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he Hoherrco! lem/ I STARTLING EXPOSURE OF INNER LIFE OF KAISER AND CROWN PRINCE AS 1 TOLD BY COUNT ERNST VON HELTZENDORFF TO WILLIAM LEQUEUX iriHTOIKI %| \«TH. — Witlluu. If. M"' **h*-re rhroui«'lr« for hi* tn^md. I »mi I rn*i % ui Hr ll rmdorff. ,kr latter* re* rial ion* of the inner iile of Ike iaapcrtal l.muan court, han l--rn rrcugaUrd tti r»uu h«*ul lla* ****** *•* ikr fHMM*eo»«*r of ft* lnurrmo*t * ^ • *cil*h **V% ko* Who** «ny« of kin* "lie ha* intflioair kaimltticr of *^r o-i ret on Ice of t ontlaental ooun *rte* and I* **«»««|tiered ky tkr Ktnrrn* meat 11*| (.real Itrimlm an authority on • «*ek ■natter*.** taofker authority *aya: “if* pe«>plr katr keen more elo*rl> a* aoefnled aalth or kuoaa more of the aatoaudlac Inner tuarhiaery of t.cr aaanp ikaa he. * ie«|aaena probably hn* aaarr aourrr* of orrei Information at hi* command than nay contemporary la rltll life, nnd for tkr last *i% year* tke llrlll*h Hol ers. meal ka* made \ninat»le u*r of hi* • •*« a lore of term lafwranatlon throuicb a ape.ia i% • rxaala d drparlitn*ut aalth aahfr h I rtfurai wark* a* a \oluutary aaalataat < onnt %oa HeliceadorfT hrr.inir an in f.iaaie of I r(|«rut aneral year* prior «** *he ont break of the aanr; ke hn* Item It * lac In retirement In Kraarr *lncr %*ca*l. ICIl. nnd it a*a* there that l.e M«rn» frrr I * rd front the eroaan prince** late perwaal adjutant per*til**ion to ■take public ibrar re% elation* of the •tier life of tke Hokracollcrn*—that tke drn- ra« te* of tke aaorld mltfht c.«me to kaoaa ikr real, hut heretofore hidden, p- r*oaalttle« of Ihr ta*♦» douii ■ail araibrr* of tkr autocracy It I* aoaa arrayed aaaia*t. With the Kaiser on His Private Yacht. Gl l:S! VIC VS greatness is due to lecef. lw*er and Bis marck," declared the kai- i er to me with a laugh, as 1 sot •mi.- summer's afte-ruoon with him 1 in tti- bii»i:i«-s* cabin aboard the Ihe hrat.-IU m. H.- w.-r. gmng on our annual cruise up the \ TWegtan fjords as far as Ha: i .-rfest. and even farther north, to t! . -laud of Spitsbergen, if weather permitted. It s strange how often 'ttiall tilings occupy great minds. The reason of ’he emie-ror's gms! humor that after I.— n was because had learm-d that the <-afe-restaurant in Potsalani of wtii<-b he was proprietor had paid a handsome profit. The place is called “Tte Hi--one Mill.” and was and still is managed by llcrr Moritz. Otie of tile obi stewards of the Nodes Ibtials. Till' emperor. on purchasing the place, caiie-l ■ Men:- and ordered him to s-r the • . «t i offi-e j-r M-uralde in I*.. <u.! And. even today, anybody crg th. re „te* pay .'Ml pfennigs for a ■ up t! !' -pia! -d in all Germany. 1 ■ •!.— : . . the place is well pat rol. r ! : on many occ asions his tmi.i v : at it u;*<n his walks and sample it. A Manta for Traveling. At emeu I the emperor was bu-y : .g up his diary for the forth coming ••nth. a cliary of constant travel, s b :l !:in;, has the kaiser . for trie’.- :.g that upon ‘H-ca-ions he ha* been known to sleep in the impe rial m; si.bsin kept at the Wibl park sta- .-t. at Potsdam. ready for an early journey next morning. i >n suc-li ■■ -ri».- tn wi, ie railway trattic is dl-organfor express trains must not run on th.!' lnen There must lie no shunting or whistling lest it dis turb the imperial sleep, and so on. In • • d — . !i-t« once- made a pub ic pr ete st . itist the i-iiijs-ror's iiabit of h*d i n. up traffic by preferring to sics-p in a railway car to re i-osing in his own heel half a mile elistant. That summer'* afternoon us we sat together iiliel while lie smoked his very rank ■ gur. he elie-tatesi certain , entries into Li* private diary. . about I lie ex penses <<f a journey which he had to make f«i Vienna to -e-.- the sovereign wb.:u he s., openly ridieuled. Francis Jearph. ! i.iur- iii* men* on i'iiiimt me • he said. "Even though I hold the .Id idiot and his empire in the hollow nf my hi|d. I suppose I : iust gran l:i« capital with mv pres* I' 1 ' - • Helt nduriT. I have no furtlier influence • ga -i in Austria Hungary. It is in I gtaiwl that my future work lies. Ev ery mark spent there is to our advan tage. \Ve shall have much yet to do In Hcrtnuuizing On-at Britain.” The kaiser and his imperial s|musp w.-re a parsimonious pair in most di r*-liens. *»nl> when it was in the In ten-sts of the empire were they lavish In their expenditure. The Herman public have never yet realized that since William II ascended the throne they haw paid l*kU»iiMmO marks into the civil list. ;.ud of thi*se l.'SU,00t».UtK> have heetl expended I,;. a pageant of v a inglorious splendor, with a sr?fT of 1 'ssi p«*r»ens. that goes to make the ; ad highest the gr.*at war lord. The general public have no concep tion of the extent of the Herman im- ! pefiai the inimenae suiti* of la- j do * nd g.mi.-tneti in waiting, mar •tiui- >•! Ion. • t isters of the hunt, «-l.::i: -'alio., tri-usurers, overseers of tto- pi..ii*. giutli-iuen of the cellars. 1 gut, cliarg. rs. .-hief chefs, with the ! . hnii'ii. chauf feurs grooms and imperial couriers, ( And most of them were usually a' grurnl i. being u|s.„ *tarva Uon diet, th.ir remarks approaching tengemusly near lese majesty. At tin* emperor's orders, as we on tionrd the imperial yacht that aft ernoon. 1 rang for Ilerr von Wedeii. A short, thickset man in uniform too •ighl for him entered the cabin, bow ing- To him the etn|s*ror complained of an undue expenditure In regard to the last court hall, whereuiam Von edell (stinted out that w hile huge Sums were spent upon his majesty's Journeys little was spent at home. In a foment the emperor, with his *teen brows narrowed, silenced him by tidaiunng r “Hut I thought you liked to be min ister of the royal house, eh?” Von Wedell bowed, and a second later retired. The emperor's egomania asserted it self that afternoon. A Scene on the Hohenzollern. <tn that calm blue summer sett that afternoon an Incident occurred upon tin- llolionzolleru which accentuated the imperial egomania towards me tiia's. There occurred a grave scandal, which has ever since been whispered up and down the fjords of Norway, "i'll ali kinds of ridiculofls embroidery • anufucttired by the all-powerful in fluent.. German gold. As 1 happened to he one of the prin cipal actors in the drama. 1 may per haps he permitted to here place the real truth upon record. Herr von Wedell having bowed him self out of the imperial presence, liis majesty with all good grace signed stone palters I put before him. Sigh U- he rose, and with his gloved hand drew away his chair. “Abominable!” cried the emperor. "Von Wedell. of all men. dares to contradict me!” Tin- all-highest ascended to the up per deck, and I followed, for it was Ids habit on a warm afternoon to sit on a lounge chair beneath the awning and dictate orders and dispatches. At ihnt time, the Telefunken system of dr.!. o telegraphy had just been in called upon the imperial yacht. The two operators had a cabin to tliein — Iv. s. full of accumulators, detectors, and other paraphernalia, and were, at odd times, in touch with the German admiralty station at Norddeieh. < >n the deck, the emperor, instead of seating himself in the cozy nook sheltered from the wind, which the etnprt" had only a few minutes be fore vacated, strode into the wireless > abin. while I was compelled by eti quette to remain outside. I stood gazing out upon the blue distant coast ,if Sweden, for we were 'till within sight of that broken land, with the Skaw on one side and Hls 'ingoa on the other, steering due west into the Skager Hack, towards the Na'e. the most southernly point of Norway. in* Kai serin sat Close ny. ueepiy en g:ig*-d in conversation with the old Countess v*>n Stoecker. wife of the *•• mrt chaplain, and laughing with her. At last tile entperor came forth from the wireless room and. motioning me to follow, descended again to the cabin in which we had been working. < *n entering lie rang Ills bell and summoned the captain, who in a few moments appeared, cap in hand, as be came him. "We will go farther east." said the all-highest. "We are too far out.” " h-bannseii. the Norwegian pilot is in charge, your majtsty,” replied the captain, bowing. "Then tell the man Johannsen.” -:rd The i tnperor. and lie turned to his table, dismissing the captain of the imperial yacht. The Defiant Norwegian Pilot. Three minutes later there came loud raps upon the door, and the emperor himself gave flic order to enter, where upon a short, thick-set seaman in I tie jersey and senboots, a typical North Sen pilot, came in. "We are too far out; get nearer in to tin- coast.” his majesty commanded in imperious tones. "We are not too far out,” replied tile man in German. "Who are you to dictate to me?” shouted the emperor in fury. “You are entperor on land, tint I, Car! Johannsen of Ekersund. am in charge of this vessel while she is in Norwegian waters, anti I take orders from nobody.” And with that the man coolly turned upon his heels and, saluting, left. The emperor was white with rage at the rebuff. He flung the papers from him and paced the cabin in silent anger. Yet an hour later he ascended to the bridge and presented the man with a scnrfpin with the imperial crown and cipher in diamonds, a fact duly reported to Baron von Uichlofen, the kaiser's press eossack (press agent), who duly gave an account of the emperor's munificence without, of course, referring to tiie defiance of the Imperial command. on that same night, after the kai <crin had retired. I found the emperor walking the deck alone and behaving very strangely. He was capless. wav ing his healthy arm wildly above his head, and groaning. Then he would break out into fearful imprecations .against all and sundry. in alarm I called Von Wedell. and together we approached him. Togeth er we Ilianaged to get Ids majesty be low ir>d hand him over to his valet and the court physician without any of the crew being the wiser. The Kaiser's Amazing Sermon. Next morning he appeared fresh and active, and apparently quite normal; but that evening at sunset he ordered the officials, suite, officers, and crew to assemble on deck, and then, appearing in clerical garb, he preached a most marvelous and amazing sermon. “I am God's instrument!” he cried. “He has sent me to unsheath the sword against the world, to lead on the armies of our empire to victory and to world-power! In me,” he cried, “you sec the one sent unto you as a de liverer!— the all-highest upon this earth—your kaiser!” He raised his arm toward the sun and shouted; “The enemies of Ger many shall wither as grass before the tire. I am your emperor, your deliver er, your master!” Next morning, at Von Wedell's in stigation, the captain swore the whole crew, the officers, and the entourage to secrecy, but the old Norwegian pilot was, » month later, indiscreet when he A LETTER FROM THE CROWN PRINCE’S PERSONAL ADJUTAN TO WILLIAM LEQUEUX, POSSESSOR OF THE SECRETS OF EUROPE. Veneux \adon, par Morct-sur-l.oing, L Seloe-et-M:irnf. February 10th, 1017. 3Iy dear LeQueux: 1 have just finished reading the proofs of your articles descrlbli my life ns an official at the Imperial court at Potsdam, and the two three small errors you made 1 have duly corrected. The gross scandals and wily Intrigues which I have related to y( were many of them known to yourself, for, as the Intimate friend l.uisn. the ex-crown princess of Saxony, you were, before the xxi closely associated with many of those lit court whose names appear th«**c articles. The revelations which 1 have made, and which you have record' here, are hut a tithe off the disclosures which I could make, and if tl world desires more. I shall he pleased to furnish you with other ni even more startling details, which you may also put Into print. My service as personal adjutant to the German crown prince Is. ha pily, at an end. and now, with the treachery of Germany against civil zatlon glaringly* revealed, I feel, in my retirement, no compunction exposing ail I know concerning the secrets of the kaiser and his so With most cordial greetings from V our sincere friend, (Signed) ERNST VON HELTZENDORFF. got back to Ekersund; lienee the sen- | saflonal report which appeared in tlie Globa in London, a report which, of course, was promptly denied by the Wolff bureau. Three days later we were winding our way in the smooth water between the island of Smolen and the Hatlerns. that rocky archipelago a little north of Christiansund. The emperor, whom his royal spouse regarded with great- I est concern, seemed to have recovered. 1 I had had a most strenuous time, for Ids majesty had dictated all sorts of wild dispatches and made at! sorts of extraordinary dismissals of high of i ticials together with the most amazing appointments. Beneath ids eye I had been com pelled to seal up the papers in the heavy leather dispatch bag. and they bad been landed with the imperial courier, one N'atzmer. at the little fish ing village of Fosnaes, at the entrance to the Folden fjord. Another matter which greatly per turbeil im> was the fact that my as sistant. the personal adjutant, young Rudolph von Lantzsch. had, while listening to the kaiser's astounding sermon, exclaimed in his amazement, and loud enough for all to hear: “That man is no emperor; he is! crazy!’ Tin1 kaiser had heard him, and had turned Ids eyes towards him for an in stant without pausing. Dut well did I know the fierce imperial vindictive ness. In desperation I sought the em press in her pale -blue-and-gold salon. I found her seated alone. I referred to the unfortunate events, and begged her to allow me to use the wireless and sign an imperial order in her au gust name. I could see that the poor lady was greatly upset and extremely nervous. “It is all most unfortunate. Count von Heltzendorff.” she said. “I only hope that we may he able to prevent the people from hearing of Ids majes ty’s actions. It was truly regrettable that Captain von Lantzsch should have made that very untimely remark. The emperor is absolutely furious regard ing it.” "very naturally, i sain. i.antzsen showed a great want of tact. But. your majesty,” I went on, “I am more per turbed regarding the contents of the dispatch bag now on its way to Ber lin. Natzmer is now traveling by road to Trondhjem, where he is due at noon tomorrow. Thence by rail he will go down to Christiania and on by the de stroyer awaiting hitn to Hamburg. He will be in Berlin on Thursday.” “I agree. The bag should be stopped,” said the empress. ‘‘Yet I fear what the emperor may think if I assume his authority. Cannot you ef fect it by any other means?” Stopping the Dispatch Bag. I revealed to her some of the dis missals. There were insulting notes addressed to the imperial chancellor and also to the crown prince, and an open declaration of war to the French ambassador In Berlin. Her majesty, in her gray silk gown, sat there, pale and nervous. Somebody tapped at the door, but she replied: “I am engaged. Come later.” “I will endeavor to do my best,” I went on, “providing that your majesty will support me.” “I certainly will. These dispatches must be stopped at all hazards.” she said. “Cannot you yourself land and overtake the courier?” It was a wild suggestion. Natzmer had gone off in the steam pinnace an hour before, and the boat, returning, had already been hauled up. I could not step ashore for at least a couple of hours, and then at some point on that ragged coast where I might be compelled to drive by some circuitous rout by carriole down to Trondhjem. Further, the emperor would miss me, and would consequently suspect. In a few brief sentences I pointed all this out to the empress. “Try—do try—for our empire's sake!” she urged. “I will assist you with all my efforts. You must arrive at the iu^ierial chancellery prior to those dispatches. The emperor Is not himself. Count von Heltzendorff, you are a trusted servant of our house. Into your hands I place the solution of this most difficult problem.” “Will not your majesty allow me to wire in your name to our legation in Christiania to recall the courier?” I suggested. “X will send a wireless mes sage which the minister. Von 1‘etsch, will receive within a couple of hours, and watch will then be kept for his arrival by train. To overtake him now is, I feel sure, impossible. ” For the next few seconds the knis erin was undecided. To reverse the orders bf her Imperial husband was almost more than she dared. In her own sphere she was autocratic, and j ruled her court just as sternly as did the emperor rule his army. But to overrule the emperor 1 “Yes,” she said, after a few mo-1 nients' further reflection. “You are quite right, count. I give you orders to act just as you wish. Please give your commands in my name.” In a few seconds I had written out tin imperial dispatch to bo transmitted liy wireless, and to this tlie empress, grave and sad-eyed, appended her sig nature. A quarter of tin hour later that mes sage to the German minister in Chris tiania was being taken down by the wireless operator at Lagesund, in the Christiania fjord. A Sudden Apparition. That same evening I was reading in my cabin when Itudoiph von Lantzsch, in the uniform of the Rial Hussars of Potsdam, entered. He was a tall, fair haired man. a typical Prussian cav alryman. “Well. Ileltzendorff," he laughed, “my remarks during the emperor’s ser mon seem to have stirred up quite a lot of trouble.” “Trouble for yourself, I fancy, my dear comrade,” I said. “Well, after all, 1 only spoke the truth. Didn't he declare to us that lie lias been sent by providence as the war lord of Europe? Why. Heltzen dorff. any man who would talk like that is crazy.” “Hush!” I cried, starting up—the next second to find ourselves in the presence of the kaiser himself. We both started, staring at the fig ure in naval uniform, pale and hollow eyed, standing before us like a sudden apparition. •‘So I now know the opinion you hold of your emperor. Von Lantzsch!” liis majesty said very slowly, his gaze fixed upon his assistant personal ad jutant. “Your majesty. I have nothing to retract,” replied the hussar. “You declared me to be irrespon sible.” “For your words, your majesty; not for your actions,” was the cool re tort. The emperor, boiling over with rage, f"- he had never before had such plain words spoken to him. made a spring forward and struck the captain full in the face. The latter, his cheeks scarlet, reeled and clutched at the table. liis first impulse was to hit back; but. with self-possession, he drew him self up, clicked his heels together and saluted without a word. The kaiser, his face white as paper, turned and left the cabin. 1 siood aghast. “Well,” exclaimed Rudolph at last, "he shall pay for that blow, even though he he emperor!” and lie strode out. leaving me speechless vi,h sur prise. A few minutes later I ascended to the deck in order to refresh my mud dled senses. I was walking tip the deck when suddenly I saw before me several of the personal suite, who sa luted as the kaiser, haughty and erect, passed with quick, angry step. As he approached I saw a figure emerge and stand in his path. It was that of Von Lantzsch. The kaiser lifted his hand, and, with some imperious words, struck the man who stood in liis path. In a second Von Lantzsch, in a fury of passion, raised his fist, planting a direct blow at the emperor's jaw and sending biin spinning against some deck chairs. Wild shouts arose from the officers who had been chatting near, two of whom rushed toifnrds the emperor, but the latter had instantly recovered himself, and with a grim smile con tinued his walk and went below. Naturally, we all expected the hus sar captain to be put under arrest. Rut he was not. He entered my cabin smiling and merry an hour afterwards —the only man who had dared to give back blow for blow to the emperor. A Midnight Command. Among the entourage there was. of course, much gossiping. The cause of the fracas was to them a complete mystery. What had occurred previ ously in my cabin was unknown to them, and as a loyal servant of his majesty at that time it was not my place to reveal anything whatsoever of a private nature. Therefore the EAPON Indisputably the Most Terrible Instrument of Defense, Says Observer. BIG GUNS OFTEN INACCURATE While Necessary in Offensive Warfare Heavy Artillery Is Not in Same Class With Machine Guns in Defensive Tactics. BY A FRENCH SOLDIER. (In the Chicago Daily News.) Paris.—Months of furious assault on the French liues at Verdun, which have brought into play the most pow erful known means of attack, have barely succeeded in bending the ad versary's lines. There is, it is true, a diminution of forces on botli sides, and one may look forward to the day when the accumulation of material and the superiority in numbers of men on the side of the allies will enable tlte latter to break more rapidly the adversary’s tenacious resistance. Put why is it, one asks, that despite the accumulation of heavy cannon it costs so much in men :yid money and time to break the enemy’s resistance? It is because this war is being fought in a period of development of the art of war, in which the means of defense are vastly superior to the means of offense in the facility with which they can he brought into action and manu factured at low cost, and above all in their efficacy, arising bolb from the difficulty which the adversary finds iti demolishing them, and frota the abso lute accuracy of their a' -. Means of Defense. To understand this one has merely to review the means of defense at the disposal of the armies in the field. First, besides the trenches, and the barbed wire that prevents access to them, which are the basis of the pres ent system of defense, and of which the shell hole wherein the soldier con ceals himself from the enemy, is but a variation, the two great arms of de fense are the machine gun and the “75” cannon, the last resort of the French army and one of the great de fenders of Verdun. In the factory there is nothing easier or relatively cheaper to make than the machine gun. And at the front there is nothing simpler to trans port than this light arm, which three or four men can carry as they run. Its aim is most accurate; it can. when necessary, fire from 500 to 600 car tridges per minute, sowing death on every side with incredible speed. But against a trench It Is powerless, and therefore It is pre-eminently the arm of defense. When properly handled, it is so redoubtable that one alone has been known to stop an entire regi ment. Ir Is indisputably the most ter rible instrument of war. Yet a well-directed battery of “75” cannon, sweeping a space of ground, is more certain to leave nothing alive. These, then, are the primordial means of defense, to which naturally are to he added the numerous rifles of the defenders of the trenches, those trenches In which are invisible loop holes where the enemy awaits our ap pearance. Heavy Shells for Offense. What are the adversary's means of annihilating these hidden, powerful de fenses? Only heavy artillery 1 the large shell, the huge torpedo, the heavy pro jectile of steel, inclosing a violent ex plosive, Is capable of demolishing a netting, of demoralizing those occu pants of the trench whom it does not kill and keeping the adversary’s nerves on edge by the menace of its sudden arrival several kilometers behind the lines. Thus the means of offensive are the heavy cannon, the large trench mortars, the large caliber howitzers, the formidable marine gun mounted on rails, all that is longest, most difficult and costly to manufacture, to trans port. to set in motion. A machine gun can be installed anywhere in two min utes or less. A month is required to install the “320” trench mortar. To put a naval gun on rails In running order rtecessitates months of work and the installation of a railway. Even guns that are easy to handle, such as I the “155,” are moved '»ith difficulty; at times it takes two or three days to place them in a battery. And this is not all. The heavy ar tillery is naturally less accurate than the field artillery. When one consid ers that heavy guns soon wear out, as the big gun can lire only a more or less limited number of shots, as its caliber increases, and as it must constantly be replaced, one understands why it is so much easier to take the defensive than the offensive, and why the situa tion on the western front, at all points well defended, was stationary for so long a time before the means of at tack were sufficient to permit of an offensive. Arizona Peopled Ages Ago. There are ruins in Arizona that prov» beyond a doubt that it was peo pled generations before the pyramids of Egypt were erected. Of course, outside of these ruins we know noth ing of these prehistoric tribes, but the evidence of their occupation are with us. Paradoxical. “Your blunt people seldom live up to their name.” “How so?” “As a rule, they generally come to [ the point.” amount of whispering that went on on board that evening may be readily imagined. Just before midnight, as I was about to turn in, I received a command to go to tlie emperor’s cabin wherein he worked. On entering I found him seated at his table, his uniform tunic unbut toned. his hair slighly ruffled, by which I knew that be had been writing hard. “Von Heltzendorff,” he said, as I stood beside his table, “you were wit ness of the insults placed upon me this afternoon. Does anyone except our selves know what occurred in your cabin?” “I have not told a soul, your ma jesty.” was my reply. “Hut the officer who has raised his hand against the sovereign to whom lie swore allegiance may have done!” he said. “There is but one way in which he may atone for his offense against majesty. Hand this to him.” And he gave me a letter addressed in his own hand—addressed with all Von Lantzsch’s titles and distinctions. It was sealed with the emperor's well known black wax. Ten minutes later I handed the cap tain the emperor's letter. He tore it open, read its contents, and then gave a queer, nervous laugh, it seemed to me. “Thanks. Heltzendorff. It was my turn tonight to he on duty with his majesty, hut I did not feel equal to it. Good-night.” Early next morning one of the im perial stewards entered and. awaken ing me. asked me to go to Captain Von Lantzsch's cabin. On entering I found him lying dead on his berth with blood oozing from a pistol wound in the temple. Upon the little shelf of the folding wash-stand was a note addressed to me. On opening it I found these words scribbled in pencil: “Dear Heltzendorff: I have taken my life at the order of his majesty. Am I not a loyal subject after all?— Rudolph.” By noon the hody of the kaiser’s victim had been landed at Bodo, where it now reposes in the little cemetery beneath those high snow-clad crags which rise against the gray, turbulent sea. Many fantastic reports have been whispered concerning the incident, hut, being one of the actors in the drama, I am able here for the first time to reveal the actual truth. (Copyright. 3917. Wheeler Syndicate. Inc.) The Art of Conversation. A recent essay by a distinguished American philosopher and essayist announces the paradoxical proposi tion that as a nation, we talk too much and converse too little. The terms are not. as most people have thought, interchangeable. One may be able to talk a great deal and yet never know the first principles of genuine conversation. The essay in question attributes the loss of con versational powers to the modern de mand for action, the speedier the bet ter, so that we have reduced speed) to terms of business and action. Our conversations in ail the relations we sustain to our fellow-men are ob jective and must, therefore, be limit ed to the accomplishment of some im mediate end, says the Pittsburgh Ga zette-Times. Interchange of thought is confined to such things as may be within the scope of our vision at the time. Antecedents are wiped out so rapidly that we h.’. v*? no background and. therefore, no real perspectives. The motion-picture screen is the crowning emblem of our modem mental processes. We live by flashes of light immediately before our eyes, while the entire surrounding areas are inclosed in pitch darkness. Another Fallacy Shattered. Contact with young people is sup 1 posed to be rejuvenating! Indeed, this contact is the only good thing many see in that absorbing and in every i other way desirable profession of teaching. Was ever so false an idea? How could so obvious a fallacy’ get the popular ear? Think how little aware of passing years we should be, were it not for the young! Their very presence proclaims our greater years. They themselves seem to have con spired together to help us to a suitable awareness. Every possible aid is of fered, and offered in the kindest spirit of courtesy. One is helped into wraps, relieved of carrying loads or opening doors, guided up and down steps, de posited in easy chairs, and generally treated as fragile. It is all delightful; but the force of suggestion as exerted by so many vigorous young minds will sooner or later have its effect. We may resist for a time; ultimately, how ever, we shall take ourselves at the | rating of the community in which we J live. I have seen my friends capitu ! late one by one. accept the verdict of j the majority, and settle down into the accepted properties of middle-age.— Atlantic Monthly. Author Was a Jurist. “The Clockmaker,” by Thomas Chandler Haliburton, who used the pen name of “Sam Slick,” was pub lished originally by a Boston house Haliburton was a native of Windsor N. S., and was born there in Decern ber, 1796, and he died at Isleworth near London, England, August 27 1865. He was at one* time chief jus tice of the court of common pleas of Nova Scotia, and when that court was abolished in 1840 was appointed a judge of the supreme court. He re signed from the bench in 1856 and went to England and remained there until his death. Your Fruit Won’t Spoil If You Um 00 luck RED RUBBERS Thtu Fit All Standard Jars Specially recommended for cold pack canning. Send 2c stamp for new book on presen. iug or I Oc in •tamps for one dozen ring* if you cannot get them at your dealer’s. 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If it is a good stone I think I will buy it.” The jeweler took the gem, which was unset, and looked at it critically. Then in confidential tones he said: “Well, to tell you the truth, that Isn’t a very good stone. It hasn’t much fire, it is badly cut. and there Is something here very '“^ch like a flaw.” Then he ■"eld he diamond under a microscope and examined it carefully, finally ob serving : “No, it isn’t exactly a flaw, but I shouldn’t call it a perfect stone. Now, if you want something really fine I have here—” . “Excuse me.” the other man inter rupted. “I don’t think I’ll buy a dia mon today. This is a diamond that one of your assistants let me take on Saturday on approval. I deposited $50 on it. Please let me have my money and we will declare the deal off.”— London Answers.” ! ANY CORN LIFTS OUT, DOESN’T HURT A BIT! • __________ • ? f No foolishness! Lift your corns ! ; and calluses off with fingers— r * It’s like magic! 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