The Oregon mist., June 16, 1911, Image 2

His
Woman-Proof
Heart
fly JOANNA SINGLE
(Copyright, lsu, by Auocliiftl LJlrry
Fnu.)
Things began to happen In John
Dorr's hitherto quiet life. He had
been head draughtsman ten years.
Then, one June morning. Foster, the
senior partner, called htm to the In
ner office. Tauton, the other Arm
member, was grinning In his happy
fashion.
"You're Junior partner, Porr, from
tbls time forth! How do you like It?"
Both older men rose and shook
bands with him. Their friendliness
was personal as well as In business.
Dorr's steady dark eyes lighted
happily. He was probably thirty
three or four, of the slow-going but
absolutely sure sort. He said nothing
could be better. And then they dis
cussed the financial side. An hour
later he was leaving them, when
Tauton stopped him Jocularly.
"We're only one fault to And with
you. John. You're not quite human
with that woman-proof heart of
yours! You seem never to even see
a girl and they all see you! Marry
and be one of us, and have some real
life to that little cottage of yours.
Eh ?"
Dorr laughed, but his reserve was
not broken. "Some marry, like you;
some, like me do not. I consider
myself a successful bachelor." He
left them, not saying that love had
seemed to pass him by. He would
marry, If ever, because love came
and found him, not because other
men married.
.The next astounding thing hap
pened the next morning Miss Gray,
always at her desk early, was wait
ing for him. No one else was down
yet, and she followed blm to the In
ner room and closed the door. In
the year she had been In the office
she had spoken to nobody there save
on business, and alnjost never to
Dorr. Now she laid a shining hand
ful of Jewelry on the desk before
him. and stood, tall and slender, her
face grave, her gray eyes serious.
She spoke as If conferring rather
than asking a favor.
"Could I get $200 on these? I
know nothing about pawning things."
Through his amazement he noted
the depth of her clear eyes, the way
her fine, smooth brown hair framed
her face, the little lines at her tem
ples. She could not have been much
under thirty. He examined the heavy
old watch of fine gold, two diamond
rings, one very good; a little sap
phire, like a blue eye, and other
trinkets.
"I should think so. Why not let
us the firm advance the money?"
She shook her head firmly. "That
would not do. And I need the money
this afternoon, too. I thought you
could tell me the best place to go."
They are all horrible places.
Properly managed, some of them
might lend It. I'll go for you. You
couldn't go to a place like that."
She turned as If the matter were
settled. "Thank you very much," she
said pleasantly and went back to her
desk.
He liked It that she did not ex
plain, that If she had troubles she
did not mention them, and that, what
ever It was. she came to her own
firm, lint It set his thoughts upon
her. How came she to have such ex
pensive things? Why did she need
money? She had a good salary, lived
very quietly, and inexpensively he
knew where she boarded, and had a
vague idea that all her people were
dead. He thought he would why,
he would quietly keep her Jewels and
rive her the money himself! Then
he knew phe would not accept It. He
was driven to deceit. He pawned the
watch only, as less personal, and
when be gave her the envelope of
Mil merely showed her the ticket,
explaining that he would keep It and
K"t the things when the 60 days were
up.
But the matter disturbed him, and
he wished It had not occurred. He
furtively studied her. She was a
lady. The quietness of her dress and
manner, the perfection of her toilet,
sibove all, her reserve, showed that.
Her voice was cultivated, and ber
work showed the grasp and accuracy
of a trained mind.
As the hot June days passed he
saw a change In her. Miss Taylor,
the bookkeeper, had gone on her va
cation, and as business was light,
Miss Gray did her work In her ab
sence. Was It too much for her?
Dorr noted that for the first time
wince he had known her, she seemed
worried. Her eyes were shadowed,
her face pale. He spoke to her about
It one Saturday noon after the others
had left and were not to return. She
was bending over a ledger.
"Miss Gray, It's pretty hot In here.
You'd better not stay let It go until
Monday. Shall I work at It for an
hour? I can."
She seemed to shrink from him,
and protested.
"No," she said, "let me do It. I'm
learning you know I'm not an ex
perienced bookkeeper I'll get along
all right."
He left her, but he thought her
manner strange. Was anything
wrong? Surely not. Hut when Mon
day morning came, she was there at
the office when he entered, bending
over the ledger with little frown
on her brow. He walked straight up
to ber.
"Has anything gone wrong?" Tw
asked In his steady, elder brother
manner.
Her eyes met his almost gratefully,
In a sort of resolve or relief. She
asked a strange thing of him.
"Could you stay and help me a
moment tonight when the others
are gone?"
If It had been any one else, any one
lees perfectly dignified and Imper
sonsl. he would not have liked the
request. Just then Foster entered,
and Dorr knew something had hap
pened to him he had a hot desire to
shield her from Foster's look from
even the thought of any one else. It
was a protective Impulse that sprang
up to defend her. and set a steal upon
him. Ha never forgot how she looked
at that moment. Her eyes were like
flowers.
That evening she went straight to
the point. She put the books before
blm.
"Please go over everything since
Miss Taylor left," she said. "She'll
be back In the morning, and I can't
And all the money. I missed It the
day after she left. It has frightened
me to death."
Ha began to go over the figures
with ber, his voice reassuring.
"Don't worry we'll find It. It often
happens." Ha went over all the fig
ures onca then twice.
"H-mra! Two hundred short "
Ha stopped suddenly and looked at
bar.
"Was that why you got me to"
"Pawn my father's things, and my
mother's. Yes. If It was my fault
I was going to make It good. I was
afraid I hadn't watched when the
safe was open, or something " He
laughed outright. "I am sure It can't
be Miss Taylor's mistake she Is so
accurate, and I wanted her to find
everything all right."
Again he laughed to see how little
"Couldn't I Get $200 on These?
of a business woman she really was,
bow feminine, bow helpless, and still
how self-reliant she was! The wave
of protectlveness that had seized
upon him that morning came back
and with It another thing the knowl
edge that he loved tbls woman. It
came like light. In an Instant. And
before be could Bteady his thought
the door opened, and Nina Taylor,
sunburned and happy, breezed In
upon them.
"Well, old business plodders
though you look more like plotters
what Is up? Figuring how much I em
bezzled?" She laughed.
"Well," answered Dorr, "for a
fact, we can't seem to locate J200
that isn't on the bank book, and ought
to be. It's been lost ever since you
left."
The girl came to lean over Sylvia's
shoulder, running a practiced eye
over the books. Her face was serious,
and she bit her lip. Then, with a
whirl, she turned to the safe and
opened It. She rummaged a moment,
and brought out a little canvas b;ig.
"There's your cah didn't you har
me tell you to bank It the day I left.
Miss Gray?" She laughed. "I was too
late for the bank, you will remember."
Slyvla did remember, then. The
younger girl snatched something she
wanted from her dehk and was gone
again In a moment.
John Dorr rose from his chair, and
looking at Sylvia Gray saw how pale
and tired Bhe looked. All sense of
anything but her and her loneliness
left him. He reached out for both
ber unresisting hands.
"Sylvia," he said, "If only you could
love me Could you? Could you
love me and marry me?"
There was still much of her old re
serve and dignity left to her, but It
was the dignity of yielding what one
longs to give. She looked quietly at
him.
"Do you love me?" he Insisted.
"Oh," she answered, "I do! Of
course I do!"
"The Frankfort University."
The proposed creation of a univer
sity at Frankfort Is receiving a great
deal of discussion. The city author
ities have proposed to combine a
number of scientific academies and In
stitutions of learning already existing
Into a university. These Institutions
dispose of large endowment funds,
and funds necessary to complete the
university organization would, accord
ing to the proposal of the city coun
cil, be secured by voluntary contribu
tion, In order to avoid Increasing tax
burden. The proposal has been sub
mitted to the Prussian government.
Considerable opposition to the "Frank
fort university" has arisen, particular
ly In smaller university towns, such
as Marburg and Glessen, which claim
that students would be drawn away
from the smaller colleges In this part
of Germany by the creation of an Im
portant, well endowed seal of learning
at Frankfort
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FARM ORCHARD
Soles and Instiuctions from Agricultural Colleges an J Experiment Stations
of Oregon anJ Washington. Specially Suitable to Pacific Coast Conditions
THE RANCH WOODLOT.
By lim W. IVevy. lrfor of Fontry, Or
B Atfiu-ulturai Collvtf.
It is one of the trite saying that of
all people the rancher is the most in
dependent. With advancing civiliza
tion, and its accompanying specializa
tion, however, peoole come to be more
and more dependent upon each other.
We no longer know the tallow dip but
we buy Standard Oil. Homespun
gives way to the products of the wool
en trust. We sell our livestock and
buy meat of the beef trust, and so on
to the end of a long chapter r inally,
ine lliuepeiiuein, w mm 9upjr ui mc
farmer is threatened" by the exhaus
tion of the runch woodlot.
One renders himself liable to be
. , I L. -
lOoKeo. upon as visionary wnen ne un-
dertakes to warn people of the danger
of a ttmber shortage west of the C as -
cades. et a shortage there will be, in
spite of any precautions which may
be taken. The writer very well recalls
from his younger days the jeers which
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greeted any suggestion that the mag
nificent pine forests of the Lake states
would soon be exhausted. Yet, at
the end of 25 years, the people are
cutting off stump tops for shingles
and digging up the roots for the man
ufacture of wood alcohol, charcoal and
turpentine. The farmers are paying
the prices exacted by the lumbermen's
association for the lumber they need,
and are hauling coal from town for
fue at such prices as the railroads are
willing to sell it.
In this state, firwood is selling in
Portland for $6 per cord. ' In the
smaller towns, from $4 to $5. Fence
posts, hop poles and other farm tim-
, u""r- "m
only that but as time goes on these
prices will increase, for the supply of
hm inp thu rnmntrv nvitp I constantly
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decreasing and the demand will be
more and more centered uKn the tim- ;
ber products of the Northwest.
By a little wise management a large
part of the ranchers west of the C'as- :
cades may make themselves independ
ent in the matter of a supply of fuel '
and farm timbers for domestic use. i
Nearly every ranch contains a tract of i
land which, owing to the character of
the soil or the situation, is better ;
suited to growing timber than for reg
ular ranch purposes. If the rancher 1
does not possess such a tract, it would
be good economy for him to buy some
cheap land just for woodlot purposes.
Recent investigations show that
, t I c i
second growth Douglas fir, 40 years
oiu, win, in ko"u siiuaoi'iis, grow
over two cords per acre per year.
When one knows the character of his
soil and the amount of wood he uses
each year, he can easily calculate the
acreage he will need to supply his
wants.
While forest trees are not as exact
ing in their demands for light, soil,
moisture and care as the fruit trees
are, yet there Bre certain rules w hich
can be observed with profit in manag
ing an ordinary woodlot. First of
all, stock should not be allowed in the
woods, except in small numbers.
They get but little forage if the lot is
properly cared for and they trample
down the young stuff and pack the
soil so that air and moisture do not
circulate freely through it. If shade
is needed for the stock it will pay to
fence a small portion of the woodlot
for that purpose.
Fire should never be allowed to run
through the woodlot, since it destroys
the young growth as well as the litter
and humus which increase the fertility
of the soil at d serve to hold the moist
ure. As far as possible, young
growth should be kept on the sides
from which the severest winds mime,
to protect the soil from the drying
effect of the air. The forest floor
wants plenty of litter and humus,
shade and a good supply of moisture,
for the production of the largest
amount of timber.
To illustrate by use of a special case,
suppose one has a 20-acre woodlot ami
that he uses corns oi woon per
year. Suppose also that the stand in
about 40 years old. He should begin
on the lee side of the tract and cut a
strip containing a half acre each year.
All material, except very young
stuff, should be removed. These suc
cessive strips will be quickly seeded
up, for the hr produces an
immense
amount of seed, which the wind will
distribute over the cut area. Nearly
everyone is familiar with cases where
nature has seeded up cut over lands.
When the area has been completely
cut over the different strips will pre
sent the appearance of huge steps
with the youngest stuff on the wind
ward side.
Of course, if one starts with an
even-aged stand, the last cuttings will
contain a larger amount of material
as well as larger stuff. The amounts
can be equalized by cutting larger
areas at first.
In considering this whole proposl-
tion It might be well to state that
material of no higher grade than 60 -
year-old Douglas fir is being sold in
Germany for $23.00 per 1,000 feet
Result of a Fad.
Poverty came In at the door.
I.ove immediately flew out of tr.
window.
"Ah," said those who observed,
"tbls Is what comes of being frestt-
alr faddists!'
Meddling With tha Market.
"Was your husband a bear In Wall
street V
"I think so," replied young Mrs. Tor
kins. "He certainly acted Like ona
when he got home."
board measure, on the stump. Some
of us will live to see the day when
the second growth Douglas tir will
command prices not now dreamed of.
It is a wise man who locks the stable
w hen the horse is still inside.
MILK AND YIELD OF CHEESE.
By (. (i
Siinp-in. Atlant llrnmn. Oiviiihi
AxrH-ullural (Atllm.
The relation of the composition of
milk to yield of cheese is a subject
of special interest among dairymen of
the cheese producing districts. It is
nlliinlained by many dairy
, mi,k conUinint more thn 4
men
per
cent of fat failed to produce any more
cheese than milks of 4 per cent or less
of fat. This view was prevalent until
Van Slyke. by extended experiments
, thut thjJ iM of chl,(.He wa,
; , proportional to the per cent of
, fatinJilk4 of conlplMIjtill.
T... ,. , n..i ,, lln,;
1892. no thought was ever given to
paying for milk
on any
other basis
There was
'. -h
"
100
pounds.
complete ignorance regarding the milk
constituents and their influence on the
yield of cheese.
The amount of green cheese pro
duced from 100 pounds of milk is in
fluenced by three factors:
1. The percentage of fat and casein
in milk.
2. The percentage of fat and casein
lost in cheese making.
3. The amount of whey retained in
the cheese.
The amount of whey retained in
cheese can easily be made to vary 10
per cent. When we consider the
amount retained we find that it bears
no t0 the m)unt of waU.r jn
milk, but that it is entirely dependent
, mvlhwU of the cheese-maker,
Theref when we ditexHM tno yit.,j
1 .
of cnH,j,e from milk of dilterent corn-
sition, it is necessary to have a
fixed standard for the amount of water
present in the cheese. The average
amount of water in factory cheese is
3 per cent. This is the amount usually
taken in comparing yield of cheese
from milks of different composition.
It is not far from the truth to say
that the fat and the casein are the
only constituents of milks prominent
in determining the yield of cheese.
The production of cheese depends on
the ability of rennet to coagulate or
make a solid mass of the casein.
When casein coagulates it surrounds
and holds the fat globules. Other
LOHUll.lu.ia I'triiiK intr Bttiiit-. wie n-iu 01
i . ' , .
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casein vary. As a rule, as the per
cent of fat increases the er cent of
casein increases also. However, the
casein does not quite keep pace with
the fat, as is shown in the following
table:
P-r cnt nt
K.t in Milk.
3.00
4.00
5.00
fi.00
IVr rnt of
Caain in Milk.
2.10
2.50
2.90
3.35
Part nt (Win fur
On l'rt r t.
1.0.70
1 :0.62
1 :0.5S
1:0.56
We would not expect then to
twice as much cheese from a 0
cent milk as from a 3 per cent
which is borne out in practice.
a matter of interest to know the ex
tent of the variation of yield of cheese
as influenced by per cent of fat.
YirUI of Cliff
l'.T l'd I'oilll.U M.Ik.
K.30 lbs.
10. fill l,s.
12.90 lbs.
15.20 lbs.
in each case containing
IVr Cnt Pat.
3.0
4.0
5.0
6.0
(The cheese
37 per cent water. )
It is noticeable that the yield of
cheese per Kitind of fat decreases as
the percentage of fat increases. The
less rapid is the decrease as the per
centage of fat increases.
In making milk into cheese some of
the fat and some of the casein in un
avoidably lost. The fat being held in
little pockets by the casein, falls out
when these pockets are broken or cut
opi.n (urjn(, tn,. process of manufac
, tur(!- It was for some time thought
: tnat wjtn an im.rease of fat in milk
; th,.re would be an incr..s..d !, f f-.i
in the whey. Under normal conditions
it is found that the per cent of fat in
the whey is fairly constant. Also that
the loss of fat is quite independent of
the amount of fat in the milk. In the
handling of the curd during the cheese
making process small particles of
casein are broken off and lost in the
whey. The average amount of fat
found in whey is about .33 per cent.
The amount of casein is alxiut .10 per
cent.
Other conditions being alsiut the
same, the yield of cheese will vary
according to the ner r.nt of fat and
i can,,ln in tm, mj. As has been
panted out, milks rich in fat are more
valuable for cheese making because
of the jncreased amounts of casein. A
' 5 0 per oent fat mik j, not twice as
valuable from the standpoint of yield
as B 2.5 per cent milk. Hut it is
maintain.! by such an authority as
1 liabcock that the increased quality in
the cheese will make up the deficiency
1 jn yj,.,i
And Than It Happened.
"What la tha matter with Jlnif Ha
looks as If ha tiad had a tussel with a
barbed wlra fence."
"His wife asked him tha other night
what excuse ba bad for remaining out
until midnight."
"And ba didn't have a good excuse
ehr
"Oh, his excuse was a good ona. Ha
took Mrs. Jim by tha albow, and.
leading bar to a mirror, pointed to
bar reflection."
get'
per I
milk.
PREHISTORIC MAN IS FOUND
Fossil R.mslns of Briton 170,000
Years Ago Discovered in the
Thames Vallay.
Indon.-Iitt.k In a tlma tl-rt no
170 000 years ago, there
lived In KnglanJ a race of imu. who."
stature and physical characteristics
did not differ materially from those of j
the Englishman of today -a race that.
had shed all traces or simian ire... ...
face, feature and lsly. and whose
brsln cavity was larger than Is often
found In highly liitIHKnt people '
our modern age. This has recently
been proven by the discovery of the
The Ancient Briton.
bones of a prehistoric nun burled 170
feet deep under a terrace, which Is re
garded, and with g"od reason, as the
ancient bed of lh Thames river.
There Is no reason to believe that
the elevation or depression '
land, which leads to the rise an. I fall
In tha level of the river, has not been
uniform. The past must be Judged
from what we know of the present,
and on this basis the lan. I movement
which formed the terrace, and which
has scarcely changed since the Koman
period, has been deposited at tha rste
of ona foot In 1.000 years, this as
signing a period of at lcuat 170.0UU
years since the high level terrace was
laid down at Galley Hill, and tha an
rlent llrlton was entombed In the
river bed.
This ancient llrlton was five feet
ona Inch In height. The neck was
enormously thick and tha chest was
narrow and protruding.
FINDS SECRET OF EGYPTIANS
Art af Hardening Copper la Rediscov
ered by Railroad Fireman of
Kansas.
Newton, Kan. The process of hard
ening copper to the temper of steel,
an art known only to tha Kgyptlana
hundreds of years ago, has been redis
covered by a Kansss descendant of a
long Una of metal workers. It Is de
clared. John flllpp. a Ranta Fa fire
man of this city. Is said to hold tha
secret for which scientists of many
countries have sought for many ages.
Ia a tiny laboratory of a neat, well
kept cottage near tha railroad shops.
John Stipp.
looking for all the world like other cot
tages of the avurage laboring man, the
IohI art was recovered. John Htlpp's
father, grandfather, great grandfather
nnd how much further back ho does
not know and does not care, wero
metal workers. For right years he
has unceasingly experimented In his
laboratory for the secret buried with
the ancient Egyptians. Itecently his
years of discouraging failure culmina
ted In success, and he holds a process
for tempering copper until It defies tha
hardest files, ha says.
House of Lords.
London. The hous of lords Is com
posed of lords spiritual and the lords
temporal. All the peers were not orlg
Inally entltlad to a seat as a matter
of right, but only those who were
pressly summoned by the king Kvery
peerage of the Cnlted Kingdom which
Is conferred now gives the right to a
eat In tba house nf lords. The num
ber Is Indefinite, and may be IticrosM.d
at the pleasure of the crown which
however, cannot deprive a per of the
dignity once lmlowcd. The PI,er
house at present comprises about bsfl
members. Hy the act of union with
Scotland, 1 representatives of the
Scottish peerage are alcctcl by tha
Scottish nobility for the duration of
ach parliament, and 23 are .l.ctwj
for Ufa by tha Peer, of Ireland.
' Vf I
flrp Ynn Pnnrlv?
Ill U WM I VVI I J i
If your digestive system,
is weik, Ihe bowels log.
ged, the liver sluggish, yotj
tcinnot wonder that yon
feel "half sick" all the time;
but listen
HOSTETTER'S
STOMACH BITTERS
is a good remedy for suh
ills as well is Mdldrid, fev
er and Ague. Try it toddy.
Makes You Well Again
Weuldn't Ba a Preicher.
J H Ubbjr. iba cament contraer,
waa discussing Iba future of his little
graudson, Harry Hoffman "W
haven't any parson In tha family bt
said "I guess we ll just make i
minister of Harry." "No. sir." the bof
stoutly protested "No preaching fu
ma I'm going to ba a ball piserr
Cleveland leader.
SHE GOT
WHAT SHE
This Woman Mad to Insist
Strongly, but it Paid
Chicago, III. " I suffered f mm fa
male weakness and stoinacli troubi
and 1 went to Un
store to get InittM
f I.ydu K. I'mt
barn's V'getsbli
Compound, but t!rf
rlerk did mt wU
to li t ii ie have It'
lie said It wai
good and wanteds
to try Romt-thlui
else, but ktioslni
all aUmt It 1 u
hlitrd and fin:!)
gt It. and I tali
glad 1 did, for It lias cured me.
" I know of so many cases where
men bare Is-eti cured by I.ydla Hull
barn's Vegetable ComiKiiiiid t.T. I f l
say to every suffering woman if thi
medicine does not help lirr, there
nothing that will." Mrs. Jamtu;
txl Arch St., Chicago, 111.
This is the agn of substitution, tvt
women w ho want a cure should IniK
upon I.ydla K. J'lnkliam's Vcif'tab
Compound Just as this woman did. aM
not aeprti ,,nn tliliig else on which thi
druggist cau ji:la a littlo more r0
omen who are passing tliroiik'htl.J I
rrt'.lcal period or who are sulT'-rln
from any of those distressing 111 p
cnllar to their x should not lose air
.f the fact that for thirty vcars I. rd
K. Pinkham's Ycgctnblo C.in'iiii
which Is made from roots and hrr'l
lias Is-en the standard retue.lv f. if (
male Ills. In almost ev-rr cuniiiunt
you will llnd women who have l
r. st,, red to health by l.ydU J- l'lU
'iUiu s cgctablo Coinpouud.
Enperlenre Boy Will RemeTbM.
Uiill ripl.uli.g one of the I. C 4'
ii" d Murtello t.iw. rs, near Wat.-rfor
Imrbur. Ireland, w lit. Ii was fnnn
us. d for military purposes, a b."
named ('buries Cummins had a Iff
rlU.i experience a few days W
When ll pushed open oil" lll'livr If'
door It suddenly hanged und nlmt rV I
Ms fliiic'Ts In agony, he shouted I
help, but In kiis kept a lie'pl'"
prisoner nil nlghl. and till late "
morning, when ho pa rescued bf 1
Dimaur br
The Lengthy Lobbies.
"Why do they call Washington t&'l
city of maiiilfl. ent .ILt.in. es '" 'U
lause," aniri, the office ne. k'T,
Is such a long way between what 701 1
go after and wh.t you get."
A Good
Hair-Foodl
Ayer's Hair Vigor, new im
proved formula, Is a genuine
hair-food. It feeds, nourish?!
bulldjup.strenffthens.lnvicor
arcs. The hair crows more
rapidly, keeps soft nd smooth
and all dandruff disappears
Aid nature a little. Give your
hair a Pond hair-food.
Dnri not rhnnn foe clot nf thf Aafr I
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yers
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You need not heslute shout uiinl '"'J
newllsirVigorfrom snyfesrof lcMT
.us imor or your nsir. rt
Ayer't Hair Vigor prevents premaro"
gr.yneti, but does not change th
of the hslrcven to tha lightest ar
j
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r Ike i. 9. aet Oe., Leweu.