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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-22
COTTON MARKETS.

NEW YORK. December FACTION
Futures opened firm. December. 1918:
January. 1870: February. 1910 (bid):
March. 1856: May. 1888; July. 1887; Au-
gust, 1859; September, 14.31; October,
1857
The market opened Arm at an advance
of 3a10 points. with all positions making
new high records for the season in re-
Spouse to nrm cables, reports that In
dian crop estimates are being reduced
and a continuation Of the western bull
support. January contracts sold at 1850
and May at 1892 during the early trad
ing. and while there were slight reactions
from these figures, the market showed a
generally Arm tone and the presence Of
a big demand for May around 1888.
\ The market continued Arm late in the
forenoon, with prices ruling about 8 to
IL points higher on the active months.
Spot quiet: midd.ing uplands, 1910:
middling gulf. 1885.
Estimated receipts at the ports today,
81, 900 bales, against 22,O32 last week and
67.61S last year. For the week, 2 90 0
bales. against 20S. lbs last week and 1885,
336 last year. Today's receipts at New
Orleans. 9.7v6 bales. against 49, 1872 last
year. and at Houston. 1884 bales. against
1872 last year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-22

s s,.., es dollars: Ell IS ss SO
Silver dollars Of 1890. ........ $4,000 %
silver certificates outstanding. 49, 600, o ~
GENERAL FUND.
Standard silver dollars in general fund $974.S77
Current liabilities. ................ l0l.0J7, 355
Working balance In Treasury oGaces. 22,ol6, 087
In banks to credit Of treasurer Of
subsidiary silver coin. .............. iS.oSs.Ses
Minor coin Observation-Disclosures. l.0e8. l25
Total balance in general fund. ....... 7S,s60.7lO
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-22
FOREIGN BANKS.

BERLIN. December 22.-Exchange on
London. 20 marks 46 pfennigs for checks
Money, A per cent.
Rate of discount for long bills. Az per
cent.
LONDON, December o. Bullion
amounting to E306,OOO was taken into the
Bank of England on balance today
PARIS. December 22-Closing: Three
per cent rentes. 90 francs IS confines for
the account. Exchange on London, rs
francs 201l centimes for checks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-22
FINANCIAL.

Money at ~ and $50.
LOANED ON d. q. REAL ESTATE
Heiskell & Mc-eran,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-22
Treasury Statement.

The condition Of the Treasury at the beginning
Of business today wss a. follows:
TRUST FUNDS.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-03

Some people think they have indi
gestion. others CGtarrh of the Stom'
aca. others Nervousness, Cancer or
Dyspepsia, etcs Call it this If you
will. but the real name for yctr trou-
ble is Food Fermentation, with only
partial digestion. Ever iHg you
cat turns to either Acid, Stomach
gas or Stomach poison, which weak
en- the digestive organs, causing a
lack of gastric Juice. Your food
sours. is only half digosted, and you
become affecter with loss of appetite
pressure and fullness after eating
burning sensation, feeling of yomit'
ing, heartburn, water brash and ten
derness in the pit of the stomach
Shiny tongue, bad taste in the mouth
constipation, nausea, belching OF gas,
dizziness, sick headaches, mental lie
preston and many other common
symptoms.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-03
CURE YOURSELF OF INDIGESTION
AND ALL MISERY FROM STOMACH

You can cure all this by not eat n,
by not pntting any food in your stom'
ach to ferment; but how about the
needed TO sustain your
bodily strength? If you are stom'
ach sufferer, either man or woman,
Young or old whether you call it lndl-
gestion or any other name, go now to
your druggist and give so cents for
case of Papes Diapepsin.
Every possible kind of Stomach
trouble is readily cured by Diapepsin,
which takes right hold of the food in
your stomach and digests it alone,
without the help of the stomach, just
AS If your stomach wasn't there
After a few days use OF Diapepsin
your Stomach will again be in cool
working order, your meals viii thor
ughly digest and your intcstines will
be clean and fresh, and you will have
no use for laxatives or liver reGu.a.
tors.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-03
POSTMASTER Of
VILLA RIDGE DIES
LEWIS r. GRAIN, OLD RESIDENT
OF pulaski COUNTY, PASS
ED AWAY AFTER LoNK Ill
NESs-FUNERAL TODAY.

Lewis F. Grain, one of Pulaski coun-
tvs most prominent residents died
at his home in Villa Ridge Monday
night at 9:1j o'clock after a long III
ness from asthma and complications.
The decedent was at one time the
sheriff Of Pulaski county and for the
past eight years had been postmaster
of Villa Ridge. He was most highly
esteemed throughout the county. He
lis survived by his wife and four
children Mrs. j. c. Gamble and three
sons, Ernest, Claude and Ralph Grain
He was member of the Masonic
lodge which viii have charge of the
funeral services TO be held this after
noon at the family residence. Inter
Iment will be made at villa Ridge Gem
letory.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-03

the Language Arts; Speech, Reading,
Composition.
Essays.
Lamb, Charles Works-A beautiful
clifton illustrated. Edited with in
PRODUCTION and notes by Alfred
Anger.
Letters; vols.
Essays of Ella.
Last Essays of Fila.
Poems, plays and miscellaneous es
SAYS. 9 vols.
Adventures of Ulysses, Guy Faux,
Etc. and life history of Chas. Lamb
by Anger.
Lamb. Charles and Mary-Ta'es
From Shakespeare.
Miscellaneous.
Costume: fanciful. historical aud
theatrical: compiled by Mrs. Aria.
Illustrated by Percy Anderson.
Ferrero, Militarism; a contri'
button to the Peace crusade.
Gautier-Diet and Dietetics. Edtei
and translated by A. ]. Rice-Oxley.
Hill, L. E.-Athletic and Outdoor
Sports for Women. Each subject
being separately treated by special
| author. Over 200 illustrations.
Spenser, Edmund--Complete works
| with an introduction by William +
Trent
Trueblood. S. E.-Cats by the Way
Illustrated by the author.
Clenworth, NJ. LA Twenti> Il
Century Boy.
Nichols, Laura D.-A Norwa,
Summer.
Dumas-Fairy Tales. Edited an'
translated by H. A. Spur,
Eddy.s Sarah Friends and Help
ers. tuvenilel.
zoe, Edgar Allen, complete works
with biography and introduction b.
Nathan Haskell Dole Ten volumes
illustrated. Vol /, ,, 3. 1, ;, Tales
vol 6. Poems. vol 7, S, 9, Criticisms
vol 10, Miscellany,
Kipling, Rudyard-Illiustrated b.
Chase Emerson. Ten volumes
Oriental edition.
Vol 1-Soldiers Three.
VI plain Tales From the Hill'
Vol. THE Phantom Rickshaw.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-03
THE FATNEss OF HEALTH.
samose Fills Out the Curves and
Makes Thin People Fat.

If YOU are thin. your health is not
what it shonld be If you are losing
weight steadily there is some
thing wrong that shonld be attended
to at once. You cannot he healthy
and strong if you are thin.
Perfect health and good. solid beau
um flesh can only come through the
use of Samosc, the remarkable flesh
forming food.
Samose is not a drug or a stimu-
LIANT: il is a scientific flesh forming
food that restores thin people To a
normal condition of cool healthy
flesh
There are thousands Of unhappy
nervous thin people who would look
and feel entirely different if they
were only fat and plump. Let them
use Samose and they will soon notice
remarkable results
These statements are confirmed by
! PAM G. Schulz & Sons. who offer tC
refund the money to anyone buying
and using Samose who does not gait
in weight as promised. The risk Il
ali theirs. The thin and scrawny car
buy Samose at Druggist Paul G
Schulz & Sons store. with the know
ledge that if it is not successful j
viii cost absolutely nothing.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-03
NEW BOOKS At
PUBLIC LIBRARY
LARGE LIST OF WORKS READY
FOR CIRCULATION THIS
AFTERNOON.
FROM HALLIDAY REQUEST
Editions Are Fine Ones and Com
prise Many Valuable Standard
Prose and Poeticai
Writings.

number of beautiful books pur-
chased from the Halliday bequest
viii be ready for circulation this
Wednesday, afternoon at O'Clock
at the Public Library as follows:
Art.
Cruikshank's water colours; with
Introduction by JoseIh Gregg,
Cut. Hobart-The Pavement Mas
ters of Siena u3691652).
Haadlam. Cecil-Peter Viseher;
Bronze Founder
Rhead, W.-The Treatment OF
Drapery in Art, with so diagrams and
drawings. and upward of 81 half tone
Illustrations from the works Of the
great masters.
Roberts. W.-Sir William Dudley,
r. A,
Moore, 5. T.-Albert Durer.
staley. E.-Lord Leighton of STREET
ton, P, R. A.
Maclean, Frank-Henry Moore
X. A.
crutwell. Maud-Antonio Pol
laioulo.
Bavne W.-Sir David Wilkie, r, A,
Biography.
HINT G.. Editor-Writings OF
James Madison; comprising his pub
lie papers fnd private correspond
ence. including numerous letters ami
documents now for the first time
printed. Vol. 8. 1SOS-1S19.
Schurz. Carl "reminiscences; vol
II, 1S1glS52; vol. >, lS52-1SG3; vol. 3
1864 with sketch of his life an,
hubble services from 1869 to 1906, by
Frederic Bancroft and w. A. Dun
ming.
Potocks. Comtesse-Theodore Les
ichetizky an intimate study of The
man aud the musician.
Description and Travel.
| Armstrong, VIM. N.-Around tn
World With King. (Kalakaua' IN
liking Of Hawaii.
Gerrare. Wirt-Greater Russia
the continental empire Of the oil
world.
Hare. 4 J. C-Days Near Paris.
Hare. A. J. C.-Walks in Paris.
Kipliug. Rudyard - Letters Q
Marque.
Mead. Lucia Ames-Milton's En'
Hand Illustrated.
Education.
Comparye-Deyelopment OF Tn
Child in Later Infancy; being part
of The Intellectual and Moral d.
, velopment of the Child.
Hinsdale, 3. A.-The Teaching
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-03
Buys Pressing Club.

Frederick E. Cox and Edgar
Stephens have purchased the Downing
Pressing Club of w II. Brown am
propose TO bring the business up 10
the highest possible standard OF etil-
cheney giving the best of service. Mr.
Cox will have active charge All
members who have paid their dues
to Mr. Brown will receive full value
from the new management the cIup
has both phones.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-03
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF
BUYS Tract of Land.

II. c. Dow of Chicago has purchas'
ed of Mrs. Anize Hastings OF THIS CITY
tract of land in the drainage distrlc1
fronting on the west side of the Syca-
more street road GEO feet north OF and
adjoining the Patier property and eN'
tending toward the Illinois Central
tracks. the consideration being So
.25G.25. The purchaser atterward
transferred the west half OF the tract
to r. A. Hooten for the sum OF S2'iOo'
Mrs. Hastings also sold right-of-way
for a switch track TO Mr.. Dow from
the Illinois Central to connect WIN
the tract of land first mentioned
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-03
Schiller Club.

The Schiller club will meet Thurs
day afternoon with Mrs Katherine
Smith of sos Washington avenue.
Mrs. ]. d. McLaurencc of Willard
who is a patient at St Mary's lntirm-
ary was reported to be much worse
last night
Mrs. Isabella L. Candee will leave
Thursday for Chicago where she viii
visit her sister, Mrs, Bayley
Vance Malone of Walnut street I'm.
derwent successful surgical opera
ton at st. Mary's Intirmary,
Mrs. Jarvis Webster of Centralia,
is the guest of her sister, Mrs. J. J.
Webster Of Poplar street.
Miss Mana Smith of Konton Tenn,
is the guest of Mrs. Jesse Bcadles OF
l52S Thirty-siXth street.
Mrs. Virgine Vincent of Mint
street who has been very i'll at her
home is improving.
Cant. and Mrs. John Hodges anl
son went to Hodges Park yesterday
to visit relatives.
Y. A. Cunningham Of Mounds
transacted business In the city yes
terday.
Mr.. aud Mrs. Force Balm will go q
housekeeping at 81 Seventh street
Mrs. VIII Deynney. Of Cutler. H.
is the guest Of Mrs Jacob Held.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-03
YOUNG MOTHER DIES.
Mrs. John Spencer of RichView, W.,
Passed Away Leaving Baby Only
Three Weeks Old.

Mrs. John Spencer Of Riehyiew, Ill,
died Sunday morning at the home Of
her parents Mr., and Mrs. Charles Wal
bridge at Mounds. The decedent was
a granddaughter Of Mrs. Annetta Ent
Of Cairo and previous 10 her marriage
was school teacher at Fairview.
She leaves her husband and two child
rem one a baby only three weeks old.
Mrs. Frank Spencer, Mrs. l.. J..
Powell Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ent and
Mrs. L. G. Ent went TO Mounds yester'
day to attend the obsequies which
were held in the afternoon.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-03
Here to Start Work.

L. Brandt of Pittsburg, Pa, head oi
the concern which has leased a site
for factory above the crossing OF ire
Illinois Central and, Big Four rail-
roads has arrived here with his CON
sructing engineer ]. II. Griffin TO De-
gin operations on the building Of the
plant. The company Will manuiac-
ture houses. Mr.. Griffin is accompa'
MED by his wife and are stopping at
The Halliday.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-03
womsn's Club Reception.

The Woman's Club will give a re-
ception to its members this afternoon.
The annual election of officers VIII
be held and this being Presldeh' ;
Day those who have served in thas
office will give "reminiscences OF inc
various regimes which promise to De
very interesting. Refreshments WIZ
be served. Only members OF the clan
are hidden to the reception.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-03
Real Estate Transfers.

At a master-in-ehancery sale Mrs,
Cora Cotter purchased four lots a.
Elm and Twenty-sixth streets part
of the Thos. w. Halliday estate, the
consideration being $500. Mrs. Cot
Ter intends building a residence On
the lots.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-03
DEATH OF A VETERAN
James II. Greenhouse, Member Of 9
A. r. Departed This Life Yes
terday Afternoon.

James Greenhouse, an Old resident
Of Cairo. aged 20 years. died yesterday
afternoon at his home on Sycamore
street at 2:30 o'clock
The decedent was a soldier in the
Civil war and was a memberof War.
rem Stewart Post 6. \. r. He is sur
vived by his wife and two step
daughters.
The funeral arrangements viii b'
announced later.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-03
Golden Wedding.

Mr.. and Mrs. John B. Shea last
night celebrated their golden wedding
anniversary at their home 1904 Wal
nut street They had a score or more
of friends present and had a memoir
ablo evening, Refreshments were
served and Mr. and Mrs. Shea reeely-
ell hearty congratulations and mum
Der Of souvenirs Of TIE occasion.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-03
Funeral Services.

The funeral of the late R. B. Wal
lace who died at the home Of his
daughter Mrs. Lizzie Silver Monday
evening March |, viii be held this
morning at the residence at 10 o'clock
Interment will be made at the villa
Ridge cemetery. The family requests
that no flowers be sent.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-03
Twentieth Century MODES.

There seems TO be tendency
among heroines in novels to get them
selves crushed, rather than folded, in
warm embraces. Styles change, OF
course Puck.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-03
Sold Property.

Through the J. b. Wall real estate
agency the Block residence on Eighth
street has been sold to Mrs. Ross OF
Eleventh street who will occupy the
house. The consideration was $500.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-03
SOCIALANDPERSONAL


Miss Alice Goodin a teacher of the
public schools at Charleston, Mo, Is
the guest of Miss Bruce Wearen OF
Walnut street. Miss Goodin visited
the Cairo schools yesterday accom-
panving Mrs. Laura Miller. supervis-
or of Music, on her rounds.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-03

l.. p. Parker who has been pa
tient at st, Marys lnfirmary for the
past three weeks having undergone
a surgical operation has entirely re-
covered and has returned to The Hal
lday much to the pleasure Of his
hosts of friends.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-03
Peerless Dancing Club.

The Peerless Dancing Club gave
a dance last evening at the Twenty
eighth street hall There was a large
attendance and excellent music was
furnished by the Pitsburs orches-
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-03
Deputies Dismissed.

Sheriff Davis dismissed several OF
Yesterday for what he believed to be
the good of the service, also because
there is not as much business for them
since court adjourned.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-03

Vol. THE Light That Failed.
Vol. 5-Under the Deodars.
Vol. G-Wee Willie Wrinkle, CITY OF
rhe Dreadful Night, American Notes.
Vol. Mime Own People
Vol. S-Poems, Ballads and Other
Stories.
Vol. STORY of the Gadsbys, in
Black and White.
Vol. l0-Letters of Marque.
Too Late to Classify.
STRAYED-Half grown setter pun,
Brown head and light brown spotted
body Notify L. r. Denison.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-03


H. c. Amber of Chicago, an expert
accountant who has been in the city
on business for the pass week LETT
last night for Memphis, Tenn, where
ne Will transact business for his MI
merous patrons.
T. II. Haynes of 5000 Elm street
has gone to Mineral Springs, Ark"
10 look after bis interests there, He
will he joined there by his family
In June where they expect to locate.
James X. Ewing, contracting
freight agent for the Toledo, st,
Louis and Western railroad and chi
cago and Alton railroad was in the
eity yesterday on business.
Miss Ottie Campbell who has been
the guest OF Mrs. Henry Stout has
gone to Mt. Carmel to visit her
brother owen Campbell formerly OF
Cairo.
c. r. Woodward of Lockport. \. Y"
formerly of Cairo, arrived yesterday
to visit his son j. II. Woodward and
family and Miss Musa Woodward.
Mrs. J. d. Ladd Of 400 Commercial
avenue who is a patient al St Mary 5
Infrmary IS rapidly improving and
will return to her home Saturday.
Mrs. J. " Wenger of Park Place
West is visiting relatives at Wash
ington. III. Mr. Wenger who accom-
PANEL her there has returned.
Little Rita Petry, daughteg OF Mr.
and Mrs Charles Petry OF 723 Thirty
lthird street, broke her arm in faliin-
from a porch at her home.
Margaret LeMay OF G3S Twelfth
street who underwent a surgica
operation at St Mary's Inhrmary ia
in a critical condition.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. J, Lane and sol
Albert have gone to Little Rock
Ark. to visit the family of j. }. Hes
ton
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-03

T. H. Haynes of 5000 Elm street
has gone to Mineral Springs, Ark,
10 look after bis interests Vhere. he
will he joined there by his family
In June where they expect TO locate,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-03

The Schiller club will meet Thurs
day afternoon with Mrs. Katherine
Smith of sos Washington avenue.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-03

James X. Ewing contracting
freight agent for the Toledo, St
Louis and Western railroad and Chi
cago and Alton railroad was in the
city yesterday on business.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-03

Mrs ]. D. McLaurence of Willard
who is patient at St. Mary's lntirm-
ary was reported to be much worse
last night.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-03

Mrs. Isabella l.. Candee will leave
Thursday for Chicago where she viii
visit her sister, Mrs, Bayley
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-03

Miss Ottie Campbell who has been
the guest OF Mrs, Henry Stout mas
gone to Mt. Carmel to visit he'
brother owen Campbell formerly o
Cairo
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-06-23
NO PERSONAL OFFENsE.
Mark OF Real Man Is His Superb
ority to Petty Feeling.


Doctors differ, and lawyers, too
even clergymen can warm up in de-
bate, but the mark of a real man
call him gentleman" if you
choose-is his superiority to petty
feeling. A real man never takes
away into his private life a grudge
against the man with whom he has
combated IN the open. The undis-
corning onloOker stares like an owl
when he sees the two previously an
tagonistic legal lights go off to
lunch arm in arm after the verdict.
The Onlooker had thought they were
so mad at each other they would
mix up in the corridor, but they new
er do-at least, not gentlemen
When doctors get together socially
they are just as nice as if they had
never discussed whether it was curv-
allure of the spine or only stomach
ache. Ministers will heatedly dis
cuss some point in church polity, and
when they part remember no more
in personal sense the words of
their opponents. It's the little man
who gets mad in an argument and
keeps mad. Sometimes he goes
home and nurses up a fine old
grudge, which is only buried when
it's buried with him in his coffin.
It's the earmark of a proper gentle
man that he doesn't take personal
offense at opposition to his views and
plans.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-06-23
S5O,OOO,OOO FOR STALKS
CONTRACT LET FOR MILL TO
MAKE COTTON STALK PAPER:
BOIL WEEVIL'S FINISH.

At a directors meeting of the
Southern Cotton Pulp and Paper
Company's office in Atlanta the con-
tract for the erection of the initial
paper mill for the manufacture of
paper from cotton stalks was award
ed to the firm of Little & Phillips
of Cordele and Fitzgerald.
The building is to be the finest and
most commOdious in the south. The
dimensions of the building will be
50X3O0 feet, with an l. 40X150 feet,
three stories high, with double fire
walls. The material to be used in
the construction will be brick and
concrete, and the same will be fire
proof. The work on the building
Will begin at once, and the same is
to be completed on or before Octo-
Der 18th, at which time the company
will be ready to manufacture paper.
The capacity of the plant will be
forty tons of paper per day, as two
machines viii be installed. One ma
chine will manufacture tissue, wax,
toilet and blotting paper and utilize
cotton seed hulls instead of rags for
a portion of the output. The other
machine will make wrapping, hard
ware and bag paper The quality of
all the grades of paper is far superior
to that made from wood pulp, both
in texture and tensil strength. The
number of men to be employed will
be from so to IS, most of whom
will be tirst-class workmen, and the
weekly pay roll will be approximately
L. 4
cay and night.
The plant is to be located near
the Seven springs in the city of Cor
dele, between the Atlanta, Birming-
ham and Atlantic and the Georgia
Southern and Florida railroads, ana
the site for the plant includes about
sixteen acres.
The promoters say that there are
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-06-23
SARK'S LITTLE PRISON
Cell Door Left Open Lest Prisoner
Be Too Lonesome.


Sark, the loveliest of the Channel
Islands, possesses quaint old prison
of two cells, more as a matter of form
than of necessity, for serious crime
lis almost unknown in the island.
which has no paid police, but simply
an elected constable.
1t is some years since the prison
was called into requisition, and on
the last occasion the bolt was found
to be so rusty that it had to be
broken before the door could be
opened. The prisoner was then put
in, and made no attempt to escaDe.
On another occasion a young Eng
lish servant, who had stolen some
clothes, was sentenced to three DAYS
Imprisonment. The prospect so ter
rified her that the authorities took
pity on her loneliness and consider
ately left the cell open. The little
maid sat in the doorway and was
consoled by kind-hearted Sark wo-
men, who came to keep her com
pany.
A still more curious incident is
told of man who was convicted for
neglecting his wife and children, He
was ordered to betake himself to
the prison and there wait for the ar
rival of the constable. This he did
sitting outside until the door was
opened to let him in.