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The Great Tontine by HAWLEY SMART Author of "Brokon Bond," "Bound to Win, tu. CHAPTER VII. "I Rhall be glad to see Jack Philli tnore," said Mrs. Lyme Wregis, as she and her granddaughter sat in the drawing room in Victoria Itoad, awaiting the ad vent of that young sailor. "It is a good tiling for him, of course, to have got a hip, although I suppose that means bid ding him good-by for a very long while." "Yes," replied Beatrice, "that is the worst of it. It is of course very nice that he should get a ship, because I know he wants one ; but, I must say, I don't like losing Jack for so long." "Pooh, child ! Jack has got his way to make in the world, and that is not to be done by dangling about your apron strings." "I don't think Jack minds being bullied and teased by me, grandmamma," replied the girl. "He will prolwbly bring home a wife from the other side of the world." "Jack will never marry," replied the girl quickly. VAh, well, my dear," said the old lady demurely, "no doubt you know best." "You are a wicked old woman," cried the girl, as her cheeks flushed, and she threw her arms round her grandmother's neck and kissed her. "How dare you entrap me like that?" But now the door opened, and Mr. Phillimore made his appearance a good looking young fellow enough, with fair hair, bold blue eyes, and a blonde mus tache. He shook hands cordially with the ladies : and his greetings made, in obedi ence to the announcement that dinner was ready, handed Mrs. Lyme Wregis with gay courtesy to the dining room. "And so, Jack, you are pleased with your appointment," observed Mrs. Lyme Wregis. "I suppose it really is a nice thing for yon." "Great bit of luck," he replied. "I am going, out, yousee, as the Admiral's flag lieutenant." "And so you are to be away three years. Jack," remarked Beatrice. "Yes ; but it is to be spent at a first- rate station." "And you would have no regrets about leaving England for so long?" inquired Beatrice, in somewhat more serious tones. "Well, of course," replied her cousin, "I should be sorry not to see any of you for so long a time; but then, you know, when a man turns sailor he of course ex pects all that sort of thing. Besides, I shall never be more than a few days distant from you. and can always make a dash home if any event of importance is about to take place in the family." "Such as my marriage, you know," replied Beatrice demurely. , "Yes, you may be quite sure I shall be there whenever that takes place," said Jack Phillimore, "even if I am tried for desertion afterwards." to promts to be your wife, and I told yon I could not. Now that you have told mo that you love me I can tell you all. Grandmamma, you nee, is a very clever old woman. There is nothing goes on un der her eyes but what she knows rather more about than the people concerned. I am ashamed to say that she discovered my seerot. Horrible to confess, she' had none of those doubts which so disturbed you. She. seemed also to divine that you would ask this question before you left England, mid she made me promise that 1 would not pledge myself Jo be your wife." "Well," cried Jack, "this is uaaccaunt able. I declare I thought I was rather a favorite with Mrs. Lyme Wregis, and never dreamed that she would have op posed me in this manner." "Y'ou are mistaken again," said Bea trice. "You have no stauncher friend than grandmamma ; but she has a great objection to long engagements." Mrs. Lyme Wregis had not only finish ed her doze, but was preternaturally wide awake as the young couple entered the drawing room. She eyed her niece keenly, and then exclaimed : "Get me my tea, child ; it has been drawing so long that it Is doubtless as strong as the protestations Jack Philli more has been making you down stairs, What has he promised to bring you home from foreign parts?" continued the ole lady, laughing. "Shall I tell you. Mrs. Lyme Wregis? interrupted the young man eagerly. "Yes; what is it to be this time?" "Only a wedding ring." "And. Beatrice," interposed the old lady quickly, "you have not promised to wear it, have you?" "No, grandmamma, dear," replied the girl ; ' "but I have not vowed to say 'No should he offer to put it on for me. "Ah." replied the old lady, with a nod of satisfaction. "Mind you put plenty of cream in my tea, Beatrice." "Oh. but you might not be asked, you know" "Ah, well, Trixie, you know that I should be very unhappy if I thought your wedding could take place without my be ing present." "Well, now," said the old lady. "I sliall leave you young people to have your talk out by yourselves while I take my usual Iiap before tea." "Then you have to leave almost at once. Jack?" said the girl in low tones, while her cousin closed the door behind Mrs. Lyme Wregis. "I leave Waterloo by the mail train to morrow night," he replied ; "and this is the last time that I shall see you, Trixie, till I don't know when. I have got so much to do to-morrow that it will be quite impossible for me to get out here; but I have counted on this evening. I have something to say to you before I leave England, something indeed that I could not leave England without saying. Cannot you guess what it is, Beatrice?" The girl's lips syllabled a scarcely au flible "No," to which the blood that man tied her cheeks gave flat contradiction. "Yes, I think you can. darling," he continued. "If I have never told you in actual words that I love you, it is because I have told you In so many other ways that it was needless. I have loved you for years. I loved you as a child, loved yon as a school girl, and now that you are a woman grown. I want 'you to tell me that you can love me in return. Can you cot tell me that, darling? Can you not promise that, when I come back at the end of three years, you will be my wife?" "No, Jack.' she replied softly, "I can not do that." "Have I been mistaken, Beatrice?" he exclaimed sadly. "Can you not regard me no lunger as a cousin, but as your betrothed husband?" "You must not ask that question, 3ack." "I cannot see that," he rejoined In res olute tones. "The minute I got my ap jwintment I made up my mind to ask you that question before anything, and eurely a man deserves a courteous reply. If it be to say him 'nay.' You may tell roe, Beatrice, that I have already had it, and that it is unfair to press you fur ther; but my whole life ia at stake." "But I do love you," she replied, with flashed cheeks. "Well enough to be my wife, darling?" be whispered, as be stole his arm round her waist. "Yea ; and I waa Just about to tell you ao, only you were so dreadfully impetu ous. And, Jack," she continued, as she yielded to his embrace, "when you be gan to tell m how you loved me it waa so delightful that I could not interrupt you. I suppose I ought to have melted afore," she said half shyly, half saucily, "but can not you understand a girl being so proud of having won such a love that she could not bear to break in upon tier lover's pleadings? "But, Beatrice, dearest, what mad you M cruel to ma at first? Why did you tall ma you could not lova mmV XA. Jack. X did aoC Tea aaked bm CHAPTER VIII. "There!" exclaimed Mary Chichester, as she sprang to her feet, after a half hour passed by the side of a bed of scar let gerauiums. "I have snipped and snip ped until I don't think I have left a bud in that border to break forth and de stroy the harmony of our arrangements,',' and as she slipped off her gardening gloves, and concluded her soliloquy, she became conscious that a well-favored gen tlemanly looking man at the gate was watching her proceedings with apparent interest. Finding himself discovered, the stranger raised his hat, and, opening the eate. came forward with a bow, and said : "This is Miss Caterham's, I believe; and you, I presume, are Miss Chiches ter?" "Certainly," replied the girl, "my aunt, 3yss Caterham, Jives nere, and 1 am Mary Chichester: but you must excuse my saying that I cannot recollect that we have ever met before. Perhaps you wish to see my aunt on business?" "Exactly," replied the stranger. "You are quite right, neither you nor your aunt ever saw me before. Miss Chiches ter; but I have the authority of a very old friend of yours to excuse my intru sion Mr. Carbuckle." "Mr. Carbuckle!" exclaimed Mary. 'Yes, he is a very old friend. Y'ou had better come in and see my aunt. Auntie, you see, is not strong. However, we shall no doubt find her in here, and then Well, I think I must leave you to present yourself!" and so saying, she opened the drawing room door, and, ad vancing towards Miss Caterham. said briefly, "This gentleman wishes to see vou on business." The stranger bowed and he said, "My name is ' Ring wood ; you have doubtless received a note from Mr. Carbuckle, in troducing me, and saying how glad I should be if I could be of any assistance to you." "Any friend of Mr. Carbuckle we shall always be delighted to see; but I certain ly have received no note from him men tioning your name to me. Perhaps it miscarried; but I really don't know, Mr. Ringwood. that I require assistance about anything." "It is very odd." replied Mr. Ring wood, "that Carbuckle should have neg lected to write ; but as it is so: I must ask you to take my own account of things. Carbuckle, as jou know, a very busy man, with more work to do than he knows how rightly to get through what I hope to be myself in days to come, but young barristers at starting have al ways to complain that they have got no work to do. Carbuckle is a very old friend of my family, and he happened to tell me the other evening about the dis appearance of Terence Finnigan. He told me all the facts. Miss Caterham." Instead of thanking him for his volun- teered assistance, or welcoming him as he had imagined a friend of Mr. Car buckle's might expect. Miss Caterham and her niece gazed at him with evident dis may and uncertainty. At length the elder lady seemed to recover her speech- "I must trouble you to go away, sir. I don't know how you became mixed up in affairs of mine, or where you gained your knowledge; but I shall certainly re quire no assistance from you. Ring the bell, Mary, please." "One moment, Mr. Ringwood ; one mo ment, Auntie, dear," exclaimed the girl. "Don't you think it is but justice to tell Mr. Ringwood what he appears in our eyes. It is difficult to conceive what object any one can have In imposing upon us in this matter, and it certainly seems unlikely that Mr. Carbuckle would have, almost simultaneously, sent two gen tlemen to inquire into this business for us ; but it might be so." "Two gentlemen !" exclaimed Mr. Ring wood. "Io I understand you. Miss Chi chester, that some one, claiming to have been sent by Mr. Carbuckle, has called here to inquire about every detail you can remember concerning Terence Finni gan?" "Certainly. A gentleman called upon my aunt two days ago, professing to be exactly what you represent yourself to be now, a friend of Mr. Carbudde's, come to make these very inquiries. My aunt an swered all his questions, and he promised we should bear again from him shortly." "This is Interesting," said Mr. Ring wood quickly. "Of course, Miss Cater ham, yon look upon me as an impostor. I cannot blame you. There undoubtedly is an impostor in the field, and I can most thoroughly understand his object In the imposition." "I do not know what to think," replied Viae Caterhaa nervously. "Mr. Pegnua said Just the same thing, Mr. Carbuckje would never Send two gentlemen about' rhis affair Vithout Jetting one '-know. If ho had only mentioned the name there could be no doubt about which is. the impostor, and even Mr. Ringwood admits that there is one. 1 don't know what to do; but I think tMr. Ringwood had better go away. I don't feel well. I don't know what is the matter with me," fal tered Miss Cat erhani, with nervou twitching about the mouth. " "Take me upstairs, child. You will, excuse me, sir." As she led her. aunt from the room the barrister oened the' door for them, and in passing him the girl said, "Wait a. little, please, Mr. Riiig wood. ' 'I , should like to sec you again beforo you go." Ieft to himself the barrister did what most men similarly situated would have done in his place. He .wandered aimless-, ly about the room, musing ovor the pasti conversation. His brain was of course busy ns to what was t be made of the fact that some one else, was interested in the discovery of Terence, Finnigariv f-'Pe- gram," he muttered; "a somewhat singu lar name. I am glad Miss Chichester' told me to wait, as it is essential mat i should get that name right... It conveys nothing to me, but it very likely wouJd to Carbuckle. Pegram!" and' here ' His eye fell on a card basket. He turned two or three of the top ones carelessly over, and then suddenly exclaimed, "Ah ! here it is; Mr. Robert Pegram. I . have rnt the name risht then; and now,: What the deuce can Pegram want with Terence' Finnigan? Of course his interest in him must be in connection with the !Great Tontine. Pegram is either one of the last shareholders, or acting for one, and ui)on what manner of man Tegrani or his principal, may be, turns the use they will make of Finnigan's discovery." Here his reflections were interrupted by the .uniio r.f the door, and Mary 'once "'n - more entered the room. "Now, Mr. Ringwood," she said. "It is my turn. What made you say so marneu-ly'to-my aunt that you knew all the facts in connection with Terence Finnigan?" "Simply that I understood Carbuckle had placed me in possession of the entire storv." replied the hamster. "I certainly thought that you meant mure than that." said the young lady; "apd now explain to me, please, the rea son of the imposition. "That, Miss Chichester, is exactly wnat I cannot do. My lips are sealed pro fessionally. We lawyers are aequainreu with a good deal that ve are not at lib- ertv to blurt out. I understand it was to be question tor nation, sir. and I really cannot under stand why we are not to be acquainted with the reason of an imposture mat nas hoen -nernetrated upon us. which surely concerns no one so much as ourselves." I can only regret that my tongue is tied. I would tell you wimngiy i mignt ; out i must uu.-.v vm-i.-.. "Of course, if you decline to tell me there is no more to be said about it." she observed; "but if you intend to persist in such reticence, you must excuse my remarking that I do not think your pre fessional assistance will be of much use to us. We are oniy poor women, suo continued witn a smne, ami, ns m , cannot boor not to know what is going on. We like even to be told that there s nothing to tell." "I like that girl," muttered Ringwood to himself as he made his way down the walk. "It must, of course, appear smy affectation to her my refusing to tell her the cause of that imposition. It is very curious that Miss Caterham should never have told her niece the story of the Great Tontine.' From what Carbuckle said, 1 should presume that Miss Chichester will chiefly benefit in the event of this missing Finnigan proving the last survivor. Well, the next thing is to see CartmcKie. ine news that this Pegram is in the field will interest him. and decidedly make the chase more exciting." (To be continued.) Feed 1 iir Discarded Lambs. r Thereare yariqus ways suggested to make a ewe mother" her own lamb or a twin from another ewe that has not eftot.li niilk 'fdr iKtfh. ,vSouje advise whipping the ewe into; subjection, but this Is very cruel and seftipiii satisfactory; When a ewe loses hfrrwn lamb aud it is desired to make; her iQycji another,; it has been recom mended (to skin her own dead lamb and tie, ttiij pelt over , the lamb that Is to be adopted. This plan : is- sometimes satisfactory !f the ewe's sense of smell is not very keen, although it' more often fails, Other' breeders have tried tying a dog near -fey, claiming, that the maternal in stinct. of the ewe will exert itself and it will. own the lamb while trying tq shield; Itf from the! dog. PeVhaiis the most satisfactory metb od whejj a ewe refuses to own her lamb is' to fasten her lu between hur dles. This gives her a chance to eat and at the same time prevents her from turn lug around to butt the lamb. In such a position, however, the ewe will often lie down. This may be prevented b'y passing a light pole through the hur dles, resting it on the lower bars be neath her belly. juie ewe can Lie connned this way throughout the day. and If the Iamb is at all lively he will manage to get enough to eat. The ewe should always be released at night. A day or two of such confinement Is often sufficient to bring an obstinate ewe to reason. Such hurdles can eas ily be made by any farmer, and it Is well to have them on hand for Just ucn emergencies. . Bureau of Entomology. The work carried on by the bureau relates entirely to Injurious insects, and the direct object of this work Is to discover remedial measures and to make them known to the public. The object of the work, therefore. Is of the most practical character, and every ef fort is devoted to the practical end. It has been conservatively estimated that the United States suffers an, annual economic loss from injurious Insects of one kind or another of surely $700,000, 000. This estimate includes the dam age done to agricultural Industries, to live stock and to stored products, to forests and forest products, and to other property, but it does not include the economic loss to communities and to the nation through the lessening of the productive capacity of the popula tion through the prevalence of diseases that are carried by the Insects, such as malaria, typhoid fever, yellow fever, and possibly many others. f-rovwctlna- Orcnarus from Frost Some of the South Texas orange growers have' taken up the study of devices to protect orchards against winter cold. The California plan of burning" oil In pipes laid throughout the: orchard and perforated at inter vtvls of 50 to 100 feet seems most like ly to be favored In South Texas. This rejglon tin's th& oil at its door, and" oil isrmore easily handled than wood nres lb Is a certainty that South Texas or ange orchards ought to be given this protection, especially after the plant ing of other and more delicate varie ties than the Satsunia becomes general Ilj may not be needed oftener than once iu two or three years, hut at such times 1$ will save orchards that, lacking this protection, mtght be ruined. The orchard fires in California, where oil IsJ burned, and in Florida, where wood is handier and cheaper and therefore nioBt generally used, are regarded as a legitimate and necessary charge against the business. Not all the growers makd fires there are some men in every business that delight in taking chances but the majority of the best growers in both States, and especially In California, are prepared thus to save their orchard investments Houston Chronicle. Barbed Wire Reel. Here Is a device on which we can wind barbed wire which is much bet ter than an old barrel. The reel Is mounted on a truck made of old buggy wheels with short shafts. The cart may be drawn along by a man while a. boy steadies the reel to keep it from unwinding too rapidly. For winding up wire the machine is best pushed Just fast enough to keep up with the wire as it Is being wound on the reel. A crank placed upon the reel proves serviceable in winding up, Farm and Home. THEVEEKLY RIAH For Alfalfa Bloat. If a case of alfalfa bloat is discov ered in time an ounce of hyposulphite of soda, dissolved in water, and given as a drench will prove effective. This can be repeated every half hour for two or three doses. Two ounces of aqua ammonia, well diluted with water or omnion soda, In half ounce doses can be given. Many cases of bloat can be relieved by causing the animal to stand with the hind feet in a ditch and the fore feet on the bank, as this po sition causes belching. From two to ten minutes time is required. Some people claim to have observed that ex perienced bloaters learn to gel them selves into such a position for blow lng oil the burden. Blankets wrung out of cold water and wrapped around the abdomen or cold water dashed on with a bucket often gives relief. Thins Which "Awrree" With You A little Joke floating around in the columns of the press is that of a man who had consulted u doctor and was doubtful of his skill because he did not forbid him eating everything he liked. Its opposite, said to be true, Is of a doctor who writes much for the public on the subject of what, to eat, or, per haps, more accurately, on what not to at. He had written the usual patter about hot weather diet, sticking to fruit, "a little cereal," vegetables and water and the like, and then was ob served one day with a big dish of ham and cabbage, sausages, lobster and ale, which he was stowing away as if he thought it good for him. The aver age adult is the best Judge of his own diet; he very soon learns what does not "agree" with him, and, Knowing this, the consequences of eating it serve him right If anything does "agree," at it, if you like it. Why Willie Fell. Before Willie started for Mrs. Smith's house; where lie was invited to dinner, his mother gave him some final advice. "Above all things," cautioned his mother, "do not drink tea from your saucer." Willie promised. When he got back home his mother Inquired how he had enioved himself. Willie said that he had enjoyed himself immensely. "I hope you did everything the way I told you to," said his mother. "Yes'm. I did." answered Willie somewhat hesitatingly. "And you did not drink your tea from your sawer?" "Yes, mamma, I did," replied Willie, "but Mrs. Smith drank her tea from her Baucer first." A Difference In Dctrrce. "I Just love cake," said Johnnie feel ingly. "It's awful nice." "You should not say 'love' cake," corrected his mother. "You should say 'like.' And do not say 'awful' say 'very.' And say 'good' instead of nice.' Now see if you can repeat the sentence correctly." "I like cake," repeated Johnnie. "It's very good." "That's better." "I know, ma," complained Johnnie, "but It sounds just aa If I waa talkln' 'bout bread." Everybody"! Mif axla. A Hog Loader. A loader for attachment to the wag on Is made of two pine boards six inch es wide by nine feet long, fastened to gether by the three cross-pieces of proper length so that they will fit be tween the sides of the wagon box. A floor is laid on these cross-pieces and short strips of lath to prevent hogs IIOQ-LOADEB. slipping. At the upper end the sides are notched to fit on the bottom of wagon box and two staples on each side complete the fastening. The construe tion of the rack is shown iu the Illus tration. Ground Corn for IIob-m. Owing to the very limited digestive capacity of swine for the consumption of bulky feed, corn cobmeal Is not very satisfactory for purposes of swine feeding. This class of farm animals can use a much more concentrated feed than any other class and are much more inconvenienced by the presence of an excessive amount of crude filter in rations, owing to their small stom ach capacity. We should much prefer cornineal to corncob on that account. Brood sows or other hogs with plenty of framework could use a little corn cob meal to better advantage, but we see no particular reason In supplying it because such material contains prac tleallv no nutriment, and, while it Is sometimes used to make a ration more bulky for sheep and cattle, it is a pos itive hindrance to swine. Prose Poetry. A North Missouri farmer whose hog was killed by a train wrote to the com pany's claim agent for a settlement. He penned his communication thus: "Dear Sir My razorback strolled down your track a week ago to-day. Y'our twenty-nine came down the line and snuffed his life away. You can't blame me, the ho, you see, slipped through a cattle gate, so kindly pen a check for ten, the debt to liquidate." He receive dthe following reply : "Old twenty-nine came down the line and killed your hog we know. But razor backs on railroad tracks quite often meet with woe. Therefore, my friend, we can not send the check for which yon pine. Just plant the dead, place o'er its bead. 'Here Ilea a foolish wine.'" Wait ProBt In Sheep. Sheep eat and thrive on weeds and material that other stock do not relish Every fence corner, fence row and weed patch will be more completely cleaned by them than by the scythe or hoe. A hundred sheep could be kept on any Western farm of eighty acres and one would scarcely miss the cost of their care and keeping. They re turn In fertilizers about. 93 per cen of all they have eaten. There is an old Spanish proverb, "The sheep's foot is golden," originating doubtless from the fact that sheep enrich the soil. No exienslve buildings are needed. Secure some good range ewes and a pure-bred ram of some breed, and In a few years an excellent grade of sheep will result We know a man over on the Western slope who runs a little band of sheep on his home ranch and gives them very little attention, yet they keep the pas ture free from weeds, and the returns from the lambs and the wool net a sat isfaetory profit. Denver Field and Farm. American Piers Too Fat. Not so very long ago most of the British varieties of pigs had a tend ency to produce nn undue proportion of inordinately fat specimens where keep was of the best. Reform Is now wanted in the United States. The pigs of the West have been bred too much for fat or lard, but it will not be so easy to cure the very hurried finishing of the animals. An animal which has plenty of exercise and only a moder ate amount of food during the growing stage Is supposed to be developing lean flesh or muscle, but when It is trans ferred to a form of confinement and placed on a fatty diet such as maize, what can it do but lay on an excess of outside fat? The pigs which act as scavengers to maize-fed cattle do take a fair amount of exercise, but their diet is not of a mixed enough nature. Glasgow Herald. Alfalfa Meal for Chicken Feed. A combination of alfalfa meal, beef scraps, cut bone and a few other ingre dients of minor importance makes the best feed for chicks and laying hens that can be secured and would be more generally used not eo much labor In volved In the preparation. As most egg foods contain these ingredients it follows that they must be valuable for the purpose for which they are com pounded. With alfalfa meal a poultry- man need not hesitate about keeping laying bens confined the year round If necessary for the meal la fully aa val uable In maintaining health and pro ductiveness aa the best natural grtas. Hall and Breeze. 550 Thomas Cran mer, first Protestant Archbishop of Canterbury, burned at the stake. 1017 Celebration at Quebec of the fir&t marriage In Canada. 1G&S Rhode Island purchased from the "Indians for forty fathoms of beads. IG03 Albermarle Colony, North Caroli na, founded by emigrants from Virginia. 1074 Berkeley sold his share of New Jersey for 1,000 pounds. 1708 Baron John Lovelace appointed Governor of New York. 1744 Lotteries were authorized by law in Massachusetts. 17GG Repeal of tile Stamp Act cele-. brated in Boston. 1700 An association called the Daugh ters of Liberty formed at Providence, It. I. 1775 Patrick Henry made his famous speech at Richmond, Va., urging re sistance to England. .. .The "Cam bridge Flag" was placed on Foil Hill, Boston. 1770 British evacuated Boston, and Washington took possession of the city. 1783 Spain recognized the independence of the United States. t7S4 The Bank of Massachusetts, the first bank in New England, waa es tablished in Boston. 1700 Benjamin Franklin petitioned Con gress to abolish slavery. 1791 Bank of New York incorporated. 1S05 Napoleon annulled the marriage of his 'brother, Jerome, to Elizabeth Patterson of Baltimore. .. .Bona parte assumed the title of King of Italy. 9 1815 Sloop-of-war Hornet capturid the British warship Penguin off the Cape of Good Hope. 1817 Charter granted for Allegheny Col lege at Meadville, Pa. 1824 The Franklin Institute of the State of Pennsylvania incorporated. 1825 The University of Virginia was opened for students. 1830 First issue of the Philadelphia "Public Ledger." 1847 Americans began the bombardment of Vera Cruz, Mexico. 1849 Charles Albert of Sardinia abdi cated. 1851 Peter II, Burnett inaugurated first Governor of California at San Jose, the temporary capital. 1855 Twenty-three lives lost in the burn ing of the steamer Bulletin near Vicksburg. .. .Thirty-five lives lost by an explosion in the Midlothian 1 coal mines in Virginia. ISG1 Alexander II. Stephens spoke in Savannah in favor of the upholding of the new Confederate States con stitution. 1803 National Theater, Boston, destroy ed by fire. 1803 President Lincoln ordered the ar rest and prosecution of all persona supplying arms and ammunition to hostile Indians. 1S07 Booth's Winter Garden Theater ia New York destroyed by fire. 1871 Gov. Holden of North Carolina impeached and removed from office. 1875 United States Seuate ratified the Hawaiian treaty. 1880 United States Supreme Court de clared unconstitutional the law pro hibiting the employment of Chinese in factories. 1884 Twelve persons killed by cyclone in Kentucky. 188." State reservation at Niagara Faila opened as a public park. 1887 Many lives lost in the burning of1 the Richmond Hotel in Buffalo, N. Y. 1888 Morocco refused the demands of the United State.. 18!X) Manitoba Assembly passed a reso lution urging reciprocity with the United States in manufactured arti cles and natural products. .. .Prince Bismarck resigned the German chancellorship. 1892 Wisconsin gerrymander declard unconstitutional. 1894 Coxey's "Army of the Common weal" started from Masillon, Ohio, for Washington, D. C. 1895 A party of 200 colored emigrants sailed from Savannah for Liberia . . . .St. James Hotel in Denver burn ed.... The National Bank of Karsaa City suspended .... Great damage done in Northern Georgia by a toi-nado. 1897 Scott Jackson and Alonzo Walling hanged at Newport, Ky, for the murder of Pearl Bryan. 1899 Queen Regent. of Spain signed treaty of peace with the United States. 1903 Harry Orchard sentenced to death at Boise, Idaho. 1907 President Roosevelt, In conference with Gov. Deneen of Illinois, urged presidential candidacy of Secretary Taft. 1906 President Roosevelt sent a message to Congress urging corporation and Industrial legislation United States Supreme Court declared the railroad rate laws of Minnesota and North Carolina unconstitutional.