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rn- had in stock. wards IES tn huy Mow- (1 buy éarris we sure hut fail IQICS -71 FF- LU‘VS the an menses Iver Town ml ery Drills. in the ctions, :ihope dams ck. You )il . meet urham Mort shor 0“ 1' )ines W8“ attended Tun your Kl The Wearing of Egret Plumes. ' Nothing for some time ha. been‘ more commonly now than the delicate airy plumes which Itand upright in ladiea' bonnets. 'Qheoe Little feathers were Provided by nature as the nuptial ad- ornment. of the white heron. Many kind-hearted women who would not on any account. do u crual act, yet are, by following tbs fashion. causing the . 351m everybody can see them do it. continuance of a very great cruelty. In speaking of the excuses for wearing these ornaments, .W. H. Hudson, C. M. Z. 8., author of The Naturalist in La Plata.. and part author of Argentine Ornithology, says “Ladies have repeat- edly assured me in all seriousness that milliners make these fine plumes out of the commonest feathers. The aigret- te worn !by ladies in our day is in very nearly all cases actually made of the slender demmposed feathers that grow at one time of the year on the egret's back and drop gracefully over .the sides and tail of the bird. The less fine plumes with shorter and stiffer filaments are from the squacoo heron, which is not an egret.” Mr. Hudson adds that those who engage in the busi- ness of procuring these plumes know that to obtain a good supply with lit- tie trouble the birds must be taken when the breeding season is well ad- vanced. ’l' he best time to attack them is when the young birds are fully fledg- ed but not yet able to fly; for at that time the solicitude of the parent birds is greatest, and, forgetful of their own danger, they are most readily made vic- tims. “And," he continues, “when the killing is finished and the few hand. fuls of coveted feathers have been pluck- ed out, the slaughtered birds are left in a white heap to faster in the sun and wind in the sight of their orphan- ed young that cry for food and: are not fed. There is nothing in the whole earth so pitiable as thisâ€"so pitiableamd so shamefulâ€"that for such a purpose human cunning. should take advantage of that feeling and instinct which we regard as so noble in our own Species and as something sacredâ€"the tender passion of the parent for its offspr'gg, which causes it to neglect its own - ety and to perish miserably a sacri- fice to its love! And those who, not ignorant of the facts, encourage such things for fashion’s sake and for the gratification. of a miserable vanity. have a part in it, and are perhaps more guilty than the wretches who are paid to do therough work}: _ « Continuing to speak of the time when the birds wear these plumes, this writ- er says, “It is when in that gayer dress that birds are most valuable for the. purposes of fashion and for other terms of decoration; nor is this all; it LB then that they are most easily found and taken. The shyest, most secretive kinds lose all their wild instincts in their overmastering anxiety for the satety of eggs or young. And when the poor bird, uttering piercing cries,its sensitive frame quivering, its bill gap- ing, as if the air could no longer sus- tain it in its intense agitation, and fluttering its lovely wings to make them more conspicuous, and by such means draw the danger away from its treasures and on to itselfâ€"when it has been ruthlessly shot for its feathers, its lledglings are left to starve in the nest. And if to the starved young we add all the birds that fly away with pellets o£ lead in their bodies, to lan- guish and die of their wounds, it would be nq, exaggeration to say that for ev- ery plume in a lady's hat ten birds have suifered the death‘patng.”~ In Our Animal Friends for Septem- her. 1895. appeared an article bv J. A. Allen which gave a graphic descrip- tion of 'the cruel methods of the glume hunters in' Florida. “It is notorious." he says, “that one man from New. York ‘ employed regularly for years from for- ty to sixty gunners in this murderous work." And he adds that it is little wonder that the birds were almost ex- terminated in South Florida and that milliners’ agents have had to seek new fields. 2He states that it is not un- common for one hunter to kill as many as one hundred birds in a day for days in succession. The hunter cunningly secretes himself and uses a small rifle which makes little noise and does not. greatly alarm the birds, and the murd- erous work is continued till the birds which remain are no longer worth the time it would take to secure them. The trees are still full at nests, some with unhatched 6883, but many containing young. doomed to a lingering, death from starvation. Mr. Allen quotes the description of an eye-witness who vis- ited an island which had been thus do- solated. and who saw hundreds of brok- en eggs and. piles of dead. halt decayed Besides the cruelty involved in thel extermination of birds and the train-' lag in habits of heartless brutality which such employment gives to men,l there is the injury to agriculture which ‘ is sure to result. and of which the; signs are now apparent in some localiâ€" ties. Through the destruction of the herons in one part of Florida there was a noticeable increase in the number of snakes the young of which had form- erly been killed in great numbers by the herons. Man's folly, or, perhaps in this case it would he better to say woman’s has disturbed the economy of nature.» The mania for egret plumes is still so great that it seems to exceed the former one for wearing the bodies of birds and. it is quite as senseless. Any observant person who notices these plumes waving, not singly, but often m clusters on the heads of so many women, must know that the slaught- er has not been thousands but milli- ons. If women must adorn themselves are there not many ways doin it which need not involve e hear em cruelty ? Ought not every good and gentle women who has learned 0!. 1t, to shun the rupondbflity of cerrym aloft the trophiee of such brutal work People who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones. ; TO INSPECTION. QUEER DOCUMENTS AND WHAT FATE BEFELL THEM. SOME VERY CURIOUS WILLS Where an Earl ma Ills Wlll â€" Remarkable Document or a laborer In Australiaâ€"A Wealth) Physician llId Ills “'Ill In a Secret (‘abluet â€" one Preser eel In Cotton Wool -â€" Some Wllls Are ’l‘oru lTp. Eaten hv Ila“. «ml the like. Have you made your will? Do you expect a legacy? In either event or in neither you cannot fail to be inter- ested in the testamentary oddities and curiosities that are met with by the Patient one who undertakes an explor- ation of the vaults beneath the Probate Registry in Somerset House, London. Here millions of original documents are carefully stored away, their dates running back for centuries, many Of them strange and unique almost be- yond belief. Rummage among them and you will conclude that the motive Of “Mr. Meeson's W'ill" is, after all, a 1008 Way from being an original con- ception. Recently an exploration was made of Somerset House’s subterranean vaults by Mr. L.S. Lewis, with exceedingly interesting results. One of the first objects to attract his attention was the leg of an old fashioned four post bedstead. What relation it could bear to the surroundings was apuzzle un- til he learned the story attached to it. WHERE AN EARL HID HIS \VILL. The Earl of S.â€", it appears was an eccentric peer, morose and reserved. who apparently suspected everybody 0f similar motives. He used to hide thingsâ€"important deeds and letters and bank notes for large amounts be bundled into damp cellars, with dis- astrous results. There was hardly a hole or corner in his house in which he had not secreted some treasure. After His Lordship's death the will and first codicil were readily forthi coming, mainly because they were".in safer keeping than His Lordship’s..Th’e second and most important codiCil. however, took no less than three years to find! After the earl’s death the bed on which he slept was unceremon- iously pitched into the lumber room. and it was by the merest accident that a servant at length discovered the long lost codicil, cunningly tied to the hat of the bedstead leg. The paper was found folded neatly and resting on the ledge formed by the bar where it meets the bed post. As His Lordship lay in bed it was his delight to withdraw the will from its hiding place, he could do easily, and either dwell with satisfacâ€" tion on its contents or else make any slight alteration that pleased him. It was the poor man's only hobby. vâ€"‘v ‘ As the missing codicil contained leg- acies and bequests to a very large amount its ultimate production caus- ed a great deal of excitement. And. theretore, in order that the whole ro- mantic story might readily be demon- strated before the Probate --Court, a complete model of the entire iredstead was made on the scale of one inch to a foot. -Vvv' Quite a remarkable document which- excited Mr. Lewis’ interest was the \VILL OF A LABORER. who died at Stunnyside, Canterbury, New Zealand, on June 11. 1868. He left all he hadâ€"so'me $1,500, in the British Post Officeâ€"to his wife, who lived at Rye in Sussex. The will was rather an elaborate affair, engrossed at 91'0- digious length on parchment. and adorned with the seal of the Supreme Court of New Zealand in the bottom left hand corner. The solicitor res- ponsible for the document was proud of his work. He was YMr. William H. Kissling, of Auckland, NZ. In due time Mr. Kissling despatched the Will to a brother professional in London. but the ship conveying the will was dashed to pieces 11 ahurriicane off the Scilly Islands, and out “on the face of the waters" went the will with the crew and cargo. _‘ Some time after this tragic occur- rence one o the Cornish fishermen was men g his nets on the beach when he saw a packet washed ashore. It was that ar tipodean will. The fish- erman made inquiries as to the best course to pursue and he at length sent on the packet to London. In his affidavit the solicitor to whom the' will was addressed gives some quaint details. He received it in an envelope from the General Post Office on May 18, 1875. On the enve10pe was written “Ex Schiller”â€"-the name‘ of the ill fated vessel. “The will," says the lawyer. “was sent with other documents, by Mr. William Henry Kissling, solicitor, 0 Auckland. New Zealand, to me. to en-‘ able me to take out letters of adminis- tration of the estate and effects in The saifl parchment writing, and the letters and papers which accompanied it and the envelope from Mr. Kissling which enclosed them, were perfectly wet and saturated, altogether a con- fused packet like pulp. It was only by using the greatest 'care that the said parchment writing was separated and stretched out as the same now appears. using the greatest care that the said packet came to England in the mail steamer called the Schiller, which was wrecked on the Scilly Islands on Fri- dathay 7, 1875."_ -_ I _ _ _ ____2-_2L_ “Ill, I, -vv Stillwa‘nother testamentary curiosity in Somerset House is THE SECRET CABINET which belonged to a wealthy physician who lived more than acentnry ago. He hai an astonishing number of rela- tions. and as he advanced in years their attentions became intolerable. They all wanted to know how the old fellow was going to dispose of his preperty. THE DURHAM CHRONICLE. November 11. They wrangled and fought with him, and they wrangled and fought among themselves. The Old doctor had aplsn of his own. He just made his will de- finitely, and then made a. place of safe- keeping for it. In other words, he set to work and made this secret cabinet with his own hands, taking the utmost delight in devising the many panels and drawers, and When once the will was deposited in the cabinet the latter never left the doctor's possession, even for a moment. He slept with it un- der his pillow, and he took it about with him from place tqplace. His “bedside manner" grew tenfold more serious when he was sitting on the cabinet and he allowed.the report to get abroad that he earned in the brass bound box medicines of won- derous efficacy. His income increased to quite an enormous figure, but at length the time came When he had to relinguish his beloved box, which, of course, fell into the hands of his re- latives. As might. be imagined, the moment the contents of the will were made known, there was a frightful outcry followed by prolonged litigation. How- ever, matters were eventually arrang- ed exactly es the astute old doctor had desired, a poor married niece coming in for nearly the whole of an immense fortune. There is on record in Somerset House only one will made in shorthand. The paper lies in a glass case, set in abox made to resemble abound book, so that the moment you lift up the cover you Izehold this most curious of wills. On the outside is the name, “H. \Vor- thington, February, 181.5,}: my adepted child, all I do or may pos- sess, real and personal to be at her sole and entire disposal; and I do ap- point \\'illiam Kent. Esq., of London Wall, my respected friend, with the said Eliza Price, to execute this my last will anl testament. I--- vâ€"W. “leafifigghpvton square, June 16,1813. I, Hugh Worthington give and ht}- Queath to my glgar _I<_31i_za: Price, who 18 .__“- ‘Th‘é Rt'evv. fihghWVorthingtor} was formerly of Highbury place, Isllngton, His unique will reads:â€" -r 4A 41““ “.0 - 'vâ€"vw mfhénc-{ther side o?'€he queer little b0x__3130 Opens, 81m} he_re we Rad:â€" the copy of my very last will. I have Dutrit with your letters. that it may be sure to fall into your hands. Should accident or any other cause lestroy the the original, Ihave taken pains to write this very clearly that you may read it easily. I do know you will perfect yourself in‘ shorthand for my sake. Toâ€"morrow we go for \Vorth- ing. I most likely never to return. I hope to write a few lines to express the best wishes and praycss and hopes of thy true All sorts of queer accitbnts happen to wills. They get hurnel or thrown into the water; torn up. eaten by rats, and the like. One will in the great registry. Mr. Lewis states, is pre- served in cotton wool in a big box. If the document itself were touched it. would crumble to pieces. It is the Will of a rich baker, and somehow it got into a big oven where it remained for months. -The original is never dis- turbed )0W, :1 copy being kept for re- ference. Indeed there seems to 1:9 practically no end in’ the curious and interesting wills in the Probate Registry. There is, for example, a little pocketbook of Nelson's which seems to have escaped the notice of even Captain Mahan. In ' a w Nwwcus. WSEASE" ME” p-d“$d’kw Odwuu " f'; a.dfcll"'. th. e rti n f ' dandbodyind1 $111 E RES. i. ' 06:1 I? 011.32: gm? 01903;]; $33 coggtggzle wreco iigutlhe lives and fat! 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Merl/gag mommy; Horse "ides. Cow Hides, Dog The Chronicle isithe most wide ly rca'l newspaper published in the County of they. N. B.-â€"To ensures. first-class job the hides must be salted as soon as taken 1eautiful eyes grow dull sud din As the swift years steal awsy. Beautiful. willowy forms so slim Lose fairness with every day. But she still is queen and hath charms to spsre Who wesrs youth's coronal -- beautiful hair. UT WRITTEN ONBBNT. P; -. Nonempp‘on _ a. or g!“ Durham Tannery. it the hero makes a strange kind of will. He bequeatbs Lady Hamilton to his King and country, and relates in sonorous prose how she helped him to win certain victories. He also ram- bles on about some letters she stole for him. This extraordinary will is dated “In sight of the ‘Alleid Fleets.’ " HUGH WORTHINGTON.” and you preserve your youth. “A woman is as old as she looks,” says the world. No Woman looks as old as she is if her hair has preserved its normcl beau uty. 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