HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1905-10-12, Page 2D+0+i1t:+ 0+0+01 +0+01)1+ ♦0+0+j+0 +0+12{4♦ "Miss Fairfield le hesuliful--she is
bene ty; hut. !Ike the mountain snow
4' she is high, culd, puro, feta frosty."
"Ak!" said I, "the heist lovely of
REGINA F1FtF'T ELD , I(ekina's traits of c•tcr has re-
seated itself this evening. tufty
principle:+, high-toned sense of hon-
or, perfect U•uthfulnss, large bene-
volence, generosity, a rich at.d w(11 -
cultivated intellect—tire treasures of
the heart and mind—remain to be
discovered!"
"Fairfield! don't fling your sister
into my arms a•o determinedly, lest 1
catch her!" replied Wallraven, with
a sarcastic smile that ruled my an-
ger to such a pitch as very nearly
to utuke me forget that he was lay
guest. I replied in a cold and
haughty tone:
"Miss Fairfield is not a woman to
bo thrown or caught, or by any
means to suggest .itch a thought.•"
"Of course not! It Is you who
gimia, the child that roost resembles suggest it! Pooh, Fairfield! 'art
her. It is a prejudles--an anti -rte arrow from Cupid's bow'—to cxpreee
publican thing, contrary to the spir- the thing as you would express it—
it of the nineteenth century. You is slightly quivering In my flesh. 1
are lugging behind the age, Regina, can easily pluck it out end cast it
but you will get over this." from ore, if you will allow ine to do
A coli smile chilled the fair face so. Do not you drive it to my heart,
o1 my sister, who deigeed no other impale nae with iL—for nothing
reply. would ensue but death! Miss Fair-
'arhis is not so, lady, my friend field will probably leatoly her hand
exag};eratee; these are not your upon some 'magnificent son of Ace
sentiments," said Wallraven in his bar' who will be quite worthy of
deep, rich tones, and with a manner her!''
in which was strangely blended de- "I should like to know what you
precation and dignity. mean by presuming to cnusid.r what
She quietly raised those golden 1 have said to you in the light you
eyelashes, to drop them again in- do. What right have you to do so?"
stuntly, as she replied: "Only tho right of knowledge, a
"Yes! since 1 am constrained to fatal gift of insight into the hearts
confess, it; and surely I may so so of others, and a dangerous habit of
without offence in the presence of reading aloud what I find written
one of so old and pure a stock as therein," ho replied with mournful
the Wall•avens, of ilickury Hall, sarcasm.
whose family can bo traced back to 1 looked at hint from head to foot.
the time of the Saxon ileptarchy. ilo was sitting in an ease -chair,
Yes, I do think that the mnuch-ridi- with his hands joined on his knees,
ruled family pride of Maryland and his brigand -looking head bent for -
Virginia, ridiculed, however, only by ward, his piercing eyes fixed on the
vulgar wits among the nouveaux floor, and his veil of Jet-black hair
riches of other States, is, at least, falling forward and shading hie
far more worthy of respect than the darks ning countenance. 'Mere was
as late in a lovely Marchlow pride of neer wealth, or ap- so much bitter sorrow in his atti-
tli:it we arrived at Willow loll. peuranco of wealth, which 1s often- tude. expression. and tone. that. my
times no more than superficial fin- displeasure fled.
ail changed our trav,eliing dress- cry. The ancieet pride of the old "Wolfgang!" said I, "what is it
,r drawing -room costume at the families of Maryland and Virginia is that makes oto love you so? You
assuredly well grounded. Many of say the moat exasperating things to
them, tl:e Wullravens among the me, and then disarm my wrath by
rest," (inclining her head graciously a look, a tone?"
to Wolfgang) "aro assuredly de- "What—is it, perhaps, that you
scended from the very flower of the feel t am your friend? Fairfield, my
old English aristocracy — many dear fellow, put me in no future
among these dating back to a period plans of your own. The greatest in -
long anterior to the Norman Con- jury I could do myself. the greatest
quest, and numbering in their lino benefit. I could confer upon you, is
to tell you this. Leave are. Good-
night!"
We met next. morning early. Like
most houses in this neighhorhood,
our houses had long piazzas, up-
stairs and down, running around
three sides of the house, with the
front room windows all opening on
hinges upon them. Therefore. as I
opened my chamber iloor and step -
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CHAPTER 11I. valence of old English feeling—fsnl-
"The Fair One with Golden fly pride, which Mother England
Locks," was the title of a beautiful herself has outlived, but that still
fairy tof an .n•hanted princess, survives in her oldest daughter. Vir-
of tvh ch my sister Regina used to
Be very fond; and In gay r eferonce to
her penchant for this, and in com-
pliment to her high style of blond
'beauty. we ga"e her this sobriquet.
We also called her "Queen Itlnnche,"
in flattery of her regal grace, and
her exceeding, her wonderful fair-
ness. She was, in fact, tho very
fairest living thing 1 ever saw. You
have seems the wreck! amazing, beau-
tiful. ovmr in ruins; but that thing
4,er8 no more resemblance to my
,. a -indent Regina than dors the
uci •d skeleton of the lightning -
„,d tree to the green and state-
r' ouing--heaven receive
To return.
eel not soon my sister Regina
e• years, during which time she
••'en absent at a "finishing
i wits, therefore, curious
anxious to meet her, now that
bad returned home permanently.
tsd to see what these two years
ixtecn to eighteen, spent at
fishing school, had done for
ho, hating pride, already ent-
1 my idea of womanly perfec-
reacher! our journey's end.
• town of A , two mikes Ws -
while waiting for a carriage
w•n S to meet us there.
t•1•ef4Tit. Upon our arrival, we
pattered at once Into my ids -
presence. who was already ex -
g us. limit as I was prepared
provenent,, 1 confess I was
sod, delighted, and somewhat
ed. at the sight of the elegant some of tho most illustrious among
at. awaiting our approach. the warriors, statesmen, and church -
he eat erect., but at ease, in a !nen of England—noble scions of
g!. t leked armchair, covered with noble houses, who, for their conser-
uriel, velvet, whose dark, rich vatisni, and attachment to the acien
ackgretind threw out her beautiful regime were (!riven out by that fa -
ad graceful form in ano relief. She naiical spirit. of radicalism which,
ss arrayed in rich white satin, even in the reign of .fames, began to
hose glossy and ample folds. do- manifest itself in Great Britain.”
reline; to her ft•et, merely permit- "it is true, lady, that the rich
the tip of ono tiny embroidered valleys and plains of Maryland and
rr to be visible. Her arms and Virginia were settled by a very dif-
fairer than the satin itself, ferent set of mon, actuated by a
bare, except for being delicately very opposite set of motives, to
cel by falls of the richest and those that sent the hardy Puritans
t Ince, and encircled by pearl to the sterile shores of New Eng-
eeleis and necklace. Her hair. land; and that may go far to ac-
s ".-.11111011 Tacks," were rolled nil count. for different domestic and
oar le r temples in rich and heavy social manners, and a different State
Ids n la Pompadour. and bound policy."
ark by Oriental pearls, (•xpesing a "I confess 1 prefer the ancestral
ow of frosty fairness and sover- pride of a Virginia planter to the
to•ide. There was a coldness in purse of n Yankee peddler."
'ettuesque dignity of my sister "Those are extreme rases, lady."
t breve nted ate front meeting her "Sir. have you no pride of an -
any demonstration of fraternal cestry? Is it not a matter of selt-
r joy. T think T met her then esteem to you that your remote pro-
hould have met any other genitor was it Saxon noble instead
ladle" to whom 1 !night of being a Saxon serf?"
n introdluced, and then I "No, lady, it is not a matter of
and, presenting my college pride to me," said Wolfgang, In a
named: tone MO mournful that 1 looked anx-
r. Wallreven, of l'irginia." inusly upon hint. "I own, i honor
egine slightly in.11ned her grace- New Enginnd for the perfectly level
!rend, in acknowledgment of Wall- pint form on which all how sons stand
ven's profound and deferential with equal rights."
and raising her ey, s with a "Let us change the subject," said
and quickly -withdrawn glance, 1.
1 nut her hand 1n welcome hien "With pleasure," said Regina; and,
Willow 11i11, srtying, quite greet- turning to Wolfgang. she asked: "Do
;y: you like music, Mr, Wallraven? I
:snow the 1Vnllravens, if Hick- have e very rich pianoforte, in ano
ila,l, by reputations—" tune just now."
to Wolfgang gave a violent Wolfgang instantly declared a pas-
, reeled as under an unexpected slot for music, and, as Regina arose,
overwhelming bloc, nado a he offered her his nrn, to take her
ty effort and recovered his self- ncross the room; but she declined
rand, all In a passage of a few the civility with It stately inrlina-
ds. while 1 lonkiid inquiringly tion of the head, and. dropping her
eglna, nod she. with calm sur- golden e,yeInFhes, swept on alone in
, regarded him. sovereign grace and beauty, and
II you be seated. Mr. 1Va11rav- seated herself before the instrument.
fid yeti Ferdinand?" she said. We followed her. Wolfgang tool: a
sat down; and h••gina possibly station at the back of her chair, to
fill nn awkward pause in the turn the leaves of her music book.
tversatfon, observed: She played ens rung several pieces
!'Yes ---I know t he Wullravens of in a very masterly style; but tihe%
fiekory Hall, by history and report. were all of one character—grand,
(aping Wit dra ven—your American martial. heroic. At the end of the
nrester and namesake, sir -1. heard last piece the folding doors were
my father say wns a Lutheran re- thrown open, and a servant appear-
fn}•ee, who came to Virginia in the eel_ and nnt.utrncwl $upp••r. Now ris-
company of his intinhnte friend, our ing, end again courtenn a;: declining
ne;stor, Lord 11--' and who, as the proffered arm of Wallraven, and
long as his lordship remained gov- inoving nn alone in her regal pride
error . f Virginia, regained a place and purity, she preceded ns t o the
In hi. .„uracil. I hope, sir, that we sup)rer-room.
nifty amine better known to each After supper, we adjourned to the t
olive." drntcing-room, where we passed tee
on concluding these gracious ovening in conversation, in music,
woi,Is, my princess raised her eyes in the etauninntion of neer books.
to those• of Wan reten; but they prints, such articles of vert u as wore
i e ty fell again, while the faintest scat teretf around, and in project ing
I r dawned on her fair cheek. plans for the next day's nrcupntfun
"sett esu hnd bowed, nod bowed, at and amusement; no very difficult
th•• • lees of every condescending sen- thing for three, persons atone in a
(once; but now, when common el- country house together, for our
vilify required hint to say something guardian wee absent.
he ens •lump 1 ramp to his relief. Soon after that we separated for
"Miss Fairtield," snit! 1, is quite the night. T accompanied Wallraven
nu fait to the early history. anti- to his mem.
quins, and tradltfons of the Old "Well, Wallraven," anal 1. as soon
Dominion, for which she had a great
tenr•ralion. She Is rich In legendary
lore. and, Moloch horn in AIabama.
evidently cm:elders Virginia hoe
mother country. and Infinitely pre-
fers► it to her native *toll "
"Fpr tunny excellent rea-
sons. without .s deuht," maid
Wallraven, with a how toward my
fair queen, who. with her snowy
eyelids •Iruopn'l till her long. golden
teal'.•- oat on her d,•lIrat lv-ruse-
nte a •;, remained silent. Now I
her sueror
• • .• ,•n liken the Bone ttevatlye
pride of tho Old Dominions -the 'ere• entry word
ped nut 111)01* the piazza, i saw that
Wallraven had conte out of his room
and was promenading there. Ile
turned. smiling, to sleet mo, took
raw arta. and said something compli-
mentary of the "beautiful coun-
try," mow in full spring bloom,
though the month wits March. After
promenading there for some time,
enjoying the pure morning air and
the (xter,sive prospect, we went be-
low and catered the morning -room.
1t was a long, handsomely -furnished
apartment.
Regina was standing at the upper
end cif the room, attended by two
maid-servents, to whom she was
giving some directions, and who, as
wo entered, left her, and passed out
by a side door.
Regina came to meet us. Sits
wore a pure white morning -dress of
some very transparent light tissue,
with the skirlmade very full, whose
gossamier folds floated gracefully
with every Movement of her queenly
form. tier golden hair was rolled
back from her snowy forehead, as on
the evening before, only, instead of
the jeweled bandeau, it was bOund
by a narrow white ribbon. She held
in her hand a few white lilies, whose
perfume tilled the air. If 1 could
find a word to express the union of
the loftiest hauteur with the cleanest
purity and the most aerial delicacy,
I would use that word to describe
'Regina, as, wafting ft'n.grnnce with
every motion, she floated on to meet
11s.
"Do you like lilies, Mr. Wn.11•aven?
'These are the first the gardener has
scent me. 'They aro very line." she
sold, separating one from her hunch
and olfet•iug it to Wolfgang.
"It is your favorite flower, Miss
Fairfield."
"Why do you think so?"
"They resemble you—more' they
express yon!"
Regina dropper! !hose white eye-
lids again, and, moving on before
us, said:
"Come, then, and I will show you
how much i like, lilies;" and, leaving
tho room, she floated on, followed
by us through the wide hall, and
Into nn elegant tittle boudoir. whose
glass denies opentd upon a small but
beautiful garden of white lilies, in
the centre of which was n clans
pond. its borders fringed with white
lilies, and Its wnter reflecting the
graceful forms of two white stlnne
Gott sailed upon IIs bnsonl.
"This is the way 1 like lilies."
"And all things that express ele-
gance. purity, and pride," said
Wolfgang. printing to the swans.
Yes, the unity and. harmony of
purity, pri•l-•. and elegance, revealed
itself in Regina's whelp being — her
as we were alone, "how do you like form, fealms•s, and complexion—hcr
my sister? Is she 'all Why fancy testes, habits. end occupations.
painted her.' or am I a blind en- We sep•aht the hour before breokfost
thualast " in the boudoir.
"Brothers aro, of all persons. the (To be Continued.)
least apt to be." dryly replied Wolf-
gang, who seethed to be threatened
with a tattoo of his old boyish stir- Cecil (sentinrcntally)—"Don't you
lines.. feat },roomy when the sky is over -
"And brothers' friends aro In no cast with grey, when the rhythmic
danger of becoming so," said I. rale sounds a dirge upo•t the roof,
gonditurnorodly. and the landscape's b.'auti'•a nre hid
Withoutnoficitig ety last remark, by the weeping mist?' 118701
he nail, in the slow ,'1.tceiler tone. (sweetly)—"Vee; it's 4.••,idfelly err-
or a alder 1e leering the weight of noying 1t does "'aka one's hair
come out of curl so."
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TheFrm Full of G0KII1CSS
k'OR THE SHEPHERD.
It require% only very casual com-
parison of males with females in any
class of live stock to recognize that
sex marks and properties tire shut•p-
ly differentiated. Mules aro centrum: -
1y said to be stronger, larger and
bolder than females, and show a
gond many contrasts besides in (le-
tuilod conformation, as for example,
with respect 'to head and neck, chest
as well as hind quarters, the male
showing predominating strength tit number of one-third or one-fourth of
front and tho female in the roar, with the total of the herd should be
spread of loin and quarter, which available each year.
are important maternal parts. If cattle young or old aro allowod
In addition to these generally un_ to become too poor or fed for a
deraloud di$?erences, males vary Limo on insufficient nutritious food as
among themselves to a much great-
barley straw they are liable to Fe-
er degree than females do. It is out curve infested with Tice mostly about
difficult to secure a nice quality of tho head neck and withers. 'these
uniformity in a ewe Hock as sire, (ext- may be best destroyed by dressing
lure and conformation, but no ram with phenyl() or other carbolic pre -
breeder of experience would ever paeation. Care should be exercised
expect to have tho same degree of when applying any wash of a poisuu-
uniformity in a bunch of males. A ous nature as serious loss sometillI'3
raw hunch may be uniform with re -
its
through the animal Itokiu
spout to breed type and of this sumo its skin. acres; beans, 1,983 acres; potatoes,
general strength or tiger, but it is The time at which heifers ought to :48,262 acres; mnngels, 5,21)6 acres;
seldom uniform with respect to bod- bear their first calf depends a good cabbage, 3,151 acres; kohl -roti.
ily form. deal on how they have been reared 980 acres; vetches or tares, 8,2o00
It areal. to Ise the lot of the male which needless to nay should bo as acres, permanent grass (not for hay)
to live his good or bud points In .well as possible. Everything puss(- 179,321 acres; hops, 1,169 acres;
extreme,and to seldom have a coin -
tile should 18) done to develop the small fruit, 87 acres; orchards, 1,-
binution of moderately good or mod- frame as It has been proved that the 815 acres. Associated with these acv
erately bad qualities, the sum total largest animals in any particular the fellowilig decreases en the year:
of which gives a character c.f modio breed are the most ecor)ounical pro- Barley, 127.030 acres; oats, 201,586
crity to the animal possessing them. ducers of butter. 'Then provide, heif- acres; peas, :37:3 acres; turnips and
It is seldom that a ram is gaud at
ars Faro been well eraser! they can swedes, 14,831 acres; rape 3,891
every point or bad at every point. bo bred at a year and nine months acres; lucerne, 2,314 acres; clover,
A ram that is glaringly weak in old. sainfoin and grasses grown in ro-
tat ion, 198,975 acres; permanent.
grass (for hay), 76,883 acitis; lax,
122 acres; hare fallow, 83,377 acres,
world to have a ram that is good divided on the question us to how I'Phe total area tinder all crops and
at almost all pointe but one, and to many tithes a day it cow should he grass (ex••Imling mountain said
be very weak in this one. It is per- (ed, soya Hoard'sDairyman. Someheath land used for grazing) is :32, -
haps this uncertttimty or lidieidual- prefer feeding but twice a day, while 086,8132 acres, or 130,778 acres less
ity about nudes that constitutes the others feed three and some more of- titan in 1904.
chief attraction of animal breeding• ten. Wo feel that twice a clay is . Nothing is more remarkable in
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MORE
WHEAT
GROWN.
Larger Area Under Cultivation in
England.
The English ugrirultur•al returns
for the year 1905 have just been
pcnlishetl. The report sets forth the
general results of the agricultural
census, which is itunuully taken
throughout the couhtly in the first
week in .luno. Compared with the
crop areas of tho preceding year. rho
following increases have been noted:
Wheat, 421,701 acres; rye, 6,483
some place usually has some equally
prominent redeeming quality, and it
is tho most common thing in the
FEEDING THE DAIRY COW.
Tho best dairy authorities aro
The odd ways or slightly odd ways quiet sufficient, although we can 9.e
in which rains size up always koops no serious objections to fueling foci -
the breeder from getting lonesome in der at noon. It is held by those
his spare hours. that a cow has more tline for retnus-
lt semis to ho tho case that the Heating her feed, therefore it is tho
hnrirovoment of live stuck in the better system.
pest has been in rho case of the ----
general breeder at least the contra- FIG1'B1' 1T O11'I`.
buting of excellence after excellence
to animal posterity, so to speak, 'The dairyman who cannot sell his
through the employment of modes milk for more than two cents } or
exemplifying the quality desired ur• quart should sell butter and use the
suggested by the weaknesses of the skins milk for pigs. The factis that
females. 'Phe variation in males en- too many farmers object to the utak-
ablcs the breeder to choose the qual- ing of butter on account of the extra
ity or point he wishes to gain and :•. work connected therewith, but it is
is very important that the nem the saving of labor that causes inany
choosing a ram should seo as many farmers to sacrifice the profits front
as possible togother in order to bo farming. Anything that is produced
able to judge by comparison what on the farm and which is made ruore
animal combines the best general con- valuable by labor should l:e sold
formation with perfection at a par- in thatforte which brings to the
particular point. Over delelopment farmer the most nwney for the out -
of a particular point is not to be un- lay• A dollars' worth of labor pro-
derstond as the best thing by which pearly bestowed may add two or three
to correct corresponding weakness. dollars to the profit.
The point to bo secured must be '--
faultless in the male, not necessarily RATIONS FOR COLTS.
extreuse. Tho young colt should be kept
The more breeders can be induced
growing all the time. '!'here is noth-
to breed mules the better. Tho in- ing better for promoting growth
in-
dividuality spoken of abovo is lin- thancow's milk that has been skitn-
portant and should be appreciated med. Most colts can he taught to
and rondo use of In the selection of
rants. Most breeders aro convinced
in a general nay of the importance
of good sires, but not yet to a suf-
ficient degree. It is worth remember-
ing that the work of the English
sheep breeder is to produce perfect
rams. We hear a prominent sheep-' coat. It is also a good idea to
drink milk without mach trouble, es-
pecially if they have learned to eat
bran mash while running with their
dams. A spoonful of ground flax-
seed added to each grain ration tends
to keep the bowels in excellent condi-e
lion and gives a rich gloss 10 the
mint more frequently spoken of as u
rntn breeder than as a sheep breeder.
We have besides very striking evi-
dence of the confidence English stock-
men have in good males by tho pay-
ment of such figures us $11.000 for
rame and correspondingly high prices Airs .)ginner Lee Ondego has just
for leasing them. returned from her a11tni er vacation.
"My goodness!" elle exclaimed. as
STOCK AND DAIRY NOTF;ti, she inspected the alterations that
A dairy farmer should always as had been made in the house during
far as possible Freed and rear his her absence. "'Phis isn't the kin(l of
own heifers paying the greatest at- wall paper I wanted. it won't bar-
teltun to selecting the calves from
(ho best butler-producitg cows. This
applies both to heifers and bulls.
There is Zeas risk of introducing dis-
ease, and generally a anon can pro-
duce animals of better quality than
he can buy In the market. The milk-
ing powers of a herd can be vastly
improved In a few years by this
means. '1'o (11l up the place of old
cows and those that prove unlucky
or titpro(iteible, young heifers to the
teach the foal to eat apples, pota-
toes and carrots.
INVOLVING LESS TROUBLE.
The Better
Way
The tissues of the throat are
inflamed and irritated; you
cough, and there is more irrita-
tion—more coughing. You take
a cough mixture and it eases the
irritation—for a while. You take
SCOTT'S
EMULSION
and it curl's the cold. That's
what is necessary'. it soothes the
throat because it reduces the
irritation ; cures the cold because
it drives out the inflammation ;
builds up the weakened tissues
because it nourishes them back
to their n,ltttrai strength. That's
how Scott's Emulsion deals with'
a sore throat, a cough, a cola,
or bronchitis.
Will. .,t'*0 YOU
1A•: •',F FRFF.
SCOTT BOWitiP, 7w i'Wo o -
m0nize with my complexion at alt!"
-Well," Irritably answered her
husband. "you can change your com-
plexion n good deal easier than we
can repaper the whole house."
+
OF COURSE.
flounder—What are 1 :.0 1 rtlking
about? There wasn't :tee motel lust
night.
!founder -0! yes; I'm sere i saw
one.
Rounder—Nonsense! Yen trust
have been drunk.
hounder—Nonsense yourself! 1f 1'd
been drunk I would have ween two.
this table than the new figures re-
bitillg to 111e area of the wheat
crop. The movement this year is
almost. ns large as the memorable
one ten years ago in 1895. but it
is in the opposite direction. ,in
1895 the wheat area of Great Bri-
tain receded to 1,417,483 acres, this
representing a decline of more than
half a trillion awes front the pre -
coding year. On the otl•er hand,
this year, as compered with last,
shows an expansion of 421,701 acres
in wheat -sown land.
4 -
SAVED BY A TERRIEP..
Experiences of a Man Who Was
Attacked by Lioness,
'rite story of how n little to tier
saved its muster from the clutches of
an enraged lioness Is told ing a letter ruled and warred in t he years from
from eta Mat tin prow, of Al 1'uteai,
Matabeleland, Africa. recently pub. 860 11. C. to 825 13. C. One engrav-
lished in the Bulawayo Chronicleing shows tho women of a tribe hak-
•A man named 1)e Beer, of Shiloh, ing bread, groat piles of bread, for
travelling on foot, had started nom 1 be bcttefit� of returning victorious
camp early, lent ing Isis "boy" to soldiers. rho Aseyrlans also knew
pack up and follow hits. !how to raise grains, their hydraulic
l le had not gone hail a mile "hen machines and aqueducts slowing how
Ito heard a growl, and, t urning, , they appreciated the value of irri._a-
found an immense lioness about fifty ition.
yards away, and rapidly approach -1 Bread figured prominently in the
ing. As quickly ns possible he rais-' history and religion of the ancient
ed his magazine rifle. She was with -!dews. Their first cereals were only
in t11e'nty paces when he fired, and rye, wheat and barley, and they be-
tho shot broke her jaw. gan their use by eating them raw
Her fierce roar gled with the after tho fashion of primitive !nun.
sound of tho second shut., which This is the normal course of progre-s
broke one of her forelegs; and the, t13th all peoples that early become
third shot, fired just ns she sprang EXTENSIVE ("RAIN EATERS.
on Do Beer, missed her altogether, The grain grew wild at first and
and the man Was borne down by the' was eaten by the naked savage only
ferocious brute. (as ono of rho leguutinuus plants that
I Io ens :evert•!% tnautcd an(l bitten, I gave him n precarious plants
his lett hand being Fadi; injured by lit seeing rho atrcugth ee.
the maddened animal. I tailed by those who fed exclusively
"I to lnd," says the letter, "a little! upon a (;ruin dict, nnpn, with his in -
terrier dog with hint, and tho (tog tedligercn increasing, begun to caro
now fastened u;n t o t he beast's ear for the patches where the desirable
and hung grimly on. 'J'hls made the plants grew, and frau this it was
brute shift it little and Do (leer was alt n far step to the careful eullieut
able to get hold of the rifle login tion of grain.
with his right hand and shoot the Each family of the .lows had a
lioness through tho chest. She fell affil for imily, differing in this from
dead on top of him—his loft hand its contemporaneous tarot. where
al Al it her uh octo" the grain was ground inn commun-
ity being M'I'utee by ndtwas, h-{ mill. So importnurt was the mill -
atone on to 1l'1'ulzeni, and was at- I atone in the economy of the Jewish
hump that Moses laid down the lute,
+ No man shall take the ncll.er .er
Hostess—"Do lake senor more of the upper millstone to pledge; for
he tatk.th a man's lite to pledgcheese."
the pudding. Mr. itoreeell," Bore- (his, the phrase "to pledge," would
well—"My dear ►Ins. R11nderby' a indicate that the pawnshop wits net
couldn't eat another mouthful. I'te unknown tit et en tide early strege of
cutin !+o touch already that 1 can rho world's career.
hardly speak." 1Iotess—"Do try a , •Po tutu • down to more resent day+
little more—Jus.! a tit 11.. more, if' the old time 1Caidcnte of the Scan -
only to ph ,, o me, Mr liar •w• 11 •tinctvilitt countries in their Limn
.moll forth most ►'roniinenlly ns
e rain assess end l n ers. Women Will
Principally in charge of tihe prepare -
t Fou of the grain and of the baker-
its.
akerits. The grinding was done in mills
ran be horse power, wind or even by
large dogs.
Some of the first water -power milk
known of were in Non., ay. The link-
ing here ens usually done in ()tens
cnstructed mufntnined by the
(0o11118 and vItinandi o People 11111)
grain to be baked int() bread came
to the bakeries, where women receiv-
ed the .alma, baked It., and ret urn.. 1
the bread to the owner with a title• 41.-
taken out for the baking.
CO11LI)V"r GET A cl)'rl' At1l;,
.'Relieve me. George, dear. the fact
that you aro not wealthy makes no
diflerence In my love for you," she
seal. "1 love you for yourself atone.
1 would choose love in a cottage re-
ther than a union without ante ttoil
in a testi% mansion."
"Reruns," he enid, "1 nn glee let
hear you speak thus. ')'here is mitt
but one obstacle to present war uhnr-
"And what is that?" she raked.
"1 rne't ralce hall ennuuh earm y
Ito get a'(t 1 ngi'.'
1t often fitment -4 that the les a
teen knows the longer it takes to
telt it.
BREAD MAKING i1 EGYPT
►
THE PIONEERS IN GRAIN
GROWING.
Bread Figured in the History an4
Religion of the Ancient
•
Jaws.
!tread was !nada of fairly respecta-s',
He quality long before the atlt••ut of
the days of Biblical chronet'•gy.
Synchronous with the dovelopmeet
and progress ()f gr ntim!: stones was
the impruvetni it in tho manner of
bread. Meisskoitor, to whose dely-
ings into subjects un race progress
much pi emelt knowledge is due, dis-
covered, site's the Flour '!'rade News,
an eight pound loaf of otomy cruah-
od grain and well baked under con-
ditions that mark its manufacture as
long before the advent of men as he
is to -day. This loaf has the appe.te--
ance of having been baked before an
open tire, tho mass of dough thrown
on it flat :tomo ieforo the upon blaze
and turned until each side had been
subjected to the hent. It is hardly
up to tho standard of our preseut
bread, beet the mien of those days
wct•e not. finical.
The ancient Egyptians were this
pioneers in extensive graiu growing
and bread making. Their grains were
wheat, barley and doura, and were
much like the groins of to -day, el -
though in the samples of it unearth-
ed recently there is conclusive evi-
dence to show that the process of
evolution goes on constantly in veg-
etable life,
The Egyptians were really the best
"farmers" of which wo have any
coherent. record. 'Piny hurt ailed
their wheat tivo months after it was
put in the ground and bound it into
sheaves much like tho hand bound
sheaves of to -day. Tttcir threshing
was done by driving cattle over the
floor of the granary floors, possibly
the first enort of importance toward
the invention of
THE THRESHING 'MACHINE.
Tho old style of grinding obtained
with the Egyptians, the !tenon usu-
ally being required to perform this
work, but they bad discovered the
power of fermented yeast cells, as in
several instances leavened bread has
been found dating to this era. It is
also with the Egyptians that the
professional baker first springs into
notice in the world. There is picture
writing on several tombs that shows
bake shops lung before the time of
the dynasty. The story of .lo•eelt
conserving the abundance of tho tut
years for use during the soveral lean
years shows how itnpottant grain
and breadstitlTs were to latter day
1•:gyptiruls.
Thanks to the art of the Assyriene
and the enduring qualities of bronze
1.0 have records to show how this
ancient people prepared their braid.
Apparently tho Assyrians were a
most abstemious people and litho
given to riotous feasting, even in lila
celebration of victories for their anti -
On tho !ironic gates of Ilalawat
aro found engravings depicting the
warlike doings of Shalmalleser 11,
tended to by medical nun there.
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