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Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-05-22

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Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-05-22

No. 8 house, w. A, Mcclellan, S15, ,49S;
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VACATED PORTION OF STREET.
That portion of Pleasant St, In the
immediate vicinity OF the Diamond
Rubber company's plant, was vacated
by ordinance passed by Council Mon
day evening. In exchange for the va
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given this city land west Of the canal
to extend Falor st. to Bowery. In this
land is included a piece of property, to
be purchased by the company from
Frederick Barr.
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Ordinance to pay claims audited May
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-11
LADY GWEND0LEN EPISODE.


Copyright, 1888. by 5. S. Mcclure Coz
Let wealth, let commerce and let learn
ing die,
But leave to us our old nob-il-i-tie.
Or words to that effect, by unknown poet
The Earl of Stobcross was O! so haugh-
ty. He was also proud, and went about
with his chin in the air. Earls can al
ways be recognized by the altitude of
their chins. An American visitor to Eng
land once expressed his regret to me that
the notabIes of the British isles did not
go round with large printed labels on
their backs, telling who they We're, so
that a stranger would not be compelled
10 follow the example of Theodore Hook
who, meeting Observation-Disclosures man
on the Strand, went up 10 him and IN
ouired if he was anybody in particular.
The American plaintively said, when l
remarked that the nobility might object
TO being labeled, that it would merely be
leverting to an old custom, which had
been allowed to fall into disuse. In an
Gent times the swells carried their labels
on their shields, drawing pictures there
on, because, as general rule, they We're
not able to write. Then, when you met
a knight out in London, all you had 20
do was to consult your illustrated cata-
logue of the titled families, for the year
1882 for instance. and you spotted your
man at once, and knew whether it was
better to take a side street or not AS
rule if you had any valuables about you
it was safer to make hasty move else
where. He suggested that if the House of
Lords would consent to wear large num-
erals on their manly bosoms, and If some
publisher would issue a numbered cata-
logue for sixpence to be sold at all respec-
table bookstalls, the arrangement would
be a great convenience to the tourist.
said that if the tourist would merely take
the trouble to study trigonometry little
he would have no trouble.
A plain knight wears his chin at a GER
tain angle, easily ascertainable by a man
who mikes in good society; baronet holds
his three degrees higher; an earl five de-
grees higher than the baronet; a duke is
again ever so much more elevated than
an earl and thus comes our phrase, LAS
drunk ii. e, as elevated) as a Lord" My
American friend thanked me cordially for
my information, and, getting some fur
tner Instructions on angles, acute and
obtuse, he went forth on the streets to
test his newly-acquired knowledge, all of
which brings me back to where l start
ed, that the Earl of Stobcross held his
chin so high in the air that his nose point
ed straight up TO the zenith. Captious
readers may say, How, then. could a duke
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VENERABLE HERD OF CATTLE.
OWNED BY LORD TANKEVILLE'S
AMERICAN WIFE.

The Present Lord TankevilIe, Like
Many of His Brother NObIemen in
This Victorian Era, Welded an
American Lady, Who Is the Pres
ent Mistress of a Famous British
Castle, and n Still More Famous
Breed of Cattle.
London. Feb. 1.-The last remnant of
an ancient race dwell at Chillingham, in
Northumbe rland, close to the Scottish
border, a four-footed people, clothed in
shaggy coats of white Why this residue
of the indigenous cattle of Britain, now
sheltered at Chillingham, should be so
easily discernible among their present
surroundings is curious problem, for
most of the wild animals by protective
nature are equipped in a secretive color.
Highland cattle, for instance, are grey,
dun or tewny, like the rocks and licten
covered stones studded over the moors
and MOSES on which they browse Noun
tain hares become snowy as the hilltops
in winter, and the dogs of ireland. set
ters, water spanals or it's indispensable
terriers are all rudy of tinge like the
newly cut tori as Pat calls the peat
in his native boys.
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Biggs, son of the blacksmith in Pod
bury-Gosset, the village under the shadow
of Stobcross castle, as one might say,
although it is five miles away. We do
cycle repairing, and if anything ever goes
wrong with your Wheel we will put it
right as cheaply as any other reliable
house in the trade"
"Cheapness has no attraction for my
father" said Lady Gwendolen with some
of the hauteur of the gentleman she had
mentioned, I'VE have never been in the
custom of hagging about price"
The young man bowed and was silent
He was well aware of the Earls tinan-
cial principles.
The two rode together along the lane
toward the castle, and chatted in the most
amiable manper of lie various merits of
different machines and when they parted
at last, the girl impulsively held out her
hand and If he kept It in his own a little
longer than was strictly necessary, who
shall blame him? Not l, for one; I've
done 1t myself He made bold to ask her
if she was accustomed to cycle often in
that lane, and she answered in a low voice
that she was.
But what is the use of my dwelling on
these details7 l know the reader has al
ready fathomed my shallow plot. There
ia only one story to write ana that has
| been written over and over and over
again. Still l am encouraged to proceed
because 1 am deauuS vain Iact ana not
with fiction. This is plain unenameled
record of actual events (al except the
Noah story, which l am not responsible
for; the monks wrote thaO. and as long
as l stick rigidly to the truth l don't see
| how ! can be found fault with. IL l were
writing fiction ] would call the young man
Reginald Trevour instead of John a.
Biggs / don't see much romance about
the name of Biggs myself, although he
was fine, stalwart young fellow, deeply
read In clippings stolen from the Amerl-
can comic papers and consequently pos
sessing such vast fund OF Information
that 1t was an education in itself for any
lady in the land to talk with him. But
! the reader who thinks everything is going
smoothly from now on, Is much mistaken.
Neither of the young people gave a
thought to the proud Earl, who paced the
battlements with his chin in the air and
who was so unliterary that he didn't even
take In Sunday paper. The willy reader
who keeps his eye on that naughty Earl
will run the best chance of gaining the
guinea prize offered for solution OF the
"Stobcross Mystery"
The two young people met often in that
leafy lane and talked most Accordingly
of let US say of bicycles and
the component parts thereof. And the
arrogant Earl kept his nose so perpendicu-
lar that he saw nothing Of whal Was. pass
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hold his head higher? To explain the
matter, l must refer TO the history of
the Earl, While most of our dukes an
cestors came over with William the Con-
queror, the first Earl of Stobcross was
dropped off on these islands by Noah as
the ark was passing the peak of Skiddaw.
The archives in Stobcross castle inform
us that although Noah booked the first
earl for the entire voyage the ancient
mariner could not put up with the Earl's
pretensions, who insisted on sitting at the
head of the table, while Noah held that
his chair was the Captains place His
lordship grumbled so much about the food
and complained so bitterly that there was
no smoking room on the boat, that Noah
was glad TO get rid of him, and when
the marooned Earl threatened him for
breach of contract, Noah replied that he
had his remedy at the law courts When
the waters subsidized the Earl went down
the hill and seized all the land he could
get ms hands (or feeD on and so found
ed Stobcross manor. He brought suit
against Noah, but the latter had sailed
out OF the jurisdiction of the courts The
monk who wrote the Stobcross chronicles
ventures a small pun al this point. SPELL
ing the word -ris-diction" and ex-
planning thus the anti-Semitic attitude of
the Stobcross family. Whether the first
Earl hated the Jews or not, the seven
teehth Earl mad a great liking for them.
IN the money resulting therefrom with
neatness and dispatch Having nothing
else TO blow in, he blew out his-well. the
soroners jury said A. was his brains but
those who knew the seventeenth Earl
maintained that he had none, so there is
an historical discrepancy somewhere
probably in the Earrs head.
BE that as IL may the Stobcross famtl,5
mas been poor and mortgaged up 10 the
mn mn ever since, but their pride never les
sened IN the slightest degree, which brings
thls biographical resume TO the middle Of
the week before last and 10 Archibald
ior'y-third Earl of Stobcross and his only
daughter the Lady Gwendolen.
Dihicult as il would be for us 10 learn
10 love the forty-third Earl Of Stobcross.
even II ! were content TO veil the truth an /
say ne was an amiable man. which stead
Iasuy refuse TO do, the case Of The Lady
1wendolen calls forth our deepest symp9-
my The Earl being poor, the neghbor-
ing mobiles would not look at her, ,,ut were
all over In the United States with lists OF
Runway owners and pork millionaires In
their pockets, seeking the eligible daugh-
ters thereof. The Earl being proud LADY
Gwendolen was not allowed 10 receive the
actresses of any Of the rich tradesmen's
sons IN the neighborhood even though the
harFs grocery bills had not been paid for
wars ana years. Now, II this were a
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to read stories of their simple innocence
This is what the lurking eavesdropper
heard.
Don't you think we might try it on a
tandem?' asked Lady Gwendolen sweetlv.
NO no." said young Biggs eagerly. 81
think we should have two bicycles. Then
In case of pursuit we could go down differ
ent roads and thus bewilder those who fol-
low. We could meet at the market cross
in Puddlebury and go together to the place
of appointment"
Yes, suppose that would be the better
plan" sighed rhe girl, although dislike
riding alone in the dark"
Il don't suppose il will be necessary for
us to separate on the road; l am merely,
speaking of what had best be done should
our plans be discovered, a most UNLIKELY
eventuality. for your father has not the
slightest suspicion and may not miss Won
until it is 100 late for him to do anything ~
Old Peter chuckled extensively and sllent-
ly as he heard this.
Wouldn't il have been better to have
gone to your village. which is only five
miles away, than TO Puddlebury which is
twenty?'
They are such gossips in our Village
that dare not risk IT, II we were seen TO-
gether the news would be all over the
country in half an hour, and your father
would be sure to hear of it, At Puddle
bury no one knows us, and the moment
the ceremony is over We can snap our
fingers at the whole world. I have wit
nesses ready. and there will be no delay
"How thoughtful you arel win 1t take
long, once we reach there?"
"Only a~few minutes"
"And to think that an action fraught
with such consequences-an action which
| changes the whole course OF two human
lives, occupies but few minutes! | can
hardly believe that we are so near to the
realization of our fondest hopes. When
shall meet your"
II shall be in the lane with two bicy-
Giles at three hours after midnight. The
lighted lamps viii guide you. We will
ride slowly unless there is pursuit. and
should reach Puddlebury about daylight.
! hope you Will have no difficulty in get.
ting away from the castle unseen"
There will be no trouble about that.
At o'clock. then"
| Thus they parted. and Gwendolen
sought her own room. Had she any
qualms about leaving It thus surrepti-
tousy? I'm sure ] don't know. / am
compelled to keep strictly to the facts
within my own cognizance.
l am, however, delighted TO be able TO
state that here the villain met his first
difficulty. Up to date everything has been
| going his way, and II that kept on to the
end there would be little use in writing
this narrative. The proud Earl was not
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! play, instead of a plain statement of ACT
| ual fact. l would have the truculent
! butcher of the neighborhoOd demand the
! hand of Gwendolen for his son or the in
| slant liquidation of the meat bill This
| would go well on he stage and I can
! hear the deep beefy tones of the butcher
| threatening to put the cringing nobleman
into the County Court and the bailiffs into
Stobcross castle. finishing up with a pero-
ration which would capture the gallery 10
the effect that:
A hundred unpaid mutton legs
Are worth a thousand coats Of arms.
However none of these things were
thought of. and never are, except on the
X! boards. The neighboring tradesmen did
not bother about unpaid bills. but pointed
with pride to the fact that the Earl re-
fused to deal with the cooperative stores,
which was indeed true for the store
heartlessly require cash DOWN,
In these circumstances. the life of Lady
Gwendolen was not an enviable one. ana
so she took to bicycling She got ma
chine on the installment plan, and when
the instruments went for long unliuuida-
ted, and the agent sorrowfully took the
wheel away for non-pa yment as was
agreed. the Lady Gwendolen got another
somewhere else, the maker printing I'm his
catalogue "Patronized by the Earl Of
Stobcross, and others of the nobility"
Great are the blessings of the credit sys-
TEN when you know how to work il.
At first she cycled on the smooth roads
Of the home park round Stobcross castle;
then, as she became more expert, she
took to the delightfully."- leafy lanes of the
country and, of course, when she was ~
miles from home, she punctured the tire
of the hind wheel, and sat disconsolate
on "A messy bank, not knowing what to
do with il. There was a repair kit along,
but she knew nothing of its use, think
ing it had been put there to balance the
wheel, or something of that sort.
At this juncture-or perhaps ii would
be more accurate TO say at this puncture
there happened along a nice young man.
who also rode a wheel. He sprang off, on
seeing a maiden in distress and asked
politely If he could be of any assistance.
He could, and he was. The girl sat there,
and admired his deft handling Of tire
that had Unexpectedly gone as limp as
rag.
There" said the young man, cheer
fully, lit is all right now, my lady"
20, you know who l am" said the girl
flushing slightly.
Eyes, my lady, but as it Is not likely
that you recognize me, may I have the
pleasure of introducing MYSELF"
CThese board schools in England do en-
able young man to express himself
beautifully. Pretty soon there will be no
more dialect stories written, for which
mercy let us be truly thankfully
II should be pleased to have you do So"
replied Lady Gwendolen with dignity,
that I may know to whom l am under
obligations"
There is no obligation my lady; it was
delight to serve you. l am John A.
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and Christianity dawned. The Roman le-
gions, maybe, fed them as they press
ed their triumphant way north The cat
tie to-day wander over the Roman road.
the making of which drove their forebears
further into the mountain solitudes Now
the surviving half hundred are girt about
by railways. and look contemptuously
down on trains fun of docile kline being
wheeled in trucks, with plantive lowing
along the valley and they marvel TO see
how one unarmed man and a yapping
heel-nipping dog can guide and goad
where they will a herd of these poor-spr-
tied beasts of the fields who have bowed
their submissive heads to the yoke of civ
ilization.
Chillingham can be, easily reached from
Belford on the main Great Northern line
TO London. Tuesdays and Saturdays are
the days the castle and park, with it's
unique residents, are open to the public,
who either come for nine miles over the
moor from Belford, on the famous Great
North Road, or down the Till valley
In the courtyard of The castle is a block
of stone, in which was found entombed
alive in a stony cell a toad, which The
masons chisels liberated. For how long a
period it had been there imprisoned 1t in
impossible to conjecture.
on the walls of the powerful, betar-
reted, north country castle are some mod
ern works of art alone well worth a long
journey to see Landseer and the late
Lord Tankeville were friends, and Sir
Edwin often stayed with him at the old
home Of the Greys under the shadow of
the Cheviots There are a couple of fine
pictures one of he red deer in the park,
With a companion one of a trio of a white
DULL, a cow and calf in the corner and
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| ing under his chin, as one might remark.
| But was there none to enlighten him
Reader, you have guessed it. No account
of a grim castle can be written without
| taking account of the surly servitor
the mental whose forefathers have
! faithfully shaved and spied for the baron
al house with which they have been con-
| uected all through the centuries. Novel
4 lists should subscribe for a testimonial TO
| the rancorous retainer, he is boon ana
a blessing to them.
Peter Trevellick, the grabbed man-of-
all-work about the castle, had suspi-
cion OF what was going forward and he
stealthily watched the young pair For
a long time he was bafled because ne
was rs years old and no sprinter on the
cycle, and as most of their conferences
took place in the aforementioned leaty
lane, on their wheels, espionage was not
without its difficulties But so eager were
the twain to meet that on several occa-
sions when the Earl was from home, the
blacksmiths son had the temerity to call
on Lady Gwendoen at the castle, and It
was only too evident that the girl was
most eager TO get him. Trevelliek. the
better to further his sinister purpose,
fawned on the young man, and pretended
to be his friend, actually winning his con-
idence
All. Youth! Youth! When will you learn
discretion? Haven't you read enough
dime novels to know that crawling servi-
tors are ever to be distrusted? Subscribe
for the Family Story Paper" or Sat
urday Night" learn of their ways, and
he wise.
AT last the young man gave Trevel-
lick a note 10 take to Lady Gwendolen 1t
was to be slipped into her hand secretly,
and Peter was 10 choose his opportunity
which he promised to do. John A gave
him shilling, which the old man bit to
test its quality, when the donors back
was turned; then he rubbed his withered
hands one over the other and chuckled
after the manner Of villains on the melo-
dramatic stage. He steamed open the note
and read it, 1t was without address or
signature and ran as follows:
81 have everything arranged, and I
think there will be no fear of discovery.
II you can get away without creating sus-
pcion, meet me in the old arbor tonight
al 8. and 1 will tell you ALL
Resealing the letter, Trevellick handed
1t TO the lady and watched her furtively
while she read She was visibly agitated
by its contents. the color coming and GO
ing swiftly on her fair cheeks
Need state that, when young Biggs met
the Lady Gwendolin in the summer house
old Trevellick was listening outside? I
think not. yet fearing there may be any
Misrepresentation, l will state it and add
that he had his ear at a knothole. He
heard every palnitating word, for the two
having no suspicion did not speak in whis-
pers. Little do young people know of the
meanness of this world! If we were noe
confident that everything would turn out
all right at last, and that the villain
would be overthrow, we could not bear
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CHILLINGHAM CASTLE AND LANsEERs GREAT PICTURE.

the Chillingham toad is represented gaz-
ing at them. There is another picture
which calls to mind the dangers of har-
boring this aboriginal tribe of cattle.
Lord Tankeville was nearly meeting his
death from the horns of an angered king
of the herd, but the interference of a
cog and the promptitude of a keeper saw
kerville. then an his prime Che was %
when he died), With his heel on his fero-
cious assaiants neck, while the man
whose sure gun saved him is kneenS
beside the noble beast. whose savage an
ger death has not yet cooled, and tho
hounds stand eagerly scanning their mas
ters face. Eve Blanty Simpson
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But the weli-nigh obsolete herd at Chill
bingham are CARRIED in a livery so at vari-
ance with their surroundings, the query
suggests ITSELF Are these untamed North
umbrians the survivors of a glacial period?
The brilliant sunshine of brighter Britain
robs Shetland ponies and Highland cattle
of their shaggy locks, for in the benign
climate of Maoriland they become so
smooth and sleek, with a nap on their
glossy coats, ii seems as if they had dis
carded suits of Scottish homespun and
donned broadcloth.
A bare fifty of this venerable Chilling
ham breed still exist Another small
clan of their kindred, belonging to the
Duke of Hamilton, dwindied till an Aber-
DOMAIN Polled Angus mad to be introduced
among them; but those who sought and
found sanctuary around Chillngham are
as pure of pedigree as they were in the
days of yore. They have a wide domain
to wander over, on a heathery ridge Of
hills, an outer spur from Scotts "CheVi-
OTIS blue" This tract they are now con-
fined to is deer fenced. Red and dun deer
share with the savage bovine herd the spa
cious moorland prison, where deep denes
and fenry hollows afford protection in
times of Storm Robin Hood is said to
have camped on one of the hills In their
region, where he doubtless proved a trou-
blesome neighbor for with a hunters skill
he stalked his game warily. and his ar
rows sped with unerring surety The bor-
der raiders never drove the ancient denl-
zens of Chillingham before them. for IN
many a foray they proved themselves 10
be truly kittle cattle. They now as I'm
bygone days face their antagonists and
prove deadly foes. When veteran among
them is doomed he falls by sportsmon's
bullet; no slaughter house ak ever dis
patches one of these time immemorial in.
habitants Of Britain.
What centuries OF changes IN England
these Chillingham cattle have witnessed
.Ihey were there when paganism vanished