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UKENSIDE BY MRS. MARY J. HOLMES Aitbr ( "Dora Dwn-," "The Enillih Orhiin " " HomWud o Ibt HHU'de," "lta RInV "toimiowbrooli." " Iempcst ind Sunshine," "Condi Mud," etc. CHAPTEB. X. It was a long.'tirosome ride for grand pa, from Honodale to Aikenside, and ho accepted thankfully the doctor's offer to take Muddy there himself. With this ar rangement Maddy wa9 well pleased, as it would thus afford her the opportunity she had bo much desired, of talking with the doctor about his bill, and asking him to wait until she had earned enough to ray it. Quickly the morning passed, and just as the clock struck two the doctor's buggy appeared over the hill. Up to this mo ment Maddy had only been happy in anti cipation ; but when, with her shawl and bonnet on, she stood waiting while the doctor fastened her little trunk, and when she saw a tear on the wrinkled faces of both her grandparents, her forti tude gave way, and 'mid a storm of sobs, she said her good-bys and received her grandfather's blessing. It. was very pleasant this afternoon for the summer breeze was blowing cool across the fields, where the laborers were busy ; and with the elasticity of youth Maddy's tears stopped their flowing, but not until the dear old home had disap peared, and they were some distance on the road to Aikenside. "I wonder how I shall like Mrs. Rem Jngton and Mr. Guy?" was the first re mark she made. "You'll not see them immediately. They left this morning for Saratoga," the doc tor replied. "Left ! Mr. Guy gone !" Maddy repeat ed in a disappointed tone. "Are you very sorry?" the doctor ask ed, and Maddy replied : "I did want to see him once ; I never have." It would be such a surprise to find that Guy was no other than the terrible in epector, that he would not undeceive her, the doctor thought ; and so he relapsed into a thoughtful mood, from which iSIaddy aroused him by breaking the sub- Ject of the unpaid bill, asking if he'd please not trouble grandpa, but wait un til she could pay it. "Perhaps it's wrong asking it when you were so good, but if you only will take me for payment," and Maddy's soft brown yes were lifted to his face. "Yes, Maddy, I'll take yon for pay ment," the doctor said, smiling, half seri ously, as his eyes rested fondly upon her Even then stupid Maddy did not under stand him, but began to calculate out loud how long it would take to earn the money. "There's Aikenside," said the doctor, at test, and it was not long before they pass ed through the gate, guarded by the great bronze lions, and struck into the road leading to the house. "It's grander, finer, than I ever dream ed. Oh ! if I could some time have just such a home ! and, doctor, look ! What does make that water go up in the air o? Is It what they call a fountain?" V io. her excitement Maddy had risen, and with one hand resting on the doctor's shoulder, was looking around her eager ly. Jessie stood on the piazza to receive her teacher. There were warm words of welcome, kisses and hugs ; and then Jessie led her friend to the chamber she was to occupy. ' "Mother wanted you to sleep the other ide of the house, but Brother Guy said to, you should have a pleasant room ; and iwhen Guy says a thing, it's so. It's nice Jin here, and close to me. See, I'm right here," and Jessie opened a door leading directly to her own sleeping room. "Here's one trunk," she continued, as a servant brought up and set down a little con temptuiusly. the small haircloth box con taining Maddy's wardrobe. "Here's one; where's the rest?" and she was flying efter Tom, when Maddy stopped her, say ng : "I hare but one that's all." "Only that little, teenty thing? How funny ! Why, mamma carried three 'most as big as my bed to Saratoga. You can't have many dresses. What are you going to wear to dinner?" "I've been to dinner." And Maddy looked up in some surprise. "You have! We never have it till five, rtihen Guy is at home ; but now they are gone, Mrs. Noab says we will have it at one, as folks ought to do. To-day I coaxed her to wait till you came, and the table is all st out so nicely for two. "an you carve, and do you like green turtle soup?" Maddy was bewildrpd, but managed to Teply that she could not carve, that she never saw any green turtle soup, and that ihe supposed she should wear to dinner the delaine she had on. "Why, we always change, even Mrs. Toah." Jessie exclaimed, bending over the opn trunk and examining its con tents. Two calicoes, a blue muslin, a gingham, and another delaine, besides the one she had on. That was the sum total of Maddy's wardrobe, and Jessie glanced at It a little ruefully as Maddy carefully shook out the nicely fo!dd dresses and laid them upon the bed. Here Mrs. Noah was heard calling Jessie, who ran away, leaving Maddy alone for a moment. Maddy had seen the look Jessie gave lier dresses, and for the first time there dawned upon her mind the possibility that her plain apparel and ignorance of the ways of Aikenside might be to her the cause of much mortification. "And grandma said they were so nice, oo doing them up so carefully," she said, her lip beginning to quiver, and her yes filling with tears, as thoughts of Vnne came rushing over her. She could not force them back, and laying her head upon the top of the de spised hair trunk, she sobbed aloud. Guy Itemington's private room was in that tall, end as the doctor knew a book was to have been left there for him, he took ths liberty of getting It ; passing Maddy's door he heard the low sound of weeping, and looking in, saw her where she sat or rather knelt upon the floor. "Homesick so soon !" he said, advanc ing to her aide, and then, amid a torrent f tears, the whole story came oat. Maddy never ooald da aa they did thsrs, and everybody would laugh at her so for an awkward thing; she never knew that folks ate dinner at five instead of twelve she should surely starve to death she couldn't carve she could not eat mud turtle soup, and she did not know which dress to wear for dinner would the doc tor tell her? There they were, and she pointed to the bed, only five; she knew Jessie thought it mean. Such was the substance of Maddy's passionate outpouring of her griefs to the highly perplexed doctor, who, after quiet ing her somewhat, ascertained that the greatest present trouble was the deciding what dress was suitable to the occasion. The doctor had never made dress hia study, but as it happened he liked blue, and so suggested it, as the one most likely to be becoming. "That I" and Maddy looked confounded. "Why, grandma never let me wear that, except on Sunday ; that's my very best dress." "Poor child; I'm not sure it was right for you to come here where the life is so different from the quiet, unpretentious one you have led," the doctor thought, but he merely said : "It's my impression they wear their best dresses here, all the time." "But what will I do when that's worn out? Oh,' dear, dear, I wish I had not come !" and another impetuous fit of weep ing ensued, in the midst of which Jessie came back, greatly disturbed on Maddy's account, and asking eagerly what was the matter. Very adroitly the doctor managed to draw Jessie aside, while as well as he was able he gave her a few hints with re gard to her intercourse with Maddy, and Jessie, who seemed intuitively to under stand him, went back to the weeping girl, soothing her much as a little mother would have soothed her child. They would have such nice times, when Maddy got used to their ways, which would not take long, and nobody would laugh at her, she said, when Maddy expressed her fears on that point. "You are too pretty, even if you do make mistakes !" and then she went into ecstasies over the blue muslin, which was becoming to Maddy, and great ly enhanced her girlish beauty. The tear stains were all washed away, Jessie using very freely her mother's eau de cologne, and making Maddy's cheeks very red with ruhhine: the nut-brown hair was brushed until it shone like satin, a little narrow band of black velvet ribbon was pinned about Maddy's snowy neck, and then she was ready for that terrible or deal, her first dinner at Aikenside. The doctor was going to stay, and this helped to relieve her somewhat. The dinner was a success, so far as Ma rid v was concerned. Not a single mis take did she perpetrate, though her cheeks hm-ned Dainfullv as she felt the eyes of the polite waiters fixed so often upon her. After dinner, feeling that she must De homesick, Mrs. Noah suggested that she try tha fine piano in the little music room. Music was a delight to Maddy, and sit ting down uoon the stool, she touched the soft-toned instrument, ascertaining by her ear several sweet chords, and greatly as tonishing Jessie, who wondered at ner skill. Twice each week a teacher came p from Devonshire to give lessons to essie. but as yet she could only play one scale and a few simple bars. These stio nttemnted to teach to Maddy, who caught them so quickly and executed them so well that Jessie was aengnteo. Maddy ought to take lessons, she said, n,i some time during the next day she took to Mrs. Noah a letter which she had written to Guy. It was several days be fore an answer came to this letter, and hpn it did it brought Guy s consent tor Maddy to take lessons, together with a noto for Mr. Simons, requesting him to consider Miss Clyde his pupil, as well aa essie. Though crreatlv -pleased with Aigenside, and greatly attached to Jessie, Maddy had had many hours of loneliness when her heart was back in the humble cottage here she knew they were missing her much, but now a new world, a world of u'lm KinMenlv opened before her, and th homesickness all disappeared- It had been arranged with .Mrs. .oan, Dy Agnes, that Jessie should only study for two hours each day, consequently Maddy had nearly all the time to herself and .vol! Hid she improve it, making so rapid progress that Simons looked on amazed, declaring her case to be without a par allel, while Jessie was left far behind. Indeed, after a short time Maddy might have been her teacher, and waa of much service to her In practicing. Meanwhile the doctor came often to Aikenside, praising Maddy's progress in music, and though he did not know a single note, compelling himself to listen while with childlike satisfaction she play ed him her last lesson. She waa very happy now at Aikenside, where all were so kind to her, and haif wished that the family would always remain as it was then, that Agnes and Guy would not come home, for with their coming she felt there would be a change. It waa nearly time now to expect them. Indeed, Guy had written on one Saturday that they should probably be home the next, and during the ensuing week Aikenside presented that most uncomfortable phase of a house being cleaned. Everything must be in order for Mr. Guy, Mrs. Noah said, taking more pains with his rooms than with the remaining portion of the building. Guy was her idol ; nothing was too good for him, few things quite good enough, and she said so much in hU nra in that Maddy began to shrink from meeting him. What would he think of her? Perhaps he might not notice her in the least, and that would be terrible. Uut,no, a man as kind as he had shown himself to her would at least pay her some attention, and so at last she began to anticipate his coming home, wondering what their first meeting would be, what she should say to him, and what be would think of her. . CHAPTER XI. Saturday cam at last, a balmy Sep tember day, when all nnture seJtd con spiring to welcome the travelers for whom so extensive preparations were making at Aikenside. They were expected at about six in the afternoon, and just be fore that hour the doctor rode up to be in readiness to meet them. In the dining room the table was set as M.ddy had never seen it set before, making, with its silver, its china and cut glass, a glitter ing display. Six o'clock came, but no travelers. Then nn hour went by, and there came a telegram that the cars had broken down and would not probably arrive until late in the night, if indeed they did till morning. Greatly disappointed, the doc tor took his leave, telling the girls they had better not sit up. Consequently, at a late hour they both retired, sleeping so soundly as not to hear the noise outside the house ; the banging of doors, the setting down of trunks, the tramp of feet, Mrs. Noah's words of welcome, one pleasant voice which responded, and an other more impatient one which sound ed as If its owner were tired and cross. Agnes and Guy had come. As a whole, Agnes' season at Saratoga had been rath er disagreeable. She had been flattered by brainless fops. She had heard her self called "that beautiful Mrs. Rem ington," and "that charming young wid ow," but no serious attentions had been paid, no millionaire had asked to be her second husband. She liked the doctor, but if he did not propose, and some other body did, she should accept that other body, of course. This was her intention when she left Aikenside, and when she came back, it was with the determination to raise the siege at once, and compel the doctor to surrender. The morning of the return home she should listen with a troubled mind to Jessie's rather exag gerated account of the number of times the doctor had been there, and the nice things he had said to her and Maddy. What was she that he should care fo her? A mere nothing a child, whom Guy had taken up. Pity there was a Lucy Atherstone in the way of his mak ing her mistress of Aikenside, It would be a pretty romance. Guy Remington and Grandpa Markham's grandchild. Agues was nervous and tired, and this helped to increase her anger toward the innocent girl. She would take immediate meas ures, she thought, to put te upstart down, and the sight of Flora laying the cloth for breakfast suggested to her the first step in teaching Maddy her place. "Flora." she said, "I notice you are arranging the table for four. Have we company?" "Why, no, ma'am; there's Mr. Guy. yourself, Miss Jessie, and Miss Clyde," was Flora's reply, while Agnes continued haughtily: "Remove Miss Clyde's plate. No one allows their governess to eat with them." "But, ma'am," and Flora hesitated, "she's very pretty, and ladylike, and young; she has always eaten with Miss Jessie and Dr. Holbrook when he was here. He treats her as if she was good as anybody." Meantime Maddy had put on her pret tiest delaine, tied her little dainty black silk apron, Mrs. Noah's gift and with the feeling that she was lookidg unusually well, started for the parlor to meet her employer, Mrs. Agnes, who was alone when Maddy presented herself before her, (To be continued.) Tronblenome Squirrels. Greeley Is contemplating organizing a squirrel bunt to rid the city of the hun dreds of squirrels which make their home in Lincoln Park and which de stroy the eggs of the songbirds. Ten years ago Greeley was the home of many linnets, wild canaries, mocking birds and robins, writes a correspond ent of the Denver Republican, but only a few are seen now, and there are none left In the trees In the park because of the depredations of the squirrels. Eight years ago some one brought two pairs of squirrels from the East and made houses for them in the park, where they and the progeny became great attractions. They have multi plied so fast, however, as to overrun the park and extend their nesting places to private grounds. In several cases they have gnawed through tne roofs of houses in order to make nests in the garrets. At first it was believed that the English sparrow had driven away the other birds, but Investigation proves that not even a sparrow's nest can be found. The Dlacing of the tin collars from eleht to ten Inches wide around every tree not In the park was suggested for the protection of the birds, but tnis will nrove no remedy because of the ability of the squirrels to spring from one tree to another. The tails or exter minating the squirrels has been going on for two years and people say they must go. Trouble. "More trouble," sighed McNutty, put ting on his coat. "If It ain't one thing It's another!" "What's the matter now?" queried his good wife. "More labor troubles, answered mc Nutty. "Not another locKout, I hope?" said the partner of his sorrows. "No : it's worst than that," answered the alleged head of the house. "The boss has yielded, and I ve got to go to work again !" London Tit-Bits. ,No Invitations to Perform. "Is it not our duty," said the moral ist, "to keep temptation out of the way of people who may do things they will regret?" "Yps." answered Farmer Corntossel; "that's whv I make It a rule when we have summer boarders to keep the pi ano locked." wasnington oiar. Seeing the Point. "It la a mistake," said the man In the plaid suit, "to say that we English do not enjoy a Joke." "I should think," answered Miss Cay enne, "that you would enjoy a Joke yery much ; it Is so seldom you see one." Washington Star. Birthdays were kept even aa far back aa the time of Pharaoh. ) HOME VEGETABLE GARDEN. Worth Many Timet Its Cost to Every j Farmer's Dinner Table. ' Professor J. R. Shinn, horticulturist of the Idaho Experiment station, Mos cow, Idaho, in a recent letter gave the following suggestions concerning the , home vegetable garden: j "The vegetable jarden should be an important factor in every farmer's home throughout the country. ' It will afford him an fconomic t lament in providing for hia family; it will add to the com fort and happiness of the mother, the ( children and himself; and it will do much toward creating an interest in . farm life if properly planned and man aged. "The fact that a vegetable garden will aid in keeping down the expenses of the home is likely to appeal strongest to the average man, and for this reason it demands first consideration. In or der to gain some definite idea of the ex act usefulness of the home garden the experiment station of Illinois conducted experiments with a garden for a period of five years. This garden consisted of one-half acre of black prairie soil and the average net profit for the five years, after all expenses for seed and labor had been deducted, was $74.85 per year. Borne years gave less returns than oth ers owing to the effect of dry seasons but under irrigation it is probable that the returns would be much more con stant and even higher. During the best year this plot of one-half acre gave net profit of $111 .06. Where could the average farmer turn to find a more pay ing use for hia ground? 1 In the matter of creating happiness in a family and rendering the home life more comfortable the farmer's veg' etable garden may exercise an import ant mission. Happiness always comes to those who are deeply interested in the things that surround them. If farmer has a fine herd of Hereford calvee he immediatly shows his interest by taking hie friends or relatives tc see them as soon aa they arrive at the farm; if the wife has something in the parlor that is attractive and new, no time is wasted before the guests receive information about it, and from these facts the whole household rejoices and the guests are made glad with them In like manner the vegetable garden may create another avenue for happi- n.ss. , Visitors will undoubtedly enjoy seeing a well kept garden and especial ly if the number varieties is great and the size of the individual vegetables large, the pleasure of the occasion will be at its maximum. Then the comfort of sitting down to a meal where vege tables in great variety adorn the table will be greeted with the utmost satis faction on the part of guests, but it is to the family that gather arcund the same board three times each day that such an assortment of food is the most satisfying and comforting. Pork and beans may satisfy hunger adequately for a time, but the eame things appear ing on the table too frequently become distasteful. The average individual therefore needs a change in his ration often. No other method is so readily accessible to the farmer as the garden to meet this demand lor variety for his table. "Aside from the esonomic value of the vegetable garden and the satisfac tion it brings to the hon e, the interest which it may create in farm life may be of no small moment. Rightly plan ned and properly conducted the garden may furnish the first element that shall interest the farm child in his surround ings. The little tots all enjoy garden making time and no farm garden is complete without certain definite por tions set aside for the special provision for the children's garden. Here is where the first lessons in the science of agriculture should be taught, and through these lessons the very sanest and brightest children will dtcide early in their career to follow the calling of their parents. "Viewing the vegetable garden from the standpoint of its economic value, its value as a comfort and pleasure to the household, and its usefulntsi in aiousing a deeper interest in the farrn, it beho ives every farmer to direct his attention toward plai n ng the garden for next year during the long evenings at hia disposal this winter." TOMATO BLIGHT. Results of Exhaustive Research at Washington State College. A great many remedies for tomato blight have been suggested by tomato growers, but most of these have proved to be unsuccessful. A couple of years ago the State college experiment sta tion experimented quite extensively with tomato blight at Clarketon, Free man, Pullman, Wenatehee and North Yakima. We found that tomates wh ch were grown in the shade did not blight as badly as those which were grown in the eunlight, but usually, there was about twenty-five per cent of blight, even in the shaded plants. Shading tomato plants can therefore hardly be considered a remedy for the blight. Some prowers at North Yakima have gotten fairly good results by planting the seeds rather thickly in the rows, and afterwards thinning out, instead of planting the' seeds in the hotbed, and transplanting to the field. Various methods of irrigation and cultivation have been investigated, hut no satisfac torv results have been obtained. Sev- Short Snaceatlons. Egg spoons that are stained should be robbed with damp salt before polish ing. riace tea grounds around the roots of ferns and be rewarded with a rich growth of leaves. Frequently change the leave. If canned pears have a flat taste, and most pears do, they will be Improved by adding stick cinnamon to them while cooking. enty different varieties of tomatoH have been tested in our own experimenl station, nnd all have blighted more oi loss. Unfortunutely, SpnrkB Earliana one of the favorite varieties for earlj tomatoes, is one of the worst to blight. We have found that the Dwarf Chatu nion is less susceptible to blight that any of the varieties we have tried. Al Clarkston, it was the general opinion of the growers that the blight was due to a hot wind which blows up the Snake river valley about the first of July. However, in our experimentation there, we discovered that seventy-five per cenl of the blighting occurred before the hoi winds came. A peculiar phase of the situation re garding tomato blight is that it occurs only in the Northwest. Although il hasbten investigated by our station staff for the past ten years, we have failed to discover a remedy, or the cause, although it seems probable that it is due to the attacks of fungi, or a bacterial disease. Blighted plants may be recognized by the leaflets beginning to curl and turn over. Next the planta cease to grow, and gradually turn yel low. An examination of the roots ol diseased plants shows that the interior of each root is blackened. Insects have nothing to do with the blight, sc far as "this station has been able to dis cover. Indeed, tomato blight is one ol the puzzles which thus far has not been solved by Inveetigattors, and is a seri ous menace to tomato growing in thi Pacific Northwest. R. Kent Beattie, Botanist. DIPPING OF SHEEP. Formula for Killing Llca and Mange Successfully. In response to numerous inquiries, the State College department of veter inary science has prepared the follow ing formula for the making of sheep dip. From several regions of the Northwest, word has been sent of the existence of mange and other infectious maladies among the sheep, which it if hoped to eradicate by properly dipping the sheep. Use twenty-four pounds flowers oi sulphur; eight pounds unslaked lime; one hundred gallons of water. Place the unslaked lime in a mortar box, oi suitable vessel, adding enough water tc slake the lime and form a lime paste, or "putty." Sift into this lime paste the flowers of sulphur, and stir the m'xture well. Be sure to weigh both the lime and the sulphur. Do nol trust to measuring them in a bucket, or to guessing at the weight. Place the sulphur and lime paste in a kettle, or , boiler, with about twenty-five to thirty1 gallons cf boiling water. Boil the mix- ture fcr two hours at least, ftirring the ' mixture and sediment. The boiling should be continued until the sulphur I disappears, or almost disappears from the surface, at which time the solution will be a chocolate, or liver color.! The longer the solution boils, the more sulphur is dissolved, and the less caus tic the ooze becomes. Pour the mixture and sediment into a large tub, or barrel, and allow it am-1 pie time (from two to three hours, and more, if necessary) to settle. Draining off the liquid is a great advantage over dipping it out, in that less commotion occurs in the liquid, and threfore it re mains freer from sediment. Add enough warm water to make one hun dred gallons. Under no circumstances use the sediment for dipping purposes. In order to attain success in the treatment of mange by dipping, care and sureness of method must be observ ed. Animals that have been exposed should be dipped, as well as those that show distinct evidence of the disease. After the elapse of two weeks following the first dipping, the animals should be subjected to a second dipping, in or- ler that parasites that may have sur vived the first treatment, or that may have gotten on the animals from corrals or elsewhere, may be destroyed. The liquid at the time of dipping should have a temperature of 102 to 112 de gress Farerjheit. Each animal should be kept in the dip for two minutes, and in unusually bad cases of mange the sheep should be hand rubbed, and kept in the dip for four minutes. The treatment just outlined applies to mange or scab. If, however, yon lesire a dip for lice, make a solution of crude tobacco leaves and water, used in the ratio of three pounds of tobacco to ten gallons of water. 1 Boil the tobacco until its properties have been thorough ly taken up by the water, and then dip the sheep the Eame as prescribed for mange. F. B. Hadley, Instructor in Obstetrics. Cure of (he Filter. The water filter must have an oc casional cleansing, and one of the best preparations Is a solution of perman ganate of potassium. Dip a small brush In the solution and go over every atom of the surface after washing with hot soapsuds and thoroughly rinsing. Should some small amount of the solu tion remain after several rinsings. It Is not Injurious. A cheap niter can be made from a large new flower pot thoroughly cleaned, with the hole In the bottom covered with a piece of clean, new sponge held down by a layer of coarsely powdered charcoal covered with a layer of clean sand with a top layer of coarse gravel stones. This will filter the water as successfully as an expensive apparatus. . Line a pleplate with good crust and half fill with ripe, stoned cherries, sprinkle over one cup sugar, a little flour and a few bits of butter ; then fill In more cherries and sugar and put strips of the pastry on top. Bake in Lot oven. Lemons will keep longer If placed In covered glass Jars. By some It Is said they will keep longer If the Jars are filled with water. If wrapped In tissue paper and placed In bran they will last nany weeks during hot weather. I 1171 Henry II. landed in Ireland and styled himself King of All Hibernia. 1448 Turks defeated the Hungarians at battle of Cossovo. 1520 Magellan discovered and entered the strait which bears his name. 1540 De Soto and his force engaged In battle with the Mobile Indians in Alabama. 1582 The Gregorian calendar Introduced. 1012 Champlain arrived in Canada to take up his work as governor of the country. 1630 First general court in America held at Boston. 1031 Massachusetts Puritans limited suffrage to members of the church. 1008 Jean Talon resigned his office as Intendant of New .France. 1075 Hatfield, Mass., repulsed an at tack of Indians under King Philip. 1090 Massachusetts invaders retired from before Quebec without making an attack An English fleet from Massachusetts attacked Quebec. 1092 British government took away William Penn's proprietary rights In Pennsylvania. 1710 Port Koyal, S. C, captured by an English fleet. 1725 First issue of the New York Ga zette, first newspaper In that city. 1740 Bill introduced in the New York Assembly to raise money for the erec tion of Columbia college. 1775 Town of Falmouth (Portland), Maine, burned .... American troops captured Chambly, Quebec. .. .Pey ton Randolph, first president of the Continental Congress, died. 1777 Americans repulsed British attack on Fort Mercer, Bed Bank, N. J. 1781 Lord Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown, Va. 1788 President Washington started on a tour of the Northern Slates. 1703 Marie Antoinette guillotined. 1800 Spain ceded the territory of Louisiana to France. 1803 Congress assembled In extra ses sion to act on the Louisiana Purchase treaty. 1805 Horatio Lord Nelson killed at the battle of Trafalgar. 1812 American sloop Wasp defeated the British brig Frolic off the coast of Virginia. 1S13 Napoleon defeated at the battle of Leipsic. 18215 The last "State Lottery" drawing held in England. 1S28 The Delaware and Chesapeake canal opened. 1831 Arms bill passed for the repres sion of crime and insurrection, In Ire land. 1834 British Parliament houses, West minster, destroyed by fire. 1831) Charles Edward Poulett Thomson succeeded Sir John Colborne as gov ernor of Canada. 1842 First submarine telegraph in Amer ica laid between Governor's Island and New York. 1845--Mme. Sarah Bernhardt, French tragedienne, born. 1840 Nathan Clifford of Maine became Attorney General of United States. 181!) Chopin, the great musical com poser, died in Paris. 1852 Abd-el-Kaedir, deposed ruler of Al giers, releused from his confinement by Jxuis Napoleon. 1853 Filibusters, under' Col. William Walker, sailed from San Francisco to establish a pro-slavery colony in lower California. 1S50 Seven persons killed in panic in London while Mr. Spurgeon was preaching. 1850 Col. Robert E. Lee captured John Brown and his men at Harper's Ferry. 1801 Col. Bnkor, friend of Lincoln, kill ed at battle of Balls Bluff Strat- ford-on-Avon purchased the birth place of Shakspeare. 1503 Gen. Grant appointed to the com mand f the western armies. 1504 Gen. j Sheridan turned defeat into victory at Cedar Creek. 1800 Austria evacuated Lombardy. J872 Steamship Missouri burned at sea with loss of S7 lives. 18S3 (Vtewayo, king of the Zulus, sur rendered to the British. 1S84 Marquis of Lansdowne sworn in as governor general of Canada. 1SS9 King Carlos of Portugal ascended the throne. 1S92 World's Columbian Exposition at Chicago formally dedicated. 1004 Frederick Augustus III., ascended the throne of Saxony. A Floating Trout Pond. One of the novel features of the steam ship Amerika of the Hamburg-American line Is a tank in which fish, principally trout and carp, are kept alive and served to customers in the restaurant when or dered. The tanks are of sine, and the water Is supplied with oxygen by pump ing air through perforated pipes extend ing into the water. More than 500 freak trout and 150 carp were sold on a recent trip from Hamburg to Nw York. TO I