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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1906-09-20, Page 6+0+040 4-040+010+0+0.4-0+0+0+0+0+0+0+0+0+0+0+0+0 "EEVON ANY OR, A HOPELESS LOVE. • ,a 9 &04-04-04c04-04.0+0+0+0+0-+0,0+0+0+000+0+040+0+0+0+ CHAi'TE1t iI. Patonket was a lung, straggling vil- lage through which run one broil,] shoat. tie both sides of the highway willow trees and elms cast their sha- dows., and almost hid from sight the antique colonial houses with their stunt- ing, shingled roofs and tall brick chimneys. About half -way down the street was situated what ought be call- ed, by an effort of courtesy, the busi- ness centre of the village. On one side of the broad throoughfare stood atonal! wooden building puinted white, upon whose unpretentious front various highly colored advertisements inforrn- ed the public that \\'Uliatn Edwards would be glad to provide his put•on.; with anything they might lack, from a cozen eggs to asilk dress. 11 was fur- ther made known, by a sign that could be read from a great distance, that the federal government had deigned to look with (aver upon Edward's store, and had sanctioned the desire of its proprie- tor to puss as the postmaster of Paton- ket. Just opposite this tnter'sting and ver- satile bazaar stood the building in which the Palonket Weekly Clarion lend long sheltered its lares and penates. It v. as nothing (lore than a two-story eiruc1ure of pine, rendered presentable by the skillful application of two shades et brown paint. The building was in good repair, and there were those in Patonket who held that it was second In architectural importance only to the !own hall, though another faction plac- ed it third on the list and raised the high -steepled, white church with green blinds to second place. On the ground floor a drug -store of unusual preten- sions for so small a place as Paton- ket hired its victims Into pharmaceuti- cal pitfults. Upstairs, as a printed card informed the visitor, the editor of the Clarion could be found by those who wished to talk business. The thought- ful mind could discover from R per- usal of dais notice that all loungers and bores were requested to step across the way and sent themselves upon "Bill" Edwards's sugar -barrels, though the carefully worded curd made no such unneighborly suggestion in cold type. But it is always the habit. of philoso- phers lu read between the lines, and in this instance the uncompromising legend, "Editorial Rooms Upstairs—No Admission Except on Business," meant much more in spirit than it did in letter. On the morning following the conver- sation recorded in the last chapter-, Isaiah Durkee, editor and proprietor of the Clarion, sat in his sanctum with his young wife. The room devoted to to the intellectual and continercial de- partnenfs of the paper vas not especi- ally attractive, though by no means cheerless. It is selaom that the office of a rural periodical feels the influence of feminine taste, but In this case the artistic hand of a woman had done what it could to make the apar•irnent presentable. A tow cheap but really ornamental engravings relieved the Monotony of the white walls. The floor was carpeted. and a number of com- fortable chairs were scattered about the room_ A bouquet of fresh flowers stood upon a large desk that occupied one corner of the sanctum, while at the windows various sturdy plants rejoiced m the warmth of the morning sun- light. 11 was evident that the materiel destiny of the "Editorial Rooms Up- stairs" did not depend upon the de- structive indifference of a man. Ilere and there a flaring advertisement an- nouncing a country fair or a church festive' marred the decorations, and as mast of the functions tints referred le had long since passed into history. these polychromatic lurid -bills seemed altogether superfluous. But do not blame Mrs. Durkee for retaining them. Something had to he displayed to in- dicate the character of the room as a newspaper den, and what so appropri- ate for sneh a purpose as obsolete posters. Did any one ever see a jour- nalistic office without them? On the morning of which we write, a cool breeze coming In through the open windows bad scattered about the floor a large pile of exchanges, as though In search of peens relating to the weather. Isaiah Durkee sat listless- ly watching the frolic which his "esteemed contemporaries" were having with onesenother in the centre of the room. Ile ons a thin. tired -looking man, whose black Ptince Albert coat, high collar, and white choker gave him the appearance of a clergyman some- what pnrtlqutar about his dress. His email, dark eyes were intelligent end kindly, but there was in them a rest- less, weary expression that robbed Ihenn of moat of their natural attrac- tiveness. They were the only pleasing ft attire of his face. his nose was long and pointed, and had a weather-beat- en linee that no roan tut an unim- peachable Prohibitionist could havedls- L laved to the gnze of his fellow -then and remained tree from the breath of scandal. His forehead was high end ma•rew, his lend baht, and his cheek- bones prominent. A thin, nit,) mouth cave an expression of sternness to a face seldom lighted by a elnlle. Dui kee had been for years the leading eiliz, n n( Patonket. His paper had made him a power. and he Ind become somewhat despotic In his ways. A man who does the thinking of public gpNstiuns for an enure cunenuntty is apt to beget, after n lime, n valet 11'- ar 1 f,ti his own importance. Ile la tl.d'g a,Mr, so far as the world's alfalrs or, , on, erred, for a very large fleck, and who can blame trim If he t►nmlirs hie maltreat !?mess with an air of regal ke's sovcrcignty did not seem to in- spire lino with an overpowering sense to obligation to his subjects. "As idle as a painted ship upon a painted ()even," he sat in silence, with folded hands, and allowed his potent pen to rest untouched, impatiently awaiting the end of his reverie. At the desk, engaged in correcting proofs, sat '.hs. Durkee. Never since the days of Gulenberg had so fair a hand wielded the blue bencil. As she bent above her work the sunlight formed a halo about her head through which her hair in holden glory seemed to form a crown of splendor. About her queenly form clung a dress of white muslin, simple in construction but intensely be- coming. Iler face seemed strangely out of place in those dingy, unromantic surroundings: for it was the face of a granite dame, a proud, calm, delicate countenance such as the world Is al- ways glad to worship. Beneath eye- brows arched with perfect grace shown forth eyes of wondrous beauty. They were violet in color, though now and then They seemed to change to a rich, deep green. Iler nose and mouth were cut in lines of severe symmetry. Iler face was pale, and around her lips an expression of suppressed Impatience sometimes played. Every motion that she made was groceful. Once In awhile sho would brush the hair back fr her brow with a rapid gesture, and diamond of rare perfection wo sparkle for a moment upon her ha The jewel was the most appropri thing sire wore, end the gleaming sto seemed to realize this, for It glttte and danced and glowed In the s beams as though it held a secret in heart and longed to tell it. "\Vel), chert," she exclaimed after time, looking up at her husband w a senile and displaying a set of per teeth, "so much for the proofs! Ile Fritz." She raised her voice, and a MIsunburned urchin, with a countenan o' German cast, rushed into the root and seizing the proofs dashed aw again as though the fate of the unive depended upon his alacrity. Mrs. Durkee spoke in a soft, cares Ing volae, with an accent more Fren than New English, and at her wo Isaiah Durkee turned toward her. "Yes, yes, always proofs, copy, something else to keep you busy," I remarked gloomily. "It is downrig selfish of me to let you work so hard His wife shrugged her shoulders, an put up her white, long -fingered hen deprecatingly. "N'importe. You know enjoy it all. Surely I am better off tha most woolen. There is some dignil about my work. You see 1 am 'manepaled,' as !Jetty sups. is sot that great privilege?" She laughed aloud i a half-►nocking way. Durkee rose slowly and walked 1 the window. Alter a moment he tuneand said: "I wonder If 1 will ever ge 011 answer to that advertisement? fear the young men of the neighborhond are not as ambitious as they used t bo," The shadow of a grim smile cross ed his Inc.'. "The notice has been i the paper for weeks now, and Cher hasn't even been a nibble at the bait i wish 1 could afford to make some body a present of the whole concern.' "Patience, man emir' exclaimed Mrs. Durkee cheerfully, rising and piaci► a hand on her husband's shoulder. "You mustn't worry about the matter. If we don't find a purchaser soon, we'll su- spend publication for a while, and you shall take the long vacation you so much need. N'sst-ce pas?" "Bah!" ejaculated Durkee, with an al- most brutal leek of courtesy, "you talk Just like a woman. Your sex never seems to realize that a mum can not al- ways consider his own wishes when his business interests are at slake. You really ought to have more sense doer Mehetable about this mutter, but you haven't. 1 don't seem able to make ei- ther of you understnnd that 1 nin n poor roan—a poor man, Mrs. Durkee.,, Ile turned from the window and set - ea himself near the desk. om a uld nd. ate ne red un- its a ith feet re, le, co n, ay ase s - ch 1 ads er ie ht d d n Y a- a n 0 d t t J • n• • e An expression of annoyance passer] over Mrs. Durkee's face. She well knew that, compered with his neigh- bors, Isaiah Durkee was a man of wealth; that he could well afford to pass the remninder of his life In idle- ness. itut of late he had liven growing miserly in his ideas. Was his mind begetting one of those strange delusions so often the outcome of advancing age? Mrs. Durkee could not tell, but she was' n wise end tactful woman and never tried to argue him out of his false im- pressions. She realized that nothing would be mere likely to confirm hip in his growing tendency to prnctiee an unnecesary economy than opposition upon her part. She remained silent. therefore, and gazed out upon the oeean with a wist- ful expression in her eyes, out where the Lylatders went selling toward the East and the sunlight glinted across the lops of the dancing waves. In Its In- finity the sea meemed t; mock the pet- ty hopes and fears, the longings and tlio passions of human life. Sonia such thought as thus war passing through her mind when her husband, who had cuuso to her side, rudely broke the current of her meditations by a petulant excla- mation. 'Well, well. I've been in Patonket n great many years, bol 1'1'o never seen a more unwelcome sight than that." Durkee pitnted toward van Slack and Dare. who at Dial moment were corning down the village street. "1 fear the peace of the l,wn le at nn end. Just as soon n, n place like Patonket becomes a enmities resort It is strirgi.d City and country can not dignity? but jble morning Isaiah but ►nix, Yrs. Durkee, la Use advantage of the country. I am sorry this Mrs. van FRANCE'S BRAVEST WAN. Slack has cohere h ►r� e 1u reside. She and her guests will f111 the place wen new Ideas, honest farmers will want to grow rich on city visitors, moist girls will long to dress 'in style,' young countrymen will desert the plough- shares for the tennis court, I have seen more than one of our quiet coast towns forever spoiled by the advent of summer guests. Fin sorry they've come my dear—sorry they've carne." Mrs. Durkee made no anssver. To tell the truth, she did not agree with her husband in the views he had just expressed. To ger mind Patonket seemed to need sadly the ini igora ling Influence of new blood. Isaiah Durkee did not appear to realize how dull the place was, and how narrow were the idea.; of its Inhabitants. Perhaps lie purposely shunned the truth as offen- sive to his amour-propre. At all events his wife !naked the facts squarely in the face, and did not believe that the an Slacks and their friends would Rall like e. blight upon the village. She had grown tired of the unintere-ling people +around her, whose petty interests and 1•mited information offended a mind cul- tured by close study of great books. For a long time past a desire to see new laces, to hear something of the vast world about which her father had se often talked to her, had filled her heart. She bad hardly acknowledged all this to herself, but her husband's words had given to tier longings an added and aggressive strength. Watching the yo►mg men as they ap- proached, with an unfriendly look lin his dark eyes, Durkee continued: "Fur•- threuiore, I understand these people on the hill are wine-bilbcrs. They, will be a curse to us all. Have I labored all these years for nothing? Can it be that the good work that 1 have done, the seed that 1 have sown, s►►nll come to nought? 1 fear so. The popping of the corks upon tale hill will sound mer- rily in the em's of our villagers, the hatred of restraint will arise, the ex- empte of teen of leisure will affect the men of labor. and the bare majority that made Patonket a no -license town will soon be overcome. Oh, 1 urn weary, o' the struggle. it seems as though all efforts against the powers of evil were fruitless in the end. 1 am weary— weary," Seating himself in a chair, he leaned his arms upon the desk, and, as his head fell upon thea. he presented the picture ofa man bren in health and spirit. i Instantly his wife was at his side. Her womanly nature felt the sting of con- science, for her recent thoughts scent- ed cruel and unworthy as she witnessed i her husband's sorrow. She alone knew The unselfish devotion he had given for years to the cause of Prohii,ition, the efforts he had made to enforce the law 6 he had himself brought into being, c and how in the struggle his health had 0 given way, and Ms loyal heart had I fainted beneath the weight of the bur- h den he had carried such a weary time. w Site bent over him, caressing his thin cheeks, and murmuring in French ten- der wards of endearment. At that in- stant the door was Thrown open hastily, and Fritz rushed in, In great excite- ment. "Loog outl" he cried. "Der vola shenticmans gumming ubstalrs to au you on pizness, Mr. 7 urkee, Dey vas ride here. Loog mid!" The words had hardly lett his lips when Dare and van Slack entered the room. ilc: Has Saved One Ilundred and Sixty Lives, One hundred and sixty lives saved is the record of M. Jacques !townie, one time chief pilot of Dunkirk, tin years captain of the local lifeboat, now Deputy Mayor of Malo -les Ba France, says The New York Times. began the work of rescue at the t of the Crimean war; when cruising a :,hip off Gibraltar he personally cued three of a crew belonging t British three -plaster, Ills greatest achievement, howe was when captain of the Dunkirk L•oat Susan Grey, which had been senled to the French town by the eta of Margate. One frightful night three -masted baric \'ester lm front suer stuck on a sand -Lank in the Dun roads. The sea was running high wild, but Bornmelacrt mustered the c and they went out into the tempest. high was the sea that the lifeoat struck by the heaviest surf and ovet'tu ed. Two of the erew were drown and Bonuuelaert had three ribs sine ed and was w'ouuded on the head. T1 managed to right the boat again. TI the tarn wonted to return, spying; case was hopeless, but the capta wounded and broken as he was. ur them on, and that night the Iileb carne back to Dunkirk with eight men, one woman and two children cued from the wreck. Many Governments have honored J ques Bornmelaort. lie has two sil medals "for gallantry and huinnnit presented to him by the British Gove anent. But the proudest time of his was when the French Government ga him the coveted Cross of the Legion Honor in 1891. Then he was taken Paris and remained there a month, t Government paying all his exeens and honoring him as France kno how to honor brave men. Universally Acknowledged aert, to be superior to the finest Japan frown, enty and its, lie Ince in res - o ver, life- pre- yor the den kirk and rew So urns rli- led. sh. leytell the in, ged oat eco res- ne- ver y,' rn- life ve to he es, %s NAVY DISCIPLINE. Severe Penalty for not Appearing Fun Dress, An extraordinary story of petty t ranny in the navy is current at Por mouth, F.nglrnd. A destroyer of the attacking Ilett the recent manoeuvres was lying Portsmouth harbor prior to the ope ng of hostilities, when a summo from one of the admirals was receiv for the lieutenant commander. This officer was absent on duty, at ri his place the warrant ollicer, wl vas second in command, proceede ashore to answer the summons. In his hurry to respond to the me age. the warrant officer neglected 1 hnnge into his full-dress uniform, an n being ushered into the presence o he flag -officer this was pointed out t i►n. Al, the time, however, nolhin as said of punishment. The destroyer played a very impor in ts- In in n. ns ed nd 10 d 0 d 0 g ant part in the manoeuvres, and• we one of the vessels that succeeded in en tering Portsmouth harbor under cove er night, and laying a string of mine across the harbor. At the close of the manoeuvr.s th destroyer returned to Portsmouth wit the flotilla for the customary leave fol lowing excessive duties, but, much t the surprise of all, the vessel was a once ordered to return to sea and con tinue cruising for len days. No time was allowed for replenishing provisions and the crew had to exist on tinned meal and biscuits, and no mails reached than until orders were received to return. 'fhe officers and the crew were not even told why this severe punishment was meted out to them, but there can to aro doubt that it was because the second In command had appeared in undress uniform before the admiral. (i'o be Continued,) i TUE SAMARITANS, Only Two hundred Left of Famous Jewish Tribe. In an unpretentious house In Com- mercinl itoad, East, Inur men Ore as strange to London, England, as Lon- don is strange 10 num aro slaying. They are the representatives of a dying race—the Samaritans. Of extraordinary ,stature, gaunt, dig- nified and silent, clad in robes of their priestly office, their names might have been token, like their creed. from the Pentateuch. They are !slink ben Am - ram ha -Cohen ha -Levi, Stiafeek ben Jacob ha -Cohen ha -Levi, Nage ben Kha- der ha -Cohen ha -Levi and Sheiabec ben Jacob Shelabec, They have with them hooks and mamsr'ripls of priceless worth. Among these is a scroll—one of three that Have Leen used In their synagogue for untold centuries. 'I hey also carry with Wen ancient prayer books and a time -worn copy of the chronology of their depart- ed priests, The Snmaritnns trove gone In Englund to nttempt to raise fiords on which the tribe. harried and laxed by the 'lurks, may live. They are the bearers of a letter of introduction from the Bishop re Jerusalem to the Bishop of London, and They hope to secure an nedienee with the King. ]slink hen Antrim is the son r,f Ihe thigh priest who showed the King. then Prince of Wales, the famous scrolls of the tribe. Dr. Gaster, the Hebrew Selmer and Jewish rabbi. says that the Samaritans r•cpresent the last remmenl of the eldest Si wish sect on earth. "There are only 200 of them left," lir snit!. They cannot speak English, or, In- deed. any European language, but ran - verse in Arabic or in very difficult ile- brew. "They believe only in the five hooks of Moses, and regard 118 Os cchismnlics "1 tori now• endsnvoruig to arouse in- terns! 1,i Diem, and hope tint soon a room will he placed at their disposel for an exhibition of their wonderful Treasures. 1 0111 using any influence with the Royal Asiatic Society to this end. Probably, ino, the Biblical Arch- tielogical Ssctety will take them up," Pr Homp Back SCOTT'S EMULSION won't make a Ramp back slralght, neithex will It make a short leg Tong, but It feeds soft bone and heals armed bone u,I is among the few !tatters means of recovery in tickets And hr.'s, .nnsumption, c.. L lin wept, Tense.a •nnwb. s« •nd It, .s, el drsgrl. 1 L CEYLON GREEN TEA Get a Trial Packet to -day. iwat packet, only. 4oc, aoa and doe per Ib. At all (lrocera WINNING A VICTORIA CROss. An Example From time Early Victorian Period. Apropos of the death of General W. M. Cafe, V. C., "D. IL, writing in The London F.vening Times, recalls that Scotland had four regiments present in the field on which his V.C. %vas won. On ttte 8th of April, 1858, the 4.2nd, 78th and 93rd highlanders marched from Lucknow under command of General Walpole. On lite 15th this brigade, in its march into Itochilcund, reached Fort khooyd, where Nirpest Singh, with 2,000 rebels, was in garrison. The dtajah was asked to surrender, but refused. The 42nd, being senior regiment, was ordered to the front, supported by the 4th Punjab infantry, in which corps Captain Cafe then served. The 42nd soon found itself in front of the ram- parts under a heavy fire; the Punjabis made an attack on the left face. The walls were so high that the ladders with the column could not reach the glacis, while the enemy continued to assail the British at every point. The 42nd had Lientennnts Douglas and Brumley killed, and several men in a vain endeavor to mount the ramparts, while Captain Willoughby, a brother of the officer who iii May, 1857, fired the magazine in the city of Delhi had charged with the 41h Native Infantry, and had reached a point on the ram- parts, where he fell mortally wounded. Then Captain Cafe and Private Edward Spence of the 42nd ran info the ditch and lifted Willoughby's body. Spence fell mortally wounded, and Corporal A Thomson of the 42nd tante to the support of Captain Cn(e, who Thus, by his devotion, brought out two comrades from under a severe fire. Adrian hope, son of Sir John !lope, of llopetown, then with the 93rd Highlanders, came into action, and with undnuntcd cour- age was in the act of cheering the men onward, when he fell dead from a gun- shot wound. 'fills heroic struggle was continued from early morning till sun- set, and mans' acts of heroism took place. Captain Cafe, Quartermaster - Sergeant Simson (42nd), Corporal 7liomson and Privates Davis and Spence were awarded the "Cross for %%tor," r but Spence died from has wounds. The 8 42 had Ivo officers and seven sten kill. ed and one officer and 34 men wound - o ed. A number of those who took part h In the assault are still with us, one of ' whom, an ex -major of the Stirlingshire o Volunteers, was very severely wounded t in the assault. Such episodes are war- ' thy 0f being held in remembrance, see- ing that the actors are fast leaving us. DUTCHMAN IN A BOX. To Escape further Domestic Quarrels Travels In Pecking Case. 1t was not, perhaps, a novel Iden that prompted an Amsterdam holland, tailor, who, niter a domestic qunrrel, left his fee and found himself stranded in Rotterdam, to seek cheap transportation back to hls domicile packed in a box. Sonie days ago. n case bearing a cer- tain address. and marked "Glass, with Care," was delivered for shipment at the goods office of a cargo boat to Am- sterdam. The cnsv was placed on tie quay ready to he taken on board, when u nighlwalchinnn becn►ne aware of a strange noise, proceeding as it seemed, from the box. Other employe of !lie line were culled, and, as a mysterious murder case Ind recently occurred hi Rotkrdoni. all ends of weird theories were hazarded as to what the lox might contain. It was finally agreed that there was something wrong abort the box, and i1 was promptly placed on a cart tori driven to the newest police station. With utmost preenuliee. the box was opened, and behold! our friend the tailor gasping for air. 11 appeared That some workmen to whom he had related his sad plight had readily fallen an with his notion In put him in a wooden pecking case, and ship hien as lrngile goods back to his home. ELOPES WITH F.\TIIER-IV-LAW. bride Leaves llusb:uml Fen Ifours After lite "Wedding. A wedding pnrly iu n country district near Pari.:. France, Ind an unexpected ending the other night. A little before midnight the bridegroom, tired of dan,•- ing. steighl his Hide. intending to slip away elle her to their new home. she wits. however, not In be haunt, rind the bridegroom rushed In his from to sem i1 by chance she had gone there ty herself. Not finding her, the bride- groom and his mother-in-law hrrame anxious and made enquiries, 011,1 al last learned the] the bride had been seen getting into a carriage with the irid genntnt's faller, and had then driven nil In the .Infirm. A few teams later the ,li'1r: ^Int !side - groom t•erei►s•l n letter freni his bride 01 ea soles to w•hi••h -hr explaircvl that her love for his father mule it impost - slide for her In be happy w oh his tort, and Ihnl she had therefore 1' yr away with bit lover. LIONESS ATTACKS HUNTERS, Wounds Two Men Before She is Despatched. A fight between two hunters and an infuriated lioness is reported in the mail from British East Africa. Messrs, Loans and Goldfinch left Nai- roi on n shooting expedition, and when five miler from the town the lioness was oserved. While the nien stand ill Ha edge of the thicket the brute pounc- e^ on \Ir. Goldfinch and Threw hien to the gr•..und. 11 bit him on the thigh be- fore Mr. Lucas lodged a bullet In 11.s neck. Maddened by the wound, the animal turned its attention to Mr. Lucas, whose horse it felled, nrid then pinned the rider In the ground, inflicting terrible laceration; on his face and biting nis right nren. Ile was saved by Mr. Gold- finch, who. silting up, rolled the lion• ass over with a well -aimed shot. The beast was about to spring on its victim ngnin, whist nnnlher dlschnrge from the same wenpnn proved fatal. The wounded men were ta'ten back to town, where they received medical aid. A TOUR ‘V'ITIIOi71' A '1'11'. IVealthy pian Suffers Bcrawe of 111 Experiment, The London Daily ,Mail says:— !lcri Gruner, a wealthy German hotel pr. prlc'o •, has carried out an experiment with amusing results on the lipping cus- tsm, Ile had a theory that all hotel employees should be paid a living wage and that tipping should be abolished in hotels. So he started, accompanied by his wife and daughter, the Lisanne corre- spondent of The Dally Mail writes, on a three weeks' tour of the ehiet German and Swiss Lintels, determined not to spend a sou on tips, in order to test his opinion. One week's experience of the conse- quences was enough for his wife and daughter, who returned home disap- pointed and Indignant with Herr Grauer for the discomfort and insults to which he had led them. Mysterious hieroglyphics and secret signs—known only to hotel employees --- announced the iurrivnl of the Grauers "the non-tippers"—al the various resorts they visited. The result was always the same—nobody seemed to want them. Al the stations they were *told that the porticulu• hotel they wished to say al was full; the hotel omnibus w'ns mere - waiting for n few old clients to de- part." When they insisted on enlerin the omnibus there was nobody to carr)' their luggage, and railway porters had to be employed and paid. Arriving at the hotel, their heavy baggage was un- ceremoniously thrown• on the ground, and the boxes were damaged. The maid took half an hour to answer the bell, and the "hot wafer," when it did arrive, was cold. At table d'hotc the Grauer; were always served with the lust portion. The concierge "did not know" of any interesting' trips in Iliteneighborhood, and was generally "busy" when they descender) to the hail. Conn - plaints to the manager were futile. Herr Grauer, who persevered with his three weeks' tour to its unpleasant end, sums up his experiences as including the followings-: Lost three trains; luggage unable to be (mind, ]fad four pairs of boots, two being new, ruined; "cause unknown." Two suits of clothes, one dress, three blouses mysteriously contracted Ink stains. herr Grauer now believes that tipping is a necessary evil, with still a long life. °FROM BONNIE SCO AAND NOTL5 OF IN1i:iu.' 1' FROMFROMIlial HANKS AND Int %FS. t\ hal Is Going On In the Ilighlauds and Lowlands of Auld Scotia. The new.Carrick Itar)way has been npcued at Two 111are bands of German gypsies iave landed at Leith from Hamburg. Faikirks new gas works, which Iwve lust been erected by the municipality at a cost of ,E45,01s0, have been o►,encd. The memorial, stone of a large ex - I, of Sl. ride's Episcopal cltys h, Hy ly meameant'road, Kelviusido, Gtas�;uw has been laid, On the occasion of his corning of age, �- Sir John Fowler, Bart., o1Lltraemore, Itoss-shire, has rrnutled this year's rent to his tenants. The Stirling District Asylum Board hove resolved to proceed with the erec- - lion of a nurses' 110111C at Larbert Asy. loin at a cost of £0,000. June Johnston or Bussell, aged 45, Mile SSA, Glasgow, who broke her leg through slipping on a banana skin, died in the infirmary. The death took place suddenly, at Si. Quivox Manse, of Rev. Jaynes Wilson, in the 75th year of his age and the forty. seventh year of his ministry. Mr. Wil- son was for thirty-five years clerk of the Presbytery of Ayr. A syndicate of French, Gentians and Italians will shortly open the new mar- ble quarries in the parish of Strath. The marble strata are reported to be very extensive, and to furnish marbles of a fine quality. It has been announced that the Lan- arkshire Tramways Company intend forthwith to extend their lines to (Sim- ibushing. To meet the cost of this de- velopment the company propose to is- sue 5,100 shares of :E10 each. While a Traction engine with two waggons was proceeding near the Den of Logia, Stonehaven, a stranger who was sitting on the side of the road threw himself in front of the wheels of the Inst waggon and was run over and killed. The Rev, Henry Grey Graham, min- ister of hyndtaml church, and a well- known Scottish historian, died at his rr►lidenco In Glasgow. Mr. Graham was sixty-three years of age, and had ministered at Ilyndland for upwards of P. score of years. A plebiscite of the ratepayers of Pol- lokslraws has just been taken on the question of anneiation of the burgh to the city of Glasgow. The question has been before the ratepayers for nearly agIvoayinst ears.it. A Targe majority voted The death has taken place of Mr. John Duthie, shipbuilder, Aberdeen, Mr, Dot.hie established the John Duthie Torrey Shipbuilding Company, and has developed a very extensive and import- ant business, Mr. Duthie, who was about forty-five years of age, is survived by a widow and family, The Channel Fleet have just been carrying out their gunlayers' lest at Portland, Gunner McKenzie, R, M. A. of ff. M. S. Ocean, fired seven roea1s an one minute with a six -loch gun, aid hit the target, n srnnll canvas one, sev- en times al 1,5000 yeasts. Gunner Mc- Kenzie is a native of Edinburgh. For attempting to commit suicide by drinking a quantity of laudanum, two Edinburgh laborers, Bland and Thomas Bennett, were brought before Sheriff Guy al Edinburgh city police court. Sen- tence of ten days' imprisonment was passed in each case. The number of deaths registered in Scotland during the year 1905 was 71,- 526, 1;526, a number which is 3,435 less than that of the previous year, and less than the number re.gtstered in any year silica 1896. The death ries- for the year per Bo +sand of the estimated population is 15,9:kk This is the smallest death rale recorded for any year since this ollice was established, TOWERS FOR BERLIN'S POOR. Well Known Physician Suggests Novel Scheme. Dr. Sheri, a well known physician of Berlin. Germany, and an authority on national hygiene, has made a singular proposal to the Berlin Town Council, which this body is now considering, Dr. ScherI,'s proposal is that the 'town Council should build airy pavilions at several points of the city at «bout 160 feet above the level of the streets. These pavilions should he ,supported on slrnng steel frames and reached by ele- vators. Their purpose Is to niford rest and refreshment and good air to citi- zens weary of the maddening noLses, the unrest, and the noxious smells of the sl reels There would be plenty of seals up in those airy pavilions, plenty of flowers, good beer, lemonade, water, music, and ether enjoyments. As to the question of cost, Dr. Scheel is certain that hie pavilions would pay, especially as n0 rent world be necessary; and, far from being eyesore. the pavilions might be graceful and artistic erections, adding considerably to the beauty of the streets. ‘IORF: 'rig Insurance AI'ent- \Ir, 1lapg;u, d. Td Insurance. 1 kind virile you the hest ace:dent or cyclmnn, Hiram Hnpgood—say, if votes gat Iurt►nce companies. 1'1l talk with yuu. TIIE POINT. like to talk wllh you ateiut taking nut kind Of policies—death, fire, burglary, a Insurance policy Ihut insure the in- -Life. ••••••••••••••••••••••••• LU'NATiCS STOP BALLOON. Funny Affair In Grounds of an italktn Asylum. A couple of nreronaute had a queer adventure while passing over Giandola recently. They were !ravelling low down pr paring for a descent when they Ink.r pened to cross some fields attached lo a lunatic asylum in which a number of the patients were working. At sight of the airship the lunatics set up a shout end one of Them seized the trail rope and clung on. Others joined him, and then tried is haul down the aeronauts. The balloonists, fearing mischief, be. gan to pelt them with ballast to ntnkn them relcnse their hold, but the lunatics appeared 10 enjoy the proceedings as a grent joke, and continued hauling. The uproar they made finally attract- ed the keepers, who ran to the nssist- ance of the aeronauts, and knocking over several of the mere stubborn pa - bents, released their hold on the rope. The balloon then shot away, carryon g from the ground one lunatic who Inst became- entangled. fle fell several yards on another Inmate, but neither (Ippon-et' to be much the worse for the enco:rntcr. '*"-te --1- -- KING'S /:IOU4 KEIT F'.1sT, Peculiar 1'anry of King I'deard Which Wenders Visitor.. Inuring the summer season. when the l:uig and Queen are away from Smel- t -Ingham and the park ew,d grounds are occasionally open to visitors, the plat. form of Wolferlon, the Mahon for snndringhem. is now and again occu- pied by band; of people who complain angrily That they are halt an hour too soon fur their train. They have not dis- covered in time the' all Ihe clocks nt Sandringham are kept half an hour fast. This is a curious fancy of the King's, end et 4nndringlrnrn all the clrn•ks lin 1110 int►.+v, .smiles, and 1. quiets. pmt even the Church r;:.ck, arc i.egd half an hour 144