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The Oxford Democrat. VOLUME 77. SOUTH PARIS, MAINE, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1910. NUMBER 42. lBïbtd. πω. * Licensed Auctioneer, . yltf MAIS*. jOCTH l'A*"3· r ra, *<yt«n*_ , L-BIXK. I · ^urtfeon Dentist, jurtHrAm - AU « «« wor*wwrMl^: ^ H. p. JONES, ' ' Dec ti rt. .... · MAINE. yiK«.\V jget Boor»— wM-* *>«· o r.ssitTH. Atï°rcey Law, „.,. . . MAINE. viiKW Ali . . Collections » *i**UiUy tferu* "·«* k !i at Law, MAINS. K.leri- C. p*rk I - :. Λ Λ t '.K Attorneys irruKL, iJJUoa I Herrlck. pS f \\ RoCNl», Dentist. ΙΙ*ΓΗΑ»Α> Ι'ι· ·κ. NORWAY, ME. iiSct Hours·-> to i.'-l tu j. iUI Urn. C. Leavitt Co., 14 Μα α St., Norway, Me. Hardware, Stoves, and Ranges. All Kinds ot Pipe Repairing, Lead and Iron. Τ·Ι·|>Ι>υι·« 134-11. J. WALDO NASH, Licensed Taxidermist. T»mple Street, rear Masonic Block, Typhon· Connection. NORWAY Cil fÉfiis, Plan's, Ferns, AT THE GREENHOUSE. POSTER ST., SOUTH PARIS. E. P. CROCKETT, FLORIST.1 PLUHBING and HOUSE HEATING. tjtni fur MAUEE RANGES. Telephone 12 7-13. L. M. LONGLEY, NORWAY, MAINE. HILLS, ]t*eler and Graduate Optician. MPnces inOxiord County. NORWAY, MAINE. A Reliable Remedy FOR CATARRH Ely's Cream Balm κ <|iuc«U aosortK'!. Re ef at Once. Il iMtf-» -ι, **·ΐί;·_·ϋ, kak iû'l protects Le dw^-1 m»'iu- ~ inae r*>. : :u Catarrh and drives y . tli· iiea·! qokkly. Kestures th» i-îiv - ι T.i ■·· oiitl SwelL Full size i" ··>..· i1 ·, or by mail. Liquid iV.iru h ύ f, r η-.· iu atomizers 75 eta. - Br · W .rron Street, New \ork. I Hut CI·*· Fur* Sl.UO each way. Sfcuwra BAY STATE or KANSOM 3 FILL Ε Κ leave Franklin Wharf, Port land, «eek <iay« at 7 P. m. Hcturuluc L«*e Union Wharf, Uoeton, week «lay* at 7 p. m. Through tickets on sale at principal *lroi(i mations. J·? LISCOMU, General Acent, Portland, Me. t. (I. ( U iUDLEK, Builders' Finish 1 ·*': furr.Un DOORS in.l W1NDOW9 of any Stt ι» Style it reasonable price». Aiso Window & Door Frames. " η wîint of any kin>t of Flnlah for inelUe O! '•tf. le wuri, sen·! In your urlera. Pine Lum *™Ί 'hioxieit on han-l Cheap for Caah. Planing, Sawing and Job Work. Mateta! Pine Stiuatiiln« for Sale. * W. (IIWDLLK, *i* sumner, .... Maine. Sheathing. Spruce and tir. For sale by J. A. KEXNEY, South Paris. ur-oft me. fAC£. to Other Eyeglasses Takes the Place. Tortc lente* are the beet. Ua»e *11 other* at rest ; Λ, 0ÎT..HEIK1ST t'AKMKSTEK will β< them rl^ht. toni* to utm ,tay or night He W tuns you to »ul-. "tth the eyegt:u» thai'» a bute. ^ Here. «Jolt now. NORWAY. 1*E· A.. C. LORD, 15 veîrs expert Watch maker with Bigelow, Kennard 4Co., Bofton. All Work. Ouaraateed. A lit'le out of the but it pays to walk. βΕ**, WATCHES, CLOCKS AMD JEWELRY. Dt. f*^r»y. M«Im H ^ · AMONG THE FARMERS. "eruo THK PLOW." Correspondence on practical agilcuitura: toi>' la solicited. Address all communication:· 1· landed tor thla department to Hkmky 1 Hammond, Agricultural Editor <>*for t l>»-t ocra;, Parle. He. Why Not a SUo? NOW IS TUE TIME KOR TUE ΚΛΚΜΕΚ ΤΙ BEt.IN τυ CONSIDER IT. That the use of silos ia on the increas* throughout the state of Maine is ampl· proven by the results recorded by tbi salesmen aud mauufacturers who havi silos on exhibition at the various Maim fairs this fall. N\ D. Haskell of Me chamc Falls, who is general agent ίο one of the leading makes of si!oh, toh the editor of the M iiae Farmer recently thai his visits to the fairs had been ver profitable, aud he had discovered that ι great many farmers were becoming in terested in .»ud were carefully investi gat ing and studying the subject of the use of sil is. Silos are a comparatively uew thing they have not become so staple a farui appliance as the m >w:ug machiue, and i( is but natural, therefore, that a great many farmers should still be a little un certain regarding their usefulness aud utility. It is also a fact that some farm ers are yet undecided whether or not the use of silage is wine, whether it is good for the cows or not And it is probable that a great deal of this uncertainty arises from a miscon ception of what silage really is. There are those who think of it as rotten corn, and insist, therefore, that it ie unfit for food, likely to breed disease in cows, and possibly through theui the cause of disease in human beings. One writer has even suggested to tne Maine Farmer that it is a cause of the « ρ read of tuber culoais, both among cows and human beings. It is perhaps not unnatural that this false idea of the quality of silage should obtain in the mind of a person who did not make a careful examination or in vestigation into the character of the product, because of the fact that a layer ou the top of the corn or other crop packed into the silo cann >t be kept from 'Spoiling by its contact with the atmos phere. But the further fact and the most im portant one connected with the silage subject, is that this spoiling or rotting does not penetrate auy considerable depth into the silo, and all the great mass of corn below it keeps sweet and wholesome, iu a condition that is greatly relished by the cows and without auy doubt thoroughly salutary and favorable to health, as well as tending to promote large milk production, as we all know it is. It is not likely that cows would eat and relish silage if it was a rotten prod uct, for they are a more or less fastidious set of animale. The whole object of packing corn or otber crop products in the silo ie to pre serve it and not to spoil it. As au evi dence of the preserving possibilities of the silo, we cali to mind a story told by one of the members of the faculty of the College of Agriculture of the Uuiversity of Maine at a recent dairy meeting. Ue had just previously visited a farm where summer feeding of silage bad been prac ticed to a moderate extent, and there he had been shown a sample of some of the silage, the condition of which indicated that silage could be kept through hot weather. The Professor said that he tested the quality and condition of the corn by eating a portion of a small ear which be found mixed with the stalks: He found the kernels sound aud whole some as on the day they were put into the silo, with just enough of acidity to give it an appetizing flavor. This is just the condition that eilage should be in. Now is a good tiiue for those farmers who have not silos to begin to think about setting up oue. If oue is to use a silo ut st year, the plans must uecessari ly be made some time ahead, fur there is not only the silo to be purchased and set up, but ^he place must be prepared, foundations built, arrangements made for raisme the crop with which the silo is to be filled, and also for the filling, emptying, feeding to the cattle, and the general convenient handling of the product. All of this will naturally take considerable time to figure oat, and if one is going to attempt anything he wants to be sure of his ground and to know where he is at. The experiments of a great many faim· ers have demonstrated beyond auy sort of iloubt that the use of silage for dairy feed increases the milk production more than any other thing aud cheaper, aud ail things considered there does not seem to be auy arguiueut against the use of a silo In many parts of Maine where it is d.tikult to thoroughly mature field corn ou account of early frost·», the «Ίο is an espicially valuable adjunct to the equipment of the farm.—Maine Farmer. Usinages for Young (Jrowth. In an action for fire trespass on th«> Black Hills National Forest brought by the United Stales agaiust the Missouri Kiver and Northwestern Kail road, the jury has awarded damages to the Gov ernment not only for the loss of mer chantable timber but also for the de struction of unmerchantable young growth. This is regarded by Government of ficials as establishing a very importaut precedent. So far as is known at the U. S. Department of Agriculture, it is the first time that auy court has recognized what foresters call the "expectation value" of young growth as furnishing a basis for the award of damages. The d;tlicul(y in the way of such an award in the past has been that there was no way to prove to the satisfaction of the courts the money value of the loss suffered. The award in the South Dakota case followed the presentation of evidence as J to the cost of work in reforesting which the Government, is actually doing in the Black Ililis. The amount claimed for the young growth burned was #12 an acre, and the claim under this item was a lowed in full by the jury. The total amount of damages claimed was $3, 72885, of which $2,634.45 was for mer chantable timber destroyed or injured by the fire. It is recognized by foresters that the coat of artificial reforestation will not always furnish a fair basis for estimat ing the damage to forest reproduction. Where new growth can be expected b> natural sowing from seed-tree· on th« ground, within a short time, artificial planting or sowing is an unnecessarily expecsive method. To meet such case» what are kt.own as "yield tables" arc being prepared. By the use of these th* loss can be shown in terms of the final crop and the time uecessary to p'oduce it Tbua, if it is known that ten thousand im»t of timber per acre can be cut once ir moveo raspbt the ol long a viae·. until spring •o cot on « More Farming Schools. JAMES J. HILL ADVOCATES SPENDING LESS FOR WAB8H1P8. In a recent issue of Agricultural Ad vertising Jamea J. Hill, whose reputa tion is world wide, advocates fewer war ships (or this great country and more agricultural schools or model farm* e sa;s: "If I could have my way, I should ' build a couple of warnbips a year lest than we are now building. Perhaps one would do. I would take that five mil· 1ι· η or six million dollars a year and start at least one thousand agricultural schools in the United States at five thousand dollars a year each, in the [ shape of moiel farms. This model farm would be simply a tract of laod conforming in size, soil treatment, crop «election and rotation, and methods of cultivation to modern agricultural meth ods. Its purpose would be to furnish to all its neighborhood a working model for common iustructioo. Cultivating, perhaps, from forty ι ο sixty acres, it could exhibit on that area the advantage» of a thorough tillage which the small farm make* possible; of seed specially chosen and tested by experiment at agri cultural college farm»; of proper fertil ization, stock raising, alternation of crops and the whole scientific and im proved system of cultivation, seeding, harvesting and marketing. "The farmers of a county could see, must see, as they passed its borders, hew their daily labors might bring to them increased and improved results. The example could not fall to imprest* itself upon au industry becoming each year more consoious of its defects and needs. As fast as it was followed, it would improve farm conditions, make this a form of enterprise more attractive to the young and the intelligent, and add enormously to the volume of farm prod ucts which constitute our enduring national wealth. "The experiment would cost but a fraction of the amount sometimes given freely for more questionable purposes. It would require a small amount of land, all told, to place a model farm in every agiicultural county in the United States. There should be a trained man to each farm of, say, eighty acres; and » general superintendent, au able and tfficient agriculturist, to manage three or four counties and to visit the different farms. "All such farms in a state might be put under the general supervision of the agricultural college in that state, as a part of its experimental work. Results reached by this arrangement would have the conclusiveness of a demonstration in science. Every crop that could be or ought to be raised should be experi mented with, not at some distant spot seldom visited, but right at home on the farm. I would bring the model farm into every agricultural county; and if any farmer was in doubt, he could visit it, see with his own eyes, and find out what he ought to have done and what he could do next time. It would do for the farming population what the tech nical school does for the intending artisan, and the schools of special train· ing for those who enter the professions. Side by side with the common school it would work for intelligence, for prog ress, for the welfare of the country in a moral as well as a material aspect." HoLstein-Frieslan. There is ου question but the Holstein Friesian cattle are a valuable acquisition to the stock industry of our state. They are large, are thrifty, and are productive uf both milk aud stock. No breed has ever been brought into the state that has ho quickly dropped into the general favor of their owner* as has this breed. They are eminently a dairy breed, and in that respect meet the favor of our farm ers at the present time in a marked de gree. Our state is well adapted to the dairy business. We want milk, and want it in quantity. At no time in the future will this want be less general than is now the case. The Holstein cow is a liberal milker, and therefore well suited to the present demand. In addition to her milk production the Holstein cow is also specially valoable for her otfspring. Young Holsteins are specially heavy when dropped, and they make rapid gain when young. This is a consideration which gives them special value. It is known by all that young animals grow faster and make more rapid gain ou a given food ration than at an older age. This gives more growth on a given measure of feed than is the case with animals of other breeds at an early age. It Is now well known that a large number of beef animals are slaugh tered before reaching three years of age. Ueavy weights therefore at one and two years give special value to stock. This same characteristic of early ma turity holds good with veal calves of this breed. There is no breed tha^ will give heavier weights at a vealiag age than will the Holsteins. When therefore all these characteristics are taken into con sideration they give a marked value to this breed of stock.—Z. A. Gilbert in Maine Farmer. Special Dairy Institutes. The increasing interest in Maine Dairy ing has called for so many lectures on daiiy work, that the Commissioner of Agriculture has decided to hold Special Dairy Institutes in the various counties in the state. These Institutes will take up matters pertaiuing to dairy work. Exhibits of butter and cheese are in vited for scoring and judging. The Worcester Salt people have offered a premium of a dollar's worth of their salt to the butter scoring the highest point at each exhibit, provided Worcester Salt is used in its making. The list of speakers will include A. W. Gilman, Commissioner of Agricul ture, Leon S. Merrill, Director Extension Work, Uuiversity of Maine, P. A. Camp bell, Professor Animal Husbandry, Uni versity of Maine, W. G. Hunton, Presi dent Maine Dairymen's Association, C. L. Jones, President Maine Live Stock Breeders' Association, E. A. Stanford, Expert, Bureau Farm Management, U. S Dept. of Agriculture, C. S. Stetson, Master Stale Grange, R. W. Redman, State Dairy Instructor, and others. A tentative list of dates has been ar ranged, of which the following are of in terest in this section. Advertising matter for the Institutes, containing list of speakers and their subjects, will be sent to each ciunty. Oct. 44. York County.CornUh,Cornish Grange 25 Oxford County. South Waterford, Bear "S·"*»" Am?rS»OKgii» County. West Mlnot. *Oct' 2?** »ga<1ahoc County, Bowiloln, Sagada hoc Grange Hall. Care of Farm Implements. One of the most serious leaks on the farm is in the poor care taken of farm implements when not in use. A· soon as the season is over, binders aud other machinery no longer needed this year, should be carefully cleaned, the grease and dirfc should be removed from the bearings and these should be carefully oil*d and all bright parts greased, to pre vent rusting. Préparai Ions should be made for replacing any broken or de fective parts I If time doea sot permit of all tnts, make a memorandum to be governed by on some stormy dsy and then see that everything is put in readiness for the next harveatlng or haying season. Get the repairs and place them on the ma chines at once. Take oare of the plows. Get them under oover. Clean and grease the bright parte, so that when wanted next spring, they will scour and "»ve th^ time so many farmers lose in putting their implements Into working order. Laid in your stock of dust yet for win ter? Don't forget it. Neglect Is one ol the worst enemies hens hav·—almost equal to lice. Try to avoid dampoesa In your houses; sure to bring disease.— Farm Journal. SAe Goose 6irl By HAROLD Mac6RATH Copyright, IS09· by the Bobb·· Merrill Company CHAINER XVIL A LITTLE FINGER THE king of Jugendbelt, Prince Ludwig aud tbe chancellor sat in tbe form of α triangle. Her· beck whs making a pyramid of bis linger tips, sometimes touching his chin with his thumbs. His face was cheerful. His royal highness, still In the guise of it luouuialneer, sat stiffly In his chair, the expression ou his face hard ly translatable; that ou the king's uot at all. lie was dressed in the brilliant uniform of h colonel in tbe Prussian uhlans, an honor conferred upon him receutly by Iviug William. Prior to his advent Into the grand duchy of Kbreustciu he had beeu to Berlin. A whim for which he was uow grateful had cozeued him into carrying this uniform ulong with him ou his adven tures. It was only after he met Gretcheo that there came moments when he forgot he was a king. He was pale. From hour to hour his heart seemed to grow colder und small er and harder, till it uow rested in his breast with the heaviness of a stone, out of which life and the care of living had beeu squeezed. He rarely spoke, leaving the burden of the conversation to rest upou his uncle's tongue. "So your royal highuess will under stand.'* said llerbeek, "that It was the simplest move I could make and the safest. Were it known or had it beeu known this morning that the king of Jugcndheit and the prince regent had entered Preiberg lu disguise uud bad been lodged in the Steinschloss there would have been a serious riot in the city. So I had you arrested us spies. Presently a closed carriage will convey you to the frontier and the unfortu nate incident will be ended. And when you cross the frontier it would be wise to disperse the troops waiting there for you." !'rince Ludwig smiled. "It was only an army of defense. The duke had nearly U0.000 men at the maneuvers. I have no desire for war; but. on the other hand. I am always ready for it." "There will never be any war be tween us." prophetically. "The duke grows impatient at times, but 1 can al ways rouse his sense of justice. You will, of course, pardon the move I made. There will be no publicity. There will be no uewspaper notoriety, for the jourualists will know nothing of what has really happened." "For that cousiderutiou your excel lency has my deepest thanks." replied Prince Ludwig. "1 thought it best to let you go with out seeing the duke. Tbe meeting be tween you two might be painful." "That also is thoughtful of your ex lelleucy." said the king. "1 have uo desire to see or s|teak to his highness." "There is. however, one favor 1 i hould like to ask." said the prince. "Cau I grant it?" "Easily. 1 wish to leave α sum of money In trust to be paid to one Gretchen Schwarz. who Uvea In the Krumerweg. She is ambitious to be come a singer. Let nothing stand be tween her and her desires." "Granted." The heart of the king at the sound of that dear name suddenly expanded mid stifled hlui. The stiffness went out of his shoulders. "Ah, this little world of ours! The mistakes aud futile schemes we make upon it!" The chancellor dallied with his quill |>on. "It was a cynical move of fate that your majesty should see the goose girl first." "Enough!" cried the king vehement· ly. "Let us have uo more retrospec tion if you please. Moreover, 1 shall be obliged to you If you will summon at once the carriage which is to take us to the froutier. The situation has beeu amicably and satisfactorily ex pia iut-d. I see uo reasou why we should be detained any louger." "Nor I." added l'riuce Ludwig. "I am rather weary of those tatters. 1 should even Tike a bath." The three of them were Immediately tttraded by a singular noise in the rorridor. The door swung in violently, I'mshing against the wall and shiver ing into atoms the Venetian mirror. The king, the prince and the chaucellor were iustantly upon their feet. The king clutched the back of his chair with a grip of Iron. Gretcheu? Her highness? What was Gretchen doing 'îereV Ah. could he have Down! The duke came in lirst. aud be wait >d till the others were luside. Then he ohiit the door with lesser violence and rushed over to the chancellor. "Ilerlteck. you villain!" The chancellor stared at the gypsy, at Von Arnsberg. at Urumbach. "Herbeck. you black scoundrel!" •ricd the duke. "Can you realize how ditlicull it is not to tnkc you by the throat and strangle you here and DOW ?" "He is mad!" said Herbeck, bracing himself against the desk. "Yes. I am mad. but it la the sane madness of a terribly wronged man. Come here, you gypsy!" The duke seized Herbeck's band and pressed It dowu fiercely on the desk. "Look at chut and tell me if It is not the band of a Judas!" "That is the band, highness," said the gypsy without hesitation. The duke flung the hand aside. As be did so something snapped in Her beck's brain, though at that instant he was uot conscious of It. "It was you—you! It was your hand that wrecked my life—yours! Ah, is there such villainy? Are such men bora and do they live? My wife dead, my own heart broken, Arnsberg ruin ed and disgraced! And these two chil dren, which Is mine? Villain, what have you to say? What was your pur pose?" How many years, thought Herbeck, had he been preparing for this mo ment? How long had he been steeling his heart against this very scene? Fu tile dream! He drew himself together with a supreme effort. He would face this hour as be had always planned to face it. Found out! He looked at bis tlnger. touched it with an impersonal curiosity. He had forgotten all about such a possibility. A little finger to have stopped the wheel of so great s scheme! Irony! , "Your highness," he said, his voice Kit and strajMrcij clear, "I have been raiting for this bour. So I am found oat! How little we know what God Intends Γ "You speak of God? You blaspheme!" "Bear with me for a space. I Hball not hold you long." "But why? What have I done to you that you should wreck all I hold dear?" Herbeck fumbled with his collar. "1 have practically governed this country for sixteen years. In that time I have made It prosperous and happy. I have given you α substantial treasury. I have inude you an army. I have brought peace where you would have brought war. To my people God will witness that I have done my duty as I saw It. One day 1 fell the victim of a mad dream. And to think that I almost won!" "And I ?" said Hildegarde, her hands clinched and pressed against her bos om. "What have you done to me, who am innoceut of any wrong? What have you done to me?" "You. my child? I have wronged you greatest of all. The wrong I have done to you is Irreparable. Ah, have not my arms hungered for the touch of you, my heart ached for the longing of you? To see you day after day, always humble before you, always glad to kiss the back of your band! Have I not lived in hell, your high· uese?" turning to the duke. "What am I, and who am I?" whis pered Hildegarde, her heart almost ceasing to beat. "I am your father!" The Grand Duke of Ehrenstein be held the chancellor with that phase of asloulshuieut %hlch leaves the mind unclouded. What a project! What a mind to conceive it, to perfect it down to so small a detail as a jeweler's mark In the gold of the locket! And a little linger to betray It. in a flash he saw vividly all this man had undergone day by day. uufaltering, unhesitant, forgetting nothing, remembering every thing but the one insignitlcant Item which was to overthrow him. Prince Ludwig took off his hat. "Her beck, you are a great politician." "No, prince." replied Herbeck with neffable sadness. "Had I been a great |K)litlclau I should have succeeded. Ah. give this to my merit; self never en tered Into this dream. It was all done for my child." Hildegarde did not move, nor had she moved since the revelation. "Hildegarde," said the duke, "you shall become my daughter, and you shall dwell here till the end of your days. I will try to right the wrong that has been done to you." "No, your highness." she replied. "There is but one place for me, and that Is at my father's side." And res olutely she walked to the chancellor's left, and her band stole down and met his firmly. "My father. I forgive you," she said, with quiet dlguity. "You forgive me?" The chancellor i-ould not believe his ears. "Yes. father." Then, recalling all the child hunger in his arms and heart, he swept her to his breast convulsively, and the un· Sty "QRKTCHKN ! " MOBMUHKl) THK KINO. loosed tear* dropped upon her bright bead. "And who am I?" said Gretchen. "Breunner, you say this little goose girl lu my daughter?" "I solemnly sweur it, highness. Look Jnto her face again carefully." The duke did so. a hand on either cheek. He scrutinized every contour, the color of the eyes, the low, broad brow, the curve of the chin. Out of the past he conjured up the mother's face. Yes. beyond any doubt there was a haunting likeness, and he bad never noted It before. "But who will prove It to the world?" he cried hopelessly, still holding Oretcheu's wondering face between his bands. "1 shall prove It." said the king. "You? And how?" "1 shall marry Gretchen. I shall make her a queen. That will be proof enough." "A fine stroke, nephew; a bold stroke!" Prince Ludwig laid his hand upon the king's ehoulder with rare affection. "If you accept her without further proof I. her father, can do no less." And the duke h-d her over to the king, gravely joining their hands. "Gretchen!" murmured the king. "I do uot know how to act like a princess." "1 shall teach you." Gretihen laid her head on his breast. S!:c was very tired and much bewil dered. The duke paced the length of the cabinet several times. No one inter rupted his meditation. Back and forth, one hand hanging to the opposite shoulder, the other folding over his chin. Then he paused with abrupt ness. "Your majesty," said the grand duke. "1 regret that your father is not alive to accept my apologies for so basely misjudging him. Arnsberg. nothing that 1 can do will restore these wasted years. But I offer you the portfolio." "I am ouly a broken mau, your hlgh uess—too old." "It is my will." "As for you." said the duke to the gypsy, "go. and if you ever step this side of the frontier again you will be shot out of hand." He stopped again in front of G ruin bach. "I promised to have you shot in the morning. That promise holds. But a train leaves for Paris a little after midnight My ad vice is for yuu not to miss It" "And my father, your highness?" said Hlldegarde bravely. "Ilerbeek. your estates are confis cated; your name Is struck from the civic and military lists. Have you any rcadl funds?" 1 little, yoqr bitflBfiflL" \ -r "Enough to take you forever out ol this part οf the'world?" "Yes. your highness." "You do not ask to be forgiven, and ( like that. You have, perhaps, three hours io get your things in order. To· morrow you will l>e Judged and con demned. But you, Hlldegarde"— "No, your highness; we shall both take the train for Paris. Gretchen, you will be happy." Gretchen rau and flung herself into flildegarde's arms, and the two ol rhern wipt. Hildegurde pushed Gretcb i'U away gently. "Come, father; we have so llttl* time." And this was the sum of the duke's revenge. It never took Curmlcbael long tu make up bis mind definitely. He found his oid friend the cabman in the Plalz. aud they drove like mad to the con sulate. An hour here sufficed to close his diplomatic --areer and seal It her metically. The clerk, however, would go on like Tennyson's brook, forever and forever. Next he went to the res idence of bis banker In the Konlg strasse and got together all his avail able funds. Eleven o'clock found Carmichael in his rooms at the Grand hotel, feverish ly packing his trunk and bag. Paris! He would go also even if they passed on to the remote ends of the world. The train stood waiting in the gloomy Bahnbof. The gtiirds patrolled the platform. Presently three men cam» out of the station door. Two were of fleers. The third. Colonel von Wallen stein, was in civilian dress. He wa· sullen and depressed. Said one of the officers: "And It i? Ihe express command of General Due· witz that you will return hen* under the pain of death. Is that explicit?" "It Is." The colonel got Into his com pnrtment ar.d slammed the door vi riousl.v. In the next compartment sat Grum hach. He was smoking his faithful pipe. He was withal content. Thi: was far more satisfactory than stand (ng up beforo the firing line, and. be sides, ho had made history In Eliren Bteln that night. They would uot for get the name of Breunuer ll^ht away. To America with a clean slate and a reposeful conscience—it was more than he had any reasonable right to expect. Tekla! He laughed sardoni cally. She was no doubt sound asleep by this time, and the end of the chap ter would never be written for her. What fools these young men a-court lug were! War and famine and pesti lence—did these not always follow ai the heels of women V As the station muster's bell rang the door opened and u man jumped in. He tossed his bag into the corner and plumped dowu in the seat. "Captain!" "You, HauH?" "Yes. Where are you going?" "I am weary of Drelberg, so I am taking a little vacation." "For how long?" suspiciously. "Oh, for ever so long!" evasively. Hans said nothing more. He was full of wisdom. He had an Idea. The fleeing chancellor and his daughter were on the train, and he was certain that his friend Carmichael knew It. By the aid of certain small briberies ou the tralu and in Paris Carmichael gathered bit by bit that the destina tion of the woman he loved was Amer ica. But uever once did he set eyes upon her till she and her father mount ed the gaiigplnuk to the vessel which was to carry them across the wide At lantic. The change in Ilerbeck was pitiable. His face had aged twenty years in these sixty odd hours. His clothes, the same he h::d worn that ever memorable night, hung loosely about his gaunt frame, and there was a vacancy in his eyes which was elo quent of mental collapse. Carmichael abided his time. A French newspaper contained a full account of Herbeek's coup and his sub sequent flight, it also recount·d the excitement of the following day. the appearance of Gretchen on the steps of the palace and the great shouting of the people as they acclaimed her the cjueen of Jugendhelt. The second day out Carniichael's (irst opportunity came. He discovered Herbeck and his daughter leaning agaiust the rail. He watched them uneasily, wondering how he might ap proach without startling her. At last he keyed up his courage. "Good morning, your highness," he stammered, and Inwardly cursed his stupidity. At the sound of his voice she turned, and there was no mistaking the glad ness iu her eyes. "Mr. Carmichael!" "Yes. 1 was surprised to learn that you were taking the same boat as myself." How clumsy he was, she thought. For she had known his every move since the train drew out of Dreiberg. "Father, here Is our friend, Herr Carmichael." "Carmichael?" said Herbeck slowly. "Ah, yes. Good morning." And Carmichael instantly compre hended that hls%name recalled uothlng to the other man's remembrance. "You are returning to America?" she asked. "For gocd, perhaps. To tell the truth, I ran away, deserted my post, though technically I have already re signed. Bur America has been calling me for some days. You have never been to sea before?" "No; It Is all marvelous and strange to me." "Let us walk, my child," said Her beck. "You will excuse me, Mr. Carmi chael Τ she said. Never more the rides In the fair mornings; never more the beautiful gardeus, the music, the gal loping of soldiers who drew their sa l>ers whenever they passed her. Never more any of these things. "Can 1 be of any assistance?" he said In an undertone. "No," sadly. The days, more or less monotonous, went past Sometimes he saw her alone on deck, but ouly for a little while. Her father was slowly Improv ing. but with this Improvement came the natural desire for seclusion. So he came on deck only at night. The night on which the vessel bore into the moist, warn» air of the gulf stream was full of moonshine, of smooth, phosphorescent billows. Her beck had gone below. The girl leaned over the rail, alone and lonely. And Carmichael, seeing her, could no longer still the desire in his heart. He came up to her. "See!" she exclaimed, pointing to the little eddies of foam speeding along the hull. "Do you know what they re mind me of? Mermaids' fingers grasp lug and clutching at the boat as if to drag it down below." How beautiful she was with th€ frost of moonlight on her hair! "You mu.ti not talk like that," h€ V "I ai:i very unhappy." "And when you say that you maki fne so too." "Why?" She hnd spoken the word it last. "Do you remember the night you /ropped your fau?" leaning so closely oward her that bis arm preused tgainst hers. "1 remember." "You put that word then. In honor I dared uot answer. You were a prin 'ess! I was only a soldier of fortune. But now that you are in trouble, now that you bave need of me. I may an swer. I may tell you now why. why I have thrown ambition and future to the winds, why 1 am here at your side tonight. Need I tell you? Do you not know, and have you not known? Am I cruel to 8|>eak of love in the moment of your great afflic tion? Well, ! must be cruel. [ love you faith fully and loyal ly. now and here after, through "WK WHAT TOO 'blS *>! "·■« WILL >· happier oues. I ask uothing for this love I offer. I ask only that I may use it In your service, in good times or bad." "Ask what you will," she wbisj»ered. "I am happy uow!" THE END. ARSENIC POISONING. Th· Torture That Ensue* Before Death Bring* Relief. When a single dose of arsenic In suf ficient quantity to be felt has been taken colicky pains, bowel disorder and perhaps tittusea result. In the course of an hour after a poisonous dose has been takeu an Intense burn Ing pain is felt in the esophagus and stomach. This spreads to the entire anterior portion of the lower part of the trunk. A sense of constriction at the throat and an acrid, metallic taste accompany the pain Then vomiting and relaxation of the bowels begin As the case progresses the symptoms Increase In Intensity. Then eûmes a thirst that water will not allay, al though It apparently increases the stomach disturbance. The victim groans and writhes. Now he implores the doctor to save him. Then he begs to be killed and put out of pain The extremities become Icy. The pulse Is small, feeble and fre quent. and the breathing Is labored, embarrassed and painful because of iibdominal tenderness. The surface of the body becomes dark and of that bluish color that medical men call cy unused Violent cramps add their tor lure, exhaustion becomes collapse, con vulslons or comu ensues, and death ends the agony. The tortnre lasts sometimes from five to twenty hours. In some cases these symptoms occur, but In a modltled form, and the doctor will apparently get the better of the disease. The remission will he but for a day or two. Then the abdomen will swell, and Icy coldness will pervade the frame. Shivering will become pro nounced trembling, then cramps, con vulsions and death. AMERICAN MANHOOD. An English View of th· Common Peo ple In This Country. in all I spent four months traveling and lecturing in tbe eastern cities of the United States and uiet mauy men of varied classes. In my wildest dreams of the qice I had never fore seen such wealth, such freedom, such equality. America is the land of the common people, as England is the land of (he classes. If I were a young workingman I would go to the States as soon as I could earn a passage, be cause once on her soil 1 should cease to he a laborer and become a man. which is a very different thing. Better than the boundless wealth of America, better tbau any material ben efit she can bestow, is tbls sense of manhood and equality that is as all pervading as the air. Worse than the earthen floor of our peasant's hovel, still found In England's southern coun ties. and the starvation wages on which he lives is the slavish spirit thai drags the cap from Ills head be fore the squire or crowds him into the ditch as the carriage passes I»·. He Is not a man. only a laborer, one step above the serf.—Joseph Burtt of Lon don In Leslie's. Numbers of mechanical traps t« catch muskrats have been iuveuted and tried, but none gives more satis faction than the old floating barrel trap that has been in use for man,\ years. ItoiΙι ends are left closed, and a hole about eight by twelve inches square is sawed in the side. Λ strong deal is nailed across each end. the cleats projecting six or eight inche> beyond the barrel, and upon the cleats are nailed two boards, one on each sldr of the barrel and several Inches longer Water then is placed in thp barrel so that it will float with tbe board plal forms hIhmiI on a level with the sur face of the pond or stream. About ■ >iic third of the barrel remains above water Apples, carrots and other deli nicies that the inuskrnt. likes an placed in the liarrei. In their atteinpi> to get the bait the animals (all tulo th· barrel hum are unable .lo get mit. -Es change Proving a Statement. A certain minister, who is an em phatlc preacher. Is at time» at a l<ms to give his utterances proper weight For instance, he'll say: "Ibis statement is as true as is tin ulght which will follow day." or "u> true as that the trees will bnd it spring." Sometimes it happens that tbe doc tor bas more statements than be ba> Illustrations to give them weight. On one such occasion he remarked. "This Is as true as the"- Here the docioi halted, lie paused a few momeuts. aud then his face lllumlued- "as true as is the statement that some member is yet on bis or her way to cliarcb." A few momeuts later a lady entered the edifice aud swept grandly up th* aisle. The doctor's face assumed an "1 told you so" appearance. Tbe con gregation began to smile, thetj. - U laugh. Sympathy for the embarf asset lady, however, soon subs* jed tbe ap uaremijr uncontrollable lûrth. Trapping Muskrats. I " Facts About Dogs Small and Large There η re more than a hundred dif ferent breeds of dogs, from those not much blKser than a good sized rat to mastiffs, Great Danes and Newfound lands that are sometimes as heavy as an average man. There is the good untured, merry fellow. Just plain dog. that boys and girls play with. The smallest canine bred In the world Is found in the Mexican state of THK KUALLKHl 1H#J. Chlhuuhua. Full grown specimens do not weigli over three pounds. Λ few years ago a ηιαιι in El I'aso, Tex.. pos· nessed probably the smallest full grown dog on this earth. Ii was so little that It could stand with :ι 11 four feet upon the outstretched hand. It weighed less than a pound and a half. Take Uitii all round, the largest dog of any is tl.e German boarhound. com monly called ihe Great Italic. Great Danes are «ray or white in color. Sometimes they are si>otted κ ray and white. When a large specimen of this family stands with his hind legs upon the ground he can put his fore feet easily upon a tall woman's shoulder, and his head will be level with hers. Dogs are made to do various kinds of work to help man and earn their living, but the <|Ueerest canine occupa tion of all is that of the cod fishing dogs of Liibrador. The lines used by the labrador fish ermen are often more than a thousand feet loug. Two men go mit in a boat together. For many years they have trained dogs to go with them and help set-lire the huge codlish found In iIk-sh waters. Sometimes a tl>li is caught so heavy that a hook will not hold It r :r~: ι ι.ΚΙί.ΜΑΝ )<ΟΑΚΗΟΓΜ> when the fishermen try to land it in the bout. The hook may [mil out if Its hold Is not strong and the lilu' Usli float away from the boat. In (Ids ease the trained dog leaps overboard into the cold water, swims after the tish, catches it In his mouth and swims back to the boat. If the fish is very lurge it sometimes gives the dog a lively tussle before It Is hauled safe Into the boat. Some of these same dogs will swim out and bring in seals which their masters have shot from the shore. A Butterfly'· Tongue. At first glance what wotiId you call the queer object represented in the pic ture? It might be a doormat or a new kind of round cake or a snake ready to strike. But it is none of these. It's a butterfly's tongue, an 1 the picture shows exactly whut a butterfly's tongue is like. As you will see, it is very long. This enables the insect to reach deep into flowers to suck up the honey. When not in use the tongue Is colled up in (he form shown In the picture. Origin of Leap Year. When the men will uot propose mar riage to the women the women must naît until leap year, and then they may do the proposing. This Is a eus :om more talked al>out than practiced, but it was legalized In Scot laud in (he pear 1228, if we may believe what we bear. An act of the Scottish parlia ment translated into modern Kuglisb is as follows: "Ordered that during the feign of lier most blessed majesty Mar garet every maUlen of Itoth high and low estate shall have liberty to be speak the man she likes. If he re fuse* to take her to be his wife he shall be mulcted in the sum of £100 or less, as his estate may be. except and always if be can make it 'Appear that be is betrothed to another woiraa then be shall be free. 8uqom· by Failure. The way some people succeed by failure Is enough to remind any one of the two college boys that started to ' make fudge. They did not know how i to make it, but they *veie willing to , try, and wheu the fudge was tbey found Uiat it was . perfectly good buttentfotcJ^ > <' Marjorie's New Doll House When Marjorle was visiting her grandmother In the country she found that her family of dolls was sure to be In some one's way. She had brought only her four tiny dolls, but If she put them to sleep ou the broad, old fashioned sofa some one was sure to go there to lie down. If she built them a bed on the stairs some one would complain of "nearly falling." It was no use to try the top of the wood box in the kitchen nor the window seat In the hall. Marjorle told grandpa about it, and be said lie would try to find a vacant apartment for them where the rent was not too high and the surroundings agreeable. As he had wonderful Ideas, Marjorle was not surprised when lie «aid one day. "Can you pack up and be ready to pro into the new house this afternoon Marjorie said she could, ami without asking any qucstlous she flew up to her room to pack the dolls' trunks and box lip the set of furniture mid dishes. After lun< hcon grandpa helped her bring the things downstairs. He led the way to the deep window seat in the sitting room, and there, suspended "BCT WHAT IS THE It ASK Κ Γ FOlt?" in the window, was a huge bird·-age that had ouce beeu the home of a tame crow. He had polished it brightly and hung ti shelf across by means of wires to make a bedroom. Π«· had carried pray cambric round the cage, In which square openings were cut for the win dows. Over the top lie had Ingenious ly hung green paper, marked off with black, to give the effect of shingles. "Tills Is Just a little suit — living room, bedroom and bath." lie explain ed. "Of course your family will go out for their uienls." Marjorle clapped her hands with de light. "Hilt what is 11»· basket for?" she cried as she saw a square basket attached to the cage with a pulley and cords. "Why. that Is the elevator. No good city apartment Is without an elevator." As lie said this he placed two of the little dolls In the basket, pulled the cords, and the car rose swiftly to the door of the cage. Marjorle thought this was the best part of the arrangement, and she low ered tlu· car again, placed the furni ture in it and carried It up to the rooms. (in il·» L.ivi.r ilnor sh»» sel tlie narlor furniture. the llttl»· sofa and chaire. On tho next II·mu· she placed the two lieds a ικΐ thi· III tie /"li' chairs and the dressiiig case. The "bath" wa« the bird's dish attached to the Hide, and over this she hunt; the mirror. It was (hi· daintiest home dolls ever had. and Marjorle was so delighted wiih the elevator that the poor tenutits spent most of their time riding up aud down. "What shall we call this house?" she asked as she stood admiring it. "Near ly all apartment houses have namee." "I think the Tiptop House would be a good name." said grandpa, aud Mar Jorle agreed that It named and describ ed It.—Youth's Companion. Ingratitude. "You remember dat guy, Jim Burlce?" asked an Irate Bowery denizen. "He'· dat stiff dat's doin' time up der river —Sing Sing- bolglary—ten year*. Well, you know all I done fer dat stiff. When be was pinched didn't I put up der coin fer der lawyers? Didn't I pay der witnesses? Sure 1 did. De Oder day I t'lnks I'll Just go an' see dat mutt Just t' leave him know his frlen'· niu't tied do can en 'lui. So 1 drives out to de Jaii an' goes Into de warden's office, an' he says I gotter send me card In. Me card! D'ye get dat? Weil, anyway, 1 writes me name on a piece o' paper, an' a guy takes It In to Jim Burke, an' what d' you t'lnk det stiff tells dat guy to tell me?" "I've no idea," said the listener. "Be tells him," concluded the angry one, "f tell me dat he ain't ΙηΓ—Suc cess Magazine. Women In a 8ailboaL There is Just one place on a sailboat for women. That is the cockpit Re member that and keep them there. even if It takes a somewhat pointed request. The average woman on a boat is not happy unless she is taking risks by sitting out on aeck or oo top of the cabin or going forward of the mast. Warn her and she laughs at you. She does not know that she Is endangering bereelf. Lees than a year ago I saw two women knocked over board In a heavy sea because they In sisted on sitting on top of the cabin despite the protests of the man who was sailing the boat. He himself was a greenhorn and let his boat Jibe, the boom clearing the top of the cabin be fore any one could say Jack Robinson. -Omlng. Had a Better 8tory. "Did you see the account of that flash of Mghtnlng that burned the hs' l'on) a boy'b head without other huHing him?" ,■ "1 did." answered the cheer "and 1 was pained to note thr Ι II pier 'less of tjw story. Now, t ^^/|f to k>.ow of a case that Is really ' mi. Λ able. The lightning entered a .arber's shop and not only uudertook the task of slngelug a man's hair, bnt It rung up the proper amount on tit· cash register."