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polite life, and in reply to my question as to the
earliest date it might be possible for to arrive
at Genoa the Captain said
at is the good time we will make. My wife,
she will be waiting for me in Genoa and she is to
make the return trip with me to New York.
Has she ever seen American" questioned.
"Oh, but it is that my wife is from Texas"
eagerly rejoined the Captain. g have an American
wife. will tell you just how it was. My wife that
is now, she passenger my ship. Her
father he told to take the good care of her.
l did try. She sat by my side at table and she
speak good German | do So it was we could
talk and no sitting around us could know what
we say We could talk of books, of people, of all
that happened and we understood each other. Oh,
did take the good of her just as her father
he asked me to But found right off that
love each other. l found out l wanted her for
my wife, and l did beg her to be my companion,
and all her life l would take the good care of her.
When we got into port had only four days. l went
right to her parents and they say we must wait;
that we must know each other the better. How
can we know each other better l said, when l am
off the sailing my ship and she is here?
We might wait, one two, three ten years and we
would not know each other any more. l lose her.
She say she love me. That is all that is necessary.
We get married tomorrow. What say? Is not
that good? We find love each other. Love
is all 1t makes the knowing. We do know each
other now because we have the love-
The Captain was successful He is man accus-
toned to success He has the temperament that
carries everything all its own way. He is one of
those
Spirits with whom the connive
To work their will
The next day he married the and started
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SUNDAY MAGAZINE for JULY g. 1905

they had learned or what had been impaired to
them. Sir Stratford de Redclife the veteran diplo
matist who represented England at the Sublime
Porte for many years, left to his countrys
diplomatic service priceless heritage in the
more of men who trained in his embassy.
To have had a few years as secretary under Sir
Stratford's eye to be marked man in the
service, supposedly equipped for any post, however
important.
But unfortunately secretaries too often
chosen for their capacity to lead the german"
or because their fathers make fabulous contribu-
tions to the national campaign funds Such train
ing as they would receive from born diplomatist
like Caleb Cushing would be wasted. Mr. Adee,
the present second assistant Secretary of State had
the advantage of many years with Minister Gushing
at Madrid and the value of that schooling has often
been manifest in the State Department.
When the Briton makes his first real achievement
he is advanced to the important grade of first
secretary. He is no longer young but by the time
he is forty if he does not commit any garng
of judgment, he may hope to be appointed min
lister. Thus rises the prospective ambassador
through the various stages of his development.
Surprising that he began at twenty-five
prehend that at least eighteen years are allowed
for his unfoldment
The contrasting conditions in service hardly
need pointing out. There is no preliminary prep
araton of any kind exacted of our ambassadors,
ministers and secretaries. Their appointments
the political patronage of United States senators
representatives. The career of diplomat, So
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called, IS generally contemporaneouS with that of
his sponsor patron the 70 follows the latter
into private life Of course, there have been
few exceptions but contrary to the oft-repeated
maxim, exceptions prove nothing in either way.
Having attained the dignity of world power,
the United States should be ably represented at
every court of the civilized globe One often hears
contemptuous remarks made about the uselessness
of foreign diplomatic representation. They emanate
from men who have real conception of the duties
of an ambassador from critics who that the
services of a diplomat consist in donnng knee
breeches at certain state functions and attending
other gatherings at royal palaces, there to unite
with decorated and wise-seemng marionettes in
doing homage to the heads of effete monarchies.
You could not convince such person that the
Secretary of State has not stenographers enough
in his Office to conduct all the necessary dplo-
matte correspondence" He would suggest that
writing letter, putting stamp upon it and allow
ing the Postal Department to do the rest would
meet any diplomatic need.
Nothing, however, could be more absurd than
such attempt to conduct negotiations with
foreign power. That letter never would reach its
destination-no matter whose it bore, some
under-cler5 would open it and toss it into scrap
basket. That is not the method of maintaining
friendly relations between the nations of Europe,
and the various directors of governmental machinery
who have had say, thousand years more of their
own history to draw upon, are not to be swerved
from their system of routine by the suggestions of
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service Now candidate who desires to enter
the diplomatic service of Edward VII, distin-
guished from the consular branch is received with
the understanding that he is entering upon his
life's work. He IS assumed to have college and
often a university education before he presents
himself, because he must stand examination in
the regular branches of an academic education.
He must be able to speak and read at least three
languages Especially must he be student of
history, and appreciate the achievements,
prehend the of failures in the past and foresee
future emergencies in which another lamp than
that of experience must light his of action.
He is encouraged to develop genius, if he has it
in him.
The young Englishman begins attache at
an inferior legation in the lowest place of inn
portant embassy. His qua ifcations have much
more to do with his start than social or political
influence The power of influence is much less
exercised over there than in this free and glorious
republic. From the hour the novice takes office,
he is watched and reported upon by his superiors.
After he has served for several years, has shown
development, mental and tactical he is made
third secretary. He is encouraged to make sug
gestions directly to his chief his opinion is asked
regarding nice points of diplomatic usage. This is
not done for the purpose of gaining information,
because the ambassador under whom he serves is
trained diplomat rather it in the line of the
the generation previous.
Able men who gave their whole lives to the foreign
service took pride in teaching their secretaries what
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unattractive VOYAGE and l was beginning ~
to repent the haste which caused me to fix ~
the nearest date possible to embark for W
Genoa. My latest previous voyage had "
been one of the splendid modern vessels
where the magnificent mushroom, writing
room, the most alluring private cabin suites the
miles of deck space and the hundreds of passengers
the constant messages by wireless telegraphy and
the general up-to- dateness of everything had COM
bined to make life brilliantly moving spectacle
| confess | like the modern movement" |
prefer tomorrow to yesterday; am attracted
toward the unknown possibilities of the twenty
first century than | am toward the tried and tested
of the nineteenth.
| have never been able to understand the en-
thusiasm with which people plunge into any print
tive and inconvenient thing because it is old"
That, indeed is why it should be discarded,
not cherished. That is to say until touches
that which is really and genuinely old-like the
treasures of Pompei or the still more alluring
buried treasure of Herculaneum, which one
of the most accomplished Psychologists pur-
poses to unearth. But the houses and the general
apparatus of living constructed two hundred,
one hundred, fifty, even twenty five, years ago
make to only appeal: that of sweeping it
out OF existence and replacing it by wholly up-to-
date construction. | prefer an electric light to
tallow candle; powerful motor-car to ox-cart;
a Marconigram to letter sent by a stage route;
and | shall prefer teepathy a means of swift
and universal communication to a Marconigram
even humanity shall develop its latest
capacity to utilize the law of thought transference
successfully.
Thus was repenting the wild haste with which
l secured passage a small steamer lacking in the
latest up-to-date facilities and wondering what
long fourteen days voyage without the consola-
tons of brilliant people and Marconigrams would
be, when the door opened and in came the man
whose uniform bore the four gold bars that desig-
nate the Captain. fine, keen, strong German
face with merry blue eyes, eyes that could be
thoughtful tender too felt air of the most
cleaning, buoyant good-cheer and of resistless
energy and the uniformed figure bowed before me,
saying u to introduce myself to you. L
am the Captain of this ship
We exchanged the usual conventionalites of
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~ pany So the bride was to follow her
ardent and gallant by another
steamer to the same port.
The other steamer faster than
mine," he said; lit the Barbarossa, and
she due before my ship was; but l deter
mined | would be there to welcome my wife.
l did rush my ship. The weather it was fine
all the way. We every day made the good
time. l knew l would get there first.
had cabled to my sister who is teacher, who
instructs the franIeinS in Berlin-I had cab1ed
to her to be in Bremen to meet my wife.
But l sail my ship fast l two days
before the Barbarossa, and so 1 am there
to receive my wife. So it is that I think
will be in Genoa than you expect;
for if my wife is waiting there l hurry my
ship"
Just then the Captain was summoned, and
turned to passing steward
What is the Captains manner" l asked.
Captain Morgenstern was the reply.
Captain Morgenstern l repeated" Morgen-
Stern-in English, Morning Star No wonder
this Captain arrives When would not Morning
Star arrive? The MorningStar has its fixed law of
polarity, and it is always schedule time
Later, Captain MorningStar in again to
where l sat writing.
docs the Frau Morgenstern like living in Ger
mary?" asked
''Oh, she loves the beauty she loves the glorious
Rhine. She is poetic, and l take the good
care of her. l tell my lady housekeeper to
always send to my wife her roll and coffee in
bed When she have her coffee then she may
get up-not before. 1t was when we were both
in Bremen that they gave banquet on board
the ship. We had music and the flags of America
and Germany and colored lights, and it all
beautiful And OH the beer the sailors did
drink" And the Captain laughed heartily at
the remembrance
And | walked the deck under the blazing stars
that night-stars that seemed to hang in mid-air
between sea and sky-and thought how persstency
of purpose always cuts its channel and secures
its right of way illustrated in this little
of the related by Captain Morning
Star.
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for his ship, with
just time to reach
her for sailing.
There is a law
among ship con-
trollers that no
Captain can have
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TINE small Ger
man steam
er had less
than a dozen pass
engers on board,
which presaged a
monotonOus and
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his wife on board the steamer with
him without permission from the COM
pany. So the bride was to follow her
ardent and gallant wooer by another
steamer to the same port
"The other steamer was faster than
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-09-28
Bad Memories.

Many people complain Of having a
bad memory, as if it were something
they could not help, like a headache,
or some similar ailment; yet even that
can be helped nowadays by the appli-
cation of a little common sense. After
all, there is no reason why anybody
should have a bad memory 1t is mere
ly a matter of training and is, more
over, q matter in which it is never too
late to attend to its training. For
grOwn-ups many methods are advO-
Gated, all of them. no doubt, based on
the principle of mental concentration.
In young child the faculty can be
cultivated by making the child de-
scribe everything it has seen in its
morning walk, taking care that no fact
is exaggerated, but that strict atten-
ton is paid to truth in every detail.
In the matter of memOriZing it is an
excellent plan to let the child learn
one line of poetry a day, which it
should repeat tie following morning,
and at the end of a week it will be
able to say the seven lines. The young
brain should not be overloaded with
knowledge, but allowed to assimilate
a fra gment each day.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-09-28
BUILDING STABLE FLOORS.

Horses. when confined, need good
floors on which to stand and in order
to secure a pitch in them sufficient for
all liuuids to drain rearward, a good
wav is to have the planks six inches
wide, five inches thick at one end
and two inches thick at the other
end. These should be laid two layers
thick. With the thick end under the
manager. the first or lower layer should
he nut down as closely as the planks
can be driven so as to make them
water-tight if possible. Assuming
the foundation is level, this will give
a fall of about five inches to carry
water away The top layer should
then be put on with the thick end
of the planks at the outer end OF the
stall, thus bringing the floor up to
a perfect level, the only natural posi-
ton for a horse to stand. The top
blanks for three feet in the center
of the stall should be three-quarters
of an inch apart. Owing to the slant
of the layer underneath, the urine
then has a chance to run away and
as a consequence the stall is always
dry. Especially is this SO if, in clean
ing out the stable a small square
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-09-28
French or Greek?

If French is taught as carefully as
Greek it seems to serve the disciplin-
airy purposes which Greek formerly
served The only difficulty is that
there are as yet relatively few teach
ers who make French a means of
mental discipline, and that those who
think they teach it best are often the
ones who really teach it worst, be-
cause they let apparent proficiency
in speech conceal the lack of real
training in thought. Wherever the
old fashioned arguments against
Greek are regarded as true It will
probably be desirable to study Greek,
because very few people will teach
anything else properly. But when
once the error of those arguments is
recognized the special need for the
study of Greek will have gone, and
other things are likely to be substi-
tuted.-President Hadley of Yale in
London Outlook.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-09-28
New Source of Starch.

In bulletin of the Jamaica Depart
ment of Agriculture H. H. Cousins,
the government chemist, states that
the high percentage OF starch in the
cassava makes the latter more valu-
able than the potato as a source Of
this substance. The cassava is also
not subject to the fungoid diseases
prevalent in the German potato fields,
from which a large proportion of the
starch now sold in Great Britain is
derived. The cassava season is unre-
stricted, and this gives a further i'm
portant advantage over the One-crop-
a-year potato. Mr.. Cousins apparent
ly believes that the manufacture of
starch from the cassava can be done
so cheaply that the German potato
starch will be driven from the Eng
lish market.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-09-28
WHEN HOGS CAN'T WALK.

Men that were raised on New Eng
land farms have memories OF great
fat hogs that for months before
slaughter were unable to stand on
their hind legs. The writer has seen
hogs that weighed almost 600 pounds
that before slaughter had to move
around on their launches as on
pivot. They ate and slept in the
same place, turning one way to eat
and the other to sleep. Their owners
thought it nothing u1Iusuar, they only
said: "The hog has become so fat
that he can't stand up" Yet with
more light on the situation we know
that it was not a case of fairness only,
but q case of constant feeding OF
corn and slop, out of wHich the AMI
NAL could not manufacture any bone
or muscle that would sustain his
weight. In those days the food OF
such hoes was corn as largely as it
is now. Had those animals received
a. ration composed Of ground oats
skim milk and such nitrogen'supply-
ing foods they would have had bone
and muscle that would have carried
about any weight. The same results
come from the same causes now, but
is not so apparent, as the hogs are
marketed at half the weight they
were in the days mentioned. No man
should feed a corn diet exclusively
to his hogs.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-09-28
SLAUGHTER of the Innocent.

This tale comes from New Gale.
donna, where a ship was loading up
with natives to work in Australia:
There was man and girl-a
young couple, they seemed. She had
a youngster, who began yelling at
sight of the boat. Cant take that
youngster,' the boss shouted. The
woman said she wanted to come, too.
No, we can't ship that squalling lit
tie beast. Leave him with his aun-
tie There was no auntie in sight.
So the Kanaka man, after taking a
look around caught the kiddie by the
heels, swung her round like rabbit,
and dashed her head agin tree.
She was OILY a girl anyway" he
said, and slung her body into the
scrub. Then they both hoped into
the oat and were shipped aboard"
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-09-28

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Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-09-28
CUTTING ALFALFA EARLY.

CUTTING ALFALFA EARLY.
Those who are having their first
experience with alfalfa are likely 10
make the mistake of waiting until
the crop is too far advanced before
cutting it; serious mistake, because
it gets woody if allowed to ripen
The usual plan is to cut it when
it is from one-fifth to one-tenth in
bloom, doing the work in the morning
and letting it dry just enough so
that the leaves do not fall. 1t is then
raked into small windrows and al
lowed to dry some before hauling it
to the barn. How much it should
dry will depend somewhat on the
weather, but with a whole day Of
bright sunshine this is sufficient, the
idea being not to let it dry enough
SO that the leaves fall in handling.
The windrows should be turned at
least once so that the alfalfa can dry
some on the underside Should it
rain while the crop is drying let it
remain out of doors another day, new
er put it in the barn wet Each
crop may be cured in the manner
specified, and when housed will keep
in good condition, provided it is not
wet when put in the barn.-Indianap
oils News
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-09-28
CARING FOR THE WHEAT CROP.

CARING FOR THE WHEAT CROP.
Now that harvesting is about over,
the harvester must mature plans for
getting the grain out of the fields.
Stacking the wheat before threshlng
and letting the stacks stand from four
to six weeks is the old way OF get
ting the field clear for pasture. Inc
cradle and harvesting machine left
considerable grain loose in the held,
and the swine herd was made the
cleaners. The earlier the stuDDie
could be pastured the more gram
would be saved There is no better
way to grow young stock hogs than
to give them the range of stubble
field rich with grain and tender young
clover. Stacking early not only gives
an opportunity to turn on early but
the trouble of keeping the shocks up
is saved, and when there is CONSIDER
able wind and rain, setting the wheat
up is no small item of expense. Again,
where stacking THE grain is practlced
there is much labor saved at thresh-
ing time. Stack threshing throws the
work at a very busy time. At time
when the farmer can not afford 10
stay away from his corn, his clover
or his threshing for any reasonable
hire.
Stacks will leak unless the work is
we'll done; the middle must be Kept
full. Should the bundles incline to-
ward the center they are sure to car
nv a mart of the water into the cen
ter of the stack.
If the middle of the stack is not
as full as it should be, oftentlmes rak-
ing the slopes down well, freeing
them of all loose straws and bending
the butts so as to make the surface
slope downward, will throw the rain
out. Beating the surface with board,
breaking the butts downward Will
often save a very faulty stack OF
wheat. In parts of Ohio and in many
other sections of the country large
barns are built for shelterlnS the
wheat before it is threshed. The ao-
yantages of stacking are obtained by
this method and the danger OF loss
through continuous rains is entirely ell
minated Then the straw is placed
near the barn every year. where 1t
can be used for the bedding OF live
stock in winter. Stacking the grain
out of doors or threshing from the
shock oftentimes places the straw
pile far out into the field, occupying
a great deal Of space. and is OF no
value for bedding, because it IS too
far away.
The company plan of threshins
wheat is quite satisfactory. The
wheat is taken from the stack, the
thresherman furnishing all teams, ali
hands, does the cooking, the farmer
merely takes care Of the threshed
grain. This plan could be profitably
followed in other extensive wheat
growing sections.-W. B. Anderson
in Indianapolis News.