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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1899-10-5, Page 7LONDOYS LORD MAY011 Re is the 'Virtual Dictator of the World's Greatest City. JURISDICTION EXTENDS ONLY OVER THE CITY PROPER. oaztaxes Ms Own Itudget and ia WIG dePertetent ok* Parliament, There is s dispositioa te regard the office of Lord Mayor of London, as shorn of much of its power end graudeur, and there are minty modern works of referenee which go to streugthen this conviction. Yet so Ioug as the City of London remains the practical centre a trade and of commerce of' the entire civilized world, anti a port that has greater commercial eounectioa. with every country or, the face of the globe than any other seaport, the Lord Mayor and the liverymen, to whom he owes his electiou, must remain personages of extreme importonce. Thus, for iustance, London may be de.seribed as the headqnmters of the international finance, and the London Stock Exeliange, which is within the city limits, 'witnesses daily larger trausaetioas than any other similar institution in existenee. Vim, no matt cart act as broker with- in the eity lthdts unless by the stem - tion a the Lora Mayor and Ids court of aldermeu. By statutes emoted in the reign of Xing Edward L, road confirmed by MOW tillbsectoeat sever- eigne, it is prohibited limier many pains and penalties that there should be any baolter doing busiuess in the city of Loudon except those OWOVa by the Lord Mayor awl aldermen, a list of whom, is inaig up each year in the Guildhall aud at the Royal Ex - ()Image, Auother prerogative of the Lord Mayor nod o tue Corporation a those 050 acres that conatitate the ate cleat City of Loralou, whioh was in existence already fifty years before the birth of Christ, it; the sole right of establiehing limiters withiu seveu utiles of its limits, not merely Stuith- field aud Billingsgate, but even the ,greet foreign tattle market at Dept- foad, bei ag owned by the manici- p al i ty, not for on.e moment compare with that of the Lord Mayor. For he, as well as the County Ormacil, is subject to all sorts of legislative restraints and control, whereas the Lord Mayor and corporation. by virtue of the. eller - ter first grouted to them by King dblin aud extended. by Ins successors 011 the and by agricultural writers and others HOW TO MAKE A COUNTRY HOME ATTRACTIVE. flr Jame Tollon, WalUerton. Ont.,Restd Refere the Ontario Fanners' Institute, loor some years past there has been a mat deal said upon the platform throne, are absolutely independent of About the teudeuey oa those bora and reared epee farms to leave them for town and city life. Now I am not one of these Who would try, by any means, to prevent Altogether, this movement a the yeang people from the forma to the towns and cities. For is it not o notable fact, that mealy ef the 71dost eminent statesmen, some of the brightest lights in the profes- sions, and. many that hove eaeceeded best in other *elks in life, have been born and reared upon the farm. I be- lieve in most cases it is better for the young person :starting oat in life, to follow his or her OWn taste and ineiia maims, so long as they are hottest mid henorable. It is a araentable fact, however, .that inauy • young people Parliantent within their oity Very important Person:age, Freon this it -will be seen that the Lora Mayor of London is 'still, ifl. spite of all reports to the contrary, a very important personage, and huts- unaeli as lie is indebted for his nomin- ation to the -city guilds,. to which he invariably. belongs, membership of these eoxapanies may be said to awry with them not only pecuniary advan- tage, but also a cousiderable amount a powe r and infteenee. tisit War Office Heal -IMO* moustaches - Fashion, that ackle goddess, would seem to hold sway over the action of our brave defenders, if any import , - ants is te be attached to the lament of the secretary tor Was, who, in have left the term 'where they could a circular just issued by bliu to gen, have earned. for themselves comfort- eral officers ORding able and honorable homes, to be serely' MIllansays: "It has beeu noticed that a pres disappointed, if not something worse, dealia"t fashion exists in your rege, I itt V. town or city. If there has been melt for young cocas to bare the au undue rao-vemeat by the young upper lip. This. is much to he regret- frcnn 11.1° tam' in InS nliiniQn' tho ted.** fault has largely been with the farm, So be concludes by requestingthat• .,7s; we 14"°,.fflilea to !°,,a1W those in authority ifwile take such names as attractive as we nugsie nave steps as they ueeessery to eu, dope. It is true that in the past, sure that the provisitme of the I 'when eleerleg the forest from our Queen's regulations be atteaded to." I faans and trying to make homes for Now this is very interestiag, for i elluelves and femiliee3 we had but Con trol Iv r the Port. It IS to the Lord Mayor also that belongs the eontrol of the iort of London, and amoug his lesser known titles is that of Admired of the Port of London. He is also ex -officio a general of militiaa couservator of the Thames', a jutige in eivil and criminal eases, a, eoutroiler of weights end measures within the city limits, ta master of the city pack of fox- hounds, and a member of the Queim's Privy Connell. Morover, eover over sinee the reign of the Crusader King, Itiole- ard L, the Lora blayor of Loudon has enjoyed the prerogative of °Minting as chief butler at the coronation, ban - neat, the object of the privilege thus conceded being to place him on the same level of rank as tlaose dukes and other peers of the realm who consider it an honor to act as carver, oup bear- er, etc., on such. occasions. A Budget or It Own. The Lord Mayor has his own budg- et, his own civil list, his official resi- donee at the Mansion House, his chap- lain, his gaole, his assize court and his private hangman He has an. official salary of $50,000 a year, be- sides his allowances amountng to as reach more, but is obliged to spend at least double of what he receives dur- Ittg his termof office. The latter lasts foe twelve months, and through that period he is addressed as "My Lord" and his wife as "My Lady." If the sovereign wishes to pass the baand- tries of the city, or if the Secretary of State for War wishes to send half a dozen. 'nee. and corporal througb. Fleet street, they must in each, case et& the permission of this virtual dic- tator of the greatest city in the world. It is no exaggeration to describe iihim as dictator. For the amount of absolute power vested in the Lord Mayor and iv. the corporation is simp- ly incredible. No government func- tionary can control them, nor can their notions in any way be question- ed by the State. They administer ipublic funds, dispose of all communal property, exercise justice, and apply end even make laws. They, possess the power of modifying the State re- gulations and laws as far as they con - tern the city without reference to 3Par1iament. If it should please the Lord. Mayor and his Council to decree that no one should pass the Bank of England (which, by the by, is sub- ject to their jurisdiction) without taking his hat off, or enter the Stock "Exchange except arrayed. 113. knee *breeches, no power on earth would &aye the right to gainsay the order. Small Area oi Jurisdiction.. It moist be thoroughly tuaderstood that the power of the Lord Mayor and ,of the corporation is limited to the ew hundred acres which compriee the "Itectuel city, an.d, save for the market, the river and certain prisons, does Int extend to the 122 square miles, Inhabited by more than 5,000,000' people that constitnte the balance of London. The latteris governed according to entirely modern methods by a County Council of 138 naerabers sleeted by the ratepayers. This form 4:a government has been in operation ,only ten years, and its president or ,ehairmau is a Mr. McKinnon Wood, ,of -whom. few persons outside of Lon- don ever hear anything, and whose soface in prestige and importance does asw1Ube imagined, the department little time OP money to spend poem. - does not iestie a solemn warning like this without good reason. The prob- lem that now preseuts itself to us is whether the moustache has bad its day or not, in the army, at any rate, and whether, as some writers aver, the cycle of events that effaces other things is again, in its rotary motion, but repeating history where whiskers are concerned. Just a century ORO in Val our regie ments powdered heir and pigtails pre- dominated, and a clean shaven face was the order of the day. With, the Peuinsular War cmue whiskers, and, with the Crimean War the beard, our officers and men paying a graceful compliment to their Russian pioneers by einulaitng their heavy moustaehes and. trim -kept borodas. Since that epoch in history whiskers in one form or another have been the fash- ion ie. our army. In fact, there has been on choice in the matteer, for the Code of Regulations stipulates that "all officers above the rank of lieuten- ant shall cultivate and wear a mous- tache." For forty years or more no one has thought it worth while to dispute this order, althougb it must be confessed many a young subaltern on first joining his regiment has found it a difficult matter to discover, with the aid of a magnifying glass, any signs whatever of the desired hir- sute apendage he was expected. to "�ultivate and wear." And now the moustache is "going out," after a long innings of forty years, and circulars and regulations can only delay the change, they can- not avert it, for fashion deerees that it shall be so. The general change, when it comes, will be a hard one to get reconciled to, for some people think a moustache becomes and seems neeessary to a military man. A regi- ment of smooth faced men marching through the streets, will, at first, no doubt, seem not quite th.e thing, and "passing strange," but like other in- novations it will be a nine -days' won- der and then be thought no more of, except, perhaps, by the nursemaids and other feminine admirers of Thomas Atkins, who will, donbtless, sigh for the time when the osculatory due was rendered with a moustache accompaniment. THE CHILDREN ON SUNDAY. Their Diversions Should All De in Har- mony Wi th I he Spirit of the Day. "Children carmot keep still long at a time, and. a. quiet drive in the coun- try, a walk through fields or woods, a stroll through orchard or garden, are all in harmony with the spirit of the day," writes Emily D. Striebert, of "With the Children. on Sunday," in the August Ladies' Home Journal. "There is no better day than Sunday in which to think kindly and lovingly of others. Let the children gather flowers for some olcl lady, autumn leaves for a sick friend, n.nts for a playmate, or a collection of leaves of different sorts to surprise papa with their botanical knowledge. On the same principle let them work for chil- dren's hospitals and asylums, for mis- sion schools arid missionary boxes. Let them make scrap books, cut out pictures and stories and arrange them in envelopes or boxes. Hallow all these pastimes with loving thoughts of the dear father in. Heaven, Who wants us to be kind to His other chit- dren who are poor, sick and neglect- ed. One of the best of influences over children comes with loving care for plants aad animals; therefore I should let them water gaxden beds and house plants, trim up the canary's cage, make a warm, soft bed for the kitten, and feed the rabbits and chickens. Let children make Sunday visits to the old, the sick and the poor. Let them write or dictate letters to gra,ndma or auntie, to some shut-in friend or old nurse. Music is always a delight on Sunday afternoon, aud should never be left out of the program." The End. Ho—You can't expect me to be pleasant all the time. She --Oh, rio, the very best I can enli do is hope that you will be simply perhaps animals whieh they ean their own. which they can sell if they Sixclax's mastetly activity. agreeable sometimes. ing those thiugs that go a great way to make our homes attractive. Bat )20W that time is in a large measure past. In treating of this =hied it may be said there are three cardinal principles laid dowu by which the home luoy be made attractive and. they are these: Health, kappiness end profit. I would. not say that only in rural life can we have good health, bat 1 will say that in the coantry, with its pure fresh air and with other require - Monts that are necessary for that pur- pose, we are more likely to enjoy good health than. in a crowded town or city, No -matter how much money or property we rimy be possessed *f— ond we may be surrounded by our families and acquaintances—if we do not enjoy good health, nor live in a pleasant and attractive home, we will not eujoy happiness. The farmer is not farming., no more than the profes- Skala =all is practicing his profes- sion for the fun of it, but in order that he may hove a. home for himself and those he /eves, and. that he may bo suotounded with the 13.00OSSilXiOS as well as some of the luxuries of ; and. that he may lay something by in. the event of a rainy day or declining years. In order to attain those things it is obsoletely necessary that on our farms we should have sabstantial and attradve buildings, well cultivated and well fenced fields and generally make our homes attraetive. Now one of the first things to be noted is that the farm -should be fenced off into square or reotangulaa fields, of such uniform size as will best suit the boundaries of the farm, and the system of farming we may adopt. The fences shoeld be built in a workmanlike moonier, and of the most durable material our airman, - stances will permit. Then the farm buildings should be built not only to be as durable and tonvenient as pos- sible, but of neat and. architectural design. .A. farm with convenient and neat buildings, with well cultivated fields of appropriate size, nicely fenced, is not only more attractive, but is more valuable. If from any circumstance, it should be desired to be sold, it will realize $5 to $10 per acre more than if the buildings are of no partictiler design, the fields of no particular shape, fences built in a care- less way, and the cultivation done in a slovenly manner. Then again, the farm should not only have some fruit trees but ornamental trees should be planted in suitable places. In the Good Book it is -written, that after God created man, he planted a garden for man, and out of the ground He caused to grow, every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food. .A. thing of beauty is a joy for- ever; I think a good fruit tree oomes very near to this. What can surpass or equal the beauty and fragrance of an apple tree in bloom, or what can equal the joy of seeing it hanging with golden fruit. There should be flowers as well as trees. Does not the city gentleman, as soon as he has a house and grounds, no matter how small the grounds, in laying out those grounds reserve a portion for a flower garden. The trees, flowers and grounds are mainly what make attrac- tiveness of the city residences, and they are also the means of making the home in the country attractve. Means should also be taken to make the inside of the house attractive. It should not be looked upon. as only a place for housework, to eat our raeals and sleep in, and if a little amuse- ment is wanted, to look for it else- where. The walls should be adorned with so3ne pictures and, the windows vvith a few house plants. Some music should be provided, it need not neces- sarily be an expensive piano, above all, some instractive and entertaining literature Should be on the tables, among these should be at least one agricultural periodical. If the boys and girls upon the farm awe fdlowed to have some things or choose, being allowed to speed the proceeds as they choose, it will be the means of creating an interest in the work of the farm. In conclasion, another important matter in imbeoing the boys and girls to stay en the farm and in malting their homes more at- tractive to them, is not to make the work on the farm a drudgery, but along with work to allow some time Lan amusement. All work and no play makes 'lack, a. dull boy, it is said. Teach them to have an aim aad eliject in life that is uplifting, and to excel itt their avocation, auil eet them the example of having respect not enly for themselves, but for We on the Lan. If farmers generally were to pay more atteotiou ro what are gen- erally called little tblugs and •en- deavor to make their homes more at- tractive along the lima indicated, fewer of the young folks would wait to leave the farm for the towa or city. QUEEN VICTORIA AS A HOUSE- KEEPER. glad iiu Haaeling Mistress and a Themritiful Hostess. The sound business capacity and marvelloue memory for details whiela serve Queen Victoria so well in her greater office of sovereiga de not fail to render her sueeessful also itt her lesser one of housekeeper, She is the mistress of palaces, eastles owl comely houses, awl, although the actual daily housekeepiag is, of ourse, done by deputy, the royal head of the establishment POOdaillti ever in a Very Teat" sewn the mistress, Site perceive:3 immediately anything amiss, mai perceives also the remedy. She is a. kind but elso an exacting mistress, and as be pays well, and never fails to eousider a reasonable excuse, she quite properly demands good serviee and tolerates 320 jug. A recent little volcone upon her private life relates several entertain, iug household anecdotes of the royal lady's ways. She has, it seems, a dislike of cold meat, which site never eats, but etiquette demands that at lonelaeons a side table shall stand ready, provided with cold fowl and a coid joint, no matter what daintier hot food the dialog table may offer. Like every good housekeeper, the Queen knows and reraembers her valuable household possessions, and. is truly aware of their individual merit aaid the places where they ought to be kept. She does not know them all, for they number thousands, bat hundreds of them sho does know, and elaborate eatalogues are kept of the rest—furniture, bric-a-brac, china, glass, silver, draperies aud other fur- nishings—by her order, and in large leather bound books provided in ae- cordence with her ideas. Cully a small proportion of her many hundred articles for table service are actually in ordinary use, and she is in the habit of using but three of ber many service plates and china at Windsor Castle. But once, after a taut with the Ger- Man Ambassador, who was visiting her, the members of the Queen's household were surprised on coming to the table to behold strange china set before them, each plate adorned with landscape paintings. It soon appaxed that, the Ambassa- dor having mentioned in the morning that his birthplace was Furstenberg, the Queen. had recalled. to mind a ser- vice of china never used, and for nine years put away and forgotten. by everyone but herself, which had. been manufactured there, and was decorat- ed with painted scenes of the town and vicinity. She knew exactly where it was, and how it looked, and by her order it had been produced and used at dinner —surely a very pretty attention from a royal hostess, as well as something of a feat of memory in a royal house- keeper. toilf LADY. Crest clouds that Host *boys, Awl o'er the still sky move, A-vrbispering of lere— Te are not ban rio white As the dear lady a ray heart's delight. ;Ales that chastely blow, Though fairer ye muld grow: With ber sweet soul of snow, Hope ye not to eompere, For abe beyond your best desire *fair. 0 shower oi white nmonlighti That glimmerA through the night .,&-tnaking ocean brightl Moe radiant is the beam • lady sheds upon We's darkened strew, Snowflakes that softly WI. .1eNelling kindly all Earth's bareness with pure pia With her ye may not vie wes= Gut bath embodied chastity. --E. 0. in $t. Paurs. 44114114**************404**** • Spoiled by Office. ale Kept Up the Dignity a Sheriff, but Got Into Petit. la****44*****************44 "UY Wire. slie don't think I'd orter be a sheriff." Hearing the iiufamillar, high pito- eel. piping voice, Mrs. Charles peered tbrough the pauels of the Japanese men that conceated ben desk find emir In the bay window alcove of her busbaud's oinee and saw a tail. lean. sunburned Towle; man, with oue brawny sboubler braced awkwardly tag:Oust the eosin of tbe outer door as he assued down ill awestruek admira- tion at the lawyer wliose Pen was rap. idly Oleg In the variceie emints of =plaint In a. writ. Ilow is thatr "She says Vd better stick to fame in. She says I obeli lose more in the loUg rur thau 1 sball Wise, bet any- body hadn't always orter be on the sroutert, sii;e1, they? Awl there bas to be "Certainly, elle the vitisons of it couuty should cheerfully serve tbel tura In Minn; the offices prescribed by law. There should he no vulgar Seirahl. hie far oilice nor a, ehirlsiag of respeusl- billty." "Jes' so. 1 MUSt remember that to ell alari. It may recOucile ben to bv- itt me goue some er the time." "Your legitimate duties will not ot. n take you from the farm, and I fan- cy you are too well settled to be led astray by bad conapauy or to go idling about to znagnify your office." "Waal, I guess not. I've allus stuck ter hum pretty close, and 1 don't know as I shell like sherltfiu at WI. You'll bee ter tell me what ter do. 1 dou't know tbat lettle stump tall dog over theeole.:anoomore bow to serve a writ .” The little animal, recognizing the word dog, wagged Ids abort toil, and the young farmer, laughing T. little, gave bis attention as the man of law unfolded the document, explained it and gave explicit directions to the new- ly made officer. "Who is lie?" carae from a voice in the alcove as soon as the door was closed. "Stepben Staples," was the, reply. 'You know his farm, over in Staples' hollow." "Where we called for a drink of milk once when we were driving? His wife Is one if the old fashioned homespun kind, a staple of tbe community, you told her that day, and her voice sounds like distant thunder." "Jes' so," laughed Squire Charles in comical imitation of his client, and tbe matter was dropped for that time. At intervals tue sheriff came to the office or the lawyer mentioned seeing him here and there. "Steve Staples can't be doing mucb farming," he would say. "I am afraid a poor sheriff is spoiling a. good farm- er." "Staples has a new suit. I hardly knew him when I met him in the city today. He evidently enjoys his little journeys in the world." Next it was, "Staples is wearing tan colored shoes," and later at court time: "Staples is sporting a high hat and s cane. He strikes an attitude like 'Judge Coleman, and the uninitiated might take hire for a member of the legal profession." "I wonder what his wife thinks of It?" remarked Mrs. Charles. The question was answered by that good wonsan in person several months Gordon Memorial Chapel. In a summary of present conditions in the Soudan, the London Chronicle says: The Gordon Memorial College is, as regards its buildings, making progress close by the site on which Gordon was killed, and the touching expiatory service was held just fifty-two weeks ago. Then the union flag went tip just half a second before the Egyptian flag on the ruins, and that symbolizes what has been done. Great Britain is leading and Egypt is following. But the, heads of the tribes along the two Niles are awakening already to the value of them, to their descendants, and their people, of the new school which the new century will see at work itt its earliest days, and they are still more asvakoning to the value of the rail- way which is so rapidly approaching the ferry at Khartoum—for, of course to Khartoum, itself will not be car- ried for many a year. The opening of the foreign -made bridge across the impetuous and fickle rising Atbara, whose premature flood this year has produced a low Nile, by rmining off before the upper waters joined it, coismided almost exactly with the date of the departure of the white troops last year from the abominable camp at the mouth ,and such aix exhi- bition. of energy has, by all accounts, had an excellent effect for hundreds of miles among the natives. We are told the first of the new year will see train's ranniag to tho beak of the Blue Nile, opposite :Khartoum, and a few months MOTO will witness the traffic being carried on with handsome stool eaxs; for again the manufacturers have not been able to keep up with there has seemed to be It good MIMI things to cail me away from home." "He nmee up erraIiter put In Olt wife in her low, heavy yoice. "Weal, 1 didn't ge no more than the other fellers I was getting acqualotest with all rouutlabout, 1 dide't water be different from theta." • "You'd always beea different freelt 'em in the way tbat you had owee4 your farm aP had Money Ill the batik an staid ter bum an tedudeel your own business while they was eelivin ea their wits or their credtt." "Well, I tkeveree bed toy nine, *37011 Might say, an witen I went a-sheriilla I gat acquainted, an there ain't ne gittin away from it, I did buy new clothes an a new hat an a uew boas aa buggy an all the axin's." "The ftin's was a gala watcb cbain au a gold ring, jest as true ae. you live, an kid gloves—drivin glove* be called 'ens—an he driv' 31 'em doubt, fur he rid au he rid, carryin there fellers be bed got In with arounas He Went off with 'ens to a politica con- ventien a year ago an. left the bay ea down. A rain blew up --1 teed blue felt iti My boues thet 'twee COP341-414 it raine& au le rained, an when he got home the bay was spited. Ile got it in, but 'twas musty, an the critter* wouldul eat it, aU CUM winter be bed ter lay hay. Ile was as ashamed he wouldn't buy it around Inuls, far never before since tbe Lord set 'on apart ine to families did a. Staples ever buy hay. So he drove 12 miles to the city am got baled hay awl brought it WOW in ther uight au hid it In the haymow an fed it out to the cows in the barn, Weal, come spring there Was duentn letters comin le every day, for not on. ly hed he spent all Ite had laid by in the bank, but he'd got trusted be- sides. After awhile a city mau he owed for his black beetle winged tail- coat au his higb silk eat come dawdle en said he'd take tip With tt VOW for farally Use, au what did he do but nlf Da Sell 1.11111 Betty. the best eow in ebe bare: I tell - you, that struck me enuultY, but I didn't say notbiu or not so very much." "Didn't say very muck'?" ecboed poor Staples. bracing Ws elioulder anew. " 'Twan't potter( but kereher- lit, Itersberlfe kersberlif. from morels* till Meat." "Waal, you clime near being ker- sheriffed yourself when that man caul* after you that &Iv' oil Bet to pay for a buzz beetle tailed Mt, razor toed yeller Shoes, a cane an a plug hat. Why, be even had his 'linen; he called It, done up at a laundry:" "He did, make rapid. progress," laugh- ed the lawyer. "Progress: I tbougbt so when them men came an said Bet bad got tteber- co-lo•sis. I said I didn't kuow wbat kind of tubers they had been givisi her. She hadn't had nothla on the farm but potatoes an earrots, an they agreed with her well enougb. Thee he said we must have the herd inocu- lated, an I said we'd an been vaccinat- ed, au I guessed that would do for the cows an all. So we jawed till Staple* dressed up an hitebed up an drove off with them. Day an night he was eons for two or three weeks, an I thought I should bev a -went crazy. Farm work sufferin, old Betty a-dyin, an I said sbe should be brought home. So they load- ed her on to a drag an brought her back one night an put her on some clean straw in tbe sheep shed, xo the other critters shouldn't ketcb it. "I went out to see her an didn't be- lieve in any of their newfangled talk. 'She's pizened or else she's a -swallow- ed something,' I said, an tbey kept up their talk about prosecutin us for sell-, in a cow that hadn't been tested, an I said we'd been a-testin her milk an cream for years, but all tbe talk didn't save the cow. She died. "Then I set up that she should be cut open, an one 0' them men said, as pompous as a big dictionary: 'Very well. We'll have a post mortera exam- ination, my good woman.' I said I didn't feel jest then as if 1 was any- body's very good woman, but I wanted that cow cut open, post mortem or rail mortem, it didn't matter to me. She never was unruly. An one of the men said, kinder laughln, 'We will pro- ceed with the autopsy,' an I said I didn't care what kind of a Topsy they proceeded with, she was black enough to be a Topsy or a Dinah. 1 knew what they meant, but 1 didn't mean to let them know it. So they went on with the examination, an what do you think they found but a piece of Ca- nadian wire a foot long. That poor later. She came into the fi old critter, starvin on baled hay, had ofce with her husband early one midsummer chanked down an swallowed that wire, an it had tangled around an punched morning. They both looked neat and businesslike in gingham and denim, but it was Staples who piped excusing- ly: "Come in a hurry; didn't fix up." "The clothes he wore before he took up sheritlin are good enough to wear when he rides with me," said his wife in 10w, heavy ground tones. "They are as good as he can afford, and, best of all, they are paid for. The things he bad to mortgage the farm to buy I don't take no stock in myself -1 don't." "Has it come to that?" asked &mire Charles in surprise. "Jes' so," piped Staples. "I'll tell you how 'twas. We've come to get the papers made." "Who are you going to mortgage it to?" asked the lawyer to gain time, for he would not for the world have had his wife miss hearing the story. "Oh, Mrs. Staples here—she's got money!" "Yes. I've got money, but he won't git it to sheriff around on unless I have security." "That is WI proper," said the Man of law. "Oh, here's my wife! You'd be pleased to meet Mrs. Staples again, ray dear. Now let us hear ebout these per- plexities." "Waal, 'twas this way," said tbe farmer, who had left his chair *and braced his shoulder against the door frame in the. old way, where he could look down upon the desk. t "4.11 alo4 through her internal macbinery tryin to digest itself till it had twisted poor old Betty's heart all up so it couldn't beat no longer." "Well, then they cannot prosecute you for keeping an infected herd?" "No, but the Society FO3' the Preven- tion of Cruelty to Animals might for keepiti milk cows en copper wire. But now they tbreaten to prosecute for damages and veterinaries an experts an so on. So now if you will make the papers givin me a deed of the farm I'll give him money to pay up an settle up all these ker sheriffin bills, but this has got to end it." "But your sheriff fees," said the law- yer. "Will they not help to partly pay expenses?" "Fees!" echoed the woman conteinp- tuously, and the man added humbly as the lawyer took up his pen: "I never have had but one case— that writ yet instructed me about, you know; and I hain't never got no pay for sarvin that, but there can't nobody say I hain't dressed up an lived up to the dignity of the office." "That little stub tailed dog is doin the same," growled the woman; "he's get a ribbon tied round bis neck." And her anditorS laughed unlit the little clog barked 111 sympathy and Ste - pima Sin pl es pi ped Tes so Jt,s see' --Springfield (Mass.) Republican.