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Exeter Advocate, 1908-07-16, Page 6• The wholesome and dainty Shredded Wheat wafer, for luncheon, or any meal, with butter, cheese, fruit or marmalade, will give you new strength and vitality. Always Ready to Serve. Always Delicious. Sold by all grocers. +IO4+0+101+0+1O1+0+0+040 afe 40 ♦ 101+G♦G!+0+1R+0+0 +0+0+0+0 • A douse of mystery OR, T1IE GIRL IN BLUE? 1 1Qt1:4+0+:4•Ai0•0+0+1Q+I •04'+!Q'1of-fato+L4+Cf+1,+t.+:1 *t0 f ilAP•I I:Il X11. "My r \V 1f•'rdr, exclaimed $. o thin• facts!. angular yeoman, el really think you unit have taken leave of your gene:is." '\My dear madam." 1 cried (•xcitelly', "I han•en't the slightest note n of your name. T(, the host of my knowledge, I've never fled the pleasure of meeting you before tees moment. Yet you have 1h•_ boldness to assert that you ara my ask! The: thing is absolutely prep: - tot.usl" 1 hiugh_'d cynically. "You must be mad to la k liko thiel' th vsonlan answered with some as - 'I ell you that. I'm not mad. mndl:rn.' f in.:.'tcd, "and further, 1 dcceir-' that. 1 hie, never rnarriet." "\\ sat ruhf:ish you talk!" sh • "Tee ,it le your head has evi :er►1. 1% 1,11,c'el your. intellect. You must rest, as Doctor Britton has ordo'•d." "hello doddering old idies, to nk,, like y4•ur•self, that I'm rel quite rsp izia b!e f ,•• my actions," 1 laughol, 'Well, we 6111111 sce.'' If you were in your right lenses you would never deny that I ran your wife,' ensw.aod the over-droesed woman. "The thing's tea absurd." "My dear madam," 1 cried, growing angry, "your allegations an utterly ri- d ou!ous, to say eho least. All lets is either rearm confounded o::nspiracy, or else you mietake me for somebody else tell you that I ram Wilford Haat:.n, of E -Rex rlve-t, .Strand, a bachelor who Leas neither thought nor inclination of marrying." "And 1 lee you that you are \Vilfeesi Iiea• Win, my husband, and owner of Ibis heus4 ," she ai ceed, tier face ;:rowing redder with excitement. The situation was certainly stranger than any atter in which a roan could poes+lbly bo l,lace.k That it was no dream, but a stern reality, was entire- ly plain. 1 glanced around the com- forL,b'o library, and caw :true cvelonc- e, of w4.1}'h and refinement, whilu tering!' the ttind.AV leyond my gaze feli teen the wide park eloping away to a large lake glistening in the sun- shine, and Through the tiers beyond could be seen a distant gltup.se of the blue water.; of the English Channel. 1 rri:ob rilt:rly ronplu-so:l by the alartiing de;laration et the artificial - lo •king jkrtieill, who aped youth wa diculously, and yet sp: ke with sirch an a.r of conflderioe and &ete nn natl. n. "And you actually expect ino to b(► licve This absurd Moly of yours, that i am your husband, when only last night 1 dlr.e 1 at The le !tons, and eras thin n bncliel'er? Beside,, madam,' 1 oddcd with a lot:oh of sarcasm, for i oon•'oers tent my anger was now thoroughly nruusd, '1 think the --well. the defer- s -tee, in our ages is sufficient to convince ally one tint-" "No, no,' ate hastened to interrt.pt me. n9 (hough that,point wee., Very des trt'tefii: • her. "Age is enbrely out of this qu :...n. Ant I to understand That you dist riolly deny having made in your wife?' "1 do, most deeded:y. " 1 laughed, for the very :dl a et as really 1 o rid cu'• us to criteria n. she exchanged a pitying loec with (:c-'ge. who stood al a t ,'.Ie chstance, watching in silence,. "Pita/' Wiiterdf roar Wilier;(!' she ejneulnted in a k rtes of sympathy. and. anti(',; ng the man 1.whe called lrimse!I 1.11secretary, said, "It -0 111.9 41111t.' ti1ee 1.1.111.1 the l'o:tor has de:laved; the blew Las u• cit the bnianee of Iva mind." "Madam," 1 cried very determinedly, "you will oblige nye by not adding fine Der :roue to your attempted i►nlosture -he su h sympathy is insulting t• me.' She clue; (d her hands, turned' her eye' ui cartel. and sig(:ell in the manner of the elderly. "Yon hd!'Vo that I'm mad. Thee:ore you aro trying to tad's.. upset met" I 'vent en furiously. "nut I yell, my (gar nn•(lenl. that 1 nen juet re. sane its y mese, and am fully p eeversd to trate that 1 am not your htr&Ltual.' "AO. a\irs (edge weepier i steak the trete or ndt," she said, turning W the se cr.•tary. "Certainly," an • ver'.1 the man ad - dl. -eyed. I.x.king straight ante my faro 'I have no icte talion wtfakvel' In Lear- ner cul elate. Makin's, etatesnen'. 'It's all humbug!" 1 creel,'.u. n ng sav- eg Iv iron hien. "1 dean 1know this e. man tont Adam." "wee.- ire :angft"! eyn 'ally, you e,:rht k. tarn her pretty well, at any t1.14.." It ears aureola re -•m his Inc:iia" 10 had ie-, tee y high op+nienn of her. "leer i leliae•l as say tent until :hs pre. (• n:u••nt 1.v•f• 11411.c leen :erring.rs.•. 1 1. • 1 ear lief in u limner ;e \\ , Atcnxey roiii:Um• nla•y. ,he oils eve,' rue !I 1 x. r, se inje that osiv.. !matte ;;neons my in "h s •1• u are in it -ie. ring L. timet 'n • as mac w fo. n ()neer. I see, • • • 1) Ji ewe il.ln•' 1011.' t 1...11 11:11.•• 1'ul 1 1(1 )441 e n •' and I•, .. 1 at nay such alt -cart u :l i• 1 -pe'r'k plainly. 1 .1e n 1 f ,• r have 1 any d•rire •o • f a"geirn'nnra- ".\, •!r el' 01: ". 1 all th•' reef;, c I',, • 1. r 11. H. 111' 111091 cAtta- r ..l '1. 1 • • ! .,1 I u the eitn sl ry te ! le that I've s .1 i a: '•c' • . ,v' rest si e r h eal. 1.a -•t •.,: 1 . 1 • li ' •{ rl ! , 11 11.1'1-.... your lawful hus' .1. N w, f u think me uipatit c•( :.t . 1v ng -u h a park of palpable fieri the= -0. y• u muse e-.rtainly con.sidar be ablo:utcly insane, for teem but n madman ttou1.1 give credence le such a 1 s uo : f life." 'Decked 13.t'.11 n (ens dens that your been is uuballeatel. eecnli.-o you do n:.4 know the truth." she sad calmly. "1 quite agree twilit tem." elks a •oe;l-a d.- v.1) ng id ot,' I crie;l, fcrg:•Iling niyse f in the Beat of the moment, and it nig an unwed. able west(. Meatiest of tint pottering cid fo ii+:f's name W:43 to me as a red ling :•, a bull. "1 surely knew who and white 1 am!' 1 creel. • ."No, any de ur Wilford, that's just it. l'.. i ,'•e:.'t het w wet •yon arc," rho wo- 11:tiu ;711:. •. 1 \\ 411 a "(iii!., 1 X. !., ue..1. "hen perhaps you'll kindly intern •Ute. .\'} 'this may. Lu very an►uscng L, ye:•;r. but I assure 1.OU That to me it's tiro very reverie.' "1 can only telt you wino you aro as k i ow you .to be," n rnweered 1 ha pow - it (4L -taws!, doh -fee oil Lady., whose al- e mi}l,ts at juvenile c q;►:•'ry sickened me, "Go on,' 1 said, pee; a: ng niye.e f for more attempts to brf'ol nae. "I a -k you first when' r you aro not \\':lfeid Heaton, of (le•ut ei Manor, near Tewkesbury?' "Certainly." "And you were once slr c'.:sn by blind- ness?' Thal, is so unioriunai cry " "And you aro new aarryilie on busi- ness as a financier in Ih. City of Lon- don?,. "1 ki:ow nethingof linan^e," I arsv• r- eel. "This \Ir. '..edge -or Abat/rv. r i; nine. is ----bas told me some absurd Lit late atent lily position in Lend in. but enolt•tlg iiiyeelf, as 1 do, to he re,: ar- rant duffer at figures, I'm quite j•co.t:ve (Bret the at t•y is all •bunkum."--• "Tien how do you account 4 r thew memorandum forms," inquired G dge, taking sante .from the table, "and for these letters? Aro they net in your hand -writing?' I glanced at the letters he held. They relieved to sonno huge tinanc ai ':ransac- tion, and wero certainly in a hand that appeared ueendcrfully like my own. "Sonic one has leen imp; (ins upon you. 1 tell you. This is a case of mis- taken i'ient:qty-it must be, my dear sir " "Rut I tell you it isn 1," protested fledge. "All thee your wife hue said is the absolute truth." "\ly wife!" 1 cried angrily. "1 have its wife -thank llosvenf' "No, nee whined the 1 n'e'rd eel we - man, dabbing her . yes wish h.1' hand- kerchief, very lightly, however, so its not, to (disturb the r ailiflrial ly. "No, don't say Ihaet, any dear Wilford, don't say than You know that you aro my hthb:ine-you know you are!" "1 knew, any dear madam. quite well that 1 do not occupy that distingu'sttcd px'sil on,' 1 respond .41 very firmly. "But 1 can prove it -I can prove ill' ale cried with a !u:i1e effect al tsars. "Then 1 .hall le 'nest into-erneel to see 'lit' 4'li141Winery flcl'on proved," 1 said. "Perhaps we shall then g:t down to In le." "The facts aro as already sulked, Ledge rcannikerl. "Then mat Inc see proof. There must ix n cctetificiie or official entry s•,ille- 1.:herte if what Itis Indy says is really correct. Where is It?" "\ty codifies to ens sheen when my jewel -carol was rifled in -hi train 1)0 ttson Waterloo and Exeter," sho an - ramrod. "But, of course, a copy cern ear ly be obtained. Your solicitor in London can get a copy a1 ono. from Somerset 1lctis.,` "01'11111114C stolezil' 1 cried. "A most ingenious excuse. I quito aiM.cipxded it. although it, unG,rtunntc•ty. exhibfle Tv) ca•igirtnlity. Thieves don't usually steal niarrlog(c certificates. They can't paten them, you kryev.' The woman befoie mo glanced around Ih.' won with an air of besvil(lornunt, and I them knew that 1 had (orsk•rctt her. "And where did the) extol. rdinary (marriage between irs lake place, pray?' 1 inqui• d, not t1 iUi nt 'o11141 i.itlor irony. "At St. eiiiir..1.t:s. Wet's Siete.' S re 1. in London?' "lea. Ye si surely rememher il. don't yell? Th. church rs Coe by Oxfoso Cir: tis." "i know the church mute well; I an- #1.1.'eeed. "nut 1 meal flitnly and dige tun t'y• (km, ever haven, been inside il in illy hfe." "If you examine the ►narr•age rotes - ter th re you h Reid your signature. 1.- gether with that of mer• w.fe.•' ('"slg;e oh-erved. with a eenfliene • that rather s ureertsed enc. "1 shall certainly lake ;es rouble in eirh n matter,' 1 d. carol. "11 is al- lege! lent 1 am the . t then lady, Ui. neer rt is 1• r h• r l' Lime pro .1 - net for terse .to v • k r1." "sere nc:l, th•'li.'. ereil Ih • w'.man who ca1i..t tier -el 11. a' gin. "WTI - in Rine days a ,.spy of the oat !Late sleet to ten.'(( :n weer "Inn n 1 1.c y !orae,: • otos •1 cum. ale.' 1 i 1.e,v t4' 1 1.. • 1. 4111)0113. "1 a11.1.ny.. t 1(1 -t• r 1, r. g asci i•. .u, . 1 1u ort. iye, oa.• "S'eOn. or s'eay...l ;may .•f �l., ••1.vn :u c.,r!-ee?•' 1 a,Mod 1.1..111 a d• awful la ugh. "Are yeti cement be 1.t4 1 tint 1 the (a -T- ..11 -0,11e . an le 4-1 mined float S..rn' eet II irs-?' she ingter.f. ' No," I neport.l.-1. "1f y. u n e ,,ue• n• y my wife etc 1.01 spec.(, 10t,41119. I- • 1.n 1.w;1 is 11V explan.. , 1' ; • ❑d e I;er('. 111 a ,1' t; ,r aev.1 had news s.cn 1• e 1 `i • • 'a..f) and 11.0 s(cre•trry tghin .t, 01. - ii11 j i i yIauues. 1 saw (1 ey anis d• • • ece•i are an utterly tires! onslble agent. 'they b•lia'%ed 1110 to (•e• demented. "Norio of La can explain it,' Gedgo answei d. 'There is some mystery, but wtitert st. Is the can 1 yet full.om.' "Myete•ryI' 1 decheed. "i should think there was s. 111 mtysllu'y--a10 devil ally ooiuplic•at--d it meat be. loo, when 1 find tl►ylOIf in this runazi ng posai Un. \\'hy, it'e suflicitets to turn the le -alit of any 1n1n to to 4Jd of ore's marriage be a - to a Woman one has r1CV0f bet eyes wens be! ire, and -well, ol(l enough to be 1113 4111 mother!" "!lush, hush!' sukl the secretary, who apparent), wished 4o teed u ae ne. 110 evalotttiy knew That this angular WO,- Than. o,man. notwi'bstanding her affected ju- ventLty. tosseree d a fiendish testexr. 1 had defected it 1 y the been k+ok in her eyes arid the twst(:hings of hete thin, hurl lips. "If yn in my own house,' 1 cried veeith'ully, "1 am surely ter•mllkde to say what I like. Am 1 master Lore, or not?' "Certainly you are, sir," ho respond- ed, instantly humbled. "Then listen," 1 said. "Unlit the ar- r.tal of the certificate from London 1 have no wish to meet this lady who al - 14 gos that, she Is any wife." een, turn»ug to her, 1 made her a nr ck bow, adding tionically- "1 .think, niackim, •that it will avoid any further words of a disagreeable nn- ture if we remain apart for rho present.' "Certainly, sho cried, gut - erg her hands out to me with an im- ploring gesture. "Go and reel, there's a (Lar, and carry out 1) Iter 1311:t(en s (•rders. You will soon be right again if you do. You've been puzzling your head 'too tnuch over your figures, and the blow hes affected yyu. Go and rest. But before you go I would ask you one favor." "Well?" I inquired. in a hard voice. She drew nearer to tae, and with that detestable artificial coquetry li.f'el. her Paco :o mine that 1 might kiss her. "Not" 1 cr.oi roughly, for I was be- side myself wife anger. "Lot ale re- main in pence. 1 don't want to meet you ngien, any dear madam, until- unli} 1 know the worst.' "\\"tat have 1 done, Wilted, that you steuill trent inc thus:" she wailed bit- •:e.rly, bursting into a torrent, of tears. "011, what have 1 done? Telt ane." "I don't know what you'vo done. and I'n, sure 1',n n .1tnterested in it," I re- si ondcd. ...all 1 know is that when you declare tea' you too try wife you tell a see.b:rato and , ee. night I.e.' For a moment sho send an hesitation, teen. with tears flowing fast, she ow- erol her face with her hands and stag - geed, fioen tI.e room. Was: she only acting rho broken -(:eat t- ed wife, or wa4 that emotion real. Which, 1 coukt not decide. If all lees ware pant of some con,pir- acy, a was certainly ono of n i ord.nary character. But what n c,nfounde. old hag the woman wast 1 shudderol. Surely she could not be my wife! The suggestion was too utterly preteeterous to be entertained for a singly moment, and within mys•'lf I laughed her allega- tion to scorn. 'lo be Cent inucd.l .1. -- WHAT Ill: WISHED. "What Is the s • ret of making money?" 'There isn't any secret about making money. But I wish somebody would tell Ilio hots to save it." TIIE NECESSARY. "Oh, decker." exclaimed the nervous young w.te, as U:e eminent sur•geen'n- e rsl the sickro ,nt. ",f an op •rat on is nee scary we want you 10 01 crate. im- mediately! Expense is no objeel at all." "We will e•pd'ratc at once,' r(ptied the eminent surgeon," without looking at the patient." TRANSFER. Young llrypeful-"Pa, may 1 have Jim- my i3r'iggs over to play with mel' Pa -"No, you make too niteh noise. Co to his louse instead." ON APPROVAL. Mrs. Banton llolnne-"Oh! leve got a new ccek." Mr,. \Visa-"Indetell 11 .w do you stern to s.ulL her?" TRUE. \\'h -n failure comes. \t.•n-famish f'lie's--- \\ Ii Ciu8c their luck, But not Ihealseives. SAME 'I'II1•: WORLD OVER. "A tear.' remarked the philorsepher, "is a woman's favorite weapon." "Y. s," remarked the traveller; "even the Eakins() women are addicted to the Llubtcr habit." • Little Willie --"What is a sch-me, dad?" Ditd-"A scheme. my Si 11. is s,rnething that usually falls thn,ug'i t1.hortly after you invest Honey in 1t." "Maria,' slid Mr. Qu:gl y, enter ng his Gone 1n seine excitement. "1 1.1.ant you t(1 promise rill' not le look at the papers for 111' newt three 111 whs.!" "\\'tilt tot?" Vi.ndYr'.ngly a' -ked Mrs. Qiiit:t y. "1 Lave just been nom mat. d !c' a prubl:C office," he felt. rel. "and 1 don't want yotl to find out \t hat kind (t a meta I really o1n.' A c••rlain prof•^s r. 1.1h1 1.tas n re rn'•rkaely fine. . t man, was stay - 111) at a C)1i .2 - . ' • 1 111e' mist•'. Ile happcne11 It) I n-, ,. • n ' r 1 flour. 1n•! ' Ver 114..1 i Ur:, • 111.^1:;,1 un "Sat. 11. 1. .1. h ,'s that!' '•That s the pey•f .•m vhal:s .''alnig here.- wies It .li's neey: "t'.• y :•11% ,s 1. wv hes v, ry Lan eI." "\\"h -it n .;0.t n' 8.' eej.rn- (a1 the other. ' 1 n ter in my .Ile se.'d su h a Lack for n sock of Il»ur.' "13•tee-n. ynu shalt net st'p(nk mit ,rot \I s.- Lehi once mere." "Oh. free iter, yon prc:•k to:n a beardl. \'e v.'s al. m ,At 4 nga10 1. \'y shall 1 not stip, ak m t hill,?' "Ile hat s('1 ire n pnale din - Lie td for a shenuin.• '•;;one., "Oh. Gni. kr. •:(2t should( rccomment hen. If h. can het n vise man like you, va1 a !• Incohe h'f in d r chi ea ii,'ry (.7 • : , "V.11. It bell . 3(211 ens e1 as I }!.ought. (..1 rnvr:.'1 1. n y• '► '.:ke. and 1 shall g(i into i eelnerhlp 11. tee Mine son•.n-law. I'ia.e up, 11r - hi:. al' N+++++++++♦+++++++++++ • ♦ About the Farm • • ♦ ♦ +• it++++++++++• ++++++++++ PLANT TO GROW YOUR OWN Mase. It makes no difference how well a man may urulerstand the caro of u1iik and cream and the melting of butter, he cannot make. dairying a pr.•(tab',e busi- ness tmless ho studies how to feet( so a.; to leave a wide margin between the er sl of the cow's ration and the value of her p►1.xlucls, says D. C. Common. With a view to ascertaining "where he is nt," the farmer who is engaged in dairying, if he buys feed stuffs in the market, should ask himself if he c, led not produce something much more cheaply 011 his own land, which would contain practically the same els men ts. All dairymen who have studied the science of feeding, know that a given amount of protein is absolutely neces- sary'. and therefore in some form or other su••ply 1t to their cows, and even tee unscientific farmer has observed that bran is a very, good food -stuff to increase the flow of milk if ho is feed- !r.g, corn fodder, millet or timothy hay, Cut it dces not have any appreciable et- f.ct if his cow is getting clover. in the latter case a feed of corn nubbins or ground corn is what has the desired ef- fect. t-fect. Ho has, or maybe has not, deduced from this, that bran and clover are s'milar as 11 the elements they oontain, and ono might be substituted for the other. By actual analysis bran has been fe•und to contain 12.3 pounds of protein in a hundrei weight and 37.1 pounds of carbohydrates. Compare this with the table below giving the per cent of Mese elements in the hay made from the principal legumes: Protein. Careohydrates. Rod clover .. .. .. 6.8 85.8 Aisike clover . .. .. 8.4 42.5 Alfalfa .. .. .. ..11.0 39.6 Cowpeas .. ,.-. ..10.8 38.6 (laving made the comparison which these figures make possible, it is easy le decide whether it pays to buy bran to supplement rho corn silage and fod- der raised on the faun. Take the cost of a ton of bran; two tans of clover are more than its equal in feeding valuo. Hew many tons can you raise to the acre? It you answer "three," then an acre of clover is worth to you the price of one a1:d one-half tons of.bran, minus the work of cutting and putting up the hay. Alsiko clover compares more favor- ably with bran Ihnn docs the rcd clover, Lut as its yield is never £o great, 811 acre would grow an amount of hay of less value than that produced on an acie of common clover. Alfalfa ranks near- est the bran in feeding value, pound for pound, and as its yield is greater than the other legumes mentioned, it s easily seen that it Ls the most profitable to gr dw. Some experiment statkns report yields of from five tons up per acre, and some growers have claimed as high a, len tons, which seems fabulous. Cowpens make a very fair comparison i ith_ bran and there Is no qi:estien That two or three tons can easily be raised le the acre of the latter varie'ies al least, though we have no doubt that the more quickly growing sorts like the New Era and Whippoorwill would yield that aml )unt of hay if the land 's fairly fer- ti le. The question for V -o farmer dairyman to decide, then, is whether it pays to t•tly bran, when by grow ng legum nous plants the same elements may be fur - rushed. and a high price be gotten out ell the use of this land. while the soil will be lett in better condition than be- fore the crap was grown. SELF. eM11.K ON ITS \Ii:RiTS. Whenever the subject 01 n "slate standard' for ,ale of milk is seriously and inhJl gently considered, tee deels- fon Is that there should be no state standard of bu,ter fat or non-fat 312101, and that m'lk sli hied bo sold on test. No other decision s ems possiLto. No state standard hus ever plovente, adultera- tion or skimming of milk. Indeed. the state standard, no matter what it may le, simply seta a legal limit for tea rob - b ng ct milk. If the standard calls for 4 tsar cent. of butter fat. tee medil:'men will insist that the producers put on high fat and low -yield cows. and the middlemen will take rho 5 or 6 per rent. mi'k from the farmers and skin it (own to the legal 4 pxr cent. standard. In no Case is elon1unler bonefitled by the sten turd, If the standard be abol shel, the milk may be sold on lest. and the cc,nsunier will be able to get what Ire deitre . Then nobody is deceived or defrauded. In the (ate of a product so variable as milk. lnng.ng from 1.9 to It!per cent in butter fat. a slate Mender(' of 2.5 or 3.5 is an absurdity. Cut out Me standee's. and a "squire deal" will he Jossb!e.-New York Fanner. DAIRY NOTES. Stern as snort ns the milk'ng 1s dente. tea's. t tee cream four Lines a week. Skitu a 26 per cent te 35 por cent cream. Ccot your cream as soon as possible after skimming. Be sure to wash separakrs after every sk mining. ''..ver the cream can: with a clean ct th until ready to ship. '1 urn your separate'. !h•' same speed the time whsle repast ng. 11. not keep (ream in fete pinces or r' et :lora which contain vegelahles. Ib not ,nix ntorning'a and night's cream before the latter is thoroughly Ccld. The factory reel its s'rroundings 51lould b ectean and- tidy in cwery re- Reguinte the inflow of milk so it will not vary during the whsle process of s para •n. Ito n -•t ship cheese till it is ready, it sheu'.1 be kept al least two weeks under ge, el curing conditions before bong Sirlp xd. :\ toaker Whose factr,ry is kept in a d r y c.-r.d.tion w.il n ,t have much in - a uj.en his patrons in inducing 1 ,m '0sup,ly('o-n milk. Lei (eery ranker do his hest and en. ctn. age patrons to do bkewiae. Go- l operative cheese making cannot Le made a success in any other way. Middle men, engag.d in buying, sub- ject to factory inspection, have such opportunities placed before them that it becomes a (natter of business, and they avail themselves of these chances kr personal benefit. ESCAPES FRO\( Rl 5-1 I'ItesONS. Revolutionists (1:11'4- Perpetrated Auda- cious Hoaxes on the P.)ii,e. No otiter country has --sed so many daring escapes from pre n as has (fuser, says Jaakoff Preto;,ker in an art.ete in the \Vide \Ver'.d \ingazine. Probably the simplest escape ever effect - o! by a political prisoner was that of the famous \til.. Sophie Perovsknya. Belonging to the high, st Russian arislo- cracy, she joined the revolul'onary movement, and at the age of seventeen was ar•rest(d, but was liberated. In 1878 she was again seized, and was sent to the arctic regions. On the journey Sophie had several opportunities to escace, but the guards were so k'nd to her that she w .11:41 not rsk the punishment they would suffer. Finally two guards were put over her who were so brutal that she was freed from conscientious scruples. One night the party had to stagy at a railway station; the two gendarmes slept in the sumo morn as the prisoner. one at the window, the other on the floor before the door. Sophie appearing to be fast asleep, the guards seen fell asleep, tco. The prisoner then rose. tried the door, which ste found to open outward, stepped across the slumbering guard and was free. She managed to slip into a train for St. Petersburg, while the gendarmes snrred on. Sophie took part in the plot for the assatts;nation of Alexander 11, and was hanged in 1831. Leo Deutsch, the revolutionist, has a record for repeated arrests and escapes which is probably without parallel. One: he escaped through the medium of a bith. The Russian both is a national institution. The authority which thinks nothing of freezing. knouling and starv- ing its prisoners, never refuses a de. n:and for a bath. All Russian prisons have their bathing establishments, where the prisoners aro sent under Into escort of guards. Deutrrit demanded to be taken to a public bath, saying be did not well to mingle with the criminals, and wrs al- lowed to go, with three soldiers r.s es cert. On arriving, two of tree ;a•.ldiers kok stand before Iho two winrl.:ws and the third at the door. Deutsch undress- ed, and handed hes clothing and purse lc one of the soldiers. The sel.l.er• felt quite safe, thus holding the ;,rbc ner's clothing. for the cold was so severe theme was no question of env one leav- ing the bath naked. How eel. when Deutseh entereJ ltio hot room he hund u comrade, who by previous plata brought hien a bundle of ordi very, O- vilien clothing, which Dent -sett on; on a! once, and with an assured air march - el out of the premises tvltecut any challenge. N .ne of the guards pn'd any atlrnttcn t,i the private gentleman ii'av:ng the baths. and Deutsch easily e -C *pd. ?he s'.1d ers wai'ed long for }he rather. and en finding that ho had c.caped, could not explain how he got away. Only kng afterward did It dawn (n the cflt• clefs lent the prisoner ,nu,'. have pees - ed the guards in disguise. In 1906 an nu•laclou, ncnc was iurre- t•aleJ in flts•etarl Poland whech result- ei1 in the liberation et ten p.elikes( prs- nne'rs who w•' re condemned( to :teeth. The friends who reesis1.e.t ti•ein kucw that (athirst in the slightest detail of their plan nn ant death to theta -elves es 1tc'1 u. to the "politicnLs.' The prison udmin stratoi reeelv(d a telephone message purporting to cline item the chief of the c,ty p.,1 cc. relying Veit the Govern:,r of Wars:•w ..'• estrest etc transfer of the ten priso-lo•s from the Pevwk to the citadel. 'they %ere lo be con%ey(d by an officer who wield t ring his • wn guard. The me. -sago was ink -n in g(41.1 13.1h. One evening a pian in the uniform of n gendarme officer appeare l al the pri- son and presented an ofliCtal document c rtlor:rig the Irancfer. In the whole p'c eesl.ng there was nothing to muse auspici'•n. The offieer had brought six po;iarmen with hire. and n•, rete. r •:Sort was sent. The gendarme certified that the prisoners ha.1 bon delivered to his charge. '1'Le prisoners were placed in tho car- riage. The only prison servant w th the party was Ih(• coachman. As the pri- son van was being driven (Ytwn a de - meted street the coachman ens chloro• formed. and the next ne riling was (•-end Maiden the wren. while around were lying prison clothes, im forms and swo1ds, all that was left of the len prise -mar: and their escort. All efforts to d.scover the culprits wero unsuccess- ful. --sOr ONE EN(:EI'TiON. "1 think," said the rn•rchant, "l'l1 have to fire your friend folk. 1 never saw any one quite 80 lazy." 'Slow in everything, is he?' "No, not everything. Ile gets tired qu.ck eincugh." A nose is the on only thing that will brtak siler:ce. GENEItAL. INFORMATION. IUIs of Knowledge Collected From the World's Four Corners. Oxford is the largest University in the wcrid; it has twenty-one colleges cad tive halls. in Portugal married women retain their ntaiden names and are always known by them. On one of four type -setting machines( which have just leen installed in the printing department of the Vatican, the Pepe has set up ten lines. A legacy of *50,000 was devised by a London merchant to Mr. George Elnly, a clerk who had been in his employ for forty years. On the eve of fortune the gcod and faithful servant died suddenly of heart disease. 'l'he largest and heaviest building stone ever quarried in Britain was taken $ome time ago from the Plankington bed, near Norwich. 1l was in one piece, without crack or flaw, and weighed over thirty- five tons. On the Belgian State Railways alt newspapers lett in the trains belong to the Government. They are sent to the paper mills, made into pulp, and serve afterwards as railway tickets. Over 100 tons of newspapers are collected every year. Birds can eat and digest from len to thirty times as muco food in proportion to their size as men can. it a man could ent as much In proportion to his size as a sparrow is able to consume he would need n whole sheep for dinner, a couple of dozen cht -kens for breakfast, and six a turkeys for his evening meal. One of the most curious mines in the world is in Tongking, China, where, in a sand for:nation, at a depth of from Lift, to 20ft., there is a deposit of the stems of trees. The Chinese work this mine for the timber, which is found in good con- dition, and is used in making coffins and troughs, and for carving and other pur- poses. Fish to the value of *10,815,000 was landed in England and \Vales in the past' year, as compared with S38,825.600 in; 1f06. The weof 'vet fish was' 1•:.001,000 eetotall., againstight 12,194000 cwt. in' 1906, whilst there were in addition 35,- 874,000 oysters, 4.676,000 crabs, 495,000 Icbsters, and 553,000 cwt. of other shell. fish. After flee years' work Australia's great transcentinenln1 rabbit -proof fence has been completed. Its length ..0:i6 miles, and the cost of its erection li ,een near - n rats( c� in ert•nls ly51..50.000. Itis fu nd t of five miles twill systems of (raps, in which hundreds of rabbits are captured anti destroyed daily. inside the barrier there appears as yet no trace of their presence. The world's largest single collection of arthropologleRl specimens, ncettmulnted during more than half a century, Is In Washington. It includes between 4.000 and 5,000 identified skulls and skeletons et human heings, sixty mounted skele- tons, and nearly 200 brains. The lest• named are arranged in special jars, placed upon tiers of shelves, and include some specimens of rare value. A►nong them are the only two American Indian brains anywhere in preservation; also those of five wild gibbons, and n per- fect brain of a male full-grown American bison. .i(. SOLDIERS DRIVEN TO SUICIDE. TerrItile ltallrr'ntnu'nl M I'ri'ates Mt the laerntan Army. Eight non-cemmissi(en(',1 (Veers of the, Fir. -t Regiment of the F:• it Aft Very ofe UM Gunn) were summoned the . leer day. at Berlin. Germany, bat. r•• a divisional- court-martial, charged with crie Ile mato treating (heir recruits. Not fur five years has the German publi.• ben shocked by such disgrace. 1,t! details. One of the ruffians arra gn- ed, a servant named Theme'. is as ctaao'I of nitseenduct and nutllrentrrent in over 600 case.. The were! (air' wee (hat of a gunner armee•( Knolrte, 11.1)0 recently online! .1 su c de Ise (:v ape from That= and hes like. This un!or- lunate "defender el the FAN nand' 11.14 so maltreated that he was 4.1,1 [e(1 to go to a hospital, When h' rtturncd cured le the barracks the tir-tdire ens tem w ed, and is cece fie it ho flung hinns(11 front a twind;'w thr:e sloteys h.gh. K;ck4, cuffing.,, pulling of cars 1,11 the 1)%11...-1 came, lashings with driv ng tvhtivl am••ng (hie ordinory means em• ',keel! by these brutes to enf, r,r- ,1 s - c pine ''ml "waken up" backward Wren. When the witrees• s were n,k• d y the court why they dist net o mpsl n their sup(rrs they rcil et they v wldafraid that their lot would to :n (ornae(prence %rrse instead ..f bettor. General Fur- pr'se is espr.sesed in Bertin flint this sys'cm the cruelty, whits ens Lein pro• ceed:ng for years. was npi•arently un- known to 114 '(tiers of the reg anent. In his (kf4n•.e, Thiimrn said that he teat Kn.hbe because' 4 his stop:dify, other+ tose1 that Knol.ibe sto-we.J wt•uteaknn�s 01 mtIfkind only «flee k ng iil- treatntent. Picoea of heave iron from gunners' harness were use). they said,' fn in' n:n, Tho tent.ragmIh(sOntrericid Theism a fifteen menthe' impreasnrnent end ,legradretert ' The other defendants w, io s- nt newt to' terms of orrest In barerncks varying• from three months to three weeks. "li Snritbees underlak' to pull mr ears,' crud a fe1'sew at a street. opener, "M' will 11awc tits hands (11111." Thenne7ete1 lo.11e,1 at thv n►an'e ears rad nn'::et. •e.