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The Oxford
SOUTH PARIS, MAINE, TUESDAY,
Democrat.
JANUARY 21, 1913.
NUMBER 3.
"7"lbÏbt U. l'Aaû.
* Licensed Auctioneer,
WCTH Fi«·. MAINB
TtrŒ» Moderate
ρ L.BUCE.
ν · 3urtfeon Dentist,
^CTB PAU8. . MAINE.
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i>enti3t,
,oKWAT. · « «*«»
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η t- SMITH,
Attorney at Law,
♦ .SWAT, · - - MAINE,
g r3t R ι Collection» a S|>ec!alty
■juBEICK 1 PARK.
Aworneye at Law,
t ΪΓΗΚ' , MAINE
the: E. Harriet. EU<nrC.P*-i
DR LEONARD J. NEAL,
Oateopathic Physician.
Ο·!! - . ν M adaye and Friday·, ami
treatraen:· by appointment.
2 H g!· Sou'h Parie. Me.
Te «l'hooe 10» It 40tf
J. WALDO NASH.
L censed Taxidermist,
Ternie S'. eet, rear Mmonic Block,
Τ lêpho.ie Con-ection. NORWAY.
C. H. Robinson,
vîteri .vary surgeon. Ι
South Paris.
AJlkirnUof work in the line of
Vcferini*. Surgery. 18|fj
LOiiCLEY & BUTTS,
No-way. Maine,
Plurrioing, Heating,
Saeet Metal Work,
ITttL CEILINGS A SPECIALTY.
ι Men Waited.
Be a Chauffeur or
Automobile Engineer, j
-t ;
W e need men to I
crala. tfi three weeks, |
fit, ·!ι'.·>η» paving $A> to #JO weekly. Kaey
•ο ι .Sort hour·. Heat spring poelllona now
Drh'ate and Garage work ITlve year» of eue· I
t*. Write D"w PORTLAND AUTO CO., |
far.dtad, Maine
K. W. iKANULEK,
Builders' Finish I
I w! ' ι rnlah DOdBS an<] WINDOWS of any
JUr ; Style at reasonable price·.
Also Window & Door Frames.
If '.a want of auv kind of Finish for loeMe οι
u« - « r*. een>l la your order·. Pine Lam
o«r at iilcj.ee on band Cheap for Caeh.
Planing, Sawing anil Job Work.
Mat· ke I'lue Sheathing for Sale.
£. W (UAUDLEK,
Maine. J
HILLS,
Je»eier and Graduate Optioian.
!»
.ORWAY MAINE
A. C.
15 years expert Watch
maker with Bigelow,
Kennard it Co., Boston.
All Work
Quaranteed.
A little out of the way
but it pays to wa'k.
etlSI, WATCHES, CLOCKS
AND JLWKLKY.
With Optumetrl«t Parmenter, Norway, Me
Bull for Sale.
Kull blooded Holstein, 2 years old,
well marked, kmd and gentle. Hie
her cannot be bought for 1150, ami
hie mother is a $100 cow. For farther
particulars address I
W R. BOULDS,
34tf Island Pond, Yt.
MAINE STEAMSHIP
LINE Iwiween
Portlau I ami χ, w York
->teamers leave Frank,
Un Wharf Tuesdays·]
Thursday* and Satur
■lays at6:00 p. in.
*'·«■· i l-Οι» In >ach direction.
Reduced ••uttraun prie··.
PORTLAND LINE
Service to KontOD,
••«port. Luf.ec
sad St. John.
Portland Hoe V'ervlce
Leave Franklin Wharf
Portland, w rk lay» at
7|>. m , rvturnlog e ive
i'Oetun week -lay* at 7
υ m >team*blp· Uo«
Ulngley or Camden
Isternatlooal Line Service. Steamer· lease
Bo.ton at 9 a ro. Mod·lay*. Leave Port
laa-l i ρ m for Eaatport, Lubec and St. John
Stmanhlp Calvla Austin.
fare between Portland and Boston $1.00.
Stateroom· tla.0
Steamer Monhegan
leavea Portland on
Tuesdays and rn
•lays at 7 a m. for
Rockland and Interine
PORTLAND AND
ROCKLAND LINE
•Hate '.aaiin*·
Steamer Catherine
leavea Portland Wed
newlays and Satur
lay* at 7.00 a. m. for
ΚαλΙ Booth bay and In
PORTLAND AND
BOOTHBAY LINE
lermedlaia landing*.
M.Kipr**· "«r^re for fret (ht. all rales Inclule
*»noe lmurance.
u'?r .re.'wr,MloB· srnl all Information address
M· *· CLA Υ. Λ Kent, Franklin Wharf, Poitland.
high grade printing
at the
DEMOCRAT OFFICE.
For Sale.
Green gray birch cord wood.
B. M. GREELY,
R. F. D. a. South Paris. Me
F01£y,ridneypiu^
Variety
You will find the greatest
variety of sizes and styles in
Highland
Linen
There is satisfaction in using
the paper exactly suited to
your taste and you will be
sure to find just the thing in
cur assortments of Highland
Linen. Made in white and
five tints.
Chas. H. Howard Co.
The Rexall Store
South Paris, - - Maine.
G. H. PENLEY,
MANUFACTURER.
Double Runner Pungs,
Sleds, Slide Yokes,
Wood Sawing Machine
anJ Jobbing.
G. H. PENLEY,
South Pkris, Maine.
Parents, Read this Letter!
I have a letter from a prominent Maine
clergyman in regard to a sickness of one of
his childien from which 1 quote as follows:
"Our fvo-year-old baby was very lick
a two ^.fferent times and we came near
losing her. We had the best doctors,
but they did not know what the trouble
was. in the tirst sickness she had high fever
for several days, and the doctor said it acted
like scarlet fever, but as there were no other
cases he did not think it could be. After·
wards she broke out in a rash all over her
body. The last sickness was similar and
the doctor was puzzled. She was very
nervous and we feared we would lose her.
Your Dr.Truc's Elixir was recommended,
and after two days' use she passed several
worms from two to three inches in length,
and is now well and strong and sleeps at
nights without fretting, tossing aud starting
in a fright a-, she did formerly."
I will be glad to furnish this clergy
man's name and address to anyone who
cares to write to me.
N.B.—Trues Elixir is the best known
remedy for ail stomach and bow el troubles.
Purely vegetable, pleasant to take and
entirely harmless. Expels stomach worms
and pin worms. All dealers, 35c;50c; $1.00.
Your* for better heahh,
13 Drummond St, Auburn, Me.
CANADIAN unleacbed hardwood ashuti, the
bent fertilizers on earth, car lota bulk, twelve
dollar*; Kicked, thirteen dollars; sixty ce υ la per
too dellvere·). Ueorge Stevenn Peterborough,
Ontario, Canada. 18 '12-18 'a
PARKER'S
HAIR BALSAM
(Ίμομι tad bcaafefle· the
Promote· a luxuriant frowth.
Wettr Tmil· to Better* Qt%j\
H*ir to it· Youthful Color·
Prvvente hiklr fail ι m
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A LOW PRICE
— ON
Wool Carpets
to closr out odd patterns and clean
up stock.
Chas. F. Ridlon,
Corner Main and Danforth Sts.,
NORWAY. - MAINE.
RHEUMATISM
This nerve-racking di-eaae is caused from
impure blood and uric acid poison. External
applications sometime» give temporary re
Let but won't cure; the sure way to secure
Eirm&nent results » to thoroughly eradicate
out tho blood all the impurities. Nothing
on earth will drive out the poisons from
Îour system, keep the bowels, kidneys and
ver in good condition as SEVEN BARKS, the
wonderful remedy that has proved its great
merits the past 42 years.
SEVEN BARKS can be had of all druggists,
at 50 cents per bottle. Give it a good trial
and watch your rheumatism disappear.
LYMAN BROWN, &» Murray St, New York. N.Y.
Eyee Examined for Glasses
S. RICHARDS.
SOUTH PARI·. MB.
fOLEYSHONETHCAR
! ftr eélUrmmt »mfm, wra Mm tmlmtei
AMONG THE FABMERS.
"BPBltD THK FLOW."
urreapondenoc on practical agricultural topic·
I? aollcUed. Addre»e all communications In
tended for thla department Co HUIT D
Haiuiomd, Agricultural Editor Oxford Dene
ocra l, F aria. Me.
The Beginning of Forestry.
WHAT THE QBHUAX STATES HAVE DON Κ
TO PHK3EBVB TUEIB KOBBST9.
Λ rare opportunity to observe the for
ests and to learu something of the gen
eral forest policy of Germany prompts
me tu jot down a few notes that may in
terest tbe readers of the Tribuoe Parm
er.
In the first place, it should be under
stood tbat the German Empire in its
federal capacity ha* nothing whatever to
Ίο with the forests. The control of tbe
forests is exclusively in the hands of tbe
various sta>es, which, in their confeder
t'ed form, make the nation called Ger
many. Each state government directs
the forest policy of its own state, and
the national government has never inter
fered in any way with tbia procedure. We
«hould not forget tbat tbe relation be
tween tbe German states and tbe Ger
man Empire is quite analagoua to tbe re
lation between our American states and
• >ur Union. In our country, however,
tbe federal government has done much
more to develop forestry than has yet
been done by state activity.
Tbe First General Movement.—Tbe
tiret general forestry movement in Ger
many began about 1750 At this time
tbe population was rapidly incieasing,
most of the agricultural land bad been
cleared of limber, there was no coal and
no means of transportation of wood from
the mountain forests. A succession of
winters of unusual severity caused much
•iiscomfort aud suffering, aud the whole
people awoke to to the imminence of a
fuel famine.
From this time forest?* developed
witb great rapidity. Everybody was in
tcreated because everybody needed fuel.
Within tbe next twenty-five years, most
of tbe leading state governments had for
mulated some forest policy, tbe princi
pal feature being an effort to secure a
continuously sustained yield of fuel
wood and timber from all state forests.
That is, no more wood should be cut in
any year than was produced the same
year. After a time and witb the advent
of better means of transportation, and
tbe discovery of coal, the fear of a fuel
famine passed away. However, tbe
idea and practice of conservative forestry
had taken such a deep bold upon the
public mind, that tbe development of a
-tane and rational forestry policy met
witb little or no opposttion.
Important Restrictions.—It is well
known tbat trees, especially of tbe ever
green type, can be grown on soil tbat is
too poor for agriculture; and tbe first ar
tificially planted forests were established
on either rooky or on poor sandy lands,
tbat were unfit for remunerative farm
ing.
Each German state has three classes
of forests. First, those owned by tbe
state itself; second, those owned by
cities or small communities, and third,
those owned by private individuals.
Most of the communal and private for
esee are regulated to some degree by tbe
state, tbe moat important restrictions
beiug tbat no owner of forest holdings is
allowed to cut more wood in any year
than is annually produced, and wben
forest land is cleared an equal area must
be planteu.
Valuable Oak».—Ooe of the large state
forest· is that of the Spessart mountain»
in Bavaria. This forest is oom posed
very largely of white oak, wbicb is said
to be the best in the world. Owing to
its slow growth it is very fine and even
in texture, and yields veneer logs for
which extravagant prices are paid. The
average price of first class logs in tba
woods, many mile* from the railroad, is
something over «250 a thousand feet
board measure, while the choicest logs
sell for more than double this price
Sot a few of these old oaks have a value
exceeding $1,000 each, and they are only
cut when it is evident that they have at
tained their highest value. The white
oak of this district is as famous through
out Europe as the Ohio white oak is fa
mous in America.
Early Planting of Pine.—The city for
ests of"Darmetadt, in Hessen, are com
posed largely of pine and beech. The
oldest stands of pine were started over
on.· hundred years ago by simply scat
tering piue cones upon the ground aod
driving large flocks of sheep over tbem.
In this way the seeds were pressed Into
the ground, and by this cheap and easy
method a fair stand of seedlings result
ed.
Especially fine are the etands of pine
in the pole ftage; that is, of a sixe fit for
tj'egraph poles. These trees are fifty
years old and were raised from more
carefully planted seed. They have long,
clean, straight trunks, and the largest
specimens are being removed bo as to
give a better chance to those that are
left.
The younger stands are for the most
part transplanted ►eedlings, which were
planted at the rate of from ten to fifteen
thousand an acre. The cost of plauting
is not a great Item, for the two-year-old
seedling** can be raised at an expense of
from 10 to 20 cent»» thousand, and the
labor of outplanting I» from GO to 75
cent» a day.
German Forest Policy.—Tho German
forest policy aim» to reforest all waste
lands and gradually to increase the for
est area under direct state control. It
aims to improve the education and train
ing of foresters and rangers at state ex
pense, and is seeking to oxtend fire and
other forms of protection over all forest
land. Another feature Is to encourage
the largest public use of all forests as a
means of health, recreation and eojoy
ment for all the people.
American Trees Introduced.—Native
evergreens, or soft woods, are being
planted on quite a large scale. Among
them the white pine and Douglas fir are
favorites on the better soils, while pitch
pioe and jack pine are planted on poor
sandy soils. The summer of 1911 was
one of unprecedented heat and drouth,
and the death of many young stauds of
introduced trees, while the native
suffered comparatively slight loss, em
phasizes the greater vitality of the latter.
Among the introduced deciduous trees
the American red oak seems to be the
one that is favorably regarded.
Factors of Success —The financial
success of German forestry depends
mainly on two factors: First, good meaus
of transportation, and second, the own
ers, whether they be state, city or pri
vate, refuse absolutely to sell more than
a small percentage of the entire stand.
By doing thia the market is never over
stocked, for the demand is always great
er than the cost of produotloo.
Pioe from the Darmstadt city foreats
is used, very much aa it is here In the
United SUtes, for construction and
building. Logs of from 12 to 18 inches
io diameter command, lo the woods,
from 920 to 935 the 1,000 feet, board
measure. . „
Medium sixed tree·, fit for poles, min
ing props, etc.. bring 912 a cord, wbtle
smaller stuff, used for box lumber, slack
cooperage, etc., bring, in the woods,
usually fiv· or more miles from the rail
road, a price ranging from 98 to 910 a
cord.
As a rnle, the timber and fuel wood
from city forests are bought by local
oonaumers; but the city sells no more In
any given year than Is presumed to be
produced each year. In other words,
there is no draft made on future produc
tion, and this policy, rigidly adhered to,
Is the reason for a continuous and regu
larly aoetolned yield from the German
forett·.—William R. Laxenby, Ohio State
University, In Tribune Farmer.
The New Commissioner of
Agriculture.
Altbongh Hon. John A. Robert· of
Xurway, who is now Commiaaioner of
Agriculture of Maine, is one of the beet
known oitizena of Oxford County, the
following sketch of bim, wblcb appeared
in the Maine Farmer, will be of interest:
John A. Roberta of Norway, who was
elected Commissioner of Agriculture by
t be new legialatare, took the oath of
office immediately after hie election, and
will be in active charge of h>a depart
ment and office as soon as he can attend
tu the winding up of some of his other
business affaire. Although he has been
& farmer for a gond many years and still
makes his home up'in a farm, Mr. Rob
erta* business for a few years past has
been Grange insurance. As secretary
<>f the Oxford County Patrons of Hus
bandry Mutual Fire Insurance Company,
he has been the manager of that busi
ness, with the principal office of the
company In bis own home.
Mr. Roberta was born in Gardiner,
Sep:. 10, 1852. Uis father, who was a
York county man, moved to the town
Andover when John was three monthe
of age. Tbe new commissioner lived
upon a farm until he was twenty-one
j ears of age. He attended tbe common
schools and titled for college in the Ox
ford Normal Institute at South Paris,
->nd graduated from Bowdoin College In
tbe class of 1877. He taught school aod
was superintendent of schools a few
years, then read law and was admitted
to the bar. He married Carrie A. Pike
of Norway.
On account of ill health he decided to
get back to the soil, and bought a small
farm in Norway, the farm upon which
hejhae since made his borne. When he
purchased the place it carried two cows
and a horse and did not produce enough
hay even to feed them.
Under hi* management tbe farm was
noon brought up so that it carried for a
considerable time as many cows as there
viere tillage acres of land. The princi
pal feature of Mr. Roberta' farming wan
dairying, including the retailing and
wholesaling of milk, but the greater
part of his dairying experience was in
making butter for the local market.
Twenty-five to thirty cows were main
tained and 100 to 150 pounds of butter
λ week were sold. Among tbe crop rais
ing features of his farming was the grow
ing of some truck for the local markets,
and in this be bad largest success in tbe
raising of fine celery.
At tbe present time the Roberts farm
ii being carried on with considerable
success as a poultry farm by Mr. Rob
erts' son, Thaddeus B. Roberts. The
y?uog man graduated from Bowdoin
College in 1904, and afterwards took a
oune in poultry husbandry at Cornell,
having decided to remain upon the farm
aad follow in the footsteps of bis father
far as to make farming his life work.
Returning from Cornell, he told bis
father of bis decision, proposing that the
farm be converted into a poultry plant.
As a result the dairy was disposed of
aid the farm la now a large and success
ful poultry farm, as it has been for
a août four years. Since this change was
elected, Mr. Roberts has given tbe
U.rger part of his time to the business of
tlie Grange Insurance company.
Commissioner Roberts baa bad a prom
inent position in Maine agricultural
alalra for many years. He was a mem
ber of tbe old Maine Board of Agricul
ture during the last year of its existence.
He was president of tbe Oxford County
Agricultural Society six years.
He was a member of the Maine legis
lature as a representative in 1893, and
sorved on the committee on library and
the committee on taxation. In 1007 be
was sent to the senate and served on the
committees on library, education and
agriculture. He was overseer of the
Maine State Grange four years, and was
a member of the legislative committee in
1001. He waa appointed trustee of the
University of Maine by Gov. Powers to
fill a vacancy, and was reappointed for a
full term.
At tbe time of bis election to tbe com·
missionership, he was secretary of the
Oxford County Patrons of Husbandry
Mutual Fire Insurance Co , which is a
remarkably successful concern of its
kind. Mr. Roberte bas written over a
million dollars of Insurance in the past
year and the company is now carrying
between four and five million dollars of
insurance all over the state.
To tbe editor of tbe Maine Farmer the
new commissioner expressed himself as
anxious only to work for tbe best inter
ests of Maine agriculture in every possi
ble way, and determined to work with
every person and institution interested
in the great industry.
Short Courses in Agriculture Pay.
The time bas long since passed when
the value of the short courses in agricul
ture could be questioned. The invest
meut ie small, made up only of the rail
road fare, board and room while at Oro
oo. The return· are immediate and
lusting.
The short courses in fruit growing
and poultry management open February
4th and run for three weeks. Lectures
will be given during each hour of the
forenoons, and the afternoons will be
occupied in actual practice work. Are
you interested in fruit growing? If so,
it. will pay you to take the short course.
It is intensely practical in scope. It
does not deal with theories. It intro
duces for detailed study those orchard
practices which are recognized as mod
ern, scientific and economic.
If you are planning to establish a new
crchard, or renovate an old one, most
certainly many problems will present
themeelves. It is Important that they
shall be settled right. Always there are
prublems of pruning, spraying, grafting,
fertilizing in orchard management;there
are problems of varieties of fruit to put
out, of packing and marketing. These
problems will be dealt with in detail in
this short course.
The course is so arranged that the
most important lectures in the poultry
management course will be opeu to the
students In this course.
Arrangements have been made with
prominent fruit growers in the state to
deliver lectures during the course in
fruit growing, and every rffort is being
made to give the best short course the
college has ever offered.
Circulars givng full details concerning
these courses will be forwarded on ap
plication to the College of Agriculture,
Orono, Maine.
Weed Trees.—There are weeds in the
wood lot just as truly as in the corn
Held. Trees which yield only a poor
grade of products, trees wbioh grow bo
Klowly that there is no profit in keeping
them—such trees are occupying ground
which should be used by better ones.
It seems atrange that so many men when
cutting cordwood from the wood lot will
pick out many of the best trees, perhaps
'n the prime of life and capable of yield
ing good timber within a short time,
leaving the relatively worthless rubbish
to take possession.
It is often your fault that hens get to
eating eggs; but after they do contraoi
the habit, lay the ax at the root of the
tree—in other words, stop the business,
short off. Then change your bill of fare,
Something laoklng In the feed you have
been giving. Balanoe the ration. %
If the oorn should have been cultivat
ed onee mqre, and It wasn't, don't think
that it should have gone 90 bushels 16
the aore, when it doesn't.
No matter what bis age may be, that
farmer is at the retiring age who finds
himself too old to grasp a new Idea.
Boys and yonng horses will do a lot of
work, but don't expect them to do it all
at onoe. Give them time.
Keep a steady gait at your work.
J Spurts do more harm than good.
A FIREBRAND ji
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How >lt Was Thrown Be- *
iween Two Oirls
By EMMA ALDRICIf
MuldrUige was one of those men
who are ho dead set In their ways that
they are liable to overreach them
selves. He was so anxious to get rich
that he wouldn't marry lest the ex
cuse of a family would prevent his
accomplishing his object When he
had accumulated a fortune be found
himself without a chick or a child Id
the world to pass It on to. Then It
was a splendid property, consisting of
housea and lauds. He couldn't enjoy
It himself. He was too old. If he bad
a son be might be interested during
bis last days teaching the boy bow to
take care of it and at his death see It
pass Into the possession of bis own
flesh aud blood.
But. not having a son or a child at
all, he set himself to make such pro
vision as would insure the passage of
bis estate to one of bis nieces. If be
bad had 11 nephew be would have left
It to blui. Hut be hadn't a nephew,
and of his two nieces, one. the daugh
ter of bis sister Anna, was but twelve:
the other, the daughter of his sister
Elizabeth, thirteen. Had he not been
so wrapped up In his fortune as α
whole and desirous of having It go as
a whole to a descendant he would
have left half of it to one niece and
half to the other. Rut his object was
to provide for It remaluing undivided
rather than to make any person or per
sone happy, indeed, be didn't wish to
make any one happy. It was bis de
light to make persons miserable. Not
exactly that either; he loved to set
them at odds He would sell the same
thing to or buy It from two dlfTerent
persons, then set them to quarreling
over which should have the preference,
while he luokfd on without taking any
port In the wrangling.
Like most persons who wish to ludl
rectly retain the management of their
property after death. Muidridge made
a will with that intent. He left his
estate in the hands of a trustee till bis
niece. Alice Mortimer, and her younger
cousin. Sadie Brown, should have
passed twenty years of age. On the
letter's twentieth birthday at 12 o'clock
noon the trustee was to announce In
preseuie of both girls that the one first
married should inherit the whole of his
estate. His malu object was to do al
be could toward having a posthumous
grandnephew. and be further tied up
the estate so that It should go to the
first sou born to the niece who should
win it.
And so it came about that Misses
ΑΙΚ'β MORHU'T il uu ftiiuit? nruw 11 ^irn
up ueitber of tlieoj knowing (tint when
Sadie should reach her twentieth birth
day they would be culled upon to hur
ry for a husband or lose a fortune. It
muy be supposed that had they been
Informed of the terme of their uncle's
will each would have provided a man
for the occasion. But It In questionable
If this Is so. Misa Mortimer was an
incorrigible flirt, and It Is doubtful If
eveu the contingent possession ot
Wtfulth would enable her to make up
her mind between several men she had
dangling about her. Miss Brown was
a demure little body, and since It would
be necessary ror her to Intimate to
some mau that she would like him to
marry her it is quite likely that eh··
would lose the Inheritance.
Muldridge died a year before this
birthday of Sadie Brown on which
huug half a million dollars. Ills trus
tee, John Andrews, who by the terms
of the will was to be well paid out of
the estate for keeping the secret suc
ceeded admirably lu holding his tongue
and a few days before Miss Brown'»
birthday notified the parties Interested
that a bequest οΓ their uncle, Martin
Muldridge, In which they were con
cerued would be made known to them
They were to come to the trustee's of
flee half an hour before noon that
there might be no slip In compliance
with the law.
Tiie cousins had uot been near neigh
bors and scarcely knew each other.
Both arrived at the trustee's office
promptly at 11:30 o'clock and greeted
each other In a friendly manner. In
deed. they had reason to be pleased
with the situation, us they supposed It
to be. for It was to be Inferred that
each was to come In for a nice share
ot Uncle Martin's estate. They sat chat
ting till the clocks began to strike 12.
when the trustee entered from his pri
vate office with the Muldridge will In
his hand and. untying the red tape
about It. read them the document, j
When *ie hud finished he said to them:
"Young ladles, you have heard the
provisions of the will. If either of you
marries It will be to your interest to
request the clergyman who marries you
to carefully note the hour, minute and
second and make affidavit to that ef
feet before a notary or such person us
Is authorized to take acknowledg
ments."
The two girls sat gaping at the trus
tee for a few moments: then Miss Mor
timer began to quiver with excitement.
Khlle her cousin took on a bewildered
look. It was an abominable situation
for any man to bring about between
two estimable girls, and no one but a
crochety old skinflint would bare
thought of each a thing.
Up Jumps Miss Mortimer and leaves
the room, bent on finding one of her
lovers, marrying him and appropriat
ing the Inheritance. Misa Brown seem
ed dated and remained In her chair,
apparently not understanding Just what
had happened or. If ahe did, not know
ing what In the world to do about it
Neither of the girls waa fitted to make
a good showing In such a race. Miss
Mortimer having so many men she
could marry that It would be next to
impossible to decide between them and
Mlaa Brown belug so retiring that she
waa Incapable by nature of asking s
man to marry her.
Mlaa Mortimer had very little doubt
that she could easily win. There was
Tom Scovlll, who bad been begging
her to marry blm for months. There
was Bob Hackstaff, whom she wanted
but had not been able to get because
he preferred Julia Green. Ned Tucker
had been buzzing about ber lately, and
■he thought It would be no trouble to
bring him to the point Indeed, it was
uot likely but that she could Induce al
most any of them to marry her. espe
cially If she told then) that by doing so
he would get a fortuue. But there were
obstacle» lu the way of quick work. In
the first pla«*e. the only one of the lot
lube wanted was Bob Hackstuff. But
ΒΛ In addition to rwftrrtai JuUa
(»reen. wus un independent sort of a
fellow. uud she had beard blai say that
the l««t tiling be would do would he to
tie himself up to some woman's for
tune. to have It continually thrown In
h 1k fHce.
"1 wonder." mused M las Mortimer.
"If tbere will be time for me to see
Bob and find out bow he would tVel
about It. I'm afraid tbere won't be.
That little cousin of mine mn.v be too
retiring to bunt up a husband, but
that kind of a girl Is easily bunted,
and as soon as It gets out that If she
marries Wore me she'll get a fortune
there'll be u dozen men offering to mar
ry her. Every one of them will swear
he has loved her since she wan η baby,
and she'll believe every word of It."
Then she thought of the half million
that might he hers and what she might
do with It- how live, how dress and the
admlratiou It would bring to her. So.
she wouldn't send for Bob. It would
be a loss of valuable time to no pur·
I»oee. Why. Just think of lt-every
ten minutes might be worth a hun
dred thousand dollars! While she was
deliberating her cousin might be pick
ed lip by some designing man.
A pile of money always an object
of attack. Old Muldridge. with all his
shrewdness and foresight, though he
could keep secret the conditions of the
Inheritance from his nieces till the pro
per moment, could not keep It from all
men. The trustee had It and acted
upon It Ue didn't want the Inheri
tance for himself. Indeed, he couldn't
have It for he wus married already.
He didn't want It for his sou. for he
had uo sou. But when he saw little
Mise Brown sitting In bis office with
out any sign to Ik? up and stirring to
secure a fortune be bethought himself
how be eould help her and a nice
young fellow who was bis clerk.
Henry Forsythe was hunting over
some lawbooks when his employer en
tered and said to him:
"Henry, there's a girl In the other
room who. If she can be married st
once, will win a fortuue. Uuve voti
got a sweetheart ?"
"No, Mr. Andrews; I haven't"
"Well, come In there and I'll Intro
duce you."
Forsythe was presented In due form,
but since time was precious Mr. An
drews thought proper to state to the
parties concerned what It was In their
power to do whut It might I*· their
luterest to do. Then, shutting the door,
he left them together. But. takiug
time by the forelock, lie sent out for a
elergymun. and tbere was a notary In
the office.
Half an hour passed, and. hearing no
word from the couple In the other
room, he called out: "Time is precious
Half a million at stake."
Ten minutes more elapsed, when Mr
Andrews put his bead out of the win
dow and saw a carriage dush up and
stop at the door below. Out Jumped
Miss Mortimer and a young man The
elevator wus ut the top of the building
at the moment, uud some time must
puss before the couple could « orne up
throwing open the door where lie had
shut up Forsythe and Miss Brown, he
surprised Forsythe imprinting a kiss
on Miss Browu's lips
Times up; cried the trustee
Come here. Air. i'ur.\uu. iinrr> up
Marry these two at once!"
When Miss Mortimer and Mr. Thom
as 8covlll, whom she hail decided a*
the only jhtbou she might marrv m a
hurry, reached Mr. Andrew* office
they found him Just coming from an
adjoining room and ιιΐιΐιοιιιι<-ι«| (hut
they were ready to be married.
'There's a clergyman here." replied
the lawyer, "who has Just performed
the marriage ceremony lu the «use of
your cousin. I dare say he'll he happv
to marry you us well."
"My cousin murried!" exclalin.^i Miss
Mortimer
"Just married."
She sunk tu a chair and covered iu>r
face with her bands.
"Sweetheart." said the would Ik?
groom, "we can be bappy without till*
fortune. I'll"—
"Get out!"
If the shade of old Muldrldge looked
down oo this scene which be hnd con
trived It must bare been with su
preme happiness.
Mr. and Mrs. Forsythe. notwith
standing their harried courtship, lived
happily together, spending a good deal
of tho Income on the poor, which
Muldrldge would have deprecated
But they had a son to inherit the prop
erty which the old rascal hnd provided
for.
As for Miss Mortimer. Mr. Scovlll
never spoke to her again, though she
apologized for her heartless conduct
toward him when she beard that sl'e
had been forestalled. She Is still un
married and bide fair to be an old
maid.
POETICAL FEATS.
Difficult Rimes Had No Terror· For
Browning or Byron.
Poets may be baflled In their search
for rimes, but it takes a great deal to
baffle the doggerel rlmester. Charles
II. offered a reward for a rime to
"porringer." The reward was claimed
with the following ma-riage announce
ment:
The Duke of York a daughter had.
He gave the Prince of Orange hor.
So now your majesty will see
Pre found a rime for porringer.
Browning's perpetrations in rime are
probably unique lu English poetry.
Here la α couplet from "Sordello"
which no minor poet would dare tc
print for fear of blasting bie reputa
Hon:
Chirrups the contumacious grasshopper;
Rustics the llsard and the oushats chlrre.
In the same poem he rlmee "sulk
ed" with "mulct," "flag" with "quag/·
"abhors" with "valvaesors." But ht
reached the climax surely In the cou
plet:
Tou trample our beds of ranunculus,
And you "Tommy-make-room-for-your-un*
cle" us.
The worthy und reverend author ol
the "Ingoldsby Legends" was fond ol
such rimes as:
A Ion* yellow pinafore
Hangs down each chin afore,
or such riming gymnastics as:
At Tapplngton, now, I could look In the
Gazetteer,
But I'm out on a visit, and nobody has It
here.
Yet in these enormities he was onij
parodying Byron, who wrote:
Ye lords of ladles Intellectual
Confess if they bad not henpecked you all.
The Easier Way.
Τ can cure that cold, old man."
"Whnt do you want me to take?"
"About an hour's exercise In the open
air every day."
"I think I'll try Wombat'* method.
All be wants me to take 18 a few pllla."
—Pittsburgh Post
Partly True Any Way.
Mrs. Blowltt—I see by this magasine
that wearing hats make· one's balr
gray. Mr. Blowltt—Well, the expen
sive ones that yoa have been wearing
stake my hair gray.
< 'ν
A DODBLE
CONFESSION
The Singular Case of a Pair {
of Lovers t
» By JOHN Κ OUELVIE
♦ ·»»
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One of the questions us tu what I»
iilid what is uot allowable In tlie legal
profession that laytueu are not apt to
nuderstuud Is whether It In honorable
lor a lawyer to defeud a client who
has confessed himself guilty of the
< rime with which he Is charged. One
of the reasons why this id not only al
lowable for an attorney, hut in his
duty. Is that the confession may be
false. Mary |K>rsouu have labored na
iler a hallucination that they have
committod a crime of which they ape
entirely innocent.
I had a very singular case of tide
kind wl«iu 1 was practicing, before I
went on the lieiicb. A young man
wus accused of forging ills uncle's will,
lie was belr-at-liiw to the pro|ierty in
volved by reason of relationship to the
testator. But several years before the
will was drawn one was executed leav
ing the property to a woman who was
Ills housekeeper. It was this house
keeper, Anna Itlake. who accused the
benetlclary under the second will with
having forged Ids uncle's name to It.
Aruold Jefferson, my ciieut. when 1
came to confer with him about Ills
case, asked me whether 1 would de
fend a persou who confessed himself
guilty. 1 said Lhat i would, where
upon he told nie that in order to pre
vent his uncle's pro|>erty from going
out of the family and secure It for
himself be had forged his uncle's name
to the second will.
1 was somewhat staggered at this, for
if I proved him Innocent I would divert
the pro|>erty from the channel In which
the testator Intended It to go and de
prive the real owner of It that It might
go to a criminal. I plied the young man
with questions as to how be bad come
to perpetrate such a crime, and he told
me that be was In love with a girl
whom be would like to marry and did
not consider himself able to do so with
out this property. Besides, be believed
that bis uncle was intending to leave
It to him at the time of bis death.
If I declined to take the case and he
could get uo other lawyer to do so the
Judge would assign him counsel. There
fore I proceeded with It though relue
tantly. for It Is not pleasant for a con
scientious lawyer to defend a man who
bas admitted his guilt I would content
myself with trying to get my client off
with as light a sentence as possible.
There was a chance for the young
man In this-experts in cblrography
would he called who would compare
the signature to the will with Jeffer
son's handwriting. These experte are
apt to differ In such matters. The
plaintiff called the moet prominent one
of the lot. who declared that my client
must have writteu the signature to the
will. I employed another expert who
testified that he could not have written
It But unfortunately of the Ave ex·
perts called four testified that there
were certain strokes In the signature
-a Κα #Ληη<Ι in TolfûMAVl'a
writing.
There were two signatures of wit
nesses to the will Jefferson was charg
ed with forging. One of these persona.
Edward Bronson. was dead: the other.
811β« Ormsby. was not to be found.
They were supposed to be myths, andl
the plaintiff's attorneys, though theyl
had no proof that the defendant had
written their names, threw out a broad|
hint that he had done so. J
The rase looked so desperate that 11
advised my client to produce his con
fesslon and throw himself on the mercy J
of the court By tills means he might
secure a light sentence, whereas if hel
persisted in denying his pniif |n the I
face of such conclu Rive evidence hel
would very likely get a heavy one. I
He said that he would think the mat I
ter over. This was after court ad I
Journed on Saturday, and I feared II
could not keep the trial in progrès.
more than a day or two longer Andl
as the case stood Jefferson was sure to (
be convicted. Sunday evening I re |
ceived η call front a young lady. Mlssl
Dora H eut worth, who turned all mv I
expectations awry. She told me that If
was she. and not Arnold Jefferson, who
had committed the forgery. I
I felt It Incumbent upon me to sub I
Ject her to a searching examination I
to get at the truth. She said that sh«· I
was the person whom Jefferson wax I
engaged fo marry. He had been all |
a lover should be until about the time |
his uncle had died and no will was |
found leaving the property to him |
ihen she told him that a will would I
be found if she had to write one her I
"elf· This, she added, she bad done.
I asked Miss VVentworth If she I
would sign η written confession to |
this effect, and she said she would. 8<
I asked her to write It. Before shp
could agalu see Jefferson I went to the I
Jail and. Rhowlrii? him her confession. I
asked him why he had made a false
one himself. He seemed a good deal
agitated at seeing the matter laid
down In black and white. Then he
burst out passionately:
"I didn't believe when she threaten
ed to do this thing that she would be
ko desperate. Nevertheless when the
second will was found I feared she
had written and sljmed It. I'referrlns
to suffer myself rather than that she
should suffer for her crime. I have
jrtood In the breach. And 1 propose
before the court and the world to
continue to stand In the breech. |
•till claim what Γ bate claimed-that
I concocted the will, signed my uncle's
name to It and put in the name» of
witnesses who had no existence.'·
Here was a mixed up affair, and no
mistake. Δ pair of lovers were each
claiming to be guilty, and solely
guilty, of a crime. Which was the In
nocent. which the guilty one? 1 had
nothing by which to decide. 1 though:
of the experte. Should I submit this
new feature of the case to themï
What would It avail? A preponder
auce of their evidence bad proved Jef
ferson guilty. They could not be ex
pected to go back on their former evi
dence by declaring that Miss Went·
worth committed the forgery. 1
could get other experts who had not
i et been brought iuto the case but If
they declared that Miss Wentworth
had done the writing It would only
eXPeit teatlmon* t0 be worth
Hert I paused in my cogitations, fbr
« was struck with an idea. I might
produce Miss Went worth's confessiou
In court It would prubably be regard
ι ed a ruae to save her lover. Bat cod
pone I could get experts to testify that
her handwriting bed In It the charac
teristics of the forged slguuture. I
could at leant save my client The
same evening 1 acted on this thought
and. though I had difficulty In finding
even oue expert who had oot been
cnllcd In the case, be bad as good re
pute for skill in bis profession as any
of the other* To my surprlHe. he told
me there was no doubt that Miss
Wentworth wae the guilty party.
That settled my course for the fu
ture. The next day when the court
opeued I produced the second confes
sion and the ultidurlt of the expert In
chlrogruphy that in his opinion the
confessors bnd forged tbe signature to
the will In question
There was a great deal of confusion
in what followed in court. The legal
aspect of the case had entirely chsug
ed. Two different persons hnd con
fessed to have written η sigunture that
could only have been written by oue
After cousultntlon with their client the
plaintiff's luwyera took the ground thut
the second will wus Invalid bemuse
thi-re was u confession on the piirt of
the beneficiary under It that he hnd
forued It. Tlterefore. the pro(»erty go
Ιημ to Anna Blake under tbe former
will, she hud uo interest In further
criminal prosecution. They asked for
un adjournment of tbe court and pro
posed to me tbat If my client would
sign away all claim to bis uncle's prop
erly they would drop the prosecution
against him and so far as they were
concerned would not prosecute Mb»
SVeut worth.
I declined the proposition ou the
ground that It was lm|»osslble to pro*»·
either of the lovers guilty. But the,),
feeling co.ilident that the chancery
court would give their client the prop
erty under the earlier will, dropped the
mutter, and Jefferson went forth a free
man.
My own solution of the problem In
volved In the two confessious was
that Jefferson, lieing disappointed in
inheriting ι!ie proj»erty. slguilled that
the marriage could uot take place.
This threw In the way of Aliss Went
worth a temptation that she could uot
resist She < oU' ueted a later will. Put
lier lover in order to save her ftotu the
.-tiiiseijiieuces of her crime when « riinl
Mal pro< ci'duigs were commenced con
:«-s.<ed himself guilty. Nevertheless 1
was not certain as to this or anything
concerning the parties or the affair tu
which lhe> were concerned That el
iher one «>ι the other or both were
guilty 1 did uot doubt, but this ipitiiou
was rather l>ascd on the evidence than
on the 1 tearing or appearance of either
o* them. I could not throw off an Ira·
pression that Jefferson was a tiue fel
low and Miss Wentworth was a lovely
girl. And had u»t each attempted to
relieve the other of the burden by a
i-oufessiou'/
The matter of tbe Inheritance wan
still in the chancer)· court when one
day I received a letter from a man In
Australia. I bud that duy received an
Invitation to the wedding of Arnold
Jefferson and Dora Wentworth. I put
the letter In my pocket aud sali noth
ing about It till I attended the wed
ding, which took place In £ little
church with no attendants except my
self, indeed. It hud not been expected
that even 1 would accept. When the
clergymun who performed the cere
mony came to the words "With all my
worldly goods 1 thee endow" and the
jrroom hnd rei>eated them I called a
halt mid produced the letter I bad re
reived from Australia. It read as fol
lowe:
Have seen In an American newspaper
reference to the case against Arnold Jef
ferson. 1 was an Intimate friend of the
late William Jefferson and was on·» of the
witnesses to a will he made a few weeks
before hla death. I return to America
soon on business and will call u|*on you
not long after you receive this.
SILAS ORMSBY.
Never shall I forget the lock tbat
passed tietween the bride and groom.
Knob bad believed tbe other guilty of
fhe forgery, but each bad forgiven tbe
other on account of the aacrl3ce In
volved In the act. A few rapidly apo
ken word» pawed between them, there
was a quick embrace, and the cere
mony proceeded. But they were both
too much affected to make tbe re
sponses Intelligently.
Tbe same day I stopped all pro
reedlng* In the chancery coor: aa to
the Jefferson will pending tbe arrival
of the Australian. In due time the
confessed former Inherited th«> prop
erty. enjoying It with ble confessed
forger wife.
If Itefore handling thin case I bad
•inalms of coitMclence In defending a
'-rim inn I who I had every reason to be·
levé to l>e guilty I certainly never bnd
afterward. Oar system of Jurispru
dence Is ItHsed on hundreds of years'
experience and should be followed un
fllnchlngly.
8ome Satisfaction.
The Hon. Mrs. Itobert Hamilton Id
her biography of her father, the late
Lord Wolverhampton, snys that In hU
home Ills orders were alwnys ntern and
peremptory, but no one was more sur
prised Mian he was when they were
obeyed.
One day be detected one of hit
daughters making a statement in which
she rather exaggerated tbe fnctii.
"Yon are one of the moat Inaccurate
women that was ever created." be told
her.
"Well." was the cheerful reply, "I am
glad to be α masterpiece In some de
pertinent of creation."
The Tower of Babel.
Do you realize that 4,000 years aftei
the most wonderful of all towers was
built by the ancients (according to the
Rook of Genesis about 2400 B. C.), its
seven stages still rise high abjve the
plulns near tbe site of Babylon? Until
a few years ago It bnd beeu known as
the Mound of tbe Blra Nlrnrud. wben
Sir Henry Ilnwllnsou discovered In one
of the stages the Inscribed cylinders
which mude the identification ttossible.
8he Saw,
"Why is Mrs. Wombat wearing such
dowdy clothes lately? She sperids half
ber husband's Income on dress. But
why Is she wearing such menn looking
dothe* Just now?"
"lier husband's mother Is visiting
Iwr Jnst now. 8ee?~ ·
The other woman saw.—Pittsburgh
I'OFt
This Is English—Do You Qst It?
Little Johnny came running In to his
father and said:
"Oh. father. I have just galued a aov
» reign and threepence."
"How's that?" said bis father.
"Well," said Johnny. "I have Just
I «ought a guinea pig for nlnepeuce."
Very Thorough.
Clarice—Well. aunt, how do you like
your new doctor? Aunt—Oh. tnmens·
ly. He's so thorough. He never comes
to see me without finding some little
thiutf the matter with me.—Judge. ,
\
Οβ
THE MARK OF CAIN
α·η··1· 4ι1-16—J·»». 26·
•Whomever koteik M* brothtr it β meréerw.
_i John t:U.
CUE first tragedy of Earth «ω
disobedience to God-the eat
ing of the forbidden fruit. The
next generation saw murder
resulting from Jealousy
Mlble teaches that our
were perfect, the image of thrir Créa
■or. the question arises. How «mW
,n< b noble parentage bring forth a son
jf Cain's evil disposition?
Cain was not degenerate in the pres
et acceptance of that word
ioubtediy he «as a great man in many
ways. But be was birth-marked, a*
all are. with self
ishness. Afteri
his parents were\
e*i»elled from
Eden, after they
began to toil with r
sweat of fare. Cain
whs born. The
period of his ges- ,
tation was surely ^
one of much men
tal distress to hlfl
mother. As she iW λλΛ
murmured respect- 0 ç*u*.
content and selfishness, υ
>ι ι ,v,i« ixiru doubtless our first par
demued the sinner, and
tils punishment; but none tolred
ω .ι» ^ "ΤΡΙΧΑ
tin nareuts. correcting tneir cul,u
£S*« no »enU»ent to ««£
ι heir hearts contrary to the best im
r-ii
terest» of «oclety, bot ebonld never b.
m.f.ii They should recogntee that
veugeful. » ue> ventte
Γ« omL'™« ÂoSld be .ympatbet
fc° uy 'n(I-«d. ,o warn others ognlnet
"wtfieet satisfaction we note that
«se fS£s
sentence, especially against ujU'dtrera,
Λ futlierlT and tender, lne
are ofteu laineriy «" n.in»« tu
sa«rfg~
tîtia SneÎ'b-'vêr.
rt—rr
st»„ds: "Whoso
by man shall his blood be ^
careful observance » evI11I>u»bv but
a HDlrlt of kindness aud sympathy,
wlth pUr Ignominy seems necessa^
to the preservation of order.
ness in this respect encourages crlml·
naïlty nnd furnishes an excuse for
mob law and violence.
.ïïstç
the murderer ,m,»«d a, death Into end·
less torture, and we hesitated to ρ utig
À felîow creiiture Into .oeb miser,.
|αλ.«Ι«^ »hn(
this delusion caine from the Dark Ages.
Our forefathers. Imagining God to be
worse than themselves, twisted Scrip
ture to supi»ort their errors.
The Bible teaches that mankind fall
asleep at death, to awake after Mes
slnh establishes His Kingdom. The Bi
ble statement is that all. good and
bad. go to one great slumber-house, the
tomb— Sbeol. Hades. Messiah so loved
tlie world that lie gave Ills life for the
redemption of mankind. Ah soon as
He shall have selected His Church. He
will establish His glorious Kingdom,
open the prison doors, set at liberty the
captives of death, and biiug ail to an
accurate knowledge of the Truth.
"6in Crojcheth at the Door."
Cain was jealous l)ecause God mani
fested favor toward Abel's offering,
while rejc· tiug his own. Cain should
have rejoiced with Al>el. and brought
a similar offering. God warned bini
that bis spirit of
selfishness wee
siu, crouching at
the door of hlfl
heart, and advised
him to conquei
this beastly spirit
Cain heeded no<
the warning.
A b e Γβ b 1 ο ο à
cried, figuratively,
to Divine Justice.
All injustice cries
MartUr féal- QUt to God
er or later, the Di
vine penalty will be meted out. But
the Judgments of the Lord are left tot
the Great Mediator to execute durlnf
the Millennium, the world's Judgment
Day. Only those begotten of the Holy
Spirit are now on trial for life or death
eternal.
Brother-Hatera Are Murderer·.
The Great Teacher declares that
brother-batere are murderers In God'·
eight. In other words, a spirit of
hatred is a spirit of murder. Alas, how
many of the professed followers of Je
sus harbor a spirit of hatred, and some
times manifest It in anger and other
works of the flesh and the devil!
Christians are to fight against the
Imperfections of the flesh. They must
strive against the fallen nature, and
cultivate the fruits and graces of the
Holy Spirit. If they manifest the mur
der spirit, they will lose the "prl*·^
of Jolnt-helrsiilp with Christ.
Expectancy or Life.
All insurance Is calculated upon the
probable length of time a person has
to live. This Is called the average ex
pectancy. Many elaborate tables hare
l»een innde up by the Insurance com
panies. some based u|>on one set of
data, some upon another, and conse
•piently they vary slightly. The Brit
ish lift· annuity tables, a fair calcula
tion. show that a man of fifty has a
naturel expectancy of living 21.2 year·,
a woman of the «tame age £1.5 years;
•it sixty his ex|HMlnncy In 14.8 year·.
'n»r* Is 17 years; at seveuty his Is 0.5
Years. Iu*rs lil.O years.
No Chance.
"What Itetaine of your antl-nola·
movement ?"
"We couldn't hire brass bands and
megaphones to popularize It without
being inconsistent."-Washlngton Star.
The Retort.
Wife—It makes me so unhappy to
think that I have married a fool. Hua
band-Don't worry about that Only a
fool would have married you.—Dar
Guckasten.
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