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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-01-20

aud in-as-much as the speakers re
marks will be of much interest to all of
our citizens, the PlLoT takes great
pleasure in giving them in full. viz
Mr. President and FsllolU Citizens:
You will pardon me if from the start
| ask your indulgence. La my opinion
the committee having the arrangement
of this program in charge made an in
excusable error in assigning 10 me the
important subject of placing before you
the relationship of the 7. NJ. &. A. to
the city; | feel that | cannot possibly
do the subject Justice. If | had the
eloquence and staying qualities of my
good neighbor, Jones, | would ill sou
SO full of enthusiasm on this subject
that before leaving here this evening
You would think the Y NJ. G. A the
ouly thing thu ever happened, because
thoroughly believe IN it.
NV attention. was forcibly attracted
t. the Y ~. A. when / returned to
Wausau, ten years ago. My son at that
time was about ten years of age, and
although | have always believed, and
still believe, that the home is the best
, place for boy. (and | provided read
ing matter and amusemeuts at home In
abundaucel still from my own expeT-
fence | know that boy cannot always
be kept ct home; he is bound to find
associates and have some place of meet.
ing them, so, all things considered.
eould see in the I NJ &. A the very
place where this could be done to my
satisfaction and his benefit | pur.
| chased a ticket for him and have never
regretted il. He is today keeping up
his membership at his own expense,
besides contributing TO the expenses
out of his own funds to show his regard
| for the institution. | viii endeavor to
I give you limited idea of the work
This building and its equipment com
prises the tangible assets of the I. Nj.
c. A. of Wansan am giad TO say
that no encumbrance rests thereon
/ You will notice that il is provided with
4 good sized reading room. supplied
Evening star., 1903-07-07
FORTUNES FOUND By FARMERS
Valuable Plants That Were Discovered
by Accident.

From London Answers
There are bargains and finds to be made
In the plant world equal to any picked up
in old curiosity shops. Some time ago a
Glasgow gentleman received from his son
in Egypt an envelope full of peas, which
were said to have been found in the tombs
Of one of the Pharaohs He sent them to
friend Of his at Kames, in the Isle OF
Butte, who sowed them. They grew up into
plants quite unlike anything known at pres
ent,- strong and about six feet high, with a
great white flower having a red center.
The pods were long, and full of excellent
peas. This new old variety found a ready
sale at good prices.
There have recently been imported into
England specimens of the "glycine sub
teranea," plant which is in some re-
spects the most curious in the world.
Mr. Balland, who has reported on 1t, says
that its roots contain every principle nee
essary for human food. The plant was dis
covered by coffee grower in Uganda. It's
bulb is shaped like an egg, and is of a
dark red hue with black stripes. 1t Is
ground into -four which tastes like chest
nuts. Two pounds Of this flour is sufficient
to keep a man for a day, and will supply
the place Of bread, meat, butter and veg
etables Unfortunately. the glycine will
not flourish in our cold climate. It Is.
however, to be introduced in India and
Brazil, where 1t should prove an enormous
addition to the food plants there available.
No doubt its finder will make a very good
thing of his discovery.
delicious jelly known as "rOselle" Is
now selling in London. 1t is even more
delicate than the finest red currant jelly.
Evening star., 1903-07-07

1t Is made from the flowers of a kind of
J hibiscus known as the ''sabdariffa." The
discovery that these flowers were eatable
was made by an Indian indigo grower.
He knew that another plant of the same
family-the okra-produced pods which
were delicious when cooked. and this gave
him the idea of trying the sabdariffa
After various experiments he found that
the flowers would make a preserve. He
sent some pots of this to a Bombay firm.
and asked them what they would offer
for his secret. They eventually paid him
couple of hundred pounds, but now
selling more than that value OF the jelly
annually
The new idumbbell fruit. which first
came to London two years ago. has a
curious history In 1885 a young farmer
named Jeffries quarreled with the girl
he was about to marry, and the match
was broken off. A week before the mar
riage day he sailed for India, and after
drifting about for some years. finally set
tied in a small island off Ceylon. The
poor fellow had consumption, and knew
that he could not live long, so he existed
quietly amusing himself by cutivating
fruit trees. He produced several curious
varieties. among them the dumbbell fruit
He lived long enough to see this in full
bearing, and to know that 1t was great
success. Then. in 1898. he died. His
heirs have a gold mine in the 2O-acre
orchard he planted Of this strange fruit
1t has the shape Of Siamese twin peach
and a flavor between that Of peach and
a pineapple.
Without doubt the greatest fortune ever
made by one man from single plant
was that secured from pampas- grass by
Mr.. Joseph Sexton. Forty years ago this
gentleman was farming near Santa Bar
bara, California, and he planted a few
dozen Of the pampas-grass plants to adorn
his garden. One day he accidentally dis
covered that by gathering the female plant
while yet immature, pulling the head
from the sheath and drying 1t in the sun
beautiful fluffy plume could be obtained.
He sent some to New York. where peo-
pie were delighted with the beauty of
the new ornament. Within few years
the discoverer Of pampas-grass had thirty
| acres of 1t, producing a quarter Of mil
lion plumes. which sold for f6 tof1O
thousand. Even today, though the price
Of the plumes has fallen greatly pam
pas-grass growing is still a profitable in
dustry.
Evening star., 1903-07-07
Pains
OF Rheumatism After
Typhoid
Driven Away Quickly
by the Use of
DIR. Miles Wonderful
Anti-Pain Pills.

No matter what the cause Of the pain DIR. Miles
Anti-Pain Pills will cure II. Although they Will
relieve a headache in few minutes they do not
contain atom OF opium chloral morphine
nor, in fact. any other habit forming drug. They
sold a positive guarantee TO benefit; they
have effect upon the stomach bowels; they
never sold in bulk; they easy TO take and
you get twenty-five doses for twenty Ave
cents. They good for backsche, headache.
rheumatism, neuralgia. monthly pains OF women
and many other ailments
IL cannot tell you how much I suffered q few
years ago with rheumatic pains In my knees, which
were caused by typhoid fever. ] hadn't much faith
In doctors and bore my sunerings patiently as
possible. i could not sleep. tried every remedy
I heard OF. but nothing seemed to do any
good until I began the Of DR.. Miles Anti
Pain Pills. The first dose took away the pain,
and going to bed took another. / had a good
nights sleep for the first time in months. When
ever attack OF pain would come after hat
I could quickly drive 1t away with DIR. Niles
AntiPain Pills. i better now than I nave
been In five years and getting stronger every day.
I give the entire credit for my wonderful and per-
manent cure to AntiPain Pills.'-JAMES y.
IRISH Bancroft. Maine.
All druggists sell and guarantee first bottle DIR.
Niles Remedies. Send for free book Nervous
and Heart Diseases. Address DIR. Miles Medical
o., Eikhart, Ind.
Evening star., 1903-07-07
XIII.
Words in the Night.

Had / any premonition of the astounding
fact thus suddenly and. I may say, dramat-
ically revealed to us during the weeks
had devoted to the elucida tion CT the causes
and circumstances of Mrs. Jeffrey's death =:
j do not think so. Nothing in her face, as
/ remembered it: nothing in the feeling
evinced toward her by husband or sister.
had prepared me for a disclosure OF crime
so revolving to surpass ali that l had
. ever ina gined or could ina gine in a woman
of such dainty personality and unnistak-
able culture. Nor was the superintendent
or the district attorney less con1ounGcd by
the event. Durbin only tried to look wise
and strut iabout,obut 1t was Oh no use; he
deceived nobody:9' Veronica Moore's real
connectiop with Mr.. Pfeiffer's death-a
death which in some inscrutable way had
in 50 short a timer led to her own-was an
Overwhelming surprise to every orc of US.
The superintendent, as was natural, re-
covered first. a.,
This throws quite a new light upon the
matter" said he. Now under
stand why Mr. Jeffrey uttered that extra
ordinary avowal overheard the bridge:
She must dier She had come to him with
blood on her hands"
II seemed incredible nay more unreal.
I recalled the sweet refined face turned up
to me from the bare boards of this same
floor, the accounts l had read of the vivac-
tty of her Spirits ana the WIG charm OF
her manner till the shadow of this old
house fell upon her. l marveled. still feel
ing myself in the dark. still clinging to my
faith in womankind still asking to what
depths her sister had followed her in the
mazes of crime were forced to recognize
but could not understand.
Durbin had no such feelings and no such
scruples. was shown by the sarcastic
comment which now left his lips.
''Sor' he cried. I'VE have TO do with three
instead
Moore-Jeffreysr'
But no one paid any attention to him. Ad-
dressing the major the district attorney
asked when he expected to hear from Den
yer. adding that 1t had now become Of the
first Importance to ascertain the exact re-
lations existing between the persons under
suspicion and the latest victim of this dead
ly mechanism.
The majors answer was abrupt. He had
been expecting a report for days. He was
expecting one yet. If II came In at any
time. night or day. he was to be Immediate
iy notified Word might be sent him in ar
hour. in a minute.
Were his remarks a prophecy He had
Evening star., 1903-07-07

hardly ceased speaking when an officer ap-
peared with a telegram in his hand. This
the major eagerly took and. noting that II
was in cipher. read 1t by means Of the code
he carried in his pocket. Translated, II
ran thus:
Result of open inquiry in Denver:
Three brothers Pfeiffer: all well thought
of. but plain in their ways and eccentric
One doing business in Denver. Died June
~. One perished in Klondike, October
same year: and one. by name Wallace, died
suddenly three months since in Washing
ton.
Nothing further gained by secret inquiry
In this place.
Result of open inquiry in Owosso:
A man named Pfeiffer kept store in
OwoSso during the time V. NJ. attended
school there He was one of three broth
ers. home Denver name Wallace Simulta-
neously with V. NJ s leaving school, p broke
up business and at instigation of his broth
er William. who accompanied him. went to
the Klondike. No especial relation be-
tween lady and this same P. ever noted.
" NJ. once heard to laugh at his awkward
ways.
Result Of secret inquiry in Owosso
V. NJ. very Intimate with Schoolmate who
has since died. Often rode together: once
gone long time. This was just before v.
NJ. left school for good. Date same as that
on which a marriage occurred in town
twenty miles distant. Bride. Antoinette
Moore; groom. w. Pfeiffer Of Denver; wit
had red hair. Had V. NJ. middle initial,
and was that initial A?
We all looked at each other; this last
question was one none of US could an
swer.
Go for Mr.. jeffrey at once" ordered the
major. and let another one of you bring
Miss Tuttle. No word to either Of what
has occurred and no hint Of their possible
meeting here"
1t fell to me to fetch Miss Tuttle l was
glad of this as 1t gave me few minutes
by myself in which to compose my mind
and adjust my thoughts to the new condi-
tions opened up by the amazing facts
which had just come to light. But beyond
the fact that Mrs. Jeffrey had been an
swerable for the death which had occurred
in the library at the time of her marriage
that in the words of the district attorney
she had come to her husband with blood
on her hands-my thoughts would not go:
confusion followed the least attempt 10
settle the vital question of how far Miss
Tuttle and Mr.. Jeffrey had been involved
in the earlier crime and what the comm {
interview with these two would add 70 our
present knowledge. In my anxiety to have
this question answered l hastened my
steps and was soon at the door Of Miss
Tuttle's present dwelling place.
/ had not seen this lady since the in
Evening star., 1903-07-07

Baked Potatoes.
Rolls Coffee.
LUNCH.
Curried Eggs. Rice
Cherry Pie. Tea.
DINNER.
Cream of Onion Soup.
Broiled Whitefish. Potatoes.
Asparagus.
Tomato Salad.
Raspberry Pudding. Coffee.
SATURDAY.
BREAKFAST
Fruit.
Cereal. Cream.
Fried Tomatoes. Cream Gravy.
Bacon.
Sally Lunn. COffee.
LUNCH.
Tomato Farci Lobster Salad.
Fruit. Cake.
Cocoa.
DINNER.
Okra Soup.
Hot Veal Loaf. Brown Sauce.
Creamed Cabbage. New Potatoes.
Combination Salad.
Blackberry Flummery. Coffee.
Evening star., 1903-07-07
Jewels Require Sleep.
From the Philadelphia Inquirer.

From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Many jewels require an occasional sleep.
so to speak. in order to retain their bril-
liancy. Diamonds. rubies and sapphires
are among the number. They should be put
away in total darkness every now and
then. The usual velvet or satin lined cases
are the correct receptacles 1t is best to
wrap gems in jewelers. tissue paper, then
pack in wool and lay in alright compart-
ments. A number Of stones are seriously af-
fected by fumes from furnaces, sewer gas,
moisture and sea air.
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THE PRINCETON UNION: rHURsDAY JJ1J1,Y "a. H1ooa

It all last night. can't pay the heavv
interest an come out. was playia'
for big stakes an got left. Thar's
nothin' to do but give up Ne buy;r'
so much land has made it rise a little.
but when begin to try to sell I won't
be able to give it away"
"Thar's some'n in that" opined Ah-
ner Daniel as he turned to leave the
room. Il reckon l mought as we'll 81
haul that tan bark. l reckon YOU won't
move out fore dinner"
Alan followed him out to the wagon.
''It's pretty tough, Uncle Alb" he
said. Il hadn't the slightest idea it
was SO bad"
Il wasn't so Shore" said Daniel.
"But l was jest a-thinkin' in thar
You've got a powerful good friend in
RaybUrll Miller. He's the sharDest
Spectator in north Georgia.. Eff I was
you, I'd see him an lay the whole thing
before him. He'll be able to give YOU
good advice, an I'd take it. A Teller
that's made as much money as he has
at his age won't give a friend bad ad-
vice."
Il thought of him." said Alan, 'sbut
1 am little afraid he will think we
want to borrow money, and he never
let's out cent without the best securi-
ty.'
"Well, you needn't be afeerd on that
score" laughed the old man as he
reached up on the high wagon seat for
his whip. Il once heerd i'm say that
business an friendship wouldn't mix
any better'n oil an water.''
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it amt so mighty awful. You know it
amt! What did me an you have when
we started out but log house boarded
up on the outside, an now we've got
our Children educated an all of US in
good health. l rally believe it's a sin
agin Gods mercy fer US to moan an
fret under a thing like this
'That's the talk" exclaimed Abner
Daniel enthusiastically. 'Now YOU
are gittin' down to brass tacks. i've
always contended"-
"For Gods sake, don't talk that
way"' said Bishop to his wife. "You
don't mean a word of it. You are lest
a-sayin' it to try to keep me from
seem what fool l am
"You needn't worry about me, ia
ther," said Alan firmly. II am able to
look out for myself and for YOU and
mother. It's done, and the best thing
to do is to look at it in a sensible vav.
Besides, man with 10000 acres of
mountain land paid for is not broken
by long jump"
eyes, I'm gone," said Bishop.
wavering look Of gratitude in his eve
as he termed to his son. II figured on
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AcdIIS VI pd0SuCc Ill 41OTk1V0uGHS Ter
the blunders Of thy servant. What /
done I done in the bullheaded way
that I've always done things, but /
meant good and not harm. These things
we ask in the name O. Jesus Christ
our blessed Lord and Master Amen.''
During the latter part of the prayer
Mrs. Bishop had been staring at her
husband through her parted fingers.
her face pale and agitated, and as she
rose her eyes were glued to his face.
"Now, Alfred" she said, what are
you goin' to tell us about the railroad?
Is it as bad as brother Alb thought it
would be?'
Bishop hesitated. 1t seemed as if
he had even then to tear himself from
the clutch of his natural stubbornness.
He looked into all the anxious, waiting
faces before he spoke, and then he
gave in.
CAB made a good guess. Eff I'd "a
had his sense or Alan's, I'd "a made a
better trader. It's like Alb said it was
only sight wuss, a powerful sight
wuss"
"Wuss?" gasped his wife in fresh
alarm. How could it be wuss? WHY.
Brother Alb said''-
II never have told you the extent O.
my dealin's," went on Bishop in the
current of confession. II never even
told Perkins yesterday. Fust an last
I've managed to rake in fully. twenty
thousand acres O. mountain land,
was goin' on what 1 lowed was a dead
shore thing. I secured all could Law
my hands on, an did it in secret.
was afeerd even to tell you about what
Perkins said, thinkin' it mought leak
out an Spite my chances"
But father" said Alan, you didn't
have enough money to buy all that
land"
Il got it up'-Bishop's face was dog
gedly pale, almost defiant of his over
whelming disaster-"I mortgaged this
farm to get money to buy Maybry and
MOrtOn's four thousand acres"
1.-THE farm you was going to deed to
Alan?" gasped his wife. "You didn't
include that?"
Il snapped that to Phil Parsons fer
his poplar an cypress belt''
The words seemed to cut raspingly
into the silence Of the big room. Abner
Daniel was the only one who seemed
unmoved by the confession. He filed
his pipe from the bowl on the mantel-
piece and pressed the tobacco down
with his forefnger; then he kicked the
ashes in the chimney till he uncovered
small liv, coal. He eyed it for a
moment, then dipped it up in the SHOW.
Ell, rolled it into his pipe and began to
| smoke
$50 amt a-goin' to git no yeerly
pass over the new road" he said, his
object being to draw bis brother-in-
law back to Perkins action in the mat
ter.
PERKINS was a-lyin' to me-" an
swered Bishop. HE hain't admitted
it yet, but he was a-lyin'. His object
was to hep the Tompkins sell out fer
decent price, but he can't be han
died. He's got me on the hip"
NO." said Abner. 'I'd ruther keep
on swappin' gold dollars fer mountain
land an lettin' it go fer taxes AN to
try to beat lawyer at his own game
A courthouse is like the devils abode,
easy to git into, no outlet an nothin'
| but scorch while you are thar
Hush, fer the name O. goodnessr'
cried Mrs. Bishop. looking at her hus-
band. Don't you see he's dyin' from
1t? Are you all a-goin' to kill i'm i?
| What does a few acres O. land ur
debts amount to beside KILN a man
ats been tryin' to help us all? Alfred,
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sSsSs&} walked in. His shoes and
trousers were damp with dew and COW
cred with the dust Of the road. His
wife saw him entering the gate and
called out to him from the hall:
'Well, I declare: Didn't you go to
Atlanta?'
He came slowly up the steps, drag
ging his feet after him. He had the ap-
pearance of q man beaten by every
storm that could fall upon a human
being.
Eyes, l went" he said doggedly. He
passed her and went into the sitting
room, where his brother-in-law stood at
the fireplace lighting his pipe with
live coal Of fire on the tip of a stick.
Abner Daniel looked at him critically,
his brows raised little as he pulled,
but he said nothing. Mrs. Bishop came
in behind her husband, sweeping him
from head to foot with her searching
eyes.
"You don't mean to tell me you
walked out heer this mornin','' she
cried. lord have mercyv'
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CHAPTER ".

was a little after sunrise.
The family had just left the
breakfast table when Bishop
walked in. His shoes and
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TTHE following Saturday Alan
i went to barley, as he fire.
|ISSsMI quently did, to spend Sunday.
(SzSA.St On such visits ha ,,sua11v
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Old Papers for sale at the UNION Of
ice for 25c per 100. Just the thing for
carpets and house-cleaning.
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CAMP, Nj. W. A..
No. 1882.

Regular meetings 1st and 3rd Saturdays OF
each month, at 500 P. NJ. in the hall at Brick
yards. Visiting members cordially invited
NED G.. KELLEY " C..
J. F. ZIMMERMAN. Clerk.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-05-13
Board Jumper Arrested.

L. G. Peoples, a white man who has
been in and around Sumter for several
weeks soliciting business as painter,
was arrested in Manning yesterday
and brought here this morning. He
was arrested under warrant issued
by Magistrate Wells charging him with
humping a board bin be had contract
ed at the Ingram House. Peoples was
in Mayesville when the warrant was
issued for his arrest on Saturday,
but when the attempt was made to ar
rest him, he took leg bail and distanc-
ed the officer. YESTERDAY Chief of Po-
lice Bradford ascertanied that PEOPLES
was in Manning and a 'phone message
to the Chief of Police Of that town
landed him in the calahoose until the
warrant could be sent down Oh the
evening train and the arrest made in
due form.
Upon his arrival here this morning
PEBBLES was taken before Judge Wells
and arraigned for trial. Fe bad no
defence except that he had 70 money
ard nowhere to get any But when
a term Oh the chain gang began to
stare him in the face he remembered
that he had $40 to his credit in May
esville, and he gave an order for this
to Judge Wells and was released.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-05-13
Dark Corner Items.

sManchester, May 11.-Farmers are
rather blue. So much cool weather
makes the bud worms kill the corn
and causes bad stands of cotton. Oats
have improved some.
The fruit, such as huckleberries.
blackberries and peaches seem to look
promising. Gardens are doing fairly
we'll. Plenty of sweet potato sprouts
are ready to set out, if we could get
the rain, but have not had any rain
to amount to anything in two weeks.
Mrs. W. J. Ards, Miss Matte
Weeks, and little Miss Mary Lee Ards
spent yesterday With Mrs. W. S. Ar
dis.
Mr. G. P. Barwick of Pinewood,
formerly of your city, l hear is quite
sick. I also hear there is a case Of
smallpox at Governor Manning's old
mansion (Milford:) One of the work
men of the repairing force has it, so /
have learned. Hope the report is false.
Well the special primary is over and
we have good clerk and am salts
fed, if my horse did bring up the rear.
The Parrott is a good bird, I believe,
and hope he may be an honor to the
Office.
The health of the neighborhod is
pretty good and no mad dogs or any
thing else to excite US in our Dark
Corner. Sidra.