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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-11-01
APPLE CROP AMPLE
|. FOR ALL THIS YEAR
NO NEED FOR HOUSEWIFE TO
WANT FOR FRUIT-HINTS.
ON BUYING.

According to all reports. there Is no
reason why the housewife should not
have all the apples she wants to cook
this year. 1t is said that the apple
production 10 the largest In the history
of the industry. The United States
Department of Agriculture estimates
the crop at 100000 barrels, and the
fruit La showing in enormous Quanti-
ties in all the apple-d!stributing CEN
tiers OF the country.
Political conditions which affect the
cotton market and that of other pro-
ducts and lines OF business are felt in
the distribution of apples. so 1t would
seem that, with larger apple crop
than ever before in the United States
and a curtailment of foreign markets.
tho American housakeeper should
have apples to use In abundance. The
result OF this condition is to make
the fruit cheaper. and AZ apples may
be used in such a variety of ways for
cooking it 10 expected by those con-
cerned that the demand by the women
Of America will be greatly increased.
The apple is the most ali-round fruit
there Is and that In the most common
use. both for cooking and eating in
Its natural state.
If the demand OF the household Is
small. so that purchases are made by
the peck, the local dealer in usually
the man to purchase from, but II the
housewife would buy by the barrel
she may get supply through the
local commission man or direct from
the producer. Where the fruit can
be bought at fair price from the
retailer. good judgment dictates that
II Is best to buy from him. Purchases
made from the producer must in
variably come some distance, there Il
the probability OF delay. with trans
portation charges and the uncertainty
as to the grade of apples. II dissatis-
faction should result from the pur-
chase, there Is better opportunity OF
having 1t made right If bought from
q local dealer.
The producer Is not all to- blame for
dissatisfaction with the grading of APP
Piles. Frequently the consumer ex-
poets = better apple than he specifies
when he asks for No. /, thinking that
this means the very best apple sold in
the market. As a matter of fact. 1t
does not include many varieties Of
fancy apples. But II does mean a
good substantial apple. Of specified
size and grade. defined by the United
States laws
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-11-01
BUSINESS AT NORMAL
EARLY IN NEW YEAR

lion feet, compared with 1859 in July.
The August shipments for this year
were about 100 million feet less than
In August last year. Min shipments OF
Western pine in August were nearly
efghty-four million feet, compared
with eighty seven million feet in July,
and eighty-one million feet in August
of last year. The lumber trade, al
though duh, ia not depressed and
prices are steady.
Cotton consumption for. September
in this country was somewhat less than
a year ago, stocks held In n,anufactur-
ers' warehouses fifty thousand bales
less than year ago. and in independ-
ent warehouses there were 1852 thous-
and bales, compared with 1,295 thous-
and at the beginning of last October.
The mum Der OF active spindles in Sep
TENDER was 30.562 thousand, COM
pared with 30.634 thousand for Sep
TENDER. 1918. indicating that little. IL
anything. has as yet been accomplish
ed in taking care OF or manufacturing
our raw cotton into something which
Europe can use. Loaning money on
the cotton we have raised this year is
a temporary expedient and manu-
featuring 1t ready for home consump-
tion and the export market would
seem to be wise move, IL not an alb
solute necessity.
In September we produced l.SS3
thousand tons of pig iron, compared
with 2506 thousand, tons In Septem-
fCaprfr,,aA an Earard gaxe1
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-11-01
HOW WAR HAS OPENED BUSI-
NESS OPPORTUNITY FO AMERICA

In the November American Maya
zine appears q highly interesting and
practically suggestive article entitled
How the War Has Opened Business
Opportunity to America" The author
says that in 1918 we imported from
Europe $120.000,000 worth OF goods
that we ought really manufacture our
selves. With these ifnportations cut
off. a great opportunity is afforded
American manufacturers. In the fol-
lowing passage the Importance Of this
fresh opportunity is elaborated:
Think OF importing nearly mil
lion dollars worth OF soap: three and
half million dollars worth OF
pickles; million and half dollars
In beans: nine millions In cheese: seven
and a half in gloves: two and hal.
in carpets. and so on through hun
dreds Of items, down actually to hall
a million In lead pencils and a quarter
OF million in peanuts.
There is $120.000.000 worth OF
business right here In the home mar
ket that. II were a manufacturer,
would hustle for before began to
bid for the foreign trade. II we can't
meet the home demand for quality
ON things like these, It Ia time some
thing happened to make us learn how.
IL VIC S6tl SAA6AV RANhAc0 e$1AN ~AtSISc
and weave carpets and raise beans
and peanuts to suit our longtime
home maxket. 1t Is time something
showed us the reason why.
Here Ia the biggest opportunity
opened to us by this war. It strikes
me-the chance to reform production
and get 1t on. new basis. We have
only ourselves to blame II the Ameri-
can customer IL fascinated by the word
Between the protective
tariff and the natural pressure on pro-
our industries have been
out OF balance. We know
how to keep costs down. but we have
= lot to learn about quality and ser
vice. Now we can get our genius and
at work making goods that
will really stapd up with anybody's,
and then. wo Will begin to zee some
thing In The legsnd made In y. 3
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-11-01

little pot. We took It down to find that
the lime had not penetrated the soil
to any practical extent. not over one
half inch. Lime would not penetrate,
even this porous soil, which. however.
WAS acid. could cite a great many
other cases just as striking as these.
II do not say that lime will not run
down a rat hole, but do say, that 1t
Is almost impossible to force lime to
penetrate an ordinary compact soil. My
advice. therefore, In applying lime Is to
work 1t In thoroughly with tho pillow.
for that deep and practically no deeper
viii the lime penetrate"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-11-01
SEVERAL FARMS
SOLD IN WYTHE

wytheville. Va. Oct. 3i.--Wythe
County is feeling good over the sue
cess of recent land sales conducted
here. The prices paid for the several
farm properties sold last week are
gratifying, not only to those who
sold, but to others living In the county.
One days sales recently totaled nearly
$40. zoe. an average of more than 500
an acre.
The T. Al CasselI Farm. near Wythe-
VILE. one of the properties sold. was
broken into three parcels. Two hun
tfred and thirty acres sold for $z7.-
$50: 136 acres for $4,000. and 10l
acres for $I0.f0e.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-11-01
CR|T|C|SES SYSTEM
Of APPOINTMENT 0f
ROAD SUPERVISORS
President Dana, of Civil Ssr-
vice Reform League, De-
clares Many Are Not Quail
fed.

Atlanta. Ga. Oct S1.-sNot untfl IN
supervisory road ofiicials are appoint.
ed in accordance with tho recognised
principles of the merit system Win
America be sure Of an adequate PoaA
system" says Richard Henry DaAo
president of the National Civil Sefr
vice Reform League. Mr.. Dana cats
to 10000 road officials now have NJ
pervision OF the annual expenditure o&
well over 3200.00o.0o0 for road p0y-
poses in the United States. wiz
comparatively few exceptions theon
men are chosen without regard 10 the1R
special fitness for the work ana lar4a1y
on account OF their political afl1liati0sA
A session devoted exclusively % IT,
merit system in road AdminiakxAt1Ua
will be held under the auspices u -
National Civil Service Reform IseA9UA
at the, fourth American Road CongreS
which will he held hers during tHS
week of November .. AZ this seostq0
an earnest effort viii ~ made ~
limo up all the powerful Influences
represented At the congress and n
place 1t on a sound business bAs14
whore every dollar will b. expended
with a view to obtaining certain dsiin.
lite results.
Service SAsula Csunt.
"All ofYicials who have direct super
vision Of road construction ana main
tenance should be appointed and net
elected. and should be chosen A3eeF
= competitive investigation o. sasaere
and qualifications. required By law.W
asserts Mr.. Dana .Thase men afteR
they have once been selected sho11A
not hold once for : definite tess
but 20 long A. they give satisfa0toe3
service They should bA choAAm
: result Of the compstition MAiS&
would Be conducted BY appropriate -
vice Commissions and tbs sxpsrt rea4
engineer selected should ~ siven II
wide latitude % that they may ntilt18
to the fulleat Axtant tor the hea6lk
Of the StAks and tho county. 4
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-11-01
ngarhle Werks In salen

Salem. Va. Oct. 31.--Joseph Read,
an expert stonecutt4r of Kansas City.
who has been connected with the Roam
oke Granite and Marble Works for
some months, has purchased through
w. Fl. Tinhley 4 Son, lot on the
corner OF Colorado and Third Streets
on which he will shortly establish a
marble works.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-11-01
MIR Orders FER Blanket.

The Wyandotte Worsted Company. OF
WAfervtlie. Ne, has received an or
der Tor $4,000 blankets and two other
Maine mills are busy with blanket or
ders.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-11-01

President Fahey. Of the Chamber Of
Commerce. Of the United States. after
. tour through the South. says there
~ no indication Of = psostration o.
business q panicky conAitioas - ths
eeuth. ssq
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-11-01
A9Ao0 HaIea n Cetfen aAinne1

About $4,000 bales Of cotton were
shipped from New York Tuesday. the
largest cotton shipment since the be-
ginning Of the war.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-11-01
sells wire = Rsssia

American steel and Wire Company
has sold $4,000 tons Of wire for sx-
port to Russia
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-11-01

100000 and England $s.000.o0O Of last
weeks exports from the United States.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-11-01

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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-09-03

and emerged into the open. her eyes
rounded In wonderment at the sight
that greeted her.
Gorgeously caparisoned In scarlet
and gold wonderful throne of the
same coLors upon his back, bronzed
native astride hrs head, knelt milk
white elephant almost at her feet. Be
fore the huts stood the natives. their
wide shields held across the forearms
of their right hands, while they
drummed out the chorus she had OBJ
served before by slapping their spears
against the tightly drawn surfaces
The old chief stood motionless beside
the elephant, and she realized slowly
that he meant her to take me seat
She shook her head in negation. She
was too utterly tired and worn out TO
do anything. Before she had time to
regret her decision. the old man step
ped toward her. unwinding a curiously
shaped amulet from about his neck.
Came a crowding forward of the ma
GVes from every direction, the men in
the forefront, the woman and children
In the rear. Something in the silence
that succeeded the drumming noise, In
the sober faces of the orderly throng
surrounding her, made her turn toward
the chief rather expectantly.
Gmvely as any king bestowing an
order upon loyal subject, the old
man lifted the amulet by it's two
golden threads and dropped it about
her neck. an amulet of curious milky
stone carved into the semblance of an
elephant and glittering with tiny pre-
cious stones, so set as to spell out GER
tain native words.
Lucille looked about, smiling at
what she knew to be a sign of these
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her.
There seemed nothing to ae. no way
out of his clutches. She tried to-
shrek. but felt the sounds StFangiing
in her throat Her fingers encounter
ed the slender golden threads that
wound the ansaIet about her neck.
She ripped at them as though they
had caused her fright And then ev-
erything became more distinct, more
astonishing
For, with a little gasp of frfght, the
menacing figure dropped asft upon the
ground. dropped before hex For a
second she thought the man was dead.
then her eyes widened WITH astonish-
ment as slowly. with face turned al
ways down. the man crawied I'm
wriggling motion suggestive of
snake, back. back, back. until his body
was lost in the tangle of strawberry
where she had come across him first,
only a swaying Of the leaves there. an
occasional cracking of twigs betray-
Ing the fact that such one had ever
existed.
The terror that had fallen upon her
was too great for immediate relief.
Again her fingers sought her throat,
falling upon the amulet which the
grateful chief had presented to her and
Immediately she realized what had
saved her from the man.
Perhaps it was the shock from her
encounter with the strange native that
made her slum5er light. for the sound
was very faint that Weakened Lucille
from the doze into which she finally
had fallen. Like the ripping of
breeze through the leaves it was, and
yet something eRstnoass ahnUs a. tEought
her bolt uprighs IN bed. hns RRepy fac
ulty alert.
Gradually she. EaR8e 0Ea& kls&f It came
from Immediately ever her hSafa The
noise ceased abruptly. Startled at the
suddenness of it, she looked at the spot
from which the last Noise had come;
then, with a shrek of horror. her eyes
followed the stealthy, graceful reptile
that seemed to grow from out the very
roof of the matched hut, It's body wav-
SAIhS lOA5SL anu lOISsct D%AOAS uGl noI-
| ror stricken eyes, its fat head moving
! in all directions, two little threads con-
| tinually Pickering from out its hideous
| mouth.
With a villa scream of terror she
darted through the hut opening, heav-
! ing a sigh of relief at feeling the warm,
clean air of the out of doors upon her
| nh foAt ], D. fI.l,
the snake intruder had seemed to bring
with him.
There at the outskirts OF the village
| she fought against her terrier.
Fighting against herself, against ev
erything feminine in her nature, she
forced herself back to the hnt. And
then a great feeling of relief engulfed
her, for the snake was gone, But the
hut was in wild disorder. Everything
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she had been, Lucille's knees sank
from under her and beside the bed of
rushes she knelt, shaking with inco-
herent sobs, filed with q joy SO great
the tears refused to flow.
low long she knelt she did not
know, was never to know. But mer-
ciful slumber came to her and she was
awakened by the tender touch Of cal
loused hand upon her shoulder Startled
she sprang to her feet, then laughed at
her alarm as she looked at the chief
and saw from the expression upon his
face that he knew his child was out Of
danger.
She turned to the patient, still sleep
ing. Yes, no one could fail to see that
the crisis was reached and passed.
"She is going to get we'll" said Lu-
ellie, and the chief smiled at her tone
From outside came a sudden clash or
sound, a ripping, drumming sound
that diminished to almost an echo only
to rise slowly, gradually into perfect
thunderous wave. There Was0 some
thing unsteady triumphant about it
which seemed to her to jibe with the
majestic tones of huge organ
Slowly the chiefs right hand reached
out. his head slowly bending in obei-
sance. Lucille wonderingly placed her
fingers upon the forearm Of the man
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CHAPTER VI

Lcubeque Watches Tiny Flame.
Y z UGO LOUBRQUR rat in the
- hut which his native had
thrown up for him, his eyes
4 4 filed with a somber light.
Now and then they would shift toward
the squatting. evil faced native in the
corner.
Loubeque's thoughts were apon the
girl, Lucille. who had thwaFtea him so
many times. He was only just begin
ming to realize that destiny was work
ing in her behalf. protecting her from
him, urging her on to the desperate
chances she had already taken. giving
her courage and confidence to 90 even
further than she had already.
Was it possible that ne could fail,
could be beaten by this pretty slip of a
girl, no more than out OF her teens; he-
who, judging nations to be no stronger
than the weakest individual, had
brought about the wreck OF nations;
he. who had worked through the civ
ilized and uncfviIized world to prepare
himself for his great act of vengeance
and always worked successfully. should
finally deal the culmiBatsrg blow
against his enemy only to find this
fragile Lucille more than constructing
his sturdiest Efforts?
Continued on Page Sevenl
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CHAPTER w.
"To the boatsl"

Vt was on the eighth day out that
the spy suddenly sprang to his
feet darting swiftly to the door
1 Of the stateroom. She stared at
him in establishment, amazed at the
change which had come over him.
Els life must have made him more
than unusually sensitive to impress
sions, for full quarter hour elapsed
after he had resumed his seat before
a barely perceptible thudding sound
came from beneath the deck.
Perhaps it may have been the pre-
monition of the silent man, perhaps
foreboding of disaster on her own
part that took her to the deck. The
captain had quit the bridge and stood
at the door of the engine room. his
face betraying the anxiety he tried Il
conceal from his passengers. Louder
loude- grew the thudding sound, fol
lowed nov by retching like the rip
ping of rotten cloth.
q boiler in the engine ROOM" Lou.
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CHAPTER v.
A Chiefs Daughter.

% LII through the night the marcn
IA continued. Lucille shuddered
as from the black Businesses ssses
n of the semijungle that hedged
them in, the glow Of yellow eyes
cleaned.
Fire balls they might have been,
so steady and silent were the animals
who watched the procession, but the
pat of stealthy feet, the crunch or
broken tWigs, an occasional growl OF
cry told her what they were
1t was well into the day when their
party was met by a native coming
from the opposite direction. Lucille
was attracted by the rapid converse
ton he held with the chief. noticing
the perturbation which showed SO
strongly on the old mans face when
he turned away and redoubled his
pace. 1t was well nigh impossible for
her to keep up now. Worn out by ex-
posture and this tramp through the
jungle there seemed times when she
could not drag herself along, when the
tired muscles knked and refused 10
work
Then quite unexpectedly through a
wall of vegetation the party emerged
into a great clearing upon which the
sun beat fiercely. A few old men squat
ted before the openings to the hundred
or more huts that filed the open space
set down here in the midst of the jun
gle. Many children played about dress
ed only in the garments of their birth.
From hut many times the size or
any other and set at the extreme head
of the clearing facing down the double
row as would an officer scan his files
of men came a droning sound, the low
pitched wailing Of many women's
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within him. He must fight against
her as he would fight against any one
else, as he had fought against the very
world
And Lucille felt the change, felt 1t
and redoubled her effort to get the
secret of the stolen papers. The spirit
of the game was in her, and she yield
ed a grrdging admiration for the cum
ming of the man who, even in his most
acute suffering, managed to conceal
everything from her. Even in delirium
his powerful brain resisted her Sug
gestions, her. hints And in one of
her days of ministration to him she
discovered the diary in which he had
entered his strange worldwide actions
The international spy was able to
walk about his room now, his eyes
showing the satisfaction he felt at
thwarting her. They played chess to
gether, dined together, with always
the armed Difference between them. a
state of mind so obvious as 10 have
been ludicrous had they not both been
so conscious of it. Many times she
thought the strain was more fhan she
could bear, when she doubted the wis
dom of this trip. And always would
come morbid pictures of her sweet,
heart to sustain her in her determine
ton to clear him of the charge under
which he rested
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peoples belief in her. And then the
smile died upon her lips. faded from
her eyes and was succeeded by one OF
fear.
For behind the throng, arms folded,
his saturnine face impressive, cold, de-
ternined, stood Hugo Loubeque, his
eyes fastened undeviatingly upon her.
What followed the ceremonial at
tendant upon the presentation Of the
white elephant to Lucille was ali
blur to her. She remembered being
taken to some temple, the triumphant
return In the chair upon the back of
the sacred beast, but always before her
eyes loomed the figure Of Hugo Lou
beQue. This afternoon, when she had
come back to the hut which the chief
assigned to her, she felt certain relief
at knowing the man was about
Vaguely she had dreaded his coming
before but always had she thought 1t
inevitable that he would come upon
her. She knew him too well to imagine
he could have survived his ships fire
and still lose track Of the papers f9r
which he had fought so hard. And me
diary with his LIES story, his mapped
out scheme of revenge; the picture Of
the woman he loved which he had kept
so many years No, she had always
felt that the man was far from defeat
ed even though the belt had been
thrown away long since and the con-
tents transferred TO a bag she carried
next her heart.
Times there were when she would
have fled from the place In a sudden
fit Of hysteria induced by thinking
of the urgency for the information in
her possession being IN Manila. Cooler
thought always made her grapple with
the impulse for hate and place hersef
In the hands Of this superior power
which had looked after her through
such startling happenings.
If the international spy was at work
and at work she knew he assuredly
was, now he had located her-why did
he not strike? That was the hardest
part of her stay in the village-the
constant strain of waiting for the In
evitable.
It was the fourth day that her atten-
ton was irresfstibfy drawn to a ma
tive whose facial traits differed SO ma
terially from those of any of the men
she had seen about the village that she
studied him more closely.
The man was seated, cross legged,
upon a log just little distance be-
yond the village. His eyes were mar
row Sits that emitted sharp slants OF
evil light when they fell upon her,
light that frightened her and made her
turn hurriedly back toward her hut
She had not made over twenty steps
before an unseen menace cast Its
shadow upon her heart. Though she
could hear nothing. she knew uncon-
sciously that the man was following
her at such a pace he was obviously
doing SO for purpose.
Slowly, relentlessly, the pat pat OF
the natives feet came to her. She
halted and whirled upon him. The
Sits Of eyes met her own and she read
there the light of an unconquerable
purpose. Her lips opened but no
words would come.
Cautiously. stealthily be advanced
upon her. There was deathlike cold
ness about him that reminded her OF
the one she knew to be his master
She could feel the glitter of his eyes,
could read the meaning in the terrible
hands which were outstretched toward