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The Washington times., 1904-01-17

Copyright. 1908. by Walden Faweett.)
HE Emperor OF Germany, eager
for American good will. has just
} completed at Washington fairy
palace that is sure to cause to
open wide the eyes of all lovers of spien-
dor and beauty. Or rather, to speak
more accurately. a titled American wo-
man. the Baroness Won Sternburg, has
been enabled to attain this triumph in
decorative achievement through the
Kaiser's kindness in encouraging the
wife of his envoy to the United states
To draw without stint upon the Teuton
Golfers i'm order to create an establish
rnent worthy of his pride at the seat of
government of the nation he so much
aamires.
Due to a Woman's Tact.
The German ruler was accredited at
one time with stern disapproval OF the
tendency of many of his diplomats to
oaer their hearts and hands TO pretty
American girls. but all such opposition,
If it has not already entirely disappear
ed. should assuredly be eradicated by
THIS master stroke of the most attrac-
tive woman Of the German diplomatic
service. It viii be only natural for her
ccr,ntry-wornen TO decIare-and probably
Il 81 simple truth-that no person save
one of Miss Columbia's daughters could
have worked the wonderful transforms
ton which has taken place during the
past nine months at'the great mansion
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WHILE HE WAS WORKING.
fhe Barber Regaled His Victim with
an Illustrative instance Of
a Ignorance.

The barber tucked a towel under a
customers chin and then cleared his
throat, relates the Philadelphia Press.
"a vietim-I mean a customer of mine"
he began, told me a story the other day
which illustrates to my mind, at least,
hat some men really don't know the diff
erence between patent medicine and
schuylkin water. 1t was this way:
This customer of mine had friend
who had great deal of trouble with his
hair. It was all the time falling out. He
lsked all his friends what he could get
to keep it in. Most of them suggested
:hat he get a basket, but finally one Of
hem told him of a patent medicine.
$50 the man whose hair was bothering
him got bottle of the medicine and dis
covered that it was a dark brown sticky
fluff that he was to rub on his hair five
Zines day. He tried. it the first day,
md it appeared to do good, but the sec
,nd day some one got there first, and
Implying the bottle of medicine, filed it
ap with sarsaparilla And all day long
That poor man rubbed the soft drink on
his hair and never noticed the difference.
But he did notice, though, that there was
IN unusually large number of flies swarm
ing about his head. Bay rum?'
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million. of vegetables.

When the Editor read 10000 Plants for
Ice, he could hardly believe it, but upon
second second reading hnds that the wv yohn IA "A.
whom there are no more reliable and ex-
tensive seed growers in the world, makes
this offer. This great offer is made to get
you to test Salzer's Warranted Vegetable
Seeds.
They will send you their big plant and
seed catalog, together with enough seed
to grow
1000 fine, solid Cabbages,
1000 delicious Carrots,
1900 blanching, nutty Celery,
1000 rich, buttery Lettuce,
1000 splendid Onions,
1000 rare, luscious Radishes,
1000 gloriously brilliant Flowers.
ALL FOR BUT Ice POSTAGE.
providing you will return this notice, and
if you will send them zoe in postage. they
will add to the above a package of ia
nous Berliner Caulihower. TX. L.
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ENEMIES ALL RIGHT.
He Was Certain About That and He
Took n sly Shot at
Them.

1t is related that at a recent sham bat
tie young lieutenant, posted with his
company behind wall, ordered his men
to fire at detachment of troops who
were marching by, says London Tit-Bits.
The guns were loaded with blank cart
ridges, and no harm was done; but the
detachment happened to be on the same
side of the sham fight as the company
which had fired at it.
The commanding officer came riding up.
why did you fire at those men," he
demanded of the lieutenant, hotly.
Il supposed they were the enemy" said
the lieutenant.
and what led you to suppose they
were the enemy?"
Because my tailor was at the head OF
them and l saw my butcher in the ranks,
What else could / suppose, sir?
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Philippine Coast Line.

The Philippine islands have a gen.
eral coast line of about 11.444 statute
miles, or double that of the main part
of the United States, while the total
area is 115,026 square miles. or less
than that of New Mexico. There is a
mile Of coast line to every ten miles
of area, while in the United States the
proportion is one to SIS. There are
nearly LOO islands having names, and
1t is possible to count 5000 islands and
islets on the charts. Even the larger
land masses are so elongated in figure
that no point in any island is more
than 60 miles distant from some part
of the Constitutional Geographic
Magazine.
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yaecination Prevent. plague.

The Medical Record draws a compare
Ison between the present situation at
Hong-Kong and Manila with refer
snce TO the value OF preventive inocula-
ZION. In both cities the plague exists,
and at. both many intelligent efforts
have been made to suppress it, but not
with the same results. AT Manila the
plague has subsidized very materially, and
viii soon probably disappear, but 1t
seems that it cannot be suppressed at
Hong-Kong. The reason for this can
De found only in the fact that at Ma
lila preventive vaccination has been
compulsory, and on a large scale, in
Guiding the 10000 Chinese residents.
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the unfortunate ones. Little or no risk
need be run if Peruna is kept in u
house and at the disappearance of any
symptom of catarrh taken as directed
on the bottle.
Peruna is safeguard, is a preven,a-
tive, specific, is q cure for all cases OF
catarrh, acute and chronic, coughs.
colds, consumption, etc.
Ifyou donot receive prompt and SIT is
factory results from the use of Peruna,
write atonce to DR.. Hartman, giving .
full statement of your case, and he viii
be pleased to give you his valuable 40
vice gratis.
Address DIR. Hartman, President OF
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,
Ohio.
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HOW RADIUM WAS DISCOVERED
Experiments with BecquereI Rays,
Which Gave the Wonderful
Metal to the World.

The Investigations which resulted in
the detection of Becquerel rays began
soon after the discovery of the x rays.
In the early days of Roentgen rays, there
were many facts which suggested that
phosphorescence had something to do
with the production of these rays, writes
Ernest Merritt, in Century. 1t occurred
to several French physicists that X rays
might be produced if phosphcrescent
substances were exposed to sunlight in
stead of to the electrical action of a
Crookes tube. Prof3 Henri BecQuerel,
of the University of Paris, undertook ex-
periments to test this superstition as
early as 1896. only few months after K
rays had been discovered. Among the
substances used in these experiments
was one containing the metal uranium
This was placed upon a Photographic
plate, which had first been wrapped in
black paper in order to protect it from
the light. After the plate had stood in
bright sunlight for several hours, it was
removed from its paper covering and
developed. A slight trace of photo
graphic action was found at those parts
Of the plate directly beneath the uran-
ium, just as Becquerel had expected. 1t
was clear that rays of some kind were
being produced that were capable of
passing through black paper. Since the
K rays were the only ones then known
to possess this power, it seemed as
though the problem of producing x rays
by sunlight was solved. -
Then came the fortunate accident.
After several plates had been prepared
for exposure to sunlight, a storm came
up. and the experiments had to be post
poned for several days. When the work
was resumed, the plates had been lying
in the dark room so long that they might
easily have deteriorated in some way,
so that it seemed hardly safe to use
them. But, instead of simply throwing
the plates away, Becquerel fortunately
developed them. thinking that some ac-
ton might possibly have taken place in
the dark. The result was that he OBJ
tanned better pictures than ever before.
The exposure to sunlight, which had
been regarded as essential to the sue
cess Of the former experiments, had
really had nothing at all to do with the
matter. The essential thing was the
presence Of uranium; and the photo
graphic effects were not due to x rays,
but to Becquerel rays. There were many
long and difficult steps to take before
even our present Incomplete knowledge
OF the subject could be reached; but this
fortunate accident was the beginning of
the long series Of experiments which
have already led to the discovery of the
new element radium. and which bid fair
TO revolutionize some of the most funda-
mental conceptions Of physics and
chemistry.
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barbara Freltchie.. Grave.

Barbara Freitchie sleeps in little cem-
etery walled in from the din of traffic.
and you are likely to become bewilder-
ed looking for it Ere you find har
grave you must seek out a kind-faced
sexton and. armed with a trusty key,
must unlock the gates yourself and
hunt through the long grown grass for
the almost hidden stone. They have
locked Dame Barbara" in from the
outer world. though not from the sun
light she loved so well. found the
spot at last and. pushing aside the
grass and velvet-ieaved creepers, read
her name and agee"only this and
nothing more.'.Thomas c. Harbaugh,
in Four-Track News.
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M,ni.ter Awarded the Prize.

A good one is told on a well-known min
lister who was walking along the street
the other day and saw a crowd of boys
sitting in front of ring with small dog
he put the following question: "What
are you doing with that dog" One little
boy said: Whoever tells the biggest lie
wins it." oh" said the minister, 81 am
surprised at you little boys, for when I
was a silence for awhile, until one of the
boys shouted: Hand him up the dog!"
Mount Slivet (Ky.) Democrat.
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Emancipation for the Mule.

Booker T. Washington insists that the
negro is not ungrateful, and, although the
younger generation may like to lose sight
of the fact that their grandmothers and
grandfathers were slaves, those grand
mothers and grandfathers themselves do
not forget it. In illustrating this he tells
the story of an old colored man who saw
the old street cars being replaced by cars
driven by electricity, and exclaimed: DE
Yank came down here 80 years ago to free
de niggah, and now, glory be, dey is gwine
to free de mewl!"
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RUINS MADE TO ORDER.
People of Wealth Can Have Ances.
trail Estates Fixed Up to
Suit Their Ideas.

II there is one branch of horticulture
in which vast improvements have been
made of late years, 1t Is landscape gar
dening. 1t is now possible to make
luxurious scenery out of a barren
waste, and transform piece of ground
which even a farmer would despise
into veritable garden of Eden, says
an English exchange
However fiat and stony the ground
may be. the landscape maker will
soon change the aspect of affairs. His
first course is to obtain plan of the
ground, in which he marks the position
every tree and shrub is to occupy.
+ II he wishes to make the area at his
disposal appear much larger than it
really is, he will use only diminutive
trees, but it is quite possible for him
to transplant giant oaks and elms
which have been growing fer centuries
from the forest direct to the ground he
is cultivating.
Directly a tree has been selected foc
transportation square is marked
around it and the workmen dig to the
depth of ten or 20 feet. according to
the girth of the tree. This being done,
channel is made on either side of the
tree and two tunnels are bored through
its roots, in which powerful beams are
inserted.
Round these beams chains are placed
at each end, and the tree is lifted as it
stands on TO a wagon, which is waiting
in readiness, and from thence trans
rortated to it's destination.
Forest oaks cost from five dollars TO
500 apiece. so that an avenue of these
monsters can easily prove expensive.
An avenue Of cedars, however, is the
ambition of most garden lovers, and
their cost is enormous.
Quite recently a well known finan-
cier purchased 80 such trees at cost
of 81, $50 apiece. and had them con-
veyed bodily a distance of over 800
miles,
Rivers and lakes teeming with gold
fish or trout are comparatively easy to
make. If there is a stream in the
neighborhood its course can be divert
ed, and, by damming. lake of any
size can be formed within a few days.
The cost of an artificial lake, guaran-
teed not to dry up in summer, averages
$780,
But the beauty of the artificial gar
den Is its ruins. However well the
ground may be laid out, with lakes and
fountains meeting the eye at every
turn, it lacks an ancient appearance
unless tumble-down ruins may be seen
amid the trees.
Artificial abbeys and churches can
be so built that even an expert may be
deceived. the blackened stones and Ivy
hung walls resembling those of Nor
man origin.
The landscape gardener will supply
you with ancient abbeys in any number
from $3.50 to $4,000 apiece. Here and
there. too, the garden can be given
venerable appearance with the aid OF
an ancient grotto or two. These grot-
tees are just built of limestone, and
then sprayed with dirt and CRIME
Quite nice little grotto. apparently
couple of centuries old. can be supplied
for $50.
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A Kansas farmer who is always on
the lookout for labor saving machinery
read an advertisement for fountain
pens, and he sent three dollars east to
guy one. He said he was tired of lift
ng swill over the top of the pens for
his pigs. City Star.
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A PLAIN TALK
On a Plain Subject in Plain
language.

The coming winter will cause at least
one-half of the women to have catarrh,
colds, coughs, pneumonia or consump-
ton. Thousands of women will lose
their lives and tens of thousands will
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Ascum-Since you can get the house
so cheaply, you will take it. OF course.
Henpeck-I don't know yet. haven't
consulted Maria.
But what is your opinion?"
well, may not be much Of q law
yer. but I'm too shrewd to give an opin-
ion until I'm reasonably sure it won't
ue reversed "-Philadelphia Press.
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acquire sOI1lt CIITOIlIC dII-
ment from which they will
never recover.
Unless you take the nee
essary precautions, the
chances are that you (who
read this) will be one of
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Vexfng Delay.

"Our new company is capitalized at $4o,-
0,OOO."
"Greati Let me see your prospectus"
ooh. we haven't got out prospectus
yet. The-er-the darned printer wants
his pay in advance. Puck.
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Stiffness of persons and steadiness of
features are signal marks of good breed
ing.-O. w. Holmes. .
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Omit CoughfnE.

Why cough, when for 25c and this notict
you get 25 doses of an absolutely guaran
teed cough cure in tablet form postpaid
WIS. DRUG CO., La Crosse, Wis. TX. L.
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A good intention clothes itself with
power.-Emerson.
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Stills of pride lift you above the peo-
pie to-day and lay you in a puddle to-
morrow.-Ram's Horn.
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Putnam Fadeless Dyes color more goods
brighter colors. with less work than others
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Greafest Need of the Age
By REV. j. H. HACKENBERG,
OF New York CITY.

T IS that be physically strong in this busy,
rushing age. rise early, work hard throrsh
I'll. long weary hours and strike ede hammer blows II
E>tey hope succeed any vocation of life. The
an moving and faster, and unless strive and wo
<N run shall be left behind and forgotten. So
E busy that they have little time for eating for
EM @ va sleeping for dying They rapidly sleep parng,
E5WA quickly. The body be forgotten if it
T stand the strain it Physical culture
TT 4 age like this is imperative necessity
The age snelectualstrength. Success
department of life has its intellectual basis The tide OF
popular rising the force of the
school, college the university The call of the trades the homes,
professions who know something The
knows nothing and of that fact failure
anywhere By intellectual do capable of cacu
pses ansating Patos Creek recng Horace
tables but who whether school of it, knows the history
of the has grasp upon the needs the present. has
Astounding discerns explodes
faay old CUSTOM though be adored for centuries
the ahood the st fad though have popular approval
who his back the
direction of progress and looking evasng
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Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken of
as cough cure.-J.. w. O'Brien, 30 Third
Ave, N, Minneapolis, MINI, Jan. 6, 1900.
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: Good nature and evenness of tempe
will give you an easy companion for life
Steele.
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Arid Land. Made Fruitful.

Those parched, dry, arid plains of Mont,
Colo, Ariz, Idaho and other dry lands
respond quickly and give big yield when
planted to Salzer's Speltz, Hanna Barley,
Macaroni Wheat, 60 Day Earliest Oats,
Billion Dollar Grass and Bromus Iner-
mis-. Above seem to flourish and laugh at
droughts and arid soils.
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a bad memory is the liars nightmare
Chicago Daily News.
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Just SEND 10c Us sTAMPs

and this notice to John A. Salzer Seed
Co., La Crosse, Wis, for their big catalog
and farm seed samples. TX. Ii
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Machinery Lower. Cost.

At recent convention representing
ron interests in Germany, Herr Macco
presented the results of a technical in
vestigation Of American and German
iron and coal production. He showed
that during the last IL years the av-
erage productive capacity of American
mines. per man and per day, has In
creased more than % per cent, while
in Germany it has. if anything. dimin-
ished This difference he attributed
TO the increased use in America of
coal-cutting machinery. Although
cheaper. Iron ore is also cheaper in
America. partly as result of the use
of more labor-saving machinery here.
Science and Industry.
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Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money if it fails to cure. 25c.
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The United States can supply all the
wants of its people for coal. iron. cop
per, petroleum, and all the useful min
erals; gold and silver also are found
in generous quantities; but of precious
stones, the diamond. the ruby. the en-
erald, the topaz, etc. it has practically
none, except what 1t has bought
abroad. In 1902 we paid $25, 200. 900 to
foreign countries for precious stones
that we imported, while during that
year precious stones of the value of
only s3sS, 900 were found within. our
borders. These were principally sap
phires from Montana. turquoises from
New Mexico. Arizona. Nevada and Ca.-
Ifornfa, and tourmalines and chryso-
prases from California
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-13
NEW HOME IS DESTROYED
THE HANDSOME RESIDENCE OF
THOMAS WALSTON is BURNED
BEFORE CONSTRUCTION is
COMPLETELY.

Fire nearly destroyed a beautiful
new dwelling this morning which is
being erected for Thomas Walston at
Blaisdell avenue and Twenty-fourth
street, The flames started in the base
ment at o'clock and when the fire
department arrived, smoke was pour
ing out of every window. 1t took the
firemen nearly three hours to extin-
guish the flames and the building was
destroyed.
The building was in process of con-
struction and the cost, when COM
pleted, was to have been 100000. r
The fire is supposed to have started
from some temporary heating devices
used to keep the fresh plaster from
freezing. Few of the rooms had been
fitted with radiators, and it is thought
that the man in charge of the building
| had lighted number of small oil
burners.
The contractor says the loss will be
over $4,000, while Fire Marshal
Ringer says that it will not exceed
| $4,000.
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ST. P. STUDENTS
ASK SCENT FARE
THINK THEY SHOULD BE AL
LOWED TRIP TO ..U'' FOR A
NICKEL.
Twenty Cents a Day for Car Fare
Looks Too Large to Them-And
the Mile-and-a-Half Walk from
Bedford Avenue Looks Too Long
in Time and Space.

University students who live in st.
Paul are using their influence to Sc
cure a nickel fare from st. Paul to the
university. Twenty cents a day for
car fare is too heavy an addition to
the expenses of those especially who
have to work their way thru the uni
versity. While it is possible to escape
the extra fare by getting off at Bed
ford avenue and walking to the uni
versity, something like mile-and- a
half, the time required for the walk
and the discomfort suffered in ex-
IRENE weather, are matters that the
student has to consider. In view of
these conditions, some plan will be
sought by which one fare for students
will be good from st. Paul to the uni
verSity.
BY system of trading transfers at
Merriam Park, many students are
able to escape the extra charge part
of the time, but that depends too
much upon the meeting of some one
who has come the other way and has
a transfer that will be good thru
either way.
1t is doubtful whether the street
railway company will extend priv
leges to students which it will not
grant to the general public.
Talk of an independent interurban
line coming into Minneapolis, by way
of the Franklin avenue bridge has
been revived. Such line would run
down st. Anthony avenue in st. Paul
A. c.. Woodruff, 353 Prior avenue, ST
Paul, is interested in the project, and
saws the plan is we'll advanced and
that it will not fall thru provided
franchises can be obtained from the
councils of the two cities.