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About The Madras pioneer. (Madras, Crook County, Or.) 1904-current | View Entire Issue (June 18, 1908)
s Strong and Steady By IIORATK) ALGER, JR. CHAPTER VI. Mr. Drummond's store wns of fair Aire, nnd contained n considerable and varied stock of dry roods, Resides Mr, Drummond there wns a single salesman, n young man of twenty-two, who wore n cinvnt of immense size and ostentatiously dl&plnycd In his 'bosom a mammoth breast pin, witho glass imitation diamond, which, had it been real, would have been emml in value to the- entire contents of the store. This young man, whose name was Nichols, received from Mr. Drummond the munificent salory of four hundred dollars per annum. Having a taste for dress, he patronized the village tailor to the extent of his means, and considerably beyond, belug at this moment thirty dollars in debt for the suit he wore. Resides this young man there had for merly been n younger clerk, recclvlns a salnry of four dollars weekly. lie had been dismissed for asking to have his pay raisel to flvo dollars a week, and since then Mr. Drummond had got along with but one salesman. As, however, the busi ness really required more assistance, he was quite willing to employ Walter on lioard wages, whicli he estimated would not -ost him, at the most, more than two dollars a week. "Mr. Nichols." said Mr. Drummond. "1 hove brought you some help. This is W'nlfer Conrad, a distant relative" had Walter been rich, Mr. Drummond would tio doubt have styled him a near relative "as he knows nothing of the business, yon can take him in charge, and give him some idea nbout prices, and so forth." "Ves. sir," said the young man, in an inijmrtant tone. "I'll soon break him in." Mr. Nichols, who gave up what little rr.ind he had to the subject of clothes, be gan to inspect Walter's raiment. He had sufficient knowledge to perceive that our hero's suit was of fine fabric, and taste fully made. That being the case, he con cluded to pay him some attention. "I'm glad you've come," he ''said. "I h4ve to work like a dog. I'm pretty well ued up to-day. I wan up till two o'clock dancing." "Were you?" "Yes. There was a ball over to Cramp ton. I go to all the balls within ten miles. They can't do without me." "Can't they?" asked Walter, not know ing what else to say. "No. You see there isn't much style at these country balls I mean among the young men. They don't know how to dress. Now I give my mind to it. and they try to imitate me. I don't trust any tailor entirely. I just tell him what 1 want and how I want it. Iliggins, the tailor here, has improved a great deal since he began to make clothes for me." Just then a customer came in, and Mr. Nichols was drawn away from his disser tation on dress. "Just notice how I manage," he said in a low voice. "Have you any calicoes that you can recommend?" asked the woman, who ap peared to be poor. "Yes, ma'am, we've got some of the best in the market some that will be sure to suit you." He took from the shelves and displayed a very ugly pattern. "I don't think I like that," she said. "Have you not some with a smaller fig ure?" "The large figures are all the rage just now, ma'am. Everybody wears them." "I should like to look at something else." v "I'll show you something else, but this la the thing for you." He brought out a piece still uglier; and finally, after some hesitation, his customer ordered ten yards from the first piece. He nu-asured it with. an air of triumph and, folding it up. banded it to the customer, receiving in return a two-dollar bill, which the poor woman sighed as slip ren dered It, for she had worked hard for it. When the customer had left the store, Nichols turned complacently to Walter. "How did you like that calicoV" he asked. "It seemed to me very ugly." ' "Wasn't it, though? It's been in the store five years. I didn't know as we should ever get rid of it." "Haven't you got any prettier pat terns?" , -, "Plenty. I wanted to get off the old rubbish first. It isn't everybody that would buy It: but she swallowed every thing I said." "She seemed like a poor woman, who could not afford to buy a dress very often." ... . , "No, she doesn't come more than twice a year." "I think you ought to have given her the best bargain you could." "You can fold up those goods- on the counter, and put them back on the shelves," said Nichols. "Customers put .us to a great deal of trouble that way sometimes. Mrs. Captain1 Walker was in yesterday afternoon, and I didn't Know ,ut I should have to get down all the stock we had before we could suit her." "Why didn't ypu pick out something and tell her it was all the rage?" asked Waltpr, smiling. "That wouldn't go down with her. She s rich nnd she's proud. We have to be care ful how wo manage with such customers a she is. That reminds me that her bun dle hasn't gone home yet. I'll get you to tarry it up right away." It hadbeen a considerable disappoint ment to Joshua to find that Walter was poor instead of rich, for he had proposed to make as free use. of Walter's purse as the latter would permit. Even now It oc curred to him that Walter might have a supply of ready, money, a part of which he might borrow. Ha accordingly took an opportunity one day to soiind our hero on his subject. "Walter, have you a couple of dollars about you to lend me for a day or two?" ho asked, in a tone of assumed careless- U16S. "Yes, I have that amount of money, but I ani afraid I must decline lending. You know my circumstances, Joshua, and that I am in no position to lend anybody money." Joshua stalked away In a fret, angry that Walter would not permit himself to bo swindled. From that time he cherished a dislike foV our hero, and this ho showed by various little slights and annoyances, of which Walter took little notice. He thoroughly despised Joshua for his mean ness and selfishness, Knd it mattered very little to him what such a boy thought of him. This forbearance Joshua utterly mlsin 'erprcted. He decided that Walter was deficient in courage and spirit, and it en couraged him to persevere In his system of petty annoyances until they might nl most be called bullying. Though Walter kept quiet under these provocations, there was often a warning Hash of the eye which showed that It would not be safe to so too far. Hut this Joshua did not no tice, and persisted. "Joshua," said his mother one day, "I really think you don't treat Walter right. You are not polite to him." "Why should I be? What is he but a bosKar?" "lie is not that, for he works for his living." "At any rate, he's a mean fellow, and I hall treat him as I please." One afternoon there were a few young fellows standing on the piazza in front of Mr. Drummond's store. Joshua was one of them, and there being no customers to wait upon. Walter also had joined the -ompany. They were discussing plans for a picnic to be held in the woods on the ntxt Sunday afternoon. Jt was to be quite a general affair. "You will come. Walter, won't you? asked one of the number. "No," said Joshua : "he can't come." "I didn't authorize you to speak for me," said Walter quietly. "Y'ou didn't authorize me to speak for you !" repeated Joshua, In a mocking tone. "Big words for a beggar!" "What do you mean by calling me a lieggar?" demanded Walter, quietly, but with rising color. "I don't choose to give you any expla nation." said Joshua scornfully. "You're only my father's hired boy, working for your Iwnrd." "That may be true, but I am not a beggar, and I advise you not to call me one again. Walter's tone was still quiet, and Joshua wholly misunderstood him; other wise, being a coward at heart, he would have desisted. "I'll say it as often as I please," he reepnted. "You're a beggar, and if we hadn't taken pity on you, you'd have had to go to the poorhouse." Walter was not quarrelsome; but this last Insult, in presence of half a dozen boys between his own age and Joshua's, roused him. "Joshua Drummond." he said, "you've insulted me long enough, and I've stood it, for I didn't want to quarrel ; but I will staud it no longer." He walked up to Joshua, and struck him in the face, not a hard blow, but still a blow. Joshua turned white with, pas sion, and advanced upon our hero furi ously, with the intention of giving him. as he expressed it, the worst whipping he ever had. Walter parried his blow, and put in an other, this time sharp and stinging. Joshua was an inch or two taller, but Walter was more than a match for him. Joshua threw out his arms, delivering his blows at random, and most of them failed of effect. Indeed, he was so blinded with rage that Walter, who kept cool, had from this cause alone a great advantage over him. Joshua at length seized him, nnd he was compelled to throw Wm down. As Joshua lay prostrate, with Walters knee upon his breast, Mr. Drummond, who had gone over to his own bouse, ap-Ic-ared ujwn the seen?. "What's all this?" he demanded. In mingled surprise and anger. "Conrad, what means this outrageous conduct?" Walter rose, and, turning to his em ployer, said, manfully, "Joshua insulted me, sir, and I have punished him. That's all." CII AFTER VII. without wnitinir to hear Mr. Drum mond's reply, Walter re-entered the store. H hnil nn disnosition to discuss the sub ject in the presence of the boys who were standing on the piazza. Mr. Drummond followed him into the store, and Joshua accompanied him. He wns terribly anery with. Walter, and de termined to get revenged upon him through his father. "Are you going to let that beggar pitch into me like that?" he demanded. "He wouldn't have got me down, only he took n.v at a disadvantage." "Conrad." said Mr. Drummond, I de mand nn exnlnnation of your conduct. I come from my house, and find you fighting like a street rowdy, instead or auenuing to your duties in the store." "I have already given you an explana tion, Mr. Drummond," said Walter, firm ly "Joshua chose to Insult me before nil the boys, nnd I don't allow myself to be insulted if I can help it. As to being out of the store, there was no customer to ait upon, and I went to tue door lor a ipntli of fresh air. I have never been accustomed to confinement before." "Y'ou say Joshua insulted you. Uow did he insult you?" "I was asked if I would go to tne pic ilc on Saturday afternoon. He didn't rait for me to answer, but said at once that I couldn't go." "Was that all?" "Wlion T nil fwted to his answering for me, he charged me with being a beggar, and said that but for you I would have been obliged to go to the poorhouse. If i.aH uxn the first time ho had an noyed me, I might have passed It over, I It is far from being mo. nrsi; to i knocked him down." r nnimmnnil wns bv no means a partisan of Walter, but in the month that our hero had been in his employ he had efficient clerk. Wbat- IVUUU ' " ever Walter undertook to do he did well, and be bad mastered the details or me re tail dry goods trade in a remarkably short time, so that his services were already aa valuable a uw o who received eight dollars a week. There fore Mr. Drummond was disposed to smooth ovc." matters, for the sakcot re taining the services which he obtained so cheap, llo resolved, therefore, to tcraoor Ire. "You are both of you wrong," he said, "Joshua, you should not have called Con rad a beggar, for he earns his living, Yea, Conrad, should not have been so violent. Y'ou should have told me, and I would havo spoken to Joshua," "Excuse me, Mr. Drurumood, but 1 don't like tale-bcarlng. I did the only thing I could." "Aheral" said Mr. Drummond, "yot. were too violent. I would suggest that you should such leg the other's pardon, shake hands, and have done with, it." "Catch mo begging pardon of fHy fath er's hired boy 1" exclaimed Joshua, scorn' fully. "I haven't got qulto as low as that." "As for me," said Walter, "If I thought I had been In the wrong, 1 would beg Joshua's pardon without any hesitation. I am not too proud for that, but I think I acted right under the circumstances, and therefore I cannot do it. As for being a hired boy, I admit that such Is my position, and I don't see anything to be ashamed of in it." "Y'ou are right there," said Mr. Drum mond ; for this assertion chimed in with Ids own views and wishes. "Well, it seems to me you arc about even, and you may as well drop the quarrel here." Walter felt satisfied. He felt thnt he had won the victory and maintained his self-respect. There wns one thing more ho desired, nnd that was to go to the picnic He would not have urged the re quest, but that lie wns well aware that Joshua would report that he was kept at homo by his desire. "It won't be very convenient for you t3 be away Saturday afternoon." said Mr. Drummond, who was principled against allowing clerks any privileges. "You -know we have more trade than usual on Saturday afternoon." "I don't tliThk we shall have next Sat urday," said Walter; "everybody will be gone to the picnic." "If you insist upon going." said Mr. Drummond. reluctantly, "I must try to let you go." . Walter felt no scruples about insisting He knew that he earned his limited pay twice over, and that his absence would do his employer no harm. He answered, therefore, "Thank you. sir; I will be home at six o'clock, so as to be in the store all Saturday evening." Meanwhile Joshua went home In a very unhappy frame of mind. He had not suc ceeded in humiliating Walter as he in tended, but had an unpleasant feeling that Waiter had got the better of him. He was very angry with his father for not taking his part, and was not slow in mak ing his feelings known to his mother. "What's the matter, Joshua?" asked Mrs. Drummond, observing the scow) upon bis face. "Matter enough! That beggar has been Insulting me that upstart, Con rad. He pitched Into me, and tried to knock me over." "What for? I am surprised to hear It; he seems so politruand well bred." "Nothing at all. He sprang at me'llke a tiger, and all for nothing. He took mo by surprise, so at first he got the ad vantage, but I soon gave him as good as he sent." "I am really sorry to hear this," said Mrs. Drummond. distressed. "Are you sure you didn't say something to pro voke him?" "I only said, when he was invited to gi, to the picnic Saturday afternoon, that he wouldn't be able to leave the store." "I am afraid you said it in such a way as to offend him." "Seems to me you think a good sight more of him than of me in the matter," Stumbled Joshua. "That's just the way with father. He wanted us both to beg each other's pardon. Catch me begging pardon of a beggarly hired boy!" ''He isn't any worse because your fnther hires him, Joshua." "Oh, yes. of course, you stand up for him." said Joshua, sneering. "Now, Joshua, you know I always take your part when you are right." So Joshua continued to scold, and 'Mrs. Diummond to soothe him. until she found a more effectual way. by placing at Jiis disposal half an apple pie which was in the cupboard. In the evening sue torn Walter that she was sorry there had been any difficulty between him and Joshua. "So am I." said Walter, frankly, for he was grateful for her gentle kindness. "I am sgrry, if only for your sake, Mrs. Drummond." "I know he's provoking: but he doesn't mean what he says, Mr. Conrad." "I'll try to keep on good terms with him. Mrs. Drummond." said Walter, earnestly, "If only in return for his moth er's kindness.' "I am sure Joshua was hasty, and mis judged Walter, said the mother to her self, trying to find an excuse for her son. (To be continued.) GROWING HOGS IN IDAHO. Tito Type of IllonrrnphlcHl Writing. It Is an Interesting fact in tne nis torr of literary genius that two of the great examples of biographical writing occur almost slue by slue, i-ess man a decade sennrutea the completion of Johnson's "Lives of the Poets" from the publication of his own life by Bos well. Yet with the latter book a new type of biography came Into being. Johnson, in the nmln, lind, like most of IiIh predecessors, followed a simple nar rative and exiwsitory method, prefixing n plain story of the poet's life to a Hys tenintic account of his character nnd a critical estiinnte of his works. Ho gath ered his facts and Impressions together and spoke for the author and for him self. Boswell, on the other hand, mak ing use of a more dramatic method, succeeded in his attempt to let the nu flmr reveal himself, and. Instead of an exposition of character, painted a pic ture of nerBonallty to wnieli ma own comments were aubordlnate. Wha't wo seo ns a typo of mind and character In Johnson's work we see ns n living man In IJoHwell. -William T. Brewster, In Forum. Heeling the lilt. "What became of tho budding genius?'' "He turned Into a blooming idiot." Yale Record. indtlstry Is Hucaixlng Greater Atten tion Than Ever Before. Vrot. II. T. Frtnch. Director Idaho Experiment Station. The hog industry in Idaho is rc- ctiving more attention now than ever uciorc in tne uisiory or wic siaic The tendency to diversify farm op erations is stronger now than in the past. . All alfalfa, or all sheep or all of any other one thing, unless it ihould be fruit, is out of date for the majority of farmers of Idaho, both in the northern part of the state, where Irrigation is' not practiced, and in the ngatcd sections of southern luano. The most succcsfttl farmer, here as lscwherc, is the one who is making "lvcstock on the farm one of the im portant factors. As the dairy indus try increases in interest the raising of hogs will receive more attention. A farmer who is not adverse to milk ing cows will, as ci rule, be a success in handling pigs, because no one can succeed in cither line, to the fullest extent, unless he looks carefully after details. In Idaho the dairy industry is grow ing, therefore I expect a more rapid developments thejiofj industry. In fact,- there is a strong indication thnt this is the case just now in several sections of the state. In holding far mers' institutes in southern Idaho much interest was noticed in the sub ject of feeding and breeding hogs. Several shipments of pure bred stock have recently been made into south ern Idaho. Pure bred Poland .China, Duroc Jersey, Chester White and Berkshire pigs are found in increas ing numbers in every farming section of the state. Poland Chinas predomi nate, no doubt; but the Duroc is be coming a close competitor in many sections. Alfalfa pasture, with a small ration of shorts, ground wheat or finely ground barley, will grow pigs very rapidly. This, supplemented with sep crator milk, will produce a growth equal to that secured in the corn belt, and , in quality we flatter ourselves that it is superior. In growth, our pigs can be made to compare quite favorably with those fed on corn. Numerous reports were made last winder at farmers' meetings that it was not difficult to produce a pig that would weigh two hundred pounds at eight months old. Some sugar beets nnd other roots can be fed, and are being uscd in feeding hogs in Idaho. Potatoes boiled and mixed with one and a half to two pounds of grain per hundredweight of pig, will produce g6od gains in live weight. Alfalfa, cut up with feed cut ter, and softened by steaming or even a sprinkling of cold water, with a lit tle grain, makes a good ration for brood sows during winter. A great many hogs arc wintered largely on dry alfalfa hay, and they do very well. In a state where so much cheap for age can be grown for hags, there is great encouragement for t''e industry. Large yields of wheat .nd barley can be secured on irrigated lands, and often the wheat is pf low mil'irg quality, making it much more profit able to feed it than to sell it in the sack. A bushel of wheat will make from 12 to 15 pounds of gain in live wght when fed to thrifty young hogs wohing from 75 to 175 pounds. In young pigs even greater gains can be secured. Field peas are grown in some sec tions for hog pasture, and serve an Important purpose in providing good pasturage dung the summer before the stubble fields are ready to glean. There is a neriod in summer when there Is a lack of good pasture in the grain-growing sections of the state. Little alfalfa or clover is grown on many of the farms, and often pigs make very small gains during this neriod. Some farmers sow grain, such as wheat or barley, for hog pas ture, but even this does not produce as good results as would a pasture of alfalfa, peas or clover. Blucgrass and white clover will make good pasture in some locali ties where there is jilcnty of moist ure and cood soil. This docs not. in our opinion, give' as good results however, as the crops mentioned above. Tdaho farmers are much en couraged in raisincr hogs from the fact that large packing plants arc be ing established on the coast, thus in suring a .steady demand for live hogs, and while the price may not be any more satisfactory than in the past, with a limited supply, there will be a permanency to the demand even though the number of hogs produced increases several times. QUE8TIONB AND ANSWERS. Valuable Information to Pacific North west Inquirers By J. L. Aahlock. Washington Experiment Sta tion, Pullman, Elma. "I have a tract of land noar Quincy, Wash., that I wisn to irrigate. Ir order to do this 1 will have to uo : well water, and possibly do tho pump ing with a gasoline engine, or somo other mcejianical device. Will you please give me any informal ion that bears on this subject!" A. L. C. "I am quito familiar with tho con ditions around Quincy, and bollovo that irrigation in that region would bring very good results, providing tho cost was not too much. In that locality thu depth to water is quito considerable, and tho cost of operating u pump would therefore be heavy. The farmers thoro use windmills quito exclusively, using gasolino engines only when tho wind fails. Howevor, tho water is quito abundant when it is rdnclied. I do not bclievo that it would be profitable for you to irrigate as many ns ton acres unless you havo a system of pipes to Edward Ouerr, who drove n Horse at tached to a buggy over a railroad tres tle 150 feet above the Cuyahoga river, In Ohio, the horse trotting over a plank a foot wide, was arrested on a cbargo of lunacy. Jnt dm Happy. MJon6s' new stenographer can't spell a little bit." " 'That's all right. Neither can Jones, He's happy and If you leave him alono sho'll hold her Job and he'll never know the difference." Detroit Free Press, conscrvo lo wator. Tho soil around Quincy is so light thnt tho water will fccop away and bo lost, unloss you put in such pipes. A ton horso-powor on. clno would bo sufficient to raiso wator for ten acres, but it might be neccssnry to sink moro than ono well. I am be ginning to bollovo that irrigation will bV necessary in tho Quincy section to obtain tho host results." Bnlrd. "I havo boon qulto success ful with corn in this locality, oxcopt that tho corn matures rathor small. Can you advlso mo of varlotlos of corn tint I might tryt" FARMER, "I advlso that you oxporlmont with Kaffir corn, slnco it sooms that It will do wojl in your roglon. Try a tfood, early maturing Dent vatloty. This should bo profcrablo to tho Flint, and it certainly makes bottor food. Tlio onmiiiiiini at vnnr region roaulro that you cultivato to retain moisture, as well as to destrpy tho woods." Chowflah "Is wood as dosirablo as cement for building n sllof Is silago apt to frcozo in this country I What forago plants should bo grown in tho Chowelah rogiont" STOCKMAN. "Bromo grass might do well, If tho soli is not too gravolly, but it should not bo grown In rocky soil. Votchcs will bo dcsirablo in such soil as you have, as theso plants rosocd themsolvOrf. If you can got lumber at a reasonablo price in your vicinity, it would bo moro costly to build of content than of wood. Silago Btays warm, and it Is not apt to 1'reozo in this country; but if it sticks to tho sides of tho silo from ncy causo, it should ho tramped down In ordor to prevent it from settling unovonly." Leahy "I would liko'to'know if would bo advisablo to plant tho Aus tralian salt bush in this rogionf Has tho plant any desirable mialltlosf " J. S. "I adviso you to lot tho Australian salt bush alono. Tho plant has ti few desirablo qualities, but wo havo heard that in tho Walla Walla country It has developed into a post. It resembles tumblo weed in its manner of growth, and in windy weather will broak off and roll for n great distance, scattering scod as it goes. Except when young and tender, it is undcsirablo for stock." Washtucna " I havo a whito ciovor lawn, and would liko to know what sort of bono fertilizer is best to uso on it." W. A. P. "I question tho ndvisability of using n bono fortllizor on your lawn. Com mercial fertilizers arc gonoraily poorly adapted to tho soils in semi-arid re gions. Well-rotted manuro placed on tho land lato in the fall and raked off in the spring would, I bcliovo, bo far moro preferable The soil in your re gion needs humus rather than fertiliz ing elements. Manuro is wcl supplied with phosphates and nitrogen, and should thercforo give your soil tho needed stimulation." Sunnyside. "Would your station ad viso mo to feed grain hay with alfalfat I am a dairyman, and havo boon fooding only alfalfa." F. W. T,I am suro that there would be econ omy in combining alfalfa with grain. From four to ten pounds of grain per day should bo sufficient, using rolled barley rathor than wheat or bran, Tho bran would practically bo wasted. You would got good results, I believe, by feeding nbout one-half a pound per day of linseed meal. Alfalfa is entire ly nitrogenous in composition, and should bo balanced by a moro concen trated form of tho carbo-hydrates." QUERIES BY FARMERS. Experiment Station Callod Upon for Advice on Various Subjects. Fran the Washington State Ccllg- Pullman, A Seattle correspondent nsks for a statement of the experience the sta tion has had with the "nov7l.y teg ctables." He was informed a fel lows: . "The station has experimented with all of them, and finds' .that thev will I grow successfully in eastern Wash- uigujii. me lomaio aim egg plant siiouui lie started early in the season in hotbeds, or cold frames. With this care a creditable crop will be ma tured. The egg plant is a native of warm climates, and, like the tomato, should be given a high, warm eleva tion. The okra and artichoke have each done very well with us, requiring only, the ordinary garden culture." A farmer of Ardcn wishes to know vvhaf apples would do well where he lives. Professor Thornbcr advised him ns follows: "For the soil and general climatic conditions you have, I advise the use in equal quantities of the Jonathan, Rome Beauty and Wegener. It is possible that you might make use of a great many other varieties, brt these are apples that the all doing well, and sell for very good market prices in the annual markets. "Vary the number of tree, accord ing to whether you are going to irr. gate or not. If you are going to ir-" gate, plant your trees from twentj live to twenty-seven feet apart, h, alternate rows. If you arc not goink to irrigate, you had better plant their on the hexagonal plan, placing tlu trees in the rows thirty-three feel apart, with the rows themselves about twenty-seven feet apart. It will not injure the trees to grow vegetables between them for the first three to five years, but, of course, you shouM plant nothing that will take the moisture or plant food from close to the young trees." Mild Iunllwuent. "tranger In your town they close tho fivnt doors of the saloons on Sunday, and open tho side doors, do they? Isn't that whipping the devil around the stump? Native Yes, and the whipping dosn't hurt him a hit, either. tiila n IHfTereno. "What does Vernon do for a llYlntrt "He workB In a paint shop." "Why, I understood ho was a writer for tho magazines." "Well, you asked mo what ho did tor a Uvlnir." Bohemian, Tho bank at Bremen, Kan., having &ecn burned, experts In tbo treasury de partment at Washington have figured nit that a quart of ashes sent on for redemption will be worth about 1,000. IUvltur bet SS00 that Jie had seen ons THE WEEKLY 1471Edward, Prlnco of Wales, Mn of Henry VI. of England, killed at tb) battle of Towkeshtiry, ' V00& The prlnclplo of tho appropriation act adopted by the Comnmnwfilih and definitely established. 1717 William of Nassau apuointM Stadtholdcr of the, Netlierlnu'llj. 1770- Rhodo Island declared Itie'f fr1 Of Great Britain, the llrst of tli thirteen American colonies to tab such action. 1770j-Norfolk, Va., occupied by tho Utt. 1701 U. S. Postofiico .Department i-jtal llshcd by Congress. 171)0 Bonaparte defeated at ft. Jm I)'Acru....8erlngapatom tnkfii )f the British and the empire of Hyde, All extinguished by the death of his son, Sultan Tlppoo Sahib. 1801 Dutch surrendered the island of Surinam to tho British. 1800 Robert .Morris, tho financier ot th American revolution, died In I'hll delphlii. 181.1 Americans evacuated York, Can ada, after setting flro to the city. 1814 Oswego, N. Y taken by a com blned force of British and Canadlm troops. '820 Kx-Kmprens 'Eugenic of Franct bom In Granada. 1828 Test act repealed by the Ilrftlsia Parliament. 18-10 Many lives and much property tost by tornado In Adams county, Mis sissippi. 1840 Gen. Taylor, In command of lU army of occupation in Texas, naab-' ed to the relief of Fort Ilrowa. 18T2 Charles Warren Fairbanks, VIm President of the. United Statu, lorn. 1853 Tin Geneva, the first Atlantic steamer at Quebec, arrived at that port. 1854 Sultan of Turkey gare a bangutt In honor of Emperor Napoleon. 1857 The Indian mutineers selifd Dtlhl. 1858 Minnesota admitted to statehood. 1801 Battle of the Wilderness began.,. The Danes defeated the Allies in a naval battle off Heligoland. 1S5 Last fight In the Civil War at Pal- tnetto Unni-hc, Texas. 1808 Argument Iii the Impeachment trial of President Johnson cloied. 1870 The Ironclad ship Ismeraln launched. 1885 Battle at Batoche. 1880 Six policemen killed by anarchliti In the Hoyinarket riots In Chicago. 1000 Peory discovered the northern const of Greenland. 1002 Revolutionists In San Dominro de posed President Jlmlncz. 1001 The Japanese captured Fenjwanc cheng, the Russians ret rent leg with out giving battle. 100." More than a score of lives loit in a tornado near Marquette, Kno. 1000 The Dominion government took over, the defenses at Ksuulmnult. 1007 Ernest W. IIufTcut, legal advlwr to tho Governor of New York, com mitted suicide Gen. Knrokl of Japan and the Duko of Abruai Ti lled Washington. W?SSJVDS, " Roscben, once a peerless sprinter, badly beaten at the Aqueduct track in his first start this season. The two Cornell four-oared shell crashed into each other on the river ana both were put out of commission- There seems to bo every probability that au English lawn tonnU team wm play In America during the coming mer. .Many turfmen bellevo that a hard fiR" will bo made In tho Tennessee turo next, winter to repeal Hie antl-pw selling laws. 'Hie farmers at Ames, In tliclr.'"w squad, are developing some men n weight events who may mnko a nw n tho conference meet In Chicago. Tom Jones leads tho first basemen el the American League with .001, Wig" leads the second basemen with ww, Lord leads the third basemen w tli i W and Wagner of Boston the shortstop vlth 1000. ' . Notwithstanding the anti-race r a laws enacted Jn I he last JrfMt " J Tennessee, Montgomery Pf.rfc ;' '"' lugs Park, respectively, the ning and trotting horses at Memphlj remain open as liomcs for the "CV Indiana university Ir to havo world's champion If prcoon prw? prove a success. "Long j John tho varsity high Jumper, bids fair to as much fame as Le Roy Snme, wJJ came tho world's champion pole vu while a student tUiero two years ago-. ler recently cleared iho bar In the w jump at 0 feet 2 Inches.