Exeter Times, 1905-10-19, Page 6•ej+0+0,/ 0♦i>♦*♦>' +**0+04' ♦0i0♦l�♦? ♦!�♦*♦3 4*i#+'hoard Wolfgang run up rho stairs,
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- - and, bursting his door open, rush
in. and clung it to behind him. 1
scarcely wondered at any eccentrt-
REGINA FAIRFIELD ; city of Vallraven's! 1 set down
0
OR,
A TERRIBLE EXPIATIOiN.
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CIIAP'rEIt 11I. -(Continued).
Soon after breakfast another little
incident occurred t hat exhibited my
sister's worst trait iu rather an un-
favorable light. We had returned to
the morning -room 'to await the
horses, which were ordered to bo
brought round at ten for us to take
a ride over tho plantation. We were
passing the few moments In conver-
sation, when we saw a handsome
barouche drawn by a pair of spleu-
did dappled grays approach, and
Stop before the house. In an instant
I saw Regina's lip curl with that
supercilious expression, all but too
familiar in her countenance, and she
said:
"It is the carriage of Mrs. and the
Misses O'Rle►nmis. Ferdinand, do
you remember then[?"
"1 do not, my dear."
"No, truly. Mr. Wallraven, five
years ago a young Irishman by the
nine of O'Bleminis was engaged as
utor to the only son of the late
lonel Summer, of Hyde Place. ile
a puny boy, and died, but tho
reran, who did not drink, mar -
the boy's sister, got the estate,
brought out his mother and
-dozen of his own sisters to
► him enjoy it. You shall pre-
tty see them all. And by the
ay, Mr. ►Vallraven, hero is a thing
have seldom seen or heard observ-
d of Irish character, and yet my
own observation of this proves the
rutin of it to my own mind, viz.:
h( never a young Irishman corn.' -s
America, and is temperate. he
s sooner or later, by persever-
or by coup -de -main. a fortune.
they are."
the door was thrown open,
he servant. announced: "Mrs.
mis, Miss O'Blemmis, Miss
t O'Blemmis;" and those
entered.
y sister received them with 8011113-
ng
orno-ng more than hauteur, which they
ere certainly too acute to misun-
erstand, while they wero too polite
resent. Waliraven and myself ex -
ted our conversational powers as
atonement for Miss Fairfield's
olness.
am not going to tiro you with
port of this visit that tired me.
ntionel it merely to Lanark
after this visit-thronghouti tho
and, indeed, throughout. t he
V4el1raven's manners to Regina
e :narked by a freezing respect,
nu•what similar to that she had
own the O'Rlemmisos, and that
his slightly dlscornpcoed the air
of elegant ease that, ever distingu-
shed Miss Fairfield.
Cn oar return home that evening.
al:raven retired early to his chant -
r, which he likewise kept during
renter part of the next day, ex -
himself upon the plea of hay -
Hers to write home. This
the first opportunity 1 had
my return of being alone
sister.
1 of family matters first.
d ine that our uncle's
e had a fine son. which
hough it cut us off from an
ense fortune, did not Millet us
Itch. Our mercenary years had
of come.
Then we talked of Wallraven. Ito -
Ira acknowledged then, whet i nen
re she would nothave confessed a
Illi later, that she had found
Il raven exceedingly interesting.
Yes, Ferdinand, the mosteb-
bing person that ever engaged Hey
rights! What an air he has! to.,
k. far too dark and tragic for so-
y; yet one sees that it has its
se in some stern, hard truth. His
is so full of expression, and PO
in Interest. His countennnce
is
nie with a creeping terror
as one feels in looking down
night. into a profound abyss.
, then, his moods are so op-
te and contradictory: at one
he has the majestic air of a
Onnrth in full swny of his power;
at another. almost that of a slave.
And in the must favorable mood he
has that air of passive defiance, of
proud humility, such as might be-
come n dethroned prince as he bows
his royal neck, and lays his un-
crowned head upon the block! And
in every action there is such earn-
est. such profound truth!"
"ile is a strange being. full of dis-
cord. Yes, his soul Is the 'pro-
foungenhyss' to which you have Iik-
enceel is expression of countenance.
with the night of deep sorrow dark-
ening' it forever!"
"'This is rally so?"
"Heftily and truly so; and has
been so ewer since first I knew hint
when he ons a bo .t„
"And the nature of his sorrow?"
"I do not know -cannot even con-
jecture. 1 have been his boson[
friend for }ears. and he has never i
confided ft to nue. T have exhausted
every honer•nhle mentor of discover-
ing. and cnnnot find the slightest
clew. Of one thing. however, I am
pneitiwely certnln, that guilt has
nothing to do with his calnmity. 1
feel that In a thou: and lnstincte!
Anel when 1 say that, 1 mean nel-
t her his guilt. the Idea of which
would be preposterous. nor that of
hie parents."
"1 believe you! The name of the
il'eilrnvens has, for ceptiiries, been
the synonym for at almost chivnlrlc
tektite, for an almost romnnttc
rni!nrd of honor. Upon account of
eir absolute purity they have been
fitted with knight errantry.' This
• ifgngg, how he occupies me' Oh!
Ferdinand, agten• all, you have not
been a friend, or you would have
disburdened his heart of this secret
before now!"
"That is all yor know of the mat-
ter, my dear Reg,na! I have ex-
posed myself to insult more than
once in trying to serve him; but
never since we met at Harvard."
Regina did not reply to this, but
fell into deep thought, which lasted
some moments; then, with a pro-
found, but involuntary, sigh, sho
rose and left the room to dress for
the evening.
Wallraven Joined us in the draw-
ing -room in the evening; and I, with
a view of making the next day pass
more gayly than this had done, pro-
posed various projects of amuse -
menti. Among other plans, I sug-
gested that we should ride to town
the next morning, and spend the
day, and go In the evening to the
theatre, to see Booth play "Othel-
lo." Regina at once, and most de-
cisively,
o-cisively, vetoed this proposition.
"Et must necessarily be the most
loathesome of all conceivable exhi-
bitions!" she said, "and I wonder
how its representation upon any
stage should be tolerated for a
single hour."
The plan was, of course, abandon-
ed, and another substituted in its
place. Soon after that we separat-
ed for the night.
One discovery in physics and meta-
physics, 1 had made in the course of
this week, to wit: that love at first
sight was a fact, and no poetic tic-
tioue Regina, with all her cold hau-
teur, could not to save her soul
alive, raise her eyes to meet Wolf -
gang's; and Waliraven's deep bass
tones trembled when he spoke to
her. I was pleased. Regina's first
passion was aristocracy, her second
Old Virginia. Ilero, then, was a
young gentleman that she herself
hadoto laced
p among the oldest and
most aristocratic In the State, he
himself the most distinguishod-look-
ing of his distinguished race, and
his large patrimonial estate lying iv
the richest and most beautiful region
of country and in the midst of the
most wealthy and aristocratic neigh-
borhood in the Old Dominion -
among those who had been the
friends and relatives of her proud
family for centuries past. Could I
have chosen a destiny for my fair,
proud sister, it would have been
this. Could Regina have chosen a
fate for herself, it would have been
this. And Wallraven-to adore, or
not to adore Regina, was now no
matter of volition with him!
Let me hurry mt.
Wo remained at Willow Hill six
weeks. During this time I could not
fall to observe the deep and ever -
deepening interest with which any
friend and my sister regarded each
other, nor the anxiety ttith which
each constantly sought to conceal
these sentiments from the other. Re-
gina's manner was cold and haugh-
ty; Waliraten's distant and reserved.
Yet Wallraven would grow cold as
death if her hand but. chanced to
touch hint; and Regina would trem-
ble if he suddenly carne in her sight.
Every week Waliraven's gloorn
deepened. [while Regina's delicate
color faded.
1 teas provol (1 with both. Why
should Regina act the empress and
exaggerate the part so abominable!
and why should ►Yallraven be so
easily flou ted off -so backward? -for
that appeared to ane them to be the
position of affairs between them.
As the day of departure drew near
they treated each (th•r with the
most frigid coldness.
Tho last day of our stay at length
arrived. We rematneel at home all
day, preparing for our departure.
►Ve were to ride to A—, to meet
the sta;:e. as itpassed at five o'clock
tho next morning. To effect this,
we werl to leave 1110 house at folly,
We were to take leave of Regina
over night.
llog'lna. Wallraven and myself pass-
ed the evening toge:h:r in the draw-
ing -room. Regina gave us must..
but ( saw that her touch wr.s Inn -
curate, and that her voice trembled
1t had been arrang d that we should
retire early, to be In tittle for the
stage. so at ten o'clock, 1 gave the
alenal, and we arose.
1 went to Regina to hid her
She was fearfully, ghastly v !
and trembling so that she was
pelled to grasp the chair for •
pert. i took her hated: 11 wns cold
and even heavy -press t1 it to is
lips. and turned nway.
►Vntlravcn approncluel her, (0 tak
his leave. ile coldly received Ue•
hand she coldly expended to him
Both raised their eyes slnaltnn•eou
ly-thelr gots, full of anguish. full
of mutual reproach, of mutual In-
(uiry-met-and then-suukienly, in
an iustant, forget fol of time. place
and circumstances ---forgetful of eti-
quette and propriety -utterly obliv-
ious of my presence and observation
-he madly, passionately, caught
her, strained her to his bosom,
pre-slr.g a kiss on her face, while
she dropped her head upon his
breast, and. bursting into tears,
sobbed convulsively, hysterically.
He lifted her and born her to the
Foto, laid her there. knelt by her
side, squeezing her hands, stroking
her brow and murmuring words of
passionate devotion and tenderness!
I was de trop -1 felt it. 1 went
out, but scarcely had I tla►o to
reach any own chamber, before I
this piece of conduct to the wildness
of joy.
Mentally resolving that our jour-
ney must now be deferred a day or
two, and that ,therefore, there was
no longer a necessity of hastening
to hes!, 1 went down into the draw-
ing -room, for the purpose of finding
r.n:l congratulating my sisteir. The
drawing -room was vacant, she had
gone to her chamber. I returned to
mine in a well -satisfied frame of
mind; but I wished to see Wallraven
again.
Before retiring to bed that night
I tapped at his door. and then. with-
out waiting for leave, and with the
freedom of old friendship, I pushed
the door open, and entered the
room.
flood heaven! were the old horrid
days of the preparatory school come
back, and with a vengeance, too! Ile
was sitting holt upright 'at tho foot
of his bed, his hands on his knees,
his open gray eyes staring into
vacancy, his black locks hanging
wildly, elf -like, about his livid and
haggard cheeks, his which appear-
ance cold, corpse -like. A blood -
guilty and unconverted critainal on
the eve of his execution -a man in a
cataleptic fit -one struck dead by a
thunderbolt -might sit so • rigid.
statue-liko, still. My very blood
ran cold with a vague horror, as I
looked at him.
Terrified for his health, for his lite.
I sprang toward him, seized his froz-
en hands, gnzc•tl into his stony eyes,
placed my hand upon his death -like
brow. At that touch a shudder ran
all over him, relaxing the rigidity
of his form, and he laughed! Such
a sardonic, such a maniacal, such a
devilish laugh, I never heard in my
life before, and never wish to hear
again! It was not loud, but long,
low, and bitter. Dreadfully alarmed
for his sanity, I exclaimed:
"In the name of heaven, Wall -
raven, what is the matter? Speak!
Tell me, I conjure you!"
Again tho shudder, again the
long. low, and bitter laugh, and
then ho said:
"Ain I not a Wallraven, whose
family dates back to a period an-
terior to the Saxon Heptnrchy?"
I gazed at him in a fixed horror.
Ho seemed to I:now my thoughts, for
he replied to -them sardonically:
"I nm not mad, most noble Fes-
tus, but speak the words of truth
and soberness. Ask that snow -
queen of beauty, your fair, proud
sister!"
I wits spellbound by grief and ter-
ror. I could not stir. I gazed at
him.
14+144-4-1441444 4-14.444 H4
The Standard of Purity
CUT STRAW FOR FEED.
There is a movement on foot at
tho present time among Canadian
farmers to Hake some concerted ef-
fort for the utilization of chaff. This
concentrated and highly nutritious
form of food stuff bus generally Leen
allowed to rot or has been consigned
to the llaule1s. The custom of course
grew out of the old syLeru of bonan-
za wheat farming, where the only
thing required of a crop was a full
elevator. The straw itself was a
burden upon the farm and was to be
gotten rid of in the easiest way pos-
sible.
However, as the Canadian West
grew apace and the rapid settle-
ment
ettlo-[Hent of the country demanded a
system of diversfield farming the pro-
blem of food stuffs for the stock pre-
sented itself and the fanner and
stock -raiser camp to value his hero -
to fore discarded roughage and at
tho same time demanded some means
of taking care of it in tho best pos-
sible shape. Improved hay tools
were introduced to handle the hay
crop which solved the problem for a
time but tho increase in tho live
stock population per acre demanded a
still further supply of food stulTs and
to this end tho idea of saving the
wheat chaff was rnado to serve. In
accordance with the increasing de-
mand chaff savers, straw cutters and
:other kindred machinery was elated
upon the market and while perfection
has not yot been reached as regards
the mechanical end, yet sufficient to
the time and needs will be the mach-
inery thereof.
Prof. Henry, in his feeds and
Nand feeding, has the following to say
regarding chaff or cut straw.
"'Ilio practice of running hay and
!straw through the feed cutter or
chaffing It, is almost universal in es-
tablishments where large numbers of
horses aro kept; it Is not common
! on ordinary stock farms."
• Moore, some years since, addressed
letters to well-known agriculturists
of England, asking for information on
this topic. Ile ascertained that 70
per cent of those replying chuffed'
the hay and straw fed their stock
while 20 per cent followed partial
chaffing, and 10 per cent were ad -
verso to the practice.
I•
DS OF CHAFFING.
u
Tho advantagesofcb ug .^ u -
,
ting) hay in establishments weero
largo numbers of animals are fed aro
apparent .upon a little reflection. In'
such places the hay if long occupies
too much space, litters up tho build-
ing, and the attendants are not
readily able to supply each animal;
its proper allowance. Where hay Is
chaffed, the addition , of a small
amount of water lays the dust, and
the helper can readily and accurate-
ly
ccurately measure the quantity ordered for
each animal. These advantages d ►
not hold with the same force on
stock farms, where the feeding per-
sonally super••ises the supply of pro-
vender to a comparatively limited
number of animals. Again, when hay
and straw are chaffed, thea moisten-
ed, and meal added, the mixture is
in condition to be readily masticated
and swallowed, so that the nutri-
ment has n longer time to remain in
tho stomach for digest ion then is
possible where long, dry hay is fed.
This is an item of importance with
hard worked horses which are in the
stablo only at night. Horses not
hard worked, fattening cattle, and
farm stock generally have ample
• time for mastication and digestion,
land with these there is less necessity,
or none, for chaffing hay and straw."
CEYLON TEA for lV atchiess Quality is far
ahead of any other Tea.
Sold only in lead packets. 40C, 5oc, and roc. per Ib.
By all Grocers. Black, Alixed or Green.
Highest award, St. Louis, 1904.
tho cow :s at her best. The length BRITISH WAGES DROP.
of time she will maintain her maxi-
(Less Pay for Workmen is Record
for Past Year.
The annual report of the Ilr•itis,t
Board 4 'Trade, issued recently, on
tho changes in rates of wages and
hours of labor for last year shows
that the reduction in wages noted in
the three preceding years was con-
tinued.
Nearly 801,000 work people in al:
had their wages changed last year,
16,000 of the number obtaining in-
creases amounting to more than £1.
(200 per week, while nearly 785,000
sustained decreases amounting t
'over £40,000. The net result. there
' fore, is a decrease of £ 39,200 in
weekly wages compared with £39,200
in 1903, £ 72,600 in 1902 and £76,
600 in 1901. Itocrghly, the total of
the year's wages fell by £938,000,
as against £500,000 in 1903, 1:2,-
,300,000 in 1902 and £1,600,000 in
1901.
The following table shows the num-
ber of work -people affected and the
total computed amount of the
changes for each of the years 1895-
1904: -
•Increase.
x.Decrens• .
ems' 23,125
•£ 26,51)
•1 31,50'
•L' 80,711
•£ 90,311
•1 208,5 h'
z£ 76,58'
ZZ 7'2,593
z f: 38,:i27
z£ 39,23)
mum production deltoids on her con-
stitutional strength and the care with
which she is feu and handled. A good
dairy cow should not show any Mark-
el falling off until after ten years of
ago. any oxeellent records have been
made by cows older than this. The
quality of the milk production by
heifers Is somewhat better than that
of milk of older cows, for we find a
decrease of one tenth to two tenths
of ono per cent in the average fat
content for each year till the COWS
have reached full age. It is caused
by the increase in the weight of tho
cows with advancing age; at any rato
there appears to be a parallelism
between the two sots of figures for
the sanio cows.
Young an:inals use a portion of
their food for the formation of body
tissue and it is expected. therefore,
that heifers will require a larger
portion of nutrients for the produc-
tion of a unit of milk or butter fat
than do older cows. After a certain
ago has been reached, on the average
' about seven years of age, the food
required for the production of a milk
or butter fat again increases as re-
gards
o-gards dry matter and the digestible
,components of the food. A good
milk cow of exceptional strength kept
under favorable conditions, whose di-
gestive system has not been impair-
ed by over feeding or crowding for
'high records, should continua to be a
profitable producer till her twelfth
year, although the economy of her
production is apt to be somewhat re-
duced before this age is reached.
"I am not mad! I would toheaven
I were!
For then 'tis like I should forget
myself.
Oh! if i could, what grief should I
forget!
•
I am not mad! This hair I tear is
mine," •
ho declaimed, travestying the lines
with sardonic exaggeration, and fin-
ishing with a shouting laugh of
mockery.
"Oh! heaven! but this is horrible!.
Wallraven! Wallraven!"
"I am not mad!" he said, with an
omnipotent effort that at length
sent apart the curdled blood in his
veins, and dispersed the storm -
clouds that darkened over his spirit.
"Oh! Wolfgang! Wolfgnngl you are
not mad, but you will become so.
Yon will inevitably become so, if
this secret suffering of yours recom-
meLtees and augments so fearfully!"
said T.
A spasm convulsed his frame. Ifo
dropped his head upon his hands,
and his stringy black locks fell for-
ward, veiling both.
"Oh! Wolfgang, my heart's dear•
est brother, is there, no way in
which 1 can relieve, can serve you?"
Again the spasm shook hint.
"I will not, n8 in the days of my
thoughtless boyhood, ask you for
your secret, my soul's dear Wolfe...wig
but—"
"But 1 will toll you! 1 will tell
you!" he exclaimed, desperately,
"tell you while my good angel has
power over 111e! while her escape is
possible! tell you the dark and fatal
thing that has burned, blighted, and
blasted me and mine forever!
Listen!"
(To be Continued.)
FIFTY CENTS
ee� s>•
IN some conditions the
gain from the use
of Scott's Emulsion is
very rapid. For this
reason we put up a
fifty -cent size, which is
enough for an ordinary
cough or cold or useful
as a trial for babies
and children. In other
conditions the gain is
slower— health cannot
be built up in a day.
In such cases Scott's
Emulsion must be taken
as nourishment: a food
rather than a medicine.
It's a Food for tired and
weak digestions.
Sone for Tree sample
SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists,
Toronto, One
sec. end fr.00. All entree ts
POULTRY ON Tii': FARM.
The progressive farmer will give
every branch of fanning the sumo
amount of interest and deverto to
each an equal share of cure and at-
tention -all should be made a source
of rove -nee -and to make then[ pro-
fitable none should be slighted. '1'o
this end ho should strive to secure
No. 1 stock and he should not be
satisfied with the best horses and cat-
tle, hogs, or sheep, but should en-
deavor to make his poultry stock as
'good as any. The Increased consump-
tion of eggs nnd nnpoultry certainlyint
Y
proves that their production should
not bo a secondary matter. 'That in-
stend of imparting eggs the industry
should receive such increased atten-
tion and energy ns to provide more
adequately for the demand. 'I'o do
this all of those engaged in agricul-
tural work and those who are de-
voting all of their time to this ono
industry should study the character-
istice of the different breeds as to
••,g production and other features
that more varieties may he brought
within the general purpose class
thereby increasing the facilities to
produce greater results. It cannot be
••xpected that the ordinary aid in-
different way that so ninny hate
in the caro of their stock will he pro-
ductive of such results no the 1n -
creasing demand nnticipal05. ,after
the selection of stock this care be-
comes the most important feature if
4:0011 results are expected, and Iwo
so far ns poultry and eggs aro con-
cerned is where ninny farmers legemut-the'nek of care beim; most ap-
, parent. 'They know or should know
• that at different seasons of the year
the quantity and quality of food
given should be fed according to the
resells desired. 'Ilse requirements of
the ditTerent vnrieties should he stud -
!el that an intelligent cure may be ex-
ercised. (food results have never teen
attained through hapharnrd methods.
For this reason the successhl poultry
raiser urges upon every000 engnged
in poultry raising care and attention
to details from the .;miry° chick to
the matured fowl.
HEIFERS v11'3.1) RICHER MILK.
'llte production of milk and butter
fat by dairy cows under nermol con-
---♦
GOLD TOULD IN IRELAND.
County Down Will Soon be the
Scene of Mining Operations.
An exceedingly interesting state-
ment as to the gold possibilities of
Ireland was made recently by Mr.
Seton F. Milligan, head of one of the
largest conunercial concerns in Bel-
fast, at a meeting of the Royal Irish
Society of Antiquaries.
Mr. Milligan said a friend of his
had discovered a most valuable got)
mine in tho North of Ireland, which
would yield about two ounces of
gold to the ton. Iie (Mr. Milligan)
would not say exactly where the
mine was situated. 1t was as rich
as any of the South africun mines.
The machinery had been prepared,
the workmen were already engaged,
and before long it was hoped a dozen
Irish gold mines would bo in lull ;
swing.
Ireland has tho finest collection of
ancient gold ornaments in Europe,
and it was often asked whether the
gold of which they were made was
native or foreign. It had been argu-
ed that the gold came from Britain
during the latter days of the Roman
occupation, but ho could not agree
with that.
It is stated that the thine is near
lallyroney, a small town in the west
of Co. Down near the Mourne Moun-
tains. It appears that while boring
operations for a well wero being car-
ried on an extraordinary cloys of cin,/
was [net with. A sample of this clay
was submitted 'o an American ex-
pert. Ifo tirade an'analysis. rind an-
nounced that both geld and silve
were contained in the clay.
DIAGNOSIS.
Tho Friend -"So old Gotrox Is
dead, eh? What diel he die of?"
Tho Doctor -"Post-mortem insan-
ity."
The Friend -"Post-mortem insan-
ity! Why, I never heard of such a
thing."
'rhe Doctor -"Well, it is a form of
insanity only discoverable nftes It is
found the deceased has left the west
of his money to chnritable institu-
tions."
Workpeople.
185)5 434,708
1896 605,404
1897 597,444
1898 1,012,119
1,172,069
1,1 32,386
1899
1900
1901 ...,,,,929,826
1902 8!t 7 ,206
199'11.71311e
903 59(;,598
1904 800,6,'
The indusl►los principally aITeete l
were coal mining, iron mining, iron
and steel manufacture, shipbuilding,
glass bottle making and building
The preliminary figures for the first
halt of this week show a degrease o:
£9,803 per weak compared wit'[
£13,038 in the sanio period last
year.
Changes in the hours of labor last
year were comparatively smart, af-
fecting 16,792 utork-pecple, of whom
16,018 had their hours of labor re-
duced. rr
WHAT IIE WAS.
"This prisoner refuses to give his
occupation, sir," remarked the police
officer to a magistrate.
••Why don't ecu say what you
are?" asked the magistrate of the
individual in tho dock.
"'Cos :t's :emeritus, ain't it?" was
the grinning reply.
"I do not, understand you,:: ro-
t orted
o-
torted the magistrate, with dignity.
"No?" said the prisoner, a ith ele-
vated eyebrows. "'rpon you're ns
bad as 1hep'lice themselves, if you'll
'sense mo saying so, sir. May I ask
what the charge agenst me is?"
"You are charged with stealing a
table and two choirs," said the mag-
ist rn te.
"'then there yer are." grinned the
cheerful gentleman in the deck.
a furniture remover, ain't I?"
STATE LO rI'EIIY PROFITS.
State lotteries add to the incomes
of foreign Governments. In Italy
they bring the Government in a sum
of nearly $12,500,01)0 a year. in
Prussia the profits of 1110 public lot-
tery amount to no less tl.an $25,-
250,000. The Dutch Government gets
the nice little sura of $250,000 profit
out of its lottery. Portugal maces
about $290,000. And in Brazil,
where the Government does not it-
self run the lottery, but collects a
tax on the receipts of private totter.
les, the amount realized is $85,000.
".tones says I1e'9lust faith in his
rich unclest."
'•Whist'the trouble?"
"1Yhy, he old fellow was on the
verge of dying last week and didn't
die."
JMENIIMIIeMMOMIN.r
AI'i'LiEi) 11AIRWINL-M
"That must be a (leuernl back from Manchuria."
"Why do you sap see
ditions increases with each year up "According to le„rnin each ••r►.4'
10 the fifth and sixth Scout, when That man has run much and thought
incrensee in proportion to its use
little."
IAT;;LETIC HIGHLANDERS
YEARLY GATILERING AT I1IS-
TORIC BRAEMAR.
.These Gauzes Are Attended by
Royalty and all the
Countryside.
Once a year Braemar gives Itself&
another like many Scottish vii
lege, both Highland and Lowland. to
celebrating its pride in Highland an-
cestry, real or fancied, Hays the
London Daily Chronicle. The Brae-
mar Highland Society is at once a
promoter of Iliggland pride and
sport. One day iu every September
the annual Braemar gathering is
held in a field in the environs of
Braemar. Inver:auk! (louse belong-
ing to the chief of the leargtharsons,
and New Mar Lodge have frequently
been the venues, and several times,
by royal command, it has been held
at Balmoral Castle -notably some
Dight years ago, 011 the oc.•asion et
the fiftieth anniversary of Queen Vic -
Luria first gracing the gapes with
her presence.
As an athletic exhibition the Brae-
mar gathering is much the same as
other Ilighland gapes. The running
and Jumping are not, as a rule, sen-
sational, for the simple reason that
the rough field does not favor record
breaking, and Gladstone, when an
interested spectator in the '80s,
compared it in this respect unfavor-
ably with English sports. But as a
modern but peaceful survival of the
historic gathering, of 1715 itpre-
sents a spectacle of waving tartans
and kilted clansmen that carries one
back to the days when the dirk and
the claymore spelt might,
IF NOT ALWAYS RIGHT,
The Duffs, the Fa•quharsons and (ho
Balmoral Highlanders, under their
leaders, assemble at a given rendez.
vous and march into and round the
enclosure, to the skirl of the pipes,
their plaids waving, their kilts and
sporrans dancing as they swing
along, their bread feathered bonnets
set jauntily and their Lochaber axes
at the slope glistening in the sun.
All Upper Deeside is present. Grouse
and the red deer have a respite. Gil -
lie and game -keeper, deerstalker and
shepherd,: man -servant and nlaid-
sort'ait are there.
As a rule Braemar has not at-
tracted the best Highland athletes.
True, most of the greatest names in
the annals of Highland athletics
have appeared at one t.irne or an-
other in the liraemar arena, when
there have been no greater money
prizes to be won elsewhere. The
Highland athletic ideal is not a
runner pure and simple, or a jumper.
Ho is essentially a strong man first,
and after that if he likes he may he
also agile.
The great Highland model is still
Donald Dinnie, the greatest all-round
athlete the world has ever seen. This
veteran, in spite of his sixty-five
years, has this year issued from his
retirement, and, though not com-
peting in the regular competitions,
his extra turn has proved a decided
attraction to many who have come
to gaze upon the erstwhile strong
man who can still throw a sip:teen
pound hammer over 100 feet and
wrestle a fall with 801110 of the
young 'ons.
T111: HIGHLAND ATHLETE'
is versatile, and Donald Dinnie was
perhaps the most versatile of any.
As a caber tosser ho has never been
equaled. Iio claims a record for the
hammer in standing style, and once
wrestled for two hours with font
Cannon.in a Greco-Roman welch,
tthcn bth had to give up exhaust-
ed. respite his finely distributed fif-
teen or sixteen stones avoirdupois,.
in his younger days he used to run
and junnp, and even entered for the
dancing competitions. Unfortunate•
ly these were the days when records
were not accurately L-ept, but it is
more than a tradition that Ronald
Dinnie once cleared six feet in the
high jump. 1lis feats in weight lift-
ing also include holding a seventy-
three pound dumbell with the arm
straight from the shoulder against
time. and his medals and trophies
total up to a number unprecedented
1n the annals of sport, some of them
won in wrestling when ho was over
fifty years of age.
A famous athle'e of to -day Is Con-
stable Alexandr r Anthony Cameron,
late of I'nrtick, Glasgow. No fewer
than fifteen world's records are held
by this athletic policeman. His
measurements aro: Ileight, 6 feet 1
inch; weight (stripped), 161 stone;
chest, 48 inches; neck, 171 inches;
thigh, 28 inches, calf, 171 inches:
bicepe 17 inches: ferearni, 15 inches;
waist, 37 Inches. ile has done 100
yards in 12 seem*Is, which is :mf-
ficient tribute to his agility, not- ,
withstanding his weight. in a
Mantling jump off erne.; he has
cleared 4 feet 11 Inches, end at run- T
ning long Jump lie hos been equal •
to nearly 20 feel.
THE 1.1 Nt:'TiI 01' LIFE.
Various attempts halo been rnado
to disc -tete tl.c law governing GI
length of life of dialer: nt species of
animals. A benert' ride, subject to
ny exceptions, is that the life of
largo animals is longer than that of
siitn!I o11e4. ittlt. althonf.-• tie 1 •-
phant may live 200 3001x, 11: e
horse not more than •10, at a •. „ -
liveA a horse, and a cat or a 1.4•,4
may moat n horse In length of v.•ars,
Prof. T. Ii. Morgan holds that the
length of life of a species 18 5,)110'.
thing as characteristic of that see es
as any of its structural or phyefolo-
glenl properties. 'ilie length of Ito is
predetermined ea)* the advent r.f the
new form, and is not subsequently r.•.
gulated for the benefit of thait parr i.
cuter species amid a new enIIran.
:need.
Charming Ilostess-"Do have sorter
of my cake. 1 don't believe you've
ever tasted my own make"' I►►.
lighted Foreigner (wish!ng to 1
polite) -"Indeed -indeed, I lug 0, 1.11(1
I assure you 1 4141 net (1 ib t•• eat
• 11(thing else for days after!"
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