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Having accomplished this end, de
feating his adversary and carrying his
banner to the uttermost peak of sue
cess, repentance overlook him at the
summit!
After all, what did the book matter7
1t was only play" book at best!
And for this he had beaten and humil.
lated Frederick, his dearest and only
friend! Because he was the stronger
he had been tyrannous, and had used
his brute strength as became tyrant!
Weeping at last, he sought his COM
rade to implore forgiveness, to say
that they would write another and a
better book, and he, Frederick, might
be the hero all the time, might marry
the queen of the castle and "be happy
ever afterward"-but Frederick was
not to be found!
Diligent search was made by the
school authorities, and, on holidays for
weeks, the sorrowing, lonely Thomas
made long pilgrimages into the coun.
tryside in quest of his former play.
mate, but to no avail
A year later, inconsolable, forsaken
and alone, Thomas, too, left the Home,
upon the stern mission of making his
own career.
The day was drawing to a close in
the great city as Frederick Schaub,
editor Of the International Journal,
closed his desk preparatory to going
out for dinner. His great coat was
half on, as a presumptuous caller, de-
termined in his persistence, crowded
past the protesting Office boy and
stood before him.
The visitor was tall and slender.
with the look Of care in his eyes.
That he was a writer was evident
from his dress and mannerism. Ran.
idly, as though fearing the refusal of
an audience, he spoke, telling his mis-.
sion, the bringing of a manuscript.
Would the International give it SYM
pathetic consideration? He needed
yes, he would be frank, his wife and
were driven to dire straItsl
He had been i'll, had been unfortunate,
his position was gone, he
Stopping suddenly, the struggling
writer peered intensely into the impa-
tient face before him. Over his cheek.
there swept striking pallor, but
averting his eyes and tightening his
as II in protest at his weak.
ness, he ended his appeal in a plea
for an early reading.
I'VE do not usually consider manu-.
script so inopportunely," replied the
editor, proceeding with his coat, 'but
will make an exception in your case
You seem Justly anxious. Call to-
morrow at 2. You will excuse me
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But through it all there pulsed the
breath Of contrition and regret
He was finishing the manuscript
when the writer entered, within his
yearning eyes halting look Of fear
and doubt, glance of mingled hope
and anticipated defeat wrestling for
mastery.
To win meant food and chance; to
fail, perhaps starvation and the bitter
end
Frederick Schaub arose trembllngly,
intense in his gaze. Before him stood
the boy who had been his best friend,
the collaboration of his first Literary
effort, the rival who had taken from
him his first boyish love; his master
then, now cringing, pleading, half
starved hack" crying to hear his call!
But, God, that was long ago! Had
they not been near and dear to each
other! Comrades in charity! Eel
lows in Joy and in sorrow-all save
this once! With a cry OF Joy, he
sprang forward;
"Tom, don't you know me? I'm
Fred-Fred Schaub of the Orphans
Home! Why"
The other, calm, possessed, cast
down his eyes, and choking, said:
II know you, Fred. knew you last
night, but | was afraid, afraid you
would remember what a cruel cur
was, away back there among the hills
and, Fred, we're-we're hungry up
at our house! Can you use the story?
Can"
But the conclusion was drowned in
the rough embrace that fell upon and
about him.
use your story? Use your story?
Yes, thousand times, yes, old man!
can use your story can use you!
l can-We will collaborate together
again! Here, take this! Come back
tomorrow! Come t-rly, come to
work! There, never mindl Go Lowl
It's all right"
He wiped away tear himself at
the sight Of the strong man sobbing
before him.
Go to the wife. Tom, and tell her.
Get her braced up and bring her down
to dinner tomorrow night. It's Christ
mas Eve. You hadn't forgotten? Wen
go to Shrader's. Have a regular old
time-and tell her about that first
novel Of ours!" laughing like a boy
again, back in the Ingraham Valley.
whats that? She knows? She isY
The little girl with the golden curls2"
and Frederick Schaub held out his
hand again.
well, forgive you eyen that,
Thomas-besldes there1l be four in
the party tomorrow. Yes, we're go
Ing to be married in June. Say, but
won't we have a high old timel"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-12-22
THE RIGHTS OF SONG.
May London Student Sing With the
Windows Open7

May a London Student Sing With the
Windows open7
To sing with the windows open or
shut was the burden OF a mo
tion which came before Mr.. Justice
Warrington the other day.
An interim injunction was asked for
to restrain a gentleman who is train
ing for the operate profession from
singing with his windows open, and to
restrain him from singing after IL
o'clock at night.
His counsel. in opposing the applIca-
ton, said that the gentleman was a
most artistic person-ln spite OF the
fact that the other side had declared
that "our voice is more like the howl
ing OF dog than the voice of a pro-
fesslonal singer" The gentleman lived
in very small fat, and II he had to 4.
sing with the window shut, 1t would
be like placing him in box.
The other side, said counsel, had
been in the habit of making retail.
atory noises by knocking on the floor.
Finally Mr.. Justice Warrington said
that he could not ask the gentleman
to sing with the window shut until the
trial OF the action, but he would nc-
cept an undertaking that the music be
eD=a-ad to fixed hours.-London Mall.
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Deslans In stoIes.

Stoles with long ends of course are
more elegant, and the ends are fin.
ished with rows of tails. There is a
fur garment that has just appeared
which Is very like fichu, and there
are as well pelerines made of one, two
or three kinds Of fur combined. Ma
turally, sable is the most fashionable
fur OF the season. Ermine will be as
popular as 1t was last season. Both
the pure white ermine and the ermine
with the black tails tipped with yellow
will be worn. An attractive little
pelerine Of white ermine has a yoke
Of white velvet embroidered in large
white silk daisies with yellow centers.
Both heads and tails are more In evil
dence than they were last season.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-12-22

Ing in the glowing groves and the
grass was rustling on the wooing
breeze, they wrote the virgin page to-
gether, Tommie welding the graphite
laboriously as became so momentous
an undertaking.
Then it was decided that each, In
turn, should write a chapter until all
was finished.
When the end was reached and the
book bound in cloth cover torn from
the pillow-tick in their dormitory, to-
gether they would take it to the gar
den fence, where, with her frisking
playmates, chartered the fairy en-
chantress of their boyhood dreams,
the queen with the hair of sunset and
the eyes of cerulean blue.
Daily they wrought, resigning pull
away and football with the other
boys, feverishly to hurry toward COM
pletion "The Tragedy of Banock-
brook" AS one wrote, the other plot
ted and itched for his turn upon the
ground above the precious manuscript.
The interest, accentuated as the time
sped, became almost vital as each
tried to excel the other in the eyes of
the future critic in the big brick house
upon the hill,
Then-somehow, neither seemed to
know how, or why, or when-there
crept into their rendezvous that hide
Gus, insatiate monster, Jealousy; a
suspicion that each was making of
himself the hero each seeking in turn
to lead nearer to great, grim wall of
towering stone behind which in a
castle of igneous boulders dwelt a
woman who, to call her queenly fair,
would be to 1atter queens!
Her eyes were blue as the Ingraham
skies, her hair was as golden hued as
the naples in Autumn when the sun
was setting on them, and her voice rip
pied and fell in a cadence of rhythmic
melody enhancing to list!
And yet-suddenly the realization
came like call to arms-there was
but one heroine!
There could be but one hero!
All, the tragedy of boy life, the in
tensity of boy love, innocent, pure,
undefled, the noblest love that sex
e'er gave to sex, the sweetest and the
blessedest that God eer vouchsafed to
beautiful womanhood!
The rivalry of love and despair,
wrestling like demons with the stall.
warts of affection and comradeship,
writhed and twisted in a close EN-.
brace! Complainingly, each sought at
first to defeat the purpose of the other,
but as the story grew toward it's nat
ural fms, they quarreled openly.
One evening, just as the birds were
peeping their last good-nights before
tucking their tiny heads beneath their
fluffy wings, and the noisy bull-frogs
in the bayou were harshly calling the
spotted legions to partake of a "jug.o-
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-12-22

Away to the west in the Valley of
Ingraham, where the amethystine sky
droops in sapphire protectorate
over the undulating sub-valleys and
the sloping hillsides; away to the
west, where the winter, yielding to
spring, bursts like an emerald lily un-
folding its petals, where the summer
is dreamy as hashish, and where the
glorious golden Autumn is panorama
of prism-kissed grandeur, there stands
amid luxuriant elms on a southern
slope, a Hildreth Home for Orphan
Boys. Maintained in limited degree
OF security and comfort by the fitful
appropriations of state, and the philan-
thropic donations of the charitably
rich, 1t drones along through chang
ing years, peaceful haven for the in
FAINT outcasts on stormy sea.
Here among the zephyr-lulled sur
roundings, with the fitting birds that
pipe their songs of gladness and their
twitterings of grief, dwelt Thomas
Fitzmack and Frederick Schaub, two
adolescent particles of human debris
gathered from the wreck-strewn wa
tiers of Fate. OF their parents they
knew nothing except a fragmentary
recital by kindly and imaginative
preceptress Injured to satisfying blood
longing by building upon the merest
fragments of known knowledge,
snatches of strange, almost inconceiv-
able family history. This, instead of
satisfying the childish yearning for a
mother or father, but fed the fire of
longing, inspiring the two boyish
hearts to reach out their tendrils of
affection for tangible support. And
each, finding nothing on which to
fasten, turned from pure sympathy to
the other twining and INTERVENING
his love about common comradeship.
Then into the Valley of Ingraham,
under the amethystine sky, there came
a story book-and little girl with
curls like the gold-bronzed leaves on
the side-hills in October, with eyes
like the azure skies in Indian Summer,
with a laugh like the ripple upon the
rosy pebbles at the ford-and she
gave them the book from beyond the
garden wall of the Home, where she
dwelt in a great, brick house that
stood like a castle within the naples
upon the hill.
She proffered 1t as they stood open
mouthed, awe-stricken, gazing across
the ledge. AS the boys fingered, spell |
bound, she fed her squirrels and chat
tered with the chipmunks in chorus.
Thomas and Frederick accepted the
book with that strange reticence that
sexes awaken in each other even at
so tender an age as ten, and ran away
into the woods to peruse it.
And the story! What a wonderful,
wonderful world it was into which the
readers wandered in their enchant-
ment. Together they admired with
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rum" upon the moonlit bank, they
came to blowsl
There in the sylvan shade, alone
with God and the spirit Of relentless
dusk, they met upon sangulnary field
to do a royal battle for the princess
Of their dreamsl
To and fro they surged, sobbing in
anger and new-found hate; swerved,
weaved and tottered upon the brown.
ing grass, torn and loosened; with
none to applaud their valor, with none
to condone their hatredl
At last, Thomas, ever the stronger,
and heretofore always the gentler,
flushed with the madness Of war with.
in him, struck one binding blow, tore
the volume Of contention from Fred.
ericks grasp, and turning neither to
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-12-22

divers "ohsl" and "Ahsl" the books
beautiful cover and breath-taking pic
lures, together they read it chapter for
chapter. snug in a copse, lying fat
upon their stomachs in the matted
grassland together they went often
to the garden fence to catch a glimpse
OF the dainty little fairy with the
golden curls and sky-blue eyes.
1t was Tommie who suggested II.
but Frederick grasped the suggestion
with avidityl
They would write book like that
A clandestine raid upon the school
supplies. furnished the material for
work and the novel was begun. Long
and earnestly they pondered DER the
name aud plot, but at last, one holiday
morning, when the leaves were CLINT.
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Taffeta or Cloth Waist.

Blouse of taffeta or cloth, plated at
the top and gathered at the bottom,
where 1t is finished in bolero fashion
with a band of the material piped
with a contrasting color and orna-.
mented with spirals of soutache.
The yoke is of the material, cut:
with overlapping tabs at the shoul-
ders, piped with the contrasting color,
ornamented with the soutache spirals
and finished around the neck with
rows of stitching. The fronts of the
yoke are turned back to form little
revers, faced with the same color as
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Ruffles and Muffs.

Some very dainty sets Of hat, ruff
fle and muff are to be seen just now.
One is in brown fur and chiffon to
match. The hat is wide of brim, en-
tlrely covered with the fur, and trim
med with ruches Of the brown chiffon.
Only about five inches of the muff is
In fur, the widening edges consisting
OF pleated chiffon, much tucked and
ruched at the edges. The rufile is
mere band Of fur with pleats and
ruches of chiffon at either side.
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Glrl,a Wlnter nreaa.

Girls dress Of rough blue cloth,
trimmed with black braid. The skirt
Is gathered at the top and enclrcled
below with little plaltings Of the ma
terial headed by bias bands of the
same, the latter trimmed with the
braid.
The blouse forms a graduated box
plat In the middle OF the front, on
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each side Of which Is a group OF fine
side plaits confined at the top with
little strap and button. The shoulder
collar is plated, trimmed with bias
bands and braid. and borderei with a
little plating. The plastron, showing
at the top and where the plat is cut
out, is Of beige cloth trimmed with
soutache.
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spo,s on the FACE.

Battle your face with warm water in
which little blcarbonate Of soda has
been dissolved, and use tho rD....----'ing
lotion for your face: One dram ace
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tate of lead and eight of elder-hower
water
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1904-02-27
Lockjaw in Man or Beast.

Cyrus Cort, Of Paulton, Pa, sends the
following to the Waynesboro Record
I have lately noticed several accounts of
deaths of persons and animals as the re-
suit of tramping on rusty nails. | have a
very simple remedy to suggest which was
recommended to me many years ago by
DIR. Stephen B. Kieffer then an eminent
physician of Carlisle He told me that a
poultice made by scraping an ordinary raw
red beet would prevent lockjaw in man or
beast. He said he had used such a rem
edy repeatedly on gun shot wound, etc.,
with efficacious results and had cured cases
of incipient lockjaw by such an application.
In case the beet is too dry little weak
vinegar can be used to moisten it. used
the remedy with splendid results on horse
threatened with lockjaw from dangerous
wound, and have frequently suggested it
to persons who had trodden on nails, etc.,
and who afterward reported very satisfac-
tory results from its use 1t is very
cheap, simple and safe remedy, always
within reach, and no harm can be done
from its use but, as I verify believe, great
benefit. | deem it my duty to pass it
along in the interests of suffering humani-
ty. The poultice can be applied to the
foot of horse by means by a stocking or
pants leg, tied shut at one end.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1904-02-27
Difference in Time.
From the Boston Hemld.

From the Boston HerIld.
In all the dispatches in regard to the
war in the far East it must be remembered
that, as Japan is practically on the other
side of the earth from our country, there
is vast difference in time. The differ
ence between Boston and Port Arthur is
not far from thirteen hours. On that
basis, those who read this paragraph at 8
O. clock in the morning should remember
that at that time it will be 9 O clock in the
evening at Port Arthur. As result of
this difference, it would be possible for us
to know of battle on the day before it
was fought For instance, if an engage
ment took place in the early morning
hours-say, for example, at 4 O clock Sat
urday morning-at that time it would be
only 3 o clock on Friday afternoon in this
city. This difference of time makes the
dispatches rather confusing unless one
keeps closely in mind the fact that the far
East is little over half a day ahead Of
our own city as regards time.
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He Also Gould Be Frugal.

The stingiest man in the town of Bram-
vile had sent for John Briggs to discuss
matter of Importance. When Mr.. Briggs
entered the room, it was lighted by one
dim candle only.
"It's bright starlight night, said
his host, ''and we don't need the candle
to talk BY" Whereupon he blew it out
as soon as his guest had found a seat
The room was pitch dark, and the con-
versation was long When it was over,
the host lighted the candle again to show
his visitor out.
"Well, well, sir, this is strange sightp'
he clustered, for Mr.. Briggs was minus
coat, waistcoat, collar and necktie.
"Tll put them on now you've lighted
the candle, said Mr. Briggs calmly. 'I
thought | might just as well save the wear
on them as long as nobody could see.
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Odd Dutch Custom.

In Holland November is held sacred to
courtship The four Sundays of Novem-
ber are observed as fete days in Holland.
They are known by the curious names, re-
view, decision, purchase and possession,
and all refer to matrimonial affairs.
On review Sunday everybody goes to
church, and after service there is church
parade in every village, when the youths
and maidens gaze upon each other, but
forbear to speak.
On decision Sunday each bachelor who
is seeking wife approaches the maiden of
his choice with ceremonious bow and
from her manner of responding judges
whether his advances are acceptable.
On purchase Sunday the consent of the
parents is sought if the suit has prospered
during the week. Not until possession
Sunday, however, do the twain appear
before the world as actual or prospective
L.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1904-02-27
Lettuce Prevents Smallpox.

From Medical Talk for March.
Don't forget that lettuce is preventive
of smallpox.
So far as it is possible for a human be-
ing to be protected from catching smallpox,
lettuce is protection.
No need for vaccination whatever. Any
person who eats small quantity of lettuce
twice day, morning and evening, is as
we'll protected against smallpox as it is pos
sible for any one to be.
TO be sure, one ought to be clean, ought
to live in ventilated rooms, and avoid dirt
of all sorts. Also avoid contact with peo-
pie who have smallpox. Foolish exposure
to the contagion of smallpox is not to be
thought of. But there is no need for
vaccination.
Go calmly on about your business, Pro-
vide a small quantity of lettuce morning
and evening, and you can feel sure that
you have protected yourself and your fam
lily in the best possible way against small
pox.
Lettuce is one of the oldest vegetable
remedies known to the medical profession,
Long before it was used as food it was used
as medicine. Many times it has been
claimed that it has magical or miraculous
powers to prevent contagious disease. We
believe this is carrying matters altogether
too far. But lettuce does furnish to the
system exactly what is needed to protect
it against the poison of smallpox.
We defy any one to produce a case OF
smallpox that has been contracted by any
person who made daily use of lettuce as
food. If there is any such case on record,
we would be glad to hear of it.
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Work in the Orchard.

The latter part of February, after the
severe weather is over, is the proper time
to trim the fruit and ornamental trees, to
scrape off the old bark and moss and to
scrub the trunks and larger limbs. The
insects live and lay their eggs in the old
bark; if this bark is scraped off and the
tree given good scrubbing with caustic
alkali wash, the worms and eggs are de-
stroyed, and the bark cleansed. Soapsuds
mixed with hardwood ashes, use lukewarm,
the writer has used for number of years
with the best result. | use an old broom
for the trunk and larger limbs and stiff
scrubbing brush for the smaller trees and
limbs. The Agricultural Department re-
commends the following ''Dissolve one
pound of commercial caustic soda in water;
then one pound of crude potash in water;
when both have been dissolved, mix the
two we'll together; then add three-quarters
of pound of agricultural treacle, stir well,
and add sufficient water to make up to 10
gallons. The best time to apply this wash
is about the middle of February, when the
eggs are in more susceptible state and
the trees still safe from injury
In pruning either fruit or ornamental
trees study the tree first to see what limbs
are to be cut Cut all dead and cross limbs
that interfere with the growth, suckers
should be cut off close to the trunk. Have
a sharp saw; the branch should be cut off
close to the limb; then with sharp knife
trim the edges; after this has been done
apply with brush little shellack varnish
to the wound; the varnish will prevent the
water entering and rotting the wood As
soon as the frost is out of the ground, each
tree should have the ground turned over
either with the spade or digging fork.
Make good sized circle Examine the
tree for worms; if any are found, cut them
out and fill up the hole with rosin soap.
Each bearing tree should be given good
dressing of rich rotted manure, one large
wheelbarrow load for large tree and half
this quantity for a medium sized tree