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About The Maupin times. (Maupin, Or.) 1914-1930 | View Entire Issue (July 23, 1915)
ran place Ho Held It Only Long Enough to Make Sure of a Better. By CLARISSA MACKIE. (Copyright, WIS, br llu Mi-Cluro Newsim- wr tiynill' iiii!.) Evelyn Post acknowledged tlio re spectful greeting of tho tut, straight young mun In tlio doorway, J Jun drlck did not look the part of clniu f- feur not exactly; bo was altogether too handsome, too self-possessed, with an air of authority thut did not rent well on a servant. Hut his skill In driving compensated for these other faults, He had romiiined In the em- ploy of Evolyn'B mother for three months and all during that time he bad kept hla "place." Dut Evelyn did not llko him she was positive of that; because he looked disconcertingly like men of her own class. It was puzzling and not at all desirable In a menial, There even were times when she found her self addressing him on terms of equal ity. Of course, she always followed such a lapse by unusual haughtiness. Altogether the advice of Hendrlck was rather disquieting to his young nilstross, Now he stood, quietly attontlve, waiting for bis morning orders. "Get the morning mall, Hendrlck," said Mrs. Post; "return and drive Miss Post over to Mill Hill." "I beg your pardon, Mrs, Post, but the river la rising and the Mill Hill bridge Is unsafe," said Hendrlck. Then go around the other way the long road," returned Mrs. Post. Hendrlck bowed and disappeared. At eleven o'clock Hendrlck returned with the car and announced that the long bridge was down In the flood and that the upper bridge could not long bold up against the waters pouring from the swollen creeks which were tributary to the river. Evelyn paused with one foot on the step of the car. "I'm sure it cannot be so bad," Bhe said carelessly. "You will drive over, Hendrlck; Mrs. Beatty's please." Hendrlck hesitated, almost as If he were going to demur; then he shrugged bis shapely shoulders, climbed to his seat and started the car. Evelyn found herself studying her chauffeur's stern, clear-cut profile. How becoming wbb the neat tan livery Hendrlck was so dark she bit her lip and stamped her foot on the rugs. She would tell her mother to dis charge Hendrlck in the morning. He was presumptuous I "Presumptuous? In what way?" asked her conscience. Evelyn Post knew that the chauf- four's presumption lay In tho fact that he stimulated her Interest noth ing beyond that! At the foot of the slope that led to the bridge, Hendrlck stopped the car and turned to Evelyn. "Do you still wish to cross the river, MIbs Post?" he asked. Evelyn glanced Indifferently at the bridge In the distance, "Certainly drlve on Hendrlck." "The bridge Isn't safe. Miss Post objected Hendrlck, with a note of sternness in bis voice. "So you Bald before," returned Evelyn coldly. "Please drive on. I promised Mrs. Beatty I would be there at twelve o'clock, and It is now balf past the hour." The car glided down the hill until the front tires touched the timbers of the bridge. Evelyn glanced at the river boiling between Its narrow banks. She could Bee that it was ris ing rapidly, and the wooden planks of the bridge were wet where the waters baa splashed up between them. The fral) structure trembled at the first Impact, of the heavy car. Hendrlck got down and came to the tonneau, one gauntleted hand resting on the door. "It is unsafe to take the car across the bridge, MIbs Post," said the chauf feur patiently; "It Is more than unsafe It Is foolhardy. If you will walk across. I will try and take the car ovei and then pick you up on the other side." He opened the door. "If you are afraid, Hendrlck, I will drive the car myself," said Evelyn, with wonderful self-control. Hendrlck would be discharged the instant they reacted home she would see about that. "If you are afraid, Hendrlck " Evelyn was repeating when the chauf feur leaned forward, deftly snatched ber from the seat and ran across the bridge, holding her in his strong arniB as If she had been a baby. She could feel his heart pounding beneath her iband. She bated htm! The bridge swayed a little under ithetr united weight. They reached the other side and Hendrlck dropped -bis burden and ran back to the car. He leaped to bis seat and started the machine across the bridge. Evelyn, bating him with all her heart, saw the bridge quiver under the weight of the big car. She longed to cry out and send him back, but pride stilled the words on her lips. The structure sagged when the car reached the middle. There was a rending crash of Umbers, and then a horrible ihud from the rlit beneath. She saw the water boiling up through the Jagged remains of the old bridge. The car and its driver bad disap peared. ..'.'xlf mad with terror and remorse, the girl ran to the edge of the bank and looked for Hendrlck. The car was visible, half balanced on the blj stones beneath the bridge. But the broken timbers of the bridge were .heaped ovei it so that she could see no sign of the plucky chaulTuur who had durcd death to carry out bur fool ish orders. She tossed aside her veil and hnt Bnd, crawling out on the Jutting end of a girder, she looked down at the fullen motor car. "Hendrlck!" she called, and ber voice broke Into sobs. She funded that some of tho plunks around the car moved; then a gloved bund was visible, then a shoulder, and at last Hendrlck's pule fuco looking up at ber from the heaped debris. "Go buck!" he ordered hoarsely. For answer Evelyn leaned over the abyss of boiling foam and stretched out a hand. "Let me help you what can I do?" she culled. "Go back!" he ropeatcd. "I am all right." "You can do nothing alone," she protosted. "Keep perfectly qulot and I will go for help please, please keep still and let mo do something for you." "Vory well," ho agreed shortly, "Only make haste and get off that broken girder go back cautiously, fix your eyes on shore and don't lose your nerve." With encouraging words he cheered hor way back along the dangerous strlngploce a way which she had bravely trod a short while before In the great fear thut he was forever lost. Gaining tho river bank, sho tossed her long clouk aside, Bpcd up the road to the top of Mill Hill, and stumbled through the gate Just Mrs. Beatty came down the drive in her smart runabout. There were hurried exclamations anu questions, wlilch Evelyn an swered with what calmness she could muster. Then Alice Beatty Is sued a few orders and In ten min utes several men were racing down the long hill to the broken bridge. Mrs. Beatty and Evelyn followed In the runabout. , When they reached the bridge It was to find the flood tearing at the splintered boards which had Impris oned Hendrlck in the fallen motor car. The Beatty servants were quick-witted and trained to meet emergencies. Two of them tossed down a noosed rope to the chauffeur, who slipped It under his arms. Then, by main force they pulled. When Hendrlck reached the river bank he promptly lost consciousness. Blgley, the gardener, made a hasty ex amination and spoke to his mistress. "He's hurt his head, I think, ma'am We better be taking him up to the house In the car." Evelyn turned her head that she might not see Hendrlck's still, white face, stern even In Its unconscious ness. Mrs. Beatty leaned forward eagerly, pressed back the heavy locks of brown hair and screamed: "Why it's Teddy! Evelyn, I thought you Bald It was your new chauffeur!" "Why it is Hendrlck he has only been with us a few months. If It Isn't Hendrlck who Is it, Alice?" "My cousin, Teddy Hendrickson," sobbed Mrs. Beatty, holding Hen drlck's strong hand in both of hers. "He speculated and lost every penny he had. Father offered to help him get back on his feet again, but he re lused said he d find some way out all by himself he's the pluckiest boy alive I Then Teddy disappeared and father has been looking for him high and low ever since." Evelyn was crying bitterly as they walked back up the hill. It was several hours afterward, when the late chauffeur was lying with bandaged head In the best bedroom of the Beatty home, that Evelyn was ad mitted to see him. Mrs. Beatty had personally borne her cousin's request to Bee Miss Post, The room was bathed in the late afternoon sunlight. Teddy Hendrick son was lying with his dark eyes fixed on the door. A glad look came into his face when Evelyn entered. For a long while they looked at each other. Then the girl's glance wavered and fell beneath his ardent glance. "I'm sorry I cannot tell you how Borry I am to have been the cause of your Injuries. It was all my silly will fulness, and I hope you will forgive me." "Forgive you?" he breathed quick ly. "You must have known it was a privilege to serve you." "And I am Borry sorry that I said that I said you did not know your place I didn't understand that it was your better judgment and your cour age in rising above your situation that prompted your defiance of my orders." She held out her hand timidly and Hendrickson covered it In a warm clasp. His dark eyes looked into her blue ones with a strange significance. "I know the place I want to fill, Miss Post," he said quietly, "and some day I will gain it" Italy and Civilization. The history of Italy is, with the ex ception of Grece, the most illustrious in thi world. In art, especially paint ing and sculpture, Italy stands pre eminent. In literature ber place is, to say the least, in the front rank. In sci ence, she has borne a conspicuous po sition, and in music her place is easily second, If not first. In fine, Italla's story is more brilliant than that of any other country except Greece, and to Greece she is a very close second. A Triumph Lacking. The teacher had told the story of David and Goliath. "There wasn't any baseball in those days." said the thoughtful boy. "No." "It's a pity David ought to have made a great pitcher." fMhm ft 1 It ftjiiJiiiflu aiiui .A -nut uh i Uti i J UST thirteen miles from Brus sels the little local train that ambled to Charlerol by way of Luttre used to stop at a way side station that hundreds of thousands of British tourists know so well Bralne-l'Alleud. What has been happening there In the past months the "fog of war" has effectively ob scured; but in those days before the war, Bralne-l'Alleud was the starting point of a pilgrlmuge few visitors to Brussels ever missed. It was the sta tion nearest to the Hold of Waterloo, says William Bateman In the London Magazine. From Bralne-l'Alleud the pilgrim would wander bjt ono way or another to the shrine of his pilgrimage, "Le Lion de Waterloo," the great Iielglun Lion cast In metal taken from the guns captured In the great battle, standing at the apex of a pyramid of earth some two hundred feet high that dominates the whole of the flat landscape for miles around. The Lion Mound stands as a monument to the memory of all the brave men who fell on that June day. Beneath the great bank of earth, as they tell you, rest the bones of thousands of roldlers of varied nationality. From tho sum mit of the mound practically the whole area of Waterloo's battlefield may be seen. Probably there Is not In the world a more striking memorial than this hill of memory rising from the rolling plain that stretches all around. Yet, to create It, one of the most Important features of the battlefield was de stroyed. In the building of the Lion Mound the ridge of ground which formed part of the Mont St. Jean, bo Important a position In the battle, was removed, and the surrounding flat country made flatter Btill. You ascend the mound by a seem ingly endless series of steps until you i LOOKING OVE.l reach the platform at the summit from which the pedestal of the Lion rises. That pedestal bears the Bimple inscription "June 18, 1815." The Lion Itself, so your guide would tell you, weighed twenty-eight tons. Many Monuments There. The Lion Mound occupies a site that was about the center of the Brit ish lines, a front not two miles long. Behind lies the village of Mont St. Jean, and further back the little town of Waterloo, with the forest of Solgn- les near at hand. Before it stretches the flat field of Waterloo, waving with corn In the .summer, deep in mud in the winter, across which two cobbled main roads run away to the south in the direction of Quatre Bras, from which Wellington fell back only a few days before the great battle. The whole battlefield can be cov ered on foot in a few hours. But for its history, it is a most unprepossess ing spot. Ditches and muddy roads intersect the fields from which, even today, the plough will turn up rusty arms and bleached bones. But the pilgrim can never forget that he is on unusual ground. The place bristles with monuments. You descend from the Lion Mound. At its base stands a little group of houses, chief of which Is the Museum Hotel, so named from the museum of Waterloo relics attached to it A few hundred yards to the east and you find simple pillar to the memory of Colonel Gordon. Almost opposite, acroBs the main road, rises the Obe lisk to the memory of the Hanoverian officers of the German Legion. A lit tle farther on, by the side of the main road, stands the historic, red-roofed, white-walled farm of La Hale Salnte, the building which protected the Al lies' center in the battle, and around which some of the most desperate fighting raged. Belle-Alliance and Hougomont About a mile down the road you come to another of those low, white, red-roofed houses. It is now a little wayside tavern, La Belle-Alliance. There la an Inscription over the door that tells that Wellington and Blucher- met there. But this Is not correct The historic meeting took place some two miles from here. Belle-Alliance, however, has much claim to history. It was Napoleon's headquarters at the beginning of the I 1 ii- t L&JUi,. f t Wlr ?&Sr- r sr u .-.v .,V.-.V. VACWt.X" "7. .-. ... Ml IX VkV-MV t.V ! , .; '.V. M" V..V.-J-." u.'.V, .v I. '.V. .- Ms. J t i f h r iitiilbjtLii l! J jj u. 1 .ill HI JMwirJ battle, and by its name the Germans still know the battle of Waterloo, Close at band Is undoubtedly the most beautiful monumont on tho whole field and one of the most recont. It shows a wounded Imperial Eagle dy ing in dofease of a broken standard, It bears the simple legend "Aux Dernlers Combatants de la Grande Armoe, 18 Juin 1815." To the last of those who fought In the Grando Armee of Napoleon, to the gallant vet- erans of those wonderful soldiers the Little Corporal led through Europe, Frenchmen erected this striking mon ument only a few years since. From Ilollo-Alllance the pilgrim's road led generally to the right along the narrow lune that runs through the vory center of tho battlefield to per haps the most historic of all its re mains, the Chateau de Hougomont The story of this chateau is one that can never die. Hougomont was one of the advanced posts of the British lines and the key of the British position. If It had fal len, the history of Europe would have been differently written. At the time of the battle, Hougo mont was an old, partly-ruined cha teau, surrounded by numerous out buildings. By the Great Duke's own orders the place was hurriedly turned into a fort. Here, throughout practi cally the whole day, the Coldstream ers, who fought the bulk of the de fending force, held back the most violent attacks of the action. With the circuit from the Mound to Belle-Alliance, and back to Hougo mont, the tourist generally contented himself; but in Waterloo itself, and In Mont St. Jean, there are scores of memorials of the famous day. Waterloo was the Duke of Welling ton's headquarters from June 17th to the 19th. The church contains a bust of him, by Geefs, and numerous memorial v. 1 THE. BATTLEriELD Blabs and tablets to the memory of those who fell In the battle. And In the midst of the sublime there 1b, only a few paces away from the church, the ridiculous. In a cot tage garden stands a monument to the leg of Lord Uxbrldge, who com manded the cavalry in the battle. The leg was amputated Immediately after the victory, and lies buried here with an epitaph and a weeping widow above ft. Saluting the Quarter-Deck. Every time an officer or a seaman goes upon the quarter-deck he salutes It. He never by any chance forgets this, one of the regular customs on board, says Pearson's Weekly. The quarter-deck is that part of the deck reserved by officers, and many people think that the reason why it is sa luted is out of respect for those of ficers. The why and wherefore of the saluting has a far more interesting origin than that, however, and one has to go back hundreds of years to find the beginning of the custom. In the old days a crucifix used to stand on the quarterdeck. In those days all the sailors were Catholics, and, of course, every time they approached the crucifix they crossed themselves to show their reverence for the holy symbol. It is many a long year ago since the crucifix was there, but the custom of saluting the quarterdeck, which was a result of it, has been handed down in the navy ever since. Investigate, Anyway. "Mr. Speaker," quoth the member of the house, "I would like to ask if there are any committees Investigating any thing?" "There are none," replied speaker. It was a moment of intense though suppressed excitement "I move," exclaimed the member with deep feeling, "the appointment of a committee to investigate why nothing is being Investigated. If the condi tions are become such that there Is nothing to investigate, they should be met with appropriate legislation." Puck. Given Away. Bored Husband (after reluctant vis it) "Good-by, Mrs. Jackson enjoyed myself Immensely." Wife "There I told yon so! I knew you'd enjoy yourself." Punch, -V fi 111 (GETTING ONE'S SECOND WIND Explanntlon of Action Familiar Every Athlete Is a Most Simple One. to Tho probable explanation of the "second wind" Is as follows: In the deep breathing of an athletic person taking moderate exorcise at so'a level, lock of oxygon plays no part The ef fect Is wholly due to an Increased pro duction of carbonlo acid stimulating the respiratory center, which responds proportionally, On very violent ex ertion at sea level, however, and on even moderate exertion at a great al titude, the oxygen supply to the tls- suos of the body Is temporarily insuf ficient. Substances other than carbonic acid, such as lactic acid, are produced, and, when these substances reach the re spiratory centers by the way of the blood they excite it to such activity that one overbrcathes. That Is, the violent panting ventilates the carbon lc acid out of the blood more rapidly than the body Is producing It. The substances which thus overestimate the respiratory center are not vola tile and cannot be given off by way of the lungs, but they appear to be rather rapidly oxydlzed in the blood, When the carbonic acid has been considerably diminished a part of the stimulus to the respiratory center Is removed so that one can breathe more moderately that is, one gets his "sec ond wind." When the exertion stops, the production of the stimulating sub stances ceases, and the quantity ol carbonic acid In the blood having been reduced below the amount necessary to stimulate the respiratory center, one falls Into a period of apnoea fol lowed by Cheyne-Stokes breathing, like an engine with a sensitive gov ernor and no flywheel. Breathing oxygen under these conditions hastens the combustion of the acid substances which have accumulated in the blood. Yale Review. Brave Old Admiral Hawke. The BritlBh cruiser Hawke, blown up In the North sea by a German sub marine, was named after one of Eng land's most daring admirals, Baron Edward Hawke. Not only was he a Bturdy fighter, but without a superior as a seaman. His great achievement was the destruction of the French fleet of De Constans, near Qulberon, on November 21, 1759. Hawke sight ed the enemy off the Morblhan. De Constans, after clearing the decks for action, decided to fight another day and to run for the Qulberon anchor nge. As a storm was rising and the coast one of the most dangerous In the world, he assumed that the Eng lish admiral would not follow him, but Hawke pressed on sail and opened fire as darkness was falling. He had 21 ships to the enemy's 20. The engagement was won after dark, Hawke losing only two ships. The eld admiral would turn In his grave If he knew that a vessel named after him was sunk on blockade, for It was kind of duty in which he had no peer in his time, keeping the sea in winter gales and never losing a ship. New York Sun. Usual Causes of Indigestion. Dr. Henry P. De Forest, medical ex aminer to the New York civil service commission, says that Irregular and1 too short hours for meals are a com mon cause for Indigestion; and he admits that the physicians themselves are about the worst violators of the law against irregular meal hours He also says that too great a con sumption of prepared foods does away with the use of the teeth and, there fore, the food passes to the stomach without proper mastication and that even the stomach Itself does not have enough to do when Insufficient solid food passes through it. Impropei food, modes of dress, sedentary in door life, too little water and too much iced water taken with meals, excess of stimulants and too much hot bread, are among other causes for chronic catarrh of the stomach and constipation mentioned by Dr. De For est Sweden and Norway. one hundred years ago. followlne tne Drier war between the two coun tries comprising the Scandinavian peninsula, the Norwegian parliament voted to accept the supremacy of Sweden, and elected the king of Swe den for king of Norway. The Scandi navian union, as finally agreed on. made the person of the king and his management of the foreign affairs of the country the only common bond. Each country retained its own consti tution, parliament and cabinet. This agreement continued In force for nearly a hundred years, until 1905, when the desire of the Norwegian people for complete independence led a peaceful dissolution of the union ind the election of Prince Charles of Denmark to the Norwegian throne un der the title of King Haakon VII. Streets Can Be Paved With Glass. A new use for the glass dust tht collects In glass works has recently been discovered in Berlin. The dust Is gathered up and placed in a fur nace, where It is reduced to molten lava. The lava Is then molded into glass bricks which are as bard as granite and eminently adapted for paving. The World Burden. It has been estimated that the war will destroy one-fourth of the world's wealth. That loss will reach to the at most confines of the earth, and all will feel its effect farmer, merchant, ind manufacturer alike. Manufae turer'a Record. GETTING i OF FLY Only Sure Way Is to Keep Things Cleaned Up.. Prevent Pests Breeding, and There Will Be No Problem to Solve In Hot Weather Manure Pile and Garbage Pall. The only rational and sure way to got rid of the fly is to prevent breed ingclean up. Next to keeping the premises cleaned up, the most impor tant thing Is to keep the bouses well screened. Those that do get Into the home should be killed. It is especially Important to kill those that appear early in the season. One fly killed now means millions less in August. The bouse fly breeds, usually, in fresh manure. The more of this waste that is allowed near the house the more will the dwelling be Infested with flies. Not only do flies breed in filth, but they have filthy habits. They are distributors of disease serms of all kinds, Including tuberculosis germs. Extreme care should be taken, there fore, to destroy breeding places and to keep flies out of the house. After you have excluded Mr. Fly from your house next turn your at tention to your garbage pall. This is one of the great breeding places for germs of all sorts. Don't be content because the garbage man has emptied your pall. It must be cleaned. If In no other way, put a few newspapers In the bottom of It and burn them. Heat Is a simple disinfectant. If possible pour a bit of creolln or an oil dis infectant on the papers and place the cover part way over the palL This will rid your garbage pall of any germs. Remember that only by sani tation can fevers and various other diseases be prevented. The department of agriculture has Just promulgated the following meth od: Powdered borax is sprinkled over the manure at Intervals of five days. The quantity used is .62 of a pound to eight bushels of manure. The Univer- A Fly With Germs on Its Legs (Mag nified.) slty of Wisconsin recommends the use of arsenic. Hutchinson of the department ot ag riculture says that when manure is so spread out that it rapidly dries out files will not use It as a place la which to deposit eggs. The depart ment recommends that manure be scattered on the fields and thus be rapidly dried out. This Is even more effective than treating it in boxes with borax, Iron sulphate or paris green. To prevent flies from breeding in stable manure Beveral procedures are advised. Some of these are: Prompt removal. From fly to fly through egg, larva and pupa, the stages, when the Insect must stay In ono place varies at different seasons of the year. In the hottest weather It ia never less than ten days. Therefore, If the manure bins are emptied once a week the flies will not" reach matur ity In the vicinity where the eggs are laid. Screening of manure bins. This; Is. even a more difficult procedure than screening a house against flies. The female fly, ready to lay, will try hard er to reach a good laying place than flies do to reach a good feeding place. Nevertheless it can be accom plished. The larvae can be killed according to the method of Forbes. A barrel of a solution of sulphate of iron, two pounds to the gallon, Is kept in the stable. Each day some of this solu tion is sprinkled in the manure box and on the floor where the droppings fall. The cost is about a cent a horse a day. The manure Is not harmed. The stable Is deodorized. Number Tags on Fishes, , An Idea of vjint is being lewe4 by scientific study of fish .life i the waters off the coast of NorwaJ waa given by Dr. John HJort in ajrecent lecture. Fishes bearing numbered tags have been systematically released during a number of years, and the records of the time and place of re lease and subsequent capture, with other facts, have been carefully kept. In this way much has been learned of migration and of growth and age as indicated by annual , rings n the scales. It has been shown that growth Is more rapid In faworable years thn in others. The basis of an estimate of the catch of any season to the num ber of fish available has been obtained, this ratio for tha common food fishes being about one to ten. Inventor Ahead of His Time. Fifty or more years ago a Birming ham, (Eng.) inventor manufactured an airship very much on the lines of the modern Zeppelin, which It was sug gested could be used for bomb-dropping In the event of Invasion. The idea was laughed at by the scientists of the day as being Impossible, and certainly unworthy the attention of any civilized nation. So the man's in vention was literally killed by ridicule. and the machine, In which several flights were made was eventually de stroyed by fire as a means of effectu ally removing any further cause for sarcasm.