Exeter Advocate, 1901-9-19, Page 2'14
FILLING THE SILO ECONOMI-
CALLY.
The method usually employed in,
filling a silo consists of first pcasSing
the forage through a cutter, and then
conveying it to the silo by an Sieve-.
tem or a blower. To a small farmer
the imeessary outlay foe this =Chine
ery is a queetion of viti impertance;
hence limey, on this accoent, are dee
terred from adopting the siks. How-
ever, there are a large number of
silue which haye heen oPerated suet
cessfullY WitIi uncut forage. It is
genevatly conceded that passing the
forage throegh a cutter before put-
ting it into the silo has a decided
advantage aver the system of putting
it in whole. From a close observa-
tion recently made it was found dial
it reituired practieally the same
amount of labor to put whole clover
into the silo as it did the cut clover,
the only saving being in the engineer
and the cost for use of anctehiriegy.
The cut silage is in a much more con-
venient "form for feeding and can be
taken from the surface of the silo in
layers of a. uniforth, depth. It was
also noted that much more cut than
uncut forage could be gotten into the
silo, In two silos of equad size it
required 20 tons of cut clover to fill
ono of them en the first run, while
only 10 to.us of whole clover could be
gotten in. -bo the other at the
FIRST ATTEMPT TO FILL.
This. ratio, however, is liot liable to
be maintained, as the, whole clover
will settle much more than that
which is cut.
The addition of water to whole ma-
terial wilife filling the silo materially
assists in making the silage more
compact. This, however, is almost
impracticable in the absence of a con-
venient water system, To elevate by
hand the quantity of water required
for this purpose repreeents consider-
able labor. Whea whole material is
used it should he handled in as
fresh a condition as possible; so that
by retaining its weight the settling
of the silage is facilitated.
Atso, in filling a silo with whole
inaterial, care should be exercised to
hast it kept loveand thoroughly
tramped. In small silos the mater-
ial can , best be thrown in with a
pitchfork. This can be accomplished
by putting up a light staging. The
use of a derrick or hay fork in filling
a small silo is not advisable, unless
very small loads are taken at a time
as it will be found almost impossible
to properly spread a large load of
tangled material when dumped into
a small silo. With a huge silo the
use of the hay fork or derrick will be
entirely feasible,
There need be no haste in fining a
silo. If a few loads are put in each
.day untill it is filled, the silage will
bccome more compact than if it were
barriedly. If at is desirable to
perform the work more rapidly, the
uilo can be filled and allowed to set-
tle for two or three days, then re-
filled. This operation may have to
ho repeated three or four times in
order to secure the maximuin
amount of silage in the silo. In case
sufficient material is not ready, to
complete the filling of the silo,
OTHER MATERIAL
may be added at any time.. It
would be well, however, to first re-
move the covering or spoiled silage
on the surface of the silo.
When cut fodder is put into the
silo the carrier should be adjusted
so as to deliver the material in the
centre of the silo, thus facilitating
Troper distribution. in filling
with tern, there is a tendency to-
ward an unever distribution of the
ears. These, being heavier than the
other portions of the plant, fall to
the outside, resulting in the uneven.
settling of the silage. To obviate
this many devices are employed, the
most simple of which is a long bag
open at both ends .and fastened to
the end of the carrier. A sum:lig:psi°
attechea to this bag enables it to ,be
manipulated so as to have the corn
deposited in any part of the silo de-
sired. The principal item to observe
is to the contents of the silo
level cind well tramped. In small
silos tre trampingshould be very
thorough, so as to get the greatest
possible weight of silage in a given
sena(); feta ns bet ore stated, the fric-
tion and consequent, resistance to the
eettling of the silage is greater in
proportion in a small silo than in
a large one.
'FITE ORCHARD COVER CROP.
This is the time to make prepara-
tions for sowing a cover crop in the
orchard. We take it that you have
• been cultivating, your orchard regu-
larly through the summer and have
intended to do just what we are urg-
ing. Still there -are many readers.
whose orchards are in grass, perhaps
core, and to them we have more to
say than to those who are going to
do the right thing whether told or
not,
If you have not ploughed the or-
chard for' several years now is the
time to "break the lee," so to
speak—that is, if you have had
enough rain to make the ground
plough satisfactorily, Don't plough
deep, especially near the trees. Disk
the land well and sow to rye, about
three bushels per acre, then harrow
it down smooth.
An orchard that has been culti-
vated through the summer shonld be
seeded in ,a similar manner. We
would Use rye in preference to any
other reliable cover crop, though
vetch makes a. most excellent, winter
cover if a good stand is secured. The
reason we do not recommend it gene
erally is because it demands a little
better attention than most farmers
are, willing to give an orchord cover
crop. :Besidessits ways and charac-
teristiess, tire not very well under-
stood by the average farmer, But it
would be a good plan to get a smtill
quantity of the seed and sow it in
the orchard enriy in September.
T3y all T1113211S providm,your orchard
with a edvel'ingt'of some 'heford
• winter comes. ,Don't let .old weaths
cr find the' ground nalcadte' You "eari
BOY'S BOX PLAITED DRESS.,
2 and 4 Years,
Nothing suits the tiny boy more
Perfectly than the garment that is
made in one piece. The charming
little Model illustrated is boyish
enough to suit the most exacting of
men, yet is greceful and child-
ish at the sante time. The three
box plaits, back and front; give
ample fullness below the waist line,
where they are allowed to fall free,
and are stitched and pressed flat
above: The fitting :is accomplishod
with shoulder and under -arm seams:
The big sailor collar is stitched
under the outside front pleats, the
closing being invisibly effected be-
neath that in the left side. The cen-
trepleat is trimmed with three
bands of embroidery that are point-
ed at the centre. The sleeves are
one -seamed and slightly full, finished
at the wrists and roll-over sun.
To make for a boy of 4 years of
age, as illustrated, 21 yards of ma-
terial 32 inebeis wide, or 2 yards 44
inches wide, `with 2Se yards oi em-
broidery, Will -be required.
rely on rye; it never fails, It Will
give you line calf pasture during the
fall, winter and early spring, when
it should be disked up.
HOW TO SALT BUTTER.
A subscriber asks the proper way
Lo salt butter. He uses fine dairy
salt, but in cold weather the salt
does not dissolve in the butter. Re
has also tried brine salting, but the
butter did not take up enough salt.
The prophr way is to have both salt
and batter warm enough_ That is
the secret. If the butter is churned
into hard .roucts, either 3argte or
small, the surface is glazed, the' Lois
time is locked inside, and af the salt
is also cold it is gritty and its solu-
bility seriously diminished.
Butter in granular form like wheat
greins is in the best form for salt-
ing. Do not add ice water to wash
it, but water tempered to sixty de-
grees, or higher if necessary to make
the butter plastic and waxy to the
touch. Then salt with warm salt
and it will dissolve. Do not work
the butter before salting it. If the
butter is salted on the uSarker, simp-
ly roll it down level before salting.
Using brine instead of dry salt is no
real advantage. Cold butter will
not take up cold brine. Simply
abolish cold weather with artificial
heat.
A BARGAIN VICTORY.
She was shopping with her hus-
band and was looking for bargains.
Here is how she got one.
I don't want quite so inuch as
there is in that piece, she said to the
saleswoman who held up a piece of
dress goods. I require only two
yards and a half.
But that piece is two yards and
five eighths, and I couldn't cut two
yards and a half off, explained the
young woman behind the counter.
But I don't want so much, protest-
ed the customer. '
Well, I am. sere I cannot cut it, re-
peated the saleswoman.
But can't you call it a remnant?
"persisted the woman who wanted the
goods.
No; it isn't a remnant Madam,
calmly replied the young woman.
Well, I shall not buy it, said the
customer, determinedly. I don't pro-
pose to pay for more than -a 'want
unless you make it an object. '
Well, :I'll call it two yards ancl
three-quarter,,, said the saleswoman
as the customer started to move
away.
All right, I'll take it, exclaimed
the customer without hesitation, as
she glanced at her husband in a sat -
leder' way. The man's admiration
for his Wife's victory was expressed
in his face.
HE WAS FORESTALLED.
When Tennyson's In Memoriam ap-
peared a certain poet was standing
at a. bookstall turning over the leet-es
of the new volume, when a literary
friend of rare taste and learning
stepped up and said to the poet:
Have' you read it? -
Indeed I have, was the answer; and
do you know it seems to me that- ins
this delightful book Tennyson has
done for friendship What Petrareladid
for love.
This was too fine fciig the literary
friend to forget. That afternoon he
called upon a lady, and noticing a
copy of the same book on her table
saw his opportunity. .After ine, us-
ual greeting he took up the book,
Have you read it? he asked.
Yes, she.said, and I have enjoyed it
.greatly.
So 'have 1, said her visitOr; and do
you know that in this charming
poem Tennyson has done for friend-
ship, what Tetrarch did for lova?
Indeed, rejoined the lady, adding,
With a,misehievonS smile, Mr .--s-, cal-
led this morning and, said the Saanp
thing. , "
3GPRS OF THE EMPIRE,
THE MEN WI -7.:0 STAND AT THE
HELM' OF AFFAIRS.
The Permanent Officers. ---Change
01 Government Doesn't Af-
fect Theme
We naturally associate the 11.111-
I/41g 01 the Empire witim the men
who figure in the 110ilse, of Commons
end in the Lords in Office, says
Peassonts Weekly. -
But they are merely rep'Neentative
.01 departineete, and so far ts their
-nuttericti't goes aro dependent upon
the Permanent officinis.. Who control
tilio cnmplex machineryby which the
State is governed. When ;,u1. office
in the ,,g1,overnment is filled by a
genius and a, statesman, he gets a
geasp of Ida department whieh com-
pels the admiration of the permanent
officials, but generally speaking, even
the sueceSsful statesman is often a
theorist, and the permanent official
has to do the"filling in".' with laets
and figures in support.
The British. Empire is well served
In its permeneut officials, and her
statesmen of all parties very pro-
perlyplace great confidence and re-
liance in these gentlemen.
Our system of Government has,
not inaptly, been compared to a
limited liability company. Ti the
British Empire Ltd., ail :British aid -
Sens are shareholders. The Cabinet
fer the tine -being are the directors,
.Who define the policy pf the company
but it is the permanent officials Who
carry it out. Very few of the shave -
holders know these heeds of depart -
Merits even by name, and the work
of their office is generally associated
with the menther of the GoVernment
for the thne-being.Nyho presickti O'er
the official 14 question; ,
We hear a great deal in these days
about the Navy told Army. The
Permanent Secretary to the Admir-
alty is
SIR EVAN ' mAconEGOR,
who is in his fifty-ninth -srear. This
is the Irian who knows whether the
navy is equal to its work or not ;
for lie has had chief permanent con-
trol of this department for seven-
teen years. His mother was -a daugh-
ter of the late Admiral Sir T. M.
Hardy, and he married the daughter
of Colonel W. A. Middleton, C.13.,
the year he was appointed to his
present office. Ho was educated at
Chartorhouse, as also .was Sir
Courtney Boyle
The Office of Permanent Under
Secretary to the War Oflice is filled
by Sir Ralph Henry Knox, K.C.B.
Ile Was born in 1830, educated at
Trinity College, Dublin, and at the
age of twenty he made his first ac-
quaintance with the War Office. He
ascendedthe ladder stela by step, and
in 1882 was appointed Accountant -
General, which post he held until
1897, when he was placed in his pro -
Sent position, Which has by no means
heen a sinecure. His salary, is 310,-
000 per ananni.
The Board of Education Which has
displaced the ,old Education Depart-
ment has charge of the third line of
national defence, and' its task is to
develop and utilize the brat? power
of , the natiou. The man at the
wheel in this department is one of
the most valuable of our public ser-
vants—Sir George Wm. R'ekewich;
D.C.L. Ile succeeded to the
office of secretary to the Education
Department in 1890, and since 1890
he has also *been secretary of the
Science and Art Department. He is
a thorough believer in this depart-,
merit, and is a true friend of &Juges,
tion. He is the fotirth son, and his
late father. Was MI'. for South
Devon, Sir -George married the
daughter oMr. L. W. Buck, the
M.P.for North Devon. He was edu-
cated itt Eton ;Mel Balliol College,
Oxford-, where Ile carne off with
flying colors
THE. TREASURY.
has been very Much called upon since.
the war broke out in 1809. It is
depertnient which inaltee the rank
and file shareholder's mouth water
when he scans the salary 'Est. The
First Lord' and the Chancellor of the
Exchequer thaw 325,000 each per
annum ; there are three Junior
Lords at. 85,000' each per annum, a
Patronage Secretary -at 810,000, a
Financial Secretary .at 310,000, and,
finally the Permanent Secretary,
whose office, is Worth from 310;000,
to :812,500. He has an Assistant
Secretary at 37,500. There is 'also.
an army of private secretaries, and
other officials at salaries ranging
from $500 to 37,500. Sir Francis
Mowatt, K.C.B., is the present Per-
manent Secretary to the Treasury.
On Budget night in the House the
voice is the voice of the Chancellor
of the Exchequer, but the hand is
the hand of the Permanent Secre-
tary. Sir ..Frands was born in
1837, and was educated at, Winches-
ter- and St. John's College, Ox-
ford.
ei
p.bags
the most important post
in our administratien is that held by
Sir T. II. Sanderson, K.C.B., X.C.
M.G., who is permanent secretary at.
the Foreign Office, It is it position.
of the greatest delicacy, for it false
step may mean war, or, at any rate,
undesirable foreign complications.
The Colonial 011ie° has played " an,
Important part in recent years. The:
permanent secretary- is Sir E. Wing -
K.0.13. What this gentleman
knows about South Africau politics
and e personageswould make the for-
t,Une 'of it journaliSt in a day.
;Alessi's. Kruger, Leyds & Co. would
also -give: intellto be in his con-
fidence.
Then there , is the Heine Office!" the
Local 0 oVetenneat Board; and the
General. 'poet Office,the permanent.
secretaries of which are, Sir Kenelin
13, Digby, Mr. 5. B. Provise
C.B., :and :Sit G. Murray, K.C.B,
respectively. All , three arM-import-
ant offices and by no means oYere
terraInerated, lioneof the salaries ex-
ceeding 810,000. But for these and
Other pine:tone/itofficials', no GoV-
errthieht eleeted, by the people could
,
run time siritiss ,
. "
Mrs.' Spendall—You look worried.
Is it hecauSet yon are so deeply in
delit?t, Mr, Sp a 11 0'1 '1 N ;
it's,,becauSe I Can't get'any deeper.
IISMOTITERtg LETTE'llS,
King Des(•royS Date Queen's Cor-
iesp ndonce.
:mug Edward coutirtues to caoso
hliusete to be discussed in all QireleS
111 LOIld011 by his persistency in rear-
ranging,' conditions existing in the
Royal household. The utunist 00-
deavore are put forth to maintain
secrecy upon the changes ordered by
the King, but inklings of what is
transpiring almost daily in the Mil --
aces creep out and form the subject
of newspaper ctrtielos.
Por several weeks the King has per-
sonally superintended much of the
work of destroying huge qvantitiee of
the Private correspondence of Queen
victoria. This consists, in the Main,
o1 letters received from relatives and
near friends of the late Queen, 'inters
mingled with copies of her replies
ancl thousands of state documents.
it was found that the Queen had
perfected an elaborate index system
of these cleat/meats and letters, by
which she was able to refer to any of
them upon it minute's notiee.
CARE IS EXERCISED.
In ohllterating the Queen's corre-
spondence King Edward exercised the
utmost care to prevent any part of
it froin falling into the hands of per-
sons who might publish it. Officials
especially charged with this duty
and who were nande personally re-
sponsible to the King, took charge oft
the work, and submitted them re-
peats to the, King,
His Majesty has 1./0011 at great
pains to CaUSC the removal of the re-
lics of John hbrowd, the Queen's fae
rosin; gillie, which were plentifully
scattered through the apartments of
Windsor Castle and at Buckingham
Palace, Osboene Houee and Balmoral.
These mementoes, with many photo-
grephs, bustS and other articles have
been stored or destroyed.
- Complaints comefrom the Royal
eervants of the new rules regarding
their perquisites and privileges, which
the Ring has ordered into effect. No-
tices have been posted in all the pal-
aces that after this month the royal
servents, when travelling at the ex-
penze of the King, must ride third-
class.
_Hitherto the upper servants have
been transported ha first-class car-
riages and the under servants in
second-class compartments.
CHECK PUT ON SERVANTS.
Many 'extravagant practices Which
endured in the .servants' hall in the
Victorian regime have been checked.
Instead pf indulging in native oys-
ters at four shillings a dozen, and
drinking stout, the King's serving
rnen and maids will in future content
themselyes with American, oysters,
which are cheaper, and quench their
thirst with porter. ,
Alloivances for washing have been
discontinued and the servants will no
longer be' permitted to enjoy the
privileges of the royal laundry.
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AROUND LONDON.
Primitive Appearance of the
Farms and Fenn Buildings.
The physieal fact that London ' is
surrounded- by farms and woods and
meadows and that its streets, ter-
races' and rows of semi-detached
houses, do not extend to a distasice
Of more than nine mileS ,from its
eentre, is Merely one aspect of the
fact that London is not iarger than
it is. It is not, however, this physi-
cal fact alone which tends to render
the aspect, of our suburban country
strange.
Whet is most striking, in it is not
the fact that it is country,- but that
in slimly directions it is a. country of
curiously primitive character. The
villages have. all the air of villages
of the last century. There are old
inns unchanged since the day of the
coaches. There ere Public -houses
with signsg'swinging th the public
streets just as wo see them, repre-
sented in Hogarth's pictures. There
are quaint, secluded dwellings, half
cottage, half villa., which seem to
belong to the tirne Of Strawberry
13111. ,
There are farms and farm buildings
carelessly attd..IDicturesquely.irregu7
lar, like these which George Eliot
has described:so well as characteris-:
of the England which existed be
fore the railways and the first nee,
forth hill. And far more strikingly
primitive are tlit-l.oblcs and .the
meanour. of the people. The rural
-
laborers within fourteen miles aro as
leieunetYin their gait, and' seem as
'Strange to the hurry of modern life
aS' the figures which encounter one
slouching along a Shropshire lane
or lifting their cider kegs in a re-
mote Devonshire field.
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asitWjeat
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DIFFERENT;
SOM.EAVTIAT
Mr. Hopper—I, beg pardon madam,
you are sitting on my hat.
Plopper—Oh! pray excuse me!
I thought it' was my linsband's
ROYAL LETTER -BAGS.
A Berlin newspaper publishes scone
curious details respecteng the letter -
bags of the principal European sov-
ereigns, It is the Pope who breaks
the record, as he receives every day
frorn. 22,000 to 23,000 letters and
newspapers, King, Edward VII.
comes, next with 3,000 newspapers
and 1,000 letters, The Czar and
German. Emperor receive each froth
600 to 700 letters, a,pteals, etc. :
the King of Italy, 500; Queen Wilhel-
mina leen). 100 to 150. The Pope,
says the Same authority, employs no
fewer than thirty-five secretaries.
There, are on the Swiss lakes '65
steanierssnof \shish the largest ear1
, ,
carry 1,200 passengers,
ROYAL-TIE1 Aeria JEWELS
WO.VDDIVITsoRPAwRoTTmWDs/T..H THEN
Nicholas I. of Russia Wore a
Ring Which Assured Happiness
And Prosperity,
Kings and Queens are evidently as
great boili ovsebrsoifn tthaeliiis nru bn eel;
(00
Ide uRb
deed, perhaps more so, for in En-
leTeilt:ilecl at' hae.lal3d, l'iLevrtho ut"aerx1YeepetvieolnY;
pos,essen some precions, ornament es
another to which he or she attri-
butes a mom or less supernatural
Nicholas I. of Russia is a 00110 ill
point, Up to the clay of his death
Ito wore a ring which, according to
the legend attached to it by Welch --
don, assured happiness and definite
prosperity to its owner for the time
being. It ceme to the Tsar as a
betrothal •preeent Isom Peincess
Charlotte of Prussia, the daughter
of Frederick,Williain 131.
Madame Wildermuth, the latter's
S\ViSS governess, was its first known
possessor ; 1111 one clay, when rum-
maging with the princess, among bar
collection of curios, the ring was
epochally uoticed and admired.
'711iS must be 0 very antique
piece," observed the priecess, put-
ting it on her finger. "it has such a
Peculiar shape, that it reminds one
of some ancient talisman." Endea-
vouring, by-and-byo, to draw off the
ring, with a view to its sreturn, she
found herself unable to remove it.
Madn1110 Muth, then offeeed it
ILS a keepsake to her royal pupil,
who eccepted it.
Later on. the princess succeeded in
getting it off. it wa a curious lit-
tle ring, Vel'y simple, and inade lim
Gothic fashion. Closer examination
revealoca engraved within it, words
which. though very much worn, when
carefully deciphesed, read : "Russia's
Ts ay n a. " "Alad a me Wil dorm u tit 0113
her 'charge were highly amused with
this discovery, e laughingly attribut-
ing 0 not unnatural significance to
the inscription,
in the course of years a mareinge
was arranged between the Princess
Charlotte and the Archduke Nichol-
as, who, at that time was not in the
near succession ; his brother Alox-
00001 1,, the reigning Tsar, having
as his heir -apparent the Archduke
Constantine,
II'S SECOND BROTHER.
It was at a court dinner in Ber-
lin, where Nicholas had come in
order to meet his prospective bride,
that the ring for the second time
changed hands. Briefly, the Arsh-
duke fell really and desperately in
love with the princess, told her so.
as they sat side by side at table, and
craved some iittle token as a sign
that his love was returned.
"Give ole that tiny ring ?"
urged, in a whisper, pointing to it.
"But not hese ! before every
body ?" said Charlotte.
"No one will notice it ; bury it
in a piece of bread, drop the latter
on the table; and I will manage to
teke it -unnoticed."
Thd Mall0eavre was euccessf ally ars-
complishecl, Nicholas securing the
roi
be-
fore.
Most
same the painc,ess had re-
ceived frm oher governess years be -
Most people know of the happy
wedded life of these two, but fewer,
perhaps, the prophetic connection
between the crowning, after eight
years, of Charlotte as Russia's
Tsarina, and the words engraved
within the ring. Nicholas, it is
said, nevor, until in bate years it
became too small for him, removed
,the ring from his finger.
Ultimately, 10 had it attached to
a gold chain, and WOre it continually
round his neck.
'I'he Empress Eugenie at one time
possessed a certain breast -pin, shap-
ed like a clover leaf, ancl formed of
closely -set diamonds and smaragds,
which she regarded in the light of a
lucky jewel, or ti 1f:1 -Ilan. Nothing
would persuade her but that the
little ornament had a direct in-
fluence tipon her happiness, so she
wore it eontinually. She had wen it
at it Court raffle arranged by Na-
poleon 1II., and when her husband
died,, she forthwith put it away out
of sight, never -once wearing it dur-
ing
ALL HER_ MOURNING YEARS.
The Prince imperi al, however, went
to Zululand, ancl his departure for
the seat of war was the signal for
her to don it again. When news
came of her son's untimely death she
took it off once more—and for ever.
Eventually she gave it to the Prin-
cess Mondy, the daughter of Murat,
ex -titular King of Naples.
The Rajah of Mattau, in Borneo,
IS the happy possessor of the largest
known diamond in the world, As a
royal ornament the jewel is 120
years old. It is penr-shapede and
has a small hole clrillecl thri6ugh it,
Were this all, however, about it,
there would be nothing peculiar to
chronicle, lt is the romance attach-
ed to it ; the legendary properties
attributed to it, which give it a fore-
most claim to be `included in the
somewhat limited list of royal „pre-
cious talismans. ,
Many battles have at various times
been fought for its possession ; but
in spite of every known dodge on
the political board, it still remains
in the Rajah 61 Mai/tail's family, a'
prized heirloom,, and, Venerated mys-
ttehileYhteisitili)ce)tilltelci.elli voeir1101e° ro°11ferie dattaIrt; "e
offor of 3150,000 for it, with, in addi-
tion, two inen-of-war, fully equipped
with gulls and ammunition.
It is said that the Rajah's refusal
to part 'svitli the diamond o51 any
terms was couched in language more
foreible than polite It being in
Malay, the Governor, fortunately for
everybody, did not get the full bene-
fit of it. The Rajah's final word on
the subject was that he regarded it
as a talisman, upon the pose' ession
of which both his and Ins family's
happiness and success depended,
+
School-Bo"-arcl Inspector—Who is it
that its idly by doing riothingsvhile
everybody else 18 working? Bcibby
1he teacher.
AFFECTED UN FAMILIES
SIITASI-I OF TIIE LEIPSIC BANK
COST .c,l20,000,000.
Ruin Followed German Bubble
Victinls Execrate Director
Exner.
'N.e'tvii%r4ti310
tlie
01111 powers has Ide financial antlook
of the counCry been:isb troubled. All.
the greed and bust of gain have nod
been free 110111 acm eleinent of eviinin-
. The., smasheS culminated in the
stoppage of payment by the Leipsie
Bank, This was an old -established,
conservative concern. All weht well
untjl abeut. five years .ago, when a'
certaiii Herr ;Exner becaine direetore
Thecapital ofthe bank wee about.'
85,000,000 When he joinedit. lie'
rapidly ran it Up to 816,000;00tahlt
Exner saw his way, to o gloat cdups
arid singledout an insignificaetr
grain-drYing establishment in. Caseelt
whiche he determined to boom. Itg
was 'probabig: irortli '3100,000. The.
Leipsit ;Bank began to support it' •
and Exnen ran up the shares. In, a
few years .the bank had lent:the Cas-
sel grain -drying firm a.bont $20,000,7-
000. and the enterprise waS paying.
some years 'fifty Per' cent; dividend—
of ,course', .out of the money lent by
the., .bank. Exner bought Cassel
shares' when they Were'ne.xt to noth-
ing ancl .sold thegi when :they We're
(11.10ted high. abOVe Par. .He inuet
sliicIatvieca :realised .85,000,000 ' the
THE 'CRASH CAME.
Like a belt from the blue 'sk
camethe. crash, The directors of .
the ...bank. .announced that they had
etopped payment, but ,informed their-
victircis: 'that if tliby :only had paL
tiendh. all their -claims wonld. be Met. .
They were about 825,000,000 to tho
bad then. Days of ,panic and wild
talk such as teinsic had never 'known
'followed. The custotherS of the bank.'
stormed the offices but their found,
the Tay ,desks closed. Women wept,'.
fell fainting, and were carried out,
Lolimann's big flauinel works drops.
Pcd 3200,000; a..huge paper :menu-
ractery lost 3370,000; the Humani-
tarian Institute' of Leipsica a cone
horn supported' by GPvernmentalost
8125;000, and it is.,competed that of. .
the .5/nail people concerned. over 1,-
500 families are practically ruined .
Exner was arreeted at his villa :and
lodged in jail, .where he r.hears the
execrations of tho. crowds he has ,
ruined. The banker, Edward Kroh -
mann, believed to be implicated, and
feeling the disgrace coming,. shot a..
bullet through his head. T-Ienry
Schaffer, one of the .directors, fol-''
lowed the same course. ReliertS
Kohimann, a Mall in a. large way of
business as an iron merchant; hong-
ed himself. , Ferdinand. Rahden, a -
wool merchant, cat his throat. • A
man in Cobtiegt driven to despair by
his losses, shot himself dead after
shootng
1110 4
wife ancl
flung himself into the Elbe at Dees-
dd 0,suegyhetreelly. woo nuen dpiiiig
sthe
maller traders ruined by the t crash' ,
ba4_.
THE MAN- 01' THE HOUR.
Latest Phase of Joseph Chanthero
lain's Career.
Joseph Chamberlain, Britain's
great commoner, is a man of definite
aims, and endowed with the inexpug-
nableness of mind and purpose essen-
tial to their complete fulfilment.
Life to him has always been an un-
bending reality, a ceaseless searching
for the solutions of present day pro-
blems, Recognizing the fact that
England's dependencies must soon be
linlced with indissoluble bonds if silo
is to retain her world-wide suprem-
acy, he has evolved a broad scheme
TO3' the knitting together of the Em-
pire's scattered strands. Generally
speaking his, plan is to leave local
matters in tne hands of colonial leg-
islative bodies', and:convert the two
I-Iouses of Parliament into council
Soorus for the chosen representatives
of the diverse powers that form the
Einpire. 1 -lis Imperial project calls,.
athong other things, for- the English
as an pflicial language, and as a; first
result has raised a storm ..at Malta,
where Italian obtains in the courts,
and indicted 13ritishers cannot tell on
what evidence judgment is being giv-
en for or against them. The agita-
tion is entirely due to a few dis-
gruntled meg/bees of the Maltese
Council, who recently declared that
a language was being' 'forced upon
them by the Colonial Secretary, and
determined tO revenge themselves on
the IIoine Government by,refusing all
taxes, most of ivhich were required
fon the immediate advancement of the
people: As ca matter of fact, .111 this
case Mr. Chamberlain simply carried
out the wishes of a majority of the
islanders when he selected .English as
the official language of the colony.
The non-payment of some tax levies
compelled him to take measures
which would ensure their collection,
and these acts have caused no end of
rioting. No serious or lengthy ob-
jections will be raised, however, and ate/
in a few years Malta will praise and'
,air:
honor the man who simplified her
court systems,
Mr.. Chamberlain's policy in South
Africa was vigorously slenouneed
ivhen -the campaign comthencecl ancl
reverses begarmto pour in, but now
that defeat has been turned into vic-
tory his uncompromising, attittale in
dealing with the Boers is gaining
general approval. Whe11 peace has
been restored to the Orange 'River
Coloniesathey, too, will share in the
great, conanoner'sscheme for a amit-
ed einpire.
Edith—No, }Jerboa, I can never be
your wife, but 1 will be --e—t Her-
bert—Don't say a siSter to me.'
So
many girls haVe said that. Edith—
sva.sntt going to say that 1 WitS
going to say 1 shall be delighted to
be your aunt. I aeceptnd your uncle
George last night. '
a111 afraid that if I aslaid
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