fi SCOTTISH LEGEND,
The Story of the Knight With the
White Feather.
TWO COURAGEOUS WARRIORS.
t
Heroic Alexander Hume and Hi Still
More Heroic Fellow Soldier and Pro
tector —The Sad Sequel to the Battle
That Was Lost.
The heraldic arms of the Scotch
town of Selkirk show a woman sealed
n a tomb, on which is also placed the
Scottish lion. The legend told about
the arms is this: King James IV. of
Scotland, who was about to invade
England, needed recruits for his enter
prise. The town clerk of Selkirk. Wil
liam Brydone. tried his best to aid his
Ping by persuading his fellow country
men to enlist in the royal cause. So
earnest was lie that he is said to have
moved over n hundred lusty Scots to
join his standard. Among these was
one of the name of Alexander Hume.
Til is man was a shoemaker of the
town of Selkirk. lie was strong, stal
wart. bold and an excellent workman.
Brydone was very glad to welcome
him. as he reckoned ldm quite the best
man of the hundred, and Ids comrades,
who were also brave men and true,
cheered him as he appeared among
them, sucli coufidence had they in his
wisdom, prudence, valor and strength.
Hume’s wife. Margaret, was a tine
young woman and very fond and proud
of her brave, strong husband. Now.
Margaret did not at all like lids pro
posed Invasion of England. She felt
that it would mean great trouble to tbe
Scotch people, who would certainly be
vanquished by their strong enemy, and
the thought came to her that her own
brave husband might perhaps lose his
life in the struggle. She therefore used
all her best efforts to keep him at
home. She pleaded in vain. Alexan
der was firm. At last she held up to
his face their little five-months-old
daughter and asked who would look
after the child if lie should die and
•who would keep her from misery and
misfortune.
Hume loved his wife and child, and
these appeals brought the tears to his
eyes, but they did not break down his
resolution, which lie had girt übout him
as armor. Nothing could move him
to become untrue to his king and coun
try.
Finding that no entreaties could
move him. Margaret at last gave way
to anger and told him that Ills eager
desire to be thought the bravest mau
of Selkirk would not supply the child
he was bound to work for with a bite
of bread. She said even more than
this. Her tonea grew blgtxar, and oue
word led to another, as you know it
will, until the couple parted in anger,
be to tbe held of buttle and abe to
remain at home.
Alexander had not gone far before
It flashed acroaa the uiiud of bis wife
that perhaps she might never ee him
alive again. Unable to control herself,
she flung the child turn lie crib and
rushed out of the house. 8b must
see her husband again and get from
him one parting glance or word of
reconctltatlon. She harried through
the town, she eougbt everywhere for
him. but be was nowhere to be seen.
He had gone off with hie comrades
The poor wife wept bitterly. Her
grief was deep.
Rome and Ms fMtows were eoon ea
gaged In bottle. He displayed the
greatest bra vary. Wherever be went
number* of the eneuty felt, iu every
direction upon the held of bettle be
waa eeeu. Hie companions kept well
up to blm. end In particular one man
who bad lately joined the party. This
man fought wltb a oourege equal to
that of Hume himself, keeping contin
ually beside him and defending him
in many perils. Once when an {Eng
lishman from behind drew very ueur
to the Scot tbia soldier struck tbe cow
ardly fellow to the eartb Juat aa be
waa IneertiDg bis spear between the
clasps of Hume's armor. Hume called
to the brave fellow and demanded bis
name, even in the midst of the tight,
but tbe stranger said that that waa no
matter.
This generous soldier wore a leath
er Jacket and an Iron helmet. In which
there was placed a small white feath
er. Wherever Hucp* fought on the
battlefield there might be seen beside
him the iron helmet and the white
feather.
At last the battle ended in defeat for
the Scotch, who scattered in ail direc
tions. Hume. who. with other sol
diers. was obliged to lie concealed In
the forest for seme time, took the first
opportunity of Inquiring after hia faith
ful attendant. But all hia Inquiries
were without avail. He could not trace
him. Nothing could be learn of him
but that be bad disappeared when the
fight waa over.
Alexander Hume hurried to bis cot
tage. He was anxious to nee again hln
beloved wife and bestow upon ber the
kiss of reconciliation. When he reach
ed It be listened at tbe door, and his
heart beat fast. He bad kind words to
say to her from whom he bad parted
in anger, and bis deep wounds needed
dressing. He !'**ed the hitch uud walk
ed in. All was still, ao wife came to
meet him; no child’s cry met his ear
On looking round the room he saw
seated in an armchair the knight who
had fought so bravely beside him in
the battle, wearing the same leather
jacket, iron helmet and white feather
That person was Margaret Hume. She
was dead and clasped In her dead
arms the little child.
Be conciliatory and considerate if
you hope to win conciliation and con
sideration.—Ward.
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THE EARTH AS A MOON.
Our World at It Appears to Venus and
Our Own Moon.
If we could be transported to the
planet Venus a peculiar set of views
could be obtained of our earth which
would enable us to see ourselves, to
some extent at least, as others s*e us.
Venus is about the same size as the
earth, is somewhat closer to the sun
and has more atmosphere than tlie
earth. When the earth and Venus are
nearest together they are. of course, on
the same side of the sun. and in conse
quence of this the earth does not see
more than a very small part of the
Venus illuminated, but Venus, on the
other hand, sees all of one side of the
earth Illuminated and consequently is
able to claim she has something that
takes the place of a moon anyhow, for
the earth to Venus at tis is time looks
very large and bright, almost as much
so as our moon does to us.
If we could see all the illuminated
surface of Venus on these occasions
we should have quite a distinct sec
ond moon. When we do see all of her
illuminated surface site is on the op
posite side of tlie sun from us and con
sequently at an enormous distance, yet
she is so brilliant as to keep us from
seeing her surface distinctly.
Hut to our own moon we appear in
the best light as a moon. A fill I earth
as seen from the moon, according to
Professor Todd and other astronomers,
is a very inspiring sight on the moon's
surface, it can at once be seen why
this is necessarily true. The earth is
several times larger than the moon
and would appear in the hettvens as a
disk about fourteen times the size of
the moon. It would shine with prob
ably a variable light, due to the shift
ing clouds on the earth, though the
light, of course, is reflected from the
sun, and the reflecting is done in part
by the upper surfaces of the clouds.
The outlines of the continents of the
eartli appear very dearly to the moon
as If they were formed of papier
tnacbe on a globe. Cities of compara
tively large size could be made out
with ease in case people were there
to make them out. The intensity of
the reflected earth light would be as
much ns fourteen moons and would
euable tbe Selenites. if auch they are.
to read or work in comparative day
light.—St. Louis Itepubile.
A Mountain Colloquy.
“Dhl your husband get that terrible
red nose working out In the sunshine?''
asked one woman.
“No." answered the other. “That
ain't sunshine. That's moonshine."—
Washington Times.
Conors uo.
“What waa the prlnco's gift to the
bride?"
"'A receipt |g fnM for the price she
was to pnt up for him."—Chicago
Record-Herald.
Imll* hy Att Mas no.
“t>o worrd." oatf Undo Bben. “to
sumpto' itke a lookin' gtass-you's g'ta
fer get better results if you anslleo dsn
if you makes faces '* Washington
Dow Water.
Tbe ancient “dew ponds'' of England
have their modern counterparts on the
rock of Gibraltar, where drinking wa
ter la obtained by tba condensation of
tbe abundant dew in specially prepar
ed baaiua. The primitive |*ocmut con
sists in making a hollow in tbe ground
and tilling tbo bottom with dry straw,
over which is placed a layer of clay.
On a clear night the clay cools very
rapidly, and tbe dew la condensed into
water in tbe basin. Tbe poud is Un
proved by putting a layer of asphalt
or Portland cement under the straw.
At Gibraltar the present practice is to
use wood instead of straw and sheet
Iron instead of clay.
The Howards.
The Austrians are known to lie the
greateat ••sticklers*’ for genealogy,
many of the nobles tracing their de
scent back to aiojuaat the dawn of bis
tory. Kven In Austria, however. It Is
geuerally admitted that the dukes of
Norfolk represent the oldest family In
tbe world. According to tbe most
trustworthy authorities, tbe Howards
are of Saxon origin, tbe name In those
days being Hereward. As far back as
957 there are trustworthy records of
the family.—London Globe.
Her B|Here.
’‘There is one thing which woman
could understand In political matters
If she had tbe franchise.”
‘•What's tbatr
“When sweeping reforms are on the
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