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The herald., 1897-12-12
DREYFus CANNOT LIVE LONG
Is an Old Man Now and His Chance!
for Release Hopeless

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Is an Old Man Now and His Chances
for Release Hopeless
There was dining recently at e military
club in London an officer Of the German
general staff, whose department gave
l. him a knowledge of the secret service
in France. There were English officers
present at this dinner, one Of whom
asked him If he considered Dreyfus
guilty. The German answered oenper-
ately:
III Dreyfus had sent any information
to the German government should have
heard of 1t. On my word Of honor as an
officer and a gentleman, tell you that
no such information came to U.S."
It Is easy for the French government
to get the testimony Of this German Of
ficer. as we'll as that Of an English major
who heard 1t.
If this evidence is admitted it will ap-
pear that Dreyfus Is the victim of q
conspiracy to ruin him because Of his
|antecedents. I have no right to disclose
the names of the two parties, but they are
both known to ME as trustworthy men.
Since Napoleon died at st. Helena
there has been no prisoner so carefully
guarded as ex-Captain Dreyfus Is now
in the lie Du Diablo. of the coast of
French Guiana. He is the most famous
political prisoner on earth today. The
lies de Salut. or Islands Of Safety, as
they are fantasticaliy called, where he
is confined, are a horror in climate.
Prisoners sent thither are confined in iron
cages on the decks Of the transports on
the way. When they arrive they die
of like sheep.
Now is appears that Dreyfus Is con-
fined in cage after reaching the island.
Napoleon on st. Helena, walked free,
through the island was patrolled by
ships Of war. He lived the life of q coun-
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ALL FOR FUR
Clad In Skins From Head
to Foot
NEW CREATIONS IN cAPEs
THE MOST DESIRABLE SILK
TRIMMING rs oRosaRAIN
Even the Pet Puppy Must Have Its
Fur Erills-The Wild vagaries
of q Parisienne

PARIS. Dec. 1.-(Special Correspond
ence to The Herald .)-Vague tidings OF
trouble with the fisheries have reached
here, but they have not affected the
fashions in furs. Every woman wears
them, and the season, now that 1t has
started In. Is pronounced fur season.
It is remarkable how many different
kinds of fur have been found. There
are nine varieties in sable alone. one OF
these being the common black cat, which
Ii called by a term which In English
means .'roof sable
It Is wonderful, too, how many ways
they have Of trimming furs and how
many different materials they can COM
bine with them. The loose, ill-fitting
fur coat is thing of the distant past.
and the new fur coat, jaunty and be-
coming, has taken its place. Russian
blouses Of fur or its imitation are very
stylish.
One Of the most effective fur trim
mings is chiffon. 1t is worn at the
throat to relieve the blacknes Of dark
furs. Persian lamb, astrachan and seal
skin are all freely trimmed with this
chiffon.
One Of the newest Of Persian lamb
coats IL made Russian blouse, belted
with a broad patent leather belt. The
Jacket blouses little over the belt. and
below 1t Ia finished with square tabs.
A piece Of heavy white silk is set In over
the tabs to set OF the black fur. The
distinguishing feature is jabot of
chiffon which begins at the throat and
extends down the left side Of the waist
The chiffon Is OF purest white, and 1t Is
Necessary to, say that 1t must be re-
newed after each snow or sleet storm.
NEW CAPES.
The capes are Of the old circular shape,
only little longer. perhaps-that is. the
capes for evening Dress These are in
tended to be worn with low-cut dresses.
and must consequently be very warm
Several Of these cape have appeared at
the theaters in the evening and in the
opera boxes. They are also worn on
very full-dress occasions. like wedding
receptions, when they are not removed
unless the guest cares to take them Off.
They are really 80 elegant that they
form a most desorable part Of the cos
tune.
The distinguishing feature in these
capes is that they are trimmed with fur,
silk, lace. chiffon. or any other mater
III. Silk is one Of the most popular
cape trimmings. a heavy grosgrain silk
The herald., 1897-12-12
BLOOD-BOUGHT WAR DISPATCHES

(Synopsfs of Previous Chapters:-Crlt-
tonden Marriott arrived in Cuba on Janu-
ary 20, 1897. when the people Of this country
were ignorant Of the true state of affairs
on the island. The American editors were
awake to the Importance Of Cuban news.
and had dispatched their best men to the
seat OF war. All these newspaper men had
narrow escapes. several were killed, one
died In hospital, some were imprisoned.
Marriott wildly depicts the dangers en-
countered by the stranger IN Cuba, the
watchfulness of Spanish spies and the
ease with which a man can be killed and
his death passed over unnoticed. With this
Introduction he proceeds to describe his
own wanderngs and adventures.
Ate t'ip to Matanzas, a town two
hours and half by rail from Havana,
Mr.. Marriott returned to find that thick
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being used. One kind Of fur trims an
other, and Of these mink and chinchilla
are the most seen.
Il At o very elegant wedding reception
which attended saw an ermine cape
with the double eye that is SO fashion
eble. The eyes were long and very
satiEiy. and on their background Of
white they sat out In beautiful relief.
This cape was trimmed with beautiful
pun Of black grosgrain silk. which be-
gan at the throat and extended all
around the cape. The pun was fully
three fnches wide and was edged with
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where I found that Crosby had COM
pleted his arrangements to reach Gomez.
He intended to go to Vega Alta, little
railway station village, fortified by
strong wooden stockade, and located
some thirty miles away. and to cajole
the officer in charge there into letting
him visit sugar estate near by. Once
outside the lines, he would be met by a
rebel escort and taken to Gomez. We
started the day after I reached Sugua,
and arrived at Vega Alta about night.
fall. 1t turned out, as reported, to have
about 100 inhabitants and garrison OF
some fifty soldiers. 1t was very difficult
to get anything to eat, the region round
about having been stripped by both tho
rebels and the Spaniards.
After what we called supper for want
of a better name, we had equal difficulty
in finding place to sleep. Finally. two
cots were made up for us in a saloon.
(To be Continued)
The herald., 1897-12-12
Caricature in Sacred sone.

When DR.. Atchison Of Illinois re-
marked, in the Methodist church con-
gress at Pittsburg few days ago, that
sacred song in certain branches Of his
church had degenerated into carica-
ture, he spoke a truth which has unfor-
tunatey been self-evident for years. The
trouble Is that this Sunday-school mu-
sic is machine-made. 1t is ground out
to meet a demand. There are some ex-
ceptions, of course, but these are few.
too few. They are oases In a dreary des-
ert of pure balderdash and rot.-Wash-
ington Post.
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crate than the new Medici collar. 1t is
not only extremely tall, but 1t flares out
very broad, and its roll is simply i'm
mense. Many of the smaller capes look
as though they were worn wrong side
up--as though the collar should be
around the shoulders.
If capes are large. muffs are enormous.
1t Is the fashion to carry the hands in
the mum, and any number OF parcels
can be hidden in Its voluminous depths.
There are few fancy NUNS seen. the
plain ones being more the style. The
immense ones are Of gray sable, RUS
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a very tiny band Of black Persian lamb
At the throat the cape was caught with
a big amethyst clasp set in dull gold
The cape was lined with bright rose
pink, which became brilliant in the light.
SILK TRIMS FUR.
The most desirable silk trimming Is
the plain grosgrain, but brocades are
used, and also plain satin. These are
put on with heavy shirring along each
edge, and the edge Is covered with strips
of fur OF bands of velvet.
Collars are extremely high. It ID
difdcult to imagine anything more elab-
The herald., 1897-12-12

three days we had been together, and
before he reached Havana his face was a
good deal broken out. but none of us had
thought Of smallpox. We had been eat
ing, living and almost sleeping with him
for three days. However, Davis and 1
went down and got DR.. Burgess to vac
cinate us three or four time, and we
lived in anxiety for the next two weeks
Luckily, we escaped the disease, and
the interpreter was soon well and about
again.
Crosby was waiting in Havana when
arrived. and two days later we made
the same voyage to Sagua that I had
taken before. The ocean was smoother
this time and neither of us was sea-
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columns Of smoke obscured the city. The
Spanish were wantonly destroying the
homes Of the peaceful inhabitants. driv-
ing them out and burning everything be-
hind them. Meeting Karl Decker, another
correspondent Mr.. Marriott makes trip
to Sagua in a steamboat crowded with
Spanish officers and soldiers. whose mar
dal songs are quenched in the horrors Of
seasickness.)
The herald., 1897-12-12
AN 1ND1scREr1oN

It seems absurdly weak to fret
About one lightly uttered word.
Can't you learn sometimes to foreet9
It seems absurd.
You quite mistook mel referred
To someone you have never met,
Something OF which you've never heard.
OF course my dear, much regret
That such a phrase should have occurred
p II Il gives pain to you. And yet
1t seems absurd
Pail Mall Gazette
The herald., 1897-12-12

The Duke Of Argyll once knew q mar.
who knew another man who knew 'Rob
Rob-" and who spoke Of the great frea-
booter as "a fine neebourly body.s
The herald., 1897-12-12
Tho Bicyclienna

+ When lovely woman stoops to folly.
And rides about upon her wheel,
She gives the man who runs the trolley
Great nervous chills, from head to heel
ftfdianApolls journal,
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then the skim of the milk set in the
morning for cream raising is drawn
from under the cream and put into
the milk vat and at the same time the
buttermilk from that days churning
is also put in. Then another kettle of
boiling water is put into the water
vat.
By morning the contents of the
milk vat is curdled, then the water is
drawn off from the outer vat into ket-
ties and used for heating and by the
time the milking is done the water in
the kettles is boiling hot and is again
poured back into the water vat.
Then the lamp is lighted, the burn
ers turned low and the lamp placed in
position, at which time the family 90
to breakfast.
1t does not pay to turn calves out
until the days and nights are warm.
| have seen calves put in an outside
pen so early that they actually lost
flesh and strength which it took
months to recover. Quite frequently
cold storms come on in May when the
calf is very apt to take cold. If over
taken by such storm, the calf ought
to be put into the barn at once. The
minute calf begins to SILVER it is
going backward. Scours soon follow
and loss is certain. e. l.. Vincent.
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The Compile Plant.

The Miami correspondent Of the
Jacksonville Citizen writes:
Mr. Ell. j. Webber, the botanical eX
pert, is here for the purpose of study
ing the formulation Of the compile
(zania integrifolia).
This compile plant is peculiar in
that it is pollinated in December or
January, but instead of being fecun-
dated Immediately, as in other plants,
formulation does not take place until
six months later. Mr.. Webber's main
discovery in this connection is that
in the pollen tubes, shortly before fe-
cundatio two spermato-zolds are
formed, which swim down through
the pollen tube to the egg cell and fe-
cundate it. This is the first time that
spermato-zoids have been found in
this group of plants, and the estab-
fishing of this fact has an important
bearing in determining their true re-
lationship. In the formulation Of this
ally important organs have been dis
covered, which discovery promises to
throw considerable light on the phe-
nomenon of fecundat ton. Mr.. Weber
is also paying some attention to the
economic side of the plant in its use in
the manufacture of starch.
Indian Starch Makers.-The Indians
are supposed to have first discovered
this use of the compile plant, and
starch-making was considerable in
dustry here many years ago; in fact,
so extensive was it carried on by the
natives that the plant was partially
disseminated. 1t is carried on now to
a certain extent but not so generally
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Bv-Products of the Dairy.

The by-products of the dairy are
well worth looking after carefully be-
cause many times they can be made
to greatly increase the profits, and in
some instances are almost the entire
profits.
In a previous letter mention was
made of the butter making operations
of Leslie Fuller, Bramans Corners,
SchenectadyCo., New ork. In a let
ter received from him since then he
gave an account of his method Of con-
verting his skim milk into cottage
cheese which he is able to dispose of
at good price.
Mr.. Fuller uses portable creamery
and practices the Swedish system OF
cream raising, therefore his skim milk
is sweet and in the best possible con-
dition when drawn from the creamery
and from under the cream, thus pro-
ducing the final separation OF the
cream from the milk.
He has a small, almost miniature
cheese vat, made on the same general
plan of large self-heating watts used in
large dairies and small cheese facto-
ries. The milk vat is made of tin and
sets in galvanized iron water vat.
The heating is done by a kerosene
oil lamp with three burners, but to
save time the water to fill it is first
heated on the cook stove.
The skim milk from the portable
creamery is put into the milk vat be-
fore breakfast and kettle of hot wa
ter is poured into the water vat. The
mornings skim milk is allowed to
stand in the milk vat till evening,
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of all power of beneficial action in the
matter of excessive freight charges,
and left mere bureau of statistics
and arbiter of determinations.
fortunately for Florida, our inter
nal water ways and ocean steamship
service give us competitive channels
of shipment north and east and it is
to be hoped that self-interest will in
duce western connections to handle
our fruit on more fair and liberal
terms than heretofore, when we can
again furnish them our large quota
of profitab bic freight.
Every considerable improvements
have beer recently made in the con-
struction of refrigerator cars, safe.
guarding perishable fruits over long
distances with most satisfactory re-
suits.
eve have to lament the decease
since our last meeting Of the Rev. c.
F. A. Bielby of DeLand, vice presi-
dent of the exchange. Mr.. Bielby was
one of our most intelligent, active,
devoted members, and his death is
great loss to the state, to the commu-
nifty in which he lived, and to this
exchange, of which he was a most val
ued officer for many years.
1.-The exchange has of course had no
field of active operations for the past
two years, and the main work of its
officers has been to preserve it's or
ganization, assets and property in
readiness for the resumption of bust
ness. This we hope will not be de-
fered beyond the year 1898.
81 hope Cd. w. at our next annual
meeting to congratulate you upon
good crop in sight, with cheerful ex-
pectation of future prosperity for the
orange growers of Florida.
"When we realize how short a time
has elapsed since the Hateful 18th OF
February, 1895, we may we'll take
courage and stake our faith on the
future of the orange industry of Flor
ida
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as when Thomas Adams, the New
York chewing-gum manufacturer, OPP
Grated a starch factory in this local
ity, nearly forty years ago.
Poisonous Qualities.-It was during
the manufacture of starch that the
poisonous quality of the compile was
first discovered. The roots are first
ground into pulp, which is placed
in barrel of water, and allowed to
remain for two or three days, when
the water is allowed to run upon the
ground, the valuable substance re-
naming at the bottom of the barrel.
This water formed in puddles and an
imals had a ready thirst for it. In
scarcely three days after they had be-
gun drinking their bodies would swell
as if affected by dropsy, and the
beasts would die. All animals except
hogs were similarly affected, but dogs
were most often the victims.
Before corn starch found place in
the markets of Key West, New Or
leans, Galveston, Cuba, and the Ba-
hama group, the compile grinders of
the bay region had a profitable indus
try Even New York, Philadelphia,
and other eastern cities were supplied,
and the natives were kept busy sup
plying the demand. Even at this late
date, some markets find sale For
this starch, although it does not war
rant many establishments, and many
old starch mills remain to tell the tale
Of a once prominent industry.
Discovery of Seeds.-Thougb the
compile plants were exterminated to
certain extent, they have become nu-
merous in a way that is interesting.
The seeds dry up and are plentiful
from New River to the Florida keys.
They are scattered everywhere by
black birds and crows, which fly to a
tree with them, eat the gum from
around the seed, dropping the kernel
to the ground. 1t takes about three
years for plant to mature from the
seed sufficiently for use in the manu-
facture of starch
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Pear Blight.


''Will you please give me cure for
my pear trees, same as blight disease?
Small sprigs are whitening and dying,
and fruits are becoming black
The rather brief description of the
disease seems to indicate the common
pear blight, but greater certainty
would have been attained if an af-
fected twig had been sent with it. The
disease known as pear blight is not
limited to pear trees, for it attacks
ounce, apple and other pomaceous
trees and shrubs as we'll. One or
more branches on a tree may be at
tackled, while the others may escepe
and remain healthy. All the leaves on
an affected branch soon assume a
dark brown or blackish color, and this
result is sometimes brought about so
rapidly that the discoloration is seen
while the leaf is yet soft and flexible.
A slight change in the appearance of
the bark of an affected branch is also
sometimes noticeable, so that the line
of separation between the healthy and
the diseased bark may be seen; but
this symptom is not conspicuous.
The disease is bacterial in nature,
the germ causing it taking the botani-
cal name Micrococcus amylovorus.
The germ gains access to the tree
through the tender tissues of the flow
ers am. of the tips Of growing twigs.
Possibly they may also sometimes en-
ter through wounds in the bark, for
healthy trees may be inoculated with
the germ through punctures in the
bark and the disease produced in
them. 1t is possible that insects may
aid in carrying the germs from flower
to flower, and thereby aid in spread
ing the disease.
The germ, having gained access,
rapidly multiplies and advances
through the soft tissues of the inner
bark, exhausting their vitality and
killing the branch. Severe and re-
peated attacks may finally kill the
tree.
The disease is apt to be most active
and virulent early in the season, soon
after Towering time, while the vital
forces of the tree are especially active
and the newly formed cells are tender
and succulent. So also the most thrift
ty and rapidly growing trees appear
to be more susceptible to attack and
more seriously affected than others,
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and on this account it is thought by
some better to avoid the use of highly
heterogeneous and stimulating fertiliz-
ers for orchards. But exceptions to \
this rule are sometimes noted.
better method of treatment in /,
this disease is yet known than the old /
one of cutting off and burning the
affected branches. This is not always
successful, much depending on the
manner and time of cutting and the
severity of the attack. 1t is impOr-
tant that it should be done promptly
as soon as the presence of the dis
ease is detected, for with every day of
delay the germs may make farther
advance toward the larger branches
and the trunk, where the effect of
their work is more serious. When a
small lateral shoot or spur is at
tackled, it may take but a short time
for the disease to traverse it's length
and enter the large branch from
which it grew.
Warm, showery, or wet weather is
thought to favor the rapid progress Of
the disease and dry weather to retard
or check it altogether; but to this also
there seems sometimes to be excep-
tons. Vigilance and promptness
should not be omitted in the treat
ment of this disease.
branch should be severed at a point
far enough below the apparently af-
fected tissues, to make sure of the re-
moval of the diseased part. Better
cut away little of the healthy wood
than to leave any that is diseased.
Sometimes the attacks are repeated
and new twigs show signs of the dis
ease from time to time through the
whole season. 1t is necessary, there
fore, to be on the watch and to repeat
the cutting as often as necessary. 1t
is also important to make a thorough
inspection of the trees and a complete
destruction of any remaining traces
of the disease Just before the leaves
fall, for few affected twigs may car
ry the disease through the winter,
and be the source Of new attack the
and be the source of new outbreak
the next season.-COuntry Gentleman.
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81 saw a man today who had no
hands play the piano" chats moth
ing! We've got girl down in our
fiat who has no voice and who sings"
Sacred Heart Review.
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The dyspeptic carries a dreadful
were really made up of two men. One
Of them ambitious, brainy and ener-
getic; the other sick, listless, peevish
and without force. The week man
weighs the other one down. The dys-
peptic may be able to do pretty good
work one day, and the next day be-
cause of some little indiscretion in
eating, he may be able TO do nothing
at all. Most cases of dyspepsia start
with constipation. Constipation is
the cause of nine-tenths of all human
sickness. Some of it's symptoms are
sour stomach, loss Of appetite, foul
breath, windy belchings, heartburn,
pain and distress after eating. All
these are indicative of arrangements
of the liver, stomach and bowels, and
all are caused by constipation. DR..
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are the
quickest, easiest and most certain
cure for this condition. They are not
violent in action.
Send 21 cents in one-cent stamps to
Worlds Dispensary Medical Associa-
ton, Buffalo, n Y, and receive DR..
Pierce's 1908 page Common Sense
Medical Adviser, illustrated.