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The nnglluhrean's experience.
He xvns an American citizen, and a
bit vainglorious, arid he was talking to
an Englishman, who bad a wit of his
own, despite reports to the contrary,
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subject of conversation!), and the Yan¬
kee fairly bulged out with pride.
‘‘I am a free American, I am,” be
said, slapping his manly bosom, though
there was no especial occasion for such
a demonstration.
“I fancy not,” responded the English¬
man in a tone that sounded as if ho
knew what he was talking about.
The l'ankee resented it with
ness and dispatch.
“I’d like to know, sir, why I am not?”
he exclaimed, with the color of wrath
rising to his face.
“Von are married, aren’t you?”
“Yes.”
“And to an American?”
"Yes.”
“Well, that settles it in my mind,
I’ve got an American woman for a wlf«
myself.”
The Yankee smiled, stuck out MS
hand and said be thought it was about
time for them to organize an Anglo-
American alliance not entirely fpr com¬
mercial purposes.—Washington Star.
Montreal’s Famous bridge.
Victoria Bridge, over the St. Law-
rence, at Montreal, is one of the fa-
mous bridges of the world. It is 0,520
feet long. It is a tubular bridge, and
was completed in 1800, after six years’
labor on its construction, at a cost of
$7,000,000. The bridge has 25 spans,
the middle one being 330 feet, and
each of the others 242 feet long. All
its iron work was made in England. !
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At Jasper. Go., a cow poked her tongue
through a crack in the partition between
her *tall and that where the horses were
confined and one of the horses bit her
tongue off. :
To Cure a Cold in One Day.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. AU
Druggists r efund money if it Tails to cure. 35c.
According to the Publishers* Circular,
6,008 new books were published 1807. last The year de¬
in England—336 fewer than in
crease is almost entirely ip. the class of
novels and juvenile works.
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CASTLES OE ENGLAND.
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in
Falling Into Decoy.
The castle moat, that ancient means
of defence, Si, famed in song and story,
is now scarcely more than a memory
in all the broad lands of the queen’s
domains, Britain to the other, and
scarce see more of a moat than an
empty ditch around the castle, In
nineteen out of twenty instances even
the ditch lias been filled up, and not a
trace of the moat can be found.
There are just eight castles and
manor housed in the entire United
Kingdom around which is still to be
found the inoat filled with water, and
to which access can only be had by
means of a venerable drawbridge.
The nearest of these to London is
Tgtham House, in Warwickshire. Not
quite an hour’s ride by train from Lon¬
don brings one to Igtham Station.
From here it is a four-mile drive to
the baronial house. The road Is splen-
didly kept, and is bordered by thick
woods from almost the very door of
the station until Ivy Thatch is reach-
ad, a charming little cottage boasting
an age of nearly three hundred years,
[t is at the head of a steep, winding,
green lane, which brings one to the
wall surrounding the garden. This
wall j S 0 j> comparatively recent (late,
having been built during the latter
part of the eighteenth century.
The garden is quaint, curious and
reminding one very
u *ucn 01 f garueu p- ar< j en w wiui jth which wmeu Scott ow
surrounds Tully-Veolan, with its trees
and bushes clipped in fantastic shapes.
A short walk over the tan bark path
and one is at the moat, fully 40 feet
wide, With ... its green water „. 0 i ny shimni'Ll *.v,i™vwor
ing in the sunshine like an emerald
of somewhat pale hue, out of -which
rise the massive walls Of the castle,
fu „ y 500 years ol(b A bridge, solidly
built, leads directly into the tower
surmounted gateway.
It is a beautiful picture of the ex-
terior of a typical mansion of the four¬
teenth century. Before us loom gray
walls, covered in patches with dark
green ivy, carved and fretted gateways,
dark red roofs, quaint doorways, and
leaden lattice windows filled with
stained glass.
The distinguishing features of the
interior are the baronial hall, and the
private chapel. The
hall is fully 100 feet
long, with a ceiling
supported by huge
cross beams of oak.
The walls, paneled
with oak, are dec¬
orated at intervals
with pieces of ar-
mar. What mem-
ories of mediaeval
days such a hall
revives! Days when
the hall was filled
by hundreds of
rough knights and
their ladies, and
great tables groan¬
ed under the good
cheer provided for
them.
Over in Sussex
stands all that is
left of Bodiam Cas¬
tle, still surround¬
ed by the stagnant
moat. Built by Sir
Edward Belyu-
judge, in 1386, it
has been
changed, and what remains of it
is a perfect specimen of the architec¬
ture of that period. The outer walls
and keep are still in a fair state of
preservation, but the balance of tbe
structure is nothing but a complete
ruin, In one corner of the moat are
to be seen two- stone columns. Tradi-
tion has it. that these were spanned
by a crossbeam of wood, surmounted
with rows of iron spikes, and that the
first lords of the castle hurled male-
factors from the castle walls at this
point, impaling them on the spikes set
in the wood.
In fair Cambridgeshire is the moat¬
ed castle of Cburlelinge, built by Ed¬
ward I. in the twelfth century. It is a
noble pile, built in the form of a rect-
angle. Here Roger Bacon, the monk
philosopher, spent many of his declin¬
ing days, and here, in 1578, came
Queen Elizabeth, to visit for three
days. Hanham Hall,
Huntingdonshire has
with its circular moat. It is an ugly
structure. It is no longer inhabited,
but is kept in good repair by its own¬
ers who are doubtless proud of the
fact that it was the residence of the
Princess Elizabeth during the reign of
Queen Mary'.
The only moated castle that now re¬
mains to be mentioned is Great Tarry-
ley, in Surrey, The first structure
erected on the site of the present
castle was a hunting lodge built by
King John about 1200. About sixty-
years later the lodge was destroyed by
fire, and another and larger structure
was subsequently erected. In 1380, for
some unknown reason, the castle was
besieged by peasants, and, after the
capitulation of its little garrison, was
entirely destroyed. For nearly two
centuries no further attempts were
made to build on the spot, but in 1582
the present structure was erected, and
enjoyed, at that time, the reputation
of being the most magnificent in all
England. Its outer wails are built en¬
tirely of huge pieces of timber. It is
a splendid specimen of the architecture
of the time of Queen Elizabeth.
Nearly all of these castles and
manor houses arc in the hands of im¬
poverished families, and an American
millionaire looking for an English
home', rich in historical associations
and unque, even in a land of castles,
in the possession of a moat, could ob¬
tain any one of them at a bargain
price.
WHY SHE KEEPS YOUNG.
Gives a Fo»w Ilinta to the Failed
Friends.
“Everyone has to do some disagree¬
able things in this world,” said the
pink-cheeked woman of 40 to the
woman of 25, w'hose complexion looked
like a bit of faded gray crash, “But
there are always two ways of doing
disagreeable things and the choice
rests with the person who has to do
them.” The faded young woman
looked puzzled and the wrinkle
deepened between her eyes, says
the New York Commercial Ad-
vertiser. ‘‘You and I illustrate
the two ways of performing unpleas¬
ant duties,” continued the pink-cheek¬
ed matron. “If I go to bed early it
is because I want to keep young and
healthy and good-looking as long as
possible, or because I am tired or be-
cause my book is dull or for some
other purely selfish reason. If you
were tired to death you would stay
up if you thought ally one needed
your society or you ought to finish
your embroidery or you ought to send
letters to China. If you wanted to do
any of these things I wouldn’t object,
but you don’t. It is the staying up he-'
cause you feel it your duty to do so
that is making you old before your
time.” The faded woman of 25 sighed
and the cheery woman of 40 went on:
“You give big parties because you
think it your duty to entertain and
make your house pleasant for your
husband’s friends. You always look
like a ghost at the feast and have a
nervous headache for a week after¬
ward. You look forward with dread
to a big dinner, but you give one every
two weeks. I give parties, too, but
not for conscience sake. I enjoy them.
I never gave a formal dinner in my
life and my only reason for not doing
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BODIAM CASTLE WITH ITS ANCIENT MOAT.
so is that I don’t like them. Of course
I cannot escape unpleasantnesses, but
I take them as lightly as possible. ■ It
wasn’t very enlivening to have to
nurse an old third cousin who called
on me one day and was taken down
with the grip. But I waited on her
day and night because I wanted her to
get well and go home. You would have
don» the same thing, even for a
stranger, hut not for any selfish, ma¬
terial motive—simply because you
would hail it as a duty. When I stand
for two hours to have a gown fitted
I do it of my own free will. In order
to have the gown I would willingly
stand two hours more. No such vain
courage buoys you up. You dress be-,
cause your means and position and
family demand it. I tell you there
is a great difference in how you take
things, my dear. The point of view
is everything, and the right one,
which is the wrong one, I suppose,
does one’s complexion so much good.”
MUST MARRY.
Or Feast a Whole Legislature on Succu¬
lent Oysters.
The way of the bachelor in Dela¬
ware political circles is a thorny one.
In the present legislature there is one
member of the house, Hon. William F.
King by name, from Sussex county,
who is a bachelor and a prosperous
merchant. Mr. King is about 35 years
old. He wears a beard, neatly trimmed
m the latest style, and there is prob¬
ably no better dressed man in the
house. He attends strictly to his own
business and that of his district. Even
the pretty young women of Dover,
who have also learned of Mr. King’s
single state, have been unable to make
an impression upon him. In order
that all the members of the house
should enjoy wedded bliss, Representa¬
tive Donahoe of Wilmington, the
Democratic leader of the house, arose
to a point of persona! privilege a few
days ago. He said that he regretted
to learn that one of the members of
the house was traveling through the
world alone, and he desired to have
the following resolution read: ‘‘That
Hon. William F. King, member of the
house of representatives froiji the
Fifth representative district of Sussex
county, he, und he is hereby, ordered
to have himself united in the bonds of
matrimony within the next thirty days
ensiling. Or else he shall be fined an
orstdr supper for the members of the
house of representatives of the pres¬
ent general assembly. The lady of
his choice must be under six feet
three and must not weigh over 300
pounds.” The resolution was passed
without a dissenting voice. It begins
to look as if the members
would enjoy the oyster supper, In
fact! it is whispered that Dr. O’Day
has already been instructed to look out
for some of the finest oysters that he
can secure, Mr. King has received a
number of letters from forlorn maidens
in neighboring states who want to
link their fortunes with his. He keeps
these letters locked in his desk, but
says that some day he will show them,
A Baltimore young woman wrote re¬
cently, inclosing a bow of blue rib¬
bon. Several widows are also report¬
ed to have implored the legislator to
surrender to Cupid. Some inclose pho¬
tographs. Matrimonial journals have
also been sent to Mr. King, and re¬
quests for his photograph have been
received. One New York woman
wants to be married in the hall of the
legislature, and says that if Mr. King
consents she will throw in an oyster
supper “to boot.” Some choice litera- j
ture, such as the “Ways of Cupid” and i
the “Marble Heart,” have also been
forwarded to him, but if any -of the
women have succeeded in making an 1
impression upon the legislator, his fel- i
low members cannot find it out.
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IN COLD WATER. !
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Annual Cliristmas nan<licap of London ;
Serpentine Swimmers. I
Long before most of us were out of
bed on Saturday morning, December
24th a shivering band of
swimmers stood ruefully surveying
the , ice-eoa . at . _ , v,. ‘ v, + -u Q , r
e louio ,
usually hold their annual Chris m a s
handicap. Ice, as a m e, is a i
matter to those indomitable spirits,
but it is a more seiioas impediment
where racing is concerned. So, for
the first time in thirty-four years the
whole lifetime of the club, in fact
the course was reversed, the race be-
ing started from the east instead of
the west, thus insuring a stretch of
water free from obstruction. Previ¬
ously the winner had always finished
at a flag post in the water; this time
he had to reach the shore, where the
winning flag was held. At 7 o’clock
in the morning at this time of year is
not a popular hour to turn out for
open-air entertainment, and there was
not a big crowd present; the fact that
the race was held a day earlier than
usual, too, probably took a certain
number of would-be onlookers by sur¬
prise. The race itself resulted in a
somew’hat easy win for E. Harrison,
a Cambridge university freshman, who
was given a start of 29 seconds.
A Pass from Sarah Bernhardt.
A London bookseller tells this story:
"One time Sarah Bernhardt visited my
shop. I showed her every attention,
and she seemed pleased, As she was
going out she took hold of my pencil
and asked me something in French
which I did not understand. Seeing
that I had failed to catch her meaning,
she looked about on the counters, then,
quick as a flash, she took up a volume
of one of the very best sets of Scott,
bound in tree calf, opened it at the
very center, wrote something quickly,
calmly tore out the leaf, handed it to
me, smiled and went out.” The as¬
tounded bookseller looked at the leaf
and discovered that Sarah had written
a pass for two to her performances
that evening.
Russla’g Large Standing Army.
Russia possesses the largest standing
army on earth. Every year some 280,-
Ouu conscripts join the Russian forces,
which in time of peace number 1,000,-
000 men. On a war footing this rises
to 2,500;000, and calling out the present
reserves would increase it to 6,947,000
well-trained soldiers, Should neces-
sity arise the militia would he called
out, bringing the czar’s forces up to
9,000,000 men.
Don’t think the woman who poses
as a man-hater can't be induced to
change her name.
AMBUSHED!
Startling’ News
From Apia.
AMERICAN A NR BRIT¬
ISH MARINES SLAIN.
Ambush Occurred On a German
Plantation-Victims’ Heads
Were Severed—Excite¬
ment In Washing¬
ton and Lon¬
don.
Dispatches received at Auckland,N.
Z., Tuesday from Apia, Samoa, dated
April 1, say that a party of 105 Amer-
can and British sailors were forced
j- 0 re treat to the beach after having
been caughtin ambugh on a German
plantation on that date.
The expedition was led by Lieuten-
ant A. H. Freeman, of the British
third-class cruiser Tauranga.
Lieutenant Freeman and Lieutenant
Lansdale, of the United States cruiser
Philadelphia, and Ensign J. B. Mon-
ahau, of the United -States cruiser
Philadelphia, were left dead on the
field. Ensign Monahan remained to
ass i K f Lieutenant Lansdale and was
^ Two in British retiring. and two American • sail-
° r8 ™ re ?. lso killed.
The natives engaged were some of
Mataafa’s warriors, about 800 in mim-
They , everf , d tVle hf;ads of tbe
British and American officers wlio
were k jn e d.
l J r jests of the French mission after-
ward brougllt the heads into Apia,
The mana g er 0 f the German planta-
tion has been arrested and detained
on board the Tauranga, on affidavits
declaring that he was seen urging the
rebels to tight.
Mataafa’s loss was forty killed and a
number wounded, these being carried
off the field by the rsbels when they
retired. In a previous engagement
Mataafa lost twenty-seven killed while
the Europeans escaped without in¬
jury.
Washington Excited.
With the ambush and massacre of
English and American marines the war
clouds seem to be gathering once more
about Washington.
There were hurried conferences at
the white house Wednesday, and every
one who saw the president admitted
that the situation is most grave. Rep¬
resentative Hull, chairman of the mil¬
itary committee, said on leaving the
white house: “It means retracting or
war—notliing more or less.”
The arrest and detention by the
British uaval officials of a German
subject is one of the most dangerous
features of the controversy.
The News In London.
A cablegram from London, says:
The dispatches to the Associated Press
from Apia, Samoa, via Auckland, New
Zealand, were the only news received
of the treacherous attack made by the
Mataafans upon the American and
British naval forces.
They created considerable sensation
in official circles and among the gen¬
eral public.
The newspapers sent out large plac¬
ards printed with such startling state¬
ments as “British and American forces
routed,” “German treachery,” etc,,
etc.
“The heroic conduct of Ensign Mon¬
ahan, of the United States cruiser Phil¬
adelphia, particularly appeals to the
public. received
The British admiralty has
a dispatch from Captain Stuart, the se¬
nior British naval officer in Samoan
waters, giving the news of the death
of Lieutenant Freeman, of the British
cruiser Tauragan, in “an engagement
with the rebels. ” Beyond this no fur¬
ther details were received.
EVIDENCE FROM BOOKS.
Contention In Quay Trial Is Decided
By the Judge.
When court opened for the third
day of the trial of ex-Uuited States
Senator Quay in Philadelphia there
were indications on all sides that the
crucial point in the whole proceedings
and been reached, namely, the. qr.es
lion of the admission of Ihe books of
:be bank as evidence, and especi¬
ally those documents found in
die private desk of Cashier Hop-
■;in«. It was ruled that the books
ould lie produced by the prosecution.
STREET PREACHERS ARRESTED.
Atlanta Baptist Ministers Protest
Against Mayor’s Action.
The Baptist ministers of Atlanta,
Ga., at their regular Monday morning
meeting of the city pa stors, introduced .
resolutions condemning the action of
Mayor Woodward in ordering the ar¬
rest of the street preachers Sunday,
declaring the civil authorities have no
right to interfere with religious teach¬
ers and preachers when they do not
interfere with the rigts of others.