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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-08-10

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It is possible that he recognized the
importance Of the event. One did not
write one name under q princesS' sig
nature every day. even in mockerys
There was q half.smile on his face that
/ did not like.
Your hlghness secs that | am
prompt ,"-uncovering.
1T Is wcll. Lct 10 ..eecod at once,
to conci@de the matter In hand" she
said.
"Wbcl!y at your service!"
(Hang the fellows impudence! How.
dared be use that jovial toneO
I hca82 the crack,e of parchment.
The certificate was being unfoldedl
CT occurred to me that while she was
about ID tie princess might Just as
well have forged the ~rascal's name ana
wholly dispensed with his sefvsoess..
The vhcie affair gtruck me as being
ineffeetiga; rota:ng would come Of It.
II she tried to make the duke believe
that she had married Steinbock, her
uncle wg.ild r-aba the matter to the
bottom, aad IN the end cover her Wits
~ridicuac. Eni yea can net EEL a young
woman anything Slen she Is q prin-
cess aea II the habit Of having her
own wey. 1t is remarkable how stupid
cleveg ome can be AZ times. The
Hcao able Betty understood, but her
highness would act be convinced. Thus
she Suffered this needless afTront. Par
don this parenthcsis, but when one
talks frcm behind q curtain the par.
emit cs's is the only available thing.h
There was silence. saw Steinbock
poise the pen, then scrlbble on the
parchment. 1t was done. | stirred
~restlcssly.
"fi ere," cried Steinbock. His voice.
did not lack a certain triumph. -Ands
nov for the duplicated"
Iler ~hi~aners stuffed the document.
Into tie bosom OF her dress. There.
will be no duplicate" The frieidity or
her tcacs would have CONCEALED the.
bleed Of an ordinary rascal. But Stein
book was not ordinary.
"i{ut suppose the luke comes to me
for serihcation 2" he reasoned.
You will be on the other side Of
the frontier, Here are your thousand.
CROWNS
Tae barb Of her contempt penetrated
evc1 his thick epidermis. His smile
hardcned.
I was once a gentleman; | did NOT
always accept money 70. aiding in
ssaay transactions"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-08-10

man. yet you have permitted US to
converse IN French"
Was 1t polite OF you to use it," I
asked. "All this" with a wave of the
hand, appears mysterious. This is
not a residence one would expect to
find inhabited-and by two charming
women!" / bowed. Your presence
here is even less satisfactorily ex~
planned than mine. II l denied the
knowledge OF French it was because
wasn't sure Of my surroundings. 1t
was done In self-defense rather than
In the desire to play a trick. And in
this language you speak of witnesses,
OF papers, of the coming of a nan you
do not trust. 1t looks very much like
a conspiracy" ! gathered up my
gloves and riding-crop. l believed that
| had extricated myself rather well.
This Is my castle" said Gretchen,
gently shaking off the warning hand
OF her companion. IF l desire to oc-
cupy IL for a night, who shall gainsay
me? II 4 leave the latches down, that
is due to the fact that l have no one to
fear. Now, sir, you have eaten the
bread Of my table, and l demand to
know who you are. If you Go not tell
me at once, shall be forced to con-
fine you here till / am ready to leave"
"Confne me!"-nonplussed. This
was more than | had reckoned on.
Yes" She reached out to strike
the gong. 0 can not be blamed fer
surrendering so tamely. 1 didn't know
that the old seryitor was the only man
around9
Il am the American consul at
Barscheit."
The W women drew together I'm.
stinctfvely, as If one desired to pro.
tect the other from some unknown
calamity. What the deuce was it all
about? All at once Gretchen thrust
aside her friend and approached. The
table was between us, and she rested
her hands upon It. Our glances met
and clashed.
did the duke send Won herc?" she
demanded repellently.
The duke?" ! was getting deeper
than ever. The cuke?"
Yes L am the Princess Hudegarde."
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-08-10
CHAPTER Ill

The Princess Fildegarte OF Bar
scheit! My gloves and ~rfcingcrop
slipped fuom my nerpeless fingers to
the hoor. A nImbjng, willing sensa.
ton wrinkled my spine, The Princess
Hildegardt of Baschelt, She stood
opposite me. the woman-ongnt ! not
to say Giri2-for whom | 4rad been
seeking, aflHr q fashion, all these
months! The beautiful madcap who
took the dachy by the ears. every now
and then, and tweabed tbens The
princess herself, here in this lonely
old castle into which ] had 30 care
lessly stumbled. Romance, enchant-
ment! Oddly enough, the picture Of
her riding a bicycle flashed through
my brain, and this was followed by
another, equally engaging, OF the hus-
sar who rode cross-country, to the
horror of the conservative element at
court.
The Princess Hndegardel" muir
INJURED stupidity.
Yes. ] have asked you a question,
sir. Or shall | put the question in
French ?'-ironically. Was 1t the
duke who sent you here?"
There was a look In her superb eyes
which told me that 1t would have
been to her infinite pleasure to run
q sword through my black and vii
famous heart. Presently | recovered.
With forced calm stopped and col
iected my gloves and crop.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-10-08
Cows Cross the Sea.

The arrival in Tokyo of fifty valu,
able American COWS, with the expecta.
ton of flock of sheep, may go far to-
ward minimizing the friction between
the American and Japanese govern.
ments. Experiments in provisions tried
during the Russo-Japanese war have
convinced the Tokyo authorities that
the japanese army and navy badly
need q meat diet. Meat diet is partic-
ularly the enemy of the beriberi. by
which pest so many thousands Of jap
anese recruits have been incapacitated.
1t is singular that, 50 far, no largs
scheme OF cold storage has been adopt
ed In Japan, and this would appear to
be profitable opening for American
and Australian capital. Mutton Is hard
ly known throughout the whole of
Japan. There are no native sheep, the
pasturage being altogether unfit for
them. Any sheep, which are purchased
mainly for the foreign residents, are
brought from China and killed In
Japan. Not one japanese In hundred
thousand has probably ever tasted
mutton, ard among the foreign popula-
ton this meat is so priced that to send
a shoulder OF mutton to friend Is con-
sidered quite q delicate attention.
Tokyo Cable to the New York Times
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-10-08

an almost unprecedented amount Of at
tention and dresses to clear the ground
are even seen in the realm of after
noon toilets.
For afternoon gowns the daintily
checked voiles in two-toned effects are
exceptionally attractive, when fash
toned with garniture of silk, which
gives them body.
Ball fringe, very large grelots, long
and ornate tassels, cords of silk and
chenille and any number Of detached
motifs in passementerie or braid orna-
ment the new costumes.
Shocking is gradually returning to
favor, although it is net very practi-
cal for washable materials, but for
such fabrics as may be dry cleaned sat
isfactorily it is always pretty.
Walking suits are plain. Even the
folds around the skirts are gradually
disappearing on the newest designs.
The new circular skirt seems to be
adaptable to very little variety In
walking costumes.
One of the latest of millinery blooms
is brown lilac, which has much the
appearance of the natural flower when
it has been subjected for too long a
period to the unmereiful rays of the
sun. A few sprays of fresh lilac are
almost invariably mixed with the
scorched brown blossoms, two or three
withered leaves being likewise fire.
quently added
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-10-08
BIG OIL TRUST PROFITS.
Nevs York Hearing shows Pront of


$490,315,934 In Seven Years.
The hearing before Special Federal
Referee Ferriss of Missouri in the gov
eminent suit to dissolve the great oil com
bination vas begun at New York, with
Attorney Frank B. kellogg representing
the government and John G. Milburn and
others as counsel for the Standard Oil
Company. Mr.. Kellogg submitted in evil
dence statistics compiled by the Standard
Oil officials, showing that the Standard
Oil Company of New Jersey had earned
profits in the last seven years aggregat-
ing $500, 1884, and that during the
same time dividends had been paid to the
amount OF $30S, 359, 403. These profits
came from the plants owned by the parent
company, as we'll as from those of the
subsidiaries controlled by it. This was
the first time in the history of the oil
had been made public. Acting Controller
Fay of the Standard said there were
nineteen subsidiary companies, and gave
their Names The evidence is being taken
for use in the Circuit Court at st. Louis,
where the dissolution suit, under the
antitrust law, is to be prosecuted. Mr..
Kellogg, among other things, wanted the
company to produce the minutes of the
various meetings at which the absorption
of smaller companies was arranged, but
the counsel for the company was inclined
to resist.
The examination of Charles NJ. Pratt,
secretary of the trust, brought out the
fact that the parent company had trans
ferred its $4,000,Oc0 holdings in the
Waters Pierce Oil Company of Texas to
son-in-law of Vice President Archbold
from 1904 to 1907, during the custer pro-
ceedings brought against the subsidiary
| by the State of Texas, and that only
| $125,000 in cash was paid for the stocks,
the remainder being in the form of a note
which was never fully taken up, the prof
| its of the Waters-Pierce company going
| toward the payment of the note. Mr..
Pratt admitted that this transaction did
not appear on the books of the Standard,
the accounts being kept under the title,
| &c. NJ. Pratt Investment" Mr.. Pratt
explained that by this arrangement he
| held the stocks for the trust merely as a
not done to avoid the antitrust laws of
1eXdS ne replleu, MOI Indt L KNOW VI.
| Tabulations were rlso verified showing
enormous earnings of subsidiaries, among
which those of the Standard Oil Company
of Indiana appeared most remarkable.
This corporation on a capitalization CT
$1,000,000 made profits in 1906 amounr-
Ing to $10,516,0S2, and last year paid to
the parent company $4,495,500. This
amounted for at least one year to the re-
markable profit of 1000 per cent. Mr..
Kellogg also brought out evidence show
ing how the New York branch had been
| systematically drained by Saddling upon
| 1t enormous liabilities at the same time
that its assets were greatly increased
Counsel Milburn disclosed one line of de-
| Tense by giving notice that the trust
would object to any testimony bearing
upon acts committed prior to July ?,
1890, when the Sherman law went into
effect
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-10-08
Oh, Billy, help me! Tell me what am

Oh, Billy, help me- Tell me what am
TO doI'
He could hardly believe his ears. To
think that Aileen. always so seif-pas
sessed. so confident of her own pow ers'
should come TO him for advice and aeip'
and show so plainly that she tnousn1
he could give it, was bewildering enough
to drive away every idea he had But ne
made a vigorous attempt to keep MS
senses about him and to think deeply.
II don't for a second think there's
anv likelihood of her clipping with MIN
or ANYTHING of that Sort" he announced
slowly. But she's immensely taken with
him. and she's very simple, easily ied,
and fascinated by his superhciality. Anu
she's awfully romantic, and no doubt I'M
AGNES herself the heroine OF three-soi
ume novel: and of course any opposition
would only feed her ideas IL were
Won I'd pack her OF somewhere, and not
give Charters any chance OF knowing
where she is. and then if he really means
anything
..But he does not and he knows that
fotber would never countenance such
thing"
"Well. then, send her away Tor a
change, and until she goes III help you
70 see that Charters is kept as mucn
at arms length as we can manage.
Aliens face Frightened, she looked at
him gratefully. There was smile on her
Inns and friendliness in her manner that
made Billy bold.
Suppose for the next few days enter
the lists against Charteris?' ne said,
watching the varying expressions that
fitted over her mobile face. How would
that do?'
Aileen scratched hole in the ice with
her skate blade.
DO you thinla you are likely to be
yictorious?" she asked demurely. You
are very conceited. I'm afraid"
81 could bowl Charters out il set
myself to work but in such case l
should expect a fitting reward
She looked at him archly and skated
away.
Bride looked lovely in those dia-
monds,' she said over her shoulder.
Ito be continued.)
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-10-08
who Is Responsible.

Wherever in all the world the spe-
cial gifts of women are needed, there
is woman's sphere, says a wise woman
writer. The qualities that Different
ate woman from man are affection,
quick sympathy, intuitiye perceptions,
a gift for sweet ordering. arrangement
and decision while man is the creator,
defender and discoverer. Each is es-
sential to the other, and each should
enter in some degree into every phase
of the others life. This disposes of the
drawing of arbitrary lines. If men
will become truly manly and woman
truly womanly, both will gravitate to
their rightful place in any age of the
world.
If man today were the brave and ten
der lover and protector he is intended
to be, he would have no occasion to
complain that woman has grown in
dependent and even entered into com
petition with him. 1t is because men
have first been deficient in wisdom that
women have come to seem deficient in
love
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-10-08

Freight traffic is reported to be increas-
ing at an abnormal rate in New Eng
land.
Reports from California state that the
Southern Pacific road is preparing to run
its trains in that State by electricity.
The fortieth annual number of Poor's
Manual, recently issued, places the gross
earnings of the railroads of the United
States during 1906 at $1,124, SOC, 800, an
increase of 1924, LAO, 516 over 1905, in
spite of increased wages and cost of ma
terials There were S15,774,11S passen-
gers carried last year, and 1,610,099,S29
tons of freight moved. The average re-
ceipts per passenger per mile was 2.011
cents, as against 2.02S in 1905. The
average revenue per ton per mile on
freight decreased from .7S4 cents to 1856
cents. The tot,l assets of all the rail-
roads amounted to $17,534, 3S1 1913. The
total funded debt of the roads is $7,S51,-
107,77S, being slight increase over the
previous year. The increase in capital
stock was 1864, 452, 151, the total now be-
ing S7.106, 40S, 976 The total increase
of liabilities of all kinds was S1,199,615,-
367. The construction of new road dur
ing the year was 5,516 miles, making a
total at the end of 1906 of 222, 635 miles.
The Erie railroad has received an all
steel passenger coach, witch is practically
non-wreckabIe and viii not burn. There
is less than 800 pounds of wood Oh other
inflammable material used in it's construc-
ton and all of that has been treated
with preparation which, it is claimed,
renders il immune to an ordinary degree
of heat The car looks like the standard
passenger coach in general use, but lis
weight is much in excess Of the wooden
car, being nearly 100000 pounds. The
car is so strongly built and so well ryeted
and bolted that it will stand almost any
shock that railroad service will give i.
A new railroad has been projected to
run from Denver to Seattle, through Colo
RADIO, Wyoming, Idaho, Oregon and Wash
ington.
1t is announced that the Pennsylvania
road has resumed its aggressive construc-
ton and improvement operations on all
parts of its system.
As a test Of long-distance speed en-
durance, Union Pacific motor car No. u
has made a continuous run from Omaha
to Denver in 16 hours 81 minutes.
A company has been organized to build
a railroad from the Tygart valley in West
Virginia 10 Pittsburg. 1t is 10 be known
as the Fairmont and Southern road.
The trains in the electrical zone Of the
New York Central's system at New York
City have been shifted from the left to
the risht-hsnd tracks. The left-hand
system had been IN vogue on this line
ever since 1t was established by Commo-
dore Vanderbilt, who believed that pas
sengers would get a better view Of the
scenery of the Hudson by that plan. The
change resulted in the SCATTERING of
schedules for days.
Contracts have been let by BE South |
ern Pacific road for the bdilding OF |
rifed oil pipe line, 2J6 miles in length |
from its oil properties in Kern county, |
soathern California, to tide water on San |
Francisco bay.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-10-08
Do You FfeckIer

Freckle remedies are always in or
der. Here are several:
Morning and night rub over the skin
a combination made of half dram OF
boracic acid and quarter of an ounce
of ointment of rosewater. Do not think
that this is going to cause the freckles
to disappear like magic 1t will not.
1t will simply prevent them from in
creasing, and if they are very light in
color will cause them to fade after
a time.
Stronger, but quite useable, If one
does not unnecessarily expose the face
at the time, is sixteen grains of oleate
of copper mixed with half an ounce of
oxide of blue ointment. This should
be rubbed on night and morning after
washing.
Still another lotion that can be APP
piled several times during the day is a
mixture of two ounces of Tactic acid,
one ounce of glycerin and half an
ounce of rosewater. 1t should be
mopped on with a bit of muslin.
An ointment that is sometimes more
convenient to pack than 4 liquid IS
made of ten grains of leMgated sui
phate of zinc and a half ounce of elder
flower ointment. These are mixed and
rubbed on night and morning.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-10-08

Reform I'm Housekeeping Methoos'
With women who keep help the dish
washing after the evening meal pre-
sents no more inconvenience than any
other part of the days work; but WIN
women who are their own kitchen gen
fuses, as many must perforce be IN
this day of scarce domestic service
washing the evening dishes is the
greatest bugbear of the day.
Then, especially in summer, the
housewife wants to be daintily dressed
and to be free to spend the evening
hours with the man of the house. Moth
ing prevents this, but the great stack
of dishes to be washed up.
Now, why cannot the dishwashing
be as Systematically and sensibly done
as the rest of the houseworki Why
dabble over the dish pan three times
a day? There really need be but one
dishwashing done each day. If the
dishes are cleaned with the pliable
blade of palette knife, they can be
piled up neatly overnight. The work
of doing the whole batch at once, in
the morning hours, is not half the trou-
Bile it is to do them at night, when
dressed for the evening.
Every housekeeper should have, too,
a dish rack in which the dishes, after
rinsing, are left te dry. 1t is simply
an ancient fetch that wiping with
towel is required In ideal Kitchens in
modern palaces the dishes are never
dried. The finest china and glass are
finished by placing IN the rack to dry
and it may be added are kept brighter
by this means.
There is no reason why dishes should
be washed three times a day, nor why
the dish towel should be adhered to
no reason except that women lack ini-
tiative. The average feminine is a
creature Of habit; she clings to unnec-
essary and foolish ways for no better
reason than because her mother and
grandmother did things so.
1t is the hardest thing in the world
for her to revolutionize her housekeep-
ing; yet no profession, occupation or
job on earth stands in greater need of
revolutionizing.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-10-08
Love Defined.

Before the International School Con-
gress in London, DIR. Sir James Chich-
ton-Browne defined love at first sight
as being "a a species of cerebral COM
motion, and (2) the stirring of some
hitherto dormant association centers
by an appropriate affinitive impress
sion." The scientific value of this
transcendent discovery, in the opinion
of the Independent, is almost equal 10
the conclusions reached by an Ameri-
can university a few years ago when
an investigation was made of large
number of school children to discover
their preference for dogs and cats The
astonished world learned that most
boys loved dogs best and most girls
cats
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-10-08
MARTHA'S CAREER.
She Went to New York to Become .
Great Singer.

She Went to New York to Become .
Great Singer.
Martha was a farmers daughter In
the Middle West, a daring, self-willed
girl. always full of great dreams and
ambitions. The day after she was
graduated from the high school she
went to her father
II am going to New York" she an
nollnced, ito learn to be singer. I'm
old enough-I'm IS, and / have the
$500 Aunt Minta left me. It's no use
trying to prevent me shall run away
If you don't let me go"
SO Martha went to New York and
began her study. Fortunately she Sc
cured a good teacher, and for a few
weeks worked joyfully. Then one day
her teacher detained her after the les
son.
Miss Reid" she said, 81 feel that
am wronglng you If do not speak to
you frankly. You are putting your life
into your singing. May | ask you what
you hope to do with your yoicei"
81 mean" the girl answered, defiant
because of the sudden fear that caught
at her heart, Ito be a great singer. |
know I'm poor, but what difference
does that make? I'll earn the money.
Others have done it, why shouldn't Z"
The teachers eyes met hers pity
ingly.
1T Is hard to say, Miss Reid, but |
could not forgive myself If did not
tell you the truth-we see so many
tragedies here! You never can make
a great singer-you have not the voice.
You have voice enough to give much
pleasure to yourself and others, to help
in a thousand ways"
The girl broke in rudely. "You are
telling me that l can sing In Sunday
school," she retorted. Thank you,
that isn't my idea of life"
She left her teacher and went
straight to another, to whom, In spite
Of herself, she let the story slip out.
The professor" sympathized with her,
tried her voice, declared himself en-
ENTHUSIASTICALLY ncI dufOCdtC, dhA VASo
more the study begap--and the dreams.
But now new difficulty appeared-she
was almost at the end of her money.
Troubled, yet hardly doubling, she
asked the professor to help her find
some way to use her voice. Then
the professors smooth manner dropped,
and he broke out into a TRADE to which
she listened too stunned to answer.
Five minutes later she left, with his
last word ringing in her ears:
Voice? You could not sing in one
thousand years."
The New York papers the next day
reported the suicide of young girl at
such and such a street number. No
reason known.
1t Is terrible story, but only too
common. There are those who speak
piUingly of the great mystery Of the
artistic temperament" with no power
to create the beauty of which 1t dreams
1t is a mystery, but the tragedy was
not there. 1t was In the selfishness.
vanity and cowardice that shirked the
duty Of building life out Of the talents
and opportunities given--Youth's Com
panion.
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times that girl can have is through
the married women she knows. 1t
may seem good fun to bat around with
men. and some girls seem to think it IS
sign of cleverness to say that they do
not like women, but in the end these
girls don't have as much fun as those
who know women as well as men.
TO lose good old friendship OF man
a girl has known many years simply
because he is married is a pity, and
many times quite unnecessary. A lit
tie tacs and thoughtfulness will make
the wife quite as good friend. too,
and instead of losing one by the change
girl will gain another
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-10-08
Help Your Husband.

A college girl who won Phi D. de-
gree tells how she succeeded in mar
ried life and says that if most wives
put as much energy into the work of
helping their husbands as into n ''ca-
reer'' it would pay much better. Begin
ming with salary of S2J a week, they
lived in two rooms; the college girl
did the cooking and all the washing
but her husbands shirts and col
lars. They lived on S13 a week and
saved $40. The man is now making
$4,000 year, but through every step
of the way his wife helped him up.