The Wingham Advance, 1904-10-27, Page 3—
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Mt Famous French .Crimifials
Corm of Popiallior, ROputed to tfavo Boon Formally Adopted
b7 *Ito Devil.
Perigee* 'wait some eix. or seven years
after Cartonehe-of whom I wrote a
previane letter -alma been condemned and
executed that rumors of another thief,
more adroit, bolder,. mere extraordinary
And even loom cruel, troubled the peace
of Paris. At first no one seemed to
know his name, nor to be able to explain
exaetly his Inethodia. Noe the los, fear
of him pervaded all classesra fear which
aroused the police to eeriest effort to ef-
fect bis capture. At lad Ide name-
Pooloiller-was in everybodyai mouth.
The police„ after considerable research,
eetablished his identity and learned of
hie origin.
• In a little village on the coast of Brit-
tany there lived it young man, poor, rod,
est and evell-liked ba his neighbors. He
was an intrepid sailor, verypious, and
with his stalwart build, winning a:mitten-
• ance, prodigious strengthand fearless,
nos, on the water he aroused the inter -
et of the young women of the hamlet.
His Demo, was Jacques Poulailler, Among
the girls of inatrriageable age Who the
most attracted him, was one not only
exceptionally pretty but also rich as
eonipared with her companions. On ac-
countof this reputation for wealth her
her physical and. mental endowments she
• was called tae beautiful Introit Colom-
bia. ' .. .
Ata short distance from the village,
' At the edge of the sea, on the top of it
rock, battered, by the wane and sur-
rounded by -ivater at high.tide, was a
tower ocupied by it man whose origin
everybody was ignorent. The house in
which lie lived had. an ,evil reputation;
it was known as ba Toth. 1VIandite (The
. '. Accursed Tower). It was believed that
. in the poet the devil had occupied it, and
' since no one could nye there unless he
had previouslysworn o ollegiaato the
Thi
demon.
e solation of the spot, the
constant agitation of the sea about it,
.. the howling& of the' winds, the traces
of lightning which at different times heti
scorea its blackened walls, its bad repu-
' tation, its distance from any other Haan-
• tatio, bare of trees, shrubs and . -grass,
had so obsessed tlee minds' of the sur-
rounding population that for forty or
fifty years it had remained uninhabited.
Ono day a man was seen roaming about
. the rook and walking -on the beach at a
tinie when a Ilene gale was blowing. At
the height of the storm he took it boat
- and disappeared. Every one thought he
eat, had perished; but to the surmise of all
la • he returned safely ana assumed posses-
sion of 'the tower. Two or three years
i had passed, but no one had learned his
name. He was fully 6 Sot in height,
about 30 years of age, with an Intel]!-
, gent face.; orderly in his conduct and an
experienced fisherman. No one was more
exact in programing the. weather In. in
knowing how. to profit by this superior
-. discernment. He would putto sea and
return in the hardest gales, in those so
severe that it was universally .acknowl-
' edged no meat could prudently hazard,
the venture unless he was under the pro-
tection of eaten: ' It was finally dis-
covered that las name was Roussart. lie
excited universal comment; alone of all
the community he did not,goato mass,
ana the priest pronounced him exeommu.
. :nice -Oct After that he was shunned by
every one.
It was at this time that the approach-
. ing marriage of Jacques Poulailler and
athe beautiful Isabeau was announced,
'The ceremony was performed on a Sun-
day, and the young men of the village
: were assembled on the• beach to con-
gratulate their newly married omrade,
- , when Ibiussart was observed approach-
ing, He -walkeddirectly to t1ie. groom,
looked him earnestly. in the eye and
said: "Your first born will be it son, and
he shall belong to the devil." With these
-Words. he turned about, disappeared in
the direction of the tower, and was never
. more .seen. That is the story.
It was said that Jacques Poulailler,
superstitious hike ail Bretons, did not
forget the sinister prediction of 110115-
sart. When a year later a son was born
4to him. he expected he would become the
father of a deformed, ill-favored child.
Weed .of that, Gm infant was mann
•monly comely, with black eyes white
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skin and curling dark hair. eyes. white
however, as he increased in years, be
clioame incorrigible, vicious, quarrelsonie,
. "la robber of fish traps, orchards end of
ievery insignificant trifle left within his
ireach. The priest had greet trouble in
tpreparing him for a first -communion,
while the schoolmaster exlmusted his re-
• niertory of punishments -a lengthy oile-
•r:without being able to teach him the shit•-
;.plest elements of education. As the
lyoung scamp said, he had no need of it,
• as he was under the. protection. of the
ydevil,"evh-o' would crake for lane .
In his tenth year he signed as appren-
ltice on board a merchant vessel. Tarc.
lyears later he deserted the ship in Eng-
land, after robbing the eaptamiu. In Lon-
don he posed as the natural son of a
.
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Frenth duke. The dames he committed
- an that town felted him to seek refuge
' lin Fiance, where he enlisted as a drum-
,. sner in the army. In his eighteenth year
he had a quarrel, with his sergeant,
'tabbed and killed bite; was sentenced
f to death; eseaped to Germany, where be
continued his criminal Vocation. DriVen
. from there' he returned to France, oper-
ating withan organized band,. first .in
the provinces, then in Paris, where he
' ,reinained until filially captured after a
. career of five or eke years of Mime.
• l' He had barely Arrived in Paris eaten
he attended a ball at the Opera, where
lie Met a alarming 'young woman, who,
- ;attracted by his exceeding conelinees,
consented that he shoeld acompanyher
pone.. Arrived . there they ;evert barely
. netted when it carriage stopped at the
door. Front it emerged a prince of the
• Aura. The young woman took Poulain
iler bythe ant and led him toa cabinet,
!where She begged hint to remain hidden
isintir after the departure of inonseig-
Maur. Through it glass inthe door Pou-
ilailler was able to study at his woe the
Magnificeet decorations of the peelate,
A Superb neat Of diamonds, attached to
N., a heavy gola cattail, With faceted links,
was suspeudea about his iteek and
flowed avith coreseathig brilliancy upofl
his chest. The coed -Math eueireled bis
tat and the loops which held up its sides
were formed. of ;wolves stones, wail°
his rings were minded in large stones
of the finest water. The eight of all tbia
wealth aroused tlai cripality of Polka --
ler, and einothered-ae lee usual - when
these Iwo emotions conflict -the impulse
of gellantry. He emerged from the %b-
lot and holding it dagger at the inon7
edgy/Aria breast,. despoiled 'hint of - his
Othellishmente, ana while the 'prelate
and the ledy stood plitalyted Witb. terror
Voulailler mole his eseape.
Thelieutenant of police, Herten% lo
aclemiateir at -the growing audacity of Pelt-
lailler, tallied his wide that lief would
'igitet a reward of 100 piggies and inereae•
,tel, luter of 2,000 *mice a year to any of
them 'who amould opture the brigand.
tA few aety* later, while M. Hereon wee
na breakfeat, the Coed ele Villeneuve
ktree Anteeuneed. Title name, one of the
4t2tnot UstIngiishnd -of the Previnee, and
La ea, brought M. Item% trio
a partly oeinalafted meal
to his cabinet, There he found the dia.
tiugtashea visitor, who asked the honor
of Private, and confidential interview.
He alaa requested that a. valet should be
Put on guard 4o that no one could ap-
pool; during the conversation. These
precautions aaving beentalon, the vis-
itor aunounce4 that Ite wes Potentate
that be Inia come to coiled 1,000 pietolee
in lion of the :stated reward of 2,000
frame of increasing Moine promised to
eny e -gent Who sliould opture that noted
thief. With this Jze held it poignantat
the breast of the lieutenant ef police,
threetening to kill him Instantly if he,
made an outcry. There was nothing ant
Herault to do but submit. Poulailler
took from his pockets seitie cords, boatel
eemarely the lieutenant, and tied him to
the knob of a door, At his one Poulailier
searolied the desk of 14,, Renault, and an
tor oeuring in gold it sum muele an excess
of that lie had demanded, bowed politely
and took his departure.
It was not until an hour later that a
servaet game to the cabinet of the lima
°tont of pollee, who, !humiliated at the
ignoble trick of which be wa.s victim
bad been ashamed to call for help alter
Poulailleas .departure. Instead, the en-
deavored to biteetlirough the cords and
release himself; but they Were Vaal
against ais efforts. The rage of M. Her -
emit anay be imagined; epigrams were
showered upon aim and ribald songs
were sung under his windows, so that he
°Gold go nowhere witheut beteg greeted
with shouts of laughter. The anuacity
of Poulailler grew with emcees; people
'were afraid to venture out et night; the
boulevards in particular were deserted
alter universal alarm pervaded
Paris,
It was at this time that Poulailler de-
cided to rob the Hotel de Brienne, the
reeidence of the Princess de Lorraine,
Thie was it difficult undertaking in the
facet of the strong guard which protected
it, To aoomplish ins impose, whilo the
carriage of the Princess was Optioned
neer the Opera, he managed to fasten
himself to the leather braoa under the
body of the vehiele, while his ecoamplicea
were treating the coachmen and footmen
in it -neighboring witrobop. It was in
this way that lie .graned access to the
interior of the closely guarded court of
the hotel. When the stablemen had
gone to bed he unfastened himself from
the bracesof the carriage and. preceeded.
t� the Eatable loft, where he concealed
himself for three days and four nights,
awaiting a favorable opportunity to rob
thePieneess' apartments, feeding himself
on tablets of ehoolates meanwhile. At
last, the Princess going to a ball given
by Madam de Marean, and the people Of
the hotel availing of the opportunity to
take a "night off," Poulailler emerged
from Me hiding place, broke his way into
the cabinet of the Princess, and secured
2,000 louis d'or ($8,000 of our money)
and a pocketbook, which he discovered
contained nothing but unnegotiable se-
curities. These being of no use to him,
the returned them to the Princess, with
it polite note in which he aslocl lea to.
accept with hisecompliments the resti-
tution of the papers; that if he had :been
Aware of the modest amount•of money
that she kept about her, rather than de-
prive such a charming woman of so trif-
ling a sum, be was willing to offer her
double the amount if she would do him
the honor to make use of it for her per-
sonal needs. This insolence was ea:meld-
-erect in such 'good. taste that derriag an
entire week nothing was talked about at
Versailles but the exquisite gallantry of
the Chevalier de Poulailler, . This act
Iifted the noble thief to it high place in
the estimation of the people at court.
Poulailler, on one of ais "business"
tours, in the public conveyance to Cam-
bmi, was fellow passenger with an abbe,.
doyen of some noble chapter of Belgium.
The conversation reverting to news of
the day, the abbe expressed his tinned
of Poulailler and, horeor of his abomin-
able crimes, and averred that on an ap-
proaching visit to Paris he should call
upon the lieutenant of police and re- r
preach him for the lack of zeal he was
guilty of in allowing the bandit to re-
maiu at large.
About a month later there came a,let-
ter to M Herault announcing that a'
few days previously M. De Potteraehief
canon of the noble chapter of 13russels,
had been killed and stripped by Poulail-
ler, Who, clothed, in his garments and
'furnished with thcanon's papers, would I
enter Paris at the barriere ,Saint Martin.
The letter purported to be written by an
accomplice of Poulailler, who denounced
lain in the hope of Ocuriag the reward
promised for lus apprehension. The joy
of M. Renault may be imagine& at the
reception of this information. A cloud
of police agents were posted at every
entrance to the city, particularly at the
one indicated in the letter. On the are
rival of the coach from. Lillie it was sur-
rounded by officers and escorted to the
Hotel des Messageries, or stage office.
There at the moment that the passen-
gers disembarked they arrested the one
who in feature, physique and clothing
answered to the deseriptien furnisbed by
the accomplice of Po•ulailler.
The fright, rage and eesistaaee of the
arrested man, who, of course, was no
ether than the canon, on being escorted
to-headquarter:if- of the poliee, was in-
tense: There, with i.L Herault, were two
citizens of .Briessels, great.friends. of the
'ecclesiastie, who were waiting to attest
to 'the facts in regard to his murder.
What was their delight and the disap-
pointment of the lieutenant of police
valet' in the person of the supposed bra
gand was Yeeoenized the veritable doy-
en of the noble chapter of Belgium. The
bad humor of M. lierault was increased,
when the canon presented a letter from,
Pcmulatiller to him, in width he recallecl
the conversation in the stage coach and
the promise of the 'ecclesiastic to urge
greater zeal on the lieutenant of police
in effecting alio etipture of a mail who
had never done hint itey harm.
Five tame was Poulailler arrested and
imprisoned, but on each .oeerision through
the aid of women, be Wait able to eseepe.
sax he exercised a spoial fare
ciliation, las litiudsoine fao, graft alld.
came of milliner and. generosity beteg the
talismans that enabled him to slip
though the hods of the law. His end
none from betrayal by one of his mis-
tresses., Mlle. de Kerbergen, who for a
long time luta been his constalit com-
panion, but whom he ultimately aban-
doned in fatVor of it woman younger and
more attractive. Twice he attempted to
rid himself ot Eerbergen, once
by stabbing her aua the ;voila by poi -
sem She indignant et toich display of
ingratitude niter so Many sticrifiees
made for her levet, resolved upon re -
yoga, A young thief who had booms
tuamorea 01 her was tbe medium,
through whom she effeetea her purpose.
He invited thebriginel todine with
Hetbergen and himself as evidence
of anaeable and final eeparation.
Pouleiller, happy to tenninete the of.
fair upon oat easy terms, aceeptea the
invitation. Ilnring the come of the mot
Mlle. XeliliTgell WAS talon 111 (ma upon
latieg asked the canme, saidthat elle lina
taken OWL Peulailler in alarm int*.
eal, whether elm bad also peleened blot
( To Ohm she audwered that that Ivemeldnot
j be sufficient vengeance, that be would
never leave her house exeept, to go to prl-
son aud to deataaWlieretimM Axe elepped
her lianas, ena in rempenee, from every
quarter, police agents robed Imo Pol.
ailler lard secured lam After fierce reeltoce.
Ilia death, however wee not ala prompt
45 Me, Eerbergen had hoped for. Ile
delayed execution of hie sentence by pro -
mining important reveletione from time
to time. At last, after being subjected to
frightful tortures he wexabroken elate on
tbe Wheel mid while still living, burned
at the etalfe.
It was estimated thet lamlailler and
las band bad. Murdered 150 people of ei-
ther sex. Resistance alwaye aroused him
to ferocity. The fete wblcli was eon-
tinually staring iiini in the face Waii not
cauculated to encourage paleness, On
one occasion be killea in the villege of
aain Martin,the father, mother, two
brothers a sister Vecently utarried, her
liusbad and four relatives, all of one
femily. On another, a member of hie band
being detectea in an attempt to betray
his accomplices, eras fastened in the an-
gle of a Wall upright, Imansteled and lift-
ed in the air, wben he- was cue -toed in
plaster. His body was discovered several
years later in the cellar of the house
where the tragedy occurred.
When the news of Poulaillera Men'
tion reached his .native village, the im-
agination of the inhabitants became won-
derfully fertile. After affaiis had return-
ed to normal conditions a legend was
concocted to the effect that on the night
following Poulallier's execution La Tour
alandite, once occupied by Roosort, ap-
peared to be on fire until the next even -
big, while howls and imprecations Were
heard issuing from is, with the name of
Poulailler frequently repeated. A (treed-
ful tem.pets raged for three days, ac-
corampaed by Winding lightning and dea
failing thunder. The phenomenon ap-
pears to be it necessary decorative feat-
ure in all tales of the supernatural.
THE UNTIDY HOUSEWIFE.
Cousin Madge Protests Against Iler Be-
ing English.
Mrs. Crates, writes Cousin Madge in
London Truth,. has discovered .a bit of
social custom an England wnieli as quite
einknown to the English, I find it in her
new book "The Vineyard," Writing of
an Engliali. village, she says:
. In that part of the World no lady -was
ever 'expected to be quite prepared so
far as her own raiment was io geestion,
to receive sudden callers. E,00ms were
supposed to be swept -anal:garnished-
that was the tnfailible sign of good
management -but it housewife who was
always found spick and span in her best
gown, and did not atiye to .keep visitors
waiting while she dressed in order to
receive theins, -would have made a bad
impression. In the first place she would
have the air of one who looked te find
the whole neighborhood on her doorstep
-an arrogant assumption, secondly-, it
would point to extravagance, vanity or
wilful pride.
This is described as part of the social
system in . Frampshire. Surely this
Frampsaire must be in New England,
where decent people are neatly attired
in the afternoon, even though they may
not have their "best gown" on.
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• "ONMARRIE#Sh OF „ENGLAND.,
Over t,000 Casea Brought Before the Two
Judges of the Divorce Court.
Since January 11, 1904, down to Aug-
ust la, the end of the Trinity Term, over
1,000 matrimonial camses, involving the
sorrows. and the 'sills of married people,
have come before the two judges of the
English Divorce Court.
Over one-half of the above total have
been undefended divorce causes -that
is, eases where the respondent has not
thought it worth while appearing to of -
fee if defense.
The safest moral, perhaps, to be drawn
froni these figures- is thet of Sir Fran-
cis Jeune and Mr. Justice Gorell Barnes,
at all events, of all His Majesty's judges,
have enamed their long vacation.
The former, probably' owing to the
peculieeities of his office, is, without a
doubt, the best known functionary on
the British bench. Individuals who
could, not find their -way unaided. from
Charing Cross to the Law Courts yet
know who Sir Francis Jeune is and all
about him. , Solitary empire . builders
toiling sadly ea in tho pathless jungle
Or amid the damp and desolate wastea
of Sylliet tea gardens will break into a
smile ,of teeognition (or the Morse) di-
rectly you mention the word. "President"
-as full of significance to them, /stamps,
as the other little *ora "Piccadilly,"
Those who have the pleasure of Bee-
, ing Sir ErAneie daily can affirm that all
this fame is undesired, la this one point
both he and his colleagues agree. 13oth
Immo the appearenee of being the most
modest of melt.
an ecarly every other particular the
two Meal are utterly, and entirely die -
similar. Sir Eratneirm ham the oval. tank
-
bearded face df the Spaniard.' Ire has
the lona, drooping, at/ohm acme of IL
Don Quixote, tend. these etitheis eyes that
seem to be looking allawhere, but in
your direction -at the water bottle on
the neeoeiatea table; at the judge's -own
left thumb nail,. eviiich he is forever
soothing down Avail his lips --pet see you
and look through you all trio time.. lie
wears rt monocle. to help hint; and it
must be confessed that he Ifeearta to look
more then the Sixty -tale years currently
creditea to his age.
imagine the exaet personal entitlea
sis of ell thie, and you lave Sir John.
Gore! Barnett. Ilk Awe is broad and
euady aria clean -Afton; anal he looks
forth upon his court ana suitors
through the most formidable pair of
epeettielem on the bench. Ile is it man'
•of few vords-a little like the late Lord
Mintier; in that; though thew talkative
ilaym will hover produceanother judge
ele• the bench mo impaseively silent as
that great Ina% At a first view °beat.
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Iman, There ill a good deal of rolewt, 1 • 1-2 `2••••••• ••-• V •
'mei:area no doubt, in the .Admiralty
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Court, but it is as nothing to the floods upon flood; ef Ilea through which time ,
• dilfOrre •COUrt italtat 1145 to steer his t
way. Only it short time after his ap-
pointment the sordid nature of the
' work got upon his Items, and the who
48 Mr. John Barnes, Q. V., bad been the
calmest and strongeet of men, now ae
. Sir Jobe Berme,. was for it titre : 1
Ironical into illness. IialMila ha ila6
become acclimatized since then, end
has Wavered Me old condition of fit.
ers' iniglit say that Sir John Barnes was
bhiff, where the President is:always el-
eberately eourteous, liot both men have
the reputation among their bars of be-
ing patient and. kindly, and a little dif-
ference of manner is not held, to denote'
any real difference of heart. -
In their steps to the bench the two
judges differ widely: The President
may be described, as a product of Ox-
ford. Belonging tO a family:which bad
settled in Jersey in the days of Eliza-
beth (which looks you much like flot-
sam of the Armada), Francis Jeune, the
President's father, became master of
Pembroke College in the yeer of the lat-
ter's birth. Re was known as the
ablest man of business of this day in
(Wore; and though he only had four
years as Bishop of Peterborough, his
death in 1808 could not rob him of the
reputation which he made for himself
as au administrater in the Midland
diocese,
• .
Tresident's work at the bar was
ecclesiastical, and to a certain ex-
tent eommeacial, Toward the end of
his time as an advocate great colonial
• corporations used to take hint into the
Privy Conon; but it was . currently
believed that when he succeeded Mr.
Justice Butt as junior' judge of the
PrObate, Divorce and, Admiralty. Divi-
• sion, in 1891, he did not kruew the dis-
tinetion between port and starboard.
t "t suppose I shall bave to teach him
' all about slaps," one of the then lead-
ers of the Admiralty Bars said ruefully
in court.
I There is ne reason to believe that
Sir Francis Jeune has not learned all
about ships since then, but it is still
a pleasing little affectation of the
Admiralty Bar that Sit Frauds knows
f nothing about ships, while the divorce
court Bar retaliates with the confident
statement that Mr. justice 33arnes
knows nothing about divorce.
Happily for the latter judge, he cer-
tainly knew nothing about 'divorce at
Ids, appointment in 1892. A few years
younger than the President, he was the
son of a Liverpool ship owner, and
ships and whaa..ethey earry have been
his. professional conorn even since, , A
pupil of Sir James Mathew, he may be
considered one of the last of the bril-
liant band of commercial lawyers who
flourished exceedingly it our courts
during the last tale decades of the last
century, Mr. Justice Bighatm is an-
other suivivor;poor Hugh Boyd, who
died se sadly at Derhane in 1898, was
another of that gathering; but it aura
not be said to -day that their places. aro
filled. -
Naturally, divorce court 'work at first
came rather uncongenially to such a
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whose picture is printed above,
proves beyond question that
thousands of cases of inflamma-
tion of the ovaries and Vvoirtb
are annually cured by the use of
Lydia E. Plakhatnis Vegetable
Compound.
.4 Thetis line. Pnenglit :-.Gradual
loss of strength and nerve forme told
Me something was radically wrong
with Me. X had severe ehotting petals
through the pelvic organs, ex -heaps Ana
extreme irritation compelled tae to
seek tam:Ilea advice. The doctor amid
that I had ovatimi trouble and Mora -
tido, and advised an operetion. I
attongly objeeted, to this and :decided
to try IFAydla no Pinkha,m's Vege.
table Cona1nonn.4. I soon found that
my ledge:tent was correct, end that all
the gotel things *aid ebout 'Mita meal.
eine were teue, and acty h3r arty I felt
less pain and increased appetite. The
uleeratton SOOn herded, and the other
tomplications diettppeared, AAA le
eleteta Weeks 1 WAS °nee mote stroll.*
vigorous and perfeetly well,
• "btTy heartiest thetas ate sent to
yeel for the great good yea have done
eileate- Sinteerely yours, alnes Mate Aida
Matialaier, WO Third Ste, Milwaukee,
Nale.a.seotere lenele la *Mate sf atele. *WO
Onrofsil toriolnoms 0000 Isoorsiketwit
T WINDOW DRESSIN
A Calling That Pays as Much 11.11
0,000 It Year, soo kt*
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The hop and grape vince maintain an
nos, wbach in the past helped loin , interesting Moot vernally peewee S
through so moat work. the, death of the vines. Tbough the
Tthe th
Time President, on e oer vin
haud' 3Vna BeeI V ?or heitlthy
iew many of the leaves look us if
they bad been frost-bitten, Borne near-
est the ground era dead, arid sbriveled
up, while °there limber up are beginning
to droop.
Examine one of the very young loxes
at the apex of a long and vigorous eboot
and. see, it is just beginning to uncoil.
Part of the leaflet folds like
fan; pull it open and see wbat the deli -
ohm folds cocoa Here is a curious
sight. The furrows are completely fill-
ed with a moving mass of tiny ineects,
interspersed with others of a larger size.
The smaller, wbich are of a delicate,
light gray color, are the offspring, the
larger clad in green are time patentee
. Every leaf on every plant are similar-
ly tooted; there are ominous upon mil-
•
V V PVT.TV -• ar-w-ririrlirtarrirrrriPt
of the set on the rt of tlie Wiliest,
while ths action of ent is perhaps of
so Ica eon instinctive sort. Instinctive
or not, bowever, it teatainia soolgol YerY
much like reason in ants to take manage
of the aphidee and care for them lox
thy dee
nverywhere in the Mid4i0 and tho
southern, Statll M
es small of yellow
mat brown aphitleca inny be found. gather»
ear in almost ell Ants' note undergrouud
There the ante carefully look alto them,
clean them, secure for theiri a comfort.
able home, where they ean feed Imon. the
sap of tender roota and are remunerated
by the honey O'A
w lai the aphides ex-
ude at their solicitation.
There is no other instance in the whole
animal kingdom, apart from man, lax
which one race takes elwrge of atother
of
it different species for the sake et
some future benefit to be derived from
the object of their care.
The ants not only feed and elielter the
adult aphides, bet, are nurses arid fos-
ter mothers to their young. In the aut-
umn, when the eggs are deposited by the
last generation let the aphides, they are
collected, by the ante and carried by un-
derground tunziels to their mots, There
they are carefully stored up in. 4 proper
apartment and treated, with terelereet
ore And watched. with the utmost soli-
citude. The ants lick them with their
ptretiffillirtesr lainqdtikla.lso varnish there with a
Tait becoeles requisite to remove them
they are carried most carefully in the
jaws or mandibles of their naeter moth-
ers. On warm, sunny days they are
brought to the surface of the nest to get
the benefit of the air, but are always
auried down again to warmer depths
-when the chill of the approaching even-
ing begins to be felt.
The ants treat the egg's ot the aphide
with as much solicitude as they do those
of their own race and their own teeth-
ers, In the spring, -Mien these eggs
hatch the ants are rewarded for the la-
bor they have bestowed upon them. .A
fresh supply of delicioue hone), dew
awaits them as soon as these demotic
cattle begin to feed on the plant roots
that penetrate their communal dwelling.
The eggs of aphides living outside upon
plants are also collected and cared for.
Nor does the care for the apbides end
here, for the ants guard. and protect
the helpless, soft -bodied creatures, at-
tacking and driving off intruding, pre-
daceous insects and, stranger ante that
venture near their pastures. Sometimes,
to protect their charges more effectually,
ants build a shed of mud over a group
of aphides feeding outdoors.
When the leaf or stalk upon which
the aphides have been placed has been
drained of its juices by the plant lice,
and begins to fahrivel and dry up, the
ants pickup the aphides' and carry them
of bodily and deposit them on fresh,
green leaves, stalks, or branches, where
they can obtain new and more succulent
pasturage. The ants' are well aware of
the food that their cattle prefer.
did not succumb quite in the same way.
But the sights be sees ami the easel
he bas to try bevel impaarted aniel-
aucholy touch of cynicism to the conver.
salon with which lie regales those who
practice in his court, lie ia at las best
when "silks" strangers to the division .
come before bine, His obiter aliete, in
time De Lisle case will long be reelem.
bered when he inducted Mr, Shoe and
Mr. Rufus Isaacs into the extols of life
as taught by the divorce court, inform-
ing these einineet counsel, who watelmed
bun vita sorrow and surprise, what a
low view he held of the morality of the
'well-to-do unmarried linen, Another say-
ing ascribed to him (but for the treth
of which the present writer does not
vouch) is: "It' is quito possible for a
man to love severe.l women at the same
time, provided he keeps them apaet.
be lions of the little aulenals in the hop
But all said oat donee you. cannot
a judge if you are alma of seenig human,
nature at its worst. And so, perbaps,
neither Sir Francia Jenne not Sir John
Barnes. need our condolence, but rather
our ongratulations on their high posa
tions and their auccessful lives.
GETS MERCANTILE AGENCY,
New Jersey Receiver Appointed to Take
Chem in IL Y, atate,
Judea Holt, of the United States Dis-
field The vines are past hope, past
remedy, They have the blight of tile
"plant lice," of the aphis. upon them.
The aphis is it peaceful creature, soft -
bodied and succulent. It neither stings,
bites, gives off offensive odors nor as-
sumes ugly and threatening attitudes to
frighten away foes and intruders. It is
as aefenseless as a newly born baby,with
no power of limb or of wing sufficient
to escape threatened -danger, or skill at
disguising itself or of hiding from an
enemy. Its speedy extinetion 45 a race
trict Court, has appointed George et. arm" "em inealtabift for hots of form-
klable foes prey upon- its generations -
Beach auxiliary receiver in bankrupte of
the property in this State of the In er-
e:genial Mercantile Agency of 346 Broad.
.way "to take possession of the property
and preserve it.' Mr. Beach is the New
Jersey receiver, appointed last week. The it. He put a single aphis -upon it plant
Sheriff was still in possession of the of- where nothing could get at it and then
fice yesterday, but the order appoint- watched. Morning, noon and night he
ing the receiver directs all persons having had tbis aphis under observation, with
property of the. eorepany in their posse*. the wbale plant to itself and nothing to
mon to turn it over to the receiver. disturb it. It thrived, grew apaee, molt -
Assistant District Attorney Garvan is ed and cast its ekin no less than four
still investigating the affairs of the con- times in eight days. On the eleventh
cern, and Thomas N. MeCaulay, its ex- day something extraordinary happened;
President, is held pending a hearing in it brought bite the world it living dupla
the evtradition proceedings, on the grand. cate of itself. This was the first of no
larceny tharges made against him by One less than ninety-five offspring, which
ef the Canadian stocahoIders.
were all born within twenty-one days of
the first.
As all. properly constituted insects
the Stoma° h. -This is sadly too of- were supposed, on attaining maturity, to
take to themselves a mate and make
more or less extensive preparations for
egg -laying, We unprecedented method
of obtaiping a family interested Bonnet.
He wanted to gee how far the thing could
be carried. So he separated one of the
second generation from the Ahern gave
ita plot to itself andput it under ob-
+++++++++++++++44+++++++++, servation, The same thing happened
.
SEED CORN. to the second as to the first aphis; with-
inoaboutaiethebitsr.riathnetdoty
t
penriiinoedo-h
oftimeaphis
N.2g
younge yolmg iNot t.
man tried it a third, a fourth. a fifth,
and many times more, no less than eine-
teen in all, and every time the inter
esting little family history Was repeated.
At the end of these nineteen genera -
flocs fully aeveloned males and females
were produced. which mated. A few
eggs were laid; they hatched and the
veonderful -.cycle of generations began
over again. The number of successive
generations between the advent of males
and egg -laying ferneles can. under spit -
able conditions. be indefinitely extended.
Professor Huxley says: "Assuming each
aphis to weigh the one -thousandth part
of it grain and it man to weigh 2,000,000
except for one gift that nature has be-
stowed upon it -only one, but it „ is
enough.
Bonet, it Frenehman, fountt out about
Stop the Pain but Destroy
teh the ease. So many nauseous nostrums
purporting to cure, in the end do the patient
immensely more harni than good. Or, Von
Stan's Pineapple Tablets are a purely veg-
etable pepsin preparation, as harmless n.s
milk. One after eating prevents any dis-
order of the digestive organs. 60 in a box, ss
cents. --40
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Department of Agriculture,
Commissioner's Branch,
The present season has been a very
disappointing one to the great majority
of the growers of eorn in Ontario. The
characteristic lack of care in selecting
and testing seed has this wear, more
clearly than -ever, proved the truth of
the old adage that "experience is a dear
teacaer." We have had no more glar-
ing example of misapplication of energy
and waste of labor than in this eonnec.
tion. This condition of things in doubly
injurious; first, it causes disappoint- gro.inthe tenth brood of one single
s,
aphis wo
it discourages further efforts. The task uld. weigh as mucli as 500,000,-
000 men, -or more than the whole popu-
ment in expected results, and, secondly,
nature. How much more difficult must lotion of Ohio."
of the farmer is arduous enough even th
Morren, .e entomologist, tells us that
when he works in coujimetion . with
it therefore be when her co-operation is i reytesilnae
emilaiis of the tree produces 100
generation, and that
brings forth a brood
not forthcoming. ea z One -of these
On the other hand we find our corn liusb "
growers in this province who have this winter,numerous, eo that by. the tenth
year, and who always have, good crops generation, which takes place just before
the number of births aniount to
criminate beteveen the goocl and, the bad,iwaioe.
ti onthieicillion, a modest stun that requires
of corn. These men have learned to ais-
and to sow only the best seed. The I y fin figuresspiy tiompeoesspirbeisos, toandforomf
simple, yet -withal so scientific that it an definite itlea. Even the sixth gen-
method of peoduciug this seed is very that all the insects
becomes extremely anteresting, and we 112b:ratnyi°61elirv:pieliavi'tedme.udet weigh more
than
would refer those who desire to take up i
This paetheno
seed corn to the Canadian Seed Gni-were' nation on the part of one sex 00110a:thee,
genesis or power of prop-
systematie Work in the improvement of 1
In the -northern parts of the province, !agent that the aphis uses to protect its
Association, Ottawa.
Where so-called silage corn is grown, the I Tao from rapid and complete annihila-
seed is aceured in most eases througlathe it:a:lass-1;11a most effective mains of acorn -
medium. of the seed merchant. A i terTesisItTiCtTIonveovf erinigdiutIg
will order a certain quantity ofgrower :4,i-11 thless
asking to be sopplied with nothingbutbell i File- oaanaataira—
e , ..1..g.ro,,tup3sn.,orra.,sof whole communities, the
the best; ho receives the seed, and in tiec:nspirneading
everylikediXegioolnv",
itality, and if it fails to eqtals and surpasses the progress of any
the great ine.je.rity of cases sows it with-.
grow lays the w'Sle blame on the. seede- and all devastating %modes. The ad-
man. The farmer should test his seed vantae of being able to multiply to
out testing its v
for hineteia and if it be good give the 'infinity in it short time is overwhelming.
1.eeedeman Ms due; if, On the other hand, i To Lite naturalist aphididae are among
it be .bad, let, him • dispose of it as best,' the most worthy of inve,stigation of the
he can; A failing that many growers- insect tribes. Their physiolegy, their
otil too little time is left to obtain
lame is to delay souring their sod las:bits of life and their classification all
:present interesting emobleme whic,h lite
an adequate knowledge. of its real value. finds delight in endeavoring to solve.
But to only one class of individuals
Hence the seed is sown in a haphazard !are they of any ecommlie value, and
loaner, and the results anxiously await- these individuals are ante, Ants regard
ed. There- is little cause to wonder at ! them as cattle, care for, pasture and
the numerous fields of Hungarien grass teat tmilk them as cattle, and shelter and pro -
and millet to be seen throughout the hem as such. Anyone may see for
to these little
country, and which, though poor substi- !himself the attention paie
butes for corn, are ellen more occupyicreatures by ant
ng; s. They follow after
that ,pOmen. the. :aphides and stroke the abdomens of
osition during the present
We would therefore strongly urge the the latter with their antennae, calming
his country to see to , them to exude the sweet seeretion, of
corn growers of t
it now that well matured ears of a de- . which the ants nee so fond, from two
sirable type and the product of a variety ; tubular poles plaod near the hinder
noted for successive large yields te se- pa,rts on the upper surface of the back.
Ills the "Ls greedily devour.
cured for next yea's seed. These shoula.,
Mr. Darwin mentions an observation
be suspended in dry pleas until a couple I
of
of weeks before sowing time, when a his own which soma to show that the
few kernels from each ear should. be ' relations between the ante and their
providers ate of a
t
tested to ascertain the all-importnat easel an intimate and
percentage of vitality of time seed. in gen.. eeeprocal sort. Hon* removed,the lit-
eral. The time of the year is how at tendeeit ants from te little gismo) eonsise-
hand, therefore when. those who groW !lolnVil"ertiloiln aa"de.chne i at l'ill aneil . rtittli:whitew;ori6.
slithild do their utmost to secure leo stiepvevrtieliongurstpeftleyentea tiny ant from
their own seed, or 'aim to supply othere,
id.eEselsel.ionliirtevtah:t telliteuitiapiteuit;ileiestgrhe-
best possible send ears, itoa then store
taw seleetea tare in Falai a manner that .
paired. 1111' oasameteeewcielzi,%svettitterzpoilsiotneyollistyloe
their vitality will be in no way
flee if oily emitted taelecretion, bid ma
STALt BAIT. not oceeed in detecting it single aphis
an tho act. Darwin then tried to imitate
(inc of &sopa Jefferson's pet Oman tat aetion of the anta antennae by deli-
atious is it bachelor -2111e venerable actor kaily etroklug the abdomen of the aph-
believes in early 'marriages, and recently idol with it hair, hut not it single Aphis
Advised it group of Yale juniors to, tespondea. Aphiales are not intelligent, .
marry as 600n RS ever they could Altera bet they tome a bair frean the feeler of
it. "Ilachelore-way, t have the utmost a friendly eat.
eontempt for the whole breed of them, This was eonelasively proved by the
he said. "The older they grow the mere hut that when an ant \Yes mammd to
corkeettra alay grow. I took one flown the little arra of plant liee that Darwin
a peg, though, the alter dry, . Ile was had tortellea on the aoek leaf it hurrioal
flaking about this Women he bed known aajoieleg from ote to another of them
end that woman lie liad kuown, tuna most ly% if it wee well aware of the goodly
"amen, it seemed, luta married. 'Why, /store of luiscioue honey detv that await -
you,' T eitid, tare in dinge.r of getting t3. at, ana began to stroke the tlifferent
left- WhY aollt earn, too, get married bleeds 'with its feelere. Then the good
before it Is tee late 1' Mid tbe Imamate rapidly gave forth the Coveted
Istelielor, teitli a ehttekle, 'there ere still 1 food for the aut's tleleilation.
plenty of good ftith ill the sea) lint the I, Alpaidee Wil do Ibis even *tett Very
beila raid 1, 'isn't there ,aeter .of the swing, A foit, which tends to show Me
l.elt hemming stele?" purely instirietive toid hereditary eaten
0,4,*.kaitirmitoomokr
A. WEAK REMIT.
THE INTERESTING EXPERIENCE
(I.P A. ST. CATHARINES MAN.
.•••••••••rwo......4
•
Aad Suffered /or Twelve Years and
was Ultimately Cured Through the
Advice of a Friend.
"Twelve years ago," says Mr. Wm.
Emery, of Welland avenue, St. Cathar-
ines, "I was living in the town of
Gananoque, and the physicians there
told me I had 'heart disease. From that
time and up to four years ago I often
had severe spells of the trouble. The
least exertion would bring on violent
palpitation, and at other times I would
become dizzy, nervous and frightened,
and my heart would almost cease to
beat. I became reduced in flesh and
insomnia followed. I Was hopeless of
finding a cure, for I had. been treated
by an experienced, doctor, and had
taken many advertised remedies with-
out getting any benefit. One day a
neighbor strongly advised me to try
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, and. acting on
his advice I got half a dozen boxes.
man found • mocha> relief through the
use of the pills, and after continuing
the treatment for a couple of months
I was again enjoying perfect health.
I have not since bad any return of the
trouble, and I feel safe in saying that
the cure is a permanent one, and I can
strongly advise the use of Dr. Wil-
liams' Pink Pills to all who suffer
from similar trouble." The reporter can
only add that Mr. Eraery is well
known in St. Catharines, is a promin-
ent worker in Methodist circles, and
has the highest respect of all who
know him.
If you have any symptoms of heart
trouble, neuralgia, indigestion, rheuma-
tism, anaemia or any of the numerous
troubles caused by poor or watery
blood, you will find new health and
strength in a fair use of Dr, Williatas'
Pink Pills. Do not waste money or
further endanger your bealth be, the
use of substitotes- get the genuine
pills with the full name, "Dr. Williams'
Pink Pills for Pale People," on the
wrapper arouna every box. Sold by
all medicine dealers or sent by mail at
50 cents:. a box or six boxes for Vat)
by writing The Dr. Williams Medicine
Co., Brockville, Ont.
CAT NURSES SQUIRRELS.
A Joplin (Mo.) despatch to the Chi-
eago Inter -Ocean states:
Wm. Williams, a fernier living south
of Ayala, near this city, has a cat that
nurses it litter of squirrels. Four young
fox squirrels were taken to the halo
reeently from the nest where they were
found, Although the family eat bas a
ter of kittens, she exhibits motherly
fondness for the squirrels, and -makes
regular trips back and forth from the
Muse to the barn, and licks and notate;
the squirrels as tenderly as be does
tbie kittons.
Running Sores, the outeome of
neglect et bee blood, have never -fatting
beim In Dr. Agnefes Ointment. Will heat
the most etuebere eases, toothee helte.tion
almost Instautly after that aPPlieatioft. It
relieves sit Ramie and burning skin atheism%
in a day. It cures piles ai 3 to 5 MOH.
01
rents. -2,S.
'Peanut Brittle,
Put into a seueepan a euo of molasses,
0116 of hrowit sugar, two tableSpeorifuits
of butter end one tablesponful of vine-
gar. Boil until it little dropped in teed
Water is brittle, then natal a cupful of vea.
nuts and a smell temieponful of bracing
powder. Remove immediately from the
fire, heat hard for a half.saltratte, then
pour into 14, gnawed rm.