The Exeter Times, 1886-8-5, Page 2is
The Fire of Borne.
ene OR WOsert
flitthere tell of;fpr•ctf elimee,
end the teeesureweeraud tbey bold--
mlaater. Walla, wd light fella
Qa +ease raxa end old.
Me, hones fail down ,mybreath acmesmst--
iut, eh, how ca>a 1 roam f
me task I knew, to,limn andgeer
end light the Sire! ofhome.
Sometimes I bear ot noble deeds,
Ot words that move eoankind ;
Ot willing bands that to other lands
Bring light to the poor end bled ;
I dare not mrooch,1 cannot write,
1 fear to oroio the team.
Wbo. it 1 go, will apt° end BOW
And light the are at borne a
My hnebaed comes, as tbe anadowe, tall,
From the fields with rey girl and bee.
His loving ki, o brimga with it bliss
That hath no bane a110y,
'tom tbenewt1OWtd ineadoWBfreI and brown
T oaten the spent of the loam ;
" Heatt do not fret, tie something yet
To net t the fire or home."
An Adventure'
Marais
inthe
brows. There wr►i no weiage near, not.
even a feernhoriee, he maid In a rude patois;
but it I would put up with such accomte
dation as he .could; gtve, be would take me.
to his own, cottage near at hand..
1 accepted hie offer. Any-
thing
I g won 1y better tobe lost in
would be bettor thea the morass, whioh might .only too p
bly be the ease as night closed in. The
man took the horse by the bridle), and
ed him on, Lion folls}g close et my
1 ow
heel, atilt, by an oopastonal growl, g Protest..
Ingagaiuste ement. After pro.
g
l..the arran
Deeding a few hundred yards my conduct-
or
onductor turned off the main road to a cause-
way
au e -way leading to the right throug
swamp. By this time barely light enough
remained to render discernible the sullen
pools that lay here and there on each side;
while, rising out of the marsh, patches of
At the time of which I write I had just
been made a partner in our house of
business. Until thts period I bad been
much coasted tette eounting•houBe, and.
le was now considered desirable that. I
should travel for a few months, in order
to make the acquaintance of our principal
customers, many of whom were French.
In thosedays railways were unknown,
and the diligence's slow and uncertainconstructed of wickerwork glaatered over
modes of conveyance. I therefore travel-1
with mud • many of the willow twigs bad
tis to s*y "Let Boma what will, we are
ready', ",
I threw tnyeelf on the bed without un-
dresein , and piaeed the pistols under tbe
Lion atretched himself at my
bolster.
aide. 'a had no intention of sleeping,
You ►nay be sure. I watched the fire for
some time, for the fatigue of the day
had overpowered me, and objeota'beesme
indistinct before my eyes. Once or twee
I started as a noise caught my ear, but I
soon convinced, myself that it was only
o or
my horse atomising In the outhouse,
the duoke disturbed fn their' sleep. , I
atrnggled hard to keep on the alert, but
the wearied senses refused their cflice
pad and present began to be mixed up in
inextricable confusion, and at last I sup.
pose, I tell asleep.
I must have slept for some hours, when
higher ground were visible as we paastd T wan suddenly roused to full conaoiona•
along. These were apparently planted nese b the report of a pistol, and a gur.
with cetera and alder trees, and loomed ling 0onnd ae' of eomeOne being 'Aran.
dark like little islets, in the midst of the gled and by the faint glimmer of the fu e
sea of mist that 'covered the 'fens. To- 1 saw a man atealtng towarde the bed,
waren one of these the mien directed hie and the glitter of a knife he held in his
way.
1 heard a quacking of ducks as we tra- fid' h n m istol and fire was the
To onto p y. P_
andat the pathway between the osiere, Work cf an instant. Fortunately, though
and at last we' stopped before a cottage, m aim had neaessarlly been uncertain
or rather cabin, through a 'hole in the in the hurryand aerial, darkness, the' shot
roof of which a wreath cf turi smoke bad taken af sot thoroughly disabling
appearedouna its way. Adjoining, stood what e ruffian. for the arm that held the
ick at first sight h provedr o a mound knife dropped powerless by his side. He
thick foliage, but which to be angroaned and staggered back against the
outhouse. I afterwards found that it was all for a moment, then with a volley of
curses he turned and fled through the
open door.
Meanwhile I had sprung from the bed,
and hastened to the assistance of : Lion,
nds
the tri a
who bad
tuned another of g
by the throat. The dog's instinct had
proved right; as I had expected, it waa
the mesterei the cottage. He had ceased
to struggle and was nearly at the last
gasp. A 'discharged pistol lay close to
where he had fallen; it moat have gone
off In the air when the dog flew upon him,
thus rousing me. In my examination of
the premises I had observed a coil of rope;
with thts I bowed the, miaoreaot's arms
tightly, and then called Lion cff, not a
moment too soon. When the
ed etffiolently to speak, he began to cry
for mercy, but the only conaolationhegot
from me was the assurance that I should
by early morning give notice of what had
occurred at the nearest prefecture, and
that doubtless a couple of genad'armea
would conduct him where he would be
taken care of. After a while he ceased to
plead, and lay passive, only groaning with
the pain of the injures he had received
from the dog's fangs.
led on horseback, accompented by my
trnety dog, Lion
Lion was my faithful companion for
i me good
and
once didservice,
many
earn n
oc
occasion,
w hear.On one ,
as
you
shell
beig bound for Noiamontiers, my road
led through that part ' of La Vendee
known as the " Marais." it was then
literally a marshy tract of country, thinly
populated by an almost amphibians race.
The swampy ground was intersected by
P
numerous canals that frequently served
as roadways. Through these the peasants
traversed the district; in flatbottomed
boats oalIed 'inioles, and always armed'
with a long pole, with which they cleared
the quagmires or propelled their boats,
according to need.
It was towards the close of the day,.
in the last week in October, The air
felt chilly and damp. A mist hung over
the lowlands, rendering objects invisible
ata short detainee. On one side of the
road along which I was riding, a broad
dyke "flowed elugglahly, on the other
atretched an extensive tract of heath and
furze -covered ground, brown and desolate,
though here and there a few blossoms still
lingered amidst the dark prickly green.
1 found It was vain to think of pushing
on to the coat that night, and I hoped
to come upon some village or farmhouse
where I might find rest and refreshment
for my tired, horse and myself. I looked
from side to hide, endeavoring to pierce
the mint, in search of some objeob that
would guide me. At length, a little
farther alcng the road, I perceived several
cowls standing at the border of the dyke,
se if waiting; and on the 'opposite side I
could faintly discern traces of culture.
"There must be a house hereabouts,"
I said to myself, and as the thought pos-
ed through my mind a punt. came gliding
over the dyke, impelled by a vigorous push
Jrom the pole of a atnrdy peasant. The
cows, lowing, advanced close to the dyke,
evincing their readiness to be ferried
across to their milking place. As the
punt touched the bank the boatman stuck
his pole in the; earth, and threw a rope
round, a stump of alder, while the cows
stepped en board. Slipping the rope
again, he was about to posh off without
taking any notice of my approach, when
I hailed him,
taken root, and covered' the erection with
a canopy of green.
The horse having been relieved o sad-
dle and bridle, and led into the primitive
stsble, where a few handfuls of hay ands
drink of water had to terve him for sup-
per, T followed' ray guide into the cot-
tage, saddlebags in, hand. He at first:
made some objection to Lion's entrance,
suggesting that he might remain in.. the
stable, but to 'thia I refused to Beton.
Lion was therefore admitted, though with
a had grace.I found the interior of the
cottage low and smoke stained. The one
unglazed window was partially closed
with a wooden shutter. A turf fire
smouldered cn a flat stone that served for
hearth. At one end, in a corner, stood a
rude pallet bed covered with sheepakina.
Opposite was a heavy wooden press that
looked as if, at some former day, it had
seen better quarters.
" You will have the place to yourself,"
said the man in a horse voice ; "I am go-
ing out again. You'll want supper, I sup-
pose."
"My friend," I.said, "can yon direct
ene to.a,house where I may find a night's
ging
led 7
"No," the man replied in a surly tone.
" There are not many houses hereabouts."
" But there is surely a farm over yon-
der,' I returned, pointing with my whip
in tiro direction of the fields.
" Maybe," the • man answered. " But
we don't take in atrangers at our place."
Without another word, he pushed off
to the opposite side of the dyke, where
the cows landed, and set off leisurely
homewards.
"Can yon dlreet me to some place cf
shelter, my good fellow h" I called out as
the man tethered his boat.
He took no notice, but made fast his
punt. Then, with a "kup, kup," to his
cows,` he walked away, and disappeared
in the mist.
I confess the wish I sent after him was
not a blessing. There was nothing for it,
however, but to proceed ; •waiting in the
road was evidently useless. I touched
my jaded horse lightly with the whip,
rousing him from his meditations, and
whistling to Lien, I set • forward on my
way.
I *Auld now only see afew yards before
me through' the increasing gloom. To
be belated in that dismal country was no
pleasant prospect.. The road was in
many places quite unprotected from the
dykes, and every mile that brought me
nearor to the seacoast rendered the coun-
try more dreary. Salt swamps began to
alternate with sandy heath, and the road
became little more than a causeway car-
ried through a morose, where the slight-
est deviation from the beaten track
might cause horse and rider to sink, with
little prospect of rescue.
' Now, however, I distinctly heard a
footstep behind me on the road, and turn-
ing, I saw a man, who had started out of
the swamp apparently, _ leaping -pole in
hand. Lion growled.; but at a word from
me he came close up to my horse, though
.still uttering a low, dissatisfied snarl.
The man, as I could perceive in the
fast -gathering dusk, was a enfficiently
rough, disreputable figure to' excite the
suspicions of any dog .accustomed to good
moiety. , His raggedshirt, open ire front,
displayed hie brawny chest.. His coarse
frieze jacket was out at elbows. Thick.
lipped and lowebrowed, with hie hair
hanging in matted lecke under his broad.
brimmed hat, his appearance was certain-
ly the revered of , prepossesaing, Never-
theless, saoh"a$he was, 1 hailed hieadvent
as a godsend.. ' Surely he could be induc-
ed by promise of reward. to guide me to
some habitation where I could. pass the
night,
re)
When T made this p with the
proposal ,
offer of money for his trouble, 1 could
aee his eyes glitter under his shaggy
I signified that such refreshment would
certainly be desirable.
Ile opened the cupboard. and brought
out a loaf of black bread, some eggs, and
dried fiah. These latter he proceeded to
nook. He then produced a bottle of wine,
and set on the table a plate and drinking -
cup of a more respectable kind than
might have been expected.
1 drew out my purse, and placed a few
coins in the man's hand.
" If you are going out let me pay yon
now, my good friend," I said. "I must
start at daybreak, probably before y ou
return."
For a moment I was startled by the
greedymanner in which he eyed the mon-
ey ; but he merely expressed himself
satisfied and pocketed the coin. Then
taking downs lantern that hung from a
nail in the wall, he lighted it, and set off
Oil hie nocturnal errand, whatever, that
might be.
When, having finished my supper, and
time
share,1 had
Lion his
Lo
having given
for reflection, the Blubber countenance of
my host began to haunt me unpleasantly.
However, he had provided me with a roof
over my head, and that was something to
be thankful for, in that foggy, dreary,
isolated spot. .I threw more turf on the
fire, ror the bit of candle that had been
lighted when I began my sapper burnt
low, and I did not relish the idea of being
left in the dark.
Before it failed me, I thought it advis-
able to take a survey of the premises.
Besides the entrance door, there was
another et the end of the room on one
side of the press. Opening it I found it
led into a sort of lean-to, partly filled
with hay. I raised the Dandle and glanc-
ed around. The place seemed to be a
receptacle for all sorts of odds, and ends,
some of which raised uncomfortable
doubts, so out of keeping did they seem
with the cottage and its inmate. The
further I looked the more my suspicions
became excited. I took a pole that stood
againat the wall and moved the hay. An
irresistible feeling took possession of me
that it had been thrown there for purpos-
es of concealment; nor was I mistaken.
The first object I turned up was a boot of
Parisian make, and near to it I found a
rnaeia leather valise with a braze plate at
one end, on which I made out the initials
C. F.
A cold shiver ran through my frame'
It was a situation that might well dismay
the boldest. I could no longer question
but that 1 had fallen into a nest of brie
gentle. .A very few months before a good
deal of painful interest had been roused
by the mysterious disappearance in this
part of the country of a commercial tra-
veler named Charles Favel ; and the eon
viction forced itself on my mind that I
had come on the relics of thio nnforbun-
man. It was scarcely probable that my
host carried on his nefarious traffic with-
out accomplices. In all probability he
had then gone to accquainb the gang that
a bird had been caught in the trap. How
many might there bel I was alone, with
only a dog for my companion. True, I
had pistols in my saddle -bay, but of what
avail would they be against a number of
desperadoes.
For a moment I thought of saddling
my horse and making my escape, but on
cooler reflection such an attempt seemed
to be only dying from uncertain to certain
peril, If.I had been in danger of losing
my way in the dusk of evening, how could
I hope to keep to the pathway in the
dense darkness that now closed round 7
Z put away that idea, and determined, if
attacked, to eon my Iife dearly at any,
rate.
"Forewarned, forearmed," I said to my-.
self, as, returning to the principal room,
1 took down the pistols from my 'saddle-
bag, and looked to the priming.
" If they niake any attempt upon us
they shall have a hot reception, Lion my
boy," I said, and Lion looked up in my
face and slowly wagged his tail, as math
TEE, FARM.
.�-.. asp
o Pre�raut Baste
sting of iron oauaua endless hoon-
The rusting cal ork,
ventenoo in alt branches of mcohani mar's..
Iron rust impairs the value of the far
Ir u
maohin8ry, and the ruatmi3 0f natio ane
belts causes wood' woe k t0 leve strep gth,
come leaky and fall to pieces. Beat . may
bo bentabed and thorough preteetien givenn
to iron whenever it is in such a ponidooe
Cad a coating applied with a brush
not interfere with its ueefulutes. Bright
nd
and rough work can be alike protooted, a
nails, wood•sorewe and belts,
Berney
Get two or three pounds of red lead and
sortie boiled linseed ell ; do not be pereuad
ed tato using raw oil. Get also some even
drier ; thin will be needed at the rate of
perhaps a tablespoonful to the pint of oil,
led lead osnnet be bought ready mixed
because it hardens too rapidly, Remove
all the red rust from the iron, Bteel, tin or
other metal ; If painted, take oft all that is
Dot hard and firmly attached to the iron.
not
Mix up a smolt pot of the paint,
but
more than will be wanted for the work in
hand. The Japan is used bombe quick
drying is convenient. One-tenth as much
litharge in `powder as lead is sometimes an
advantage, Give the artioles a thin o ;
keep the paint well stirred up an It aottler
very rapidly. When ene coat is dry ml
ix
up (mother. and apply as before. If closely
covered the mixed paint will keep twenty-
four
four boars or more, and in
This pahet is water -proof, making
a tank er trough it Is better ,team the beat
white lead for putting` into the' jointa when
they are put. together. 'Dip a nail into red
lead and put a drop ender the heed before it
is driven home and there will be little or ne
danger that the wood will ever become
" ironaiok around It. Swab screws or
e or
holt holes with it, and give the screw
belts a coating, and they will not rant in
the wood.
Tin pails covered with two or three good,
ooate of red lead paint, resist water at
though they were rubber. The coating is
hard and very durable ; in this reaped being
greatlyinadvance of any other paint. 11
the color is ebjeotionable en iron, a coat of,
ordinary paint` may be put on the ontsidet
Red lead- paint actually forme a perfeo•
protecting ceasing far iron, as well as a ce-
ment ef ne mean strength. The reason why
it is not generally . used by manufaoturere
may be asked. The answer b simple. It
cannot be mixed in large quantities, in ad-
vance, as it hardens tco soon ; 11 is heavy
and somewhat wetly, as compared with
ether paints ; it nettles in the bottom ef the
bucket and is not se easily applied as white
lead and ether paints. To the farmer none
of these things are special objections. The
superior protection is worth all the trouble
required. . Finally, try red lead in putty er
make a gutty of it when a water -tight ]sb
la wanted. Joints of carriages, wagons er
wheels, set in red lead putty or paint will
not open, and a red lead coating or priming
on a carriage, cart or any ether farm tool,
will insure most perfect protection fer the
wood. By all meane, try it and test it be-
fore disoneeing Its advantages with a wagon
maker. Individual knowledge and praotio-
al experience is worth considerably mere
than geed " trade " reasons.
I did nob yet feel myself out of danger.
It wanted some time' to daybreak, and
every moment I expected others of the
gang might come to the rune of their
comrade. I reloaded my pistol, and at a
sign Lion placed himself at the door on
the watch. At length welcome streaks of
light appeared in the east. It was not so
misty as the evening before; the wind
during the night had brought a heavy
shower, and cleared the air. As soon as
it became sufficiently light to distinguish
the pathway through the swamp, I . sad•
dled'my horse, and, with a feeling of
thankfullness at my escape, retraced my
steps to the highroad, leaving my treacle.
roue host bound on the floor of the cot-
tage.
The sun rose as I cleared the morass,
casting long shadows before me; and pre-
sently a faint blue line on the far horizon
gave token that the bourne towards whioh
I journeyed would soon be reached. In
another hour I saw the little fishing village
s
n
before me, the sea sparkling n the morn-
ing sun, and beyond, the island of Noir
menders.
When I made my depoaiblon, I gave a
frill and particular description of the cot-
tage. It appeared that a gang of high-
waymen had infested the district for
some time, eluding the search of the po-
lice ; no doubt was made but that the
men who had attacked me formed part of
the number.
When the gens-d'armes arrived they
found the pottage empty ; my host must
have been liberated by his accomplices ;
but, once put on the track, the law soon
had the wretches in its clutch. The
ringleaders were executed, the others
sent to the galleys. My host confessed.
It had been his part to lie in wait for
belated travellers and lure them to his
cottage. My suspicions had been too
well-founded ; poor Favel had been mur-
dered, and the same fate had been in-
tended for me. The ruffians, however,
had not calculated upon the strength and
courage of Lion. He it was who saved
my life, and deserved the thanks of the
inhabitants of the Marcie, and all who
travelled that way, for being the means
of bringing a gang of desperadoes into
the hands of justice.
ABOUT WOM]3 L.;
A young minded lady, eerie Lee, .Is pe•
u 11 'e nieRt valued pa it Bar mother
q4 n
as a IIativo of New o n , a
wee ilea a nd her
father of New York, .and , she wee brought
up in Europe. She oan declaim in five) 1 n
onager aa- perfectly as though oaah were
b,er mothor.tonguo,
At ilia fifteenth commencement of the
London University, thirty girls were made
bachelors of art or science. Several of them.
took high honoree Mise Mary Madeline
tidamaon taking' drat honer as baohalor et
potence aver her male oompetltore,
The College for Higher Education of Wo.
men at Egham, England, raised by the mun-.
i&canoe of the late Mr, Holloway, was open.
ed by the Raeen in person. Little short of
two and a halt mildew) of doliare has been
spent on its erection.
A Miss Gibbons, who last year made a
trip through unfrequented ports of North
Devon, and published an account of it, �un-
der 'the title " b e Donkeys in Devon, re+
the
awed her wanderings Luis seamen in
same little oart, with donkeys driven tan-
dem, and will write an account under the
head of "The Donkeys on Dartmoor,
Harlem has a woman captain, Mrs, Mary
E. Gonne, who is Moused captain of the
yacht of which her buebend is englueor, Her
application astonished the inspectors, but
as ebo could'! box the compare," knew the
"rules of the road," and promised net to
swear at the chief engineer, the licence was
made out, and Mrs. Coons became the
second licensed captain ef the fereele perms,
cion in the world.
A *CE*dkIL LE CRIME,
TEIEn "'Oa KILLING raltllNT$, BnoTnn
,AND SISTEIIt.
The trial of Willie Sella, aged 10 ears,,
Th li y
for the :pmxder of his father, mother, bre.
ther and' eider, hart begun at Erin, Kau.
The tender age of the criminal,, the num-
ber of the Victim's, the entire leek of peeve..
oation, the manner of the killing, and all
the olrcumst encs make it almost unpre-
cedented In the ,annela of crime, On the
morningof March $ Willie made his ap-
e n b the farm house of a neighbor
p sea oe a a g
Mr. Mendell, and in an excited tone said,
that -
A STRAFOlt MAN
had been at his home during the night
and he thought had hurt his father, as
Ito was lyirus on the floor with blood'on
his face. As this vitt of young Sells was
at 1 o'clock in the morning, Mr. Mendell
questioned him closely. Willie staid he
awoke and saw a man standing in the
Willie and his
0e) Wi e
door between the room
brother slept in and the one occupied by
the parents and sister.
" I got my olothga," said he, '' fethe
foot of the bed, and was putting the on,
when the man turned, looked at m mei
then ran out into the yard. I - it not
try to arouse my brother, bub put on my
trousers and went into the room where
my parents were sleeping to get my borate
and overcoat. I saw my father on the
floor
WITS BLOOD ON HIS FACE,
Ludy Anne Blunt, the grandaughter of
Lord and Lady Byron, hi one of the clever -
eat women in Euglani. She la an author,
an adept in mneio and painting,
a student
of Oriental politica, a scholar capable of
writing to her Ceylon friends in their own
language, and capable manager at her beau-
tiful home, Crabbet Park, and the teacher
of her only daughter.
Through the founder, the Counteea of
Oaenatvon, a seolety of Irish women have
Dent to the Edinburg Induatrlal Exhibition
specimens et homespun and tweeds, knitting
lane and crochet, embroidery and sprigging,
besides plain sewing and the making of pop-
lins, gloves, umbrellas, paper bags, mustard
cakes and biscuits, Vere Foeter'sespy- books
pottery painting and straw bottle -coven.
The Society for the Employment of Women
is vending eamplca of scrivenery, illuminat-
Leg, engreaslag, and wood oarving, tent -
making, tobacco, matohes, Indian carpets
artificial flies, fisking•lines, pollen -nets, and
tennis -nets,' pine, muslins, linens. and fans.
Lady Wolseley has originated the scheme
of a " May Fatr " oart, which calla three
times per week at such opulent houses in
the weet end of London, whose owners are
willing to assist in the work, The food is
put into different cans, and then taken to a
coffee -hoose, where, under superintendence,
it 1s made up into appetizing (tithes, or ar-
ranged in oold portions, It is then sold to
laborers out ;of work, or ethers in strait-
ened circumstances, at a nominal figure,
which dope not cover the ooet of collecting.
Sixty families, three hotels, and two clubs
have already become oentrlbutors, and
there are many others, who ontho occasion
of a dinner or other entertainment, have
signified their intention of sending fer the
May -Fair cart,
The Queen of Denmark has on several
maidens presented her own oil paintings
fer charitable purposes, and a new instance
of her Mt.jesty's kind netshaejuettraneptred.
The email and poor parish of Lundoe, in
Jutland, ;wee ;sadly in want of a new altar-
piece for the church, but their finances
would not allow of the expense. The par
Wiener!, however, revolved to present a pe-
tition to Queen Leulae, asking her to paint
one, and accordingly a deputation of two
men was sent te Copenhagen, Her Majesty
received them very graciously, ,and
promised
to fulfil their request. The men, having
been served with refreshments in another
apartment, were again summoned before the
Queen, who asked them if this was their
first visit to Copenhagen, and then handed
to eaoh ef them a closed envelope, saying
she hoped they would enjoy themselves
while in the capital. The envelepeo con-
tained some new bark -notes.
Plotting Out the Prairie Farm.
In starting a home en the prairies one oan
easily show his good sense in the loittictt of
the buildings, Here yeu have one hundred
and eixty acres, take panel' and paper, and
upen the supposition that you locate your
buildings all in ene warner, as nine -tenths of
the settlers do, you can easily estimate the
amount of teaming it will require ene of
these days to get the produce to the bares
Prem the forty acres in the apposite corner,
This will lead you to looate the buildings
near the centre of the olafm. The best plan
is probably to lay out the farm in ten -acre
fete,
You can then, by leaving g ]
net
spaceace
enough to drive a wagon, go to any part of
the farm in the least possible time, you will
also have the advantage of knowing just
how much land you have to a given Drop,
the yield per aore, and many ether things
yon should thoroughly understand to work
to advantage. Besides by locating in the
centre you can see all that is going on at
any part of the farm, keep better watoh of
year stook, if out In pasture, and see that
dogs er wolves do not worry er deatroy
your sheep.
The diviefon into lots of equal dimension°,
and the same epaoe can not be conveniently
done unless the land is very level. If un-
dulating, or out into by a, dry run, or by
aleughe, or moist moadows, which nature
laid eat without regard to Election lines, you
will have to out according to your cloth ;
even in that case it will be a goad plan to
have stakes every ten rods apart on the out.
aide lines. If, however, you plant a row of
trees around the claim by setting them a
rod apart and using a Lombardy poplar
for every tenth one, you oan see from a dis-
tance, and looate any point with consider•
able accuracy ; and it will aid you greatly
in getting the location or size of anytplot on
the farm.
but thought his nose was bleeding, as he
was frequently troubled that way. I put
on my boots and overcoat and went to
see if 1 could fiud bhe stranger. When I
ofthe door ho was e
tandin
ed out g
pass
in the yard, bat ran. I pursued him for
half a mile, when he mounted a horse
held by another ,man, and both made
away as fano as they could go."
Upon hearing this story Mr. Mendell
accompanied Willie home. When they
arrived the boy remained outside. Mr.
Mendell entered and procured • a light.
He found the floor covered with blood.
Old Mr. Sella was lying on the floor with
the back part of his head crushed in and
his throat cut. Near him, on the floor,
was the body of Mrs. Sella, with her skull
crushed and throat cut. A few feet away
in a bed, lay the body cf Miss Ina Sells
with her skull crushed and throat cut
from ear to ear, and in the adjoining
room, in the same bed in which Willie
bad been. Bleeping, was the body of Watie
Sells, with a large gash in his forehead,
one of his eyes chopped out, and his
throat out.
Mr. Mendell found a large hatchet,
covered with blood and hair lying on a
chair, and about a foot from the body of
the f,nther was a butcher knife, which was
also covered with blood. After a hurried
examination Mendell returned , to the
yard and told Willie what he bad seen.
The boy said nothing and manifested no
particular feeling. He accompanied Mr.
Mendell to Mr. Rice's house, near by,
where he went to Bleep, or pretended to
sleep, until morning.
The officera in the morning-mVvan ex-
amination, but found no traoe, of +he
stranger or horse tracks, although Willie s
tracks were platnly indented in the mad.
Returning to bhe Sells house, a wash ba-
sin of bloody water was found on the
stove in which the prepertrator had
washed his hands. It was discovered
that Willie had washed his hands and
wrists, but above the wrists blood was
found on his arms. Tuere was
BLOOD UNDER BIS FINGER NAILS
A Madman at the Tbrottfe.
The other day at Chicago it crazy man
jumped ngon an engine at the corner of
Kinzie street and Western avenue, and
before Engineer Riordan could stop him
opened the throttle valve, causing the
locomotive to claah off at a thundering
speed. The fireman was etaudtng in
front of the engine, and had little more
than time to spring away in affrighted
wonder when the engine rattled past.
Riordan called on a lunatic to shat off the
steam, bat no attention was paid to him.
Around the carve the engineer knew,
there was a number of kcomotives, ;and
if his engine was not stopped a frightful
accident would' be the result. to ap-
proached the lunatic, whose hand was
gradually forcing the engine to a higher
rate of speed, and attempted to strike
him. The fellow docked and then an
ppled with Riordan. On the cab ofe
engine a fierce fight ensued, but the en-
igneer fought with the desperation of a
man with a doable purpose—he had to
save hie own life and the lives and pro.
perby of others. By a great effort he
aueoeeded in getting a hold on the lunatic
and hurled him from the engine, A
second later the lever was reversed, and. 1,
the locomotive stopped, panting and
snorting, within ten yards of an engine
that was being repaired on the same track
and on which four men were at work:.
The men were under the engine, and had
the runaway locomotive not been stopp.
ed, nothing could have saved them `from'
death. The escape of the man who had
been thrown from the engine, was miracu-
lous. He was but little injured.
A Righteous Judgement.
A Long 'eland doctor, who showed hie
skill with the pistol by shooting a tin oan
atop the headofa companion, and banged
away until he not only riddles' the can but
killed the man, was last week convicted of
manslaughter in the second degree. The
lawyer for the defense made the curlew
plea that the marksman was s 3 expert that
he was certain of hitting the mark aimed at,
and there was constgaenthy no; folly in his
shooting as he did., No man in this world
in so defiled with firearms and se sure of
hitting the mark as to be es warranted
in
shooting eit tin cans and app and pe
on the head of manor woman er child, In
this particular Daae the fallacy of the de-
fendant's argument was demonstrated by
the fact that the bullet intended for the oan
did miss Inc'mark and penetrate instead
the brain of the man. There are a number
of pietol and rifle shots' in this country who
give stage exhibitions of their skill by sheet-
ing at objects placed, on the head of a
human being, Every once in a while the
papers rep, rt a case of death' caused by the
practical. There are laws enough to forbid
ouch exhibitions, but they are not often en-
forced ; nor are the shooters who cause
each death hung as numerously as they
should be.
Journalism r nder Difficulties.
When we first etruok Vancouver a email
medium safe wouldhave held our gold with-
out any special strain, but when wo had
interviewed the enterpriaing busfners men of
the city, and sized up the prospect and po-
sition of this splendid lay -out the telegraph
wires were worked, and the first steamer
from San Francisco brough a neat and corn•
plate newspaper .plant, inolnding the beat
press in the province, upon which the
Advertieer was printed for just six short
weeks. The fire left us just enough type
to print a respectable handbill, but encour-
aged by the example of our neighbors, and
full of faith in the future of the city, we
oommenoed business in a 14 x 17 building
with a canvas roof, and we write this article
in a tent next door. A small hand -press
which is slow enough to turn a man's hair
gray and old enough to make a gray-haired
men feel young, has been given us and
enabled no once more to produce a'newspa-
per.—Vancouver Advertiser,
,---emmeeeene
It was a Crusher.
" Then you are going to the eeaalde noon,
Cicely, dear," vale her morning caller.
" Oh, bless you, no 1 We go to the moun-
tains this year. The seaside is too damp,
It ruins all one'e nioe,Summer dreaees.
" Yes, that's so. Especially if you try to
make them de two seasons, you knew."
No need of a fan to ebbe that interview.
It was cool enough without.
niversit of Cambridge has oonfer-
red the degree ,
The U of LL -I1> upon Sir Charles
,
Tupper,
and his underclothing was stain d with
blood. There was a purse ining
$200 ander Mr. Sells pillow nd two
watches, hanging in plain sight were un-
disturbed, so that there was no probabili-
ty that the crime was committed for the
purpose of robbery. Previous to the
prime, the boy had borne a good reputa-
tion, and to this day he stoutly dentes
that he was:the prepetrator of the dee 1,
and affirms that, if he committed it, it
was in his sleep. or while his reason was
dethroned. It is said that he was a con-
stant reader of dime novels, and had sev-
eral times expreesed a desire to become
a hero.
Silted in Time.
A husband who had been out shooting,
but bead not been, successful,/ rather than re-
turn home empty-handed, stopped into a
shop and purchased a hare.
" There, my ducky," he said to his wife
on reaching home, " you vee I am not so
awkward with the gun after all."
Let me see 1"
" Isn't he a fine fellow t"
" Mydear," acid the wife, as she parried
the hare to her noetrile, and put it down
with a grimace, " you were quite right in
killing him today ; tomorrow it would
have been too late."
The Carse on the Palace of
Claremont.
The Count de Paris has been well ad-
vieed in declining Qaeen Victoria's friend-
ly offer of the palace of Claremont, on
whiehse curse appears to have rested ever
since Lord Clive, bhe conqueror of India,
blew one his brains in one of the rooms,
more than a hundredyears ago. Ito next
possessor, King George III., was stricken
with madness, while the young and lovely
Princess Charlotte of Wales, to whom it
was allotted as a reeidenoe on her marriage
with Leopold of Belgium, met, a few
months later, witha mysterious and mid -
den death. whichhaa never been satisfact-
oryily explained to this day. Her prin-
cipal physician shot himself within a few
weeks of her death. The next inhabit-
ants of tbe palace were the exiled Orleans
family, who book up ;their abode there
after Louis Philippe's ignominious exnlusl
ion from France. Both the old King
and hie wife, Marie Amelia, grandparents
of the Comte de Paris, dies' in the palace
which they pleasantly surnamed " le
tombeau de nos maiheurs." After that
Claremont remained closed until it was
arranged in 1877 as a residence for the
late Duke of Albany. The unfortunate
young man was afflicted with than most
terrible of lnfirmities, namely, eptlepay,
in one of its worst forma, and bis marriage
with the poor little Primaries of Waldeck
was almost a crime. His sad death at
Cannes two years ago, after an extremely
violent fit, is of two recent a date to be
forgotten. While on the subject of "un-
lucky" houses it has always been a matter
of surpnisetome bhatNapoleon III. should
have been advised to take up hie residence
at Chislehurab in a house which had, to
the knowledge of every one in the neigh-
bourhood, been kept closed for several
years on account of the suicide of the form-
er tenant on the P
remises.—London Let-
e
to.
girls are said to be so modest that
Some willnet
they ot work on improper fractions.
People going en „excursions are 0 happy
to eethome that, they are glad they went,.
White dresses for bourse wear are in gen-
eral use by persona in morning,
Never borrow trouble. Of course net,
there le always somcbody.that will give you
all you want,
Denouncing the vapid verbiage of shallow
praters, Carlyle exclaims,, "Even Trivial-
ity and Imbecility that oan sit ellent, how
reepeotable are they in comparison."
Dr. P. E, Brown of Ste, Anne's, after a
short visit. to Paris has returned te London
on his way home towards Montreal, Mr,
Brown deserves credit for being' the 'Snit to
introduce Canadian maple sugar -,and maple
syrup to the Indian and Colonial. Exhibi-
tion, having brought on hie own mount
about 10,000- pounds of syrup end sugar of
excellent quality, Dr. Brown devoted 1.00
pounds of sugar for free distribution among
the visitors. A London, paper atatea that
he has taken an order in Paris for delivery
next Spring.
Why was Eve like Sunday 7 She was
the first of bhe "weak."
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