me for two months without help
ing me a bit. heard of Warmers Safe
Cafe" and got bottle. was entirely
cured before had taken the third bottle.
/ have never had the trouble since.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-05-11
4 GOOD woak WELL DONE.

me Life of"Deacen's white, who Founded
Il H tho Republican Party. 81
David N. Waite. known among his
friends az Deacon" White, who died In
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-05-11
SIBERIA.
be Secrets Rovealed-Gcorge Kennsn's
Wondarf,nI .Uouruev.


MOST interesting contri-
button 70 secret history
will be the illustrated pa
pers on Siberia and the
Lille System" by George
Kennan, which begin in
the May Century maya
zine. They will embody the
results OF what Is be-
lieved to be the first sue
cessful attempt by o COM
petent investigator TO make
Russian exile system. Be
fore undertaking. his ardu-
GUS journey Of Ii 900 miles,
IN the interest Of The Centu-
w, Mr.. KEENAN,, author Of
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-05-11

BOARDING. A CONVICT BARGE. .Gf-
through Siberia that should never be per
mitted to 60 there again, and that after the
would be allowed to make Investigations
there, and I lost no possible opportunity 70
secure accuracy and thoroughness. I
brought back more than fifty pounds OF
notes, papers and original documents, many
archives, besides five or six hundred fools
cap pages of manuscript, prepared for me
by political exiles in all parts Of Siberia, and
covering the most noteworthy episodes OF
therefore, with certain degree Of compla-
cency. The stable-door Is locked, but the
horse has been stolen-and I've got him"
Mr.. u. A. Frost, artist and photographer,
accompanied Mr. Kennan, and 1t Is expected
that the results Of his work will form the
most interesting series Of pictures OF Rus
sian and Siberian Life and scenery ever
made. tTrsf.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-03-28
PLY steal Progress Of Nan.

The modern Scandinavians cannot
get their hands into the hits of the
swords of the old Vikings. At the
Eglinton tournament nearly every man
had to have his ancestors armor "let
out +" The measurements of ready
made clothes out in the Western States
are enlarged to meet the wants of the
stalwart youngsters of to-day. On the
other hand, the standard of height for
soldiers is falling. There are so many
little men about now. Town people
are understood. The slight, active
Drained neurotic spurns the country
and seeks a congenial life in town.
Some interesting statistics, collected
a short time ago from hatters, seemed
to show that the heads of / nglishmen
and of Americans were growing larger.
Quite recently Mr.. Edward Atkinson
has collected statistics of clothiers
all over the United States, and
comes to the conclusion that the whole
American, as we'll as the head, is
growing bigger. In any given thou
sand garments Mr.. Atkinson found
that the average of all the returns
is as follows: Chest measure, 30
inches; waist, 334 inches; length of
leg, inside, 32l inches; average height,
ranging from . feet 81 inches TO 5 feet
9 in England, up to ) feet 10 for the
average at the South and West. A
few deductions of weight are given,
from which one can infer that the
average man weighs between 155 and
100 pounds. -Nelc York Medical
Record.
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civilized conveniences. After passing
through the hands Of the coiffeur, the
dancer performs one of the most i'm
portant operations in her toilet, name
ly, her makeup. or mastic, to use the
slang term. The danseuse who is about
to faire son mastic sits before her look
ing-glass. and over face, arms, neck,
shoulders and bosom she spreads coat
of liquid white, which dries and forms
q sort of varnish. In plain words, she,
as it were. kalsomines herself The
first coat she greases with little cold
cream, and perfumes it with dash of
poudre de riz. Then she touches up
her cheeks with vermilion; heightens
the red OF her lips with carmine;
magnifies the contour of the eyes
with kohl paints her eyebrows
with Indian ink; picks out few
veins and the mastic is complete. This
operation requires at least half an
hour. Next the dancer draws on her
silk tights and next she dons her un-
derskirt; then follow the corsage, the
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steps on the stage. Now let us view
the ballet from behind the scenes.
Here is a danseuse who, with radiant
smiles, passes from the foyer, dashes
on the stage, which she traverses in
four revolving leaps, executes a pas
before the footlights, salutes the
public most winningly amid a
thunder of applause, and turns to walk
up the stage toward the wings"
And the moment that her back is
turned to the public the smile vanishes,
her face becomes serious, her features
are grimacing aud drawn with fatigue,
and as she passes us we see that she is
painting for breath and bathed in per-
SEPARATION. And by the time she has
finished dancing she will be so worn
out that she will scarcely have strength
enough lett to crawl up stairs to her
dressing-room, where she will need to
be rubbed down and tended like an
overtaxed race horse. This is the re-
atty, the reverse of the medal.
Among dancing women beauty is
certainly rare. In the first place, the
stock from which they come is poor
and plebeian, and in the second place
the training develops to excess the
legs and calves, while the arms remain
thin, the breast flat, and the shoulder
blades often stick out like the stumps
of torn off wings. Fanny Elssler was a
rare exception, and others might be
cited. but it may be laid down as an
axiom that plumpness is out of the
question in the profession of ballet
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opera with bags in which you will in
variably find, among other things,
piece of cold veal and pack of cards
for the purpose of fortune telling.
Like the little girls, the big ones work
at the bar, execute at the word of COM
mand various steps, such as jetes, bal
ances, pirouettes, gargouillades, en-
trechats, fouettes, ronds de jamie,
assemblies. pointes, parcours, petits
temps. Like the little ones, too, they
learn variations on their fingers.
However great q dancer may be, she
must go through her lesson; not even
Taglioni is exempt from the torture
of the bar; nay, more, above all a
Taglioni can not escape il, for
danseuse must always remain in train
ing. A weeks rest for q dancer inn
plies a months extra hard training to
recover her limberness and agility.
The examinations are naturally great
days in the existence of the aspiring
ballet girls A stage rehearsal of
ballet is less ceremonious than an ex-
animation. The dancers wear flannel
or pique corsages, low necked and
without sleeves, drawers coming down
to the knees, long stockings, tarlatan
skirts, and dirty old dancing shoes.
Both examinations and rehearsals are
long, tiresome, and exhausting.
Having now seen something of the
dancers in training and in the un-
dress, let us take glimpse of ballet
as seen at night from behind the scenes.
But before looking at the dancers on
the stage, let us pay discreet visit to
a dressing-room. At the opera the
advertisements and ballets rarely
begin before 10, but the dancer must
be at the theater at 8 o'clock
in order to prepare her person.
The dressing-rooms OF the opera
are airy and commodious, abund-
antly provided with gas, hot and
cold water, looking glasses and other
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ouette, form groups by twos, smile in
unison, while the fiddle scrapes queer
tunes and the Professor cries in strange
terms to do this and that.
The experience of almost all observ-
ers that have had the privilege of see
ing the dancing class at work is The
same. At first you feel inclined to
laugh. Almost all these children are
ugly and communicating. The visitor
remarks their turn-up noses, their
slender stature, their spindle legs. But
the moment the group is formed for
the ensemble, the moment the Profess
sor gives the word IF command, all
that is vulgar vanishes; the discipline
OF the movements communicates to the
whole quadrille certain air of noble
ness and majesty; the result is some
thing poetic, rhythmic, harmonious
and unexpected.
At intervals there are moments of
rest, but the jealous pupils do not rest;
they run to the bar and work their
knees and loins, multiplying their eff
forts to gain the suppleness and light
ness that the public often seem to re-
gard as natural and innate.
The third part of the lesson is the
variation. The pupils gather in group
around the Professor, who, with her
fingers, dictates the steps that are to
be executed, one finger of each hand
representing the two legs of the dancer.
Suddenly the fiddle stops. There is
q rest, and then the girls go through
another course of dislocation at the
bar. and then, with their sweetest
smiles, they salute first to the right and
then to the left, as if thanking an idol
iZing public for deserved ovation.
Then, "Au revoir, Nine. Theodore. ="
In a second the classroom is empty !;
the little girls, painting and worn out,
don their paltry robes of poverty and
return under their mothers wings to
their homes.
Such is in outline a sketch Of the
daily work of the petite classe and of
the apprentice dancer in the first stage
of the career. The higher the dancer
mounts the greater are her labors and
fatigues. In the upper class, the class
des grandes, the dancer, in addition to
the fatigue of the daily lessons, which
are the same for all, has to dance at
the opera at night, or at least to take
part in the professions and groups,
and, of course, to work in rehearsals.
On representation nights the dancer
must be at the opera at $ o'clock; in
the morning her lessons begin at 9 80
or 10; IN the afternoon she is rarely
free before o'clock; so that it may be
easily imagined that she has not much
time left for getting into mischief And
yet many of them do get into all sorts
of mischief, and in spite of all the