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trre sciences. commerce and industry.
the chiefest business man OF Belgium, the
confidential counselor Of emperors like
Edward, William and Franz Joseph, ne
has nevertheless crushed all opposition 70
the side Of his life that was pleasure. Two
of his dear daughters got 1t IN the nsGk.
His courtiers dared not say boo. - 10
show his chilled-steel nerve. he let the
diamonds of his good old queen be soid
at auction by the creditors OF LOUISE. MS
frail daughter, who had dared 10 lnitate
him.
terrible old man.
The terrible old man has found a master
hand In the nursery room or Lormoy-
or of Balaincourt-he sits and goo-goos
to a baby boy.
How does the cat go?" do papa when
he sleepsw "How does the train COZ.
"Baby go dada on back OF papa
Never was there such a child, for bigness,
health. intelligence
While a blond bossv smiles induIgenf.
Or. of afternoons. he rolls a baby car
rage in the chateau park. stop. Leopold
tuck baby's muff1er we'll. behind his ears!
81 tell YOU Leopold YOU jolt hin!
And the sovereign slows down. steps
soft. wheezes noiselessly, and dare not
light a cigarette.
At night, around the lamp. she makes
his filter coffee-better than In Paris. He
has, his Dutch pipe. his wadded gown.
They talk of babv's future. Antagonisms
must be smoothed away The king must
become beloved-even by his family.
Leopold, 1t might be we'll for You. to
take your daughters back. The world
would call it generous. It would resound
to babv's credit
Certainly. the morganatic blond de-
serves thanks of good Belgfans.
AN AMERICAN IN PARIS.
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GzARzM QERussM ApAkR Yo1W1EsT CHILDREN
Elk Qt1EW KAZzLE or SxRNN

These are the thoughts the czarina car
ries with her day and night. These added
to the normal burden of every mother.
the Ills Of the children, their education.
their tendencies, make weight under
which the truest Spartan might bend.
With every attack on royalty, success
full or unsuccessful, the fears of the
czarina must be augmented. She must
feel that the chain Is tightening; that the
regicides are coming closer. Thirty peo-
pie were killed couple of years ago.
when soldiers fired into palace of the
car. and it was only chance that saved
Nicholas from being numbered with the
slain.
Now. in the killing of the ruler Of Portu-
gal and his son. the crown prince. is car
ried to the czarina. the terrible proof that
no precautions can assure safety to that
ruler for whose life his people thirst
Queen Amelia. in the prime of her life.
robbed of her loved husband and idolized
son. forms another touching instance of
the woes that beset royal motherhood.
Not even was she permitted the scant
consolation of grief. When Carlos and
Luiz were stricken and her young son.
Manuel, brought to the throne a strong
hand was demanded to shape his course
properly, lest the threat of a republic be
carried out. Forced to stifle her tears,
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when treated timber is purchased, the
buyer should be able to tellSwhether he Is
getting green or seasoned timber. Unless
the amount Of water in the wood is
known, the weight of creosoted timber in
dicates nothing, since green wood with a
light treatment may have the same spe-
cific gravity as seasoned material with
twenty pounds of creosote per cubic foot.
~
Mr.. Dean, in reporting the results of his
experiments along this line to the depart
ment, cites a method published by j.
Marcusson in 1904 for determining the
moisture and acid content Of lubricants
which he believes in a modified form may
be used in connection with the depart
ment experiments.
Preliminary trials were carried out in
two ways In the first. sample of moist,
uncreosoted wood was divided into two
portions, the moisture content OF one was
determined by the ordinary method of
oven drying and weighing frequently until
no aurther loss of weight occurs: the other
experiment was made by the xylol distli-
lation method along the lines Of Marcus
sons experiments.
Ten grams Of wood were placed in go
cubic centimeter Erlenmeyer flask. 90 Gu
bic centimeters of water-saturated xylol
added. and the mixture was heated in
parafin bath. The distillate was caught
in a burette which had been filled with
water to the point where the graduations
begin. The volume of water in the dis
tillate was 20 cubic centimeters, eauiva-
lent to 26 per cent of moisture in the
wood examined. which differed in but two
tenths of a per cent from the result OBJ
tanned by the drying and weighing method
of untreated wood.
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Maple Filling or Frosting.


- YER q million and a half poles.
such as are used by companies
operating telephone, telegraph and
trolley lines, electric light and power sys-
TENS, at an estimated cost of S9.471.171,
were consumed during the year 1905 This
information has been compiled by the
bureau OF forestry in collaboration with
the Department Of Commerce and Labor.
The average value Of these poles. none
Of which were less than twenty-five feet
in length, is estimated at $3.42 each. and
the supply of poles is but q small item In
the great lumber industry Of the coun-
try.
In connection with the universal use of
vast numbers Of poles which are planted
in the ground to sustain wires. the ques-
tfon Of preservation has arisen time and
again. for the average length Of life OF
pole which has not been treated with
preservatives is but about fifteen years.
AS the use Of creosote has become an
end of poles SO that they will Withstand
the tendency to rot after being placed in
the ground Arthur L. Dean OF the forest
service. an expert in matters Of this kind,
has recently completed a series Of expert
ments to the end Of determining the
amount Of moisture In creosoted woods.
In quantity cedar poles rank first in
the tables prepared by the estimators
and chestnut second. Following them
redwood, oak and fir. Cedar and chestnut.
however, together furnish nearly nine
tenths Of all the poles used. the first
named wood supplying nearly three-hfths
of the nine-tenths used.
In average value at the point OF pur-
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is as good near" maple sugar as you
are apt to find.
Another Fair Substitute for Maple
Syrup.
This is made with equal parts white
granulated sugar and very dark brown,
boiled with half the quantity of water
until reduced to the desired consistency.
When cool, add two or three drops of
vanilla.
Some Good Homemade Cough
Candies.
With the sudden changes in weather
the high winds carrying with them dirt
and microbes. this is a trying time for
coughs and stubborn colds. and good
pure homemade candies are in demand.
Here are a few old-fashioned ones that
do not upset the stomach. as many of the
store cough candies are apt to do:
Flaxseed and Slippery Elm Cough
Candy.
Soak one-half cup 1axSeed in one cup
boiling water, and one cup slippery elm
broken into small pieces in another.
After standing closely covered for three
hours, strain both through cheesecloth
and add to the LIQUID three cups granu-
lated sugar. Simmer ten minutes, add
the Juice OF two lemons and simmer
again until a little dropped in cold water
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consideration. The plain farmers did not
like a lot of soldiers and detectives in
their roads and villages: their wives
looked askance at the champagne picnics
So. when the kings notary desired to buy
Lormoy. she just refused to sell or even
renew the first lease.
Thus it happens that a yet more glo-
rious old chateau near Paris has just been
bought by the rich king Of the Belgians.
For three centuries 1t has been called the
''Folie Balaincourt.
The park is superb-o37 acres, inclosed in
great walls. It's forests are botanic gar
dens. Wonderful perspectives charm the
Majestic swans glide over marble-b bound
lakes. Love temples, statuary. terraces.
all lowered bronze-incrusted balustrades
and flights of steps, goid-tipped gondolas,
royal barges. make the "Folie .Balain-
court" a small. unspoiled Versailles.
The4vast seignorial pile still bears. the
arms Of its illustrious builders, great sup
porters of the Bourbons. The apartments
are almost intact. Chimneys Of bronze
incrusted marble; panels bearing family
portraits: carved-wood walls in white and
pearl gray; salons whose vast rounded
windows tower up thirty feet; floors in
Hungarian point-it is impossible to list
the fine things of old times that remain
perfect. Why, the music and the bill
lard rooms ilave been unchanged 200
years!
The latest owner. NJ. Boue. being both
an antiquary and an artist, spent 100000
francs in fitting up the old place, filling
up what lacked in rare old furniture and
tapestries. He sold 1t with immense re-
greet. because Of loneliness, he being the
last OF his family.
A Modern of Moderns.
The King of the Belgians takes the title,
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but the Baroness of Vaughan decides the
furniture. On her trips from Lormoy she
made it understood from the first that she
does not want those old things. She Will
furnish new. with coy corners. bookcase
sofas-all the gamut of new English deco
rating. Wherefore the collectors OF half
Europe have been Fastening on appointed
days to Balaincourt for bargains. Did the
baroness possess the knowledge that
ought to go with her nerve they would
pay dear. AS things are Leopold cannot
show as bargainer All he could 90
was to tag the furniture with estimated
values from his great collectors expert
ence. But when buyers come with ready
cash they often pick up finds that I'LL
them with joy.
Leopold takes the real estate title-and
holds on to it. as he holds untold mil
lions worth in Wrance. In old days. when
kings were not constitutional and had
their headsmen and their prisons. they
could afford to build royal chateaux. and
Just hand them over to a favorite like
jewelry Nowadays a business king has
subtler ways.
M. Caillaux. French minister of finance,
has been OF late hard pressed by imam
cial proposition worthy of the potentate
who makes the kongo bloom; who owns
half Ostend; booms a dozen health re-
sorts In Belgium: is half owner In five
steamship lines and remains certainly,
the greatest real estate improver of his
realm.
The French minister has twice refused
to accept the proposition. The king wishes
to obtain permission from the French re-
public to constitute French joint stock
company to hold numerous highly produc-
tive properties that the king owns In
France. =,
The company would yearly divide all
the revenues into two parts. One part 1t
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sugar Is melted. then cook until 1t
reaches the soft ball stage when dropped
into cold water. After taking from the
fire let 1t cool five minutes, then stir
slowly until it begins to thicken. Spread.
Another maple sugar icing is made by
cooking the strip until it spins q thread i;
then turn slowly over the stiffly beaten
white of an egg and continue the beating
until the frosting is cold. Broken nut
meats may be stirred in with the frost
ing. or whole meats used to ornament the
top Of the cake.
Maple Ice Cream.
Beat the yolks Of three eggs and add
gradually two cupfuls milk. Melt a cup
full and half OF new pure maple sugar
(nothing curdles milk or cream more
quickly than maple sugar that is not
fresh and of good quality and stir over
the fire until hot. Do not allow IL to
boil. Now gradually stir into the melted
sugar the milk and yolks of egg and beat
constantly until the mixture Is smooth.
Take from the fire. add a pint Of cream
and freeze.
Maple Sugar Biscuit.
When the biscuit dough. either baking
powder or soda. is rolled out pound a
small block of maple sugar into coarse
bits and roll the dough. Stamp out
with biscuit cutter. leaving one or two
pieces Of the sugar In each biscuit. Bake
In a very hot oven and serve hot with
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Amelia had to carry herself before the
public with a brave face. and take reso-
lutte position back of her son in the de-
mand for subsection on part Of her people
POrtuga's nearest neighbor and ancient
rival. Spain, has another case of unhappy
royal motherhood.
Queen Christmas long period OF re-
gency during the minority Of Alfonso was
one unbroken succession OF suffering.
The boys health was bad. to start with.
The jealousy of ministers made her task
harder. her country was engulfed in debt.
and as Alfonso grew to young manhood
he developed wild traits that robbed the
mother Of peace night and day.
Then came the disastrous conflict with
the United States, which took away the
colonial possessions of Spain in the new
world, cost an enormous sum of money
and resulted only in humiliation and the
death of many OF the leaders and friends
of the queens happier days.
On several occasions the queen was hor-
rified by narrow escapes of her son. In
France. while riding in a carriage with
President Loubet, he was made the tar
get for an anarchists bomb, which just
missed him. Again in London it was
known that a plot was directed against
him, and finally on the occasion of his
marriage, which should have been a
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Paris surete. twice a week, in automo-
bile. conducts a splendid old man. once
from the st. Michel railway station, once
from Bretigny. to make. each time, a
three days visit to the Lady Of Lormoy.
From the start. it made local grumbling
The French soldiers. getting 80 cents pei
day indemnity for board. spend so cents
from their pockets. The Belgian gen
darmes and detectives are unpopularly ar
rogant. And the mysterious beauty. lone
some between royal visits, first chased
her cook with pistol; got sued for some
1,500 francs of borrowed money by her
maitre d'hotel; beat her local chamber
maid and got sued for assault: and twice
had Visitors who raised such cain In
champagne picnics through the country
roads when Leopold was absent that the
peasants now look up their pigs and geese
and children.
A Baby's Cry.
Everybody knew it to be Leopold, King
Of the Belgians. Natives would see him
promenading. tired and pensive. in the
park. Or he sat in the sun. wrapped in a
great cloak, and gazed with dribblins
eyes across the hill at the old ruined
tower that sheltered the 1uxuries Of Thi-
bault File-Etoupes, the Lord of MONTEREY
500 years ago. Then there would come a
baby's wailing "Yaaaaa"-to galvanize
him into movement-like Hertzian wave.
Quick-footed servants fastened, whis-
pering. 1t was not the king they sum-
moned, but the papa. Leopold. aged sew
enty-three, would straighten up; his eye
would brighten. his cheek nush. and he
would hump up to the chateau blithely.
Nine. Say, however. has small reverence
for kings. The reputation of her chateau,
the peace of her peasants, was her one
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profitable to produce by systematic man
aSement."
Cedar and its sister tree, juniper, which
commercially is classed with the first
named possess the several qualities which
must be present in timber to adapt 1t for
requisites are: Durability in contact with
soil, minimum weight straightness cou-
pied with relatively small size and slight
taper. The wood must be soft so that the
spikes of q climber may enter readily, and
must have, at the same time, the strength
to support considerable weight.
One of the direct results of the increased
cost of constructive material Of this char
acter. and the difficulty of obtaining a suf-
been a series of experiments with a view
to increasing the life Of a pole. Creosote
is more extensively used for this purpose
than any other. although tarring or burn
ing the butts Of the po.es are often resort
ed to. Several telegraph companies are
cooperating. with the bureau of forestry
to determine the best methods and ma
riously treated poles have been erected
and careful records Of the behavior of the
poles are being kept. The discovery of
successful method of treatment would
make possible the use of otherwise I'M
suitable timbers, many of them among
the cheaper and more abundant varieties
of wood.
Small percentages of moisture affect IN
marked degree the strength of wood. and
determinations of the water content o"
all the creosoted timbers would be desir-
able. In commercial operations, too,
means of estimating the moisture in cre-
osoted timbed would be valuable, in that
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QUEEN AMEtIE oFRpPZuGaL

seen no revolutions. nor threats OF regi-
eide. but the sturdy burghers deeply re-
sent the lack of an heir to the throne,
and cordially hate the prince consort.
Henry. who at times has been charged
with abusing his wife. Wilhelmina-
All three near heirs to the throne at
present are German. There are the Grand
Duke of Saxe-Weimar. German sover-
eign prince. brought up as soldier In
the Prussian army. Next comes MS
fathers sister. Princess Henry OF Reuss,
formerly wife of the ambassador to VI
emma. and finally her son. the Prince
Henry of Reuss.
To any one of these as ruler the people
of Holland would be antagonistic. for II 10
feared the strong-minded kaiser would
exert an effort to get Holland for part or
his domain. The mother of WilheImina,
intensely proud of the traditions OF her
country, revolts at the thought Of a TeN-
ton ruler, and the lack Of an heir to her
daughter is an unending tragedy.
The gentle Alexandra Of Britain has
had her share of woes of royal mother
hood. In fact. no queen of Europe has
been exempt, and to add to the pain OF II
is the law Of court life that exacts OF
king. prince or queen that in the face OF
the people a smile must ever be there,
even though the heart break.
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would pay to a sanatorium at Nice for in
valided Belgians serving In the kongo
and for invaded Frenchmen serving in
the colonies
The other part it would pay yearly to "a
certain person designated" by the mon
arch land to the heirs of such person"
1t is clear enough. The baby boy OF
Leopold's seventy-thi year is in very
special situation. He is secretly legiti-
mate-the morganatic son of Leopold, all
right. though inheriting no right to his
titles or his appanages. Indeed, he is
thus alone of his kind. He is to be set
tied in life highly.
Suppose They Refuse.
Now, Terveuren is Belgian. 1t is the
domain in which the king during thirty
years imprisoned his demented sister. the
unfortunate. beautiful Carlotta. who went
crazy 90 the death of Macmillan her
would-be emperor husband. Some say
that her greatness was due to an unknown
Mexican poison. to which there is no spe-
cifc antidote Well, in any case. Car
lotta's residence has made Tervueren a
sort of horror for the present generation
OF good Belgians.
Tervueren> is no place for present hab-
itation. The lordly pile, amid its ponds
and wooded hills, drips melancholy in the
dank Belgian mist. Caretakers hold it,
but when the boy of the Baroness OF
Vaughan grows up Tervueren will be a
bully seat for him and duke OF 1t a cork
ing title.
True, the king, when lately settling up
some affairs Of his wife and daughters
and his private conscience and the kongo,
made big last will and testament, by
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which. like Caesar, he left great wealth
to the people. Tervueren was in it. NOW
he strikes it out And suppose that par
lament refuses to create baby Lacrolx
Duke of Tervueren? The king can burn
the whole will up.
He would rather not. Some lawyers
say he may not even give the land and
building during his life to his morganatic
son. And. almost certainly, if left to him
by will the Belgian judges would declare
it a crown Observation-Disclosures
Wherefore the struggle with the minis
tiers. Wherefore the French joint STOCK
company In one way or another BenJa-
min is to be heeled, and the mort Thought
full Belgians are already saying that II is
but just to reward his mamma
Indeed, the more thoughtful Belgians
admire the young morganatic Wife or
Leopold, for the good she has done, for
the good that she promises. with smiles
of mingled gratitude and humor.
In word. she seems to have accom-.
plished the great work. long overdue. of
bringing Leopold up with shock. What
the late good Queen Marie Henrietta
could not arrive at during fifty years OF
marriage: what his brother. children,
court. society and parliament have stood
two generations: what no passing favoritt
could influence. this terrible young lady
has put In good order.
She has ended Leonold's high-rolling. H.
has been the sport.est king of Europe. In
the wings of the Paris Grand Opera he
was known as the oldest inhabitant. The
swell supper restaurants of Paris held
him the last Of the legendary patrons. If
the portraits of his private gallery could
speak. they would tell of Hercules,
Solomon.
Old Man Terrible.
Great and good. patron of arts, litera-
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bardens. Pour into buttered shallow tins
and set away to cool. When nearly cold
mark into squares
Troches.
Mix together one ounce powdered lico-
rice. gum arabic and cubebs. one dram
Of oil of anise. one-third ounce oil OF
cubebs and a half pound pulverized
sugar. Moisten with lust enough warm
water to make a stiff mass. Dust
smooth board with powdered licorice ana
roll the mixture out until as thin as pie
crust Stamp this out with silver
thimble into round candies and set In .
cool place for a day or two to harden. A
troche every half hour will be found
effective in relieving that constant and
disagreeable tickling in the throat. Pack
in a small tin box and keep In corner.
of YOUR medicine closet to use as re-
quired.
Hoarhound Candy.
Soak one ounce dried hoarhound in .
pint of boiling water for an hour. Strain.
and to every cup of the liquid add
mound of sugar. Boil until It spins q
brittle thread when tested. then pour on
to buttered sheets of tin. When nearly
cold work into inch squares. and when
quite cod break into separate candies.
If too bitter to suit the taste reduce tina
amount of hoarhOund.
Iceland Moss Cough Candy.
Soak a large handful Of the moss over
night then wash repeatedly. Take from
the last water. put in a thick porcelain.
lined saucepan with cold water to cover
well and let it simmer over the fire until
of a thick starchy consistency. To every
cup of the thickened water add a pound
of sugar and cook. stirring constantly,
until little dropped In cold water makes
a creamy ball. Take care 1t does NOT
scorch. Pour into buttered bread tins,
so that 1t does not spread out too thin.
as it should be about half an inch thick,
Cut into squares.
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from the fire and when nearly cold fold in
the whites Of three eggs beaten until dry
and stiff. Have ready a deep buttered
baking dish. pour in the mixture and
bake In a moderate, steady oven about
half an hour. Serve at once before it
falls with little whipped cream sweet
ened and favored with vanilla. A few
drops of vanilla-by the way not enough
to be really noticeable-may be added
with advantage to almost any form of
maple sugar cookery, as 1t tends to bring
out the full maple flavor.
Maple Sugar Sauce to Serve With
Ice Cream.
People who remember the delights Of
''sugaring or with plenty Of fresh, clean
snow on the ground. can have fair
counterfeit by substituting ice cream for
the snow. The plain vanilla cream is
best to serve with the maple sugar sauce
Cook the strip until it threads. then pass
in little individual pitchers, allowing each
person to drip 1t over their cream by the
teaspoonful, eating 1t with forks as it
wakes.
Maple Filling or Frosting.
This can be used with any kind of cake,
but makes a specially delicious WASH
ington pie, using it for the filing and
frostlng. Measure out heaping cupful
of sugar broken In small pieces. Add one
cupful light brown sugar and a cupful
cream. Stir gently over the fire until the