HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1907-09-05, Page 2•0+�set -10 +0+30+4240+0►o+Ok+O+O+ow+o X04 0404.49 'Good -night, mamma," repeated Lora;
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in a hoarse! voice. She hardly under -
TI -IE
stood what her mother wanted. She
wrent into her room, with tier dead ach-
S�� I • teewe fromecrying, and threw Herself in
I C 1►e r bed, in the darkness.
OR
FOR HER FAMILY'S SAKE.
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ile• lookol reproachfully ut her, and
crew his chair nearer. As he opened
a lips to .peak, she turned to her
ether neighbor and asked f'. r u glass
of water.
"Frauleir, won Tellcn," a passionate
voice whispered in her ear, "why 4!4)
sou treat me so? 1f you only ',new,
A.ra-if you knew--"
Fraulein vett 'Totten, if you please,"
.she replil'd, Meaning back in her chair.
"1 entreat y.u, 1'rttulein von '1' Ilen,
give ale seine hope'. Y41u cannot Malty
1 e ise cold toward n AS you pretend.
lou nuts, know that ever since I /hot
t►\y yoIl "
The little ttcrt;den fan in her bond
tempted in two at this moment, amt
►)e involuntarily made a movement as
if to rise.
"F.:r heavens sake," he implored her,
'I beg oI yeeu stay! After '\upper, eint•-
te.tig'e word---"
Trembling t\ith agitation, she laid the
fan ort the table; the break was in the
ttt'.ddle of the coat 01 aims.
Adalhert Becher reckoned for stale
i iorc champagne. When he had filled
hie glass he salted down to the other
end of the table, '"folie'! 'Tollen! you
kr:o\w," and lifted his glass.
(.ora looked at her brother \\ith hor-
rified eyes. What! They were already
do intimate.
In the mansion that would ensue at
time end of the supper, site hoped to 1 e
ntle to escape. She must go home,
thr,t wile her one thought; but she soon
halm! it impossible. She was carried
n:e:ng*, wit's the throng that pressed to-
ward the cool salon and the ball -room;
tt,e music of`a waltz caught the ears of
lac, company excited- ky the wine, and
s:evcraI couples begun to dance with
ntore ardor than dignity.
"Rudolph, I avast speak to you," wins -
peed '.ora, as she stood by a ixelestal
c.f black marble which held a Terpsi-
chore; behind her stood Adalbcrt Becher,
excited and angry because she had re-
peatedly refused to dance with him. She
held her brother tightly by the aril, as
tee tried to pass her \\ ith his partner.
'In a moment," he replied, disappearing
in the whirl.
"One word, only one word, Fraulein
von Toiler)," whispered a voice bchin it
her. "1 love you \with all my heart "
She stood there with her lips pressed
close together, white as the wall of the
room, and pretended not to hear.
"You are such a beautiful girl, Lora.
i must -1 -you drive me inad with your
Ce Id ness."
She felt tris hot tirenth on her check.
w arm toucli on her ear; she ran sud-
denly across the hall and stood beton:
Itulolph. who had just finished his
dance. "Take me ttonie," Elle demanded
kith trembling hps, "at once. I ani
She looked ;it Mini in such terror, with
ryes. blazing ‘with indignation and face
r -n pale, that he sprang up, excused him -
e) 1f to rials partner, and giving (.ora his
arm, led her to the cloak -room. \Alien
lien was dressed in her cloak and
teeel. .Aunt \telittu calve up \\ringeing
her hands, \yhich still held her whist
cel (Is.
"e'er 'leaven's sake what is the mat-
ter my angel?"
Rudolph muttered about "whims," as
he put on his ot•ere•c,at.
"Don't leave )our game of whist
to;intie," entreated lora. "1 ant not
\ly tread aches. You know 1
have not Leen table to sleep much late-
ly."
She kis-ed the small, troubled face
wider the t•nnsitej, and slipped down
the striirs tnto the hall. Once there site
fail nut into the ep►en air along the gar-
den -path; she ''earl Adolbert Becher's
t•t.ire behind her, hoarse and excited.
stet until she .reached the gate of the
I)c,rk 41441 Feer Irolher overtake her -
"\.1•) delightful 14have to take ;in
uneNpc t.'d gtrtenteniicle like this," he
angrily; -and epi she still remained
r..lcnt. "what possessed you to run
away like that?"
"1 tun very sorry that 1 was obliged
G) tr•ouhl.' yeti. I'udi, 11111 to whom can
i go if not to you?" she said in a tremb-
ling
remb-
1ing ,•Oise.
"i should like to know why you ran
away?" growled Rudolph. "1 am were
yon didn't lack ter attenticen. Ike g.'i\e
some reason, nt ieast, so 1 can give Fonte
trm►plaitution t Adalhet•t, 1►cfl'•r fettc.w;
le i. Beside himself."
"1 will not listen to insolence from a
(11nuken man," replied Lora, thr•,ttag;
tee end of her kng; c:oak, which was
smote of an old cashmere shawl of her
mother's. over her shoulder, to peeled
herself been the Bold wind.
'Drunk! In'olent!" exclaimed the
lieutenant, who was also excited by the
4.1; it))pagne. "Il is true iie spoke to yolt
of his liking f4er you, but you don't call
that an insult! You girls are marvel -
le tie, ups en my word!"
Lora walked on faster.
"Let us drop the subject," she said.
'N.4. ley Jove! 1 not sorry for the poor
fill• w. Ile is in love milli you, lore.
1 should think you would be glad to
4.' ape at last Froin all the tailing and
reeling at home. And yet -what on
earth cnn you 'expect? 110 is--"
He stopped suddenly. 'era, who was
m eleing in front. on 1te r narrow cide-
e. 1.. tarred; and the flickering light of
tee single lamp. ,which nlwn' bilrned
4:t;rtng the eight on 1Ite decent r 4)1 the
itollthnus, s:1 me directly Oen her beauti-
ful, nngry fnee. and elispinyed her
g;'4nming dye . "\\ hat n:ore do 1
w ant?" she exclaimed; "rind do you ask
11 al. you, who only a short lime ago
-:gamed liar nran as a parvenu .1
11• (wimp -kneel kindf'
"1 have learned to know him since
then, and he really is not se had," re-
plied her brother er1t%5ly. "Nal go on.
do--Ihcre it a devilish draught herr.''
Ret she did not stir.
"You call b 'thou,'" she continued,
°end You shetnbe his friend. Well.
c:tn tee my answer for him'
cveinot et7dlR► V i; he Ls to tie the
most antagonistic person I ever met,
and he had better take care never to
speak like that to me again, -he had
better take curet"
Her cloak blew off her shoulder in
the wind; she looked angry and threat-
ening ut this moment.
''don't be tragical," said the lieuten-
ant, dryly. "He is a good fellow and
has n good position, though he isn't
It gtily ((pirated. If you had any know-
ledge eef life, you would not mount on
your high Horse so readily."
she t iitpped her cloak about her
rain and walked on through the dark,
lc.nt•1)' street.
"\\''tett is it 10 us," continued the lieu-
tenant, striding along beside tier, "'now
'ie got his money? Ile might have been
a dog -sheerer for aught 1 should care,
f rowidcd tie didn't .teal tris money.
And what do we cure what people nt►ay
:►y about Frail I:liriedu's origins It
is all the same to us wlietlter she comes
[near New York or from \Vestenherg,
as the people say, and it is a matter of
equal ind:fferent•e what her parents may
Lave been. A mean cares little for the
prejudices of rank, when he sees what
1 1:oor creature he is without the an -
desirable lin.
"You sit here in this hole, perched on
your coat of aril's as on a throne; and
you, especially, you will wait a long
time, my dear, before a baron of the
en piro conies along, even though you
were tnueli prettier than you are. Do
you vaiit to be a sour old mold? Anil
what Ls going to beconie of you when
the., governor goes off? 1 should think
you would consider it your duty to
imp at such a splendid match, if only
for your parents' sake, who are in con-
stant anxiety as to wlint is to become
CHAPTER V.
Her brother diel not get borne till day-
light. Ile dal not uppeur at breakfast, Sleepa 'Upon an English Bed, and His
end I -era, who, pater than usual, wt's
yet busy about household eares, decided, Clothes are Mostly of English
about tin o'ck,ck, to knock at his door Pattern.
and tell him that un army letter had
conte for hirn. The face of the Emperor of Japan
Ile called to her to pint Itie letter un- docs not reflect his age, sity.s a writer
der the, door, and asked if there was in 'Town and Country. There are no
such great hurry. )'neo of care on his 8m0o111 forehead.
Frau von 'Felten, who had get up Hie turbulent reign of forty years has
again, crept slowly about the louse; a not marred the serenity of his counten-
stran►ge depression seemed to be weigh- once.
Ing down every one. Lora carefully 1 raw him once driving through the
n\oitted her mother; Frau von ''ellen did park at Yeddo, outside the imperial
tacr beet to bring the conversation rowel grounds. Ile sat in an open victoria, a
to yesterday's topic, but in vain. Al detachment of cavalry preceding and
lcmtg;lf► she dragged iterself up to the 1•rllnving the carriage. His face' was
guest-chat►rber, and nsked it site might calm and serene Ilis piercing ''lack
ceome in. eyes stared straight ahead and his dig -
Her son was still in t)eci. Ile said he r,ified IH'aring was simple, yet inipre'.s-
had a headache, and looked very much sive. Tile briefest glance revealed a
depressed. His another sat down Le- Tran of no ordinary mould.
side him. The whites of his eyes were more a.p-
"1 am sorry. Haiti; but (;lntildu will pi.rent than in the average Japanese.
nest give yea anything," she began) with lit:, eyebrows were not us straight as
a Nigh. in the photograph, and his strong chin
Vulgar, purse -proud tvonianl he was covered with a beard of medium
muttered. length, thicker than when ten years ago
"If your uncle will not 'help you, Hu- 1 e summoned the best photographer 'n
d:•Iph, then '1't t:io, 14 pupil of Taber of San Francis -
"Bah. lie! Then it is all up with me! cc to the imperial palace.
and everything has come, at once. That Later 1 inspected u dozen prints from
great idk►t \the, matte my civil suit, has the originai negative. I protested that
complained of me at the regiment. 'There Pie photograph was inaccurate. 1 ask -
is the thing: I must pay that, too." cd 14) see other pictures.
His another took u1► the letter. The "You will never Ace any others," 1►e
1 'I' wee for three hundred melees. she 'Old me e r )e o ' • s •.
1 1 f �t t 1 ► - "The [:r )p t 1 h,►. set !►n� ..cal
<t d
11.1 speak a word, she only bent of approval and his seal of state upon
her head a little lower. ibis negative. 'There are no others and
"This doesn't help matters along there will be no others. The original
much," continued Rudolph. "Somehow is kept
or other I must get out of this hole.
UNDER I.00ai AND SEAL.
Yesterday, 1 thought I was certainty
well 011 rite way, but --here!"
"Ito you know that the doctor said
yesterday, ihnt a sudden shock like that
'night cost your father his lift•?" asked
his mother, who was crying, softly.
"wen. then, don't tell hien," replied
the lieutenant iinpaticittly.
"[tut what shall we do':''
THE EMPEROR OF JAPAN
'1IATSUTATO LEADS IN ADOPTING
FOREIGN CLIITOMS.
of you gills, Katie would have a sup- "haven't any !den. But it is line we
1s t, too, then. The devil! It Ls no \:ere thinking of something. If no one
srnM11 thing that n girl in your position will help, wiry then-" he nude a sig.
sill uld have such an offer! Eh' -Dia nificant gesture. "I am only sorry for
you say anything. Lora?'' poor Curl "
She was just turning the corner e -t' "(knberg, Rudi Oh, God, and his
the, street, at the end of v1tictl was (ler mother! Rudolph, Rudolph, how could
father's house. you "
"Nal" was the reply, half blown away He made no reply.
iv the wind- which swept toward then: "Stupid girl!'" he whispered at length.
hero with full force. Ile could not see "\\'Itat do you meant?"
the contemptuous smile that rested in "Dein" fora tell you anything;?"
Ite•e lips. "tars. Itudolph-but -"
"Dan'\ then," he muttered. "1 could have got the money from
A few minutes later the young girl l ire."
stood breathless, before the low house- "il111. child- "
door, and turned the key gently in the "Well. what'.' 1 would have paid it
tock. brick elterwnrets. 1f t can't get out 4:f
"well?" the inquired, standing behind this, it is -1111 up \lith Liescben \taika1,
her. i00."
"what?" was her answer.
"I ern going back again. Lora, and---"
"A pleasant evening," she replied in-
differently.
"Then1lslen to me," he N1111.0041 in
a low, angry tont'. fielding her by ttte
clunk. "1 shall tell him that you will
Bank of it. Lora?"
"What int -rest have ye,u in this court-
ship'.'" site asked, her usual soft voice
fill. of cutting centemnpt. "You are
afraid, perhag►4, that your two poor sis-
Icr' may be a burden to you, by-and-
1ey ' You may rest easy on that
,acre-----"
"Bat, Lorn--by Jove, it is not that!"
let' declared, in cc,r)fusten. "I only
meant 11 for your good."
"But 1 will not!" she cried aloud. quite
lees ide hereelf with anger, "du you hear?
I refit not."
And the door eceoped from her de -
hand, and shut with a bring; et
the same moment a gust of wind blew
(len the opposite windotw, rind sudden -
:y extinguished the poor little kerosene
lamp. that haft been placed en the stairs,
to light her Into her room tt hen site re -
honed. She crept upstairs In the dark -
nes,, with gentle steps (11141 beating
heart; had she wakened her father? Stir
listenett on the upper f14x;r--all wits stili;
t•ut then she heard her mother's voice:
"1 ora! Lora!'
She went to her mothers bed and
kr.clt down.
"Hid i frighten you, mnrnnia?' she
Eaid tenderly.
"No, we nut why tore veu at home
now, 1,0(a? k It all over already? Dirt
yell envoy it? I am sure tt must have
teen very fine."
By the hunt light cel the night-Inmp.
t et mother's eyes seemed full of le ee
:,nil mildness.
"Atm. If 1 '4lIld only tell her nil-"
he light ttie y'iiing girl, as ,ette laid her
head en her nt(ther's shoulder and be-
an hesitatingly to describe Adalberl
be-
gan
persistent nftenhons. A shud-
(ter of horror and indignation ran over
her slender figure. and at length her
voice died away in a flood ea tearc.
Frau woa Totten lay quite sti:l, her
hand on her child's Fend.
"But why do you cry sr, dr'ndfu!ly?
she inquired at length. "is .1 an in-
sull to make an offer of marriage k 11
young girl?"
Lora strnted up as if she hnd been
bitten by n snake. and looked nt her
neither With horrified ('yes. And ts'ns
it not an insult? She could see the lecr-
ii.n eyes, and hear the half -drunken
\+•1►isper4,
"You are such a slrnngc girl.. 1.nre.'
"\1mmnta!" she groaned. "' a toxo!"
"(3) to &cep naw," replied her 'neither
soothingly, tenderly stalking the burn.
me cheek.
"We will talk ntoiit it to -marrow -
go to sleep new. Good -night!"
"awe will not talk of it to-morrew.
mnnl►nn. not tQ morrow, nor-"
"`ter ever, mnrmna;" and she wined
to the (k4)r without shying good -night.
"Lora!" cried the Un•alid. as 11 she
heal hist thought of fioniething. "5183' a
moment, 1 must tell you -1 heard from
C14 tilda to -day. 11 made me cry to
much to think 1 should have to tear
such things. Not a penny will she give.
rl
e says; nnd 1 ought not to Flame her;
idle hag cltilelrcn herself, and her father
keeps tier very close. if your uncle will
not keep os, then 1 do not knew w here
f.1 look. Oh, this anxiety, lora, this
anxletyl"
ewh,.) is she?"
"The daughter of the old nein who
\': e• formerly the sole ()tont'. 4,f the
R11tz hrewer•y. She has leen well
1 rough' up, i. Iolcratily pretty, and has
very weal al imnriners Itut- "
"well. what, Linder
"1 can't feorrow motley of a than who
Fns: been refused by my sister."
ft is there tic rtecei\`es calls fr'oin his
"Certainly not. itut if matter's stars. 7lulisters and officials of state'. 'le
as you say. wilh regard to your lane- floes not sleep ns de most of his 45,(10X).-
r;ig;e. couldn't you L4►rrow beinetl►ing
(1) that?"
"Oh, yes! Tito t 1d tonn lins spies ev-
erywhere -his daughter has plenty of
suitors. A pian must 'lata his affairs
in ordt r-nr-i.ora has no sense:" lee
&leiwd angrily.
"Then it is really so?"
"Of course. The great booby is des -
per nlely in love. I have geld hire a
t.trntired 1011(s that he must go cn'•eful-
ly to tv4•rk. butt e,f course he sp of:cd ev-
c•ry thing from the very lira."
Frau von To!len will,: silent, and fold-
ed her hands in her lap.
"Is he a respectable fello\t•. Bulli?" she
inquired heallelingiy, after awhile.
"Yes, ns (fir as 1 kn4►w anything about
len); and his comrades in F:xleben Say
c.). too."
Only i slay take prints from it in the
ptc.sence of officials and with the Eno -
p4 ror's permission."
I hinted that it was touched up. The
imperial photographer's face became a
'mask.
"1t is a very correct likeness," he re-
plied souvely; "though the Ermperor •s
a trifle older,•he has not clanged."
'I'll4>se who have met rite Earl►eror re-
erntly Fay his 1004 ismuch (tiller 811.1
more peculiarly Japemcse, for the race
ends to corpulency. His frame is above
'lie average height of his subjects, his
shoulders are bronder, and there is an
cppearance of strength and compact-
ness of farm not shared by the well fed
official and prosperous merchant.
Tire Emperor is not strenuous, sel-
dom takes exercise as we understand
it. but Itis diet is simple and he does
not indulge in strong drinks. Of ie -
cent years he is more frequently seen
outside the pitlnce grounds and he is
t:e'Ullarily gracious to foreign diplo-
:.•;►'s and the women of the official col-
4ny.
Mat•ulrito has led, not followed, the
4 dela r
statesmen and the progressive
J:+pattese in the adoption of \western
civilization. in his palace nt Tokio he
has instilled many European furnish-
ings. Ills audience room is fitted op
with
A (limn AND A FIAT TOP 1)1:11:.
Another pause.
"1)0 1144 urge I rern." she whispered nt
length. "for 'leaven's sake do not urge
It upon L(rn. Such n step is so hard
kir n nature like !Awn's, when love is
wnnting. You eanrwt understand it
id,. Itudi."
"Ilea\en ft tied! 1 shrill net say n
wC,r(1. If she likes to tura into a s•,trr
141 maid. She piny -for me.
"If I could only help you, Ineli1'
"Weil. 1 line° told you I efere. If ell
means fail, 1 will 41i•enrd my unife•rrn
nn.l go to Ar,1erea with Ilteitierg; rind
that is all there is to fay."
.1.114, pont* 111.elher leaned bock, sole-
kng. 111 her chair.
"oh. tient ye)u should make us suffer
dent! 1 chall not live tltreuglt it."
Ile mode an impatient movement. but
&1. I4.•oked quite pale: hie thought Was
there intolerable than he ons willing
to come feSS.
(To be Continued.)
QI'I;EN 01' Si:\\1'S Jt:WEI.S.
The Queen cit Siam possesses ttie fin-
ect collection of jewels in the w' rid.
The walls of her bed ehnmher nre
ecully ab'nz' w;l1t preci .us sa•enes, white
in a snf,' in tier \Inje.Iy's apartment..
are diamonds. rubies, pearls and c•mer-
81415 fashioned into qualm necklaces of
falatlt,ns value. One little article alone,
inlen•I• d to serve as a (irlmi)le, Is in the
shape 4 t a lotus (1 ewer rind is valued at
f47e.n:M). The King. leo, pose -es a
wend.•rful stock 4 f jewels. and not only
ie 11 s threw. which is ►randy of pure
gold. thickly encrusted with dlnnit nds,
pears end rubles, hitt his Majesty's
slate termite k e(V red with jewels. In
feet. Ihie ektnk is the most wonderful
garment in the world. In elide of his
eno tin .u-1 c ill: Ilion of jewels, however,
Itr' King of Siam is e' netanlly adding lo
them and opener( something like $6i1, -
GO rcr annum in purchasing new
skeneft.
AN l'NFOirrl'N wTl: DODGE,
"why didn't you dodge when your
w.fe throw a vase at yeti?" inquired the
magistrate.
1 did." onsw•ercd the dam wed plain -
111. "That's the reason 11 hit Inc."
It (; of subjects upon a Hint Initi floor
lout olein an Englisch bed. His clothes
nue mostly of English pattern, though
111 the claret of his family he 4lons the
J:+pnnese retie and sandals. He wears
elide linen shirts and starched collars,
rind eats at. a table such ns ours, ha\-
ir.g; Inost of his fold cooked in Etirtepean
style, using a silver fork and u She(]ield
knife.
Theugh n monnr"h of an Oriental race
de'cen('ant in a direct lime form 1.500
years of Jnpnnrse rulers, \talsuhito has
the general appearance of an English
go lineman, both in manners and dn•_'m.
'i'he walled incl mottled park sur-
rounding the White 'louse of Japan is
thrown open to the public. The palace
itself is reconstructed on modern lines,
is full of large rooms and is furtuslie 1
with modern furniture.
yet, despite all the e\idences of mod-
ernity. \tatsutiito is a man of mystery.
ire is the incarnation of the Divine itc-
Ing, "heaven desecnelcd, divine and sae -
red." lbs hallowed throne hens eestnh-
li-hell nt the Ilett• when the heavens and
creek : eparatcd. Iie is pre-eminent
814e\e' all his subjects. The inw has rio
Ix Wer to (told hirn accountable to it."
JUDGE ACCEPTS mums.
itali.'ut 'hawsers iteluse to Plead in itis
Court.
Ail extraer,linnry s.ene' occurred in
t' o Law conies at Modena the other
tiny. `goer I)ineonn, Ferri. the I)roni-
1114 nl it,ttycr and pill lininiitatry deputy,
M o 1 u1► 11nt1 rt fused to argue Itle case
before the court on the pound that one
of the eeeoteig jiggle;e was habitually
entry 4if tie iLery and c'11111►1 praeheio
which, Signor Ferri added, would be
1:.und specified in formal dt'mitcialeel,
tt hie•h h.e had handed to the King's pre)-
c ut ntor.
The president was dumfounded. and
nt length ordered the next civil case 10
!.•' I)I" _ceded Willi; Ful nil the other
latt•yerx in court, ono after nnotticr, an-
nounced their adhesion to Signor 1'r'r-
r! and declined to discuss business t►e-
ft: to the accused Jmtl't \ignto"clic till
t!.e chnrgcs had I • en investigate,'.
Ilettce the session had l., be adjourned
.Sipe die.
Aprpo.s of Ihie Incident, U may lei
mentioned that Signor Orlando. \lint•
Ater of Jusllce, on being recently iii -
pc inlet' ki that Cabinet post, issued rt
g. 'i neral circulcr manifesting his inten-
tion of purging the Itnllnrt 'tench et
(ncnnnpe'tent 4 r airworthy ne1r1►in - e -
tore. The Cse-ernmcnt then login
eerie; of prosecution.: again -t sarin;: -
nlembaes of the judicial 1 • i•erh, see
were c')nrged with corrupt ;'n:.'-tk -
ft. nn1. Cnlnr.tnr . and other piney .
ci 8n of the judges in the afe,retnenti•►ti-
cd (:alnbrian city wens condemned 1e n
wines *llspren'ti•n from olflce. This
step en the part c►1 the Central C,etve•rn-
'nod seen+' 14) Tune instilled courage
'tate) the mile: of the 4•iwyers. who are
c•)-operolit g in the nrduota tusk of ju-
o,ctal rdwrtn.
BUSINESS MAN'S TEN COMMAND-
MENTS.
1. Thou shalt not in any wise boast,
brag, bounce, or bluster, or the wise
man will hold thee in kw esteem.
2. 'Thou shalt not permit thy wife to
be living ut the rate of $1,(X10 a year
when thy business is not yielding more
than $995; nor shalt titeett withhold from
tite the business information which, as
a helpmeet, she Ls entitled to receive.
3. Thou shalt riot mock the unsucce:-
tul moon, for the may be richer in his
poverty than tle)u urn in thy boasted
nhuutIH1ICt'.
4. Thou shalt not carry the countii;g-
heuse into the domestic circle, nor in
any w•i:e spoil the children's 'tour c)y
recapitulating the banlvruptcies of the
clay,
5. 'Thou shalt not hob -nob with idle
pi,•tson5, nor smoke with them, nor en-
ceeurt+.ge thein, nor approve their evil
life.
11.
Thou shalt not keep company with
an 11111 11111C11111 Ilia)), for he will certain -
'y lead thee to Carelessness and ruin.
7. Thou shalt not forget that a ser -
vont who can tell lies fur thee may one
d:)y tell lies to thee.
8. As to hours of slumber and sleep,
rententleer the good old rule:-
Nature
ule:Nature requires five,
Custom gives seven;
Laziness tikes nine.
And w!ckeduess eleven.
9. Neither a borrower nor a lender
1 e, lint give where well bes'otved tight
cheerfully. -
10. lie honest in copper, and in gold
thy hunes!y will be sure.
KI1'T COOL IDV HOT Alli.
s i un a
. e Oil Will R
d•u r
Quart ofh t tc
One l
2
Fan for 21 hours.
Trere Ls a great demand tlu•oitghout
Ireddi, as well as in all outer 1ropica1
sort a that \til!
s 011 !
,to n
countries,f t c
distribute a great deal of cool air at a
torn\ cost of production. A German lime
1115 recently introduced in Bombay a
portable fan which is op eruke' at about
one-11f1h the cost of electric funs.
'I't►o fan Is propelled by a hot nir en-
gine, says 'I'o'\m and Country, the heat
being generated by a kerosene lamp
which hokLs about one quart• of oil, sufli-
cient. ki keep it running for twenty-four
hours. To the lamp is attached it small
glass chimney which fits into a larger
metal chimney connected with the en-
gine.
Upon the top of the engine Is hung the
fan, similar• in shale and size to the
ordinary electric fan, whose speed is
governed by lho sire of the flame. The
whole outfit weighs atxout thirty pounds
and sites upon 0 small stand, raising the
level of the teal limper to that of an
ordinary desk. it is lifted with handles
81141 can Le easily moved to any portion
of tee house desired.
If our manufacturers can produce a
similar article, with perhaps a few im-
provelnents and at a similar cost, an
irnntetise field will be found for its sale,
foe Ibis 15 not necessarily limited to In -
din, but,,w•ould include every hot coun-
try in which white people are compelled
to live.
\':\1.1'.\131.(: AFRi(;AN '1'ItF:E.
One of the striking results of the gra-
dual settlement ef hitherto uncivilized
parts of the world by white races is the
ducts capable of co)itiider•abl4; commer-
cial development. Among these alien -
hen h;is recently been called to a tree
named time halite, which abounds in
French West Africa, and is found even
as far east as the sources of the Nile.
It produces citable frust, containing
tined -shelled seeds, \\Inch are tilled with
n fatly subelnnce, used Icy the natives
as butter. The tree 41o4s not grow in
11.11118111MPM
The Farm
)44
HANDLING THE MANURE.
Ono of the big jobs on a dairy farm
is to haul the manure. On a farm with
-mss•
STOLEN STATE JEWELS
.10
CROWNS TiI.tT HAVE. UU.N SPIRITED
AWAY DV Ul'1N:L.i ItS.
They are Not AN aya talc I'rorit the
EW Designs et En1erprihing
The crown of Holland, w'11101 Is Ea 1.1
say 40 .cows, it require, from throe to to have teist 1;l:5,04) •Ir,u; ,(\wily -fife
four .weeks in the year. On our faunyears ag,•o, act));+lly uutigtwent 1) 111.
hist year over 450 k,ads. of manure were dig lltty' o[ beano bt4elen by Leurg;lur� t,r
handed. I1 is gtiod wart for one man nearly a ceuph of years they had it in
41,1(1 team to haul to the Ik'ld and spread! their• possession and eventually sono
lt1 loads a (fay, s) for us, far u 1111111 and. et the gems 'ruin it were fuuud near
\cant titin nu'a))1 4:, clays' work. Ity Brtoklyii, int ttie l sited Stales. '1 tta
hauling every day and i :1 -caging it. the others suti-equently cu114.) to light in
work twin mainly done in ti litter•, \t hen Ilelggunl amid were ultguiately restored
the matt had plenty of time to devote to to their original purpose, says Lundellit and theto \vas a clean 1►arnrtl 4111 '1'i1 -!tits.
winter {ung. Sonne farttu'rs lia\eyaa ftat'� 14!tittaps the crown of Hungary has
ll;ttt the manure will w•aeh away in, undergone more vicissitudes than any
spring. \\'e have found no trouble Ill other Eut•opc an crown. A long time
that direeliurl. The loss is 1111101 less ago, owing to the extinction of the royal
than by letting the manure Ile 111 beak.1 male' line, there were several candi-
1k'sides when ruin comics, we want the, dates for the llungurinn throne and
manure right \\hero it will dissolve and! l vt itllliitIy the 11:ct eestewed the cnt,w n
go into the Moil. vet, their c►wn nominee.
The saving of time in hauling, leaving (Having been persuaded to appear in
the spring clear for other and 1110l•t' press.: ; public in his coronation rubes, w'ilh 1!:a
ing work, Ls a greet help. In these dnysj crown on Ids head, the new sovereign
of expensive labor, the farrier must 1 %%as swooped down upon rind curried
study out the 1(1051 economical ways of eft by the King of Bohemia, crown and
using that tuber. \\'hero help is hired all Much disappointed, the Hungarians
by 'die year, and '.\litter dairying,► is car-. tttereul.on nnlde Otto of Itavaria (heir
nett un, hauling; Imre n)anurt; to rho Held . )i t parch o11 comditkon rima ire made it
and spreading it each day i; dint' of the, lir; business to steal bae'I: the missing
'alcor -saving tiel.twds of latter-day farms- Cr .
int;. One o[ the ix'st ways to nlnke '1'<, effect this purpose Otto made his
nm4,ney on ihtt farm, is to study the best way into I hernia
male:xis of doing farm work. It is an
easy thing to waste labor. indeed, \tee DISGUt1- El) AS A \11:RC11AN'f,
l.uoty of no business where labor is not
mere economically handled than it is on
tyle
average farm. The fattier is suffer -
'nit for labor in many ways, yet for lack
of study it is often wasted.
MULCH \•S. (:UI TIV:Vt'(ON.
\'1'e Rnd the straw mulch a fine thing
rei'overed the precious crown and
started bad: to Itis kirtgdoni with it
a•ncealed in a cask slunk at the rear
of the wagon. 111 the course of t1t
journey, hciwever, It was nearly lost
again, for the jolting of the vehicle
caused 1110 cask to fall into a deep ditch.
It was only fished out with great ditll-
l.o keep dawn the weeds, and to cors- cully, but its adventures were ended for
serve needed moisture for maintaining a time with its arrival in Hungary,
rapid growth of fruits and vegetables. 'I'lie next person to - tamper with the
Tomatoes, melons, cabbage, in fact, al- c1o\vn wos 1110 widow of King; AI!)ert.
most everything grown in the garden, Aided by 0110 o[ her ladies, she s�ite•hcd
twill, do better with rood taileping than it up in a cushion and smuggled it
with the average cultivation given on across the River Danube into Gtertnnn
most farms. territory, whcro st►e herself soug;ttl re -
A neighbor has raised potatoes in this foge.
way for many years. The rotaloes are When pressed for ready cash, sho
planted shallow and covered with several raised nearly 3,000 ducats upon the
itiches of clean straw, an(' that is the crew•n, wiech ehe pledg•_d to the Emper-
end of it until digging time. They do or Frederick. Countless lives were l.tst
not need to be plowed or 110e41. When and much blood shed before it could ho
the crop has been gathered this mulch recovered and restored to Hungary, but
can be turned under and will add humus once again there it wits locked up in a
to the soil, which is lacking i11 many of strong for:cess and guarded night and
our g;8rcie-s. day.
\\'o canml keep down the weeds and pro- For the space of a couple ed centuries
duce a fair crop of vegetables and ber- the crow,\ had a comparatively quiet
ries with the mulch,. For the berry time, though at the time of the revolu-
patch, the work can be done at any lion it had a narrow escape. In order
time. rind the result is a nice clean to protect it from the Austrians it was
patch and an increased insurance against buried by a land of pair; e s in a tor-
droutti. est, where it lay concealed
FOR Ni:.\RI.Y Fll'I'1' YEAItS.`a►e
LIVE STOCK NOTES.
She'e'p she,01)1 have access nt all limes
to plenly of fresh water, and email sleds
to protect them from stun and rain
silu11ll be provided.
Whatever affects the nervous organ-
ism of the cow has a direct bearing on
t'ia quantity and gtenhty of the milk we
j get. 1[ sh,) is calm, happy and con -
-tented her milk will be better ami
greater in amount than it will be if alte
is uneasy, t.vorried and in any kind of
physical or mental discon►fort.
No matter what may be the nncestry
of a cow, if she does not have ability andcapacity to consume properly large
f rests. but in open, park -like expanses, quantities of the ordinary forage of the
and in gardens. to addition to the fatty farm, she cannot take iter place in the
substance of the seeds, which, it es herd of the dairyman and (told it with
thought. may bind ii'es In commerce, I that honor that comes from haying her
Ole slip of the karitc coagulates into a
kind 'ef gun', not re'sem'bling rubber,
but which nevertheless May prove cif
imp, ilea nce.
GREAT MEN ON MONEY.
Make 811 you can ; sat')) all you can ;
give all you can.-- John We-;li y.
A wise rima should have money in his
head, lint not in his heart. -Deem Swift.
'1'ht; use of money is all the advantage
there+, is in having H. -Benjamin Frank-
lin.
1'1,1 hot your trust in money ; hut pit
y4:ur money in heist.--( Ili\ er Welidell
ilulrnes.
Ile tlhnl. wants medley, means. and con-
tent i• wiltwut three good friends.--
Shakespeare.
riends.--
SI makesf.eare.
\teergey is tt handmaid if you know how
10 u.se 11--8 metre(, if ytiu do net know
'tow.- Moine(.
Men 4111, "('11 11 more innocently em-
pleyed than when they are hon. stly
making 111•,11ey.- •Sar►muel Johnson.
--#- - -
NOVEL WAY 111' i'ISIIING.
A curious etude of catching turtles is
practised in the \Went Indies. it c• en-
sists lit attaching a ring and a line to
11•e tail of a si:ccies of slicker ll•h, which
1: then thrown overboard. and lint11ectt-
eiely makes Ger they fist turtle he can
spy. to which he attaches hint -cif eery
firmly by 0ic•nr►s 4ef a sucking iipprrraltls
nrrntigte•.t nt the top of hi. head. The
1' lu•rr,tan then hauls both turtle and
sucking -list► in.
-- j
HAVE illi:fit LUSE.
"Fine feathers; remarked the man
n ith the quotation habil, "do not slake
fine !iris."
"No." rejoined the father of seven
grown clnughters; "but they make fine
fortunes f4 r nitllincr.''
SOPPORT
SCOTT'S EMULSION serves as a
bridge to carry tha weakened and
starved system along until it c.:n iiad
fire support In ordinary food.
51erd (or tree..arapts.
SCOTT A 1.e)WN t:, che:nt•te.
Te'rnnte>t, t ►ntsrtM.
;tee. and j. •,o; tea; dvtsta.
way.
'1'Ito intelligent breeder will make a
rigorous u•1t4 tion of breeding stock in
accordance with a well -define(' and c0n-
sist4•nt blunder(' of excellence. The
animals 'whited must bo adapted to
some well-defined purpose, and to the
conditions in which they are, placed. The
most important point is the adaptability
of the size of the animal to the food
supply of the farts. 'Hie high develop-
ment of special qualities in our irli-
proweeel breeds. which ['eve been 011181114.1
by nrtill'•ial treatment. hnte unnvoidnbly
diminished their hardiness and unfitted
then) to withstand the effects of priva-
tion and exposure. All Inherited predis-
position to disease should be avoided.
and the best sanitary conditions ehuuld
ere'ail in the system (if management.
LINSEED \ZEAL. Fon IlO',S,
After n ye'ar's experiments nt the \tis -
rami i settee) in result. of vnr•icnrs genie
mixtures fie' ter ht)gs tiriring the fntten-
ini: period, the Test ge'ner(11 results, ex-
pense considered, were tIlaineil fr•Ool
live partes of (1 tit meal ,1,141 one guts L of
linseed oil amend. The mixture gave the
greatest and most rapid gain. Cotton-
was
1151:41.111•:451
1(111 ns n tni\Irire t\ittt er rtt tne'rtl
\was \ coy y satisfactory, while gluten 144.41
gave fair renal[;. 1.u1 1101 c4gual to linseed
areal. \\heal middlings mixed with corn
1114'el were' rpti1.' soli dict tory, Ful quite
eepensi'tr for the grin 1 rogue s1.
THE D.\1It\' CALF.
Nerds clean. dry quarters.
Needs n taste of salt occasionally.
Needs plenty of water alwnys acces-
sible.
Needs careful attention to prevent
scouring.
Needs some lune water in the milk if
sn4;tlrs do occur.
Needs protection from the flies
while stabling 111 the day time 11 neces-
eriry.
linseed men! or some similar
feed 10 replace the milli fol.
Ne'e'ds to be fed clean milk from it
;in 'inn, always, nntl never given any
,Np.
Necels n Re.ot1 supply of Milky fond,
some (k►\et• ;f not on pit.sture, rind n
nr011erete nllerwance of brim or crushed.!
tints, lend dry.
1"
I► :It 1•'1'TCRE.
It was then dug up from this hiding
place, much the worse fur its extraor-
dinary experiences, and cenveye•d 10
t1:.' Hungarian capital. Since then the
crown of ilungnry has not figured so
conspicuously in the rutnunce of stolen
royal emblems.
11 is 50111e 2311 years sine' the regalia
in the Tower of London had a narrow
eseape from the fate which has appar-
ently overtaken that of the order of St.
Patrick. (laving concocted a pint with
tI r a kindred spirits, a nutariou.s rascal,
known to history as Col. Thomas 13'ood,
induced the keeper of the (:rewit jewels
t.) admit hint and his confederates to
view them.
Si ,Dancer was the door of the clam-
be-' closed, in accordance with the in-
v..riable practice. than a cleat was flung
over the keeper's heart. a gag thrust in-
to his mouth and an iron hook fixed 14)
his now. 'These imtpetlinterlls failing to
quiet him. he was knocked demon and
elle hbed. the thieves immediately mak-
ing off w'itlt the c►ewn and globe.
N ext moment the keeper, who had
been knocked senseless, regained (f1rt-
ecit usncss, and, hearing shout-. 'es
(laughter rushed out screaming
s•en1 treason! '1'h4• crown is stolen!!'
The thieves were speedily run down
and, netwilhslanding resi,lnnce. Wert'
captured with the jewels in their pos-
teeeSsion.
\with nn ineedence nI1 his cew•n, Bleed
boasted that it ons "a told hid for a
crown," and refused to 'mike any con-
fession 4xt•ept let the King in person.
The effeminate curio'ily of (:baric, II.
Se-ured not dint!"ndrt;t wen to the rceynl
p) escn^-e, but a partlon and a reward
for his daring in !lief' est)!ess worth
£500 n year. which were gn ut,te el to .
THE I)AII1NG 111;FFIAN. a
Other crowns !MVO been stolen at dif-
ferent liriI4 s, an.oug then, that of Scot-
land. When That country was invaded'
by thte i:nglish. under Cromwell. th0•
(r• wn with all the oilier ruynl regalia
was rcntuced for safety to DutnotLir
Ganite.
Finally the invaders captured Edin-
tiurgell,
mei when they were laying,
sit ge to Durinottar the defender of that.
place was urged to give up the crown
and other property co that it could be
C ►nCt'ntcd from the i:ng:lis(► in some re-
n.t to castle in the Highlands.
'Phis the (neer refused lo do, nnct
ct,n equently n pinn for stealing lho
1)1 ei4,us jewels was devised ley a claugh-
1. r of the For' of Mnr, which was sue-
ce•ssfuily carried out by the wife of ilia
minister oef Rineff, a parish four or fit'
nt les di'taut from Dunttuttnr.
Frear' the I:►lgeeh gt'nerel 411(! (t)l:i:nrtl
f.crnl•ssl :n 10 wail 'tunneller. and Werth
the crown concealed in her ()roes sin
111(►tinted her horse for tilt' return Imes
ney, lying h• 1prd lido The smith). by III•
I:nggl sti general himself. Iie•t' 111nid tot-
em: 41 on Boot.'. with time sword ane' tel)-
Ir.e secr► ted in kindles of lint, 15' it
\was pretended \t ere to be lupin into
Ito t (-Ad.
They pawed sn(ely through the Eng -
1!•11 !ince, and on nrriving lit K+ncff the
c wn. with ;he other articles, was hurl•
c 1 by the. minister secretly in the church-
yard. Ile nflerwsr,l ms+rtc! 1 careful re.
e'e•r 1 of their hurinl so That in cn'e (.1
l: derly hua).nct (Intely married 10 It;:• de'r,1h his readier);er Need: ,')(+tell
emg wife, to hist friend.: ".end what 1.; ow where to 1111 1 thein. It en13 re•
)0u think cf my twit('" to line] to h0 •t!id Ili:+t It)ry torr 111 ds;e
i'ri4'nd- " 1.4n•eel; ! She oil n•ake a a:+erse r•:.r\4's+r4! fr - rat iheir g�rnvC 81)41
rfectiy stunning widow.' returned to ttu SoEitiab ta,00 1.
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