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BY t 1LBER.I' PARKER.
'o r'd to in dale and ten officers supped hi the
deThe youn officer co Uh . ()lining -room, Sir iticharcl alowbray
came- o as iutd knocked
with k,egreatrhy hurriedly antlered. „the vi ay
e un' forward and knocked at the great Co"omquickly," said be,
entrance door. It opened presently Istiels r e ardrouby I You tits wfind sen
and shown! within the hallway n dozen by the gate of the grape garden, and
epee well armed. Enderby came for- two of your serving -hien mounted,
ward to meet. him. They will take you to a biding -place
"I am Sir Ricburd M vi rae," +aid on the event—t )have elP d%hem i them"
the spesviceauer, "I am sant by Lnrd the window, and bade thein good -be
ltlpptudale who arrives out a mission hurriedly, but he )lid not hit Tiistress
from his majesty.' felicity's hand drop 1111 he hail kissed
Enderby recognizing his vi iter, was it d wished. bee a whispered Clod-
milcl in hie reply. speed. When they had gone he listened for
"Sir lliebard elowbiny, T l r.ee You a time, but hearing no sound of sup
tell Lora llippingdale tint he is wet- prise or discovery he returned to the
come—as emnmissieeer et tete triage" .supper room, where Garrett; Enderby
satand drinLking with Lord Itippingdale
Nrowhray suited and bowed.
1re cavaliers.
"My lord lege the to ask that you Seven Sears went by before John
will coin() forth and speak with him, Sir in derby saw
lloaoe. (lsou s aping sain or et llol-•
John E" land on a night when. everything Wag
"My cemplimenla 10 Lord Ripping- taken from hint salvo his boner. and his
dale, Sir Richard, and say tbat 1 can daughter, he had lived therevvithMls-
tain his majesty's etmunie- tress Felicity, taking service in the
setter enter army of iho country.,
stoner within my own house." Outlaw, as be was, bas eslates given
"And all who wait with him?" asked over to his see, who now parried a
the young officer, with a dry sort of knighthood ori be l yi1 sbe Kingect Charily-
smile.nasty which bad dishonored Ian also,
"My lord and his off) cors and ren- When the king was beheaded at lVblt e- 1 he old man's hands clinched in the
tlemen, but not hie troopers." hall he mourned and lamented Ilia effort to rule himself to quietness.
hewed. and as llo ILfted w1 111(113 001me with the best GI bis hood You
err 1 welcome
nevero accepted,"the
knight"
Mowbray Y ccuh1trymen.
his Bead again he saw the face of :lads- It was about this time, that he ,inter- said. he; " but for these estates—"
Felicity looking through the door- neyed into France, and there he stayed All at once a fierce anger possessed
tim of the library. Their eyes mer• with his daughter two years. 1lristr•ess hits, and the great shoulders heaved
yd i up end clown with emotion— "but for
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that perhaps, after all his wrong -doing,
the boy had come back to stand by
him, a repentant prodigal Ile was it
roan of warm and firth spirit, and now
his breast heaved with his emotions.
This boy had been the apple of his
eye, Since the day of itis birth he haat
looked for great things front hint, Anil
had seen in huh the refined perpetua-
tion of the sturdy rico of the Ender -
bye, Fre counted himself but a rough
sort of country gentleman, rind the re-
fined face of his son had, suggested the
country gentleman east in a finer
mould. He was about to speak kindly
US of old, but • the young loan, wills
clattering spurs, came up to Cho other
end of tale table, and with 1e dry in-
solenoe he said:
By whose invitation do you cone
here?"
The blood fled from the old man's
heart, .For arnoment he felt sack, and
his face turned white, He dropped
his head a little and looked at his son
steadily a.ocl mournfully.
"Shall a man need en invitation to
his awn house, my son?' he said at last.
The arrogant lips of the young man
lightened; he tossed up bis head.
' The house is mine, I am the master
here. You are an outlaw!"
An outlaw no longer," said the old
man, "for the Protector has granted
me again the bome of which I was
cruelly dispossessed."
' The Protector is a rebel!" an-
swered the young man, and his knuck-
les rapped petulantly upon the table. "1
stand for the King—for King Charles
the Seemed. Winn you were (Herns-
sessed his late martyred majesty made
me master of this estate, and a knight
Italkinigham, her aunt, vas el th 111,.i
0.114, watched over her as carefully tlrc a estates, sir, no lave nor king can
take them frorn me. I am John En -
About this time, Cromwell, nrged lay
wben she was a child fie Enderbnsy derby, the first sou of a first son, the
house, owner of these estates, since the time
3117 mother ave me birth, You sir,
solicitous friends of the outlaw sent g'
word to him to return to England that ort' the erst of our name that ever was
he might employ him in fureikcn ser- i Si) intentt railer >otelreh((ostpvo that they did
vice, if he did not care to serve in Erie- not sec 01' hear three Wren who drew
land itself. Cromwell's message was nd;,ie the eurtains at the end of the
frill of agreeable refleettons upon bis recon and stood spying tenon them—
sufferings and upon the injustice that three. of Cromwell's men. Young lin-
had been done to him by the late king. derby laughed sneeringly and an -
For his daughter's sake, who bad never sw•ered
been entirely happy out of England, "l.t. vvas a lying of Tai land that
Enderby returned, and was received gaye Enderby Manor to the 7Snderbys,
with ()narked consideration by Crom• The king is the source of all estate
well at Whitehall. Ile
honor, and I am loyal to the king.
"Your son, sir,'' said Cromwell. hip is a traitor who spurns the Icing's
"Hath been a follower of the mail of honor and defies it. He is a irait'or
sin. Be vats of those notorious people who links his fortunes with that vile,
who cried out against. iho work of !irons upst.att, that blethering
God's servants when Charles paid the hvParrite Oliver Cromwell! I go to
penalty of bis treason at Whitehall. Scotland. to join Tang Charles, and
Of tato I have received nevus that be before three months are over his maj-
is of these sons of Belize who are in- esty will have come into his own
triguing to bring back the second again, and I into my own here at L"n-
Ciharles. Two days ago he was bidden derby p'
to leave Enderby House. if he I's The old mon trembled with the
found among those who join the Scotch fierceness of his emotions.
army to fight for the Pretender, be I only am master here," be said,
shall bear the penalty. of his offense." "and 1 should have died upon this
'IIe has been RI advised, your High- threshold ere my Lord Rhppingclnle and
neos," said Enderby, th,e king's men had ever crossed it, but
"He shall be advised better," Was for you. an Enderby, who deserted me
the stern reply. "We shall have: peeve in the conflict: a coward who went
in England, and we will, by the help of over to the enemies of our house I"
the Lord's strong arm, rid thisrealr>t
The young man's face twitched with
of these recalcitrant spirits. For you a malignant anger. He suddenly
sir, you shall return to your estate a1 started forward, and with a side -long
Enderby, and we will use you abroad blow struck the father with the flat of
as opportunity shall occur. Your son bis sword. A red ridge of bruised flesh
bas taken to himself the title which instantly rose upon the old man's
the man of sin conferred upon you, cheek and ear. Ise caught the arm of
to your undoing." the chair by which he stood, stager -
"Your highness," replied Enderby. lug beck as though he had recei>wed a
"I bavo but one desire, and that is mortal wound.
peace. I have been outlawed from " No, no, no 1" he said, his yahoo
England so long, and my miseries gulping with misery and horror. "No,
have been so great, that 1 meredt. not Kill rhe, if you will; but 1 cannot
gladly, what the justice of your high- fight you I Oh, any God' my Godl"
ness gives thus freely. But I musttell he gasped scarcely above a whisper,
your h,igh,ness that I was no enemy of "Unnatural I unnatural)
King Charles, and am no foe to his He said no more, for upon the in -
memory. The wrong was clone by scant, four men entered the room.
him to me, and not returned by meth They were of Cromwell's Ironsides.
him, and the i4511e is between our Young .Enderby looked around swiftly,
Maker and ourselves. But it is the ready to fight, bat be saw at once that
pride of all Englishmen that England he was tramped. The old man also
be well governed, and strong and im- laid. his hand upon his sword, but he
portant in the eyes of the nations; and saw that the case was hopeless. He
e11 these thingshas your highness dropped into his chair and leaned his
achieved. I will serve my cownl'ry head upon his hands.
honorably abroad, or rest peacefully Two months went by. The battle
here on my estate, lifting no ]land of Dunbar was fought, and Charles
against your highness, though 1 hold had lost it. Araong the prisoners WAS
to the succession in the monarchy." Garrett Enderby, who had escaped
Cromwell looked at him steadily and from his captors on the way frorn En -
frowningly for a minute, then pees- derby House to London, and had
ently, his face clearing, he said: joined the Scotch Army. He was now
"Your words detached from yourupon tri a,1 for his life. Cromwell's an-
cbaracter, sir, would be traitorous; but gar against him was violent. The
as we stand, two gentlemen of Eng- other prisoners of war were treated as
lane! face to face, they seem to me such and were merely confined to pri-
like the words of an honest man, and son' but young
Enderby was charged
I love honesty before all other things. with blasphemy and sedition, and with
Get to your home, sir. You must not nssaulLing one of Cromwell's officers—
budge from it until I send for you. far on that very day that young
Men, as proof of your fidelity to the Enderby made the assault, Cronl-
ruler of your coumttry, you shall goon well's foreignconlmhssion far John
w,batever mission I send you:' Enderby was on its way to Lincoln -
"Your highness, 1 will do what shire.
seems my duty Lm the hour of your GarrettheF>ourrbmentwho had
t byptured
summons." three had been killed in battle, and the
Hous
You shall do the will of the Lord," other had deserted. The father was
answered the Protector, and, bowing a ilius the chief witness against his sea,
f Enderby looturnkeupon
after biim heel. moment. lis was retailed from Portugal, where
then turned towards the door, and as ho had been engaged upon Cromwell's
be went out to mount hishorse he mut- brie nese.
tered to himself: The young man's •judges leaned for -
The will of the Lord as °remaned ward expectantly asp Jc•bn Enderhy
by Oliver Cromwell—humph I !
took his place. The note for himself
Then he redo away tip through `.Cra-sat among• them.
edger square ane into the Totteubam What is you)' name, sir?" asked
court road, and so on out into the Cormvvell.
Sleeve unfit he came to Enderby onn Enderby, your highness."
House. "It bath been said that you hold a
title given yon by the man of stn:
1 avo never lakt;n a title from a
On a sudden a new impulse carne
Iris thoughts. said he, "T
"Sir John Enderby,"
know how honorable a man you are,
and I think I know' the way you feel.
But, as one genrlemalt to another, per-
mit me a. word of counsel. 'Twere bet-
ter to humor my Lord Rippineelaie and
to yield up to the king's demands than
to lose all. Lack of money and
estate—that is bard enough on a sin-
gle man like me, but with a gentleman
who has the cam of a daughter, per-
haps"—his look again met the young
lady's face—"the ease is barter. A
little yielding on your parr--"
"I will nevi yield!" was Enderhy's
reply. and Mowbrny hewed once more,
re-
tired without more speaking.
In a few moments be returned,
Lord Rippiugdole with him. The
entrance doors were once more opened
and by lord, in a temper, at once
began:
"You press your courtesies too far,
Sir Jahn Enderby."
"Less strenuously than tate gentle-
men of the road pressed their discour-
tesies upon his majesty and yourself
last night, my lord."
"I am come upon that business.
For your bravery and loyalty, if you
will accept the kni.ghiwond, and pay the
sum set as the courtesy for the patent,
his majesty will welcome you at co
t
and raise you to a barony. But bis
majesty must see that his dignity be
not injured:'
"The king may have my life and all
my goods as a gift, but I will not give
either by these indirect mein. It
does not lie In a poor squire like me
to offend the king's dignity•"
"You are resolved?"
"I am resolved," answered Enderby,
stubbornly.
Tenn you must hear the conse-
quences, and yield up your estates and
person into my hands. Yourself and
your family are under arrest, to be
dealt with hereafter as his majesty
sees fit:' )
' I will not yield up my estates, nor
my person; nor my son, and daughter,
of my free will."
With an incredulous smile, Rip-
pingdale was about to leave and enter
upon a stege of the house, nl caught e
saw young I3nderby,a
strange look in has face.
"Young gealtleman," said he, "are
You a ember to this game? A barony
thoorn
and son unrulyis asAre theyou as heed of your
(house E"
Garrett Enderby made no reply, but
turned and walked into the library, his
father's and sister's eyes following him
in doubt and db.smaiy, for the chance
was his at that moment to prove him-
self.
A moment afterwards Lord Ripping -
dale WAS placing his men to attack the
(house, disposing of some to secure a
timber to batter let the door, and of
some to make metals upon the rear
of the buildings. .lenderby had placed
his men advantageously to resist at
tack, giving the defense of the rear of
the house to his son. Mistress Felic-
ity be had sent to an upper room !n the
care of her aunt.
Presently the king's men began the
action, firing wbensver a figure nhow-
ed itself, and carrying a log to batter
in the entrance door. linderby's men
did good work, bringing down four o
the besiegers at the first volley,
'abase who curried the log hesitated
fax a moment:, and Enderby called en-
cauraginrgly to bis man.
At this exciting moment, while call-
ing to his men, he saw'tvhat struck him
dumb—his eon hurrying fnrw:trdl with
Outside all wos as he had Left it any
seven years before, through the hedges mon,your ever t as,"
wore not so well kept, land the grass ti eek of s:nisfaation crossed the
longer before the house. Air air of gloomy and puritanical faces of the
loneliness pervaded all the Peace. No officers of the court martial. Other
one met him at the door. He rods
round into the courtyard and called,
A mon servant came out. From him
ho learned that: four of Cromwell's sol
a flag of truce 00 Lord. ltbppingdals doers were quartered in the house,
Instantly my lord commanded has menthat all the old servants, save two, were
to retire. ! gone, and that two days before his
"My God I" said Sir John, with a son had been expelled iho place by
groan, my son—my only son l—a; Cremwell's order. Inside the house
traitor I" and turning to his men hethere seas less chi -owe, Bonn compan-
llarle thein cease firing. I ion of the' boisterous cavaliers as his
Taineving aIS'n the entrance doors son had been, the young man's my
ho stood. upon the steps and evaittd for hours bad been spent more away from
Lord Rippi.'ngrlale. !Enderby Flown than it et,
'You see, :lir John Enderby, your i When young Enderby was driven
sate—" began my lord, from his father's house by Cromwell,
It Was to maintain my rights. and he determined to ,join the Scotch army
for my woe's sake and my dauirbter's which was expected soon to welcome BAB SEALING YEAR.
that 1 resisted the command )f the Charles the second from France_ almost) is then piac0(1 to a room kept
king," interrupted the clistreesed and There he would be in contact with News from the east coast sealing fleet at a temperature of 65 to 70 dogr'eee
dishonored gentlemen, 'but nosy--" Lord Itippsngdale and Iris majesty, h iroen !waived at St. John's, Ni'.,,to attrd'' A mhnmse vvoi(;hing ten pounds
But mm�v you yield?" When Cromwell was driven from his tJtrt cif reixtoen steamers fishing in the well cure in five or six weeks, A long -
Ile inclined his head, then lcolcing place, great honors might await him, er tires insures a bettor and strong-
down to the place where his son stood, hearing, in London, however, that his ! North Atlantic eleven have been heard er flavor, which 00010 prefer, Never
,be said: fattier ]tact returned, and was gene on ' from w,rc•,e combined catches are, only keep cheese in a damp place. It will
"My son—my only son l" And his to the estate, Returned his horse about 21(81 vectis, less than a and far ono mold."
eyes filled, with tears. and rode book again, travelling by night elect' men This is the worst record for --
His distress was so moving that even Meetly and reached Enderby Hottse a 1luaeired years. There is little like -1 TURKEYS AND DUCKS.
my lord Willoonstraleterl to say: ' four days after his father's arrival , 1111001 Or. the fishery being retrieved'
Ho dielcl81 fox your sake. His mai- theta. ' later Crean total failure. Including Tho turkey is the most irtdnstrious
este will He found his father seated mono al; three laden stoamersfishing in the Gulf forager of all the. poultry family, They
With gesture of despair Enderby the dinner table. Swinging wide open of St. Lawrence, only 75,000 emits aro peek up ,the greater portion of their
turned and entered the house. and the door oC the dining -room he Strode new reported, and it is not probable food when
given the range Of Llta
passed into the library, where he found. aggressively in. that this number will be doubled be-
his daughter. Pale and tearful she 1be ole man stood up in his plane fore the close of the season, whereas farm, and when insects aro plentiful
threw herself into his arms, at the table and his eyes brightened last years total catch was 220,000, they do no doanage to the standing
At eleven o'clock that night: es they expectantly wht:n he saw his eon, for which was regarded as much below the grain. Careful observers state, 5„3„55 an
tat in the same roam while Lord )Rip- bis brain was quickened by iho thought average, 1
AORICLJL:RURAL
A IJACIt-'w 000 VIEW 01' THE
FARM.
Bad blast the blamed tel' farm;
auil gets so allfdt'edl warm
.An' sir to still,
Yon wish% you amid lay off a route',
An' try the shade, 'er live in town--
(Yit up there, 1(111!
01' plo keeps goin' hump-ty-bnrnp,
An' ellus strikes a stone or stump
Jes' when you feel
The farm's the lastest place on earth—
Jos' makes you feel at she ain't worth
Ravin'.—Haw, 13i1)1
111 .she don't rain fore many a day,
OP farm% dry up an blow awa7,
She's eloudy—still,
There ain't no sign she's goin' to rain;
More 'at the smell, 1 hot again,
)Vboa, haw there, Bill
lVleh'L I jos' had a house in towe—
led paint 111m doors an' winders brown,
An' take an' fill
Her up with cheers an' stands an' stele,
Au' take life easy—hev things rieb—
• Glt 'round there, Belli
But thlnkin' on it plague it all,
1 jos' can't leave the farm at all—
Kin go slip -slush
Around that burn in these tel' clothes
An' sniff the hay—glt tip!—there goes
The bell—by gosh!
MAKING (115114.; A'1' IIOME.
In answer to the Inquiry how toman-
ufacture cheese on a small scale for fam-
ily use Galen Wilson enseeers as fol-
lows in the New York Tribune: The
subject, is a pertinent one to discuss
just at present. ('1005e is a health-
ful food when rightly made, andcan
in considerable measure take the
place of the' more expensive meats
in our diet, Op to the tine, cheese fac-
tories were established there was much
more chease eaten per capita Than
now. Our grnudnluthers made it then,
and knew nothing of "robbing" cheese
by stealing away a part or all of the
cream from the milk and "filling" 11
place with hog's lard or "cow grease,"
as ha.s been done under the factory
system se largely. Whole -milk cheese
is an agreeable loud, easily digested
but to skim the milk robs the cheese
of its digestibility, and most persons
who partake of such have to resort to
cathartics to "even up" matters. Cheese
can be made at home almost us easily
as butter. If farmers will return to
the good old grandmother system and
make cheese in hot Weather, when it
it Ls most difficult to make butter,
they will use their milk to hest advan-
tage and there n•ill be very much less
5 to 10 -cent butter made to depress
the price of a. better article. In pre-
paring this article the tenth biennial
report oC the Kansas State board of
agriculture was drawn upon freely.
Only the simplest and most common
utensils need he employed in initia-
tory efforts at oheeso-making. A
peck or half bushel measure with the
bottom knocked out stell answer for
the hoop. 11 the necessary amount of
milk cannot be obtained at one milk-
ing, add the n1ht's milk to that of
the morning. Fust aerate the milk
when drawn by pouring it from one
vessel to another several. times. Place
it in any vessel large enough—'a tin
washboilcr will do—and add the ren-
net tablet. This can be prooured at
any considerahle drug store or dairy
furnishing house, with directions for
USD accompanying. Stu well until
thoroughly incorporated with the
milk. Heat up to about 84 degrees, or
until the curd seems thick enough, then
remove from the fire and let stand
until it sets, or thorough coagulation
occurs, alter which the curd es to be
cut from top to bottom in two-inch
squares, to allow the whey to escape.
The wbey should be of a greenish hue
and nearly transparent if treated
right. If the whey appears milky, it
denotes either a deficiency of rennet
or heat. Now dip off all the whey pos-
sible before removing the ourd. A
boiler may be prepared by a termer by
placing a faucet at the bottom, with
a strainer or oloth over the bole on
the inside to draw off the whey. Have
ready a smears of cheeseolotb pre-
viously scalded and rinsed and spread
it in a clean basket. Plane this over
any tub or other vessel large enough
to catch the whey. Dip out the curd
and place it in the cheesecloth and let
it drain awhile. Then with the hand
break up the curd into granules about
the size of kernels of corn. Salt to
taste, or about two-thirds of a teacup-
ful of salt to thirty 1v>un:ds of ourd,
after which gather the cloth by the
'corners and shake well until settled
to the centre of the cloth; lift out
and place in a hoop,,whieh should be
where it is to remain to be pressed.
1e clean, square board is first placed
under the hoop for convenience in
handling. The press bench should be
a little inclined and a groove out in
it to guide the drainage to some vessel,
Fold the cheesecloth evenly over the
curd, so as not to wrinkle, and place
the follower, which La a circular niece
of board made to fit in the hoe„ over
it, Place a small weight ale the fol-
lower at first and subsequently change
to a heavy one. A home-made press,
something atter the manner of those
questions were put, and then carne the used by apple-barrelers, could be made
vital points. To the first of these, as' of service. Let the curd remain intim
to whether young Enderby had uttered I press twenty-four beers, turning it
malignant and seditious libels against i men meantime. A wet cloth as llsecl
the 11rot:ector the old man would an- upon which to turn it. When taken
awes nothing.from the proem set away until dry, nt-
"Whal; speech bath ever been be- ter ninth rub with matted .butter, Turn
tween my Aon and myself," he said. ' is every day for a vvoelc, and each time
between my son and my::eit only,' I repeat the process of rubbingy� with
A start of anger traveled) round the melted butter. When tint taken out
seats of the court-martial. Young ' of the hoop take off the old cloth and
Enderby watched his father curiously t put on new, cut a'e a bandage to go
around the edge of the cheese and lap
two inches over an the sides ,and The a circular piece for eaoh side, The
grease bolds the cloth in place, but
sumo return the cheese to the hoop
and press fora few minutes. The
exebunpo, the benefits the Hoek of
turkeys tlo Icy destroying the grass
-
hoppers and outer insects injurious to
the farm crops more than offset's the
antenna of grain they tat, The farm-
er should know that tUc difeer•ence lu
Cerra -
the large and suutll breed is au impor-
tent ()natter, and keep nothing but the
improved breeds, thus bringing the cost
of production) down to the lowest sum,
when compared to the old foggy w110
thinks a.. "turkey is a turkey enYli'ow.'
Ducks can, stand the cold fairly well,
and any land of a building will serve
for a (look of ducks in winter, but they
sbould have board floors covered with
dry straw, or, if they ran be proored,
leaves from ti>a forest are to be pre-
ferred. Duolcs Must 'have a dry place
at night., as they aro soon Lajured by
dam 9(11055. '.they are sure to die of leg
weariness and rheumatism tf kept on
dump floors.
Keep the hems in health by making
them scratch all grain feel out of straw
chaff, A few inehee of straw on the
floor to cause them to exercise beats
all the. medicines and condiments
known to the poultry fraternity.
HOW DIARKET.ING IS A SUCCESS,
This is a question in which nil
farmers who raise produce for market
are interested. There is =eh more
MOWS in peddling from house to house
than in selling to the markets and
stores if one has tits lime and ability.
Be in with your hart before everyone
else gets around—"t be early bird catch-
es the worm." Endeavor to carry first-
class vegetables and fruits and you
will soon have regular customers. Peo-
ple know a good thing when they see
it. Always carry a good assortment of
produce—"variety is the spice of life.'
have everything neatly put up awl at-
tractively arranged. A handsome load
is soon sold. Give courteous treatment
to all even iC they do not buy. They
will know w•ho to patronize when they
are 1111 need of anything,
Make your mote) a fair and square
deal for all, you will be sure to keep
elastomers. Endeavor to sell nut; the
empty wagon. is a great advertisement
for you. Keep right err the business,
be pasted on prices, have yattr price
and stick to it.
Follow these rules and you will bo
a successful anarketman.
and sullenly,
('1'o Bo Continued.)
SWEEP NOTES.
As a rule small flocks will give the
best results.
Rape, though not a preventive of
worms, is fgood eed—one of the hist
to crowed lambs.
Some of the symptoms of worms in
sheep aro loss of blood, paleness, weak -
nen, suutll swelling under jaw.
Corn and oats are the host grains
to feed suckling lambs to get the most
growth. Feed them whole.
Some good feeders recommend grind-
ing peas for sheep, while others say
they obtain equally goad results from
feeding them whole.
THEIR MANTIS ORIGIN,
SOMETHING ABOUT THE GREAT
HOSPITALS OF LONDON.
intern.'.l(lIS Stories or the 5eiittuning et
These /:rent Pantie Churn tt's•-iiil>1 .11(1(11
Hinges on at Trine.
The Dispatch, London, Eng., bas the
subjoined interesting article about the
origin of the famous bospilals of the
world's metropolitan city:
1Tovv and when did we get our hospi-
tats?•His Royal Highness' scheme for
the endowment of the London hospitals
!n commemoration of the sixty years'
rule of the Queen makes the question
more especially interesting at the pre-
sent time.
How many people know that our
modern hospital system oras founded by
Rahere, King Henry I.'s jester, vvho had
been a companion of Hereward, the
last of the Saxons? The oldest bospi-
tal and the first institution of its kind
is that of 5t. Bartholomew, founded in
1102 under romautio circumstances.
Rahere was a singular fellow, even
for a king's jester or minstrel. He
lived hard. and took no thought for the
morrow. But while still a young man
his conscience began to trouble him, and
by way of compensation for past ex-
cesses he made a pilgrimage to Rome.
At !tome he fell ill, and being in fear
of death made a vow that ie lie recover-
ed he would build a hospital on his
return. Ha did recover, and journe • )ed
home, bent on carrying out his vow, r1
vision from St, Bartholomew pointed
out Smithfield to him as the hest site
foe his purpose.
HOW 8.13 BUILT IT.
It was a most unpromising one AL
that time, Wag outside the city wall,
little better than a marsh, and with
an unsavoury reputation as the Locale
of l>ideous executions. However, it had
this recommendation, that the land vvas
of no value, ani! Henry, who probably
regarded the whole effete as <e new jest,
readily gave him a grant oC the land,
Rahere sot to work, built fist the
church a.nd then a priory, installing
himself as Prior. Ilaving no money to
pity with, he had .adopted a singular
expedient. Wearing his cap and bells,
he started men carrying steno true
mixing mortar as a jest. 'l'ho contagion
of the humour• of the thing spread, ane
vast numbers joined in the joke of erect-
ing a building under such conditions.
'though built in this way at a mini -
MUM of cost, part oC the original build.
ing remains intact to this day. The ori-
ignal hospital w•as a part of the priory.
On the dissolution of the monasteries
under Henry VIII„ it passed to the king
but at the instance of Sir Richard. Gres-
ham, then Lord Mayor, the hospital wa
re-established with a royal endowment
Spared by the great tire, it was re
built in 1730, and has been added t
since. IHarveyy, who discovered the cel
m,labiou of the blood, was for thirty
four years a physician there. Aber-
netby was one of its lecturers, also
Richard Owen, "the greatest anatomist
of his age."
ST, TI•]OMAS' HOSPITAL.
The next oldest of hospwlals is St
Thomas', which dates back to 1552
This was started, in connection wit
the Bermondsey Priory, and, until th
present reign was situated near t
London Bridge on the Southwark side
Originally it adjoined the walls of ih
Priory, and had been a home of alm
.A.i'I tL ‘,/,:), 1897
but im 1811 it Was bought by t.ho CU;
of L oncl.on as one of the five Royal
iL'oas a hospi-
tal
lo
s i -
foundations, s and was o anal
talon 1.852, Seventeen years later its
funds ware so low that the tease was
pawned foe £50, It was rebuilt in the
beginning of the eighteenth century,
8;12el
lioberl Clayton,
with 11.5ththee moneyn pleal,daulludr,
utg largely
it was subsequently enler•t e.d; but in
1862 the South-eastern Iltulvvey Coru-
pelny bought the site, and the hospital
had to go into temporary quarters at
Newington, until the present magni-
ficent, pile of buildings wns erected. It
is interesting, iu view of present olr-
l:umsta.nces to recall that the Queen
laid the foundation stone in 18(18, and
opened the new buildings in 1871.
Westminster hospital, which ranks
next in age, dating back Co 1719, is the
oldest subscription hospital in London.
ft occupied three different sites-1?stty
France, Chapel street:, and James street.
—before the present building sloe erect-
ed in the Broad Sanctuary, on land
which was for years used as Westmins-
ter market.
A BROKEN PROMISE DID TT.
Next copses Guy's, originally built ha
1722, at the solo expense of Thomas
Guy, a Lombard street bookseller, who
made a fortune by printing and selling
Bibles, and increased It by buying sea-
men's tickets at a large discount., and
by investments in the South Sna Com-
pany. Guy was a reran of humble ori -
in, being the eon of a lighternntn, and
horn at llorselydown. Re was appren-
ticed to tbo bookselling and binding,
and profiting by his roaster's shop
being burned down in the great; fire,
set up in business for himself, and sub-
sequently removed to a house between
Cor•nhill and Lombard street, known as
"The Lucky Corner," a locality famou..e
during the time when the lotteries were
in full swing,
It is an additional romantic episode
in connection with Guy's, that he had
intended to marry his housekeeper and
it was only on the match being broken
off that he decided to devote his money
to charity. In addition to building the
hospital which has perpetuated his
name, he added a ward to St. Thomas'
IIospital, incl made other additions to
the old building.Tho origil cost of
Guy's was under 120 800 andnahe en-
dowed it with a sum of :1219,499.
A DISI?UTE MILLED IIUL
St. George's hospital was originated
in 1753 by. some dissentient governors
of Westminster Hospital, who con-
verted Lanesborough House, Grosvenor
place. into an infirmary, The present
building dates from 1831. The famous
anatomist, John hunter, died under
painful circumstances in the hospital
here. lu 1793 he was surgeon, and was
suffering from heart disease. He bad
had a long dispute with his colleagues
on a matter of right, and before going
into a meeting of the governors re-
marked that if any dispute occurred it
would prove fatal. During the tweeting
one of the governors flatly contr•atliet-
ed hien, whereupon Hunter went into
an adjoining room and expired.
FOUND A DYING WOMAN.
The next oldest are the London (1740)
end Middlesex (17()45). in the reign of
George 11. the value of hospitals be-
came more largely appreciated, and
their number was considerably aug-
mented, but except in the case of the
Royal Fres Hospital (1828), no partieu-
larly interesting circumstances attend-
ed their foundation. This institution,
however, is due to the initiative of a
surgeon named _Marsden, and was
prompted by his finding in the win-
ter of 1827, a young woman dying of
hunger and disease, at midnight, in chs
ohurobyerd of St. Andrew's, on Hol-
born hill. She was a stranger and died
within two days unrecognized. In its
early years the hospital had some gen-
erous anonymous friends—unless the
source. In the collecting box at the
contributions came from the same
gate was found in 1842 a banknote for
£100 labelled " A. Passer-by." Six
months later there was another, and
again after a lapse of six months an-
other. In 1850 a £50 note was found in
the box, and In 1851 £20. Of late years
there have been considerable dona-
tions, of buttons, with oven -sinned small
suns Of Money.
A medical charity that bas always
been a favourite of Royalty is the
()Royal Maternity Charity. 11, was found-
ed in 1798, and the then Prime of
Wales, though only five years of age,
was nominated President. A donation
of £500 wnsgiven in his name, and be
contributed annually £20. George II.
became president in 1818, and was a
large contributor to its funds.
AN UPRISING IN AMR
CHAZILAND REVOLTS AGAINST THE
PORTUQUESE.
''Wenir-Five 'l'htotsana Ns/Area On Itebellton
—(:rent lirltuin May have 'trouble.
A despatch from Vryburg, South Af-
rica, says that in an encounter with
the Bechuanaland insurgents on Tues-
day, near Kingman, the Cape volun-
teers lost five men killed and had six
men wounded. No further detalbs have
been received.
A despatch to the London Times front
Cape Town says that advices received
there from Delagoa Bay announce (.bat
the country bordering on and across
the Limpopo river, forming for maul
miles the north-west and northern !ba-
it of the Transvaal, is in open revolt.
It is added that the position is serious,
as troops aro leaving for Delagoa Bay
by the steamer Carnarvon. A further
rising is expected in Lt?anuteland.
Despatobes received io Lindau trans
Pretoria and Dotage 13ay announce)
that the whdlo of Ghazilaland is in open
revolt. Trwearty-five thousand natives
have rebelled against the PorLngueso
I Governanme The principal rising, it
wee stated, was only about melee
ms
1
frieze the 'Transvaal border. It was
added that the Portuguese troops were
mobilizing rapiclly, and that the situa-
tion was regai;ded as most serious.
Further exlvieee regarding the en-
counter with the Bechuanaland Meth -
gents on Tuesday state that the Brit-
ish troops captured and burned the
native town of Camezef, at the fool; of
the Langnberg range of hills, The
rebel leader, Galltskwe, who was in
command of the natives, made a des-
- peral.e resistance, ..the lasses of the
o natives were heavy, One British lieu-
tenant was killed,
s,
THE IWTITRE BRINGS REVENGE.
Papa is a jeweler, you know, 5110
said petulantly, and he galls mo tbat
the. engagement ring yen gave me is
tilled,
1 prastune so, for I bought it at his
' stere, But you coat depend. on me to
!u get even in time, darling,
° IIe, fervent]
, Y,--"S''our eyes aro litre
e the, stars above." She, sleopily,—"Titers
aro no stars above ,just: now, Charles
I -•the dual is about to rise,"
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