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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-12-14


was following as something he knew
was inevitable. The faintness of de-
spair came over her. Only the mar
row table was between them, yet all
at once, with the mention of the ring,
he seemed long way of.
do you care for 1t so very much?"
she asked him, trembling but valiant.
Il care so very much" he repeated
slowly, and after moment of won
der: why, don't you?"
"Oh, not for that" she cried sharp
ly. Not for the sapphire!"
He stared She had startled him
clean out of his brooding. In heavens
name, for what, them"
Oh. she could never tell him 1t was
for him! In her distress and en-
barrassment she looked all ways.
His quick white finger touched her
on the wrist For Cressy?"
The abrupt stern note Of his ques-
ton startled her. She held herself
stiff and still for moment, then:
For every one in this wretched bust
ness. / have to-"
"Ah," he sighed out the satisfaction
of his long uncertainty, then Cressy
is in it."
"No, I didn't mean that-you must
mt think it, can't discuss him with
you!" She was hot to recapture her
fugitive admission.
Don't let that disturb you. You
haven't given him away to me. I had
all I'm likely to get from the man
himself"
"He-he told you?" she faltered.
"He told me nothing. Don't you
know that he misdoubts me? 1 got it
out of him, by sleight of hand-where
we had met before. Has he never
told you anything of that morning
when we left your house together?"
Never" The admission cost her
an effort.
He mused at her. "As I said, he
told me nothing, but it occurred to
me when he came in that we might
be there on the same errand."
She paled "You mean-?"
81 mean thought it might be safer
all around that you should not see
him that morning; so got him away.
He hasn't asked you for 1t since?"
"The sapphire?" she faltered. mol"
The more her instinct warned that it
had been the jewel Harry had return
ed for, the more she repudiated the
idea to Kerr.
why should you think he came for
that? What has he to do with it?'
she murmured.
"My God! how you do champion
him!" He leaned forward sharply
across the table. what is this man
to you?"
He was going too far. He had no
right to that question. "The man. l
have promised to marry" Her hot
look, her cold manner defied him to
command her here. Yet for a mo-
ment, leaning forward with his
clenched hands on the table, he looked
ready to spring up and force her
words back on her. The next he let
it go and dropped back in his chair
again.
Quite So" he said. "But I didn't
believe It," He stared at her with a
dull profound resentment. "Yet it's
most possible; since it isn't the sap
phire 1t would be that" He mused.
But, you extraordinary woman, why
on earth" he broke off, still looking
at her, looking with persistent,
sharp, studying eye. as If she. were
the most puzzling and, 1t came to her
The Washington herald., 1910-09-18
PEST THREATENS
Big VINEYARDS
European EpicureS Fearless
of Famous Wines.

Berlin. Sept 17.-Anxiety has been
aroused among European epicures by the
news that phylloXera has attacked the
famous vineyard Of Schloss Johannisberg
and pessimists express their fears that
the most costly of German wines may be
lost 10 mankind.
It is true that so far not much more
than per cent Of the Johannisberg vines
have suffered, but it is pointed out that
when phyuoxera has once had hold Of
a vineyard the destructive activity of the
pest is very frequently as complete as il
is swift. If things should come 10 the
worst the Austrian princely house OF
Metternich will suffer a considerable dim
mutton in its revenass, for SChloss JO-
hanuisbeTg has brought into its Golfers
many thousands yearly since an en-
peror of Austria rewarded with this i'm
perial gift the services of that arch diplo-
matist Metternich at the Congress of
Vienna
The Austrian Emperor obtained 1t
cheaply by the simple process of depriv-
| ing KeIermann of It. That French gen.
| eraI possessed il seven years. Napoleon,
who had dispossessed the Prince of
Orange Nassau, presented it to Keller
mann in 1908. The Prince of Orange Mas
sau had previously turned out the Abbot
OF Fulda.
The original proprietors of this pearl
among German vineyards we're the
monks. who from before the date of the
Norman conquest down TO the Reforma-
ticn produced at Johannisberg wine
even centuries ago of name and fame.
There was monastery on the hill. What
the Reformation left of il was wiped out
by the Swedes in the thirty years war,
and a castle took its place. Hence We
have the phrases Schloss Johannisbers
or Chateau Johannisberg. In the vast
cellars in the mountain are priceless
stores of this most sought after of all
/ Rhine wines
The Washington herald., 1910-09-18
MAY CLOSE MUSEUM
Balzac Gallery in Paris In
debted for Taxes.
CURATOR REFUSES TO SETTLE
Says Income from Museum Is Barely
Sufficient for Its Upkeep, hut He
Cannot Come Down Upon the
Donors Who Have Contributed to
the Venture.

Paris. Sept. I'LL luck in money
matters seems to pursue Balzac even
beyond the grave. He spent his life
in contests with creditors and there
were whole months when he did not
venture out of doors in the daytime
for fear Of bamfs. Now bailiffs threat
en- the Balzac Museum.
The treasury claims $40 for rates and
taxes for 1909. and nearly $50 for 1910.
The tax collector threatens to put the
baiIlns in Immediately if the total sum
be not forthcoming and eventually to sell
the mementos and portraits of Balzac
contained in the museum.
The curator declines to pay the money
out OF his own pocket and says the in
come of the museum is barely sufficient
for its upkeep, while he cannot decently
come down upon the donors who have
already given what property the museum
possesses. The donors. for that matter.
viii at once claim back the mementos
of Balzac given by them if the tax col
lector puts the bailiffs in.
The president of the Society of the
Friends of Balzac has written Indignantly
and sarcastically 10 the authorities, de-
claring that as an establishment of ma
tional interest the Balzac Museum is
legally exempt from taxation, and that
should the treasury persist in its threats
il will incur odium and possibly some
ridicule.
The Washington herald., 1910-09-18
BRITISH CAPITAL DRIVEN OUT
Socialistic Tendencies Cause Exodus
Of Big Investors.
Official Income Tax Report Shows
that Conditions in This Regard
Are Growing Worse.

London, Sept. lit has been pointed
out many times in the last three or four
years that one Of the most serious effects
of the socialistic tendencies of the pres
ent British government was TO drive
British capital abroad in enormous
amounts. A partial record of this great
movement is now available in the official
income tax report
1t is shown that within four years
the income received in this country from
investments abroad has increased from
$3.50, 0OoCOO a year TO Sii5,OO0,0OO Taking
the average rate of interest at 3 per cent
which is probably too high. this means
that the gigantic sum of $500, OO0, COO has
been sent abroad for investment by Eng
lishmen during the four years.
There is ample evidence that the exodus
of capital from the country is increas-
ing rather than diminishing. The bank
ers and stock brokers of London vouch
for the fact that nine times out of ten
their Customers direct that their saw
ings be invested in securities outside Of
England.
British public credit is at its lowest
ebb for more than a generation. Money
is cheap, yet the price OF consols this
week has touched low water mark.
The Washington herald., 1910-09-18
GERMANS PREPARE
FOR BUDGET war
Annual Congress at Magde-
burg viii Bring Battle.

Berlin, Sept. l7-SoclaI democratic Ger
many is preparing for tiN battle royal at
the annual congress Il Magdeburs be
tween the Prussiau or Last Ditch section
Of the party and the Baden opportluists
who go 10 court and vote for the budget.
The coHac press gives pictures Of the
Prusslan champions. Bebel. Singer. .Lede-
noun. and FRANKIE plscticing assiduously
With dumbbells. Indian clubs. and punch
ing bags 10 strengthen their muscles for
the practical lesson they announce they
intend 10 give their Baden comrades al
the congress.
The Badeucrs profess 10 be undiSmayed
They call the PrUssian standpauers fos-
sis and proclaim their ability to meet
blow with blow
The discussion in congress VIII prob
ably lead TO a revival OF the demand for a
revision of the party programme cham
pioneG 10y Eduard Bernstein at the Ores
den assembly q few years ago. There is
not much chance, however, that the dis
cussion viii have any result in view OF
the natural desire i'm the whole party to
present an unbroken front al the ap-
preaching imperial general elections OF
next year.
Whatever may happen AT the Magde-
burg congress it remains true that Social
Democracy in South Germany is losing
its violently scarlet hue and that before
very long the inevitable split in the party
must occur. The congress meets TO-
morrow
The Washington herald., 1910-09-18
EXPERT DEFINES INSANITY.
American Physician Says Brain
Character Must Be Disturbed.

London. Sept 17.-Dr Charles F. Mac
donald, the American alienist, In the
course of an interview gave the follow
ing definition of insanity:
Insanity" he said, sis a disorder or a
disturbance of the brain character by
mental arrangement. This mental de-
rangement manifests itself in a pro-
longed departure from the methods OF
thinking, feeling, and acting which were
usual 10 the individual when in a state
OF health. II Will thus be seen that there
is no standard of insanity.
For the president of a university. for
instance, TO go down one of London's
smart thoroughfares offering 10 black the
boots of passers-by would lay his men
tality open 10 suspicion, whereas a boot
black might do the same thing without
exciting any comment whatever l can
not tell you whether you are insane
without investigating your antecedents. "
The alienist paid high tribute to the
conduct Of asyiums in this country, and
drew a contrast between the treatment
os the insane in America a quarter OF a
century ago and now. Then the practice
was restraint: now it is all in favor Of
music, entertainments. open doors, cheer
full cottages, and useful labor.
The Washington herald., 1910-09-18
BRITAIN'S INCOME GROWING
Aggregate Wealth Of Kingdom
Brings Five Billions.
Radical Socialist Administration
Investigation DiScIOses Interest,"
ing Figures of Fortunes.

London, Sept 1T-Since the present
Radical Socialist administration has put
the screws on the British taxpayer we
have been getting nearer the truth as to
tho aggregate wealth of the British ma
ton. An official return, issued this week
by the inland revenue authorities. for
the year ended March 81. 1910, shows that
the total declared income Of persons resi-
dent in the United Kingdom has for the
first time exceeded S5,OOO,O 600 in one
year
The exact figure is $685. 79, $50, an in
crease of $145O 100000 over the previous
fiscal year.
There are in England bis income tax
payers Of the lowest grade. that is whose
salaries are between $500 and 81. 900 annu-
ally. With every additional $500 num-
Der tapers down till il is found that there
are S312 who earn from $1,000 10 5000
Then there is a sudden jump to 2l172 per-
sons who have from $1,000 to $4,000 a
year. Then the figures drop again to
h-5l9 who draw between $4,000 and $4,000.
At the top OF the ladder are twenty of
fortunes favorites whose salaries exceed
s250.Oo0 annually.
The total income Of $4,000 employees
The Washington herald., 1910-09-18
POETRY SOCIETY FORMED.
English Organization VIII ShoW
Public Beauty of Verse.

London, Sept 1.-THE Poetry Society,
the same body that organized last spring
the first dinner Of descendants Of the
poets. has arranged 10 tour the United
Kingdom with concert and recital
party who will demonstrate what ex-
Quisite pleasure can be derived from the
speaking and reading aloud OF good
poetry" An eminent singer and a dancer,
who will illustrate the earliest form Of
poetical expression. viii form the
strength OF the party. They will travel
for twelve weeks, visiting nifty towns,
1t is hoped that the tour Of the poeti-
calls. as the party are 10 be called. will
result in the formation of centers of the
society throughout the kingdom and the
development Of a poetical freemasonTy
It will be interesting TO know how the
venture fares, for while poetry read in
the closet is one thing, poetry recited Is
quite another. And then tastes in poetry
vary. Lancashire lads and Iass5s are
likely 20 boggle at Shelley or Keats.
while the rich COckney idiom. in which
much OF Kiplings verse is couched.
would be caviare. save IN Dublin.
The Washington herald., 1910-09-18
BADGERS AWE LONDON.
American Specimens I'm Eco Puzzle
English NaturaIiSts

London, Sept l7.-Visitors TO the Lon
don zoo are puzzled by the behavior Of
two fine specimens Of the American bad
ger, new arrivals. which have been placed
in a cage adjoining two English badgers
for company. The mutual educational
value Of this arrangement is, however,
entirely spoiled by the Box and Cox
habits Of the animals
The English badgers refuse 10 show
themselves by daylight and sleep like a
log while their American cousins are
trotting restlessly to and fro. When the
Americans have worn themselves out
with sightseeing they sensibly retire for
the night and the English badgers turn
out and take the air by moonlight.
This seems strange for the normal
habits Of both are very similar. Perhaps
they're still keeping American time, said
one American who Is stranded here for
lack Of steamer accommodation. "Or
maybe they're homesick," guessed an
other
The Washington herald., 1910-09-18
WILL DESTROY THEATER.
Royal Opera House to Replace
krOII's Old Establishment.

Berlin. Sept. 1.-THE fate of Kroll's
Theater In Berlin has finally been de-
cided by the determination to clear IL
away and build Berlin's new royal opera
house on its side. The theater. II only
by the singularity Of its name is known
20 all the world and Americans espe-
cially who have visited the German capt.
tai will have agreeable Tecollections Of
summer afternoons spent in drinking
coffee In its spacious gardens. situated
in the Tiergarten, just outside the Bran
denburg gate. or of operate and dra-
matte performances attended within its
walls.
II was opened in 1874, but had then no
gardens around it, and stood in the
midst OF a treeless area which was the
scene of frequent tumults during the
revolutionary days of 1913. At KrolPs
Johann Strauss played his famous
.waltzes for the first time in Berlin. and
Lortzings opera, Gear ind thinner
Manu." was presented for the first time
under the baton Of the composer
OF late years il has provided in turn
opera, the ordinary drama, Russian ballet
dancing, and even variety entertainments.
1t has had, Of course. its fse and its
bankruptcies-the first of the latter that
Of the man after whom it was named
The Washington herald., 1910-09-18
TOLSTOY HATES" POETRY.
The Russian Author Bitter Against
Everyday Writers.

St Petersburg. Sept l7.-Count Tolstoy
was in a bitter mood when Arpad Pasz-
tor, a Hungarian publicist. visited him
the other day at his country seat at
Yasnaya Poliana.
I hate literature" said Tolstoy. why
dc people write? Why does everybody
write? Only a select few. the very
giants Of intellect alone. should be per-
mitted to write. And then they should
write the truth.
Art in literature? There is no such
thing. Il is only question OF money
and talent. For the sake OF these two,
authors write and artists work
Money is the poison of literature.
Everybody wants TO make a living by
writing. They prostitute themselves and
barter their souls away
The interviewer hazarded the infor-
nation that he sometimes wrote in verse.
Tolstoy retOTtcd:
Il detest that sort Of thing more than
anything else. Why write in verse what
you can say in good. plain language. /
hate poetry. Good morning"
The Washington herald., 1910-09-18
SIMPLE TOYS FOR ROYALTY.
Queen Objects tO Huge Teddy
Denr'' for Child

London, Sept 1L-Mlss Grigsby, Of New
York, recently received an evidence of
the length 10 which Queen Mary goes in
a desire to Undue her children with simple
tastes. Miss Grigsby is rather a favOrite
with the royal children. whom she knows
through their French gOverness. and
when little Prince John was III short
time ago she begged 20 be allowed 10 send
send him a Teddy bear 10 replace a
WORKOUT one he had been in the habit OF
taking TO bed with him after the fashion
OF many children. royal and otherwise.
The Queen consented that the Prince
should accept the gift. and Miss Grigsby
straightaway purchased the largest. fat
test. and most elaborate Teddy bear pos
sible, which she dispatched 10 the palace.
Her surprise was great when the bear
came back again TO her with little note
from the Queen saying that she always
liked the children 10 have only the most
unpretentious toys. and that as Prince
Johns last Teddy bear was but a quarter
OF the size of the present one. she con-
sidered il would be better 10 have the
same kind. The American hurriedly ex-
changed the large. robust, and costly
Teddy for a most modest one.
The Washington herald., 1910-09-18
ALPINE LAKES DRYING UP.
Constant Erosion of Stream Beds Is
Given as Cause.

Geneva, Sept 1.-THE gradual drying
up OF mountain lakes in arid regions
like parts of the Rocky Mountains.
Western Siberia. and Turkestan. is ac-
companied the latest statistics say. by
the disappearance Of numbers Of the
smaller Alpine lakes or their shrinkage
in size TO mere ponds Within a hundred
years the number of Alpine lakes has
dwindled from S,27S TO 24i6.
The same drying-up process is noticed
In other mountainous regions Of medium
elevation and normal rainfall such as the
Reisengebirge, on the Austro-German
frontier and the Austrian Tatra. No
fewer than us lakes in the Tyrolese Alps
alone have completely vanished. and
even in the Lower Bavarian and Thurin-
gian hills there are fewer lakes now than
a generation ago.
There are various theories concerning
this drying-up process; the constant ero-
sion OF the beds Of mountain streams
and the percolation Of water into sub
terranean channels are the most general
~ accepted explanations. Vegetation on
the lake bottom is responsible in many
cases for the drying I'D OF the lower lying
meres,
The Washington herald., 1910-09-18
FISH FAMINE THREATENS.
Kamchntkans Fear for Yield of the
Principal Food Article.

st. Petersburg, Sept I.-Complaints
have reached St Petersburg from KAN
chat5a that the population OF that PENN
sula is threatened with famine this win
ter owing to the scarcity of fsh. which
is the staple diet OF the $3.50 Kamchat-
kans and their 1900 sledge dogs. The
report has caused surprise. because
Kamchatka has always been considered
one Of the richest countries in the world
as regards FISH.
Since 1906. however. japanese fishermen
by blocking the estuaries have caught
or destroyed millions of fish al spawning
time, when they travel in immense
shoals from the sea up the rivers. The
native fishermen soon initiated this pro-
ceeding. with the result that the Kam-
chatkan streams are now practically de-
nuded of fish and the poor people are
facing starvation
The Washington herald., 1910-09-18

last year was $6S0,010ooo, an average Of
Sl,l65 a head. The previous year there
We're $1,000 employees drawing an aver
age Of Sll35. Thus in a year the average
salary OF the employee has fallen by $50
The net value Of estates on which sue
cession duties We're paid was 81. 425 G99 $50
in l909-lo. an increase Of $50.0o0000 over
the previous fiscal year. There were five
estates in lS09-lo the value OF which ex-
ceeded $4,000. and all were English.
The Washington herald., 1910-09-18
An Appealing Salad

A pleasant variation Of plain tomato
salad Is to cut rounds of the tomatoes
about half an inch thick. These are ar
ranged on a bed of lettuce and on each
slice of tomato is placed half a dozen
rings of small spring onions.
The salad Is dressed with French dress
ing made into n thick emulsion and with
it is passed melted English cheese which
is poured over the top of the salad.
The Washington herald., 1910-09-18
City Houses Young Girls.

London, Sept 1.-THE first municipal
lodging house for the accommodation of
women and girls TO be erected in England
was opened at Manchester this week. It
cost $4,000 The building is of four
stories, and provision Is made To house
nightly 222 women. each one having a
separate cubicle with its own window and
door.
The Washington herald., 1910-09-18
American Aids Paris Academy.

Paris. Sept. 1.-THE Due de Loubat,
an American citizen, whose title was
conferred by the Pope in 1898, has added
one more 10 the many philanthropic do
nations he has made by giving to the
Academy of Inscriptions and Bellies
Lettres OF the French Institute a sum
yielding 5000 a year. 10 be devoted 20 the
assistance "of learned men temporarily
prevented from continuing their labOrs
through want OF material resources or
by Illness and to aid the relatives.
widows. or connections of savants placed
in want by the precarious condition or
death OF these savans.
The Washington herald., 1910-09-18

Paris. Sept livery soon it will be
impossible for a sick American in Paris
TO be attended by an American doctor.
Tho French faculty has allowed itself to
be so terrorized by the newly formed doc
tors syndicate that IT is rapidly becom-
ing impossible for foreigners to practice
medicine in, Paris.
There are a certain number of Ameri-
can doctors in practice IN Paris who OBJ
tained their diplomas before the new
regulations came into force, but as these
gradually retire or join the great major
ity no younger men are found 10 replace
them. The latest regulation is that It is
necessary for a nom French doctor. who
is fully qualified 10 practice in his own
country. to pass in French every exami-
nationy which a French doctor has TO
pass.
Must Pass Examinations.
No matter what mis- knowledge or his
reputation. an American wishing to
practice in Paris must before obtaining
his diploma live in the country long
enough 70 pass all examinations from
the baccalaureate upward. The bacca-
laureate is equivalent to the junior civil
service examination and every French
schoolboy can pass IT, but for a foreigner
it entails a nearly perfect knowledge OF
French.
In one case a foreign doctor failed to
obtain degree and diploma. although
he had passed all the medical examina-
tons and although a number of leading
French doctors with whom he had worked
for several years and who had seen him
operate offered TO guarantee his capacity.
The faculty declared itself helpless and
the doctor left France IN disgust
Now it is announced that IN a few
months the faculty will refuse a diploma
to any foreigner who has not taken out
letters Of naturalization. although he may
have passed the examination required
The Washington herald., 1910-09-18
PAP FOREIGN MEDICO
French aculty TerrOrized
j tors Syndicate.
TR EXAMINATION LAW

a--sE f ulHtfOn Is thHt Nom
rfre Ictor Who Is Qualified to
F-.~,Ice in His Own Country Must
Pass All Medical Tests i'm French
Before He Is Eligible.
The Washington herald., 1910-09-18

II is estimated that there are more than 100
students in the world who are making 4 serious
study Of seTonautics.
The Washington herald., 1910-09-18

During the next two years 800 more public schools
viii be built in the Philippines