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VOLUME 84, SOUTH PARIS, MAINE, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1917. NUMBER 39. CASX. 9· BBIQOS, Dentist, 5ΛΓΤΗ PARIS» MAINE. tlABW· 9 A.M. to 5 P. M. Sp* <**££&» to ckUdw·. A ^ TCJeph^e MM Attorneys At Law» SltSIi.. MAI I Berrick. RDexj C. Par*. j)«»T D. PARK, ^ Licensed Auctioneer, JOCTH PARIS, · · MAINS. ^Moderate "pr. Irwin Κ Moorhouee OSTEOPATH jge, Neihaway Mou*. NORWAY, MAINE Telephone ao-u agar, US. l-\ <?*ery day; Sundays by ipp#lii(mea(. hOnwc^7· r'~ vt>0 ***τβ l0,rt Πϋtil ta jjy m» nlseseO- 47tf ^Bisbee & Parker, (iT0e>EVS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW Bumford, Maine. OENERAL PRACTICE. jtrn f). BDbee Ralph T. Parker >peuldinj Blsbee lu I y TwALDO NASH, Licensed Taxidermist, TimpJ· Streer, rur Mieonio Block, '*#*>M Connection. NORWAY. lonqley & BUTTS, Norway, (Via In·, Plumbing, Heating, Sheet Metal Work, ITEEL CEILINGS A SPECIALTY. Harry Κ Shaw, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Maxim Block South Paris. Maine lttf [yes Examined for Glasses. SAMUEL RICHARDS, Optometrist and Optician, South Paris, Maine CETolman&Co., Inc. General Insurance and Real Estate. 7 Perk Street, South Part·. Su te Apou for North Americas Accident u4 Health Isaursnce Co. tat Eastern \ccideat and Health lunr> iA(e Co. A cents Wanted E. W . ( II WDLER, Builders' Finish ! I will tsralah DOORS and WINDOWS of aay •He ar Style at reasonable price·. Also Window Sl Door Frames. If ti want of any kind of Plalaa tor Inside oi *atoe wert. tend In your orders. Plae Lam *u4 îklnjle» on band Cheap tor Cash. Plinlng, Sawing and Job Work. Maicoe·: Pine Sheathlae tor Sale. ■ E. \V. ( HWDLER, VwSaaner, .... 4Λ r*y< η 43 WANTED. Teaog men U'l women to qualify tor «#«poattion». Several ihouwtadipp01 ' Hum «-^mjOwdfc •f*Am-re^iC *uru W0MA3 BC3IS Kâlae. 87eow48 For Sale. One Roll Top Desk in excellent j condition. Four drawers on each *»de, twenty-two pigeon holes with two imali drawers beneath. Will at a good trade. Call on or ad dress W. J. WHEELER, w South Paris, Maine. LS. BILLINGS aANfPACnjRER OP AND DEALER IN Bed Cedar and Spruoe Clap tovda, New Brnnswick Cedar Shingles, North Carolina Pine, flooring and Sheathing, ^id Roofing, Wall Board, Apple Barrel Heads, and LUXBEB OF at.t, KINDS South Paris, - Maine. | Dr· Austin Tenney, Oculist. limited to tomii mt Λ· *Τ· M" ta· «tu Bκ ,f uiuM. At Wt—j Put OlM lut TridMT ·* **•*«1. l»iMA.M.t*4r.M. W Wl ■aïK'S Hoosabis o»mii*T le u*ed tor the prompt to iler or eczema. Mit rUeum, nicer·, apnun·, biiuew, •ores, etc. It «top· tb· pain and tbe healing J*o cwm bejria· ·» one·. am mended by phyrfdan·. Sold by druggist· t&c- ·*ί 50c., or Keoyon aTbem·· Co.,Piop·., ΑΛμμ,Ν. T. SHAW BUSINESS COLLEGE ^4&aS3| Urrl''!!t.nnn , m, -— MÎ5îtog««.W—.SÇ, AMONG THE FARKEBS. "IfUDTDflOf." 5' ÎÎKSir "aMLI* IJSSSSSioiyS mill tor UUs diputoat to Hni D Hiiwre, Agifcaltafal Editor Oxford Da· oerM.Piito.lK. Imcomt off the Experiment Station. SCPPOBTKD CHIKTLT BT FKDXBAL APPROPRIATIONS. Not long ago a Maine paper spoke derisively of research work «4 the Maine Experiment Station and referred to a Station publication on "Breeding Guinea Pi*· to Determine the Value of a Dairy Cow" and aald that this probably ooet the cow mMkere of the state thou sand· of dollars. There are at least fonr troubles with thla statement. The 9tation has not owned a guinea pig for SO years, baa never attempted to deter mine the value of a dairy cow by In direct methods, has not published under the title named and the principal part of the appropriations for the Station come from the Federal Government and not the State. Maine has bad an experiment station since 1885. It baa been foremost In e?ery agricultural advancement made in the state. Hundreds of farmers are following station methods which they have gleaned from station bulletins. Still larger numbers are following these methods, not knowing they are station method·, because they learned them by watching what their suoceesful up-to date neighbors were doing. But not withstanding the long existenoe and the prominent part of the station in Maine's agriculture, there are many who do not bave a clear Idea of the scope of the station's work and the sources from whiob the funds are derived that sup port it. Rather more than a generation ago the Congre·· of the United State· passed an act known as the Hatoh Aot (because it was introduced by Repreeentative Hatch of Missouri) looking toward the eetablisbment of an experiment station in eaoh state and territory of the United State·. This provided an annual In oome of 915,000 from the Federal Treasury. A doaen years ago this appropriation wa· supplemented by a grant carrying a like amount of money annually by an act of oongreee called the Adams aot, so-called because it was introduced by Repreeentative Adams from Wisoonsin. It is this annual appropriation of $80,000 from the federal government that chiefly maintains the Maine Agricultural Experiment Station. The State of Maine has purohaaed two far ma for the use of the station. One of tbeee Is in the town of Monmouth, Ken nebec County, and the other In Presque Isle, Aroostook County. A few years age the dairymen of the State obtained an annual appropriation of 95.000 for scientific Investigations in animal hus bandry, and sinoe 1015 the state has appropriated $5,000 a year for scientific Investigation· bearing upon the agri culture of Arooetook County. Also the State, because it has no other labora tories In which it can be done, makes it part of the doty of the direotor of the station to analyze the samplea collected by the oommlseioner of agriculture in the enforcement of the laws regulating the sale of agricultural seeds, commercial feeding stuffs, commercial fertilizers, dairy products, drugs, foods, fungioides, and inseottoidee. The expense of doinc this work is met by appropriations and fees made to the commissioner of agri culture. The total Income of the Maine Agri cultural Experiment Station averagee about $60,000 annually. About one sixth of this Is borne by direct state appropriations. This ooet la so slight that a person who pays taxes on 950,000 contributes about one oent a year to the support of the work of investigation at thi· SUtlon. The Federal money ooae· from the country aa a whole. A· the State off New Tork oontalne about one tenth of the wealth of the oountry It beare about that proportion of the ooet of maintaining the agricultural experi ment station· of the whole country.— Chas. D. Woods, Director. Prizes Aggregate $50,000. Measured bj the standard of prize· offered, the Eastern State· exposition to >e held at SpriogfleJd October 12 20, itands well op toward the top of tbe i mer loan fall sbowa. It may be said to l>e In the 160,000 class, for the total kmonnt of cash offered is exsctlj 149,464. In addition to thla money, there are offered Tarions caps, medal· •nd otber trophies of a value of con siderably more than 92000, not to men tion a few bnshele of banners. The Iowa state fair at Dee Moines is idmittedlj one of the leading fall abows jf tbis country. It has just olosed its 1917 exposition with all records broken. Its last annual report contains tbe itatemeat that the average amount of money paid in premiums for seven year· bas been 161,125. The division of the 160,000 offered at Springfield is so liberal that H has at traoted exhibits from almost sverj state in the union. Pigs are coming from California, vegetable· from the ïame state and from Oregon and Canada, cattle, boreee, swine and sheep from every point of the oompase. The price ilet shows theee allotment·: Hones U 1,210, cattle $10,900, bogs $2900, iheep $2344, boye and girls $4500» vegetable· $3000, fruit· $8000, state ex hibits and agriculture 92000, harness horse raoing $10,000. 145-Lb. va. 414-Lb. Cow·. In the first cow teeting association organised in Mississippi, 319 oows last year averaged to produce 145 lbs. of fat. Sncb a production I· low. Svon at a low feed coat It is queetionable whether those 819 cows made their owner· a profit. If there were no better oows available to these Mississippi dairymen than thoee whioh records have shown with so poor production, and If changed feed and management wonld not bring greatly Increased ret urne, the association figure· would indeed be discouraging. There are greater possibilities, and the earns mean· which showed the low avenge production of all the herds also dis covered a 00w which made 414 lbs. of fat daring the period in whioh th# average was bat little over one-third as muoh. How much an these men, eves with 1461b. oowe, ahead of their neigb bon who do not know whether theii oows produce mon or less! They bavt •sen the light of better dairying, ban reorganised their teeting sseociatloa foi another year's work, and an «tartina toward a ooaditiou of dairying in wbiof then will be ao 146 lb. oows and to which then will be maay exceeding 414 lb·, to fat produced. . ptitr Tumbledown'· attention hat been frequently called to the econoeafc value of the silo, and tost spring be weal so far as to send for oataloga. Jlnallj he made up hi· mind that it la Ism trouble le *ell hie oows to tbe toll thai to bol Id and fill a alto. If then is not money anougb loft to th< urlar to boy others, Peter says that 1m oaa give hi· note; bat be Ignores tb< faoft that It bceo·— barder ever] •pring to mto· tbe money to tbat way. Com pond with weH rettod barayan aaasnra, th«re$are 48.6 lbs. o# phoephork add to ben manure, and 6 In barayan asanon; 41 Ike. potash to 10 to ban ynrd ssaaare, and 67 Ike. aitragen to 1. to karayard manure. This analysis k based oa a toe sach 0/ hen and ban Ε·* New Cora. DBY 15D OUXD AT HOMS AND KIOV THK DSUdOCS FLA YOB Of HIV 0011 WAT. Why Mt last year'· corn while har vesting this yur'af Why lose the 7·*! bett there la in oorn by not using it when it le fresh, clean and sweet? These queries, by the United States De pertinent of agriculture, are directed at those who have always eaten old de formed oorn, and have never known the delicious nntllke flavor of new oorn meal. In some States, says a oorn ex pert of the department, this flavor Is unknown oc Is merely a matter of memory with the old settlers. BB Α ΜΠ.Ι.ΒΒ AT HOMB. For laaa than $5 a hand mill and sieves capable of making excellent meal een be bought, and for less than $25 may be purchased a mill large enough for a community. It can be installed to be run by water, wind, gasoline, or other local power. Instead of merely eating more oorn •a a necessary war meaaure, it is urged that Americana should appreciate and exerciaejthe privilege of eating better oorn. Instead of degerming oorn to prevent Its spoilage, and instead of bleaching and 'sooaring It to remove odors and Impurities, it might better be eaten while it is still freeh, pure, and aweet. To have thia privilege the meal moat be groond locally from new oorn. Tet practically all of the commercial meal of the Northern and Weatern States daring the fall months when this new oorn is readily available la the produot of old degermed commercial corn. In November aome of the crop ia dry eooagh to leave the far ma and the meal from the oorn doee not get back to the farmers until December or later. ABIMAL8 KNOW WHAT 18 BB8T. Squirrels, ooona, doge, and other animale relieb new oorn and even refuse to eat old oorn uoleea oom pel led to by hunger. Rata and mice ueually eat only the germ—the rlobeet and beat part of the kernel—and leave the rest. Thia germ, higheat in flavor and food value, ie not available to man in the ordinary oorn meal of oommerce. In that form one ia likely to get atale corn, from which rata and mioe have previonaly eaten the ohoiceat part, and degerming machinee have removed the rest to pre vent further apoiling. "Why/' aaka a special let, "ahould we make our oorn producta ao poor that they can not spoil? Why pay the freight both ways, and several commissions, only to get corn meal with 3 per oent of Its oil re moved, when home grinding would give a more wholesome and palatable produot at lees cost?" The exeellenoe of this new corn meal baa long been—but wrongly—ascribed to waterpower and burr-atone grinding. The method of grinding has nothing to do with it. It merely bappena that in parte of the South where the people know and appreciate the good quality of thia freeh, aweet meal, it la ground largely in the water wheel mllla using the old-faahlon ed mill atonee. Aa aoon aa tbe corn Is ripe It la dried In tbe eun and then uaed while It ia fresh and olean. In the com mercial meals the germs have been re moved because the oil they contain la likely to become ranold after atorage, and this tends to spoil tbe whole produot. Amerioans it is urged, are under obli gation to eat more oorn, because of starving nations and a world soarolty of wheat; yet Amerioans are eating less corn than they ate years ago. Corn producing oonntrlee are the onea that should eat it, because it Is at its best when It has not been transported long distances. For all of these reaaona, tbe United State· Department of Agricul ture auggeeta that American familleo re turn to tbe almple-llfe Ideal and make their own oorn meal and hominy at home during the fall and winter montha. Seed Saving Campaign. (Sub-committee on Food Production and Con servation of Maine Committee on Public Safety.) The preeent Med situation demanda that farmer* ehould eave their own eeed to far aa poaalble this fall. There wa« a large demand for seed of all kind· laat spring, and the replanting of many orope oonaumed an additional amonnt. The preaent seaaon baa not been a good one to mature orope In good condition and the proapecta are that aeed will not be available in aufflolent quantltlea another •pring nnleee some meaanree are taken immediately to Inorease the mpply. Any farmer who haa good teed of any kind ahonld aave at leaat enough for bia own use and alao aome for eale to other·. Bspeoially I· there a need for good yellow corn, bean· and wheat. Tellow corn of the eight-rowed type I· to be preferred. The late season last spring end poor weather for growth early In the seeson did not develop field· of oorn in a very aatiafaotory manner with the conaequenoe that good piece· whloh will be fit for seed another year are aoaroe and anyone having snob sbonld harvest and oare for thi· oorn in the beet way poaeible. In some localities It will be possible to mature mammoth varieties of yellow silage corn. As It was Im possible to seoure enough of this kind of aeed laet year it is advisable for each man to mature enough for hie own use I as far aa possible. Beans are rusting badly and seed free from the diseasee will be much In de mand another spring. Oats, aa a gener al rule are light In weight and, large yields are not oommon. Anyone having a good supply of heavy oats of a good 1 variety should oonsider saving a portion of them for seed. There waa a demand for buokwheat j and hard spring wheat this spring whiob bad to be filled from outaide the atate. There ought to be a good amount of thla another year If proper care la taken I to aave a aufflolent portion of this for VU· Many small potatoes and potatoes of in ferior quality were planted laat spring wbieh praotioe ought not to be repeated again. All seeds ahonld be well ou red and stored In such a manner that they keep I in good oondition. 1 Anyone who does not have the teed, which they are going to want for another spring*· planting, should seoure this aeed or should make arrangements with other farmara to save it for them as early ae poeeible, la order to make sue that it will not be fed ont to stook. The coopération of everybody Interact ed in farming la desired to help make the seed situation another epring aa aatiafactory aa possible and prevent a repetition of laat spring's shortage. ' An artiole In a recent issue of tba Saturday Evening Poet entitled, "War Invisible," by Henry Ren tarda hi, oon talns this statement: "Baron Forstner, commanding one of the German snbs, reoorda that the difference between real air and that of a submerged aub la the laathe difference between real butter and margarine." Freeh air oontalna vitalising proper! tas aadly lacking in fool air ana totter oootains life-giving ι whloh are not found in oleo margarine. Tbia differ·noe between aallk fat. Icaaa milk flat, tanas wbieh butler la and aalssal and vegetable fata from wbieh oleomargralne la made, baa been thouroughly demonstrated by aeveml setcntteta.—Hoard's Dairyman. Bobber oowe and bologna balls, If they we to bring their full vaine aa fresh osent, bad juat aa wall be sold to go on the block. All tba talk aboat oon aerviag live stock was not sseaat to •btold them. Bali save tba mature . breeding an'T·1· ara worth more Ml The Girl κ i Next Door ! A Sketch of Juvenile Lore By F. A. MTTCHEL Spring is Che season of flower· amd love, me has been remarked before. It seems, to the present writer. He does not claim originality for the remark. But it is as true noto as it was when first made, some centuries ago, and all English and American poets from Chaucer to the present poet laureate have enlarged on the theme. Why not use it, therefore, to intro duce a little tale, or sketch, rather, of a very young man and a very young maid and flowers and flour? Billy Atherton was η earing sixteen— that is, he was at an age when two things monopolized the limited space there was in his undeveloped brain, the first being his clothes, the second a girl It may seem absurd to put the clothes before the girl, but such is the proper relation. There are a great many girls, but only one wardrobe, for a young man, and he require· that wardrobe to be exactly in vogue. The first sign Billy showed of ap proaching manhood was when he was fourteen. Then he displayed marked concern about his neckwear. Later a new complication developed; then the period for long trousers came on. The color of his neckwear must match the color of his socks. Nothing would Induce him to wear socks that were not clocked. His favorite shade for his scarf and socks was a brilliant yellow, and woe betide the tailor who produced a pair of trousers for him that were not short enough to display seven-eighths of his hosiery! When Billy was invited to his first formal dance he was confronted with tlie most important question thus far of his life. Should he wear a swallow tall or a tuxedo? If a tuxedo, should he wear a white or black vest, a white or black tie? In Billy's time boys of his age were supposed to pass upward and onward to full dress through a tuxedo. So, notwithstanding that he was invited to a formal dance, he must wear a tuxedo. Consultation with half a dozen other boys of his age soon cleared the way through the vest and tie problems. They were to be both blade. But Billy struck a snag on the collar. There was unfortunately a division of opinion. Some of the boys ruled for a standing, some for a turndown collar. During the afternoon before the dance Billy waa In a fever of suspense whether It should be standing or turndown. Final ly the matter was settled by a tele *>ne message from his haberdasher, o, after consulting a periodical giv ing such fashions, assured Billy that if he wore anything except a turndown collar the bottom would drop out of the universe. That settled the final momentous question as to how Billy should be arrayed on going to hi· first formal dance. Since Billy was to enter upon his first love affair during the evening of this dance one would suppose that the apparel of the girl he was to fall in love with should be also described. Betty Hinsdale, aged fourteen and ten months, was as much concerned about her party get up as was Billy about his appareL A dress had been especially prepared for the occasion. But if her costume were to be as mi nutely described as Billy's has been it would require a woman to do the job. This would Involve two persons to write the story. Hence I can only eay that when Betty was paraded before her father in her party dress he im mediately ordered it lengthened at both ends. This Is all the Information I can give on the subject. The apparel of these two young per sons being the most important part of this story has necessitated its being introduced in the beginning. It is now necessary to mention a certain spring day when Billy had put on his base ball suit and was in his back yard sunning himself, occasionally throwing a ball against the brick wall of his home. XJlUy WU Butuuuig niuuu α >ΙΠ feet of the house examining a tear in the ball he had been tossing when he was surprised at a line powder settling all over him. He brushed It off, but more settled In Its place. He looked up to see whence It came. All he saw was that It had emanated from a win. dow In the house next door. Billy was puzzled Nevertheless be suspected that some one was shower ing him Bending his head over his ball for awhile, he raised his eyes sud denly and saw the laughing face of a girl at a window. It was drawn In with astonishing rapidity. Billy wait ed and watched for some time, but there was no reappearance of either the girl or the flour that had whitened him. « Be it remembered that this was springtime. One morning when Billy was getting himself late for breakfast by a painful indecision as to which cravat out of more than twenty he should wear be cast his eyes aside from the mirror before him—it was very close to * window—and saw a girl planting seeds or roots in the yard next door. He at once divined that she was the maid who bad floured Mm, and he wished for something with which to return the compliment In the window was a box of plants, and the plants were budding. Billy began to throw the buds at the girl, who was pretty. A man would have been surprised at seeing a flewer drop near him and would have looked to see where It came from. Not so this young lady. She was conscious of the fact that a young man lived next door. She re membered to have dropped flour on his shoulders and was on the lookout fer a response. In fact, she bad seen Billy at his window amid a rainbow of cravats. Given a girl In a bade yard, a young man at a window, and Ik la to be supposed that the girt will ·*> pect something. Billy towed sprigs and flowers, which Ml to the girl's right, to her left before bar, behind her, but she paid ao attention to titan. Then te went to the bathroom, filled a tumbler with water and, returning to his win· dow, ant the contents In a spray on the flower planter. There was Just f-r-f*· of a sprinkling to cause her to fur a douche. She arose frees her work and marched Into the boose. On her way ah· cast a glance up at Billy and made a "facef at him. Billy la retara threw her a kl» frea ttetfea if Ml flam lUitm fcMj . < J f*\ V* \ ι This time Billy saw enough of the girl to he «tire that ahe wo pretty. What else the was he did not know and did not care to know. He had at tracted her attention, though he had hen obliged to sprinkle her to do so. She had brought the sprinkling on herself by giving him a stage snow ' storm, and as for the face she had mifla at he did not mind that a bit I The next day when Billy was going np the steps, getting out his latchkey, j who should come oat of the front door 1 of the next house but the glrL She ί p>f«A4 him with her nose In the sir, ! but she had scarcely reached the side ! walk when Billy heard a giggle. He j turned and tried to get up his courage to follow and Join her, but he had not ' been Introduced to her, and should she 1 «corn him he would never recover from I the blow. She had floured him and he had flowered her, but this did not con atltute an Introduction. He would no more dare speak to her without the formal introduction required In social life th*n be would return to his knick erbockers. Such was the condition between these two next door neighbors when Billy was Invited to his first formal dance. He began to array himself at β o'clock for a function that was supposed to begin at half past 8. Much time was required. He put three sets of studs in his shirt before he was satisfied with a set of tiny mosaics. He had Inserted gold links in his cuffs, and this necessitated a further change, for had he worn mosaic studs with gold sleeve buttons he would expect to be ordered out of the house by the host The tying of his neckwear was anoth er delay requiring some twenty-five minutes. He succeeded In placing It above the collar button, but was in terror lest It slip down. He was Informed by his mother, who stood by him nobly In this critical period of his life, that he would surely be late, and at last he put the finishing touches to his makeup and, going downstairs and out entered a limou sine that had been summoned to trans port him to the scene of hoped for con quests. As he was driving away a car stopped next door. He wondered if the girl who lived there was going anywhere. Billy on reaching his destination spent half an hour In the dressing room. Whether It was- for further arrangement of his apparel or a stage fright at appearing at his first function there is no record. Nevertheless he held on to the banister on his way down. He made his bow to the hostess and was at once taken off by a member of the family to be present ed to some of the young ladles he did not know. Those Invited were all supposed to be between fifteen and seventeen, though some of the girls had barely turned fourteen. Billy was introduced to several girls in succession and was landed for a similar purpose before another when he stood stock still. She was the girl next door. "Miss Betty Hinsdale, this is Mr. Atherton!" Why all the retiring qualities are at tributed to the softer sex It is difficult to explain. BUly, as he expressed it afterward, was taken "fiat aback. Hinsdale was as cool as a cucum ber. Billy stammered something like "pleasure of a dance," whereupon she threw back her head with all the air of a society belle, at the same time thrusting out a dance card with not a vacancy on it But Billy soon caught up with her. He erased several names and boldly wrote his own name in their place. Minute accounts of love affairs may be pleasingly realistic, but they re quire much space. But It doesn't re quire much time for a boy of sixteen to fall in love. Billy did the falling like a house painter from a scaffold very suddenly. But he was a dead man βο far as his heart was concern ed, long before the evening was over. He had not only been made acquaint ed with the girl next door, but had fallen madly in love with her. The flouring, the flowering and the sprinkling, and all that were over, pj another phase of the affair was begun. Bat tùat paue nag oeen bo vueu por trayed that we will leave these young sters at the end of the beginning of their affair by merely stating that the love epats were so numerous (me would suppose that they were bitter enemies instead of lovers. Billy was at one moment in the clouds, the next In the slough of despair. This up and down condition lasted till he went to college, when he succeeded in getting admit ted to the university baseball team, and from this moment he forgot the girl next door. But it is only fair to her to say that before she married she had been engaged six times. Fall of the Bastille, The famous French prison known as the Bastille was originally the Castle of Paris and was built by onler of Charles V. between 1370 and 1883 as a defense against the English. When it came to be used as a state prison it was pro vided with vast bulwarks and ditches. The Bastille had four towers, of live stories each, on each of its larger sides, and it was partly in these towers and partly in underground cellars that the prisons were situated. It was capable of containing from Seventy to eighty persons, a number frequently reached during the reigns of Louis XIV. and Louis XV., the majority of them being persons at the highest rank. The Bas tille was destroyed by the mob on July 16, 1780, and the governor and a num ber of his officers were killed. On its site now stands the column of July, erected in memory of the patriots of 1780 and 1880. A Touch of Nature. Just a dirty little yellow curl I call ad him homeless until I heard a dirtier little urchin yelling, "Aw, gowan homer and pelting him with stones. The youngster swore, and I felt sorry for tite dog. 1 wanted to wring the urchin's neck and save the dog. Just as I was about to put my thought Into action a big black limousine came swerving down the street The child darted before It, grabbed the Uttle yel low cur to his heart, and the two came rolling from beneath the whirring wheels. As I helped thsm from the gutter the boy was moaning. "Where are you hurt, boy?" I asked excitedly, tuning him around on his study hare leg·. "Day didn't hurt me—but—dey den near got-my dog!" walled the urchin between dry sobs.—Columbus (O.) Dis patch. . The twenty members of the Lynn, Mass., Shoe Manufacturers' associa tion, whose factories have been closed stnee April 18, voted that they will | not again deal with the Lynn shoe I I workers' unions, and will if necessary keep their fsntnrlsa fitinrt thrwigft^ut jMvtetar. ...... I ..I • '·■. ». uuTjuirLan.-.nj'Lrii ** ^ | Making an Acquaintance Method Wom Breezy, Bat Effectioe I By F. A. MITCHEL I g ι ■■■ yua· Atherton had gone to the» coun try for the summer. She was a de nted audbmobiliat and had Intended to drive herself to the summer home of the Athertons, but the machine broke down the day before she was to .tart, and so busy were the mechanics that no one was available to make re Mire. Miss Atherton therefore reluc tantly decided to take a train, "d the auto went to the shop to wait till some one could find time to repair «· Prom the moment Miss Atherton reached her country home she missed her auto. She busied herself In her flower garden and returned temporari ly to the bicycle which she bad ridden as a little girl, but none of her de vices for killing time sufficed. A week passed and the auto did not come. To one used to motoring the perambulators provided thprton seem very Inefficient Miss Atherton fretted at having to walk or to re main at home on a bright afternoon when she would like to be spinning along over smooth roads *n her c*r* One morning she started for The weather was balmy and rather suggestive, of a siesta than trudging Kacouetry road. Wm Igjj» motions were languorous. Present^y she passed a spick «nd span macWne standing t«eslde the road. At the end of a long walk was a house. Doubt less the car belonged to some one> In the house. The lady stopped and sur veyed the machine covetousiy. It was a car for two persons. Thenickelpla of the wheel, the storting and illuminât ing devices glistened In the sun. Miss Atherton was tempted to open the door and rest herself on the cush ions Glancing at the house, no one was in sight No one was comlng up or down the road- There was a cltek and Miss Atherton was in the car. Another click denoted that she had C,£^r.hont her » 0Dr " the electric ^ There was a bnr-r-r of wheel». Before she realized what she was doing ^«mpietedtnrnlngcntte^wer. and the machine moved. How HW Hnw easy! How comfortable! How ^m atter walking! 8he wonld ran op the road for a 8^ο«<ΐωω«.' and bring the car back to the pla where she had found it .. As she moved off Jack Coounge. the owner of the captured mac , came out of the house and from the norch saw some one running away !£ith his machine. Instead of foHow lng on his legs, he ran around to a ga, rage, got out another machine and gave ClQulte likely steeling Is often at first unintentional. The t^ *totres eome thins nerhape covets It He taaee it £ &Cd surprix b? ·®· ™ who enters without seeing his act, he the object, intending to replace Jtwhen he can do so unnoticed. Miss Atherton was about to turn with the auto when she heard routter of a motor engine behind her. What possessed her to act as s e was a mystery to her. Hearing the words "Stop thief!" It occurred to her that If she obeyed the order she would be taken to a police station, tried fο larceny and sent to state Prison· Her first Impulse was to put on speed; her second was to put on more speed, and Λβ third was to use all the power of which the machine was capaMe Then followed a mad race. Coolldge got near enough to see that a woman was at the wheel, but he could not see what sbe was ιικβ. duc yrescuujf, when she turned a short distance ahead of him, he got a better view and was astonished to see one who wore the apparel of a lady. The mystery deep ened. Women don't steal auto cars. Such thefts are usually made by Δι en, and very rough men at that He could not conceive of a lady stealing his car. She was speeding along at such break neck speed that he began to fear she would come to grief. What to do, he could not decide. He followed on as he had begun. An auto coming from the opposite direction met the fleeing girl, and the driver saw by the expression and the speed at which she was traveling that ■he was under some great excitement Sbe flashed by him, and when in a few moments her pursuer did the same It was evident that a mad race was on between a woman and a man. Was It a real chase or material for a moving picture show? The observer did not know, but having an old fashioned ma chine he decided not to Interfere and passed on, wondering. Other machines were met and the drivers of most of them, seeing two cars coming like the wind, drew up beside the road to give them a safe passage. Ooolidge was driving a machine not capable of making the speed of the one being run away with, but for a time he gained on It since he dare use his pow er to a greater extent The fugitive for a time maintained some degree of caution, but as her pursuer gained on her she took risks without being fully conscious of their magnitude. Coolidge, having her before him, could see every turn she made and the risks she took, fearing that he was goading her to take than, slackened speed himself, hoping she would do the same. Unfortunately for this purpose, the lady had no eyes in the back of her head and could not see whctber her pursuer was gaining on her-or losing ground. However, her ears told her that the machine behind her was mak ing leas noise, and bad she not lost her head completely she would have re duced her speed accordingly. Since she showed no sign of doing so, Coolidge pressed his accelerator and soon drew up to within hailing distance. He thought of calling, bat remembering the result of his first effort, refrained. Presently he saw the thief torn a Sharp bend In the road. The auto skid ded, followed s tortuous course for Some distance and brought up against a deserted shanty. Before it struck the chauffeur had succeeded in reduo Ing Its speed, and neither she nor the machine was much injured, though both were badly Jarred. But Miss Ath erton was more rattled at being ever· hauled than by the Jarring. "Take me to J all Γ she cried. "Take me to JalL I'm a thief." Now, there was everything in Idas ▲tbertoQ's appearance to beUe her eon. ι ; feaslon. Coolldge saw at once what appeared an th» surface wui Dot the truth. "Are ytra hurt?" he *·>Η1 oualy. Hie tone waa reaaaurlng. mi— Ath erton looked ap and saw a gentleman J regarding her not only kindly, bat ad· mlringly. Mies Atherton, though she had re· gained her equanimity and satisfied herself that she was In no danger of I being dragged to jail, was still not her· self. Nevertheless, she waa still a wo man. She began to throw the blame on to Mr. Coolldge. j "What were you trying to ran me down for?" she asked In no friendly tone. "I could not see that a lady was j driving my machine, so I naturally , supposed some one was trying to get away with It" j Miss Atherton looked as If she were abont to burst Into tears. "You were quite welcome to use my machine, I assure you," faltered Cool ldge, fearing a collapse. 1 "Then why didn't you say so?' "How could I say so when I waa not on hand?" < "But you cried out, 'Stop thief!' " I "I supposed some one was stealing my machine. I did not know that a young lady had merely borrowed It." Miss Atherton was recovering her self slowly. She made no rejoinder to Mr. Coolldge's last remark. He con cluded to make an effort to get her either to her home or his, anywhere but where she was. There were two vehicles to be taken care of, but now that she had ceased to be buoyed up I by excitement he did not have to trust her to drive either of them. Besides, I be did not know whether the one she had been driving would be available ' after the collision. Opening the door of the car In which he had made the ' pursuit, he begged her to enter. "Where are you going to take me?" she asked. "To your home." "What will you do with the one I have Injured?" "Leave it where It Is for the present" She walked lamblike to the door he was holding open and entered the car. He entered at the wheel side and, turning into the road, drove back over the course they had been radng. But the return speed was very differ ent from the outgoing. Mr. Coolldge was quite delighted with the adven ture. He was pleased that his car had not been stolen and still more pleased to have a pretty girl beside him who had given him an opportunity to show his gallantry by borrowing his car without leave. She begged him to permit her to send a man to take his machine to a shop and repair it, but he declared that it had not been damaged. Then began an explanation as to how she had come to run away with his car, but it was not exactly the one already given with this story. Up to the point where Coolldge had cried "Stop thief I" it was a succession of excuses. From that point onward it was a lamentation that he had made her think that she was flying from a long Imprisonment. Coo lldge declared that hanging would be too good for him, but he did not sug gest anything else that he could have done under the circumstances. By the time he got her home he had implored ► her forgiveness, but what for did not matter. There was a sort of reconcilia tion between them, and everybody knows that making up between a young man and a young woman is lia ble to stir the emotions. At any rate, when they parted Coolldge had re ceived permission to call in the even ing to learn if the shock Miss Ather ton had received had been fraught with serious consequences. Coolldge availed himself of the privi lege accorded him, and Miss Atherton bad scarcely finished dinner before he was announced. He seemed very anx ious lest some sign of physical or men tal shock had appeared during the in terval since he had last seen her and 1 gave vent to an expression of Joy when she assured him that sbe had suffered no Injury whatever, except that she should have placed herself In such an embarrassing position. Coolldge as-1 BUiCU il Cl mat uy uuucadvww ^ , the Innocence of the motive that ac- ' tuated her In temporarily borrowing his car and assumed all the blame for causing her to take to flight These self accusations and his efforts to ren der them nugatory took up the evening until near midnight, when the gentle man bade the young lady good night and went home. j A few days later Miss Atherton's car arrived, and she did penance for ap propriating Mr. Coolldge's machine by Inviting him to drive with her. During the summer the couple took ' many auto rides together, with the usual consequences. The nuptial fes tivities were celebrated in the autumn. ; The State of Wsstsylvsnla. j The "province and government of Weetsylvania" was a proposal made by j the settlers In the southwest of Penn* sylvanla and the adjacent territory for the creation of a new state. It origi nated in connection with the troubles between Virginia and Pennsylvania, ' and the scheme was brought forward early in July, 1776. A description of the proposed government defines the bounds as "beginning at the eastern branch of the Ohio opposite the mouth of the Scioto and running thence in a direct line to the Owasloto pass, thence to the top of the Allegheny mountains, ! thence with the top of the said moun- ; tains to the northern limits of the pur chase made from the Indians in 1768 at the treaty of Fort Stanwix, thence , with the said limits to the Allegheny or Ohio river and thai down the said river as purchased from the said In- j dlans at the aforesaid treaty of Fort Stanwix at the beginning." A call for a convention to organize the govern ment was Issued, but a memorial of the Virginia committee of West Au gusta county to the lower house of as sembly led to the abandonment of the plan.—Philadelphia Pre··. London's Crystal Palaee. I Crystal palace was originally built ! In Hyde park for the great exhibition of 1861, being afterward removed to I Its present site and re-erected. At the first state opening of the palace by I Queen Victoria It was urged that the usual artillery salute should not be ' fired, the reason given being that the ι concussion would shiver the glass roof j and the company assembled below, In i eluding her majesty, would be cut Into ι mincemeat Dire were the predictions 1 of the scaremonger· when the design ■ for the palace was made public. The first gale, they said, would inevitably , wreck It, while the heat engendered by : the sun pouring its rays open the 1 domed glass roof would be so terrific , that no human being could withstand it Consequently if they escaped , an avalanche of glass Ihey would be roost ed to death Instils the eaao ι -l "ic. 'l *.».>' .·. .. Y An I Heirloom 1 It Once Served at a Hiding Place I By SADIE OLCOTT | "Flora, here is a letter from Cheeley, your Uncle William's lawyer, and he has inclosed a copy of the will" · "To whom has uncle left his proper ty?" asked Flora. 'Ί can only speak for thst enormous mahogany bedstead by which be set so much store—the gargoyle bedstead." "Did he leave it to me?" "Of course he did. Don't be foolish, my dear. Listen: "I. William Gray, being of sound mind, etc., do give and bequeath to ray grand· niece, Isabel Gray, her heirs and assign)· forever, my Shoraton sideboard and the sum of (.',000; to my grandnlece, Flora Gray Winchester, her heirs and assigne, the mahogany bedstead which stands in my own chamber and which is known as tho gargoyle bedstead, together with the sum of 11,000.'* "Where shall we put it, Harry?" interrupted Mrs. Winchester breath· lessly. "Put it? You don't expect to get it into this flat?" "We must have it here. I wouldn't examine it there with Isabel looking on. And, besides, it is such a Journey down to Richmond. Anyway, you can not spare the time to go down now, and we must examine it together. I want to get it here as soon as possi ble. Who knows but Isabel or some of the others might find the diary of Nancy Gray and learn the secret? My inheritance would be worthless!" Mrs. Winchester's voice trembled. "Oh, all right!" said Winchester trac tably. "But how the deuce you expect to get it in here I don't quite see. If s a very large piece of furniture, isn't it?" "Now, Harry, dear," she cried, with one plump hand upon his lips, "that bed must be got into this flat some how I First I will finish my letter to Mr. Cheeley aud let Nora post it at once. I can hardly wait to see the bed stead, Harry, and I don't dare dream of what will be ours when the secret of the bedstead is disclosed. Do you think, dear, I wus wroug not to tell Uncle William about the diary of Nan cy Gray I found in the garret?" "Well, truthfully speaking, I'm afraid it wasn't treating the old gentleman quite on tbe square." Two weeks afterward, while Mr. Winchester was engaged in a most Important business transaction, he was summoned to the telephone. "Yes, this is Winchester. What? Oh, the bedstead there! I can't pos sibly leave at present. I can't help it Tell them to send it up tomorrow. 1 know it's Important—the bedstead! No, I didn't speak. Yes, I will come home early. Goodby." When he reached the Etruscan apart ments that evening Winchester was fortified with a box of candy and a huge bunch of violets. He stepped to the elevator and pressed the button. A faint tinkle responded from some depth below. Presently the Janitor emerged from an obscure doorway and surveyed him with an unpleasant eye. "It ain't a-runnin'," he said gruffly. "Poor management," commented Win chester as be prepared to conquer tbe eight flights that barred him from home and dinner. "Huh!" exploded the man. "What with the freight elevator out er order, and people breakin' windows movin' in big stuff, and them chumps a-trjin' to put the feet board in my passenger car and a-tearin' a lady's dress, and her the landlord's sister-in-law"— He glared wrathfully at the vanishing form of Winchester. Opening the door of his apartment, rampant disorder met his eye. A huge, dark form almost covered the floor of the tiny parlor, which in its chaotic disturbance looked strangely unfamil iar to the master of the house. In the library Flora reclined on a couch before the bright gas log, while sympathetic Nora applied wet clothe to her mistress' aching head. Wreck age from tbe parlor impeded progress ui everjr dic^> "My dear girl!" he uttered. She turned a woebegone face to hit. "Such a time as they bad trying to get It In the window! They were saucy because the window was too small, and one of them pulled It In with a jerk, and It struck the chande lier. The pieces of glass fell on my Wedgwood vase, and that Is broken! I—I am quite discouraged!" With a restless glance toward the parlor, where the gigantic bedstead lay like some dark shadow on his Uttle home, and with au unpleasant refl ection of the snorting janitor below stairs and of the generous tip It would require to reduce him to his customary state of patronizing familiarity, Win chester endeavored to soothe his wife's shattered nerves, and together they obeyed Nora's summons to a belated dinner. At table Mrs. Winchester drew a fold ed paper from her Kown. "This Is the i«ge I copied from the diary of Nancy Gray. Hnrry," she said, spreading it open before her. "I thought I would refresh my memory as to the exact location of the secret spring. ••Richmond, Va., April 21, 1804,'" read Mrs. Winchester in solemn ac cents. M Ί am greatly alarmed for the Mfety of Grandmother Bin pah's dia monds, and have vainly tried to And s biding place for them. The Yankees are digging up every Inch of ground on the adjacent plantations searching for buried treasure, and 1 am quite at a loss to find a safe place for our lieirlooms. "'April 22.—Such an excellent idea! I have just recollected that there Is a secret hiding place In Grandmother Binpah's mahogany bedstead. 1 will conceal the jewels there and will de scribe their hiding place so that in case anything happens to me one of our family may be able to recover them, even if the bedstead should be carried away. M'First, one must observe the row of hideously grinning faces—"gar goyles," grandfather called them—that outline the top of the headboard; there are twenty-five of these gargoyles in all, and one must press the right eye of the thirteenth gargoyle from either j end, when the face will swing out ward, disclosing a cavity. Into this ! cavity I have dropped the leather bag ! containing the unset gems—they are worth many thousands of dollars—and i .; *7 Λ i:..· ...Si f hope to recover them when the war le over.' " _ Armed with hammer and screw driver, husband end wife repaired to the parlor and locked themselvee with in, greatly to the disgust of the in terested Nora, who availed herself of the keyhole as the only salve to her wounded self respect "My dear girl, how do you think I m going to handle this thing alone? It weighs a ton! Why wasn t It pot the guest room?" «The Instant I saw'It In the wagon I knew it would never lit into that room, so I told them to put It In here. We can remove it to the ceHar afte»- ·, ward—or store It" "It fits In here," remarked Win chester. "Let us rip off the covering—I be lieve 1 know Just where to place my finger on the spring! This is the head board, of course, and here are the gar goyles !" cried Flora excitedly. Winchester took out his knife and leisurely opened the blade. He lifted one corner of the bedstead, groaned and dropped It heavily. There was a straining and snapping of cords as he applied his knife to the wrappings. "Oh, Oh! J am Just as nervous as l can be!" cried Flora, regardless of her husband's groan as h^ drugged aside the covering and disclosed the round ed, polished top outlined by a semi circle of hideously carved faces. "Jove, what a beauty!" ejaculated Winchester, yet with a note of re spect in his tone. "What a night mare! Fancy wishing a guest 'pleas ant dreams* and then introducing him to that couch! Whew! Now, which face, Flora, love?" Mrs. Winchester triumphantly pro duced the paper from her laces and read solemnly: "The thirteenth gar goyle from either end.' " f "The one in the middle, of course, announced Winchester. 44 Trees the right eye,' " quoted Mrs. Winchester breathlessly. "I shall have them set In a glorious pendant, Harryr They hung expectantly over the bed. "Now press," she whispered sibi lantly. Winchester pressed. "Nothing doing," he announced Mtly· "Press harder," urged his wife. "The secret spring has probably rusted. They do rust sometimes, don't they Γ "I never heard of one doing so. They always yield easily, and the door rolls noiselessly aside and leaves an aper ture," said Winchester grimly. "We must get it open!" cried his wire tearfully. "Try some of the other eyes, Harry." . . . "But why try the others, my dear? It says the middle one." "There Is—there must be a spring Γ retorted Mrs. Winchester. "Why should Nancy have put it in her diary If there was not?" "I give it up when you ask me to explain the vagaries of the female mind"- began Winchester as he vi ciously Jnbbed the eyes of all the gar goyles in turn without resu?t Flora burst Into tears. ^ "Don't cry, my darling," comforted her husband tenderly. "I'll Aud out the truth if I have to chop the con founded thing into kindlings! «I wish 1 understood the meaning of it nnvway," said Winchester presently when his wife had reached a degree of tranquillity where she could nibble a bonbon appreciatively. Again the tears flowed. "I might just as well have had another thou sand dollars!" walled Flora. Winchester's elbow knocked a small package from the table to the "What is this?" he asked, picking « ,ι afternoon. I haven't had time to look at It" He ripped off the covers and looked stupidly at a small leather volume In his hand. "The Diary of Nancy Gray!" he ex claimed. A letter fell from the book, and he opened it eagerly. "Read It!" commanded Flora Impa tiently. And he re«d as follows: My Dear Mrs. Winchester—Your uncle, the late Mr. William Gray, has placed this little volume in my hands with in structions to turn it over to you after his death. Of course you are aware that your uncle wrote this fantastical little tale for his own amusement many years ago, but it was never published. Tou are probably in a position to recognise that your uncle's clever wit enabled him to take great liberties with your family history. As the preset t owner of the Gargoyle bedstead, this little book will prove to be of especial Interest to you. Congratulating you on the possession of such a valuable antique, and with kind regards, I am, very sincerely yours, JEPEMIAH CHESLET. The long silence was broken at last by a suppressed chuckle from Mr. Win chester. His wife burled her face In the sofa pillows. "Brute!" she sobbed bitterly. And Winchester Is still wondering whom she meant Military Digits. Men with long, tapering "piano" fin gers are apt to desert after short serv ice, while those having stubby digits, denoting stability of character and ut ter lack of the artistic temperament usually stand by their boats and make the best marines. Although desertions from the marine corps are light at times, It has been said that actors, sign writers and. strange to say, waiters furnish the largest number of deserters. Records, including finger prints, of all men enlisted in the corps are kept at headquarters for purposes of identi fication, and there are cases on record where bodies, with finger tips Intact have been positively Identified through the finger print medium.—Philadelphia Press. Faoe Value. Escarolle—She said : "I want 70a to take me at my face value. Don't judge me by my father's wealth." Chiffon ade—And what did y ο" sar? Eeca rolle Why, I told her that the present price of dyes, paints and cosmetics was so high that I couldn't afford to be as sociated with her.—Life. Muet Be. "I'm really worried about my wife." "What's the matter?" "I don't know. There must be some thing radically wrong with her be cause she says she Isn't taking the slightest Interest In the new style·."— Detroit Free Press. % While He Waited In the Parlor. Mr. Sooper (to her kid brother)-* May I hope to see yoor sister pretty soon? Kid Brother—YonU see her pretty, all right She's been flzin* op to beat the band.—ETchange, January Wheat Crepe. Only two countries, Chile and New Zealand, usually harvest their wheat crops in January. life doesn't consist ta playing a good . heed, but In playing a poor hand well