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lie has a sun and daughter."
•'Ilam--hunt—ahs well, sixty years
old! His son and daughter must
themselves be married and settled
off, and have children—and so, at
last, he is a solitary old man, with
no motive for improving and em-
bellishing his homestead. The old
house, it will keep out the rain, is
quite good enough, ho thinks, for
the short life of the solitary old
grandfather."
"Utterly wrong! His children,
though past their early youth, are
both single."
I paused for u (moment, and then a
luminous idea lighted up the whole
subject, and I exclaimed, triumph-
antly.
REGINA FALRFIELD;
OR
A TERRIBLE EXPIATION.
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CIIAI"1'Eli I.
Early in the autumn of 18—, wo
were journeying leisurely through tho
majestic and beautiful mountain and
valley scenery in the interior of
Virginia.
It was near the clove of a golden
October day that we reached the
picturesque little village of Hills-
borough, situated upon a vary high
point of land, and in the midst of
abrupt, rocky, tree -capped peaks,
with green dents of fertile soil be-
tween.
It was a town of rocks—
founded upon rocks—hernnel in by
rocks—the dwelling houses, outhous-
es. fences, pigpens, chicken coops, all
built of rocks of every conceivable
variegated hue. It was, indeed, a
beautiful and brilliant piece of mo-
saic work, up and down a ground of
shaded green. It was as radiant and
many colored as the forest in au-
tumn, and Rushed and sparkled in
the gulden sun like an open casket
of jewels.
We reached the quaint old inn
in thee for a late dinner. There wo
expected to meet the carriage of a
friend who resided at a farm about
five miles distant, across the moun-
tains, and at whose house we were
going to spend a few weeks. We
found our friend, Mrs. Fairfield,
waiting for us, and as soon as din-
ner was over we set out for Cedar
Cliffs. Our road lay west through
a savagely -beautiful country, break-
ing itself up toward a lofty range
of blue mountains encircling the
western horizon, and behind which
glowed and burned the crimson sun-
set sky.
We approached the celebrated pass
of the Bear's Walk, from the highest
point of which an extensive view of
the valley was afforded. As we be-
gun to ascend the mountain, I fell
into one of those indolent, pleasant,
but rather Hellish reveries, which the
gnlh •ring shadows of twilight, tho
darkening scene, and the heavy,
sleepy motion of the carriage seemed
to invite. From this reverie I was
at length aroused by my indulgent
companion, who, laying her hand
upon my arm, and pointing across
me through the window on the
right, said:
'1 wish you to observe that
house.'•
We had Just slowly reached the
summit of the mountain. and the
carriage had stopped to breathe the
horses I looked out at the window
on the right. It was yet early
enough in tho evening, and there
was light enough left to see. pitch-
ing precipitately down below us, a
flight of clilTs, the bases of which
were lost to abysses of twilight
gloom and foliage, and the circular
range of which swept round in a
ring. rebutting in a small. but deep
and cup -shaped valley. 'Down in the
d 'cps of this darkening vale loomed
luridly a large old farm -house of
teed sandstone. The prevalent tone
of the picture was gloom. Down
into a reverie about the deep, dark
vale, turd darker house, swooped my
fancy again. The carriage was in
slow motion. 1 drew in my head.
"Intl you notice the house?"
"\'e:5; and through that deep sea
of dark and floating shadows, itself
the densest shadow, it looms like
some phantom. some ghost of a
(lend hutne--"
"Sure u murdered home."
"1 wish you wouldn't break a
well-rounded sentence with env sort
of improvement—ghost of a dead
home shout to melt, (way again in
the surrounding gloom.,•
"Well ll said—better than even you
think Yet that old. half -ruined
fat•nu-house, is the centre of one of
the largest, must beautiful, fertile,
highly -cultivated, and product ave
estates In all Virginia. if you saw
8 cutler the noonday summer sun,
you (could see a variegated ground
view of vast fields of wheat and rye,
yellow and ripening for the harvest;
corn, green, waving in the sun; red-
hltssone11 ;lever, pastures of blue
grass tolling down the sides of the
hills It. hind us, and etrel(hing oat.
on all side's of the old house, and
disappearing lander the bow of the
circular -hounding of mountnins. You
hear now the unrllowrd tinkle of a
w•nlerfr.l!. which. springing fr the
chits ate have Just left, flows down
the snel••'4 of the rocks—nnd. reaching;
the bet ttun of the cuplike vale,
spreads itself into many little, clear
rills, well watering its fertile fields,
red past tirege. nnd heavy woods.
'Ibis estate, with its fine water, its
w• •,elth of iron ore and coal in the
melt- ling mountains. its abundance
of g;:inne in the forest and fish in the
riser. and its immence wat.•r-power,
is one of the most ablate() in the
Southern States. Yet in the midst
of that w•e111thy and
CONTINUE
Thos. Thos. who are gaining flesh
and strength by regular treat-
ment with
Scott's Emulsion
should continue the treatment
IO hot weatheri smaller dose
and a little cool milk with It well
do away with any objection
which Is attached to fatty pro-
ducts during the heated
season.
Send for Iree anep!e.
SCOTT a BO W N r', CMerteN,
7 nr, ntq Ontario.
doe. getd:r.eeg &2I dru3las.
ed plantation stands the homestead.
itself a desolation!"
"Ther the shadowy view of It is
alter all the best. Now that you
! have directed attention to this dark
phantom of a home looming luridly
from the deep shadows, I warrant
that we shall hoar you say that this
uncoutl. jumble of rough-hewn red
sandstone and mincelianoous rubbish
Is no less a place than Langston
Lawn, l'ornfert I'ark, or some other
style of sonorous t ro s
sound.
"No—
it is onlyr
Hickory y lull."
"Oh, yes! one of the oldest man-
sion houses is the Status—the resi-
dence, since 1610, of (ho oldest
branch of the Lingstons, the Dover -
fields, or some other great family,
with nothing left but their great
name and great need."
"On tho contrary, iTickory Gall is
only the houto of the Wallravens,
and has been so for only a hundred
years."
"1•:xactly—precisely—I said that.
Hickory Hull, for upward a hundred
years, with nothing left but their
old name. And now I understand
why the homestead is in ruins, while
the farm is in the highest state of
cultivation."
"Why, I pray you?"
"I will undertake to say theft all
these well -cultivated fields, rolling in
riches from hence to the horizon, be-
long
o-long to an 'industrious. intelligent
and enterprising' Yankee purchaser
and settler, who came here five or
six years ago peddling mouse trtips,
and has now become possessed of all
this land. and whose substantial,
square -built, red brick horse stares
ono out of counteiance somewhere
over yonder by the side of tho main
road leading to market."
"Wrong again. Itugh Wallraven is
ono of the wealthiest, if not the very
wealthiest man in Virginia. His
fortune is estimated, with what
truth I do not know, at one mil-
lion."
"I'cssiblel I did not think there
was snob a privato fortune in the
country."
"1t is said to be true, however."
"One milliottl Why in the world,
%hes, does he not put up a decent.
house? A docent house. Good!
Why does he nut erect upon this
favored spot a palace of white mar-
ble, with terraces. conservatories,
pleasurt• gatt•dens, fountains, groves?
Fill his place with the most beauti-
ful and perfect works of mechanism,
in the way of furniture, to he pro-
cured in Europe and Asia; with the
rarest works of art of ancient or
modern times; his conservatories
with the richest exotics of all
climes; his gardens with the finest
vegetables; his orchards with the
utmost perfection of fruit? If I were
Ile, with ono million of (oilers I
would introduce every new improve-
ment in farming, grating, stock
breeding; I would import the best
specimens of cattle, horses, poultry.
I would have Welch ponies, Scotch
draft horses. English hunters, aid
Arabian coursers. Oh! I would
(rake my -self and so Horny other peo-
ple happy! One million! Oh! stop
—don't speak to me yet—just let lite
revel in the idea of one million to
lavish on this magnificent spot."
"Why, you unsophisticated little
blockhead!"
"But why, then, does not this Mr.
Wal Iraven—or rat her, .fudge Wall -
raven. or (general Wallraven; for 1
never heard of a 'tinnier of any im-
portance, reaching a certain period
of life, without some title of dis-
tinction—why does not (governor
Walla -even (1n sone•t11ilig with one
trillion?"
"He has dune something; his farm
is the best cultivated in rho :;tate."
"Yes! Hut it be the best
stocked—the host in every particu-
lar—the model farm."
"Mr. 1Vallravett is a very aged
(run."
"Ah! he is Mr., then."
"of celuree. People (10 not confer
honors of any sort upon anon like
hint!"
"Nen like hire' ire is a had mall,
then? Perhaps a criminal, whose
1 •nso wealth n11(1 powerful family
coneect ions have enabled him to
cheat the State prison of its due!'•
"Mr. Wallraven has never Ines
chargel with, or even suspected of,
A crime---"
"1n his own proper person. 'The
sins of the fathers shall lee visited
upon t children.' Itis fat her,
"Possessed n name that was a
synonym he. high honor and s(erlitill
integrity; his son, with his name,
has inherit qs1 his reputation and
character of strict truth and hon-
esty."
"Ah! that Is it, then. 11e does
not client at cards, nnd therefore he
has not won any of the prises in the
game of life. But to return to my
first question. Why does not Mr.
Wnl1rasen. of tho sterling integrity,
nnd the pounds sterling, do some-
thing?"
"Ile is the best sgri•'ulturalist in
the State—it in his ruling passion,
his occupation."
"And he lite in a we•trleel, old,
ruinluq hous)? Why tiosei't he im-
prove his place?"
"Pert lmtcious! rte is 8' ,11;. 'I
elan of sixty years."
"Yes, 1 cove! And he has nw chil-
dren: that c'lr,'i,,nsl ,i 8' pnrnlyres
his energies even more than old
age,.•
('lb be Cont inued. )
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JAPS AS
FINANCIERS.
The Remarkable Showing Which
They Have Made.
Had it been asserted eighteen
months ago that, .Japan would be
able, in an emergency, to raise
#787,000,000 for the purpose of
waging warfare against a European
nation. the statement would have
been giv, lit Ile credence. vet this
Is the remarkable hlhu r
g made by
that nation. Not only that, but
the loans negotiated abroad have
been upon terms which bespeak the
confidence the rest. of the world has
in the Mikado's people and their fu-
ture. The Initial foreign loans of
5110,000,000 were in short-term
bonds, upon which Japan was re-
quired to pay 0 per cent. interest
and pledge the Customs duties as
security. 'These were negotiated in
May and November, 1901, but when
Japan again found it necessary to
go abroad last March the tide of
battle had turned in herr favor to a
degree that made the placing of
$150,000,000 at •1 per cent. an ta-
ler hatter than was the negotiating
of the curlier laths at a Much high-
er tate. The recent loan of another
$150,000,000 was likewise arranged
on a s' 'lar basis without the
slightest trouble, in both instances
the tohacro unonpoloy being; pledge!
as security for the iulereet. Besides
the itnwunt Japan has borrowed
abroad, i1 has raised by Exchequer
bonds at home since the beg(nnieg
of the war 5190,000,000, the last
instalment being oyes subscribed by
the patriotic .Japanese to the extent
of nearly 500 per cent. Tncie;tsed
taxation has yielded $106.800.600.
economies in administration, 548,-
200,000; transfers from special ac-
counts, 581, ►00,000, and from other
sources more than $1,000.000 bring-
ing the total amount raised for the
prosecution of the war against Rus-
sia up to $1'87,000,000.
Even more remarkable that Ja-
pan's ability to raise money is the
fact that in spite of the war there
has corse no material depression in
industrial and commercial linesat
home, the nation to -day being in a 1
prosperous condition. This may be
accounted for largely by the fact .
that the country derives prncticall
all its income from its natural re-
sources, agriculture, fisheries and
mining being the chief sources of
revenue, and the demands upon the
former t wo being increased by the
war. Thn places of the half -million
men or more who have gone to the
front have been taken at home by
the women and the younger men,
and activity has been sustained in
every line. The developunent of the
country has gone forward; foreign
commerce has been maintained. In
spite of the unavoidable depression
attending upon war. the nation has
prospered to a remarkable •begat,
and promises 10 code out of the
struggle in a linancinl nnd commer-
cial condition more favorable, eom-
pare t ively, than would have been
possible by any Europeen nation
under slnilar circumstances.
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SORitOW Oi'' iT.
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Remarkable
tTheF1mMost . .
11` PAYS 'IX) KNOW.
At the close of a yearly test of a
dairy herd, the owner remarked: "I
mow (Ireamed there was such a dif-
ference in cows; Lire results tiro in
great revelation to me."
Thu best cow in the herd produced
6,145 abs., of milk, 270 lbs. of but-
ter, a.rd the poorest only 1,482 lbs.
of Milk, and 68 ibst of butter. Tot
this farmer did not realize that
there was much difference in the pro-
ductive powers of dairy cows, until
he kept a record of each one.
When the amount of feed that the
herd consumed was calculaterl, it was
found that the cows had run their
owner in debt $4.50 per head. In
other words, he could have sold the
grain and hay that was fed to each
caw for $9.50 more than he receiv-
ed
for
hist ,
tit
ter
at the c•►ramer
y.
Of course he had the skim milk,
calves and (manure left, which would
easily pay for tl;e labor and extra
teed, and still make a better market
for his grain than selling it in the
city.
Hut wo should not be satisfied
with such results when wo know
that is practical to have the butter
pay for the cow's keeping and yield
us u profit beside,,;.
This Inas had 28 cow's which run
hint in debt 5126, that is, the value
of the butter which this herd pro-
duced was $120 less than what the
feed would have sold for in the ulut-
ket. Many of the poor producing;
cows were sold and a better ration
was fed during the second year,
and the herd yielded a profit of 512
per crow. The man milked fewer cows
in the second year but made stoney.
Was it not a practical thing for
this (matt to test his cows and dis-
Itose of the ones that were robbing
hint of profit? It is easier to weigh
and test milk of the whole herd than
it is to feed and milk a lot of
worthless cows, and moreover, there
is great comfort in knowing that
every cow in the herd is profitable
animals.
But the test was not all, for as
80011 ns he began to test each cow,
he begun to study each one's needs
and how to feed hor properly. In
previous years, ho had cut his hay
when it was ripe, because it cured
quicker, but through study he learn-
ed that this hound up the nutriment,
so that it was almost impossible for
the cow to use it. Ile also learned
by cutting his hay when it Wahl juat
conning into bloom that it made bet-
ter feed.
Wliut -better argument can we
bring than the story of this man's
•xperiencc, to prove that it pays to
know.
3,
"Moro trouble," sighed Mc4utty,
putting on his coat. "if it ain't
one thing it's another."
"What's the matter now?" .queried
his good wife.
"\fort' labor troubles," answered
ll(Nutty.
"Not another lockout, i hope,"
said the partner of his sorrows.
"No, it's worse than that." an-
swered the alleged head of the
house. "Thn boss has yielded and
I've got to work again."
Stern Parent—"Ereddie, 4i.br't you
promise me not to play ►narht s
again?" Small Fr(.Idie "Yes, sir.''
Stern Parent—"And didn't I promise
to whip you if you did?" Small
Freddie—"Yes, sir; but as T forget
to keep illy promise, i tton't hold
you to yours."
1100 NOTES.
It is best to fatten and sell hogs
young.
1 t costs no more to raise a good
hog than a poor one.
Feed goes further with a young
animal than an old one.
Oats is a good feed to develop
muscle, but it is not so gond for
fattening.
You can hnrdty push pigs too hist,
providing you use the right kind of
food.
Extra feed increnses the growth of
the proper kind and makes larger
animals nt ...aturify.
It often takes a number of genera-
tions to thoroughly change the dis-
position front timidity to quietude.
1f when the hogs are gre wing fest
their hind legs become weak, feed a
little bone meal daily.
It is conducive to health to food
hogs where they can have the range
of the pasture field.
The fairs give a good opportunity
to compare breeds, and farmers
8110111(1 use this opportunity intelli-
gently.
Whatever uutterial if used for bed-
ding, it should be change d sufficient-
ly often to insure cleanliness'.
it is nearly always beet to save
some of the old sows, especially to
farrow the early sprint; litters.
i.ven tvitlt hogs, tho value of good
feed is wonderfully increased by these
attentions
The cleaner the feed and feeding
places. the better the quality of the
pork in all.
A sew with a mean, cross tenmper-
anu•llt, is always hard to deed with,
and this disposition often causes loss
of the litters.
.% ground Iloor 15 the hest for the
sleeping quarters for the reason that
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EN UOM L'ASSI N G THE EAST.
Por Its Absolute
Purity and
• • • Delicious Flavor
LA
Ceylon Tea, the World Preference.
11e14 aly IS goal" lad Padget'. 40c, doe. Sec. By all Grocers. 81g• (Used er Ora.,
fllgbgst Award 8t. Loa's. 1904.
i the
much
warmer
merirthantoplankl ina► inter DEATH A SLOW PROCESS
land cooler in stammer. I —
The hoar will thrive better if given IT IS HARD TO SAY WHEN
good range and exercise, will have LIFE CEASES.
more vigor, will sire pigs with
stronger vitality, and the litters will 1
be larger in number. Doge May be Revived Five Ddin-
The vigor and health of the hog
,nee to some extent Involved in the Stops.
strength and texture bones,
°[ his
t Tho a rove u • •t'
influencing to some extent of 1,18 r u q on is discussed in
"Tho World To -d question
in an interest -
exorcise.
ling article by Dr. A. P. Mathews, a
There is far more profit in having , professor of h siolo .real clheinist
the plgs came early enough to mako PP Y- b y
good pork in the full than there is , at Chicago University.
keeping a lot of shoats through tho The protests which lead up to the
winter, as too much food then goes cessation of respiration may have
to keep up animal heat. I been going on for years before the
If the swine are in the. fattening. ,end convex. It may be that the kid -
stage, they should have all they will , Heys have leen giving out gradually,
eat up clean, but growing animals
the system is slowly [miscued;
should have just enough to keep trio nerve cells which cause the res -
them in a thrifty condition. piratory tnoveilents are benumbed
llogs should not be permitted to and ultimately cease to discharge
sleep in the dust, it causes mange
and lung trouble. If possible, sup-' 11ow arbitrary it is to call a elan
ply bedding or some kind of nutter- 'diad when his heart ceases to beat
iul that can be readily changed when 011(1 he no longer breathes will be
needed. t is remembered that
I(logs may easily be revived after
apparent when i
FARM NOTES, they have lain in this state for six
If uniformly good results are to ho or more minutes.
expected from feeding soiling crops, We cannot, th•refore, answer the
their feeding Must not extend into question, When does a man die? If
the ripening stage. ':\s soon as ono
we mean by a man his body, this
crop begins to lose its greenness, an-, dies piecemeal, one organ after an-
other should be ready to take its other„ 1[ wo moan the man's person -
place. i ality. this evidently disappears when
A farm thickly covered with maple he bests consciousness, and from this
trees would always be valuable bo-- point of view he may be said to die
cause maple sugar and syrup will al- when he falls in deep slumber, cer-
tainly when he is anarathetizecf.
eellent price. 'There would be no out-' The weight of tho dead body does
lay for fertilizers, fences, agricultural not differ in the least from the
implements or sts'ds. I know of a weight of the sante body just before
ratan who, when much past nitd(Ilo respiration censer. The dent h pro -
age, planted a rocky field and ravine cess is not, therefore, accompanied
with maple trees, and lived to enjoy by the loss of any material sub -
the fruit of his labors. I stance. There is, also, no sudden
Whether in the barn or in the, dissipation of energy at death. if a
creunery-roost or in the kit, hen, • living tissue ho examined inic:roscopi-
there should Ire nu odor. 'libel odor i catty, it will be seen shortly after it.
inn be kept away from places where has lost. its powers of movement. and
it is notwanted is evidenced by the respiration to become cloudy or
conditions that aet.nnlly exist in opaque. It coagulates and goes into
some of our best dairies where there rigor mettle. le. There are, however,
is no more odor than there is in a
well -kept dwelling house. 1VIten it
comes to the place where putter is
manufactured, it should not he pos-
sible for the most delicate 11050 to
detect an odor anywhere.
Farmers often make use of the
expression "fertilizers seem to burn
the soil." This is because tho soil
is devoid of humus and fertilizers re-
main' in a powdered condition 1:e -
cause the soil contains too litt
moisture to dissolve the fortili,ers
and feed thein to the plants. Fertili-
zers used on poor soil may return a
profit when the season is damp, but less degree The cell eigesLs itself.
if used on the Name soil in a dry At the basis of all the. phenomena
season they -appnreolly do ruore of life there is ono fu datnental re -
harm than good. Barnyard manure action, thatof respiration or breath -
when used 00 old soils often is more . ing. Living matter ue long as it is
profitable when n small amount of alive breathes, that is. it constont-
ferlilieer is added. Ilut where both Iy cotrsumeH oxygen duel gives off
cannot be applied barnyard manure 1 carbon dioxide and 1 rol•ably hydro -
alone often is much profitable 011gen Anything tvlIch affects this
worn anile than fertiliser without. 'respiration affects the cell in all its
barnyard manure. other fume Ione. R►sier:010n may
I,I\'I•: STOCK NOTES. (conservatively be sal i to he 1 he fun-
damental process of living matter.
It is not common to curry march Practically all other functions. such
caws, but probably no stable aurnc ns growth, depen(1 upon this. What
is moro valuable than the currying idea can we forst of the nature of
of (Bich cows, provide) the COWS are this reactden? l will indicate what,
worth it. in my opinion, is the character of
More pounds of duck may he raile the reaction, tllhough I (10 not
ed to the square foot than of any , know exactly what substance it is
other forret. In three months 25 ducks which is thus reacting in protop-
w'ill market between 125 to 150 185111. it is. In my opinion, the
pounds and produce about live lbs. 'sante kind of reaction as that of an
of lino feathers and down. The 25 alcoholic sohll ion of benzo-phc•nrne
birds can be raiser) In a twelve by in the sunlight.
twelve foot inclusurn. The nhv' external causes are
When horses get old their I,s•th fro- the ordinary.
quently get out of order and Recoil, Accidents, assaults, the taking' of
sharp and irregular at the edges so poison, 1h,-• net ion of parasites and
as tee wound the gums; prohnhly a disease germs; the nnes of death
(rein. loath gels broken nff, so that' fir,' r'lative1e easilesy reunovecs(l. 'They
its nntag(111lst l ee'otn s long nod pro- 1ty11 be removed for the most part in
utes After Breathing
no observations establishing when
the change has gone so far that it
cannot be remedied. 'There is one
marked chemical- change which takes
place when respiration ' is reduced,
and which tends in its turn to re-
duce respiration farther, and that is
that the
Li VINO MAT'I'EJl BECOMES ACM.
This acid is both the result. and
cause of death. When the living
matter becomes acid, activities ap-
pear in it which were rot there while
it was alive or were ;)resent to a
and i
nt► limo ,rev
g, p tints its the near future. 'There will rennin
neighbors from doing their duty. 'the apparently intrinsic causes of
Old methods w ill no longer prove' death. 'These ore chiefly two, Jin-
n 1nh1c •
raised for the market. for the mar-
ket demands such, aim not the gen-
erally n11 -round useful horse. When
it is learned just what is the type
that one would rather produce.
would lake the most pride and pleas-
ure in pro(lucing, then one should
work toward the production of the
pest spill/nen of that type. Breed-
ing for a specific class is the one
kind that pass to -day. Thn man
who breeds on the old lines is (loom-
ed to f (armee Ills horses ail) bring
so little in the market flint there
trill he little left for profit.
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•1)r•linct types 111418). bo proper feedin1 i I
As rapnlrle of varied interpretation
ex true utternnces of the ancient or-
acles wins the speech made by a
Swiss mountaineer who accompanied
the Stutfreld nnd Collie exploring ex-
pedition through the ('suundian Rock -
They found it necessary to ford
Bear Creek, and (Tann did not en-
joy it, although ho faced it with ex-
et0plruy fortitude. Once safely across
he turner) anti surveyed the stream
gravely.
"amend «m tines you cross it," he
said, eilgtmnl dearly, "bat yet once Is
the last time."
She--"S(•e nseahi(•g; nitwit that
printing yen admire?" 111'—"I've,
the frame." Obit the Irene 1111!the picture?" "No; but It's aout
the picture. Isn't it?"
g ane ((romp •ere excre-
t ion.
This latter, in my opinion, is not
so important a cause of death as !m-
orello. diet, for the reason that
large accumulations of (vaste pro-
ducts ere necessary to bring the re-
; bring the reaction to a ele/se.
+
S('OItIN(: ON AN Iii:ROlt.
The professor had been suilmoned
OM All expert wiln'8y in it case in -
v(111111,4. the ownership of a tract of
cool lend.
"1 will ask yeti, professor," said
the attorney far the prosecution, "if
the geolugicnl formation of this land
corresponds with the published data
pert nMing IIlene o!"
"IL does, sir," he ensw•er(•tl.
"You have thoroughly read up the
geology of the tract in question?"
"i hate nut.'•
" '01/ have not?"
"No sir."
"1 ask the duty to notice tint rho
wit(cas flatly contrnt!icts hlma,'t
Now. sir. if you haven't rend up the
geology iuvul1lel in 111ie caw•, why
(10 coo pretend 10 know me/thing at
nil 8'4011t it?"
"Itecaus mir," said the professor,
"in st u(lt int; g.•nlnt;icel formation it
1, el. inverlebl a custom to read
.''(le,e0 In tree court -roost!.,
0.1.1..1. reel t:u • jut:..
'MARRIED UNDER ARREST
UNIQUE WEDDIN- GS OF WELL-
KNOWN CRIMINAIS.
V -
In Sone Instances - Prison' Officials
Were Invited to the
Ceremony. '
hit the central prison of Fonte-
vrault, b'rance, u well-educated and
high -burn c►•iuriial, who has yet two
years of imprisonment to serve for
the illegal sale of de -orations, has
just been harried to the girl of Ili
u.
heart, an ucU•ess who, betrothed t
hire in his prosperous day's, had re-
fusal to deserthim when under a
cloud. The bridegroom teas sup-
ported by his best Ulan, the prison
barber.
A unique marriage took place. at
Manchester. England, a year oil so
since, between a young gipsy named
Ashton, who was meter arrest for
desertion from his regiment, nnd a
pretty gipsy-girl of eighteen.
Through the kindness of the police
authorities the ceremony was clo-
braced at a local church, 'Detective
Clynes, who had arrested the bride-
grcoun acting as best
ran. On the
party's return to the police -station
an excellent wedding breakfast
awaited them, at the conclusion of
which the unwelcome eseart made its
appearance, and. amid the tears of
the bride, the newly -married husband
was takers away.
About the same time Paris was the
locale of a somewhat similar episode
when one Leca, the chief of the
Apaches, as the I'nrisian hooligans
are termed, was united to a female
member of the band nailed Van-
ntaer.
MANACLED AND IIANDCUFFED.
Leta was conveyed to the church,
where; with two warders as best
men and surrounded by gendarmes,
whose drawn sabres and loaded re-
volvers precluded any attempt at
rescue the marriage service was duly
read. On their return to jail they
were allowed three-quarters et' au"'
hour for leave-taking ere Leca start-
ed on his long journey to french
Guinea, where, should she wish, his
wife Wright subsequently join hien.
The prison of La Sante, l'aris,
was the scene of a marriage between
an Anarchist named llricou and his
sweetheart, one Marie'i)elange. They
received the utmost kindness at the
hands of the officials. by whuso per-
mission they breakfasted together
with the bride's parents. When they
were, afterwards separated it W4 8
with the promise that, conditionally
on the man's good bchavious, thgy
should rejoin one another three
years luter in New Caledonia.
Sentenced to ten years in the Si-
berian mines, a clockiluker named
Obschenski was, ere his departure,
married to the daughter of u local
priest. The ceremony was pet -term-
ed in the chapel beieneiig to' the
prison, thu bride being dressed in
deep mourning, while the bridegroom
was handcuffed and in chains. Tho
service over, the newly -married man
was led back to his cell, not again
t'., see his wife until she should fol-
k w hien to Siberia.
Incarcerated at Palermo for an
act of brigandage, Pietro Ilaldelli
was married in his cell to a fellow -
prisoner named Meta. At the hus-
band's expense
A SUMPTUOUS RI•:PAST
was provided, to which were invited
not only the prison officials, but al-
so certain of the town's tradesmen
and civic authorities, some of whore
duly put in an appearance with suit-
able offerings for the newly -welded
couple, who did the honors of the
jail as though it were a palace.!!
On the eve of his release (rein a
Viennese prison Wilhelm 11'el:ut, who
had been held in durance for a bru-
tal assault on a young woman, came
unexpectedly into a considerable sunt
of i eney. Apparently fortune sof-
tened his nature, for he sent a pro-
pose! of marriage to the girl he had
111 -treated, promising that he (would
amend his wnys if oho would lx•cumo
his n ife. This offer was accepted,
and by consent of the governor the
ceremony took place within rho jail,
the bridegroom's incarceration being
at his own request, prolonged for a
couple of days to permit the gratifi-
cation of his strange whine. A
lavish repast was provi-led and duly
discussed, after which WIll.154 was
conducted to his cell, to be rolense(1
the following morning.
Sentenced to be shot as a rebel by
the Spanish nut herities at elliniila,
Dr. ideal proposed to Miss Tanfer,
his fiance, that, they should be mar-
ried on the morning of the day fixed
for his execution. The girl consent-
ed, and at daybreak t he : eremony
wits performed. Scarcely was it con-
cluded when the soldiers nppeclred to
conduct the luckless husband to hie
deelh. which he .net Willi the calm
resignntion of a hero. Tris wife sub-
sequently joined 01,• ranks of the
insurgents, and, nt 1 h head of a
company, fought 1uli,tntly against
Spain.
----
'1'i 11•: VITAL QUESTION.
The teacher of the class in hi .tnry
tens describing to the children the
opening of some of rho nnrier,t
Imolai in Egypt, end cnumerntiug
met oral of thn interesting nntit,ew
therein discovered.
"ilio show you how wonderfully
ninny of these !hinge hnve been ',ve-
riest -ed." she maid, "1 may m(40 1,951
that in one of the oldest of those
tombs a Jar of honey was found. it
could not ,have been less than four
or five thou/mud years old, nnd yet
in thnt jar of honey was a flea, in
perfect preset-ntion."
"Was it (live?" asked one of the
little girls, nith 'a breathless inter-
est nut entirely'pnmllterl with alarm.
.-_�.♦ moi,-.�.
ST,iG11't' .1.(lt.
Mrs. ('nest Ique—1 think we resem-
ble eneh other in ono respect, air.
Wining.
11'indig—Intleed! 111 what respect'
Miss ('nustiyuu--1 also cnJoy Reid —
Ing ) uu talk.
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