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Acting the Part.

NOW, Henry" said the bride. 81
want you to understand distinctly that
/ do not wish to be taken for bride.
l am going to act exactly as if l were
an old married woman. So, dearest.
do not think me cold and unloving if
1 treat you very practically when there
is anybody by"
II don't believe l can pass for an
old married man." said Henry. Il am
so fond of you that l am bound to
show it. 1 am sure to betray myself"
mo, you mustn't. It's easy enough.
And l insist that you behave just like
all old married men do. Do you
hearT
well, darling, I'll try, but know
1 shall not succeed"
On the first evening of their arrivalat
their hotel the bride retired, and the
groom fell in with whist party, with
whom he sat playing cards until
o'clock in the morning. His wife spent
the weary hours in weeping. At last he
turned up and met his grief-stricken
bride with the hilarious question.
We'll. amt l doing the old married
man like daisy?"
She never referred to the subject
again. and everybody in future knew
that they had just been married.
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line of duty, in commencing which
began the use of raw onions and LEM
ons, alternating weekly with lemons
always taking them just before going
to bed
l took no other remedy. although
medicine was provided every morning
for all attaches. At the expiration of
the tenth week was no longer needed
and left in as vigorous health as when
l entered the hospital.
On taking my departure | was re-
minded by the head physician that
his medicine had probably preserved
my health. Nevertheless, number of
nurses and attaches had died of the
fever, despite his vaunted medical
ability Before leaving the institution
/ acquainted the doctor with the fact
l had not used his medicine, but had
relied solely upon my oniOn-lemon
treatment, when he said it was Won
der that it had not killed me, and if it
had that l deserved it.
During our Civil War 1 had a SIM
liar experience with smallpox cases in
Washington, d. c., finding the onion
ard lemon a perfect protection to n.y.
self and many of my associates
ical Talk
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Telephone Voice Guard.

Less than two weeks ago the news
papers published the story of a pecu-
liar and almost fatal accident which
occurred in New York City, in which
man was nearly suffocated in a
sound-proof telephone booth, requiring
fifteen minutes of hard work on the
part of the physicians to restore him
to consciousness. All because the lock
would not respond when the man at
tempted to open the door after using
the telephone. Thus one of the con-
veniences installed by the telephone
company to insure privacy of converse
ton for its patrons nearly killed the
man taking advantage of it. No bet
ter argument than the above incident
is needed to aid in the Introduction of
the invention shown in the picture,
which is intended to fulfil exactly the
same purpose as the more expensive
telephone booth. This attachment for
the phone is practically Of the same
shape as the mouthpiece itself, but is
of sufficient size TO inclose the latter
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-15
BACTERIA FOR FARMsRs.
Important New Branch of the Work
of the Department. of AgricuI-
4aIre

The Secretary of Agriculture win
ask congress Dext winter for a special
appropriation for carrying on the
work of soil incubation. This is
new branch of work in the depart
ment, which has grown out of the dis
coveries made within the last few
years in regard to the dependence of
leguminous plants on bacteria which
live on their roots. The discovery is
described by scientists as one of the
most important of those made as the
results of modern agricultural expert
mentation.
The department will take up the
plan of supplying free to farmers in
all parts OF the United States the
particular bacteria for incubation
which they may desire and apply for.
A large laboratory has been fitted up
for this work, and the present force
of psychologists will be consider
ably increased in anticipation of a
general demand from farmers for the
aid of the department along this line.
The method will be to propagate the
bacteria required in large quantities
for each of the various leguminous
plants, such as clover, alfalfa, soy
beans, COW peas, tares, and velvet
beans. All these plants are of meal
culable value in different sections of
the country as sources of forage for
farm animals. In the West alfalfa is
the universal reliance for stock raisers
and the farmers of the East are trying
to establish it, but meet with great
difficulty in doing so, chiefly for want
of the special bacteria which should
be found on the roots.
The function of these bacteria is to
fix the nitrogen of the air and supply
it as food to the plant. Without the
presence of the bacteria the plant can
get only the nitrogen which is sup
piled from the soil in fertilizers. With
The aid of the bacteria the growing
plant can derive the greater part OF
it's food from the air.
The department will send the pack
ages which contain the preparations
for incubation under the frank of the
department or of Representatives or
Senators who may apply for them in
behalf OF constituents. 1t is expected
that the undertaking will develop in
to one of the most important features
of National aid to agriculture
The psychologists of the depart
ment have been at work for over
year past on the scheme, and have
tested their work carefully at the
Arlington Farm These tests have
uniformly proved successful.
Secretary Wilson is very enthusi-
astic over the subject, and has the
fullest confidence in it's Importance
to the country at large. He has him
self studied the matter Thoroughly
and kept in touch with all the steps
of the work. He regards it as the
most important accomplishment OF
the many that have marked his ad'
ADMINISTRATION of the department.
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RATS HATE TOBACCO.
An Old Cigar Man Tells of His OBJ
servations.

cat any rate, the tobacco man, can
put in a good word for the rat" said
an old cigar man, ''but suppose he
is the only man who would see any,
thing about the rodent family that
was good.
Besides, what he says is negative
sort of goodness. The rat simply
doesn't bother the tobacco man.
During a long experience in the
tobacco business, an experience cover
ing twenty-five years or more, | can
recall but few instances where the
rat became at all bothersome around
cigar stores.
"They cannot stand the odor Of to-
bacco and / have never known Of
rats eating tobacco in any form, or
even of rats attempting to cut into to-
bacco. | suppose the taste of the
weed is offensive to the rodent palate.
cat any rate, they will have moth
ing to do with it. You might fill the
place up with rats, and l would open
every box of cigars and tobacco IN the
place SO the tribe would have easy
access to the stock, and | would lay
a wager that we would come in here
after they had remained overnight
and find that they had not touched
a thing in the place.
rats are not chewers of tobacco,
nor smokers, nor users Of the weed
in any form. Even the smoke of the
tobacco seems to craze them. / re-
member few years ago to have made
an experiment for the purpose of see
ing what effect smoke would have on
a rat, and to determine the cause
Of the rats antipathy to tobacco. l
had caught a rat in trap at my
house.
81 put him in little cage and began
to blow tobacco smoke in on him. /
have seen great many panic-stricR-
en- animals, but nothing comprised by
my experience equaled the wild alarm
of that rat when l began to puff the
smoke through the Sits of the cage.
If the cage had been on fire he would
not have been more frightened than
he was.
maybe that is what he thought. l
carried the experiment further than
l had intended, for before knew it
the rat became as limp as rag, and
was evidently very much nauseated.
THE experiment taught me that the
rats stomach rebels at either the
smell or the taste of tobacco, and
suppose that's why we are not poster
ed by rats in cigar stores. Butte
Inter Mountain.
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"HoLD-uP" ON CANAL.
More Money Asked by Colomb ians in
the Proposed Treaty.

the Proposed Treaty.
The bill which the Bogota Congress
is now discussing, authorizing President
Marroquin to negotiate new Panama
canal treaty with the United States, con
tains the following stipulations:
The perpetual use of the canal zone
is granted provided that at the expira-
ton of each hundred years the United
States shall pay during the succeeding
hundred years % per cent more premi-
um and rental than for the preceding
term, the premium beginning at $780,
900 and the rental at $500.
The mixed tribunals in the canal zone
shall try suits between foreigners or be-
tween Colombians and foreigners.
The police and sanitary measures shall
be practically in charge of the United
States.
Twenty million dollars Is fixed as the
price of the concession, besides the
rental (sumD of $10000.000 payable by
the canal company, in consideration of
Colombia's approval of the transfer of
shares.
The railroad shall in sixtyfour years
revert to Colombia, but the United
States may buy 1t under a valuation.
A term shall be fixed within which the
canal must be begun and finished.
The contract shall provide for a means
to settle differences which may arise be-
tween the governments during the con
struction and execution of the contract.
According to the latest reports receiv-
ed from Bogota, the Hay-Herran canal
treaty is now generally regarded in the
capital as dead and buried and it is de-
clared the United States might as well
turn seriously to negotiations with Mic
aragua.
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Holbrook, who left his vast estate to his
daughter, now the Baroness Won Roques
and a resident of Rouen, France, with
reversionary interest to her daughter,
Mrs. Maybrick. Tens of thousands of
that fortune went to save Mrs. Mayhrick
from the gallows, when she was SEN
fenced to death in 1889 for poisoning her
husband.
Darius Holbrook also owned $500
acres of coal and iron lands in Virginia
and West Virginia, and suits to recover
them have been instituted. Should they
be successful Mrs. Maybrick may become
one of the wealthiest women in the Unit
ed States.
Mr.. Hoibrook was a capitalist of Mo
bile, Ala. He was associated with Cyrus
Field in the laying of the first transat-
lantic cable, he founded the town of
Cairo, Ill.,, and was one of the promoters
of the Illinois Central Railroad When
he died, in 1868, he was considered one
of the wealthiest men in the South.
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THE LILLE HIGH CHAIR.
Incident Which Touched the Heart of

Incident Which Touched the Heart of
the Anctioneer.
There was an auction sale at one OF
the downtown auction houses recent
". a pale, sad-faced woman, in Q
plain calico gown, stood in a crowd.
The loud-volced auctioneer finally
came TO lot of plain and somewhat
worn furniture. 1t had belonged to
the pale woman, and was being sold to
satisfy the mortgage on it. One by
one the articles were sold. the old bu-
reau to one. the easy rocker to anoth.
er, and a bedstead TO a third. Finally.
says Adelaide Lane in The Oaks, the
auctioneer hauled out a child's high
chair 1t was old and rickety, and as
the auctioneer held it up. everybody
laughed-everybody excepting the pale
faced woman. A tear trickled down
her cheek. The auctloneer saw 1t and
somehow lump seemed to come up
In his throat, and his gruf voice grew
soft He remembered a little high
chair at home, and how 1t had once
filed his life with sunshine. 1t was
empty now. The baby laugh, the two
little hands that were once held out TO
greet papa" from that high-chair were
gone forever He saw the pale-faced
woman's piteouS looks. and knew what
It meant, knew that In her eye the lit
tie rickety high-chair was more IRE
cious than II 1t had / N made of gold
and studded with diamonds. In imagi-
nation he could see the little dimpled
cherub which 1t once held. could see
the chubby little fist grasping the tin
rattle-bOx and pounding the chair fun
OF hicks; could see the little feet which
had rubbed the paint OF Of the legs;
coull hear the growing and lau..h.ng
In ee-and now, the little high-chair
was empty. He knew there was 3 dull
neae In the pale-faced woman's heart;
! re was In his own Somehow the
may come and go, but you never
ses over II. There is no one to dress
in the morning. no one to put to bed at
night. Don't laughr' said the auc-
tdoneer, softly, as somebody facetiOus-
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pose to the action of the sun and air.
The manner of placing these clasping
blocks is shown in the smaller one of
the cuts and 1t will be readily seen
that there is a constant tension which
Is entirely sufficient to hold the ma
terIaI or garment after it has been
properly placed between the two parts.
In order to further increase this ten
sion it is contemplated that a strong
spring shall be inserted along the line,
preferably near one of the posts sup
porting it, The blocks being of wood
and the material being held from the
wire by the number of these blocks
scattered along its length. it will be
seen that there is no danger of the
clothing being stained or soiled by
contact with the metal.
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5. Fewer buildings are being erect
ed. The monthly record kept by the
Constructing News shows that build
ing operations in 10 of the principal
cities fell off II per cent for July, 1903,
as compared with July, 1902 The de-
cline is attributed to a stringency in
the money market and the apprehen-
sion of what the future has in store.
6. Great land speculation, especial
ly in the Northwest Political econo-
mists agree that the climax of what is
called prosperity is marked by a great
rise in land values. This rise for rea-
sons which need not be explained here,
marks the beginning of industrial de-
preston.
Z. Some of the minor signs of trou-
BILE ahead are:
Closed cotton mills, throwing 100000
out of work
Closed iron, wooden and other mills
ito make repairs and because of low
prices.
Reduction of so cents per ton in
price of buckwheat (steam) coal in
Philadelphia, because of the SHIFTING
down of many industrial plants.
Recent heavy Withdrawals from
New York savings banks.
Blowing out of over 600 coke ovens
in Connellsville region, because of over
supply.
Reduction of 10 to is per cent in
wages of many of the textile strikers
in Philadelphia who three months ago
struck for higher wages and shorter
hours-and got neither.
Decreased demand for high-grade
wooden and increased demand for
cheap, shoddy and cotton goods, show
ing exhausted buying power Of the
people.
Unparalleled immigration, greatly
increasing the number looking for jobs
and thus prolonging strikes and insur-
ing defeat and lower wages for work
ers.
In view Of these facts, or portents
of hari times, it is improbable that
TIC Win ali VI llltiI du-
yantages from being in control of gov
eminent and industry, can stave off
the inevitable collapse until the cleo
ton of 1904 The two great factors In
their favor and that have prevented a
collapse before now are a succession
of good crops and a decrease in the
value of money caused by greatly in
creased output of gold. The stimulus
to business from cheapeGing money,
which manifests itself in advancing
prices, artificial and deceptive though
it be, is likely to continue. It can post
pone but cannot prevent a depression
in business. If our crops turn out
much below the ordinary hard times
may begin this fall. If they are above
the ordinary the break, though it will
begin soon, will not be severely felt
until next year.
BYRON w. HOLT.
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attempts bridge the may be said that 1t pos
sbe by comparatively simple send messages
than hundred miles, and that communication is easier
water than over land.
Recently wireless have been sent and from
moving trains the Berlin Loosen military road 1t is not
probable that perfect secrecy will be attained The
message is speak, trumpeted the world and all
who have may hear it, And these earsthe receiver
if not already in may be atuned without much diff
Guilty Indeed, by the of sensitive microphone
tact be read without tuning The
may perhaps be confined definite direction by mirrors
and lenses, but it will be long before they thus be
kept together well the beam of fashght and
that scatters widely Dr. Zenneck has proved that
ond vertical wire long the sending WIRE
it and connected earth nterepts the and hence
prevents them from reaching distant stations in that drec
ton and have found that two receiving wires receive
signals only when their plane nearly comedies with the
direction of the incoming In this way the bearing
of the sending station be determined to within ten
degrees-a result special Importance nautical
military purposes.
An international congress for the regulation and unfit
cation of wireless telegraphy is be held Among
the subjects which should be considered my opinion
the compulsory exchange and forwarding
by stations and ships having apparatus the feasibility Of
regulating the lengths used and the prohibition
powerful stations covering great distances spanned by
ordinary telegraph except where they do not interfere with
the proper and peculiar of wireless teegraphy
legitimate field.
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FOES TO CONTAGIOUS ILLS.
Onions and Lemons Are Preveutives
of Many Disaxreeable Maiadies.

Onions and Lemons Are Preveutives
of Many Disaxreeable Maiadies.
When q mere lad had often heard
1t said that the eating of onions and
lemons was a protection against con-
tagious diseases, and when about IS
years OF age 1 had an opportunity to
test them for myself. had spent the
winter in the city Of New Orleans.
where. In the spring. yellow fever of
viruleut type made its appearance.
causing an urgent demand for nurses
and having faith in what I had heard
Of the protective power of onions and
lemons / concluded to take what my
friends called CHASTITY risk and made
application at the Common Street
Hospitar' for a position as nurse. was
accepted and entered at once upon =
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-15
Vogue of the Peacock.

Bird fanciers are predicting a vogue
for the peacock. They say that peo-
pie who can afford it have been lately
buying hundreds of them for their
country places. Ornament is one con-
sideration, but there is another thing
that recommends the brilliant creature
in a more practical way. Some one
discovered not long ago that there is
no watchdog equal to the peacock as
a guardian against thieves and ma
rauding tramps Perched en- the roof
of an arbor or outbuilding of the es-
tate, a peacock will announce in shriIl,
discordant notes that can be heard a
mile away the presence Of suspicious
looking strangers within the grounds
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and fasten on the metallic plate at the
rear. Between the plate and the VOICE
guard a sound muffiing ring Is inter
posed, which effectually prevents any
escape Of the voice at the rear. while
the aperture In front is of such shape
that it fits snugly against the face of
the person using the instrument. Thus
the voire is inclosed in the sound-prcof
tube. and only the central office or per-
son connected with the phone in ques-
ton can hear the conversation. This
device is simple in construction and
can be easily attached to the instru-
ments now in use.
William ]. Dunihue, of Jamestown,
y. Y. is the inventor
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ly offered ten cents, many of you
have little empty high-chairs at home
which money would not tempt you to
part with" Then ne handed the clerk
a bill out Of his own pocket, and re-
marked: "Sold to the lady over there"
and as the pale-faced woman walked
out with the little high-chair clasped
in her arms, and tears streaming down
her cheeks the crowd stood back re-
spectfully, and there was a suspicious
moisture in the eyes of the man who
had bid ten cents.
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A Long-FeIt Want.

DR.. Holmes had an odd liking for
ingenious desk accessories in the way
of pencil-sharpeners, paper weights.
penholders, etc. The latest contriv-
ances in this fashion probably
dropped down TO him by the inventor
angling fer nibble of commendation
were always making one another's
ACQUAINTANCE on his study table. He
once said TO me: I'm waiting for
somebody to invent a mucilage brush
that you can't by any chance put into
your inkstand. 1t would save me fire.
quent moments OF humiliation. Cen
fury
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The Trusts, the Administration ana
the People.
The National Glass Budget says that
the Flint Bottle Manufacturers Pro
tective Association, at its regular meet
ing in indianapolis, advanced prices on
a majority of it's wares from 5 to 10
per cent. 1t also agreed not to make
any contracts for delivery after Jan.
/, 1904, and decided not to start any
of its factories before Sept. a. This
same Glass Budget contains circular
letter issued by the Federation Win
dow Glass Company predicting higher
prices for window glass.
Here are two trusts boldly plying
their Illegal business under the nose of
President Roosevelt and his Attorney
General, as we'll as In front of the
new Department of Commerce, which
was to kill all bad trusts by publishing
the facts about them. Is it not high
time for these functionaries to get
busy and to wipe some Of these thou
sands of illegal combinations off the
map of this once free country? When
can we expect results? The trusts are
not sleeping. even if the officials are.
They are making hay while the Re
publican sun is shining for them. They
are standing pat under the Repub-
lican tariff umbrella and are playing
their game Of hold-up without losing
a trick. The people are the victims.
Will these victims Of trust robbery
again vote for the party of trusts and
for officials who habitually violate
their oath Of Office and who apparent
" can neither smell. hear nor see
trusts, although they are as thick as
mosquitoes in Ne Jersey, and hun
dred times more harmful - the people?
They will not, unless Lincoln was mis-
taken when he said that you can't
fool all of the people all Of the time"
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lmprovlna the ereed Of Cats.

The very latest wrinkle in the cat
world is the breeding Of short-haired
cats. just the common or garden vari-
ETY. of cats. 1t is marvellous what a
few sh-rt generations OF care and
breeding viii do for poor pussy, who
takes her outing on the alley wall
or means about the door Of some de-
serted house. After scant joys and
many hardships she Is at last to see
high life She is TO be heed for
the same points as the Persian
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way those who really criminals is you
other diseased keep them under treatment
until they cured nearly that they may be dis
charged.
The state has much right protect itself from the
criminal from the dangerous insane confirmed GRIM
nai should not be permitted to perpetuate his Species
contaminae his fellows abroad while his moral
nature rresstiby pervertedy leads to depredatons
upon society Such should be confined until cured,
apparently cured, and then only discharged under
parole with to reake him upon relapse into crime.
board of managers Of penal institution is not al
the safest body will which to leave the liberty the
prisoner. would require all applications for release be-
fore expiration of term to through Them but they
refused to permit application for parole after
able term of service that the might consider it.
would give the prisoner the right of review hear
ing before the discharge court This could
posed of judge designated by the Governor and of the
several wardens of the penal institutions State or
majority of them. The judge should president
court and no prisoner discharged should be re-
handed except the order of the president
charge court made verified duly presented
filed as matter of public record