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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1908-09-17, Page 6SHREDD Start the Day Right by Eating SHREDDED WHEAT for breakfast with mill: or cream and a little fruit. It is a muscle-leuilding food, eaziily di- gested by the most delicate stomach. Puts Vim and Vigor lata tlred nerves rind Weary brains SOL 111 11I ALL GaO( F:as 1953 M N♦+.44•]telt++++++++1+++.-/ii+i♦++++ r♦+iNi++ gall; that's very evident. My sweets In the first place, each of the de - foolish Olive is still paying out fendants would lose his right of cit - money (though Heaven only knows itenship for seven years, and fur - where she gets it from). and has feit any office he might hold. ♦ actually sent thele away for a holi- In the see end place, he thought ♦( day. Now the wonderful Phipps it right they should repay what they • lands in the midst of the whole had received as bribes, but lie could business with his bombshell. 1'd not enforce that for two reasons— first, in the case of many of them it had been no fixed Sum, and, sec- ond, to some of thorn it would mean ruin past redemption in this world. As he suspected, like other ill-got- ten money, it had lightly gone. But he intended to follow the spirit of that provision in some respects. Ho intended to fine each defendant a kali of looney which he trusted the Crown would be advised to grant ti. the ratepayers as some relief from the burdens which defendants had imposed upon them. Further. they would be imprisoned until those fines were paid. A Brokers Vow ; -OR—give something to see the Meeting 4, between him and his wife ; but that ♦ can't bo, because it would spoil ` z things. It is really the most beau- tiful thing I have ever done !" I BETTER THAN REVENGE• a.Inside the studio Mr. Phipps Z. found himself facing a tall, grave- Na♦••1nd♦is♦iN4♦♦♦a♦4 +++4 ++4 +++4 +++++++44 4 fared loan with a lupe in his mouth. Near a table, on which a lamp was CHAPTER \XV11I.—(C'ont'd). and cions over here to spend myset, a very handsome woman of ap- parently about thirty years of ago was seated, her face half in sha- dow. She had very singular eyes, which seemed to look straight through the iiaan who had come so blusteringly into that quiet room. "May 1 ask you what you want asked Martin Blake quietly. "You made a great noise at my door, sir, and I presume it is something of groat importance." "Of the utmost importance," (-lied Phipps, in his most bullying manner. "I understand, sir, that ou know a great deal concerning the whereabouts of my wife. I want the lady ; I insist upon seeing her." "Really—I don't quite see why you come to ino," said Martin with a smile. "I know nothing of your wife, or of you. You have probab- ly made a mistake. What is your name 7" "My name, sir, is Phipps—Julius Phipps," exclaimed the man. He saw that Martin Blake had moved swiftly to the side of the wo- man by the table, and had laid a hand upon her shoulder. They were both staring at hien intently in So they come to No. 3 Green- ways' Gardens, and Victor asked that he might be permitted to in- ters ie•i Odley first, in order to dis- cover Veit exact position of affairs. It is scarcely necessary to say that he was courtesy itself when Odley somewhat doubtfully looked out at him from the little hall of the v It use. "My charming Miss Odley !" ho exclaimed, pulling off his hat, and looking at her whimsically over the brine of it—"I ain glad to see you. I'm afraid you won't believe me when I toll you that you still grow younger." "I've had to believe a good many things in my time—or pretend to," said Odley. "Are you wanting any- cne in particular, Mr. Kelt—nen?" "You—only you ; which sounds suspiciously like a song," said Vic - ter. "If I may enter the abode of loveliness, and may claim five min- utes of your time—" "Fifty, if you like," said Odley curtly. "There's no one in the house but two lodgers, who look like paying—by way of a change. You can comp in." Instead of obeying at once, Vic- tor Kalman stepped back, and soft- ), whistled. From out of the sha- dows emerged the bulky figure of Julius Phipps, twirling ono whis- ker somewhat nervously. Victor pushed his way into the house, fol- lowed closely by the other man, and Odley closed the door. "For goodness sake — what's the matter?" she asked, looking suspi- ciously from one to the other, and observing vfith considerable sur- prise that Victor had a finger upon hit. lips. "You've not been doing anything, Mr. Kelman, that means ti ouble, I hope; because if they came for you here, I should have to give you up—I should indeed." "Hush!" whispered Victor. "All is well and you have nothing to fear. I want you to see this gen- tleman as well as myself ; I want you to hear what he has to say, and not to be afraid. You know me— Mr. Victor Kelman—gentleman at large, and gentleman by nature. 'frust me, my dear Miss Odley, and all will be well. Let us go into a room, I beg of you, whero we can talk without interruption." Odley led the way into the little sitting -room, and then stood just within the door, looking from one man to the other as though making up her mind which one she trusted least. Victor was the first to break an awkward silence; and thein with something ot a flourish, an t with a reassuring smile, he turned to her. "Now, my dear Miss Odley. let me ask you to carry your mind bac:(- to curtain people who have been in this heyse not so very long ag s. First. --eel is right and proper -a lady • name—Phipps ; nature—k' id and 1.rdulgontr—" "How true!" exclaimed Mr. Phipps, looking down at the point cf his whisker, which he held bo- tween a finger and thumb. "How very true!" "Disposition --generous," added Victor. "Mistakenly so," commented Mr. Phipps. "I bog your pardon; pro- ceed." "To know that lady was to love her ; to talk with her was a great and liberal education. I have spo- ken of her generosity, Mise Odley ; you know what site has done for her nephew. B • the way, how is the dear boy-- and his charming wif° 1" "They are both away at present, sir," said Odley- -•"in the country. Mrs. Phipps camp down, sir, in a mintier of speaking, and paid Mr. Dayne sone more of what sho ow• ed hirer. That's how it was they were able to go away." Mr. Julius Phipps sprang to his feet with an exclamation. "That is simply monstrous!" he cried. "This misguided creature must bo restrained; she's not fit to be at laige. She shall be shut away — put in a lunatic asylum. There are other madnesses beside those known to the doctors." "And who is this, if you please, that talks so free and easy about madness and lunatic asylums and what not Y" neked Odley, surveying M r. Phipps front head to foot. "Perhaps you'll tell me, Mr. Kel- man. what this gentleman has to dr with the matter 1" "Silence "' exclninted Mr. Phipps waving a large hand as Victor was about to speak. "I have this to do with it. my good woman—that my name is Phipps - Julius Phipps ; and that the woman who is squandering money ---money which is virtually n.ine- is my wife Now -what du ,you say to that l" "But Mrs. Phipps said she was a widow," exclaimed Odley, looking at hint in perplexity. "Tut ' -- she'd stay anything." cried Phipps, ' She is not a wi- dow • she basely deserted me in Parip • sheeneluilg deseeted mo -- Money. She shall be stopped ; 1 won't allow it." "I think you're perfectly right,'' said Victor. "If a Man can't gov- ern his own wife, what is he to sol" "He might • begin by governing himself fur a change," said Odley slowly, with a glance at Phipps. "1 always understood, sir," slie added w t , the latter, I always thought that young Mr. Dayne expected a large sum of money from his uncle —and that he couldn't get it." "You are the type of woman that would believe anything," said Phipps, scowling at her. "I am not here to argue the matter with you; I want niy wife. Where is slie to be found? Be quick, I beg of you; by the time I find her she will pro- bably have paid away her last far- thing." "I don't know where site is," said Odley, in a tone -which implied that she would not have* given the infor- mation had she really known. "It's no good coining to me—and I wouldn't give you the address of your nephew if you wanted it. They've gone away into the coun- try, and they don't want anybody like you to upset 'em." "Now, my dear Miss Odley, • said Victor, in a wheedling tone, "let mo implore you to be reason- able. Mrs. Phipps is a most mis- taken woman, who has separated herself from this gentleman, who is only too anxious to give her that protection which only a husband can give. Would you separate them Odley—you, who have lived, as it were, in an air of romance?" "I've done with all that kind of thing," said Odley, with a grim shake of her head. "I don't want anything to do with it; there's been trouble enough about AuntPhipps, as they call her, to last out twa lifetimes. If you want to know any thing, you'd better go and see Mr. Blake; he knows more about it than I do, and you won't get over hien in 1i burry." "My dear Miss Odley, we have TM desire to get over anybody," said Victor, in a pained vo'ce "This gentleman yearns for his wife—for the lady who was, up to a recent date, all in all to hini— life of his life—and all that ki id of thing. Your suggestion is a good one; we will go to Mr. Martin Blake, and see what he has to tell us. The time will conte, pry sweet Miss Odley, when you will 'egret your attitude with tears of remorse 1 had not expected this from you at all." They went away, leaving Odley with a dim feeling in her mind that she had either clone remarkably well, or behaved extremely badly— but she was not quite sure w'ri^h Outside the house Phipps turned impatiently on Victor Kelman. when Martin spoke, other tone of voice. "You are most Phipps," he said. longing to (To 800 be quite an - welcome, Mr. 'I been have you." Continued.) END OF GRAFT SCANDAL GUARDIANS HEAVILY FINED AND SENT TO JAIL. Fines May bo Turned Over to Robbed Municipality — Scenes in Court. Everybody has heard of the wrongdoing of the Mile End Guard- ians, following on the bribery and corruption among the Guardians of West Ham, writes a London (Eng- land) correspondent. Members of both boards were found guilty of making money out of contracts by a regular system, and in both cas- es they were found guilty, and con- demned to hoary sentences. Tho scene at Old Bailey court when the Milo End Guardians were sentenced was tragic. The court was throng- ed at the conclusion of the twenty days' trial. The ten members form - td what was known as the Calcott ring, and were charged with con- spiracy and receiving bribes, and taking advantages from contractors and by other means. The sentences were as follows: Thomas Gould, aged 70, feather dyer—Fined £25 and fifteen months' hard labor. John Edward Kemp, builder — Fined £25 and six months' hard labor. Jonathan Edward Loftus, tailor— Fined £25 and nine months' hard labor. A. W. Ridpath, licensed victual- ler—Fined £25 and nine months' hard labor. • J. F. Stammers, licensed victual- ler—Fined £25 and nine months' hard labor. Walter Trott, greengrocer—Fined £25 and nine months' bard labor. Samuel Gilder, secretary—Fined £25 and nine months' hard labor. Joseph Gilson, butcher — Fined £250. Alderman Rowland Hirst, thrice Mayor of Stepney, licensed victual- ler—Fined £250 and two years' hard labor. J. C. Warren, J. P., grocer — Fined £250 and ono year's hard labor. FEATURES OF THE TRIAL. "Shall we get anything out of this plan—whatever his name is 7 ' he asked. "It maddens me to think of this woman going about Landon spending money like this--s3u t ng worthless people un holidays awl so forth—with no one to restrain he r." "Patience, my dear Phipps--pa- tionco," urged Victor. "The man lives not five hundred yards from here, and I dare say we shall dis- cover something from him concern- ing your charming wife. He is an artist—and a pretty had one, 1 LI Bove, at that. On this occasion 1 would suggest that you shoul1 in- terview him yourself ; take hick off his guard, as it were, and get nut of him the information you require. It was a mistake on my part to go to that old woman Odley; it male het suspicious. Oo to this man yoursolf--(these artist fellows ere generally stupid and unsuspicious) —and see what you can diseoyer It seeing to me that this wife of yours will probably he kept oat of the way, because of her wealth ; in other words, she is too valuable to be given up." "That's it—that's exactly the case; you're a very shrewd fellow," exclaimed Phipps earnestly. "Let me once get sight of her, and I'll soon bring her to book, and soon let these people know that she s not a sponge -•poor dear' --to bo squeezed dry by them. Show enc where the fellow lives; I'm imply; ent with every moment of delay Think of the money that is bein3 flung about "' Victor took him to the studio, and indicated the door. "I will wait for you until such time as you have trickled this than. and got out of him what sou want." be said. "Gond- bye for the present ; gond luck to you . As Phipps hanged heavily on the de•or. and was admitted, Victor Romano strolled away, with a smile on his face. in the darkness the smile grow wider and wider, until at last the man was gripping his sides, and roaring with laughter. "It's splendid—it's magnificent'" he exclaimed. "The fair Odley has .rut made use of the packet after "THE TEMPTER." Addressing Gould, his Lordship said : "You, Gould, are an old o have vo k mown Tuan, old enough t 'nu g much better, and you 1 regard as the tempter. But for your age I should pass a longer sentence, but I wish you to have time to come out again before you dio. You will pay a fine of £25, mud go to prison with hard labor for fifteen calendar months." Gould tottered from the dock with bowed head as Kemp stepped forward. When Hirst's turn came, the judge, speaking in a very severe tone, said: "You are an old guar- dian, and I can find no excuse for ycu. Thrice mayor, by virtue of your office as magistrate, taking a 1 N tees at4i.l4N4fitleletett iTheFrm KEEPING THE CHURN SWEET. Tho best method of keeping churns in good condition is to rinse them in two sets of scalding water at the end of cacti churning, then rinse in cold water and drain. Some prefer to turn the churn over with mouth down. Others prefer to allow the coverhole to turn up. Neither of these methods is consid- prominent part as leader of the Brod the most desirable. When it ring, despite, and possibly taking is turned with the coverhole down, advantages out of other contracts. the remaining steam on the inside You will bo sentenced to two cf the churn will not escape. It years' imprisonment with hard la- will condense inside the churn and bor, and will pay a fine of £250. cause it to remain in a damp con - As Hirst, the ex -mayor, was sen- dition over night, or oven longer. tenced, a woman screamed, and By turning the churn with tho some one cried "Shame!" Outside, coverhole up, the dust and other in the corridor a number of women impurities from the atmosphere are fainted, and one or two were in hy- likely to fall into it. Tlie best ino- sterics. thod is to turn it over so that the THE WEST HAM TRIAL. coverhole points to one side. The churn should be thoroughly The great trial thus concluded is drained first, otherwise some water the second of its kind in the history will remain in the bottom. Sonie cf the new regime at the Local makers do not rinse the churn with Government Board. During the cold water. They simply scald it past two years a firm attitude had er steam it, and then let it stand been adopted at the department, of and dry. If this method is followed which Mr. John Burns is head, with for any length of time the churn a view of clearing away every taint is likely to bo short lived.. The en the public life of the country. wood will, in a comparatively It first found expression in the trial short time, get spongy. Such con - and conviction of West Ham ditions will cause it to rot in a Guardians and officials, in May last shorter time, and it will also allow year, for conspiracy. Sentences the cream to enter the cracks and were at the West Ham trial passed pores of the wood, making it more varying from two years to six difficult to keep the churn in a monthsimprisonment. In that ease sweet condition. also the men convicted were dis- If the churn is rinsed with cold franchised for various periods. and water the major portion of the one ((1. A. Crump) was ordered heat has been removed and still never again to serve on any public enough left to effectively dry it ou body. No fines wererthen imposed. the inside. Sonic makers prefer to keep the ANTS AS WEATHER PROPHETS. churn in a good condition by rinie afte Their Method of Giving Warning of wash ug g This is notsalt on thotonsidbe recons an Approaching Storm. mended, as all churns contain more Ants as weather prophets afford or less iron warn on the inside. new testimony to the cleverness of Salt, while a good germicide, caus- these small animals. When yqu go es the formation of rust on all iron out on a spring morning and find with which it comes in contact. the ants busily engaged in clear- After a time this rust will scale off ing out their nests and dragging the to a certain extent and become in - sand and bits of earth to the sur- corporatcd in the butter. face you may be surd that no mat- If the churn is treated daily in ter how cloudy it is there will be the manner described above, and no rain that day and the probahili- then at the end of the week treated ties are for several days of good with slaked line, it can be kept in weather. a good sweet condition. The lune If, however, you see the ants should be freshly slaked and in a al•out the middle of a spring or liquid condition when put in the summer afternoon hurrying back to churn. A pailful or two of this the nest and a sentinel trotting fuid will be sufficient for each out in every direction looking up churn. By rotating the churn re - stragglers and urging them to go mains in this condition until ready hem° as soon as they can get there, for use again. When ready for ecu may figure on a rain that af- use put in sonic waren water and ternoon or night. , the me wreaff. B When the last. of the wanderers if itlihas beenill allodilywed totomo remaoinut in ie found the picket hurries in and the churn too long it will form a the nest is securely sealed from the )lino carbonate, and will be marc inside to keep out the water. It is difficult to remove. seldom that ants are taken by sur- Lime is one of the best disinfec prise by the approach of a shower, tants and deodorizers that can be -- - -� used in n creamery. Some of tho AT LAST. host butterniakers use it every day Mrs. Silas Bennett was n philoso- an all the wooden utensils, such ns pher. On a certain dismal occa- on butter workers, churns, etc. sion some of the neighboring wo- Many creameries would be in n Tien were condoling with her. With much sweeter and purer condition cemnaendahle cheerfulness she re- if they were given n good coat of died : white veai• / D tees inside once a I've raised four girls an' three month. Refrigerators. wooden boys, expeevery time they'd utensils, and rooms of any kind be twins and red-headed like their can he kept in a goad, sweet and ain't. Grandpa Bennett, an' yet they Ftire condition by whitewashing or sprinkling a little lime on them. — An' I've worried consid'ble over family. So for, smallpox breakin' out in my big \\'1:1GHT OF SILAGE.'tain't. The weight of silage depends on Last summer, Burin' July an' n number of different conditions. August, an' mebhe, part ot Sop- For example, the depth of the si- tember, I was real rndix; boric, lo, the diameter, the condition of guess' I'd got an appendix ; but I the corn when put into the silo, ghees 1 ain't. etc. Professor King in his hook on "An' through it all. it never onct eel'he Physics Agriculture" gives occurred to Inc that I'd be the one n table pies of ng the computed to fall through them rotten old weight of well matured corn silage mo tin' -house steps an' break my at different distances below the sur - leg in two places. but I be. face and the computed feed weight '+ for silos of different depths two DONALD KNEW. for after filling In the ease of n LOVE'S AWFUL REVENGE TORI: OCT TONtiI E OF HIS ! IAl'fHLESS SWEETHEART. weight of all the silage in the twen- ty feet is 33.3 pounds per cubic f 'ot. At thirty feet the weight, of all the silage in the silo of that depth is 39.6 pounds per cubic fut.:L. A silo twenty feet deep and fif- teen feet in diameter will hold 28.84 tens. A silo thirty feet deep and fifteen fet in diameter 105 tons. In th above our oorrespondont can feu] enough information to enable hien to figure out the weight which should be allowed in his own parti- cular case. THE COST OF A CALF. In an experiment to ascertain the cost of raising a calf, Professor Shaw, of Michigan Station, took a dairy calf and kept an accurate ac- count of the expenses of feeding for one year after its birth. The amount of feeds used in that timo were 381 pounds of whole milk, 2,- 568 pounds of skim milk, 1,202 pounds of silage, 219 pounds of beet pulp, 1,254 pounds of hay, 1,247 pounds of grain, 147 pounds of roots, 14 pounds of alfalfa meal and e0 pounds of green corn. Th3 grain ration consisted of three parts each of corn and oats and one of loan and oil and meal. At the end of the year the calf weighed 800 pounds at a cost of $28.55 for feed. The calf was a Holstein. • In addition to the above each de- fendant is to lose his right of citiz- enship for seven years, and to for- feit any public office he holds. The trial has occupied twenty days at the Old Hailey, fourteen days at the police court, and it is estimated it has cost about £12,000. Thirty counsel have been engag- ed.. ('alcutt, the chief witness, was in the box for twenty hours. There were seventy witnesses alto- gether, and over 200 exhibits. The judge expressed the hope that the Crown would see its way to refund to the ratepayers sume of the money received in fines to relieve the burdens created by de- fendants. WHAT THE JUDGE SAID. His Lordship dealt very severely in giving judgment. .\ good part of their punishment had already come to them while they had been sitt'ng there hearing their conduct held up to the scorn of their fellow- men. If they had any manhood in them they must have suffered. He quite agreed with the verdict of the jury. and it woe time that corrupt proceedings of that kind were stamped out with a firm and vigor - cos hand. Margaret., aged ten, was a begin- ner in history. "Manna," she ask• ed. "what, does 'behead' mean t" "To cut of a inan't head, dear." There was a moment of silent study; then another question. "What does 'defeat' mean, ma- nna ?" Little Donald, aged four, was in- terested. "I know, mania," was his logien! conclusion. " 'Defeat' means to cut a man's feet e0." FROM ERIN'S GREEN ISLE NEWS BY MAIL FROM JRE- I.AND'E SHORES. Happenings in the Emerald Isle ot Interest to Irish- men. Crops aro reported as a fair av- erkgo in Co. Longford. It is proposed to start a grass seea market in the town of Ke.tdy. Extensive improvements are at present being carried out at Done- gal railroad station. A new Catholic church is being erected at Kinnegad, in place of the old one, which dates back to 1792. A young lad named Cunningham, living near Crossgar, Co. Down, died from lockjaw, caused by blood pcison. A prize bull rt eently gored to deaths James Kerr (62), a workman employed by James Stewart, J.P., Liskey, Strabane. Crops wore destroyed and grass and drainage much injured by es waterspout which fell on Altahul- lin Mountain. Co. Donegal. The sale of a 100 acre grazing farm at Ballymoe, was abandoned, ae. a mob prevented the auctioneer going on with his work. Tho French park police in Coun- ty Roscommon ate inquiring into an alleged case of cattle maiming on grazing lands in the vicinity. On account of cattle driving and other malicious injuries a large force of constabulary has just been drafted for duty in Staholmog, Co. Meath. Mr. T. W. Russell, M. P., has cc nfirmed the report that he intends to retire from parliamentary life at the close of the present parlia- ment. A block of buildings used as fur- niture stores and van sheds by Mr. 1 avid Ireland. 4 Tate's avenue, Lisburn road. Belfast, have been destroyed by fire. John Mulroney. n workman at Rosernount, County Wexford, wets seriously injured by a horse, which kicked him in the face, splitting open his lip and chin. Miss Mianis Mahaffy, Belfast. was awardel fte25 at the Antrim A+•eizcs as damages against the lo- cal corporation for injuries sustain- ed iii a street car accident. Found guilty at Donegal Assizes c.f having attempted to murder her husband by giving hien a dose of strychnine, Catharine Buchanan has been sentenced to 20 years' pen- al servitude. Carlow Workhouse Iias been vivit- ecl by a "pauper," Mary Brennan, who on admittance to the inetitu- silo ten feet. deep the weight of the tion deposited with the master, silage at ten feet is, given as 33.1 Morrow Murphy. a sum of $2.700 rounds per cubic foot, and the nv- she had in cash in her possession. range weight of all the silage in the Forty police in charge of County silo down to ten feet 20.1 pounds Inspector Supple. Tullsmore, at, per cubic font. For it silo fifteen tended at n term near English. four feet deep the weight of the silage miles from flirt., to assist a bailiff at the fifteenth foot is 400 pound in taking pnsseeeinn fora purehns- per cubic foot, while the average weight of all the fifteen feet of sil- age is 59.8 pounds per cubic foot. For twenty feet deep is 46.2 per; world. about f.0 per cent. is sup- ci.bic toot, while the average lylicd by the British Empire. Was Dragged to Death at Heels of His Horse by Indignant \ ills„ors. For tearing out his former sweet- heart's tongue because she had broken her promise to remain - faithful while he saved enough to support her, a traveling dentist tainted Francesco Vergani has been dragged to death by a horse to which he was tied by the bystand- ei s who witnessed his vengeance. Vergani, when a youth of nine- teen, fell in love several years ago with Eloise Ferrari, a girl a year hi:• junior, and the daughter of a Frosporous farmer of Itevigo Prov- ince, Italy. . The girl liked him, but her parents objected that he was too young and poor to wed. Hop- ing to make a fortune in America, the young pian took passaro to New York, after making his sweetheart promise to accept no husband until be returned to claim her. The two took their vow of faith- fulness in the village church, re- peating together, as they conclud- ed. "May I be stricken dumb if I violate the oath 1 have taken.” Fortune was slower in coining to hien in the New World than Ver- gani had hoped, and it was eight years before ho considered himself able to support the woman of his choice in the fashion in which he thought she was entitled. LEARNED DENTISTRY. He had found employment, in the meantime, with an itinerant don- tist, who, taking a fancy to the young Italian, finally made hien his partner, equipped hint with a smat- tering of dentistry, and enabled him to accumulate enough to make him, in Italy, a comparatively rich pian. Corresponding through a mutual f, send, Vergani had heard regular- ly from his betrothed during the first six years of his exile. Then the letters suddenly ceased. The Italian was worried and anxious, but still confident that the girl re- mained true to hint. He was con- fident, too, that, had anything be- fallen her, his friend would have informed hien. Just as he was preparing to re- turn home, however, he learned, a month ago, in Boston, that she bad married a well-to-do miller of her native village. His love turned to hatred, Ver- gani hastened at once to Italy, bought one of the stage coaches from which itinerant dentistry is rraetised there. and drove to Mon- Relice, a village near Padua, where he arrived during fair time, gathers. eel a crowd and performed a num- ber of small operations, meanwhile questioning his patrons concerning his former fiance. TORE OUT HER TONGUE. whn bought it only a year ago. >Y of the entire gold output of the As he had expected, it was not long before she and her husband appeared in the group about his coach. Himself unrecognizable in the long beard he wore, he beckon- ed to the woman, who, encouraged by her Husband, agreed to a ti'1ul of a powder w itli which ho had been polishing the not over -clean teeth of several of the villagers. Catching up a pair of forceps, as she opens] her lips, he seized and tore out a large part of her tongue while the crowd looked on, frozen with horror. Then, as the agonized husband dashed forward and caught his feinting wife in his arms, n rush was made for the coach. The crowd's first instinct was plainly to liar him to pieces. As they tore bin from the coach. however some- one shouted : "Tie him to his horse and let it drag him." The suggestion met with instant approval. One of the horses was quickly unfastened from the coach. Vergani was hound t' its tail. and the nninal, already frightened aid rearing, was lashed to a wallop. The victim of the mob's venee- nnce was dragged nearly two miles Before the rtinawny animal was stopped. Vergnni wen' then almost beyond recogniti'en. Tire objeet nI his vengeance will probably not re- cever. 4'— "I TOLL) YOU SO." Aunt Dinah was laboring over the wa-htub in the side yard near h; r c•nbin, when suddenly and myst i- ously a little negro, as if 1:'11 •11 from the skies sprawled upon the, grass nearby, picked himself up slowly and began to wiiisoper. "Hey, yo', Pearn!" cried , ent Dinah, "didn't I done severely warn yo' 'Lunt chat? Didn't 1 cau- tion yo' elaborately? Ain't 1 &Via tcle yo' ter quit foolin' crone' dat noire.?" STi1,1. RUNNING. i?dw•in, aged four, owned a pic- ture hook in which it fitrce-Inokiag cow WW1 running after n small bay. lie looked nt it a lung tiro the carefully closing tl:e !melt lie laid it away. A few clays later lie get they book again, and turned to the ricture. llringing hi.i chubby fret cl..wn on the cow, he cxelaie1 •1 in P. tone of triumph. "Slin ca:.ght him yet:"