The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-07-30
A F.meu. Old Mansion.

Hall Barn. In Bucks county, EnR
land, is big square house in Queen
Anne style, with stone facing1 and
pflasters. 1t was originally the home
OF the poet Waller, and the great
statesman. Edmund Burke, spent many
holidays there. The dagger which
Burke threw down on the floor of the
house OF commons In 1890 during his
speech in support OF his aliens bill is
in the hall. 1t was In the dining room
At Hall Barr that Oliver Cromwell In
a temper flung his napkin In the face
of Waller's royalist mother for re-
preaching him with the execution Of
Charles l. The most perfect Turkish
bath in the kingdom Is another remark
able feature of the house In the love
ly old world flower garden II an an
cient summer house, In which Milton
Is said to have composed a great part
of Paradise Regained."
Captain Puts on His Red Neektis.
No matter how small the vessel or
how impecunious may be the skipper,
there Is always a boiled" shirt and q
clean collar laid carefully away to be
worn when the craft enters port. At
sea the captain may be very rough In
bis attire. but the approach to land
finds him combing his hair and crop
ping his whiskers. II he has any, and
The collar Is donned, also a red necktie,
which usually Is famboyant red.
Even the poorest men who bring yes
'els to Boston to secure loads OF lum- |
DER for South American ports dress as |
neatly as possible when the customs |
boarding officer is expected to come
llongside to inspect the ships papers.
And the mates slick up. too, when
heir floating home is nearing port, so
hat the "old man." as the captain Il
amillarly termed behind his back, may
lot carry OF all the honors of the occa-
Herald.
The Horrible and Grotesque.
Not few Of the scenes a clergyman
J called upon to witness are both gro
esque and terrible An old man had
cen Ill for months. but clung to life
18th that wonderful pertinacity which
SO common with old people He was I
course great burden to his two
aughters, who had to nurse him and
the same time earn their own bread. ;
ne day, on being asked how the old
an was, one OF the daughters, even
bile she stood by. the bed. announced:
Els just the same; e is such a time
dyin'. wish ed 'urry up bit It's
awk'ard for me and my sister, with |
II other work to do" 1t was terrible
lough to see natural feeling all but c
,stroyed by poverty, but there was {
mething truly awful in the scene
hen the old man gasped over from q
$ bed: 81 am a-makin' 'aste, amt 1!
re got no call for to "-Cornhill
agazine.
The Picturesque Fec. 6
Present day plllagers at Fee Will bag =
ry few fezxes compared with the q
antity which might have been loot G
a century ago. for the manufacture P
the red and brlmless cap, with it's
lex tassel, which adorns the heads "
the Leyantine peoples, has long
ice ceased In the sacred city Of its
gin. Tunis Is now the African fac
y Of the headgear loved alike Of
rk, Persian and Greek. But Tunis e,
3 formidable rivals in Germany and fe
'ttzerland. who make a handsome n
,fit by helping to clothe the Mussul- @
p,-London Chronicle. ~
Making Church Pleasant. al
fter all, those old Puritans had the cl
ut idea OF making the church pleas al
: Now, in Brunswick, Me-, the first :.
lrch had powder magazine in the AZ
ret. the stocks In front. the whip
g post behind. the graveyard to the
tn and beyond that the pound.
at more could one desire? Yet the
n had to be fined in 1910 for hav-
gone without a competent pastor OF
more than six months. And not ha
away from there twenty one poor co
|neites were sent to jail for not II
Ing their church taxss.-New York w
rid 49,,