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UKENSIBE BY MRS. MARY J. HOLMES Aatbsr ! "Ntri IWn,M "Tk( EoflUh Orfliani." " Hotfi) on the Mllli'dc" "Um RWan," "Moiowtrook." " tempest $at Sansbine." "taulo Mudt," etc. -'-- 4 CIIAPTEK XXII. (Continued.) Maddy was glad of the racking head- he which kept her in her bed the whole of the next day. glad of any excuse to stay away from the family, talking all but Mrs, Noah of Guy, and what was transpiring in England. They had failed 1 remember the difference in the longi tude of the two places; but Maddy forgot nothing, and when the clock struck four, she called Mrs. Noah to her and whis pcred. faintly "They were to be married at eight in fhe evening. Allowing for possible delays, It's over before this, and Guy is lost forever. Mrs. Noah had no consolation to offer, ind only pressed The hot, feverish hands, while Maddy turned her face to the wall and did not speak again, except to whisper incoherently as she half slumbered, half woke : "Did Guy think of me when he prom- ised to love her, and can he see how mis- erable I am?" Maddy was indeed passing through deep waters, and that night, the fourth of De- ceiiiber, the longest, the dreariest she ever knew, could never be forgotten. Unce past, the worst was over, and as the rarest metal is purified by fire, so Maddy came from the dreadful ordeal strengthened for what was before her. lloth Agues and Mrs. Noah noticed the strangely beautiful expression of her face when she came down to the breakfast room, while Jessie, as she kissed her pale cheek, whispered : lou look as if you had been with angels." Guy was not expected with his bride1 for two weeks or more, and as the days dragged on Maddy felt that the waiting for him was more intolerable than the see- ing him with Lucy would be. Kestless and impatient, she oould not remain quiet- ly at the cottage while at Aikenside, he longed to return again to her own "u " " luc uuui uie anniversary oi iuai iraj u . : 1 i a .u-. -1- he had come from New York and found uuy waiting tor her at the station. 10 stay that day in the house so rife with memories of the dead was impossible, and Flora was surprised :ind delighted to hear that both were going up to Aikenside in the vehicle hired of Farmer Green, whose on officiated as driver. It was nearly noon when they reached their destination, meeting at the gate with Flora's brother Tom, who said to them : "We've heard from Mr. Guy ; the ship is in ; they'll be here sure to-night, and Mrs. Noah is turnin' things upside down with the dinner." Leaning back in the buggy, Maddy felt for a moment as if she were dying. Never, until then, had she realized how, all the while, she had been clinging to an inde- finable hope, a presentiment that some thing might yet occur to spare her from a long lifetime of pain, such as lay be fore her if Guy were really lost ; but the bubble had burst, leaving her nothing to hope, nothing to cling to, nothing but black despair ; and half bewildered she received the noisy greeting of Jessie, who met her at the door and dragged her into the drawing room, decorated with flowers from the hothouse, told her to guess who was coming. "I know; Tom told me; Guy is coming with Lucy," Maddy answered, and reliev ing herself from Jessie, she turned to Agnes, asking where Mrs. Xoah was and if she might go to her. Uh. .Maddy, child. 1 m sorry you ve come to-day," Mrs. Noah said, as she chafed Maddy's cold hands, and leading her to the fire, made her sit down. ; "I did not know it, or I should have stayed away," Maddy replied ; "I shall not stay, as it is. I cannot see them to day. Charlie will drive me hack before the train is due; but what did he say? And how is Lucy?" "lie did not mention her. There's the dispatch," and Mrs. Xoah handed to Mad dy the telegram received that morning, and which was simply as follows : "The steamer is here. Shall be at sta tion at five o'clock p. m. , "GL'Y UEMINGTON." Twice Maddy read it over, experienc ing much the same feeling she would have experienced had it been her death warrant she was raiding. "At five o'clock. I must go before that," she said, sighing as she remembered how, one year a,?o that day. she was traveling over the very route where Guy was now traveling with his bride. Did he think of it? Think of his long waiting at the depot, or of that memorable ride, the events of whirh grew more and more dis tinct in her memory, making her cheeks burn even now as she recalled his many acts of tender care. Laying the telegram on th table, she went with Mrs. Noah through the rooms, warmed and made ready for th- bride, lin gering longest in Lucy's, which the bridal decorations and the bright fire blazing in the grate made singularly inviting. ,s yet. there were no flowers there, and Maddy claimed the privilege of arranging them for this room herself. Agnes had almost stri;ied the conservatory ; y,ut Maddy found enough to form a most taste ful bouquet, which she placH u)0n a marble dressing table; then within a slip of paper which she folded a'Tot the Un. ehe wrote: "Welcome to the bride." "They both will recognize my handwrit ing they'll know I've l-en here." she thought, as with one long, last look at the room, she walked away. They were laying the tahle for dinner now, and with a kind of d.zzy, uncertain feeling. Maddy wafhed the servants hur rying to and fro, bringing out the choices; j -;!.... r i rnina, aim me Pi""'""' ia iionor of the bride. Comparatively, it was not lorg since a little, frightened, homesick a-irl. she first sat down with Guy at that table, frtun which the proud Agnes would have banished her; but it seemed to her tin axe, so murfi of happiness and pain had come to her sine then. There 8 a place for her there now, a pl.i-e near Guy: but she should not mi it. sh could not etay ; and she astonished Am and Jeaaie, Juat aa they were going to their dinner toilet, by announcing I her intention of coins homo. Sho was not dressed to meet Mrs. Uemington. she said, shuddering as for the first 'time sho pronotiuced a nam which the servants had frequently used, and which-jarred on her ear every time sho heard It, She was not dressed appropriately to meet an English lady. Flora of course would stay, she said, as it was natural she should, to greot her new mistress; but she must go, and she bade Charlie Green bring around the buggy. One long, sad, wistful look at Guy's and Lucy's home, and Maddy followed Charlie to the buggy waiting for her. bidding him drive ranidlv. as there wa. every indication of a coming storm. The gray, wintry afternoon was draw ing to a close, and the December night w-as shutting down upon the Honedale hills in sleety rain, when the cottage was reached, and Maddv. nnssinir nn frhe nnr row, slippery walk, entered the cold dreary room, where there was neither fire nor light, nor friendly voice to rreet her. No sound save the ticking of the clock; no welcome save the purring of the house cat, who came crawling at her feet as she knelt before the stove and tried to kindle the fire. Charlie Green hud of- fered to go in and do this for her, as in- deed he had offered to return and stay all night, but she had declined, preferring to J be alone, and with stiffened fingers she laid. tie kindlings Flora had prepared, and then applying the match, watched the blue flame as it gradually licked up the smoke and burst into a cheerful blaze. "I shall feel better when it's warm." she said, crouching over the fire, and shiv ering with more than bodily cold. There was a kind of nameless terror stealing over her as she sat thinking of the year ago when the inmates of three graves across the meadow were there be- neath that very roof where she now sat alon. I I Strike a ehf " she saM risintr tn I . - ' o hAr fvt A . , . .,, shadowy corners filling her with fear. iHmn fmlnH . ... tr,aAU. Roon dispersed the darkness from the cornera ani1 thfl fpflI. frnm tAAva hoartt but it rou,d not drjve from mind thoughts of wht miht f tht ment be transpiring at Aikenside. If the bride and groom came at all that night, she knew they must have been there for an hour or more, and in fancy she saw the tired, but happy, Lucy, as up in her pleas ant room she made her toilet for dinner, with Guy standing by and looking on just as he had a right to do. Did he smile approvingly upon his young wife? Did his eye, when it rested on her, light up with the same expression she had seen so often when it looked at her? Did he commend her taste and say his little wife was beautiful, as he kissed her fair, white cheek, or was there a cloud upon his handsome face, a shadow on his heart. heavy with thoughts of her, and would he rather it were Maddy there in the bridal room? If so, his burden was hard indeed. but not so hard as hers, and kneeling on the floor, poor Maddy laid her head in the chair, and, 'mid piteous moans, asked God to help them both to bear their lot. The prayer ended. Maddy still sat upon the floor, while over her pale face the lamplight faintly flickered, showing the dark lines beneath her eyes and the tears stains on her cheek. Without, the storm still was raging, and the wintry rain, min gled with sleet and snow, beat piteously against the curtained windows, while the wind howled mournfully as it shook the (loor an( svvepping past' the cottagtt went screaming over the hill. But Maddy heard nothing of the tumult. She had brought a pillow from the bedroom, and placing it upon the chair, sat down again upon the floor ind rested her head upon it. She did not even know that her pet cat had crept up beside her, purring content edly and occasionally licking her hair, much less did she hear above the storm the swift tread of horses' feet as some one came dashing down the road, the rider pausing an instant as he caught a glimpse of the cottage lamp and then .hurrying on to the public house beyond, where the hostler frowned moodily at being called out to care for a stranger's horse, the stranger meanwhile turning back afoot to where the cottage lamp shone, a bea con lieht throueh the inky darkness. The stranger reached the little gate and, un doing the fastening, went hurrying up the walk, his step upon the cracKimg snow catching Maddy's ear at last and making her wonder who could be coming there on such a night as this. It was probably Charlie Green, she said, and with a feel ing of impatience at being intruded upon she arose to her feet just as the door turned upon its hinges, letting in a pow erful draught of wind, which extinguished the lamp and left her in total darkness. But it did not matter. Maddy had caught a sound, a peculiar cough, which froze the blood in her veins and made her tpinke with terror quite as much as if the footwteps hurrying toward her had been he footsteps of the dead, instead or oe- nigin-.'. as she knew they did, to iuy Kemington Guy. who, with garments su- urated with rain, felt for her in the dark ness, found her where from faintness she ind crouched again beside the chair, drew jer closely 10 Uim, in a imMiuuaii-u auuvi. - - . . . I , 1 1 . painful, hug. and aid, on : so tenuerij . Madly, my darling, my own; v e will never be parted again CIIAITKK XXIII. Hour had gone by, and the clock hands tinted to twelve, ere Maddy compelled Uerif to hear the story Guy had come to til. She had thrust him from her at first, shaking to him of Lucy, his wife, and Guy had answered her back: "I have no w.fe I never had one. Lucy is in heaven." and that was all Maddy knew until the gr.t shock had spent itself in t-ar and so!s. which became almost convulsion a he tried to realize the fact that Iaicj Atherstone was dead ; that the bridal r-.be aU,ut which she had written, with girlish frankness, proved to be her hrud, and that her head that night waa not pillowed on Guy', arm, but waa rent- ing under English turf and beneath an English kk y . Mio cotilil listen at last, but her breath came in panting gasps; while Guy told her how, on the very morning of the bridal. Lucy had greeted him- with her usual bright smile, appearing and looking better than he had before aociJhor look since ho reached her mother's home j how for an hour they sat, together aJone in a little room sacred to her, because years before it was there he confessed his love. Seated on a low ottoman, with' her golden head lying on his lap, she had that morning told him, in her artless way, how much she loved him, and how hard it sometimes was to make her lovo for the creature second to her love for the Cre ator; told him she was not faultless, and asked that when he found how erring and weak she was. he would bear with her frailties as she would bear with hU J talked with him, too, of Maddy Clyde, confessing in a soft, low tone, how onca or twice a pang of jealousy had wrung her heart when she read his praises of hla pupil. But she had conquered that; she had prayed it all away ; and now next to her own sister, she loved Maddy Clyde. Other words, too, were spoken words of guileless, pure affection, too sacred even for Guy to breathe to Maddy ; and then Lucy had left him her hart-bounding stop echoing through the hall and up the wind ing stairs down which she never came again alive, for when Guy next looked upon her she was lying white as a water lily, her neck and dress and golden hair stained with the pale red life, current oozing from her livid lips. A blood vessel had been suddenly ruptured, the physi cian said, and for her, the fair, young bride, there was no hope. They told her she must die, for the mother would have them tell her. Once, for a few moments, there rested on her face n fearfully fright ened look, such as a harmless bird might wear when suddenly caught in a snare. But that soon passed away as from be neath the closed eyelids the great tears came gushing, and the stained lips whis pered faintly : "God knows best. Poor Guy ! break it gently to him." At this point in the story -Guy brokw down entirely, sobbing as only strong men can sob. "Maddy," he said, "I felt like a heart less wretch a most consummate hypo crite as, standing by Lucy's side, I met the fond, pitying glance of her blue eyes, and suffered her poor little hand to part my hair as she tried to comfort even though every word she uttered was short ening her life; tried to comfort me, the wretch who was there so unwillingly, and who at this prospect of release hardly knew at first whether he was more sorry than pleased. You may well start from me in horror, Maddy. I was just the wretch I describe; but' I overcame it, Maddy, and heaven is my witness that no thought of you intruded itself upon me afterward as I stood by my dying Lucy gentle, patient, loving to the last. I saw how good, how sweet she was, and some thing of the old love, the boy love, came back to me, as I held her in my arms, where she wished to be. I would have saved her if I could ; and when I called her 'my darling Lucy,' they were not idle words. I kissed her many times for my self, and once, Maddy, for you. She told me to. She whispered : Iviss me, Guy, for Maddy Clyde. Tell her I'd rather she should take my place than anybody else rather my Guy should call her wife for I know she will not be jealous if you sometimes talk of your dead Lucy, and I know she will help lead my boy to that blessed home where sorrow never comes. That was the last she ever spoke, and when the sun went down death had claim ed mv bride. She died in my arms, Mad- lv. I saw her buried from my sight, and then, Maddy, I started home; thoughts of you and thoughts of Lucy blended equal ly together until Aikenside was reached. I talked with Mrs. Noah ; I heard all of von there was to tell, and then I talked with Agnes, who was not greatly surpris ed, and did not oppose my coming here to-night. I could not remain there, knowing you were alone. In the bridal chamber I found your bouquet, with its Welcome to the bride.' Maddy, you must be that bride. Lucy sanctioned it, and the doctor, too, for I told him all. His own wedding was, of course, deferred, and he did not come home with me, but he aid: 'Tell Maddy not to wait. Life is too short to waste any happiness. She has my blessing.' And, Maddy, it must be so. Aikenside needs a mistress; you are all alone. You are mine mine for ever. The storm had died away, and tht moonbeams stealing through the window told that morning was breaking, but neither Guy nor Maddy heeded the lapse of time. Theirs was a sad kind of hap piness as they talked together, and could Lucy have listened to them she would have felt satisfied that she was not for gotten. One long, bright curl, cut from her head by his own hand, was all there was left of her to Guy, save the hal lowed memories of her purity and good ness memories which would yet mold the proud, impulsive Guy into the earnest, consistent Christian which Lucy in her life had desired that lie should be, and which Maddy rejoiced to see him. (The Knd.) Held In Hfserv. Peppery Colonel fat the club card tal,le) OkmI heavens, sir! Haven't you pot a black suit? Irrepressible Sub Yes, sir; but 1'rt saving it for your funeral. Londol Punch. A Dead One. "Apparently," said Stibbubs, "the 7:34 is late this morning." "Worse than that," replied the sta tlon agent. "I'm afraid it's the 'late lamented 7:..' There's been a wreclf up the road." Philadelphia Press. He Knew. "Say. pnw." queried little Tommy Toddles, "what is the bonr of eontes tion?" "The Jawbone, my son," answered the. old man, with a side glance at bis wife, Ills Literary lent. The Maid Young Sprlggs, the poet, Is awfully round shouldered, isn't be? The Man les; thats bis literary bent It is estimated that there are 2,500 000 dogs In Great Britain. Putting I'D Silage. tMany people make the mistake of cutting com too green for sllnge, wmes ur- u' ""nga in American ' Agriculturist. At this stage there is a larger percentnge of water, and the Silage when taken out has a large amount of acid, less starch and sugar and hence is. less nutritious. Corn planted in drills with stalks eight to ten Indies apart will mature a good proportion of ears. Harvesting should not begin until the ears are passing the roasting stage and begin to glaze. JUnless the season is exceptionally dry the stalks and leaves will remain green, but too ma ture or dry corn Is more liable to mold. This may be found In spots Around the sides or more generally over the silowherever the air has gain ed access to cause the fungous growth, This condition may be improved by tramping the material carefully In the silo, adding water by sprinkling with a hose, or if this Is not avalable dl rect a stream of water Into the blower or elevator sufficient to saturate the cut fodder. This moisture assists the material to settle and acts as a seal to keep out the air. There should be labor and teams enough to keep the cutter running steadily. Nothing is gained by cutting a large amount of corn beforehand, hauling and piling near the machine to be handled over again. Aim to har vest at the least expense a ton. This will be accomplished as follows: If band cutting Is practiced, cut and hand directly to the man loading, not throw ing on the ground In bundles, which will require an extra handling. Let each load come to the table of the ma chine In turn, handling the corn direct ly to the feeder. If the corn is long and heavy an extra man is needed on the table to assist. Tower should be ample and In pro portion to the size of the cutter. The blower is replacing the elevator ma chine, economizing space and largely doing away with the stopping of an entire crew to repair the elevator. If the corn is heavy and the stalk larg cutting in half Inch to one Inch pieces will have the tendency to partially shred the stalk, and there will be no butts refused by tie animals. Teh material in the silo should be kept level and well trampled, especial- J ly around the sides of the silo, and It pays to have sufficient help for this work. Where considerable silage is put up it pays to have a corn harvest- FILLING THE BIL0. er and binder, which economizes hand labor. The accompanyin- illustration shows part of the outfit used at the New Jersey experiment station In fill ing the silo. for fall and winter feed. The source of power . for running the utter and blower Is a gasoline engine. Avoiding Wa(u. The first great lesson to be learned is to avoid waste. Waste has been the curse of agriculture. Why pay taxes on land that Is not farmed? Why only half cultivate the fields and so waste both land and labor Why waste time and capital In raising Inferior animals? Why waste money In buying what should be raised on the farm? Why waste energy in trying to do more than any one man can do right? On many farms there is waste in a thousand ways, ana no wonder tnat to some "farming does not pay." The small details must be looked after, and no farm should be larger than what can be properly attended to. Bet Grafting Wax. The following Is claimed to be the best grafting wax, by an old orchard 1st who says be has tried a great many: To four pounds of rosin and one of beeswax add one pint of linseed oil ; put In an Iron pot, heat slowly nd mix ; pour Into cold water and pull nntil it assumes a light color. Work 'nto sticks, and put into a cool place intll wanted. Some prefer linseed oil 10 animal fat for grafting wax. Manure for the Garden. Let the barnyard manure for the gar den be well rotted if it Is desired to cul- tlvate lt into the soil early In the Epring; but If coarse, green manure nas to be used, scatter broadcast during toe winter, and rake up or mulch part of it before plants are set in spring. Of course, this applies to ground that has plowed the past falL Dran tot Poultry, "Ilrnn is nn excellent food for poul try in all stages of growth us well as for laying hens. One groat point In Its favor is its cheapness. It contains a larger proportion of lime than any other food at' the price, and lime Is essential to growth of bone, muscles t.nd feathers, us well as the formation of shells for eggs. Lime which Is found in food for some, reason is much more eoslly assimilated than In the form of oyster shell and the like. Wheat Is a most excellent poultry food, but the high price prohibits many from using It freely. Bran and clo ver used in connection with oats will produce as good results. Clover and alfalfa are rich In lime and should be had at all times In the green state when possible and In the form of well cured hay the rest of the year. Cut alfalfa and bran may be fed In the form of a mash. Skim milk Is an ideal thing' to moisten it with. Fowls, how ever, will consume Quantities of bran dry fed from a self-feeder and they eat alfalfa or clover hay freely from the stack or manger. "Bran may be used mixed with the cut grain n the self-feeder and per haps this is the most convenient form of all In which to use It. "Some of the most valuable food properties contained in the wheat are left In the bran and its food value for poultry Is not fully appreciated by many poultry raisers or we would see more of them using it in the ration. If you feed bran, clover and alfalfa you need on oyster shell ond very little cut bone or lean meat. In fact a flock will get on and yield lots of eggs wlth ou any attempt to furnish meat If the bran and alfalfa is fed." Poultry Topics. Overshoe (or Horses. Horses undoubtedly require an over shoe when the ground Is snowy and coated with ice as much so as the average human be ing. Drivers, al though anxious to protect horses from injury by falling, have been unable to procure practl- cal and satlsfae- tory overshoes. Those made of rub b e r prevent the horse from slip- STRAPS OTX HOOF. ping, but they wear out so quickly their cost Is prohibitive. In the illustration is shown one which seems well fitted to serve the purpose, Invented by a Massachusetts man. It Is made along similar lines to the "grlpper" chain pluced on automobile IS52 Laval university at Quebec open ties. The tread Is formed of a num- ed. her of metallic links. When the over- shoe Is adjusted on the foot the links intervene between the hoof and the ground, affording a firm grip. This overshoe need not necessarily be worn on the horse all the time, but in case of sudden freeze can be quickly ad- Justed In position and removed when desired. Result At Corn Breeding;. From numerous experiments made in Wisconsin there has been developed strain of white dent corn which grows on a very short, thick-set stalk, and which matures a good-sized ear, and the ears run remarkably uniform. The growth centers In the ear rather uiim in producing a uig siai at me expense of a small ear. After four years of careful, persistent work, there ore numerous corn fields In Southern , and Central Wisconsin which vfill j yield 00 to 80 bushels per acre, and iw uusiieis nave neen reporreu several times. tich results coming from a State which a few years ago was con sidered out of the corn belt demon- strate what corn breeding will accom- pllsh when curried on along sensible il lies. Clover and Fodder. Clover and corn furnish a foddei ration that can not easily be Improved nnon for dalrv cows. Two factors should be taken Into account when de- , , . . - , . . termlning the amount of grain to feed. . ., ... ,7 . . One is the extent to which clover or alfalfa Is fed, and the second Is the raoh in the year 341 r. C. It also con production of the cow. The rule with firms the statement of the Greek histo.-lan some Is to feed one pound of grain for Diodorus, of the first century B. C, say- every three pounds of milk produced, When clover or alfalfa form a large part of the ration It would seem rea- that they formerly dictated terms in mar sonahle to surmose that a less minnrltv riage. Since Diodorus no evidence had of grain would suffice than the amounts named. Cheap Pertllllnar. sma nr tha iit f,irma in tho r.. have been brought to the highest de- bw,.n in western IVmisylvania. gree of fertility by the use of clover,11 .-Pootic lymphangms and the Mate , , . . veterinary department is taking every pos- lime and manure. The farmers who gible mpan t0 8tnuin out thp ,lisi.asp he, have . accomplished such results have fore it hnH rniISP(j Rrpat loss to horse aimed to save every pound of manure, owners throughout the State, and also to preserve It in the best ; This disease has been known for a long manner. Lime Is used extensively by time in India, China, Japan and the those who know that lime is an essen- Philippine Islands, and more recently in tlal ingredient of plants, and also be- South Africa. From South Africa it was cause it Is excellent for increasing the ""Tied, after the Boer war. to England clover crop. Clover enriches the land by promoting the supply of nitrogen in the soil, hence lime and clover make an excellent combination. I About 40 horses deemed incurable have been destroyed. The others are in quar The frame of this wire-winding ma- Bn,ine. The disease is a dangerous one chine is constructed of 2x4 lumber, f anj hard to combat. feet by 2 feet 5 Inches. Standards for W ACII1JIE TO WI.-VD WIRE. holding shaft, 2 feet 10 Inches. Shaft atiDg 1 197.385,225 of indebtedness de for holding wire spool, 3 feet 5 Inches futtd. as compared with 10.02 failures long with crank. For wheels, iwUl- c- wheels will do. WEEKLY ! 1253 The Alhambra, a famous Moorish palace near Granada, founded by Mohammed I. 1051 First school opened in New Eng land for instruction of Indian chil dren. 1 1731 -First issue of the South Carolina I Gazette at Charleston, i 1750 George Washington married to j Martha Custis. 1703 Stamp act passed the British Par liament. 1773 First provincial assembly of South Carolina met at Charleston. 1777 Elizabethtown, N. J., evacuated by the British. 1779 Lafayette sailed from Boston to aid France in her war with Eng land. 1781 French attack on Jersey. 1789 First national election held in tha United States. 1791 Vermont adopted the Constitution. 1793 First balloon ascension in Amer ica made by Francois ltlanchard. 1800 Cape of Good Hope taken by the English. .. .Public funeral in Lon don to Lord Nelson. 1809 Congress urged drastic measures to enforce embargo act. 1S11 New Orleans militia called out to suppress negro insurrection. 1815 British defeated at battle of New Orleans. 1810 Safety lamp, invented by Sir Humphrey Davy, first used in coal mine. 1820 Large part of Savannah, Ga de stroyed by fire. 1840 Henry D. Gilpin of Pennsylvania became Attorney General of United States. 1848 Insurrection at Messina. 1853 The Victoria nugget, weiching 23 pounds, sent by Australia as a pres ent to Queen Victoria. 1801 Jefferson Davis of Mississippi spoke in justification of secession... Mississippi seceded from the Union. 1803 The Alabama sank the United States steamer Ilatteras. 1807 Movement to impeach President Johnson began in the House. 1S70 Postcards first introduced into England. 1872 Congress arranged to issue 1 cent postal cards. 1874 Statue of the prince consort un veiled in London by the Prince of Wales. 1S83Unit(l(, StatPS Spnntft pnssed a presidential succession bill. ,KSo M .. , . . sno 8to..m in the vorthwest. 1891,nr,rnntional monotary conference met at Washington 1803Lnst spike (lrivpn in (;ront Xo)(n. erQ extPnsion to tl)e Pacific coast. Woman First In Kifypt. An Egyptian papyrus over L'.tXtO yearv 0ld, which has been brought to the Toledo (Ohio) Museum of Art with other an tiquities, is found to be of exceptional im portance, as it establishes the date of the reign of a Pharaoh hitherto unknown and throws light on the condition of woman in the fourth century, B. C. The name 01 me writer wno signs mm papyrus is found .n another documenut in Strnsburg university, which iieuis u uriiuiie wine, !, , , ... . consequently his reference to the Pharaoh k-nliahllllHhl. nlnf.PS thp rpllfn of thB, i.hn. ing that women were more important in the social scale of Egypt than men and heen found substantiating his statement, New Disease of Horses. A new and destructive disease of horse new, thnt is, to this continent has - ;- " Agriculture has been combating it active ly for several years. When or by what agency it reached Pennsylvania has not been discovered. neoes of Paroling; D071, The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children at New York re ports that 89 per cent of the 1.497 boys and girls accused of various offenses and paroled during 1907 Lave mended their vays. Tbe Failures of ll7. Dun's Agency reports a total of 11,723 I failure diirinir l'MY7 tr,A- 0 the preceding year and $ 1 19,201,515 liabilities.