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Evening star., 1918-11-03
THE VAGABOND

ty-flvc years in Jail TO be received
here like ~ doe, like u leper! NO!
Not at all! j want to eat. I want to
sleep in a good bed. l want money"
Money? Did you leave us any? We
have none."
Il had children, too. it seems to me-"
the former notary went on, threaten
ingly. ''Vhat has become of them?"
You had q daughter. She was seven
years old when YOU were sentenced.
She died of grief"
Tho man bowed his head for a mo-
mcnt.
''Wcll! How about my son?"
"Your son knows nothing. He be-
lievcs that you are dead. All! How
many ruses j have had to employ to
conceal the truth from him! We fed
from Bordeaux. We came to Paris to
live. / have worked for twenty-five
years to make a man of Jean and to
clear the name you dishonOred. To-
day. thank God, he Is ~ lieutenant"
she added with a note of pride.
lieutenant! That Is very fine. Then
he has a salary. He will not abandon
his poor old father"
miserable creature!" cried Nine. Dcs-
buis. "Do you want to ruin us a second
time? If he learns what you are and
what YOU have done. Jean will resign his
commission. IIe will leave the country.
You wouldn't do thing like that? You
wouldn't have the heart to commit IL
new crime, to destroy ~ future for which
have worked so hard?"
II? You don't seem to know me very
well!"
Then in the twilight they saw the
silhouette Of an officer. A young man.
tall and handsome, was walking hurried
ly along.
"It's he, bet," cried Desbuis. 1--WE
shall see what he will say"
Nine. Desbuis uttered a cry of horror.
SHE tried to detain her husband, sob
bing; .,gi.tor, Victor,
But the convict had already broken
away. And while his wife, in utter
despair, sank in a heap on II bench, he
walked straight toward the officer.
"Lieutenant!"
Three steps more brought him face to
face with his son. He saw a >lsage full
OF gravity and dignity, with deep ex-
prcssivc eyes. lie saw nobility, courage,
honor-all that he himself had lost.
The young man asked, courteous.':
did you call me, nonsleur?"
That measured tone, that politeucss to
Dcsbuis. 1t seemed to him all at once
that he had repaired his crime, had
purified his past. All his insolcncc, all
his hate. suddenly vanished. Something
mysterious WAS kindlcd in him. He
shranlt back and muttercd:
u wanted to ask YOU for n match"
He drew from his pocket q crum-
pied cigarette. The lieutenant, who
was smoking, gave him u light. Then
the miserable creature moved off. He
made military salute and said, in u
voice so shaken and 80 full Of feeling
that 1t astonishcd jean Dcsbuis:
IL thank YOU, lieutenant, with all
MY heart"
Nine. Dchbuis, who watched this scene
with her teeth clialt"ring, saw from, II
distance II h,r husband NaniAhHG into the
shadows.
She pushed to"'"t'1 -" nN'
Evening star., 1918-11-03
After the Raid.

"'I'1iE Parisians can extract fun
even out Of the German Eotha
raids said senator in a Washing.
ton interview.
1.-TWO young Frenchmen met In tho
II raid.
Any damage down your way??'
the first asked.
Damage? Rather: the second an-
swered. Father and mother were
blown clean out of the window. The
neighbors say it's the FIRST time
they've been seen to leave the house
together in seventeen years"
Evening star., 1918-11-03
Rabbits to Offset the High Cost of Other Mea

bits Is being appreciated Is shown by
the fact that Il number of establish-
menfs for collecting. dressing, can
ming and shipping rabbit meat are In
winter a single Arm dressed and
shipped $4,000 jack rabbits, which
amounted to 275 tons of meat. In ad-
dition, the skins were saved ana
marketed. making an important item
in the profits. A large extension of
this business is being planned for
the coming season, while many other
similar enterprises are expected to
develop in various parts OF the west.
The United States is not the only
country in which rabbits are found.
Great Britain has long recognized the
value of the rabbit for food purposes,
and in addition 10 the vast quantities
used from her own home warrens,
thousands Of tons were imported an
nually. mostly from Australia. in
France, Holland and Belgium rabbits
are common articles of diet. and the .
breeding of rabbits is very general,
especially on small farms. Spain pro-
duces many domestic rabbits and is
sometimes regarded as the original
home of the common European rab-
bit. The so-called Belgian hare, the
common term applied to the dOmesti-
Gated rabbit of the United States. is
merely Il domesticated form of the
wild rabbit of Europe.
trAde in skins was caHried on abroad.
Throughout Europe practically all the
skins of marketed rabbits We're saved.
The number produced in Great Britain
and Ireland was estimated at about
3O,OO0,0OO annually.
According to British trade returns
for 1910, there We're imported during
that year undressed rabbit skins to
the number of more than S2.O0O,0OO
or these more than 100000 came
from Belgium. nearly 100000 from
Franco, nearly 43,000,00O from AUS
tralia and more than 100000 from
New Zealand.
Australia is one of the greatest rab-
bit countries in the world, and. like
the United States. has regarded them
more in the Ii ght of pest than
source of income. Poisoning CAM
paigns We're extensively carried on in
an endeavor to rid the country Of
what was a serious menace to crops.
More and more, however, did the value
of the rabbit for both its meat and
has reached an important place in tho
commercial world in that country. =
Bunny sausage" is new tit-bit
which may become IL common article
of diet before long. In Texas and sur
rounding states. where the jack rab-
the method decided upon to make
possible the use Of the great guam
titles of meat obtainable through the
drives to round up the rabbits and
thus avert damage to crops. Tho meat
is spiced and ground, and after being
made into little cakes is canned. SO
successful was the bunny sausage"
that the canning of rabbit meat is
now placed in the list of articles that
members of canning clubs organized
under tho Department OF Agriculture
will find we'll worth while.
Evening star., 1918-11-03

farms and ON village lots affords op-
portunity for an agreeable change in
the family diet, for cutting down the
cost of living and for conserving the
meat supply of tho country Though
not always yielding large profits, it is
reasonably remunerative adjunct to
other pursuits. and with a favorable
market may be expanded into n COM
merc'aliy successful vocation. 1t is cs.
pecially suited to young people"
Emphasizing the possibilities that
might be attained by raising rabbits
for commercial purposes Prof. Lantz
cited the case of one man who raised
rabbits on a relatively small space In
his back ward. caring for them in
addition to his regular profession. and
in a single year cleared about $1,S00.
He also spoke OF an experiment which
had been carried on to prove the COM
parative value of the rabbit over that
of the chicken. A rabbit and
chicken were taken, both the same
age, and at the end of fourteen
weeks the chicken weighed less than
two pounds. while the rabbit weighed
nearly five, and had eaten less food
so far as total cost was concerned
than had the chicken.
Whatever value the rabbit may.
Evening star., 1918-11-03
A Song and Some Shells.

not the word. It's something like
that, though
Presently English shells started to
scream overhead.
Listen TO that. Tho artillery's start
ed In on 'em. mates. Now for some
sport"
They worked with renewed energy
and now and then paused 10 look over
the parapet. Tho German bomba rd-
ment was becoming feebler. Pres
emily British airplano passed over
mead. travelling fast. evidently Searci,-
Ing out Il battery; for very soon AFTER
ward the German shooting became
wilder and finally died out. ThG-
British guns increased their activity
trench gradually resume it's normal
aspect.
.,. Bit more shipshape. now." said
Tim; more like home"
Then by sheer bad luck q stray
German shell burst just behind the
5arados. tu1nbling tho trnch-wall
Your turn. Dick" said tho tall.
freckled man.
"Righto. matcy. What q jubilee"
"A what?" rOared the thickset man;
surprised.
"Got 1t. got it. got 1t!
Come on along with me,
Wen have u Jubilee
ln my old Kentucky home"
That's the ending, mate. Put IL
there" -
!ie shook hands vigorously with the
astonished man.
That night the whole section was
singing tho song and It soon became
.ne traaition In the platoon to sing. it
Whenever there was IL German hnn,.
bardment on.
LII time the thickset .man came to
regard himself as almost tho uutlor
OF it.
Copyright, 1881
Evening star., 1918-11-03
An Unexpected Answer.

tho. German reply to
the Red Cross appeal for the
abandonment Of poison gas, Scna-
tor McCumber said:
"The German reply was certainly
unexpected. AS unexpected as tho
reply of the farmer.
"A lady from the city said to a
farmer after church:
"Wasn't it awful. tho way the
deacon snorcd all through divine
aerrice?'
ait certainly was. maam,' said
the farmer warmly. 1T kept all the
rest of us awake"
Evening star., 1918-11-03

lST as the war has proved the
yalor of many man, so has it
proven the economic worth of
many things which, before Au-
gust, 1914, were granted only passing
notice. Latest to come under the sec
ond classification is the rabbit.
While the rabbit, in it's wild state,
has always been an Important article
of food during the cold part of the
>year, and in it's domesticated state
has been extensively raised and eaton
in the west for many years, as IL sta
BILE item of diet it has never held any
Especial value. 1t has. moreover, been
more often regarded as Il pest in the
farming districts of the country.
where wholesale poisoning campaigns
have been carried on for its cXtcr-
mination that valuable crops might
not be entirely ruined.
But so completely has the war up
set all former economic conditions
that the rabbit is now looked upon
by the Department of Agriculture as
an important addition 10 the food
supply Of. the country. Government
experts advocate not only the cX-
tcnHivc raising of the domestic rabbit,
but also the killing of the wild rab-
bit in such Il manner that the meat
becomes available for food purposes
and the skins for use in tho manu-
facturc of felt and other needed ar
ticles.
1t was estimated by the game COM
mission OF Pennsylvania that during
the y-iive-day open season there
last year more than 100000 rabbits
were killed and eaten in that state.
officials of the Department of Agri-
culture claim that making due allow
anccs for over stirates, it is safe to
assume that OO,oOO,Oo wild rabbits
are killed each year. which. if en-
tirely utilized for food, would rep
resent between 100000 and 800, 600 ions
of meat. These, it must Lc remembered,
are an wild rabbits. only part of the
possible rabbit output which lies
within the reach of the country.
That the raising OF domesticatcd
rabbits. or Belgian harcs as they are
familiarly known can be made an I'M
portant industry is being emphasized
Prof David Il. Lantz, assistant biolo-
gist in the bureau of biological sur-
Vey, believes that they represent one
solution to the present meat problem
He says:
The present shortage of farm live
STOCK throughout the country is one
that cannot be remedied quickly. in
the Belgian hare and other domestic
Gated rabbits VIC have animals that
breed rapidly, mature early and fur
nish a pelatable and highly nutritious
meat. The supply can be increased
enormously within few months
without using space that may be need
ed for the production of crops. Rabbit
meat can be produced in almost un-
limited quantities at a less cost than
that OF any other meat, not excepting
poultry.
"The business of growing rabbits on
Evening star., 1918-11-03

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about her house, which, small
and modest in appearance.
stood on the cornor OF u grand
boulevard, in new and spacious
Quarter of the city. So her anxiety
was great, and she trembied in her
corner by the fire. awaiting the return
of her son.
Many years of misfortune had made
her excessively timid and highlysuspi-
cious. 1t seemed to her always that
some unexpected catastrophe was
about to demolish again that recon-
struction of her life which she had
so painfully and laboriously accom-
plished.
1t was February. The days were
growing longer, bringing with their
tardier twilights vague premonitlons
Of the spring. At the end of a rainy
afternoon Nine. Desbuis, returning
from II walk. noticed that the vaga-
bond was following her. She became
alarmed and qutckened her steps.
But the man ran after her, his
broken shoes flapping on the side
walk. She heard from behind a voice,
out Of breath. calling:
Mime. Dcsbuis! Nine. Desbuis"
She turned quickly and faced the
stranger. A certain vibrating in his
voice had startled her, had troubled
her mind like an unpleasant memory.
They stood together under street
lamp. She saw a creature, already
old and broken, with something re-
pulsiyc. servile and odious in his
bearing--the wreck of human being.
She shuddered and murnlurcd:
Who are you? What do you want?"
&"Come. now, you know very well!"
took on a sharp and sarcastic intona-
'tion. Nine. Desbuis felt deadly chill
pass through her shoulders.
You are"
She did not dare to finish her sem
tence. The man sneercd:
Yes. 1t is ], Victor DeSbuis, your
husband. Formerly a notary. Don't
you recognize me? All! Twenty-Five
years In the crib---thcy change a
IMAM"
He smiled a sinister smile. balanc-
ing himself on his heels. Something
foul and corrupting enveloped hin--
the very atmosphere of II prison. Nine.
Desbuis trembled no longer, since she
Knew now the nature OF the peril
which she faced. How many times. in
fevcrish nights. she had foreseen,
Imagined. dreamed Of the return Of
the man who now stood before her:
what do you want? What do you
come here for?"
Well! Am I not your husband?"
You are nothing TO me any longer.
nothing. Get out!'
SO YOU believe you can get rid of
Evening star., 1918-11-03

lines, somehow. Nothing
~ fits in properly" said the
thicksct man.
lie began again at tho beginning of
a song that was becoming popular in
England at the time. When he came
to the last two lines he stumbled
again, and then stopped dead.
mo, it's no good. Wish one OF you
knew it, ! 'eard 1t on leave at tho
Corner House"
Got any idea what's holding YOU
up, mater"
"Yes. just one word-something
about festivities or something"
No. section was hard at work. The
little piece Of trench which they Oc-
cupied had been considerably damaged
during the night. and they were work.
III. b." said Tim, az the sandbags
near the sentry's lead came hurting.
into the trench. bringing the periscopo
with them.
Something about festivities or
man. lighting a stump OF cigarette.
Gradually the whole" section was
drawn into the search for the missing
word, but nobody had heard the song.
When my leave comes through"
Sdu AHi, LII uFop you u line, my
old son. and let you know what it is"
yes. chum. but want to know now.
want to sing the blinlin' thing be-
fore ] go an forget the tune"
This lotll pretty soon be done"
said Curly, putting the finishing
touches to the shattered parados.
A few minutes afterward an mcon-
siderato German shell undid u quarter
Of an hours work.
Not wedding | auppose?" asked
Curly, calmly starting to patch UP all
over again.
mo. that's not the word, mate" said
thqf thlckset man.
The platoon officer came down the
trench and met the Lewis gun officer
How arc things?"
Not so dusty" said tho Lewis gun
officer. "Got Il nice little bag just now.
Ration party or something. If the beg
sars will show their beastly heads
what Is one TO do, old boy? Can't let
'cm 60"
NO. It's not done. We'll, chcerio!
Must be pushing on."
"t'hcer-Oh!"
The platoon officer took a spade aud
helped No. 3 section for Il while be-
fore passing on.
Hes II topper" said Curly.
AT tho far end of the bay n shell
lie was quickly dug out. and had not
bcc! mt. He was IL little shaken. but
after few puffs at a cigarette he
soon began to revive. Then tho thrls-
set man narrowly missed being hit
by large piece of ,brapncl. Things
We're becoming "uul,rSythy."
Not yet. you spittful bigh ers."
said the thirk -He: man. "Your uurlc's
st"i lots Of iifc IN nina yet" .tud ;h,n,
Evening star., 1918-11-03

as high as 30 cents a pound, while an
additional raise is expected this fall.
1t takes from six to eight skins of the
cottontail to make pound and four
or five of the jack rabbit Thus the
value of the smaller skins is 10 to 12
cents apiece, with the value of the
skin of the jack rabbit running up as
high as Is to 20 cents. Placing the
estimate per skin as low as 10 cents.
1T ould mean that the 200. .000, 900 rab-
bits estimated as being Killed annu-
ally. in the United States would be
worth $20,000,O00 for their pelts alone
Last winter the more select skins.
those of the domesticated rabbit used
for furs--brought from $12 to $24 q
dozen retail. according to their meth
cd of prepare tion for market. And it
Is believed that those prices will be
increased this year.
\,
The use of rabbit skins of the less
desirable quality has been largely in
the making of felt. While rabbit fur
does not make the finest felt on the
market, other animals furnishing tho
finer grades. it is thought likely that
the use Of rabbit fur will be largely
increased because of the inability to
secure other furs, in which event the
present large demand for rabbit skins
will be even greater.
That the commercial value of rab-
Evening star., 1918-11-03
4 FRENCH WAR STORY

Tut what is the matter with you.
mamma? You are very excited"
She graspcd the officers arm anx-
iously
Il was so afraid when I saw that
vagabond approach YOU What did he
Want?"
Nothing. mamma. it was a Door
m;th VINO merely asked me for light
Copyright, 1881
Evening star., 1918-11-03
Lazy William.

OHNILLE WRIGHT was talking in
Day ION about n lazy pilot.
Bill" he SAID, "is IL good pi'ot but
Il lazy ono. I ilrnlly bcl,,v" that if
l!ili were TO wake up sou,r norninE
!Ha uHo j'msG!f famous. Ted turn
Evening star., 1918-11-03

Copyright, 101S.)
Imperial Valley press., 1918-04-26
WANTS TO LAY
THE GERMANS LOW

Are you ready to lay down your
life for your country?" asked a pious
person OF drafted man at Camp
Lewis.
mo, but I'm anxious to make some
German lay down his life for his
country was the instant and indig-
nant response.
This is the spirit of the canton
ments where the "Yank" millions are
undergoing gruelling training for the
more gruelling life in and behind the
trenches ''over there"
But many of them will not come
back, and their deaths will be valiant
and cheerful ones.
Those who return will have sur
vived months of living under the
most elemental conditions, months
marked by nonchalant acceptance Of
conditions which no person outside a
penal institution would have thought
of accepting before his country called.
. None of us whose place has been
adjusted at home instead of in the
battle lines can make the ultimate
sacrifice that youth is called upon to
make in war.
None Of those at home are expected
to live quite up to the Spartan stand
ard of the soldier in the field
But will your conscience soothe you
if you have sacrificed no luxuries or
pleasures for the strengthening of the
nations preparations through the
Third Liberty Loan.
( 1t is not enough to invest surplus
capital in a profitable bond. The ma.
tons need demands that luxuries anC
eXtravagances be curbed; that bullets
guns and ships may back the Allied
line in plenty.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-04-26
PROTECT SAFETY
ON RIFLE RANGE
(By Associated Press)

Camp Kearney, April 26.-How ex-
tensive and how scrupulously observed
are the measures for safety Of per-
sons or animals who accidentally ap-
proach the artillery ranges here is d
matter little known, even among the
soldiers themselves. No artillery fir
ing is done except when there is a
safety officer" with the range "or
observation" party stationeh out on
the range, to observe the effect of the
fire, and another such officer at the
firing point. Under these two are
other safety workers.
/ Obervation points are established
far out on the ranges, but out of the
line of fire, from which all entranies
to the ranges can be observed. Sem
tries are posted about the range and
frequent signs warn the siphtseer that
this is an Artillery Range-Keep
Out" Should a horse or COW wan
der on the range, if it is in dam
SNAoto poSitAOii, III iIAS. 10 VI GU
pended until moonted soldier can
chase the animal out again. All the
safety stations are connected by tele-
phone, so orders to cease firing"
may be given quickly in an emergency.
The safety officer at the firing
point is charged particularly with
seeing that the DETECTION of the guns
and their trajectory and the ''height
of BURST should shrapnel be used, are
such that the men at work on the
range, either as observers or as safe
ty officers, are not endangered.
In sipte of all precautions, howev-
er, there have been several times
when shrapnel has burst unpleasant
ly close to parties on the range,
though no one has been hit
Imperial Valley press., 1918-04-26
SUGAR CARRIERS
SENT To CUBA
(By Associated Press)

San Juan, Porto, Rico, April~26.-
Steamships and schooners with suffi-
.ient capacity for carrying 10000
oags of sugar have been dispatched
nom Porto Rico to the United States
n ballast or else sent to Cuba for car
yoes of sugar within a little more
han one month when there have been
ample sugar cargoes offered here, ac-
,ording to shipping men.
Sugar men who are not moving their
argoes as rapidly as they wish say
hat ships are not permitted to obtain
cargo i'm Porto Rico because the allot-
nent of spaces for sugar in the Wes'
ndies is largely controlled by repre-
sentatives of steamship companies do
ng business here.
Nineteen steamers took sugar iron
soan Rico to the United Staes durlnl
March. carrying a total of approx
natclv 400 ,oo0 bags. Shipments arr
approximately $4,000 tons behind th'
shipments for the same time last yeai
Imperial Valley press., 1918-04-26
OLD MEN IN
HOUSE COMMONS
(By AssociatedPress)

london, M':,.h 90 (By maIn The
h1use of Commons now contains fl!
ty members wlo are more than 70
years of age Of "hese, fou. are
81 or over The oldest is Samuel
Young. M nher for East Caval. who
waS 96 oa s. Valentines da this
y.sr.
IN intere,t ne feature of the mem
be ship Of til, House &c Com.n'r, g
tie large Gi,ber of rairs of broth
ers who haze seats. There are four
ter of these pairs, irc.uding Ole case
Of twins-SI, or A. l. Morris Bell
ard Colonel E. r. Morrison BELL.
Among tn. G.; er pairs Of broth ) ere
ISn F. E. Sllith, tn. attorney gen
al, and HI I'D Smith, mem .ec e.
Wal ringto L Icrd R0h-rt Cecl, mir
ste, OF blockade, and ord Husr Ce-
CT: James ~ Low her, spe9 '-el Of
the House, and Major General IIenry
r. Lowth;'. A case of fathcr s''t
son both n'.c2bers Of the H Use !.
found IN Sir Walter Runcimar mem
Der fer Lat pool, s:ld Waite Run
ciman, mcml e. for DaYsbury.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-04-26
HYMNS SUNG At
CAMP KEARNEY
(By Associated Press

Camp Kearney, San Diego, Cal,
April 26.-The names of the hymns
which are being sung here each night
of the week, as part Of plan to have
the same hymn sunk in every Y. NJ.
c. A. and Knights of Columbus build
ing throughout the country each night
have been announced. The follow:
Monday, Onward, Christian Sol
diers.' Tg Z
Tuesday, Nearer, My God, tc
Thee"
Wednesday, Faith Of Our Faith
ers."
Thursday, abide With Me-"
Friday, "My Faith Looks Up tt
Thee"
Saturday, LEAD, Kindly Light"
Sunday, holy, Holy, Holy"
The plan was originated by Captain
II. S. Stone, chaplain attached to di
vision headquarters 1t calls for tn
singing Of the designated hymn JUS
before each building is closed for tn
night, whether boxing, vaudeville q
motion picture show has precede
it.