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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-03-25

"It ,ras alrays you, ncrer the king" and on to the breaking of day and found ourselves at a little roadside sta | ton just over the border of Ruritanla. The train was not quite due, and walked with them in meadow by a little brook while we waited for it. They promised to send me all news. They overwhelmed me with kindness. Even old Sapt was touched to gentle ness, while Fritz was half unnamed. I listened in kind of dream to all they said. Rudolf! Rudolf! Rudolf.' still rang in my ears. burden of sorrow and of love. At last they saw that I could not heed them. and we walked up and down in silence till Fritz touch cd me on the arm. and saw. mile or more away, the blue smoke of the train. Then I held out q hand to each of them.
 "We are all but half men this morn- ing" said I, smiling. But we have been men. eh. Sapt and Fritz, old friends? We have run a good course between us.''
 We have defeated traitors and set the king firm on his throne" said Sapt.
 Then Fritz von Tarlenheim suddenly. before l could discern his purpose or stay him. uncovered his head and bert as he used to do and kissed my hand. and as snatched it away he said, try ing to laugh:
 Heaven doesn't always make the right men kingsr'
 old Sapt twisted his mouth as he wrung my hand.
 The devil has his share in most things" said he.
 The people at the station looked curi- ously at the tall man with tie mufIled face. but we took no notice of their glaaces. stood with my two friends and waited till the train came up to us. Then we shook hands again. say Ing nothing. and both this time-and. indeed. from old Sapt it seemed strange -bared their heads and so stood still till the train bore me away from their sight. So that 1t was thought some great man travelled privately for his pleasure from the little station that morning. whereas. in truth. it was only I. Rudolf Rasserdyii. sn English gentleman. a cadet of a good house. but msn of no wealth nor position nor Of much rank. They would have been disappointed to know that. Yet had they known all they would have fooged more curiously still. for. be I vhat I might now. had been for three months a king. which. If not a thing to be proud of. is at least an en- perience to have undergone. Doubt less should have thought more of It had there not echoed through the sir. from the towers of Zenda that we were leaving fsr away. into my ears and into my heart the cry of a wom- ans love: ''Eudolf. Rudolf. Rudolf--
 Hark, I hear It now.
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It were. Perhaps for some fate let's it be. Ah. if were one of them! But If love had been the only thing you would have let the king die In his cell"
 kissed her hand.
 Honor binds woman. too, Rudolf. My honor lies in being true to my country and my house. I don't know why God has let me love you, but 1 know that I must stay"
 Still said nothing. and she, paus- ing awhile. then went on:
 Your ring will always be on my finger, your heart in my heart, the touch of your lips on mine, but you must go, and must stay. Perhaps must do what it kills me to think of doing."
 knew what she meant. and shiver ran through me, but I could not ut terly fail beside her. I rose and took her hand
 Do what you will or what you must" said. T think God shows his purposes to such as you. My part is lighter. for your ring shall be on my finger and your heart in mine, and no touch save of your lips will ever be on mine So may God comfort you, my darlingw
 There struck on our ears the sound of singing. The priests in the chapel were singing masses for the souls of those who lay dead. They seemed to chant requiem over our buried joy. to pray forgiveness for our love that would not die. The soft. sweet. pitiful music rose and fell as we stood oppo- site one another, her hands in mine.
 My queen and my beauty" said l.
 My lover and true knight" she said. Perhaps we shall never see one an- other again. Kiss me. my dear. and go."
 I kissed her as she bade me, but at the last she chung to me, whispering nothing but my name and that over and over again-and again-and again and then I left her.
 Rapidly I walked down to the bridge. Sapt and Fritz were waiting for me. Under their directions I changed my dress, and, mufiling my face, as I had done more than once before, mounted with them at the door of the castle. and we three rode through the night
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cry-half of joy. half of fear-from the princess:
 'It is he! Are you hurt:"
 And she fell on the ground by me and gently pulled my hands away, but l kept my eyes to the ground.
 Tt is the king" she said. "Pray. Colonel Sapt, tell me where lay the wit of the joke you played on me-"
 We answered none of us. We three were silent before her. Regardless of them, she threw her arms round my neck and kissed me. Then Sapt spoke in low, hoarse whisper:
 Tt is not the king. Don't kiss him. He's not the king
 She drew back for a moment then. with an arm still round my neck, she asked in superb indignation:
 Do not know my love? Rudolf, my love.w
 Tt is not the king" said old Sapt again. and a sudden sob broke from tender hearted Fritz.
 It was the sob that told her no come 0y was afOot.
 He is the king!' she cried. "It is the kings face-the kings ring-my ring. It is my love."'
 Your love, madame" said old Sapt, but not the king. The king is there in the castle. This gentleman'-
 Look at me, Rudolf, look at mew she cried, taking my face between her hands. "Why do you let them torment me? Tell me what it means!"
 Then spoke. gazing into her eyes.
 God forgive me, madame" I said T am not the king!'
 I felt her hands clutch my cheeks. She gazed at me as never mans face was scanned yet. And I, silent again. saw wonder born, and doubt grow. and terror spring 10 life as she looked. And very gradually the grasp of her hands slackened; she turned to Sapt, to Fritz and back to me, then sudden ly she reeled forward and fell in my arms, and with great cry of pain I gathered her to me and kissed her lips. Sapt laid his hand on my arm. I look ed up in his face. And I laid her soft ly on the ground and stood up. looking on her, cursing heaven that young Ru- pert's sword had spared me for this sharper pang.
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tary rank of nobility, entitling him to the use of the prefix Won" before his name.
 Admiral Von Tirpitz has often been in England, where he has good many personal friends. At the time when there was no naval attache in Carlton terrace he was frequently sent to tho German embassy on special missions. He speaks English fiuently and has . good knowledge of the English charac. ter. as we'll as of the views and mode Of life of English people. and he ia well-read in English literature.
 Admiral Won Tirpitz has always been on the side of those who deprecate the fomenting of friction between Ger. many and Britain.
 Among the birthday honors dis. tributed by the kaiser recently, his majesty conferred the highest Order of Chivalry of the Prussian Grown on Admiral Von Tirpitz. This act of i'm. perial and royal favor is beyond doubt intended as a further recognition Of the admiral's many years activity d clever and capable organizer. In re- gard to his connection with the navy acts. which is spoken of above, 1t should be added that Admiral von Tir. pitz succeeded therein in giving prac! tical shape to the thoughts and aims of Kaiser Wilhelm. at the same time surmounting all the very great dim. culties connected with internal politi4 cal conditions that confronted the dc. velopment of the German fleet.
 The kaiser has always shown that he attached great value to Admiral Von Tirpitz's counsel. for he always found that he was capable of imme- diately seizing the point of a matter.
 As man. the admiral has a genial and kind sailor-like nature. and he is courteous and considerate to all who work under him and come in contact with him. Although body and soul . sailor, he is very fond of riding, and has good seat in the saddle. Despite his 57 years he does not hesitate to put his horse to any fence he thinks him capable of negotiating"
 J. l.. BAeHFORD.s
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-03-25

A marked increase in the yearly rate is to be noted since the first great missionary conference for China in 1877. Again. the beginning of fur. ther yearly increase coincides with an. other great conference held in 1890. The drop in 1900 is easily explained by the boxer uprising. Taking the above figures as they stand, and be. ginning from 1860, we notice that the missionary force has been doubling every ten years.' The first convert, Tsai Ako, was bap. tized in 1914. Increase was slow from then to 1853. when it began follow. ing the general rule of doubling every seven years, with the exception of an abnormal jump between 1865 and 1876. when the numbers increased from 1000 to 13.0O0." This will appear from the next table:
 TABLE
 THE RATE OF GROWTH OF THE MA.
 TIVE CHURCH.
 Commun- Net Yearly
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HentZau had nicknamed Jacobs lad
 der" was gone, and the lights in the
 room across the moat twinkled in the darkness. All was still; the din and clash of strife were gone. I had spent
 the day hidden in the forest from the time when Fritz had led me off. leav-
 ing Sapt with the princess. Under cover of dusk. muffled up. had been
 brought to the castle and lodged where I now lay. Though three men had died there-two of them by my hand-I was not troubled by ghosts. had thrown myself on a pallet by the window and
 was looking out on the black water. Johann. the keeper. still pale from his wound, but not much hurt besides. had brought me supper. He told me that the king was doing well. that he had seen the princess: that she and he. Sapt and Fritz had been long together.
 Marshal Strakencz was gone to Strel- sau; Black Michael lay in his coffin. and Antoinette de Mauban watched by him. Had not heard from the chapel priests singing mass for him?
 Outside there were strange rumors afoat. Some said that the prisoner of Zenda was dead: some. that he had vanished yet alive: some. that he was a friend who had served the king we'll In some adventure in England: others. that he had discovered the dukes plots and had therefore been Kidnapped by him. One or two shrewd fellows shook their heads and said only that they would say nothing. but they had suspicious that more was to be known than was known if Colonel Sapt would tell all he knew.
 Thus Johann chattered till I sent him away and lay there alone thinking not of the future: but. as a man is wont to do when stirring things have happened to him. rehearsing the events of the past weeks and wondering how strangely they had fallen out And above me in the stiffness of the night heard the standards Tapping against their poles. for Black Mlchaers banner hung there half mast high. and above 1t the royal flag of Ruritania. floating for one night more over my head. Habit grows SO quick that only by an effort did I recollect that 1t ioated no longer for me.
 Presently Fritz von TarIenheIm came into the room. I was standing then by the window: the glass was opened. and I was idly lingering the cement which clung to the masonry where Jacobs ladder had been. He told me briefly that the king wanted me. and together we crossed the draw bridge and entered the room that had been Black MichaeTs.
 The king was lying there fin bed. Our docto- from Tarienheim was in on him and whispered 10 me that my visit must be brief. The king held out his hand and shook mine Fritz and the doctor withdrew to the window
 I tOOk the kings ring from my finger and pIscei 1t on his
 "I have tried not to dishonor it. sire" ssid I.
 T can't talk T3uch to ron he said In ! weak voice T have hsd q great fight | with sapt and the mzrshsL for we hare tod the marshal everything I wanted to take you to SrreIsau and Eee7 ycu with ns and tel every one f vhst you had drre. and you voutl szre i-s.a nsv Is--t --I nearest frie,jL --o--S=- rs--z - ---r-sf ,-s. and thzt the sccres mu<t hc s-ft-
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THE PROPORTION OF FOREIGN MS sIoNARIEs TO CHINESE CoMMUNi-
Fortune for Art Gallery.

Mrs. Hannah A. Currier of Mauches- ter. \. H. is to give her fortune of sI.ooo.ooo for the establishment of q gallery of art in tha. city at her death. With this large sum Of money !. Is er- pected that the gallery vilI be the largest in New England and viII com pare favorsbly with the most extensive and elaborate in the United States. Mrs- Currier is now 60 years old.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-03-25

"H fs not the Ring. Don't kiss him -
 sspt started round. The old mar ehsrs face asked unspoken questions. Flavisis glance was no less eloquent. Suspicion spreads quick
 -Ill ride myself and see this man. said Sspt hastily.
 Nay. I'll come myself said the princess
 Then come aIone.- he whispered.
 And she. obe1ient to the strange limiting in his face. prayed the marshal and the rest tO wait and she and Sspt came o7 foot toward where ve lzy- Sept waving to the farm girl to t--p ct disfsace And when I sau fhe7 coming I sat n q sad heap o1 the ground and buriei my face in my hands couH not isok at her. Friu k7eif hy ne. laying his hand on my shsufer.
 speak lou. vhstsve- you say [ se.-d Ssrt whisper ss ts-y cane up. En1 ihe -lcxr thiax ] hez-i vzs q lov
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-03-25

An apparent check may be noticed between 1900 and 1904. but this is to be accounted for by the sad fact that in 1900 about 16.000 suffered death at the hands of the boxers. and mission. ary work moreover was almost at a standstill in North China for two years.
 If the same rate of increase. doub. ling every seven years. is maintained. we may expect that there will be over 100000 communicants by 1907. and all the information to hand points that way.
 The most "heartcheering" of all the tables is the following. which shows that the native church is increasing at a much faster rate than the increase of the missionary force:
 TABLES THE PROPORTION OF FOREIGN MS sIOSARIEs TO CHINESE CoMMUNI-
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Veteran WhaIer Dead.

Capt. William H. Allen, . veteran whaler. died few days ago near New London. Conn, aged sl. To him belonged the honor of having made the most suo- cessful voyage on record in the an. nals of the whaling industry. This was in 1863. when. in command of the ship Onward of New Bedford, ho cruised in the Eastern. Yellow. Japan and Okhotsk seas and of the Cali- fornia coast. On this voyage he cap tured 134 whales. the catch netting 6.s73 barrels of oil and 62.0o0 pounds of whalebone. This cargo sold for e417,00o. of which Capt. Aliens share was s3s.s36. The voyage covered three years.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-03-25
tTo be cou,inuei-,

To remove . cough you must get at the cold which causes the couxn- There is nothing so god for this ss Kenne1y-s Laxative Cough Syrup. The liquid coli relief tbst is Escst quickIy effective that stills snd quie<s the courh snd drfv-s ont the coid Solf hv IT. W. Lake Drug Co. s1i Ioscph A Smith. SC Bank street. BrssklyR
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Condemned to Silence.

John B. Moran. district attorney of Boston. has been ordered by physi- clans to abstain absolutely from talk ing for an indefinite period. During the recent political campaign he strained his vocal chords badly. He smoked a great deal and that made the situation worse Now he has been compelled to forego the society of My Lady Nicotine" for . time. b. sides confining himself to whispered speech, and very little of that
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Diagram of the Provinces of China,

Showing the total population and the number of communicant Protestant Chris three provinces Kweichow. Kansu and Yunan have only 2b0 communicants to sO,- 750,0o0 population.
 The figures include the wives of the missionaries.
 TABLE l. THE RATE OF INCREASE OF THE
 MISSIONARY STAFF.
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Aged seIentist Henorsd.

For the third time Sir ArchfbaIA Geikie has just been elected prssI. dent of the Geographical society o< London Although over 70 years q age. he manages to i'll many moro iu,- portsnt positions than most men would care to accept. He is member of a great many European and Ameri- can academies He has written ex. tensively on geological matters.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-03-25
CHAPTER XXI.

; was night. and I was in the cell wherein the king had
 lain in the castle of Zenda.
 The great pipe that Rupert of
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-06-26
Presidential Candidates.

"Mr Dooley" on Presidential Candi-
dates" in the July American Magazine is
at his best and after devoting para
graph to each of the candidates now IN
the field concludes as follows:
IAN there We ARE. A fine lot " men
fr amy Republican to choose firm an
akelly fine list fr him to reject firm. He
can take his pick an be sure that he can
make no mistake, FIR no matther who
til candidate iv tn republican party
that you and |, Hinnissy, will be bound
be our love iv country an throIble to
throw bricks at next year, his right
name will be Teddy Rosentelt.'
The CALEDoNIANhas never receded from
this position that it is Mr.. Roosevelt
against the field with each favorite son
trembling in his boots lest the conven-
ton should be stampeded for the present
occupant of the White House. 1t is
difficult and foolish to pick a winner
from the field, but it is well to keep an
eye on Gov. Hughes. His recent veto OF
the two cent mileage bill establishes the
fact that he is safe and sane" and his
victory over the politicians of the
Empire state delighted the rank and file
of the American people. 1t will be re-
called that when Editor Harvey of
Harper's Weekly left for Europe he did
not say who the next president would
be, but did say that it wouldn't be
Roosevelt, Taft or Bryan. 1t is just
possible that he had Gov. Hughes in
mind. A well-informed Washington
correspondent contributes his views of
the situation in another column and we
commend his ideas to our readers.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-06-26
Hughes and 1908.

1t is beginning to be apparent that
Governor Hughes will have to he
reckoned within the political melee OF
1908. The republican party is con-
summate politician There is no
nonsense about it. 1t never allows a
sentiment to interfere with its interests.
It's heart was for Grant in 1880; its head
was opposed to him, and Garfield got
the plum. Its heart was for Blaine in
1876 but Hayes got the nomination.
Here is what the G. O, p. is now
meditating: The republicans can win
without New York; the democrats must
have New York to make any show at
all Nominate the republican who has
New York nailed down, and the Novem-
Der election will be a cakewalk.
Hughes has made good he has deliver
ed the goods. He is a reformer and he is
that marvellous combination, a reformer
who is also safe. The veto of the two
cent fare bill was brave thing to do,
and the Governors argument appeals to
every conservative man in every state.
Grover Cleveland never did a Drawer
thing. His veto of the bill to reduce the
fare on Jay Goulds elevated roads from
10 cents to cents made him President.
The measure was extorted from the
Legislature by public clamor and was
the fruit of political cowardice.
AS Governor Hughes puts it, the situa-
ton at Albany is the same now as it was
in 1888 touching this matter of pas
senger fares. He smote the bill, and all
New York whose applause is worth any
thing is applauding him. 1t makes him
a factor. If he shall be chosen favorite
son and New York goes to the national
convention absolutely loyal to him, his
chances for the nomination will be excel
lent
Politics is uncertain, as uncertain as
dice or cards. If the masses have their
way Roosevelt will be the nominee. 1t
all depends on whether he will yield to
the universal demand. But with Roose-
welt out of the thing Hughes is in COM
manding position. Van Buren,, Grover
Cleveland and Theodore Roosevelt all
were graduated from the mansion
Charles E. Hughes now occupies
Washington Post.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-06-26
The President on Rifle Practice.

When President Roosevelt spoke at
Lansing, Mich, on May 81, he again
evinced his interest in rife practice and
also paid high tribute to the Michigan
National Guard. He complimented the
state on what it had done to improve
the craftsmanship of its people and said.
Encourage craftsmanship among our
people as a whole. Encourage marks
manship in the national guard and give
every chance to any body of private
citizens to practice in the armories or
elsewhere and give them all the oppor-
tunity that can be given them. Put a
premium upon keeping up the old Anleri-
can power of shooting straight. You
know in fight it is not the number OF
shots that are fired It's the number of
shots that hit that count. And believe
with all my heart in peace, but in an
honorable and just peace. We can keep
peace best by making it evident that we
do not ask peace because we are afraid
of war"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-06-26

In the July American Magazine "Mr.
Dooley' writes of the Presidential candi-
dates. Of Taft he says
His rale position in the cabinet is
Official Jollyer. He's tn Happy Hand.
Whin there's ruction annnywhere Taft
starts out an cleans it up. A man goes
into tn White House with letter frm
James J. Hill. Theirs a sound iv breakin'
glass an furniture, an tn visitor is
fired out iv window. Where does he
fall? Into Taft's waitin arms. Where
ARE ye goin', frind?' says Taft. TO a
hardware store to buy me a gum says
tn man. 4 have another letter in me
pocket firm Hatch Hatch Rogers he
says. All, set here awhile, says Taft,
pullin' him into chair. Have a good
see-gar Put wan into ve'er pocket to
smoke afther supper. Isn't it fine day,
amt it? I've got conundhrum | want
to tell We some time. Ye're not mad, are
ye? Don't mind tn little fellow inside.
It's his fun. Why, yesterday, he threw
alighted lamp at me an Pm his best
frind. An TIL man goes back to Herki-
mer county and showes TIL place where
Rosenfelt hit him. "
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-06-26
PRESS COMMENT.
1udpe stafford,s Address.

The Hon. Wendell Phillips Stafford
continues to win deserved tributes for
his eloquence and skill as an orator.
[St. Adams Messenger.
Judge Stafford of the District of
Columbia Supreme court, formerly of
St. Johnsbury, in an address at Johns Hop
kins recently said: I'm the beautiful
city where have the happiness to live
we have, suppose, 20 statues of the
man on horseback, but not a single
statue of poet. A stranger might con-
cude that the national hero is centaur
rather than singer" Well, and wittily
said, yet Longfellow, Holmes, Whittier
Bryant and Emerson will live in the
hearts of the people long after the anti
quarian is obliged to scrape the moss off
the pedestals of some of those esquestri-
an statues to learn who they WERE
Rutland Herald.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-06-26

The new president of the New York
Life Insurance Company is Vermonter
both by birth and education. He was
born in Alburg so years ago, educated
at Barre Academy, and was graduated
from the University of Vermont in the
class of 1881. He is son-in-law of the
late president of the company, John A.
Mccall, and has been officially connected
with the company since 1889. His only
handicap is his close relationship to the
old regime, but perhaps the big insurance
companies have been punished enough so
that hereafter they will be good. He
certainly has splendid opportunity to
make a record and his Vermont friends
will wish him well.