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Connecticut western news., 1916-04-06

expected to find MT. Langdon in that ! roomp'
 "Oh! You had made arrangements then to meet MT. Langdon there! Again the satiric note crept into the harsh voice, and crimson tide rushed | to Mary's pale cheeks.
 "The boy told me" she said with dig nity. ''that MT. Langdon was waiting ! to speak to me. thought he had come 1 to take me home"
 "The boy-what boy?' The question leapt sharply now.
 "Why, the bellboy who brought the message" she said in surprise. and. turning, pointed toward the group of witnesses where the small bellhop 1 covered, half covering his face with his shaking hands.
 For the moment at least every eye was upon him, and some of the hostil- | ity vanished from those watching faces as a wave of surprised comment slip ped from lip to lip. For after all, if Mary Page had indeed gone into that room expecting Langdon and not Pol 1 lock. it robbed the murder of the in- fanny of cool deliberation.
 Mary herself was both surprised and confused by the sudden turn of events and. dismissed from the witness-boX. returned to her own seat bewildered at the seeming importance attached to what had heretofore appeared so small a detail.
 But it was anything but small in the eyes of the District Attorney and Langdon, and there was a gleam of l triumph in the latter's eyes as the whimpering boy from the hotel took the oath. Before he went into the wit ness-bOx, however, the judge leaned l forward and frowned down at him.
 Do you understand Joe." he said harshly, "that what you have just taken is an oath? And that the law can put you into prison for perjury if you do not tell the exact truth after taking that oath%'
 1 "Y-yes, sirv' stammered the boy. ! "I'll tell the truth, s'help me Gawd!' Light laughter ran through the room. but the court attendant immediately called for order.
 "Ten us exactly what message you carried to Miss Page in the banquet room," said the District Attorney, when quiet reigned. "It was Miss Page you took the message to, wasn't it?"
 "Yes, sir, it was her. And the gent in the gray suit he says, Tell Miss 1 Page MT. Langdon wants to see her | here at once.'"
 And you delivered the message just 1 that way to Miss Pager 1 "Yes, sir.''
 ] "Why didn't you testify to this at the i Coroner's inquest?" It was the judge this time, stern and implacable, and l the boy in the witness-box cringed and burst into tears.
 "They-they-n-nev asked me wot i the message was I was takin' to her. IT didn't think it mattered."
 With an exclamation of exasperation the prosecutor sat down, turning the small witness over to LangdOn, into whose tired face fresh hope had now come. His voice, as he spoke to the boy, ! was gentle and friendly, and the snuff i fling lad wiping his eyes with the back
Connecticut western news., 1916-04-06
Mary Stretched Out One Slim Hand.

maFy SLESLCnGu SuL On6 @IIfn FIdnOs the door, and another whispering wave of sound too intangible to be called words swept over the room. Almost before it died, however, Philip Lang don, the brilliant young lawyer who was defending Mary Page from the charge of murder and who in his bat tie for her life was also battling for his own happiness, came in.
 At sight of him Mary rose to her feet with a little childlike sob of relief and stretched out one slim hand with a quivering smile that was more poignant than tears and more pitiful than an Outburst of grief.
 'Poor little thingv' said some one and was instantly hushed by a burly policeman whose own eyes were sus- piciously damp as Langdon, with a smile as brave as Mary's own, took her hand and bent over her with a whispered word of hope and greeting.
 The judge rapped for order, and LangdOn put back his shoulders with the gesture of one ready for the battle.
 Another day in the great trial of Mary Page had begun!
 It was a trial which was expressing the whole country. The victories and defeats of the great war and the fiuc- tuations of Wall street were uncere- moniously thrust into inside pages of the daily papers that the whole front sheet might be devoted to photograph after photograph and story after story of the lovely young actress, who was either tragic victim of the law ora murderess.
 Column after column had already been printed about this young girl, who on the very edge of triumph as a star had been sucked into the malestrom of law beneath the shadow of the gal lows. The story of her youth amid poverty and suffering. of her first stage success and her wonderful ability had been told over and over, while woven of gold, was the story, half hinted, half boldly detailed, of the love of Philip Langdon for Mary, whom he was TOW defending in the face of overwhelming evidence and inexplicable mystery.
 There were stories, too-more guard ed-of James Pollock, who had been found dead with Mary's unconscious form on the floor beside him-stories that hinted of a absolute life and of other girls whom he had led to trage-
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and her eyes met the frightened ones of the maid, who had risen with the apparent intention of leaving the room. But lefore she had reached the door the prosecutor had waved Mary from the stand and the Jerk called loudly: Janet Beauchamp!'
 There was a startled cry of "Oh, mon Dieur' and the Frenchwoman paused. wringing her hands. the center of at- tention. She made half movement as if determined to escape anyway and defy the law, but the sight of the po- lice that guarded the exits and the stern repetition of her name brought her reluctantly back. She murmured d little prayer and crossed herself as she took the oath, but the cool friendliness of the prosecutors voice reassured her,
 Janet, how long have you been in the employ of Miss Pager"
 "Two-no, tree years zis season"
 And was it usual for you to leave the dressing-room when your mistress was getting ready for the street?"
 No, monsieur-sirl'
 But you had been told to leave her on this particular day?"
 ''Told to leaver Janet's voice rose in Gallic excitement. "Afais non! I had but gone to ze petite mil!iner, for ze new fiowaires for ze blue gown"
 "Who told you to go?'
 Monsieur Daniels, he come in, and he and mademoiselle. they talk. and he say pourquoi could I not go to get ze new flowaires-ze orchids. since 70 shops would not be close for one half hour yet. And Miss Page she say, cer- tainment that I should go then, for she could finish to dress by herself for once."
 "How long were you outT'
 "Oh, je ne sais pas-I mean, do not know. Maybe fifteen. maybe twenty minutes. I come back quick parceque there are two kinds of orchid at ze shop, and want mademoiselle to see gem both"
 And isn't it true" shouted the Dis trict Attorney, suddenly leaning for ward and fairly hurling his words at the witness, isn't it true that when you came in you saw Miss Page threat I
 He caught up the weapon as he spoke and thrust it under her eyes. The maid, with q quivering little scream of horror, shrank back amid q murmur of sympathy from the crowd. She could not speak"
 Isn't it true?" persisted the prose cutor harshly. Answer my question or tell us just what you did see when you came into the theater upon your return from the errand."
 Bursting into Il storm of tears, Janet flung out her arms in a wild gesture.
 ''It is true" she sobbed. "Mees Page, my mademoiselle, she was standing and she had ze revolver-pointed at MT. Pollock-and he-he-ran out of ze room"
 At the words, Mary, whose hands had been twitching nervously throughout the maids testimony, rose to her feet with n little gasping cry as if she would speak; but before the words came she swung suddenly about and crumpled into little heap on the floor.
 In an instant the whole room was on its feet, surging forward toward the dock, and the sobs of the maid were echoed by more than one woman among the spectators, where sympa- thy for the time ran high, though the pendulum swayed back when someone said shrilly with derisive laugh:
 "She's a good actress, is Mary Pager
 But the judges gavel quelled the ex- citement and the dire threat back of
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was there any one elSe m tne Foo"f his curt words that unless there was order in the court he would clear tlG room, was like oil upon the trouble : waters of the sea of onlookers, and they sat in hushed silence as Mrs. Page and Langdon knelt beside the unconscious form of the slim young prisoner, bathing her temples and chaf- ing her wrists until the momentary respite of nullity forsook her and she opened her eyes to the suffering of reality.
 At the sight of the fear on both Langdon's and her mothers face, how ever, she struggled bravely to regain her self-control and when the clerk called the next witness she was again in her chair. Very white and wan, but erect, her pallid lips set firmly to hold back the threatening tides of emotion and weariness that were sweeping over her
 The drumming in her ears and the little waves of nausea that are the aft ermath of a fainting fit made events blurred to her for little time, and ii
Connecticut western news., 1916-04-06
THE DRAMA OF THE LAW

W WITH the entrance of the judge
 IA the turmoil of the vast w crowd that that filled 1 .1ssosss3st the court; subsided into a tense whisper of ex- pectancy. The atmosphere was vii brant with it-taut as a violin string which snapped and brought the throng surging wildly to it's feet when some one shrilled:
 "Here she cOmeS!'
 At the back of the room men and women fought in a frenzy for foothOld upon the seats of chairs, drowning the thunder of the judges gavel with their clamorous hysteria, while those nearer the front were flung bodily against the steady wall of police beyond which stood Mary Page, framed by the grim shadow of the prisoners door.
 Mary was waiting, breathless, terri fled, for "some one" to come. The judge looked at his watch and then at
Connecticut western news., 1916-04-06

of his hand answered him eagerly. He seemed glad to find someone who didn't frighten him.
 "Joe,' said Langdon, his voice full of kindness, "that night wasn't the first time you had seen MT. Pollock, was it?''
 ''No, sir,'' said the boy in his shrill young voice. Everybody knew James Pollock at the Republic. He came there a lot-him and MT. Slade"
 And he was pretty generous in his tips. wasn't he?' The question was quiet. and the District Attorney, who had made a move to interrupt, sank back without speaking as the boy an Swered:
 "Oh, so-so! He could afford to be-
 And so, on the night when he asked you to take that message to Miss Page, be gave you a good big tip, didn't hep
Connecticut western news., 1916-04-06
SYNOPSIS.

Mary Page, actress, is accused of the murder of James Pollock and is defended by her lover, Philip Langdon. Pollock was intoxicated. Shale, a crook and tool of Pollock, was on the fire escape watch ing for Langdon.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-03-17
SELF FEEDERS FOR THE PIGS
Interesting Test Made at University
Farm Young Animals Permitted
to Select Own Rations.

tRy r. c. ASHLEY, Assistant Animal Hus-
bandman, Minnesota Experiment sta
tion.)
AS interest increases in the use OF
self-feeders for swine new questions
arise. One such question is this, al
low q bunch of pigs to select their
own rations and eat at will; do the diff
ferent pigs select similar rations?"
To secure some information on this
question, we fed last summer at Uni.
yersity farm ten pigs on individual
self-feeders. In other words, each pig
had his own pen and his own self
feeder. No other pigs ate with him OF
slept with him. Five of the pigs were
farrowed in March and five in May
All were kept on self-feeders from July
10 until November Is, a total of 12S
days At the close of the test the
March pigs were 237 days old and
the May pigs 101 days of age, The five
March pigs averaged 2S7.1 pounds each
and the May pigs 24S.4 pounds each.
The average daily gain for the FIVE
March pigs was 1.8 pounds each, and
for the May pigs was Is pounds. The
March group produced 100 pounds OF
gain for each 1924 pounds of grain
while the May group consumed 392.54
pounds of grain for each 100 pounds OF
pork. For the entire test the ration
selected by the March pigs contained
1926 per cent of shelled corn, 900 per
cent of tankage and 2.72 per cent OF
shorts. The May pigs took $3.50 per
cent of shelled corn, 1882 per cent Of
tankage and PIG per cent of shorts.
Each had available shelled corn,
shorts, and tankage, each fed separate.
with water to drink. No other grains
and no pasture or milk was available
to them.
The individual ration as taken by
each pig are not yet available.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-03-17
IS CHILD CROSS.
FEVER!SH, SICK
Look, Mother! If tongue is
coated, give california
Syrup of EiQs."

Children love this fruit laxative"
and nothing else cleanses the tender
stomach, liver and bowels SO nicely.
A child simply will not stop playing
to empty the bowels, and the result is
they become tightly clogged with
waste, liver gets sluggish. stomach
sours, then your little one becomes
cross, half-sick, feverish, don't eat,
sleep or act naturally, breath is bad,
system full of cold, has sore throat,
stomach-ache or diarrhoea. Listen,
Mother! See if tongue is coated, then
give ~teaspoonful Of California
Syrup of Figs and in few hours all
the constipated waste, sour bile and
undigested food passes out of the sys-
tenn, and you have a well child again.
Millions Of mothers give California
Syrup of Figs" because it is perfectly
harmless; children love it, and it new
er fails to act on the stomach. liver
and bowels.
Ask at the store for 50-cent bottle
of California Syrup of Figs" which
has fun directions for babies, children
of all ages and for grown-ups plainly
printed on the bottle. Adv.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-03-17
Clean the Blood A new DISCOVERY

"Anuric" is a recent discovery Of
Doctor Pierce, who is head of the In
valids' Hotel. Buffalo, N. Y. Expert
ments at DR.. Pierce's Hospital for sew
eral years proved that "Anuric" is Q
wonderful eliminator Of uric acid. For
those easily recognized symptoms Of
inflammation-as backache, scalding
urine and frequent urination. as well
as sediment in the urine, or if uric
acid in the blood has caused rheuma-
tism, 1t Is simply wonderful how surely
"Anuric" acts: and in gravel and govt.
invariably the pains and stiffness rap
idly disappear.
Go to your nearest drug store and
simply ask for 60-cent package Of
"Anuric," or send Or. Pierce l0c for
trial pkg.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-03-17
Fashions Set BY Soldiers,

Alexander the Great is said to be re-
sponsible for men shaving their faces.
the Baltimore Sun observes When
his phalanx swept into Asia the
boards of his soldiers were found to
be a source of danger to themselves.
In hand to hand encounters with the
enemy the latter were found to pos
sess too great an advantage in being
able to grasp the beard. AS a matter
of military necessity Alexander or
dered all his fighting men to shave.
Today in the trenches of Europe sol
diers are permitting their boards to
grow as protection against cold
again a necessity of war-and doubt
less the wearing of boards will be
very generally revived in conse-
quence
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-03-17
KILLING GRAIN INSECTS
Bisulphide Of Carbon Is Made
Use of to Destroy Weevils.
Heavy Poisonous Gas Sinks Down
Through Entire Mass and suffo-
eating All Living Things
Alright Bin Is Essential.

Every day at this season brings
questions about killing weevils in stor-
age grain. We have answered the
question repeatedly, but the informa-
ton must evidently be given again
and again. Bisulphide of carbon is
used to kill this insect. When the
bisulphide is exposed to the air it
evaporates, forming a gas heavier
than air This gas is poisonous, and
being heavy will, when inclosed in an
alright package, containing grain,
sink down all through the mass. It is
poisonous gas, death to all breath
ing creatures, and thus it kills the
weevils. The way to use 1t is to put
the grain into an alright barrel or bin,
then pour quantity Of bisulphide Ell
Their into deep dish or upon bunch
of cotton Put this on top of the
grain, and then cover the whole thing
alright. The gas is formed. and
there being no way for it to escape it
sinks down through the grain and kills
the insects. Most people use a tight
barrel or bin for the purpose. The
experiment station on the Philippine
islands reports the use Of this treat
ment to destroy the weevils In ear
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-03-17

1 Spring is the time of the year when
we should put our house in order.
We're run down after hard winter
after grip, colds, catarrh. It's time
to take DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery. purely vegetable and free
from alcohol or narcotics. 1t will
search out impure and poisonous mat
ter and drive it from the system. Buy
Discovery now in tablets or liquid.
1t will dissolve the poisonous accu-
mutations and replace the bad blood
1t drives out, with rich, pure blood full
of vital force.
It will clear the skin; eczema, PIN
pies, rash, blotches win dry up and
disappear; boils, carbuncles and other
evidences Of tainted blood will pass
away, never to appear again.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-03-17
CAREFUL SELECTION OF SEED
Best Plan ls to Obtain Supply From
Fields In FaIl-change Varieties
n OF Satisfied.

How about your supply Of corn and
cottonseed for planting? The best
thing to do, of course, is to select our
own seed in the field, but il this was
not done last fall and if we are not
satisfied with the varieties we are
now using, it will probably pay to
make change.
In this case we would suggest writ
ing to your state experiment station
and asking for list of the varieties
that have done best and that will
probably be best suited to your con-
ditions. Then when a good variety
has been settled on, see to it that it is
kept good by careful selection The
Progressive Farmer
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-03-17
Box for Fumigatins Grain.

corn. They make tight box, like
the one shown in the picture. This
is made of two thicknesses of dressed
lumber, with tar paper in between.
The cover is fitted on 80 as to be air.
tight. One feature of this box is the
plug at the bottom. The corn is put
inside Of this box. the bisulphide add
ed, and the cover put on. After being
left several hours, the plug is pulled
out, and the heavier gas flows away
at the bottom.- Rural New Yorker
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-03-17
TO RENEW STRAWBERRY BEDS
Where Plants Are Vigorous and Weeds
Are Not Too Plentiful It May Be
Wise to Renovate.

II the strawberry plants are yigor-
GUS and the bed not too weedy, it may
pay to renovate it for another year,
Now the plants close to the ground.
rake off the foliage and burn it. Plow
a furrow, cutting out all but about one
foot of the row, and then go through
and take out the weeds and diseased
plants in this row.
Fill the furrow with thoroughly rot.
ted manure and cultivate the soil back.
Keep up thorough cultivation Of the
soil all the season.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-03-17
FRECKLES
Now Ie the Time to Get Rid of These
Ugly Spots,

There's no longer the slightest need Of
feeling ashamed of your freckles. as the
prescription othine--double strengths
guaranteed to remove these homely spots
Simply get an ounce of othine-double
little of 1t night and morning and you
should soon see that even the worst freckles
ones have vanished entirely 1t is seldom
that more than ounce is needed to COM
pletely clear the skin and gain beautiful
clear complexion.
Be sure to ask for the double strength
othine. as this is sold under guarantee OF
money baekAif 1t fails to remove freckies--
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-03-17
CARING FOR PL0W I'M WINTER
Whiting and Hard Oil Made Into Paste
Should BE AppIied-Rub Off With
Old Gunny Sack.

Grease that plow. Don't let it rust
and then spend hours putting a new
polish on it in the spring. Axle
grease, tallow or any thick grease win
do.
A good mixture is whiting and hard
oil made into q thick paste and
thinned by adding more oil. Apply to
the moldboard with brush and rub
off with gunny sack just before U.s.
ing the implement in the spring.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-03-17
COST or GREEN MANURE CROP
Extra TiIlase So Great That Final
Profit Is Not as Large as From
Ordinary Methods.

Though yields have been increased
by green manure crops at the North
Platte (Neb.) experimental substation,
the additional cost of producing the
crop, as represented by the rental
of the land an extra year, the cost of
seed for the green manure crop and
the extra tillage that must accompany
this method, is SO great that the final
profit is not as great as from ordinary
methods.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-03-17
RoTTED MANURE FOR GARDEN
Not Advisable to Use Fresh Stable
Manure Unless Thoroughly In
corporated With Soil.

Manure for the garden should be
fine and well rotted. Where you have
only fresh stable manure available,
put it in a pile now, keeping it turned
as often as it begins to heat. Be care
full not to let it ferment.
It is not advisable to use fresh stable
manure under garden crop unless
the manure has been thoroughly in
corporated with the soil.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-03-17
stump Burner.

connected with a fire box. In this
way the flame and hot gases from the
fire box pass through the interior of
the stump and in time reduce it to
ashes.-Independent Farmer.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-03-17
PLAN FOR BURNING sTUMPs
Flame and Hot Gases Pass Through
Interior Of Stump and in Time
Reduce It to Ashes.

The first step in the operation of
this burner is to bore hole through
the stump. Then a smoke pipe is in
serted into one end and the other is
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-03-17
Be Careful With Bees.

Be as careful as possible in work
ing around the hives in the cellar so
as not to jar the bees any more than
necessary.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-03-17
Insnect stored crons.

Go over cabbage and root crops
stored in the cellar and throw out de-
cayed material This will prevent fur
Their decay and help keep the cellar
clean.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-03-17
Avoid offensive odors.

A properly-kept COW stable has no
offensive odor Land plaster should
be used freely in the stables to abb
sorb all odor
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-03-17
2 aradoxicaI.

u like that man Jobbles.'
.Why?"
He's straightforward.
That's queer. Everybody says he's.
a crab"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-03-17

make us look older than we are. Keep
your Eyes young and you viii look young.
After the Movies Murine Your Eyes. Don't
tell your age. Murine Eye Remedy Co..
Chicago. Sends Eye Book on request
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-03-17

Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are the
original little liver pills put up 40 years
ago. They regulate liver and bowels.-Adv.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-03-17
RIanchinu Celery.

In blanching celery do not begin to
put most of the dirt about the plants
until the weather has become cool.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-03-17
trsE ArrENs.s Eoor-rAsr

USE ALIENS FOOT-EASE
The antiseptic powder to be shaken into
shoes and used In foot-bath 1t relieves
painful, swollen. smarting, aching. tired
feet and instantly takes the sting out of
eorns and bunions. The greatest comfort
discovery of the age. Sold everywhere, 25c.
Trial package FREE. Address Allen S.
Olmsted. lie Roy, N. Y Adv.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-03-17
Then Why7

"Will you marry me, Ethel? My
family is all one could wish for"
Then why do you want me?"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-03-17

Throw Off Colds and Prevent Grip.
When you feel q cola coming ON, take LAXA:
TIVE BROMO QUININH. II removes cause "a
Colds and Grip. Only One BROMU QUlNlNb-
b w GROW RS signature on box. 26c