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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-10
humored, as they climbed the winding hill

path.
Across the ditch and through the wide
open gate in the moss-grown palisade, and
they came into broad grassy space that
was more like lawn than court. Ahead
of them rose the massive three-storied
tower, built of mighty gray stones, without
softening wings or adjoining spires. beaud-
full only in its mantling ivy. From the
great door in its side a crowd Of SerfS came
running, ducking grinning salutations; and
they were followed by q half dozen old
warriors. Seized by a boyiSh within, their
master rode past them with no more than
q wave Of his hand.
'Tf we make haste. 1t may, be that we can
take Hildelitha and Father mgulph by sur
crumbfing doorstep and pulling his captive
with him.
In the tunnei-like arch of the great en-
trance they met another throns. but he
patience and hurried through the great
guard-room to the winding stairs that were
cut out Of the core of the massive stones.
Up and across another mighty hall, and
then up again, and into a great women g.
room, full Of looms and spinning wheels
where asbuxom English housewife and half
dozen red-cheeked maids were gaping
over their distaffs at the tale jolly old
monk was telling between swallows Of
wine.
He choked In his cup when he saw who
stood laughing in the doorway, and there
was great screaming and scrambling
among his audience. Knocking over her
spinning wheel to get to him, the woman
Hildelitha threw her arms around her
young lords neck and gave him hearty
smack on either cheek: while the fat monk
sputtered blessings between his paroxysms
Of coughing. and the six blooming girls
made a screaming circle around them.
Though he endured 1t amiably enough
the Etheling appeared in some haste to
offer a diversion. He evaded a second en-
brace by turning and reckoning to his
shrinking captive.
Save q little of your greeting for my
guest, good nurse. Behold the fre-eating
Dane that I have captured with my own
right arm. As the red-cloaked figure still
hung back. he pulled 1t gently forward until
the light Of the notched candles fell bright
ly on the face. pitifully white for all its
blood stains. in the frame Of tumbled black
tresses
"A Dane" the women cried shrilly; then,
with equal unanimity burst out laughing.
Randalin drew q little nearer the Ethel
ing's shelterfng side. He said half reprov-
ingly, half freakishly. 1T would not be well
for you to anger him. He II the page Of
Canute himself, q real WANDERING Wolf,
and recks not whom he attacks. He came
near to splitting Oslao at the battle, and
even threatened me-"
"Oslacr screamed one Of the serving
maids. turning very red "Ths murderous
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-10
standing all night stir in little cold milk.
Indian Wafdes.

Take a cup each Of -four and Indian meal,
add a teaspoonful Of soda and half a tea
spoonful Of salt. Sift all together. Add
two cups of sour milk and one cup Of sour
cream and two well beaten egB yoiks. Mix
all together into q smooth, thin batter.
then stir in lightly the whites OF the eggs
beaten to a stiff frOth.
Have your waffle irons very hot and pour
a thin layer Of batter over one-half Of the
iron. drop the other half down gently over
1t and turn the iron over In few minutes
to brown the other side. These should be
served very hot.
Boiled Indian Pudding, Aunt Hulda's
Way.
Warm a pint of molasses and a pint Of
milk and stir them well together, then stir
in gradually four well-beaten eggs. Mix a
pound of best beef suet, chopped fine. with
q little Indian meal, then mix with the
milk and molasses. Stir in sufficient meal
to make thick batter. a teaspoonful of
cinnamon, a little nutmeg and grated
lemon peel Mix all well together. Dip a
cloth or pudding bag in boiling water,
shake out. dredge with a little flour and
turn in the mixture. Tie up, leaving room
for the pudding to swell. Boil three hours.
Indian Fruit Pudding.
Put a heaping cup of Indian meal in a
bowl, stir in a cup Of molasses and a level
teaspoonful Of salt Scald three pints of
milk and pour 1t boiling hot over the meal,
stirring it to a smooth batter. Butter a
deep pudding dish, cover the bottom with
stoned. chopped prunes. pour the mixture
over them. and just before the pudding
goes into the oven pour carefully over the
top a cup Of cold milk. but do not stir 1t in.
Bake in a hot oven for four and a half
hours. Eat with rich cream
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-10

'Wel-a-way! What use to think of it7
For the present, at least, I am a lordless
man. Let us speak of the defenseS we must
begin to raise against Edmunds coming"
While they discussed watch-towers and
barriers. the horses took them along at a
swinging pace. The heath-clad upland over
which they were passing sloped into anoth-
err fertile valley, through which a lily-pad-
ded stream ran between rows of dropping
willows. Suddenly the Lord Of Ivarsdale
broke on with an exclamation.
1T was not in my mind that we could
see the old forked elm from here. Hey,
comrades! he called over his shoulder
''Yorder-to the left-the old landmark! Do
you seer" His glance. as it came back, took
in his captive. 1.-THE first bar Of your cage,
my hawk Yonder is the first boundary OF
Ivarsdale.' ri ..;.t
Every man started up in his saddle. and
the cheers they had held back upon leaving
camp burst forth now with added zest:
Peering over her captor's shoulder, RAN
dalin looked forward anxfously.
Below the plain in whose, center the old
elm held up ats blasted top tn be stlvered by
the sun, the land dipped abruptly toward
the river, to rise beyond in q long low hill.
Rolling green meadows lay at its foot, ana
warm brown fields dotted with matched
farmhouses; and Its Sides were checkered
with patches of woodland and stretches of
golden barley. Just Below the crest the
tower of the lords of 5FvaNsdale reared It's
gray walls above the surrounding greenery.
Far away. speck through the dark fol-
1age. the great London road cleaned white;
but wooded hills made a aheItering hedge
between. and all around spread the great
beech forest that fosteeed- the marksmen' s
herds 1t was kingdom to itself, with the
light slanting warmly upon its fertile slopes
and the forest standing like strong army
at its back. BS VI
Because 1t was so peacefully lovely. and
because Of her utter WEAKNESS. tears welled
up under the girls heavy lids as she looked.
She said unsteady. Saw never a fairer
cage, lord"
But the Etheling's eager glance had trav-
e1ed on; for the first time the sun was
shining out brightly In his face.
1.-THE sight has more cheer than has
wine." he said. II cannot comprehend my
folly in wanting to leave It. To live ones
own master on ones own land, that Is the
only life!' He looked back at the yeomen
with a sudden smile. "NoiseF' he ordered.
Cheer again! 1t expresses the state Of my
feelings: And let your horn sound merrily.
Kendred. that they may know we are COM
fng."
Amid a Joyous tumult, they swept over
the terrace-like plain and broke ranks
around the old elm. Evidently 1t was the
disbanding place. for the yeomen-soldiers
one and all. came crowding around their
ing word.
"You have fought with the sword OF your
tongue. chieff' = 'As worthy battle
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as when you strove against the Danes!
THE spirit of the old days is not
dead while you are alive, Oswald's son. y
None now are born thereto save
you alonel' It'll that time when
you send for us. my chief" lone
eye on our ploughs and one watching FOR
your messenger" God keep you in
safety, young lordp'
In the meadows beyond the stream little
shepherd boys had heard the horn and
We're swarming, spider-like, over the
hedges. sending up shrill shouts. And now
women came running across the fields from
the farmhouses, waving their aprons. More
children raced behind them and then q
dozen old men. limping and hobbling on
crutches and canes. A moment. and they
were all over the foot-bridge and up the
slope; and the sweet clamor of greetings
was added to the tumult. Now 1t was q
crowd of little brothers throwing them
selves upon a big one; now a blooming lass
f1inging her arms around her sweetheart's
neck: and again, farmers little daughter
leaping joyously into her fathers embrace.
In the midst Of 1t the Lord of Ivarsdale
looked around and found that Fridtjof the
page was crying as though his heart would
break
. How! Tears. my Beowulfw he said in
Amusement
She was far beyond words, the girl in the
pages dress: she could only bury her face
deeper in her slender hands and try to con-
troll the sobs that shook her from head to
foot
But 1t was not long before the young
mans kindness OWNED the source Of her
pain. He spoke a quick word to those be-
hind. and waving aside those before. touch
ed spur to the white horse. In a moment
the good steed had borne them out of the
crowd and down the slope, followed only by
the old cnihts and the dozen armed retain
ers.
AS the hoofs rang hollow on the little
bridge that spanned the stream. the Ethel
ing spoke again in his voice of careless gen.
tleness. ut Is easy to enter into the sor-
rowfulness Of your heart. youngling. and I
think 1t no dishonor to your courage that
you should mourn your kin with tears: yet
pray you to lay aside as much grief as
you can. Bear in mind that no dungeon Is
gaping for you"
She could not speak to him yet but when
he put his hand back to feel of q strap she
bent and touched the brown fingers CRATE
fully with her lips. The answer seemed to
renew his kindly impulse
After all. you should not feel so strange
among u.s." he said lightly. do you know
that 1t was one Of your own countrymen
who butt the tower? Ivar Wide-Fathomer
he was named, whence 1t is still called
lvarsdale. He was OF the stock of LODI
brok. they say: and 1t Is said, too. that one
OF his race Is even now with Canute Since
Alfred. my fathers have had possession Of
1t, but 1t Is Danish-built. every stone. You
must make believe that you are coming
home" So he spun on. carelessly good
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Is

Plain Boiled Potatoes.
Wafffes Maple Syrup.
Coffee.
LUNCH.
Scalloped Salmon.
Stuffed Potatoes.
Apple Custard. Grape juice.
DINNER.
Tomato BisQue.
Oyster Pie. Ham Puree.
Riced Potatoes Parsnfp Balls
Custard Fritters. Fruit Sauce.
Coffee.
SATURDAY.
BREAKFAST
Sliced Bananas. Cream.
Planned Ham. Cream Gravy
Grilled Apples.
Corn Bread Coffee
LUNCH
Vegetable Ragout .--r- Rice.
Spiced Grapes. Cocoa.
DINNER.
Fricassee OF Mutton. Potatoes.
String Beans.
Egg Salad
Apple Custard. Coffee.
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over night in slightly sailed water. wash
we'll and drain thoroughly. Pack in the
Jars and pour over them enough hot vine-
gar to cover Spice the vinegar with whole
white mustard seed ground mace, CHINA
mon and allspice. Seal the jars while hot
or scald the vegetable with the hot vinegar
until they are safe to keep.
Menus.
WEDNESDAY,.
BREAKFAST.
Fruit.
Cereal. Cream.
F'rizzled Dried Beef Scrambled Eggs.
Sauted Potatoes.
LUNCH.
Fried Oysters. Celery.
Dreamed Potatoes.
Fruit. Chocolate.
DINNER.
Noodle Soup.
Stewed Shoulder of Veal.
Combination Vegetable Salad.
Lemon Snow. vanilla Sauce.
THURSDAY
BREAKFAST
Fruit
Cereal Cream.
Liver and Bacon. Potato Cakes.
Corn Griddle Cakes Honey.
Coffee.
LUNCH.
Corn Pudding. Stuffed Toma toes
Fruit. Tea
DINNER.
Oyster Bisque.
Cold Boiled Veal. Hot Slaw
Caramel Sweet Potatoes.
String Bean Salad
Grape Roly Poly. Hard Sauce
Coffee.
FRIDAY
BREAKFAST.
Fruit.
Cereal. Cream
Boiled Salt Mackerel SaI1ca Tartare
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Canning Factories Have Bad Luck.

The tomato canning factories in the north
ern neck of Virginia. which have been OPP
Grating throughout the summer did not
have very successful season. according to
reports. Many thousand cans have spoiled.
1t Is said. and have been thrown back on
the hands Of the packers. causing the loss
of thousands Of dollars. and in one instance
the failure of firm of packers. The can
ming experts are at loss to understand
why the packing was not a success, and
can only account for 1t by the wet season
having made the fruit watery and without
the usual keeping qualities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-10

Snaso-''This souvenir habit is getting to
be something fierce"
Rodd-"I should say so. I know of
man who visited a friend and took his
friends wife as a souvenir Life.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-25
THE STANDARD SHOULD FOR
 BEAR

It is to be regretted that a newspaper which is usually as conservative as The New Bedford (Mass.) Standard should join in with the rabid sectionalists in fighting the proposition to put a statue of Lee in Statuary Hall at Washington. We are not surprised that a few of the Grand Army camps should snarl and bark at the determination of Virginia to exer- else her undoubted rights in the premises, but we are surprised to find in a paper like The Standard such arguments as this:
 Union right? admits of no other answer than 1t admitted of forty years ago. If there was principle at stake then, there IS principle to honor now. And that principle. is fiouted by the exhibition of a statue of a rebellfous leader in the Cap itol of the United States.
 The question of the right or wrong of the War is not involved. To those, espe- cially of the North who believed that the Union was paramount, the war for its preservation was right. but that has noth- ing to do with the case. There is a prin- ciple at stake, as The Standard truthfully observes, and that principle is the right of any State to decide on the man to be honored. Massachusetts has no more right to object to the action of Virginia in this matter than 1t has to object to her choice ofA Governor. Virginia is go- ing to contribute statues of Washington and Lee, and not one State in the Union will honor statuary Hall as Virginia will, for no State can furnish two such illus trious names. The Standard should leave contemptuous allusions to "rebellious leaders" for the use of those who have no better arguments to sustain weak position.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-25
Some Canadian Opinion.

The Tronto Wor4d.
 There Is only a sentimental satisfaction
 In the fact, which will be geenrally ap- preciated by Canadians, that Sir Lotus Jette and A. B. Aylesworth, K. K, re- fused to sign the document which con cedes practically all the disputed territory in Alaska to the United States.
 Canada may be forgiven for the thought that a decision backed up by the names of Lord Alverstone, Judge Turner, Elihu Root and Henry Cabot Lodge Is not more worthy of respect than the view express ed by Sir Louis Jett and MT. Aylesworth. It would be different if the three arbitra- tors appointed by the United States had been eminent juristS, as the terms Of the reference required.
 The three rep esentatives of the United States are not eminent jurists. They are politicians who would take their political lives in their hands by rendering l they promoted. Mir. Root, Judge Turner and MT. Lodge have political ambitions which they would have wantonly thrown away by deciding the Alaskan boundary dispute from a purely judicial standpoint, provided Canada's claims were judicially sound.
 A Presidential election will be held shortly in the United States. Did any one suppose that President Theodore Roosevelt would go to the country bur dened with a mIllstone like the surrender, just or unjust, of the claims asserted by the United States in Alaska? President Roosevelt nad no thought or thus jeopardizlng his chances or he would have fulfilled the requirements of the reference and would have appoinetd to the Board of Arbitration three jurists who were en- tirely free, as Canada's Jurists were free, from political entanglements.
 It is extraordinary that Great Britain should have acquiesced in the appoint ment of three American jngoes to dis charge the duties of three impartial jurists. It is still more extrao dinary that Canada should have submitted to this imposition with nothing more than a simple protest. It Is true that the acceptance of a tribunal which, under no circumstances, could render q verdict adverse to the interests of the United States, and which might possibly concede the American claims, pleased the people of the United States. It Is equally true that the award of this Board of Arbitra- trion has put the American people in the best of good spirits. The American peo- pie are not hard to please. Britain and Canada have only to give them every thing they want and the bud of good fsel- ingwill blossom forth in functions similar to the love feast held at the PilErims Club, London. The hard part of it is that Canada is bled to make these love feasts possible.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-25
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1908.
A DrsaRuNTLED CANADIAN.

1t was but natural that the Canadians should feel dissatisfied at the award of the Alaskan, Boundary Commission. Per haps 1t. was to be expected that there would be more or less bitterness exhibit ed by Canadian newspapers in their com ments on the decision of the Committee, but we must admit that there Is more rancos shown than the facts justify. As a.speeimen of the comments of the press. 'we print on this pass part of an edito- rial which appeared in The Toronto World Tuesday. < It is bitter and not exactly fair statement of the case.
 It should be borne in mind that tb,s award does not give to the United States territory which belonged to Canada. As a matter of fact the boundary line re. mains practically unchanged. It is +be line which marked the boundary between the Russian and British possessions. and which remained unquestioned for a period ofs forty years. When the United states paarchased Alaska in 1867, there was no dispute about the boundary and during ;thez thtrty-six years that our government has been in possession of Alaska tbere has been. so far as we now remember no ssE1pus question as to the line. The sim pie ruth is that the great gold discov- erfes'in that region are at the bottom of fne claims set up by Canada, and the de- mands, or that government had reached A spetnt where our government was com tpelied to support its rights by force or submit the dispute to joint commission me lauer alternative was accepted and tho result is that the line remains u,- changed and the United States remains Tn possession of Its own. That is +he whole of it.
 1n the article copied today The World makes bitter attack on the American members of the Commission, calls them
 Jineoes, and practically charges them With toadying to the political sentiment of the party in power Incidentally, too. 1t includes the President among the iingoes All that is somewhat amusing as well ao chHdish, The World cannot ignore +bo fact that Lord Alverstone. whom if cber- aeterizes as "an eminent t1rist." has s. 2 1t admits. been the determining factor in
 f"A IODS Cdnd0a or Alag- kan terrtory.' and the only excuse it can make for him is that The is in bad com pany. In plain words, this eminent Enr- Ish 5urist suffered himself made A tool of by three designing American jingoes, for the purpose of robbing Canada. That is childish, and would be offensive. if 1t were not rather amusing.
 As for The Worlds opinion of the American Commissioners. we do not lsnovv that it is necessary to enter into any con- troversS' Messrs. Turner. Lodge and Root may not be the most eminent statas- men or jurists in the Union, but we think 1t at least probable that they will con- pare favorably with the two Canadian referees, Jette and Aylesworth, who re- fused to sign 4hs award. That is not a matter of much consequences however. The decision will stand. and our govern meat will maintain it's rights.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-25

The death by accident of Hon. Samuel E. Morss. editor of The Indianapolis sen- tinel, which occurred Wednesday morn. ing. and of which a te1egraphic account was printed in The Advertiser Thursday. is a distinct loss to American journalism, and especially to the Democratic press of the West. Under his management The Sentinel has been power in the politics of his State. and particularly was it's in- fiuence felt in the recent municipal cam paign which resulted in-the retirement of Bookwalter and his gang from control of Indianapolis. MT. Morss has been prominent in public life. having been Consul General at Paris under MT. Cleve- land, which post he filled with credit. His death was a deplorable one.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-25
SHORT LITE OF PAPER.

The New York Sun refers to the fact
 that none of the newspapers and few of
 the books published now will be readable a century hence owing to the character of the paper used. Tn the old days, as is well known, paper was made exclusively
 from clean cotton and linen rags. wheth- CT the slower and more careful methods then used had anything to do with the superior excellence of the paper may be a matter of doubt. but certainly the mate- rial used had much to do with 1t.
 Nowadays comparatively little linen or cotton Is used. Paper for all ordinary uses is made of wood and other fibrous material, other than cotton and linen, and the material of which 1t is made, ada cd to the chemicals used in its unanufac. ture and the hurried methods adopted, all combine to produce a paper which has a good appearance and which answers pres- ent purposes but which will not last. The natural result is paper which in a few years loses all life, the printing fades and the paper itself will crumble as if 1t had been scorched.
 When we take up book printed three or four centuries ago and note the con- dition of the paper and the plain appear ance of the print, and compare it with copies of newspapers less than a score of years old, we can realize the wide dif- ference between the old and the new, and can predict the results which another century will bring forth. What is the remedy, if there Is any, Is hard to say, but the only one we see is that all books and papers which are to preserve records for future times shall be printed on pa- per that will last. Doubtless by the use of the same materials and methods as good paper can now be made as was made century or more ago. We still have cotton and linen stock. and we sup pose it can be manufactured now into as good paper as was made in former days. We know of no plan to preserve for the future the records of the present except by having at least some of the copies made with paper and ink as good as any of former days.