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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (May 22, 1907)
J THE CHARITY GIRL f I By EFFIE A. ROWLANDS I CHAPTER XXI. Katarally when Jack Glendnrwood rtmr home from Beignton the truth about Fheila cam out. "I happened to call at Dinglewood for a moment. I wanted to sponk to Twist about that horse he said he would buy, and found the fiilr Sheila with that Fair fax girl and her Lancelot all ready to wtart off for a ride. They proposed ac companying me, and I agreed, though I should have done very well without them." Audrey laughed aa he related the re sults of the ride, and Jean's gray eyes flowed with triumph. "I wliih I had told him what that odious woman said," ahe observed to -Audrey, when they were alone In the "drawing room ; "he ought to know of her Bn"oIeoce." "It would only vex him, and I don't really mind." Audrey answered, though she had been much hurt for the moment, "'besides. It Is all so vulgar and disagree able. Why ahould we trouble about it?" On the last day of October Willie Fullerton came down to Craiglands, jgreatly to Audrey'a delight. "Sow, Jean, I want you to be very nice to him ; he is a dear boy, she de clared. "The dear "boy being a good five years older than yonr ladyship, laughed Jean; tut she found it a very easy taBk to be nice to Willie Fullerton. Ilia open admiration for Audrey won ter heart, and she felt that before long this pleasant young Englishman and her- self would be good friends. To begin with, they both cordially detested Mrs. Fairfax and her daughter, and that was very good foundation to commence upon. The week following Mr. Fullerton's arrival was, to Jean Thwalfs thinking, the pleosantest that had come since she bad left Broadbo rough. . To Audrey. It was quietly happy; the Dinglewood folk gave her a little breath ing space; Sheila and Lady Daleswater having gone np to town to arrange about the masked ball, and she had her Jack nearly all to herself, for Jean and Willie Fullerton frateralxed warmly, and were TOUch together. Audrey's letters to her mother that week unconsciously betrayed the feeling of her heart. She wrote free ly. Joyously, not In the strained fashion that had seemed to hang about her of late, and Constance Fraser, away alone, bearing her great sufferings with cour age and patience, rejoiced aa she read. Alas! How little did she think those letters were the last happy ones Audrey would write for many a long, weary day. Jack, too, tired out with perpetual ex citement and worry, basked In the sun shine of his girl-wife's love, and reveled in the gladness her presence gave him. Two days before the masked ball Sheila and Lady Daleswater returned to Dingle wood, and drove over to Craiglands to discuss all the arrangements with the Clendurwooda. They found the four young people out in the grounds playing lawn tennis. "I have come to ask Lady John what she is going to wear at the ball. Oh, I know It Is a great secret, but I will be tray It to no one," Sheila said to Jack, as they walked away, and then she tried to catch his eye as she gave a very palpa ble sigh. Audrey good-naturedly offered to show lier gown and domino to both Sheila and lady Daleswater. Jean Thwalt had been carefully excluded from the Invitations. "Lovely ! Beautiful ! Exquisite !' cried Sheila, as Murray unfolded the tiheeny satins and held them forth for Inspection. "And this Is your domino, aOady John?" "Black and silver. It was Jack's idea. Isn't it pretty) Look at the design over the shoulders." "1 wish you would put it on ; I should like to see it so much," Sheila next ob served. Lady Daleswater had not vouchsafed to come up and see the finery, she was in far too bad a temper. "An artist from London is coming down to sketch us all. He arrives to day. I think he had better begin at once. I wish you would allow him to sketch yours, Lady John." "I shall be delighted," Audrey said, cordially. "Shall he come here or must I go to him?" Sheila's cheeks were quite rosy. "Oh, there is no need to trouble you. Just send Murray over with It. She might drive back with us if you can pare her." Audrey, only too glad to find Sheila wpeaktag so pleasantly, agreed at once, and so, when the Dinglewood carriage drove away. Lady John's maid rode in it, carefully guarding the box containing the black and silver domino. Audrey meant to have told Jean about this, but all Ideas went out of her head as the carriage disappeared, and they rushed to finiah tfieir game. "I say, baby, here's a bore," Jack Glen durwood said, as he entered Craiglands t dinner time on the evening of Sheila's .ball. "I can't go with you to-night, after all;" "Oh, Jack !" Audrey clasped her hands In despair. "I am disappointed. I don't think I shall go, then. What Is the mat ter?" "Benson has telegraphed me be must ee me at once on Important business; omethlng gone wrong with the election, I suppose. I'll get back as quickly as possible, and come on to you if I can." "Your dress looks so lovely. You would make such an exquisite Black lirunswlcker, Jack." "Well," laughed Jack, kissing her, "I will try and get Into my fine togs; at least, if I cannot manage the Black lirunswlcker, I will don my gray domino. You will be able to pick me out, won't you, fairy, even though I am masked?" "And you me?" Audrey added. "Don't forget to look for the black and silver, Jack." Dinner was hurriedly eaten, and Jean was much grieved for Audrey's sake that Lord J oka could not accompany her. After Jack had driven awsy, the two girls mounted up to Audrey's pretty bed room. "You must be my maid to-night, Jesn." she said, as they sat before the fire for a few moments. "Why, where Is Murray?" "Oh, she waa very rude and I was obliged to send her away," Audrey an swered, a shade falling on her face. "There have been a great many com plaints about her downstairs." "I hope you told lord John, Audrey," she said. "No? My dearest, believe me you are wrong this perpetual attacking of you. Believe me, if it were once known that your husband had put his foot down, you would find Dinglewood House would learn how to behave Itself." "But. Jean, dear, what has Lingle wood House to do with Murray's inso lence?" Audrey asked, quietly. "More than you -imagine, Audrey." Audrey was silent for a moment. "Jean," she said, looking up with tears in her eyes, "why Is It that they they are so cruel? What have I ever done to Sheila Fraser or Lady Daleswater that they should hate me so?" "You have offended Latfy Daleswater by your beauty and aristocratic bearing : you have made an enemy of Sheila Fraser because you have robbed her of the man she meant to marry." "Jean!" Audrey turned pale. "Is this true?" "Ask any one about the place, and you will find it is; but why should it dis tress you? Remember the time It takes to make your complexion; and how will your ladyship have your hair dressed to night?" Audrey smiled at Jean's grave mimicry of Murray's voice. "Now let us go down, the carriage Is at the door, and Mr. Fullerton will be tired of waiting." She followed the black and silver dom ino down the stairs, and then gave a great start as Willie sauntered out of the smoking room in his ordinary evening dress. "Why are you so late? Have you been sleeping?" Jean demanded severely. Willie colored and stammered out an excuse. "If you will forgive me, I have such a neadache, I "You want to stay at home? Certain ly. Jean. look well after him. Good night, darling ; good-night, Mr. Fullerton : you really do look alarmingly 111," and so, laughing, Audrey drove away. Jean stood gazing out after the car riage. Willie had never seen her look like that before, and It puzzled him. "I say, Miss Thwit, you are not vexed I did not go, are you? I I am Jean turned to him hurriedly. "Not vexed, Mr. Fullerton, but sorry. I should like you to have been with her to-night. I hardly know why I say this, but I have a presentiment that some thing Is going to happen, and that Au drey will find sorrow, not pleasure, at Sheila Fraser's masked ball." CHAPTER XXII. A huge ballroom had been erected on the lawn, with light, wooden walls, and one cone shaped roof ; the floor was par quet, and as smooth as ice; a smart mili tary band was to provide music ; supper was served in, another temporary room, and the drawing room, hall and conserva tory were turned into a lounge and prom enade. Audrey felt quite bewildered as she found herself in this throng of variously colored forms, all with the black lace or s'lk covering over their faces. She wished vaguely she had not come, then that she had Jack with her, or Willie Fullerton. Suddenly Audrey became aware that two people were talking close to her and that they were speaking of her. "They call her a beauty V one woman's voice said. Audrey could recognize neith er of the two. "A small, insignificant thing like that, with her black hair and staring white face! Jack Glendnrwood did the worst day's work he will ever do when he married her! What can a low born and bred girl like that know about social duties?" "And yet they say she was a great success in town." "They say of course they say so. Well, ask Gladys Daleswater and you will hear the truth." "Ah, it was a sad mistake! Such a nice fellow, too ; be should have married Sheila." "I can't make out why on earth he didn't ! This charity girl business seems to me to have been very well arranged by Mrs. Fraser. Why, everybody knows he has always been in love with Sheila. They are together now. I Just caught sight of them as we came along, his tall gray domino beside her pale-blue one. I expect be tells her all his troubles. Sheila Is so fond of him. They ought to have been man and wife, and would have been, too, but for that pasty-faced, upstart creature I" Audrey's limbs seemed frozen, her heart a lump of Ice. What was this she had heard? What horrible nightmare had come over her ! So this was what was said! "Sheila and Jack !" Again and again the phrase rang in her ears. "Sheila and Jack 1" They had always loved ; they loved now ; and she she, Audrey, the low-born, low-bred charity girl she stood between them. A moan broke from her burning Hps ; she held one hand pressed close over the other so tightly as almost to tear the gloves she wore. Her brain was on fire ; her head reeled. She sat so quiet she might have been a figure of marble, not human flesh and blood. Not even in that one moment of actual peril on board the Mona had she felt as she did now. She was stranded before she bad sailed beyond the sun- tipped waves of youth and youth s sweet dreamlngs. Suddenly she awoke with a tart. A vol os was calling shrill In htr ear, and a hand waa placed en her annul der. Lady John I know It Is you ly your domino what are you doing all alone? Isn't It fun? Aren't you enjoying your self? I never was at anything so lovely In all my life. Don't you know me? I am A I Ire Fairfax. It Is such fun being disguised like this. Hut you must not sit here all alone. I,ord John Is enjoy lug himself immensely. I met him walk ing In the garden with Sheila Just now. You see, I know all the dominoes, and can pick people out quite easily." "You you are sure my husband Is here. Miss Fairfax?" "Yes. He has been dancing with Sheila. Thev are out In the garden. IV you want him? Shall I go and find him; or why not come wilh me, 1 know Just where they are." Audrey s simple, loving heart was ablate with Jealousy. So he had come, and had gone to Sheila first without look Ing for her? What if those cruel tongues had spoken true, that already he was repenting his bargain, and turning again to Sheila, the girl he had always loved. "I think I will go with you. Miss Fair fax." she said, hurriedly. She would see for herself. "Come this way. then," Alice Fairfax went out through the window. "Lift up your skirts, I.ady John; I am afraid the paths are not tx dry." "They went down here." Alice Fair fax said, as they passed onward to a more remote, corner; "but I don't see them now. What a nuisance! I thought we should have been sure of catching them up. Ah, there is Mr. Devereut, I will ask him if he has seen them. You go nirnight on, I.ady John, I will over take you." The girl darted away as she spoke. and Audrey wandered on alone, obeying her mechanically. "When I find Jack he shall take me home." she said to herself, very slowly. She longed to be gone, to be away from this horrible ball, with Its laughter and fierce gHjety, and venomous tongues, hid den behind every mnk. Deep in her agl- tnted thoughts, Audrey hiul hurried on unconsciously. She left the ball win behind her. She had followed along the path In which Miss Fairfax had set her first. She scarcely realized that she was alone, she had no desire for the girl's companionship. All at once she came to a standstill. What forms were those Just before her, half hidden by a rustic garden house? Her eyes were blinded for an Instant, then she saw quite clearly. That was Sheila Fraser's fnce ; she had tnken off her mask, and the far-away lights shone on it, and touched the red gold of her hair with a shimmering glory ; and that tall, strong figure in the gray domino! Ah. did she not know that only too well?" With sickening pain Audrey noted the attitude of those two; how Sheiln's white hands were clinging to the mnn's strong ones; nnd then, as though to confirm the truth, to allow of no remaining doubt, Audrey saw the girl's head, with its wealth of ruddy gold hair, rest against the man's breast. She caught the mur mur of a man's voice, nnd then the an swer that Sheila gnvp. clear and shrill as a bell. "Oh, Jack! Jack', my darling:" and then, with a cry of despair, she turn ed and sped away on, on. unheeding, unconscious, till suddenly her strength went and she stumbled against something or some one, and she knew no more. (To be continued.) Went to the Itlicht Pluce. An American whoso business fre quently takes hlru to London tells of an amusing conversation between the driver nnd conductor of a public 'bus In that city. The 'bui was fairly crowded, so tno American climbed to the top, where, shortly after taking his seat, ho ob served a perr n In iecullar garb, with a red turban. There was ft Jjnden sky overhead and t. slow, drizzling rain, such weather as Is the rule rather than the exception In the British metropolis. As the conductor came to the top the red-turbaned person, evidently an In dian Parsee, t?ot down. "Wot sort of a chap Is that?" asked the driver of the conductor. "I fancies that 'e's one of them fel lers that worships the sun." "Worships the sun, eh!" repeated the driver, with a shiver. "Then I suppose he conies over 'ere to 'ave a rest" Success Magazine. Drawing; the 1,1 ne. The Cook Ol'm afther glvln yez no tice thot Ol'm goln' t' lave, ma'am. The Mistress Why, what's the trou ble, Jane? Are you dlsHatlsfled with your work or your wages? The Cook No, nia'nm, me work's azy an me wages Is a pllnty, but OI'll not frthand fer so many av thlrn dudes a callln' on yer daughter. The Mistress But they do not Inter fere with you, do they? The Cook No, ma'am. But orm afraid payple will be afther thlnkln some av thlin Is a-callln' on me, ma'am. Sure of It. Tourist Wasn't there a great battle ought about here? Village Dame Ah, I do mind It R-hen I were a gell, I do. They was Tourist But, my good woman, that was nearly 000 years ago! Village Dame (unabashed) Dear, dear ! How time do fly ! Bunch. The New Danger. "I heard that Deacon Thompson bad a narrow escaie from being hit on the bead by a meteor." "Meteor! Nothing of the sort. It was a piece of slag that some fool aeronaut was using for ballast" Cleveland I'lala Dealer. Painful Suaureatlon. Cbaplelgh I was aw out late lawst night and the aw wesult wag I bad a bead on me this inawnlug, doucber know. Miss CauHtlque Well, If I were you I'd stay out late every night Queen Margberlta of Italy has the finest collection of pearls In the world. She Is a great automobile enthusiast, and can drive her own machine. Tk Manore Mean. Though by fermentation and by fork lug over the manure la made fine and soluble. It must not be overlooked that the process Is a gradual one, and hence every rain that saturates the heap car rles downward the soluble parts as soon as the manure Is decomposed The Jet-black liquid that flows off from the heap Is the richest of the farm, and as It passes awsy the ready plant food which Is dissolved In It Is lost, leaving behind a mass of matter, often supposed to be the most va!uble because of Its bulk, but which really Is not worth the labor of hauling to the field. I'll less the manure, therefore. be carefully preserved, It will be value less. It sltould be protected from drenching rains and the lufluence of heat from the direct rays of the sun. Plenty of absorbent material should be added to absorb the volatile matter, and water Is also beneficial to the heap, provided that It does not drench or flow off. The manure heap should be worked over occasionally, In order to prevent "flre-fanglng." This may require additional labor, but the sav ing of the eeaentlal elements of the manure will he more than a compen sation for the time well expended. The principal rules to be observed are to prevent loss by rain, preservation of volatile matter with moisture and ab sorbents, have the manure fine, and also to endeavor to have It thoroughly decomposed. Dlalafefloa a Stablaa. In discussing the Importance of the disinfection of stables and the danger of neglecting It Dr. Harlng of Califor nia points out that "negligence le prop erly disinfecting stalls and stables where animals affected with contagious diseases have been Is frequently the cause of a reappearance of the dis ease," The germs of glanders, for ex ample, may remain alive In stables fer several mouths after the diseased ani mals have been removed, and If thor ough disinfection Is not resorted to all animals housed In the stable are sub ject to Infection from this source. "Many failures to eradicate tuberculosis from dairy herds by the repeated appli cation of the tuberculosis test snd the prompt removal of all reacting animals are due to the fact that the stables were not disinfected." Tuberculosis spreads rapidly among cattle closely herded together. To prevent this sta bles should be thoroughly disinfected at least once a year. Slaaple Teat for Small leede. The gravity method of seed separa tion here Illustrated Is the old time practice of "brining" wheat, barley, oats, etc., before sowing, but applied to seeds of much smnller size, such as to mato and eggplant seeds. As used at the New Jersey experiment station, the bottle at A In the cut contains pure water, upon which many seeds are seen as floating and a larger number at the bottom. These light floating seeds are to be rejected. In the bottle at B Is a 20 per cent solution of com mon salt (a very thin sirup would have done as well), In which eggplant seeds SEED SEPARATION. that sank In pure water were placed, with the result that many remain at the top and thereby may be easily sep arated and thrown away. Cara of Baas. Bees should be kept at a temperature ranging from 42 to 43 degrees above cero during cold weather, and the hives should be dry. The light should be excluded as much as possible, and the blves should not be exposed to sudden changes of temperature. An ample sup ply of honey should be left at the end Of the season for the support of the bees during the winter. It Is not nec essary to put the hive under shelter until winter approaches, but It should be In a cool location In summer. If the colony In each hive Is not strong It will be of but little service until It Increases In number. Too much warmth In win ter Is not conducive to success. Indian. Cora aa Pood for Man. The digestibility of coram eal pre pared In different ways and of hom iny was studied by the Maine station. In some cases the corn products were eaten with sugar, milk and sometimes butter, and In others the diet was more varied, though the corn product was Its principal constituent Wheat bread was only studied for purposes of com parison. Ia every case the digestion experiments were made with healthy .'subjects. I mm wM I Do llaaa Think Maurice Mnterllnck, the Belgian writer, adduces a number of Interest ing facts. In an article In Harper's Magazine, to show that bees have the power of thinking. Transported to Cal ifornia, he says, our black bee com pletely alters her habits. After one or two years, finding that summer la per petual and flowers forever abundant, she will live from day to day, content to gather the honey and pollen hulls leuaahle for the day's consumption; and her recent and thoughtful observa tion triumphing over hereditary ex;e rlence, she will cease to make provis ion for her winter. Buchner mentions an analogous fart; In Barbados, the bee whose hives sre In the midst of the refineries, where they find suger dur ing the whole year, entirely abandon their visits to the flowers. A flarb Wire Real. Here Is a barb wire reel that one can wind barb wire on Instead of an old barrel, which Is stow work. We present a little drawing of one that can be easily made by an Ingenious farmer. It Is mounted on wheels, snd can be drawn along by a man, while a boy steadies the handle to keep the wire from unwinding too rapidly snd klnktng. For winding up wire that Is taken off of a fence, the machine can either be pushed or pulled, going Just fast enough to keep up with the wire as It Is being wound on the reel. A little rack like this, says The Farmer, would be of considerable value to any one who has any amount of barb wire fencing to wind. The Melon Ankle. The melon aphis (Aphis goeayptl) Is generally distributed throughout the United States, but Is especially Injuri ous In the Southwest, according to a bul letin Issued by the United RtaWs De partment of Agriculture, It sttacks s grest vsrlety of economic plsnts belong ing to different families. The astursl enemies of the peat sre ordinarily not sufficient to bold It In control. It may be destroyed by fumigation with car bon blsulphld or by the use of pyretn rum, tobacco fumes, or kerosene emul sion. Treatment with kerosene emul sion has the advantage that It Is also destructive to a considerable variety of other Insects which sttaek cultivated plants In conjunction with the melon aphis. Yelae at Baallaare, Ensilage Is valuable as a means of dieting stock In winter, effordlag ibern green, succulent food st that season, when nothing but the dry material can be had. For that reason. If for no other, It Is a valuable adjunct to the crops used for food. The fanner who has no ensilage, but who stores In a crop of sugar beet, mangels, turnips. carrots or potatoes, will find himself fortunate In having a variety. There Is no difficulty In feeding roots If they are properly stored. Roots are Injured more by heat than by cold. Freer I ng Is not Injurious If roets sre not thawed out too suddenly. By keeping them at so even temperature they will last until the summer opens. Horeeleah la Food. It would be, perhaps, Inaccurate to say that horseflesh Is becoming appre ciated In France to an Increasing de gree. Necessity may be as potent a factor In the case as choice. But what ever the explanation, there can be no doubt that the consumption of bone flesh Is Increasing In Psrls to an enor mous extent In 1890 the year's con sumption was about 0,000 tons, a total which one would scarcely expect to see largely augmented within a brief per iod. This, however, Is what has hap pened. The consumption at the end of 1000 had more than doubled. It stands for 1000 at 11.000 tons. The number of horses was 40,000. A Pine Shade Tree. The tulip tree, one of the most orna mental of our shade trees, succeeds well when transplanted, after the leaf buds begin to appear, but It Is pretty sure to fall If removed earlier. Such, at least, Is the reported experience of one who planted a row of tbem a mile long, the trees being six to eight feet high, of which hardly one In a hundred was lost. Possibly, however, there was something In the soil or situation which gave blm success, and the rule may not work In all cases. The tulip Is well worth experimenting with, fer when grown it Is a handsome, symmetrical tree, with a peculiar leaf and beau tiful blossom. Malona la the Cora Shook. If, when cutting corn, yon will place In one of your largest shocks about a dosen of your choicest watermelons, at Christmas, when the snow is on the ground and the frost Is on the plane. you ean sit by the roaring fire and eat one of your melons, which has kept all mat nme in uw snoot ox com, farm ' Jearuaii I utxu roii aAaa win liflO -French defeated the Kngllsh si Foruilgul. 1S12-Gaston d Foil killed at the bat tle ef Itsrtnns. 1000-Klng James I. Issued two land patents for "The First ami Second Colonies" In North America. 104 The parliamentary forces victori ous at the battls of Selby. 10TO-- Staten Islsod bought for the Ink of York. 1?0- First number of The Tattler sp lx red. 1718-Treafy of Utracht. terminating the wars of vjueen Anus. 1741 Prussians dsfestad the Austrlane at the battle of Holwlta. 174T Simon Frsaar (I-.rd Lovat) exe cuted for hla part In the rebellion of 1743. 170H -One quarter of the city of Mon treal destroyed b fire. 172 Admiral Hmlney defeated Ie Orssae and the French fleet In the West Indlas. . .Naval battle between Ilyder All and (n. Monk. ISOvl Alliance of St. Petersburg .... By of Algiers declared war against Hpaln Aaron Burr arrived at llUnDsrhasurtt's Island, In the Ohio river. WIS Mobile captared from the Spanish. 1814 French defeated by Wellington at battle of Toulouse. .. .British army entered Toulouse, France. 18 ll King Chrtetlan IX. of Denmark born. Died Jan. 2U. 111. 1&30 Omnibus first used as a pub'Je conveyance la New Tork... .Presi dent Bustamente of Mexico forbade further Immigration from the United Statu. 1881 Itusslsns defeated In Utile near Bledloa, In Poland. 1841 Halifax, N. 8., Incorporated aa a elty. 1847 Present Honsee of Parliament In Iondon first used by the Peers. 1854 France and England signed a treaty for the defense of the Ottoman empire. .. .The town of Ban Salva dor destroyed by an earthquake. 1803 Mobile, Ala., raptured by the fed erals. .. .Gea. Lee surrendered to Gen. Grant at Appomattox Court house, Virginia. ... Ilaleigh, N. C, surrendered to the federal army.... Montgomery, Ala., surrendered to the federsla. 1808 Magdala stormed by the British under Rlr Robert Napier. 1874 Murat Halstead arrested In Cin cinnati for publishing a lottery ad vertisement In his newspaper. 1875 Paul Boynton made unsuccessful attempt to swim the English chan nel. .. .Martial law declared In the Pennsylvania mining region. 184 Gen. Gordon close pressed by the Arabs near Khartoum. 1881 First locomotive passed through the 8t. Clair tunnel. .. .Beginning of the second century of patents In the United States celebrated In Wash ington. 1893 Six thousand bouses destroyed by Sre In Toklo, Japan. . .United Rtates government paid $23,MK) Indemnity to the families of the Italians lynch ed at. New Orliana. 1803 Complete flyrlan text of the four gospel of the New Testament dis covered In the Mount Hlnal convent ....American protectorate In Tawall ended Japan seized the Pel lew Islands In the North Pacific. 1804 President Cleveland Issued the Bering sea proclamation. 1805 American line steamship Bt. Paul launched at Philadelphia. 180T Greater New York charter passed by New York Rtate Senate. .. .Five Uvea lost and $2,0X),X0 In property destroyed by fire In Knoxvllle, Tenn. 1000 Charles II. Allen appointed Gov ernor of Porto Itlco. 1901 Civil jurisdiction In the Trans vaal Inaugurated. 1002 Convention signed at Pekln be tween China and Russia, the latter agreeing to evacuate Manchuria. 1008 Mora fort at Bacalod, Philippines, captared by American soldiers. 1004 German troops In Bouthweet Af rica defeated 8,000 Hereros. , . .An drew Carnegie established his $3, 000,000 "hero fund". . . .Husslan bat tleship Petropavlovskl sunk by mine near Port Arthur. .. .Anglo-French Colonial treaty signed In London. 1008 American Ambassador Joseph II. Choate elected a Bencher of the Mid dle Temple, London. 1000 Greene and Gaynor found guilty at Savannah, Go. Chlllr Freaks. "The human skeleton Is froxen stlffj What will we doT" "Why, give the ossified man a vaca- tlon to-day," and let. the skeleton fill both places." Cleveland Plain Dealer. Chickens Cane After A dam, Knlcker Do you think that man baa come from the animals? Dockers-Nonsense ; If there bad been. Chickens before Adam there'd neve have been a jordea. New York Sun, 1