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among the ranks of criminals
very well, he said, apparently
much mystified; although / con.
Tess | do not quite see the reason
for your request"
Ihere was a knock upon the
door and a moment later if was
opened by Vernet, who ushered i'm
| the Count D'Este and his nephew.
followed by Madame Tissot and La
tue' Immediately behind them
came Grace Ellicott in charge of
gendarme. She was much dis
tressed, and her pale checks and
neaVy eyes proclaimed clearly that
she had spent a sleepless night.
me project was greatly touched
at the sight.
My dear Miss Ellicott," he
said, you must not be frightened.
NO one is going to suffer here
VINO is not guilty. He led her to
chair at the rear of his desk.
Miss Ellicott." he continued
kindly, when the unfortunate oc-
currence to Monsieur Duvau in.
terrupted us last night YOU had
called upon this man Girard-"
he pointed to the prisoner-"to
confirm your story as to how you
came to be at the house of
Madame Tissot."
Yes, said the girl, raising her
head. The knows why"
The project turned to Girard.
Speak" he said.
What is it you wish to know"
said Girard slowly.
why did you go to the Rats
Hole last night?"
To save this young lady from
that rascal" he pointed to Emile.
The latter jumped up excitedly.
Am | then to be insulted?" he de-
manded.
Calm yourself, monsieur" the
project said. Explain, Girard,"
he went on to the prisoner.
THE Count D'Este had stolen
from this girl property left by her
aunt, to the value of over one mil
lion fracs-"
"A lie" cried the count, spring.
ing 10 MS leel.
neutrality-suspicious. let the
prisoner proceed" ordered the
project.
THE girl knew this" went on
Girard. The count feared that
she would make trouble and pro-
posed to keep her quiet by marry
ing her to his nephew. She refused
to consent to this, whereupon he
arranged with this woman" he
pointed to Madame Tissot-"to
have the girl come to her place
and there drug her, and perform a
marriage ceremony"
Nom de Dieu. What a lie!"
protested the woman.
The project again demanded
silence.
Have you no one, Miss Ellicott
to confirm what you say, except
this prisoner
No one" she half sobbed, eek
cept-eXcept Mr.. Duvall."
Huh, \ dead man." exclaimed
the count, with a scornful laugh,
in which Madame Tissot joined
"Vernet, remove the prisoner"
said the project, nodding to his
assistant. This way-into my
private ROOM In a moment the
two had passed into the adjoining
room and the door had closed be-
hind them.
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Grace put the envelope inside
her coat and held out her hand
to him with bright smile. Then
| thank you with all my heart
Monsieur Girard," she said
Goodbye"
Am afraid you can't go yet,
he said quickly.
But why?"
you forget the detectives. Fur
thermore, your uncle, the count
Is with them. and | have no doubt
he is trying his best to think vi
some plausible explanation oil
your presence here tonight. He
only learned that | was to be here
short time ago, otherwise he
would never have let you come.
"But-what shall | say to the
prefeet?"
Tell him the truth, MAIDEN
oiselle. | will confirm everything
you say"
Girard went toward the dool
at the rear as they heard someone
approaching in the hall Il think
[ hear that charming young man.
Monsieur Emile D'Este, approach
ing, When he knocks will you
kindly tell him to come in?"
The girl nodded and almost inn
mediately there came a rapping
upon the door. Come in" cried
Grace.
Emile stepped quickly into the
room and looked about him, evil
IDENTITY expecting to find Miss Eli
colt unconscious in Madame Tis-
sot's arms.
where is Madame Tissot?" he
demanded, looking at Grace. Then,
turning his gaze about the room
in search of his confederate, his
eyes fell upon Girard. "Who is
this?"
Girard drew his revolver from
his pocket, and began to toy with
1t carelessly. Victor Girard, my
friend he remarked agreeably.
What can do for you?"
The young man was thorough
ly frightened. He began to call
loudly for assistance. He did not
yet know of the presence of the
police without.
Almost at once there was
sounds of a body of men ascending
the staircase. Emile showed his
surprise, but Girard's next words
Informed him as to the identity
of the approaching party. "Ah!
the project and his men," said the
latter, as he stepped back into
the doorway of the rear room and
placed his hand upon the knob.
Emile grasped the situation at
once. He turned upon Girard and
shouted in a loud voice: i've
got you, you thief. You stole this
money from my uncle, and now
you meet this girl here to turn II
over to her. Help! Help! This
way"
Girard thrust his revolver into
his pocketsand regarded the young
man with a cheerful smile. Eek.
cellently acted, my friend. You
should be on the stage" He
turned to Grace. "Mademoiselle,
1t is time for me to go. In few
seconds the project of police and
Monsieur Duvall will be here.
leave you in good hands. Adieu!"
He stepped into the rear room,
closing the door behind him just
as the project and his party
rushed in from the passage.
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CHAPTER Y.
Justice nj, Last.

On arriving at his desk next
morning, the project of police dis
posed of the routine matters and
then, ringing a bell, summoned
Vernet to his presence.
is there any news of Monsieur
Duvall?' was the projects first
question.
None, monsieur. They are still
dragging the river"
Has Monsieur the Count
d Este arrived?"
Yes, monsieur. He and his
nephew are waiting outside
And the woman, Tissot and
La Rue?"
They also are waiting, mon
sieur."
Have you the prisoners
ready"
Yes, monsieur" Vernet came
up to his superior hesitatingly.
This man, Victor Girard," he
said, INSISTS that he be allowed
to speak to you alone. He claims
to have some news about Monsieur
Duvall."
"Duvall?" Monsieur Lefvre was
greatly surprised. VERY we'll.
Bring him in"
The man left the room at once
and in a few moments returned,
accompanied by Girard. The pre-
feet looked up from his desk as
the latter approached him.
We'll, Girard," he said slowly,
turning to the prisoner, what
can | do for you?"
Il have news of Monsieur Du-
vall,' began the man. HE is
alive"
The project sprang from his
chair. rs what you say true?"
Speak,"
Eyes, monsieur. Richard Duvall
will appear in this room within
half an hour"
"You speak very positively. In
what way did you come by this
information?"
That cannot tell you-now,"
replied Girard quietly. But in a
short time you will understand
everything.
The project began to walk up
and down the room, his head bent,
in deep thought.
You admit that you stole the
one million francs?" he suddenly
inquired.
Eyes, monsieur. The money
belonged to Miss Ellicott and it
was for that reason that | re-
turned il to her last night. She
was entirely free from guilt in the
matter. The Count D'Este had
defrauded his niece of the money
and | undertook to get it back for
her."
you mean to say then that
monsieur the count is guilty."
Yes, monsieur. He is one of
the greatest scoundrels in Paris"
1T will require more than your
words, my man, to make me be-
lieve that" said the project.
Girard shrugged his shoulders.
zone thing more, monsieur the
project"
Well, what is it,"
Girard glanced toward the door
in the wall behind Monsieur Lee
fevre's desk. May | ask, mon
sieur,' he said, "where that door
leads to-"
ITO my private office" the pre-
feet replied.
Girard gave an exclamation OF
satisfaction. After you have con-
Guided your examination of me,
monsieur" he said earnestly, "will
you be so good as to have me
taken into that room?"
What for?" The projects tone
was not encouraging.
Believe me, monsieur, have
most excellent reason for my re-
quest. l will, of course, be in the
custody of one of your men. Tn
der the circumstances | shall be
quite harmless" He laughed care
lessly, and the project could not
help a feeling of wonder that a
man of so pleasant and agreeable
n narcouaIitu cbonId ba Found
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was. The body sank at once. On
the surface, we found this He
held up the dripping hat.
Monsieur Lefevre turned furi-
ously upon the prisoner. Victor
Girard," he cried, Il arrest you
for the murder of my assistant,
i.ichard Duvall!"
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are located. in little valleys remote
from railroads. as is true Of most OF the
mountain valleys of the Appalachian
and Rocky mountain districts.
Milk is heavy and hard to handle in
comparison with its value on the mar
ket," reasoned the government experts,
"and it also spoils quickly unless low
temperatures are maintained; whlle
cheese is light. easily handled and
kept, and. in proportion to weight and
bulk. brings much higher price
cheese out of this milk which would
be otherwise wasted"
A preliminary study of the districts
in North Carolina, Tennessee and the
western states showed that this noun
famous country possesses certain un-
usual natural conditions which are
especially favorable to cheesemaking.
In order to produce good cheese good
milk is required. and to produce and
keep good milk cool climate is i'm
portant and an abundance of cold water
from streams or springs is absolutely
essential
The streams in the mountainous sec
tions Of this country are usually pure
and quite cold In addition. the cool
climate and heavy rainfall insure good
PASTURES throughout the summer. while
labor ia plentiful and cheap. Therefore.
cheesenaking provides an excellent and
very useful outlet for the otherwise
wasted products of the. mountainous
sections. -.
In thi. connection Department OF
Agriculture experts point out that In
1880 this country exported annually
about 160, ,000, 900 pounds OF cheese. AT
present practically no cheese is export
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and devoted to the revolutionary prin-
ciples they profess.
AS would be natural, he sald, tneS
are lamentabl weak in marksmanship.
But in view of the fact that the MeXi-
can soldier says II only pull the trle
ger and allow God to direct the pullet
il would appear that the "soidadera
would be equally as effective with the
rifle as the philosophic "soldado.
The religious philosophy among the
Indians, which almost wholly make up
the armies in Mexico. is believed py
some to be gross distortion OF the
Catholic faith, the national religion.
The soldiers. whether hghtlng WIN
army. all wear small but gau-
dily-painted pictures of the Virgin OF
Guadalupe, the patron saint of Mexico.
in the front of their hats-thus lnsur-
ing protection from the God-dlfecteu
bullets.
from a picturesque viewpoint, because
their costume is disappointingly COM
monplace. In action they usually wear
the regulation khaki breeches and leg
gins made for the men and patterned
from the uniforms of the United states
soldiers. On the field of battle they
cannot be distinguished from the sol
dados" but when travelling or OH ac-
tive duty they don skirt and blanket
The presence of women in the ranks
of the soldiers is a logical develop
ment of the quartermast ster departments
of these revolutionary armies. In the
American conception of the term there
is really no such branch of the service,
for there is no one corps that attends
to the provisioning of the army. Each
man is his own quartermaster, and he
regulates the department by placing a
woman in charge. whose duty is to pro-
vide for her man
And so virtually for every man carry
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out OF it was a few notes in various
keys Some person with splendid
pair of lungs blew first in clear high
key, then he managed a wonderful
tremulo note and finally low note
was blown. That was the musical
capacity OF the instrument.
When the seals were broken the ac-
count books were read and the Offend
ers learned their fate For the wicked
this meant irrevocable sentences. the
middle class were given ten days OF
probation and atonement with prayer,
religious devotions and heartfelt re-
pentance that they might not suffer a
similar penalty. The righteous did
their duty by the day and set the ex-
ample for their weaker brothers and
sisters.
The "shofar." as shown in the Ma
tional Museum, is not beautiful IN
strument.
No one knows just when this special
instrument was found or how long 1t
has been in the museum. but it is a
very old relic.
1t is said that, trumpets were blown
and blown so Hard that they finally
knocked down the walls of Jericho.
The "shofar" has been used for the
new moon festival and all other SOL
emn New Year festivals, 'Rosh- Has
hannah" and for the proclamation of
the year of release (sabba tical year,
Also. for a time. it was used like the
modern bugle. to give a signal for the
going out to battle of the army, for the
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e,l. and, on the other hand, the United
States annually imports some 60.00o,0OO
pounds of this product, even during the
shortage of cheese abroad on account
of the war.
Much of the imported cheese is of
special nature and the department is
conducting extensive experiments to de-
termine whether it will not be possible
and economically eXpedient for the
United States to build up a huge mar
ket, both at home and abroad, for
roquefort. Swiss" camembert anu
Similar cheeses. thus killing with one
stone the two birds of waste and ex-
cessive foreign trade, not to mention
the high prices for which foreign
cheeses sell in this country.
Some time ago one of the chemists
connected with the Department of Ag-
riculture happened to visit one of the
large canning factories. of the middle
west, a factory which makes a spe-
ciaIty of putting up cherries. Near the
rear entrance to the main building he
noted a huge pile ofbrownish material,
resembling nothing so much as a min
iature mountain OF tiny brown pebbles.
Upon inquiry he found that this
mound was composed of the millions
of cherry pits which were extracted
from the cherries before the fruit was
preserved No use having been found
for this product, the pits were thrown
away and every month several tons Of
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CARMEN VADEZ.

officer who declared she had him in
mind when she made the accusation.
The writer had a short chat with her
while she was in Mexico City. She is
not educated in the sense of being
sonality and a native ability that has
been developed by the stirring life she
has led.
II see no reason she said. why
women, ard especially Mexican women
should. not fight for their country when
the occasion demands. We. have suffer-
ed more than the men; our slavery has
our Spanish oppressors never tried to
raise us from the position we held
among savage tribes. We have worked
always like oxen with no chance to
better ourselves.
Tine revolution has thrown open the
door of light and we women who are
fighting are only showing that we are
as much entitled to emancipation as
the men.
our aim is to raise ourselves above
the degrading position of being a mere
chattel. You American women under
stand this. but we Mexican women are
in practically the same position as
Christianity found pagan women. So
you see there is much to accomplish.
Many stories are told in Mexico that
women. 1t Is admitted in the army
that for reckless disregard for their
own life and. an utter contempt for
danger they have proved superior to
the men. 1t is told of Coz. Flores that
with but twenty men behind her she
stormed breastwork. defended by. moro
than a hundred men. and captured two
machine Runs. .t.
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ing arms in Mexico today there ls a
woman at his side. undergoing all ms
hardships and doing all the work OF
drudgery. OF course. this custom is an
inheritance from their Indian par
entage
More than six Mexican women have
risen to the rank of colonel in the con-
stitutionalist army, or as II rs now
called. the government forces There
have been many majors ana "A iafse
number of captains and lieutenants.
They receive the salary that their com
missions entitle them to from the Car
rama government.
Not long ago the minister of war is
sued an order forbiddirg the issuance
of commissions as officers to women.
While praising them for the patriotic
work they had done 90 further the ends
of the revolution, he said he believed
the time had arrived wnen il was no
longer necessary for the men of the
country to exact such sacrif1ce. How
ever. this order has been gwen scan'
attention. and women stu continue TO
wear the epauiets.
Perhaps the most picturesque woman
colonel in Mexico today is Ramona
Flores. Recently, before leaving Mex
leo City to conduct campaign on the
west coast against banditti, she gave an
interview for the papers, In which she
accused her fellow male officers of re-
porting to headquarters imaginary bat
ties and fictitious triumphs over the
enemy in order to gain credit for them
selves in the war Office.
She pointed out that the personal
glory thus obtained for the Falstafiia n
officer was more than Offset by the ef-
feet it had on the public mind. in that
IL made the enemies of the government
appear more formidable than they
really were. 1t is said she was chal-
lenged to fight duel by some valiant
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Relics of New Year Celebrations of Centuries Ago

g7N the National Museum are two oo-
jects, symbolic of New Year away
back in those years when Time
4 was in its swaddling clothes. They
are a trumpet made from a rams
horn and lamp of hammered and
curiously wrought brass. Both were
used in the celebrations by the he
brews of their New York.
OF the two relics the rams horn Is
perhaps the more important: its rela-
tion to the observation of the New
Year Is the most interesting point be-
cause of it's historical connection with
the life of the people of Israel. With
the Hebrews the blowing of trumpets
heralded the advent of the New Year
The trumpets used were exactly like
the one at the national Museum. simply
the horns of rams. wrinkled and rough.
and made into the most primitive form
of wind instrument. The trumpets
were dedicated to all of the ceremonies
Of the ancient Hebrews.
The name "shofar" was given to it
because of the religious significance
with which it was endowed. In spite
OF the vast enjoyment the Hebrews OBJ
tanned in feasting and celebrating the
events, the seriousness with which
they regarded tine New Year brings
light upon the weird and rather bar
barrie customs that were in practice.
One strange custom was to put people
to death for transgressions and wick
edness on a day used for celebrations
of the New Year.
The "snofsr'. was blown at the be-
ginning of the New Year observance,
and never at amy other time of the
year. save FOR while in a military
way. On the Day OF Judgment. as New
Year day was. called, the people assem-
bled dressed in white. instead of black.
in fear and trembling to await their
fate. The sentences were locked in
sealed books recording the doings of
three classes into which society is
divided During the ceremony these
were opened.
On the same day the beginning of the
year of jubilee was proclaimed by the
blowing of trumpets, as is recorded in
the Bible, illustrating the fact that the
"shofar" is a religious and symbolic
instrument. Being a crude toy. and
first made when music was in its in
fancy the best that could be gotten
Evening star., 1916-12-31

6NHE tall chimneys or stacks of in
dustrial plants are nearly always
round, or perhaps, as the architect
or builder might phrase it, they are in
section of a circular form. Here and
there one of these tall industrial stacks
is in section square or octagonal and
quite a number of the older stacks were
built in that form. The round form has
come into general use among the modern
builders for the reason that they have
demonstrated that a chimney of this
form requires less material for a given
height to insure its stability. and offers less
resistance to pressure from the winds than
does the square form. but stack builders of
the olden time found that the square
form generally suffered less from crack
ing than chimneys of the octagonal form.
Chimneys of industrial plants are car
ried to a great height for more than one
reason. but the principal reason Is that
a tall chimney secures better or
stronger draught than short one. An
authority has said that other things be-
ing equal the velocity OF the ascending
square root of the height OF the shaft
above the crate. The reason for this
draught, or upward air current, is that
the air in the shaft on being heated by
the Hr6 IN tne krdto rises, ANU dS II riscS,
cold air and heavier air flows in at the
bottom to take its place, and this on be-
ing heated rises also, in this way estab-
Iishing and maintaining the upward cur
rent. Up to a certain point the velocity
Of the air current increases with the in
crease in the temperature.
In some very tall chimneys. where the
air is heated to a high temperature. the
velocity Of the air current may be sixty
feet second, or very close upon the
rate of forty-one miles per hour. This
is an unusual velocity. and st IL prob
able that the air current upward
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uct-for this grape srup will undoubted-
ly be in considerable demand as flavor
ing for ice creams, candies, jellies and
the like-and at the same time lowering
the cost of transportation on grape juice,
the government chemists provided new
use for thousands of acres of various
kinds of grapes which, on account OF their
high percentage of argol, have been con-
sidered unfit for the manufacture of grape
juice.
In future, it will be necessary only to
secure the juice from these grapes, freeze
it. whirl it in the centrifugal machine
and secure concentrated sirup free from
the bitter acid and all other unpleasant
properties. 1t is estimated that this dis
covery will nearly double the production
of grape juice in the United States
Another problem in the elimination
of waste which recently came before
the Department of Agriculture for an
answer was that connected with the
milk producing industry of the APP
palachian and Rocky mountain. states.
A large number of farmers in these
sections keep cows. and. for years past.
the milk has been merely waste prod
uct, because it was too costly to ship
it to the cities many miles away. The
manufacture of butter solved the diff
Guilty to some slight degree. but even
this left considerable part Of the
milk unused and valueless.
Uncle Sam was appealed to for a So
luton of the problem, and. after a
thorough investigation of the question.
the chemists. of the Department OF
Agriculture suggested the simple but
unthought- -of expedient of cheesemak-
ing. This conclusion was reached as the
result of close observation of three small
experimental cheese factories, two OF
which are cooperative. which the
North Carolina College of Agriculture
and the government, working together,
have assisted the farmers in the noun
famous sections of North Carolina to
establish.
These three factories. which have
just concluded most successful year.