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( 1 The Firm of 4 Girolestone ! ip - 4 f 4 -f 4 4 B Y A. CON AN DOYLE 4 4 TTTTT-rTl'-r,rTTTtWr t CHAPTER I. Th approach to the otiuvs of Girdle tone & Co. no: a very t.m.Sed one A narrow doorway opens into a Ion white-washed passage. On C'e sKle oi this is bra-s plate with the inription. "Girdlestone Co.. African Merchants." and above it a curious hioro.'iyphx' sup posed to represent a h-.im.m 'iaad in the not of pointing. Following the g-.iid.mov of this emblem, the wayfarer tiisls hiir se!f in a small square yarl '.irr .HindeJ by doors. u;xn one of which rhe name of the firm rea;;vars in lar;-1 white let ters, with the word "push" pr.nred be neath it. If he fo'.Iosvs this 1 iconic invi tation he will make his way iuro a Ions, low npartnieut. which is the couutin.' hot;? of tie African traders. On the afternoon of which we speak thiiiss were quiet at the offi.,s. Misty I-ondon light shone hazily through th" glazed windows and cast dark shadows in the corners. On a high perch in the background a weary-faced, elderly man. with muttering lips and tappii: fingers, cast up endless lines of figures. Beneath him, in front of two long shining mahog any desks, naif a score of young men ai peared to be riding furiously, neck and neck, in the race of life. Any habitue of a London office might have deduced from their relentless energy and incorruptible diligence that they were under the eyes f some member of the firm. The member in question leaned again-t the marble mantelpiece, turning over the pages of an almanac, and taking from time to time a stealthy peep over the top of it at the toilers around him. Com mand was imprinted iu every line of his strong, square-set face and erect, pow erful frame. There was something class ical in the regular .!ive-tinred features and black, crisp, curling hair fitting tight ly to the well-rounded head. Vet, though classical, there was an absence of spirit uality. It was rather the profile of one of those Roman emperors, splendid in its animal strength, but lacking those subt'e softnesses of eye and mouth which speak of an inner life. Such ,wa3 Ezra, tat only child of John Girdlestone, and the heir to the whole of his vast business. The junior partner was sik-nt, and th" clerks were working uneasily. Their fears were terminated by the sharp sound of a table-gong and the appearance of a boy with the announcement that Mr. Girdlestone would like a moment's conver sation with Mr. Ezra. The sanctum of Mr. John Girdlestone was approached by two doors, one of oai with groundless panels, and the other covered with green baize. The room itself wa9 small, but lofty, and the walls wen ornamented by numerous sections of ships tuck upon long fiat boards, very much as the remains of fossil fish are exhibited in museums. There were also several pho tographs of the various vessels belonging to the firm, together with maps, char's and lists of sailings innurnerab'e. Abov the fireplace was a large water-color painting of the barque Belinda as she appeared when on a reef to the north of Cape I'almas. An inscription beneatn this work of art announced that it had been painted by the second officer an J presented by bin to the head of the firm. It was generally rumored that the mer chants had lost heavily over this disas ter, and there were some who quoted it as an instance of Girdles-tone's habitual strength of mind that he' shoald decorate bis wall with so melancholy a souvenir. John Girdlestone, as he : at at h s square office table waiting for his son, was undeniably a reinarkanle looking man. For good or for evil no weak character lay beneath that hard angular face, with the strongly marked features and deep-set eyes. He was known to be a fanatic in r ligiou, a purist in morals, and a man of the strictest commercial integrity. Yet there were some few who looked askance at him, and none, save one, who could ap ply the word friend to him. He rose and stood with his back to the fire as his son entered. He was so tall that he towered above the younger matt, but the lattw'a square and compact frame made him, apart from the difference of age, the stronger man. "There's news of the Black Eagle." h said. "She is reported from Madeira." "Ah '." cried the junior partner eagerly. "What luck?" "She is full, or nearly so. according to Captain Hamilton Miggs reyort. "I wonder Miggs was able to send a report at all, and I wonder still more that you should put any faith in it," his son said impatiently. "Tbs fellow is flever sober." "Miggs is a good seaman, and popular on the coast. He may indulge at tim but we all have our failings. Here is the list vouched for by our agent. 'Six hun dred lrrrels of palm oil' " "Oil is down to-day," the ocher inter rupted. "It will rise before the Rlack Eagle arrives." the merchant rejoined confident ly. "Then be has palm nuts in bulk, gum ebony, kins, cochineal, and ivory. Ivory Is at a fancy figure. We are sorely in need of a few good voyages, for things have been very slack of late. It is not upon this matter that I wanted to speak to you," Girdlestone continued. "It ba. bowever. always been my practice to pre fer matters of business to private affairs, however pressing. John Harston is snid to be dying, snd be bas sent a message to ine saying that he wishes to see me. It Is inconvenient for me to l"ave the office j;:st now, but I feel thnt it is my t'hr.stUu duty to obey such a summon. I wish jou. therefore, to look after things until I return." "I can hardly believe that toe news is trut," Esra said, in astonishment. "Tfcsrc must be some mistake. Why, 1 spoke to him on 'Change last Monday." "It is very sudden," his father an swered, taking his broad-brimmed hat from a peg. "There is no doubt about the fact, however.'" The doctor says that there is very little hope that he will sur vive until evening. It is a case of malig na nt typhoid fever." "You are very old friends?" Ezra re marked, looking thoughtfully at his fath er. "I have known him since we were boys together," the other replied, 'lour moth er, Ezra, died upon the very day that Harst on's wife gave birth to this daugh ter of his seventeen years ago. Mrs. Harston only survived a few days." "How will the money go if the doctors are right?" Ezra asked keeuly. "Every penny to the girl,'' the mer chant answered. "She will be an heiress. There are no other relatives that I know of, except the Dinisdales, and they have a fair fortune of their own. But I must S." The African merchant hailed a hanson and drove out to his friend's house at Fulham. He and Harston had been char ity school boys together, had roughed it together, risen together, and prospered together. Harston, by Incessant attention to business and extreme parsimony, had succeeded in founding an export trading concern. In this he had followed the ex ample of his friend. There was no fear of rheir interests ever coming into col lision, as his operations were confined to the Mediterranean. The firm grew and prospered, until Harston began to be look ed upon as a warm man in the City cir cles. His only child was Kate, a girl of seventeen. There were no other near relatives, save Dr. Dimsdale, a prosper ous West End physician. , . Girdlestone pushed open the iron gate and strode down the gravel walk which led to his friend's house. A bright sum mer sun shining out of a cloudless heaven bathed the green lawn and the mauy-col-ored flower beds in its golden light. The atr, the leaves, the birds, all spoke of life. It was hard to think that death was closing its grip upon him who owned them all. A plump little gentleman in black was just descending the steps. "Well, doctor," the merchant asked, "how is your patient?" "You've not come with the Intention of seeing him, have you?" the doctor asked, glancing up with some curiosity at tho grey face and overhanging eyebrows of the merchant. "It is a most virulent case of typhoid. : He may die in an hour or he may live until nightfall, but nothin? can save him. He will hardly recogniza you. I fear, and you can do him no good. It is most infectious, and yon are incur ring a needless danger. I should strong ly recommend you not to go." "Why, you've only just come down from him ypurself, doctor," John Girdle stone remarked. "Ah, I'm there in the way of duty." "So am I," said the visitor decisive'y. and passing up the stone stepa of the en trance strode into the hall. There was a large sitting room upon the ground floor, through the open door of which the v:s itor saw a sight which arrested him for a moment. A young girl was s'tting in a recess near the window, with her little, supple figure bent forward, and her hands clasped at the back of her head, while the elbows rested upon a small table in front of her. Her superb Lrown hair fell in a thick wave on either side ov?r her white round arms. The doctor had just broken his sad tidings to her, and she was still in the first paroxysm of her grief a grief too acute, as was evident even to the unsentimental mind of tLe merchant, to allow of any attempt at con solation. The merchant paused irreso lutely for a moment, and then ascending the broad staircase he pushed open the door of Ilarston's room and entered. The blinds were drawn down and the chamber was very dark. A pungent whiff of disinfectants issued from it, mingled with the dank, heavy smell of disease. The bed was in a far corner. Without seeing him. Girdlestone could bear the fast labored breathing of the invalid. A trimly dressed nurse who had been sitting by the bedside rose, and, recognizing the visitor, whispered- a few words to him and left the room. He pulled tie cord of the Venetian blind so as to adm't a few rays of daylight. ' The great chamber looked dreary and bare, as carpets and hangings had been removed to lessen thu chance of future infection. John Girdle stone stepped softly across to the bedside, and sat down by his dying friend. Th latter turned his restless head round, and a gleam of recognition and gratitude canie into his eyes. "I knew you would come," he said. "Yes, I came the moment 1 fc'ot your meawage." "I am glad that you are here," the sufferer continued with a sign of relief. "I wish to speak to you. I am very weak. I have been making my will, John. Stoop your head and you w;ll hear me better. I have less than fifty thousand. I should have done better bad I retired years ago." "I told you so," the other broke iu gruffly. "You did you did. But I teted for the best. Forty thousand I leave to my daughterKate." A look of interest came over Girdk stone's face. "How about tha balance?" he asked. "I leave that to be equally divided among the various London institution for educating the poor. We were both poor boys ourselves. John, and we know the value of such schools." Girdlestone looked perhaps a trifle dis appointed. The sick man went on very slowly and painfully: "My daughter will have forty thousand pounds. But it is so tied up that she can neither touch it herself nor enable anyone else to do so until she is of age She has no friends, John, and no rela tions, save only my cousin. Dr. George Dimsdale. Never was a girl 'eft more lonely and unprotected. Take her, I beg of you, and bring her np unJer yot;r own eye. Treat her as thotign she we--1 your child. Guard her above all from those who would wreck her young life n order to share her fortune. Do this, old friend, and make me happy on my death bed." The merchant made no answer. H's heavy eyebrows were drawn down, and bis forehead all puckered with thought. "You are the one man," continued the sufferer, "whom I know to be Just and up right Give me the water, for mymouth la dry. Should my dear girl perish bo fore she marries, then, old friend, her for -tuae reverta to you, for there is Joe vbo will use it so well. Those are tho terms of the will. But you will guard her and care for her, as I would myself. She Is n tender plant, John, too weak to grow alone. Promise me that you will do right by her promise it?" "I do promise it," John G'rdlestone an swered in a deep voice. He was standing up now, and leaning over to catch the words of the dying man. The sick man's head fell back exhaust ed upon his pillow. "Thank heaven." he muttered, "now I can die in peace." "Turn your mind away from the vani ties and dross of this world," John Girdle stone said sternly, "and fix It upon that which is eternal, and qan never die." "Are you going?" the lu valid asked sadly, for he had taken up his and stick. "Yes, I must go! I have an appoint ment in the city at six, which I must not miss. I shall send up the nurse as I gJ down," Girdlestone said. "Good-bye!" "Good-by ! Heaven bliss you, John." The firm, strong hand of the hale man enclosed for a moment the feeble burning one of the sufferer. Then John Girdle stone plodded heavily down th- stair, an', these friends of forty years' standing had said their last adieu. 1 The African merchant kept ha appoint ment in the city, but long bef iie he reach ed it John Harston had goue also to keep that last terrible appointment of which the messenger is death. CII AFTER II. "Come In." said Mr. Girdlestone. "Why, captain, I am glad to see you back safe and well." "Glad to see ye, sir glad to see ye." The voice was thick and husky, ana there was an indecision about his gait as though he had been drinking heavily. "I came in sort o' cautious," the owner con tinued, " 'cause I didn't know who might be about. When you and me speaks to gether we likes to speak alone, jou bet" The merchant raised his bushy eye brows a little, as though he aid not relish the idea of mutual confidences suggested by his companion's remark. "Hadn't you better take a seat?" he said. "I must congratulate you on your cargo, and wish you the same luck for your aext voyage." the merchant continued. "Ivory, an' gold dust, an' skins, an' resin, an' cochineal, an' gums, an' ebony, an' rice, an' tobacco, an' fruits, an' nuts in bulk. If there's a better cargo about I'd like to see it," the sailor said defi antly. "Say, now, weren't you surprised to see us come back eh? Straight now, between man and man?" "The old ship hangs together well, and has lots of work in her yet," the mer chant answered. "Lots of work! I thought she was gone in the bay ! We'd a dirty night with a gale from the west-sou'west, an' had been goin' by dead reckonin' for three days, so we weren't over and above Bute o ourselves. She wasn't much of a sea going craft when we left England, but the sun had fried all the pitch out o' her seams, and you might ha' put your fin ger through some of them. Two days an' a night we were at the pumps, for she leaked like a sieve. We lost the fore topsail, blown clean out o' the ringbolts. I never thought to see Lunnoa again." "If she could weather a gale l'k thai she could make another voyage." "She could start on another," the sailor said gloomily, "but as like as not shed never see the end o't." "Come, come, you're not quite yourself this morning. Miggs. We value you us a dashing, fearless fellow let me fill your glass again who doesn't fear a little risk where there's something to be gained. You'll lose your good name .f you go on like that." "She's in a terrible bad way," the cat tain insisted. "You'll have co do some thing before she can go." "What shall we have to do?" "Dry dock her and give her a thorough overhaul. She might sink before she got out o' the Channel if she went as she i just now." (To be continued.) ' Reflned frnelty of Boy. "For genuine cruelty the average fi-year-old boy has got a Hottentot can nibal licked to a frazzle," said tha proud father of a young hopeful the other day to a Philadelphia Record man. "The latest trick of my kid Is a winner, but was sort pf rough on the victim, which was our pet cat. About three weeks ago we noticed that pussy suddenly ntopied eating and drinking. All the choice bits of meat and dishes of milk were left untouched. "For several days we explained It by supiiosing that the cat was getting more than the ordinary number of mice and eating them to the exclusion of our offerings, but we soon noticed that she was becoming thin and gaunt and did not seem inclined to move about ami purr as she used to. One day, after two weeks of this, I picked up the now skeleton cat and begau to stroke Its neck. "What do you think I found? A thin J rubber band stretched tightly around the throat, concealed by the long fur. It Just permitted the cat to breathe, but she could not eat. I removed it and now she is getting along all right. When I asked the ly about It he said be Just wanted to see If kitty would strangle. If It had been anything else but a cat it would have been dead in no time." Holda Nothing. "A spendthrift," remarked the home grown philosopher, "Is a good deal like a tub with the bottom knocked out," I "What's the answer?" queried the very young man. j "He takes all that comes, but is able to hold nothing," explained the philoso- J phy disjeiiser. He Took (he Blame. Muggins Behold in me a self-made man. Digglns I congratulate you because of your charitableness. Muggins I beg pardon? Digglns You are certainly charlta ble in taking the blame on yourself. "Sot In Stock. Customer (In book store) Hart yof the Century Magazine? Nw Clerk No, sir; we ha.r not log but monthly max a line- Stamp Palling Device. nere is a sketch of a device which will do good work In the way of re moving stumps. It can be operated by n innu anil a boy if stumps do not exceed 'six or eight Inches in diameter. For larger stumps two men find a boy may be employed. The boy can change the hook at each swing of the pole. In the Illustration two short chains (No. 1 and 2) are shown attached to the pole. These are each four feet long with a common grab hook on one end and a round hook or ring at the other end. The longer chains are fixed to the stumps, one of them reaching to the pole, the other to the grab hooks. The pole requires to be 15 or 16 feet DEVICE FOB PUU.INO STUMPS. long and 5 or 6 Inches In diameter at the butt. To operate, put chain No. 4 on the biggest stump and have the other end fixed to the pole about 18 or 20 inches from the end. Take chain No. 1 and place it 6 inches nearer the end and chain No. 2 six inches on the other side. Now place chain No. 3 on the stump that is to be pulled and swing the pole as far as possible; at tach the grab hook from No. 1 to No. 3 chain; swing the le'ver (pole) until No. 2 chain can be attached to No. 3. Keep swinging back and forth, chang ing hoops at every swing until stump Is up. For heavier stumping a horse rig on a similar principle may be used, only the chain requires to be heavier and stronger. Make the hooks on No. 1 and 2 with just turn enough to hold in the link of No. 3. Protecting Fowls on Rooata. Naturally the fowls catch cold more readily at night when on the roost than during the day, when they are moving around freely so that protec tion should always be given them If there Is danger in this respect or If the nights are very cold and It is desired to keep all the heat possible among the birds. Flace the roosts so that the backs will rest against the wall of the poultry house, then, on the roof of the building a few Inches farther from the wall than the lower roost, erect a II 5 1 3? PBOTKCTION FOB FOWLS. frame to which a curtain can be at tached made of any desired material, unbleached muslin, burlap and old carpet being good materials, so that when It is let down It will fall to the ground directly in front ojf the lower .roost. By the' use ofa strap and a hook at either end a simple plan Is had of fastening the curtain ln'plhce when it is not in use. The dotted line In the illustration shows where the cur tain will fall when dropped nnd the entire plan is easily seen from the cut and can be readily worked out at small Hist. Plowing Mannre Vnder. When coarse stable manure Is plow ed under and there Is moisture enough In the soil and manure to cause its fermentation, It Immediately begins to furnish food for crops. It does this all the better in early spring, as the manure under the furrow holds it up and admits warm air from above, which Is Just what Is required to catye active fermentation. The release of ammonia as the manure ferments en riches all the soil above it, as the con stant tendency to warm air is to rise. Hence there Is gooil reason for apply ing manure as top dressing during the winter on land that is to be plowed or hoed for crops lu the Bprlng. Amount of Seed Reqolred Per Acre. The amount of seeds required to an acre is estimated as follows: Oats, 3 bushels; barley, 2 bushels; timothy, 0 quarts ; tobacco, 2 ounces ; bluograss, 2 bushels; red clover, 8 quarts; red top, 1 to 2 pecks ; millet, one-qnarter bushel ; orchard grass, 2 quarts ; white clover, 4 quarts; buckwheat, one-half bushel; corn, broadcast, 4 bushels ; potatoes, 10 to 15 bushels; ruta-bagas, three-fourths pound; mixed lawn grass, one-half buBhel; corn, in hills, 4 to 8 quarts; corn. In drills, 2 to 3 bushels; rye, 1 to 2 bushels; wheat, 1 to 2 bushel Improving; Corn. Realizing that the improvement of corn Is a matter of concern to every agricultural practloner, because of the wide adaptability and general cultiva tion of the cereal, the Virginia Agricul tural Experiment Station has publish ed in a bulletin of nearly 100. pages the results of experiments In that field. In a general Introduction the bulletin says : "Investigations show very clearly that the corn plant is quickly affected by the environment in which it is placed and yields readily to selection, so that the way for Improvement Is open to all who will make a systematic study of this important crop. The fact that corn crosses so easily has resulted in the development of numberless so called varieties or strains, and It Is manlfestely Impossible to effect perma nent Improvement In any of these with out first understanding their individual peculiarities and the good and bad points possessed by each. "Observation leans to the belief that the indiscriminate crossing of plants without first studying them carefully and eliminating the hundreds of unde sirable varieties and the thousands of , useless Individuals is a- waste of time, I and that more permanent good can be ! effected by making a basic study of va-1 rletles, rejecting all those that do not , reach a definite standard, and then pro- j ceedlng to systematically Improve those that seem worthy of extended consideration." The Red Spider, In dealing with that troublesome Ht tie pest, the red spider, a really suc cessful remedy is found In some of the liquid tobacco or nicotine extracts, now fairly numerous on the market. They may be Used either by vaporiza tion overheat, directly with steam pressure, or by spraying cold dilutions In water. They are rather costly and must be handled with care, as they are particularly deadly Internal poison to humans as well as animals, but are effective when used according to direc tions and 'little harmful to even the most delicate plants, states Rural New Yorker. This remedy Is of course ef fective on less resistant Insects, such as aphlds, thrlps and scales. It does not promise much as regards white fly or outdoor scales, but we have good remedies for these pests in hydrocyanic gas and soluble oils. Hawka and Poultry. A writer In the Scientific America), declares that he effectually put an end to the depredation of hawks in his poultry yard by fastening an old scythe, ground to a razor edge, with the sharp end down, on a high pole set In the edge of ft field near his yards. The hawks, as is their habit, lit on the scythe, grasping It with their claws, with the result that their feet were badly cut. This angered them and they attacked the scythe, literally tooth and toenail, and of course got the worst of it Every hawk that came along met with a like reception, and within a short time they were either killed or driven away. Molasses Cake for Cattle. The molasses cake used in France as food for cattle consists In the boiling of molasses and working It briskly with mixture of corn flour nnd bran, when it Is pressed Into the ordinary form of a cake and packed In bags for sale. The proportions used are one-third molasses, one-third flour, one-third bran. The suburban dairymen claimed that In the use of this molasses cake there are ex tra yield of milk and an Increase In proportion of butter fat. The proper quantity in feeding should be G to 10 pounds dally, which is not Intended as rt Basis of food, but as a condiment, and to assist digestion. Gain In Fertlllslna; the Soil. The soil is the farmer's capital, and... vn Buelow. to meet the de- he can only keep that capital uuimpalr- j man(1 wifh con8ijerati0n, culminated last ed by adding fertility to it. As the gunjay jn a tremendous demonstration fertility decreases, his capital decreases Rt iiPrlin, where more than 70.000 So and becomes Impaired. Plants and anl-1 cialists and their friends attempted to mals are his stock in trade by having i.t .i.ifo oiwi milninlu Ho enn only beat the other fellow In the com petition of trade by having a better stock in trade and something that peo ple want nnd are willing to pay a good pi Ice for, because it is a good article. The more fertile his soil, the cheaper , influence the government a bit. Sternest he can produce the articles which the measures were taken to preserve ordr on people want Sunday, large bodies of police and sol- diers being stationed about the city. In Still for Denatured Alcohol. most cases the parades were broken up. The French use small stills for tht. the police charging with swords and the manufacture of perfumes and brandies people resisting with clubs and stones, and an article In Popular Mechanics so that many on both sides were injured. ,t , I Thousands of women joined in the demon describing the stills, suggests their r marching and sinffinff wjth for the manufacture of denatured alco-! mpn Rp80,,)tions for the suffrage and hoi on a small scale. Some of these thfi BW,ret ballot were passed by all the distilling outfits cost only $20; some are meetings. The movement extends through- portable (hand-pushed or horse-drawn), and various fuels are used In the sev eral styles of machines. Deep Plowing. The air penetrates as deep as we plow. The deeier jke plow tne more . with violating the old Sunday closing plant food is prepared by the action of law, many of those indicted being non oi. anA mnm mnUtnro la rarrlvl In resident actors, who will have to return the soil to withstand droughts. Deep fall plowing then is" a great aid In breaking up the compounds of the soil. in preparing plant food, In storing niols- ture and in warming the soil for early Dlaatlof. THE WEEKLY r Iff 151G Martin Luther preached his fare well sermon at Wittenberg. 1G30 -Civil government organized in Connecticut with ) the adoption of what is said to be the first written constitution known to history. 10(50 Louis XIV. of France declared war on England. 1700 Lemoine d'Iberville took possession of the Mississippi in the name of France. 1712 Robert Walpole expelled from the House of Commons and committed to the Tower. 1731 First colonial assembly of Georgia met. 170t Pitt advocated in Parliament the repeal of the stamp act. 1777 Vermont declared itself a free and independent State. J778 France recognized independence of the United States. 1781 Americans defeated the British at battle of Cowpens. 1781 American Congress rati6ed the treaty with Great Britain. 1789 Charles IV. proclaimed King of Spain. 1797 Weekly mail service established between the United States aud Can ada. 1805 Michigan territory formed from a part of Indiana. 1809 English defeated the French at battle of Corunna. 1810 Masked balls prohibited in New Y'ork and Philadelphia. 1S13 Americans repulsed the British at Frenchtown, on Lake Erie.... John Armstrong of New York became Sec retary of War. 1814 Thanksgiving in Great Britain for successes over Bonaparte. . .Bayonne invested by the British. 1810 The French standards taken at Waterloo deposited in the Chapel Royal, Whitehall. 1S20 Phurtpore taken by the British under Lord Combermere. 1840 Steamboat Lexington burned on Long Island sound, with loss of 141 lives. 1847 Gov. Bent of New Mexico killed in an uprising of Mexicans. 1852 New constitution published by Louis Napoleon of France. 18."4 William Walker, the filibuster, proclaimed the republic of Sonora in lower California. 1801 Lola Montez, adventuress who caused abdication of Louis Charles of Bavaria, died in poverty in New York. IS71 United States Supreme Court de clared the legal tender act of 1802 constitutional. .. .King William of Prussia proclaimed German Emperor. 1S7j President Grant approved the act for resuming Rpecie payments. IS75 Steamer City of Columbus wrecked off Gay Head, with loss of 97 lives ....New State capitol at Des Moines, dedicated. 188o British force defeated tho troops of the Mahdi at battle of Abu Klea. 1891 Parnell presided over meetiiig of Irish National League in Dublin. 1S90 Capture of Coomassies and end of the Ashanti war. 1903 Several thousand lives lost in earthquake at Andijan, Russian Tur key. 1905 Japanese entered Tbrt Arthur. .. . Fifty-nine lives lost in avalanche at Bergen, Norway. Proaslan SnfTmsre Tprlalna;. The desire for manhood suffrage in ' parade the principal streets and to hold ' nnh n mpetinirs. it or io tnis a pro ' nubile meetings. J nor 10 mis a cession before the Parliament building had been dispersed by the police with great violence after the Landtag had voted down the suffrage proposition with out division. on Buelow had told the Ijndtag that parades and riots would not out Prussia Numerous Theater Indictments. The grand jury at Kansas City, MoN I 0a8 returned 109 indictments against per. nons engaged in theatrical work, charged for trial or forfeit bonds. Each manager ! J.'aaJ bbs rro rt v t i rrtm a m Km ttl - tn the prepedin)C Sunday, on the theory lhat the employer violates the law as I muc)i by forcing his employes to work as 'does the employe by consenting to work. SDRHH I i t