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Listening to the Fishes.

For listening to the noise made by
fishes in the depths of the seas, Nor
wegian inventor has devised telephone
to be lowered overheard from fishing
boats. With this he claims fisherman
can detect tie presence of fish, their
numbers and even their kind. Herrings
or smaller fish, when they come In large
numbers, make q piping, whistlins
sound, while cod make roaring noise
When they come close to the submarine
telephone the movements of the indi-
vidual fish can be distinguished. Tn:
instrument consists of a microphone
in a hermetically-sealed steel box. II
is connected by electric wires with a
telephone in the vessel above. Every
sound in the water below is intensified
by the microphone and conducted by
the electric wires to the telephone
Stray Stories.
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ABOUT WEDDINc-PREsENTs.
The Etiquette Of the Occasion for In.
innate Friends and for
Family Groups.

II several members of q family are
invited to both the ceremony and the
reception 1t is not necessary that each
one should send present, although it
would, of course, be graceful act of
courtesy to do so. However, it is quite
customary for sisters and brothers or
even friends to combine in sending a
gift. In some cases a present sent by
the mother and father is all that il
necessary.
No matter how trifiing the gift II
will always be greatly appreciated by
the bride; it is the thought more than
the value Of the gift, and articles of
handiwork sent by her intimate
friends will indeed be highly priced.
Casual acquaintance frequently
send only a box Of flowers on the day
Of the wedding, simply as an acknowl-
edgment of the courtesy shown them
in asking them to be present. ~
Those who arc in mourning or who
are travelling abroad, or persons living
at distance, SHOULD not plead these
circumstances as an excuse for not
sending some trifling souvenir.
The groom's gift Is almost univer.
sally something for the BRIDES person.
al and exclusive use, usually piece
Of jewelry of some kind, but never any
article of wearing apparel. It Is not
necessary for the bride to make gift
to the groom; it Is, in fact, purely q
matter of sentiment, but to my mind
a very nice sentiment and one that It
| Is wise to follow.
Duplicates OF wedding presents arc
inevitable. These, II not marked, can
be exchanged, but just there sentiment
and courtesy must be- considered and
just because gift does not please one
it should not be exchanged, especially
il sent by a near relative or intimate
friend,
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TWO MILES A MINUTE
HIGH SPEED TRAINS PLANNED
FOR GERMANY.
Line Will Probably Be Built Between
Berlin and Hamburg-Feasi-
bility Demonstrated Two
Years Ago.

New York.-After years of patient
study and experiments involving mil
lions Of dollars, it is thought that at
last the high speed" long distance
electrical locomotive is about to be put
to actual commercial use, /. e., with an
ability, if needed, to run at q speed OF
upward of 100 miles an hour.
The test lines will probably be built
between the cities of Hamburg and
Berlin, in Germany. The distance is'
to be exact, 17S miles. and is now GOV.
cred by high-grade steam locomotives
with coaches in three hours and "a
minutes, or at the rate Of 81 miles an
hour. A proposition has been laid be-
fore the German emperor and the
reichstag to lay the bed and track and
equip rolling stock to establish q SER
vice that will travel the 17S miles be-
tween the two cities in q trifle over
one hour and As minutes. An operat'
ing schedule based on this time-lC(
miles an hour-is guaranteed as parl
of the proposition, and the Allgemeine
Eleltricitats Gesellschaft, Of Berlin
one of the largest general electric
companies in the world, offers to dc
the work for $32 500, 900. :.
The Allgemeine Elektricitats Gesell
schaft does not look upon this under
taking as the limit of it's development
In the matter of high speed traction
II goes further. 1t says plainly to the
German government:
IF you would 60 trifle faster, say
125 miles an hour, you may do so to'
$37 800 ,o00."
Up to date the German government
has not decided to accept this of1er
Neither has it rejected it. That the
proposition is under consideration Il
tssured, because it grew out OF expert
ments in high-speed traction tests on
road the use Of which was permitted
by the government to the very people
now suggesting the establishment Of
| the new service.
The great German corporation max
| ing the Offer has demonstrated thu
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q ...a Eg-sssE r. H-&B ~ az. .a' -
A DESIRABLE PHYSIQUE.
Draced Shoulders . Goal Towards
Which Women Successfully Ex-
a. ercise Their Muscles.

Il am glad my shoulders are broad.
said q woman who is noted for her good
figure. h
Il am considered a beauty, though I
haven't good feature, and am called
stylish, though don't have q dozen
dresses . year. 1t is all on account Of
my figure. am set up WE'LL as the
dressmakers say. ~
If you are not set up we'll, you might
as good as give up trying to be hand
some these days. You will never &C.
complish much," declares Madame
DARCY. shoulders are broad and low,
and the line across the bust and chest
must be full.
Il gave up padding years ago, and
threw away my sawdust box-that is, If
I ever had one. discarded excelsior
and curled hair, and went in for phys
ical culture. Development meant .
great deal to me, and worked 1t for
all it was worth. At the end Of six
months weighed 140 pounds without an
extra ounce of fat. It was all muscle
and shoulders and bust. Not an ounce
of fat around my waist line.
Then people began to say was
handsome. Up to that time no one had
ever noticed me. l was thin chested,
narrow shouldered and inclined to
stoop. But all of a sudden became a
raving beauty. It was my figure.
Il could tell you dozen women who
have done the same thing. They have
no features to speak Of But when 1t
comes to figures, they are fine. 1t is
so with most Of our popular actresses.
They are not beautiful. But they have
personal magnetism and q magnificent
physique.
by magnificent physique I do not
mean that they are tall or Of the type
known as strapping. But they are wide
in the shoulders, full in the chest, for
their height, and they have muscle. ]
never saw an actress who wasn't 9
bunch of muscle and a marvel of per.
sonal endurance.
Mary Mannering can wrestle with
any man going, and even delicate little
Maude Adams can walk, fence, golf and
do things that would tire out any mas.
euline members of the everyday frater.
city. The ordinary, average business
man would sink down, worn out, while
this little woman was still fresh.
Speaking of physical endurance
there is Bernhardt.- Never mind how
old she is. She is the strongest woman
In France. She can walk barefooted or
the rocks at her seaside home when thu
rain is driving sideways across thu
rocks, and she can run through storm
1or miles. She is wonder, not very tai
and not very imposing. But her shoul
ders are wide and her chest is full. NJ
aabby fat, but all good, solid muscle"
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A PLEASING WOMAN.
Soma Infallible Rules That Will Make
You Agreeable in All
Companies. s.

First-Remember that good voice 10
"a essential to self-possession as good
ideas are essential to fluent language.
The voice should be carefully trained
and developed. A full, clear, flexible
voice is one of the surest indications OF
good breeding. In
Second-Remember that one may DO
witty without being popular, voluole
without being agreeable, a great talker
and yet great bore. -am-
Third-Be sincere. One who habitual-
" sneers at everything, not only rem
ders herself disagreeable to others, but
will soon cease to find pleasure in life.
Fourth--Be frank. A frank, open
countenance and a clear, CHEEKY laugh
are worth far more even socially than
"pedantry in stiff cravat.'
Fifth-Be amiable. You may hide .
indictiye nature under q polite exterior
for a time, as q cat masks Its sharp
claws in velvet fur, but the least provo
cation brings out one as quickly as the
other. and ill-natured people are always
disliked.
Sixth-Be sensible Society never
lacks for fools, and what you consider
very entertaining nonsense, may sooR
be looked upon as very tiresome folly.
Seventh-Be cheerful. Ifyou have no
great trouble on your mind you havo
no right to render other people miserable
by your long face and dolorous tones.
II you do not you win generally bs
avoided, -.@.
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nobility, as he could run things all
right without any help, and dad got
ready to go, cause the atmosphere was
getting sort Of chilly, but the emperor
soon got over his huff, and told dad
not to hurry, and then he turned to me
and said, 'Now, little American bad
COY, what kind of a trick are you 60
ing to play on me, cause from what
have read of you know you will
never go out of this house without,
giving me q benefit, and all my boys
expect it, and will enjoy 1t, the same
as l will: now let or CO."
felt that 1t was up to me to dc
something to maintain the reputation
I had made, so said, "Your majesty,
I will now proceed to make it inter-
esting for you, if you and the boys
will kindly be seated in circle
around me-" They got into circle,
all laughing, and l took out of my
pistol pocket a half pint flask of glass,
covered with leather, and with stop
per that opened BY touching spring,
and I walked around In front Of each
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AND SCRATCHED.
asked how long before they would
know what it was all about, and l said
my ene-mene, aud looked solemn, and
dad said, What you giving U.S." and
said, Never you mind, this is my
show and l am the whole push" and
everybody had raised up out OF his
chair and each was scratching for all
that was out, and finally the emperor
said, Il like a joke as we'll as any
body, but l can't laugh until ! know
what l am laughing about" and he
told dad to make me show what was
in the bottle, and l showed the bottle
and there was nothing in it, and there
they stood scratching themselves. and
l told dad we better excuse ourselves
and go, and we were going all right
enough when dad said, ''What is II
you are doing" and as we got almost
to the door l said, "Your majesty,
have distributed, impartially, l trust
in the royal family of Germany, a hall
a pint of the hungriest tleas that Egypt
can produce, for they have been In
that flask three weeks with nothing tc
eat except themselves, and l estimate
that there were a million, Cairo fleas
in the flask, enough to set up house
keeping in your palace, with enough tc
stock the palace of your crown prince
when he is married, and this Is that
you may remember the visit of Peck's
Bad Boy and his dad.
The emperor was mad at first, but
he laughed, and when we got out OF
the palace dad leaned against lamp
post and scratched his back, and said
to me. "Hennery, you never ought to
have did it," and I said, what could
a Door boy do when called upon sud
denly to do something to entertain roy.
alty?"
"Well," says dad, II don't care 1o1
myself, but this thing is apt to bring
on international complications" and
said, eyes, it will bring Persia into 1t
cause they will have to use Persian
insect powder to get rid Of them" and
then we went to our hotel and fought
fleas all night, and thought of the
sleepless night the royal family were
having.
Well, so long, old Pummernickel.
Yours truly,
HENNERY.
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Ths Bad Boy Finds Germany Very
Much Like Milwaukee-He Plays
Mumblety Peg with the German
Princes-He Entertains the Royal
Family with "a Trick"

81 HON. GEORGE W. PECK. ~,
<19-Governor OF Wisconsin, Former Editor
q OF Pecks Sun. Author Of ''Peck's
Bad Boy IEtc.) ,,.@2.
Copyright, 1905. by Joseph B. Bowles.)
Berlin, Germany.-My Dear g. Old
G Pummernickel.-Now we have got
pretty near home, and you would en-
Joy 1t to be with us, because you
couldn't tell this town from Milwaukee,
except for the military precision with
which everything is conducted, where
you never take glass of beer without
cracking your heels together like SOL
der, and giving military salute to
the bartender, who is the commander
in-chief of all who happen topatronize
his bar, everybody here acts like he
was at picnic in the woods, with a
large barrel Of beer with perspiration
oozing down the outside, and a spigot
of the largest size, which fills a
schooner at one turn of the wrist, and
every man either smiles or laughs out
loud, and you feel as though there
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feasibility Of the new speed and the
durability of their motors to the ensi-
reering world as far back IS 1903,
when trials at Zassen over the German
military roads were successfully made.
At these trials, now celebrated in the
electrical world, an interesting and en-
tirely new set Of phenomena appeared.
DR.. Shulz Prendent, of the imperial
German railway department aud chair
man Of the committee on study of the
Zossen trials, thus describes what will
soon constitute q part of the every
day trip between the two German
cities:
instruments are to be read every
ten seconds to take measure Of speed
and power. The engineer will be sur
rounded by wires and apparatus that
carries q current at $4,000 volts.
1T will be possible to observe the
scenery comfortably, but persons stand
ing on stations passed by the train at
top speed cannot be recognized. No
injurious effects will be felt by air
pressure due to passing of trains on
the other track, because the distance
between tracks will be made greater,
to do away with this very fault.
ut is likely that remains Of small
birds and insects will be found after
every trip on the front of the motor.
Birds delight in lodging trains, but
they have been caught by the electric
motor, which moves faster than any
bird flies" 'f5s" = -, 5..e..t -.
Louis J. Magee, Of New York, one Of
the foremost electrical engineers Of
this country and the director in Amer
lea of the Allgemeine Electricians
Gesellschaft, adds much of interest to
The description of this new world
beating passenger train. He says:
1.-THE passengers in coaches drawn
by a great electric motor should be
much more comfortable than in those
drawn by a steam locomotive. for tho
simple reason that the electric power
is a monetary principle, or uniform
in drawing power, while the steam
power is a reciprocating power. or sub
ject to q jerkiness of movement not
met with in electrically propelled cars.
"The new trains will carry no fire to
ignite in case of an accident. There
will be no smoke I'D no cinders. There
will be no boiler to burst, no steam to
scald and blind, no gases to suffo-
cate"
The enormous amount Of power re-
quired to propel electrically even a
single car at speeds over 100 miles an
hour is one of the principal objections
to high speed on account of its great
expense and the limited carrying ca
paclty of the cars.
When the German government shall
have told the Allgemeine Flektricitats
Geselischaft to go ahead with its work
of installing the fastest train service
in the world, II months, or perhaps
Is, will elapse before the first train
starts.
Experts here say that the 100 miles
An hour electrical motor service is not
due in America for many years yet
The conditions here are not yet rtpe
&c Il
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BEAUTY AND HYGIENE.
Houses Have Been Cleared of Stuffy
Draperies and Cumbering Orna- .
ments in Crusade for Health.

When It comes to matters of hygiene
the American woman excels. She is the
most hygienic of women. She under
stands hygiene from its very inception,
and there is never an hour of the day
nor Z day of her life in which she does
not practice it. She studies it as fad
and her life is one living hygienic ex-
ample.
Here are some Of thu thlngf which
hygiene has done for the American
woman and which she has done for
hygiene. She has banished window cur
tains and canopies from the beds. She
has torn the carpets of the floors. She
has ripped the tapestries from the walls
of the living rooms and she has thrown
the upholstered furniture out of the
windows. She will have few knick-
znacks around, but she has banished
the whatnot, the tiny shelves, the
swinging dust traps and all the small
articles which gather dust and hold it.
That is why, if one goes into the
houses of the very wealthy to-day, one
will find very few germ holding articles.
In the drawing rooms there are a few
marbles and bronzes; there is fine fur
niture, and there are pictures. But
when it comes to the thousand and one
trides, the photographs, the countless
tiny bric-a-brac, and the little articles
that cluttered the home few years ago,
they are missing to-day.
The very best homes have almost
nothing in the way of bric-a-brac. They
are furnished with an elegant simple
ity which is as beautiful as it is rare.
The cluttering little articles are not to
be found here.
And hygiene has done another thing
for the modern home. 1t has banished
the very heavy carpets from the floor.
The rugs may be elegant, but they are
neither thick nor heavy. They are
thin, silky affaits. They are light and
easil y shaken, and they are hygienic
to the last degree. A rug costing $1,000
may be thin, silky, beautiful in texture,
vet Of i kind which will not gather
germs. Many Of the new floor cover
ing. are absolutely germ proof in that
they can be cleansed almost as easily
as dish.
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TO Reduce Hips.

To reduce the flesh about the hips
take what is called the soldiers posi-
tion-shoulders back. chest out, chin
in, and ears. shoulders and hips in .
vertical line. Then bend from the
waist until the finger tips touch the
floor and without bending the kneeA
10 this for ten minutes every night
and morning, and in SIX weeks time
you will reduee Jour zip measuremsa4
six inch0A
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Herb-Bath.

A girl who pas been hurrying around
town all day or who arrives exhausted
at the END Of lcas journey is to be
congratulated II she can get an arc
matte herb bath. says a writer. To
do this there must be put into GAL
lon Jug of warm water . na]f-pound
each of lavender, thyme and rosemary,
with half ON ounce Of peppermint,
cloves AMI cinnamon. The spices
should be ground. This IL to stand for
Il hours, and then be strained. This
quantity is necessary for the usual
bath.
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WaYs and Means.

Good citizens" said the reformer,
SHOULD band together and get c7ntsUI
Of the primaries"
Z But what method would you ad.
vise?'' asked his friend. 'Jiu jitsE o.
plaiu assault and batteryT-POck
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Her Tender Heart.

"tlo," she said, Il don't like cats.
They're so cruel. They kill the dear
little BIRDS"
eyes," replied the sarcastic man,
cts too bad you can't trim your hats
with cats, isn't it?'-Philadelptia
Ledger.
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Fatal Defect.

He-Here is one of those articles on
how to live on nine dollars a week.
His Wife-Well-I suppose it could
be done.
''Oh, yes, but the writer doesn't tell
you how to chuck q bluff so as to make
folks think you are living on ninety
Puck.
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When to Instruct

Instructions to both children and
servants should be given In private,
and rs few corrections ~ possible
should b made ct the table.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1905-09-21

collar and the bell sleeves are cut in
large scallops, which are edged with
hem-stitched frilling, headed by a row
of fine feather-stitch.
Materials required: Five yards SO
inches wide, one yard insertion, about
four and one-half yards frilling.
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A PRETTY hlcHTco WN.
This Model Is Well Suited for Wear
Either in Summer or In
~ Wintar.

This is pattern suitable for long.
cloth, nainsook or China silk. The
yoke is composed of stripes Of about
five tiny tucks. alternating with torch
on insertion, the center Of lower part
being gagged to this yoke. The deep
New-York tribune., 1905-02-10
FOREIGN BANK RETURNS.

London. Feb. 9-The weekly return of the Bank
OF England shows the following changes: Total
reserve increased f642000 circulation decreased
E246OOo, bullion increased f39594S, other securities
decreased E044ooO other deposits decreased fSl93-
CO., public deposits increased E203S0o0 notes in re-
serve increased f5s,0OO government securities de-
creased 100000 The proportion of the banks re-
serve TO liabilities is 55.16 per cent against
5265 per cent last week, and compares with an ad-
vance from 45 per cent TO ~ per in this week
last year The rate OF discount unch anged at per
cent.
Paris Feb s.-The weekly return of the Bank OF
France shows the following changes: Notes in cir
culation decreased S46OO,OOO francs, treasury ac-
counts current decreased $500 900 francs gold on
hand increased 555O0O0o francs bills discounted de-
creased 170575c0O francs, silver nand increased
2525.00O francs
Berlin, Feb. e.-The weekly return of the Imperial
Bank Of Germany shows the following changes:
Cash on hand increased $4,000 marks, treasury
notes increased 126o0o0 marks other securities de-
creased 44,28o,Oo0 marks. notes in circulation de-
creased 43,64OOOO marks.
New-York tribune., 1905-02-10
BOND MARKET TRADING.
GOVERNMENT BoNDs.-Market steady. Final
quotations follow:

RAILROAD BoNDs.-Market irregular. Total
eaIes amounted in par value 10 $56s9, 500 against
sS'SeoS0o on wednesday The heaviest dealings were
IN The Atchison general 4s Baltimore and Ohio
prior lien Sz1s. Brooklyn Rapid Transit ss Central
Fac'hc as Chicago Burlington and Quincy As Chi
eago. Rock Island and Pacific railroad 4s and col
latera4 trust 5s. Colorado and Southern first Is
Hns gehefal and convertible Is, Missouri. Kansas
and Texas second 4s Northern Pacific 2x ana 4s
feaning general 4s, Ct Louis Iron Mountain and
Southern Fs. St Louis and San Francisco refundfng
s. - Louis Southwestern consolidated Is. Union
racine convertible IS. Wabash debenture Bs. West
.lH maryland IS and Wisconsin Central general As
american Tobacco As and &c. Consolidated Tobacco
es and United States Steel IS were also active
New-York tribune., 1905-02-10

dency shortly after the opening. wfich cortinued
for balance of the session There was no specal
feature and the trading a rule was fairly VEL
distributed. Northern Securities opened UP a sulau
fraction but subsequently fell IA per cent out ~
the close recovered all the loss lnteroorousn
Rapid Transit fell nearly per cent Mackay snalsS
were Irregular the common opened up y per esne. s
but profit taking sold down per cent 1hteI-
national Mercantile Marine shares were neaVy s an.
receded fractionally. American Can prefsIrsu
moved irregularly American Writing PAPER snattcs
strong; the common rose y per cent anu eits
preferred III per cent The continued advance ~
these issues Is attributed 10 r1Hnor that at the
annual meeting week some sort OF a dlstIiDu- S
tion would be made the preferred stock haNa,la
Tobacco common fell per cent The COPPER stoSnS 49,
were easy, but quiet The bond deoartnent ~aSS ~
the rights on extensive dealings rose y per cent
Wabash Pittsburg first Is were up "A per Cent
Southern Pacific Convertible Is firm. but less
active.