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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-11-26
HOW LONG is A THOUGHT?
Surprising Results of Experiments Made
by British Scientist

How long does it take a man t.
think? Prof. Richet, at the recen
meeting of the British association
gave the results of his investigation
into this subject. He found that BY
mentally running up the notes of the
musical scale for one or more
octaves, and then dividing the tota
time by the total number of notes
thought Of, the time taken for each
note was one-eleventh of second.
There are various ways Of arriving
at conclusions as to the amount of
time necessary for realizing any ply
steal sensation or mental impression.
If the skin be touched repeatedly
with light blows from a small ham
mer, person may, according to Prof.
Richet, distinguish the fact that the
blows are separate and not continu-
Gus pressure, when they follow one
another as frequently as 1000 Sec
ond.
The smallest intervals of sound can
be much better distinguished with
one ear than with both. Thus the sep
arateness of the clicks of a revolving
toothed wheel was noted by
one observer when they did not
exceed 60 to the second, but using
both ears he could not distinguish
them when they occurred oftener
than i times a second.
The sharp sound of the electric
spark of an induction coil was dis
tingushed with one ear when the rate
was as high as 500 to the second.
Sight is much less keen than hearing
in distinguishing differences. If a
disc half white and half black be re-
yolved, it will appear gray when its
revolutions exceed "a per second.
1t has been found that we can hear
far more rapidly than we can count,
SO that if clock-clicking movement
runs faster than zen to the second
we can count four clicks, while with
20 to the second we can only count
two of them.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-11-26
A DERvIsH MIMIC.
Makes Fun for Btitishers in Their Camp
at Wady Halfa.


Among the men who leaped off the
railway trucks and hurried off to their
breakfasts was one black ex-Dervish
worthy Of mention. This was Somid,
the Sudanese jester Of the camp, who
can always raise a roar of laughter in
the working gangs, and is of distinct
service, keeping up the mems spirits
as he does by his clever mimicry and
queer tricks. A bugler in Hicks
Pasha's Inflated army, he was cap
tured by the Dervishes and taken to
the mahdi's camp at 0mdurman.
There he discovered that he could
make his life easier by playing the
buffoon, and he became the jester of
Wad ell Bishara, the famous emir who
commanded the Dervish forces that
were opposed to us last year. He used
to be called up to amuse his masters
friends by giving limitations of the
British officers with whom he had
been brought into contact
Recaptured by us last year at the
battle Of Hafr, he now, when not en-
ployed in rail-laying, keeps the camp
in a roar by his close limitations of his
former master Bishara and other
Dervish notables. Seeing strangers
in camp, he approached us with a
comical waddle, and then proceeded,
surrounded by g crowd of his appre-
ciative countrymen, to favor us with
what was certainly a very extraor-
binary entertainment First he i'm
personated the great Emir Yunes;
sword over shoulder, he staggered up
and down as though a Dervish camp,
Boosting of his proves and declaring
that he would destroy the enemies Of
God, and drive the English into the
sea- Then he suddenly became Wad
ell Bishara, the truer soldier, with
graver mien than before; speaking
calmly and deliberately, he walked
with slow dignity, a leader of men,
giving orders to his officers in precise
terms. The different characters of
the two emirs were so clearly brought
out by this close observer and marvel
Gus mimic that one felt one would al
most be able to recognize the two men
with certainty if one ever met them.
From the grave he passed to the
ludicrous; he took off the mannerisms
of native clerk on the railway works,
of an impatient bimbsshi carrying on
a conversation through the telephone
with an indistinct but imperturbable
Egyptian at the other end of the wire.
Next, with most CHASTITY realism, he
gave us a representation Of hanging
man. 1t was true to life and to death,
for Somid must have witnessed many
an execution by hanging in the Der
wish camp.
Then he became Wad ell Bishara
again at the battle of Hafr, encourag-
ing his men and laughing scOrnfully
at the shells which burst around him,
the sound of which Somid faithfully
reproduced. A variety of other tricks
were performed by this versatile
black. Later in the day we came
across him again, at work on the rail
way. He had just laid down a rail, |
and, seeing us, proceeded to initiate
the action Of one sketching portrait.
In moment We recognized every
turn of his head and hand, the pose,
even the expression of face of one Of
the war artists with us; it was a Won
derful piece of pantOmine and mimic
Wady Halfa Correspondence
| Oudoo TiDoae
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-11-26
A Remarkable Tree.

A remarkable locust tree grows in
Mrs. Elizabeth Porter's front yard, at
Glasgow, Ky. AT all times, even in
the dryest weather, continual
shower of mist or vapor comes from
its branches, and at any hour shower
bath can be had by standing under
its foliage.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-11-26
Not Pure Friendship.

May-Clara and Belle appear to
be inseparable.
Minnie-Yes; they are in love with
the same man and they have to watch
one another constantly. - Town
Topics.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-11-26
Do Business on Wind.

A company is organizing in New
York to bottle ozone. 1t will take no
pains to deny that it is doing business
con wind."-Ohicago Dispatch.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-03-18
Congressman MiIIiken's Work.

The Washington correspo ndent of the
Bangor Commercial. has this to say re-
specting the work of Congressman Milli-
ken the past session: Representative
Milliken probably introduced more pen
sion bills in the last Congress than any
other Maine representative. Besides
these he had a number of bills for the
erection of public buildings. especially
for new government printing Office
Mr.. Milliken's bills for removing charges
of desertion from soldiers and the date
of Introduction are as follows: Feb. s.,
1897 william KatOn, Co. G. 18th Maine
volunteers; Jan %, 1896 Charles Abbott,
Co. e. 18th Maine infantry; April Is. 1896,
Thomas c. Jones, Co. F. 11th Maine in
fantry; March 81, 1896, Dan w. Morton,
Augusta. Co. G, Second Maine infantry.
Co. E. 1st United States colored troops; !;
March 10. 1896. Lieut.. Commander VIII
liam L. Stone. of the navy; March 10,
1896. Edward o. Sergeant. Green's Land
ing. Me-, Co. F, 18th Mass. infantry
Jan. 13. 1885, James r. Gray, Co. D, 31st
Maine volunteers: and Dec. n. 1896. Louis
B. Weymouth, Co. z, 40th N. ]. volun-
teers.
Mr.. Milliken introduces bills to grant
pensions and to Increase them as follows:
May IL. 1885, bill to pension John w.
Charming, captain Co. F., 7th Maine reg
iment. at the rate of $72 a month. favor
ably reported by the committee for a
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-03-18

The Democrats in the House who
weren't so lucky as to vote for the
youthful Mr.. Bailey of Texas for
speaker in the Democratic caucus now
admit that his choice makes him the
recognized leader of the Democratic
party surprising as it is that one so i'm
mature and comparatively unknown
should be placed above those as far his
superior in experience as they are his
senior in years. 1t is said that Mr.
Bailey, although free silver man, is
man Of ability and generally sound
ideas according to a Democratic
standard. 1t is also noteworthy that
Mr.. Bailey was avowedly opposed to
the nomination of Mr.. Bryan on ac-
count of the latters Populistic prin-
ciples. There is ample room for thu
suspicion that Baby" Bailey as he is
called thinks he knows of a more
available" candidate than Mr.. Bryan
one capable of carrying the great
state of Texas, for instance.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-03-18

rate of $50 month. the money to be
paid legally qualified guardians; March
Is. 1896 a bill to pension Ann s. Andrews
widow of Ezekiel. of Co. G. 26th Maine
volunteers. favorably reported: Jan. 13
1886. bill to pension Mrs. Olive Brown oi
Chelsea. Me-, mother of Edward Brown
Co. F, End Maine regiment infantry, IA
, vorably reported: May 10. 1896. to pension
Susan w. Newell. foster mother of Rob-
ert T. Newell, Co. /, 18th Maine regi-
n,ent. at $i2 month: Jan. 13. 1886. to
pension at s12 a month Herbert w. Leach
of Brockton. Mass. late seaman on
steamer Jeannett. favorably reported;
April 4. 1896. to increase to $50 month
the pension of John Dow of Augusta
Co. X. 9TH New York regiment Co. II.
Fifth Maine regiment: April A. 1896. to in
crease to $50 month the pension of Rob
ert w. Groves of Smithfield. Me-. Co. A,
10Th regimepo of Maine volunteers: Dec.
q. 1895. to pension at 81 month Cynthia
4. Lapham. widow of William B.. lieu
first lieutenant 7th Maine volunteer light
battery: Dec. q, 1925, bill to pay Walter
r. Gray. of Belfast. $1,000 for injury to
left eye while working under the COM
mand Of a United States officer at Mo-
bile bay in April. 1865.
Mr.. Milliken also introduced in the
House of Representatives a bill to re-
lieve Samuel w. Tibbetts of Portland,
tention of a cargo of gunpowder. which
Capt. Tibbetts sailed away to New Or
leans with in 1861 before the breaking out
of hOstilities in the sum of $4,000: also
bill to relieve William S. Grant. of Gar
diner. for the loss of his historic wagon
train in Texas: also to pay Samuel Rob-
bins of Belfast. $4,000 for injuries while on
the vessel Kit Carson" while employed
by the government near Fortress Mon
roe; also a bill to pay Samuel B. Pratt
and heirs $4,000 for damages done the
steamer Drigo in 1864 while under impris-
onment by the government; also bill to
relieve the heirs of William Pitcher and
Alexander Hayford by paying them
$4661 and to relieve Samuel Otis and
George b. Ferguson. of Belfast. or their
heirs So. 22S.2S for loss on storage and pur-
chase of hay during the war.
Another bill introduced by Mr. Milliken
provides for the payment of $3.163.63 the
cost of repairs, to the owners of the brig
Abby Ellen for damages she sustained at
Hilton Head, s. c.. while under impress
ment by the government in time of the
civil war. He also had bill before the
last Congress to relieve the ship Belle,
for rescuing the crew of the Charles
Dennis. Mr. Milliken had another bill.
introduced April 3. 1896, to pay to Loring
G. Emerson of Orland, Me-. $462.9O for
mileage on account of the coast and geo
detic survey between Orland. Me- and
Astoria, Oregon, and also for $760.61, the
difference between shore duty pay and
sea duty pay between June 16, 1866, and
July 10. 1865. Mr.. Milliken also had bills
before the last Congress for the donation
of cannon and cannon balls to the Grand
Army post at Bar Harbor, and posts at
other towns in his district rs
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-03-18
TRACK AND STABLE GOSSIP.

DR.. H. D. Worth of East Corinth,
mas sold his fast pacing colt, Agnes
W.. by Claynos, by Onward; dam by
Gen. Withers, to Boston parties, for d
good price.
A. w. Ridley of Bangor. has purchased
Of e. A. Ireland. Stetson. May r.. a
three-year-old mare by. Nelson Wilkes;
1st dam by Gideon, 2d by Dirigo. color
roam. The mare will be handled by W.
G. Preston.
Beautiful Bells (2291k), Palo Altos ia
nous brood mare. has produced a foal
every year since 1880. Among them are
Chimes, Bow Bells, Bellefiower. Adbell,
Bellsire and the two dead brothers, st.
Bel and Bell Boy.
Beatrice, 223l1s. will be on the track the
coming season. Beatrice Is a seven
years-old black mare owned by Mr.. jC. p.
Drake of Lewiston. and sired by Dtake's
Bayard Wilkes. She Is one of <he kpeed-
lest Of Bayard's get and Is look(6 upon
as a likely candidate for $40 or Is \honors
the coming season.
Among local stable gossip of ir)lerest
it may be mentioned that Mr.. Wheelden
thinks he will make circuit canjpaiGn
with Lucky Nelson the coming skason;
a handsome pair of horses has beeh pur-
chased in Orrington by Nat Stanley, and
William Miller has sold his fast {trotter
Pretty Soon to Bar HarbOr parties, and
his chestnut Harbinger colt to Ltsander
Palmer Of this city.-Bangor Com}nercial.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-03-18


The current number OF Lords Mara
zine contains the following instructive
papers. several OF which are fully tllns-
trated: Drop Cut-on Valve Gears-"
Hollow Forged Steel Shafts" "Elec.
trio Power in a Bolt WORKS. .Enwi-
reers' License Laws" High W. Low
Water Explosions, The Edison Sta.
tion." and Marine Engineering.
Dsaahss's masazlas.
The March Donahoe's appears in sA.
tractive covers OF white and green. .hay-
Ing on the frCnt q picture Of st. Pat
rick. The articles are many and not
able. and include the following, "St
Patrick: His Life Legends and Mir
acles." IN the Crescent City in e.
The ms and Outs Of New Orleans"
Historical Catholic Families OF Amer
lea" The Franciscans in the United
States" and "England's Robbery Of
Ireland" Probably the leading feature
OF this number is symposium: What
is Best for Ireland" by Rev. Patrick
IO'Donnell, p. J. Timmins. NJ. D., Mich
ael Davitt. OBrien J. Atkinson, J. E.
Redmond, and William O'Brien. The
departments and fiction are OF the US
ual excellence.
sothossa's masaziss
for March contains the following ar
ticles and short stories, all Of much
merit: The Voice From the Void"
"A Group of Royal Beauties" The
Price Of Soul.'' The Photography Of
Thought" THE Strange Patient" and
'Music's Appeal to Individual Feeling
There are also several poems.
Romance.
This magazine has shown a marked
improvement of late. The current
number contains eight short stories
and several articles by the following
contributors: Amiee Hercht- Neil
Edward 3. Lissner. Walter Beverly
Crane. Mary +. Wilkins, Emile Zola.
Ludovic Halevy and. ellison Willets
An installment of Hall Cajhe's serial
The Last Confession" is given. 4
The Harvard Graduaies' Magazine.
Harvard, past and present, is ably
treated in the March number of the
Harvard Graduates Magazine. The
special articles. aside from the depart
ments, include The Earliest Print of
Harvard College," Harvard in the
Sixties, ""From Graduates Window"
Slavic Languages" Harvard Men as
College Presidents" Two Works on
Literature" ''The Need of a Germanic
Museum President .Eliot's Report
Benjamin Apthorp Could" and The
Halfway Point
The chauinuquan.
The March Chautauquan is rightly
styled a Homer Number there being
six able articles devoted to the Greek
poet. They include ''Homeric Art
The Homeric POEMS" The Story OF
the Iliad," The Story Of the Odyssey
The Women Of Homer and The
Homeric Age" Among the many
other notable papers in this number
are Gold and Silver Mining" silk
Making in France" From Cleveland
to Mckinley in the White House.
Visit to Jules Verne and Victorien
Sardou." and Popular Amusements in
New York" The ''Woman's Council
Table" is bountifully spread with liter
ary good things.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-03-18

A Worcester merchant, who about
visited that city a few days since tax.
ing along with him $4,000 with
which he went around among his OLD
creditors and squared up" A little
practical preaching like that ought te
be just as effective in some other parts
OF the earth not commonly supposed
to be as wicked as the great metropo
lis. There is need of it,
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-03-18

When anything is shown to be unrea :
sonable its modification to a reason
able basis is likely to follow more
quickly, perhaps, than had it beer
shown to be merely unjust. 1t was
the unreasonableness of maintaining
the old spoils system at the expense
of the efficiency of the management OF
public affairs and at great waste OF
the time of public men whose efforts
We're supposed to be devoted to the
public service, which more than the
injustice of the condition brought
about civil service reform. Those whu
expected the ideal had been attained
then, and that henceforth no modifica
tionS of that system would be neede
must have indeed been short sighted
He is no friend of the reform who in
sists that it can in no way be wisely
modified. To refuse to eliminate those
things which invite ridicule is to b:
ridiculous. Accordingly it is but just
to Senator Frye to regard his position
respecting a certain feature of the law
to have been dictated rather by a de.
sire to improve and strengthen the sys-
tenn than by any hostile purpose
He said: THE civil service rules have
been extended by the President over
the employment of all manner Of SER
wants through the engineer depart
ment of the government so if an of
fetal away up the Columbia river wants
to hire a laborer for a piece of work
the laborer must have certificate from
the civil service commission, and so ir
case of a surveyor who may be wantei j
two or three days. 1t is interferins
with all the improvements Of rivers
and harbors and is absolutely absurd
and stupid Senator Frye, along with
other friends of the measure, evidently
entertains no thought that the system
should be impaired but that it should
be made as practicable as possible AL
those propositions should, however, be
critically examined to see that they
contain nothing Objectionable or detri-
mental to the principles of the civil
service law.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-03-18

Owing to reckless driving on the
main street at Fort Fairfield within a
few weeks one horse has been nearly
OF quite ruined several pungs have
been injured, and several people pro-
miscuously thrown around; one young
woman has been knocked down. run
over. shamefully bruised and has suf-
fered the breaking of several ribs; and
narrow escapes from severe injuries OF
from death itself have been almost
daily occurrences.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-03-18
The civ Poor Department.

During the past three Of four weeks
the Journaf has been flooded with
anonymous communications from "Citi-
zen, Taxpayer" Republican" "Veri-
tas." and others. in reference to our
city poor department, Notwithstanding
the fact that we publish at the head
CT our. editorial column every day in
the year the following notice to ous
readers:
mo notice whatever will be taken OF
unsigned communications.
Now we do not keep this standing as
a mere matter of form. 1t means pre-
cisely what it says. People who have
complaints and charges to make against
city officials should at least have tbs
courage to stand behind them. Anony-
nous letter writers are a good deal like
Artemas Ward who was determined
that the Rebellion should be sup
pressed even if it became necessary to
sacrifice all his wifes relations in tha
cause. There are lots of people whit
are willing to furnish ammunition il
the editor will only go to the front with
it. Now wedonct purpose to rake up the
past. This whole matter has been be-
fore the people of Augusta and they
have disposed of it. We do feel, how
&c fnV .
few plain words to the people of this
city relative to the lack of proper facil-
tiles for caring for our INDECENT poor.
Our present poor house is utterly un-
suited for its purpose. Humanity de-
, mands that there should be radica
changes in it. 1t should be enlarged
| with a view not only of furnishing bet
| ter accommodations for it's inmates
but also of allowing for some sort of d
classification of them. The most thor
ough measures should be taken to pro-
vide against vermin. In this connec.
ton we believe that a brick room
should be constructed and equipped
with apparatus so that all clothing
could be disinfected with hot steam a,
least twice a month. The rooms
should be equipped throughout with
metal bedsteads and should be cleaned
frequently with the antiseptic solutions
SO successfully employed in large hos
pitals. Under no circumstances should
a tramp be housed at our poor farm
1t is bad enough to have them at our
police station and county Jail. Those il
charge of the poor house should be ac-
corded every needed facility for enforc-
ing, every day in the year. the utmost
cleanliness.
All OF these things would call for
| some outlay, but. for the fair name
lcf our city we believe that some steps
in the direction of improving the CON
ditions of the inmates of this depart
ment should be taken at the earliest
possible moment.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-03-18

the remedy. Fortunately this disgust
is strengthened by the growing belief
that it is not so much physical courage
as greed for gain that induces these
ruffians to forego disputing and resort
to fighting. 1t is also heightened by
the BELIEF which has the best of foun-
dation, that the fights may not be con-
Quoted on the square and that in the
ring brains are at the mercy Of Drawn.
unless it shall have previously been
decided which man is to win.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-03-18
COMMITTEE NOTICES.
LEGAL AEEAIRA,

LEGAL AFFAIRS.
COMMITTEES on on legal affairs will meet in
on Tuesday. Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday Of each week. at o'clock r. NJ,
until further notice.
HENRY, BoYNroN, Sec'y.
JUDICIARY.
Committee on judiciary will meet In its
room at the State House In Augusta, on
Tuesday. Wednesday, Thursday and FRI
III further notice.
BY order Of the judiciary committee.
W. ]. KNowLToN. Sec'y.
AGRICULTURE.
Committee on Agriculture will meet in
ct : o'clock P. M. until further notice.
GEO. E. MITCHELL. sec'y.
FINANCIAL AFFAIRS.
Committee on Financial Affairs will
meet In the Office Of the State treasurer
p. II. C. e. MciNrlRE. Sec'y.
TOWNS.
Committee on towns will hold it, regu-
!sr meetings In the land agents ofice on
II. II. CHAMBERLA1N, Chairman.
n. A. AUSTIN, Secretary.
WAYS AND BRIDGES.
Committee on Ways and Bridges will
Ing tho session Of the Legislature Tues
day afternoons at o'clock.
II. 8. WHITING. Secretary.
SEA AND SHORE FISHERIES.
The Sea and Shore Fishery committee
viii meet each Tuesday at $50 P. NJ, in
E. A. VIVIAN, Chairman,
F. 8. STEVENS. Secretary.
EDUCATION.
Committee on education will meet in
0NnQPintQndant
room, each Wednesday at 2 o'clock P. NJ,
until further notice.
F. 8. WALLS, Chairman.
c. N. BLANCHARD. Secretary.
SALARIES.
Committee on salaries will meet every
Tuesday at 2.3o P. NJ, in railroad commits
si0nerS' room.
B. BURTON. Secretary.
INLAND FISHERIES AND GAME.
Tho committee on inland fisheries and
game will meet in the Agricultural room,
State House, on Tuesdays and Thursdays
&. e. CusHMAN. Secretary.
STATE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE
AND THE MECHANIC ARTS.
Committee on legislation and mechanic
arts will visit the college Feb. 8. By
vote OF committee. r. H. REED, Sec'y.
STATE LANDS AND STATE ROADS
COMMITTEE OF STATE l-anOS ana STATE
Roads will meet in the land agents Office
on each Tuesday at . o'clock A. NJ, unit
further notice.
G. Il. SIMPSON, Chairman.
L. o. DUDLEY, Secretary.
BANKS AND BANKING.
Committee on Banks and Banking will
meet in the Bank Examiners office or
Wednesday Of each week at O'Clock Ii
the afternoon until further notice.
GEO. M. CuRR1nR. sec'y.
INDIAN AFFAIRS.
Committee on Indian affairs will meet
at its room each Tuesday at 1.30 P. N.
until further notice.
c. c. KING. Secretary.
ENGROSSED BILLS.
Committee on Engrossed Bills will meet
in the Legal Affairs room each morning
during the session of the Legislature, al
o'clock A. NJ. e. F. GOwELL, Sec'y.
INTERIOR WATERS.
The regular meeting of the committee
on interior waters will be held each
Wednesday at r. NJ. at the State
GEO. p. LoNGLEY, Secretary.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-03-18
JOHN NJ. KALER, Secretary.
SEA AND SHORE FISHERIES.

We haven't noticed anyone anxious
and impatient to read the report of
eX-President of the United States Sen
ate ingalls, on the prize fight. There
is, however. considerable curiosity as
to what ex-Champion John L. Sulli-
van may say. Curiosity seems to take
a more natural course than the
schemes of some of the managing edi-