HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1909-09-16, Page 2,In Ullexpeetod Confession;
Or, The Story of Miss Percival's Early Life.
CHAPTER XX1.—(Cont'd)
Esther went to hint and sank up-
on tlw chair beside him.
"I cannot realize it I" she said,
with a quick catch in her breath.
"1 never dreamed of anything like
this I How can I, who have been
to humbly reared, ever suitably
maintain the diguity of the position
to which you have elevated me?'
Iler companion laughed out soft -
:y at her perplexity.
"Of course, I knew that you
would be astonished" he said. "But
Esther, you are no ordinary girl -
1 have seen that from the first of
our acquaintance --and you must
not underrate yourself. I thick,
for the next three or four years,
it will be well for you to attend leaden case, by a messenger whom
strictly to the perfection of your ,lie regarded as perfectly trustw•or-
arocnoo to asma) this! Yoe tity. The man was attacked an,'
aro notlspare expense. There robbed, so the story goes, and thus
willu to plenty whatevery of money litoke.
. You that jewel was lost. The other, in
you do you like. You
aro to have your own checkbook, accordance with the law of heredi•
and your signature will always be ty, fell into the hands of my uncle,
honored for any amount you may and, as you know, was stolen by my
d bestowed upon his fav•
f Not a word was spoken while she child," he gently replied, "and,
I was thus engaged; but her compan- speaking of family honor, I would
iou sat watching her flying hands like to know where you would find
and the deindliug ball like tine fas- a brighter example of anything of
cinated. the kind than in the fact that this
At last her work was done, and jewel has been so rigidly guarded
the small package wrapped in pa- and preserved, wii.h the unsw•erv-
per lay exposed at the bottom of ing purpose of restoring it to its
the bowl.rightful owner.,,
Seizin git, Esther removed the ''It scents to me that commit'
fancily for many generations. Or.-
ginally there were, two, just alik'
The rubies were very rare, and tra
dition has it that they were pu-•
chased by one of my ancestors from
a captive prince during a war in
India. It is also said that tits/were set just alike, each in its eine
let of diamonds, for a pair of twit
sisters to wear upon their presen-
tation at couft. Later ono died,
whereupon both jewels carne 'tits
the possession of tho other, nal
were thus handed down to tho eld-
est son for succeeding generatioaa.
My uncle's father was in this coup
try many years ago, and fell in loft
with an American girl. As a seal
to their bethrothal, he sent her one
of the twin rule:es, inclosed in a
choose to draw. I have also ar• brother an
`orite. I have told you how it .tai had commotted the long -lost tree -
ranged to have you make your home
with Mr. King during the holidays, . recovered, and it is now in a sato sure to her keeping, to bo restored
deposit vault in London, together if she should ever be so fortunate
as to discover the owner. most productive area in all Samoa. ed condition of the family and the
"But why did you remove it from Froin Apia, about tiff miles away humbleness of its surroundings, the
the easel Why did you conceal it p yg '
t 1 tl em as long as youed her
cn the island of Upolo, it is some- young girl's mother determined that
t
wrapper and held up before hitt the honesty could not do otherwise,"
,magnificent cluster of stones. Feld the, girl, as she thoughtfully
Ho grasped it with a trembling proceeded with the rewinding of
hand. her worsted. From slavery to the presidency
"This is marvelous.!" Lord Irv- "And I regard it as very unroof- of a savings bank, with a capital of
ington exclaimed; "I can scarcely mon honesty," was the sniffing re- more than mt;0,000, is a far call, yet
realize that, 1 am awake—that this FHems°, since its restoration must` that is the distance travelled by a
in not some hallucination of the have seemed almost a hopeless task negro woman, Sirs. 111aggio L. Wel-
senses !" especially after so many years hat ker, of Richmond, Virginia. She is
"Read this!" said Esther, elapsed without the slightest clew the only 'woman in America who has
smoothing out the crumpled paper being obtained. However, it is been elected a bank president. lie -
and passing it to hint. very gratifying to me to have the sides, she is the grand worthy secre-
It was, as we know, the note mystery of its loss explained, and tory and treasurer of the lndcpend-
which had been found in the leaden that the descendants of its trusty enc Order of St. LU.tce and prestuent
case with the jewel. guardians will now reap a fitting of a uepartment store that is oper-
"\Vondcr of wonders! It is sign- reward for their faithfulness and ated in the old capital of the Con-
ed 'Il. I.,' and those letters stand her own by becoming the possessor fcderacy by the members of the fra-
FROM SLAVE TO BANKER
WRAT A NEGRO WOMAN RAS
ACCOMPLISHED.
Mrs. Maggie Walker }lead of Store
That Employs Young
Negresses.
for Russel Irvington," cried the
man, after perusing the missive,
"raid the name of this woman was
the same as yours!"
"That is easily accounted for,"
Esther replied; "it was merely a
whim of my father to name me for
the heroine of this strange ro-
mance."
"Ah! then this old-time Esther's
identity is stilla mystery," said his
lordship, in a tone of disappoint-
ment.
"But tell toe, now, how this pre-
cious thing happened to fall into
your hands."
Esther resumed her seat and re-
peated the story which her father
had related to her, after which ho
and when your education is fin-
ished, he, with his good wife, wit! , with many other precious stones,
present you at court, and give yry, ; which will now become yours, Et
a little taste of society before you they, and you aro to wear themand
settle down in your proper posits �u 1 con ro i within the ball of worst
as the lady of Irvington Manor, I I After that they are to go to
yotur husband inquired, when she reached times possible to read at night by .her daughter should obtain an edit -
times
nm going to leave you perfectly eldest son, if he lives to this point of the narrative, where- I the, glare of the Sat alias volcano, cation, and spared her time to at
You ; if not, to your second. M✓ upon she told him of the converse -
becomes I whose twin pillars of vapor by day tend the puh_ic schools of Rich.
freestodo as you choose in all child," he added, bending a smil- p becomes columns of red. mond. Mrs. Walker recently recall -
things, Esther the stat, continu 1tion between the two men at Lake
ed, but with a little sigh, as he .ing look upon her, I should like ,George, and which sho had over- Above the ever seething lake of od how her mother had often knelt
azed upon the lovely, flushed fa :c very much to neo you, just for onceheard from her place of conceal- l Etre within the crater hangs a great at her bedside, beliett-ing her
dressed in a manner befitting th3 t } h' th 'Then she crimson cloud, while eight miles din- asleep, and would pray that she
of both jewels.
(To be continued.)
GREATEST OF VOLCANOES.
ternity, which coinpany has a capi-
tal of $25,000 and gives employment
to twenty young women of the
negro race.
Mrs. Walker is of striking ap-
Only I•'our Years Old, hut a Titan pearanco and a peculiar personality,
Beside Little Old Vesuvius.
and talks, without, any ostentation
In tho island Savaii, in the interestingly of the work of her or-
In
group,ofan August ganizatiou and the part she has bad
during g in building it up after the negro
night in the year of 1905 there arose men who had had been at the head
from the midst of a peaceful cocoa of it had abandoned the order as a
plantation a volcano that in four sinking ship. This woman was born
years of its still ceaseless activity of slave perentago, and when a
has sent forth more molten lava young ger}, aftee the war, assisted
than has any volcano of which there her mother in doing the washing that
is record. Iwas taken in to help in the main -
To -day this flow of lava, in some tcnance of the family. She carried
places :00 feet in depth, is filling the wash to each home in a basket
up the sea along a frontage of more that she born upon her head.
than seven miles, has destroyed
about fifty villages and as many
square miles of what was once the
BECAME A TEACHER.
Notwithstanding the impoverish-
uesido him; and if—if, at any time losilion of Lady Irvington, and
in the future, you should meet 1
some ono worthy of your love, yen : wearing these family towels, •which
are to follow the promptings of for so long have been lying uncle 1a,
your own heart. Nay, do not because there has been no mistre ;s
shrink," ho interposed, as she shiv- in the manor house. Esther, I.
ered slightly at his words; "a beau- know you would be really beau•i-
tiful woman, such as you, must
necessarily attract lovers—it is but
natural, and I ain sure you will
)Dever choose rashly or unwisely. One
thing only I wish to stipulate —
that, should children be given you
by and by, you will name your eld-
est son for mo—Russell Edgeworth
Irvington—rear him to be worthy
of the name; and, after you, make
hint heir to both title and the es
tato. Will you promise oro this,
Esther 1"
"Yes—yes, I would promise you
anything," she breathed, the glit,
teritig drops falling thick and fait
upon the rigidly clasped hands
her lap. She could hardly bear t.•
think that he must surrender so
much to her, a comparative stress--
ger.
traw
ger.
Then she added, appealingly, 118
she saw how pale and weary he
locked :
"Birt do not talk any more of
this to-clay—rest now. and finish
what, you hese to say to -morrow."
"No, dear, I want all these mat-
ters settled while they may be—we
aro not cure of to -morrow, you
know," he gently returned. "There
i• not BO !cry much more to tell
ho resumed ; "I simply want to
speak about the family jewels,
tome of which are very valuable,
and especially of the ornament
which has made so much trouble
for me. It was one of a pair, com-
posed of very costly stones, and
which have long been know n as
'Tho Irvington twin rubies.' "
men ,e to a roc tent from the volcanic Bone appears might become educated and useful
trent on to speak of how sho had be -1 a lesser cloud, sometimes divided to her race and people. "When lfrs,
frayed herself, how }heir suspicions into many columns of apparent fire. \Walker had completed her schooling
had been aroused by hearing Frank It is but, the steam arisingfrom the she became ono of the teachers of
Cushman call her name, and the
fright which she had manifested; sea, colored by the red glowing lava her raco in the Richmond schools,
and how, after discovering that one that pours a Niagara of fire over where she served until she was call.
the cliffs that the ceaseless torrent • ed to the head of the St. Luke
of molten rocks builds higher and' Order.
higher every day. The ocean steam- I That was nine years ago, w hen
ers touching at Apia pass within . the organization, although having
close hailing distance of this dra- been in existence more than forty
Ttatic spectacle. I years, was in its death -throes, the
Scientists who have seen the most membership having gone down to
recent flow gay that every minute the hundreds. Only $.10 was in the
300,000 tons of lava flow over tho treasury. Mrs. Walker day and
lower rim of the dieter; and this night tramped the streets of Mich by the banks caving in, they would
not resembling in any way the other mond and the near -by towns, and soon become so filled up that they
lava, but like molten iron spreads through her personality succeeded in would not drain the land at all.
over the old field and beyond, un- hating hundreds renew their mem- A careful farmer should always
til at the sea there is a Niagara of! horship in the fraternity, and she carry a notebook with him, or at
fire full ten miles in width. As this also made excursions into the ad_bast have access to one each day.
molten lava falls into the ocean joining State of West Virginia and Whenever an implement breaks or
itturns black sand and sinks, secured other members. shows a weukening c f any o
[ itss
and so a new coast lino is being FISHING TOO NEAR THE SHORE, Parts, the damage, actual or threat-
CIIAI'TER N \ II.
As Lord Irvington spoke of "The
Jrsington twin rubies," Esther
electrified hint by springing to her
feet, quivering in every nerve, a
look of blank amazement upon her
face.
"Oh, can it be possible ?" she
breathlessly exclaimed. "Why'. it
is perfectly wonderful ! I can hard -
!y believe it 1''
Iler companion regarded her
w it h astonishment only equaled by
Ler own.
"What is it that is wenderfid 1
What is it you can hardly believer'
he inquired. "Why are you so ex-
cited. Esther. o'er what I have said
r, Lent trey family jewels ? '
The girl sank hock in her seat.
l.."king pale and troubled. She
was toerwhelined. almost nppnl-
ltd. by the thoneht that. if her sur-
mises were correct. the owner of
the twin ruby was now her hus-
land, and also that the long -gnaw•
td trenstlre. teeether t' ith its price-
less mate. ea, about to come into
her own r, s, -sten. It ens eer-
tain!y ma leel.•us• and yet. possibly,
there might b,• sonic mistake.
''Excuse me ter interrupting you
so uneeremon;.,tisly. " she said,
cont riling her agitation by a gr••..t
rine t, "but i have heard some-
thing alien( thesr rubies. Please
pe on with y••ur sten;. and when
on are through, I well tell vet
i
tiins.
Lord In ingten roger d her cur.•
euay kr a moment. resut;u-
ed :
''This .•rnanlent of ah
h very • k1, and it, hen be
ape ii►
I1. .
fol." of the Hien had climbed to her win -
The youthful wife flushed to the clow and seen the leaden ruse in her
brows at this tribute to her love►ihands, she had removed tho jewel
and concealed it within the ball of
worsted.
Sho also related how, the previ-
ous winter, the same man had en-
tered her roots for the purpose of
robbing her of it, and, but for her
forethought, would have secured
the coveted prize.
It certainly- was a clever inspir-
ation," Lord Irtington remarked,
when she concluded, "and 1 be-
lieve you cannot do better than to
rewind the wool about it. No one
would ever suspect its place of con-
phatically rejoined. eealment; but I think perhaps Mr.
"Such was tho case. neverthe- King had better take charge of it,
less," she asserted, and then pro- and deposit it with the other, upon
seeded to describe herself as we his return to London. Both orna-
first saw her in her Western home, 'Dents will henceforth belong to
and to tell him of her subsequent
efforts to improve her personal ap-
pearance.
"Well, I am surprised," Lord Ir-
vington observed, when she con-
cluded, "and I must say you de-
serve great credit for your courage
and perseverance in submitting to
so much to improve your appcar-
sure. But you are not fully de-
veloped even yet, Esther, and I
prophesy that. three years from
now, you will be a remarkably
beautiful woman; but, better than
that, I am sure you will also bo a
good --conscientious women."
"Thank you," said Esther, with
starting tears; "I ant happier to
have you tell me that than to know
that 1 ain personally agreeable to
you ; although, of course," sho ad-
ded, with a shy smile and blush,
"it is pleasant to feel that I am no
longer repulsive to others. Now,"
she continued, after a slight pause,
• would you like inc to tell you
what I know about the 'twin ru-
bies' 1.,
"Yes, do," responded her com-
panion. eagerly.
"Well, then, to begin with." she
said, with repressed excitement, "1
late the long -lost !nate to your
end't Thee, manj now 'stared at her in
blank amazement at this astound-
ing statement. -
"Esther: have you lost your lien -
sea 1 it cannot be possible!" he
exclaimed.
"Wait one moment. and i will
prove it to you." she answered, ris-
ing.
is-
un She hastened from the roost, ran
lightly upstairs, when going to her
Itnnk she procured the ball of wor-
sted in which her treasure wag c•nn-
sealed, also the leaden case, and
then returned to the room below.
Going to Lord 1rtington's side.
she laid the leaden case in Iris.
hands.
Ile uttered a startled exc•latnation
as he rceeived it.
"it is exactly like the rine in
v hieh the other jewel was conceal- 1•aiginu t" the last 1 we generations
ed at horse'" he cried. "Rut it is . i !r\ingtens." he concluded, wit,
empty : My c'.ild, how came you a regretful sigh.
by it. and where is the jewel?" ' it a Wender to ore that yell
"Wait and you shall see." said were ail!i•g to trust its frluro
Fc,ther. as. dropping her hall of limner to a poor. unknown girl like
worsted into an empty heal Iather grateli obsert ed.
he table. she began to line could stake mi mistake in
other from it.
ness.
Could it be possible, she wonder
ed, that she was the same girl who.
less than two years previous, hail
been designated as a "perfect
fright :"
She lifted her eyes to her com-
panion and smiled.
"What is it 1" he inquired ; "of
a hat are you thinking 1"
"Can you imagine that, two
years ago, I was so painfully plain
as to be absolutely repulsive Y" sho
d.
qucstionc
"No, I ata sure I cannot," he em-
ou, Esther ; and w hen you take
your proper place in society, upon c.,lumns of water are raised in steam
the completion of your education, to incalculable heights, and this,
I want you to wear them, with the descending in a fine rain of brine,
other family jewels. It is lung since destroys vegetation and corrode:i
the Irvington gems have graced a the galvanized iron roofiings of
soman s form.
•• churches and trading stations for
"I can scarcely fancy myself miles around.
wearing such costly things," said
Esther, musingly.
"You will soon become accustom-
ed to them—jewels are things to
which tnost women take very kind-
ly ," her companion smilingly re-
plied. "I lute told you," he went
on, "that my uncle never married, cert moment alongan seer wideu-
but was heartlessly jilted early in y
life by nn arrant coquette. tips trig sea front of ten mile:: at least.
said to bate been a tory beautiful 1'..t snore than a mile 1.111 in the
English girl, and n great society
woman, and not lona; after her en-
gagement to Lord ha ington, she
made the acquaintance of a weal-
thy American, with whom she fell
violently in lot e, and flirted desper-
ately. She at length broke her
truth with my trtle, in the hope of horn in a peaceful sallcy, has it re
ninning the other; but she failed
stained for a moment quiescent..
4++++++++++++++S++++4+++ THE KAISER'S COUNTRY
♦ he arm SOME SI'R%NGE CUS'T'OMS i
♦P++♦+++++♦++i+♦++♦+++
WASTE IN CHEESEMAKING.
Prof. H. II. Dean says "that of
the 250 pounds of solids in every
ton of milk delivered at a cheese
factory, 125 are made into cheese
and 125 go into the whey tank
largely as waste except for the
slight use made of the same in pig
feeding. In contradistinction, all
the solids aro retained in condensed
milk. Practically there is no waste.
For this reason no cheese factory
can h.:po to compete with a eon-
densary. This is practically a true
statement of the comparative con-
dition of the two methods of manu-
facturing milk into usable food
products."
But with the creamery, where
the farmer is an intelligent raiser
of valuable dairy stock, the situa-
tion is different. \Vhen a farmer
can get fifty to sixty cents a hun-
dred for his skinunilk fed to Grade,
Holstein or Guernsey heifer calves
sold when they aro 10 months old,
and gets besides all the butter
value of the milk less the cost of
making, he is getting from his milk
more direct cash than any conden-
sary can afford to pay. In addition,
the keeping of such skimmilk on
the farts, the extra manure the
calves make, all helps greatly to
keep up the fertility of his soil.
This is not the case when the mitt
is consumed in cheese making or at
Of Her Domestic Conditions There
is Little Knout' In This
('ounlrje:�•
In the country districts the Ger-
man people aro steady and hard
working, and save money during
a month or two at a time. But us
soon as they have a nice round sum
saved they go off to the nearest
city, or some holiday resort, and
get rid of it in about one -twentieth
part of the time it. took to sae,. it.
hey have no fear of becoming Fate
pers
iu-
pers in their old age, however, be-
cause of the pension fund towards
which they aro compelled to sub-
scribe a certain portion of their
wages each week, says London An-
swers.
DANCING OUT THE NIGHT.
In ninny large cities, and notably
in Berlin, there is not Hauch to be
said in favor of the youn�or work-
ers of the community, espdc;ially the
unskilled. Instead of going to bed
tat a reasonable hour, they go off,
after supper, to ono of the numer-
ous ball -rooms and dance tho nigh -
through, drinking—a very light
beer, it is true—most of the time.
In the morning they have an air
of lassitude, and are by no means
sprightly about their work. In
the work -rooms of the large shops
at steal hours you will find the girls
snatching the repose they ought to
have had the night before ; and eve
the condensary. It is this farther, tho domestic servants are permi
better side of dairy farming, the tied to indulge themselves in chi
side that slakes a full-fledged, tray'
first class farmer of the man, that Under German laws, certain min-
or offences are dealt with in a way
ha -s not been studied as it ought to
that should commend itself to our
have been. Just because they can lawmakers. For instance, a man,
get a little extra, just now, for the when under the influence of drink,
milk, has been enough to send ; i„ rather noisy, and, perhaps,
thousands of farmers away from i.reaks a window. He is escorted
the brooder, better and truer phase j to the neartst police -station, where
of dairy farming, the phase that ! his name and address are taken,
will alone keep up the fertility of after which lie is conducted home
the farm. safely. Next, day he receives a lit -
FARM
NOTES.
Many farmers plow under a crop
of buckwheat in order to obtain
vegetable !natter. But in about the
salve length of time, more than
four times the amount of such ma-
terial may be produced by sowing
Indian corn.
Round tiles will drain the land
much more quickly and satisfactor-
ily than open ditches, which are an
eyesore and expensive, as they have
to be cleaned out often; otherwise,
built. up in water 300 to 900 feet _ "' ened, should he recorded, and then
sleep. Mrs. Walker did not, confine her-epa•
ircd the first day unfit for out -
This moving molten lake advances efforts to the south alone, but has Moor work. Such a course may save
at the rate of four miles an hour. travelled throughout the country, i serious breakdown in the midst
As it pouri itself into the sea establishing branch orders, mitt the , f the busy season. It is not a.ways
result that the work is at Present'i &cssan to await visible proof of
established in seventeen States, t, a necessity for repairs.
with a membership of more than Vlie poultry -house need not. be
9:,,000 in the various departments. an expensive affair, but should be
From a racial standpoin't, Mrs. of ample size, and built well enough
Walker is dissatisfied over the fact t„ keep eat the snow in winter and
that the negroes do not show nitwit the rain in sun:nler. One or more
As the torrents of boiling lavas inclination to branch out in business t•,indotcs should be put in the south
break against tho basalt cliffs or lines. side, and a number of openings left
hummocks left, by the old flow cliffs "There is no reason why the ler ventilation. These can be dos -
are melted by the Beat, hummocks negroes should not hate coiitidenc, NI in cold weather, and covered
disintegrated and carried forward enough in some of the men of the with wire screening or netting in
by the flow to be hurled into the race to invest capital for the opera hummer, when a screen door should
sea, where they explode like titaino tion of a department store, which take the place of the wooden one.
bombs, and this is taking place store would be liberally supported We have the roosting poles all the
by the members of the race. Until ' same Bright, with a sloping plat -
the negro !earns to trust and to- : form underneath, from which the
operate with other negroes in the droppings are cleaned as they ac -
operation of such enterprises the cumulate.
race will not amount to much. We
must cast out nets out into the
deep, where fish are in abundance,
for we have been fishing too close
to the shore."
ocean the water boils, and from the
crater still flows a steady stream
of lata greater, it is said. than man
has ever etoen in the past issue from
any volcano of a bice, there is re-
card.
Never ono since that night fear
Years ago, when this %ideano was
in this. for it afterward came out
that he was already pledged to a
cmnitrywanien of his own. They
were married a little later, but 1
never knew what became of the girl
who had thrown oter my relative.
it was a bitter blow. from utile)! be
never recovered, and as long as he
li'cd. he sednlonsly avoided all wo-
men. This was what probably made
Lim so austere. and 1 ass sure it
iisea have been C% a keener dis-
appointment to him, when, after
tearing my brother and myself to
manhood, his hopes. in connection
a lilt us and the honorable per-
petrrntiei, of his name and title,
';ere so ruthlessly blighted, and he
seemed to reap only ingratitude
I and treachery from us. New. Fa-
ther. yen know ala'ut all 111010 is tunes in Daly poison was a favor-
{ te he told regarding ms family his- ile means of remoting an enemy.
t••t v It has not been a pleasing Irl England, France and Germany
t.•ry, but 1 sincerely h„pt ?that. cruder methods of vengeance pre -
,ince you are henceforth to hear veiled. and it was not until the six -
the name, year bit in life will be tecnth century that the Medici in -
far happier than that of those he- troduced poisoning into France.
The fashion spread with terrible rn-
p:dity, and poison was employed in
e' try rank „f society t., get rid of
01(0117. en tent persons
The art ii,treduced into 1'rnncf
L' Catherine de Medici and her fol-
lea es• 14,k root so deeply as to
h!o•ssn'y(later into the black tragic
Mg anything with you, my of Lied XIV.'s reign.
POISON IN THE MIDDLE .1(.ES
Light on the ('susses of Some Mys-
terious Sudden Deaths.
in the Middle Ages so little was
known of toxicology that all sud-
den or mysterious deaths were at-
tributed to poison, but in the light
r,f tncxicrn knowledge many of these
are now easily explained by such
diseases as appendicitis or gastric
ulcer. says the British Medical
Journal.
Even the Borgias can he ale etly-
ed from many of the poisonings laid
to their charge.
Nevertheless, from very early
RESC I.Ell SLEEP-11'.1I,kER.
Heroic Efforts Sate Woman i,ont
Horrible Death.
An exciting incident took place
recently 4,n the London and North-
western Railway lino near Crewe,
England.
.\ young woman. aged about 20,
war; seen wandering down the
approach to the underground tun-
nel on the Liverpool line. She
was hysterical and in great distress
and she had apparently been walk-
ing in her sleep, as she had on only
her nightdre is.
Suddenly she was seen to run in -
'.1 the tunnel. A young roan en the
bank let himself down with a rope
and pursued her. Ropes were pinc-
ce under her waist, and she was
drawn up to a place of safety.
Had it not been for the timely
rescue she must ha'o been knocked
down and run eser by an express
which passed a rnnrnent later.
it appears that she resides in a
house on the railway embankment.
,\ bedroom window was found op-
ened, and it is supposed that she
Kit tip in her sleep and got on to
the railway.
She appears tunable to give any
rmempreenta•hcnsive account of her mote -
LiVE STOCK NOTES.
A hen will consume one bushel of
earn yearly, and lay ten dozen or
fifteen pounds of eggs. This is
equitalent to saying 3 1-10 pounds
of corn will pro dnee. when fed to
a lien. five -sixths of a pound of
eggs, but fise.sixths-of a pound of
ark requites shout five pounds of
corn for its production.
We would not advise a farmer
cter 40 years old to forsake a suc-
cessful business to enter into poul-
try raising. One should begin young
and grow up with the business. He
must study the hest methials of
feeding and of marketing his pro-
duct. No one can ad%isc enol}ter
as to the breed he shall choose.
That must be a matter of individu-
rsl selection. There should be nn
ideal in mind. and a constant ef-
fort to approach that ideal.
tic account, as:
Damage to window .... l0mk.
Fine .................. 10mk.
2Omk.
Ho pays, after which no more
heard of the matter.
OBEDIENCE AT ALIt COST
For certain offences, a
German policeman can admi
summary justice in the strc
Suppose a man spits on the
went, the policeman stops him,
demands 50 cents, for which he
fers a receipt. If the offender i
fcreigner who does not know the
power of the law in Germany he
may be tempted to spit again in de-
fiance. All right. The guardian
the law will remain quite imp
turbable, but the stranger w1
have 50 cents more to pay.
In this country, people who re-
side in boarding-houses or fur-
nished apartments generally es-
cape all taxation; but this is not
so with the Kaiser's subjects. In
Germany, even bachelors hate to
pay taxes, and the foreigner who
is only in the country temporarily
has also to pay a share, and a sub-
stantial one, too.
Of course, you inay protest that
you are only in the country for a
couple of months. and refuse to
pay. You will reerite a visit from
two or more officials, who will seal
your boxes, your dre«ing-cat:
and your handbag, and dale
Is. open any of them, under
penalties, until tho tax has b
paid.
CANDOR WOULDN'T PAY.
A gentlemen who was no longer
young, and who •fetor was hand-
some, said to a child in the pres-
ence of her parents:
"Well, my dear, what do you
think of mei”
The little girl made no reply. and
the gentleman continued :
"Well, you don't tell me. Why
won't you f"
Two little fat hands tucked the
corners of a pinafore into her mouth
as she said, in a timid whisper :
'Cnnse i don't want to get
whipped."
AMONG GERMAN STUDENT.
a great many are serious. Iia
working young men. But there
also a curious survival among th
in the furrn of tai•1e115 studen
societies, and in the most set
of these duelling is ,till carried
With these students the hig
possible ambition is to get,
nasty sear on the face in a fight
broadswords. and frequently
bouts end fatally.
Bullying among students t:i
peculiar form. Yon may be si
quietly in a cafe, having stir.
fteshments, when. locking t -p.
find some great. hulking 1.
staring at you. If you Itnt,
temerity to meet his rude star
flinchingly tie will resently
to your gloss. T1' 14 :an er
empty your glass at a di au
a sign that yeti have no cl
mend. and if soil refuse,
followed by a challenge.
FIGHT, 011 Irl: 1'
If an Englishmnii finds Itimse
itevolsed in such an affair. lie ha
better choose to fight with pistols,
at he is not likely to stand 6
chance with the broadsword e
n German student, unless h
had very considerable traini
this art.
A refusal to fight would lea
r stracism from all society two, -
toting the German gentleman a
code of honor.
No doubt this stupid praetice
would have died mat !s-.nsr age. but
for the fact that the Keiser and
most of the highest Slini•ctc rs and
c•ffieials of t he country re men hers
.,f students' societi)5 arc} these
dolling ones.
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