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The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1906-07-20


duke secre,a.y ,,~.s. / have tue o.
fetal notice, but left it in my desk.
The runaway son of the grand duke Is
called Christobal. He is twenty-seven
years Of age, speaks English fiuently,
besides French and our own language.
1t seems that he attended an English
college with Prince Dantan and some
Of our own young men who are still in
England. Six weeks ago he disappear
ed from his fathers home. At the
same time q dozen wild and venturous
retainers left the grand duchy. The
party was seen in Vienna a week later.
and the young duke boldly announced
that he was Off to the east to help his
friend Dantan In the fight for his
throne Going on the theory that Bal
dos is this same Christobal we have
only to provide reason for his pre-
ferring the wilds to the comforts of
our cities. In the first place, he knows
there is a large reward for his appre-
hension and he fears our police. In the
second place, he does not care to direct
the attention of Prince Dantan's foes
to himself. He missed Dantan In the
hills and doubtless was lost for weeks,
but the true reason for his flight ia
made plain In the story that was print
ed recently in Paris and Berlin news
papers. According to them. Christobal
rebelled against his fathers right to
select wife for him. The grand duke
had chosen a noble and wealthy bride.
and the son had selected a beautiful
girl from the lower walks Of life. Fa-
Their and son quarreled and neither
would give an inch. Christobal would
not marry his fathers choice. and the
grand duke would not sanction his
union with the fair plebelan"
Here Beverly exclaimed proudly:
He doesn't look like the sort of man
who could be bullied into marrying
anybody IL he didn't want to-
And he strikes me as the sort who
would marry any one he set his heart
upon having" added the princess. with
a haunting glance at Miss Calhoun.
"Umph.' shifted Beverly defiantly.
The baron went on with his narrative,
exhibiting signs of excitement
ITO lend color to the matter, Christie
balls sweetheart. the daughter of a
game warden, was murdered the night
before her lover fed. know nothing
of the circumstances attending the
crime, but it is my understanding that
Christobal is not suspected. 1t Is pos
sible that he Is ignorant even now Of
the girls fate
well, by the gods. we have a good
~ lot of heroes about us.' exclaimed
Lorry.
But. after ALL" ventured the Count
ess Halfont. "Baldos may he none Of
these men"
Good hea vens, Aunt Yvonne, don't
suggest anything so distressing" said
Yetive. He must be one of them
Il suggest speedy way of deter
mining the matter" said Anguish.
LET us send for Baldos and ask him
point blank who he is think It Is
up to him to clear away the mystery"
MOI cried Beverly, starting to her
feet.
ut seems to be the only way" said
Lorry.
"Hut I promised him that no ques-
tons should be asked" said Beverly,
almost tearfully, but quite resolutely.
"n,in't |. Yet-your highness:"
Alas. yes" said the princess. with a
pathetic smile of, resignation. but with
loyalty In the clasp of her hand
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well, after all Is said and DONE he
caught us peeping today, and l am
filed with shame" said the princess.
1T doesn't matter who he Is, be must
certainly have most unnatterng opin-
ION as to what we are"
"And he Is sure to know US sooner
or later" said the young countess. mo-
nentarily serious.
"Oh, II it ever comes to that I shall
be in a splendid position to explain It
all to him" said Beverly. Don't you
see, I'll have to do lot Of explaining
myself7"
Baron Danglossr announced the
guard of the upper hall. throwing open
the door for the doughty little chief Of
police.
"Your highness sent for me-" asked
he, advancing after the formal saluta
ton. The princess exhibited genuine
amaZement.
81 did. Baron DanglOss, but you
must have come with the wings Of an
eagle. 1t is really not more than three
minutes since gave the order to Colo
mel Quinnox." The baron smiled mys-
teriously, but volunteered no solution.
The truth Is. he was entering the cas-
tie doors as the messenger left them,
but he was much too fond Of effect to
spoil good situation by explanations.
1t was long two miles to his Office in
the Tower. Something has just hap
pened that impels me to ask a few
questions concerning Baldos, the new
guard"
MAY l first ask what has happen
edT Dangloss was at loss for the
meaning of the general smile that
went around.
at Is quite personal and Of no con-
sequence. What do you know of him?
My curiosity is aroused. Now. be
quiet, Beverly You are as eager to
know as the rest of u.s.
"Well. your highness. may as well
confess that the man Is puzzle to me
He comes here IA vagabond, but he GER
tainIy does not act like one. He admits
that he is being hunted, but takes no
one into his confidence. For that he
cannot be blamed
"Have you any reason TO suspect
who he is" asked Lorry.
"My instructions were to refrain
from questioning him." complained
Dangloss. with pathetic look at the
original plotters, still. | have made
Investigations along other lines"
"And who is he!" cried Beverly
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Yes :? came from several eager lips.

les CdUlt from ScFeTdl eager lips.
my men who are watching the
Dawsbergen frontier came In last
night and reported that Dantan had
been seen by mountaineers no later
than Sunday, three days ago. These
mountaineers were In sympathy with
him and refused to tell whittier he
went. We only know that he was in
the southern part Of Graustark three
days ago. Our new guard speaks many
languages, but he has never been heard
to use that Of Dawsbergen. That fact
in itself is not surprising. for, Of all
things, he would avoid his mother
tongue Dantan Is part English by
birth and wholly so by cultivation. In
that he evidently finds a mate in this
Baldos."
Then he really isn't Prince Dan
tan?' cried Beverly. as though a cher
ished ideal had been shattered
Not IL we are to believe the tales
from the south. Here Is another com
plication, however. There is, AS you
know Count Halfont, and perhaps all
Of you. for that matter. a pretender to
the throne Of Axphain, the fugitive
Prince Frederic He Is described as
young, good looking, scholar and the
next thing to a pauper.'
"Baldos mere pretender!' cried
Beverly In distress. Never
AT any rate. he is not what he pre-
tends to be-" said the baron, with a
wise smile
Then you think he may be Prince
Frederic asked Lorry, deeply inter
ested
II al, inclined to think so, although
another complication has arisen. May
It please your highness. l am in an
amazingly tangled state Of mind" adj
mitted the baron, passing his hand
over his brow.
"Do you mean that another mysteri-
GUS prince has come to life?" asked
Yetive. her eyes sparkling with interest
In the reveal tons
Early this morning a dispatch came
to me from the Grand Duke Michael Of
Rapp Thorberg, duchy In western
Europe, informing me that the dukes
eldest son had fed from home and Is
known to have come to the far east,
possibly to Graustark'
Great Scott" exclaimed Anguish.
ut never rains but IT halls, SO here's
hail to the princes three"
We are the Mecca for runaway roy
atty, II seems said Count Halfoat.
Go on with the story, Baron DAN
gloss" cried the princess at is like
book
"A description of the young man ac-
companies the offer of Il large reward
for information that may lead to his
return home for reconciliation. and
here the baron paused dramatically.
And WHAT" interjected Beverly.
who could not wait
The description fits our friend Bal
dos perfectlyr'
You don't mean it, exclaimed I.or-
~. Then he may be any one of the
three you have mentioned?'
LET me tell you what the grand
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1906-07-20

A good many people hurry 20 read
The ads. in their paper and let the
news wait.
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|(HAT same afternoon Baldos
blissfully ignorant Of the stir
he had created In certain cir
cles. rode out for the first time
Connecticut western news., 1906-04-05
RyIes on Hills.

Among the humorous memories con- nected with English judges is one of Justice Byles and his horse. This en- inent jurist was well known in his profession for his work on Bills" and as this gave q fine opportunity for al- liberation his associates were accus- toned to bcstow the name on the horse, which was but sorry steed. "There goes Byles on Bills" they took pleasure Tn saying, and as the judge rode out every afternoon they indulged daily in their little joke. But the truth was that the horse had another name. known only to the master and his man, and when too curious client inquired as to the judges whereabouts he was told by the servant, with a clear con science, that master was out on Busi- ness"
Connecticut western news., 1906-04-05
Never LahOred.

Here's a man." said the defendants counsel, with tremulous voice, There is a man handicapped at the very be- ginning of his life. From the time he lay helpless infant In the cradle to this day, when he sits helpless under the pressure of years and affiiction. he has labored under the name of Ishmael Aminabad Skeets."
 He was about to say more when the plaintiff arose from her seat and shook a work worn forefnger in his direction.
 'I expected I was goin' to hear strange things in this court" she cried. with shrill indignation, ''but I didn't expect to hear such foolish talk as that! There's never been day in his life that Aminabad's labored nor thought of laborin'. He's the most shiftless, lazy
 But she resumed her seat, owing to a sudden pressure from her relatives in the rear, and the counsel, little flushed, went on in a somewhat differ pnt strain
Connecticut western news., 1906-04-05
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

When you are all done but finishins, you are just half done.
 If you have time to boast about b,,- ing worked to death, you have not much to do.
 Some people are so unfortunate that their troubles make people laugh in- stead of cry. t--.
 A man who underestimates himself may be tiresome, but he is not a cir constance to the man who brags.
 People may disdain compliment, but they feel tender little spot in them where 1t hit and refused to be dislodged.
 It is theory growing in conviction that the man who says mean thing about another isn't as mean as the man who carries it.
 The man who travels over the path behind you wisely looks at your foot prints and sees where you could have avoided many a pitfall. - Atchison Globe.
Connecticut western news., 1906-04-05
Bathe nnd Massage Oranges.

"You can learn a thing or two about fruit" said the foreign fruit store clerk, "by living in the country that produces 1t. The natives generally know best how to preserve and keep 1t fresh. Persons ordering fruit for steamer parties often wonder why our oranges look so fresh and bright. They are willing to pay good price just for the tempting looks of the fruit. Well, we bathe them and massage them just as the Chinese do; that's why. I have lived in the Celestial Kingdom and got some valuable lessons from our almond eyed cousins. On a first class orange plantation in China, when harvest time comes, bamboo vessels filled with wa ter are held under the orange trees, and as the fruit falls from the branch 1t goes into the water and gets a good bath. An orange not treated this way loses Its oil from having been sudden ly cut off, and 1t soon begins to grow brown and shriyel. The Chinese coolies brush the oranges to open the pores of the skin and let the air in. This gets the dust all out and helps to preserve them. California people learned the trick from the Mongolian farmers there."-New York Press.
Connecticut western news., 1906-04-05
Dr.D.Kennedy's y'sFaVorite Remedy
 Iauaant N V prica ki k fnr tk
HOW THE TIGER KILLS.
Never Faces His Prey, but Attacks I
 on the Flank

Never Faces His Prey, but Attacks It
 on the Flank.
 I have taken considerable trouble tc find out how tigers kill large game. Some time ago I was asked to come and see a full grown bullock that had been killed by tiger On examining 1t I found the animal had its neck broken, and there were claw marks on the nose and shoulder, but nowhere else There was no doubt that the tiger had jumped at the bull and land ed on the shoulder, and when the bull turned his head to gore the tiger he must have put his claw out and with a sudden jerk broken the neck.
 On another occasion I went to see a young buffalo which had been killed by happened. There were similar marks on the nose and also on the near shoul- der, which clearly indicated that this animal had been killed in the same way. Malays who have actually seen a tiger killing buffalo told me they saw the same thing happen; also that in dragging off heavy carcass, sucE as buffalo or bull. he gets most of the weight across his shoulder.
 This must be fairly correct, as ] have often followed a kill. and the marks left indicate that only a portion of the animal was trailing along the ground. I have known a full grown bull, which ten men could not move. dragged for two miles by tiger in heavy jungle. where roots of trees and swamp had to be gone through. In no case have I seen the pug marks facing the wrong way except when stopping to feed. which proves he must carry portion of the animal over his shoul- der.
 The old idea of tiger killing large game by blow from his paw is non sense; besides, in India tiger never faces his prey, but attacks him on the flank unless charged Another curious fact that may seem very like fairy tale is that a tiger does not seem to mind a small lamp being tied over a kill about ten feet high, but will come and feed. I have known three occa- sieRs- when this has been tried, and each time q tiger has come to feed upon the carcass.-London Field.
Connecticut western news., 1906-04-05
BRITISH BRIEFS.

Englands first representative parlia- ment assembled In 1265.
 Caesar conquered Britain in the year 55 B. c. The Roman occupation con tinued nearly 800 years, or until 40 \. D. ....a
 In 1879 was passed the habeas cor pus act, which, along with the right of trial by jury, is the great bulwark of Anglo-Saxon liberty.
 The great plague was introduced into London in 1864 by bales of cotton im- ported from Holland; 100000 persons succumbed to the disease in one year.
 CromwelPs long parliament assem- bled in 1640; Charles I. was beheaded Jan. 30, 1646. and Cromwell became lord protector in 1853. In 1860 the Stuarts were restored to the throne.
 Westminster abbey, where the kings and queens of Great Britain are crowned. was originally a Benedictine monastery. It was founded by Se- bert, king of the East Saxons, about G16
Connecticut western news., 1906-04-05
Tiny Trees.

The midget of the whole tree family is the Greenland birch. 1t is a perfect tree in every sense of that term and lives its allotted number of years from 75 to 130 just as other species of the great birch family do, although its height under the most favorable condi- tions seldom exceeds ten inches. Whole bluffs of the east and southeast coast of Greenland are covered with thick cts" of this diminutiye species or woody plant, and in many places where the soil is uncommonly poor and frozen from eight to ten months year forest of these trees will flourish for half century without growing to n height exceeding four inches.
Connecticut western news., 1906-04-05
OLD TIME LEGAL METHODS.
When the Evidence of Ghosts suhiced
 to Hanu Men.

to Hang Men.
 The testimony of ghost would not now count for much in a court of law, but the day has been when 1t has sufficed to hang a man. There was ghostly accuser in case with which the readers of Scott are familiar. Soon after the "45" an English soldier wan dering near Braemar met a violent death. Years passed and then came a story of communication from another world.
 A farm servant declared that in the night a spirit had appeared to him de- claring itself to be the ghost of the soldier, whose bones, 1t is said. lay still unburied. The highlander must see to their decent interment and have the murderers, two men named. brought to justice. The highlander promised, but did not keep his word, and second and third time the spirit appeared and upbraided him for his breach of faith. Alarmed at last and no longer daring to delay, the man called a companion and went to the spot which the spirit had indicated and there found the bones of the mur- dered warrior concealed in a moorland tract called the hill of Christie.
 The story of the highlander came to the ears of an anti-Jacobite, who caus- ed the matter to be brought to trial before the court of judiciary, Edin- burgh. There the tale was corroborat- ed by woman who had seen naked figure enter the place on the night spoken of by the man. It was an age of superstition in a district more thanl commonly given to superstition, anS the jury seemed disposed to find the two men charged guilty of the murder, but it happened that the principal wit ness spoke only Gaelic. NOW" said the counsel for the defense, "in what language did the ghost speak?'' ''In as good Gaelic as I ever heard in Loch- aber," was the reply. Pretty good for the ghost of an English soldier" said counsel, and that question and com ment saved the necks of the men at the bar. The jury could believe in ghost, but not in an English ghost speaking Gaelic.-London Standard.
Connecticut western news., 1906-04-05
Only One Side of the Moon.

Did you ever stop to consider the fact that the inhabitants of this earth have never seen but one side of the moon and to inquire the reasons why such should be the case? The explanation Is this: The moon makes one revolution on her axis in the same period of time which she consumes in revolving once around the earth. Thus the same geo. graphical regions of the moon are al- ways toward us. One explanation usu- ally calls for another. Therefore 1t may not be out of place to remark that the astronomers believe that the two mo- lions so nearly coincide because the moon is not a true globe, the earth's influence having elongated the lunar world in the days when 1t was seml- liquid or at least soft.
Connecticut western news., 1906-04-05

think that empty muskets will do the trick Nothing like a bluff if you rub 1t in hard enough"
 The strike had lasted four days, with all quiet around the mine. when Jose Favara rode up. It was early in the morning. and President Nervely was eating q picnic breakfast. The outlaw had thirty men with him, and each and every one had a business look about him.
 When the senor is quite through with breakfast I should like to see magnate.
 Ten minutes later he appeared and ordered the outlaw to go way back and sit down. He was seized, bound and carried off among the mountains. He called for help, but there was no help. He yelled "Polcer' "Firet" and "NIur- der!" by turns. but the staff left be- hind numbered only five men. and they had no cartridges.
 An hour later President Nervelt was at the outlaws headquarters. Two hours later he had got over bluffing and was inditing a telegram to q New York banker. The telegram asked for $10,- GOO. The money was forwarded to town designated. and week after the abduction 1t was in the hands of Jose Favara, and President Nervely was set free within half a mile of the mine to fin1 his way in At the hOur of his r. rival the strike was called off
 Didn't tell you what the man could do?' asked the superintendent as the president came staggering in.
 "Yes, but I thought he could be bluff ed. He has taken $1O,0O0 out of me- We must fix it some way to charge it up to machinery or repairs"
Connecticut western news., 1906-04-05
The Pepper Vine.

The pepper vine grows best in wooded valley where there is plenty of moisture and abundant foliage to pro tect 1t from the heat of the sun. It Is given a rude sort of cultivation. The growers plant 1t, keeping the grass from Its roots, and when the tree near which 1t is planted has no lower branches strings or poles are placed in proper position to enable the vine to climb the tree. It needs no further at tention.
Connecticut western news., 1906-04-05
GRANGE LEGISLATION.

National Grange Committee Inter
 views the President.
 The legislative committee of the na- tional grange consists of ex-Governor N. J. Bachelder, master of the national grange; Hon. E. B. Norris, master of the New York state grange, and Aaron Jones, master of the Indiana state grange. The committee met some weeks ago In Washington. President Roosevelt gave them private confer ence on some matters of pending legis- lation. He very emphatically express ed his opinion as opposed to any modi- fication of the present oleomargarine law and believes parcels post system will be established.
 The committee also called on the in- terstate commerce commission and be- fore them reafirmed the position of the grange on what Is termed rate leg islation and stated that the organlza ton, as a body, stood ready to exert it's influence in favor of giving the commission power to regulate trans -ctiminatien In transportation charges and rebates.
 On Feb. the grange was represent ed at hearing before the ways and means committee upon the bill to re- move the internal revenue tax upon alcohol, rendered unfit for a beverage, for use In the industries. National Mas ter Bachelder presented an able argu- ment for the proposition, as did Michigan state grange representative and others.
 The committee interviewed the chair man of the e~committee on agriculture and other influential members of con- gress upon pending legislation to pro- vide national aid for highways. It informed the congressman that the principles of the bill known as the Cur Tier good roads bill were indorsed by the grange, but the committee does not anticipate the enactment of this law at the present session.
 Postmaster General Cortelyou in- formed the grange committee that he had under consideration the advisabil- ity of the experimental adoption of the parcels post system in certain sections of the country, method pursued when rural free mail delivery was establish ed, and the committee informed the postmaster general that thls would be entirely satisfactory.
 The committee on agriculture was al- 50 interviewed relative to reducing the tax on colored oleomargarine from 10 to 2 cents per pound, but there seems to be but little probability that any such legislation will be passed during this session of congress.
Connecticut western news., 1906-04-05
o. s. WOOD.

libraries of twenty books each to be circulated among the granges of the state. The proposition was accepted.
 The grange has also interested itself the past year in the State Agricultural college and by its activity assisted in securing an appropriation from the leg islature for this Institution. Thus the Connecticut Patrons are assisting in the work of education in their state. At the last meeting of the state grange o. s. Wood was reelected master, D. A. Peck overseer, l.. A. Healey lectur- CT, and their portraits are presented herewith, Mr. Woods being at the top of the picture, Mir. Peck at the left and MT. Healey at the right.