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lyon didn't want satin ribbon@
A Thought nIcasur:ne Machine.

DR.. J. K. MuKatterell has constructed
an ingenious apparatus by which he can
determine, with IL considerable degree
of accuracy, the time it takes to think,
and has experimental with many inter-
esting results. He has shown that to
see piece of white paper and be con-
scious of the fact takes one-twentieth of
a second; to see picture takes one-tenth
of Il second; to see letter of common
print, one-eighth of a second; to see a
full word, one-seventh of u second: to be
able to Judge between red and blue, one
thirteenth of Il second.
He has also proved that to see some
words and letters requires more time
than others. By this same machine,
with some added pieces of mechanism,
the time of remembering can also be ac-
curately measured. According to the
learned NJ. D. and lis curious little ma
chine, it takes much less time to remeln-
Der the name of a familiar word than it
does the name of letter, and we are
all supposed to be very well acquainted
WITH Tue HaIutS VI Giie iCIISAo VI ehS oi
phabet. This seems strange, especially
when we take into consideration the
fact that we can see the letter in less
time than we can the word.
The name of the next month to como
can be thought of in less time than that
of the last. This machine also shows
that sensations travel by the nerves to
the brain ut the rate of one mile per
minute, much slower than has been sup
posed.-St. Louis Republic.
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alhuni Singing in Russia.

What Mime. Albani related to her in
tarviewer as one of her most remarkable
experiences was her treatment in Russia
at the royal marriage, where the singers,
she observed. are all considered as serv-
ants. "Well,' she says, sit was most
strange. We were all put in a sort Of
balcony which looked down upon the
banaueting scene below, and as each OF
our turns came to sing we went to a
little opening and sang through it. What
amused me was this, that all the time
we were trying to sing our best and pro-
duce our notes more effectively, the clat-
ter of knives and forks still went on, and
to make all complete, the singer might
be in IL most impressive passage and
right in the midst of it, when. quite re-
g.rdless of the accomplishing singers,
there would be flourish of trulnpets and
somebody would get up and propose a
toast. was more fortunate than Nine.
Pstti. for she was interrupted in the
middle of her solo. London News.
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Lincoln,s Face and the Artists.

Lincoln's features were the despair Of
every artist who undertook his portrait.
The writer saw nearly IL dozen, one after
another, soon after the first nomination
to the presidency, attempt the task.
They put into their pictures the large,
rugged features, and strong, prominent
lines; they made measurements TO OBJ
lain exact proportions; they ''petrified'
some single look. but the picture re-
manned hard and cold. Even before
these paintings were finished it was
plain to sec that they were unsatisfac-
tory to the artists themselves, and much
more so to the intimate friends of the
1nan-this was not he who smiled, spoke.
laughed, charmed. The picture was to
the man us the grain of sand to the
mountain, as the dead to the living.
Graphic art was powerless before a
face that moved through a thousand
delicate gradations of line and contour,
light and shade, sparkle of the eye and
curve of the lip, in the long gamut of
expression from grave to gay, and back
again from the rolliclSing jollity Of
laughter to that serious, far away look
that with prophetic intuitions beheld
the awful panorama of WAR;. 6. Mic
CLAY in Century.
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LARGE Elnclsfisl,.

Mrs. T. l.. Watson takes the prize fol
big blackfsh caught in Black Rock har-
Dor this year and for many other years
also. General T. L. Watson, T. W..
Pearsall, Mrs. Watson and Captain O..
Pen6eld were fishing Friday off the
spindle near Penfcld reef. Mrs. Watson
was using light rod, and suddenly hel
line was struck by something of unusual
size. She pulled in till the rod bent
nearly double. and then, declining as
sistance, passed the rod back, as the fish
could not be lifted by it, and pulled in
ut the line hand over hand. ?"
The line was light but it held, and
she brought to the surface and safely
landed in the boat Il blackiish, which
being taken ashore and Immediately
weighed, pulled down the scale ut seven
pounds plump. Captain Penfield says it
is the biggest blacltish caught in Black
Rock harbor in ten years.-Bridgeport
(Coun.) Standard.
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There AFRO Two Kinds of Mustard.

There are two varieties of mustard
black and white. Black mustard is the
most valuable for commercial purposes.
Its seeds are very minute, weighing not
more than one fiftieth of a grain each.
Its peculiar pungent taste is caused by
an essential oil. This oil can, like fruit
flavors, be- exactly initiated by the chem.
lists. Both as u table condimcnt and as
II medicine, mustard has been known
from Il very remote period.
AS now found in our grocery stores.
this SPICE consists of white and black
mustard seeds, mixed and ground fine.
The white mustard keeps better than
the black variety and is not so bitter.
A good deal of the mustard sold is adul-
terated, sometimes with wheat flour, but
more often with tuneric, the pulverized
root of Il common East Indian plant
Foods and Beverages.
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uow the Knng.roo Fights.

The kangaroo fights with great nd
dress and intelligence, and if he cln lind
a stream or water hole in which to await
his foes will station himself waist deep
in it, and pushing the dogs under one by
one as they swim out to attack him
either drown them outright or compel
them to retire for want of breath.
Against human enemies, armed only
with clubs OF stirrup irons, the kangaroo
often shows himself clever boxer, ward
ing off blows very dexterously with his
forepaws, and now and then making fol-
ward bounds. w:tarapia play of his dar-
serous bin,. l..,.t. "I,ch are difficult to
avoid. :33;...o...' III.
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THE Tnr51;;tG fLeCc.
Westward over the pi.le green sky

Westward over the pitle green sky
The rosy p2nnons OF sunset fly;
Westward slowly the great rocks hic,
With cawing and labored flapp!ng;
The bushes bend in vneueness dark,
Aud the further trees stand tail aud stark;
hear the rushcs whisper and shake
AS flutter of wind begins to wake.
And louder grows
In the quick rcDosc
The sound nf The rivers lapping.
still l,aif an hour. by the abbey chimel
| cone u the tryst before the time;
hearken the rivers rippled rhyme
Aud the se,lgc's rustlrd greeting;
And cheat my heart With feigncd fears,
And sigh as wait itor no one hcarsl,
TO make the joy more rich aud vast
When tcci his lips on my own III last,
And hear no sound
As the world goes round
But tha lhrob of our two hearts meeting.
Boston Transcript.
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yaIu, of Houses in England.

1t may be- gathered from the annual
report of her maiesty's commissioners O.
inland revenue that more than one-third
of the whole annual value of houses and
messages in England and Wales IS to
be found in London, and more than one
fourth that If the United Kingdom Tie
annual value for London in 1890 vas
So. 155 ,593. and for the Unite; Kingdom
e13S, $50, 9S2.-London Tit-Biti.
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from the tyranny of dcpraycd blood by tho
use of this medicine.
aFor nine years was afflicted with skin
disease that did not yield to any remedy
until friend advised me to try Ayers Sarsa-
parilla With the use OF this medicine the
complaint disappeared. 1t is my belief that
no other blood medicine could have effected
so rapid and complete cure."-Andrcs
u. Garcia, C. Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico.
.My face, for years, was covered with pini-
pies and humors, for which could ind no
remedy till began to take Ayers Sarsapa-
rilla. Three bottles of this great blood mcd-
cine effected thorough cure. confidently
recommend it to MI suffering from similar
troubles."-M. Parker, Concord, VT.
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IAN Agreeable. Dcntifrice.

One of the most agreeable of denti-
frices is to be found IN Il few drops of
lnctare of myrrh in half glass OF
,,:lr4.. 1t not only cleanses the mouth,
ling it fresh and sweet, but it is an
excellent tonic for the gums and arrests
.cav. 1t also las the merit of being
y. inexpensive. us ten cenis will buy
.ou.,!. 10 last q year OF morc.-NcW
Yor!, Tribune.
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Good N eWs !!

No one, who Is willing TO adopt tho right
course, noed be long afflicted with boils, car
bunclcs, piinples, or other cutaneous erup-
lions. These are the results Ot Natures cf-
forts to cxpcl poisonous and efIetc matter
from the blood and show plainly that tile
system is Kidding itself through the skin OF
impurities Which 1t was the legitimate WORK
OF tile liver and kidneys to remove. 10 re-
store these organs to their proper functions,
Ayers Sarsaparllla is the medicine required.
That no other blood-purlfer can compare
with it, thousands testify who have gained
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do you ever expec. to succeed in bull
ness, writing suc!i an il!cs.oie hand rs
you do:'
"Certainly. Ny contracts are alwaEs
in my handwriting ;:::i taey can l:ev,,T
be read except rs ---'''rf '"lu to &c.
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f" stops for passengers OF signal toconductor
4" daily. except Sunday.
II. w. Dunno, Sup't
Cape Charles City, Va.
r. +. Cooke, Gen'l Freight and Pas
senger Agent, Norfolk, Va.
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Messrs. Crockett s. Winder:
Gentlemen:-I used some OF your
mixture A last year on sweet potatoes
in very poor land and it. give me per-
feet satisfaction, and think 1T is us
good fertilizer as any for sweet pota-
toes. shall use it again this year..
Yours respectfully,
VIM. ID. Tunnel.
Onley, February 4th, 1891.
Messrs. Crockett & Winder:
Gentlemen:-Having used your Mix
ture A on sweet potatoes last year, |
take pleasure in saying that it is an
excellent fertilizer, and ! believe
there is none better on the market.
l.. Floyd Mock.
Accomac c. H.. Feb. 18th, 1891.
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Not for Herself.

It gives some women u deep and al
most oppressive sense of responsibility
to be intrusted with the selection Of II
pair of gloves or yard Of ribbon for
another woman. ut isn't for myself"
said an anxious looking customer at the
ribbon counter of large dry goods
store one afternoon when she clerks
were busiest. eff it WAS for myself !
should know exactly what I wanted and
wouldn't waste any time over 1t.
Blu" t.
did You say dark or light green rib
bon?' asked tile clerk.
"She said dark, and yet not too dark,
so don't exactly know what to get. II
were going to use it myself
"f1ow would this do?'
'.Well, l hardly know. 1t seems a
trife light to me, and yet maybe it
wouldn't be. don't know just what
it's to be used for. which makes the mat
ter all the more perplexing."
.'How wide did you want it?:"
"She said from two and /. half to three
inches, which is of course rather indef-
mite. It's for friend of mine living iaS
M, and she simply wrote for yard
OF dark green ribbon, from two and
half to three inches wide, at from thirty
to forty cents yard, and am puzzled
to know just what to get. If it were for
myself
"You didn't want satin ribbon?"
"She didn't say. and I don't know
whether to get satin or grosgrain or wa
tered ribbon. or ribbon with Il plain.
corded or picot edge, or what. Every
thing is SO indefinite about it. If l knew
what she wanted it for, or had some lit
tie hint to 90 by, or if it were for myself
but as it is, I'm entirely in the dark"
81 think. on the whole, I'd better
write AID get more definite Information
before selecting anything. Yes, that's
what I'll do, and then III not make any
mistake Youths Companion.
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My b;i.,iA,., h,,..;r trt.,;ed me vesy
well lately. bit I'll Get even with him"
sud Man,ir.
II worl.iil,5if were you, returned
..,,sii::.. -. 81 ;liri.t; oi him. -Nc'v
Nu~.i EaocI
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REPRESENTED BY seweII n. cIadding.
H. L. Crockett

We are prepared your anything want in the
Fertilizers
YOU want FISH it, and we know it is PURE
wanti have
IF Won want DISSOLVED BONE MURIATE POTASH SULPHATE
Fertilizer you neeo
If you something make early cal on Tor SWEEP
gentleman near tne
without load of other manure
his patch rs sprouts filling barrel
Orders promptly Gled--cheap for cash
GtrS W - - WINDER
ding NJ. Va
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SUMMER SCHEDULE. sGsu.
OF THE .agssa3sssgss4:
Eastern Shore Steamboat Company
OF BALTIMORE,

Until furthcrrotIce. will run their steamers az
follows, weather permittlng,) leaving South ST.
wharf al GOO o'clock r. m.
Steamer EASTFEN SHORE.
CAPT q. II. KAYNoR.
SUNDAYS and WEDNEsDAY$ for Crisneld. Hon
man'e Evans Dogs Nandua, Concord, d.
Wis, Reads. Miles, Shields and Rne's. RE-
TCRNING-leava Fues Tuesdays and Fridays
a.S3n n. NJ, Shields Q, Miles 9l6, Davis 10,
Reads 1920, Concmd II, Nendua 1890, Boggs
PAS, Evans 3, uoGman's 3.I5
steamer TANGIER.
CAPT. W. W. MATTHEWS.
Mondays and Thursdays for Fords, Crlpncld,
Finuey's, Onancock. Chesc"nncsseX. Huntin:
Creek, Guilford and NJ esrOnco. RETURNING
leaves Messnpco on Wednesdays and Satur-
days at q. H.. Guilford 4, Hunting Creek $50,
ChesconuesseX 1l.3c. Unancock 2.3U PM, Fin
ncy's $50, Ford's 7.30.
Steamer pOCNgIOKE.
CAPT. HEwAHD.
Tuesday and Friday for trisileld ,Tapglerlsland,
Flnney's, Onanccck, Pitts Wharf Cedar Ball,
RehohoIh. ioc, nlohe City and Snow Hill. RE-
URNING-NOndays ano Thursday. leaves
Snow Hill am, Pocnmoko City g, Rnh 3brih
9, Cedar Hall $50, Fills wharf 10, Onancock
2.30 y. m, FiEney's 3, TaEgicr Island d.
ALL Steamers leave crishe1d fol- Balti
We more, On arrival of last down train
Freight ana passengers received or all points
or .Le n. Y, Philn. and Norfolk, Wcomico and
PuvumoAe 4. K. daily, Delaware, Maryland ana
Virgiuis. Railroads Oh Tuesdays aud Fridays
opfy.
Positively DO freight received after 30 p, m.
and must be prepaid to all points, except
on tho Ny. phila. and Norfolk Railroad.
P. R. CLARK. General Agent,
I05 South street. Baltimore
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Messrs. Crockett & Winder:
Sirs:-I used your mixture A No.
last year on my sweet potato crop;
Will say I made more potatoes ana
sold them for more money than L
ever did before. shall surely use it
again this year.
GAINESVILLE, February 9Th, 1881.
Messrs. Crockett s. Winder:
Gentlelnen:-I used your mixture
A., last season by the side of other
No. fertilizers. The mixture A was
decidedly the best of all. Will use it
again this season.
Very respectfully,
r. w. Ames
February Cd, 1891.
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Welcome all by sin oppressed,
Wcl;ome to his sacred rest;
Nothing brought him from above,
Nothing but redccminR love.
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Urtilfurthcr notice. will run their steamers az
follows, weather permittlng,) leaving South st.
wharf a I 6 90 o'clock r. m.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-08-21

went out riding, aud a man who han
always ridden beside her came 10 ride
beside me. that sent him away; that
once when a man thought TO win my
favor by ridiculing nor slow drawi h..
tore the turned m him - fercely that
be never dared 10 come before me again
I knew sho knew that at tho hotel men
had made bet ~ 10 which was tie
prcttier, aho or /. and had asked each
man who came In, and that the one who
had staked on me won. hated them
for Il. but I would not let her see that |
cared about what she felt toward me.
She and mover spoke 10 each other
II we met In the village street We bowed
and passed on, when we shook hands We
did 70 silently aud did not look ut each
other. But ! thought she felt my pres
cnce In room Just rs felt hers
At last tho time for my going came. ]
was TO leave the next day Some one |
knew gayoa party In my honor, TO which
all the village was invited.
Now II was midwinter, there wss
nothing In the garden but few dahlias
and chrysauihemums, and suppose that
for 200 miles around there was not a rose
10 30 bought for love or money Only
IN tho garden Of friend Of mine. In a
sunny corner between tho oven aud tho
brick wall. there was lose tree grow.
ing which had on II onc bud. It was
white. l. had been promised 10 the girl
TO wear ut the party.
The evening came; when ! arrived
and went TO the waiting room 20 take on
my mantle found tho girl already there
She was dressed In pure white dress,
with her great white arms and shoulders
showing. her bright hair gliitering Va
tho candle light aud tho white rose fas-
toned al her breast. She looked like
queen said "Gooi evening" and
turned away quickly TO tho glass 10 ar
range my old black scarf across my old
black dresA
Then felt hand tolch my hair.
"siand still. (" she said.
~ looked In the glasA sho had taken
tho white roso from her breast and was
fastening IL IN my hair.
"Ilow nice dark hair is; Il sois of
flowers 40" She stepped back and
looked at Il. at looks much better
thcrcw
turned round and looked at her.
"You are 20 beautiful 10 me-" said.
"Y-o.a." she said slowly, "rm glad"
We stood looking NJ each other.
Then thoy camcin and swept us away.
Al tho evening we did not come near to
each other only once. as she passed,
l.. ~ 4 -
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-08-21

In a late number Of Tho womon's Jour
nal. Henry - Blackwell sums up tho
gains, legal and social, that women have
made IN tho United States In tho present
generation. The gains would have bcon
still greater than they are. In Mr.. Black.
woll's Judgment, only for two causes
ono In the north. tho other In tho south.
Tho causes are the foreigner and tho
negro. Many Of the foreign immigrants.
no says. will have to die and DO born
over again before they can rise 10 tho
American conception Of human rights
aud dutics
In spite Of these granite walls that
have barred her way. however. woman
has won this inuchi
Women hnvu attained IN tho United States
constitution. By the fourteenth amendment,
an express guaranty Of cltizenship. "Ati pcf-
sons born or naturalised Ia tho United staios"
arc declared % DO "oltlEcns Of tho United
states, aud Of tho states Ia which thoy reside"
Twenty.thrcc states have conceded tho prin.
eiplo Of women suffrage by making women
yutcra In school elections. three statoi have
given women tho right 10 vote on liquor H.
cuuscs Kansas has given women suffrage In
municipal elections, and Wyoming. after
twenty ono years Of experience a. a woman
outrage territory. has rivcn women full suf-
ifagu add political equality.
In majority u tho states Important legri
changes In tho status Of wives, mothers aud
wid1ws have greatly nodded tho LEGAL sub-
iocilnn Of women IN marriage.
In tho primary schools gifis and boys stand
everywhere on a footing u equality, aud ma.
~ aaI ~.
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Tho brain in early litc ia highly sus.
ccptible TO every disturbing influence
Moreover. tho blood circulating In tho
body aud Limbs Is easily diverted there
from 10 tho head. II n hungry baby
merely manifesis It's desire for food by a
few short cries, its face becomes "tlaz.
ing red" In consequence OF the blood be.
INK driven with rush up from tho
body.
Circulation Is restored as soon ~ tho
little one Is quiet, and ordinarily no
harm IA donc by tho temporary congos.
ton. But such attacks. n often repeat.
I'd and prolonged, may pave tho way TO
serious brain disease. Probably the
danger Of "brain trouble" Is greater IN
hot than In cold weather; hence the top.
III bath, Of such great efficacy. should
DO frequently rcsoTted to.-Boston Her
aid.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-08-21

Aluminium is down to Gfty cents Il
pound already Likewise an aluminium
boat has been built and successfully
launched In Zurich, Switzerland. 1t il
only twenty feet long and will be cx.
hibited at a Frankfort marine exhibi.
ton merely as a miniature Of the ship
Of tho future, II Is run by two horse
power naphtha engine. and It's hull.
screw and machinery arc all made OF
aluminium. Tho littlo craft is entirely
successful from every point Of view.
There Is all reason to believe that wo
who now live viii behold tho ushering
In OF tho ago Of aluminium. A beauu.
full shining age 1t will DO, tool better
than the tabled golden age.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-08-21

Antiquarians tell us that tho wooden
Indian sa tobacco sign. because tobacco
Ia an American weed and that 1t was orig
inally used by tho Indians. But this
Same antiquarian gets tangled occasion.
ally and tells you that tobacco has been
IN uso for over 5000 years among tho
Chinese. Meyen, In his GEOGRAPHY Of
Plants" Is Of tho opinion that tho smols.
ing OF tobacco Is OF great antiquity
among the Chinese, because no has OBJ
served carvings Of tobacco pipes upon
monuments whose ages run back into
the. thousands OF years, and they are cx.
aotly like the Celestial tobacco Pipe to-
day too. II this Is q fact 1t would DO
much more appropriate TO use the figure
OF a Chinaman In place OF tho wooden
Indian now used by dealers. st. Louis
Republic.
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The International copyright law has
given riso TO specnlation as 10 whether
the gain would be all on the side Of the
British auihor IN the workings Of this
law II certainly will not America Is
to DO IA great IN literature as in com.
merce and political power.
Already we have authors that are
purely and originally American. One
OF these is the unique Chicago poet.
Eugene Field. with a reputation on both
sides Of the Atlantic There. too. Il
Marie Wilkins. whose work Is like q
Meiasonior picture. As writer for
children and young people Kate Douglas
Wiggin has been pronounced tho com.
ing woman. The Held she has chosen IL
one Of the strongest and richest 10 be
worked In literature. None but a down.
right genius can BE- a successful writer
for young people
The writer's named have drawn moth.
ing from Engliih patterns In literature.
Their work Il as purely American as
their own birthfight It Is certainly
equal to anything by living British writ
or Of this generation. and has moro
force aud originality than almost any
British composition now put upon the
market.
There. too. is tho novelist-moralisi, +.
W. Howe whose style Is a. strong.
sweet and wholesome rs the wind that
blows across his own pruiries When his
first novel appeared Frazicr's Magazine
British) pronounced It "tho greatest
American novel" An his books abound
in quaint, cplgrammatic sayings, which
Il will do the British cousin good to read.
They arc such as this. from his latcs.
work.
"Thcro are many people who joln
churches rs they Join lodges--to have a
warm place where thoy may spend idle
timo and meet otherA"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-08-21

Last January there was In this ooun-
try tho largest sum Of money per capita
that was ever known In the history Of
tho patton, although many individuals
arc sure they did not get their share Of
It, The amount per capita was twenty
four dollars. The large gold shipments
have reduced It somewhat, yet even now
II II will be any consolation to you to
know 1t, there is for you and every mem
her Of your family, though you are n
country minister, s99,31.