The Pirate of
RUPERT SARGENT
HOLLAND
Author of "The Count at Harrard," etc
Copyricht. 1008. by J. D. Llpplncott Company. All rlchts reserved.
CHAPTER XII. (Continued.)
Motionless, we listened, and caught the
regular breathing of n sleeping man, then
distirpuished thnt of another, and finally
bear. some one turn nnd grunt In some
Inexplicable way, these men had happened
to camp just above the spot choseu by
Duponcenu to hide his chest.
I scarce dared turn and crawl away
from fear of waking the sleepers, and so
lay still, wondering if by any chance they
could have already found the treasure, or
If there might yet be an opportunity tor
us to remove It. Suddenly I felt Rodney
grip my arm. "Listen,"' he breathed.
Off In the distance, clear and long, rose
the osprey call. Duponceau was in some
danger.
We wriggled away from tie hemlock,
crawled back through the woods, and
stood erect only when we reached the
edge. There we swept the beach and
what we could see of the Ship for signs
of men. but the shore was still empty
as the desert.
"Shall we run for it?" I asked.
"No," said Rodney; "if there are any
men there, they're between us and the
boat, or on the boat ; we'd best keep close
to the Cliff until we get our bearings."
The advice was good ; like Indians we
made the fringe of the woods, keeping in
nhadow. When we were forced to leave
this shelter we skirted the cliff, ready to
crouch back at a call or to rush forward.
As we neared the shadow of the head
land we saw figures climb over the rocks
of the little inland sea and head up the
beach four men, silhoutted black against
the white sand, and not one of them as
tall ns Duponceau.
"They haven't got him," I whispered;
'at least, he is not with them."
"That's queer," said Rodney. "I haven't
heard a shot fired. They must have
boarded the Ship."
We crossed the causeway, running light
ly, and climbed on board. The deck was
as empty as the beach had been when
we first crossed it. I rushed below and
poked in all the bunks, but not a trace of
Duponceau was to be fonnd. Rodney and
I stood in the bow and peered across the
rocks. We could see nothing save the
woods and the sky.
"Well," said Islip at last, "that takes
the cake. He's vamosed, vanished, cleared
out, and I dare say we'll never see hide
or hair of him again. This thing's get
ting positively spooky, Selden. Are you
sure that the man was flesh and blood?"
"I certainly thought so," I answered.
"But he came In the middle of the night,
and he's gone at the same time. Strange!
Where on earth could he go?"
"".Search me," said Rodney. "I thought
the adventure was almost too real to be
true. Such things don't happen, you
"know that Is, not consecutively within
a day's ride of New York." He consider
ed the matter gravely. "But what will
Barbara say if she finds we haven't kept
by him?"
"I was thinking of that myself," I an
swered, looking blankly at him.
Islip broke into a laugh such an in
fectious laugh that I couldn't help joining
liim. "I dare say we're different in most
ways, Selden," he said, "but we're alike
In one. Well, here's how!" and he held
out his hand to me.
We shook hands, half seriously, half In
Jest, and I took back all the unkind
things I had ever thought about blm.
We turned and went down the deck on
the outer side of the mast. I heard Rod
ney exclaim and Faw him stop and look
at the rail where his hand rested. A
amall gold chain was fastened to the edge.
He peered over the side, and then, to my
titter amazement, began to throw off his
clothes.
"What on earth " I began, but Rod
ney only chuckled, and finished undress
ing. Then from somewhere out In the sea
came the osprey's cry, clear, quavering to
a minor cadence. Islip slipped over the
side, crossed the rocks, and dived into
the waves.
I pulled on the chain and up came a
bundle of clothes wrapped in Duponceau's
cloak. Then I understood, and followed
Rodney's example.
Never have I known such a swim as
that, in the mystery of starlight, through
a sea that seemed made of silver. We
found Duponceau by his cry and followed
him, resting now nnd then to float on the
silver surface, and again racing hand over
hand out through the mystery. We were
no longer men, but free sea creatures, in
our own element, undismayed.
We swam in a great circle, and at last
Duponceau led us back to the Ship. Day
was breaking far out, beyond the Shifting
Shoal. "I saw them coming," he said,
"and so I hung ray clothes from the side
and took to the waves. They found noth
ing; perchance now they think me a
ehost."
We told him our experience In search
ing for the chest, and he showed a great
deal of perturbation, but finally came to
the wise conclusion that we could do noth
ing in regard to it then.
It was my turn below, and I fell asleep,
In a glorious glow from the swim, just as
the sky was shading pink.
CHAPTER XIII.'
When I awoke I found Rodney seated
on the cabin table.
"Morning, Selden !" he exclaimed. "By
the way, who is Monsieur Duponceau?"
I shook my head. "I gave that ques
tion us some time ago. How about break
fast?" "I was thinking of that myself," said
Rodney. "I don't mind being a hero, but
I prefer to play the part on a full stom
ach." "I'll signal Charles." I went tip on
deck, and found that the sun was high
up, and shining on a glorious summer
world, I fastened a napkin to the broken
stump of the mast.
Fifteen minutes later we saw my cauoa
uteal cautiously about th point at the
cliff beyond my house and poke its nose
in the direction of the Ship. Charles
brought the tiny craft alongside of us.
"They're watching the house closely,
Mr. Folix," he said. "It wns all I could
do to get down to the river without their
following."
The canoe had brought us hot coffee,
eggs nnd rolls. We breakfasted in state
In the cabin, with Charles to wait upon
us. He had little news, beyond the fact
that the pines were patrolled by n num
ber of men.
After breakfast we passed the time as
best we could, but the morning went
slowly, and we were glad when lunch was
ready. This was a meagre meal, made
up of the scraps of the provisions Bar
bara had brought us. 1 told Charles that
I preferred to have him stay with us, as
there was no telling when we nhould
need every able-bodied man we could find,
and so he brought the canoe on board,
stowed her on the after-dect, and devoted
himself to the small duties on his new
housekeeping.
Duponceau and Islip had slept little the
night before, and shortly after lunch they
took up their bunks to nap. I was on
guard on the forward deck when I heard
a voice call, "Ship ahop!" and looked up
to sec Barbara on the cliff.
I called to Charles to take my place
for a few moments and sallied forth to
shore. Barbara joined me at the foot
of the headland.
"Well?' she asked eagerly.
I told her the adventures of the pre
vious night, and when I came to the ear
ly morning swim her eyes danced as she
clapped her hands with delight. "Oh, I
wish I had been out there with you !" she
cried. "I've always wanted to try a swim
in the dark."
"It's just as well you weren't," I an
swered sagely.
She looked somewhat longingly out to
sea. "What a beautiful afternoon ! And
are the rest of the crew working?"
. "The rest of the crew are sleeping.
They had too much coffee for dinner last
night, and it kept them awake."
"And what Is Charles doing?"
I pointed to the deck. "He's on guard.
That's the reason I'm here."
"Oh, that's it. is it? I thought you
came to see me."
"And so I did. Suppose we sit here at
the foot of the cliff, where we can look
out to sea and can't be seen. There's a
little nook I know of."
I found the place that I sought a se
cret crevice in the rocks and there we
sat and watched the tide do Its best to
reach us as it bounded landward. The
afternoon drifted past, and we, borne on
its tranquillity, were now talkative, now
silent. Barbara rolled her sleeves above
her elbows, and played with the water in
a little pool beside our ledge of rocks.
Her dreaming eyes brooded over the
ccean. I watched her, tried to turn my
eyes seaward, felt the Irresistible call, and
came back to watching her. Tie time
had come when I could think only the
one thought.
The sun was low, Barbara was hutr
ming a little French song. The whole
world was adorable.
"Barbara, I love you !"
The words were out, spoken without
volition, all of themselves.
She looked up; her singing stopped,
and the deep blush-rose t crept Into her
face, while her eyes shrank.
"Barbara, I love yqn. I have loved you
since I first found you on the Ship, and
I shall go on loving you until I die. I
can't help it; it's not only conscious. It's
partly unconscious; it's just you calling
to me. Barbara dear, you are all my
hope in the world. You are the world.
Will you marry me?"
I was leaning forward,' thinking only
of that sweet, that infinitely sweet face
opposite.
She smiled, her eyes turning to watch
the waves, and 1 waited spellbound for
her answer.
"I haven't known you very long," she
added, her voice low ; "and what do you
know of me?"
"Everything. All I could ever know
that you are the one woman In the
world."
"But It's summer, and it's easy to sny
such things in summer. It's all part of
the setting. I told you once you were a
dreamer. Dreamers are apt to romance,
and that is probably why you are now In
love' with the waves and the sunshine and
with me." The last words were just ft
whisper. She raised her oyes to mine for
a fleeting second, then dropped her lashes.
"Believe me. Barbara, It's not that; It's
the truth the truest thing in the world."
She played with the water in the pool
at her side.
"I like you but, then, I like many.
There's Rodney I like also. Perhaps I
like you better because I have never seen
you in town, nor anywhere biif in your
chosen country. But I can't forget that
there are other treasures In the sen
how can you be suro you won't come up
on another and a finer? Then, too, I
like men who do things, men who fight
and win out and so you see," she fin
ished, with a slight smile, "It's not that
I like any one in particular less, but the
infinite possibilities more."
"Then," I said stubbornly, "I will wait,
in 4 prove my meaning to you.'
She raised her eyes frankly to mine. "I
like that," she said.
After a time we walked back to her
path nnd said good-by, Tb beach was
unpty. Islip was sitting on the Ship's
deck, and Barbara waved to him nnd lie
waved back, 1 felt sorry for blm, some
how, for now I knew what he must feel.
No wonder he couldn't so back to his be
loved Wall Street.
"Good-by again," sho said, and thm,
that the parting might not be too abrupt,
sh added, "I think I am growing almost j
ns fond as you of your little kingdom.
Rule it well."
"I- shnll. I havo a great deal to prove
now,"
Sho stalled. "Follx of Ahstalr;" then
she turned up tlio path.
I Tint back tJ the Ship mighty with
resolves ; I thirsted for great lf eds 'o do.
When I came on board 1 found plans for
such deeds browing.
CHAPTER XIV.
Duponcenu had bon uroodln? nil rIny
ovpt the possibility of losing the contents
of his precious chest, nnd n after snm"
argument, Rodney nnd ho had decided to
make the effort to move It to tho Ship
thnt night. I pointed out the fnct that
in nil probability rho enemy knew nothlns
whatever of the chest's position, onil had
simply happened to camp In tin neighbor
hood of that particular lwtnloelc ; but Du
poncenu's fears were aroused, nnd It was
evident thit he would be satisfied with
nothing short of having tho strong-box
under his jvps.
"What tho deuco do you hnppoHe thov
papers are, that he should bo so fearful
about them?" I asked Rodney when we
were nlone.
He shrugged his shoulders, "nenven
knows I The man Isn't craiy, for I've
been studying him closoly nil day, and
some experience with Wall Street has put
me wise on cranks. No, there's a renl,
live mystery somowhore, nnd our friend
Pierre Is n somebody, though whether the
Wandering Jew or tho lost Napoleon I
can't say. Suffice It, he's got n treasure
chest, and It's up to us to sit on It so
tight thnt none of Its pleces-of-elght can
filter through."
Fortunately the night wns cloudy, and
about eleven wo woro ready to start. I'
hnd never folt so completely tho despera
do before. Wo ware nil threo armed with
revolvers, I carried n coll of rope wound
ebout my waUt. nnd Rodney n dark Inn
tern which Clmilea hnd found In tho
cottage. Dupoacnau was the least excit
ed. Ho tool: command of our expedition
with tho ntnuraneo of a born loader, nnd,
In fnct. It wna only his overweening con
fidence that envn the schemo the least
prospect of succoea.
Just before wo loft the Ship Charles
jolnod ui .with two spades, nnd so, a party
of four, we stole oror the beach nnd Into
the dunoa, Duposeacu led us to the plno,
theneo wa crawled lnwnrd, lying silent
after eneh erneklng twig, straining our
eyes nnd oars for news. When wo came
to the hemlock wo lay four nbreaat nnd
so peered vror at the tent that loom!
vaguely white ahead. Tho only sound
wns a loud and resonant snore.
Duponceau crawled forward on one side
of tho tent, nnd than beckoned to me to
do the sumo on tho opposite side. When
I had wrlgslrd forward some ton feet I
could look In at tho tent, the sides of
which wore open to tho summer breezes.
One man Iny within, sleeping, it was
clear tint tho enemy hnd not expected
us.
Duponceau stole to his feet. I did like
wise. He entered the tent from one side,
and I from the other. With a swift
movement he was over the sleeping man.
and had pinned him to' the bed, while he
thrust n handkerchief into his mouth.
The sleeper started, struggled, moaned,
and lay still ; I had held my revolver In
his face. In a twinkling we had him
bound and gagged, rolled from his bed of
boughs, and laid at a little distance.
While we did this Islip and Charles cut
the guide-ropes, and the house of our
enemies fell, collapsing like a great white
balloon when the gas escapes. We clear
ed It away, and the place where the chest
was hidden lay before us.
Then followed a strange scene for those
unhlstorlc pines of Alastalr. With ears
keen for the slightest nlarm. Duponceau
and I dug, Rodney holding his black lan
tern so as to aid us, Charles keeping
watch. A foot down nnd njy spade struck
wood. In five minutes the chest was
uncovered. Carefully we raised It and
placed it on the ground. As his hand
touched the unbroken lock I thought that
Duponceau gave a little sigh of relief.
(To be continued.)
Comlntr Home In tbe Dnrk.
The tunnel was dark, the tunnel was
long,
And the lights had all gone out.
The temptation wns assuredly strong
Of thnt there could be no doubt.
She has sitting by me, a portly miss
Of thirty summers, or less ;
When a notion struck me that I would
kiss
Thnt vision of loveliness !
Though the risk was great, I thought It
worth while,
For I was full of romance,
And to steal a kiss In a furtive style
Tbe pleasure could but enhance 1
So when we had come to tho darkest
part
I gave her a silent smack,
When I didn't expect it bless my
heart 1
If she didn't kiss me back !
We gazed at each other In shy surprise,
When from the tunnel wo sped,
The other passengers must havo got wise,
For our cheeks were burning red. .
At the same depot we left the train,
When I lost my chiirmar fair,
I thought I should never boo her again,
For which I didn't much care,
But, when I got home, there was the
maid,
And she gave me such n look,
"Who is that, mother?" I asked. She
said,
"Why, Bobby, that's our new cook 1"
New York Times.
Hounded nomtintlo,
"There was one time In my Hfo,
said the fussy old bachelor, "when I
really wanted ft better hnlf."
"TelJ me about it," cooed tho senti
mental widow.
"Oh, thero Isn't much to tell," an
swered the f. o. b. "Some chap stuck
mo with a bnd 50-cent piece."
Havlnur the I'lece,
"Every llttlo fragment of time should
bo saved," said tho homo-grown phil
osopher. "Sure It should," rejoined tho cynical
person. "Tho moment tho day breaks
it's up to us to begin saving tag
pieces."
Ilia Choice of Bvlla.
Shall I forever from her part,
Or wed her for better or worBef
Tbe former's sure to break ber heart-
Tho latter to break hor pur
MR. ROCKEFELLER'S GIFTS.
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V c aiwHt IF
Amount Ho Has Glvon to One Institution Equals Cost of Flvo Battlo
Ships.
OHN D. ROCKEFELLER cotobrnted his seventieth birthday by
giving ?10,000,000 to the Geliornl Education Board, making tho
total of IiIb gifts to that philanthropy tho stupendous sum
of $53,000,000 nnd bringing the grand total of his known ben
efactions to tho aggregate of $120,000,000. Add his unkuown
gifts to innumerable Institutions, objects and Individuals, nnd
the final figures are probably In excoss of J135.000.000 a. sum
of monoy so hugo that Its mugnlludo Is difficult to ostlmato.
Tako alone tho gift of $10,000,000 officially announced by Frederick T.
Gates, chairman of tho General Education Board. Somo Iden of what $10,
000,000 nmounts to can bo had In this way: A comfortablo homo, capable
of adequately housing a family of avorago circumstances, can bo bought in
Brooklyn for $5,000. Mr. Rockefeller's gift would buy 2,000 such homes for
2,000 families. His total gifts of $53,000,000 to tho Gonoral Education Hoard
would buy 10,000 such homes. Tho total of nil of his gifts, $135,000,000,
would buy 27,000 such homes. Flvo persona is tho avorago of a family.
Twenty-seven thousand such homes would mean n city of 13G.O0O porsonB.
Thero are many pretentious cities in tho United States whoro all of tho
homes of Its citizens do not repreaont an outlay of hnlf the money glvon
away by Mr. Rockefeller.
Report has given Mr. Rockefeller $100,000,000, but men with somo means
of estimating his wealth say that Is an exaggeration. If his fortuno bo $300,
000,000. his Incomo at 5 per cent would bo $15,000,000. If $400,000,000, It
would bo $20,000,000. This $53,000,000 ho has given tho Gcnernl Education
Board Is for a single purpose to multiply nnd widen educational facilities
for American boys nnd girls, Irrespective of creed or anything else. Col
leges nil over tho country, particularly In those sections whero the need Is
greatest, are the beneficiaries of the fund. Thoy rccolvo $5,000, $10,000,
$50,000, $100,000 or $200,000. or whntover sum tho trustees of the fund be
lieve thoy are entitled to. Now York World. '
MATRIMONIAL DIARY.
Within recent months we havo
noted that more nnd more frequently
diaries havo been Introduuced Into
divorce trials kept by ono or both
parties to the suit. Sometimes theso
diaries were begun long previous to
any open disagreement between man
and wife, when ono or tho other may
havo ben unconscious of any Infelicity
between them. In such a caso tho un
suspecting one, nil unguarded in his
or her Innocence, has been dnlly re
cording In tho accusing book, everynct
that would be prejudiced In tho eyes
of court or Jury set down In black
and white and In cold blood. There Is
no distinction In law between dlvorco
sought In a hot tempor and dlvorco
with malice aforethought.
Wo sincerely trust that tbe "holy
bonds of matrimony" will not become
generally vitiated by tho practice of
keeping a diary dating from tho wed
ding day. and that brldo and groom
ItOAli TO DISSOLUTION.
will not feel that reasonable precau
tions should bo taken against emer
gencies, A diary in tho possession of
either one of tho "happy wedded pair"
may be regarded with suspicion and
may Introduco tho first sorpont into
their Eden. It Is carrying concealed
weapons Into tho connubial stato, and
diary toting of this sort Is as, ropro
henslblo as gun toting.
Tho distrust of humanity that Is
often so marked In tho ordinary rela
tions between man and woman ap
pears to have extended itself to tho
relations botweon man and womnn,
It Is not only when povorty comes In
at tho door that love flies out at tho
window; when doubt comes In at the
window, lovo slips out of tho door,
Modern marriages with their "mental
reservations" and their dlarlos niay
glvo tho grieving contondors ngalnst
"tho dlvorco ovll," another phase of
tho question to ponder over. St. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
TONGS OF CHINATOWN,
Eleven Hecrct OruriiiiUutlona Com
ponod of Criminal Oriental.
The tongs of Snn Francisco's Chi
natown are made up of "highbinders,"
or bad men, says tho Bohomlan, and
tholr names aro as follows: Ping Kong,
Suey Sing, Hop Sing, Bo On, Uo
Leung, Suey On, Quong Tuck, Hip
Ylng, Hip Sing Suey YIng and Jok
Lin.
If theso eleven tongs have any quar
Ur8 In tho new Chinatown It Is not
$53,000.0000
'A
known where thoy are. They aro so
cret bodies nnd movo In darkness. '1 no
Six Companies flvo months ago ap
pealed to tho Chlneso consul goncral
to stop a war botweon sovcraj of tho
tongs. Tho best he could do was to
get thorn to declare a truce, which
lasted until tho Chinese Now Year.
But as theso linos aro being written
tho Now Year festivals havo ended
and tho tong war baa again begun.
It must not bo Inferred, howovcr,
thnt tho tongs typify tho mass of tho
Chinese, who nro generally peaceable.
Tho tongs seem to bo bands of crimi
nals working something llko tho
"black hand" among tho Italian popu
latlon of Now York. To show how
they work, the Hop Sing Tong has of
fered a reward of $1,000 for tho death
of any officer of tho Buoy Sing Tong.
These rewards nro not printed In tho
American or Chinese newspapers, but
are placed on tho walls of Chinatown.
Thero Is no special animosity ngalnst
tho particular Individual.
ALL CAN SMOKE ON MISSOURI.
Slnc Produce -'1,(171, 150 Cob Pipe.
In lON.
The statistics concerning Missouri's
production of corncob pipes styled
tho "Missouri .Meerschaum," supply a
good pipe story, though It Is not a
"plpo dream." According to tho fig.
ures compiled by tho Missouri Stato
Bureau of Labor and Stasltcls for Its
annual report thero were mado In Mis
souri 24.071,450 cobplpes In 1908, sov
en factories being engaged In tholr
production. Of this total numbor 23,
20S,Oi)0 wero mado In Franklin county
alono. In addition thero woro turned
out tho samo year 415,311 wooden
plpos, 1,729,350 extra steins and 119,
238 plpo cleaners.
Tho valuo of the total product was
$131,810, or which Franklin county
county producod $401,043. Tho value
of the raw matorlal consumed was
$233,088, the capital Invested In tho
seven factories was $124,547, .and tho
wages paid exceeded that sum slight
ly, being $128,295. In tho manufac
ture of thoso pipes thero woro em
ployed 303 males and' C3 femalos.
Missouri made enough of theso
plpos last year to supply ono to each
man, wpmnn and child In tho Stato,
and still have moro than 20,000,000
left. Each hoad of a family In tho
United States could havo boon sup
pllod with a Missouri mado plpo, tho
product of a single year, and havo left
about 9,000,000 for export to foreign
countries. St. Louis Globe-Domocrnt,
Hulled lo tins PInee,
"Well, this Is certainly crazy man
agement!" cried tho chairman of the
committee investigating tho Stato in
stitution, "But you must remombor," ploaded
tho suporlntondont, "that this Is an
Insano asylum." Baltimore American.
'J'not mid Titl cut,
Talent feels Its weight, met finds Its
way; talent commands, tnct Is obeyed;
talent Is honored with approbation,
and tact Is blessed by proferment,
London Atlas,
Hnld Undo .Nllni
"It takes a woman longer to get
Into her duds to go down town shop
ping than It docs a man to pack up
for a six months' vacation trip." Lob
Angoles Express,
In order to do n thing once som
peopla have to do it twice.
ITfOTITUTZ. Cj? J
THE WEEKLY
1(142 liMrat
of Harvard College. irc'"
itMi rcnty of peace concluded Ilt
bany. between tho folonuu n,
tho Flvo Nations. l,ml
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n M -vm ii.u in no,.
ion.
1703 British troops defend t10 ,n
dluns at Bushy nun,
1778 Tho British !.nm,l ....i.
...i.n.w minim on i no nmiroach
. of tho French lioot ml'S
d'EBtnlng.
170C Commissioners of fie fniiP.i
"wiicn niui mo in, mi,
und concluded a treaty (,f r,0acc. '
1807 Trial trip of Fulton's stmnilwt
'Clortnmit wnm t,.,i
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u. "invMLuim ruuicu uy a roreo nf
T1lil..t. ... v "
jjiuibii nnu iiiinatiH at iJrown.
town, Mich.
1813 American privateer Decatur cap
turcd the British schooner Domln
lea. jn commissioners of the Unit!
States and England mot at Ghent
to arrange it treaty of peace....
A Brltlnh fleet landed troops at
i-oiiHucoia, r ia.
181 0 First J'rcabvtorlnn ConirrepnHnn
In Missouri was organized :
Moiicvuo settlement, In Washing
ton County.
182a First locomotive rcirularly used
in tho United States run on thn
Carbondalo and Honsdule Itallroad
In x.ow York
1846 uavld Wllmot Introduced hl
proviso In ConBreii..,.8mlthBon-
Inn Innfllutlnn ill l'n.l,ii
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rounded.
1856 Kansas Tojocted tho ccompton
constitution for tho bccoiiU time.
18C1 Fcdornls defeated In the battle
of Wilson's Crock. Mo.
1802 Confederate ram Arkansas ex
ploded nbovo Baton Rouge. Hat-
tie of Cedar Mountain ended In
victory for tho Confederates.
1803 Cavalry fight nt Culpepper, Va,
between Gens. Stuart and Buford,
1864 Admiral Farrngut entered Mo
bllu bay with thirty-two vessels.
....Gen. Hood attacked Geo. Lo
gan's lines ut Atlanta.
1872 Cuban privateer Pioneer selied
by tho United State marshal at
Newport, R. I.
1873 Largo section of Portland, Ore.,
destroyed by lire.
1874 An Ohio River steamer burned
near Aurora. Ind.. with loss of
twenty-live lives.
1884 Corner stone laid for the Statue
of Liberty In New York harbor.
....Reception of tho survivors of
tho Greely Arctic expedition at
Portsmouth, N. II.
1.880 Parcel post established between
Canada and points In Great Brit
ain.
1887 Hawaii adopted a now constltu
tion...Collupso of tho wheat syn
dicate In San Francisco, loss (6,
000,000. 1889 Spokane Falls, Washington,
iw.f.riv (lcMtrovcil hv llro.. ,Tho
Bloux Indians ceded their reserva
tion In Dakota (11,000,000 acres)
to tho United States.
1890 Franco nnd England reached an
agreement respecting their posses
sion in Africa.
1893 First Chinaman deported from
Mr... 1,-vutiiMwen under tho Geary
net. .
1894 Twotvo lives lost In the wrecic
of a Rock Island train near Lin
coln, Nob.... Tho great strike of
tho American Railway I'nlon de
clared off.
1000 The Standard Oil company w
Indlctod lit Chicago for receiving
rebatos. . ,
1007 Tho Fronch navy bomboraeu
CasublancH, on tho Moro"""
coast.... Gov. Hoke Smith slunfi
tho Ooorgla prohibition b to
como effective January 1,
1908 The American battleship nee
arrived at Auckland, Npw
Mehmod All Boy, Turwsn " -
. tir.,.l,lnlnii recalled-..
t .I...- .lni-nniatcd several
towns of British Columbia-
iL. r..- Pnli. Mill lit'"'"''
As tho result of a series of rccen
experiments conducted hv the J.
J. Rogers pulp mills at Ausabk rort
N. Y., U is announced tlm now use
havo been found for tho 'ah so or
waste matorlal of the wood p. Jp J
Thin will not only ho a great saving1
tl.o pulp interests, but will end w
nonunion of streams on whl h
mills aro located. It la njoj
that tho poisonous sulphl to w. m
bo ur.od as a substitute for ti e
meal and molasses employed n
foundry core casting as topj
for macadam roads and for otner i
)OS0S.
- . TTi T?
Tho Epworth U aguo. of J' J
Episcopal Church wai orgnw
Cleveland, Ohio, May JB, 1WJ
Ono hundred and forty jive g8.,
rolled In the Y. M. 0. A. eJ
at tho United States nava. ,
Tho Roman Catholic apostolic twi I
to the United mw n c.
meds Falconlo of WaMwm. V.
r..t vear the Methodist Lpf P
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