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A Scone . That W. Common Enough IL Century Age , When Eloping Couples Bought the Ala of tb
j Oretaa Oreon nlack.mlth In lolnlDi Them In Katlmol11" ,
+ . Withllrs ; , . Margaret Parker or Clit
. ton Hall , Westmoreland , who died 0.
few tviceka ago at the age of 88 , the
last oC all the hundreds oC brides who
were wooed and carried away across
the border to Gretna Grccn disap-
peared , and one of the most romantic
chapters in Cupid's history was finlllly
closed.,1 ,
It is I > , just slxtr.ono ; years ago since
1'.11' ' : : . Jarcr ! was carried borderwnnle
swift ns nn impatient lover and horses'
feet could take her , and for more than
forty years she led an Ideally happy
life with her romantic husband Mr.
Pnrlcci ; it Is Interesting to nato , was
I no novice at runaway weddings , for ho
had rondo one previous trip to Gret.na
GI'eont" with the daughter of CoI.
Youngeon of Dowscar , who was just
. . . iiii tinY' eve of being sent to India to
ho married to a young army officer
: On tiila ldrat adventure the irate father -
er , In true fiction style , gave hat chase
and arrived : at the scene of the bridal
n few minutes. too late to disappoint
his son.ln-Iaw.
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AnBbor } Interesting survival of the
romantic days of elopements was Car-
olinqMargaret , dowager marchioness
of Quccnsberry , who died quite recently -
ly at the age of 83. The marchioness
was . .the youngest and prettiest daughter -
tel' of Gen. Sir William Clayton , bert. ,
who objected stronglY to Lord Dr 1m-
lanrlg's 'ardent ' wooIng of his 19 - y ar-
old cl.lilll. What could the young lovers -
ers do. In face of such hnplacab'lJ opposition -
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position but hurry away acres I the
border , where obdurate parents could
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safely be defied ?
So one night In early June J 340 ,
Miss Caroline and her lordly wooer
mounted their horses and never rested
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unlll , the obliging blacksmith it ! Gret-
ua Green had made thorn mo.
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The marchioness always retained
. her romantic notions. Years after her
awn runaway match her maid ran off
with' the coachman , also on a matrimonial -
menial erl'and. The coachman borrowed -
rowed the marquis' favorite hunter for
the journey and unfortunately lamed
hIm , with the result that Lord Queens-
berry In his wrath dismissed thorn
' oth. 1 Whereupon the marchioness in-
terceded-and succcssfully-on behalf
r" df the young couple , reminding her
lord that "you would not have minded
how many horses you lamed when you
, eloped with mo. . _
At Orotna Green every facility was
. offered for the InvadIng lovers Impromptu -
promptu parsons were plentiful : and
. jf the blacksmith was by chance engaged ! -
gaged , the ferryman , the toll1eeoper
. and landlord of the village r.ostelry
\\'ero \ all ready and eager to assume
the prIestly role and pocket a wel-
come fee. Indeed , the tollkeoper-the
" " couple would
first "priest" an eloping
bo likely to encounter-did the best
business ! of them all . uniting . so it is
saId , as many as 200 couples In a
single year , a record which made the
blacksmith , who has had too much of
the credit , green with envy.
II is said that half the British peer-
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age derives its orIgin rrom one or other -
er of these border unions : , and , although -
though this is doubtless an exaggeration -
tlon , there are scores of aristocrats today .
day who would have been nonexistent
but for the temptation Gretna Green
offered to their headstrong ancestors.
Many nn embryo peer of the realm has
stood before the improvised altar In
the blnelesmlth's shop or tollhouse and
left In fl happy man. The horses of
Vllllers , Coventry , Paget , Fane , Beau-
clerk and many another noble and his-
toric name have had their destinies
shaped In the Dumfrtesshiro village.
One of the most historic and romantic -
mantic of all elopements was that of
John Fane , tenth earl of Westmore-
land , with pretty Sarah Child , the
only daughter and heiress of "Old
Child , " the wealthy banker of Ostdr-
loy Park It was the daughter of this
union , Lady Sarah Fane , who brought
the Child money bags to the noble
house of Jersey , and in many another
case has Gretna Green Introduced now
hlood and wealth Into England's great
families.
Powerful New PoIsonous Drug.
Lascelhls Scott of England has recently -
ccntly published some startling facts
about cyanld of cncod1. . It is a white
powder , melting at 33 degrees and.
boiling at 140 degrees , which , when
exposed to air , gives off a slight
vapor , to Inhale which is death. Its
effect Is so powerful that Mr. Scott
states that ho has seen the one-mil-
lionth part of a grain of the drugitt . ,
stantly ! Ielll four dogs when they were
Introduced into an airtight cage with
it. While but little known , It was
made many years ago by a noted
French chemist , Cadet. Ho combined
potassium acetate with white arsenic ,
producing a fuming liquid , oxld of
cacod'l. This , when combined with
c'anogen , a radical of prussic acid ,
produces cyanid of cacodyl , thousands
of times more poIsonous than the pure
prussic acld.-Albany Medical Annals.
Geed Scheme of Colored Women.
It has remained for colored women
In Los Angeles to devise a new form
of philanthropy. They have preceded
to organize the Southern California '
home association and floral invest-
ment company. The object is to pro-
vide n. pleasant home for aged
negroes and orphans of the colored
race.
The support of the home 18 to bo derived -
rived from the sale of carnations and
other flowers. The old people and the
children , not being strong physically ,
could not bo expected to perform hard
labor , but the growing of flowers for
the market will supply them with
light and profitable occupation and
they will find themselves amid pleasant -
ant surroundings and with comforts.
Name Gun for KaIser.
One of the twelve-inch guns of the
Italian warship Brul is to be named
"Wilhelm II , " after the Icnlser. It Is
the first compliment of the kind paid
to 'anybody outside of Italy.
SINGS HIS NATIVE SONGS.
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Maori Chieftain Has Become the Rage
In London.
Here Is n. rather striking photograph
of wndon's latest ad In the artistic
way-tho simon pure Maori chieftain ,
who , clad in the costume shown In the
picture , is singing native songs of his
own composition In fashionable draw-
Ing rooms In London , and Is planning
a descent on the United States later
on.
Unnglula , as the Maori calls himself ,
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.NGWIA1'l1S : MAoRI C1tl F'l'A1N
who ARRhYE.D IN HIS NATIVE : CO.1T.OMe : i
'IS SIN G1t p me ; SONGS OF HIS NATION
IN trs..tsn ; PR & .vr a-'ROOMS , . . c ,
was "commanded" to entertain the
PrInce and Princes of Wales on May
1 ! , and renew an acquaintance begun
some time ago In New Zealand under
decidedly different circumstances.
Then he led a war dance for the
amusement or their Royal HI/ihn6sses. /
Ranglula's good fortune 18 being sum-
moned to court has resulted in a bombardment -
bardment of applications for open
time , and the singer already has closed
enmtgh engagements to keep him busy
through most of the coming 5easbn.
Then he wants to visit the United
States.
Given His Preference.
Senator Proctor has his own ideas
about apprenticeship In government
office. When a young man approached
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and means of getting .
ting Into the sen-
ate , he advised
D him first to become -
come a good citi-
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study your ward , "
he said , "then
your assembly dis-
trict , and finally
state and national
affairs. "
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the young man ,
"w11l it take as
long a time as all
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grow in a night. "
"Somo kind do , " answered the Senator -
ator , "and so docs the mushroom. It's
a question for you to answer whether
you want to bo a toadstool or a Daniel
Webster-Now ! York Times.
Ponies of Small Size
The two smallest ponIes in the
world were recently exhibited In Ham-
burg. They are so small a man can
carry both of thorn at anco.
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SAW REAL SEA SERPENT.
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French Sailors Declare They Met
Genuine Ocean Monster.
The commander of the French gunboat - , . ( f 1
boat Decldoo reports to his admiral + .c. . . .
In the far east that ho and his officers
and crew have seen a genuine sea .
serpent In the Day of Along , near
Haillhong , In TonIln. About iJOO yards
beyond the vessel , and on the port ,
side , a large , round , black mass was ; . .
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sUddenly observed , and those on board !
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the gunboat took It for 0. rock. Later :
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on the supposed rock moved , and was . - .
taken to bo a colossal hurtle Then ' " ,
the mass stretched out in vertical un- ; ,
dulatiollB , and what appeared to le al
flattened serpent thirty meters , or
ninety-eight feet , long , was plainly
vislbJo. The serpent dived twlco !
before the eyes of all on board. Once
It went right under the gunboat , and ' ; ,
came up so near that the doctor , the :
boatswain , and several others , were
able , by bending over the gunwale , to I
get a good vIew of the monster. It' I
was seen that the head and neck were
turtle-meo and titat the skin was dark
brown , with rings or patches of yel-
low. It emitted jets of vapory water' . .
and afterward disappeared in the dis-
tance. . .
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Syrian Patriarch. :
On Christmas Day a large congrega
Lion assembles In Bethlehem to warship . . ,
ship on the spot , or what Is supposed . . , !
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to be the spot , where Christ was born. !
The place Is now marked by a temple , '
while the exact spot where the man ,
ger once stood is marked by an altar : .
One of the features of the ceremony ,
which Is elaborate , is the benediction :
which is pronounced by a venerable ;
Syrian patriarch. The blessing hasl '
been uttered in exactly the same way '
and from the same position for many
centuries.-New York Hp.rald. ; .
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Weatherwlse Birds and Fish. ,
The seagull makes a splendid : : IIvingi ;
barometer. I. a covey of seagulls fly ; J ,
seawards early in the morning sallorsl ii
know that the will I
and fishermen day , {
be fine and the wind fair , but if the : ;
birds keep inland-though there he : : J
no haze hanging out towards the sea ; ; "I
to denote unpleasant weather-inter : )
e.sted folk kqow that the clements will \ , ' 1
be unravornbJe. Of all weatherwisc ' ,
fish the dolphin is the most reml1.rk- , . . .
ablo. During a fierce gale or a storm . . ? ' ?
at sea the mariner knows that the end " , . ' : "JtI 4
of It is near if be can see r. dolphin "
or a number of that fish , sporting on'
the high sea waves. ! ,
Butterfly's Light Diet. I
A butterfly which a Chicago woman !
kept all winter and has recently died 'II. .
ate one . drop o : ( honey in every three : , .
days. u
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