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VOLUME XXI.
THE GIRL
The girl ' o laughs God bleas her!
Thrice blesses herself the while;
No mule on earth : ,
Has nobler forth
Than that wulcli voldos a smile.
The girl who laughs- men love her;
jne hi is .mm. me mm ui ueiu.
Hi burden of woe
' 1 Hit Iks itlniv
Or joy to ills biuw ot care,
John
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KING AND I IN GOITESBERG CASTLE.
From the
It war, about 4 o'clock In the after
noon when I, Hubert von Hausach,
lr.l rtlc.nvereri the danger Which
threatened Hie castle of Qottcnsbcrg,
end thanked God that my master, the
King was not with us.
, I have always taken pleasure In
writing a little in my leisure hours,
and when I write ! always sit in the
east tower of the castle, where there 13
a magnificent view over the mountain
crags and the big pine forest at the
toot of the castle.
That Ill-starred morning I had writ
ten a letter to the King concerning
Countess Helen, our guest, and though
I and many other loyal subjects would
gladly have seen her on the other side
of the frontier, I had merely reported
on her health.
We could none of us foresee anything
but misfortune for the country If this
woman, witty, high spirited and beau
tiful as she was should ever become
queen.
Deep In thought, I had gone to the
window to look out. At a distance
from the castle, in the forest, 1 caught
Bight of mounted men.
'iha sun shone on their grean anl
re.rognl7.ed the crest
d
TbthTcowoTessTtroflrT?
For this man had sworn that he
would neither sleep In a bed nor change
his Bhlrt until Helen of Oerelsteln
should have been driven out of the
country, and most of the King's sub
jects secretly applauded Albert's senti
ments. I had promised the King to protect
Heltn of Oerelsteln with my life, and
I meant to keep my word. Accordlng
' Iy, I immediately sent for the Captain
of the guard. He was a young fello'v,
tupld and conceited.
"Sir Hubert," he said, "you have
sharp ears for your age. These are
undoubtedly Albert'B men."
"In that case I hope you are prepar
ed, Captain," I rejoined.
He smiled.
"Gottensberg Is Impregnable," he
said. "The sentinels are at their post,
and the drawbridge is to be raised. II
the Countess Ib not safe here It will
not be my fault."
Then I went down to break the
news to Countess Helen, who was tak
ing tea with her Bister Marie. They
were the handsomest pair of sisters In
the kingdom.
She understood already from my tone
In greeting that there was danger In
the air, and grew pale when I told her
I had seen In the forest two mounted
men with black feathers and sliver
crosses.
She went over to the window and
looked out. Between the tree trunks
a light bluish mist was visible.
"There is a campflre in the forest
don't try to deny It, Sir Hubert. Al
bert of Jaegendorf Is there with his
men. Isn't it so?" she asked.
"I fear so, Countess."
' She laid an Icy hand on mine. "What
shall I do? Tell me, in heaven's
name!"
"There Is the report whlc'j Is sent
under escort to his Majesty every even
ing at sundown. If you could take 11
yourself ;"
"You must be mad!" she cried. "I
, a woman and alone and Albert o
Jaegendorf at the doors!"
"If you were to ride to the city with
the message to his Majesty, you would
be neither a woman nor alone. You
would wear the uniform of a courier
and hate a'n escort. The captain
thinks the castle Impregnable, but
there are others who maintain that Al
bert and his men would storm Paradise
If they saw a chance of finding booty
there. In a few hours we shall know
who la right."
Thus Helen of Gerelsteln became the
King's courier. When the sun had
tone down she left, the castle with nix
dragoons as her escort.
"Albert will read her letter," I said
to little Marie, as we stood looking af
ter the departing ones, "and it will
serve as her passport, as it simply
states that she is well and happy at
Qottesberg."
The captain and I were sitting at
our evening meal, when a servant sud
denly appeared and whispered in my
ear that his Majesty had come back
and was waiting for me in the little
library where he was in the habit ot
working.
The message frightened me so that
my knees trembled under me; and
when I stood before the King he at
; once read the secret In my face.
"Where Is the CountessT Why did
you let her go?" be asked In the clear,
cold voice which always preceded an
Outburst ot Wrath.
"Your Majesty," I stammered, "she
went because Albert of Jaegendorf Is
at the doors." '
He looked at me with his gray eyes,
- and the expression in them Bhowed
that he understood and was grateful.
"Albert of Jaegendorf?" he repeat
ed, doubtfully. "I came along the for
est path and saw neither him nor bis
men."
I told bow I had made the Countess
put on the uniform of a courier. The
-King thought the plan daring too
much so. However, he wished to con
. vlnce himself of the true state of af
fairs and together we itepped out on
. t hA tArrae
The night was dark as pitch, but in
the heart 01 the forest mere appeared
between the trees a reddish haze.
"That is Albert's campire," said the
King, abruptly. "If the sentinels are
lnval ha and his men will dim the
mountain behind us where no man bus
ever set his foot before.
'- "Your Majesty must not sleep la
WHO LAUGH.
The girl who laughs when sorrow
Cornea by. ml a glistening tear
lln stolen the glims
Of minnow tints
Ami pictured a world Of cheer,
Tho Elrl who HauglisAfe ns herj
Th'itt Is never an rVir sv I'
But waken and inutile ;
Of the laugh of a lass who's &
Howard Todd In the New TVk Press,
German
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your' own room tonight," I ventured.
In my grandfather's time tncre was
a subterranean passage which went
under the lake," he remarked, as he
went to inspect the sentinels. 1
would give a thousand florins to know
If it still exists."
The King did not lack courage, as
wo all know who have served him. I
shall never forget how he looked that
night as he stood before me In nis wue
uniform of hussars, erect and proud,
ready to fling a Jest In the face of
death. He knew as well as I what
would happen If he fell Into the hands
of Albert's men.
Who could have slept after all this?
Not Hubert von Hausach, at any rate.
I 6till remember how, when the
King had gone to bed In the red cham-'
ber, I took out my old uniform of drag
oons, buckled on my Bword and loadod
my pistols. Then I went into the ante
room In order to be near him should
anything happen.
The hours crept on slowly more
slowly than ever In my life before.
The steps of the sentinel were the enly
sound that broke the stillness. In-valn
I tried (0 persuade mjBclf that the cas
tle could not be stormed by a band of
highwaymen,
" 'Sud"denTv"Tncnrrt' d scream" I after
ward learned that it came from little
Marie, who had been torn out of her
sleep to be carried up into the moun
tains. 1 sprang to the door nnd called to
the sentinel. There was no reply.
A pistol shot flashed through the
darkness and showed me our guards
dying in the corridor and a crowd of
strange men Willi swords and pistols
In their hands. In the confusion wore
heard tries of "The King! The King!"
1 slammed the door and swung into
place the heavy iron bars. A khork
at the door of the ruyal sleeping, cham
ber wai answered by King Ludwlg
himself.
He was pale and had drawn his
sword. There was no need of telling
him anything.
"How long will It take them tobresk
open the door, Hubert?" he asked.
"About fifteen minutes, I think, your
Majesty.'
Suddenly the large window was torn
off Its hinges and a man with a rope
about his waist came tumbling In. It
was one of Albert's men. Thoy must
have let him down Irum the tower
above the room.
He fired at the King, but with a
stroke on his arm I deflected the bul
let, and before he could fire another
shot the King had felled him with the
butt of his pistol.
Hut where one had entered other.!
might follow, and there were already
two of them In the room. I left tliem
to the King and ran to the window.
(Sure enough! There was unothor
hanging at the end of a rope. Wtlh
a stroke of my sword I cut it and the
man fell, like a stone, a hundred feet
to the bottom ot the ravine.
Then 1 turned to the King. Two
men lay ilead at his feet and he was
standing vith the third before him, nt
the other end of the room near the
1 . 1 trait of his father.
Fascinated, I stood watching the
King's swordplay. Albert's men were
still working nt the outer door. What
good would It do us if the King should
conquer this foe? Death awaited us
In the corridor.
The clumsv fencing of the bandit re
joiced my heart, and I laughed aloud
when hiB blade struck In the panel be
hind the old King's portrait. The fel
low threw an evil glance at me, but It
was his last for his Majesty's thrust
was quick and sure. Tho man fell,
frothing at the mouth.
"Here Is the forgotten passage, Hu
bert," the King said, and added with
deep reverence, "Lord, It Is Thy will!"
1 bowed my head and looked at the
miracle which had happened. The
bandit had thrust his sword into the
forgotten door lending to the passage
to the vaults. The sword must have
touched a Becret spring, or the wood
was rotten with age. The opening in
the wall showed us a way of escape.
I remember that I took a candle and
lighted the King while he descended
the stone stairs, after I had closed the
panel and replaced tne heavy Iron
bars at Its back. We traversed a cel
lar and then went down another nar
row and steep stairway and through a
long tunnel wntcn was so tow mat we
had to stoop as we went.
At last we stonned. The way which
we had come ended abruptly before Rn
immense wen, from wnicn an onor no
fearful emanated that we instantly re
colled. The King sat down on a stone ledge
In deen rieannii' tn the stillness we
heard a distant, lllbodlng sound, as of
many feet and shouting voices.
After a while he said:
"It. In nor ltkn ntv irranrifather tn
have built himself such a rat trap. If
we only had a lantern we would try
the water In the well."
This sudden inspiration gave me a
start, I leaned out over the water
without paying attention to the fearful
odor.
What I saw was a well about thirty
feet deep, with black bottom and
slime and mud all over the sides. The
bad air extinguished 'the light In my
hand.
"If we only had a stout to throw!
How dark It Is," the King said. "Lis
ten, Hubert, do you bear anything?"
"I hear a sound as of galloping
horses." 1 saia.
"At the bottom of a well? Heavens,
It 1 true!" he exclaimed.
We leaned over the well and ascer
talned that we were not mistaken. "K
Is no well, but a tower on the mountain
side," the King suddenly cried. "I
have seen it when bunting. There
must be a way out somewhere. I would
give a thousand florins tor a match!"
"I have matches In my pocket, your
Majesty; and bb true as I live, I think
my hand Is touching an Iron step."
I lighted the candle and we again
leaned over the black hole. Before the
light went out It had shown us an
iron ladder built on one side of the
slimy wall.
While I again lighted the candle the
King went down to life or death, as
his destiny willed.
"Be careful how you step, Hubert,"
ho called up to mo. "There Is a door
here."
A fresh breeze confirmed his words.
I threw away the light and felt my
way down. At the bottom of the lad
der was a door and through It we
stopped out Into the valley at the foot
of the cliff.
All I remember or the rest Is that
tho King's arms were around my nock
and that he repeated over at:d over:
"Not your love no,. I cannot live
without it, old friend."
We ran through the forest like two
Bchoolboys. In the nearest village we
secured horses and were In the capital
at daybreak.
Thus Albert of Jaegendorf was driv
en out of the country. But little Marie
stayed with him, and she who once
was carried screaming from the castle
now rules over him with an Iron will.
That the King's marriage also come
to pass doea not belong to this story.
But of me, Hubert von Hausach, It
shall never be said that I served any
one but my King, whem I pray that
all good spirits may protoct from evil,
New York Sun.
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.
Afghan soldiers are not admitted
as witnesses In luw courts ot their
own country.
Capital punlshmont has been abol
ished in tTie mWAfi of Nuevo beon,
K,lnn .,r ir,l I II lirVl Cl'llIlCS. DUt U
reserved for highway
robbers, trait
such other of-
ois, revolutionists an
fenders.
The first book ever prdElcrt was
the tlonlt of Psalms, by Faust allS
Schooffcr, A. IX, 1457. It was print
ed on one side only ot the leaves,
which were, in the binding, pasted
back to back.
Many of the younger children Irt
Jeiusaiem saw snow an l Ice for the
Put time In their life last, February.
Oi.e child came In with a Mece of ice
and said; "1 have found a piece of
glass, but it is very cold."
It Is an odd fact that South Africa
owes three of her greatest industries
to Jews. De Puss developed the
whaling and guano industries, An
diade thai of ostrich farming, and
Mosenlhal the wool and hide trades.
nut-itai-a who recently sacked a
house in Paris left, notes behind them,
saying: "Your clock has stopped
chiming. We will take It to the,
watchmaker." "For fear you should
be robbed, we are removing your Jew
elry." While the English vocnbuls' c ot a
slum child of five, according to the
rbs nations of a Scottish school ln
soeclor, numbers only two or three
dozen words, an average middle-class
.hi d of the same age commands 1000
words.
London has five regularly built
open-air pulpits from which there Is
preaching, and the lcsults have been
so good that other churches are con
sidering the question of having such
pulpits built upon the outside ot their
edifices.
Thnusrh nearly 81. Lord Halsbury,
Lord Chancellor of England, Is devot
ing flvo or six hours a day to the
work on English law which he Bet
himself some time ago a work which
Involves labor sufficient to daunt a
man not half his age.
.Tames Broadbent, mayor of Hud-
dersfleld, England, Is making the
proper care of babies the feature of
his administration. He issues In
structions as to their food and has
them weighed every fortnight on the
mayoralty scales, to keep tab on their
nutrition.
Soaln during recent years has lost
only one ruler by assassination Can
nvRi del Castillo. Russia has lost
two czars, Turkey two sultans, Persia
a shah, America three presidents,
flvB other renubllcs one president
each, and Austria, Servla and Korea
have also suffered.
A farmer In Hungary named Szek-
ely recently became tho father of
niinrlrimleta. As he had forty-four
children already and there Is no room
in his home for any more, he Is at a
loss what to do. The London, Globe
suggests that he write to President
Roosevelt about it.
Probably the heaviest man In
Eur6pe was the late Hans Fromm,
of Willenberg, In eastern Prussia, a
hotel keeper. He weighed 625
pounds, A showman In Paris once
offered htm a large sum, and he was
wllltni: to accept it, but he could not
enlor any passenger car and refused
to travel in a freight car.
A chess player's time-keeper 1 the
novelty of Herr Veenhoff of Gronln
gen. It consists of two similar small
clocks, behind which Is a double, lover
n arranged that B can touch a but
ton to start the clock of A as the
latter begins to move, and ' A can
Imifh annthnr button to at on his own
clock and start th other as B's play
commences. Al the tnd of the game
the clocks show the total time taken
for the moves of each player.
' It nlight Have Been Worse;
Lydla I'm Just as mad as t can be
with Charley. He kissed me right be-
fnra alt Iha fftrlfl .
Georgette Well, isn't that better
than If he had biased all the girls
Dotore your ruegenae tjiaeuea,
I? II AN KLIN, N. 0., WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 3,
Rooting Slips.
In describing her method of root
ing slips In a soil a Kentucky woman
florist says: "I break off slips 01
roses with a hoel of half ripened wood,
place tn a rich soil, turn a -glass
tumbler or Jar lightly over them ana
leave them this way for three weeks.,
,. . 1 rrn.n..
Keeping tueni wen wuiwruu. (
are usually well rooted at the end of
three weeks, after which 1 put a prop
under one side of the tumbler or Jar
and In this way allow them to navo
air for one week. I then remove the
glass and allow them to grow undis
turbed the rest of the. summer, I root
the Hibiscus and other hardwooded
plants In this way also. 1 prefer rich
soil to sand, aS the sand dries out so
quickly and tho young roots are in
jured." Cattle and 8heep.
For two weeks, feed young calves
on milk. Then substitute skimmed
milk nnd a gruel of coarse flour and
cornmcal, well cooked. Guard against
Indigestion.
After four weeks the diet should be
a little clover hay and wheat bran,
ground corn and oats, and linseed-oil
meal.
Be sure to plan a warm, sunny cor
ner In the barn for tho cows, If you
are doing any building now. tt will
be needed In winter. In the summer
darken the windows, or flies will make
life miserable for tho cows.
Feed young lambs with care. They
will begin to eat grain when three
weeks old. Oats and barley are the
best at first; corn later. Bo very
regular in feeding.
The Way To Make Hens Moult.
v One of the achievements of modern
pouYtH'y keeping Is that of forcing a
hen to Ityff her old coat, and grow n
new one Tfciovo the time when she
would do so Vaturally. Many hens
shgd their feathWs so late in the sea
son, naturally, tfcat cold weather over
takes them bcforV they get new suits,
consequently they seldom begin lay
ing before spring. If the mult caa
be hastened so that a new coat of
feathers la grown an'dVe, lalng can
be started before cold weafheX, the.
prospect is good for a supply of efiB
during fall and winter.
The result Is usually accomplished
by cutting off all meat and mash foods
putting the hens on short rations of
grain for a week or so to stop the
laying, then allow liberty and food a
full ration hlrh In protein. This loos
ens the old feathers, which drop otf
quickly and starts a rapid growth or
the new. A liberal allowance of beef
scrap is essential, and linseed meal
Is an advantage. Bunilower seeds aro
also good during the moult Indlau
apolls News.
Nail WOunds In Hoofs.
It has long been known that nail
pricks and other similar injuries In
the horse's hoof may lead to an Infec
tion followed by formation of pus un
der the horn of the hoof and a serious
general disease of the horse or at least
the loss of the hoof. In a bulletin of
tho South Dakota Station, Moore has
recently reported results obtained iu
a number tit cases from applying a
strict antiseptic treatment to lnjunes
of this sort, says the Indianapolis
News.
Tho mpthod consists In paring away
be horn of the hoof from the affected
part until the blood ooses out, The
hoof Is then thoroughly wasnea in n
solution of blchlorld of mercury at the
rate of one part to BOO of water, after
which absorbent cotton saturated in a
.ruiuimv of the same strength Is ap
plied to the wound and the whole hoot
1b packed In cotton surrounuea ny a.
hnndoc-B and well coated with tar.
This prevents any further filth from
coming In contact wnn tne wouuu.
Tho onerntlon must usually be done
by a qualified veterinarian. Subse
quent treatment, however, can De ap-
nliod bv the average farmer, since an
that Is necessary Is to pour a little
ot this solution of blchlorld ot mer
the Cotton which projects
from the upper part of the bandage.
The cotton will absorb enougn 01 u
solution to keep the wound moistened
and hasten the healing process.
How To Bit Your Horse.
You can never give a horse a prop
er mouth unless, first, you prevent his
keeping bis mouth open; second, you
keep his tongue always Under the bit,
and not over it, or "lolling" out of the
mouth; third, you train him to go
pleasantly up to It,' and to bend him
self, and never to be "behind" his
bit, or to pull on It, or to drive upon
either rein; fourth, you keep him al
ways "alive on" and responsive to Ita
lightest Indications; fifth, you so bal
ance him that he can do all these
things without suffering personal dis
comfort; sixth, yon thoroughly de
ceive him as to the qualities and quan
tity of your power to control and di
rect ' These essentials may all be
simplified Into two divisions; first,
make him absolutely comfortable; sec
ond, fool him.
From earliest colthood the horse
should be allowed to yield Jaw and
neck, of course, but never to open his
mouth to the pressure of the bit An
enthusiast wrestling with the problem
of bitting a la Baucber, msy train his
horse to open his mouth to bit flexion
the most pernicious bablt ho could
learn. This result la usual after the
application of tho "dumb .Jockey"
innw rural used) with its tight cheo'.
and rubber side lines cruelly short
ened. ! When neck and Jaw can stani
the agony ot restraint no longer, the
opening of the mouth gives relief by
yielding several Inches, and the habit
Is adopted, ' In most cases, to last
through life. The tongue often works
Over the bit to escape pain, an
"tongue-lolling" becomes a conflrme
hnbit.-F. M. Ware in The Outing
Magazine.
Where the Spreader Pays.
Almost numberless experiments
have proved that tho manure spread
er Is one of tho most valuable of farm
Implements. Wo aro not booming
manure spreaders, but decidedly are
ui,r onvihinir which will reduce
UWlH'I'fl ..v...o ,
the labor of tho farm, aud especially
when It also Increases tho yteut.
That a good manure spreader, ot
any make, will do this there Is no
question. The difficulty In obtaining
farm labor is growing greater yearly,
hence anything which will accomplish
the purpose In the form of machinery
should bo welcomed.
It is practically Impossible to
spread the manure by hand as evenly
as a good spreader will place It. The
labor necessary to break the large
pieces Into proper sizes is considera
ble, and this work the manure
spreader does without trouble. That
the crops are Inerensed is due very
largely to the evenness with which
the manure Is placed by the spread
er making tire stand more even with
a corresponding growth all over the
field.
With us the manure spreader
seems particularly valuable because
our manure i spread as .
made, and as the bulk of it is accumu
lated during tho winter, It Is much
pleasanter to loud 'It onto the spread
er and have the machine spread it on
the fields quickly and evenly than
it Is to unload a wagon on a cold
day. Look Into the merits of the ma
nure spreader before the work has
to be done again.
The Plum Orchard.
There Is even more necessity tor
regular and clean cultivation with the
plum than with the peach, inasmuch
as It requires a more plentiful supply
of water. Moisture can only be re
tained by cultivation: shallow but
thorough, after every compacting
rain, thereby pulverizing the crust and
forming a soil mulch to shut off capil
larity and so strain the water already
chambered In tho subsoil from tho
jv-luter rains. To Insure such a reser
voir of moisture-Akf -cwlhnrd should be
plowed in both dlrcctionV-'.riMlther
cultivator or disk harrow as eaffrH.
winter as possible. Even during win
ter it will pay once or twice to break
the compact crust that forms after
heavy rains with an acme harrow or
similar Instrument, though this is
quito generally neglected by commer
cial growers to their loss.
Crops of grass and weeds should
never be allowed to develop In the or
chard, as they not only rob the trees
of water, but of plant rood without a
corresponding return. 1-ow, cultivat
ed crops, llko cotton, while of course
distinctly injurious to the trees, ara
less objectionable, since to a certain
extent they pay for board and lodg
ing. Cowpeas in rows occupying the
middle between tho trees are rather
more of a benefit than a detriment,
for although they trench on the wa
ter supply, they return an equivalent
in the nitrogen they transfer to the
soil. Small grain, however, is ruinous.
Cultivation should cease before the
maturity of the crop and not be re
sumed until the trees have become
dormant in the soli. This will permit
the wood to ripen up well, which a
constant disruption of the root sys
tem by the cultivator would prevent.
Prof. H. N. Starnes In the South
ern Fruit Grower.
Liming the Land.
Enough experimental work has been
done with lime on the land to demon
strate conclusively that , lime pay3
where land Is sour or In need of phy
sical Improvement. Lands that long
have been given to grass, or have be
come hard and stiff because their
humus has been used up and de
stroyed by continual cultivation, fre
quently show marvelous results from
a moderate use of quicklime.
i ima ahiiwa its nower in affecting
the soil properties which constitute
fertility; in changing soil texture to
the extent that sandy soils are Im
proved and heavy clays are made open
and crumbly; in releasing poiasBium
and making it available for use ot
plants. Nitrification is helped, or-
ganio matter is decomposed, ana me
mil in aweetened. Surely a number
of good deeds It does,, and with last
ing effect.
Does vour soil look sad and sickly?
If so It may need lime. Does your
soil tail to produce vigorous growtn
and 1 nnd color in the plants it grows?
Jf so, it probably heeda lime. Does
your soil show acidity when tested?
If so, it truly needs Ifuie.
Get a penny's worth of blue litmus
paper at your drug store. Take from
the field a handful of wet earth that
looks suspicious, Insert your knife
blade, and In the opening put a strip
of blue litmus pape, and press the
soil tightly about it. If sour, In a few
hours the paper will' become reddish
In color and you may know that lime
Is needed to correct the -acidity, for
for most of our plants do but poorly In
acid soils.
"How shall we apply lime?"
A common way that Is practicable
and Inexpensive is to place ten or twen
ty bushels on an acre In, heaps of
two or three biiBhels, covering with
soli or did BSr'ks until the lime falls
nnai-r a tid heeomes thoroughly slacked.
This done, you should spread evenly
over the soil and harrow In.
Too constant use ot lime it unde
sirable. An application once in four
or five years Is sufficient Try liming
this year If ouly in a small way, It
may be the inedkiue you want
Farming
1906.
HOPE FOR CANCER CURE.
ENGLISH EXPERTS INOCUtATE
AGAINST THE DISEASE IN MICE.
Trypsin Dr. Beard's Rerpedy It Has
Been Triad on Mice and Men and
Cancerous Growths Have Been De
stroyed. As the result of experiments with
mice the Superintendent of the Im
perial Cancer Research Fund Labor
atory of London, announced recently
at u meeting of the subscribers to the
fund that the prospects ot discovering
fhe origin of cancer were more hope
lul than ever.
Kxpi rls, he added, are now able to
reproduce In mlce.all the features of
spontaneous cancer and to protect
healthy mice from the consequences by
Inoculation. Out ot 100 mice innocu
lated to produce tho dlscaso ninety
developed tumors, but In the protect
ed animals no tumors occurred.
It has also been found that the body
fluids of protected mice injected Into
mice with experimental cancer retard
ed tho growth of well-established tu
mors. The Superintendent pointed out
that the experiments must be carried
further before it can be ascertained
whether they will have a bearing on
the treatment of the dlBease In man
kind. Belief that a remedy for cancer has
lwpn found Is exDressed by Dr. C. W.
Saleebv. F. R. S.. the well-known
aripinlat and author of London, In
a:i article In McClure's Magazine. He
c'.t u-ibes the results of the researches
h :o tl a mm at cancer made by Dr.
1. hn Heard, lecturer in comparative
eml tyblogy In the University of Edln-
bi rgh, who has devoted over twenty
..in, tn th siiidv of tumors, malig
nant and benign. The article was cor
rected and approved by Dr. Beard.
lfr. Saleeby does not assert that ab
solute certainty has been attained, but
he does say: "Tho giving of the
widest and most immediate publicity
to these facts seems to be a proceeding
from which It would be cruel and cow
ardly to retrain, sven though absolute
ly dogmatic and final statements can
not yet be made, and even though one
may be accused of rushing in where
wiser people fear to tread. If the
cases 1 have seen be not miraculous In
the common sense of the term-that Is
to say, due to Divine interference with
natural law one has no choice but
to speak."
Dr. Beard's theory of the method by
which cancer appears In the human
boxly is given in tho article. Dr.
Beard holds that the cells, of which
It Is formed, have always been in the
body, and only under exceptional con
ditions awake to malignant activity.
They may be destroyed, or, as he puts
It "digested" by means of trypsin.
To establish this Dr. Beard inoculat
ed several mice with cancer and then
tr.,tPrt iwn with trvDsin. One of these
was accidentally killed after four in
jections In ten days.
"Tua minrrvii'nnlcal examination,
mys Dr. Saleeby, "demonstrated that
every WvUL cell or tne iumm ,
In degeneration fully half of them
being represented Mtf shapeless masses
of particles, probablyN'nalna of nu"
clei, and all the rest were" Tpere skele
tons of cells. Even these "Seemed in
very many cass to be ciumblirifi..8.nl'
falling rapidly away, as though in a
hurry to quit the scene.
"The treatment of the Becond mouse
lasted for twenty-one days, when It
was killed, since on that day one ot
the untreated mice died of its tumor.
In the case of that mouse the tumor
was as large as the last segment of a
man's thumb, while in the treated
mouse It was only as big as a lentil.
Microscopically 'this latter apology for
a tumor was In advanced degeneration
shrinking away to nothingness and
quite harmless. Even without further
treatment the tumor would have In all
probability, been absorbed shortly or
its remains cast out."
.Dr. Saleeby goes on to describe two
rnsfcii of the administration of tryp
sin to man and tho excellent results
obtained. "1 have personally watched,
he says, "from the first the treatment
of a case ot cancer In an outlying dis
trict of London. The surgeons had
pronounced the case Inoperable and
the patient was evidently sinking.
Writing two days less than four
weeks after the tentative and partial
commencement of treatment by tryp
sin, 1 am able to report that, so far
as all the Indications go and they are
abundant the tumor has been
killed outright. The patient Is on the
high road to recovery, though some
difficulty Is yet to be apprehended by
reason of the poisonous action of the
disintegration products of the growth.
So far as my small experience goes,
this Is certainly the most amazing
thing I have ever seen."
Ot another case Dr. Saleeby says It
"has been under treatment for six
weeks, three successive operations
having been performed by a dls-no-,,i0hoH
aureeon. who declined
to undertake a iourtn. in mm
it u nraathiA tn sav. even at this stage,
: .
not only that the growth ot the tumor
has been arrested, but mat it is now
dead. The patient Is apparently maa
inr a ranld recovery, and it Is expect
ed that In a tew weeks more no signs
of the tumor will be discoverable."
nt h mAthnda of aoolicatlon ; of
- v - - -
trypsin too little experience has been
hH tn narmlt ol dogmatism, ana ui,
aianhir anEs-eats that it may be ad
miniatared by the mouth, under the
whorA nnaalhle. by local
0KII1, " "- - ' - -
application, Its application to healthy
Dersons. Judging by the experiments
nun mice, item eminsiy iuu
....... ' it ha moreover, the virtue of
UVUCl w - -
being already well known to the med-
liuv" -
kt.inhiA anvwhere. Experience alone
1 MAtaaainn Ann or Deina reaa.117
will show whether the long-desired
fnr fna awful scourge 01 man
K. haAn (Uncovered, but bo certain 1
Dr. Saleeby of the value ot this new
natnnii that he writes:
"The facts which I am to recount
may be due to a series of miraculous
Interventions with tne course w ua
rvr thAv mav he no facts, but
dependent upon the eimultaneoua loss
of reason by tne various peruu
... ntuM-vAii them. There are now
too many ot them, and they are top
consistent tor any one to believe that
they are to be explained by a serlti
imnraeedented Coincidences, The
ninnr hvmithesls being incredible, 1
or one. have no choice but to believe
that I am now privileged to oescrib
a number nf facts, our knowledge Of
which not merely marks an epoch in
embryology, but promises to put au
end fnrevnr to what is Deriiaps the
most appalling of all the ills that fleb
is heir to."
MAKING HOE8.
Quick Work Done in Turning Out Gar
den Implements These Days.
The first hoe ever made consisted
of a pointed or forked stick, and 11
wt.s used both for preparing the
ground for planting and In tearing
out weeds. This was perhaps 3000
years before Christ, but it remained
for the 19th century to witness the In
troduction of really modern tools for
the cultivation of the soil, Since then
tho evolution has been remarkably
rapid until it Is possible to produce a
modern hoe, rake or fork In about live
minutes. I mean by this that the ac
tual operations through which each
tool passes, aside from the time which
tho handles must remalu In hot water
boforo being bent, would not exceed
the time specified.
The steel for garden tools is made
In great quantities at Johnstown, Pa.,
from which place It Is shipped to tool
factories throughout the country. It
urrives at these factories In the shape
of hat bars a half-inch thick. Tho
wo'd whlc.i Ib used most tot handles
Is second growth white ash, and Is cut
In Tennessee, Arkansas and Georgia.
A number of factories receive the
handles already made, It having been
turned out In the Immediate vicinity
of tho timber supply. Fish oil for
tempering the tools as they are made
Is another of the Important products
from a distance necessary to the maU-
tntr r.f nnr mnHprn enrden tools. It Is
brought from Gloucester, N. H.
The bars of steel, once at the tool
factory, nre made red hot In a fur
nace, after which one bar at a time Is
placed in a stamping niachino and cut
Into the blanks or patterns for rakes,
hoes or forks. The pattern for an art
Iclo comprises the metal for the iioe,
rake or fork proper and the shank.
The shank Is that part of the pattern
to which, when completed, the handle
will be attached.
After the shank has been drawn
out to a desired length, the remain
der of the blank, which is to comprise
the hoe proper, Is again heated and la
placed between huge metal rolls whlcn
as they continue to revolve, flatten it
Into a sheet of the thickness of a hoe.
This sheet is then taken to a die,
which is Just the size of a hoe, and,
with a single stroke, the form of the
hoe Ib acquired. ' The shank Is
Riven Its curved appenranoe In a form.
While hot the embryo hoe Is im
mersed In the fish oil for hardening.
If a socket Is to be used In attaching
the handle, the socket Is welded in
to the shank. Otherwise it Is known
as a "shank" hoe. In polishing a hoe,
It Is first ground upon a grindstone
and then held against a buffing wheel.
On some hoeB the shank Is bronzed
with a brush, but this Is not, until af
ter the handles have been Putin
place. Philadelphia Record.
"ALONG THF SAGUENAY."
PrlrcA'ive, Peaceful Life of French
Canadians Attracts Tourists.
Tn sav that the Inhabitants of Chl-
enutlml and the. SaKuenay provinces
are 50 years behind the times would
be to do them an Injustice, ine sirno
and turmoil of the outer world never
penetrate this region; the noise and
confusion, the insolent discourtesy tu
frequently encountered, the nervous,
restless, ever-surging throng of the
metropolis ilve not even in tho mtmis
of these simple people. Tho rugged
heights that hem them In, the broad
waters of the St. Lawrence, tne som
bre tide of the Saguenay, mark the
boundaries of their little world.
To them the rest of tho universe Is
aealed book, save from the tales
handed down from generation to gen
eration of the old home in sunny
France, whence came the sturdy pion
eers whose descendants now occupy
the very land they struggled long
and mnnfullv to acquire and who in
turn will hand It down to posterity.
Unfortunate they may seem at nrBt
thought, yet the more one studies
their characteristics, the closer he ln-
veatientoa their condition, the great
er Is the Inclination to pity himself.
Gentle, quiet, happy to a degree
that is infectious, there is an air of
contentment everywhere In evidence
that Is in Btrange contrast to the
strife and diBCord that prevail In the
tor wnrld. the keen competition,
the glittering possibilities, the bitter
disappointment attendant on lauure,
are all foreign to them, and their cup
of Joy appears ever ready to bubble
over.
Honnv' noonle Indeed are they: be
nighted they may be, yet It is with a
feeling akin to regret that the stran
ger turns his back on the peace and
quietude that abound everywhere
here, to begin the nomewara journey
toward the strife, turmoil and selflsh-
nesB of the outer world. Lucky peo
ple they; fortunate is the man who is
permitted to spend even a few days
amid such mellowing influences,
Lea O. Shaw In the Detroit Free
Press.
Railway Reports.
tn ma rtdrwa to Dartmouth Uni
versity, Andrew D. White, who takes
rank among the great thinkers and
iinwi nf ihA cntintrv. urged that legis
latures should insist upon tne ruiiest
publicity of railway reports, in order
to protect shareholders; and be)
thnntrht that railroad directors should
meet the Dtople more than halt way
in order to aatlsiy tneir wants, ine
tim. win aoon come, he said, when
there will be a great body ot citi
zens who Will demand honest, fair, and
oThanntlvA renorts of the doings of
their representatives in the control ot
the business 01 tne country. vwui
Street Journal. , .
Four Inches from Safety, :
a utorv Is told of a man who. cross
in a dlmiaed coal field late at nleht.
tell Into an apparently bottomless pit
and saved himself only by grasping
a projecting beam. There he clung
with difficult? all night,, says the New
York Tribune, only to find when fay
dawned that his rest were only i,u
Inches from the bottom.
NUMBER 40.
vacation suaoesriON.
The annual pusln astaln IS here,
Of, "Whore In this world ohall we go this
year" ' 1
The mountains answer with views and .
l'Hlt'8, .
Tho Khore talks back of Its times and
tl.l. . . , -:'
The country Mia of Its peaceful way, -lOach
loud In the punHiis of frank self
praise. How simple 'twould be were each man ,
to "stop!"
There's Vineyard Haven for growers of
Bi n pes; ,
Buy Head for tho hatter to try his
shapes; , .
The haherdnshcr nljiht llko Proofs Neck;
Long Bench or Short Hills for the man
"in spec."
Marblnhcnd? For tho sculptor, if you
With 'the" pianist touching the Tampa
Kevs;
Stone Harbor for masons, while, per
haps, Block Island would suit the builder chapi.
Should the under tiro of hlcuk Cape Cod.
Let him seek Uass Hooks with his reel
nnd rod. "
Ieal lleach would receive the players
r.t i.i. 1.... .
Tlaln "Friends" mlRht summer long
Quaker UIiIro;
Flro iKlnnd would seem' to the fireman
fit;
Watch A I 111 with Iho "copper" might make
a hit:
Sullivan ouRht to lellKht tho Bports;
And Sugar Hill sweeten tho out-of-sortai
The tionp' ranee people Cold Spring
might try.
While the not-so-strlct ones could go to
Rye,
)r the one might turn to the Water Gap,
While Hur Harbor tho other should en
trap. Sad spinsters o'er the Blue Hills might
roam:
Toung mothers at Roekaway feel at
home;
Sag Harbor for those who have no new
clothes:
Bell Beach for the iJx-wKrf a TSTenty
beaux: r
Point Comfort predicts for the lazy rest,
Or they might seek sleep on Lake Placld'a
breast;
Or. If It's the crowding guests that hurt,
Trv Shelter Island or Mount Desert.
One even might settle the "color line:"
"Waik Mountains for yours!" "White
Plains for mine!"
Anil so the list might run on at will,
With (i beach or a harbor, a plain or ft
hill.
For every one. Just let the name sug
gest The thing that In winter you like the best.
'nrwlck James, Price In uppin
Magozine. u man his club is meet and
Philadelphia Record.
Young Innocent I beg your pardon,
did I tread on your foot that time?
Sweet Girl (very sweetly) Oh, no;
not that lime. Punch.
"The man I mnrry," declared Miss
Elder, "must be capable of great self
sacrifice." "Yes," murmured Miss
Younger, "he'll have to be."
Miss Impy Cunlous The view from
here Is lovely, Isn't It, pa? Pa Yes.
my dear. Any view Is lovely that
doesn't Include my creditors. Puck.
"So you think yachting Is a dan-
gerous game: ureauiuny ao. wo7
llo- ieiaJ.ha.u J) .-w -iituiir commodores
havo tiled of delirlum-tremens." Life.
"Life is so uncertain," she said. "I
know it," he replied, "let's get mar
ried. )ne of us may die within a
few years." Chicago Record-Herald.
Willie I had a bully time last
Fourth. I bad a ride in a nautomo
bile. Tommy Huh! Dafs nuttin'.
I had a ride In a nambulance. Phila
delphia Record.
"I want to see the president of this
Ice Trust personally on urgent busi
ness." "Sorry, sir; but his term
doesn't expire till next week." Bal
timore American.
"What kind of pie will you have, ,
Willie mince or apple?" "I'll take
two pieces of each, please. Two
pieces!" Yes'ni. Mamma told me not
to ask twice." Life.
Teacher Miss Badger, what do you
understand by "tho privileged class
es"? Coed The botany classes, iney
can go out in the woods once in a
while. Chicago Tribune.
"I see. Katie, that New York Is to
have one policeman to every 521 ot
Inhabitants," said the lady or tne
hnma "Well ma'am. I've eot mine."
was Katie's reply. Yonkers States
man.
"For goodness' sake! What's that
noise?" "The girl next door la hav
ing her voice cultivated." "Huh!
Annarentlv the orocess of cultivation
has reached the harrowing season."
Philadelphia Ledger.
See that man? Ha! ha! ha! Hoi
ho! ho!" laughed Love. "What's the .
matter with him?" asked Envy. "Noth
ing." answered Love, only ne s - a
inekumith. Ha! ha! ha!" Phlla-
"Isn't It splendid out here all
alone?" began Mr. Borem, who bad
found her musing beside the quiet
lnkA "Yob" renlled Miss Bright "I
was thinking that very thing before
you came along." Phliaaeipnia rresa.
'Do you enjoy delivering speeches
to your constituents?" "Oh, yes,"
answered the statesman; only K
h..ti tna tn hnvA BnmA nf them AAV
uuiw ... 1 -
that speeches are the only kind of
goods t can be relied upon to deliver. '
Washington Star.
"Ah! Mr. Penn," said the mis
guided admirer of young Woodby Pote,
"don t you think Mr. Pote'a poem aro
full of words that burn " "Never
put 'em to that test," replied Penn,
the editor; "I merely drop 'em In the
waste basket." Philadelphia Press.
Desk Sergeant Are you married?
Prisoner No, sir. Officer Beggtn'
yer pardon, Sarge, he's a liar. Whom
we searched him, we found tn his
pockets a clipped recipe for curing
croup, a sample ot silk, an' two unpost
ed letters in a woman's handwrltln' a
week old. Cleveland Leader.
The distinguished alienist looked
worried. "No," he said to the report
er, "I can't give you an opinion as to
the sanity of the prisoner." -.,Bjit
surely you Dave consiuereu me case :
"It Isn't ' that," replied the alienist,
"but, you tee, each side has sent me a
retainer, and, as these are the sam
amounts, I am, ot course. In temponr
doubt." Philadelphia Ledger.
Buflter was used for many yean
India solely as an ointment tor
plying to wounds.
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