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Mr.. Balls Friend FernOn.


To the Hon Lewis Ball, of Delaware
should be given credit for some Of the
best stories which circulate around the
house on the hill He tells one OF a
fellow named John Fernon. a follower
of John Wesley, who once lived near
Lambertville. but known years ago as
BungtOwn- Fernon was a lay preacher
and took in the dimes selling groceries.
He was a Hercules of physical strength
and among the boatmen was known az
the Methodist peacemaker. be settling
many disturbances by mixing gospel
and elbow grease. "Once Fernon was
called to preach in an out-of-the-way
place said Mr. Ball, ''and he was late
getting to where his congregation had
assembled For being tardy he wac
called down by one of the baekwoods-
men, aud his reply was: Yes. I'm late,
but the devil will be still later in find
ing you among these Businesses in the
rocks. Each and every one OF You
should go home and thank the good
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Lived TO Marry.
:: F1ARVELOUS RECORDBREAKNO TELEGRAPH INSTRUMENT ;:
ERMANY has a rapid telegraph
in operation between Berlin and
Ernn kfnr-f hr thn Iunro-t.r

~ ERMANY has a rapid telegraph
in operation between Berlin and
~ Frankfort by the Imperial
Post, which has not its equal in all the
modern appliances in any other country
in the world.
1t is the PoIlak-Virag high speed teIe-
graph. in whose completion electricians
and engineers the world over have been
greatly interested for some time. In
the hands OF Antol Pollak, It's owner,
the prominent Berlin inventor, Il has
finally reached a state of perfection
which places It far above all other in
ventions OF its kind in meeting modern
requirements and solving modern prob
lens of speed and accuracy IN transmit
ting messages.
Only recently the telegraph was in
stalled between the two cities. a dis
lance Of about $40 miles, and success was
Immediately insured.
Work of Two Men.
Though the telegraph has in the
hands OF Mr.. PolIak reached it's present
high standard through some improve
ments which he made recently, Il is the
work Of two men. from whom it takes
its name-Mr. Pollak and his former
colleague, the late Joseph virag. a young
electrician of note in Germany, who.
unfortunately, died before he realized
TO the fullest extent the great value Of
their invention TO modern progress.
At the Smithsonian Institution may be
seen some interesting models OF trans
mitter. invented by a former Washing
ton man, which was a wonder at the
time OF it's invention many years ago.
but which cannot compare to the speed
power OF the PoIlak-virag instrument
In order 10 be certain that telegraph
ing presents no difficulties with the new
form Of writing in which two separate
current impulses are placed one above
the other. numerous experiments We're
made with the new system. The first
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lar place in the House or here at the
hotel. 1 once heard of a so-caIled SPELL
binder down my way who was deliver
ing lengthy speech on one of the
'momentous issues. He grew very tire-
some, and one by one his hearers
sneaked out Of the haI. One aged man
seemed much interested in the speech
and sat there silently listening to the
orator A friend in passing out stopped
long enough to ask him why he was so
charmed. oh. curiosity only was the
reply. He has been speaking for fully
two hours and shows no signs of men
tai or physical exertion. Curiosity
only. So 1 can sit here. without mental
OF physical exertion.'T
Lived TO Marry.
In the Bald Eagle Ridges Of Clinton
county. my State" said Representative
AchesOn Of Pennsylvania. Il am told
that there lived a maiden lady who
twice in her lifetime had been engaged
10 be married and twice some unfore-
seen event interposed to break off the
engagement and blast her hopes of mat
rimonial bliss. Naturally. as she began
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-02-07
UNDERWOOD
ADAMSON
BALL

kLT SEE that one of my friends. a
country editor. down home. has
Il drawn the dead lihe on mar
rage notices and big snakes said Rep
resentative Adamson OF Georgia, 20 a
group Of friends. He says in a recent
issue of his paper that last summer IT
took nearly one-third of his available
space TO tell OF the rattlesnakes killed.
and this winter he can't write a heavy
editorial because marriage notices crowd
Il out. He puts the public on notice that
he Will print no marriage notice here
after unless he receives enough we'd
ding cake to give slice to each Of his
nine children. and that no notice will
be made OF any RATHER unless II meas
ures eighteen feet and has three church
bells and an iron safe for rattles.
do you know that the average coun-
try editor is hard to down? Well. he Is.
and 1 can extract all kinds of genuine
fun. to say nothing OF solid chunks Of
wisdom. by reading the weekIies 1 get
from down home. l get so 1 just look
for these weekly visits of my country
papers with the same degree OF pleasure
that 1 would a letter from home. The
country editor may not build up heavy
bank accounts. but he gets the good
things Of life in carload lots"
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mediateIy and I'm the shortest time mag
Unable TO their destinations
In regard TO it's employment, iron
wire and ordinary cables do not come
into consideration for long distances. for
they do not allow current impulses 20
pass through one after the other as
quickly as is required by the PolIak-
Virag system. AS in the latter from 800
TO 400 current impulses are sent through
the wire in a second. the conditions OF
transmission are more similar to those
OF telephone communication. Good
bronze wires are therefore necessary
On the other hand it is not necessary
to protect these bronze wires TO the de-
gree required with telephone wires.
against the influence OF induction. as
the apparatuses are comparatively un-
susceptible. The experiments made have
satisfactorily proved this. In the Pol
lak-Virag system a very considerable
saving in telegraph wire is effected. for
just as much written matter can be
transmitted en- two wires of the rapid
telegraph system as on twenty wires
Of the old system.
Practical Experiments.
After the apparatuses had been con-
SIT hSlcO lOT pTdCtiCdi working purposes,
the royal Hungarian ministry of com
meree was applied to for permission to
experiment with them on the lines OF
the telegraph department The applica-
ton was readily acceded TO, and the line
Pozsony-B Budapest was placed at their
disposal for carrying out practical ex-
periments- A transmitter was fitted up
at Pozsony. and a receiver at the chief
telegraph Office in budapest. and the
apparatus worked reliably and evenly
in every respect. Shortly after the con-
clusion of these trials. Mr. Pollak dem
onstrated with the apparatuses before
the German Emperor and Empress. as
well as the secretary of state, in the
postof1ce and the heads of those de-
partments interested in the invention.
The Hungarian Academy Of Sciences
In Budapest conferred on the inventors
of rapid telegraphy the Wahrman fo,.n-
dation prize. which Is awarded every
five years in Hungary for the most i'm
portant invention or attainment i'm tech
nicaL industrial. or agricultural spheres
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High Sounding Titles,

Whenever hear OF a corporation or
a newspaper pairing on part OF it's name
in order TO make It shorter" said an
aged Senator. Il am reminded of what
Senator Benton said here in the Senate
about corporation with a name as
long as the moral law. He said the
people would not stand for It. and he
related a story Of young lady in New
Orleans. bewitching Creole. A gen.
tieman who was building a steamboat
bestowed upon IL the name La Belle
Creole The vessel was beautiful. and
the young lady was beautiful. but this
did not save the long name from fear
full catastrophe. The people called the
vessel the 'BelT-not the French belle.
which signifies fine or beautiful, but
the plain. English bell. Others got It
'Creowl. making 1t one syllable. and it
drifted from bad to worse until the
really beautiful vessel sailed up and
down the Mississippi the. balance OF her
life By the title of the OWL 4"
Senator Benton told them TO remem-
Der the fate OF John Barcelona. the can't
ing hypocrite OF CromweITs time. who
composed long verse, like Scripture.
TO sanctify himself with and entitle
himself. Praise God. Barcelona. for if
Christ had not died for you. you would
be damned. Barcelona. This was too
long, too sanctimonious. and the people
called the follow simply Damned Bare
bones -
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tests were carried out between Buda-
pest and Pozoly over bronze loop 215
kile-a4sers long and three nm. in dia-
meter. later on. kilograms were sent
between Budapest and Fiume over "A
bronze loOI eU klometers in length and
four nm. in diameter. These expert
ments always showed the same good re-
suits. and confirmed the fact that tele-
grams can be safely transmitted by
means of the new Pollak-Virag system
al a speed of even 500. 600 words per
hour. according to the length and ma
ture of the wire
Simply Constructed.
After these experiments were conclud-
ed the construction of the apparatus
suitable for practical working was be-
gun. All technical difficulties in this
respect were successfully overcome. and
such was the simplicity of the appara-
tus that every telegraph official was able
to work on them after a few days
practice
The Celebrations of the telegraphic
system itself, which is very simple were
followed by the construction of the
necessary auxiliary apparatus, nakely.
an automatic developing apparatus and
a perforating machine and as simple
as these devices may appear in their
present day shape their perfection, es-
pecially that of the automatic developer
and perforator. occupied much time and
consideration. Quite exceptional require
ments had TO be COPIED with. The point
OF light which moves on the sensitive
paper, and which produces the letters
on it, has certainly as powerful an effect
as can be obtained by a small mean
descent lamp and a small mirror, but It
had to be taken into account that the
vibrating diaphragm Of the telephone
must not be overloaded.
Works Rapidly.
The time of exposure, namely. the
time in which the point OF light travels
over surface corresponding 10 fits own
extent. is only $1,000 of a second in
duration; on the other hand. the devel-
opment and fixing must be done with
the utmost rapidly, as otherwise the
accumulation of the sensitive paper in
the devela!Hng and fixing vessels causes
great Inconvenience. A loss of time be-
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COrwin's Narrow Escape.

Refreshing yarns about Tom Corwin
bob up around the Capitol every week.
Many Of them are old. but they never
grow stale. While speaking of hew
near some public men come to getting
on the right side Of important issues.
Senator Foraker said:
Tom Corwin often told of now near
he came to going to the mourner's
bench for prayer during a protracted
meeting under Father Collins. one Of the
best ministers my State ever knew. Tom
Corwin said: Why. you may talk about
men being brought to their knees or
feet by wer-eloquenee-that's nothing
compared to Father Collins. All he had
to do was to hold out his hands and
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-02-07
The Gay Young Jim Griggs.

There's nothing under the sun which
can give as much genuine enjoyment as
country fi'olie during the Christmas
holidays" remarked Representative
Griggs of Georgia. while yarn-spinning
in the cloak room. at is simply time
when you can throw the bride of, and
in the language of the late Bill Arp:
Gather round the kitchen Are,
Pile the chunks on higher and higher,
Git out the old fiddle and partners choose
And knock it OF in your cowhide shoes.
In my younger days I attended a
country dance over in Alabama. in the
district now represented by Brother
Clayton. and as I was a stranger, be-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-02-07
FORAKER
CLAY
DICK

gan to think that I was to be a wall
mower l had on my long-tailed black
coat and pair OF spOtlesx; white pants
with the regulation white 54aistcoat. ana
guess L was some. was smitten by
the style and makeup OF lovely cs-ea-
ture who was sitting alone. apparently
forgotten and neglected; her eye was
iuh OF life and love. and beauty
oeamed upon her brow so radiant1y that
was ready to worship her as a star
whose purity and distance make 1t fair.
With my best bow. and half fearing
that so splendid an intellectual crea-
ture would not deign to accept my pro-
posal, told her that it would make me
very happy if she would honor me with
the next dance Instantly those lus-
trous eyes sbOne sweetly on me, and
she answered: Yes. Stree. an thank
you, too. fur I've sot an sot here till
I've bout took root"
Jim Griggs, that's - exclaimed
Congressman Clayton. II don't believe
you ever put foot in Alabama. and I can
prove by half the Georgia delegation
that you never owned a long-tailed coat
until you came to Congress"
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Lord that he has cast your lot In a
safe place. Fernon kept a ferry. ran
a store, worked a farm. preached. and
educated his dogs so that they would
hold Tespassers by the seat OF the
trousers. and raised family OF boys
who would raise the neighborhood if
anybody disputed that John Wesley
was the best Christian that ever lived.
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Senator clay's Home Town.


Senator Clay lives at the beautiful lit
tie city OF Marietta, Ga. and one of his
colleagues chided him the other day by
telling this story OF Judge Underwood:
The judge had been holding coart ar
Marietta in the summer OF 1850. and the
place was not what il now is At the
adjournment Of court Judge Underwood
and General HanseIl were walking 10 the
depot. when the former said: Gen
eral. when my time comes to die want
to pass away here in Marietta Il am
glad you think so much Of our vinlge.-
replied the general. 1t is not that, said
the judge. 1T is because 1 can leave it
with less regret than any other place on
the face OF the earth
The judges wishes were carried out.
for he did die in Marietta. where he had
gone to hold court. He arrived at the
place at about II o'clock and died
within an hour"
Worked twenty-five Hours a Day.
Preachers as well as other folks Will
sometimes stretch the blanket in urder
to carry a point" says Representative
Dick OF Ohio. II have been told of a
minister named Charles Schorme who
was stationed at New Lisbon, my state.
many years ago. and who added TO his
clerical duties the agency for a certain
religious magazine. One day at the close
of the service he asked the congrega-
ton to remain a few minutes after bsne-
diction, and then he held up the period
ical, told Of its attractions for old and
young, and asked for subscriptions, add
ing; If each of you had the desire for
knowledge which l had when a young
man you would not hesitate a moment
to subscribe for this excellent publica-
ton In my young days l used to work
all night 10 get money 10 buy books and
papers and would get up before daylight
to read them Perhaps he was telling
the truth, but l doubt IT, There was
fellow out here in the big printery owned
by Uncle Sam who turned in twenty-five
hours time for day and night, and
when the time-keeper got after him TO
know how he could work in twenty-five
hours he said he worked during lunch
hour"
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say come on sinners. ard straightway
they marched forward. whether they
wanted to or not. When they didn't
come fast enough Father Collins just
singled. them out by name He called
for me and all I could do to keep from
going up was TO bite the joist 1 was
standing by. and 1 gnawed it nearly in
two before 1 could resist hi appeal He
come de1ced nigh getting Tom Corwin,
I'll tell Won
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Mr. UnderwOod on the spot.

Representative Underwood Of Ala
bama is the easiest public man to find
In Washington. When not in the House
he can be found sitting on the large
leather lounge in the hall leading back
10 the dining room Of the Riggs House.
A friend called his attention to this the
other day and the Representative said:
Wen. my friends generally know
where TO find me. and enjoy my regu-
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and she didn't let the chance slip,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-02-07

American diplomatic representatives, for
financial aid
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American Women Who
Reflect Credit Upon
Their Country by the
Manner in Which
They Preside Over the
Embassies and Lega-
tons at Foreign Cap
itals. ~ ~ ~ ~

Copyright. 1904 by Walden Fswcett.)
II HERE has lately been a pretty
general observance OF moving
Il day on the part OF Uncle Sans
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$500 ssSward for NNous0n
Who CANNOT DO Cured

BACKED up by ever q third Of a century
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such A. no other remedy for the diseases
and weaknesses peculiar to women ever
attained the proprietors and makers of Dr
Pierces Favorite Prescription now feel
fully warranted in Offering to pay tSon in
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case Of f.eucorrhea Female Weakness, Pro.
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WORLDS DisPESsARy MEDICAL AssO.
cfATioN, proprietofs Buffalo y Y
II took two bottles Of your Fav0rite Prcscrip.
ton aud two Of the Golden Medical Discovery
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FRKR. DR. Pierce's Common Sense
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Send ~ Oue-cent stamps for the book ia
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OratOry and Feast
RegaIe the Pythians
CONTINUED IRON page ~

chancellor. Mr. yl!ck. Of Lexington
who gave bries bat witty address.
Mr.. l.ydick did no' say anything bpt
that was 9hoIeslme and worthy
Mr Iealy Of PawhusIa. made one
OF the finest talks u the occasion and
sounded the buele call Of Pythian ylr
tue in its highest form. lie delivered
an impressive address ard was re
peatcdly cheered
Mr. Schiller. OF Oklahoma City. was
called on 30 speak for his lodge aud
he respcndod in a few e;i chosen re
narks intersperied with a list Of
sto-ies that were IaughabIe to the
utmost
An.ong those Who said grand and
good things Of tho X p. order as fra
ternM organization was Mr Hendcr
sor. OF Pavnee Ills address was rict
and deep It contained a volume o
comnendahle versions of the truth
aud love that exists IN the hearts o
genuine knights OF Pythias.
Ediar shanafslt. of Perry made
splenli sreech he too eudeavore'
10 demonstrate the rraterualism o
the s<nights OF PythIas tna sueceedel
ia holding the c.ases, attention OF th0
oauo1etters
Pro0ahly the most nord array o
oratorial and historical elegance an
eioGuenoe was the address Of NJ
RlaSe OF ei Reuo Il was painted 4
words that must have been kissed b
angels and tinted with the touch
godaosses His was the cal flower (
the occasion in the way Of spceel
making
bfr, Rupert. of Okeene gave shoI
talk. He d.d no, utter anything u
necessary. therefore what be sAid ~
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The pavilion erected by the FriEco.
Rock Island Systems at Main Entrance
n the Worlds Fair is surely a place Of
no little interest. in fact 1t IS ,ne OF
the many attractions.
Visitors TO the Worlds Fair are cor
daily invited to inspect the Frisco
itock Island System building Here
will be found a place OF rest courteous
attention. besides. there will De dis
tributed. free OF cost. souvenirs aid
descriptive literature Of the Great
Southwest. The reader will. undOubt
ediy. overlook q very Important attTac
tion In ease Of failure to visit the
Friseo-Rock Island System pavilion.
Remember. Main Entranee Worlds
Fair.
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PHYSICIANS eooo Luck.
Or tart's Fortunate Experience o.
seeelai interest to Mary
IN Guthrie.

1he haRi est man in New England
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erabAaiiens fr0m his friends. Is nr
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Probably no physician Is better
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IFS worst fern
Although he resorted to Tie --latest
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ineut that tried Hyome. Tho
Doctor Ia his emphatic way addict
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cured me completely NY wife and
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The Worlds FAR.

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the worlds fair at St. Louis. this sum
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At its station at the entrance Of tbs
fair grounds: thus saving severa
miles nun ans return. and the inevit
able jam at the big Union station 81
all means consider the advantages d
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