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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-28
CLEANING AND PRESSING

French dry cleaning and dyeing
Ladies' work speciality. Gents
suits sponged and pressed First
class work; moderate prices City OF
Paris Dye Works, 222 Riverside.
Main 1925.
Pleasantville weekly press., 1910-08-06

He was willing to swear that she
was making fun of him. Was she a
simple goose girl? Was she not some
thing more, something deeper? War
clouds were forming in the skies.
They might gather and strike at any
time And who but the French could
produce such a woman spy? Ehren-
stein was not Prussia, it was true,
but the duchy, with its 10000 troops,
was one of the many pulses that beat
in unison with this man Bismarck's
plans. He was certainly puzzled, but
sglance at her hands dissolved his
doubts. These hands were used to
toll. They were in no way disguised.
you have been to school"
after manner. My teacher was a
kind priest. But he never knew that,
with knowledge, he was to open the
gates of discomfort"
Then you are not happy with your
lot?"
rs any one, herr?" quietly "And
who might you be and what might you
be doing here in Dreiberg, riding with
| the grand duKe!
81 am the American consul"
Gretchen took step back.
"What did Colonel Wallenstein say
to you?" he asked
Nothing of importance. | am used
to it. l am perfectly able to take care
of myself" she answered.
What did the policeman sayT
what would he say to a goose
girl:'
"Shall | speak to him?'
"Would it really do any good?'
skeptically.
''It might The duke is friendly to-
ward me, and l am certain he would
not tolerate such conduct il police.
My name is Carmichael. sow. lis
ten, Gretchen-if at any time you are
in trouble you will find me at the
Grand hotel or at the consulate next
door to the Black Eagle"
Il shall remember Sometimes
work in the Black Eagle"
"Good night" he said.
Gretchen extended her hand, and
|
ing it.
1T is good hand 1t is strong too"
he said.
at has to be strong, herr. Good
night"
Carmichael raised his hat again, and
Gretchen breathed contentedly as she
saw him disappear in the crowd. Sud
denly she felt an arm slip through
hers. Her head went round.
Leo" she whispered.
1t was the young vintner whom Car
michael had pushed against the wall
that day.
"Who was that?" he asked.
Herr Carmichael, the American
consul"
"CarmichaeIr' he gasped.
"What is it, Leo?"
Nothing. only l grow mad with
rage when any of these gentlemen
Pleasantville weekly press., 1910-08-06

That a wooden shoed, simple
minded goose girl should plunge
n1onarchs and D1onarchies into a
most mysterious confusion Of at-
fairs is novelty. Yet the love
ly Gretchen, the heroine of this
fascinating old world novel, did
Just that, for no one can deny
that Ehrenstefn is a land OF ro-
nance. There Carmichael the
dashing young American consul,
learned of the dangers Of falling
in love with a princess; there
Herbeck, the willy chancellor,
fried a master stroke, evilly de-
signed, to change the history Of
a throne; there royalty in dis
euise wandered and plotted and
learned to know fellow human
beings; there the reacherous
Magyar gypsfes lurked in the
shadows to abduct a princess.
And through all the little goose
girl trod her lowly way toward
a fate that the magic wand Of
chance had destined she must
fIl---a fate as amazing as it is
fascinating to read about.
Pleasantville weekly press., 1910-08-06
HAROLD MaCGRATH
Copyright, 1909. by the Bobbs-Merrill
Company

dressed as a vintner. He was tall,
pliantly built, blond as a viking, pos
sessing singular beauty of the mas
culine order He was forced to fiat
ten himself against the wall of a
house, his arms extended on either
side in q kind Of temporary crucifix-
ion. Even then the stirrup of the
American touched him slightly. But it
was not the touch of the stirrup that
startled him 1t was the dark. clean
cut face of the rider Once they were
by the youth darted into doorway.
HE? What can he be doing here?
No, it is utterly impossible. 1t is mere
ly likeness"
He ventured forth presently, none of
the perturbation, however, gone from
his face. He ran his hand across his
chin. Yes, he would let his beard
grow.
The duke and his escort turned into
the broad and restful sweep of the
Konigstrasse. At the end was the
Ehrenstein Platz, the great square
round which ran the palaces and the
royal and public gardens. The halt
was made in the courtyard and all
dismounted
The American thanked the duke
gratefully for the use Of the horse
"You are welcome to a mount at all
times, Mr.. Carmichael" replied the
duke pleasantly. "a man who rides
as well as yourself may be trusted
anywhere with any kind of horse"
The group looked admiringly at the
object of this marked attention. Here
was one who had seen two years of
constant and terrible warfare, who
had ridden horses under fire and who
bore on his body many honorable
scars. for the great civil strife in Amer
lea had come to its close but two years
before and Europe was still captive to
her amazement at the military prowess
of the erstWhile inconsidera bic Ameri-
can.
As Carmichael saluted and turned to
leave the courtyard he threw a swift,
searching glance at one of the palace
windows. Did the curtain stir? He
could not say He continued on, cross
ing the Platz, toward the Grand hotel.
He was a bachelor, SO he might easily
have had his quarters at the consulate,
but as usual with American consulates
even to the present time-it was sit
uated in an undesirable part of the
town. over a bierhalle frequented by
farmers and the middle class
Where had he seen that young vint-
ner before?
Meanwhile the goose girl. now join
ed by the old man, marshaled her
geese and proceeded.
"What was that song you were sing
ing before the horses came up" he
asked her.
THAT? II was from the poet Heine"
simply.
He stared at her.
'Heine? Can you readW
"Yes, herr"
A goose girl who read Heine?
"And the music?" he inquired pres
emily.
"That is mine"-with the first sign
Of difidence. "Melodies are always
running through my head. Sometimes
they make me forget things l ought to
remember"
Your own music? An fmpresario
Pleasantville weekly press., 1910-08-06

yet seen any proofs. Show me some
thing which absolutely convicts them
and I'll surrender"
"On your honor"
"NIy word"
The duke struck a bell
MY secretary and tell him to bring
me the packet marked a. He will un-
derstand."
The duke was frank in his likes and
dislikes. He hated secrets, and he
loved an opponent who engaged him
in the open. 1t was this extraordinary
rectitude which made the duke so
powerful an aid to Bismarck i'll the
days that followed The man of iron
needed this sort of character as a Gov
er and a buckler to his own duplicities.
Herbeck was an excellent foil He
was as silent and secretive as sand.
He moved, as it were, in circles, thus
always Guiding dangerous corners.
He was tall, angular, with thin, inn
mobile countenance, well guarded by
his gray eyes and straight lips. He
was born fnancier, with almost linn
itless ambition, though only he him
self knew how far this ambition reach
ed Twice had he saved Ehrenstein
from the dragnet Of war and with
honor.
The secretary came III and laid a
thin packet of papers on the chancel-
lor's desk.
The secretary bowed and withdrew.
The duke stirred the papers angrily,
took one of them and spread it out
with rasp.
"Look at that. Whose writing,
Pleasantville weekly press., 1910-08-06

buy city lots and permit them to lie IN
improved while accruing from the de
velopment Of the surrounding property.
While the man who has built himself a
home and embelIished it with flowers and
shrubbefy, is naturally gratifed to know
that it viii not cost him any more in
the way Of taxes than the owner Of the
unkempt lot across the street has to pay.
A system of taxation which discour-
ages the holding of city real estate for
speculative purposes and eneoHra ges
building and improvement, is good one.
Every Newarker knows Of eye sores in
this city that would be quickly. wiped
out il only part of the Canadian sys-
TEN, that of assessing the land at its
full market value, were adopted. The
owners could not long afford to permit
their property to remain unproductiye
Pleasantville weekly press., 1910-08-06

and would be compelled either to inn
prove it themselves or sell to some one
Of more enterprise and less selfshness.
A policy Of taxing land heavily cannot
drive land out of city because land
cannot be moved, but policy of taxing
industry aud improvement heavily tends
to check improvement and to drive indus
try to look for more favorable location.
Whether this system would not sepa-
rate the land owner as a class and put
an undue burden on him, we are unable
to say. Possibly TO get rid of the specu-
lators, Canada has chosen a remedy worse
than the disease. Possibly, il may sub
stitute speculation i'll building for the
equally unhealthy speculation in land. ~
any rate, it is always interesting to see
these theories put to practical lest
Newark News.
Pleasantville weekly press., 1910-08-06

The Canadian plan is to assess land at
its full value and improvements at a
fraction OF their value. The limit has
been reached in the city of Vancouver
Here when the plan was first adopted,
land was valued at 100 per cent. and inn
provements at seventy-fve per cent. of
market value. Gradually the percentage
of valuation on improvements was re-
duced, first to fifty per cent, then to
twenty-five and finally to zero.
The final basis, full value on land and
nothing on Improvements, was reached
last spring, and has resulted, it is de-
clared, in great building activity accom-
panied by decided lull in real estate
speculation. es
With land assessed at it's full value
there is little inaucement for man to
Pleasantville weekly press., 1910-08-06
COMMUTERS PLAN WORK
IN LEGISLATIVE FIGHT

Plans for the political campaign Of the
Commuters League Of New Jersey were
discussed at a meeting on Tuesday
night, August ,, in the Hotel st. Denis,
Of New York, which followed a dinner
of league members and guests from all
parts Of the State where there are
leagues or other organizations whose OBJ
ject is to protest against the higher rates
of railroad fare The meeting was
of authorized delegates, and it was ex-
planned that concerted action for the
nomination Of men pledged to rate max
ing legislation will be taken
In the meanwhile the East Orange
league members are to perfect the organi-
zation Of the legislative COMMITTEES. tax
Pleasantville weekly press., 1910-08-06
CHAPTER II.
FOR HER COUNTRY

FOR HER COUNTRY.
~OUNT, must l tell you again
A not to broach that subject?
There can be no alliance be
~ tween Ehrenstein and Ju-
gendheit."
"Why?" asked Count Won Herbeck,
chancellor.
Zone of my reasons is that do not
want any alliance with country so
perfdious as Jugendheit. What.
make overtures-I, who have been so
cruelty wronged all these years? You
are mad"
"But what positive evidence have
you that Jugendheit wronged your
positive? Have | eyes and ears?
Have | not seen and read and heard?''
"Your highness knows that | look
enly to the welfare of the country. In
the old days it was a foregone conclu-
sion that this alliance was to be form
ed. Now, you persist in averring that
the late king was the chief conspirator
in abducting her serene highness. aid
ed by Arnsberg, whoss Successor |
have the honor to be. have never
Pleasantville weekly press., 1910-08-06

cunning forgery?"
Forgery roared the duke. 'Read
this one from the late king of Ju-
gendheit to Arnsberg then if you still
doubt
Herbeck read slowly and carefully.
Then he rose and walked to the
nearest window, studying the letter
again in the sharper light
Herbeck returned to his chair. Il
wish that you had shown me these
long ago. You accused the king?'
Certainly, but he denied it,"
I'm letter?"
Eyes. Here, read it."
Herbeck compared the two. "Where
did you find these?"
in Arnsberg's desk" returned the
duke-"Arnsberg. my boyhood play
mate, the man l loved and trusted and
advanced to the highest office in my
power. Is that not the way? Well,
dead or alive 10000 crowns TO him who
brings Arnsberg to me dead or alive"
you are very bitter" said Herbeck.
"And have | not cause? Did not my
wife die of a broken heart, and did |
not become a broken man? You do
not know all, Herbeck-not quite all.
Franz also sought the hand of the
Princess Sofa. He, too, loved her, but
1 won. Well, his revenge must have
been sweet to him.
"But your daughter has been restor-
ed to her own"
"Due to your indefatigable efforts
alone. All, Herbeck, nothing will ever
fill up the gap between, nothing will
ever restore the mother" The duke
bowed his head.
Herbeck opened another drawer and
took forth long hood envelope crest
ed and sealed
''Your highness, here is a letter from
the prince regent of Jugendheit for
mally asking the hand of the Princess
Hildegarde for his nephew Frederick,
who will shortly be crowned. My ad-
vice is to accept, to let bygones be by
cones"
write the prince that l respectfully
decline"
do nothing in haste, your highness.
Temporize. Say that you desire some
time to think about the matter. You
can change your mind at any time. A
reply like this commits you to moth
ing, whereas your abrupt refusal will
only widen the breach"
''The wider the breach the better"
l.; tI1
disturbed you. We can stand war,
and it is possible that we might win.
even against Jugendheit, but war at
this late day would be colossal blum
der. Victory would leave US where
we began thirty years ago. And an
insult to Jugendheit might precipitate
war"
"Have your way, then"
The duke departed, stirred as he had
not been since the restoration of the
princess He sought his daughter.
She was in the music room. My
child" he began, taking Hidegarde's
hand and drawing her toward a win.
dow seat, "the king of Jugendheit asks
for your hand"
"Then l am to marry the king Of
Jugendheit?" There was little joy in
her voice.
"Ah, we have not gone SO far as
that! The king. through his uncle, has
simply made a proposal"
1T is for you to decide, father
Whatever your decision is shall abide
by it,"
'.It is a hard lesson we have to learn,
my child. We cannot always marry
where we love. Diplomacy and poll
tics make other plans. But fortunate
Iy fol you you love no one yet, and
the king is young, handsome. they say.
and rich. Politically speaking. It
would be a great match
Il am in your hands. You know
what is best"
The duke was poignantly disap-
Pleasantville weekly press., 1910-08-06

ing one member from each of the elgh-
teen election districts of the city, and as
soon as that IL done the local work will
be under way. Questions viii be pre-
pared for submission to all the Assembly
candidates, and those who do not de-
clare themselves in favor of the repeal OF
the three cents mile law and for con
ferring the rate making power on the
Public Utilities Commission will be op-
posed BY the league.
Pleasantville weekly press., 1910-08-06

speak to you. Gentlemen! l know
them all to well. All, how l love your
Gretchen thrilled.
ITO me the world began but two
weeks ago. have just begun to live"
he whispered warmly.
81 am sad and lonely tonight" she
said gloomily.
''Why, indeedr'
LEO, as much as love you, there is
always a shadow"
"What shadow?'
1T is always at night that see you,
rarely in the bright daytime What do
you do during the day? 1t is not yet
vintage. What do you do?"
"Will You trust me a little longer
Gretchen, just little longer?"
Pleasantville weekly press., 1910-08-06

will be discover
ing you some fine
d Il y. and your
fortune will be
made"
The light irony
did not escape
her. Il am only
a goose girl"
He felt disarm-
ed. "W h a t Is
your name?"
Gretchen"
"What else?"
Nothing else"
W j S t f fully. Il
never knew any
father or moth
er."
$50? But who
taught you to
read?"
Pleasantville weekly press., 1910-08-06
TESTING THE SINGLE TAX THEORY

Canada, unhampered by written con
stitution, is in much better position
than this country to try experiments
based OH what seems to be the teaching
of experience.
1t cannot be denied that our present
system of taxation in one aspect puts a
premium on selfishness and penalties, iii
a measure, public spirit and thrift. We
tax all property, theoretically at least,
at its full value. This has worked at
times to encourage land speculation,
while taxing the man who has made
improvements, built up neighborhood
and so enhanced the value of the sur
rounding property that the speculatori
can sell his uncared7for property at a.
profit.
Pleasantville weekly press., 1910-08-06
A CHANGE OF COSTUME

A little girl, aged three. had been left
in the nursery by herself, and her
brother arrived to find the door closed
The following conversation took place:
Il want to trlm in, Cissie-'
"But you tan't ttm in, Tom
But / wants to-"
aWell, Pse in my nightie gown, an
Pleasantville weekly press., 1910-08-06

ask 2
Herbeck ran
over it several
times. At length
b e opened a
drawer in his
desk, sorte d
some papers and
brought out a
yello W letter.
This he laid
down beside the
other.
"Yes. they are
alike. This will
b e Arnsberg.
3 u t mildly
who may say
Pleasantville weekly press., 1910-08-06

l lived in the mountains at an inn He
snow was not too deep. He taught
me to read and write know that
Italy has all the works of art. that
Pleasantville weekly press., 1910-08-06

When the whole blame world seems
Gone to pot and business is on the
bum,
A two cent grin and lifted chin
Helps some, my boy, helps some.
Pleasantville weekly press., 1910-08-06

nurse says little boys mustn't see little
girls in their nightie gowns"
After an astonished and reflective sill
ence on Toms side Of the door the min
iature Eve announced, triumphantly:
''You tan tum in now, Tom; | took it
off. ff."-Greensbury Argus.
Pleasantville weekly press., 1910-08-06

Belshazzar saw the writing on ths
wall
Doesn't interest me; I'm looking only
for the score,v he cried.
Herewith all hailed him as true fan
Pleasantville weekly press., 1910-08-06

Gretchen sought the kitehen andl
found an apron and cap. These half
crowns were fine things to pick up oc-
casionally. for it was only upon occa-
sions that she worked at the Black
Eagle. In an obscure corner sat the
young winner. His face frightened
as he saw the goose girl. In the very
corner itself was the mountaineer who
possessed Swiss watch and gave
golden coins to goose girls He was
CONTINUED NEXT WEEK
The Ocala evening star., 1910-08-16

At the meeting last week at Union
City. Ga. OF the Farmers Union, two OF
its important committees made the fol-
lowing reports:
Committee on Farm Demonstration
Work:
We, your Committee on Farm DEM
Work, who has at its head
DR.. s. A. Knapp. Washington. D. c.. beg
to make the following report:
We have in Georgia one state agent.
two district agents and forty five local
or county agents. each local agent car
rying instructions to from Atty to one
hundred farmers or demonstrators and
a like number Of co-operators.
Last year we had 1850 acres Of cot
ton grown under demonstration meth
DDS; this produced 1909 pounds Of seed
cotton. or one bale per acre, which was
the highest average yield of any Of the
twelve Southern States in the demon
stration work.
Under the old method, on similar
land. Georgia produced 600 pounds per
acre. On the same acreage in corn we
made 34.4 bushels per acre. while the
States average Is 1873 bushels. amount
ing to an increase in Georgia Of $780,
900 on farm products.
The corn crop Of Georgia has been
increased in the three years Of dem
onstration work 100000. There is
more corn planted this year than in any
previous year, and hundreds Of men
will make hundred bushels per acre,
while many will make one hundred and
fifty. Twelve Southern States are get
ting similar results. having 10000 dem
onstrators and co-operators. Forty
five thousand are boys.
In Georgia one-third Of our demon
strators are renters, and since they
have begun work they see life from a
different viewpoint and realize that
they now can accomplish something in
their hitherto fruitless lives.
The purpose of the demonstration
work Is to bring about intensive and
diversified farming. enabling the far
mer to make greater yields per acre
and giving him more acres on which to
grow more fruit and vegetables. more
cattle, horses. hogs and poultry.
The demonstration work will cause
to be placed in one county In Georgia
this year twenty-five good brood mares
The demonstration work does not
help the adult farmer alone. but Is do
ing great work among the boys by or
ganizing them into Boys Corn Clubs
and furnishing them with instructions
which enable them to put into practice
the science Of practical farming. In
this work the farmer boy. the farmer
and the hope Of the future, is led te
see the possibilities and beauties OF
farm life, and will not join the mighty
army of our brightest boys who are
fiocking to the cities. thinking tina,
farming Is not honorable or profitable
In many instances these boys are tho
instruments in causing their fathers
and neighbors to adopt q better method
of farming.
We earnestly desire the cooperation
OF the Farmers Union of Georgia IL
carrying forward this grand and noble
work.
The Ocala evening star., 1910-08-16
AN UNGALLANT BURGLAR

New York, August 16.-Miss Eta
Grossman was so seriously wounded
last evening that she will probably die.
and her sweetheart, Meyer Rabinowitz.
was shot twice in an encounter which
aroused the neighborhOod.
After q number of shots were fired
policemen entered the apartment and
found the young woman shot through
the chest and her admirer with q bullet
in his neck.
The girl s hurried to Grosverneur
Hospital, but Rabinowitz was able. to
talk and said that while he was visiting
Miss GrOssman, to whom he was en-
gagged, a stranger entered the apart
ment and was robbing 1t when Rabino-
witz found him. The shooting follow
ed, the robber emptying his revolver
and then disappearing with some Of the
loot.
The Ocala evening star., 1910-08-16
GAINING
CONVERTS IN AFRICA.

London, August 16.-"After nineteen
hundred years Of Christianity" said
the archbishop Of Canterbury In a ser
mon the other day, I'VE look out on Q
world very largely non-Christian
still"
In the same week that the primate
delivered this sermon q Berlin cores
pondent wrote: 1.-THE circumstance
that Mohammedanism IS gaining more
proselytes than is Christianity among
the natives in the African colonies has
been frequently referred to OF late both
In the newspapers and the Reichstag."
Particulars are given of German Chris
tian activity, but the Berlin Mission
ary Society admits in its reports for
1909 that unless serious efforts are
made by the Christian missions to
cOunteract it's influence the native pop
ulation Of German East Africa Will
undoubtedly become Mohammedan
within the next fifty or sixty years.
The government, says the report.
may be right in declining to interfere
with the religious belief Of the natives.
''but the fact remains that when once
the negro has been won over to Islam
he loses his natural respect for and
the native tractability Of his race to
the whites and becomes imbued with
mistrust not only toward the Christian
missions but also toward the white
race and European dominion"
\ similar state OF things elsewhere
is referred to in the new quarterly re-
view. Der Islam. In one OF the arti-
cles DR.. Emo Littman, professor OF
Semitic languages at Strasburg Uni
versity, draws attention to the spread
Of Islamism in northern Abyssinfa In
the course OF the last century.
Whole tribes, he says. which were
once Christian and still bear Christian
names have become MOhammedan. He
mentions in particular the two Mensa
tribes, which travellers reported fifty
years ago to be Christian. When he
was in the country in 1905 he received
the following account Of them:
"Their religion was formerly Chris
tian and each branch had its churches
and priests. Later on. however. theiI
priests did not know how to read; then
the Moslems came among them and
converted them to Islamism. Very
/ few at the present day are still Chris
tians."