HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1900-8-16, Page 2"THEY SAY."
Have you heard of tile teritble arnily, They,"
And the dreadful venomous th1le4,s they bay?
'Why, half the gossip muler the sun,
11 you triteQ it hook, ):911 wtU find uxo
la that wretched Louse of "They "
numerous family, so 1 ani told,
And its genealogical troo is old;
Vet' ever Since Adam anal Eve began
To build up th ur1nos rgee of wan
Iles existed the house of "They."
Oossip mon„,gers and spreaders of lies,
Horrid people whom all despise!
And yet the best of us now and then
Repeat queer tales about women and meg
And quote the house of "They."
They live like lords and never labor.
"They's" one task is to watch his neighbor
And tell his business and private affairs.
To the world at large they are sowers of tares-.
Those folks in the house of "They."
It le wholly useless to follow a "They"
With a whip or a gun, for he slips away
And into his house, where you cannot go,
It is locked and bolted and guarded so --
This horrible house of
Though you cannot get in, yet they get out
And spread their villainous tales about.
Of all the rascals under the sun
Who have come to punishment never one
Belongs to the house of "They."
--Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
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Well, as I was saying, this Is the
way it came about: I was a young
thing then, just turned 1S. Your grand-
father had been my playmate, hero
and protector from the time that I was
old enough to go to school. I had nev-
er thought of marrying any one but
him, and so when he asked me to be
his wife, why, of course, I said "Yes."
Well, it was in the spring of 1775
that we were to be planted. Mother
and I spent the winter getting my
things made up, and I bad as fine an
outfit as a girl could possibly have in
those days. The day set for the wed-
ding was the 19th of April—yes, the
very day on which the battle of Lex-
ington occurred, as I have iood reason
to remember...
Those were anxious days for us. I
remember how serious my father and
brothers used to look as they discussed
the events which were then taking
place. Their only conversation was
about rights, stamps and taxes.
troops to deata0Y the supplies which
Inive been etored at Concord. if the
report is true, there will be resistance,
and if it comes to that it will be very
serious bust/less for us."
a.Ey mother kept her fears to herself
and did lier best to make me feel that
It would. come out all right, but these
hours were the most anxions I ever
spent. So V.11.01101 the day we watch-
ed and waited for news.
The first news that came to u$ from
the fight at Lexingtorf and the other
doings of that day arrived about 6
o'clock- in the afternoon, when some
minutemen from another town stopped
at the tavern on their way home. They
told the story of the day to the little
crowd of anxious women who eagerly
questioned them for news of some dear
one.
My father would not let me go down
to the tavern, but went down himself
and brought us the news. I can see
him now hurrying along the road.
"Something unusual has happened,
Mary!" exclaimed my mother.. "I nev-
er saw your father look so excited."
I hastened down the path to meet
him.
"Bad news, ray child; bad news!" he
exclaimed. "There has been an en-
counter with the king's troops." And
then, reading the question in my eyes,
he continued, "But they brought no
news of our men."
The hour set for the wedding was 8
o'clock, but it began to look as if there
would be no wedding, for it was now
after 7 o'clock, and none of our men
had returned home.
alother and I at in silence in the
kitchen while father walked back and
forth in the room above.
At last we heard steps outside, and
then my brother Arthur, who was
aniong the first to reach. home, stagger-
ed into the room. I sprang up and ran
to him. He sank into the nearest
chair, and his 'gun fell to the floor with
a thud. Arthur was only a boy of 15,
you must remember, and the day had
been a terrible one.
When he had recovered a little, my
father spoke. "What news do you
briug, nay son?" he asked.
Now, I had felt from the first that
he had brought bad news, and by the
way he hesitated and glanced from fa-
ther to me and still did not speak I
felt sure of it. So I put my worst fears
Into words.
"Arthur," I said, "is it Henry?"
"Listen," he said, speaking rapidly.
"The king's troops were in full retreat
When the towns began to raise "min- when we reached the road. We did
utemen," why, of course, we raised a not keep with our companies but each
company in our town, and your grand-
father and my brothers were members
of it. We girls could not stand guard,
of course, so in order to show our pa-
triotism we all signed it paper in which
-.we agreed not to have anything to do
with the men of the town who refused
to join the company.
The 19th of April was a beautiful
day, though a warm one for tbe sea-
son. We were all up early that morn-
ing, for there was a great deal to be
done. It was about 9 o'clock in the
forenoon when my mother, who had
been looking over some linen, suddenly
raised her head, exclaiming as she did
so, "Why, Mary, was that the meeting
house bell?"
"What can it mean?" I cried, and,
running to the window, I caught sight
of our neighbor's sons, Joe and John
Eaton, running down the road with
their guns. Across the way Harry
Wright was plowing the field. The
boys called out to him as they passed,
and, without stopping to unhitch the
horse, be seized his gun and was off
across the fields.
"It is an alarm, mother!" I cried.
"The boys are down by the brook,"
she said. "The sound will not reach
them. Run and tell them!"
Without delay I hurried to the kitch-
en, and, seizing the horn, I ran out of
the house and started for the brook,
which was some distance from the
house. I blew a blast on the horn as I
ran, and as the boys caught sight of
me I pointed toward the road, where
several men could be seen running
with their guns. The boys understood,
and, waving their hands to me, they
were oft across the field to the road.
"What do you suppose the matter
Is?" asked mother when I returned to
the house.
"I do not know," was my reply, "but
I am going to find out." And I ran out
of the house and took a short cut across
the fields to the meeting house, which
was to be the gathering place if the
alarm should ever be sounded. I, for
one, had never expected to bear any
alarna, for at home we hoped for a
peaceful settlement of the difficulties.
But when I reached the church and
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one found shelter as he was able be- The other day I had four glimpses, at
bind trees, walls or fences. I met Hen- five seconds a glimpse, of some
. „— e newhate
which weresjust here from Paris, and
ry as I was crossing a field, and we
they ,are supposed to be the models on
took shelter together and awaited the
which all the other hats for early fall are
coming of the troops. We had just got
to be made. And it seems to me well
settled when Henry caught sight of a surely
eel? a few came, for more would
flanking party coming rigbt down on
us. He called to the men near us to haveyhadavlearsennhk beforethoseare as
hats
ship. For if we
run for their lives, and at the same the sierras begsideaa holeinfiti.eouV.
One hat was of velvet nas the
time we both jumped the wall and ran
The crown was of panne, both if a 201'
for a housewhichstoodan in the field
gray. Over this was a drapery of poppy'
red malines so much of it, and what
just opposite. I reached the opposite
wall in safety and turned round to look there was 'drawn so closely that one
for Henry, but be was not with me.
At that moment the troops came round
a sudden turn in the road and sent
some shots in our direction. At the and around so that it formed a turban
risk of being shot at I stood Up and shape, and curled around this was one
long black plume studded with black
looked across the road. He must have
spangles.
been hit by tbe flanking party, for he Another had the crown made in a bell
lay just by the wall." • • •
shape, and the material of which it was
"Are you sure it was he?" asked fa- made was braided felt in three shades of
ther. ' gray. The crown was made too large fea
"Yes; I knew him by the green on its space, and that gathered it into a very
his powderhorn," replied my brother. irregular shape, and it was twisted iuto
any number' of dents and waves. For
"You staid by and looked after him?"
trimming there was a long roll of faint
asked father. t
"I tried to, sir, but tbe troops came blummalines, and this encircled two long
eagle's in natural color and held
down on us, and we were obliged to them in place along the edge of the br tu
move on. I went back to the place as On the left side under the brim there'
soon as I could, but I must have mis- were t'wo close rosettes of the blue ma -
taken the spot,, for I could not find lines. This is intended for a young lady
him," and is worn without strings. I mention
this because so many hats, as well as bon-
nets, will be worn with strings.
as if I had just awakened from a bad Turbans will be among the new
inilli-
dream. 1 did not fully realize what nery, and they are generally very becom-
had happened, for it seemed inapossi- ing. There was one of brown miroir with
ble. several shades of light browns shading
',Here are some people, Mary," said into the yellows, and directly in front
mother. "You would better go up to there was a yellow velvet tiger lily as
large as life. All the material was twist -
your' room and lie down."
ed around so as to give a turban as large
I did as 1 was told. There on the
as that commonly supposed to have been
bed lay my wedding gbwn. I could not worn by Sultan Amurath, and we all
bear to look at it, and, picking it up, I know that was so large that his head was
placed it in the -large chest in which' 1 t it.
my linen was packed and pulled down
the lid; then I threw myself on the bed,
and tears came to my relief. So I lay
there thinkiug over the events of the
dny, fey wedding day that was to have
been. How different from what 1 bad
anticipated!
could scarcely unagme that it was the
finest and most diaphanous of all the
laces. This malines was draped around
Another novel shape had a large Alsa-
tian bow made of white lace over a lin-
ing of white taffeta, and in the center of
it there was a handsome strass ornament,
and, rising above this, was a high crown
of red velvet, real red red, without any
palliation in shading. One small black
ostrich plume curled over the top. The
Suddenly 1 beard the sound of a whole was set to one side, and under the
horse's feet coming up the road -at a fu- brim there was a double draped bow of
rious pace. 1 sat up and listened, red velvet. The principal novelty in thie
"Somebody is riding on an important was the bow, being worn set up to one
saw the whole town gathered on the errand," I said to myself. Nearer and side, -whereas all other Alsatian bows are
ded to be worn fiat. Worn sidewise
t
, i
nearer came tbe sound, and the ridernen
green the men's stern air and the WO-.
n this way it gives the wearer an ap-
men's pale faces frightened me, and I I wheeeer he was, drew rein at our door. i
pearance of ' being oblivious to thea fact
began to fear that sometbing serious Then there were ' '
a murmur of voices • •
, that her bat is not on straight
was the matter. ' 1 - e • e ' ' ' —
"1—hat Is , It? Wbere are they go- t and tl3en my mother's voice calling to other stylish hat, ami tide has three fine
and an opentne and sbuttire, of doors Black velvet is also used to make a.ii-
Ing?" I asked. And as I spoke the wen me: "Alarm, Mary; chine, come down! black ostrich plumes set on the front
crane hurrying ont of the meeting Henry is here, tge,s eeme,e , like the Prince of Wales' motto. The
house where they bad heard a few! Scarcely believing that I heard aright, only bit of color OD this was a baneh a
words from.Parson Smith, and, moullt- 1- I got up end ran down stairs and into pale coral pink crepe de chine cuddled
ing their horses, rode off as fast aa the kitchen, and there bedown under the left side of the brim. Ifore me, his often wonder why it is that all these
they could go. I looked for your grand- ' face pale as death, with a blood stain- fancy arrangements of trimming are set
father, but be was not there. Catch- ed bandage bound about his forehead, under the left side and the brim is al-
ine- sight of my father, I ran to him. stood yourgrandf.ather. most- always turned up on that side and
"Have you seen I-Ienry?" (that's your , "Mersin he cried, holding out his never the right.
grandfather) I asked. , l 13anda to me, "I am in time! The clock The contrasts in hats are marked and
"lienry was at the tavern when the hae not earner; yen", not always by 'a sense of fitnes,
s but it
messenger rode through bore," seplied i Then Parson 'Elder, who had come seems as if we are to be treated to every
my father, "and, as be antel his horse over to bear the netvs from Arthur, ikhlielsdetliflas.11,10" beocaelidee8etiYel,ea er,v)ci:eseeeel/lahaanedeenalli.
with him, he rode away withoet wait-
ing for the company tei assemble.,"
You may ima,gine my feelings as I
turned to go home. This eves my wed-
ding day, and the man who was to
Marry me had ridclen off without a
Word, knowing, too, that be might nem
er rettirn, if all they 'Were saying abetit
fights end reeistanee was true.
My father had reached home before
nam and as opened the door I heard
mother aelt, "Do you tbiek it is any-
thing eerione, father?"
"I ern nfrnel it may be, wife," he
?mid, mho ineeeeneer se 11 Ilya Goy.
1)1'110 Cage has sent some al' the klugla
came ml-watc .'and sal Shall Per- fell off one hat' 'stuck .fale't on another,
form the ceremony now?" 'afid that is the general plan of the tall
So right:a:hen and there your grend-
aather, in his ayerking cletbes, all stain- e There wee- (me queer bat, arid it was
ed with dust and blood, and 1 In my' made of braided chenille. The colors Nvere
lnoreirig maim), were inanied. a- For- tbesbades of bre", mast:1Y these verging
svard, yellow, and the effect as good as far
.
as. that goes, but when they build rip a
What nortw.
There are some felt sailor shapes, and
they have a plain velvet band arouud the
crown and a bunch of some kind of ma-
terial like dotted velvet or some °thee
heavy sluff, and that is all the trimming.
The bunch is generally set rather far for.
ward on the left side.
The ugly Ladysmith hats are here in
every possible shade and color in soft
felt. No kind of trimming can make
these pretty, but they seem to have taken
with the'women. The shapes for all oth-
er hats seem to be large and mostly or)
the poke form, with some slight varia-
tions.
Toques are larger than they really
ought to be, when one remembers that
every wonaan considers that if she wears
a bonnet she ought not to be expected te
take It off in the theater, and it is as hard
to see over one of theseeas it used to be
over the hats. I say used to be, for the
present shapes of hats are worse than
any. that have ever come under my
knowledge, and the aggravating thing is
that with the rolls and built up scaffold-
ing of lace and malines the hats are so
uniformly big there is no way of seeing
around them, above or between the trim-
mings as we once could do.
A very pretty toque was among the
things I saw, and this was built of pink
gauze ribbon and black lace all twisted
and twined together, and directly upon
the crown there Was a bunch of black lace
and pink roses. There were no strings.
Now let us talk about the dainty lacy
things with which all feminine minds aro
now occupied. There was a dress,of fine
brussels net made plain to the knees, and
from there it had an applique of Irish
point in rather large design. This reach-
ed to the bottom, and there was a bolero
of the same at the waist. Beginning at
the throat, there was a trinaming of rib-
bons in bunches, each fastened to the
next one by two lines of the ribbon, and
the bunches each had from six to ten
rows of narrow. ribbon. The dress was
white and the lace butter color, and the
ribbon was white. The sleeves were long
and had cuffs of the lace, and there were
caps to the sleeves, also of the lace. .
So many things can be done with this
lace that one could not begin to tell the
half. Yokes, guinapes, collars and no end
of separate pieces, besides flounces, all
are seen. and the numberof pretty
boleros and figaros and fichus are legion.
They all serve to beautify anything on
which they are put.
There is a waist of crossbarred or-
gandie in a delicate shade of lilac, with
white bars, and the lace is wrought into
vandyke points all around the neck like
O guimpe and also added to the sleeves
and to the belt. It is a very dainty ar-
rangement for a young figure.
Another way of using lace ,with fine
effect on a dress for summer is shown
ID the illustration. An applique is set
all arormd the skirt and on the waist in
shape of a figaro in conjunction with the
material, whicb is in this instance khaki
cloth in the color known by that name.'"
Part of the skirt is laid in plaits, bat
the rest is straight, and the straight por-
tion is where the lace is applied, ftIld that
is put on in a straggling pattern. The
ilolds in the skirt reach 'only to the knees,
and all the rest is plain. The alcoves
and the figaro are also tucked, and the
lace like the trail of the Serpent, is over
it al,
A novel arrangement of lace is seen in
the organdie gown, and this is the first
time this season this kind of lace has
been used. It is fine v,alenciennes and ie
so antinged as to make a yoke, and the
puffs on the sleeves make the new under -
sleeve. The dress itself has nothing very
reninrloible about it save the arrange-
ment of the narrow ribbon on the skirt
brim at least a {',001: high end eoeer the and 11 'ii5t tliie t owest width
he
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," eeer ed t°emit
- - nncl stick n bie leinell of pink roees itbove ao;(1 hli 1, holna hinela It shows call'Y
date in much armrehee si on , "are put- them se mar he ed ;flee is higher the n ere 01 i nently in the wir va lines. The
ting some daniaging reports in Cir(nlia- fin y
waman's high hat it is enl:)miiie the slam to this dress is laid in small box
don." r into AC- rice. And this crown is bent Plaits around, and Om waiintl
st is ,10,
"But 110 MOney to speak of," rejoined end twisted arm the Mile looks as if. it in the same wily, and it makes a pretaY
the of trn corooithad beenasc1 b y mI et/ltlts tor a foot, einiei, own VI re colors in t•
e are
pale greee and gareet figures.
tee. complaeently,—Detroit Jourtial, besides.
WOMAN'S VOCATION.
With Wansn'a nimble fingers
Awake life's beauty everywherin
Things email and •uniegarded
Beneath thy tou,ell shall change to falai
With woman's tondet ineight
Poapokan
Tho wotobie's °tc01\1‘; tn1.4:3'‘n fdooetotesollt) laenlalffdd
Shall yield
Wan'el) tv(ts°tnIllaena'nfloiN'CbwielliPttewlit13ie 5 aro,
And be the WhaTitiltelSeia
l'Sllgbuetcdkton'g' ker.
With woman's stiength eternal,
Thy life, for others freely given,
Shall shine afar, liansluceut,
Clem as Ilia crystal gate of heaven.
—Cannon Sylva" in Notth American Review.
MAROONED ON
AN ISLAND.•
BY M. QUAIL
Copyright, 1900, by C. B. Lewie,
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If you had a chart before, you, you
would see that Wakes 'eland is a bit
of a dot in the Pacific ocean, lying a
little south of the regular sailing route
between Honolulu and Yokohama.
Now and then it is sighted by steamer
or sailing vessel making the passage,
but the great majority pass it by 200
miles to the north. The traders call
there occasionally for water or fuel,
but as there are no inhabitants there
can be no trade. It is an island three
miles long by one and a half broad,
and it waa thrown to the surface by an
earthquake. There Is but one spot
where a landing can be made even in
the calmest weather, as its shores are
rocky and rise to a height of from 30
to 100 feet. 11Iuch of the island is
wooded, and bowlders lie about every-
where, and it is probably one of the
loneliest spots in the universe. For
some reason which no one can explain
no birds are ever found there, nor is
there any animal life. The only living
things are land crabs, and they are of
such size and fierceness that traders
have had to flee before them.
In the year 1861 the bark Restless
sailed out of San Francisco on a voy-
age to Japan and China. She had just
been purchased by a man named Rob-
ert Westall, who was little known, but
had suddenly made a lot of money, and
the cargo was also mostly his. He
went with his ship, and a fate befell
him which reads stranger than fiction
of the sea. He was a landsman, know-
ing nothing of ships and sailors, and it
transpired that the captain be selected
was a thoroughly bad man, while the
mate was little better. It was proba-
bly the captain's idea from the outset
to get possession of the ship, but West -
all's suspicions were not aroused until
after they had called at Honolulu and
resumed the voyage. Then he over-
heard observations among the crew
which alarmed him, and he went -to
the captain with his statements. He
was told without any beating around
the bush that the bark was to change
hands. He was to be marooned on
Wakes island, and she was to pursue
her voyage as captain and crew decid-
ed. It was one man against 15 and
of course he was helpless. Neither
threats nor promises had the slightest
effect, and when he stormed he was
cautioned to hold his temper, or he
would be set afloat in a small boat to
perish of thirst and starvation. When
the island was finally reached, West -
all was ordered into a boat to be rowed
ashore. Not a pound of provisions or
an extra article of clothing was to go
with him; He was not even to hi'Ve
the mearis of lijndling a fire. Rendered
desperate by the situation, he made a
fight for it, but was soon knocked
senseless by the blow of a capstan bar,
and while in that condition was rowed
ashore and dumped on the beach. When
he recovered consciousness, the Rest-
less was sailing away and was already
miles distant.
Jules Verne has -told how a sailor
cast away on a desert island almost
naked managed to live almost luxu-
riously and provide for his every want.
The difference between imagination
and reality was exemplified in West -
all's case. He tried for days and days
to produce fire by rubbing dry sticks
together, but he never succeeded. He
constructed a hut itt the woods, but his
food consisted of shellfish, roots and
wild fruits, and there was no way to
replace his clothing. He soon found
fresh water, and he also made the dis-
covery that the spot seemed accursed
of all living, things except the land
crabs. As a rule these loathsome crea-
tures did not bother pi,,n during clay -
light, but as soon as the sun went
down they swarmed over the whole
' island. They were gigantic in size,
I and his only way of escaping them
WaS to climb a tree. • He built a plat-
form among the limbs ten feet from
the .earth, and every night during his
long stay he resorted to it. About once
O mouth, generally at midday, the
crabs would swarm by the million and
hold possession of the island for two
or three hours. At such limas the
noise made by their claws as they
passed over rock and soil was almost
deafening -and gave him a great scare.
Whble the man speedily recovered from
the blow on the head given him on
shipboard, his lonely situation soon
began to tell on his wind. One day,
at the end Of three months, he found
that 110 had forgotten his own name.
It WfIS two hours before it came to
him, and then, fearful that it might
-go out of his mind for good, be carved
his initials on the bark of a tree with
11 ellerp stone. After malting the cir-
cuit of the island three or four tinies.
he settled delve near the landing place
end every day for weeks mid months
end yenrs 110 hoped that smile flatlet
\)!011 Id put In or some ship eend in her.
1)001. Traders 111(1 call on ti 1.0)0 or four
occaeion , but lie nii,..eed tam. Ont,
ae was :Miceli is the tree top; again
be was 111, On a third occasion the
crabs Were out ip suele 'numbere tbet'
the trader grew afraid and put off as
soon as he had touebed.
You Will wonder how a quail could
have lived for a month as Westall lived
for three years. For eight menthe
there was a species of wild fruit some-
thing like a plum Now and then a
fisb was left by the tide for hlm to cap-
ture, but he had to eat them raw.
There were oysters and mussels and
limpets clinging to the rocks, but after
awhile he could hardly force himeelf
to swallow them. In six months hie
boots 'were gone and his clothing was in
tatters, and as the days dragged away
,the man had it on his mind that his
memory was failing him, When a
year had gone by, he could no longer
recall his identity. The initials on the
tree stood for a dozen differ'ent names
to him. Six months later he was little
better than a wild beast. During hie
second year, had lie thought to erect
some sort of signal a,t the landing
place—some suet] signal as a Sailor
would have made—he would probably,
have been rescued, as two or three
traders came in for water, but he, did
not even heap up stones ,or set up a
bush to attract attention. He had ex-
isted on the Island three years and
two weeks when the American wbal- Air-
ing ship Jonathan touched there' forIt'
water. I was in the boat first sent
ashore, and while waiting for the wa-
ter casks to arrive I followed a path
up into the woods and discovered West -
all asleep on 'his platform. I believed
him at first to be some monster gorilla.,
,The' weather had turned him almost
black, his hair was long and matted,'
and he was without clothing. As he r•-•
came tumbling down I fan away and
gave the alarm. That frightened him,
and seven men of us spent half a day
in his capture. He fought us with the
greatest ferocity, and for .a long time'
we could not make out his nationality.
He chattered a queer jargon or sulked,
and we had put in at a Japanese port
before we could keep clothing on him. ,
I was one of the apprentice boys on
the ship, and, as the wild man had
taken a great liking to me and I seem-
ed to be the only one who could control
him, the American consul advised that
Lbe left behind with the man while the
ship made a three months' circuit
Quarters were provided for us, and I
was instructed how to go to work in an
effort to restore the poor fellow's mem-
ory. By this time he bad let fall
enough to satisfy us that lie was either
English or American. We had also
connected him in a way with the miss-
ing ship Restless. She had been re-
ported as leaving Honolulu, but that
was the last of her. I put up a black-
board and turned schoolmaster. I
chalked down the letters of the alpha-
bet, made figures, drew pictures and
tried to start his memory to work. For
a month I had no luck. The man's
mind was as blank as night. He tried
hard enough, and, he used to break
down and weep almost daily, but he
could not get hold of the end of the
string. I had about given up all hope
when one day as fwas gq through
the usual performance memory came
back to him like a flash. He suddenly
uttered a shout and sprang to his feet
and as I turned on him it was to findM'
new look on his face and to hear him
shout:"'I
"Ithascorne! It has come! My
name Is Robert Westall, and I can re-
member everything!"
So It turned out, but the shock of re- •
covery brought about an illness that
confined him to his beg, for weeks.
When he could relate his storf, the
consul went to work to find out what
had become of the Restless. Inquiries
were made at all the -ports of China
and Japan, but no news was obtained.
The search was still being prosecuted
when a sandalwood trader from one of
the Philippines brought the consul
some wreckage picked up three years
a.gone which proved that the bark had
gone to the bottom. in a gale encoun-
tered soon after sailing away from
Wakes island. To this day there have
been no tidings to alter this belief.
The wretches who so coolly and de-
liberately planned the death of the
shipowner by starvation did not live
beyond a few days to enjoy their trl-
umph. The three years spent on the
island made an old man of Westin be-
fore his time, and he never was clear
headed again, but he lived for 15 years
after and managed to get together
quite a little property and to spend hie.
last years in peace.
A Good Snake Story.
The latest- authentic snake story is
from Nortb Glenwood Farm, near
Easton, one of the country places
Talbot county, Aid. - The other day
big black snake was seen, emerging
front an ice pond. It was killed. A
protuberauce was noticed about it
middle. The snake Was chopped in
two, and a porcelain turkey nest egg , ,
rolled out. Captain Noble Robinson
was tenant on the farm last year. Mrs,
Robinson. raised ,turkeys, 'using china
eggs in tbeir nests. She, says' that. 14
months ago she missed the nest egg
from a nest near the ice pond. She
suppoSed a boy who MEd the range of
the meadow hael taken it. When the
egg from the snake was shown to, airs.
Robinson, she identified it as one elm
had lost by a certain Incised mark
upon it. The snake had carried the
drilla egg 14 months la his vermiform
appendix, apparently without appendl-
eitie. Bta he must 'MVO thought very
hard of it and that It was very singular
that it could not be digested.
r es 'Hint Tenell Gardening.
School gait ens were estalaliabec in
Belgiummany years ago, end ilis said
that to them is clue the prosperity of
beinigm litilanlipg°011(Ill 1 fidi 1-1°17.; etlzi (g1 l n
aig11Te'lL'i 1.1i0
.tbCtli-
0 r tIli inteoduetion of agriculture into
the pubibe ,elioole of Isrance by a mW
pnemol in 158a) sehool pardons Mere:fe-
ed m hat country, a minal appropiraa
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