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STARTLING EXPOSURE OF INNER LIFE OF KAISER AND CROWN PRINCE AS TOLD BY COUNT ERNST VON HELTZENDORFF TO WILLIAM LEQUEUX \OTE. — Uilllaiat lr gfa# . % krre rhr«>BI flea for bla frirt1 4 *»•! 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CM ♦ « ♦ »++++++ IIIH M+CM-M z The Plot Against j Princess Louisa i t t m 4*4 4 luowowmm Ti HE TU TU .if the plot which cau-sJ the downfall of the un f-«r? mate and mueb-tualigned rml I'tT'.-ss Louisa An t.-iuett. Mane, archduchess «.f Austria and wife .f K r. e. t rich-August. now the mgr. rg k.; g of Saxouy has never jet W' "n revealed. 1 ,f • ktie-.i the charming im gi.-.-'ss ti.e Crown Princess L- _,»a of ' : 1'iij. as she often came .* - to the kaiserih. hut 1 had h> • • r sj».k--tt t..g h with her until tit E. - ■ - I «•_ tiie ctnpevnr wet.' to visit I»r. s , He t.«-k with him. among other i-s.j.l... of ins untitled boon 'ti' Judicial Councilor Lofe ie.:. eg! rh.dt.v-fa .si l.i.!iger-on. w». at tun*- possessed gr.-at in ••ra-s over him. I. - .he ia.i»t i-ipulur wi.nmn . - v . :.•! --rv.-diy so, f,.r hers had hem a ’. >v e match. Aft. r g. t S ,\..n cr .wn }-r t •. the kaiser, in one of his w - - al n - d'. tos-aine greutlj- at ft■- ; t h.-r tssagse .if her frunk n>" .-r e .if ..utdiN.r life, and her h.g*. t-dneat. dial attainments, hence we 1 ,.d her vi*s*mg at Potsdam or a* m r >. Lio.. She was know- one of the few feminine r •> - - - -U Whom tile kaiser took the s-.gh'-s' interest. V gr.i: . ha., of Easter I found i: > s- f ' :.g wi'h L-'U.sa. who. I r* ■ .r. a h -t chariuiug and art!'- » vn of sea-green cliilfiin. decoi..:. of course, with jiink caruu i-ons . . ■ -r hmr ! : feu diamonds Upon h.-r rsjtge, as well us the « 'rd* r ,-f L ■ th a:,d her magnificent roj.. - mat. h.-d je url* which went tw.e, round her t.. and reached to » on- ■ — m.-d to Mane Antoinette. Th« Stiry of tne Crown Prince Told. .V> ,-batting in a corner of li-.- r<« - watching the -cene of un t' > • -Use .if :-|e Wills.T S ttie pnne.— turned to me: "We., a < uriou- thing happened h--Te atsiut a month ago." -he said. "I At that moment the etn 1“ r- r -he un for: of the Seeond reg :..eu! of > sou fJreuadiers. of which tie was chief, and wearing the Order of t’rat. •>; -fie li 'U— .if Sax-iiiy, ►ir■■ and -‘i.air.g before U-. ex claimed : -W. Louisa? W hat is the very in ter*-*’ :.g topic of conversation, eh?” Her • ;*-nai highness hesitated, as Uc ..mleavortnc to avoid an explan ation but next second she waved her sace fan quickly and said: -W. recently Friedrich-August and my seif have moved into rooms in the older wing of the palace—rooms that have not been occupied for nearly for •y years. They are okl-world. charrn . and remind me constantly of Au gustus the Strong and the times in which he lived. Just about a month ago the king and queen of Koumania were paying us a visit. We were at dinner and while we were all laughing and talking for -Carmen Sylva' had been t« :.g us one of her stories, we beard a great . latter of horses' hoofs and the heavy ruthble of wheels, just n» though a Stage coach was crossing the small courtyard. All of us listened, and in tlie silence we heard it receding quite distinctly. 1 at once sent my :> in-waiting to ascertain who had arrived or departed. four-wheeled ■ • -! - .. mg quite unu-ual nowadays. *' -—c—d ju>t as though the coach -li -ut of the palace gate. The ' * grit Inn k from the guard r no carriage had entered 1 i- to those around the ‘ • il -.-n of Kounmnla. who 1,: : :' : -crest in omens and ' ' ' ' I i~*site me. seemed CjU‘ |* ‘ -— 1. .- ii-l e\..,j ix-rturbed.” Ib to no.se you tii-ant must have !“ • - a ite-ni.t.y oti<\ eh?" asked the euii-er-rr. deeply inten -ted. ' 1 ' -,! ,'1- women at the •able lb- ir. : that it must have been thunder, and then the conversation proos-b -; L however, confess to your majesty th- • 1 was very much puzzled, an 1 tie- i ir. so l-tsriuse only two tdghts a_- wl-i.V we sat at dinner. Friedrict \ is* and myself en fa mine. we I -ard exactly the same •ounds again:” "Really' ughed the emperor. “Quite unc I hope, here iu Dres den, you ar< :. »t believing in spooks. * London society believes in them.” ' Not at all,” said the princess ear nestly. "I dou't believe in omens. But. '■urioiisly enough, the king told me y.-sterday that his two old aunts, who formerly lived in our wing of the pal m-e. had sometimes heard the clatter • f horses' hoofs, the jingle of harness, the grinding of brakes, and the rum bling of heiivy carriage wheels.” "H’m!” grunted the emperor. “I’ve heard that same story before, Louisa. The departing coach means trouble to the reigning family.” ■'That is exactly what the king said to me only laat evening.” answered Louisa frankly. “Does It mean trouble to me. I wonder?” “Certainly not.” I declared. “Your imperial highness need not worry for one moment over such things. Nobody nowadays regards such phenomena as presage of evil. There is no doubt *»>rae perfectly natural explanation of the sounds. Every old palace, castle and even private house, has its tradi tions.” The Kaiser’s Merry Mood. Then the emperor, after acknowl edging the salute of Baron Georg von M etzseh. controller of the royal house hold—a tall. thin, crafty-eyed man. with hair tinged with gray, and wear ing a dark blue uniform and many decora tious—changed the topic of con versation. The kaiser was in particularly merry mood that night. He had gone to Dres den against hi' inclination, for he had long ago arranged an Faster review on the Tempelhofer Feld, Hut the visit wu~. I knew, for the purpose of con sultation in secret with the king of Sux< >ny. Several times I wondered upon what his majesty of Saxony had stumbled. That morning the emperor and king hn l been closeted alone together for fully three hours, and the outcome of the - '-ret conference seemed to have put the ull-liigliest into a most excel lent mood. The Saxon crown prince and his wife were at that time a most devoted ..pie, though all of us knew that •modem ideas Louisa had brought ; Drc-den from the Hapsburg court 1 i much shocked old King George nd his consort. The Saxon court was umi-od to a pretty women with buoy -pints rejoicing in life with a capi tal "L" According to the court whisperings, trouble liad started a few days after marriage, when the king, having given liis daughter-in-law a tiara of dia monds. a royal h-irloom, with strict injunctions to wear them just as they were—a style of the seventeenth cen tury—he one evening at the opera saw h»-r wearing the stones re-set in that style known as art nouveau. The king became furious, and ordered them to be set again in their original settings, w l.ereujpon Louisa coolly returned the present. Such was the commencement of the old king's ili-feeling toward her. The state ball that night was cer tain!;. a brilliant one for such a small • art. and next day we all returned t" 1'otsdum. Louisa, in a depressed mood, for while dancing with Coual voa Cast ell Itudenhausen of the I’rus siau Guard her lovely rope of pearls had suddenly parted as though cut by u knife. A Mysterious Absence. r.. f.'1-e »v left Dresden, however. I I... t the i rown princess in one of the corridors. It was nine o'clock in the morning. She wore her riding-habit, hu\ ing just come in from her morning earner. "Well, count!" she laughed. “So y u are leaving us unexpectedly! 1 -hull tie coining to pay another visit to I'otsdum >" n. The emperor invited i nte last night. Au revoir!” Her imperial highness paid her promised visit to the empress at the Neues Palais in July. At the time of her arrival the em peror had left suddenly and gone away to Hubertusstock. When anything un usual upset him he always went there. I overheard him the day before his de parture siioutiug to Lohlein as I passed along one of the corridors. The judi cial councilor seemed to be trying to pacify him, but apparently entirely without avail. “You are as sly as all the rest!” I heard the emperor declare in that shrill, high-pitched tone which always denotes his anger. “I'll hear none of it—no excuses. I want no fawning, no Jew-juggling.” The next I heard was that the kaiser had left for that lonely retreat tc which he went when he wished to be alone in those periods of crazy impetu osity which periodically seized him. and further, that he had taken with him his crafty crony. Lohlein. I luring that mysterious absence— when the tinseled world of Potsdam seemed at peace—the good-looking Saxon crown princess arrived. I was on duty on the railway plat form to bow over her hand and to wel come her. "Ah ! Count von Heltzendorff! Well, did I not say that I should not be very long before 1 returned to Pots dam eh?" she exclaimed. Then with a merry laugh: “Do yon remember those clattering hoofs and my broken rope of pearls? Nothing has hap pened yet." An Angry Emperor. Three dujs later an incident occur red v l.ieh caused me a good deal of thought, and. truth to tell, mystified me considerably. That somewhat indiscreet journal, the Militaer Wochenhlatt, had pub lished a statement to the effect that Friedrich-August of Saxony and the handsome Louisa had had a violent quarrel, a fact which caused a great deal of gossip throughout court clr* eles. A LETTER FROM THE CROWN PRINCE’S PERSONAL ADJUTANT TO WILLIAM LEQUEUX. POSSESSOR OF THE SECRETS OF EUROPE. Veneux Nadon. par Moret-sur-Loing. Seine-ct- Marne. February loth, 1917. My dear LeQueux: 1 have Just finished reading the proof* of your articles describing my life as an official at the imperial court at Potsdam, and the two or three small errors you made 1 have duly corrected. The gross scandals and wily intrigues which 1 have related to you were many of them known to yourself, for. as the intimate friend of Louisa, the ex-crown princess of Saxony, you were, before the war, closely associated with many of those at court whose names appear in these article*. The revelations which 1 have made, and which you have recorded here, are but a tithe of the disclosures which I could make, and if the world desires more. 1 shall be pleosed to furnish you with other and even more startling details, which you may also put into print. My service as personal adjutant to the German crown prince is. hap pily. at an end, and now. with the treachery of Germany against civili sation glaringly revealed. I feel. In my retirement, no compunction in exposing all 1 know concerning the secret* of the kaiser and hi* non. With moat cordial greeting* from Your sincere friend. i Signed) ERNST VON HF.LTZEN DORFF. Old Von Donaustauf. who at that time was master of the ceremonies at the emperor’s court, busied himself by spreading strafige scandals regarding the Crown Princess Louisa. There fore. in the circumstances, it struck me as strange-that her highness should have been invited to the puritanical und hypocritical circle at Potsdam. That afternoon, soon after the guard had been changed. I chanced to he writing in my room, which over looked the big central courtyard, when I heard the guard suddenly turn out in great commotion, by which I knew that his majesty had suddenly re turned from Hubertusstock. Ten minutes later my telephone rang. and. passing the sentries. I went by order to his majesty's study, that chamber of plots and secrets, hung with its faded green -(ilk damask, its : furniture covered with the same mate rial. and its net curtains at the win j dows threaded with ribbons of the | same shade. The moment I entered the emperor’s countenance showed me that he was 1 very angry. Lohlein had returned with him. and stood watching the emperor i as The latter impatiently paced the room. I saluted, awaiting orders in silence, but so preoccupied was liis majesty that he did not notice my presence, but continued his outburst of furious wrath. "Only see what Von Lloens bro€>ch lias reportedhe cried. “I am being made a laughing-stock—and you know it. Lohlein 1 It has been said of us that a woman, a whim, or a word will today raise any person to high rank in our empire 1 That black-guard. Harden, has actually dared to write it in his journal. Well, we shall see. That woman—spe shall—” Suddenly he realized that I was present, and hesitated. Next second both his tone and his manner changed. •’Heltzendorff—1—1—wish you to go ; to Dresden and take a private letter. It will be ready in half an hour. Say nothing to anyone concerning your de parture. but report to me here at four o’clock.” A Secret Mission to the Saxon court. As commanded, I reported, but the [ kaiser was with the empress, who, in j one of her private apartments, was I holding petit cercle, the Princess j Louisa being present. Indeed, us I en- | tered that semi-circular salon the I kaiser was standing astride before Louisa's chair, laughing gayly with her. He could alter his moods just as lie changed his three hundred odd uni forms. There was something mysterious in | the wind—of that I felt absolutely con vinced. The atmosphere of that faded green upstairs room was always one of confidential conversations, intimate j conferences and secret plots—plots, as has since been proved—against the peace of the world. The emperor, noticing that I had en tered the imperial presence, came for ward, and I followed him back Into the softly-carpeted corridor. Then he took from the inner pocket of his tunic an envelope of what you in England call “court" size—linen-lined, as are all en velopes used by the emperor for his private correspondence. I saw It had been sealed in black by his own hand. Then, as he handed It to me, he said: “Go to Dresden as quickly as pos sible and obtain a reply to this." I clicked my heels together, and, saluting, left upon my secret mission to the Suxon court. The letter was addressed to Baron Georg von Metzsch at Dresden. Next'day, when I presented it to the tall, thin controller of the household, I saw that its contents greatly puzzled hltn. He wrote a reply, and as imperial messenger. I returned at once to Pots dam, handing It to the emperor as he strode alone from the Shell salon, through which he was passing after dinner. He took it from my hand without a word, tore open the envelope, read its contents, and then smiled contentedly, after which I went to old Von Eionau stauf's room, and smoked a good cigar in his company. The Crown Princess Calls. Next day we were all back at the Berlin Schloss. During the morning his majesty inspected the Berlin gar- ! rison in the Tempelhofer Feld, and 1 the Princess Louisa rode with him. i That same afternoon, while I was busy writing in the long room al lotted to me in the Berlin Schloss. her j imperial highness, to my surprise, en tered, closing the door quietly after her. “Count von Heltzendorff. you have been on a secret mission to that spy. Von Metzsch, in Dresden, have you not?” I rose, bowed, and without replying courteously offered her a chuir. “Why do you not admit it?" she asked quickly. “Princess. If the emperor gives me orders to preserve secrecy, then it is my duty to obey,” I said. “I know,” she answered, and then I realized how upset and nervous she seemed. "But Von Metzsch hates me, and has put about all sorts of scandal ous reports concerning me. Ah! count," she sighed, “you do not know how very unhappy I urn—how I am surrounded by enemies!" “I much regret t»> hear that,” I said. "But your imperial highness hus also many friends, of whom I hope I may be permitted to number myself.” "Ah! it is extremely good of you to say that—very good. If you really are my friend, then you can help me. You are in a position to watch and discover what is ir. progress—the rea son the emperor exchanges those con stant confidences with Von Metzsch. the man who twisted my husband around his little finger, and who has. with my lady-of-the-bedchamber, Frau von Fritsch. already poisoned his mind against me. Ah! you have no idea how much I have suffered!" She seemed on the verge of a nerv ous crisis, for I saw that in her fine eyes stood the light of unshed tears, and I confess I was much puzzled, for I had certainly believed, up to that moment, that she was on excellent terms with her husband. “But surely his highness, the crown prince of Saxony, does not believe any of those wicked reports?” I said. “Ah! Then you have heard. Of course, you have. Yon Metzsch has taken good care to let the whole world know the lies that he and the Countess Paule Starhemberg have concocted be tween them. It is cruel! It is wicked!" “No. no. Calm yourself, princess!" I urged sympathetically. “I am at least your friend, and will act as such, should occasion arise." “Ah!" she exclaimed in a low voice. “I fear I shall require the assistance of a friend very soon. Do you recol lect my broken pearls?” And a few moments later she left the room. “You Lie!” through all that day ana the next I wondered what underhand work could be in progress. 1 pitied the good looking. unconventional imperial prin cess who. because of her somewhat hoydenish high spirits, had aroused the storm of anger and Jealousy in the Saxon court. But the Hapsbargs had ever heeu so unfortunate iu their loves. tin the day before the crown prin cess’ visit to the Berlin court was due to end, at about six o’clock in the eve ning. I passed the sentries and ascend ed to the emperor’s study with some papers I had been going through re garding the reorganization of the Stet tin garrison. I was one of the very few persons ever admitted to that wing of the palace. As I approached the door, treading noiselessly upon the soft carpet, I heard voices raised excitedly, the door being slightly ajar. Naturally I halted. In my position I was able to hear a great deal ot palace intrigue, but never had I listened to a conversation that • held me more breathless than at that moment. “Woman,” cried the emperor, “do you. then, openly defy my authority?” “What that crafty sycophant. Von lletzsch. has told yon is, I repeat, a foul and abominable lie,” was the re ply. And I knew that the unfortunate princess was defending her reputation, which her enemies at the court of Suxony had torn to shreds. "No woman ever admits the truth, of course.” sneered the emperor. “I consider you a disgrace to the Dresden court.” “So this is the manner in which you openly insult your guests!” was the princess’ retort. “You. who believe yourself the idol of yyur people, now exhibit yourself in y<mr true light as tb» tradueer of a (lefenselAs woman!” “How dare you utter those words to me!” cried the all-highest one, in fury. “I dare defend myself—even though you may be emperor," replied Louisa, in a cold, hard tone of defiance. “I repeat that your allegations are un true. and that you have no right to make them. Surely you can see that my enemies, headed by the king of Saxony, are all conspiring to effect my downfall. I know it! I have written proof of it!” “Bosh! You say that because you know that the statements are true!” "You lie!” she cried fiercely. “They are not true. You cannot prove them." “Very well,” answered the emperor in that tone of cold determination that I knew too well. “I will prove the charges to my entire satisfaction.” I Was startled at the manner in which the princess had dared to call the emperor a liar. Surely nobody had ever done so before. I drew a long breath, for as I crept away unseen I recollected the kaiser's unrelenting vindictiveness. Poor princess : I knew that the red talons of the Hohenzollern eagle would sooner or later be laid heavily upon her. She left Berlin two hours later, hut half an hour before her departure I found a hurriedly scribbled note upon my table explaining that she had had | "a few unpleasant words with the em- j peror,” and that she was leaving for ■ Dresden a day earlier than had been arranged. A fortnight passed. Twice Baron von Metzsch came to Potsdam, and j was on each occasion closely closeted j with the emperor, as well as having frequent consultations with Judicial Councilor Lohlein. I had strong sus picion that the conspiracy against the | lively daughter of the Hapsburgs was 1 still in progress, for I felt assured thut the kaiser would never forgive those words of defiance from a woman’s lips, j and that his vengeance, slow and sub tle. would ussuredly fall upon her. I did not know at the time—not, in deed. until fully three years later— how the actions of Von Metzsch. who was a creature of the kaiser, had from the first been instigated by the all- j highest, who, from the very day of the ; print-, ss’ marriage, had. notwithstand ing his apparent graciousness toward ! her, determined that a Hapsburg i should never become queen of Saxony, i r or that reason, namely, because the emperor In his overweening vanity believed himself to be the heaven-sent ruler of the destinies of the German em pire, was much opposed to an Austrian princess as a potential queen at L'res- • den, and had set himself the task to ruin the poor woman's life and love and to ' arouse such a scandal concerning her that she could not remain in Saxony ; with every finger pointing at her in opprobrium and scorn. I Decipher a Message for the Kaiser. A fresh light, however, was thrown upon what I afterward realized to be an astounding conspiracy by the re ceipt of a cipher message late one No vember night at Potsdam. I was at work alone with the emperor in the pale green upstairs room, reading and placing before him a number of state documents to which he scrawled his scribbly signature, when the telegram was brought. “Decipher that, Heltzendorff." he commanded, and went on with the work of reading and signing the docu ments, while I sat down with the red leather-covered code book, and pres ently found that the message, which was from Dresden, read: “Frau von Fritsch today had an in terview with Giron, the French tutor to the crown princess' children, hut unfortunately the latter refuses to ad mit any affection for Louisa. Giron angrily declared his intention to leave Dresden, because of Von Fritsch's sug gestion. Tiiis course. I saw. would be unfortunate for our plans, therefore 1 urge tile king to induce Louisa to re quest him to remain. She has done so. but to no avail, and Giron left for Brussels tonight. May I be permitted to come to discuss with your majesty a further elaboration of the plans?— Von Metzsch.” The emperor read the secret mes sage twice. “We go to Erfurt tomorrow, do we not?" he said. “Telegraph in cipher to Von Metzsch to meet us there to morrow evening at seven. Aud de stroy that message,” he added. I obeyed his orders, and afterward continued to deal with the state pa pers, much enlightened by the news transmitted by the emperor's creature. I confess that I felt the deepest sympathy for the helpless victim. At j the Schloss, high above the old-world , town of Erfurt, Von Metzsch had a long conference with the emperor, but 1 I was unable to overhear any word of it. All I know is that the controller : of the Saxon household left Erfurt for Dresden by special train at midnight. I Poor, defenseless LouisaYou. my ! dear LeQueux, to whom the princess a few months afterward fled for advice. | know well how sterling, how womanly ; and honest she was; how she was one ! victim of many of the unscrupulous j intrigues by which the arrogant war 1 lord of Germany has until the present managed to retain his throne. Well, I watched the course of events; watched eagerly and daily. Twice I had received letters from her imperial highness, short notes in her firm, bold handwriting. From Von Metzsch came several cipher messages to the emperor after we had returned to Potsdam, but Zorn von Bulach. my colleague, deciphered all of them, and, as he was not my i friend. I did not inquire as to their purport. I knew, however, that mat , ters in Dresden were fast approaching a crisis, and that the unfortunate Hapsburg princess could no longer sus tain the cruel and unjust pressure be ing put upon her undoing. That a hun dred of Germany's spies and agents provocateurs were busy I realized from the many messages by telephone j and telegraph passing between Berlin 1 and Dresden, and 1 felt certain that the ruin of pour Princess Louisa was uigh. A significant message came to Pots dam late one December night—a mes sage which, "lien 1 deciphered it and handed, it to the emperor, caused him to smile. I The princess had left Dresden! Three days later, on December 9. a further ‘-iplier telegram came from Von Metzsch, in Dresden, which read : “Louisa has learned of the Sonnen stein project, and has left Salzburg for Zurich, her brother accompanying, j —Von Metzsch.” Sounenstein: That was a private lunatic asylum 1 In a few moments the kaiser had summoned, by his private telephone. Koehler, then chief of the Berlin se cret police, and given orders that the princess be watched in Switzerland. Half an hour later three police agents were on their way to Zurich to follow the poor, distracted woman, even be yond the contines of the empire. She was, no doubt, in deadly fear j of being sent to a living tomb, so that her mouth should ta; closed forever. And seeing herself surrounded by ene mies and spies on every hand—for even her brother Leopold, with whom she had traveled to Switzerland, now refused to assist her—she adopted the only method of further escape that at the moment presented itself. Alone and without anyone to advise her, she, as you know, took a desper ate resolve, one alas! fraught with disastrous consequences. The iron had indeed entered the poor princess’ soul. Note by William LeQueux. The denouement of this base in trigue will be best related in her im- j perial highness' own words. In one | of her letters, which I have on my ' table as I write, she says: “I saw before me in those never-to-! be-forgotten days all the horrors of a 'Maison de Sante.' What could I do? I was friendless in a strange hotel. Even Leopold seemed disinclined to be further troubled by *t runaway sis- i ter. I knew Frau von Fritsch had ac- : cused me falsely of having secret love j affairs, and that the emperor had di rected the whole plot which was to culminate in my confinement in an asylum. Suddenly a solution occurred to me. I remembered Monsieur Giron, who had already suffered great ly through his friendship with me. If he joined me. then my flight from Dresden would be considered as an elopement, and I should escape a liv ing death in a madhouse: Monsieur Giron was at that moment my only friend, and it was for that reason that I telegraphed to him at Brussels. Well, he joined me. and by doing so complet ed the emperor’s triumph.” 'Copyright. 1?17, by William LeQueux.) MANY INDIAN MOUNDS FOUND Nearly 150 Earthworks Have Been Discovered Near the Shores of Green Lake in Wisconsin. A total of 147 Indian earthworks have been found near the shores of Green Lake in the Wisconsin county of the same name, according to the Wisconsin Archaeologist. Of these In dian remains. 63 are conical mounds, 2S are oval mounds. 2S are linear mounds. 25 are effigy mounds and 3 are inclosures. Six Wisconsin lakes have many In- j dian earthworks on their shores. Men dota has 225. Koslikonong 481. Wau hesa 184. Wingra 148. Chetek 100 and Green Lake 147. Many old Indian camp sites connect ed by trails were found near Green Lake. Tlie most Important of these Italian highways was the Grande I’.utte des Marts trail, which ran from Green Bay to Portage. In Its course it passed through Oshkosh. Ripon. south of Green Lake, and one to Fort Win- ] nebago. It later became the military road from Fort Howard at Green Bay to Fort Winnebago -at Portage. The Winnebago Indians called Green law "Ti-cho-ra"—“tira” meaning lake ' and “cho” green. The Chippewa In- 1 dians called it “Ojawashko Sngqlgan” —"ojawashko" being the Chippewa word for green. Many Indians used the French appellations. Grand and Petit Lac Vert. The Lucky Horseshoe. Writing of the horseshoe ns a safe guard against witches. John Aubrey, the famous English antiquary says that in the seventeenth century most of the houses in the West end of Lon don were protected against witches and evil spirits by having horseshoes fastened to them in various ways. It was the belief that then no witch or evil genius could cross the threshold that was protected by the shoe. The custom of nailing horseshoes, for luck, to all kinds of sailing craft was practiced to protect the lives of of sailors down to comparatively re cent times. Many people, who hold to old superstitions, consider it for tunate to find a horseshoe, the good luck being Increased by the number of nails attached to the shoe when it is picked up. This superstition can be traced back to about the middle of the seventeenth century, when it is lost in obscurity. Swing of the Job. If you let yourself go with the sw*c*t of a job. your mind can't be worrying about the job you have to do next. It is jtist free for the labor at hand. The woman who, as she kneads bread, stiffens her muscles unnecessar ily for the task, sighs at her work, or wears a brow furrowed with anxious thought, is not in the swing of bread making, and her nervous system *.s go ing to pay for her not being so. While if she lets her whole body movfc easily to the work and keeps her mind clear for it she will accomplish the task without weariness. Old Glory at Night. With a scarcity of flags since the declaration of war, there has been found an original method of showing one's patriotism. For a large porch light, have a large glebe, on which may be painted the American flag. On account of bad walks in front of the house, leave the light burning all night, so when the large flag is tvkcti down at sunset Old Glory is stfll ir evidence. MEN OF MIDDLE AGE Mrs. Quinn’s Experience Ought to Help You Over the Critical Period. Lowell, Mass.—“For the lsst three years I have been troubled with tne cuaiiye 01 an'j the bad feeling? common at that time. I was in a very nervous condi tion, with headaches and pain a good deal of the time so I was unfit to do mv work. A friend asked me to try Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com pound, which I did. End it has helped me in every way. I am not nearly so nervous, no headache or pain. I must say that Lydia EL Pinkhc-m’s Vegetable Compound is the best remedy any sick woman can take. ” —Mrs. Margaret Qttnv, Rear 259 Worthen St., Lowell, Mass. Other warning symptoms are a sense of suffocation, hot flashes, headaches, backaches, dread of impending evil, timidity, sounds in the ears, palpitation of the heart, sparks before the eyes, irregularities, constipation, variable appetite, weakness, inquietude, and dizziness. If you need special advice, write to the Lvdia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. (confidential), Lynn, Mass. |!|VP||T0 WataoBK.Col««naB.Wub I pN I ^ lBg&Ok.D.C iior, *> tree Illffe ■ II I kll I V mi reference* Best rwcllk Small Sizes of Coal. It is beyond question that the in creased tonnage of anthracite ship ments recorded during the last two months has been largely made up of the junior sizes. This portion of the fuel output is assuming a much larger share in the supplying of what may now rightly be termed the domestic trade. Under modern methods the use of the smaller coals is of much import ance in the heating arrangements of the habitations of a large portion of the city populace—quite as much as the use of the sizes scheduled as do mestic coal. It is fortunate that means have been availed of to utilize this tonnage to good advantage elsewhere than in manufacturing establishments, but the fact remains that with so large an output of the so-called steam sizes the retail dealer in the small places, whore, after all, the old-fashioned do mestic trade now has its stronghold, is not able to count on the tonnage for his requirements which the tonnage statements of output would seem to imply.—Coal Trade Journal. Splendid Medicine For Kidneys, Liver and Bladder For the past twenty years I have been acquainted with your preparation. Swamp Root, and all those who have had oeca non to use such a medicine praise the merits of Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root; spe cially has it been very useful in cases of catarrh or inflammation of the bladder. I firmly believe that it is a very valuable medicine and recommendable for what it is intended. \ ery truly touts, DR. j. A. COPPEDGE, Oct. 26. 1916. Alar.reed. Texas. Prove What Swamp-Root Will Do For Yon Send ten cents to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y., for a sample sue bottle. It will convince anyone. Y'ou will also receive a booklet of valuable information, telling about the kidneys ind bladder. When writing, be sure and mention this paper. Regular fifty-cent end one-dollar size bottles for sale at all drug stores —Adv. Mean Trick. The De Jones hack lawn was a lawn in name only. It was really an arid desert—bald, so to speak, and in dry weather it was always dusty as a mo tor track. To the astonishment of Mrs. De Smythe, who lived next door she one day saw her devoted husband turning the garden hose upon the De Jones' “lawn.” “Well. I never!” she exclaimed. “I’m sure I wouldn’t trouble to lay dust in De Jones’ back yard, John, especially as they are such hateful lot of gos sips. Small thanks you’ll get for your trouble, anyway." “That’s all right, my dear. Their darling little Fido was washed snow white this morning. Now he's out there rolling about like a barrel, and rubbing the mud well into his fleecy coat. Trust your husband, my sweet, for real, unadulterated thoughtfulness." What Ke Saw. An excited man at Evansville called the sheriff's office and asked in an anxious tone of voice whether William Habbe, the sheriff, knew that “three or four Itoys were playing on the roof of the court house.” The sheriff didn’t but he promised to make an investigation at once. When Sheriff Habbe had climbed the long flight of stairs to the cupola and look ed out he saw— Four tinners engaged in laying a new cornice around the eaves of the building.—fndianapolis News. Exposed to Weather. Harold Hollo*.vnut—You're coughing awfully. Percy Pinfeather—Yes. dash ir ' My man tlod me smart dressers weren’t tvyearing tiepins any more, so I left mine off and caught a dreadful cold in my chest. Whenever a man begins to investi gate a woman's cooking he mean* business. POST TOASTIES are the newest and best in corn flakes
