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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-09
THE GREAT SECRET

a thread Germany knows exactly when to
snap it. The English fleet will be allowed to
leave Kiel harbor, without doubt, but every
channel outside can be sown with mines in
twenty-four hours. If l had proofs of what I
know is being planned, would give them to
YOU: but | haven't Go and do your best
without them. The French Ambassador may
have something to say to your ministers IN
few days which should open their eyes.
q shall do my best" Sir Gilbert said slowly;
"but ours is an unsuspcious nation. | am
afraid | shall be told that for Admiral Fisher
to abandon his visit to klel now, without
some very definite reason, would be 1mpos-
sible."
Adele shrugged her shoulders. After all"
she said, it is your affair. England has no
claims upon me- | have never lived here.
never shall-now My work lies in France
Still, take my advice. Do what you can with
your ministers"
She rose to her feet, and in order to re-
one side she set Nagaski on the floor.
Slowly he made his way toward me, shifting all
the time A few feet from the curtain he
stopped His hair stiffened His little beady
ewes were like black diamonds. He barked
angrily ~ l.: :.... oo,,o.
He did not move. Neither dared l; for he
was within few feet of me.
Adele came across the room. Have you
any secrets behind that curtain, Sir Gilbert!
she asked
"A cat most likely" he answered nervously.
LET me pick him up for you"
Adele stopped down, but he eluded her.
With low growl he sprang through the open
ing, and fastened his teeth in my trousers.
Adele turned to my cousin, and her face was
as pale death
" There was only one person in the world, y
she said, to whom Nagaslli used to behave
like that Sir Gilbert. What is there behind
that curtain9 insist upon knowing! If there
have been listeners to our conversation. it will
cost me my life
| stepped out. 1t seemed to me that con-
cealment was no longer possible. She stared
at me in bewilderment. | had forgotten my
beard, my shaven hair, and my shabby clothes.
She did not recognize me.
Has this person been here all the time? Is
this trap" she demanded, turning to my
cousin with flashing eyes.
l stepped forward. Adele, l said, don
you know me-"
She started violently. She looked steadily
at me for moment in dumb amazement. Her
cheeks ashen, her eyes dilated. And then
recognition came, recognition in which there
was also an element of terror. JIM! she
cried Jim! Oh! Godl' Her hands went to
her throat. Her eyes seemed as though they
would devour me- Yet she was not wholly
sure. | took her into my arms
1T was another man whom they shot,
Adele" murmured. " 1t is indeed. dearest"
But | spoke one might speak to the dead.
Adele had tainted in my arms.
To be continued next Sunday
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out and take her into my arms was almost
irresistible.
Il have come to see you, Sir Gilbert" she
said, because | thought you would like to
know something of what l am gong to DO.
You and your cousin great friends, were
YOU not?
We were indeed" Gilbert answered.
Then" she continued, 1T may be some
satisfaction for you to know that his death
will not be altogether unavenged. | know
more about it and the reason of it than you
can. | know that he murdered Dru-
tally murdered, because he had stumbled INTO
the knowledge OF some very extraordinary
political secrets, and because, as an English
man. he was striving to do what he believed
to be his duty. His enemies were too many
and too powerful. But what he began" she
leaned a little forward in her chair, mean
to finish
NV cousin looked at her gravely. But
will YOU not be running the same risk?" he
asked
Her lips parted in quiet scorn. "a woman
does not count the risks, when she has lost.
through treachery, the she cares for"
she said quietly. But for this, | should have
been neutral. | am not Englishwoman
myself in fact, | think my sympathies were
with those who are working for her downfall.
But everything is changed now. | am going
to Paris tonight, and tomorrow | shall see
the Minister of War and General Bertillet::
One part of this great plot, at any rate, shall
go awry."
Tell me-" my cousin asked, what is the
great plot?"
The old habit was powerful with her. She
looked nervously about the room. Il cannot
tell YOU" she answered." only this. 1t is
wonderfully thought out scheme, which, if it
was carried out successfully, would mean the
downfall of your country. The part of it
which | know anything about is the part
which secures the neutrality of France and
breaks up the alliance. | mean to prevent
that"
Take me into your confidence Miss Van
Hoyt," Gilbert begged.
She shook her head. you wiser not
to ask that" she said, 1t is one of those cases
where knowledge means death. But | can at
least give You a hint. Have you any infu-
ence at all with any member of your Govern
ment;'
A little" Gilbert admitted.
Then persuade them not to send your
fleet to Kiel."
Gilbert rose to his feet and stood on the
hearth rug looking down at her. But my
dear Young lady he protested, there are
certain international laws which every nation
respects The game of war has its rules-un-
written, perhaps but none the less binding
The visit of the English fleet to German waters
is an affair of courtesy
She interrupted him ruthlesslv 81 Did you
ever hear of war ship called the Maine?"
she asked scornfuly. Do you remember
what happened to her, Can't you understand
that these things can be arranged? Your bet
ter understanding with Germany hangs upon
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milk does not sour in the same manner
that ordinary milk does and because
of this there is no warning to the con-
sumner that the milk has reached an
age and condition when it is no long
er fit for use. Strange as it may seem,
milk so treated actually putrifies with
out giving any warning by any signs
that can be detected by the sense of
taste or smell. For this reason pas
teurization has never become a popu-
lar process with dairymen and the
most recent attitude of the public ap-
pears to be one of opposition to it.
While there may be reasons for the lack
of faith on the part of the public in
this method of treating the milk, I
would not be understood as opposing
it. This treatment is not by any
means to be considered of the same
class of harmful processes which I
must next describe.
Deadly Preservatives.
There are a number of so-called pre-
servatives which are intended to de-
stroy the germ life present in the milk
by chemical action and thereby pre-
serve it for a longer period for use.
The action which they are supposed to
commonly put out under a proprietary
name must be universally condemned.
The action which they are supposed to
induce in the milk is to create con-
dition in which germ life can not ex-
list. This is done by the use of such
chemicals as borax, boracic acid, sal
icylic acid benzoic acid, sulphate of
soda, saltpeter and formalin. There
is no doubt but that they possess the
power of arresting the action of germs,
but since their presence is deadly to
life, at least to bacterial life, it is
logical to believe also that it would be
injurious to human life when intro
duced into the stomach. So universal
is the practice of using such preserva-
tives. no matter in what form they
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Where milk

noticeable in the milk. Where milk
is handled in large quantities and ma
chinery for this purpose can be in
stalled, it is possible that it might be-
come a paying practice.
After all is said, however, the COM
mercial preservation of milk reduces
itself to a very simple set of rules:
First-Prevent the contamination of
milk by all means possible-clean
stables, clean COWS, careful mixers,
sterilized vessels and aeration for the
purpose of cooling. In other words,
prevention is the most complete ad-
vice that can be given.
Second-Reduce temperature to as
low a degree as possible, at the same
time keeping the milk free from con-
tamination by the use of proper cans
and bottles. By these means the milk
will be preserved in its pristine purity,
with all its desirable flavors, with its
natural sweetness, it's chemical con-
stituents unchanged and its value as
a food uncontaminated.
I have suggested many methods, all
of which have value, but these final
suggestions contain what I believe to
be the most excellent of all.
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an indefinite length of time. Refrig-
Grafton, which means the reduction of
temperatures to even still lower levels
does not present any real undesirable
conditions. 1t must not be forgotten,
however, that before refrigeration is
employed the milk must be reduced
to as low temperature as possible.
before it is placed in the refrigerator
or brought in contact with the ice.
The we'll known bacteriologist, H. w.
Conn, who has perhaps done more
than any other man in this country in
the study of bacteria in milk, states
that $50 far as the keeping properties
of milk is concerned, the matter of
tenn arature is of more significance
than the original contamination of the
milk with bacteria"
There are other methods which
might be mentioned in this connection
which assist in the preservation of
milk, but which are not likely to come
into general use. One of these is to
subject the milk to extreme pressure
by sealing the milk in cans devised
for this purpose. 1t was found that 1T
had the same effect as pasteurization,
except that no undesirable tastes were
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Dean of State College-A Prominent
Figure at Dairymen's Convention.
may be compounded, that there are
few countries where their use is not
barred by statute. In the light of the
present knowledge of the effect OF
such preservatives their use borders
on the criminal. Many better ways for
preserving milk have been discovered
| have referred to the destruction Of
bacterial life by means of the high
temperatures to which it is brought in
pasteurizing.
1t is we'll understood that opposite
extremes of temperature will for the
time being have the same effect. In
other words, refrifieratiOn as opposed
to pasteuriZation is safe process and
is vastly more simple and easier to
handle. | firmly believe that the re-
duction of milk is a better plan than
is the use of high temperatures and is
certainly within the reach of the aver
age dairyman. Milk reduced as
quickly as possible after milking to a
temperature as nearly as possible TO
freezing can be kept for almost as long
a time as that which is pasteurlzed
and at the same time preserves all It's
desirable fiavors and consequent palat-
ability. Under such low temperatures
there are few bacteria that will thrive.
1t must not be understood that these
bacteria are destroyed by the low tenn
perature, for they merely remain dorm
ant and as soon as the temperature OF
the milk is raised to the proper de-
gree they will multiply as rapidly as
if the milk had never been chilled. 1t
has been found that temperatures
ranging between freezing and fifty de-
grees are sufficient to preserve milk
for any ordinary length of time. The
usual temperature of well water is not
far from fifty dgrees. The addition OF
a small quantity of ice reduces it be-
low that. The presence of both run
ming water and current of air would
be sufficient to maintain temperature
in which milk could be safely kept for
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This Proposition Practically Amounts to
FREE LAND


and big the mar
longevity of life and the fast growing cities de-
will all raise
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ON EASY TERMS

absolute
of fores which
the
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ton was $4,000, They have also Sy sold tSa
block fro fT9nt on the south side of the Hemp
twenty-eiSht lots, for Max DcckinEeefr FOR
The plans for the stable of Benjamin. Ait
mans new store have been filed with Building
stoR2y b liidlsR fs MGtRIhy' 100 j feet Is to at be 70 g AZ ESs
through the bloek, iS7% feet to No, 200 70 40
fac ldes Of brick trimmed with terra Gotta,
With one course OF granite blocks at the base.
mate OF the architects. Trowbridge & Lily
over of the two three storm and basement
private dwellings at Nos. q and 80 West
Thirty-dfth street into an ofiEGe building FOR
Henry. j, Braker as owner. They are to be
extended to the building line in front and a
three story extension 40 feet deep added
an elevator Installed. The improvements are
70 cost $50. 900. according to the estimate OF
The. Manhattan new building plans include
fawo SIX story apartment houses. dor twenty
guson at the southwest corner Of Giarement
avenue and 10th street, at a cost of st70. 900;
+ fam slh ss0e cn f RRI2ctT%gidet b bGHss South 5Te af la7ss
s @bIsS fS5 tas R%STTIs sen E & p4sysId sH@p4 70 so 81
Harris NJ, Conan on Twenty-ftth street west
OF Second avenue. to cost $50 900: Ave six
NtOTy nHIS ltU stores on tne DOCK on AnlEteT-
dan a venue from Eighty-fourth TO ERhty-ffth
street for Gottlieb NJ. ,Karpas, to cost $2ae, 900;
FIVE six story fats with stores on the block on
for Abraham Silverson, to cost s255 900, O
six story fiat on st. Nicholas avenue, 10 cost
SIS go, and a two story dwelling and store
AZ No. 800 West Thirty-sixth street. to cost
IS 600.
The Bronx PLANO comprise q six story apart
me I house to be built at the northwest corner
OF Morris a venue and l5Oth street for Allegro
4 Spallone at a cost of 1925. 900: three five story
fats. for Edw ard A. Berry on Simpson street
north. of le7th, street. to cost sos, 900: eleven
two story dwellings on the west, side Of Faile
street north OF Seneca avenue for Mccarthy
4 Macy, TO cost SIS, 900. fourteen two story
dwellings for the same owners on the east
side o., Faile street. 20 cost $4,000; five. two
l3-d street for LOWS A. La yelle, to cost
49,, 500; two five story flats for 1sidore Robin
son on Washington avenue north Of l78th
street, TO cost 500, Ooo; a two story dwelling,
81 200: a one story office, $3.50: a two story and
attic dwelling. $4,000. and a four story dat.
f25 600.
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g Robert y; Bye; IN No, 10 ;iGAa street
for James n NJ D0y g,7 to pss shS J; r A. Miller ,nE CS Com y
Ssasshh' 4 Co vt to tAddlerre f Bros s'fA1v &. O. i0 Smith ShtR't Z
GO, and the Adams Il Grace Company; In
American Agricultural Chemical COMPANY
Y, Vi S + s9Teet f ess the w 4 isSS1 estate It no. 10 l. ~ Il G m1eE,
With Renwlck 9. Hurry for q Mr. JohHs21.
lis East Eighteenth street. Mr., Duross has
9nd Basement at &c, % West Fifteenth street
"A new development at Far. Rockaway Is
Elstone, Park. situated on Jamaica, Bay.
erected artistic summer cottages with electric
modatjons; The park I. situated OF, high
sroind within ten minutes walk OF Far
s. 6ssqod Pei q Co. report a number of
fs%ISs n " k?n S%ls IslSHd a S1 + TO- E teS fsll fsaIey
Company. Traders and investors Realty
COMPANY. and a Mr.. Coles.
sale Of No, o, West iatth, street for Joshua
silHyerstein to Annie and Charles Corpeth.
e,g AaTz s 4 bEre en-, have nUr,S sold ., for Rro Ralph Phi Hi S1pE
and one Block east Of White Plains road.
shaw 4 Co, have sold for Miss Sarana
''e Win! S am e q. R %ate 6 sas s sIIGGpfR o1 the toS sGbsrban
II ha1 Psj hbmD5oS Msnor Company &c q plot; .oOI,SS.
Watt in connection with James g.. Patton has
sold for q building and loan association forty
ranging from $500 to $3.50.
l2lst street.
.o EIsenF %! Realty Company have
avenue 1870 feet north from Thompson avenue,
TO Maxwell 8, Names; also for E.. R. Burtit
Of Thirteenth street; one lot on Mot avenue.
ElgRfh street, 200 feet east q East avenue,
two lots on Jackson avenue and ono on Hun
ter syenue. running through IFS feet east
Who has reso ilddus same ee 10 m"t tSe STATE al "RRe eaity;
and Mortgage I ompany.
h Mcknight Realty. COMPANY has
tract. 10 be known as West. Pcnw"od, al the
northw est junction of Old Bayside road and
id 5Gshe tbs t syense or bIby eJiSoar 4o i@prov ct sa,
company and Sdi'' the Penwood imprrovsment
COMPANY Lots are being sold in blocks
lots have been sold TO Norman F; Archer and
eleven lots TO George {. Ames. The Mcknight
ss sS.Igs o0 ons bHIs has sn s9i fo5 for ,d II; On d; Eel Z Of
also sold for 4, n. Mcknight his residence
Whitaker. and thirty-six lots adjoining this
property 10 a syndicate from brooklyn.
y, Howard G; Pyle 4 o. hay" sold a tract
frontage Of $500 feet on thIG latter and 200
wss purchased in 1893 by, John Hartman
and sold by the heirs to a Brooklyn builder,
who will make extensive Improvement
jamaica depot Of the Long Island Railroad
The consideration was $3.50, ooO. They have
sway sp 9arap 'h"s' near 1e seT Farne ss's sye en- .ne k hS,k;
Was sold by Edward /. Wilson of BToo 5ftiHRsrt to
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Cazenovia. n. Y, the three story DWELLING
at No. lea West Ninety-third street. on
LOT izNInAR

Cszenovla, n. w. the three story dwelling
et No; ICE West Nlnety-third street OF
VERMtLYEA AyENUE.-Max Marx has
Schmidt the plot. 75xl4o. on the east side OF
Vermilyea avenue. 100 feet south Of Emer'
son street.
ST. NICHOLAS ,AyENUE.-Max Marx hal
resold to Adolph Baum No. to4 st. Nicholas
avenue. a 1--WE story fat. on lot 25xlOO.
isgTH sTREET.-Shaw & Go. have sold fol
a new three story dwelling. on lot isxSs IL
sold for pinah Watson Smith the three
s inS a sn So ea ssR We. lim 1sStS s,r reS9t 6 d%1 Ill
l5S9o.ll.
PARK AvENCE.-Post 4 Reese have sold
for Dorothy T. s. and Amelia c.. Pope No,
25.6xs2.3.
simon slchel the ave story double hati
corner Of 1sad street. on plot laa51ioo'
hss sald Tor 2lissbsthi 9. g. RSurfs No:
single si hat, f on lot i1.ss sitets' n'e ''0''
hqs, sold for John voaei lie four s,oTy
double nat; with stores at No, - West
&Co, have sold Nos. s04 and 500 East Thirty
third GIots street; twq p. four story tenements'
oh plo W o'VI hDIu.
NlNETY-FoURTH sTREETm-EdwaTd L.
70 a'" Edward G. ea' sh seiH .o for MltrST Tu ( t t%ne
fourth street, two four story brownstone
fats. on plot 7SIioo,s.
NINTH ,AyENUE,-Jacob j., Talbot and
sssa.ls d Sss e'' 3. eszs 'G saen 1Ss & esG fGa e
story fiat. with stores. on lot io.sT6S,
SsS ssiSS for : slisat to John lHH. +. Pegs s'S No
i Io 4 ssSS5 avenue a hVe story nat On
LAWRENCE sTREET,-p. J. Mcdonald has
cold TO the Accumulation Realty Company
SsSs;. q On i T.. ssSiso s'f'''' a n'' story d0u0l'
FORT fast STREET Philip Lrberman
3nd H, Shapiro nave bought from Daniel
rear teneinentS, on plot 6oxos.s.
ilG Anna SSTIbE s5i oesgaTwR ivan has s sold. for
aasses story nrSe double BE- a si, ON W lot lot M a51ioo s III d
LEXINGTON AYENUE.-The Louis Meyer
Realty, company has sold to Samuel Rabino-
witt, Nos. 1889 and 1874 Lexin gton avenue.
southeast corner of Hath street. two four
story mats, on plot AXIS.
AVENUE D.-Tbe Louis Meyer Realty Com
pany has sold to Samuel Horowitz Nos,
Seventh street, a six story tenement. on
plot 4sNSS.
FoRTY-sIxTH sTREET-Dayid. d Harry
sixth street. a FIVE story tenement. on lot
28 .3xiO0.5
i0sD STREET. frederick Levy has sold No.
West i0Sd street. a nv" story fiat on lot
LEN0X AVENUE. Walter Metzner has sold
No. 3H5 Ienox avenue, q three story build
Ing. on lot is.llxl00.
I27TH STREET,. Besant has boug bt No.
6e West 127th street, o three story dwelling.
n lot iS.gK99. IL.
EIGHTIETH STREET Joseph Hensohel has
sold No. 20B West Eightieth street, O Eve
story fiat. on lot 25xl03.3.
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Woodmont New Haven. Glenbrook, Spring
dale, New Canaan, Florida, Cooper, Ridge
field, Baldwins, Derby and Ansonia. There
Is Just now q good deal Of real estate activity,
especially in and near New Canaan and
Ridgeield, owing to the fact that a branch
field. The activity Is somewhat specula.
tive In character, although many small
farms are being purchased by New Workers
for use as country seats.
The region between Stamford and New
Haven Is unusually attractive. The Sound
broadens out and assumes very much the
appearance and characteristics Of ocean
waters. Islands and bays and headlands
give variety to the shore view while the
Interior Ia broken up into a billy region
that rises to a considerable height.
One Of the villages where New Workers
have been in the habit Of summering Is
Greens Farms, on the old Boston post road,
Here are many handsome country estates
on the hills oyerlooking the Sound. Near by
are old time farmhouses, and there is much
70 remind one OF the simple life OF the early
New ~Englsnders. The water sports include
bathing. boating and fishing, and the roads
are usually kept In ideal condition for bicy-
cling, motoring and driving.
Southport is also a residential town, with
many fine estates and villas. Its wide
old homesteads. The Boston rost road
runs through the village and Is q distinctive
feature Of the place. The highway is now
an avenu OF country estates, and is crowded
In summer with pleasure vehicles OF every
kind.
estates, coupled with old farms and Colonial
homesteads. During the. Revolutionary
war It suffered at the hands Of Gen. 1ryon
and q foroe Of Hessians returning from a
auooessful attack upon. New Haven. Only
-four buildings remained standing, n theee
.onn.le a. ya1Eanriola ~ the Colonial raYtnI
On the village green is the court house, trilt
In 1920, destroyed by the British In i77j.
rebuilt In 1874, and remodelled In 1870.
Brid6eport 10 IN important manufactur-
ing city. It's crescent shared shore enc'oses
q large harbor fitted for all classes Of mari
with it's railroad facilities, have attracted a
con siderable summer colony to its suburbs,
VIII ich contain also many large country
seats rich in natural surroundings.
None Of the villages mentioned possess
the New England characteristics In a higher
degree than Stratford, a quiet retreat
where many New Yorkers enjoy their
vacation periods. It liss OF the Housatonic
River, which here pours into the Sound
it's contribution Of inland waters, gathered
among the Berkshire Hills. Stratford Point
is regarded as perhaps the most rictu-
rescue neighborhood or the whole. Of the
Connecticut shore. The village he's no
manu- acturing or commercial establish
ments, n is purely n residence colony.
What has been said Of the foregoing
places will serve to indicate the general
character Of the remaining villages on the
Sound bevond Siam ord, TIE present out
post of suburban travel. Thov nearly all
combine the features presented by an old
enjoys the benefits Of modern means Of
commune alton without having altogether
lost its oJHeSe.tsSHnlicity and seclusion.
Tia ooss o. nVanR ls met=arSce compared