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Evening star., 1924-09-07
Trapping the Ermine.

therefore, the tracks indicate full
grown animal, the trapper suspends
the moose of a looped twine or wire
across the runway from bent twig,
which, when released, springs upward
with a jerk that lifts the ermine off
the ground and strangles 1t.
If the tracks are like the prints OF
babys fingers, close and small, the
tTapper hopes to capture pelt f1t for
u throne cloak. Perfect fur would be
marred by tho twine snare. so the
trapper devises as cunning a death
for the ermine as the ermine devises
when it darts up through the snow
and fixes its spearlike teeth in the
throat of rabbit.
First, the hunter smears his hunt
ing knife with grease; then he lays
it across the track. The little ermine
comes trotting in dots and dashes, and
gallops and dives to the knife. The
knife is frosted-ice and steel! Ice
turns to water under the warm
tongue; steel turns to fire that blis-
ters and holds the foolish little stoat
by his inquisitive tongue, a hopeless
prisoner, until the trapper arrives.
Evening star., 1924-09-07

sat, as impersonal to the vision as
two bags of meal upon the seats.
Go back to the village" Denny
called to her. For the love of
heaven, don't wait-don't wait"
Clack- -clack, clack -clack. The oar
locks, moving monotonously under
the human hands, sounded like some
monstrous clerk of eternity. Clack-
clack, clack-clack. Fainter and
fainter. She could hear the little
waves again tapping at the piles be-
low her. The cold crept down her
neck and up her sleeves, but it was
not as cruel as the cold within. At
o'clock that afternoon she had been
copying mail orders on her typewrit-
ing machine beside a radiator which
had hissed. This seemed many CEN
turtles ago. The sound of the oars
was now barely audible. Alice threw
herself down on her knees and stared
out into the gray blank, from which
there now came no sight. no sound
nothing but the salty, cold breath of
the sea
Denny" she called. Denny
The fog absorbed her cry. The
moon stared down.
X X X \
OAR off, from across the narrow
l. bay, beyond the ridge of Summer
estates on the farther shore, there
sounded family the strokes of the
Evening star., 1924-09-07
Denny" she gasped.
He put his arms about her.
IL al ], hi

Denny" she gasped.
He put his arms about her.
Its a chance" he whispered.
Just a little row., whined the
Nightingale. Come"
Denny uttered growl and dropped
over the edge of the pier into the
bottom of the little craft.
We'll" said the Nightingale, "it
certainly Is a beautiful night"
He sat down on the edge of the
pier, facing the man below, the re-
volver still in his hand. Then he
threw the oars down and leaped after
them into the boat.
Alice clutched at the sleeves of her
coat. plucking at the cloth. The
world for her grew dizzy and whirled
about until black water and silvery
moon and frosted mists were all a
seething of neutral gray. Out of this
came to her the sound of the oar
locks-Ciack-cl -clack, clack-clask! The
little boat was sliding away into the
mists.
Wait" came the voice of the
Nightingale. 'One of us Will come
for you. / said I'd throw this thing
away. Listen"
."Alice!"
1t was the voice OF her lover now
sounding over the water.
She raised her head and saw that
the fog had nearly shut off the sight
Of the craft in which the two men
Evening star., 1924-09-07

over the black water. The fog was
running past her now, as IL it had
seen a terrible sight from which II
fed.
Denny" she called.
The wind stuffed the name of her
lover back into her mouth, but IL
brought another sound through the
black night-sound Of oarlocks again.
Clack- -clack, clack- -clack!
Alice did not dare to call again.
The boat was coming back. Clack-
clack. clack-clack! The sound was
nearer, the strokes were faster now.
She wanted to call out during these
terrible minutes, but something with
in her pleaded with her not TO do so.
Instead, she crawled to the edge OF
the pier and stared down at the
smothering blackness.
The clack of the oarlocks was al
most beneath her at last.
The moon struggled to break
through some thin place in the SOM
Der blanket which had covered her.
A last suffusion of her radiance cafne
down upon the sea. There was only
one man in the boat. His form, sit
ting in the rower's seat, was as i'm
| personal as bag Of meal
Alice did not dare to call out.
Something said to her
The boat bumped the piles below
her.
"Aiicew the voice of her lover
called.
Denny
Here, take this" He reached
above him, holding something toward
| her until he felt her hand close about
it. He sent it to you. Its that
| white rose he wore"
Denny lifted himself onto the edge
of the pier, and, reaching forward
| and taking her into his arms, he
stared out across the waters as IL he
| were in a dream.
Denny" she said. Denny. speak
| to me! There's no blood on your
| head?"
| .Listen"' he commanded.
Far away from the opposite shorc
a birdlike tenor voice filled the air
with a tremulous moledy, sweet yet
terrible-the opening bars of Annie
Laurie"
Listen" he cried, clasping her
close to him. Listen. It's the Night
| ingale"
Copyright. le24)
Evening star., 1924-09-07

Here remain unique in the world
two middle-age sauce furnaces, each
with IL lids and a great stone
heating table covered with terre
Gotta squares-frst range and chaing
dish in the world outside of Constan
tinople.
Here the imported chef" of the
old dukes concocted Byzantine sauces
and delicacies whose very ingYedi-
ents. spices and condiments came
straight from the antique capital of
elegance-from Constantinople then
as from Paris today.
They still show the gold -inlaid ivory
and embossed painted leather knife
and spoon scabbard which hung from
the master cooks girdIe. 1t is worth
a fortune. The knife and spoon
handles are of cunning little mosaic
work, most beautiful, unique ar;
specimens from middle-age CONSTANT
nople.
EIRES destroyed the palace. The
kitchens, by hazard, remain, COM
pletely dismantled these 800 years
past No one seems to know their
subsequent history, after the destruc-
tion of the palace. But, either as
ruins or as kitchens still in working
order, one can understood them as
good hiding place, for two great iron
boxes. In some scare of threatened
capture of the city such iron boxes
were hastily hid in the kitchens.
They were hid, because they have
been found. They discovered two
such iron boxes, nearly the size of
trunks, in sealed closet, not of the
kitchens themselves, but in blind
hallway beside them.
Others say that the boxes were
found in a disused drain of ancient
times, which made an excellent hiding
place for bulky objects to be flung
to safety.
Their contents were a mass OF very
rusty machinery. The quantity is
considerable, and 1t is visibly an an
cient chimes mechanism. Amy clock.
maker, they say, would recognize it.
It was not only badly rusted, but
parts were eaten down thin by rust
and broken through. The good pieces
are being scraped and polished, and
numerous parts too much eaten away
by rust are being duplicated by good
modern work. Fortunately, there has
been always enough to serve as model
and dimensions
What is it?
1t is thought to be the original.
mechanism by which Jacquemart
played that most beautiful Of tunes"
which Froissart heard.
At some forgotten siege OF Dijon
1t is probable that JacQuemart and
all his works" were hurriedlv fetch
ed down from the tower to a place or
safety. Later. Jacquemart was put
back on the tower. His simpler ma
chinery, to ring hours, was brought
back with him. by men perhaps not
specialists of more complicated
chimes machinery. So the tune mech
anism remained hidden-irst de-
layed and then forgotten.
Why not? 1t might have been in
the year 1923! Or the year 1897. Or
the year 1906. Long time ago!
Is it the tune?
Is it beautiful? Old Froissart was
no fool.
Go look up Froissart at the library.
II Froissart said the tune was
beautiful, 1t must be something sweet,
| indeed, to hear.
Jacquemart, up on his tower, played
it last. they say, when Columbus was
sailing.
No one remembers to have heard it
since.
Now, Jacquemart will play 1t again
next Christmas day. In any case, it
must be something great to hear
Evening star., 1924-09-07
BY STERLING HEdLIG.

D1JON, France, August .S.
MOST beautiful old forgotten
~ tune, they say, will be sprung
"A upon the world, which no hui
4 u man being had heard, they say,
since a period before Columbus dis
covered America.
Will it be popular?
1t will have a better start than any
modern tune has ever enjoyed. It will
be hastily Transcribed to music paper
and published widely, if only as a Curl
osity. Cable agencies will have men
listening at Dion to describe its
style and tell how, the waiting crowds
liked it.
Because the whole affair is remark
able.
The tune has been the Riddle Of
Dijon, you might say, for centuries.
Many authorities have doubted II it
ever existed. Even today the mass of
citizens know nothing new about the
subject.
Yet the tune Cor what they believe
to be the tune) has been discovered in
two great old iron boxes, nearly the
size OF trunks, in or beside the
kitchens of the ancient Dukes of Bur-
gundy!
Now, for the story.
On the tower of Notre Dame Church
in Dijon, oldtime capital of the nom
existent Dukes Of Burgundy, is the
most ancient mechanical clock chime
that still works and strikes today in
Europe.
That is, the three famous old super
life-size figures up there still strike
certain hours. Tourists turn out Ito
hear Jacquemart" and his family
strike PAS Pm.
sc CT rnYan nf
ornamental ironwork, holding great
and lesser bells and considerable
ancient machinery. Seated by 1t, on
the outside, is this lay figure Of a man
Of really giant size, in strange old gay
clothes and absurd high hat of felt.
smoking a long pipe. Hat and clothes
are renewed, about once in so years.
but the pipe was put into his mouth on
Easter Day, 1857, when JacQuemart
was already 200 years old.
He is Jacquemart. Previous to the
year 1888, he sat on the tower Of the
Town, Hall of Coutrai, in Belgium.
He raised his arm, and, with a flourish,
struck the hour land played a most
beautiful air." as Froissart, the old
chronicle writer, tells "by means of
the most beautiful mechanism of the
low countries or beyond the seas"
Philip the Bold, Duke Of Burgundy,
having some claim on tne Tree CltleS,
asked for Jacquemart and was re-
fused. He went to war for a me-
chanical clock), razed the walls of
Coutrai, hanged the, notables, deci-
mated rich population, and brought
Jacquemart in triumph to his capital
of Dijon.
l. * x X X
| TODAY, 1t is the same Jacquemart
l. A hundred years before America
| was discovered they placed him where
he still sits, on top Of this tower at
Dijon, hammering the hours. In 1864
they gave him q wife, Barbe, who
rings the half hours. In 1714 the added
the child, Claude, to pound the quar-
ters. Then, as late as 1895, the Dijon.
! nais, who never tire of Jacquemart
added a second kid. naked and wood
en-, like jointed doll, but really big
indeed, who can ring the minutes
when the clock is set for him to oper-
ate. He has name. He is Aristide
Tourists always hope to hear Little
Naked Aristide ring the minutes
The machinery is all there. Fol
years after 1895 he functioned, Also
there is a saying that Little Aristids
lshould ring the hour Of hi.
Evening star., 1924-09-07
Queer.

This match won't light"
Whats the matter with it?'
81 dunno-it lit all right q minute
ago."
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Police Dislikes
Automatic Phone

Los Angeles, Mar. - "a. P.)--
Plans 10 replace all manual tele-
phones in Los Angeles with those OF
the automatic or dial type are not
meeting with police department ap-
prevail.
"Dialing" number on an auto.
matte telephone may be more eff
cient than calling the number 10
central" on a manual telephone.
according to Chief August Vollmer
and detective lieutenants, but IN
times of emergency the direct con-
neCtion with a human operator the
moment a receiver falls from its
hook on the manual phone fire.
Qucntly saves lives or aids in The
capture OF criminal.
\ child, for instance, they point
out, or an adult laboring under great
excitement, might be incapable OF
''dialing"; or time to dial might be
lacking under the stress of an emer-
gency, vet with the manual tele-
phone such u person might bring
police to the scene of trouble by
simply uttering cry for help after
taking up the receiver. Frequently
the noise of scullle. during which
the receiver of a manual telephone
has been knocked off its hook, has
been sufficient to warn central" and
through her to warn the police. it
is argued. An automatic telephone,
on the other hand, remains deaf 10
such inarticulate appeals for aid.
say the police, and demands that
very presence of mind which is
likely to be wanting in an Cmcr-
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City Bombing Is
New Wars Feature

Cleveland. Mar. : CA. P)-BeI-
ligcrent nations will not try to kill
enemy soldiers in the next war,
Benedict Crowell. assistant secrc-
tary of war under former President
Wilson. declared here in Il recent
address.
The League OF Nations is fail
ing" declared Mr.. Crowell. "The
nation or group of nations which
enters the next war Adequately
equipped with tanks, gas and air.
planes, will win Il quick and prob
ably decisive victory. In the next
war. governments will use sneeziuE
or laughing gas. or anesthetics. TO
put men temporarily out OF the
fighting. Death dealing gases were
used less and less as the last war
progressed. and that shows the
tendency. A high ranking German
officer said after the armistiCe that
il was General Tank and not the
genius of Marshal FoCh. that turned
the tide against the Germans
"'AirplanCs VIII jump over armies
and attack the directing brains be-
hind. / believe that bombing OF
cities is not only iustifablc. but will
he carried out in the next war
Supply dcpots and junction points
will be destroyed and the morale Of
the civilians behind the lines I'M
paired"
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Audience HOOts'
Actors On Prices

London, Feb. 10 ca. p. by mail
The gallery gods of London's thea
tres know how TO get what the!
want, and also how to get rid OF
what they dislike% The one the.
howl for. the other they boo" and
they seldom stop either until the!
are satisfied.
The. gallery audience that wit,
messed recently the first performance
of Sir Gerald Du Maurier in Not in
Our Stars" took it into their heads
that two shillings a seat was toe
much money to pay for the gallery
So when Sir Gerald came out to
make curtain speech they started
"booing," and then a deep voice
shouted. what about shilling gal
lery? 1t amt worth two bob.''
IF you want a shilling gallery
Sir Gerald shouted back, you shall
have one from now onward"
The next night tickets for the gal
lery were only a shilling.
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BURNHAM

Mrs. Scott Redman Of Newport Is
visiting her daughter and husband
Mr. and Mrs. Loris Baxter.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. T.. Libby OF Ben
ton have been recent visitors for sew
cral days with her mother. Mrs. Syl-
yania Barrows and at the home OF
their daughter. Mrs. Truman Whit
ten.
Miss Aida Barrows OF the state
Health Department viii give an IL
Illustrated lecture at s'ebasticoOk
Grange at their regular meeting next
Saturday evening.
Mrs. Wesley c. Hunt Is visiting
for several days in Hartland with
her daughter. Mrs. Raleigh Wheeler.
Mrs. Everett Gerald was in Gin
ton Monday to attend the annual
town meeting.
w. II. Hunt. who has had employ
ment during the winter in Waterville,
C-Cagcd in doing mason work, IS at
home quite III suffering from blood
poisoning In his face.
II. G.. Thurston went Thursday to
Waterville to visit his daughter. Mrs.
Hazel Eames. who is u surgical pa
ticnt at the Sisters hospital.
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WARREN

Mrs. Vesta Seigars who has beer
the guest Of her daughter, Mrs
Fred Starrett, returned to her home
in South Dresden Tuesday.
Charles Heysler has bought the
grocery store of Ed. Pelly and took
possession Monday.
Mrs. George Newbert IS visiting
her daughter, Mrs. Henwood Pierce
of Massachusetts for a week
Mrs. Eadie Eugley is on the sick
list.
Robert Stevens is the guest Of his
cousin, Mrs. Maurice CHM, this
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Robinson
are receiving congratulations on
the birth of son born Feb. 20 nam
ed Thomas. Jr. Mother and baby
are doing fine.
Mrs. Ernest Campbell Is confined
to the house with chicken pox.
Miss Adele Feylor. who has been
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Richard and Mrs. Edward Marson
were business callers in Alma We'd
| nesday.
Thomas Roper was a visitor in
Gardiner, Wednesday.
Clarence Moody of Gardiner, was
calling on friends here Wednesday.
:, Pearley Strout was business
caller In Gardiner. Wednesday.
Mrs. +. w. Mansir has been con-
fined to her home the past week with
a bad cold.
Mrs. W. H. Goud and Miss Hope
Bailey of Whitefield were guests
Wednesday of friends in the viii
iage.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. B Laberee very
pleasantly entertained party Of
friends Thursday evening. the oc-
casion being Mr.. Laberee's birthday
anniversary. Games were enjoyed
ard dainty refreshments served by
the hostess.
The Ladies' Aid society served a
baked bean supper Tuesday even
ing. at the home of Mrs. Myra Reid.
There was a good attendance, about
eight dollars being the proceeds Of
the evening.
Miss Josephine Kealy is the guest
of her sister. Mrs. Charlie Skeehan
of Whitefield.
Miss Louise Kealy was visitor
Thursday in Augusta.
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PITTSTON

EAST-William Meserve. who had
the misfortune to break his leg, re-
Gently while working in the woods,
Is improving. He is being cared for
at the home OF Frank Gilpatrck.
George Carver and family. who
have been living In Whitefeid. where
Mr.. Carver was. working in the
woods. have returned to their home
here and Mrs. Laura Hunt. who
kept house for them during their alb
scnce. has returned to her home on
the Gardiner road.
Miss Lucy Roper. who has been
employed In Augusta for several
months. Is at her home for an indcn-
nito time
Mrs. Eugene Morang and son.
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DRESDEN

John H. Mayors is visiting his sons
in Massachusetts for a few days.
Mrs. D. A. Cate and Mrs. A. Goud
were the recent guests of Mrs.
Gates sister, Mrs. Charles Foster at
Richmond.
Mrs. Lavina Smith Of Richmond.
who has been visiting her sister,
Mrs. William Pushard, has returned.
David Houdlette has purchased
what was formerly known as the La
forest Goud farm at West Dresden.
Mr. and Mrs. John Rittall have re-
turned from their trip to Greenfield,
Mass.
The play, 1.-THE Adventures of
Grandpa" was repeated at Pownal-
boro hall riday evening by the SEN
ior class of Bridge academy.
Clayton Mayer of Reading, Mass,
was at his former home here last
week.
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much; IL you would have q look
-"

much: IL you would have a look
-" III
(Archie was already having the
look)
at this blasted thing. She
suddenly refused to- go another step,
and I've been anchored here for a
quarter Of an hour. The first time
I've been out on the road with her
alone. I'm blessed If / Can you
see what's wrong?"
Il think so," said Archie serenely,
long brown fingers at work Its
nothing much, sir. A loose connect
ton on the magnetic. There! 4
don't think you'll have any further
trouble with that" He Strengthened
himself.
Thank you very much, my boy.
Much obliged to you." returned the
Admiral. more cordially than he had
yet addressed this young man. al
ready seen on two occasions at the
blue bungalow. II was fortunate to
meet you; very fortunate. And
where are you off to-"
Archie explained.
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CEDAR GROVE

The many friends of DR.. Nat. B.
+. Barker of Woodland are exceed
ingly sorry to learn of his serious
illness and all hope for a speedy re-
covery.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Mcdonald. who
have been passing the winter at Pet
erboro, n. H., returned to their home
at the Grove Monday.
The Cedar Grove school opened
Monday.
F. F. Cakes with a crew of men
commenced taking down the ice COM
pany's boarding house at Iceboro,
Monday.
o. l. Ham moved S. r. Chase's
furniture to Gardiner recently,
where his family will reside.
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confined to the house with, the
mumps the past two weeks, was able
to return to her work in the wooden
mill Monday.
Mrs. Adella Stah1 Of Waldoboro Is
caring for Mrs. Thomas Robson.
Mrs. Hattie Hills, who has been In
Massachusetts, for the past four
weeks for treatment, returned home
last week. Her many friends are
glad that she is at home again and
to know that she is much improved
in health
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Misses Mary Weber and Lucille
Mason were callers in Winthrop Mon
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Owen Ingraham and
their two little boys were guests or
Mr.. and Mrs Sidney Mason Monday.
Mrs. Charles Daley and daughter Ar
line visited Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Roberts
in winthrop Tuesday and Wednesday.
Misses Lucille and Helen Mason,
daughters of Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney Ma
son, went to Livermore Falls Tues
day to visit their uncle. Albert Mason,
for the rest of this week.
Mrs. Flora Cowan is assisting Mrs.
Frank Hackett for few days.
Mrs. Ida Morrill, has as guest and
helper her sister, Miss Emma Mace OF
Augusta.
Miss Sara L. Fogg Of Auburn visit
ed her relatives at the Fogg homestead
Wednesday and Thursday.
Mrs. Mabel Morrill, and Mrs. Edith
Fogg passed Wednesday and Thursday
in Auburn and Lewiston.
Mrs. Alice Manter. who for several
months has been confined to her home
by i'll health, is able to be about: the
house and go out on the piazza.
Mrs. Dorothy Bates of Winthrop Wis
tied her parents, DR.. and Mrs. J. S.
Milliken, this week.
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SOUTH-George Tinsley of Boston
Is passing his vacation with Mr.. and
Mrs. Samuel Croker.
Miss Dorothy Dodge met with a
very painful accident recently being
severely scalded for an extensive
portion of her body
Roy Castor. son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert CASTOR is sick with measles
at the home of his aunt, Mrs. James
Castor and Is too sick to be removed
to the home of his parents. Lloyd
CASTOR also is sick with measles.
His father. Albert Castor brought
him home Thursday. This Is the first
year in Gardiner High school for
both boys.
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SMITHEIELD

Mrs. Stephen Chapman was In Oah-
land Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Warren are
parents of n daughter. Lctha Estellc.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-03-08

foot Of Mount Hood, Oregon, in mid
winter. This is a favorite OBJ
tective point for motorists I'm open
weather, but has always been i'm
passable in winter owing to heavy
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