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UaKemap's Uapderiis,
ODD INCIDENTS OK KOKIJION TRAVUI. AND
. . . ODS1JKVATION.
London, April 17, iSoJ-Af" ;
though the antiquarian, li stork j and
picturesque features of I ngllsh villages
provide endless fascination and charm,
he.rhumanlnter.it lillioilrongeit
hold upon the ohscreant mind nnd
aympalhellc nature ,i,i.
They arc by no means alike though
universally possessing similar ctarci
l.llcs, and eery many are slriUngly
typical of them all Those most like
the rnglish villages of literature will .to
found In the eastern, midland and
southern shires, from Lincoln around to
reon, and these comprise the nr
greater number. Those ditTerlng most
from each other, and occasionally
separately as well ai a whole from all
others, are those of the northwestern
II shires, Iho northwestern midland shires
I where Industrlil dcelopment has
f created a host ot compcratlt ely modern
F Inmlcts, the western centnl shires
among Iho MaU cm and Cotiw old hills,
' where the antiquity of all villages Is
I a cry great, and those of Coin all w here
I race distinction has left strongly marked
j peculiarities In language, customs, and
I homo and village life among the lowly,
I The peasants of Cumberland and
cstmoreland who are nearly all villag
ers, most of the former being "states
mm," tint is, owners In fee of their tiny
estates, arc as a rule ' house proud " In
years of wandering among the lowly of
I uropcaii countries 1 have never conn
upon any rustic folk the exteriors of
wlioc habitations wero more pictur
esque, or whose Interiors wero such
shining examples of homely comfort
ami content There are of course
exceptions Now and then you will find
hamlets like itcmllalh, hidden among
the fells between Ilorrowdale and Thin
mere, where nny be seen the sodden
squalor occasionally met among the
uufortunite Scottish west-coast crofters
and in the Irish west cont fi-hlng vill
ages. Their houcs arc dark and
unwholsomc, the floors uneven, the
furniture craiy, the men clad In ragged
fustian and the women in come wool
and wooden clogs These are sheep
herders under a liter sort of feudalism
In every such case the history Is, their
forefathers sold their little ' estate" to
cncroacliing land grabbers, and their
children are consequently today In a
condition of petty serfdom
I reclsely as In YVordsw orth s lime ) oil
will find outside the Cumbrian villages'
cottages the shade of great old syca
mores and always 'a tall fir through
which the winds sing when other trees
are leafless, ' in the rear a little orchard,
an ample hub bed, a near rill or spring
spout with Its ceaseless wimple, a
comely garden, comfortible stone out
buildings for grain and for winter hous
ing of the cows and tlncy but hard)
Cumbrlin sheep, and always the shed
for the hives of bees which distill from
the mountiln heath the darkest, but
ever the sweetest, honey in the world
These vllhge lion e interiors are no
lets characteristic. The Hoots art usu
al y of the sniic huge slites as those
covering the roof They are scrubbed
and cleaned until they shine 1 kc dusky
mirrors. I requently von will find them
pirtlculirly near the door nnd fnc place,
decorated with white, ochre anil vermil
ion ctnllc In figures aid scrollwork
1 mhodying strange fancies In rustic art
The living room or ' fire house" is It is
called Is always very lirgc lor a cottage,
often from eighteen to ment) fivo leet
square, low, but with the richest of old
nrd polished oiken beams In the cei Ing
Indeed old 0.1k may I e found in these
Cumbrian village homes In profusion
Hie long, solid table with benches it
its sides where the "stitesman," his
family and lihorers sit together nt meals
and if evenings in winter, the long
settle' or two-yards long seat nt one
side ol the grcit fire place, and tins
"Oconee" on the other side, under which
the lilkht's fuel, cillcd an eldcn," it
pliccd, the chairs, huge nnd high and
requiring n strong arm to move them,
thu high, narrow, spraw ling Iej.i,cd
btireius, the many Iron or briss hound
chests the beds huge and strong enough
to hold giants, for these Cumbrhns are
oltcn tremendous In stature ire all ol
oak curiously nrvcil and wonderfully
polished All this is sometimes varied
ly pieces of mahogany almost as unique
is can be found among the peasant
homes of llrlttany, I rom this large,
clem ' fire house ' or living room there
arc in all directions Inviting vlstis
Ihrouhli wide, low doors and cosyBtonc
' le in tos," pcrhips each one built In a
dthVrcnt century, to tint pined win
ilows, splayed like turret windows,
while with inner curtilns and in sum
mcr abhio with outer I ud an 1 blossom
1 hese vllhgcr rooted to the liud which
Lave them birth not only by the sacred
ties of heredity but by the, to them,
more priceless heritage of ownership,
neither emigrate nor Hock to the con
tested towns. Here Is rare rural Lng
land as It has for centuries been, among
n type uf independent, hilf defiant folk
whose simplicity, piety, hardihood and
solidarity compel genuine admiration
and respect.
Many of the comparatively modern
villages of Yorkshire Lancashire, Derby
shire and Staffordshire, the villige
homes ol operatives In mines, mills ami
potteries, are fir prettier and more
comfortible than even many Lngllsh
men would have us believe A hilf
dozen diflcrcnt religions fighting tooth
and nail for their piety and pence,
the vague unrest that comes through
almost unlimited accevs to newspapers
and books, and the rhmged atandardt
of necessities ami luxuries pressing
sorely upon the highest limitations uf
ccn largely increased wages hive
given the villagers of this type of ham
lets an entirely diirerent mental and
material mold I would not say they
arc happier for the change, but their
Ironies, food, labor, wige and environ
ment nrc, as we measure things, infinite
ly superior to those ol the same
class from a half century to a century
ago
Many of the Inmtets are massed
about by trees, hate architccturilly
bcwtlful htlte churches, chapels, club
houses, libraries and the neatest of
shops Nearly all are tidy and clean
The potters' villages of Staffordshire are
good illustrations of them all Within a
live mile radius of llanley, Durslem and
Stroke, you can find 10000 homes ot
f rollers, nearly all in pretty himlets or
11 shady village lanes, ami villages of
long, tingle streets 1 Ire poorest potter
of the district lives as snugly as did the
muter potter manufacturer of fotty and
fifty years ago
Ills collage is of brick It has two
stories mm the hlcssing of perfect
draimgc On the ground floor are a
pirlor with 1 pretty fire-place, a lirge
living room provided with n huge grate,
hobs and 'jockey bir for swinging
pott and kettles, and behind this is 11
scullcrj with a lino little girdenatthc
rear. The upper floor comprises two
largo sleeping room
1 his grid every familyn fite roomed,
completely detached house and garden.
Ordiniry w orkmen earn from Its enly -fit e
to thirty shillings weekly. If there
happen to be daughters, one may be a
paintress," coloring the cheaper wares
nnd t irnlng eight shillings, an 1 per
hips another a burnisher ' cirnlng six
shillings, per week Many fondles thus
seeiirc from thirty five to forty shillings
PC week while their rent met rites do
not exceed five shillings per week
fur nueh n home
Nl uly nil of these workmen s village
homes hive front arei flower plats In
the gardens of ull are mixes of flowers
nnd vines nnd beds of vegetables in
sunnier 1 very parlor has its solemn
voeed 'grnndhiher s clock ' It also
bojstschestsof linen drawers of comfor
tab'e clothing, nnd miny cheap ami
pntty pieces ol furuiturc while on the
mantle or I urcau top Is always lound
s nic finciful sketch, painting or curium
rn del the result of emulation to win
prues fur invention In new processes, or
lor unique nnd orlginil designs III
mouVlin,, nnd decoration The murder
ous ' truck" system Is unknown in I ug
land, as It should be in America, and
eve rv penny due every man Is pild him
ciclibituruiyitoon Vcare very fond,
about election lime, of telling our work
men whit lucky dogs they ire I wish
thev truly possessed the home comtort
and pleasant rnvliomticnt tint 1 ugluh
w orkmen s villages almost universally
disclose
Another and most Interesting type of
vllligcs and village life may be found hi
the region comprised in southwestern
VVarwlckshiri-.iiuilhcrnCiloucestershlri,
cistern Herefordshire and southern
Woreestershire, between the towns of
Stratford on Avon, Hereford, Worchcs
tcr and Gloucester. The antiquity of
most of these villages Is as great an I
their characteristics ns those of tho
stone hamlets of Cumberland I Ike
the htter most nrc of stone and from
loo to 500 years old Here Iseiciy
thing curious and ancient in old 01k
doors and hinges, fanciful chimney-
tilcccs, massive. 01k lintels, doors and
lalustrades, luullloncd sundown and
pinelcil rooms When the habitations
nro not of stone the) arc the still more
I Icturcsqiio ancient rudor bill timbered
houses. These in their gables with
crowning pinnacles, their odd porches,
small but missile doors, miillioncd win
dows nnd lingo chimneys, oveihinginn
stories and jumbles of protecting win
dows, arc no less qjdnl aril curious
thin thrlr Interiors, with their spacious,
low ccilinged rooms paneled with 01k
of ebon blackness, oltcn elaborately
carved and ornamented, and with
passages, nooks, niches, cupboirds and
presses, bewildering in arrangements
and number.
Lach stone farm house nnd cotter s
vllligo home stands In in own orehird,
brilliant with sprays of pink and white,
or w Ith balls of russet and gold, accord
ing to the reason Chafiinclics and robins
are among the mosses in all these
orchards, blickblrds and thrushes every
where In the thick girden thru! belles
and 111 the tangled coppiu niil hedge
rows The stage coachej nrc here just
as or old So are the cam r.thecattrr,
the thatcher, tho tiler, the drainer, the
ploughmin, the shepherd the cimmon
liehl laborer, nnd even the poacher all
is heedless of reform asl uban guijiros,
nnd nil with kindly faces and speech
betokening sturdy pride In their vaca
tions whlcli were the toll of ihdr fathers
before them Thero Is no elbowing, 110
Jostling 110 harry Inr or hurrying 1 v cry
body saunters, doles or libors ns
though content never tnld pcnilty to
want An atmosphere of unconstrunrd
amplitude broods over nil Hundreds
of the olden 1 nglisli Mil iges are surely
here In a region that knows 110 change
Unless ono lias really wandered In
rock buttressed old Cornwall It Is hard
to believe lint outside the picturesque
coaslwlsu fishing hamlets there Is such a
thing as chiracteristic village life To
the casual observer from the railway
train, the whole face of the land seems
torn and scarred ns If by tremendous
elemental struggles A myriad hissing
fngments of exploded planets, hurled
in awful upper riln upon it ftcr could
have left 110 more unsightly hurts Hut
it Is full of entrancing hidden nooks,
where sloping Ironi ragged moorlinds
are beiiittuus little v illey with ample
farms lessening Into linn r checkers of
In dgo nnd nnd lane broidcred fields nnd
these Into mossy old ham Is it here the
I white cslcy an chapel and the Norman
towered parish church, are the only two
structures show lng through a wealth of
trees, but where arc curious old homes,
and always 1 bawling inourlind stream
turning the gray, huge w leel of some
trembling old mill.
Hire, miles perhaps frum llielr
'pilrdncr work 'below grass' in the
nines on the moor live swarthy
' Coden (cousin) Jack' with scores of
cotter lihorers upon the I irns here
ever these village cotl igc ire their
walls are of everlistlng stone cmbow
ered in brilliant Cornl h crcipers nnd
roses, with cement lloor ind thatched
roofs subject to Interminable repairs
from onslaughts of scores ol busy spar
rows tiny miners thems It es, endlessly
sinking shifts and dnlltt g cross cuts''
and' levels' In the suft and yielding
slriu. There Is one loom below , some
limes two, and a I alf story garret
beneath tho thatel There Is on!) a
frontdoor. A window is at cither side
of this, and sometimes directly above
these, llney panes to light the gariet
I ach cottigo is provided at the end or
back with an open fire plicc in tho
center, a sort ol range at one side,
covered with brass ornaments which (lie
housewife is endlessly polishing with
rrowder, while at the other side U the
ungconer ' with 'heps or upper nnd
under doors, for itorlng faggots or furze
for fuel
The furniture though scant is honest
and useful At the lire place ate the
' brande.i,"iitriangu1ur iron on legs on
which, over the coals the kettles boil,
the circular cast Iron baker" is set,
nnd Hie fish or ineit, when the) can be
luclily had, are 'si-row led" or grilled
lhere nrcpeihips fqurrhilrs, singularly
enough with solid mihoginy friniei.
but the sens nrcol painted pine and
are waxed weekly. These arc for best,'
and ill the best lor every -day use
one or two ' firms" or rude benches are
provided The single Hblc is ol pine,
and unpalnted side for daily use and
scrubbed dally, nnd n painted side for
Sunday The table ware Is something
startling In cheip goods, for tho Gipsy
hawkers frequent Cornwall nnd each
member of the family Is provided with a
real 'cliinv cup nnd saucer ttitli a
gorgeous gilt bind
l or his class the Cornisli vllhgcr is a
generous liver. The young (oik have
nn unusual fund of games distinctive of
Cornwall, marriages provide extriordin
ary festivals, the deid nre "watched
from deceaso to burial and funerals pro
vide subdued diversions with heroic
feists, leaping wrestling running,
cricket nnd ' putting the stone,' arc the
principal amusements of youths aid
men, in which llicy excel, ind their
countless endeared hoi goblins and
' buccaboos," which Wesley and White
fiel I along with the railways and tele
graph were never able to'liy, draw
these sturdy Cornisli villagers 1
together around the dishing villigo
smithy forge, the Cornlshmin's thief
place of evening rriort, or within the
home glow of their bitting; ingle nooks
during the long winter nights when the
cruel fogs pound in over the moors from
the seething Channel or the tempests
howl ncross the dreary, shuddering
moors
I radically all I nghsh village folk nre
lihorers, whether oiiernlKcs, shepherds,
w igone rn. thatchers, drainers or com
moil held laborers lust as they have
been for hundred of ) 1 ars I here may
Iw l publinu or Innkeeper, a shop
kiepcr who Is tHstmastcr or postmis
tress, n carpenter, who is often npilntcr
undertaker, verger and gravcdlcger In
one, l biker, n tailor, a blacksmith and
n poacher, for the latter Is in every ham
let In Ilritaln.nll great oracles in their
way Hut three I unties of quality, and
frequently not tint many, are known
those of the lord of the minor or the
Squire, the rector or the curate nn 1 the
schoolmaster, for the doitor is always
summoned from a uctr city or town
I nglisli village life Is therefore found
to lie within a wonderfully close borlrou
1 hive been much witli these folk In
their lilior, their diversions nnd their
homes. After looking at them lonj ami
earnestly with my own eyes, 1 hivetriid
to get, as nearly ns possible, Into their
personal environment and then look out
of the windows of their minds nnd their
habitations upon lite everyday world
about them In this way a good deal
tint is not hopeless and much (hit Is
giatilying can be discerned. It Is cer
tainly true tint nn Infinitely higher
standard of life nnd living is enjoyed
thin hi the "good old days" whose
departure the wise writers su bitterly
deplore
Universal education has certainly
caused universal discontent liul 1 do
not thlnk'it carries from youth to old age.
Ily the time these folk are twenty or
twenty five years of nge the fermenti
tlon period Is passed Some go away lo
the cities, as with us, or toAmeriMior
Australia, but those who remain, nrc
better lihorers villagers and citizens
the lngllsh peasant clod his thus
almost entirely dl appeared You will
not see very much knrc crooking, head
ducking nnd tuft pulling to sup-rlors,
while there is no less gciulnt kind heart
cdness and respect Smock trucks and
corduroys an I giuillngs Hut these
villagers ire less gross They are of
better stuff riicy have more whole
some fool to cat, and n greit variety.
They 'know sfomeihint; about hygiene
riicy, insist on good drainage )n
humble fashion they beautify their habi
tations without and within What has
been lost In the rough and often brutal
amusements of the olden time has been
more than gained In and for the home
There arc books and newspapers and
prinks In It The fireside is even n
grander pi ice than the parson s lawn or
the brawling street In a word, without
hat Ing lost a Jot of their viluc ns lihorers
anil servants they have emerged from
the rendition of sodden male and female
hinds to lint of self respecting men nnd
women.
W Ith this his come nn Individual love
for the village homo and Ihe home
village The thrilling history of many
a pi ice, Its nntlquarlan marvels, Its
ancient legends folk loro and even
superstitions, nre no longer the exclusive
possession of l.ondon savinti A deep
and steadfist Interest of this sort Is
llamlng up among them It bodes ill
to Ihe ale house Along with It surely
conies an ethical development They
arc beginning lo share wltn thohlstorlin
the artist Die novelist, the vagrant
wanderer flte you nnd 1, 11 perception of
the matchless beamy of their envlro
tuent That atone Is proving a mighty
factor In preserving all that Is tender,
sweet nnd sacred about item (or the
exquisite delight ol alien eves
I IHMR I W AKKMAN
THE FAR NORTH.
aw I DcN
The country mansion Kyrkctorp In
(Jrinesberga w as burned down
Three children were drowned the
other day in the Mara river at I yckan
riicy were three sons uf farmer Lrik
Janson
A new paper will be published In
llornas Anders llrinbrig, formerly
connected with the AoirhnJt hotttn,
will bo editor In chief
p M. Rosenberg, n prominent whole
sale merchant of Stockholm died at the
age of 66 years. Mr. Kosenberg leaves
t large foitunc
A Swedish art exhibition will be held
In Uindon next year Sevenl pictures
which will bo exhibited In Chicago Ihls
summer, will also be shown in l.ondon
J I cterson tl e Allta blind pig man,
who killed Shcriir Gavel list year wis
executed some time ago, as mentioned
before Being n cripple he had to use
crutches In w liking up to the block
The Odd Kelloiv order In Stockholm
consists ol four lodges, the Scandltiind
Anrlcltlt lodges in vfstmo, the Veritas
lodge in Trelleboig ami the John 1 rics
sun lodge In Stockholm
The missionaries sent to China by I ,
I rnnson nre becoming 11 burden both to
themselves and to older missionaries hi
that country. 1 I ranson ought to go
to Chint himself and take a peep at the
field, says a contemporary
The King Ins proclaimed tint the
three hundredth anniversary of the
Upsitt council shall be soltmntied by
appropriate services In the chapel of ihe
cnvile nt Stockholm April 301 h The
Klksdig Is expected to attend In a
Iwl) .
A fifteen v ear old boy Nils I ctcr John
llertcsen, 01 csttrv Ik, Is a mathematical
genius Ho can perform quite compll
cated examples in multiplication ns soon
ns they nru given An example like
this 30 H tunes 79 11 45 being answered
correctly by him In n few s-conds with
out having anything written do 11
I'rlnce I ugen and a number of clergy
men propose to raise )o,o.m crowns fur
)'
a monument to (Jims Petri, ' Ihe first ' , B
Apostle ' of I utlieranlsm In Sweden. i
Unfortunate, however, no picture Of the
reformer has conic down to our day. Hut , tfl
T I undbcrg, the sculptor lias made a :
sketch of luni ns he ought lo hive
looked, and where there Is such a
boundless play for the Imaglmtlon there j
w ill be no lack of suggestions
The Daztn Syhtler says Mr Clad- I
stone refused to receive a deputation
from the Presbyterian church of Ireland '
which requested to be permitted to
stitc Its objections to Irish home rule.
The premier of Sweden has also re-
fused lo receive a deputation, but In a
diflercnt way. In I ngland the govern :
ment tikes the lead in a great work of
freedom. A dcpulitlon from a minority !
favoring the oppression asked to he I
heard by the chief of Iho government
with the ol led of remonstrating against '
Ids reform bill It Is turned nwiy. In 1
Sweden the government assumes a h
questionable attitude toward a national l
movement, the suffrigc movement A I
depulillon from the convention of this M
movement called on the premier. fl
NORVV'AV. j d
A Mr. Madsen has served as organist I
at the SL Marit church, Bergen, for sixty rw:
years Hie occasion brought many i
prominent visitors to his house It is j 1
reported that he has not neglected his 1 1
duty a single Sunday 1
It Is asserted wjth great emphasis by 1
the liberal pipers tint the conservative Q
leadcrs.StingandSterdrup.hnveurged I
the king to sanction the resolution of J
the Storthing providing for n separate B
consular service, ntd
The buard ol trade of llcrgcn has ill
Issued a lengthy manifesto in which it 111
attempts to dcmonstrite Hut official
consuls arc of su little, use In modem . Q
international commerce that it would II
not p ly for Norw ay to maintain 11 separ- It P
ate consular service ilLc
Arne Garborg who lias been a very uC
prolific writer ol lite will begin 'rational 9Bp
larm ng ' at Kalbotten, Osterdalen, jll.Q,
w here he has spent most of his time MZ3
for the past few yeits He will piy D!
particular attention to stock raising SM
Hans Selind, another agricultural mf
college graduate will help Mr Garborg fill
to make a good start W
I rcmler Stcen Is t desendmtof nn, I
old fimlly In Scone, Sweden Ills I
grandfather lived in Skone and was ' I
married to a Miss Nyklorch They 1 I
hi I tw 0 sons one of whom assumed tl e
nimc nf Ids mother and took orders :
One of bis sons Is nn offcer in the !
Swcedislmriny Their second son kept
the name of his father, Stcen and '
moved to Norw ay when he became the 1
father ot I rcmler Steen ;
DKNS1ARK
The coclal Democrats of Copenhagen
hat c nominated I. W Inbtad for member
of the common council. They could
hardly find a stronger man. lie is the
brain and the conscience of the social
democracy of Denmark He was born '
In ISJJ, and suppoited himself at an 1
early age He worked as a journeyman (
rirlnler a number of years. In 1877 he I
egan to set the types as he composed !jl
the reading matter without using manu
script nt all. In 1SS1 he was appointed ' ,
editor of the iociat Drmotiattn This
paper wis a sorry aflalrwlien he took :
bold of It, Its circulation being In the ,'
neighborhood of 1 000, which has since J
grown to 33,000. Mr. Winblid has been 4,
arrested and put In jail every nowand ;)
then, which fact his only served to j
extend and Intensify his popularity, his if
oireiises being In fact so many out crop
I ings of many I virtue. J8
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