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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1900-8-23, Page 7• ' N the as . e us eees • 'the , • I al - bout itely, . jin o of th• at ,for • ' °X= tion ared rule , , net e Lotr.' meget, „stipie not for,. Yrty=,' :and :iyen, • net, Nee -a sn'n- pro- and the man v as very iooe ; and, ihau -am- inch - way, ie is will hero tam re a that rian , 'T- ease izes the ot ated s of old uds, fig. yet aple une e in ta ,•oost ; an tvit itle-'. s in :hey, om was' had ein m. rof- 10n- and nial sess hat de and two or. glue I to cibe ;ag- bec. ,on the sith ev- it a ,vea Phi" ails a. ard teen geelliedh: ',With -the-a/test witeess called 'feethe prosecution—Rose Dupont— curions ettsh fell upon the aeseroblage, for one glance at the prisonet had shown hew powerfully her presence hereaeffected him,, Rose as a witness agaiiisS, Lim I he'd'evotecl servant—the woman who ,u1c1 apparently have gone through fire and water for ner mistress .e-vvliat . had she come hither to say? To speak tageinst Elizabeth --to corroborate his wife's mad stor Pe •Iap Se ai• e h d . been In her confidence all through; and now the woman had come here to eeray belie • - Ile hardly breethed as he looked at e slight, graceful, dark -eyed woman io had that genius for dress which , eloregs to the, born Parisian, and aialtinh will almost cover up the rav- ief time or suffering and misspent .' She fixed all eyes for one etbless moment; then the W0111013 aftly seia "Ah I" andsome, of the weie Muttered, "What a little devil." yin g been sworn, lier ex-araination tiOnamenced. ; a,You "have been maid to Mrs, St. Georg a some years ?" a "tee" She spoke English well,but ho ifas a French accent, .611 remember the nigh I34 3.3.3.333333.3.33.3.333333 siervotho..1 CHAPTER, X. 'Work thou Within, we'll work with - And 111 be SW0111 we'll set thee free' Jack glanced swiftly around the eoutt and foend it empty, for Eliz- abeth was not there.- Thank aocil that she was not that she did not hear herself called in open day what all, save her own friends, be- lieved her to be;.and though later on she would'read the nee sleeper, and her cheeks would burn, and her heart be seared by it, at least she would, not be put to public shame. • When the counsel for the prosecu- tion stood up, Jack as well knew what was coming, as if he had heard it al- ready rehearsed and indeed the case wasso clear, the facts were so few end 'pitiless, that they, needed little embroidery, and had none. "It was the old -story," said the counsel, "of a man trusting his wife and friend, and betrayed by both. This Poor gentleman—poor in the sense of his wrongs, and in that he bed not the moral courage to stand against the discovery he made—had u toebtedly surprised his wife and Ler lover together,, and on becoming aware of his dishonor had, in a mo- • ment of passion and madness, slain the betrayer, slain him, too, inc rnana 'tier at once cowardly .and indefensible •for Mr. Ross was unarmed. The wife, presumably, witnessed. the crime, and thateshe held herself immediately re- sponsible for it is evidenced. by the fiat that she afterwards persistently aMu,sed herself of it, and begged .to „ be eommitted for trial and punish- ment instead of rier husband. "Yet what astounding nerve she displayed during that night I After Rieke a scene as may be imagined,/ but . can hardly be described, she calmly slept --slept with the body of her mur- dered lover at her very feet and to 'all appearance . so dreamlessly, that only the entry of her maid next morn- ing awoke her! The prisoner, too, showed a most inhuman callousness, for he, too went to bed after the mur- der—presumably slept... It had been urged that Mrs. St. George slumbered throughout .the whole tragedy, but 'was it credible that her husband could slay, and leave a body there, for her / eyes to fall upon when she wakened? Such barbarity was imperssible, "But with the point of Mrs. St.. George's ignorance or knowledge of the events of that night, the jury had "nothieg to do, but simply consider whether the -evidence pointed to the prisoner as the person who slew Mr. Ross. His own confession, his posses- sion of the pistol, and certain inde: pendent testinnony that would be brought; forward, must be considered too bring, the guilt home to him, as thoroughly as if the e-vidence was conclusively positive instead of cir- . eumetantial. '"It would probably be suggested by •the defeiace that a surprised burglar had,fired the shot, but ;as Mrs, St. George'e'jewels were safe, and , asdili- gent inquiry. had failed to detect any trace •of the house being entered on chat night from withbuta" that theory fell to the ground, and by no possible sombination of cireumstancescould the prisoner have stood in his present posit had he not been guilty. "I l ;theory, t000was negatived by l the evi e; her •self -accusal making it -obvious that she suspected no one but her husband; obvious, too, that she well knew the motive that inspired • the murder," and which no other per- son could possibly have. ••It was true that the prisoner had received the naost terrible provocation 't man could have. ha his owe house, eeteayed alike by wife and friend, be had come unexpectedly on what must inadden most men, and he had been seized b3, -the terrible' teeriptation to kill, and he had yielded to the tempta- tion sevogely, and to the forgetting of 'his manliness—since Mr. Ross was un- .iiraned." • Jack bowed lais head as if in shame. •"Had there been a fight between the two, or the prisonerhad not used a deadly weapon, the case might have been one of manslaughter only. - "But so lope as human life was, in- vested with sacredness; the laws that ,geardeci it must be respected. That a cowardly crime had in this instance been cOmmitted was clear, and if they were •satisfied that the prisoner was guilty of it, it would be their duty • to say so." The peroration was plain to a iault,/,' end the creatures who go to hear a ,dause celebre, as they go to a play expressly arranged for their edificia- done had a -distinct sense of ill -usage as the counsel for the prosecution sat •down. Why had not that jade, Elizabeth, been set higher in the pillory of' puh- • -lie scorn, anti for a longer space? They would have liked to have her there, ,to 'gloat,over her misery, to seam her face, to collie each heart-throb of agony, ;as sheegazed upon the wreck and deso- lation she bad brought upon .this poor gentleman who had so eincerely loved try,, box' tied ' the: 00 im, of' be 01 ; of al), 3 'f1(5" fee ed, "Perfectly." "Your mistress slept down etaire in the liack draw ilag_000 em t tat "ShltiePdid." "Wee this an unusual oceuereno ' "No. The ceilng of her betler was low, and she liked plenty of 1\ rr. St. George (lid not--" She stopped a tempt ly, a curi shade paesing over her taco. "I3id not --2" She !node no reply, "DPI Mrs. St. George tell t;ou forehand when she Meant to sl down stairs ?" "Certainly. I prepared the room her." "At what time on tbat especial did she tell you to -prepare itt' "After dinner," "The prisoner was present ?" "He was." "You disrobed ber as usual, a saw ber into bed?" . "I left my mistress in her dressi gown in the cleawing-z;oote, ready bed?" "I'aau efterward retired to r yourself ?" "1 did." "What happened within your he he. a fterwaedi" al heard the two other servan come up stairs." "At avhat time ?" "About eleven." "You teen fell asleep?" "Nee I was suffering from toot aclhea" "Your door was open or shut ?" "Partly open." "And. you heard—t" Jack leaned forward, scarce breathing as he waited foe an a &Wen . •-"f heard Mr. Ross come up to h rooms. tt "At wha'etiane ?" "Beteltaawelve and one." jack/al:kw-O. Rose Caught the smile and ihNialeither.head defiantly. . "What ee ne nexte?"; i ft "I heard lifiletes me timee4fter—go softly down sta." . jack's eyes flaahed. A burning de- sire to • strangle the life out of th mocking she-clevit devoured him. Who would have thoeght she had power to corrupt Elizabeth? Yet this. thing he believed she had done. - "You had placed a letter from Mrs. St. George on his table?" "You shy you heard Mr. Ross go down. Did you hear any loud talking or a shot fired ?" "No. My x•oom laces on the street. The second drawing -roams are built out at the back, and I could inot -pos- sibly have heard what was going on. - "Mr. Ross did not return?" . "You were uneasy?" "Yet you did not attempt o find out what was going on ?" was afraid." "You feared something it" "What happened next ?" "Ai two o'ciocke-for I heard the hour strike --Mr. St. George came up stairs." Jack smi.ed again, and an irascible jutiymon wondered what the young man could tand to laugh at in this. "And yeti r' "At Jest I fell asleep." "An 1 in the mornitig ?" "I got up at. seven, and went dewn stairs." "Mr. -Ecoss's ,door was open?" "les. 1 concluded he had, gone out again after coming in overnight." "What nekt ?" "I prepared and took up my mis- tess's tea." "Describe what you found." "I pushed open. the folding -doors, and went in. The .i•oom was rather dark, and only when. I was quite close to it, I saw—a body." e• t, . Rose shivered.,, ' , "You were surprised f'' • "Mon Dieu!" burst out, the girl with perfect naturalness, "I could, have died with terror. 'Mr. Ross was there," she drew back, and looked down as at some frightful sight, "at my feet—dead1"- "And Mrs. St. George?" "Her eyes were open, she was look- ing at me." , a "What state was she in? "Quite composed." "You approached her?" • "Approach the boat'? Non, non, 1 t ran away I 'I called, I shrieked, and they all came running, Mr. St. Geoiege... and the reef." ef "How soon did Mr. St. George 9etne?" "At once—on the spot. Hee arriv- ed first of all." e "Fully dressed /"' I f, Rose shook her head. She did isot remember. • ,',IYitratleaVesaareitel .eestes from Mrs. SL George' to Mr. Rosa?" e!''Often." -- " "And replies tram him to her Pe. "Often." "They met occasionally in Mr. St, George's absence?" ' "They did." "Did he know of thee visitsa" "Diet I cannot say." • "Mr. and Mrs. St. !-George were on good terms?" • "Perfectly." "Have you ever witnessed' any mis- conduct between Mr. Ross and Mrs. St. George?" „ , Rose paused—a pause more aainning than any speech. ,"I seldom saw them in each other's company," silo said at last, and refused to say more. Had she made the black- est accusations possible sbe could not have produced a more unfavorable im- pression of Filizabeth's conduct than her silence conveyed. "I -I'm," thought Mx. Lernaire, "likes her mistress and hates her master, knows a great deal that slate won't tell, e great deal that she don't know." ' "You are elver° t tt the letter writ - f ten to Mr. 'less by .s. St, George, and received by him his return home that night, was •r el' found?" ' "So I have hear •, "You cannot account for its 'disap- pearance?" ' "Did you see her take the letter on lace way up stairs after, on the morn- ing the murder was discovered ?" oona air, ouS be- eep for day aPI ng - for est ar- ts ly 15 15 eeeeeeeeeeeereseseeeeee he rose his place, to °roes -examine her. CHAPTER Xl.' "But it once tee message greet him Thal hie true love doth stay, Ji aeath ahould come and meet him, Dove will find out the way." "You say you could not sleep that night," he said, sharply, "were you ex- Peeting something to happen?" "I hed toothaehe." "Why did. you leave your (1001" ajar?" • Rose's eyes sparkled. Through the thin veil_she wore ono could see lie,r thin nostrils contracting and dilating , "That is my business," "You had, no partialiiY tor Mr. Ross yourself?" . Rose disdained to answer. The question was presaed. "Mr. Rees was a gentleman," she said at last. "You expected something to happen that night, and it did," said Mr. Le - metre, ''was it precisely What you did expect ?" He leaned forward With a satirical enaile on bie face that Might have mad- dened a Jess passionate woman than Rose Dupont. • "You devil!' she exclaimed, point Mr. Lemaire shrugged Isis shoulders, sOrne women in the court tittered, and there was a little pause while Rose re- 6overed from her Violence, and forced berself to mutter an apology-- • "Te'pon my soul I shouldn't wonder if she did it herself," thought Mr. Lellaalre. "To resume," he said, smoothly— "you are quite' sine+ that Mr. Ross did AIR)( f YPES. 00 Yon NI.°€1) CIEWN 'Plant Ai. For Purvollo The general purpose cow is one of those will-oatheevispe that have led molly dairymen estray, sal VV. Eighty in Tale National, Steelcinari. Ca PLAN OF A HOGHOUSE didly, tide eontrovet'sy about the spe some points of a noose Ikt cia,1 purposcs'eow and the general pur- Use Afars:sane. The plan of a hoghouse 'lee at the Maryland station is given by Direetor Patterson in a recent bulletin with the 'following explauations: Most of the plans for fiegitousee ' corded in literature on thie subject re- fer to those made farther north or west where the elimate is more severe than in this latitude. This is due, no doubt, to two causes—firse that the hoghouse of the south has seldom materialized at least to such a point as to be worthy of being dignified as a house or much less described, for it generally consists not get any farther than the drawing - room on the right vvhen—ahem I— y toothache enabled you to have the benefit of your ears?". • "I COUld not say." ROS0',8 breast still rose and fell stormily. "At that distance "could not hear how far he descended, but I should probably have heard the street door shut had he gone out. Itfe usually made a good deal of noise." "your impressicrn is that he went no farther than , the drawing -room ?" • 'That is my impression."" "Did not curiosity impel you to go down stairs and see what was taking place? "That would not have been apart of my duty." "Was it apart of your duty to drug &he draught your mistress took the last thing that night?" .The ,Frenchwoman turned livid as a corpse, her black eyes glowing like fire'. • "I?" she faltered—off her guard at last—"I----" she tried to speak, could not, than taking her corsage with both hands, said firmly, 'I mixed no draught for my mistress. I put the things ready as usual on a lit-tle table, and left thent there." Jack was listening with the most intense eagerness, his hand clutching the rail before him. - Had Elizabeth been drugged that night? Had he been all along under the influence of a horrible mistake? A.ncl was she indeed inhumanly wrong- ed, not only in appearance, but by his thoughts ?" , "Was Mrs. St.' George addicted to ch3.oral ?" Me, Lemaire, put the question in h gentlest, therefore most dangerous m,a niter. 'ea Rose was silent. It was on Jack's lips to shout o "No I No I" but he restrained himsel "You knew the sapplires were in t pocket of her •dressing -gown ?" "Noe" said Rose, with stubborn lip "Mrs. St. George hidthem in all soli of places, but never told: me where: have know other ladies do the sato' with their jewels, because they objec ed to havinee safe -put up.a. A juryman here reniaeked that h thought such carelessness crirnina and a direct encouragenaent to bur glaries. • "You never spoke to your lover—th young Frenchman with whom you walked out--eof the saPphires 1" sai Mr. I.,eneaire,samiahly. Rose looked' at him, calmly. 'She ha herself vvell'in hand now, and vvas pre- pared for the worst. "What we talked about Was T10 busi ness of. yours," she said, 'coolly. - "But it may have been that oft, you mistress," he said, "and your master,' he added, looking at Jack, upon whos face a new light bad broken, turning i o joy. Life had changed its mien for shim ...during the space of the last minute ad from the abysses of despair he pa:eget-au c bound to the buoyancy of hope, and Co-i747fiergs-hia-a-ti-aelegarecat-lehlaiea hands,' he trembled like a reed. Guilt was etaropect on Rose's face our a loss, fr.hey vvere bred that way. The full square' made of a few old fence rails ra with some pine brush or corn fodder thrown over the top for -wipter. The hoghouse of the north may suit that latitude, but no doubt could be im- proved upon for that section, and it certainly has many objections for the south, generally the greatest objection being the cost. There Is one point that is commonly lost sight of in tog grow- ing, and that is that he is an animal to which the sunshine is just as essentia ite it is to the corn plant. Neither pori nor corn can be successfully produced without plenty of sunshine. In th north this allaShine in whiter will hav to be brought into the pen through glass. , 'In this. latitude and farthei south, under normal conditionso.it is only necessary to face the pen to the south, allow the sun's rays to reach the .back- of 'the pen on the beds and give good shelter and protection from north and west winds. The accompauying view, floor plan and end elevation give almost a com- plete idea of the pen in use here which has met with very general favor. It may be Well, however, to enumerate a few special points in the construction. First.—It is faced to the south to per- mit the rays of the sen to shine upon the' beds of the pigs at the extreme rear end of the pen in the winter Season and also to give shade in that portion 12 in summer. Second.e-Lattice construction be- tween the pens at the ends and rear cu ut admits eef a free cirlation of air in warna weather. he Third.—The location. of the manure pit in the center and belew, the level Of the sleeping and feeding floors with all Pi drainage toward it alds in naaintaining a proper sanitary aendition. t- Fourth.—eBase with which manure eau berem,oved. O Fifth.—Swinging gates close the pigs 1, into their beds while the manure is - being loaded. ' Sixth.—Swinging fronts to the pens noenousE (neon,' vow). The men who keep beef eowe for profit and P000 or dual purpose cow, as a western professor lately styled her, would have been at an end this long while if only know they are making a profit would have participated The cow always de- cides the case, theonets to the eon- trary notwithstanding. In the dairy only a first class dairy cow makes us a profit, stud such a cow does not have the build or make up to be profitable Lor the buteher. She has formed the habit not to lay on flesh from her youth up, and as the "twig's bent the tree's S and ler progen- itors have been bred and selected with thie particular end in view. She is ca- pable of transmitting this trait to her progeny. She has the capacity and the Power to use ul) a large lot of cheap, rough material grown on the farm and to convert it into milk. She has learned to do one thing well, and it is really the only thing she can do. Some people think that scrubs are general purpose cows, but as a rule hey are good for nothing and kept at o a bilashY matish for summer and goaold,thpartofihtaasb bleeebneefci feanaipmdalseilseethteedatnoir- years to most economically transform our abundant grassers and grains into the best and choicest meats. When we come to the market with these choice specially bred animals specially pre- pared, we can almOst dictate prices; but come with the general purpose, dual purpose, all purpose, no purpose in particular stock, and the butcher will give you what lie pleases, as no ne cares to have them. New Zealand Dairying. e In a recent issue of Farming J. A. e Ruddick, who went to New Zealand from Canada in the fall of 1898 as ' dairy commissioner for tbat portion of her majesty's doininious, gives a very • interesting account or dairying in that country. The expansion of the indus- try there is along the line, of butter making. rather than of cbeesemaking, and it is in this particular that we may look upon New Zealand as a competi- tor in the British Market. The climate and conditions there seem to be well adapted for carrying on dairying suc- cessfully and with comparative ease to the dairyman. It Is rarely necessary to house or provide feed for cattle dur- ing the winter, and about tbe only thing tile dairyman has to do is to milk bis cows and See that they have plenty of pasture. There are two references in Mr. Rud- dick's article that are well worth COD. sidering ill relation to the industry here. He points out that the manufac- ture of butter is carried on in laage central creameries, with a number of skimming stations attached. The in- dustry is expanding, but Itis along the line of increasing the number of skim- ming station a rather than the number of central creameries. By adopting this plan it is claimed that more uni- formity of product can be secured and at a lesser cost than putting a butter making plant in each station. 1 0 e permit the food to be easily placed in "Wag she left alone a moment after she came up stairs?" Obstinate silence rewarded further questions on ties point. ' "Alta. Se George lied every confid- ence in you?a ."I believe so," , She did confide in you 2' "I eever said SO." The questioes languished after his, and she was left practically inistresa exie of the occasion. To shake lier o,,1 of wit 11, ,u, Acid Teat For MDR. The sulphuric acid of' commerce, of the strenoth known as oil of' vitriol is BED the quantity used by Professor Bab- - • • cock in working out his method of as, testing milk, says J. T. Willard in the DITIVEIVAY AND .31,31.131E Kansas D'armer. He states that it . .. . .. f EU) SbOtild be from 1.82 to 1.83 in specific FLOOR gravity, tbe stronger being preferable. We have never bad any trouble here with any that we have had, although the strength is seldom determined. Sul- phuric acid has a very strong tendency to absorb water from the air and un- less kept in tightly closed bottles will become perceptibly weaker. An impor- .... tent point to observe in milk testing Is that of mixing the acid and milk thor- oughly together as soon as the acid ie stamped there in letters that all her fierce control of feature could not hide but; she bore herself erect:, and had evidently plenty of .fight left in her • "You spend a good dealt of time at the cobbler's, the back of whose house overlooks No, 13, do you not ?" said Mr. Lemeire. • "I go there 'occasionally to get Mae - ter Daffy's shoes 'Mended, anti buy 'him etv ones," said Rose, hardily: - "You are aware that there ie 'a, sky- light in th,e 'cobbler's house, f,rom which a person might easily drop on to the Lencls that whieh arset!.evGeleowrigt,eh tshieeprtoortuthaint: • "Sci I heard afterward. To me the reof ,looked all slates,. likeyour Eng- lish roofs—and I saw- no window." "You, are 'tin, old acquaitetaince of the yourig Prenclielan who has assisted the, cobbler in his tvork' only so. far back as a few mentlas, and—se" "Mon Dieu I non," said Rose, rais- iisee ceossrmeapageosni_yevbei;oyws, cao`tillaimisosn,o—and seems not to be Irench, he speaks sng lisla always." , ' • -"Almost as well as yourself ?" said Mr Lemaire, dryly. "How doee he call itiqrrielf ?" • "How ehoulA I know 1" she said.. 'The eoliciter's enquiries had not been able to establish the identity be- faveen the Frenchman wait whom elle had kept company and the xnan who was the cobbler's assistant, but MT'. 8:`313' lke.ou have 'eseeten, pierrot mairc meant to 'assume it all the Many yeare 2" he said. Tee -shot told and for a moment she loglsed as if ,she :were about to fall.: with Isonhoatkvinego fiap.ns.in Pieriet," she said ".1 fear yoi. box° a treaeletrousanem- -tees; ; rum put in lie allowed to atend with the "'arts e eueseeeos, -a add largely at tlielore7.7sesttlt natu- • Ory, said Mr. Loma ire, smiling, as 6nu,"intlhocl gheis,s4a.useraethe release(' her i'nd 1 hat ic)-ctiesi3w7liteShelf StarVaaPgPeed,r15fitY(; ( CeLS worse things Rose left the nese-box, and for a while idisape of MayherhP- calm seemed impossible, Yet this re Lemitire had reaolved to do, when FLOOR PLAN AND END ELEVATION the trough ,and evenly distributed s that the pigs have rio equal chance a feeding time. ' Seventh. --The immure pit is concret 11 produeed. • rally is upon being hatroduced, a part of the milk is in contact with acid that is o too strong. This is liable to produce t too great carbonization and possibly attack.s the fat .and the reading is in- -- torfered with by the black substance ed, which enables the savingeof all lig uid mauure excrements, whieb with the pig amounts to 51 per,cent of al the manure value, -; • Eighth. Ease of cltanghng pigs from pen to pen. . Nth-Re—Peed bins ate placed in -front of , each pen,, wlatch facilitates feeding aed enables keeping, different feeds for 1 eo Steer Fat. It is alwa,ys in order to take a whack ;at oleomargarine, the greatest food fraud of the nineteenth century, says the Racine Journal. The kidney fat of it fat steer, such fat as it is claimed is used for the production of'' better , grades of oleomargarine, will weigb about 40 pounds. Assuming that the ; average cow will produce 100 pounds of butter in a yoga., it will take four steers to offset one cew as a buttee produeer„, Enough oleorpereetrine was made. last year to offset the product of over 400,000 cows; so, if this 'choice fat Was used alone in its productiou, 1,000,. 000 steers were dea,wn upon, but there was not any such number of steers killed, and so it proves titat oleo is not I made Of that sort oti fat ProntaMe i If the dairyman ie a skillful farmer, he call so mourns° biS cows that they become fresh in August or September. Then he eau give the calves (raleed by hand, of course) a good' start with now milk, and in a week or two after the COWS C01510 11'0811 110 Call beglu to melte butter --that is to day, wberi he catmot melte it more profitable then to sell ru ltd. Tf. be ea" sill "'ilk at Priees' mi I Ira I now that the are eo eine, DairY Produels tile 'United way around the streets 011(1 a natural States bring more money, according to consequence ore said to make few ar- verified statistic.s, than raising cereals, mete. The pieneee of. Peltieg, have each including corn and other grains to feed a whistle tied to limb' tails, Whieb Cheap Wheat. Cheap wheat leaves a larger peofit for the farmer than was received half a century ago with wheat at dottble the price of the present day. The value of an article is its puce competed NI ith 11,s cost. The wheat drill, the self! binder and the combined thrasher have so lovvered the cost of labor and reduced the lime in growing and harvesting wheat as to enalele the fernier to gvow four neves Of whent instead of one. The way to make wheat more profita- ble is to increase the average yield per acre by the liberal use of ferlilizete.— Globe-1)ettlOerat. , • Stralv am rood. „ Straw can be made to serve as a liood saver and ale° as food during very cold Wea,tlier. As long as cold drafts enter tile stables the animals • will deinand 'Ancient food to create nimal beat as a protection. If the live stock can be cept "Wat'115, IOSS fooci will be necessary, taahen straw is passed theough the f.ocl- ler cutter and used ill the etalls, it huts oft the drafts along 1,lie 'floor and prevenis loss oil wririnlh ns well as erving an eacellont nbeorbent. Tsa be ontinued., CilANGES IN 'DANCING, The Citi Waik 011.-ing WItT to Chfl Stnteiy Minuet. Each year the 'association of Daneine Maetees varies the details of the dance 14 some slight degree, but it is done more for the purpose of being able to an, nounce a novelty than for any other rea-, son. Hereafter the correct ghl will place the fingers of her right hand lightly in the paten of partner's left, keeping her arm slightly bent. Last winter her, L11'11). was straig,ht, and the raan with whom she was dancing did not, as he seould do now, dose his fingers over her hand. Iler left, arm will hate; by her side. Her partner, with tas right arns' about her, 'will keep his band just abo-re connEer ros-r-ToN IN DAN0ING her waist, his fingers being close togetha er instead of opened over the middle of m her back, as custohas demanded until today. The waltz is unchanged. It never will be changed. • There is something too sat- isfying about its present dreamy rhythm, with the glide and the sway that etv ry, you on in oblivion of everything exeepe an ecstatic sense of graceful metion. But the two step may be danced in sev- eral ways. There is the plain two step with the waltz position and its simple evolutions; there is the glide two step into which four gallops enter before the regular long two step is taken, and there is the two step called the Yale, in which a man- holds his partner to one side at arm's length and they go sweeping dome" the floor, carrying all before them wita the jolly vigor of the dances. One thing in the dancing world is cea. tain, and that is the decline and fall oft the cake walk. Many people objected to, blacking up for it, and many people were?, unwilling to go to see their friends per: form in it. So It Is no wonder that arta holding its place for two years it has died down as quickly as it came. And after the cake walk—what next1 By all the signs of the tines the penduam. luis to swing clear to its other limit. In place of the comical, rollicking, broad steps of the "coon" dace, we are to have the dainty, swaying, gentle measures of our grandmothers' days. The irdnueris corning back. OLDEST INDIAN WOMAN. 0 Nancy Jacobs Das Passed the trandred Tear Mark. 0 The oldest In- idniganisi;N'c'ainnac; Ja- cobs, who re- sides in Cedar county, near Antlers, in the o 0 Choeta.w Nas tion. She is 106 years old. Her Indian name is Honiti- me, and she is the wife of niedidne man long since dead. She lives alone in an old log cabin. No roads lead to the, house, save a little trail through the woods scarcely distinguishable. She was It grown woman when the Choctaws tol- erated to the Indian Territory from theis old home in afississippi. Nancy is very tall and erect, She is, one of. the original six town Indians, e NANeY a -Aeons, clan ainoug the Choctaws. She is a medi- cine woman, and treats the young people of the tribe -with the same Mysterious concoctions that were itsed by her bee - band. She eays she is as strong es when she was 20 years old. She makes long trips to Antlers, a distance of 30 miles, in her old wagon, and hitches up and un- hitches alone. She has a aew hogs end makes 1101' OW11 1.110at far the winter, She has it married daughter 00 years old. She cannot Mulerstand ea speak English, and has never sods a railroad train. A City of Dirt. .The policernen o.f, Peking are armed chiefly, 'with. aniall dionns,, tylech they , 1 at beat loudly ha order, it •I's prcisinnefe, to he saves Ifiler find time, In aria filat is All nigtt louse the Wetchmen heatithei; cattle and swine. Only the product of give forth co -loud sound as they fly. Tlie- t1 ernes it' c c lien arnigs, more Ci181 , blind also 1180 cliqiihs to aniionnco their tb I 1 tin a iying.---St. r notes epueli ee, eo'' ing and ware ot ier people to get out ea their way,