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Show after sulphate of magnesia. We can only taste things in solution; hence if the tongue, were "perfectly, "per-fectly, dry it would not be atfect-ed atfect-ed by the strongest flavored substance sub-stance in a dry state. The suicide of young Goudy was most pitiable. Coming of a fine old family, with God's gifts of an active body and a bright 'brain, and a long and pleasant future before him, he threw away ; 1 that is dear to mortali-ty. mortali-ty. He was quite well known! here and very popular among j Ins close companions. . The heavy advance in taxation is not altogether encouraging. It is accounted for by the large -appropriations for the St. Louie and Portland exhibitions, and kindred expenses. However, it would be far better to make our exhibits smaller," cut out a few of our state officers, reduce rather rath-er than increase the salaries of 4he others, and in simiiar ways endeavor to curtail expenses, an order that taxation may be Sightene 1. At present it is a somewhat'heavy burden. General Adna R. Chaffee, a jnan of plain speech, caused some stir among foreign, mis -aionary agencies in a recent ' rspeech, wLbst" tenor v;as that among the educated Chinese the iffort to propagate the Christian religion had been a failure. One reason alleged was that while China has 0113 religion, the foreign for-eign missionary brings many and confusing varieties of sect and doctrine, to such an extent ' that the identity of the true Christian religion is exceedingly obscure. The Minnesota, the largest steamship ever built by Yankee craftsmen, was launched at New iOndun, April 16. She was -christened by Miss Clara Hil daughter,of President Hill of the Great -Nortneru Steamship Company. Com-pany. The ship is 630 f et long and has five continuous decks. The carrying capacity of this leviathan le-viathan equals the contents of :2,500 cars and 2.500 cars would make a tivight train seven miles long! The Minnesota is expected, expect-ed, to steam at fourteen knots an ! hour, and whl ply in the Pacific! trade between Saattle and Yoke -! tionaa, via Honolulu. She will! , carry a 'crew of 250 (Asiatics, commanded bj American officers. There is no limit to the mysteries mys-teries 01 the physical system. For some unknown reason different dif-ferent parts of the tongue are -assigned f ;r dif f ei ent tastes . With the tip we taste sweet sub stances and salts, with the back Tre taste bitter things and with the sides we taste acids. The middle p.. rt of the tongue's surface sur-face has scarcely any taste at ,. - -' -all. T.ie long named sub. -stance parabrombenzoic sulphin-ide sulphin-ide produces a most remarkable effect, lor it gives a ser.se of sweetness to tho point of the tongue and of bitterness to the Sack Pure water tastes sweet |