The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-01-22

f4Ata amor tttsEN HTS Eta-*tRaF A1NAHA#
from the ciNil lars Il Rome ut9a-
tuced by Louis Napoleon when 30 3a
king of Holland The Dutch are mot
troubled With "a p~sultipi4eity ~ Sau
Their system : ~lupllcsts tis"lf-tsf
canton ar district court ana tbs 49,
pcllato court ut Tho Hague Thr hfsf
has original jurisdiction ana fn
appeals are carried n The Hague Su-
prcme Court. There atc no cit,
courts.
After the judge hud read AN d.
sentences, / Strengthened ar to Nf
ness i trial. The only thinr / @tt-
messed Nts another great American
I principle go down Trials ar. mot
public IN II Hand nnI we hIi -
get our. The mills ~ ju~ttc. grind
in private only the sentences ARE
pronounced in public Tine ave
imprisonment for debt creditor
may keep his debtor in jatl rs lonE
az he 0ll pay the board BIN ii al-
vance. Tie only property exempt
from execution Is one bed one table
ANA a ehal. for each member ~ iht
family.
There IS anly q limited suffrage here
\ man must pay - much lax before
ne can vote. The poor man Is simply
NOT IN ii There is but one laW-tn3k-.
ing body IN the kingdom. tn" National
! Assembly. The UPPER chamber was.
! not in session. but | visited the lower.
! OF StHpflI Gtls iilptt ana itstil Il tat.
sleek Dutchman make 4 speech. The
other members We're .riting. talking
70 "ach other and paying no attention
To his Jabber. \ membe gets only
$500 per year. EobodE Seems to pay
much attention To tho government ag.
70 politics. The great mass Of the
people have neye had much to do.
with the administration Of public af-
fairs. and they take things as a matter.
Of course = attend to their W prl-
waite affairs. The Dutchman loves o
dollar 100 Well to waste his time an
politics. He loves a dollar as well
as the American does. only he does
not chase il rs fast as the American
The Hague is the capital and i-
the clcaneet, ncutcst city in tho whole
country. \ear it are many interesting
places which can be reached by cleo
trio ana steam trains. only 4 short
distance is SCheVcningen. the fdmous
uInncr resort on the sea. II j. strict
~ for the -four hundred TO enjoy
the ozone % the sea there YOU must
have "a pile" IN one Of the grand
hotels q room alone costs $3.50 per
day. I should want only Il few min
utes at that house.
The first Peace Conference at The
Hague met in an old palace erected
in l647 by the grand mother Of vii
liam Of Orange. The palace is beauti-
full on the inside, one room fitted uU
ana furnished by China. one by japan
and one by India. The exquisite needle
work and hand carving battle descrip-
zion. II was in this house that John
Lothrop Motley wrote the Rise Of the
Dutch Republic. while nc was ambas-
sador to Holland.
In passing through Holland one Is
reminded Of the days Of Spanish rNlc
and the InpuiSition. In an old prison
you can sec the instruments Of torture
used by them. Almost everything
which could inf.ct pain may be seen
There are those which have caused
horrible panSs. those With which arms |
and legs We're broken. those that wer-
heated red hot n upon which arc
feet have troaden; Instruments that
have severed many a head from It's
body: the blocks upon which the vic
TINS lay, With the indentations Of the
axe IN the ood In ou~ land Of po- |
liticai and religious freedom. the peo-l
Pie 10 not. ANA cannot. conceive OF
what awful ~barbaritics were enacted
under the InquiSition. In looking At
has the satisfaction to believe tnat
those who inflicted such cruel suffer
ings are still roasting in Hadcs.
In visiting the parks in The Hague
one runs upon a notice which has be
come classic in America. It is this |
loopen." That embodics the same ia
nous command which was given to
Coxey's army. Keep off the grass.
From Thc Hague it is but ten miles
to Leyden, an old city Of historic in
tereSt. The guide books Dragged very
much abou it and its noted sights.
especially OF an old church called 81
John church, established by English
Separatists Il from which the Pill
grim Fathers set forth on their yOy-
age 10 the New World. a voyage that
marked an epoch il religious history
| reached the city in the afternoon
and it was pouring down rain. But
| cared very little for that just 50
saw the starting point Of the Pilgrim
Fathers. | Wadcd through the s~treetst
cnquiring Of everybody ] met for 81
Johns church. No one knew.
kept this up till dark, when / con
cluded that if st. John was known in
that town it was under another name
| dropped into a nice hotel to get sup
per, for ! WAS hungry tired and mad
waiter. a fine looking man III
evening dress. let fall a word or Nj
Or English. Said he. we speaks
lngleesh here in de summer time. no.
in de winter" That ]udd me and
| enquired why English would no
hibernate in Leyden. His meaning was
that English speaking people visited
Leyden only in the summer and the
residents had occasion the only t.
talk English. | enquired for st
Johns church. from which the PHI
- - - hIA+t ia. j
knew where the church was (and i
was nearby). but dose Bilgrim Fad
deTs | nebber hear of dem before"
pointed but ii I'm What the qlid.
said. but he shook his head ana
that a mistake. no such peo-
were ever in Leyden. That WAS
limit. / had waded the streets in
rain all the afternoon. out of
seNerence TO the memory Of those ola
heroes, only To find that the
never been in the place at all.
vent T. the church anyway. examined
i BY gas light. took a mental picture
81 1T and started in search Of the
Iepot. on the way a small boy o.
or six years ran " with me an6 :
isked. IN a most pathetic voice, about f,
STRAIT ! told him that / did T
lot know what he said. He began t. I.
and trot along with me. He con +
inued to CRY and stitch 10 ME, until
sc met q big bov / int -ested the
boy in the little fellow and found
that he was lost. / old the little
elbow that / was aWfuly sorry for
lim but I was in the same fix. and j,
hat ! would love to give him inf4r !
but that was the very thing i