Newberg graphic., October 26, 1905, Image 2

Dis Heart's Desire
By SIR WALTER BBSANT
CHAPTER XXV.
Th s waddiai boll» rang oa{ mm marrilj
tor Mary aa if aha waa giving her hand
to an aarl instead o f a rained farmer;
aa Joyfully aa if the whole o f her life
was planned for ease and laainees in­
stead o f hard work; aa happily aa if for­
tune had poured into her lap all that
the earth can give or the heart cap de­
sire. Th e belle rang out over the whole
great parish. They were echoed along
the black precipice o f Lustleigh Cieeve,
and were loot in the woods o f Latcheil.
Th ey beat into the ears o f the lonely old
man who aat In hta parlor at Qratnor,
tis papers before him, trying to persuadr
himself that he waa happy at last, for
he had what the Psalmist prayed for—
his heart’s desire. H e had longed ardent
ly for the lands o f Sidcote. H e had that
land now within his grasp; the place in a
fe w weeks or months would be his; and
not only that, but five-sixths of M ary’s
fortune aa well. H e ought to have been
a happy man.
lftary had left A im for three weeks
only; already he hgd found the differ­
ence between hired service and the ser­
vice o f -love. Every day, and ail day
long, he had turned to Mary for every­
thing, and never found her wanting.
N ow nothing waa right— not even the
poeition o f his chair and table, or the
arrangement o f his cushions, or the
comfort o f his meals; and nothing would
would ever be right again. Perhaps H
would have been better if he had given
his consent, and suffered George to re­
deem his land, and so kept Mary.
**Uncle’*— it waa David who came In
slowly, and sat down with deliberation
— “ the wedding is over.
I have just
come from the church. There was s
rare show o f people— most as many as
on a Sunday morning.“
“ A re they married?”
“ Yes, they are married. I wouldn’ t
make quite sure till I saw it with my
own eyes. Married without your con­
sent. aren’t they ? ’
“ Certainly. They have married with­
out my consent.”
“ Then, Uncle Daniel, since they are
married without your consent. I ’ ll trouble
you for six thousand pounds— my aunt’s
legacy o f six thousand pounds— with
compound interest for six years at five
per cent. It amounts to £7,867 13s 9d.
I have been to a lawyer at Newton-Ab­
bot end he calculated It for me. You
lent me, two days ago, a
thousand
pounds, which I take on account o f the
legacy, because you knew then that the
bans were up and the wedding fixed. The
balance you will pay over at once. Othdfr-
wtse my lawyer will bring an action
against you. Halloo! uncle, what’s the
matter?”
“ You took a thousand down, David,
In full discharge. It was an arrange­
m ent I owe you nothing.”
“ U nde, you are s man o f business, I
believe.
W hat arrangement do you
mean?”
“ You told George in this room that,
there was such ao arrangement
You
set him against me with telling him th a t
David.”
“ W here is the arrangement? Where
are your papers?’
“ D avid! D a v id r H e fell back in his
chair. H e had fainted.
David went to the sideboard and got
some medicine. When his uncle recov­
ered he gave him a few drops.
“ You are simpler than I thought uu-
d e ,” he said. “ Did you really believe
that I was going to give up thie fortune,
and to yon— to you, of all men in the
world— when I knew all along that they
would marry without your consent?’
“ David, you are a demon!”
“ I am what you made me.”
“ David! DavidT* he moaned and wrung
Lis hands, “ tell me you are Joking.”
“ Not I ! See now, uncle, I am going
away. I shall sell you the rest of your
conpons, and I shall go aw ay; but be­
fore I go I will have that money out of
you, to the last farthing. It is not for
myself, though; It is for M y.
You
thought to cheat her out o f her fortune,
and to keep it to yourself; well, you are
wrong. You shall pay far more to me
than you would have paid to her, and she
shall have it all.”
“ You are killing me— oh! villain! vil­
lain!”
“ Th e villain.is the man who lays his
plans to rob and plunder the helpless."
“ K ill me at once!” said the oh! man;
“ kill me and have done with me!”
'
“ K ill you? Not I ; killing would be
foolish with such a chance as I ’ ve got
now for revenge! As for villain— who
robbed me of my land? You! When I
went away, who refused me the small
sum I wanted to start me in Canada?
You ! When I came home, who offered
me the wages o f a laborer? You! V il­
lain? You dare to call any man a vll
lain!”
David bent over the old man’s
chair with flaming eyes
and
purple
cheeks, his hands held back lest he should
• l>e tempted to kill him. There was the
same fury in his look as when, six years
before, he stood before him with uprais­
ed cudgel on the moor. And when he
had aald all he had to say— for this was
not all, only the rest was Incoherent with
splutterings and oaths— he rushed from
the room, as if he could not bear even
to be in bis uncle's company.
And then the old man was left alone
again. The wedding bells were silent,
and conscience left him alone to his own
reflections. When the new housekeeper
-brought in the dinner he did not dare»
aa he would have done In M ary’s time,
to lay upon her the burden o f his own
misery and bitterness. She waa a fine
large woman, who knew what was due to
herself, and Mr. Leighan bad to treat
her with respect.
“ Now, sir," she said, “ sit up and eat
your dinner.”
It Is thus that they ad
drees the paupers. Mary, he remember­
ed daily, had been wont to carve for
him, to ask him what he would take,
and where he liked it cut. Now he was
told to ait up aud eat his dinner. He
noticed these Httle things
more than
usual, because when a man baa received
• heavy blew his mind, for some mys­
terious reaeon, begins to notice the small­
est trifles.
H e obeyed, and ate his dinner, which
was half cold.
And presently, partly
because his mind waa so troubled, partly
from habit, he fell asleep aa usual.
C H A P T E R X X V I.
There was no wedding breakfast at
Sidcote, or any festivities at all— not
even a wedding cake, George drove his
bride and hia mother home after the
service, and presently they had dinner
together, and George kissed his wife,
and hia mother cried, ao that there was
little outward show o f rejoicing.
Yet
they all three rejoiced in their hearts,
end felt stronger and more hopeful. Just
because they could now stand together.
In the afternoon Mary asked George to
go out with her.
“ I must go and see my uncle," she
said. “ I cannot bear to tbink o f him
alone. L et us ask him to keep hia money,
but to let us part friends.”
Th ey walked hand in band across the
stubble fields, and through the lanes,
where the blackberry leaves were putting
on their autumn tints of red and gold,
and the berries of the hedge w »re all rips
and red— the purple honeysuckle, the
pink yewberry, the blackberry, rowan,
hip and haw— to Gratnor.
"Strange, George, that we shall go
away, and never see the dear old place
again!” said Mary, with a sigh. “ Let
ns go as soon as we can, so as to leave
It before the trees are stripped, and
while the sun atill lies warm upon the
hills.”
In the parlor Mr. Leighan was still
sleeping, though it was past his waking
time.
M ary touched George . by the
hand, and they saf down behind him in
the window and waited. They waited
for a quarter o f an hour. Then they
heard a step outside.
“ It is David,” George whispered. “ H e
will rouse his uncle. Is he come already
to ask for his fortune, I wonder?’
Just then Mr. Leighan awoke, perhaps
disturbed by D avid’s heavy step, and he
awoke just as he had done twice before
— namely, suddenly and with a startled
shriek o f terror. Just as he had done
twice before he aat up "in his chair, with
horror and fright In hia eyes, glaring
wildly about the room.
Mary, accustomed to
witness
this
nightmare, looked to see the
terror
change into bewilderment.
But it did
not.
For awhile his mind was full o f hit
dream; while he yet remembered th«
piece, the time, and the man, and before
the vision had time to fade and disap
pear, the very man himself o f whom he
had dreamed stood before him at the
open door. Then he m* longer forgot:
hia dream became a memory; he was
riding across Heytree Down in the even­
ing; an4 he was met by his nephew with
a cudgel, and the nephew cried out,
“ W ho robbed me o f my la n d ?’ and
struck him across the temples so that he
fell.
“ Murderer! Robber” ’ he cried. “ H elp!
help! I am murdered and robbed!”
And then, lo! a miracle. F o r the par­
alytic, who had had no power in his legs
for six long years, sprang to his feet and
stood with outstretched arms, crying for
help to seise the murderer. And David
stood before him with such a look of
hatred and revenge as he wore on that
night, and in his trembling right hand
the cudgel ready to uplift and to strike.
It was over in a moment, for the old
man fell helpless and hmseless upon the
floor, though David did flot strike. The
skull cap was knocked off by the fall,
and exposed the angry red scar of the
old wound. H e lay upon hia back, hia
arms extended In the fashion o f a cross,
as ha had fallen upon Heytree Down;
and as he lay there, so he lay here—
with parted Ups, streaming hair, and eyes
wide open, which saw nothing though
they gaxed reproachfully upon his mur­
derer. Then for a space no one spoke;
but David bent over his uncle, breathing
bard, and George and Mary looked on
wondering and awe-stricken.
“ A second time, D a vid ?’
David started, and turned. It was his
German protector. Boron Sergius von
Holstein, and the tall figure o f the baron
stood in the door, accompanied by my­
self. But on this occasion I counted for
nothing.
“ A second time, D a vid ?'
David gasped, but made no reply.
“ You came home, David,” said the
baron, “ to give yourself In charge for
murdering and robbing yonr nncle. You
struck him over the head with your
cudgel, so that he fell dead at your feet.
You robbed him of a box of papers and
a bag of money. The thought of the
crime gave you no rest by day, and at
night the ghost o f your uncle came to
your bedside and ordered you to go home
and give yourself up. You came home.
Your uncle was not dead. H ave yon con­
fessed the crim e?’
David made no reply.
“ H ave you restored the papers?’
Again he made no reply.
“ This Is your uncle; he looks as if
you had killed him a second time. Mad­
ame” — he addressed Mary— “ I am sorry
to speak o f such things in the presence of
a lady, but I have in my pocket the con­
fession of David leighan .”
“ H e was not killed, after all,” said
David. “ What matters the confession?'
“ But he was robbed. Where are the
papers?'
“ Here they are— all that are left.” I
observed that he had a big book of some
kipd under hia arm; he laid thie on th.*
table.
“ There are his papers.
Now
what’s the odds o f a confession or tw o ? ’
“ Is this man's presence desired by his
uncle?’ the baron aeked.
“ No,” said Mary. “ H e comes every
morning and drives him nearly mad. II<
had some power over him— I know not
what. H e has made my ancle’s life mis
•ereble for three months.”
“ My duty seems plain,” said the baron
“ I shall go to the nearest police statior
and deposit this confession. They will,
1 suppose, arrest you, David. You can­
not, I fear, be hanged, but you w ill be
shut up in prison for a very long time.
The wiae man, David, files from dangers
against which he can no longer struggle.
The door is open.” H e stood aside. “ Fly,
David! let fear add wings. The police
will be upon you this night if you are
still in the village! Fly, David! even It
it is once more to face the ghost o f your
murdered uncle! Better a hundred ghosta
than-ten years of penal servitude. Fiy,
David!— fly!”
David has not since been heard o f;
and the question whether Mary's fortune
waa forfeited by her marriage has not
been raised. Nor can it be raised now.
For Mr. Leighan remained senseless for
three days— the same period aa that
which followed the assault upon him.
Aud when he came to his right miud, be­
hold! It was another mind. H e thinks
that the whole pariah of Challacombe be­
longs to him— all the farms and cottages,
and even the church and the rectory. H e
la perfectly happy in this belief, and is
constantly planning Improvements and
good works o f all kinds. H e exists only
to do good. H e lives with George and
Mary, and enjoys not only good health,
but also an excellent temper. H e always
has a bag of money on the table, the
handling and music o f which give him
the most exquisite pleasure; and in the
drawing up o f Imaginary
mortgages,
signing vast checks, and watching his
Imaginary property grow more and mere,
Le passes a happy and contented old age.
Hia affairs »re managed by George, and
Mary la his heiress. So that for the
present generation, at least, there will
be no more talk of going to Tasmania.
(The end.)
•
kittle keftODf
io patriotism
Burn W in d m ill Tow er.
A heavy steel tow er aud windmill
built on a barn fram e makes a consid­
erable w eigh t fo r the timbers to bear.
It is tgell to have the tow er so thor­
oughly braced as to be perfectly rigid.
These tw isted w ire cables can be used
fo r guys to ran from the top o f the
tow er to heavy anchor posts set deep­
ly In the ground. These guys w ill keep
the tow er rigidly in position and pre­
vent any "strain on the barn fram e in
a violent windstorm.
Th e sketch and the follow in g de­
scription w ill fu lly explain:
T w o o f the tow er corner posts (B )
rest on the main cross beam. T h e other
tw o (F ) rest upon the purlin, shown
at CL Th e vertical sh aft runs down
A R CCK THAT BLOOM&
One o f the B erest and S tran gest o f
F lo w e rin g Plants.
A botanical novelty is being intro­
duced in W ashington under the name
o f “T h e L iv in g Rock.” It is exploit­
ed aa the wonder o f wonders in the
plant kingdom, nature's livin g picture
e f Intricate carved stone work, and its
appearance doea not belie these strik­
in g encomiums. It resembles, indeed,
nothing so much ae those carved con­
glom erations
o f differen t
colored
stones to be seen in most collections
o f minerals, i t le claimed, says the
W ashington Post, that this
strange
plant w ill liv e and bloom fo r years
wlUiout being planted or watered. It
la called by the Indians “ T h e Star
Rock” and “ D ry W hisky,” the latter
name being hestqwed upon it from the
fa ct that, when chewed, it produces
more or less intoxication.
“ Th is rare and m arvelous plant,”
said the dealer, “ is found on the top
o f arid, barren, rocky limestone moun­
tains, at great altitudes, in Mexico,
where, it is too hot and dry in the
summer fo r other vegetation and too
cold in the w in ter fo r even animal life.
It w ill live and thrive in all extrem es
o f tem perature and does w ell In a
northern clim ate when ail the native
plants perish from the cold:
“ I t retains sufficient moisture and
substance to furnish a bloom fo r years
w ithout being planted or watered, and
w ill bloom in a trunk, a room o r wher­
eve r it m ay be. .
“ T h e name, ‘L iv in g Rock,’ has been
given it because o f its unique hardi­
ness; scarcely any kind o f neglect o r
bad treatm ent w ill injure the plant,
unless it be too much w ater; at its
home rain does not fall, sometimes fo r
years.
I t blooms in September and
October, and has a very beautiful va ri­
egated flow er. Imbedded in a white,
silky wool aureole. Tn e lo w er part o f
the plant is top-shaped, and the upper
part scarcely projects from the ground,
and Is from tw o to four Inches
in
diam eter when grow in g wnu. but un­
der cultivation It is double that size.
T h e plaht is very scarce and extrem ely
difficult to find.”
S to ry o f “ D ean ’ s” Ktudness.
A t the D rexel Institute one recent
afternoon a group o f people recalled a
very charm ing Incident in which thg
recently deceased actor, Joe Jefferson,
acted a kindly part a few. years ago,
says the Philadelphia Record.
President M cA lister had Introduced
Mr. Jefferson, who had made his ad­
dress to the students, and was about
to leave, when the doctor told him how
delighted a certain art student would
be i f she could meet him. This girl
w as brought every day in her roller
ebajr and had been a shut-in up to
that time.
Th e veteran actor w as delighted.
So was the girl.
H e talked, and talked well, and she
listened.
In the course o f the conversation he
learned that not only had she never
seen him act, but that she never had
been tp a theater, and didn’ t think it
possible to go.
Th at was enough fo r Joe Jefferson.
It was arranged in less time than It
takes to tell it to have her brought to
the stage door ten minutes before the
raising o f the curtain that evening.
When she w as brought to that door,
around which clings so much mystery,
she was met by “ Rip” him self In his
quaint make-up, Just as he has been
received thousands o f times by- ap­
plauding audiences.
Throughout the performance the girl
In her roller chair remained a charmed
listener at one side o f the stage.
D o u b tfu l.
“ M y poor man,” said Mrs. Mc­
Bride to the w ayfarer at her door,
“ here are the biscuits that
I Just
baked.
You have my hearty sym­
pathy.”
“Before I eat the Msctilts, ma’ am,”
responded the traveler, “ may I ask if
it Is because I am about to eat ’em
that you sympathise
w ith
me— or
how?” — Cleveland Leader.
W IND M ILL TOWKB ON THE BARN.
alongside the purlin to the beam at A.
Th e bevel foot gear is located here, and
this runs the horizontal shaft.
T h e vertical shaft is o f cold rolled
spring steel, one Inch in diameter. Th e
line shafting is o f the same material,
one and one-half inches in diameter,
and runs through 'th ree adjustable
hangerg. W ood split pulleys o f proper
diameter and face are adjusted on the
shafting to run the machinery below.
Shafting, pulleys and belting are per­
fectly adjusted, so that there is the
least possible friction. This Is essen­
tial, and causes trouble in many-caavs
unless corrected by an expert machin­
is t
"
-
Th e illustration shows how the ele­
vated grain runs down into the grinder
hopper (B ) and the ground feed into
the bins below. Th e elevator (D ) may
be used either to fill bags on the plat­
form (H ) or to carry ground feed to
the bln below.
H en ry Knox, a Boston bookseller,
uU U> U pounds o f barley to the bushel was one o f the most a ctive o f tho
in buying from the farm er, w hile colonists in their opposition to E ng­
w eigh in g out only 48 pounds to the
land that terml-
bushel in selling it on the Chicago
uated In the R ev o ­
m a rk et Th e same is true o f oats aud
lutionary
War.
other cereals, o f onions, etc. Th e differ­
A ft e r the battles
ence may not be much on a single
o f Lexington and
wagon load, but in the crops o f a year
Concord he hasten­
means many dollars. Farm ers should
ed to join the Con­
understand w hat is the legal w eight
tinental
Army,
and refuse to deliver more In selling
abandoning
h is
to the local dealer.— Exchange.
business and „ d e­
W h a t Aehee A to W orth .
votin g his entire
W ood ashes not only contain potash,
thought to the lib­
but serve to loosen stiff soils and per­
erty o f his coun­
form valuable service as chemical re­
try.
a g e n t Th is is due to the large pro­
H e fou ght ga l­
portion o f Ume contained in the ashes
lantly in the battle
— about 8S per cent— which is the best
h xm by K nox .
of
Bunker H ill.
form in which It can he used. About When W ashington Joined the arm y he
120 pounds o f potash Is the propor­ promoted K n ox to the rank o f col­
tion in a too o f wood ashes, w hile 700 onel.
In laying siege to
the city
pounds o f Ume accompanies i t These W ashington found him self embarras­
proportions may be more or less, ac­ sed by the want o f sufficient artillery,
cording to the kind o f wood from and K n ox conceived the idea o f ob­
which the ashes are obtained. Ashes t a in in g " « ' supply from Lake G eorge
are worth only $6 per ton, according and the Canadian frontier. K n ox set
to the above proportions, so fa r as out in Novem ber on this hazardous en­
the actual potash is concerned, though terprise. B y extraordinary efforts he
the Ume and other substances con­ was able to return in December, hav­
tained possess value, the phosphoric in g succeeded in bis
mission.
He
acid ranging from 2 to 5 per cen t
brought w ith him fifty-five cannon,
2.800 pounds o f lead and a barrel o f
, Autum n H o g Pasture.
flints.
In some o f the Northwestern States
Before the battle o f Trenton, K n o x
and in all the valleys o f the W estern
was sent by W ashington to cross the
mountain States it la entirely practica­
Delaw are and march on the place.
ble to grow field peas and to fatten
This be did before the stream became
sw ine upon them in the fields in which
choked w ith ice. H altin g on the bank
they have been grown. This method o f
o f the stream, in the enem y’s country,
harvesting peas w ith swine is prac­
w hile Washington and his arm y w ere
ticable w herever Canada field peas ere
struggling amid the floating Ice in the
grow n, but in clim ates o f much rain­
darkness, he directed their advance to
fa ll in the autumn months the grazing
a landing.
H e then pushed on his
w ould be attended w ith considerable
guns through a blinding snowstorm
loss, and on clay soils much injury
and was soon in fron t o f the H es­
would be done to the land. Moreover,
sians.
.
It would alw ays be accompanied by a
I ------------------------------
loss o f the straw fo r food, but where ESTRADA PALMA. RENOMINATED
other fodder is plentiful this loss
TOR PRESIDENT O f CUBA.
w ould be more than compensated by
the savin g in labor effected by harvest­
ing the crop In this w ay.— Thomas
Shaw.
W hen P r e p a rin g fo r Seeding.
I f a clod crasher Is used do not nave
it w ith a flat crushing surface. Tho
one in the illustration, w ith several
crushing edges, is much more effective,
says an Am erican Agriculturist writer.
It is made o f two-inch hard lumber
eigh t inches w ide and about seven feet
long. Th e boards are held in place by
three strips o f iron h a lf an Inch thick
and three Inches w ide bent into
notches tw o inches Jeep and six Inches
long, except the last one behind,
which is to be eight Inches long. A ny
S atisfactory T rack Crop.
blacksmith can do this work. T b s
G row ing sw eet corn fo r canning
boards are bolted fa st to the Iron
purposes in the vicin ity o f Ashvllle,
strips, w ith the heads underneath. Aa
in P ick aw a y County, Ohio, has be­
com e a very Important industry. A
fe w years ago these rich river bot­
toms w ere devoted largely to general
field crops, but w ith the erection o f
a large cannery conditions have large­
ly changed in
this section.
Most
fan n ers now devote large areas to the
g ro w in g o f sw eet corn. F or the can­
CLOD CRUSHER.
nery last ye a r about 2,800 acres w ere
devoted to this crop fo r this one con­ the boards are w ider than the notches,
cern. Farm ers are paid about $8 per they w ill overlap tw o Inches. T w o
ton fo r the corn delivered. Stow ell’s pieces o f iron, w ith rings in the end,
Evergreen is grow n extensively here. are bolted to the fron t board three or
T h e average yield ranges from three four fee t apart fo r the purpose of
to three and a h alf tons per acre. In hitching w ith a chain. Com fort may
1904 the average w as about four tons be added by attaching a seat from
per acre. Some farm ers last season some old machinery.
averaged about five tons.— Am erican
In d ica tio n « o f L a v in g .
A griculture.
Th e color o f the <*omb may indicate
that hens or pullets are about to Say,
,
Corn SJtock Tyer.
A n y device to aid in the w ork o f but so fa r as the several breeds are
corn cutting is worth considering.
1 concerned, and also In regard to the
have a home-made device for tying size o f the comb affectin g the laying,
corn shocks which I have used several it la not a fact, as has been claimed,
years satisfactorily. It consists o f a that the larger the comb the better
block o f wood. A, I% x2 x9 inches, layer the ben. Such belief grew out
through which is cut an oblong hole, o f the fact that the comb alw ays en­
B, entered from square end o f block larges and becomes red on all hens
by %-lncb hole fo r insertion o f rope. Just as they begin to lay. It happens
Block has tapered slot, C, sawed in that some o f the best laying breeds,
other end. End o f hole, B, is round such as Mlnorcas, Black 8panlsb and
and smooth next to the s lo t
Rope, Leghorns, naturally have large combs,
D, D. Is %-incb and as long as desired. but the light Brahma has s small
When rope Is around shock with end comb, and it Is regarded as being fu lly
passed through hole, B, the rounded equal to any other breed. Th e comb
simply Indicates health arid condition
and does not influence laying.
CORN SHOCK T YK R .
end o f bole servin g as a pulley, shock
can be draw n tight and rope pressed
snug in slot. C holds It till band is on.
__Chancy A very, in Ohio Farmer.
Btorinar W alnuts fo r W in ter.
Rem ove the busks and rub the nuts
thoroughly dry w ith a cloth. A number
o f earthen Jars should be requisitioned,
and the nuts packed In, a fe w hand­
fuls o f common salt being sprinkled
between the layers.
Cover the tops
w ith a piece o f slate and store in a
fa irly damp cellar.
Or they may be
placed in rows at the foot o f a north
w all, and covered thickly w ith coal
ashes. These methods Involve trouble,
but nuts ao treated remain sw eet and
fresh fo r a long period. Large quan­
tities may be stored in tubs, using
plenty o f sand and salt, the tops cover­
ed to exclude air.
C s s a tr r G rain W eigh ts.
Because o f the lack o f uniform ity
Good breeding consists In having no
particular mark o f any profession, but In legal w eigh ts o f the measured bush­
a general elegance o f manners.— John -' el, farm ers often fa ll to get a ll that Is
due them In selling to country buyers.
son.
F o r example, in some instances, a
Be courteous, but not to tbs extent
shipper a t country elevator w ill require
o f surrendering principles.
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Estrada Palma, w ho w as renom­
inated by the moderate party fo r the
presidency o f the Republic o f Cuba,
has been called “ the R oosevelt o f
Cuba.” President Palma, though fa st
approaching his seventieth year, doea
not look his age by ten years, and Is
as active and progressive as he ever
was in his life, which has been de­
voted to the cause o f Cuban Independ­
ence and developm ent In the Cuban
rebellion o f 1808 he w as a general in
the republican array aqd later presi­
dent o f the provisional go vern m en t
H e was captured and taken to Spain,
where his estates w ere confiscated be­
cause he persistently refused to sw ear
allegiance.
A R o y a l T re a s u re - House.
A t Marlborough House the plate-
room contains w hat is probably the
most valuable collection o f trea su res,
In any private house in England. Th e
room is underground and lighted by
electricity, the w alls being lined by
bookcases containing many rare vo l­
umes presented to K in g Edw ard and
the Prince o f W ales from time to time,
form ing a valuable library.
In b ig
Iron safes In the center o f the room
Is stored aw ay a w onderful collection
o f gold and silver plate. Including tw o
enormous silver pilgrim bottles pre­
sented by A lexander I I I. o f Russia to
K in g Edward, and a priceless em ­
bossed gold shield, which was a pres­
In -B reed in g o f Fow 'o.
Th e ln-breedlng o f fow ls Is not so ent to the sovereign from a number
much in disrepute among fanciers as o f Indian princes.
It was. W e have theories, but the re­
S te a ls C lo c k W h ile C o u r t S et.
sults o f experiments are not always
A Chinese carrying a ladder w alked
w hat w e expect. Th e same seems to
Into one o f the police courts In Singa­
be true w ith the results o f ln-breedlng
pore the other day. R em oving bis hat,
fow ls. I t is a subject o f which w e do
he bowed w ith grace to the Judge on
not know so much as w e thought w e
the bench. Over the latter’ a aeat w as
knew.
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a valuable clock. Th is the Chinese
quietly removed, tucked It under one
To C ato Collar Galla.
A t night rub air-slaked lime on the arm and the ladder under the other,
sore. Th e next morning apply axle bowed again to the m agistrate and
grease or sw eet oil. For hardening w ithdrew . Some days elapsed and the
horses' shoulders nothing equals a dock w as not returned. I t had been
strong tea made by steeping w hite oak stolen w h ile the court was sitting.
bark, being careful to peel the bark
N ot fb r H im .
down to the wood. A pply frequently,
Mrs. N s w llw sd — It ’s Just brutal o f
say' tw ice a day.
you to call It “ this stuff.” You said
A ctivo Hana Good Lavara.
you’d be glad I f I baked my own
T h e wedge-shaped hen m ay t i e the Drees and—
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layer, and she may not; that is an open
Mr. New ltw ed— Yes, but I didn’t sa y
question. But the ben that has a quick I wanted you to bake mins.— Phila­
movement, especially o f the head from delphia Press.
side to side, and is never content to
H is W e ll-K n o w n G a rm en t.
mope, la certainly the business ben,
W a lter— A
th ief has stolen you r
and may be relied on to g iv e the de­
overcoat,
sir.
sired egg.
„ Custom er—N ever mind. I ’ ll ge t it
P la o tln a Ti
back.
E very pawnbroker In tow n
In setting fru it trees be sure to ex­ knows m y o verc o a t— Pittsbu rg D is­
am ine the roots, taking out all borers patch.
and cutting off all parts affected with
E very day w ill bo. Sunday by and
the w oolly aphis.