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ESTABLISHED 1855. YORKVILLE, S. C., FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 1910. NO. 18.
TrDxton
" r King
4 / Copyright. 1909. by George
/1 Barr McCutcheon
II Copyright. 1909. by Dodd,
1/ Mead ?. Company
Synopsis of Preceding Chapters.
OT Chapter I?Truxton King arrives in
Edelweiss, capital of Graustark, and
meets the beautiful niece of Spantz, a k
gunmaker. II?King does a favor for t
Prince Robin, the young ruler of the
country, whose guardian is John Tullis,
an American. Ill?Baron Dangloss,
minister of police, interviews King and 11
warns him against Olga, the gunmak- n
er's niece. IV?King invades the royal
park, meets the prince and is presented
to the lad's fascinating Aunt Loraine. s
V?The committee of ten, conspirators
against the prince, meets in an under- r
ground chamber, where the girl Olga
is disclosed as one who is to kill Prince
Robin with a bomb. f
CHAPTER VI.
0 Ingomede the Beautiful.
A light, chilling drizzle had been fall- ,
ing all evening, pattering softly upon ^
the roof of leaves that covered the ^
sidewalks along Castle avenue.
Almost In the center of the Imposing ^
* line of oalatial residences stood the
* s
home of the Duke of Perse, minister of
u
finance, Hanked on either side by
structures as grim and as gay as itself,
yet far less significant in their generation.
Here dwelt the most im- c
portant man in the principality, not h
excepting the devoted prime minister a
himself. Not that Perse was so well
beloved, but that he held the destinies n
of the land in Midas-like fingers. More 's
than that, he was the father of the farfamed
Countess Marlanx, the most c
glorious beauty at the Austrian and ^
Russian courts. She had gone forth ^
from Graustark as its most notable
bride since the wedding day of the "
Princess Yetive, late in the nineties.
InKomede. the beautiful, had journeyed
far to the hymeneal altar. The hus- "
band who claimed her was a hated, s
dishonored inan in his own land. There b
were those who went so far as to say '(
that her father had delivered her into n
the hands of a latter day Bluebeard, t(
who whisked her off into the high- ?
lands, many leagues from Vienna. a
- She was seen no more in the gay c
courts for a year. Then of a sudden
she appeared before them all, as daz- ''
zlingly beautiful as ever, but with a ^
haunting, wistful look in her dark eyes 1
that could not be mistaken. The old
? count found an uneasy delight in ex- ^
htbitlng her to the world once more, a
plainly as a bit of property that all b
men were expected to look upon with v
envy in their hearts. b
Then the Duke of Perse resumed his 11
residence 'n Edelweiss, opening the l'
old palace >. nee more to the world. His e
daughter after the death of the prin- d
cess began her extended visits to the ''
? home of her girlhood. So long as the c
princess was alive she remained away
from Edelweiss, reluctant to meet the k
friend who had banished her husband s'
long before the wedding day in liuda- n
k pest. Now she came frequently and w
stayed for weeks at a time, apparently
happy during these escapes from life r
in the great capitals. s
Of late she came more frequently to v
Edelweiss than before. John Tullis
was always to remember the moment
when he looked upon this exquisite u
creature for the first time. That was 1
^ months ago. After that he never ceas- e
ed being a secret, silent worshiper at e
her transient shrine.
Ten o'clock on this rainy night a ii
carriage has drawn up before the low- h
er gates to the Perse grounds, and a
k tall, shadowy figure leaves it to hurry c
through the shrub lined walks to the F
massive doors. t
Tullis had long since ceased to be a o
welcome visitor in the home of the y
Duke of Perse. The men were openly s
unfriendly to each other. The duke p
resented the cool interference of the n
sandy haired American; on the other r
^ hand, Tullis made no effort to conceal F
his dislike, if not distrust, of the older v
man. s
The countess was alone in the long, f
warm tinted library. a
"It is good of you to come," she said c
as they shook hands warmly. "Do you li
know it Is almost a year since you last ii
came to this house?" I
"It would be a century, countess, if I
I were not welcomed in other houses li
where I am sure of a glimpse of you f]
from time to time and a word now and ?
then." i
^ They both seated themselves before 1
a glowing open fire. f
"The duke has gone to (lanlook to s
play bridge with friends," she said at t
once. "He will not return till late. 1 1
have just telephoned?to make sure." \
^ Her smile did more than to reassure c
hi in. i
"Of course you will understand how \
impossible it is for me to come here f
countess. Your father, the duke, does
not mince matters, and I'm not quite a 1
fool." '
"It is of the prince tiiat I want to \
^ speak, Mr. Tullis," she said. "I do
want t<> talk very seriously wttn you
concerning his future?I might say his
immediate future."
He looked at her narrowly.
"Are you quite serious?"
"Quite. 1 could not have asked you
to come to this house for anything
trivial. We have become very good
friends, you and I. Too good, perhaps.
for I've no doubt there are old
tabbies in Edelweiss who are provoked
to criticism. You know what I mean."
The prince is a sturdy little beggar."
he began, but she lifted her hand in
protest.
"And he has sturdy, loyal friends.
That is agreed. And yet"? She paused.
a perplexed line coming between
h? r expressive eyes.
John Tullis opened his own eyes
very wide. "You don't mean to say
that he is?he is in peril >>f any sort?"
She leaned nearer to him. dropping
the ash from her cigarette into the receiver
as she spoke slowly, intensely.
"I think he is in peril?In deadly peril."
He stared hard. "What do you
mean?" he demanded, with an involun- *
A Story of
GraustarK.
By
GEORGE BARR
IVrCUTCHEOlNl
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ary glance over his shoulder. She inerpieted
that glance correctly.
"The peril Is not here, Mr. Tullis. I
;no\v what you are thinking. My faher
is a loyal subject. The peril I
uggest never conies to Graustark."
"Never comes to Graustark?" he allost
whispered. "You don't?you can't
lean your?your husband?"
"I mean Count Marlanx," she said
teadily.
"He means evil to Prince Robin?
Jood heavens, countess, I?I can't beieve
It. 1 know he is bitter, revengeul
and all that, but"?
"He Is all that and more," she said.
First you must let me impress you
hat I am not a traitor to his cause.
could not be that, for the sufficient
eason that I only suspect its existence.
??* or?\r ot?riju o rmrt nf it. I
o not know anything. I only feel. I
(are say you realize that I do not
jve Count Marlanx?that there is abolutely
nothing in common between
s except a name. We won't go into
hat. I"?
"I am overjoyed to hear you say this,
ountess," he said very seriously. "I
ave been so bold on occasion as to
ssert?for your private ear, of course
-that you could not by any freak of
ature happen to care for Count Marinx,
whom I know only by descriplon.
You have laughed at my soalled
American wit, and you have
een most tolerant. Now, I feel that
am justified. I'm immeasurably glad
i) hear you confess that you do not
>ve your husband."
"You have never tried to make love
o me," she went on. "That's what I
ke about you. I think most men are
illy, not because I am so very young,
ut because my husband is so ridicujusly
old. Don't you think so? But,
ever mind! I see you are quite eager
d answer. That's enough. Take anther
cigarette and?listen to what I
m going to say." He declined the
igarette with a shake of his head.
After a"moment she went on resoJtely:
"As I said before, I do not
now that my suspicions are correct,
have not even breathed them to my
ither. He would have laughed at me.
ly husband is a Graustarkian, even
s I am, out there is this distinction
etween us?he despises Graustark,
,'hile 1 love her in every drop of my
lood. I know that in his heart he has
ever ceased to brew evil for the
hrone that disgraced him. He openly
xpresses his hatred for the present
ynasty and has more than once said
l public gatherings that he could
heerfully assist in its utter destrucion.
That, of course, is commonly
nown in Graustark, where he is
corned and derided. But he is not a
tan to serve his hatred with mere idle
ords and inaction.
? ...... w,,i >!..? ?. in this bitr
oom opt-illy," she went on, "for the
imple reason that if I am being
matched this manner of meeting may
e above suspicion. We may speak
reely iiere, for we cannot be heard
inless we raise our voices. Don't beray
surprise of consternation. The
yes of the wall may be better than its
ars."
"You don't mean to say you are beng
watched here in your father's
louse?" he demanded.
"1 don't know. This I do know?the
ount has many spies in Edelweiss,
le is systematically apprised of everyhing
that occurs at court, in the city
r in the council chamber. Day before
esterday I saw his secretary in the
treets, a man who has been in his emiioy
for five years or more and who
io\v pretends to be a lawyer here. His
lame is Brutus. I spoke with him.
le said that he had left the count six
k-eeks ago in Vienna, determined to
et out for himself in his chosen proession.
He knows, of course, tliat I
in not and never have been in the
onfidenees of my husband. I asked
lim if it was known in Edelweiss tliat
le had served the count as secretary,
fe promptly handed me one of his
tusiness cards on which lie refers to
limself as the former trusted and conideiitial
secretary of Count Marlanx.
Cow, I happen to know that he is still
n my husband's service, or was no
onger ago than last week. He is here
or a purpose, as my husband's representative.
1 have not been asleep all
iiese months at Scliloss Marlanx. I
lave seen and heard enough to convince
me that some great movement is
hi foot. My intelligence tells nie ttint
t has to do with Graustark. As he
vishes the prince no good, it must be
or evil."
"But there is nothing lie can do. He
las no following here. The prince is
idored by the people. Count Marlanx
.vould not be such a fool as to"?
... ?....! ?in? intorriiiited
lit- in ll?> ivui, ... . _
liiickly. "That's why I am afraid. If
ie is plotting against the crown, you
nay depend upon it he is laying his
dans well. John Tullis, that man is
i devil?a devil incarnate!" She turned
lev face away. A spasm of utter repugnance
crossed her face.
"I am afraid of Peter Hrutus. He is
lore to watch?everybody."
She leaned against the great carved
nantel post, a tall, slender, lissom
reature, exquisitely gowned in rarest
rish lace, her bare neck and shoulders
^learning white against the dull timjers
beyond, the faint glow from the
tubers creeping up to her face with
lie insistence of a maiden's tlush. He
taxed in rapt admiration, his heart
humping like fury in his great breast,
the was little more than a girl, this
vife of old Marlanx, and yet how
vise, how clever, how brilliant she
ivas!
She was well named Ingoniede th?
[ieautiful.
"Hoes Rarton Dangloss know this
nan Rrutus?" asked Tullis. arising tn
<tand beside her.
"I don't know," she said thoughtfully.
"I have not spoken to him con- 11
cerning Brutus. Perhaps he knows, ii
The baron Is very wise. Let me tell v
you how I happen to know that Peter
Brutus is still serving Count Marlanx s
and why 1 think his presence signiiies a
a crisis of some sort." d
Her voice, Always low and even, c
seemed lower still. "In the first place, s
I have a faithful friend in one of the 11
Oldest retainers at Schloss Marlanx. f
oldest retainers at Schloss Marlanx. e
His daughter is my maid. She is here t
with me now. The old man came to
see Josepha one day last week. He d
had accompanied Count Marlanx to b
the town of Balak, which is in Ax- e
phain, a mile beyond the Graustark o
line. Peter Brutus was with my hus- c
Hurwl l? Tin In U for two da VS. Tliev ll
were closed together from morning
till night in the house where Marlanx t
was stopping. At the end of two days h
Brutus went away, but he carried c
with him a vast sum of money pro- f
vided by my husband. It was given s
out that he was on his way to Serros, tl
in Dawsbergen, where he expected to tl
purchase a business block for his mas- b
ter. Marlanx waited another day in y
Balak, permitting Josepha's father to r
come on to Edelweiss with a message b
for me and to see his daughter. He"? h
"And Josepha's father saw Brutus in h
Edelweiss?" tl
"No. But he did see him going into l(
Balak as he left for Edelweiss that ii
morning. He wore a disguise, but Ja- c
cob says he could not be mistaken, o
Moreover, he was accompanied by sev- !
eral men whom he recognized as Graustark
mountaineers and hunters of a
rather unsavory reputation. They left n
Brutus at the gates of Balak and went rj
off into the hills. All this happened a
before I knew that Peter was living
in Edelweiss. When I saw him here I K
knew at once that his presence meant c
something sinister. I can put man)
things together that once puzzled me?
the comings and goings of months, the v
secret reports and consultations, the g
queer looking men who came to the g
castle, the long absences of my hus- 11
band and my?my own virtual impris- li
onment?yes, imprisonment. I was J
not permitted to leave the castle for s
days at a time during his absences." a
"Surely you will not go back again!" o
he began hotly. a
"Sh!" She put a finger to her lips, ti
A manservant was quietly crossing the s
hall just off the library. "He is a new E
man. I do not like his appearance." e
The servant disappeared through a
door at the end of the hall. d
"Then there were the great sums of n
money that my husband sent off from tl
time to time," she continued, "and the r
strange boxes that came overland to If
the castle and later went away again
as secretly as they came. Mr. Tullls, q
I am confident in my mind that those o
boxes contained firearms and ammu- y
nition. I have thought it all out. Per- t<
haps I am wrong, but It seems to me a
that I can almost see those firearms si
on-ox' in tho hQVps n ml r??htn.3 f(
outside of Edelweiss, ready for instant b
use when the signal comes." b
"God! An uprising! A plot so huge rr
as that!" he gasped, amazed. It is for- A
tunate that he was not facing the door.
The same servant, passing once more, t<
might have seen the telltale consterna- it
tion in his eyes. "It cannot be possl- si
ble! Why, Dangloss and his men t(
would have scented it long ago." ir
"I have not said that I am sure of ti
anything, remember that. I leave it
to you to analyze. You have the foundation
on which to work. I'd advise
you to waste no time. Something tells n
me that the crisis is near at hand."
K
CHAPTER VII. w
At the Witch's Hut. tl
In the meantime our excellent young d
friend, Truxton King, was having a sj
sorry time of it. It all began when he g
went to the cathedral in the hope of fi
seeing the charming aunt of the little
prince once more. Not only did he at- If
tend one service, but all of them, hav- J<
ing been assured that the royal family tl
worshiped there quite as regularly and Y
as religiously as the lowliest communi- o
cant. She did not appear. n
More than all this, he met with fresh n
disappointment when he ambled down s
to the armorer's shop. The doors were T
locked and there was no sign of life N
about the shuttered place.
The next day King made a purely c<
business call at the shop of Mr. Spantz. p
He looked long, with a somewhat
shifty eye, at the cabinet of ancient 11
"GRETWSOME LADY, ISN'T SHE?" WHI8- f;
PERED KING
1 riiiK> iimi iiiiu uirn urjMi ied
without having seen the interesting
Miss Platanova. I
At his room in the hotel he found a
note addressed to himself. It did not
have much to say. hut it meant a great
deal. There was no signature, and the
i handwriting was 'hat of a woman. '
"Please do not come again." That
I was all.
He laughed with a fine tone of de1
fiance and went back to the shop at
i 5 o'clock, just to prove that nothing
' so timid as a note could stop him. on
the occasion of this last visit to the
. shop he did not stay long, but went
; away somewhat dazed to find himself
the possessor of a ring iie did not want
?iixl out of pocket just $30, American, t
Having come to the conclusion that :
knight errantly of that kind was not I
only profligate, but distinctly irritating ,
i to his sense "f humor, he looked tip i
> Mr. tfohbs and arranged for a day's t!
ride in the mountains. Ii
Mr. Hobbs led his patron into tho
mountain roads early the next mornng.
botli well mounted and provided
vith luncheon.
It is a good three hours' ride to the
ummit of Monastery mountain. And
fter the height has been attained one
toes not care to linger long among the
hilly, whistling crags, with their
now crevasses and bitter winds. The
itter loneliness, the aloofness of this
rost crowned crest appalls, disheartns
one who loves the fair, green
hings of life.
It was 3 o'clock when they clattered
lown a stone road and up to the forildding
vale in which lurked, like an
vll, guilty thing, the log built home
f the witch of Ganlook gap, that anient
female who made no secret of
er practices in witchcraft.
A low thatched roof protruded from
he hill against which the hut was
ullt. As a matter of fact, a thin
himney grew out of the earth Itself,
or ail the world like a smoking tree
tump. The single door was so low
hat one was obliged to stoop to enter
he little room where the dame had
een holding forth for threescore
ears, 'twas said. This was h^r throne
oom, her dining room, her bedchainer.
her all, It would seem, unless one
ad been there before and knew that
er kitchen was beyond, in the side of
he hill. The one window, sans glass,
>OKea narrowiy oui upon an oaa openig
in the foliage below, giving the ocupant
of the hut an unobstructed view
f the winding road that led up from
Jdel weiss.
The two horsemen rode into the glen
nd came piuinp upon a small detachlent
of the royal guard, mounted and
ather resolute in their lack of amiblllty.
"Soldiers, I'd say," remarked Mr.
ling. His eyes brightened and his hat
ame off with a switch.
"Hello! There's the prince!"
Farther up the glen?In fact at the
er.v door of the witch's hut?were
athered a small but rather distlnuished
portion of the royal household,
t was not difficult to recognize the
ttle prince. He was standing beside
ohn Tullis, and it is not with a deire
to speak ill of his valor that we
dd he was clutching the slackest part
f that gentleman's riding breeks with
n earnestness that betrayed extreme
repidation. Facing them, on the
tone doorstep, was the witch herself.
teninu i uiiis uiiu me pi niee ivcit aevral
ladles and gentlemen.
Truxton King's heart swelled sudenly.
Next to the tall figure of Coloel
Quinnox of the royal guard was
tie slim, entrancing lady of his most
ecent dreams, the prince's aunt, the
idy of the goldfish conspiracy!
The Countess Maxlanx, tall and exuislte,
was a little apart from the
thers, with Baron Dangloss and
oung Count Vos Engo, whom Truxjn
was ready to hate because he was
recognized suitor for the hand of the
lim young person in gray. He was
ir riding boldly up to this little group,
ut a very objectionable lieutenant*
aned the way, supported in no small
leasure by the agitated defection of
Ir. Hobbs.
The way was made easy by the innvention
of the alert young woman
1 gray. She caught sight of the re
LMt'icu uuvauuicia?ui unc uit-iij,
) be quite accurate?and, after speedig
a swift smile of astonishment,
lined quickly to Prince Bobby.
The prince broke the ice.
"Hello!" he cried shrilly.
"Hello!" responded the gentleman
adily.
John Tullis found himself being draged
away from the witch's door toward
the newcomer at the bottom of
le glen. Mr. Hobbs listened with
eepening awe to the friendly conversion
which resulted in Truxton King
oing forward to join the party in
out of the hut.
Truxton was duly presented to the
idles and gentlemen of the party by
ohn Tullis, who gracefully announced
lat he knew King's parents in New
ork. Baron Dangloss was quite an
Id friend, if one were to judge by the
tanner in which he greeted the young
inn. The lady in gray smiled so
weetly and nodded so blithely that
'ullis, instead of presenting King to
larlanx and others, merely said:
"And you know one another, of
nurse." Whereupon she flushed very
rettily.
Truxton King:, scarcely able to beeve
his good fortune, crowded Into
lie loathsome, squalid room with his
ristocratic companions.
Never had Truxton looked upon a
feature who so thoroughly vindicated
lie lifelong reliance he had put in the
eseription of witches given by the
liry tale tellers of his earliest youth,
lie had the traditional hook nose and
eaked chin, the glittering eyes, the
tiousand wrinkles and the toothless
urns. He looked about for the raven
lid the cut, but if she had them they
...... I..rl,
uess hi* calculated her age at 100
ears.
"Grewsonie lady, isn't she?" whisperd
King.
" I shall dream of her for months,"
hispered the lady in gray, shudderig.
"Would you mind telling me how 1
m to address you?" whispered King,
'hey were leaning against the mud
lastered wall near the little window
ide by side. "You see, I'm a stranger
1 a strange land."
"You must not speak while she is
axing into the crystal," she warned
fter a quick, searching glance at ids
ace.
Although it was broad daylight, the
>w, stuffy room would have been
itch dark had it not been for the
ickering candles on the table beside
he bent gray head of tin- mumbling
cutune teller, whose bony fingers
witched over and about her crystal
lobe like wiggling serpents' tails,
'he window gave little or no light,
nd the door was closed, her grinning
randson leaning against it limply.
The witch began by reading the forune
of John Tullis, who had been
ushed forward by the wide-eyed
rince. In a cackling monotone she
ambled through a supposititious hisory
of iiis past, for tin* chief part
o unintelligible that even he could
ot gainsay the statements. Later she
ent her piercing eyes upon the prince
nd refused to read his fortune, shrilf
asserting that she had not the course
to tell what might befall the little
uler, all the while muttering somehlng
about the two little princes who'
ad died in a tower ages and ages ago. I
Seeing that the boy was frightened
Tullis withdrew him to the background
The Countess Marlanx came nexl
She was smiling derisively.
"You have returned from some on
whom you hate," began the witcli
"He is your husband. You will marr;
again. There is a fair haired man ii
love with you. You are in love witl
him. I can see trouble"?
Milt swt.in + AUL, ,1.Jllu,roie1i' Hirnm
away from the table, her cheeks flam
Ing with the consciousness that a smil
had swept the circle behind her grace
ful back.
"Ridiculous!" she said and avoidei
John Tullis' gaze. "I don't care t
hear any more. Come, baron! You ar
next."
Truxton King, subdued and troublei
in his mind, found himself studylm
his surroundings and the people whi
went so far as to make them interest
ing. His eye had fallen upon a cracl
in the door that led to the kitchen, al
though he had no means of knowini
that it was a kitchen. To his amaze
ment, a gleaming eye was looking ou
upon the room from beyond this nar
row crack. He looked long and foum
that he was not mistaken. There wa
an eye glued close to the opposite sld<
of the rickety door, and its gaze wa.
directed to the Countess Marlanx.
wnnoui pausing 10 consiuer me re
suit of his action, he sprang across tin
room, shouting as he did so that then
was a man behind the door. Graspinj
the latch, he thre'" the door wide open
the others ... the room looking at hin
as if he were suddenly crazed.
There was instant commotion, wltl
cries and exclamations from all. Quid
as the others were, the old womai
was at his side before them, snarlinj
with rage. Her talonlike fingers sunl
Into his arm, and her gaze went dart'
ing about the room in a most convine
ing way.
Baron Dangloss was convinced tha
the young man had seen the eye. With
out compunction he began a search o
the room, the old woman looking 01
with a grin of glee.
"Search! Search!" she croaked. "I
was the spirit eye! It is looking a
you now, my fine baron! It finds you
yet cannot be found. No, no! Oh, yoi
fools! Get out! Get out! All of you
Prince or no prince, I fear you not
nor all your armies. This is my home
my castle! Go! Go!"
"There was a man here, old woman,'
said the baron coolly. "Where is th<
man?"
She laughed aloud, a horrid sound
The prince clutched Tullls by the lej
in terror.
"There is no window, no trapdoor
no skylight," remarked the baron, puz
zled. "Nothing but the stovepipe, si:
inches in diameter. A man couldn'
crawl out through that. I'm sure, Mr
King, we've come upon a real rnys
tery?the eye without a visible body.'
Suddenly the old woman stepped in
to the middle of the room and begai
to wave her hands in a mysteriou,
manner over an empty pot that stoo<
on the floor In front of the stove
Then before their startled eyes a thir
film of smoke began to rise from th<
empty pot. It grew in volume until th<
room was quite dense with it. Ever
more quickly than it began it dlsap
peared, drawn apparently by some su
pernatural agency into the draft of th(
stove and out through the ricketj
chimney pipe.
A deafening crash as of many guns
came to their ears from the outside
With one accord the entire party rushed
to the outer door, a wild laugh fron
the hag pursuing them.
"There!" she screamed. "There goes
all there was of him! And so shall w<
all go some day. Fire and smoke!"
Just outside the door stood Lieutenant
Saffo of the guard.
"Good Lord!" shouted Tullis. "Wha
is the matter? What has happened?"
"The storm, sir," said SafTo. "It i;
coming down the valley like the wind."
A great crash of thunder burst over
head, and lightning darted through th<
black, swirling skies.
To be Continued.
SMALLEST REPUBLIC.
San Marino Has a History of Fifteer
Centuries.
The smallest and oldest republic ii
the world is at present passlnj
through a difficult phase of its lonf
history, a history which stretche
back for more than fifteen centuries
A little more than three years ago
March 25. 1906, a historic date, com
memorated by a tablet outside tin
cathedral and by the new name o
one of the few streets in this tin;
mountain capital, the arengo, o:
gathering of heads of families, som<
800 in number, met for the first timi
for four centuries in the great Churci
of San Marino and voted for the de
mocratization of this most conserva
tive of commonwealths.
Previous to that date the counci
of sixty, which managed the affair
of this miniature republic of thirty
two miles square, was composed o
three classes?nobles, bourgeois ant
country folk in equal numbers?ant
the councilors, elected for life
formed a close corporation, intc
which no outsider could enter savt
through the narrow door of co-op
elation, when some member died ant
the survivors chose his successor.
Moreover, class distinctions were
maintained in the election of the tw<
presidents, or capitani reggenti, o:
whom one was always a noble ant
the other a commoner.
Such was the government of Sai
Marino until three years ago?a gov
ernment which worked in practice
extremely well, but had ceased to cor
respond with the democratic ideas o
youthful Sammarines, who had stu
died abroad. Accordingly an agita
tion for reform was started; the aris
tocratic party prudently yielded.
Only three out of thirty-live coun
eilors voted against the convocatior
of the long-dormant arengo, and thi
hitter decided that thenceforth th<
council should be elected by direc
manhood suffrage, and that one-thin
of its members should retire by ro
tation every three years.
As illiterates were allowed to vote?
they form about SO per cent of the total
population of 11,002?San Marine
now possesses perhaps the most democratic
constitution in the world.
Kespite this drastic change, whicl
is after all. a return to the mediaeva
state of things, when the arengo wai
a living body, the picturesque form.1
of an ancient Italian republic an
still preserved at San Marino, and a
San Marino alone.
Twice a year, in the middle of Sep
tember and in the middle of March
the two new capitani reggenti an
elected, and twice a year, on Octobei
1 and April 1, they are installed ir
olfice with all the picturesque cere
monial of bygone times.?Londor
Morning Post.
!; ittiscclhuuous grading.
CENSUS OF OCCUPATIONS.
e
' Enumerators' Questions Will Apply to
Everybody In the United States.
n "The "occupation" question in the
United States census population schedule
to be carried by the enumerators
' during the Thirteenth Decennial census.
beginning April 15 next, applies to
e everybody living in the United States
on the date mentioned, which is the
"Census Day," and all the population
schedule questions relate to it only,
n In its printed instructions to enume
erators the census bureau- holds that
the occupation followed by a child or
^ a woman is just as Important, for cons'
sus purposes, as the occupation of a
^ man. Therefore the enumerators are
torn never to taKe it ior grantea witnout
inquiry that a woman or child old
enough to work has no gainful occupa*
tion.
It is pointed out, however, that only
* gainful occupations are to be reported.
By this is meant any employment,
work, profession, or vocation by which
8 the person working regularly earns
e money or its equivalent. The fact that
3 a person has no gainful occupation is
to be noted on the schedule. If a person
is only temporarily unemployed on
e account of lack of work, or sickness, or
e other temporary reason, the occupa*
tion which that person usually follows
' is to be reported.
1 If a person has two occupations, the
enumerator must return only the more
1 important one?that is, the one from
4 which tile person gets the more money.
1 If that can not be learned, then he is to
* reiurn me one ai wmcn me person
spends the more time. As an Illustration,
the enumerators are told to return
a man as a "farmer" if he gets
most of his income from farming, al*
though he may also follow the occupation
of a clergyman or preacher; but
' they must return him as a "clergy1
man" if he gets more of his Income
from that occupation.
' In the case of a woman doing housework
in her own home, without salary
' or wages, and having no other employ1
ment, the entry is to be that she has
no occupation. But a woman working
' at housework for wages should be re!'
turned as "housekeeper," "servant,"
"cook," or "chambermaid," as the case
may be, and the entry should state the
s place where she works, as "private
family," "hotel," or "boarding house."
Or if a woman, in addition to doing
* housework in her own home, regularly
earns money by some other occupation,
' whether pursued in her own home or
outside, that occupation should be re*
turned. For Instance, a woman who
* regularly takes in washing should be
* reported as "laundress" or "washerwoman."
Women Doing Farm Work.
A woman working regularly at out
1 door farm work, even though she works
a on the home farm for her husband,
* son, or other relative and does not re*
ceive money wages, should be returned
1 as a "farm laborer." The enumerators
" are to distinguished, however, the wo*
3 men who work on the home farm from
1 those who work away from home by
writing either "home farm" or "working
out," as the case may require. A
3 woman who, herself, operates or runs
f a farm should be reported as a "farmer,"
and not as a "farm laborer."
3 If any child, of whatever age, is
* regularly earning money, the employment
which he or she follows should be
1 returned as an occupation. This applies
also to a child working for his
3 board away from home.
Children, or even adults, attending
school or college or any educational institution,
and following no other employment,
should be returned as hav1
ing no occupation. But if any person
is attending school or college and at
" the same time is reguiariy earning j
money at some gainful occupation, thQ
enumerators are to return that oceu"
pation. In either case they must indicate
the fact of school or college attendance.
Children who work for their parents
at home merely on general household
work or at odd times on other work
i are to be reported as having no occupation.
But children who materially
i assist their parents in the performance
y of work other than household work
I should be reported as having the occus
pation in which they are so employed,
i. even though they receive no wages. In
i, the case of children who work for their
- nwn nnrents on a farm, that fact is to
s be entered as "home farm." But for
f children who work as farm laborers
i for others the enumerator's entry is to
r be "working out."
3 Employer and Employee.
? The census bureau instructs the cen1
sus takers that an employer is one
" who employs helpers, other than do"
mestic servants, in transacting his own
business. The term employer does not i
' include the superintendent, agent,
s manager, or other persons employed to
" manage an establishment or business;
^ and it does not include the foreman of
' a room, the boss of a gang, or the coal
1 miner who hires his helper. All such
should be returned as employees, for,
' while any one of these may employ ,
* persons, none of them does so in trans"
acting his own business. Thus no in'
dividual working for a corporation, !
, either as an officer or otherwise, should
> be returned as an employer. i
f A person employing domestic ser
vants in his own home, but not em- i
, ploying any helpers in his business, is i
- not to be considered as an employer.
i But, on the other hand, a person who ,
f is the proprietor of a hotel or boarding i
. house and employs servants in run
ning that hotel or boarding house, ]
should be returned as an employer, be.
cause he employs these servants in his
1 business. '
i An employee is defined as any person
t who works for wages or a salary and
1 is subject to the control and direction
of an employer. The deciding test is i
whether the person receives a wage or i
. salary and is subject to another's di)
rections. If so, he is an employee,
whether he be president of a large coriifirsi
I ion or onlv a dav laborer: wheth- 1
1
I er h?* be paid in money or in kind: and
* whether he be employed by bis own
* parent <?r by another. The term em*
t ployee does not include lawyers, doctors,
and others who render professional
' services for fees, and who, in their
^ work, are not subject to the control ,
i* and direction of those whom they ,
i serve. It does include actors, professors,
and others who are engaged to ,
render professional services for wages ]
or salaries. A domestic servant should
always be returned as an employee,
even though, as previously explained, A
the person employing a domestic servant
is not always returned as an employer.
?'
Other Schedule Questions. t)
Persons who have a gainful occupa- w
tion and are neither employers nor P
employees are considered to be work- t'
ing on their own account. They are t*
the Independent workers. They neither h
pay nor receive salaries or regular It
wages. Examples of this class are tl
farmers and the owners of small es- d
tablishments who do not employ help- h
ers; professional men who work for w
fees and employ no helpers; newsboys; "3
and, generally speaking, hucksters, a
peddlers, bootblacks, etc.
it is stated in tne instructions tnai
the purpose of the schedule inquiries tl
as to unemployment is to ascertain the h
measure of enforced unemployment? tl
that is, the extent to which men want 11
work and can not find it. d
The schedule question, "home rented tl
or owned," is defined as meaning
whether a family owns the home in tl
which it is living or rents it. If a tl
dwelling is occupied by more than one h
family it is the home of each of them, it
and the question should be answered ei
with reference to each family. ti
A home is to be classed as owned if tl
it Is owned wholly or in part by the e1
head of the family living in the home h
or by the wife of the head, or by a son, T
or a daughter, or other relative living si
in the same house with the head of the tl
family. It is not necessary that full tv
payment for the property should have nbeen
made or that the family should tt
be the sole owner. 1*
T* I 1 1 ?.k/,ll,. III
1'jVt'i y numr nut uhiicu, ruiici ? iiuhj or
in part, by the family living in it H
or by some member of that family
should be classed as rented, whether s<
rent is actually paid or not. All own- t<
ed homes which are not fully paid for, h
or upon which there is an incumbrance ti
in the form either of a mortgage or of ci
a iien upon which Judgment has been ci
had in a court, are to be reported as d
mortgaged.
The inquiry as to whether the per- P
son enumerated Is a survivor of the si
Union or Confederate army or navy, is vv
to be asked as to all males over 50 e<
years of age who were born in the di
United States and all foreign-born w
males who immigrated to this country ci
before 1865. 1c
The Inquiry as to blindness applies d
only when a person Is either totally or qi
partially blind In both eyes, so as to ai
be unable to read even with the help h
of glasses. Only persons who are both P
deaf and dumb are to be reported un- P
der the question "whether deaf and ci
dumb." The question concerning
school attendance any time since Sep- o1
tember 1, 1909, relates only to persons rc
jf school age, between 5 and 21 years ol
old. In case any person outside that bi
limit actually attended school, the fact c'
is to be noted on the schedule. ai
ir
GIRLS OUST TRAMP PRINTER. d
it
A Once Ubiquitous Derelict Now Finds
His Occupation Gone. ^
Girls have practically captured n
every country printing office under ^
the flag, says the Bookkeeper. There
are from four to six of them in every n
C(
office, with rare exceptions, from the
Atlantic to the Pacific.
Usually a meek foreman in clean
linen and polished shoes goes back
and forth to his work, but the girls '
set the type, read the proofs, make ^
up the forms, justify the columns,
run the presses, folders and jobbers
and mail the papers.
The only use they have for a man
about is to do the heavy lifting and ^
to see that the "ghost walks" at
11.30 sharp every Saturday morning
fin
?and then sometimes it is a woman
ei
who hands out the pay envelopes.
The invasion has been complete and
61
most satisfactory in nearly every
a
case.
vril ia au* liiut c j;i wtu^i aiiu uvpendable
as a general thing than men
as typesetters. The girls have taken
hold of the country printing offices
and raised them to a higher plane instead
of sinking to the harmonious c<
c<
level of the old regime.
It was a sad blow to the plcturesque
wanderer known as the tramp
printer the day that the girls cap- '
tured the country printing offices. ^
As a result his summer strolls from
village to village have been turned
into thorny paths.
This derelict was interesting in a
way?keen, alert, a gifted talker and ^
a ready entertainer, but he could not
C(
adjust himself to the new order of
r<
things, partlculurly to soap and tow- ^
els and the spinsterly persistence of ^
girls to sweep?and sadly passed out.
There is an unwritten law in
rc
every printing office that none of the
secrets which come Into its possession
shall pass its portals, and it has been ^
found that the girls who work there
can observe that law with reasonaIt
ble certainty. A business secret en- ?
tu
trusted to printing office girls is as ^
safe as it would be sunk to the bot- ,
torn of the ocean. They have been
tested hundreds of times and found ,
is
as secretive and safe as the most
grouchy old male typestieker on earth.
Girls generally are not of a mechanical
turn of mind, but occasionally
one graduates from the news matter ^
stool to the post of a first class display
advertising compositor. Others ^
can feed newspaper presses with as
much certainty and speed as any man,
while some others feed folders and
job presses very acceptably; In fact,
can do anything about a country ^
printing office there is to do except
lifting heavy forms. ,
Q
Wages in country printing offices
range from four to six dollars a ^
week for girls, while the wages of ^
men were from eight to twelve dol- ^
lars a week. That tells the reason
for the disappearance of the old time
male printer and the enthronement
of the nimble fingered girl in his
place. This proposition is still clearer
- - - sriri nt
vvnen n siuicru men mc o-??
will set as much type In a given time fe
us an average man. "?
Hut the sun is setting on the day
for the girl compositor. The type- "
setting machine is doing for her ^
what she did for the man. ?
, Y
1'"' To commemorate the organiza- Jrj
tion of the first modern foreign mis- k
sionary society, a tablet has been
placed in front of the house in Keftering,
England, where the first
meeting was held, 117 years ago. Of
THE NATIVES OF PANAMA.
, Mixture of Indian, Spanish and Negro?Manner
of Life.
These settlements are so typical of
ne side of Central American life
tat perhaps a word about them
ould not be amiss. As one aproaches
them from sea or land,
lere Is no evidence of human hablition
until the huts are right at
and. They are completely hidden
) the trees and surrounding vegetaon.
The houses are built on sand
unes above high tide, and each one
as appropriated a dune to Itself
Itnnnt nnnairloratlttn t\f nrrlpr r?r
^mmetry. In Narrancho there are
bout a dozen of these huts on ten
cres of land. You cannot see one
ut from the door of another though
le place Is regarded as a town and
as a sort of intendant. Of course,
tere are no streets; trails through
le grass and brush lead from one
welling to another, and the beach Is
te only common highway.
The huts are distinctly African in
le type of their architecture, though
le Inhabitants may be largely Indian
) blood. But one who has traveled
juch in the interior of Africa can
iisily see that the African type of culjre
of all sorts has prevailed over
te Indian, where as practically
/erywhere In Central America, there
as been a mingling of the two races,
he huts are generally square In
(tape, like those of my old friends,
le Bakuba and the Baschlllde. The
alls are of upright sticks, with as
lany cracks as sticks. The roof is
jade of palm leaves. Under the
aves is a loft in which the residents
eep, while below is the kitchen and
ving room.
There is a doorway, and rarely a
;cure door in It. But no one seems
) fear thieves here?it is the most
onest country I ever saw. I somemes
wonder how long this happy
ondition will last after the Amerian
influence has become entirely
omlnant.
In these houses are the usual
rimltive belongings of a rude and
mole DeoDle. One or more larsre
ooden mortars, in which is poundd
out the rice or corn; bag, heavy,
ouble-headed pestles, which give the
omen arms like a feminine Heriiles,
earthen water Jars, tin cans ga>re,
muzzle-loading shotguns, splenId
machetes, the one thing whose
uality Is above reproach; fishnets
ad lines, deer and alligator hides,
eron plumes and feathers, a few
lates, cups and other utensils; some
Ictures of the Madonna flanking the
garette girls, a bench or two and a
jugh table, wooden sandals, strings
ver the fireplace on which Jerked
teat is smoking, piles of the shells
f clams, oysters and crabs, and a
ox or two for the bright-colored
toths which come out for the fiestas
nd funerals?such are the furnlshigs,
with dogs, pigsr chickens and
ucks pottering about in the midst of
all.
Did anyone ever see a negro's
nmo ii-lthniit Hurts' Th? rln?M
longrel to the last degree; In a land
here deer hunting might be inulgod
in to the heart's content I have
ot yert seen a deerhound, and in a
>untry where cattle is the one reance
I have yet to find a collie,
arrancho also boasts a flock of
irkeys, but the guinea is conspicuous
y its absence.
The population is what was left by
le Spanish of the Indian, and what
as brought over of the negro and
hat was produced by the mix up of
II three. You can see the Indian in
le straight hair, the negro in the
tick lips and the Spaniard in the
julline nose. Sometimes it is all nero,
sometimes all Indian, hardly
/er all Spaniard.
The last do not live with the rest,
tcept by indirection. But the names
re all Castilfan enough?Santo Doilngo
Is the mayor, Eduardo the
lain boat-builder, Juan the heaviest
ppler, Frederlco an expert charcoal
urner, Catallna a lucky fisherman,
eorge, an English-speaking Jamaim,
who drifted into the old canal
)mpany's service and was never able
> get away, a mighty hunter. If
tey have any surnames I have not
sen able to discover them.
It is sometimes conceived that
tese people are degenerate desperaoes,
ripe for revolution, ready for
ny desperate deed. As a matter of
ict they are a docile, simple, inoffenve
class of men, and what evil they
o in times of riot and confusion
imes from Instigation of rum. The
volutions are the work of designig
and unscrupulous politicians and
lese lower classes are often more the
ictlms than the producers of the
volutions.
It is interesting to hear these peoa
toll/ oKmit faot that nniv sinre
le Americans are in evidence on the
thmus there are to be no more revoitions.
Whatever may be the attitde
of some of the wealthier mm in
ilombia, it is emphatically true that
Panama the bulk of the people are
lighted to have a government which
not likely to have to call them to
ms every few months.
Just above Xarrancho is a red hill,
l top of which are piles of stones
hich were the breastworks for the
?fense of the harbor in the last revotion.
There were several thousand
?ad of cattle on the adjoining haeiida
and the government troops ate
em all up. As the government then
as Colombia, and the revolution
hich succeeded came so quickly on
e heels of that which failed the
vner never has obtained any In mnitv.
This condition obtained all
fer Panama. The truth Is that It has
en the very docility and simplicity
these peon people which has led
the possibility of these frequent
>lltical disturbances.?S. P. Verner
New York Sun.
tv'The Shoshone Irrigation dam In
irthern Wyoming, which will be 310
et high, will be the highest masonry
im in the world.
M>" While Europe Is filling up the
nited States with Immigrants,
mericans are colonizing In Mexico,
f 600,000 acres acquired In the
aqul valley farmers from California
ive taken and settled upon 100,000
two years. South of Hermosillo
)0,000 acres are held by New York's.
Los Angeles people have a tract
' 110,000 acres near the gulf of
allfornla. In the district of Altar,
ansas City people have bought 1,(0,000
acres of grazing land.