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'?Sj Historic SEtansEu A a armed Purl marched through Western England In the early summer of 1 6 8 5 in in hymns at the top of their lungs and ottering up fer vent prayers of Charles II of England died without a direct heir. Thus At once thousands of farmers, peas ants and shopkeepers flocked to the Duke's standard. They were simple, ON By ALBERT PAYSON TERHUNE Copyright, by (be Press Publishing Co. (The New York World). The Duke of Monmouth, Blackguard or Coward OUKE OF MONMOUTH thanks that all sin was about to be abolished and that a pious man was leading their country back to the "good old days" of Oliver Cromwell. The "pious man" was James, Duke of Monmouth. He had about as much piety as a peacock—and almost as much beauty. To this day it is hard to decide whether he was more black guard or arrant coward. Probably an equal blend of both. hiB younger broth er mounted the throne as King James II. Many English people hated and distrusted King James. Many politi cians looked on him as an enemy of their pet schemes. A large number of Englishmen were Puritans who were disgusted with the dissipation and extravagance of Charles' reign and sighed for the graver, godller times of Cromwell. Monmouth was the son of one Lucy Walters, who claimed to have been tecretly married to Charles II. Mon mouth declared he was therefore the rightful heir to the British throne. He (and the politicians who made use of him) said the records of the mar riage and of his birth were hidden In a mysterious "black box," and would be produced at the proper time. Gharles had publicly denied this story. But this proved little. For Charles had had a way of denying anything be did not want to confess. And he had lent color to the rumor by his great affection for young Monmouth. Now that Charles was dead and James was on the throne, in 1685, Monmouth was thrust forward by a group of shrewd men as England's lawful King. His advisers first worked on the weak Duke's ambitions, then persuaded the Puritans that he would bring back the customs of Cromwell. They induced Monmouth to raise the flag of rebellion in the west of England where Puritanism was strongest Monmouth proclaimed himself King at Taunton, and de clared James II had poisoned King Charles to gain the crown. The Old Man of a throne in the huge up per room of a Syrian moun tain castle sat an aged man whose snowy beard fell is a is Grouped about him were swarthy ori entals, with the OLD MAN O Wild eyes of fan- THE MOUNTAIN atics. Before him stood the ambassa dor of the Sultan. The ambassador had been sent to demand tribute and submission on the part of the white haired potentate. In reply the aged man turned to one of the soldiers at his side. "Stab yourself to the hea^t," he said quietly. The soldier obeyed without a mo ment of hesitation. Turning at ran dom to an attendant, the white-haired man said: "Throw yourself from that window." In an instant the attendant had hurled himself to death on the rocks far below. Then the white-bearded man said to the horrified ambassa dor: "Return to your master, the Sultan. Tell him what you have Just seen. Tell him also that I have 70,000 fol lowers who are ready to obey me to the death. Ask him if he thinks he can make me pay tribute or own any sultan as my lord." Hassan was the founder of a strange, fanatical sect, whom he formed into a sort of mock religious order, and whom he controlled with seemingly supernatural tricks, by hopes of a gaudy paradise and by confusing their minds with false theology. As a lad, in a Persian school, Has san formed a partnership with two of his classmates, Omar and Nizam. They agreed that whichever of them mipht in later years rise to power should befriend the other two. Nizam became Grand Vizier of Persia. He honest, God-fearing men who believed Monmouth's promises and hated evil living. But no noblemen (except a few exiled adventurers, etc.) Joined him. At Sedgemoor, in the early morning of July 6, 1685, Monmouth's troops found themselves close to the King's army. The Duke had planned a night attack. But In the darkness his forces came to a water ditch they could not cross. There, unable to advance, they were attacked and routed by the royal soldiery. The peasants and other Pur itans fought like heroes and were lit erally cut to pieces before they would retreat But at almost the very be ginning of the battle Monmouth fled In terror, leaving the helpless followers to die for a man who was deserting them. (This was the last battle evei fought on English soil.) Those not killed in fight were hunted out and slaughtered by the soldiery or hanged by hundreds at Judge Jeffrey's cruel orders. Monmouth galloped away, closely pursued. Later, disguised as a beg gar, he was caught in a bean field where he had hidden. In vain he went down on his knees weeping, entreating his captors to spare him. He was sent to London Tower, and was condemned to death. He offered the King any thing to spare him, promising to be tray his associates, change his reli gion—anything! Says Macaulay: "He clung in agonies of supplication around the knees of the King." But James knew no mercy. Then Mon mouth wrote to the Queen, begging her to intercede for his life, saying with better fervor than spelling: "I do fibhor the thing that I have done. detest all those people trtio have brought me to this. I am an object of your pity, having been cousened and cheated in to this horrid business. Your prairs cannot be refused, since I am begging for life only to serve the Sing." Even this whine did not save him, though it was later reported that he was smuggled to a French prison and became "The Man in the Iron Mask," yet Monmouth was really beheaded, July 15, 1685. Finding he could not live, he managed to go to the scaffold with some show of bravery, even ad vising the executioner how best to sever his head at one stroke. This advice made the executioner so nerv ous that he bungled the deed. So perished tho handsomest, vain est, most fickle man of his time. A man unworthy to rule unworthy to have led braver, truer men to their ruin. the Mountains Horse Knew He Was Safe Driver Rebuked by Woman for Lash ing Animal, Says Beast Understood. In a recent meeting of women a dis cussion of the work of the Indianap olis Humane society came up, and an Trvington woman told the following story: "I looked from my front window one day not very long ago and saw a driv er of a heavily loaded coal wagon whipping his team. A wheel of the wagon had sunk into a soft place in the street and the horses were un able tr, move It I stepped Into the street and told the driver that unless he ceased beating the horses and sent for another teaxd to help him' out of the difficulty. I would report him to the Humane society. My threat had the desired effect and the beating ceased. As I turned to go back to the house I heard him say to two or three men who had gathered: "Did you see how that off horse. Barney, stopped tryin' to pall soon as gave a court pension to Omar (who is best known to posterity as Omar Khayyam, author of "The Rubaiyat"), and to Hassan he offered high office. Hassan used Nizam as a stepping stone to his own success, then mur dered him and his son. Next he captured a series of moun tain fortresses in Syria, Egypt and Persia and began his terrible rule. The Sultan strove to crush Hassan —and was mysteriously killed. Other potentates sought the assassin's de struction. Each met with a like fate. Armed forces of the government were driven back from the strong mountain castles. Individual foes died, leaving no clue to their slayers. No precau tion could save a victim. From his eyrie on the hilltops the grim old man of the mountains sent forth his mur derous emissaries on their fearful mis sions. For a man marked by them for death there was no hope. Once, the Sultan, Sanjar, who had vowed the assassin's ruin, awoke in the morning to find a dagegx sticking In the floor beside his bed. On the weapon was a scroll to the effect that, next time, the blow would be struck closer. The Sultan promptly made peace with Hassan. Had the old man of the mountains confined his atrocities to the whole sale killing of his own enemies, he would have passed into history as a fanatical monster not as a mere blackguard. But he Is said to have reaped a very tidy profit from his crimes. Rulers and men of note paid him huge sums to buy their own safety. Others paid him equally large amounts to murder their private or political enemies. Hassan's two sons displeased him and be killed them with as little re gret as though they had been stran gers. He also wrought havoc In the ranks of the Crusaders. At last, in 1124, at the age of 90, he died. The horrible "Order" that he had formed was later destroyed and its chiefs were put to death. Si- that woman stepped out on the porch? Does it every time, since these Hu mane society folks got to bein* so busy. Seems like he knows whenever a woman shows up with jaws set to gether that she is out on purpose to save him from exertin* himself. Jest naturally goes dead, he does, till somebody comes with another team from the yards. "'That Barney horse, seems to me. has got human sense. Notice him wink then? I did, 'cause I knowed he was goin* to do it. Long as that woman was outjlere talkin' he never bat a eye Jest let on as if iie was all in from overwork. But as soon as her back was turned and she started back to the house, that 'ere right eye of his winked as natural as if he was hu* man. Fat chance a driver's got to get all the pull out of a horse like Bar ney when they*s any o' them human ers snoopin' abont* "—Indianapolis New®. The soft coal aituattey la a hart i, »-_« "K -ft if' /0r/rae GOOD TRICK WITH SCISSORS Something That Hat Puzzled Many People and Requires Practice to be Done Quickly This 1* something that has^puzsled many people. The trick is to place, your little fingers through th^ handles of a pair of scissors, palms up, and then twirl the scissors round toward you and bring them up in front in such a way that the points will be up ward, as shown In Fig. 3. If you don't know the secret they will come up with the points downward Instead. The trick Is In the way you manage the scissors Just as you flop them over if you leave your fingers in the handles the scissors will come up with the, points down. In order to make them come points up you have to take your fingers out of the handles mo mentarily and let the scissors turn a little between the palms of your hands and then put your fingers back through the other way. The principle The v&foy Its Pooev can best be followed by trying it with a pair of scissors. EMrst stick your fingers through the handles, with the scissors points down and your palms facing up, as In the top picture. Then by a movement of the hands you can force the scissors upward and around till the points are near your chest, as In Fig. 2. Now Is the time to take your fingers out for an Instant. Tou continue the rotation by holding the handles between your palms and put your fingers back through from be hind, thus allowing the points of the scissors to come up when the hands are placed back to back as in Fig. 3. It must be practiced so It can be done quickly. HOW TO MAKE STEEL FLOAT Needles Held on Surface of Water by "Tension" Just as 8kip-Jacks Run About on Ponds. Will steel float on water? Ask this question in a crowd and almost everybody will say "no." Then Making 8teel Float. go ahead and prove that steel will float. Take a glass full of water and some fine steel needles, perfectly dry. Lay the needles carefully on the sur face of the water one at a time. If you are careful enough about it they will float. The needles are held up by the "surface tension" of the water, Just as are the skip-jacks that run on the surface of ponds. Juvenile Books a Century Ago. Does the modern child count his blessings in the matter of Christmas books? What would he say if, Instead of one of the healthy, brightly written stories that now crowd the booksell ers' windows, he received a copy of one of the books for juveniles in vogue a century ago? The very titles of some of these old volumes would rouse the back of present day youth—"The Advantages of Education as Elucidat ed in the History of the Wingfleld Family," Elizabeth Ann Dove's "Tales of My Pupils, or, an Attempt to Cor rect Juvenile Errors S. W.'s "A Visit to a Farm or, an Introduction to Vari ous Subjects Connected With Rural Economy" (this reached a fifth edi tion in 1811), and Sandham's "Peram bulations of a Bee and a Butterfly, in Which Are Delineated Those Smaller Traits of Character Which Commonly Escape Observation."—London Chron icle. A Sl^ep-Walking Cow. Men, women, boys and girls have been known to walk in their sleep for these hundreds of years past, but a farmer in South Dakota has got some thing new in that line. It is an old spotted cow that saunters around at night with her eyes shut, and she has been known to walk a distance of five miles. He has tried waking her up with a hoe handle, but it did no good. Some one has told him that if he will get a feather bed for the cow she will have such pleasant dreams that she will walk no more, but he says he'll sell her first. Safety Valve for Vesuvius. An Italian scientist proposed to sup ply a safety valve for Vesuvius by bor ing a tunnel in the base of the moun tain and letting the lava escape Into the sea. His idea Is to bore the tun nel while the crater is in a state of coma, and he believes that when the volcano becomes active such a chan nel wonld be sufficient to carry away the iava. says Popular Mechanic*. His whole proposal, however, is not to let tbe lava escape altogether, hut to rua it iato molds and make it into blocks Jtor use In tho streets and quays ., -IM ii: SfHfe JWMMteN. fevcel up ne£f *k'} tified There wasn't dfly Sring'f Sh* "fo The. Garden hie^- And witfiSEJVin^ Oean $"•: He* f&vcel ties BIRDS PECULIAR ABOUT EGGS Can Tell at Glance If Meddled With and Will Almost Invariably De sert Their Nests. If you have lived in the country and know something about chickens you will not need to be told that a heo turns over the eggs in her nest ever? day while they are hatching. Until this secret was discovered the incu bator was not a success. By what instinct a hen, or any oth er bird, can tell whether an egg has been turned over or not It is impos sible to say but it is well estab lished that If a bird finds its nest has been disturbed, especially if one or more of the eggs have been turned over, that bird will most likely desert the nest at once and never return to it. It seems to know that something is wrong and that its plans for hatch ing out those eggs, taught it by na ture, have been interfered with, and it is useless to bother about the eggs any more. Whether or not it is the sense of sight or of smell that enables the bird to recognize the fact that the nest has been disturbed Is not known. But every time a boy meddles with the eggs in a nest no matter how care fully he touches them, he should re member that he wlll«probably be the cause of the mother leaving the half hatched little ones to* perish. PROTECTION FOR THE SHOES Leather Guard Keeps Motorists' Foot gear From Being Rubbed and Worn by Pedals. Those of us who are fortunate enough to own automobiles know how hard they are on shoe leather. This sounds paradoxical, but it Is true where a man drives his car himself. In using the pedals and various other foot mechanism a man's shoe gets badly scuffed along the sides and on the heel. A California man has de signed a shoe protector to prevent this. A leather flap with broad, stud* ded ends fits under the ball of the foot and comes up on both sides, a narrow end crossing over the top of Shoe Protector. the foot and buckling to the other side. A strap also passes around the heel and buckles to the back part of the one side guard. Thus the automo bilist's shoe is amply protected from rough wear and be may wear much better shoes than he would otherwise care to do. Watches Have Nerves. The watch is scarcely less sensitive than the razor, sympathy being the special virtue. There are people who cannot get a watch to keep regular habits, however careful they may be about winding, carrying, keeping warm at nights and so on. Their nerves exercise a deplorably unset tling effect on the mechanism. The writer has had this experience with hereditary watches which had a pre vious unbroken record of regularity. One watch, of Swiss origin, kept tima only once, when it was temporarily back in Switzerland. The question is, whether it was the native air and soij that did it or the temporarily perfect nerve condition of the wearer. Punctuation. "Father," asked eight-year-old Alice, returning home from school, "are you good at punctuation?" "Yes," replied, the father. "Well, tell me, please, how would you punctuate. The wind blew a live dollar bill around the corner?* "Why, daughter, I would simply pot a period at the and of the sentence." 1 .wouldn't,"" said Alice mischiev ously, 1 would w»to a dash alter tb« tp" $ Any But" ok! SKc cer Xoo Ufe TOP :j®, -?^ss# j'*** W"S» 1 Darwin as Girls ftead Him. Miss Elizabeth Marbury, the bril liant and successful dramatic agent in New Tork, said at the Colony club tbe other day: "It is an error to think that the Intellectual girl is dowdyi Look at the girl graduates about you. Those with the highest marks wear usually the nfcjest frocks. "I said one day to a Bryn Mawr girl: 'How beautifully 'your pannier fown fits, dear. I thought you grave and reverend seniors were abo*e such trifles?' "'Oh, no,' said she. "We all believe Aere in the survival of the best fit ted.'" ECZEMA DISFIGURED BABY "Our little boy Gilbert was troubled with eczema when but a few weeks old. His little face was covered with sores even to back of his ears. The poor little fellow suffered very much. The sores began as pimples, his little face was disfigured very much. We hardly knew what he looked like. The face looked like raw meat. We tied little bags of cloth over his hands to prevent him from scratching. He was very restless at night, his little face Itched. "We consulted two doctors at Chi cago, where we resided at that time. After trying all the medicine of the two doctors without any result, we read of the Cuticura Remedies, and at once bought Cuticura Soap and Ointment. Following the directions carefully and promptly we saw the result, and after four weeks, the dear child's face was as fine and clean as any little baby's face. Every one who saw Gilbert after using the Cuticura Remedies was surprised. He has a head of hair which Is a pride for any boy of his age, three years. We can only recommend the Cuticura Reme dies to everybody." (Signed) Mrs. H. Albrecht, Box 883, West Point, Neb., Oct. 26, 1910. Although Cutlciira Soap and Ointment are sold by druggists and dealers everywhere, a sample of each, with 32-page book, will be mailed free on application to "Cuticura," Dept. L, Boston. Nature Faker. "Tommy," queried the teacher of a small boy, in the juvenile class, "what is a swan?" "A swan," replied the youthful ob server, "is an animal with a turkey's body and a giraffe's neck and a goose's head." HARD FOR THE HOUSEWIFE. It's hard enough to keep house if In perfect health, but a woman weak, tired, and suffering with an aching back has a heavy burden. Any woman in this condi tion has cause to suspect kid ney trouble, especially If the kidney ac on 1 so dered. Doan's Kidney a cured thou sands. It Is the best rec ommended special kidney remedy. Mrs. John Robinson, 908 Burney St., Modesto, Cal., Says: "My back waa so lame and sore I was practically helpless. 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