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"L'lle au Uuerdaln," Jersey.
(Prrftr"l hy the National OeoRraphlo So
clfty, WnnhlriBton, L. C.)
The Channel inlands, one of the
most picturesque portions of Grout
Urltnln, nre geographically not a part
of the Ilrltlsh Isles nt all. Victor Hu
go, who wrote some of his best-known
works In the Islands, spoke of them
ns "hits of France fallen Into the pen
and picked up by England." Hut real
ly they were In effect the home of a
conqueror of Britain. They were n
pnrt of the Duchy of Normandy from
which William the Conqueror went
forth Tind to which he added the Brit
ish Isles. All the remainder of Nor
mandy finally reverted to France, hut
the little Channel islands remain to
day n reminder that Englnnd was
conquered.
These tiny Islands hug the shore of
France. Jersey Is barely twenty miles
from the French const, and 100 miles
from England. French Is generally
tpoken In the Islands; and not English
law, but the old Norman law, largely
abolished on the neighboring coast of
Normandy, governs the actions of the
Islanders.
Norman In race, In language, nnd In
laws, It can he Imagined what n
wrench It must have been to the Is
landers to he forcibly severed from
Normandy. Mnny of the feudal lords,
who held Innd both on the mainland
tind In the islands, took the side of the
French king, and therefore their hinds
in the Islands escheated to the king
of Englnnd nnd formed the Fief le
Itol, for which he still appoints a re
ceiver general la ench bailiwick to
collect his feudal rents, and these are
still paid, either In "quarters' of corn
or their equivalent Jn money, for his
"rents," or in fowls for his "poulnge."
But among the Norman nobles the
do Carterets, then among the largest
landowners In Jersey, nnd i'lerre de
Prenux, governor of all the Islands
remained faithful to En, and. The
Intter contrived that these Islands,
alone of all King John's continental
possessions, should remain English,
and they were rntllled to the crown
of England by the 'treaty of West
minster of 1250, which was again con
firmed by the treaty of Bretlgny of
1,'iOO.
So the Chnnnel Islands have never
passed under the crown of France, but
Iiuvo been Inherited continuously by
thi kings of England as successors of
the dukes of Normandy, In spite of
continual Invnslons by the French.
Jersey Faithful to Charles.
In the Seventeenth century, ns the
days of the commonwealth drew near,
n great clenvago between Jersey nnd
Guernsey took plnce.
Guernsey, impelled to tlio popular
cause by Its moro pronounced Presby
terlnnlsm, by the feeling of betraynl
which the Stuart regime in that Is
land had produced, nnd strongly In
fluenced by threo prominent Islanders,
Peter do Benuvolr, James de Havl
elnnd, nnd Peter Cnrey, dcclnrcd for
tlio parliament. Jersey, ns strongly
influenced by Its great feudal family
of de Carteret, remained loyal to the
royal cause, nnd In 1045 the Jersey
states proclaimed their continued ad
herence, to the king. '
In the following year the prlnco of
"Wales (afterwards Charles II) sought
refugo In Jersey, arriving from the
Scllly islnnds; and Jersey, after the
execution of Charles I, was tlio one
place in the United Kingdom to pro
claim him king of Englnnd. Shortly
after his proclamation ho nguln visited
tlio Island, nnd was supported both
with men and money by Sir George
Cnrterct nnd the majority of the
islanders.
Although It Is nearly threo hundred
years since Jersey and Guernsey were
nt open wnr, yet the old rancor still
lingered until the World war swept
awny nil Bmaller misunderstandings,
nnd nil Channel, Islanders, with the
rest of Britain's sons, became broth-crs-ln-nrms.
Beauties and Artists of Jersey.
Jersey, with Its wooded valleys, Its
winding lanes, overarched with foil
ago; Its orchards, Its mllos of glisten
ing sand, its quaint old churches and
picturesque, granite farmhouses, and
dominated' always by the magnificent
ruins of Mont Orguell castle, gives tlio
impression of unbounded prosperity
nnd fertility. Its lands having been
owned always by a race of pensant
proprietors, tlio country shows that It
has been cultivated for Its own sako
by men who loved It nnd not by hire
lings. Naturally enough, bo much benuty
lias bred a ruco. of artists, the moat
fomous being Monnmy, Le Cnpelnln,
Jean the miniaturist, Ouless, Sir John
Mlllals, and nt the present dny Messrs,
Lander, Le Mnlstre, and Blampled.
Guernsey, alas. Is spoiled, from a
scenic standpoint, by miles of green
houses nnd ncres of qunrries. But its
cliffs nnd bays are mngnlflccnt, nnd
Moulin Huet Is perhaps the most love
ly spot In the Islands. There nre still
to be found some wooden walks nnd
lanes, old stone walls nnd nrched gate
ways, which are as yet unmnned by
the utilitarian demands of modern ag
riculture nnd Industry.
Saint Peter port, built on the sldo
of a hill, retains n certain amount of
Its former plcturesqueness; It Is trn
versed by a curious succession of long
granite stairways, and, with Its high
red-roofed houses, hns n foreign ap
pearance "Cnudebec sur les cqnules
de Ilarlleur," us Vncquerle described
It when on n visit to Victor Hugo, who
was then living in the Islands us an
exllo from France.
It wns during the grent Frenchman's
residence in Guernsey that ho wroto
much of his poetry nnd three of his
best-known novels "Les Mlsernbles,"
"The Man Who Laughs" and "Tho
Tollers of the Sea." In commemoration
of his exllo the French nation brought
over nnd erected a statue to his mem
ory In July, 101-1.
Alderney, Key to the Channel.
The lesser Islands, Alderney, Sarlc,
Ilerui nnd Jethou, nre comprised in
the bailiwick of Guernsey.
Alderney, described by Napoleon ns
the shield of England, wns considered,
In the days before aircraft, subma
rines nnd long-range guns hnd revo
lutionized wnrfare, to he tho key of
the channel. Consequently, during
the Napoleonic wnrs, forts were erect
ed hero by the British government at
vast expense.
Bugged and inhospitable ns the is
land looks to the wayfarer, it has
a savage, untamed beauty denied to
the other Islnnds. It Is surrounded by
the most dangerous currents and wild
est stn s In the English channel. Sev
en miles west of Alderney lie the fa
mous Casquet rocks, "where tho car
cases of many tnll ships lie burled."
No ono can claim to have seen tho
Channel Islands until he has seen
.Snrk, which Is nn epltomo of tho
beauty of them all. It contains tho
wooded valleys of Jersey, the bril
liant lichen-covered cliffs of Guernsey,
and Its own enrpet of wild flowers and
sea-anemones, while the natural magic
of Its boauty Is supplemented, to tho
tultnto, by tho magie-worklng power
of some of tho old Inhabitants.
Tho two remaining islands of the
archipelago nro Herm nnd Jethou,
which He between Snrk nnd Guernsey.
They belong to the crown, having gone
through many vicissitudes and hnvlng
passed through a great variety of
hands.
Hip-Joint Disease Cured by Natures
Hip-Joint dlscaso In children has
been looked upon ns almost always duo
to tuberculosis of tho bones of tho
Joint. But Dr. Hnlfdnn Sundt of Nor
way asserts that 48.4 per cent of such
cases aro not. tuberculosis nt nil. In
tho courso of his hospital cxperlcnco
ho observed that n group of theso
children In his caro which had been
allowed to run freely without any re
straint, nt tho end of threo years
showed Just ns good results as others
which had been subjected to tho ac
cepted methods of treatment.
An Illustration.
"Pn, whnt's meant by an nlr of gay
Insouclnnco?"
"Did you seo how tho cook looked
when sho walked out this morning
nnd left your mother to get break
fast?" "Yes, pn."
"Well, sho woro nn air of gay Im
souclnnce." Birmingham Age-Herald,
Gift for Woman Explorer.
A testimonial book containing tho
signatures of many notables of tho
British nation has been presented to
Mrs. Itosltn Forbos, 'tno greatest wom
an explorer," In recognition of her re
cent achievement In ninklng tho peril
ous Journey to Kufra, tho desert head
quarters of the Senussl.
Mahometan Calendar.
Tho Mahometan cnlendur Is dated
from tho flight of Mahomet from Mec
ca to Medina, In 022.
Inserting a lead pencil completes a
circuit and starts In operation a new
electric pencil sharpener.
OLD PILOT HAPPY
Nick Durand Has Big Store of
Pleasant Memories.
His Recollections Cover Thlrty-Three
Years of Splendid Service on the
Ohio River Ferric3.
With tho snubby-nosed old ferry tied
lip to nwalt Its doom, the planks of
the rotting wharf drifting wearily out
with the current, Nick Durum), uld to
eloping couples and for thirty-three
years on one after another of the Ohio
river craft, Is left once more without
a vessel.
At the time he shipped on the Shall
cross In 18S8, the river surged with
steamboats, bound for Cincinnati with
Mississippi molasses or nosing their
way downstream to Vlcksburg, loaded
with butter and candle wicks. That
was the time when the ferry boat piled
to and fro with white decks and the
tops of the wbeelhouses painted blue,
carrying every one from fuzzy-whiskered
farmers to nurse girls in pink
dotted sunbonnets for there was no
bridge and the only crossing to be had
was by way of the dock-apron and tho
gangplank.
Names of vessels scarcely remem
bered along the river slip from the
idiot's tongue ns he recounts tales
gathered from thousands of trips he
lias made.
The" Balnbow, the Gray Eagle, the
Prueland In all that time, he boasts,
although he has beaten his wuy back
and forth through wind and fog and
Ice-clogged water, no serious accident
has occurred.
With a chuckle, he tells of the
couples that have made their way
down the river front hand In hand
and often coming aboard oblivious of
passengers nnd staring deckhands
forgetting to pay their fare as they
missed the little counter at the dock.
iLor, yes, there's been a plenty of
them," he smiles, wngglng his chin.
"You can tell 'em every time. They
come down all eyes for each other,
and none for anybody else. Usually
they get off and get It over with as
soon as possible, and when they come
back they ore more loving than ever,
then they stand over In a corner un
rolling the certificate to look at. How
ninny V I couldn't tell 1 expect soine
of them are famous by now, but I
could never keep track of any."
Dtirlm: the years that Nick Durand
has shipped on Ohio steamers, he has
seen the river change from a heavily
traveled thoroughfare to u mere alley
way where an occasional paddle is
seen. Before tlio building of the Big
Four bridge at Louisville, the ferries
came bobbing daintily across at 15
mlnute Intervals, but after its con
struction the farmers and nurse girls
drifted away, and for a time the fer
ry, stanch of hull, but frowsy of rig
ging came hobbling by like u rugged
old woman, shaggy-browed and with
skirts tucked In.
But Durand will not be long with
out n boat; he has already been en
gaged ns pilot of the Pilgrim, which
wns retained by the owners, and Is
now being fitted out for slow, linger
ing sapphire days up tin! river. Louis
ville Courier-Journal.
i New Housing Idea In Rome.
Homo will become a city of odd ap
pearance If the plans for the solution
of the housing problem proposed by
some Italian engineers are put In op
eration. The proposal Is to build on
the flat roofs of most of tho build
ings In Homo light houses of three
and four stories.
Tho engineers have plnccd their
Ideas beforo Henry Colt MacClean,
United States commercial attache to
tho American embassy. They have
asked that American capital become
Interested in the project. The materi
al for tho whole of the scheme, accord
ing to tho engineers' suggestions,
tvould come from America because of
the adaptability of American light
construction methods In the choice of
materials and means of assembling.
Mr. MacClean has succeeded In In
teresting several American business
men in the project and other project
along the line of building construc
tion in ltomc.
Worse and Worse.
Two Scotchmen who, though good
friends, were poles npart on politics,
wero discussing the doings of their lo
cul representative. Said one: "Ho
sent me a braco of lino birds before
election last year."
"Man," replied the other; "Hint wns
bribery."
"But," said tho first spenker, "we
could-nn eat them ; they were sao high
we Just hud to threw them awn."
"Worse nnd worse," quoth his friend,
"that was bribery and corruption."
Boston Transcript.
No Solitude.
"How pleasant It must he to dwell
In tho wilderness, far, far from the
madding crowds;" wo rhnpsodlcally
exclained.
"That Is what I expected It would
bo heforo I came," sourly replied tho
hermit. "Hut soon after I got located
n rumor stnrted that I was making a
pretty fair article of homo brow In
my cave here, and ever since I have
had more callers than a prizefight
champion. Kindly sign your name In
tho visitors book, and go on your
way." Knnsns City Stur.
Wind and String.
"Feck Is n grent fellow for blowing
tils own horn In public."
"Well, poor man, I Rupposo It's a
chnngo for him from playing second
Uddlo at home." ISostou Truuserlpt.
WAS THE NEIGHBOR'S CHICKEN
Incident That Was Embarrassing, Al
though It Also Had an Amus
ing Side to It.
Some years ngo, while living In tho
suburbs, wo kept n few chickens; our
nolghbors nlso had chickens. After
tho gnrden season was over wo let
them run, as did our neighbors. In
this way I suppose they got more or
less mixed.
One dny I decided to have a chicken
for dinner, nnd, not liking to kill It
myself my husband being nwny I
asked our neighbor If lie would kill
it for me. Ho kindly consented, so I
brought out the particular fowl I had
selected. Ho killed it and I thanked
liltn nnd proceeded to preparo It for
dinner.
When dinner wns over I went out
to feed tho chickens. Whnt was my
surprise to find nmong them tho fowl
I thought I hud Just eaten. It was my
neighbor's chicken I had asked him
to kill for mo.
Of course, I lost no tlmo In making
apologies nnd nlso insisted that they
tako ours Instead, nnd tlicy had a
good laugh nt my expense. Exchange.
His "Diplomacy."
"I say, dad," piped tlio small boy,
"can I nsk you a question?"
"Yes; go ahead," replied tho in
dulgent dad.
"What's -diplomacy, dad7 I saw It
In a book tlio other day."
"Diplomacy, my boy," said dad, with
a patronizing smile, "means doing or
saying precisely tho right thing ut tho
right moment."
"Ah I Then I was a diplomatist ,last
night, dad."
"Kenlly, my boy. How d'you make
that out?"
"Why, when mum came in with tho
castor oil, I rolled Bobblo Into my
plnce In bed nnd then rolled him back
beforo sho enmo round to tlio other
sldel"
Steady Young Feller.
"They tell mo that your boy, Josh,
hns grown to bo a mlddlln' wild young
feller since ho como bnck from trnv
ellng uround with them marines," suld
Farmer Brown to his neighbor.
"Wn-1-1," drawled tho father, "ho
ain't oxnetly what I'd call wild. He's
been goln' to tho movies n coupln
times a week, smoked cigarettes,
drinks a right smart lot of lemon
sody, nnd hns stnrted to collect pic
tures of them show actresses. But
I reckon tho boy nln't bad he's Just
sowln' his wild oats." Tho Leather
neck. Figure It Out.
Young Lady Do you know where
John Smith lives?
Policeman Yes; the third houso on
tho left-hand side of tho street in tlio
next block.
Young Lady But which is tho lcft-
hnnd sldo of tlio street In tho next
block? I'm a stranger in tho city.
Thero aro but two classes of peoplo
In tho world difficult to convince
ngnlnst their will men nnd women.
WOMEN OF MIDDLE LIFE
A Dangerous Period Through Which Every Woman Must Pass
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Lister, C08 Frank Strcot, Adrian, Mich.
It is said that middle ngo is tho most trying period in a woman's life, and
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Mimimlrut I'lijrilcliuia
14th and 31 St. Lincoln. Neb.
80 Years Old
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Now Feels Yound After
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