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Evening star., 1912-09-29

other. Elsie pulled him toward America.
Hauser pushed him with an offer OIL
$1.0D. cheap at the price. and he honestly
paid the money. Pelissier opened the safe
of the army of the Alps with key he
had stolen. He fled to Belgium. where
Elsie neglected to meet him. Broken
hearted. he scarcely resisted eXtradlton
on a charge of theft-the safe key. De-
serters. traitors, etc. are not given up
by foreign countries. So he was con-
demned in France for theft. and made a
clean breast of many things. whence
some OF these details.
In the marvellous find of HauSer,
Germany got shock. The stolen plans
were simple. indicating that in case OF
war with Germany the French army OF
the Alps would push on to. the Rhine
Thus France did not fear attack by
Italy. The Irritation had gone far. From
that day the emperor's eNasperatioE
against France began, and all those eN-
penSlVe war preparations, financial crises
and ruined fortunes in both countries.
The great modern war had been at the
mercy of cheap clerk. who wanted to
run off with his true love to America!
Some say that the war was averted by
the counter exploit of Maize Smythe, al
ready referred to. Legendary figure in
males-Enelish girl brought up with
money in Paris and slImmering at Ger
man spas from childhood-Mazie had
been cruelty Tilted by fascinating Prus-
SIAN IlSuCeHdnt ana teu DOtn race anu
hierarchy. She puts her heart into her
spying.
None of the interna tional operators
knows her Maize works alone, reporting
direct, with carte blanche for methods
and expenses. Sicard. called Mapipe. has
worked with her. he only. How. then,
can others tell these stories? They leak
out, with discretion. float in the air of the
spy world, very strange and special,
where operators know one another less
than they know of" one another. They
play the game, risk liberty and even life
from perverse ''prOfessional' pride, and
boast among themselves like crooks when
Evening star., 1912-09-29

dash of the kentuckian. and she is fond
of good horses and pf all the athieuc
sports synonymous With denlZens OF the
Blue Grass state. She is devoted
mother, and she does not like to dwell
on the exciting days. just previous to her
departure from Persia, when II looked as
though neither she nor her dear ones
would escape injury. She is proud of her
little daughters and of their marvellous
linguistic attainments. Though one Is out
six and the other a little under 1--WE, they
can chat in four languages. Persian beng
their favorite.
William Morgan Shuster. Jr, Is tue son
of a highly esteemed merchant of WASH
ington. William Morgan Shuster. whose
dry goods store ON Pennsylvania avenue es
between 9th and 10th was a pioneer
tablishment and one possessing nauohai
reputation. Mr. Shuster made tidy for
tune and retired about twenty years ago.
The firm passed out of existence ana -
now remembered only by the oider gen
Grafton. Mrs. Shuster. senior, was porn
Caroline Won Tasen of gentle German
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CHE Was of a Well Known
- Family of Kentucky, and
Was Before Her Marriage
Miss Pearl A. Trigg of Glas-
cow-Mr. Shuster Has Re-
Gently Sailed for South
America to Represent a New
York Firm in Financing the
Commercial Development of
the Latin American Coun-
tries-Mrs. Shuster and Her
Children Will Join Him After
Christmas.
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cal secrcts-such an article his own
chiefs might see. yet IL was. i'm principle,
an indiscretion. he cashed and spent the
post office order. BY return mail he got
another 100 francs with polite request
to ''lengthen." which he did and cashed
and spent again. Then third post office
order with request for specific details.
Honestly. lie explained that he could not
do il. Then arrived an ugly stranger
who threw off the mask and gave the un-
happy Frenchman three days to make ..
complete spys report. Otherwise black
evidence against him would be put in the
hands of his superiors with the cashed
post office orders to prove It, In an
agony OF fright he tried 10 compromise.
got more entangled and Yielded. He is
now a self-exiled. miserable man.
Italy France Germany Austria and
Russia all spy on one another desperately.
All are forced by competition To employ
these professionals There is nothing
TO choose between their methods. All are
tarred with the same stick.
The great Mapipe boasts of his burg
laries Recently, in German frontier
fortress. the powder magazine trich in
new obuses and cartridges) happened 10
be guarded by "A single fnnctionary.
Armed with common toilet vaporizer
filled with the Ddu perfume dneStnellc
used by the woman hotel ratZ of the Ri
viera Napipe sneaked in by night.
walked up to the unsuspectinG sentinel
and squirted him in the face. tThe bad
perfume Is incredibly rapid. and SO vio-
lent that the French spy used filter
veil over his own mouth and nose.b
The sentinel In snug coma, Mapape
burgled the magazine at ease. But just
as he was closing the door "A patrol came
clankng up. in an instant the sleeper
would be discovered and Mappe would
he collared. There was no possibility OF
getting away. The willy fellow took his
only chance. He slipped back into the
powder magazine. shut the door gently.
locked himself inside and all appearing
tranquil the sentinel was dragged OFF as
drunk
Before ne was replaced by another SEN
tinel Mapipe was out and over the wall.
He broke leg. but crawled to his wait
ing automobile and was spinning off safe
ly-becauSe French spies have also their
list of addresses in Germany.
Names of persons. places and certain
details in this article have been changed
it was an essential condition of the in
formal ton. but the essential nature or
each anecdote remains. No American
consul in Germany gave social credence
to Maize Smythe: but an exact eXplana-
ton is out of the writer's power. Facts
of this kind. even when past and dis
cusSed in certain circles, are not ordinar-
lily published-nor could they very well be
published in Europe
STERLING HELLO.
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HEN il was whiS-
pered in the world
Of spies that
France has the
mobilization . the
name OF Maize
Smythe followed
the rumor. Every
one knew hich
mobilization the ia
nous French spy
had stolen. and
Germany was doub-
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RS. W ] LII | y NJ
MORGAN SHIS-
TER, jr.. and
her two pretty
little daughters.
Lytic and Pearl.
spent the past
four months in
Washington and
have but recently
departed to spend
some time with
her relatives be-
l.
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MRS. WILLIAM MORGAN SE1USTER, JR., Wi

that is, they go Teiled in the streets and
their fetes are for each other and not for
the sterner sex. These fetes are given in
the garden, and to conceive any portion Of
this earth lOvelier than a garden in Te-
heran one must have vivid imagination
indeed.
These gardens are, of course, behind
high walls. mostly vine covered. with
flowers peeping over the barricade. and
they would need the pen of some one like
Evening star., 1912-09-29

We are shown through a glorious alley
of flowers and vines to a dressing room
opening on the garden. Here We laid
aside our outer wraps and the Persian
women unveiled. | must confess to a
high degree of curiosity when | was in
vited for the first time to the garden of
Il very important hostess. whose huS-
band was among the powerful state Off
GERS of the capital
when We had been escorted by an en-
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fore leaving for the land of the south
rrn cross shortly after Christmas. Few
young people have leaped into interna- :
tional fame with such rapidity and few
have been persistentiy nonlzed
since their return from Teheran.
Previous TO his appointment by Presi-
dent. Taft chief aid in reconstructng
Persian finances. Mr.. and Mrs. Shuster
lived the retired life of those of studious
tastes and ample incomes. They had
been married just five years when they
went to Persia. and their courtship was
enc of those plea romances between a
.tudious brainy youth and a handsome
g1J who looked for something more than
a mere good time when she selected a
life partner.
Since their return to Washington they
have been ciassed among the socially inn
portant. and Mrs. Shuster frequently re-
marked that she knew how tn sympathZe
with bud in her first season, or "A mem-
hers wife intent on performing her entire
social duty.
i
Il have seen Washington under diff
ferent and a most ailuring aspect since
returned said Mrs. Shuster shortly be-
fore her departure for kentucky, "and
almost regret having To pitch my tent in
a new country once more. Still. l knew
that South America must he a delightful
place 10 live for time and I look for
ward To the experience with pleasure.
found Teheran charming i'm spite of oUi
varied experiences. 1t is the place para
mount for home. II there were nothing
Evening star., 1912-09-29

CCHWARTZ, Mapipe and
~ Ferdinand Hauser-Dou-
ble-Action Koch Clever
Schemes for Getting Infor-
mation-Ruses of Mysterious
Girls and Women-"Envelop-
ing" Young French Sol
dier-A Queer Underworld.
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chantngly beautiful young maid to the
hostess. who was presiding over a table
under d great apple tree in the garden,
found Il group of women Sowned in the
latest and most becoming of Paris styles
many speaking English Well as their
own musical tongue or French. which is
spoken and understood by all who have
social pfetensions. Many wore filmy lace
mantles draped most artistcally but all
had laid aside the traditional mask and
/ saw many beautiful faces, many show
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Thomas Moore to describe their beauties.
Flowers and fruit and fountains and song
birds are blended in way that soothes
the senses while they satisfy the soul
in every particular. The guests come
in through a little gate in the wall at
tended most zeaiously ny an old woman
servitor who knows the visiting list oI
the hostesses and has speaking az
quaintance with all distinguished stran-
gers.
AFTER entering in this mysterious way
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Spcclal Correspondence of The STAT.
GRENOBLE, France, September 16, 1917.
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Continued From Third Pase)
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n MARGARET IL. DOWNING.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1912-03-23
IN TOWNSEND. DEL,
EVERY SATURDAY,
During MARCH, 1912,
From l to 5 o'clock. P. M.

collector Of Ta1ss for AppoQulnlminh Hundr.,
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1912-03-23

are further cursed by having long presle-
tent stems that come off with the fruit
when picked. Duke of York has stem
that parts more readily from the fruit
than either Globe or Freedom.
Leaving the pink varieties, We will re-
turn to discussion of the red kinds.
The average individual size Of variety
for two or more seasons lie of interest, as
the more fruit we have to pick to fiji a
basket, the greater the cost to harvest
the crop. The following will give an idea
of the average size for two years of the
red ari-ies heretofore mentioned. In
1909 h"sinning with the largest, we have
them in the following order.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1912-03-23

| LlumulST'sssss ssssssss.ssOOpb ~ huu
The Hummer seemed to hold it's period
of maximum production over a Iongel
period than the other varieties.
Greater Baltimore, Success, and New
Century fell away very rapidly in yielC
Immediately following the date of maxi
mum production.
The Gamers demand a red tomato, firm
smooth and with a small or tender core
The following varieties fulfill these re,
quirements very well; Matchless, Hum
mer, Favorite, Brandywine and Corless.
Those with large or stringy cores are
Stone, Shallcross.
Those with hard or woody cores are
Great B. B., Greater Baltimore, Success
and Paragon.
Magnificent has very small core but
inclined to be woody.
We find the Success and Greater Balti-
more resemble each other very closely, in
fact some seedsmen call them the same,
but we are inclined to believe them dis
tinct varieties with Success the better one
of the two.
As an all around canning variety We
are inclined to give the prize to Matchless
sltho the large yield and all around quail
ties of the Hummer make it a close second
in the race. The Hummer runs little
smaller than Matchless but We find it less
variable through the season and inclined
to hold its size better toward the end Of
the season. We believe that it will cost
slightly more to harvest Hummer than
Matchless.
Coreless cracks badly around the stem
and an early frost will leave too large
percentage of green fruits upon the vines.
Brandy wine is a very desirable variety
resembling Stone very closely altbo our
notes give it credit with having a smaller
and less stringy core than Stone.
Favorite runs a little small although a
very heavy yielder.
Magnificent is q good variety and
heavy yielder with very small, but woody
core.
New Century is of good size, altho not
one of the best yielders, ranks with
Stone.
Shallcross our heaviest yielder is some
what erraetic in yield from season to
season and does not seem to be as con-
sisteHt a performer as Hummer or Match
lese. It varies more or less which indi-
cates that the type is not as firmly liked
ss it should be. This variety was found
BY theslate James 7. Shallcross of Middle
town in a field of Stone Tomatoes and is
probably sport from Stone, or what our
plant breeder friends would call
''Mutant." We have been growing and
perfecting it for the past three years and
If it proves as valuable next year as it has
in the past, we will save the entire crop
for seed and distribute the variety to the
Delaware growers.
Now as to the meat of the kernel. If
we we're asked what variety of tomatoes
would we grow for canning. We would
say, let Matchless, I'd Hummer, with
mental reservations as to Shallcross. We
believe that these are better varieties
ihan Stone, varieties that have ell the
good points of Stone and are much better
performers in the field. Lastly we would
before losing again, urge the home say
ng of tomato seed, and thorough trial
II crossed seed.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1912-03-23
Farm for Sale

Evergreen Farm, on the
road from Middletown to Odessa,
containing forty acres, comfort
able dwelling and ample out.
buildings, all in good order. The
soil is a loan with yellow clay
subsoil, finely adapted to fruits
and intensive farming. This
farm is in close reach of both
rail and water by a macadam
road. Apply to
MARTIN B. BURRIS,
Middletown, Del
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1912-03-23
c4IRoPoDY
MRS. JAMES

Corn, bunions, ingrowing nails or any
affections of the feet sntisepticaily and
painlessly treated by graduate chiropodist.
Also Shampooing, Manicuring and Scaip
Treatment. Hair cOmbings made up in
the latest style.
HIGH STREET, ODESSA, DEL.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1912-03-23

HOWEVER, too much Importance must
not be given to the above figures as reIa-
tive time of ripening and the percentage
of the crop ripe at first frost will seriously
affect the average weight of fruit. The
time OF first pick each year has not varied
materially for the ABOVE varieties but
there has been differences in dates of
maxium picks and the amount of green
fruit left upon the vines at frost.
The following will give the datee of
maxium pick for the leading varieties in
ION
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1912-03-23
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS
OF
APPOQUINIMINK HUNDRED

The taxable residents of Appoquiui.
mink Hundred, and all persons liable to
pay tax in said Hundred, are hereby
notified that the Taxes for the year 1911
are now due, and the undersigned Tax
Collector for said Hundred, will be
AT THE OFFICE OF GEORGE NJ. D.. HART,
IN Townsend. DEL,
EVERY SATURDAY,
During MARCH, 1912,
From to 5 O'Clock, P. M.
Tax bills can be obtained by making
personal application to the Collector, or
by sending written communication en-
closing stamps.
EXTRACT FROM THE LAWS OF DELAWARE,
GOVERNING TaE COLLECTION OF TAXES OF
NEW CASTLE COUNTY, SECTION 8, cHAP4ER
30, VOLUME 81, LAWS OF DELAWARE, AS
AMENDED:
Section 3-That on. all taxes paid before
the first day OF October there shall be an
abatement of five per centum. On ell
taxes paid before the first day of Deem
Der there shall be an abatement of three
per ceDtum. On all taxes paid during the
month Of December there shall be no
abatement whatever. And on all taxes
unpaid on the first day of January five
per centum thereof shall be ADDED
thereto.
WILLIAM c. MONEY,
Collector ofTa1ss for Appequinlmink Hundred
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1912-03-23

Brandywlne average weight.......... 4.6 OF
The large size of Coreless may be ac-
counted for from the fact that it was very
late ripening and the frost killed the
vines before the smaller fruits began to
ripen.
In 1910 the relative. sizes we're as fol-.
lows:
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1912-03-23

The above varieties are all red in color.
While we realize that pink varieties are
seldom used for canning purposes, we
will list few Of the better yields. Our
list of pink varieties is not all complete as
we have gradually eliminated them, conf
ing our attention to promising red varien
ties.
Duke of York, average for 8 Syrs....94 tons
Globe yTs...123 tons
Buckeye State a. " 8 t'.......124
Beauty grown, 1"......12f Z"
Freedom = "3 .....,104 "
If any of the pink varieties should be
grown for canning, We behave that Buck
aye State and Freedom and Duke of York
weuld prove most satisfactory, Practi-
cally ali pink skinned varieties have the
serious fault of cracking badly. Beauty
is BAD offender in this respect and be-
sides will not carry we'll 70 any great
distance.
Pink vaFi cites usually crack badly and
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1912-01-31
WERE LOOKING FOR ROOM NO. |
And Evidently Mistook County
Courthouse for a Resort for
Tired Wayfarers.

A well-dressed couple entered the
courthouse one day last week with a
miscellaneous lot of travelling parapher-
malta, and, sccosting District Attorney
Wall, asked for room l.. Mr.. Wall was
nonplussed.. He was not sure that the
couple had business in the county s seat
of government, SO replied that to his
knowledge the courthouse rooms were
not numbered. After going over the
house from basement to attic the couple
again queried the district attorney, this
time asking if they were not in the
Churchill hotel
Now, our courthouse may be the
poorest in the state. About this there
is no doubt; bees make honey in season
between the studding, which they enter
through the many holes in the walls;
birds nest in the gables; wintry blasts
have more or less sweep, chilling those
who inhabit the building to the marrow,
and in summer the sands are bioF-n by
the high winds into the eyes OF the
county's willing workers, but this pa
per deeply resents such untoWard con-
duct as was evidenced by the couple in
question. We are impelled to suggest
that the sheriff's office provide a house
detective TO lock up in future all folks
who mistake the courthouse for a lodg-
ing-house. 1t really isn't right.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1912-01-31

Mr. C. A. Noroross. Commissioner OF Industry
Agriculture and Irrigation. Carson City. New.
Dear Sir My attention has been di-
rected to the following editorial from
the Denver Republican under date Of
Jan. 3, 1912:
Probably the Reclamation Service
is right in saying that neglect to in
quire carefully into all the factors Of
eertin irrigation projects started by pri-
yate enterprise has contributed to fail
ure, and that these in turn have made
men unwilling to invest in irrigation Sc
eurities.
ut calls, however, for a good deal Of
assurance for the Reclamation Service
to claim for itself in its discussion of
this subject that the government can
not neglect the maxim, BE sure you
are right, then go ahead.
IF there is one maxim which the
Reclamation Service has failed to OBJ
serve more than any other it is the one
quoted. The Carlsbad project in New
Mexico, the Garden City one in Kansas
and the Truckee-C Carson calamity in Ne
vada are examples of the business-llke e
precaution and care shown by the Rec
lamation Service. These are notorious
But there are others not much better.
There is hardly one of the large pro
jects which would not be either in the
hands of a receiver or waiting for the
appointment of such an officer Were
they private instead of government en-
terprlses.
''The Reclamation Service needs to
be reclaimed"
Now assuming that the Republican
has a circulation among people of intel
lgence, whose misin formation may {.
act unfavorably outside of Colorado, it
would seem fitting to present the editor
of that paper with some facts and fig
ures relative to the alleged Truckee-
Carson calamity" | will therefore
cite you few statistics, and | would
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1912-01-31
A VALUABLE SERIES Of TESTS
By the Experimental Farm to
Determine What Fertilizers
Suit This Valley.

The Truckee-Carson experiment farm
has arranged for number of expert
ments to be carried on this season in CO.
operation with few selected farmers
in different parts of the project which
will prove invaluable to the rancher
who desires to conduct his place to the
best advantage. Some half dozen fer
tiizers will be used, and these will be
tried out on various farms in connee-
tion with various crops.
For instance, an orchard-heating test
and the fertilizer experiment with on
ions will be conducted on the ranch of
A. K. Merritt of the Island district. :.
The fertilizer tests with potatoes will
be conducted on the ranches of J. w.
Ferguson, Fallon; w. G. Rawles, Fern
ley; DR.. 7. f. Richardson, of the ISL
land; and the Indian school, Saltwater.
Sugar beet tests of varieties and fer
tiizers will be in cooperation with the
Nevada Sugar company.
Twenty-Five varieties of Strawberries
will be planted on each Of the following
ranches: ]. w. Ferguson, Fallon; the
Indian school, Saltwater, and W. w.
Cogswell, Fernley. OF course, no re-
suits Will be obtained from this test
with strawberries until 1912.
A grain variety and forage variety
is still to be arranged for.
The fertilizers tested will include the
following common commercial kinds:
Acid fosfate, rock fosfate, muriate of
potash, sulfate of potash, kainit, nj
trate of soda, suliste of ammonia, sta
BILE manure and gypsum. These fertil-
izers will be tested both singly and in
with each other.
A greenhouse is soon to be erected at
the experiment farm in order that ex-
periments in the treating of alkali soils
may be carried on without interruption
during the entire year.
The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1912-01-31
Free Show.

Every night before going to bed we
may enjoy one of the grandest sights
in celestial scenery, for, by facing the
east we see the three bright stars in
Orion s belt. Any boy can trace out
the figure of man swinging a large
club, with a bright star at each foot
and also at the shoulders. The three
stars in the belt are the greatest
wonder; each of them are double stars
having their own peculiar light, maxi
ing SIX blazing suns, perhaps larger
than ours, having red, green, yellow,
purple, amber and white rays. After
gazing at this grand constellation if
you look directly above, you see the
swinging Pieiades, like little dipper.