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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-09-02
Bv MARCEL PREVOST
Copyright The Frank A. Munsey Company

morning and evening, as I do now.
"Tll stay, and"-he lowered his voice.
hesitating q little-"later, perhaps.
when you are absolutely certain, IL
you'll let me, I'll ask something of
your father"
She placed finger on his lips ss
she replied: ''Yes, little later, and
I'll promise you. 1 shall be happy.
ever so happy!"
And then, overcome by frank
lcnging for affection, she threw her
arms around his neck, and put her
lips to his. They clasped each other
in their arms; the ardor of young love
thrilled them.
The sound of table suddenly push
ed back startled both. 1t was the
beggar, who had just arisen. They
saw him, as he stood there. drain his
glass at draft, and throw down
two coppers on the table, He passed
in front of them, while even yet they
chung in sort of half embrace. He
looked at them for an instant, then
departed with an uncertain step.
Hes had only single glass Of
beer" said Pauly, land yet he stag
gers like a drunken man."
"Did you see how he looked at us?'
murmured Henreitte. But Pauly did
not answer. being tormented by a
wish to kiss once more those lips that
{ had Just touched his own; and the
young girl, also overcome by love,
permitted him to hold her in his
arms, for, now that the beggar had
departed she was quite at ease They,
remained a long while thus, locked In
nOh
close embrace could shield them from
the threat of some invisible and mys-
terious danger of which they had
both been conscious even in the midst
of all their tenderness.
OF a sudden Henriette pushed him
away. Pauly, alarmed by the pallor
of her face, cried out: What i9
the matter, Henriette? Are YOU ill?"
She only stammered:
"The man-the drunken man-the
beggar! 1 knew his eyes. All, now
I'm sure-yes, I remember"
Pauly, in his turn, grew as pale as
death.
"You recognized him?"
"Yes-at least, it seems so, now.
If it were really"
She spoke no name, but her lover
understood her. Then, s she rose
and was Fastening to the door to
look out on the road, he seized her
hand and tried to hold her back.
"Henriette, l beg you, don't go!
1t seemed to him as though the
happiness which he had just secured
was going to escape him. to nnish
away forever through that open door.
But Henriette answered with dilated
eyes: Yes, yes, 1 must! l must
lookl"
She drew him after her They
reached the threshold without letting
go each others hands, as though they
feared to find tie beggar hidden be-
hind the door and ready to strike
them to the ground. But there was
no one there. The village, as their
eyes explored 1t, showed them only
its drowsy, silent houses set on both
sides of the long white road. But al
the point in the horizon where th'
blue sky met this long white road
they saw a moving blur of black thai
slowly vanished il the distanca- 4
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-09-02
French Girls Won't Have
to Have Marriage DOT
After War, II Is Believed
BY Henry Wood.

Omitted Press staff correspondent
Paris, Aug. 3.-(By mail. THE war
promises to end in France what has
constituted in the past the greatest OBJ
stacle to general marriage the
Fdot" that is exacted of every girl
who wants husband.
so deeply is this custom implanted in
French life that any girl whose parents
are not able to provide her with II
"dOt'' has such small chance of ef-
fecting marriage as to render it un-
worthy of either consideration or hope,
French women who have come from
families of modest means, often have
declared that the necessity imposed on
them from the earliest moments of child
hood to save every penny in the hope
reach marriageable age really robbed
them of all that goes to make up girl
hood in the real sense Of the word.
While 1t is generally conceded that
this necessity of having "dot' has
made the French woman the most ef-
ficient and economic home manager in
the world aud also relieves her of
" slavedom," yet it has greatly restrict.
ed marriage in France. II has entailed
also the disadvantage of limiting every
girl Is choice to that particular class in
the social aud intellectual scale to
which her "dot" will admit her.
Since the beginning of the present
war; an active propaganda has been
carried ON in France to put marriage on
the American and English basis - u
basis purely Of love ON which the hus'
band also assumes the full responsible
ity of providing for his wife aud chill
dren.
Were the hopes of these people to es
tahlish "dotless" marriages in Franc,
based solely on the success of theil
propaganda, they probably would moi
succeed. A mother who consented tC
her son 5 marriage to girl of modest
dot" has just withdrawn her consent
saying;
"My boy has since won the Cross o.
the Legion of Honor aud the Croix d,
Guerre aud he is therefore now wortl
mare.
Fortunately for the propogandaist
they have recently been able 10 estab
lish that they can count upon certain
great phenomenon that has been repeat
ediy noticed In past wars aud tina
promises to settle the question of dot
in France regardless of the tenacit,
oil tradition and the ambitions of nam
mns with manageable sons.
statistics have established that fol
lowing every great war there comes
marked increase in the number of mall
births over female. The propogandaist
gnr sNdotlnSst - mnrrinopS have there
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-09-02

TINE binding heat of July sun
was sitting the air through
out the silent little village that
cr,uched in the thin shade OF It's
p,plar-trees, like some exhausted
yayfarer who stops to rest beside the
road. 1t was but poor hamlet, bor-
dering on the plains OF Avor, with
acids of fintstones which. under
mo intense glare of the sunlight, re-
sembled human bones.
In the balfry. twelve stroke. had
sounded after preliminary cHiming
OF the quarters. The door OF the
a boolhouse near the church few
open, and swarm OF urcb.iS boys
and girls, came busting cut into
tie road, disturbing 1t for p few mo-
n.ents with their shrill-yr.sed cries
aud their scufrling feet: tten they
disappeared, one after another .Qto
adjacent houses like flock OF pig
cons, leaving the road again deserted,
though blurred by n cloud Of dust
which once more slowly settled.
The teacher, q very tall and sorne-
what thin young mr.. with light
hair and yellow beard. appeared
In his turn on the threshold. He
shut the door, put the key into MS
pocket, and with rapid step crossed
over the highway toward the heigh-
boring inn. which could be recognized
by the branch of firwood that served
90 sign above Its door. Wthin,
one found q great cool hall, quite
with lQrUn red
c,rtained beds, some aw-bottomed
CHAIRS. and several tables When
the teacher entered. the table at
which he usually ate had been al
ready set--a coarse white napkin.
ttlree thick plates, placed one upon
the other, bright pewter dishes,
liter Of red wine. and the heel or an
ample loaf.
Justin Pauly sat down. unfolded
his napkin. and cut off a slice OF
head. Only then did he observe that
ts was nohx~alone. AT the table
firthest away and opposite one or
the beds sat a man, his face com"
pletaly buried In his hands, and with
his elbows propped upon the table
near his glass, in which the amber
beer dissolved a CLINT of sunshine.
He was most uncanny-looking
baggnr-more diapldated. more un-
k.mpt, more thoroughly repulsive
a. appearance than Is usual In the
case with country tramps, for 70
latter are always more nek? tDt
their city brethren In finding dsy
food and shelter. IL was imposs'ois
to guess his age, so curiously
Drowned were both his skin and hair,
az though they had been harmonized
90 annrnhIner 6ra lIIl
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-09-02

mo doubt replied Pauly. TITS
very sad. of course. But now that
you have lost your lover, Just consid-
er whether there Isn't some one else
who also loves you-who loves you,
In fact, as much as did poor Desire
Henriette raised her head, her eyes
shining through her tears. She nerv-
ously twisted the strings of her blue
apron in her fingers, revealing or a
sudden the true coquette, in spite OF
her sorrow.
why, who can that he, NJ. l'auly?"
lie drew her toward the bench, and
they sat there, Side by side, in q cor
rer where they thought the beggar
could not see IhHiu.
well, it is I, Mile Henriette. Don't
you really know how much / love
you?"
She grew very red, and her tears
were dried upon the burning bushes
of her cheeks. To be sure, she h1o
tender recollection of poor Desire,
who had died in Asia, far from all
his friends; but still she was so
young, she couldn't always remain
single without some one to pet her,
to hold her hands, to kiss her and to
love her. And all the while Justin
Pauly in a low voice kept on trying
To persuade her. ~
"Desire surely must be dead; there
can't any longer be a doubt OF 1t.
You've shed tears enough for him al
ready, and really you've been faithful
long enough to his memory"
And. moreover. he thought to him
self, without saying any i'll of this
brave fellow-whom,. after all. Pauly
L. 4 L.. Nnf
really allowable to think that he was
not quite the husband that she ought
to have? This Desire was almost en-
tirely illiterate-he was only a work.
man--what sort of home could he
have given her, anyway?
She bent her head still lower and
made no answer.
"Wel, then" said he with a dis
aged air. "I see verv clearly that
you love him still, and that you don't
care for me at all. So l know the
only thing that is left for me to do
And what is that, NJ. Justin W
ITO ask for a transfer. 1t hs sppcns
that 1 have a friend who wants to
make change, and he's "A native of
this province. I'll write to him about
it."
Henrlette seized his hands at once
with a quick, nervous movement.
Surely you won't do that, NJ. JUS
tin?"
'Why not. I'd like to know" he
answered, turning away his eyes. Il
should do wrong to stay here when
you haven't the least bit Of friendship
for me-"
What! Not bit of friendship for
YOU? It's most unkind of you to say
so! You know very well l have. and
in fact. more than l ought to have;
and you know that l should be ever
so unhappy if you were to leave Fois-
sy as poor Desire did"
Tears filed her eyes again, and she
began to sob. Pauly drew her to-
ward him and kissed her gently or
the neck and face.
"Ah, please don't cry! ] can't beai
to have you cry, my sweet little Hen
riette. l will stay at Foissy, and in
deed, even if you didn't care for me
Isshouldnt have the courage to 81
away and never see you any more
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-09-02
SILAGE CORN BACKWARD
BUT CAN BE HANDLED

Some farmers are becoming alarmed
over the prospects for silage corn for
the Willamette valley this year. The
season has been backward from the
planting time almost constantly
throughout the summer until late
August. AS result, some fields of
corn, especially those planted with the
large growing, late maturing, socall
ed "slage" varieties of the eastern
states are exceedingly backward and
do not show promise of reaching the
best stage for going into the silo.
"That STAGE says G. r. Hyslop,
crop specialist at o, A. G., "is when
the corn has reached maturity, the
husks beginning to dry and the corn
itself in the hard dough stage, the
kernels well dented and glazed. AT
this stage and before the corn has
dried out, it may be cut into the
silage without the addition of water
and this makes the very best corn
silage.
"If it has been frosted or has ser,
iously dried out, water must be added
to make up for that loss and to help
keep the air out of the silage.
"Corn may be successfully stored in
the silo at considerably. less mature
stages if it becomes necessary to do
so in order to save the crop. Even
when the ears are in the, milk the corn
makes very good silage, except that
it is rather sour and watery and usual
ly not quite so much can be fed as
when the rper corn is used. IL may
also no successfully sliced even before
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-09-02
LONG TAPERING FINGERS
REGARDED WITH SUSPICION

Washington, Sept. 2.-Men with long
tapering "piano" fingers are apt to
desert after short service, while those
having stubby digits, denoting stabil-
ity of character and utter lack of the
artistic temperament, usually stand by
their oaths and make the best marines,
according to finger print experts at
headquarters of the United States ma
rine corps.
Although desertions from the corps
are light at all times it has been found
that actors, sign writers, and, strange
to say, walters, furnish the largest
number of deserters.
Records, including finger prints, of
all men enlisted in the marine corps
are kept at headquarters for purposes
of Identification, and there are cases
ON record where bodies, with finger
tips intact, have been positively iden-
titled through the finger print medi-
UNI. $50
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-09-02

"And how about Matthieu?" asked
Henriette, who knew them all.
"Oh. Matthew? He's an absolute
idlot-the sort of fellow who'll be put
to watching geese after he grows up"
Next they talked over the newspa-
per which the teacher had Just re-
ceiyed, and which he always loaned
to Henriette for the continued story
which 1t contained. This was nov
ell by NJ. Jules Mary, and Pauly found
It very well written. but in rather
too pretentious style. Henriette, on
the contrary, pronounced 1t simply
splendid"
When the teacher had finished his
soup, she took away his plate; and
although he objected, and out of po-
liteness wished to serve himself, she
brought him a boiled leg OF mutton,
garnished with potatoes, and then
took her place again beside MIN.
They had both by this time entirely
forgotten the beggar, who in his C3r-
ner sat before his glass, as still go
death.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-09-02
TWO EXPLOITED CROPS
THAT FAIL IN OREGON

A campaign is again on to induce
Oregon farmers to purchase two high.
ly exploited crops that usually fail
to meet expectations-th Titanic
wheat, closely related to similar
sort known as the Alaska wheat, and
Eureka clover, which is not Il clover
at all but sachaline regarded in ia.
pan simply as a weed.
Eureka clover is not a clover in
any sense, " says Professor G. r..
IIyslop, specialist in crop production
at o. A. G. "It is q member of the
Smart weed family and does not
possess the clover attribute of gather
ing nitrogen from the air to store in
the soil. 1t has been tried out in
numerous experiment stations and so
far as the records show has never
been continued us a forage crop. 1t
produces considerable quantities of
forage but this is not readily eaten
by the stock even when Offered fire.
quently. 1t is not drought resistant
but is rather easily killed by frost and
is slow in becoming established. After
it once gains foothold, however, it
IL
The plant is advertised by its pro-
moters as yielding two or three hun,
dred tons of forage per acre yer year
Authentic reports from Germany
show that it yields from eight to
sixteen tons per acre a year taere.
Professor Hyslop thinks that it would
be the height of folly to plant this
sachaline except possibly as an orna-
mental plant in some place where 1t
cannot readily spread.
The Titanic wheat is similar TO the
seven headed which has been called
mummy wheat on the theory taat it
was discovered in mummy case that
has been buried for hundreds or even
thousands of years. The unliklihood
of this claim is shown in the fact that
there is no record of wheat having
been able to maintain its vitality and
grow after u storage period OF as
much as fifty years. 1t has also been
called Egyptian wheat and Wild Goose
wheat, as some claim that few kerr
nels, never many at time, were
found in the crop of wild goose.
Some of this wheat has been put on
the market Mt the conservative price
of $50 bushel
"The wheat is still grown and sold
at this fancy price, says Professor
Hyslop, "although il has not yet
proved its ability to out yield the
standard varieties of the Pacific
northwest, Some planted in pots at
the Agricultural College headed out
but did not branch. This type OF
wheat has never proved to be salts
factory as milling wheat, either from
the standpoint of quantity or quail
/ t..f
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-09-02

now since you began to be anxious
about this affair, isn't it? Consider
ing that his two comrades, who re-
turned last year with his company.
assured you that he disappeared
about two months before the skir-
mish at Liang Fu-disappeared, In
fact, like deserter-he must have
been captured by the pirates who in
fest the colony"
But Henriette continued crying, ov-
erwhelmed by the thought that the
man whom she had loved, the man
who used to take her in the evening
to walk among the hedgerows, and
who had been the first to clasp her
to his heart, was now dead-dead and
moldering in the earth, ever SO far
away in the land of the barbarous
Chinese.
Poor Desire!" she kept saying.
He loved me SO! II things had not
happened as they did. l suppose that
we should now have been married
by this time"
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-09-02
CROPS AFTER DRAINAGE

Alsike or mixture of clover can
usually be established following drain
age, aud the roots of these crops will
aid in making sub'soil, thus aiding
chemical and bacterial activities. a
short rotation should be adopted, such
as clover, grain and cultivated crops
This rotation, including the use Of
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-09-02
are even moro encouraging.

are even more encouraging,
While therefore the propogandaists
realize that Immediately following the
close of hostlities, the dearth of men,
brought apout through military and ma.
val losses, will place the groom very
much at premium, yet they figure
that by 1910 and 1850 they can count ON
such an abundance of potential grooms
and such dearth OF potential brides as
to place the latter at premium re-
nardless of "dots -
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-09-02
MAKING DRAINS EFFECTIVE

'rIf drainage is to be successful
from an agricultural standpoint prop
er farm practices must be employed TO
aid in making the drains effective and
the net returns larger says Pro
fessor w. l.. Powers, of the O. a. c.
Irrigation and Drainage department
"'It will facilitate drainage IL the tile
is located in the most porous strata
and the soil allowed TO slack several
weeks before the back.filling is per-
formed, Sod or straw placed in the
lower part of the trench will aid
water in entering the tile. After
drainage. lime and manure will be
more effective and enduring"
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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-09-02

lection against imports one minute and
the next asks why living prices are not
lowered.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-09-02

clover and manure once in each three
years, should insure yields that will
compare very favorably with returns
from naturally drained soils of the
same region, This aftcr-draiuage
cropping system is recommended by
w. l.. Powers, the o. A. C. Irrigation
and Drainage specialist He says that
drainage will in this way net larger
returns.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-09-02

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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-12-12
TELEGRAPH BRIEFS

Erie, Pa.-Because of advance in
cost of print paper, afternoon news
papers here today increased sale
price from 1 to 2 cents.
Washington.-War dept refuses
plea of Central Congregational
church Of Brooklyn to let their pas
tor, Rev. Dr.. S. P. Cadman, quit his
job as chaplain on the border.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS of fed
.eraI public health service ordered not
to prescribe use of heroin, no mat
ter what the sickness. Believe its
medicinal use creates drug fiends.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-12-12

date penny. They are content to
leave with the American league the
advantage that outfit gains from the
25-player rule.
William Wrigley, Jr., has acquired
more stock in the Cubs. 1t is I'M
derstood his latest acquisition in
creases his holdings by $4,000, but
the name of the seller is withheld.
American league owners and man.
ayers are dropping in for the league
meeting, which cOnvenes Thursday.
Clark Griffith was the first arrival.
. Tom Needham, old Cub catcher,
will manage Newark Of the Interna-
tional league next season. The Jer-
seyites will be renamed the Speed
boys.
Nick AItrock, former Sox pitcher,
present Washington comedian, is
good actor. Nick admits it without
argument. His skit is doing the
towns near Chicago and will be
brought here within short time.
Vernon Ayau, star shortstop of
the Honolulu Chinese team, has been
signed by Seattle. He is the first
Chinese athlete to get into organized
baseball. ~..
Fritz Shiverick, chicagoan, has
been elected captain of the 1917 Cor
nell football team.
Johnny KiIbane, feathenEeight
champion, won an easy 12-round vic
tory over Alvie Miller at Youngs-
town, o. Miller covered up most of
the way.
Champion Jess Willard and Man.
ager Tom Jones last night an
nounced the champions intention to
finance and appear in big athletic
carnival next week either at the Coli,
scum or Dexter Park pavilion, the
entire proceeds of which will be de-
voted to providing Christmas cheer
for the poor families of Chicago.
1890
Washington.-Federal trade comm
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-12-12

The success of Miss AIexa Stirling,
woman golf champion, is due to a
large extent to her mastery of iron
shots. This is how Miss Stirling
grips her midiron.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1916-01-27
Breaquing il Gently.

"We begin the publication of The
Roccay Mountain Cyclone with some
phew diphphiculties in the way. The
type phounders phrom whom we
bought out output phor this print
ing-ophphice phailed to supply US
with any ephs or Gays, and it will be
phour or phive week bephore we can
get any. We have ardered the miss
ing letters, and will have to get
along without them until they come.
We don't lique the look ov this va
riety ov spelling any better than our
readers, but mistak will happen in
the best ov regulated phamilies, and
iph the ph's and the c's and KS and
q's hold out we shall ceep (sound the
c hard) The Cyclone whirling aphter
a phashion till the sorts arrive. 1t is
no joque to us-it's a serious aph-
phair. ."-Everybody's.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1916-01-27
FOREST NOTES.

During the past fiscal year, ap-
proximately $4,000 persons obtained
timber directly from the national
forests.
Since 1908, there have been taken
from the national forests five billion
board feet of wood and timber pro-
ducts.
approximately 40 million feet OF
timber are cut annually under sales
from the Chugach and Tongass ma
tional forests of Alaska.
During the fiscal year 1915, "A OF
the 1862 national forests paid their
local operating costs, or in other
words, were self supporting.
The commercial sales of timber on
the national forests of Oregon for
the past fiscal year amounted to
544,673,O00 board feet, valued at
$1,629,000; and on the national for
ests of Washington to 27,S54,000
board feet, valued at $34,S67.
During 1915, timber to the
amount of 122,16S,O00 board feet,
valued at $240, was given under
free use to settlers residing in and
near the national forests. In Ore
gon this free use timber amounts to
12,122,000 board feet, valued at
$13,342, and in Washington to g.
371,000 board feet, valued at ST.
955.