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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1907-01-17, Page 3+o+C+O+0+O C,++O+O+o+or-Oeo+o�•o♦O+o+0+0+0+t*1 Y �3 DARE HE? OR, A SAD LIFE STORY +010+04 010+0+0+0+0+O+0O+0+1.) O o -f O♦O40 4010+0+0+ CIIAI'TElt XVII. such a liberty. 1 know that 1 had no business to sxtnre in to hen 1 was told It Is past seven o'clock by the limo iho you were out," hu sa),, incoherent ly, f arty freaks up at the Anglo Amcri - bol -I thought -I hoped --•I hod an can, and the dusk Ls gaining even upon idea -that yuu might be glad to the red west that, in tho upper sky is hear—" Insensibly melted into that strange faint lie stops. puzzled how to wool his green that speaisi. in so plain a tan- pieco of intelligence, whether or not to guage, of past and future fine weather. name the person whose presence, otiose "Are you corning to look in upon us very existence had yesterday seemed to to -night?" a.sks Amelia, with a rather Inspire with such terror tho woman Ito- wistful diffidence, as her lover holds out taro him. She had sunk down upon a his hand in farewell to her. choir, holding her hal, which oho bad Ilo hesitates. In his own mind he had taken off on entering tic room, nervous - planned another disposition of his evert- ly clutched in her hands, the little htg hours to that suggested by her. waves of her hair, straightened out by 'What do you advise?" he arks. tho night wind. invading her forehead stroll you spend the evening in the usual more than their wont and giving her an way." unfamiliar look. "1 suppose so; s110 answers. "I sup- 'To hear what?" asks Mrs. 12 Mar - pose we shell read aloud; you know chant, who, following her daughter father likes to make our evenings as more leisurely, hos come in just in like our home once as possible, and timo to cute,' the last few words of Bur- Sybilla—" goyne's speech dis-severed from their Then 11 Is no use my Cor►ting;' inter- context- He begins that speech again, rupts he hastily. "1 should have no gond still more slannuctingly than before. of you;" then, seeing her taco fall tt his 1hear alacrity' In seeing 1 thought you might be glad to a pretence for escape, that tho--toe inquiries you ased c - hr adds. 'but, of course, 11 you wish it t mean that 1 promised 10 make• -Urs, dear -if it would give you any salistasr tion- -" the person relating to whom -1 made "But it would not," cries she precipi- inquiries, loaves Florence bo-mocroww." tritely, anxious as usual to be, if possi- lie hears a long sighing breath that Lie, beforehand with his lightest wish; may mean relief, that may mean only "when you are by, 1 always lose my distress tit the introduction of the sub - place" - laughing tremulously - "and ject, from tho chair beside him, while father scolds me I .io, you had tar bet- the elder w•untan says In a low abrupt ter not conte. 1 must not bo greedy"- voice In a lower key. "1 had quite half an "To -morrow? Aro you sure? blow hour, nearly three quarters, of you this •lo you know?" afternoon." "Ito said so himself to -day." Without trusting herself to any fur- ",lave you met Niru? Haw you been Ther speech, she disappears, and he, tacking 10 him?. with a sigh, that is only half of relief. It seems to Jim as if them was a turns away from Ilio hotel door, and ;harp apprehension mixed with the after a monment's lieilalion, a n►onu11l'` ,abruptness of her tone, as sho puts the glance at the suave darkening sky, and two last questions. Ile makes a gesture another at his watch. begins to wall, 1 eager denial. briskly -not fn the direction of Ili' "',leaven forbid 1 1 have taken great Minerva. It is really not late, not much ,are to avoid recalling myself to his beyond canonical calling hours, and he alenlory. I have no desire to renew toy is almost. sure that They dine at eight. icquainlance with him. 1 -1 -halo the Ills taco Is set in the direction of the Piazza d-Azeglio, as he addresses Chest reassuring remarks to himself. This 1: no case of self-indulgence or even o' friendly civility. It is a question of cons anon humanity. \Vhy should he leave them to endure their suspense for e whole night longer lhnn they need. merely to save himself the troa:' 'o of a walk beneath the darkly splendid sky arch, through the cheerful streets, stil full of leisurely foot passengers, of tha. sound of cracking whips and rolling carriages? Ito reaches No. 12. Bis, and finds the porter's wife silting at the door of her loge, and smiling qt him with all her while teeth, as if eche knew that he hnd corse on some pleasant errand. He climbs the nuked steno stairs, and rings the bell. 1t Is answered by Anuunzlata, who, stalling, loo, as 1 she were saying something very agreeable, conveys 10 him that the signora and the signorina are out. The intelligence battles him. as he had not at all expected it. i'robably his dis- concertment. is wriUen not illegibly on his features as Ahnnnziala begins at once In inform him that the signore arc gone to drive In the C..oscine, and that she expects thein back every inontent. It Is a good while before he quite mos tars her glib explanation, his Italian be- ing still at that stage when, if the care- phrase-book oraphrase-book question does nut receive exactly the phrasobook answer, the questioner is at Mull. But the smiling Invitation of the minable ugly face, and the hospitably open door -so different a reception from what the -Id bull -dog of en English nurse would have nccordcd hint -need no interpreter. After a mo- ment's hesitation h0 enters. llo will wait for them. It is not until he has been left alone for a quarter of nn hour in the: little salon, that he has line to tisk himself nervously whether the amount of his aequointattco with theta, or Um hnpor- lance of the tidings he brings, justifies his thus thrusting himself upon their e vening privacy. The table ---since they hnve obviously but one siting -room -is spread for their strnple supper -a coarse while cloth. a wicker -covered bottle of rough Chinn wine, and a copper pot full of delicately odorous Freesias. Ile wan- ders restlessly about the room, looking at the photographs. Tom --can it bo Tom ?-with n mous- tache. Charles with a heard and a Cowie -knife, (lose dandling her NO.. !Variant hanging over her husband --all his little playfellows! Dow far the wave nt time has rolled than away from him 1 ile strolls to the window choirs. at sunset. the green shutter~ hove been thrown bark, and stares out n ! the Pi:ILta garden, where the twilight is taking all the color out of the Judas Rowers. thence to the piano upon which hehulaerl's i rockne Blumer" stands open. Absently he repeats aloud the song's jaynus wools : "Iter 1.• nz wird kommcn. der Win- ter ist nus 1" is her "Winter nus?" Judging 1•y the lose in her eyes it has been a long and cerci one. If 1►c wishes to putt the ques- tion In her. she canes in just in time to shower it ---enters laggishly, as one tired. blinking n little from the sudden crude lamplight after the soft feather - handed dusk. She is evidently unpre- f tired to find nny one in the ,Isom, tool Estes a fa ighlrned jump when she ser, re titan's figure aprooching her. Even when she remgniu:s him the scared conk lingers. 11 is clear Hint in her sad e.perionre surprises trove, been nitwnys t;yn umtineus with bud news. The white a{,rebemion written on her small Ince makes hon so cordially repent of his In'rusicn. Hint his c'pinnalion of his pri.et "e is al first perfisely uninlclli- glble, "1 hole you will Lacus, my taking ti f hi !' She stops. "1 look interrated becau.e 1 feel inter- ested," returns Ir, doggully; "(rood or not -but" (in a distressed voice) "do hl, even in juke, cull yourself ugly nauus-fraud or not, yuu cannot hinder hie." "Do not be interested in mo," says she, in her plaintive cooing voice, "wo ore very bad people to get interested in, we tire not repaying people 10 be interested III. 1 think -nail perhaps'' (slowly and dreamily) "under other circumstances we might have been pleasant enough. Mammy tins naturally excellent spirits, and so have 1; it does not lake nitich to make us happy, and even note I often feel like poor liUle Prince Arthur - fl "'y my Christen&&; n, So I were out of prison una kept 1 should be as merry as the Jay is long.' But then," sighing prcefoundly, "'he moment that we begin to feel a little cheerful, something conies and knocks us down again." There is such a bank hopelessness In the tone with which oho pronounces the last wools, and in his almost total ig- norance of tiro origin of her despair, 11 is so impossible to put his compassion Into fit words, that he con think of no- thing better than to pull his chair two inches nearer her, to assure her by his dumb protest of how little inclined lie is to accept her warning. "Are you sure that he is renily gone-- going. I Wrenn." she asks. in an excited low voice, "going to-horlow morning, as you say? 011, 1 wish it were to -mor- row morning! But perhaps when to- morrow morning Comu C011103, o will have changed his mind. Was lie quite, quite sure about 1t?" "Ile said lie was going to -morrow morning," replies Jim, repeating C:ecil- ia's quotation from her new friond's conversation wllh conscientious exact- ness; "that 1t was not worth while to change his hotel, es he was leaving Florence lo -morrow morning.' "110 will not go," she says, shaking her head with restless dejection; "no- body but would be loth to leave this heavenly place" -glancing out affection- ately through tho open window, even at that commonplace and now almost night -shaded Piazza garden -"we shall find that he is not gone after all. "Nothing will be easier to ascertain Than that fact," says Burgoyne, eagerly catching at so easy an opportunity for help and service; "now that I know which is his hotel, 1 can inquire there to -morrow morning, and bring you word et once. "Could you, would you?" cries sho, life and light springing back into her dejected eyes at his proposal; "but no," with an accent of remorse. "why stould you? Why should the keep you run - To nn uninterested bystander there' fling upon our errands? \\hat right .would have been something ludicrous n taw boyish virulence of the expres- ,ton of hatred coming from so composed Ind mature a 110111'5 0100111 as Jitu. ilut tether of the. two persons who now leer it are in a position of mind to see mnylhing ridiculous in it. rue?" "Tn how do you know that it is he "Ile told an -an acquaintance of mine; ho was complaining of the dis- comfort, of the hotel, and on her recom- mending hint to change it, he answered that it was not worth while, as he was leaving Florence to -morrow." Again from the chair beside him conics that long low sigh. This lime there can bo no question as to its qual- ity. Il is as of a spirit lifting itself 11, 111 under a leaden load. For a few 110- ments no other sound breaks Iho still- ness. Then Mrs. Le Marchant speaks again in a constrained voice: "We are extremely obliged to you for having token so touch trouble for us, and it must seem very strange to you that we should tie so anxious to hear that this -this person has lett Florence, but in so small a place one is sure to he always craning into collision with those whom one would rather avoid, and Bolo aro reasons which --which make it v'r•y -painful to us to meet him." o saying, she turns away precipitnta ly, and leaves the m'oom hastily by ano- ther door from that by which they both entered, and which evidently communi- cab's with an n .Dining bedroom. Elizabeth remains lying back In her chair, looking as white ns the table- cloth. She is always white. but usually St 1s a creamy while, like meadow - sweet. Out of her eyes, however. tins gone the distressed hook of fear, and in them is dawning instead a little frirmdh smile. "You must have thought us rnlher im- postors when you sow us tit lite Aca- demia this morning. after leaving us nppnr•!►tly so shattered over -night," she saws, with a somewhat deprecating ait. "1 was very glad to find you so per - telly recovered," he replies. but he does not say it naturally. \\'hen n person. habitually truthful, slides into a speech not completely true, he dries It In n bungling journeyman (Dobkin; nor 1r Burgoyne any exception to this rule. "1 think we are a little like India -rub- ber balls, 11111tinny and 1," continues Elizabeth; "we time great recovering looser ; If we land nt" (slopped for n second by a small patient sigh) "1 sup - vote that we should not be alive now." ile does not Interrupt. her. She 11111-1 be' n much Tess Ilnely strung inslrurneiit Ilion he lakes her for if she does tial divine the sympathy of his silence, and sympathy so much in Iho dark as In wool 11 sympathizes with as his, must needs walk gropingly, if it would l'• e;r0r gins tin., pllfnlls. we should net have gone out I ring this morning -we were not • 1 11 junketing mood --if it had ir.. .i for Mr. Byng; he envie in end Intik us both by storm. 11 is Jilli, hall.' her fere dimpling and hrigleening with it touch more contlrttm"l senile 1114111 the tiny hovering one which is all That Jim hos been able to Ball forth -"it is Aim - ,'milt to resist n person who brings so rmnrch sunshine with him -do not yon om1 It so? Ile is so very sunshiny. , ur \Ir. Ilyng. \\'e like sunshine: we we have not hnd n great deal of it." 11 is on the very edge of his lip to tell her that when he hod known her she had had and been nothing hut sun- shine. But he recollects in lime her prohibition as to the past, and restrains (himself. "When yotl look so kind and intrr- estsd." she cries lmpulelwety, sitting up in her chair, with a Irnnspnrenl little hand on each arm et it, "I fuel a fraud." have wo to take up your time? "My time," repeats he ironically. "1 nm like the German Prince mentioned by llcine, who spent his leisure hours - hours of whist! Ino had twenty-four every day -in—" "But if we do not rob you," interrupts Elizabeth, looking at him in some sur- prise, "we rob Miss -Miss Wilson. \Vhnt will she say to us?" "She will be only too glad," replies he stilily, n douche of cold water thrown un his foolish heart by the little hesitation which had preceded her pronunciation of Antelin's name, showing that her in - interest in Trim had not had keenness .enough even to induce Ler to master his betrothed's appellation. "Will she?" rejoins Elizabeth, quite ignorant of having given offence, and with her eyes fixed rather wistfully upon his. "l low good of her! and how unlike most very happy people! ',,appy people are generally rather exacting; but she kooks good. Shn has n dear free 1" Ile is silent. '1'o hear the one woman's innocent and unconscious encomiums of the other fills him with an emotion that lies his never ready tongue. She mis- takes the clause of lis finiteness. "1 am afraid 1 have vexed you," she says, sweetly and humbly. "1 had no husine.ss to praise her to yuu; it w:as like praising n person to himself; but do not be angry with ole -1 did not ocean to bo impertinent !" One small fragile hand Is !vowing over the arm of her hand lodging -house •hero -chair, and before be tans an idea of whet his own Intentions are, it is lying, without tiny asking of its consent, in his. (To be continued). MOSLEM TABLE MANXFIiS. Exnmptes Which We Might All Follow al the Table. The rules set down by old Moslem precepts as to how to behove religiously and npproprlotely al meals are interest- ing, though whether they are devoutly complied with in limes of festival is daubtfi'I, says London Lancet. Here ore same examples ash your hands and mouth before eating. \Viten eating never put one leg upon the other, nor put your elbows uioin the table, as this hinders good digestb.n. Never be a slave of your repast, and newer touch tiny meal if you ore not hungry. ile ever content with what you Ilnd before you, not newer give yourself great pains in preparing choice dishes. Bo nlw•ays, if pnssiblc, at lite table in emulthny with friends, m the prophet hover partook of his mesal: r.lone. Always begin and end your meal with thanksgiving to Allah. •\hway.s eat with your right hand and -.wallow, before and after food, a little salt. It slows good upbringing and is pleasing to Allah ever to put into the mouth only small morsels and never to make any observations upon the defec- tive qualifies of dishes. Never cut brood with a knife, but, as the prophet died. break it. Never wipe your fingers with brood. Avoid blowing on n hot dish. but wait until it gets cool. Ent dates, apricots, and other similar fruit one by one, remembering In eating them thus the unity of Allah. Avoid at 1110 table drinking much water. Your meal finish- ed, us" attentively the toothpick gather up the crumbs, and wash again your hands and mouth. Lastly, render thanks to Allah. i ESL'i.T OF PRACTICE:. "Ile F. rote to be n man of consider- able addro« " 'No wonder; for years he canvaaaed for s direetvuy." • • • • 4 i•♦••*H•••••• H♦♦♦♦+iZ DON'T h)ESI'ISE SMALL THINGS. Why is it Cie general run of farmers make so little provision for Lund devote sa little study to, poultry? If the hens receive any cure at all it is usually from the wo11ten folks, In spilo of all the neglect and abuse the hen is about 111e best protht-maker on thefano, flow easy it is h get roped in. Some smooth talker comes along and tells about a mine that a few men own. All it needs is a little more capital to equip il, then, ah, me! money will be pulled out at a rapid rate. What per cent. or profit ever conies back to the farmer who puts money into the other fellow's mine? Fortunate, indeed, if anything ever comes back. But right before his eyes is an industry that is only walling for better attention, equipment and de- velopment to return enormous per cent. J( profits. The despised hen is making a better per cent. of profit, neglected though she be, than ever conies to the outside stockholder of a mine. Givo her her dues and she will give you better per cent of profit than the Inside stock- holder of a mine gets. One hundred per cent. on the invest- ment is not at all uncommon with a well -cared for flock of hens. About the Farm • + 1 1 • SELECT BEST BLEEDS. The vigor of farm poultry must be kept up in order to have profitable stock, as weak stock does not thrive or lay well. 7'ttere Is a mistake made in calling for extremely heavy weights in a breed. Select birds of standard weight and get them thick -fleshed and solid. The active, alert herr Is the layer. Select eggs from your best layers for hatching, and use pure breeds by all means, as they dress more uniformly and will give best all-around satisfac- tion. Do not overfeed laying stock, and make them take lots of exercise. A very light mash of clover chaff, bran and oats ground fine, mixed stiff, is good In the morning, us it Is readily assimilated by the fowl. Do not feed more than a quart to a dozen liens, feed all whole grain in litter, at noon give vegetables and meat in some form. Boil odds and ends of butchering. Keep hens well supplied with grit an.. clean water. Don't allow mato birds with laying hens. Have eggs clean and sorted for size end color. If the seller can guaran- tee his product to be strictly fresh, a much better price will be paid. CARE OF BROOD SOWS AND PIGS. In the experience of the writer in n northern latitude, It is just as easy and snfc having the pigs conte along at any time during the winter us at any other tines of the year. But this practice re- quires warm, dry, comfortable quarters, and with these and suitable feed and care 1 have had no trouble. Get good sows and keep them raising pigs -two litters a year -without regard to the months or seasons. And the pigs cared for in this way Irotn the time of leaving the mother so are healthy, and grow right along without regard to outside conditions because they are Independent of there. At six to eight months old these pigs have been fitcd for the market without once leaving their comfortable quarters in a large w arm stable. When such conditions can be pro- vided -warmth, a good bed, and plenty of suilable feed along with the needed care—there should always be success with the pigs, but where these condi- tions do not exist or cannot well be sup- plied, then it is safer and better to have pigs farrowed at the beginning of spring. In all cases secure good breed- ing stock, and keep it up to a good stan- dard of excellence. Get the breed that promises best. Do riot forget that any breed, however good, tj little attention is paid to its im- provement, will soon begin to deteriorate in value. That is the price that will have In be paid for thoughtlessness or ne- glect, while on the other hand, well - directed and persistent effort can hardly fail of receiving a corresponding reword. \VITII TIIB LIVE STOCK. In many sections tite cost of feed may lit greatly decreased by attaching a feed - grinder to the windmill. Stock to thrive and do well must relish their food. I.et then) go to their meals with a hearty appetite. Consider palatibauty. There is profit In gentleness to your domestic niiitnnls, hill aside from tent kind trenhnent is their right, and a mon who will not treat his stock kindly is 50 far a tyrant and a robber. By growing tough feeds with n high percentage of protein such as alfalfa, clover, row peas, etc., the feed hill can be cul down ntnterially and anfnals afforded a well-bnlrficcd lotion that will give good results. 'think of these things when seed Ince comes. One thing In favor of baby beef ready for market lies in the fact that where there is n slump In the market the stock can be mnde to put on flesh al no loss. I Ills is 11o1 true with the finished 2 -year- old that has its growth. None of our readers are as dull but that they con see the importance of put- ting pigs on the market at from six to ten months old. None are following the old -lime method of marketing '-year-old hogs other than old sows. Now then, the fellow who has mastered the pig slluntion ought to understand the profits in baby beef production. Do you see the point, brethren? AGRICULTURAL NOTES. The num who Arises scrub stock usually raises scrub grain. Ikon't burn the straw. t',e it for beet - ding for the stock and return it to slid to renew fertility. Thorough preparation is half the rul- t1'.atIon. Our fern► readers will realize this in growth nt crops next s'•ocnn. There is no play connected w iii earn• Iris $ living, Wither is there any play work connected with any department c1 farm work, Those spongy places in the road may bo successfully drained with tile. Drain- age is the first esoential in the improve- ment cf a road. A winter comp.; can cosily be made tiro most profitable division of the day by reading agricultural literature uud plan- ning details for next season's campaign. A fainter should watch the market. A good seller is usually a successful far- mer. %Vitlt This watching seek to pre- pare for the market a primo article which will bring a high price on its merits. WIIIiRE KISSING IS COMPULSORY. Odd Customs of English Pillages --Grate- ful Austrian Maidens. The charming country town of Hun- gerford, in Kerkshire, has an annual kissing day each April, when 11 cele- brates its llucklida tesUval, bays Lon- don Answers. Then certain duly ap- pointed officials hold a court, collect the tithes and cluim a kiss from the woman of each house they have to visit dining the ceremony. The two fortunate offi- cials thus appointed are known as "tuUy men," or tithe omen, and usually there is no small competition for the honor among the eligibles of Hunger- ford. The custom is hundreds of years old, and neither husband nor wife, as a rule, objects to tho advent of the tufty men, with the inevitable result. Once every five years the good town of Newcastle on Tyne has been in the habit of holding a festival known os "barge day," on which day the Mayor and Corporation go down to the river in a fine state barge to claim the rights of the town to certain dues at an appointed spot. Then the procession returns up the river to a web known stone, where the Mayor selects any woman he likes from the large crowd generally there and kisses her before the assembled com- pany, and -let It be said softly -before t11-) good Mayoress herself. His \Wor- ship then gives the favored woman a sovereign as u present, while the Mayor- ess, to show that there Is no ill -feeling, adds a gift of her own, such as a sat- chel, purse or other appropriate article. Not only is it the duty of the Mayor to do the kissing In this fashion, but the appointed Sheriff, not willing to be left out in the cold on such occasions, also duly carries out a similar privilege. Ile chooses another lady, and alter saluting her gravely - or otherwise -he also hands to her a useful present. This curi- ous ceremony, which is supposed to take place quinquennially, was last per- formed, 1 believe, in the year 1001. But, of course. it always rests with lite Mayor for the time being whether it shall be busy, however, for nal only did th performed. .accent in capturing llic 9,865 thievesey. When tho pretty Thames town of mentioned above, but of the £(81.018 worth of property stolen by these hght- fingered persons. they restored £32,915, WORN OF LONDON POLICE', WORLD'S MLTRC)P01.IS BLl'ECO.1TS KEEP E1' 11151'. Seventeen Thousand Policemen Covell a heat of 699 Square Miles. Tho many and varied duties which fall to the lot of the London policeman and the wast interests which he has to pro- tect form the subject of a blue -book issued containing the annual report of the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police. The total strength of the force of the end of laot year was 17,210, and their "beat" extended over an area, excepting the city, included In a radius of fifteen, niiles from Charing Cross. This gives si total area of 699.32 square miles. The population of this wide district 13 7,05.16,638, or, roughly speaking, shout 412 persons to every policeman. The rateable value of the district is £50.959,- 879, 50959:879, but of the enormous total value of the properly In charge of the police it 14 impossible to form any estimate. POLICE WERE BUSY. The principal duly of this large arm? of policemen was, of course, the pre- vention and detection of crime. The following table gives an idea of the ex. tent of their work in this direction and the result as compared with the preced- ing year :- Number of rested Convicted tratcs Convicted Sion' Discharged istrales Acquitted sions Criminal offences ported Persons arrested Number of thefts of property Persons arrested Persons convicted ,.. Persons acquitted .... Summonses issued by police Persons convicted Persons discharged persons ar- by tnogis- at bCS- by mng- at ses- re- Compa red with 1905. 1904. 127,317 X 787i 103,362 X 1,938! 3,176 X 10, 20,068 -1,2791 631 - 118( 21,176 - 139 15,474 X 55. 18,515 - 2911 12.850 - 47 9,865 X 166 2,962 - 218; 32.469 - 669' 20,209 - 613 2,260 X 264 it was not only in obtaining the con- viction of offenders that the police were Maidenhead takes it into its head to have a "beating of the bounds," the steward appointed for that purpose is always ac- companied by a large crowd of curious people. These help hint, or think they do, when he harp to climb over houses which stand in his path, or to get lhmugh windows under which the bounds pass. Also when the party tneels any man by chance during its progress, it proceeds gravely to "bump" that indi - worth to the owners. \YORK IS VARIED. in many other ways, too, the police were busy, as the following record of a, portion of their work during the years shows:- 1905. widual; but if the person met should be Last people found 13.814 it lady, she is given the choice as Io Suicides prevented - 4 11 b "bumped" or kisses{ Fires extinguished 221 whether she will e p Fires attended2.835 Nor 15 our own country the only ono with such compulsory kissing ceremon- Doors and w indmes found open. YG,G18 ieis. Ilalmagen, in Austria, has an nn- Unknown bodies oholographcd nowt fair on St. Theodore's Day, tit Runaway horses stopped 2 which every man present has the right Dogs seized 38,191 to claim ono lady and to kiss her with- Policemen bitten 60 out her (having any right 10 object, ','his Summonsesobtained by private strnnge custom Is the outcome of a raid persons and served by the which +was once made on the town by police 78,04 Turkish brigands, who carried off all Courage is a necessity In a policeman, the women as captives. But n band of judging by the records found in the to - Wien travelling In the district chanced to port. It is staled that special common - meet the captors and forced them to dation was given to policemen in 278 give up their victims, who were then eases for the display of exceptional kindly escorted to their homes and bravery, varying from the slopping of a friends. In grateful remembrance of the runaway horse to rescuing it man from day the maidens of Ilalmagen nnnunlly a cellar in which he had been overcome offer their lips modestly and freely to the by fumes. In forty of these cases the strangers who frequent the town during policemen received serious injuries, the fair of SI. 'Theodore. SOREEE FT. *— LADY CURZON'S KINDNESS. Missionaries in indla tell the follow- ing pleasant story about the Inle Lady Curzon. She w•as a litu'ar head of a great missionary bazaar. it was de- lightful to watch the beautiful woman, se (hose present report, going on open- ing day friin booth to booth with smiles and apt words for each in tura. Her relation to the enterprise was, of course, merely nominal. But after it was all over there cache to Lady Cur'zon's care, (from some belated far-off missionary contingent, a box of nrtic)es for sale at 1he, bazaar. 11 would have been very easy for her to have handed it all over lc the misoionnries as smtiMhing with itvhich she had nothing further to do. anstead, Lady Curzon said,"Ah, poor missionaries! They will be so disap- pointed!" turd she bought the whole ttelerogeneoue boxful herself. Among other interesting facts con0 tallied in the report are the following:- Sixty ollowing:Sixty per cent, of 1110 force are on duty at night. 'fhe withdrawals from the men on duly owing In sick leave during the year average 423 doily. The wage hill of the force amounts to £1,483.676 yearly, and the total cost le £l,1108,430. The number of motor omnibuses lin London, which at the end of 11)01 wns thirty-one. had risen by the end of 1905 to 211. There were 6,996 hinnsonis, 3.9.15 four. wheelers, and nineteen motor -cabs In London at the end of 1905. There were 213 policemen off duly during the year owing to "sore feet." Four policemen committed s:►ictde dur- ing the year. Two policemen were specialty corn - mended by magistrates for "humane treatment of destitute families." Rapid changes of temperature are hard on tie toughest constitution. The conductor passing from the heated inside of a trolley car to the icy temperature of the platform—the canvasser spending an hour or so in a heated building and then walking against a bitirg wind—know the difficulty of avoiding cold. Scott's Emcslsion strengthens the body so that it can better withstand the danger of cold from changes of temperature. It will help you to avoid taking cold. ALL DRUGGISTS; SOc. AND 91.00. *41•4