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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-08

II is Illicit aught that might displeass
his lady.
1t is lcIt lady to be less circumspect ct cetera
and SO forth
UNDERSTANDING OF THE HEART
These statutes. always candid, sometimes profound
They disclose understanding
tetes 1t matters of this delicate that
the Courts Of Love caimed-and exercsed-jursdicon.
The judges danes of high degree. At time,
cases of tort and of felony the lord of ef pos
sessed the right of Justice. high there
crimes which the law reach the
same then. There are, contentious which
no mere male however enfiefed. may adjust to
tribunals of their Their strength weak
patrician and that appeased. They Sc
Moreover If always clement. occasionally they
quaint.
Here is an instance. A conidant charged by a friend
with messages of love found the much
MS taste that he addressed her in his behalf
stead OF being repulsed his advances
Whereupon the injured brought prothono-
try of the court relates that the plaintiff having
prayed that the fraud be submitted the
Champagne the latter, sitting in banco with sixty DANES
heard the complaint after due elaboration handed
down the following decision: ut is
PENDANTS be henceorth ebarred
of honest people"
Here is another knight commanded by his
lady not to say do anything publicly praise 1t
SO fell about that her lightly knight
challenged the defamer. Thereupon lady contended
that he had forfeited all claim to her regard hav
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-08
FEEDING LIVING
CORAL AT AQUARIUM.
Delicate Operation Which Requires Exercise
Of Considerable Care.

"Of all the inhabitants of the Aquarium"
remarked Custodian Spencer of that 1nsti-
tuition as he stood over a small glass COM
partment gently manipulating a slender
stick across the surface OF a group of living
coral. 1.-The specimens in this group'-in-
dicating a row of glass cylindrical shaped
vessels containing the coral and sea anem-
ones-"require the greatest care at feeding
time
These extremely beautiful but delicate
specimens from the oceans depths remain
in the laboratory and are not on public
view, says the New York Times. According
to the custodian, they have the most capri
cious and exacting appetites and are only
to he tempted by the daintiest of morsels.
In feeding the living coral minute par
ticles are impaled on the point of a slender
stick, which is gently, drawn across the
waving surface of the group, and 1t is often
a matter of an hour before one group of
coral has satisfied its rather exacting ap-
petite, as each individual mouth of the
hundreds that contribute to the enc general
stomach must have its quota in turn. and
great care must be taken that none of the
food falls uneaten to the bottom OF the
vessel, as the slightest contamination Of
the water is fatal to these specimens.
With the sea anemones. Of which the
Aquarium has quite a variety. almost ex-
act.y similar conditions prevail. Although
capable of taking food in larger quantities
than the coral, the anemones are very
capricious and irregular in their feeding,
some days taking the food offered. vo-a-
ciously and then for days at time refusing
to be tempted by the most luscious morsels
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-08

ing brought the decided that the defence
lady Illicit and 1t ordered that the knight be
rehabiated in and renstated in grace, Which.
the prothonotary was done.
But how? There is the beautiful part OF 1t. To the
Courts Love sherifs attached judgments
enforced by constabuary. but by the community.
Disregard decision entailed of liberty. but
loss OF caste. the a there exclusion
In the of the drawbridges
result the delinquent So. too. contempt
Of the jurists.
GUIDING THE AFFECTIONS
Such the Courts Love. Women then did
less they ft and It In order that they
might what fttest that these tribunals
established They had another purpose guiding the
affections they educated them Women admonished
and instructed They taught. will
that they who please generally fail to please
foundy. They further taught will also assume
that please profoundly should let her
self wholly known Even in kisses there should
mystery Moreover, they taught. ought to have
been that when to mystery there be added uncertainty
and the two be sufficiently fused then the party of the
second part is not merely profoundly pleased but
fortably perpexed The devil does not know where
he is at
For Of all things mystery and perpexity disturb the
imagination OF all factors in enduring affection
the most potent is imagination. The who leaves
a nothing to bother about leaves him nothing
dread. Inconsistency is the result The brute turns to
pastors
But the woman Of whom ; man Is him
about her for the Of his wretched
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-08

the residuum of the sciences exact.
Among these sciences love- time, Just escaped
admttance. By Of compensation 1t codifed.
What is to the point, the code became law Judg-
accordance Herewith rendered in courts
open and plenary.
In 1907 these courts be revived. They
revived for the pleasure be- but certainly for the
instruction, of visitors to exposition which is be
then held in Milan You may have wondered what
driving There is the these remarks.
too, tip Louis. Also perhaps
the schooling which the youth country
lack.
inject that perhaps because skeptcal by
mote. 1907 far away St. uncertain summary
Of the instruction may contain few hints.
The elements of this instruction
originated in Broceiande country which, everybody
knows. lies somewhere within the confines Of the
mined. But 1t has been authortativey suspected
they Graded in the manuals courtesy
which chivalry familiar and which society has for
got Anyway, they once existed, and existing filtered
into Provence where parliament of peeresses
into pandect Of which the statutes
some of them. BY of commentary may note
that licit lawful and Illicit the There is
nothing like making things clear. But, oyer:
is Illicit kiss and tell.
1t is illicit to love whom It would be Illicit to
marry.
1t is Illicit to love two at a time.
1t is ic to be beloved by two. by three by any num-
Der.
It Is illicit to be open-armed and closefsted.
1t is licit for to love her she can
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-08

feels that he could his throat for her When man
does not feel that way he has feeling at all.
Maxms of this fastidious morality assume
without effort. handed the Courts of Love. Since
the latter revived Milan. why also at St.
badly these this of the planet love
that Only when old enough to pay It properly
too old to play 1t at ALL In which respect 1t II
inferior to bridge whist
That Is all wrong. The principles the sport should
be taught schoo-f St Louis-with post grad
noorey that through ignorance Of these things
and many of them to Dakota What is the sta
tstcs full of people who again and again be-
fore they begin to know how All of which q proper
course of sprouts would obviate.
And yet again 1t might not Human nature II curously
invariable With without instruction in these matters
always has it preferred its Babylonian tablets
recently disnterred show that yearu
quite the that II is to-day. then knowl
edge has increased. but wisdom matters ethical
and cardiac bit advanced than were
elders in the reign Of Assurbanpa. Love to them
quite alluring Is the equally
deceptive. They had their ideas the subject as We
have theories and then these ideas and
themes amount Just much bosh or-more elegantly
and exactyto three months alteration three month";
of inrospection thirty Of oeraton the chill
dren to begin it all
the proposed revival Courts Of Love n Milan
with possible Illustrations Of them Louis can alter
that sort of thing for shall long them nj
work.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-08
HOW MARCONI SENDS
A WIRELESS MESSAGE.

'All ready" he cried to the electrician
who stood in the power-room watching the
inventor through the long connecting hall
way.
A lever was pulled and . dim hum flied
the room. The indicator of the volt meter
began to race past all sorts Of high fiEures
on the face Of the dial.
Now I'll send to Poldhu." He pressed
the key.
There was a binding flash Of blush lixht.
for with each movement Of the key great
sparks jumped two inches between the two
silver knobs Of the induction coil
One knob OF this coil is connected with
the earth, forming the ground connection.
the other with the wire leading to the aerial
wires. Each spark means an oscillating
impulse from the battery to the aerial wire,
and from the wire the oscillations of ether
occur which carry through space at the
speed of $4,000 miles second.
With the binding flash accompanying
each movement Of the key occurs q report
to be compared accurately with the noise
attending the discharge of a Krag-Jorgen-
sen.
1t was terrifying-the light the noise, and
in the midst of 1t all the inventor calmly
pressing the key. making more noise, more
light. Imagine a company of infantry fir
ing at Will IN tunnei ana you can under
stand the sound that accompanies sending
a message.
Marconi. who stufs cotton in his ears
when sending. is now experimenting to
deaden this sound.
But somehow, to one impressed by the
fact that here. in this very room. a mes
sage was being sent through the air across
that gloomy stretch Of 5000 miles of ocean.
the noise and light seemed httins-gave tho
proper touch of the superhuman. of force.
Of intensity.-World's Work.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-08
He Had E arne d
a Day Off.

! Irving Bachelor can always tell a story
| of the north country. and this is one OF
| them.
Up in ST. Lawrence County" he said
there was an old man who lived in a small
village few miles from Potsdam. Mr. Par
ker was an elder in the church. a good hus-
band and father. and a worthy citizen, who
was much respected in the community
"One day he hitched up his team and went
on with load of produce from his farm to
Potsdam. Night fell. but Parker did not re-
turn.
His family was much frightened. for such
thing had never happened before, and
tney felt sure that some evil had befallen
him.
His son went to Potsdam and called at
all his fathers accustomed haunts, only to
! md that the old man had sold his potatoes
and started for home before dark
The family remained In great distress
all night and until the next afternoon, when
Mr.. Parker drove in at the big farm gate
Inc old mans clothes were torn, his face
bruised. small portion of his front scalp
was missing. and his horse was broken
winded and all of iather.
He vouchsafed no explanation, but be-
took himself to bed, where he slept for four
teen hours. waking with a rich brown IA ste
In his mouth
The matter got noised abroad. and
eventually the minister and a brother elder
called upon him.
Brother Parker said the minister
solemnly. it appears to us that some ex-
PLANTATION is due the church Of events which
have recently transpired. and We have called
to see If you have anything to say about
Them
THE old man pondered awhile. and then
asked: How long hev l been a member
of the church. boy and manr
FOrty-SiX wears nv BROTHER
Hev I walked in the ways of the Lord
pretty perpendicular during that time?
"'Yes. Brother Parker, you have served
long and faithfully.
well said the old man. I thought 20.
too. n just thought I'd take day on. 50
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-08
When Wizard Edison's Cunning
ly-Contrived Apparatus Failed.

THE world has seen a variety Of achieve
ments wrought by man. but no other ha:
made such strides toward the perfection Of
industry and progress. toward the advance
ment of the whole world. as the application
of electricity"
Thus spoke Lord Kelvin. and in justice
stating that the Yankee wizard Thomas A.
advance guard which has with such signal
field.
However. the public prints have long been
surfeited with stories of Edison's brilliant
coups; and here. for variety's sake. Is given
the record Of failure.
When Edison first established his lab
oratory and electrical works over In New
Jersey he had in his employ an Irishman
named Barney Gilhooly.
Barney was engineer and f1reman-in
short, he was general utility man around
the entire Edison plant. He lived back of
the meadows some four miles from the fac
tory, and it was his custom to drive daily
back and forth.
Now. like all the rest Of mankind, Barney
liked to sleep in the morning as long as
possible. and he conjured his brain as to
how to feed his horse in the morning with
ont a personal visit to the barn.
Finally he enlisted the services Of his
illustrious employer, explaining that it
would be a great convenience II by some
button and wire arrangement the morning
ration of oats could be doled out to the
horse In that way he claimed that when
he had prepared and eaten his own break
fast Dobbin also would be ready for the
road.
Mr.. Edison readily grasped the idea, and
that very day. accompanied by an assistant
he repaired to Barney's place and installed
an electrical appliance which he anticipated
would fill the bill.
1t was so arranged that II the oats were
placed in a receptacle at the top Of a chute
the pressing Of a button at the house would
put machinery in motion to do the rest
And so it came to pass that on the morn
ing of the automatic oatfeeder's debut Bar
ney pushed the magnical button. serene in
the belief that the Wizards mechanism
would fulfill its mission.
But, alas! the best-laid plans of electro
clans, as well as those Of other folk. gang
aft agley."
Dobbin had not been initiated into the
mysteries of the new-fangled ARRANGEMENT,
and. In the still watches Of the morning.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-08

Contrary animals, anyway. these anem-
ones.' complained the custodian: with all
the years they have been under careful OBJ
servation in aquariums the world over We
have comparatively little accurate knowl-
edge OF them That fellow over there
pointing to a gorgeous. orange-colored speci-
men from Bermuda with a spread of ten
drills covering at least a foot-'has been
here couple Of years and has been q con-
tinual source Of worry in the matter Of his
feeding habits. He takes fits of fasting,
and often goes a couple Of weeks without
taking food. but Just about the time We
have given up hope and firmly believe he IL
attempting suicide. back comes his appetite,
and for days the dinner bell can't ring too
often"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-08

handed over the keys to Ben" Mr.. Hop
kins was at that time superintendent
Only few families lived in this vicinity
when Null first became crossing watch
man. Charles W. Crutsinger is the Oldest
OF these. Henry w. Carreras. the late Hem
ry Wirthmuller and Mr.. Sanders were the
other pioneers.
Ben has seen the little suburb grow I'M
til its boundaries have extended to MapIe-
wood on one side and Benton on the other.
He expects to live to see many other nota-
bic IMPROVEMENTS
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-08

when he was dreaming OF the millennium OF
automobilism and bluegrass pastures. the
Internal creaking of wires. followed by an
avalanche of oats. convinced the good steed
that the hour of fate had struck.
In fact. he was SO frightened he reared
back with violence and crashed through the
side Of the barn: and when inquiring Bar
ney arrived on the scene Dobbin was COM
placently picking up apples under tree in
the garden.
Since that memorable morning. Mr.. Edi-
sons automatic feeder has never been OPP
Grated. and Barney is still feeding his horse
in the good old-fashioned way.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-08
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THE STATION AT GLENDALE.
Opposite which is ''Ben's" watchhouse,

present position. He is married and has
four children. His hours of loneliness are
lightened by the visits Of either his young
daughter or his son. From his little cot
tage, few blocks away on Old Manches-
ter road. they daily bring him steaming
lunch.
His watchhouse is always warm He is
also janitor of the little brown-stone sta
ton just opposite his shanty. The station
was erected the same year in which he
first took charge Of the crossing. l. d.
Hopkins made the first IRE in the stove and
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-08

an, man or child passes his station with
out speaking to him.
There has never been an accident on his
crossing.
Ben was born in Franklin County near
Pacific. on farm owned by his father,
Dave Null When II years old his old IA
Their lost valuable farm by going on a
friends security. Ben then went to work
as section hand for the Missouri Pacific
Railroad. After eighteen years OF this life
he injured his right leg and had to have
it amputated. The company gave him his
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-08
BEN NULL.
Who has been a crossing Waterman at Ell
lendale for fifteen years.

izen in Glendale is Ben Null, crossing
! Waterman Of the Missouri Pacific Railway
I One-Iegged, gray-haired and slight, he cuts
strangely quaint figure standing or sit
ting beside the little watchhouse where he
has done his duty faithfully for fifteen
years.
He is at his post from 6 o'clock in the
morning until . o'clock In the evening. He
has experienced but four days of sickness
in all that time.
All Glendale knows Ben" Not . wom-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-11-15

satisfaction of seeing him hauled Off
TO jail while she restored her prayer
rug 70 It's former place
Like every form of crime, fat looting
In certain localities has suffered from
the vigilance OF the police and from ex-
traordinary precautions taken against
IT, As L is a crime which demands no
serious preparatory study. there will
always spring from among the idle a
yearly crop OF fiat loOters The reck-
less nat looter seems sometimes To be
protected by fortune and given every
chance He will wander into the best
guarded district, one which is stunned
by the more experienced criminal. and
by sheer buliheaded luck walk off with
a prize Whether you're pinched at
nrst or not" said the flat lootcr who is
mainly responsible for the facts herein
written down, you can be sure you
VIII be sooner or later. one reason for
this is that very few OF US can ever
keep away from joint where we've
grated with success. The police know
this strange fascination and take ad-
vantage Of it,"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-11-15

may Turk bold burglars. and if fat at
tendanfs allow themselves TO be de-
ceived their jobs are jeOpardiZed- II be-
comes necessary. therefore. for the in
tending burglar to devise some scheme
not so easily seen through and thread
bare as those referred to or else to gain
access 10 the apartment by other means
than the regular stairway or the ele-
vatOr. To put on a pair Of panty"
overalls and swing of the root by
means Of a rope is hazardous, but near
" always successful II was the method
employed by a gentleman burglar
who visited several apartments and
rarely left any of them without adding
5000 10 81 600 10 his private fortune.
Old Burglar Explains.
Even when the apartment is occupied
it is often easy for the modern fiat
worker TO make away with valuables.
Some OF the tricks Of the profession
were thur explained by n retired thief:
90 VIVA il a servant has been left in a
house? That's easy. The old gag Of in
speeding the plumbing or anything viii
stih work with servants. if II has lost
its power over elevator and han boy.
Upon my word. I verify believe that half
the servants are in sympathy with the
burglar anyway. for the reason that
they so seldom make an attempt TO in
terfere with him. I grated an apart
ment on the north side year ago, and
there were two maids in the house at the
time, the cook and the nurse They
were talking across the dumbwaiter TO
cook in the opposite apartment, and
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-11-15

ammonia and renders it hot AS though
cut by knife the Ice stops there and
the return pipe is clear.
Method of Making Ice.
The general method of making arti-
fetal ice is pretty well understood. The
method used. hows.st. In this plant diff
fers somewhat from that employed in
similar establishments. IN this city Man
ufactured ice. of c,yIrst. IS universally
made by the eo6ing of anhydrous-
ammonia in the lsrIid ,orm. into small
pipes IN the freezing tanks. where. by
absorbing heat from she water TO trans
form the liquid to the gaseous form
the water is frozen. This Is the simple
principal employed in ali plants. The ice
thus formed is not different IN any
particular from that .rozen upon riv-
ers. except that in eSme plants where
the water is confined. all the impure
ties which it contains are frozen into
1t. and from this cause the ice some
times has a peculiar fat taste The
ammonia never comes in contact with
the water or the ice. and the taste
which the ice may have IS never due to
ammonia.
Through the courtesy OF c. S orie-
man. superintendent % the plant a
Times reporter was shown the working
of the factory in all its departments
The ice is frozen IN deep tanks. so
partitioned that two cakes are frozen
on each side OF the tank; ten by eight
cen feet and twelve inches thick One
Of the. views shows how one of these
cakes IS hoisted out of the tank. and
another low it is cut up with the ice
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-11-15
Renovated Butter and How 1t Is Prepared for the
Mdrket---Ready Sale for the Product, Especially
In the Southern Stdtes--Ouput Carefully Inspect
ed By Government Officials d d d d

by the Creator was good enough for
her.
This remark 1t is said led the firm to
the Introduction OF TIE running water
IDEA in the First Street plant. so as TO
initiate in the elosest possible manner
the manufactured ice o. rivers.
Making Renovated Butter.
Renovated butter Is manufactured N
the upper stories OF the plant The pro-
cesses here followed are. If possible,
more interesting thar those in the max
ing Of artificial ice. The idea worked
out in the butter factory is to tax.
country butter. melt It. dispose of the
Did curds which II contains. supply new
cvrds from fresh milk. color the produe:
and rcchurn II. the result being butter
OF the best quality. Of the same favor
and consistency throughout Renovated
butter passing through this process IS
much improved. and in no way degraded
II quality, as many suppose.
The butter oDe rated upon in this fac
tory is shipped here from Nebraska
Minnesota. Wisconsin and Michigan.
Judgment IS exercised in purchasing this
butter so as 10 obtain always good
grade OF the country product It ar
rives by the carload packed In barrels.
This product, containing as many grades.
coiors and qualities as there are dairy
farms In the States named. is first OF al
u'elted and heated almost to tn. boiling
point. This separates the oil from The
crrds. and at the same time destroys
any impurities which the butter might
contain. After heating. the mass Is al
lowed to cool and the curds are precipi-
tated to the bottom of the tank. The