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Copyright, 19TB, by A.
CHAPTER VIII.
When My Lord Comes Home From
War.
Slo-wly the bleak light wanned into
golden radiance, and the touch of
.dawn strung the scattered bird-notgs
into a chain of joyous song. Pass
ing at last from the forest shades, the
men of Ivarsdale came out into the
grassy lane-like road that wound away
over the Middlesex hills. Here and
there the little shock-headed boys
who were driving thir charges afield
paused knee-deep in rosy clover to
watch the hand ride by.
"Yon must be a mighty warrior."
they whispered as they stared at the
sober young leader. "Take notice
how his eyes gaze straight ahead, as
though he were seeking more people
to overcome." And they spoke en
viously of the red-cloaked page who
sat on the croup of the leader's white
charger.
Through warm sunshine, tempered
by fresh breezes, they came yet deep
er into the drowsy farmland. Grad
ually the yeomen-soldiers, who had
been wrangling over the mystery of
Edric's actions, dropped one by one
into lazy silence, or set their tongues
to whistling cleverly turned answers
to the bird-calls in the hedges. An
other mile, and from somewhere in
the fields came the swinging chant of
a ploughman, as he turned the soil
between the rows of rustling corn.
"Hall. Mother Earth, thou feeder of folk!
lit thou prowinc hy goodness of God,
Filled with fodder. th folk to feed."
Like the unbinding of a spell, the
words fell upon the farmer-soldiers.
Dropping every other topic, they be
gan to argue over the crops; and after
that they could not pass a harmless
calf tethered to a crab-tree that they
did not quarrel over the breed, nor
start a drove of grunting swine out
of the mast but thej must Jay wagers
on the weight.
'Saw I never a
Running wild in the animation, it
was not long before the clamor caught
up with the Etheling where he rode
before them in sober reflection. "I
do not believe that-a tree-toad can
change color more easily." he ob
served to the old cniht who rode at
his side. "That Englishmen are not
sfout fighters, no man can say, but
the love of it is not in their breasts;
while with Northmen "
"With Northmen," Morcard added,
"ro fight is to eat."
Another faint smile touched Se
bert's mouth as he glanced over his
shoulder at the red-cloaked boy. "Aft
er seeing this sprout, that is easy to
believe. Except that time alone when
a two-year-old colt kicked me on the
head, 1 have never had my life threat
ened by so young a thing."
He grew grave again as his glance
rested on his captive. "I want you to
tell me something," he said present
ly. "You were Canute's page; I saw
that you accompanied him in battle.
I want you to tell me what he is like
in his temper."
"It would be more easy to tell you
what he is unlike," Randalin answered
slowly; "for in no way whatever is he
like your King Edmund." She sat
awhile in silence, her eyes absently
following the course of the wind over
a slope of bending grain. "I think
this is the difference, to tell it short
ly," she said at last; "while it some
limes happens that Canute is driven
by necessity or evil counsels to act
deceitfully toward others, he is al
ways honest in his own mind; while
your Edmund I think he lies to him
self also."
Morcard gave out a dry chuckle.
"By Saint Cuthbert," he muttered,
"too much has not been told concern
ing the sharpness of children!"
But the Etheling made no answer
whatever. After he had ridden a
time staring away across the fields,
he met the old man's eyes gravely.
"Wel-a-way! What use to think
of it? For the present, at least. I
am a lordless man. Let us speak of
the defenses we must begin to raise
against Edmund's coming."
"While they discussed watch-towers
and barriers, the horses took them
along at a swinging pace. Suddenly
the Lord of Ivarsdale broke off with
an exclamation.
"It was rot in my mind that we
could see the old forked elm from
here. Hey, comrades!" he called over
his shoulder. "Yonder to the lef)
the old landmark! Do yon see?" His
glance, as it came back, took in his
captive. "The first bar of your cage,
my hawk. Yonder is the first bounda
ry of Ivarsdale."
Every man started up in his saddle,
and the cheers they had held back
upon leaving camp burst forth now
with added zest. Peering over her
captor's shoulder. Randalin looked for
. ward anxiously.
Below the plain in whose center the
old elm held up its blasted top to be
"silvered by the sun, the land dipped
abruptly toward the river, to rise be
yond in a long low hflL Rolling green
meadows lay at its foot, and warm
brown fields dotted with thatched
farm-houses; and its sides were check
ered with patches of woodland and
stretches of golden barley. Just be
low the crest, the tower of the Lords
of Ivrsdale reared its gray walls above
the surrounding greenery. It was a
kingdom to itself, with the light Blast
ing warmly upon its fertile slopes aad
tke forest standing like a stromg army
at its back.
it was so peacefully wraey.
of her
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tears welled up under the girl's heavy
lids as she looked.
She said unsteadily, "Saw I never
a fairer cage, lord."
But the Ethelihg's eager glance had
traveled on; for the first time the
sun was shining out brightly in his
face.
"The sight has more cheer than has
wine," he said. "I cannot comprehend
my folly in wanting to leave it. To
live one's own master on one's own
land, that is the only life!" He looked
back at the yeomen with a sudden
smile. "Noise!" he ordered. "Cheer
again! it expresses the state of my
feelings. And let your horn sound
merrily, Kendred, that they may know
we are coming."
Amid a joyous tumult, they swept
over the terrace-like plain and broke
ranks around the old elm. Evidently
it was the disbanding place, for the
yeomen-soldiers, one and all, came
crowding around their leader to press
his hand and speak a parting word.
In the meadows beyond the stream,
little shepherd boys had heard the
horn and were swarming, spider-like,
over the hedges, sending up shrill
shouts. And now women came run
ning across the fields from the farm
houses, waving their aprons. More
children raced behind them: and then
a dozen old men, limping and hob
bling on crutches and canes. A mo
ment, and they were all orer the foot
bridge and up the slope; and the
sweet clamor of greetings was added
to the tumult. Now it was a crowd
of little brothers throwing themselves
upon a big one; now a blooming lass
flinging her arms around her sweet-'
heart's neck; and again, a farmer's
little daughter leaping joyously into
her father's embrace.
In the midst of it, the Lord of Ivars
dale looked around and found that
Fridtjof the page was crying as though
his heart would break.
fairer cage, lord."
"How! lears, my Beowulf!" he
said in amazement.
She was far beyond words, the girl
in the page's dress; she could only
bury her face deeper in her slender
hands and try to control the sobs
that shook her from head to foot.
But it was not long before the
young man's kindness divined the
source of her pain. He spoke a quick
word to those behind, and waving
aside those before, touched spur to
the white horse. In a moment the
good steed had borne them out of the
crowd and down the slope, followed
only by the old cnihts and the dozen
armed retainers.
As the hoofs rang hollow on the lit
tle bridge that spanned the stream,
the Etheling spoke again in his voice
of careless gentleness. "It is easy to
enter into the sorrowfulness of your
heart, youngling, and I think it no dis
honor to your courage that you should
mourn your kin with tears; yet I pray
you to lay aside as much grief as you
can. Bear in mind that no dungeon
is gaping for you."
She could not speak to him yet, but
when he put his hand back to feel
of a strap, she bent and touched the
brown fingers gratefully with her lips.
The answer seemed to renew his kind
ly impulse.
"After all, you should not feel so
strange among us." he said lightly.
"Do you know that it was one of your
own countrymen who built the Tower?
Ivar Wide-Fathomer he was named,
whence it is still called ivarsdale. He
was of the stock of Lodbrok, they
say; and it is said, too, that one of
his race is even now with Canute.
You must make believe that you are
coming home." So he spun on, care
lessly good-humored, as they climbed
the winding hill-path.
"If we make haste, it may be that
we can take Hildelitha and Father
Ingulph by surprise." he laughed, leap
ing down on the crumbling doorstep
and pulling his captive with him.
In the tunnel-like arch of the great
entrance they met another throng, but
he shook them off with good-natured
impatience and hurried through the
great guard-room to the winding
stairs, that were cut out of the core of
the massive stones. "Dp and across
another mighty hall, and then up
again, and into a great women's-room,
full of looms and spinning-wheels,
where a buxom English housewife and
half-a-dozen red-cheeked maids were
gaping over their distaffs at the tale
a jolly monk was ternng Detween
swallows of wine.
He choked in his cup when he saw
who stood laughing in the doorway,
and there was a great screaming and
scrambling among his audience.
Knocking over her spinning-wheel to
get to him, the woman Hildelitha
threw her arms around her young
lord's neck and gave him a hearty
smack on either cheek; while the fat,
monk sputtered blessings between his
paroxysms of coughing, and the six
blooming girls made a screaming cir
cle around him.
Though he endured it amiably
enough, the Etheling appeared in some
haste to offer a diversion. He evaded
a second embrace. by turning and
beckoning to his mrinlHng captive.
"Save a little of your greeting for
my guest, good nurse. Behold the fire
eating Dane that I have catured with
my own right arm!" As the red
cloaked figure still hung back, he
pulled it gently forward unto the light
of the Botched candles fell brightly oa
the face, pitifully white for an its
blood-stains, ia the frame of tattled
"A Dane?" the women cried sarffly;
then, with equal unanimity, bant out
laughing.
Randalin drew a little nearer the
Etheling's sheltering side. He sail
half reprovingly, half freakishly, "It
would not be well for yon to anger
him. He is the page of Canute him
self, a real Wandering Wolf, and
recks not whom he attacks. He came
near to spitting Oslac at the battle.
and even threatened me."
"Oslac!" screamed one of the serving-maids,
turning very red. "The
murderous .little fiend!"
And Father Ingulph cleared his
throat loudly. "Well-fitting is your
charity both toward my teachings and
your heart, my son; and yet Discre
tion is the mother of other virtues. To
bring one of those roving children of
Satan into a Christian household will
lay upoa me a responsibility which
which " He paused to take a mouth
ful of wine and eye the stranger over
the goblet rim with much disfavor.
While the maids whispered excited
ly in one another's ears, Hildelitha
began to sniff behind her apron.
"I do not see why you wanted to
bring him home. Lord Sebert. You
know that Danes are odious to me
since my husband, of holy memory,
fell under their axes most detestable
yet I would not anger you, my honey-sweet
lord," she broke off abruptly.
For the Lord of Ivarsdale had sud
denly grown very stiff and grave;
there was something curiously haugh
ty in the quiet distinctness of his
words.
(To be continued.)
RUSSELL SAGE ON VACATIONS.
Chicago Newspaper 'Pokes Fun at the
Aged Financier.
Mr. Russell Sage has dealt a telling
and timely blow to the lamentable
habit of taking vacations. Coming at
the time when the great majority of
people are plotting against their own
interests by arranging for the annual
peregrination to fashionable watering
places, Mr. Sage's convincing argu
ment will doubtless put the matter
to many people in a new light. There
is no doubt that a great many good
business opportunities slip by a per
son when be is off on his vacation.
A quick break in the stock market
a momentary slump in real estate
the underwriting of some new con
cern at tempting prices all these
golden chances may escape the man
who is hid away in some far off forest
or mountain retreat. The man at
home is the man who "gets in" and
makes a neat little turn with the tide.
In Mr. Sage's opinion the fishing on
Wall street is better than on Lake
Greenwood, and higher priced game is J
bagged in the stock exchange than in
the forest of Arden. It may be all
right for some people to tune their
"merry note unto the sweet" bird's
throat," but for Mr. Sage the voice of
the auctioneer calling down choice
bits of property about town is much
more enlivening. Chicago Tribune.
PARROT AS A DETECTIVE.
Smart Bird Remembered Nickname
Incautiously Used.
A parrot belonging to a Mme. Tar
by of Paris has won distinction by
leading the police to arrest a band of
clever and notorious burglars. The
band broke into Mme. Tarby's house
at a time when only the bird was
within. As soon as the mistress re
turned the bird, much to her surprise,
saluted her with "Hullo, big feet!"
When she discovered the ransacked
state of her house she sent at once
for the police, and upon the commis
sary arriving he vas also greeted by
the parrot with the observation,
"Hullo, big feet!"
The commissary resented the re
mark, and said, "Hush!" to the bird,
which replied at once. "Oh, hurry up,
big feet; you are slow, big feet!"
The commissary turned to Mme.
Tarby, and the latter, anticipating a
complaint, hastened to explain to the
indignant officer that the bird had
never used the expression before that
day. At that a light broke in upon
the commissar'.
" 'Big Feet is the nickname of a no
torious burglar," he explained. "I see
it; your bird has reported the rob
bery." Following up the clue, the burglar
and his accomplices were soon ar
rested, and the biro is to be produced
as a witness against them at the trial.
AMERICAN IS HEALTH OFFICER.
Surgeon Pierce Has Important Ap
pointment at Panama.
Surgeon General Wyman of the pub
lic health and marine hospital service
at Washington has been notified that
Assistant Surgeon Claude C. Pierce,
representative of that service at the
city of Panama, has been appointed
health officer for that city by the
Panama authorities. The appointment
is considered an important concession
to the United States, as it will result
in the adoption of American metheds
in protecting the canal zone from out
side infection. There has been con
siderable apprehension of the intro
duction of plague from South Ameri
can ports, and the fact that Dr. Pierce
will have charge of the quarantine
service of the port, it is believed, will
do much to prevent that result.
Strength of Whisky.
What "proof" means as applied to
the quality of the measurement or
the strength of whisky is not under
stood by many people. As explained
by a man who knows the correct use
of the term it is simple enough. The
standard of the United States reve
nue is a liquor half of which, by vol
ume, is alcohol. This is 100 proof. If
a whisky, then, is described as 90
proof it means that it contains 100
measures of water and 90 measures of
alcohol Whisky of 100 proof con
tains equal measures of each. Whisky
of 120 proof contains 100 measures
of water and 120 measures of alcohoL
Philadelphia Record.
Death of Noted Singer.
Mme. Emma Mante Babnigg, a once
famous operatic singer, has just died
in Vienna at the age of 80. She
was a friend of Queen Victoria,' the
Empress Elizabeth and Napoleon DX
She sang in London before Queen Vic
toria frequently between 1840 and
1850 and remained in correspondence
with the Queen during her majesty's
lifetime.
Real Thing.
"Yes," remarked the bald-headed
man, "my wife is president of a secret
society."
"Nonsense!' rejoined the fussy old
bachelor. "The idea of women having
anything to do with secret societies.''
"But," explained he of the absent
hair, "this is society ia which the
members exchange secrets.'
Seciety Woman Writes Play.
Mrs. Alfred Lyttelto. wife of the
British colonial secretary, has writ
ten a problem play, which Mrs. Pat
rick CampMU is said to
VJr lNVTgra.
New Electric Block Signal.
A train may throw its own danger
signal two blocks ahead if the newly
perfected idea of a Canadian inventor
is in use. This is an electric block
signal intended for use upon railways.
By the inventor it is intended partic
ularly to insure a more reliable and
simpler device than those at present
in use, and the tests have proved en
tirely satisfactory to critical railroad
men. It is claimed that the device is
so arranged that the train automatic
ally will display a danger signal on
the block upon which it stands and in
the block ahead, and that it may au
tomatically display a safety signal in
the block to the rear. The system is
arranged for service on either single
or double tracks.
Another useful signaling device has
been recently brought into use by
electric city and suburban railways.
This is so arranged that the motor
man may signal to the engineer at
the power house or the crew of the
following train or car when trouble
exists at his point on the line or in
case of accident to the train under
his operation. It is claimed by this
that the seat,of trouble may be defi
nitely pointed out to the officials at
the power house and sometimes reme
died from there without the delay and
overwork of sending a man out over
the line.
Can Press His Own Trousers.
Any man who desires to be particu
larly neat about his appearance will
not neglect to keep his trousers press
ed free from wrinkles. There is prob
ably no other seemingly trivial thing
which will so detract from the per
sonal appearance of a man as wearing
a pair of wrinkled trousers. Some
men are so particular about this point
that they pay more for pressing than
the trousers cost originally, and oth
ers take advantage of the tailor's offer
to keep their clothing pressed for a
year after purchase, visiting the store
so often that the tailor gets sick of
his bargain. With the aid of the in
vention shown in the picture it should
not be a difficult matter for a man to
keep his trousers in shape himself,
without the necessity of visiting the
tailor at such frequent intervals as to
Designed for Use In the Home.
make his pocketbook suffer or cause
him to feel ashamed of himself. This
device consists of a pair of flat boards
shaped like the trouser legs, with a
set of clamping levers around the edges
which make it possible to draw the
two presser boards tightly together.
These clamps consist of pivoted levers,
having cam faces of such shape as to
decrease the space as they are re
volved. To use this trouser stretcher
and presser the bottoms of the legs
are first clamped in position. Then
the waistband is pulled up until the
legs are tight and smooth, after which
the remaining clamps are tightened
and the garment allowed to remain as
long as necessary.
Electro-Magnetic Waves.
Prof. A. A. Atkinson of Ohio Uni
versity has been studying the "waves"
or vibrations which cause the various
effects known as light, heat electric
ity, etc. The electromagnetic waves
which are used in wireless telegraphy
he found to be about equal in magni
tude to those vibrations of the air
which cause sound. When they are
so short as to approach in length
those which produce the invisible red
rays of the solar spectrum they begin
to produce heat. The shorter they
become the greater their heating ef
fect, until they enter the region of the
visible spectrum, and then they pro
duce light. As they continue to short
en the color of the light runs through
red, orange, yellow, green, blue and
indigo to violet. The heat effect de
creases, and the actinic, or photo
graphic, effect increases, and when
the waves pass out into the invisible
violet region, the chemican effect
reaches its maximum. Yet more short
ening, and the waves begin to exhibit
the properties of the X-rays.
Flat Motor Boats.
A series of experiments is now be
ing' made with motor boats in France,
which may revolutionize the construc
tion of these greyhounds of the river
and harbor. Instead of building the
hull of the boats like toothpicks, after
the fashion now approved, they are
constructed like shingles, the pur
pose being to have them skim over
the surface of the water Instead of
plow through it A broad flat-bottomed
boat of 3& feet beam and 19
feet long was equipped with a motor
capable of driving an ordinary launch
eight or nine miles an hour. She at
tained a speed of seventeen and one
half miles an hour, a result which has
called forth still more experiments.
Flat-bottomed shallow boats have
proved very successful sailing craft,
and large numbers of them may be
found on every sheet 'of water fre
quented by sailing boats, but these
experiments with them as motor boats
are unique and it is expected that
they will result in a marvelous devel
opment of speed.
Tank for Cooling Milk.
J. C. H. Please describe how to
construct a cement tank for cooling
milk.
To make a cement tank, make a
box out of inch lumber large enough
to hold the size of cans required, then
make another box eight inches larger
than the first one and place it on the
outside of the first box. this will leave
a space of four inches between them
for the concrete wall. Fill this space
with concrete, and every six inches
in height place in wires to go all the
way around the form. After a day the
forms can be taken off and the bot
tom filled up 'high enough to put a
tap in to run off the water when re
quired. Both the inner and outer side
should have a coat of plaster left with
a trowel finish, this will leave it with
a glazed surface and keep imparities
from penetrating the concrete. The
concrete should be composed of one
part of cement to Ave parts of graveL
Running Will Do. K.
Wright What is that
running about so for?
-He's trying to get ap a
GOOD HOME MADE WINDMILL
Hilt by Nobrssei Fanner at i
ef Only $25.
W. & S. Please describe a wiad
mill for pumping water, which stay be
made at home.
The windmill, represented in the ac
companying illustration was built at
a cost of 25. It is in use for pumping
water on the farm of J. S. Peekham
in Nebraska. The tower which stands
20 feet high is made of 4x4 in scan
tling, the cross pieces being 2 by 4
inch material. The tower spreads to
16 feet at the base. The axis is S
inches square and 16 feet long, and
the diameter of the mill 16 feet. Each
of the eight arms carries a heavy
wooden fan, 5 feet long, and 5 feet
at the top, tapering to 2 feet or 3
feet at the bottom. Thus each of the
eight fans exposes nearly 25 square
feet of surface to the wind. The
4W"'
pumping capacity of this mill is nearly
one thousand gallons per hour in a
fifteen mile wind. The description
and illustration of this windmill were
taken from Bulletin No. 59 of the Uni
versity of Nebraska, which is exclu
sively devoted to home-made wind
mills. Staining a Floor.
A. M. G., Man. Please tell me
whether it is better to paint or stain
an edge grain, fir floor. How should
stain be applied?
Provided the floor is smooth and
clean, staining is preferable to paint
ing, as the stain which soaks into the
wood wears well and is very attract
ive. A very satisfactory staining ma
terial is a weak solution of perman
ganate of potash. This when first ap
plied produces a wine color, but on
exposure to the air quickly oxidizes,
becoming a rich oak shade. In pre
paring the stain the permanganate of
potash should be dissolved in water
and diluted, and a little of it applied
with a brush to a piece of smooth
board of the same material as the
floor; this should be allowed to stand
exposed to the air for half an hour;
if the color is too dark the stain must
be further diluted with water until the
desired shade is produced. The floor
should be made very clean and dry,
soiled places being sandpapered. One
application of the stain should be
given, and when thoroughly dry, one
or two coats of good varnish should
be given. This will protect the stain
leaving a beautiful surface in which
the natural grain of 'the wood may be
seen.
An Asparagus Bed.
R. J. E. How should a bed of as
paragus be managed? Should I cut
the small shoots that come up?
No, do not cut the small growth of
asparagus, but let it grow until seed
is formed; then cut and allow to lie
en bed over winter. It would be bet
ter for the bed if you did not cut next
year; but as one is always anxious fox
product, you could cut a few of the
stronger sprouts, leaving the rest. II
is important that you cut down the
growths before the seed has matured.
because if the ripe seed falls on the
ground the bed will become full ol
seedlings, which will be much hardex
to destroy than other weeds. Covet
the bed with a good, coating of well
rotted manure each fall and fork it
over very carefully early in the
spring. After the bed is in full bear
ing, a top dressing of nitrate of soda
each spring would be beneficial, using
about 250 pounds per acre.
Soggy Potatoes.
W. E. G. I can grow excellent po
tatoes, but when stood in a cool cellar
all winter they become very wet and
soggy. What is the cause and rem
edy? Should judge that your soil has
much to do with the watery condition
of your potatoes, and should advise
that you underdrain your land. The
first cost of doing this is considerable,
but the results obtained in better and
larger crops, added to the fact that
the land is in condition to be worked
earlier and later than land not drain
ed, will, in a very short time, pay
all cost of draining. A slightly higher
storing temperature might be better;
but the soil has much to do with the
moisture in the tubers.
Boiled Wheat for Horses.
C. A. B. I have some frosted wheat
which I would like to feed to horses
if this can be done safely. How would
it do to boil the wheat well and give
about one gallon at a feed?
If the wheat is boiled until soft so
that it can be mashed up there should
be no risk in feeding it to horses. It
should not be fed in the pure state,
however, as the animals would bolt a
good deal of it without mastication.
It would be well to mix a small
quantity of dry oats or oat chop with
the boiled wheat, and combine this
mixture with two or three times its
bulk of cut hay. Horses doing ordi
nary work should be easily kept in
good condition on a mixture of this
sort together with good hay.
Curing Egg-Eating.
Take an egg and puncture a small
hole on the side, take a small piece
of stick, about the size of a match.
stick it into the egg and churn the
egg with it, constantly dipping the
stick into a little red pepper and mus
tard, until the egg is thoroughly in
pregnated with the pepper and mus
tard, then put it in the nest where the
hen usually lays, with the open side
up, and let the hen get it as soon as
she wants. She will never trouble
the eggs again, aad it win not injure
the hen one hit. This win stop the
habit in the most inveterate
eater.
Retaining the Valuables.
A "Is it true that your cashier has
eloped with your daughter aad a large
B It is suite true; bat he is aa
hoaest fellow, and means to
He has already returned
daughter."
NAME WAS INNOCENT
GUILLOTINE WAS INAPPROPftl-
ATELY DESIGNATED.
ef Tertvre During Grim
Reign ef Terrer In France Claimed
Imiecent and Guilty Alike.
In the stormier days of Scotland,
when faction fights were everyday oc
currences, aad clan fought against
clan with bitter hate and animosity,
aa instrument, for some occult reason
termed The Maiden," was in frequent
requisition. This, judging from its
name, harmless and innocent imple
ment, was, however, none other than
the deadly guillotine, which during the
gruesome French revolution immo
lated so many thousands of victims.
Amongst the last In Scotland of this
cruel maiden's victims was an Earl of
Argyll, who. it is said, pressed 'his
lips on the block, remarking that it
was "the sweetest maiden he had
ever seen." But it was during that
grim Reign of Terror when fair
France was drenched with blood, and
a Tery orgie of carnage raged su
preme, that this lethal implement was
in greatest request. Day after day,
night after night, wagons and tum
brils, carts and trolleys, discharged
itheir loads of bound captives, who,
one after the other, either quietly
mounted the steps of the guillotine, or
were dragged up by the ruffianly at
tendants, wbo, to accelerate their
pace would perhaps prick them with
the point of their sword or lance; or,
if fainting, women were carried up
and thrown upon the block as they
would treat a sack of flour. Some are
shrieking ia mortal terror; some, in
bravado, defying their captors; some,
the personification of impotent fero
city and envenomed savagery, gnash
their, teeth, and vent their rage
against their captors in an incoherent
storm of virulent hate. Now it is a
Charlotte Corday, who as she thought,
to save her country, had stabbed to
the heart the hideous and loathsome
Marat; now it is a Desmoulins or a
Danton, who with infuriate exaspera
tion had pitilessly hurled their legions
to that same fate, and whose name
was a ghastly nightmare to the law
abiding; or now it is a Marie Antoin
ette, whose appearance on that gory
platform is a signal for on outburst
of frenzied rage from the bloodthirsty
mob, who, howling in a paroxysm oi
rabid fury, and foaming with savage,
rancorous venom, shriek out their ex
ecrations, and like wild demoniacs
hurl their curses and their impreca
tions at her. And so the gruesome
work goes on, each time the ponder
ous knife falls, another ghastly head
rolling into the basket; some held
up by the hair by the executioner to
excite the jeers and the curses of the
mad, sanguinary mcb of demagogues
whose turn will probably soon come to
meet the same fate at the hands oi
their fellows; some kicked away into
the cart beneath, into which the head
less, reeking trunks are unceremoni
ously thrown; while a few perhaps
are handed over to relatives, who, at
'the risk of being seized and executed,
gived them decent burial. Montreal
Herald.
THIS PUN IS A GOOD ONE.
Owen Wister Recites One Worth
Remembering.
Owen Wister, the novelist, was talk
ing about puns.
"I detest puns," he said, "but
Fanny Kemble, who was my grand
mother, used to tell one made by a
certain Baron Rothschild that was
good of its kind.
"The baron was dining out, and
someone spoke of 'venison.
"L said the Baron, nevair eats
venishon. I think it ish not so coot
ash mutton.'
"'Oh, absurd,' someone exclaimed
'If mutton is better than venison, wbj
isn't it more expensive?"
"The baron laughed, overcome by
the brilliancy of the pun that had
just come to him. Then he said, and
his dialect came in very handy:
"'The reason why venishon ish
more expensive than mutton ish that
the peoples always prefer vat ish
deer to vat is sheep.' "
What a City Boy Misses.
Poor 111 Boston kid!
Ever seen a muscadine
Scuppernong on banging vine?
Bet you never did.
Tou city boys don't have much fan;
Never do the stunts we done
When I was a kid.
Ever heard a mock' bird sing
Fished for tadpoles in a spring?
Bet you never did.
Ever go out killing snakes.
Over bogs and through cane-brakes?
Bet you never did.
Ever seen watermelons grow.
Hundreds of 'em row by row?
Oh, you never did!
Boston Transcript.
Great Britain's Railways.
A 'parliamentary paper just issued
contains a summary of the railway re
turns of the United Kingdom for 1903.
compared with the two preceding
years. The total mileage in 1903 was
22.380 miles; in 1902, 22,152 miles; in
1901, 22,078 miles. The paid-up capi
tal totaled roundly, $6,220,000,000 in
1903. $6,080,000,000 in 1902, and $5
375,000,000 in 1901.
Tea Growing in Japan.
Tea was grown in Japan in 1902 oa
an area of 120,197 acres, producing
57,457,611 pounds. In the previous
year the area was 119,712 acres, and
the production 57.984,067 pounds
These figures do not include the
Island of Formosa, which in 1901
produced 13,752,946 pounds, making
the total for the empire in that year
71,737,013 pounds.
Te Preserve Indian Folk Senas.
A society has been formed with
est Thompson Seton as one of its prin
cipal members, for the preservatioa
of Indian folk songs, and their work
deserves encouragement. Frederick
R. Burton is at work on a collection
of the songs of the Ojibways, of which
he has made a specialty for a number
of years and which he considers the
highest type of American aboriginal
music.
Claim Royal Lineage.
Two residents of Los Angeles, CaL,
claim to be of royal lineage. W. J. H.
Marat, a machinist, says that "by
rights" he should be on the throne of
Naples as a descendant of Joachim
Marat Another is Dr. Rebecca Lee
Dorsey, who traces her ancestry back
o Robert Bruce, the Scottish hero.
Retards Irrigation.
The irrigatioa development of the
Snake river valley. Idaho, has receiv
ed a- set-back by the proposed cea
stractioB of a power plant, which wffl
interfere with the irrigatioa develea-
ent.
TOE ODD
CORNED-
Rhyme
it an
hlonmhir sweet
Te wither at Urn aooaday or Tee
Braeaia our xl
There Isa't any reasee for the sky to
be so blue
Nor for the sunbeams to be dancm
where the leaves their shadows strew.
The he Is sashing melody ia cadeacs
iobst ana tow.
The blra are lightly
humr to aaa fro:
singing as they
And Joy is set to saeter ia the buy
Bier tuae.
There isn't any reason; there Is nothing,
only rhyme.
The itrer as It ripntes oa its Journey te
the sea
Makes music that we cannot sine: yet
sweet as It ran he.
The rustle of the tree tops as the aeahyrs
wander by
Awake the woods to answer with a long.
melodious sigh.
And when the stars are gleamtac ana
the moon Is shining bright
A thousand minstrel voices softly echo
through the night.
And no one understands the spell that's
cast throughout the clime.
There isn't any reason; there Is nothing.
only rhyme.
Washington
Herein Sea Liens.
Ia the sea lion rookeries of the Alas
kan coast some curious stampedes
are seen. At certain seasons of the
year the Aleuts have a drive of "see
vitcale," aa the Hoes are called. It
u generally began in September or
October to gather ia a supply of win
ter meat
At sight when the sea lions are ly
ing in the sand above high water the
natives start their hunting. Armed
with sticks, clapping bones and guas.
they creep down to. the water's edge
aad carefully get between their game
aad the sea, and at a given signal
rush with yells and all manner of
noise at the victims.
The terrible noise awakes aad stam
pedes the sea lions, each one rushing
in the direction in which its head
happens.to be pointed. In this way
some go inland aad a few escape to
the water.
The stampede ends disastrously for
those that head inland. The ungain
ly creatures are driven by cries and
shouts to the houses of the hunters.
There stakes are placed la the ground
about them, forming a sort of corraL
To the posts streamers of cloth are
fastened, and the foolish sea lions are
afraid to approach the fluttering
things.
Other catches are added until the
herd corralled numbers two and three
hundred, aad then the thai march is
taken up. The sea lions are liberated
from the corral and driven in the di
rection of the Aleut village, tea or
twelve miles away, the journey tak
ing from one to two weeks.
Density ef Population.
According to an exhaustive statisti
cal work by a German, the population
of the world to4ay is 1,50300.00.
The average density of population is
about 25 persons to one square mile,
and the distribution among the con
tinents is as follows: In Europe. 392.
264.000 people, or 100 inhabitants for
each square mile; in Asia, 819,556,MC
inhabitants 45 to a square mile; in
Africa. 140,700.000 inhabitants 13 to
a square mile. North America, in
cluding the West Indies, Mexico, Cen
tral America, Panama, as well as he
United States and Canada, is credited
with 105.714.000 inhabitants IS tc
one square mile.
Heifer Catches Fish.
John Sutphin. a Franklin Park, N. J.
farmer, asked the police to-day to help
him find a pet heifer which had stray
ed away from his farm.
He declared she was a great fish
catcher, and frequently would go to
ponds on the farm, stand motionless
for a time in the water near the bank,
then suddenly thrust her head in the
water and bring up a small fish in her
mouth.
On the advice of the police, and
with their aid the shores of the Rait
tan river were searched. The heifer
was found watching for fish near the
landing bridge. New York Tribune.
Hat Relic ef Jefferson Davis.
When Jefferson Davis was cap
tured, nine silver dollars were found
upon him. They were given to W. C
McCoy, an engraver, to be marked as
souvenirs. For his work one of them
was given to him. He engraved it
with his son's name and gave it to
him. The coin was found hi the till
of F. C. Richter. a merchant, at Co
lumbus, O., and an advertisemeat
brought knowledge of it to its osra
er, William McCoy of Pittsburg. Fa.,
to whom it has been sent. It
lost or stolen thirty-three years ago.
Captured Sin Baby Fexes.
Will Lemery, employed on the farm
of Allen Flint in Braintree, saw a
fox a few days ago with a rabbit ia its
mouth. He watched It disappear into
a bole, and going back to the house
persuaded Perkins Flint to join him
in the hunt. They dug out the hole
into which the rabbit was taken and
brought to light a family of six little
foxes, which they are at present bring
ing up by hand with gratifying suc
cess, the old ones to all appearances
having fled that part of the country.
St. Johnsburg Republican.
Maine Counties Well Named.
The three original counties of Maine
had good old English county names,
York, Cumberland and Lincoln. Only
two. Oxford and Somerset, have been
similarly named since, all the rest
having good American appellations.
For the names of Androscoggin,
Aroostook, Kennebec, Penobscot, Pis
cataquis aad Sagadahoc And their ori
gin among the aborigines, while
Franklin, Hancock. Knox aad Wash
ington bear the names of distinguished
Americans of the white race.
Young Gulls Seasick.
A sportsman at Moosehead lake
found some young gulls, too small to
fly, aad took them into his canoe. The
birds at flrst seemed to enjoy the nov
el experience, but soon became aa sea
sick as any landsman. After each
had sacrificed his latest meal to the
sea myths, the sportsman took pity
on them ami put them back Into the
water, where they at once settled
down as well aad contented as if they
had never left it-
Workiefl Heme Died ef Old Afje.
A horse 41 years old died recently
oa the farm of Philip Putnam. Frank
lin, Ohio, where, since a foal ft had
been used continually as a driver ap
to four years ago. He was sound ia
wind aad limb aad died from old age.
Two ban buffalo have arrived at
Newport, N. H, aad been takes to
taia forest. They came
x, aad ware got ftm
exchaage for two from the park. The
made with the Caaidiaa gov-
There isn't an rmm for the hewers
icnr
yum
Far SisAessTL
yong Fillers, the oemtist?
He's
to elope with Mies Tra-
"The deaee!
"Ia a few weeks."
"Ia a few weeks? Why doesat he
take her nowr
"WelL yoa see. he is deiag a little
expeaarre work oa her teeth and he
wants to collect the bin from her fa
ther flrst." Kansas City Journal.
"He has seea better daya."
Whyneee ef the Wherefore,
1 suppose." said the scanty haired
. "you have never given marriage
a thought,"
"Oh. yes I have." replied the bach
elor. Thea why are you still single?"
asked the other.
"Because I gave marriage a
thought.'' answered the advocate of
single blessedness.
The Restive Ante.
"See the red automobile standing ia
front of that house, pop?"
"Yes, I see it, my soa."
"What makes it jump so. pop?"
"It is restive, my boy."
"What makes it restive, pop?"
"Oh. I suppose it sees some people
crossing the street a block or two
ahead."
Seft Answer Just in Time.
Sirs. F (petulantly) "Yoa never
kiss me now."
Mr. F "The idea of a woman of
your age wanting to be kissed! One
would think you were a girl of 18."
Mrs. F "What do you know about
girls of 18?"
Mr. F "Why. my dear, weren't you
18 once yourself?" Stray Stories.
Nothing New te Her.
Mrs. Upjohn (just back from foreign
tour) But I was going to tell you
about the scarabaeaus I got in Egypt.
It
Mrs. Gaswell Oh, I used to be trou
bled with that when we lived hi Penn
sylvania. Quinine will knock it out
every time.
Matrimonial Joys.
Wife I met Mr. Meeker this morn
lag. You remember he was your rival
for my hand.
Husband Yes; I hate that man.
Wife But you shouldn't hate him'
just because he used to admire me.
Husband Oh. that iBn't the reason
I hate him because he didn't marry
you.
The Flight ef Time.
The governess had been reading the
story of the discovery of America tc
her 4 year old charge. Closing the
book she said: "Just think. Mabel, all
this happened more than 400 yean
ago."
"Gwacious!" exclaimed the little
miss, "aint't it s'pwizin' how time do
fly?"
Long Ones.
"Dr. Sawem is to read a paper before
the Ohio Medical Association to-day.
Isat he?"
"Yes."
"What is the title of it?"
"I don't know exactly, but the words
look like Russian war news." Cleve
land Leader.
Another Fish Story.
"So you were out in St. Louis?" said
the postmaster. "Did you see the big
pike?"
"To be sure," drawled the village
fabricator; then after a pause, "but it
waaat one inch bigger than the pike 1
caught in Hurly's mill pond last sum
mer."
Annoyed.
"I am strongly inclined to think that
your husband has appendicitis," said
the physician.
"That's just like him." answered
Mrs. Cumrox. "He always waits till
anything is pretty near gone out ol
style before he decides to get it."
The Way He Put It.
He Is it true that you said young
Chumply was a fool?
She Oh, no! What I said was that
it was a good thing he didn't have aay
money, because if be had he and It
would soon be parted. Browning's
Magazine.
Yea, Verily!
"Many a man." remarked the phil
osopher, "who travels on the right
road manages to reach the wrong
destination."
"How's that?" queried the man.
"They are headed the wrong way,"
explained the philosophy dispenser.
Critical Judgment.
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