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The Pirate of
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By
RUPERT SARGENT
HOLLAND
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Author of "The Count nt Harrard," etc
Copyright. 1008. by J. B. Llpplncott Company. All rights reserved.
CHAPTER XVIII.
I was up the Btalrs like a flash, to find
Duponceau, one of tho old broadswords In
his hand, holding the balcony. Men's
beads were to be seen just nbove the
flooring of the porch, where the Invaders
bad climbed by means of my trellises, but
the owners of those heads seemed very lit
tle disposed to come farther. They had
no reserves to cover their attack from the
the protection of the dunes, and Dupon
ceau was proclaiming that he would be
head the first rascal that raised himself
another Inch. At the ring of determina
tion In his voice, no wonder that no one
came on. I had barely reached his side,
however, when a man flung a handful of
Band full in Duponceau's face, temporar
ily blinding him. at the same moment
that another leaped up the trellis and
vaulted over the balcony rail. I met him
face to- face, and recognized the surly chap
who had spied on me that first day from
the woods. He had not gained his balance
when I fell upon him, hoping to topple
him back against the rail. Instead, his
feet shot out from under him, nnd, clutch
ing at me, he fell flat on tho balcony. He
lay there panting a second, his arms nbout
my back, while I tried to get my hands
upon his chest to push myself up. Sud
denly his grip tightened, and, with a lurch,
lie rolled me over, so that now I lay un
derneath and pinned by his arms. Then
he tried my game, and, hands on my chest,
sought to drive the breath from my body.
He was heavy, and I felt myself going,
going, drawing each breath harder, see
ing red more dully, when with a jerk the
pressure lightened, and I looked up to see
Charles, his brawny arms about the man's
shoulders, slowly but inexorably throwing
him over on his side. His hands relaxed,
there was a groan, and the man lay flat on
his back, Charles ' securely kneeling on
him while I struggled to my feet.
Meantime Duponceau, his sight clear
again, had held the balcony, and more,
had driven the men down the supports by
striking with his sword over the edge.
"Throw him over," he commanded us
now, and quickly we had the hapless crea
ture up on .the railing and bad dropped
him into the sand below. He fell with a
Boft thud, and we turned to other mat
ters. It was high time. Baffled at the bal
cony, the enemy were already trying to
batter in the front door. At the first
Bounds below-stairs, Rodney had drawn
my dinner-table and the heavy oat settle
across the door, and fortified it with every
heavy weight in-doors. Now the batter
ing began, and Duponceau and Charles
joined him while with an axe I found in
xny den I hacked away the trellises that
climbed to the balcony. Verily the fight
was hot when I would cut down my own
property.
Crash crash ! A heavy log struck the
front door and ripped away a panel. The
log was withdrawn, there was a shout,
and again came the thudding crash, splin
tering the upper part of the door and car
rying clear in to the settle. 'I was mad,
mad through and through, at the thought
of these desperadoes, and a glance at
Charles face told me that he wns the same.
We built up the barricade, we tried to
stay it against the next assault, but this
time the upper part of the door burst in
ward, and we were almost face to face
with the foe. Rodney and I crammed the
dining-room table into place, and threw
the chairs behind it. I cared little now
If all the furnitunre were beaten into
splinters.
"Now!" cried Duponceau. There was
a boom, a crash, and thu battering-rora
shot half way into the house. As it
cleaved away the door, Duponceau leaped
high on to the wreck of the table and laid
about him with his sword. I saw one
man fall sideways, and the rest, startled
Into fear by this man with eyes ablaze,
stand, hesitate, and fall back.
"Come on!" he cried. "There is room
for two abreast!" But no one came on;
the passage through that open doorway
looked dubious.
A hurried conference, a quick dispersal,
and then the enemy was back, armed with,
clubs cut from the woods. Now they came
on with a rush, and the battle joined.
PiBtols were discarded ; it was to be a
fight of our old rusty swords, and sticks
found by Charles, and the staffs of the
pines. Two men leaped into the breach
and fell on Duponceau, another slipped in
and fell to Rodney's care, while Charles
nnd I gripped our weapons and waited.
Duponceau thrust at one of his assail
ants and with a jerk threw the other
ncrosa the broken table almost at my
feet. A blow aimed at my head fell on
Charles' Staff, and he had the man reeling
In a corner with a sudden thrust of his
arm. Another man followed, and he and
I laid about each othor, blow falling on
eword, and sword on pine-wood. We had
tho advantage in that we stood on tho
chairs, the table, and what was left of
the door, and the enemy had to spring
against our entrenched position. Face to
face with us, toppling over the broken
furniture, their ardor passod, and grad
ually we drove them back, pressing them
out of tho doorway harder than they had
pressed in. The man opposite me aimed
a savage blow, I dodged, and, grappling
with him, throw him with all my strength
across the table. From there Duponceau
, rolled him out against his comrade. All
this time Monsieur Pierre had fought like
a demon, but now one man fell against
his legs, while another struck him a glanc
ing blow across the shoulders, and before
he could gain his footing ho fell from the
table back Into the room, striking against
the settle. Ho lay there still. Rodney
was In his place, and I jumped beside
him.
"Now!" I cried, and a moment later
we had what was left of the onetny safe
ly at bay.
The nttack'g party gathered together,
tod, with many 111 looks at us, finally
withdrew. Charles pulled tb ma Iw a4
in the corner up before us, and asked
what should bo done with him. I pointed
out to where tho others were turning up
the beach.
"It seems almost too 'good for him,"
said Charles.
"Yes." said it ; "It does." I had to hold
myself tight in check now as I looked at
my broken door nnd devastated room.
"Get out," I cried, "before I begin to talk
to you, and tell tho rest of your gang
that the next time they batter In a man's
house I, hope they get their Just deserts.
A nice band of ruffians they make ! The
next time you look In this door there'll
bo murder done. Get out!" ,
The man got out, helped over the bar
ricade by a none-too gentle lift from
Charles.
I turned to Duponceau ; he was Just
sitting up, rubbing his shoulders. He
struggled up to his feet and looked about
him. .
"I'm afraid, Selden, you'll never forgive
yourself for sheltering me. I didn't think
it would really come to this."
"I did," I answered. "I knew It, and
I knew we'd beat them off. But If they
ever come again, ft' II be the end of one
cr the other of us."
"I'd better surrender," he said.
I gave a short laugh. "I'd put you In
chains first. This is my house, and I
have what guests I choose, and ' all the
powers of Europe shan't prevent me ! Do
these people think we're living In the Mid
dle Ages?"
"I'm Inclined to think we are," said
Rodney, from his seat on the overturned
settle. "But I've always had a Hklng for
those days, so I don't object."
Then we went to work to build up the
front of the house as best we could. '
CHAPTER XIX.
By the time we had finished our repaln.
the morning was still not far advanced
towards noon. I had lighted a pipe and
was smoking in the full joy of rest after
battle, when Rodney came up to me with
a puckered line between his eyebrows'.
"I'm afraid," he remarked, "we're going
to get let down for the rest of the day."
"Why, man !" I ejaculated, '"you
wouldn't be going through that sort' of
racket each hour in the twenty-four,
would you?"
He smiled at my answer. "Not exactly,
but just at present we're playing- the part
of a lot of cooped up rats too -realistically
to suit your humble sen-ant. I'll be
expecting them to set fire to the house
next Besides that, I shouldn't be sur
prised if the club would start a search for
me at any moment. Anything may hap
pened in my office, the market may have
gone to pot, and my customers be ready
to tar and feather me."
"WeIl,"I agreed, "that's all true, and
jet if you go It leaves Duponceau just so
much more unprotected."
"I know," he mused thoughtfully, rub
bing his cheek with his hand. "I wish to
the deuce I knew who the man was." He
looked at me sharply. "Haven't you an
inkling, Felix?"
I shook my head. "All I know is that
he came out of the sea in a storm, with
his precious treasure-box, and that Fate
lias apparently appointed us to protect
hire from his enemies until he sees fit to
return into the sea again. On one subject
he's absolutely unapproachable: his ante
cedents." "Then why," pursued Rodney, "did you
ever take such an infernal liking to him?"
I considered. "Why did you?"
Our eyes met, and we both smiltid,
chuckled, and then laughed.
"There's an old French adage," said
Rodney " 'cheschez la femrae.' " He
took a turn or two up and down the room.
Then "See here, Felix," he said, "there's
no denying the fact that we're both of
us in the same boat, figuratively speaking,
even if no longer physically. You had a
great drag from the start, because you
were living such an unusual sort of life,
and were probably a woman-hater, cer
tainly had no use for society. Those
things take with a girl brought up in New
York."
I smoked stolidly, "You won the first
wound, and that takes with a woman any
where." He looked at his bandaged arm and
smiled reminiscentlyfl He was probably
thinking of that half-hour rrfren sift bad
dressed it.
"But the main point Is," he resumed,
"that we both knew that the particular
girl In question loved romance better than
anything else in the world."
"And that Duponceau was romance
personified," I added, "which fully ex
plains our actions."
Rodney puffed at his cigarette In si
lence. "Yet I've grown very fond of the man,"
he said presently. "He's brave, and he's
a gentleman."
"I'm fond of him, too. I wouldn't give
him up now for the world. I Intend to
stay right here until something happens."
Rodney finished his cigarette and threw
It away. "If you don't mind," he said,
"I'll steal over to your farmer's and ride
horse to the club, I've a feeling that
something may be doing in the outer
world, and that I ought to get next to a
ticket. I'll not be long, and I don't think
they'll come back before afternoon."
"Go, by all means. The man will give
you tht horse and show you an inland
road, so you'll not fall In with these peo
ple. We can get on all right until night
fall." Rodney started to leave, ' then turned
again.
"I wa sore," he eald, "that first after
noon when I found you and Barbara hav
ing tea here. I'll admit that I'd followed
her from New York, expecting to have a
clear field but well, one can't always
got what one wants, and there' luck In
this sort of a fight, Just as there U In
tht fttrotj but It la a good flfkt, aa4
I that's more than I can say for some ol
the affairs one sees in town. I m not
sore hny longer."
Ho 'smiled, nnd somehow his' genuine
mss brought me to my feet.
"It's a squnro fight all rdund, I sold.
Wo" went down-stnlrs together, and I
pointed out the way to tho farm-house.
Then I returned to my den to finish my
pipe, and to wonder If Roduey was going
to thf club for news or only to see Bar
bara'. The brief glimpse of hor that morn
ing huu certainly sot up both nthrlll.
The hours slid past without exertion on
my part. Duponceau nnd I hod hutch n
little after twelve, and then I returned to
itio study nnd stretched myself on tho
leather couch, with a book before my eyes.
The. summer pun, warm and sensation
dulling, came In through the window', nnd
the salt breeze was as heavy on tho eyes
as popples. Tho world drowsed, tho
bunch and my house were too warm nnd
elll! and lethnrglc for nctlou, and my eye
lids closed despite my best Intentions. I
fJopt long, deep, nnd like a tired child,
without dreams.
There was a mnn's step on the stairs.
I sat up and rubbed tuy eyes; I stretched
forth my arms and put my feet to tho
floor. Rodney entered and flopped Into
the lenther arm-chair, an Ironic smile on
his lips, his eyes bright with tho news
that he brought.
"Well," he said, "I know : Duponceau's
Etlenuo 1"
"Yes, Etlcnne, the French Colossus, tho
mnn who made fortunes In months nnd
lost them In hours, who planned to mnko
the poor of France rich nnd made them
poorer than before, the mnn who's played
hob with the markets of Europe for the
last six months."
I could say nothing; I was aghast
"The most precious scoundrei of the
nge," said Rodney, "but nVio potentially
the sxeatest benefactor. It was a toss
which way his coin would fall, and It fell
wrong." " '
"Well," I said. "I certainly never should
have thought it i"
"Nor I," assented Isllp; "never, never,
never."
"How do you know?" I demanded.
"It's public property. It's nil In the
papers,' he added, pulling a newspaper
from his pocket and flinging it over to
me. "ne escaped from France on a mer
chant vessel, and landed on the New En
gland coast, carrying with him, paper
and securities of the greatest value. A
score of men have been trying to bag him
and the papers without unnecessary
noise."
"And we have been harboring him !" I
added.
"We certainly have, and doing our best
to help him evade his enemies and make
off with Iho remnnnt of his spoils."
"I can't help it," I said; "I like him,
nnd I don't believe he's as bad as people
make out. He's certainly a born leader.",
"So was Napoleon," answered Rodney,
"nnd It wasn't until he failed that people
saw the other side of his genius. I fancy
Duponceau's a genius he might, perhaps,
have been' an empire-builder but his Ideas
went farther than his means, nnd so when
his bubble bursts the world calls him a
villain."
"If his intentions were good, where does
the crime lie?"
(To t continued.)
Pnanliii; of -the Country Doctor.
Listen now. There aren't any more
country doctors, but such as llvo in
towns and serve tho farmers will tell
you, the first thing they say about
their practice, that they collect ninety
five per cent of all their bills. It's
business with them. "If old Jake Rlne
hart calls them up by 'phone some
nasty, rainy night, and .old Jake 1b
slow pay, why Well, busi
ness Is business, you know.
There are no more country doctors.
Do you kndw why? You .remember
how Uncle Doc fussed with the hy
draulic ram; you remember how Inter
ested he was In all kinds of farming
implements that saved labor. They
were clumsy things In his day,, always
breaking down and getting out, of
kilter, but t,hey have been gradually
Improving until now their purpose la
well-nigh accomplished. They have
saved labqr without a doubt. They
have mado the farmer's boy unneces
sary, and have driven him to town,
The "thrashers" who had such good
appetites, and whose coming was a
sort of festival, are no lopger friends
and neighbors, but nomads from afar.
You remember, the old-time country
schoolhouse. chqck,-a-block with young
ones. It Js empty as a dried gourd
nowadays. I passed by one, in a once
thickly . settled Neighborhood. School
had Just let out. Five children walked
along the road with teacher. Eugono
Wool, In Success Magazine'.
Slrnnsc Omtanlon.
A woman who visited tho British
museum recently inquired of an at
tendant: "Have you no skull of Crom
well? I have been looking all around
for a skull of Oliver Cromwoll."
"No, madam," roplled tho attendant.
"We've nover had one.".
"How very odd!" silo exclaimed.
"They have a fino one In tho museum
at Oxford!" Ladles' Home Journal.
Aii Eye to Iliine,
Art Dealer What! You want 500
for that picture? You must be crazy.
Do Auber Not necessarily. I'm
merely trying to discount tho future.
Art Dealer How's that7
Do Auber Two hundred years hence
that picture will probably sell for
$5,000 but I'm willing to take 90 per
cent off for cash.
Norliiif CleiiiiltiK,
"Dad, I was simply great in relay
events," boasted tho boy from college.
"Good enough, son. We'll make use
of ttyem talents. Your ma will Boon
be ready to re-lay tho carpots." Wash
ington Herald.
More 'rnctlcnl,
"When we get married, Nora, I'll bo
willing to lay down my llfo for you."
"I'll bo quite satisfied If you lay
down a carpet or two, now nnd. then."
A rat weighing over four pounds
and measuring twenty-two and a half
Inches from nose to tall wns recently
caught star Canterbury, England.
Women iiml IMmlt'T.
Thre Is no field opon to womon to
day that Is loss crowded than tho
poultry field; none that offers na good
returns for ono's labor; none that
affords bo much freedom when taken
as a vocntlon, and none Uiat makos
ono so nearly independent of othors.
Somo of our best planned poultry
farms, as well aa our bost-pnying onos,
aro tho outgrowth of woman's skill
and Ingenuity In planning, and her
flnnnclal ability In conducting tho en
terprise. ' Most womon show a quali
fication for neatness about poultry of
which men aro occasionally void, and
as cleanliness Is an Important factor,
sho often outstrips our "lords of cron
tlon" In results obtained. The care
of poultry la productive of good health
to womon engaged therein, giving
them sufficient exorclso in tho open
air, and Just enough caro and respon
sibility to mako their work Intorost
Ing and to mnko them feel their Im
portance Tho field for womon Is
almost unlimited, and it pays hor bot-.
ter profits than sho can reasonably ex
pect from most othor buslnoss ven
tures. Commercial Poultry.
DemtroylnK Wnter Hjrnclnth.
Spraying la tho mothed followed at
the present tlmo by tho government
In destroying the wntcr hyacinth,
which has proved a serious Impedi
ment to navigation on many of tho
Southern rivers of this country. A
great number of suggestions havo
been tried,! and tho fino spraying pro
cess has been found to bo the most
effectual and economical. Two gov
ernment boats are engaged In tho
work. Each Is equipped with tanks
for tho boiling of n mixture of white
arsenic, sal soda and water. This is
sprayed on tho plants, and as the' lat
ter aro about 93 per cent water thoro
Is very little rcsiduo after they wilt
down under tho action of the poison
ous solution. That tho solution kills
the plants absolutely has been proved
In every caso whoro the conditions
wero such as to prevent tho lnttoduc
tlon of now plants within tho area
sprayed.
Ilnrrow Tooth Fnatmer.
John A. JohnBon, of Lacontcr,
Wash., has patented a harrow tooth
fasterner, tho' object of which Is to
fasten harrow-teeth In U bar harrows
without tho UBe of clamps, bolts or
nuts, and consists of a square or
diamond-shaped holo pressed through
the U bar of tho harrow for tho re
ception of tho teeth, and a W-shapcd
fastener pressed out of sheet metal In
serted between tho. teeth and tho back
of tho bar, with a corresponding
round notch In tho tooth to receive
tho fastener. Thus, ono fastonor
holds all the teeth in the bar.
Cultivate fli Orrhnnl.
Tho young orchard should bo culti
vated, but not with grain or grass
crops. Corn, potatoes, beans or other
vegetables, well cultivated, are Ideal
for a young orchard. Tho ground
should be stirred every two or three
weeks until the middle of August. In
going through the orchard with tho
harrow, care should be taken not to
Injure, bruise or "bark" the trcc3. To
avoid this, tho horses ought to be
muzzled and the outside portions of
traces and whlflletrees padded.
In going through some young or
chards early in the seasoa for the pur
pose of demonstrating pruning, Prof.
Surface found many cases of trees
which had been seriously damaged
through being grazod by whlflletrees,
or struck or bitten by tho howrs. In
golpg through the orchard, rub off nil
unnecessary sprouts. Rural World.
A TJirttxliliicr Itccoril.
George W. McKnlght of Howell, Ky.,
In a run of twelve and one-half days,
threshed 18,000 bushels of whoat,
moved eycry day, sometimes as far as
threo miles, and never broke a bolt
or touched tho cyllndor. Mr. Mc
Knlght reports that tho host yield ho
found was twonty-threo acres for
George Wood, that avornged twonty
bIx bushels. Of his own crop fifty
acres averaged twenty-two bushels,
and tho wholo crop of 100 acres pvqr
aged twenty bushelB. All of tho crops
ho threshed mado from flfteon to twen
ty bushels an acre.
Iiool Value at IluttnrnillU,
Buttermilk Is a nutritious nnd
wholesome food, or drink, nnd It Is
relished by a great many people.
Thoro Is a good salo for It In all towns
and cities of any size. Tho quality of
buttermilk, Uko all other foods, Is de
termined by tho way It Is prepared,
To secure tho most wholesome prod
upt, keep tho milk as pure nnd clean
as possible, uso the most pure water
obtainable and practice absolutely clean
methods In churning. It muut be held
at a low temperature In order to havo
It fresh for any great length of Urn.
Welirlit mill KeeU.
When ono comes to llgura on n
dlfforonco In weight for tho same nge
nnd feed of 200 to 400 pounds, nnd
a dlfforonco In prlco of Bovoral conta,
ho can boo aa plnlnly ns ho can see
anything that thoro is moro monoy In
Improved stock. Supposo a 2-yoar-old
scrub steer weighs 900 pounds nnd
sells for 4 cents a pound, while a
2-yoar-old puro bred weighs 1,200
and soils for C'4 cents, thoro will bo
?3G for ono and $75 for tho other.
Is thoro any mnn in his right souses
who can think it will not pny to koop
well-bred stock when ho compares
theso flgures7 Thoy nro not Imag
inary at all, but roprwont tho quota
tions In tho market reports during tho
last fow months. Tho real quostlon
then Is, how to got hotter cnttlo.
Bulls nro cheap just now, nnd In fact
havo been selling lower than cows and
heifers. Donver Field nnd Farm.
And DcMroy Settle Insect.
Prof. Hnrlan of California hns dis
covered that tho ordinary blnck nnt
will remove tho scale from fruit trees
without Injuring tho trco or lenves In
tho least. Ho says tholr work Is moro
completo than that accomplished by
spraying or by any of tho Imported
Insects. The ants nro captured by
placing a pinto of sugar near an nnt
hill, and when covered with nnts tho
pinto is put In tho forks of the infect
ed trco. Tho ants lenvo tho sugar and
go to work on the scale. As soon as
thoy all leave tho sugar tho plate la
placed at Uio foot of the troo, and as
tho. nnts como down after having
cleaned tho treo of scalo, thoy again
assemble1 on tho sugar and aro thus
easily removed to another trco.
Supply of Nitrate.
It Is clnlmed that at the prosont rata
of uso tho known supply of nltrato of
Bodn will bo exhnustcd In loss than
fifty yenrs, whllo ns a matter of fact
tho consumption Is Increasing stondtly
and rapidly. It Is therefore safo to
say that before twenty-fivo yearn have
pnsBcd tho supply will ho low, unions
new fields are discovered, and that the
price will bo high. Over a million nnd
a half tons were used Jnnt year. This
is not encouraging for the young gen
eration of farmers, except for tho fnct
that wo will always havo our clovers,
our alfalfa, our cowpeas tho great lo
gumo family and proporly rotated
these will supply the soli with nitro
gen from tho lncxhnustlblo supply" Id
tho air. '-
A Hatter I-'mnd.
An Ingenious fraud' in tho butter
lino was brought to light recently- In
England. In that country tho nmount
of molsturo in butter Is limited by
law to 10 per cent. , Australian nnd
Now Zealand butterx, pn the othor
hand, usually contain only 8 por cent
of water. .1 Taking advantage of this
fact, several flrma Imported largo
quantities of theso colonial butters,
to which 8' per ccntiof water was then
added, thus .bringing them down to
tho British standard. As the added
water naturally cost nothing nnd tho
product was sold at tho current price,
a substantial profit was made.
MiiiiKlil-r of Itoliliin,
Virginia, North Carolina and Ton
noHsco have tho undesirable distinc
tion of being tho only states In tlio
Union wherp tho slaughter of robins
Is pormltted by law. Roccnt Investi
gations show that not less than 0,000,
000 robins nro killed hi theso threo
states during tho winter months. It
Is a fact that ovory robin earns $1 In
tho destruction of lnsocts Injurious to
crops every year. Tho hunters Boll
them at 5 cents nplcco. This Is a
wnsto of millions of dollars nnd ought
to appenl to tho hard, common sonno
of ovory farmor. It ought to bo
Btoppod In every, stato.
American I'loww Almuiil,
American plows and cultivators nro
turning up tho soil In moro than sev
enty countries and colonies of tho
world. In Japan, In 1908, thoro wero
$22,000 worth; In Asiatic Turkey, $H,
000; In Now Zenlnnd, $50,000; In Brit
ish South Africa, $222,000; In Portu
guese Africa, $31,000; In Culm, $85,
000; whllo Argentina took in 1008
$750,000 worth; Canada, $474,000; Run
sla In Europe, $259,000, and Asiatic
Itussln, $750,000 worth.
Ili;lroylii(r Wo ciln.
In Denmark tho farmers aro. com
pelled by law to destroy all woods on
tholr premises, and In Franco a farm
er may prosecuto his neighbor for
damages If tho neighbor allows woods
to go to seed. It would savo millions
of dollars In this country If laws pro
vailed which proventod farmore from
growing weeds to seed on tholr own
as well as others' farms,
Hliortliorn 91111c Covrn.
Experiments In developing a milk
ing strain of shorthorn cattle havo
been begun by tho dairy division of
tho United States Dopartment of
Agriculture In co-oporatlon with tho
Minnesota Experiment Station and
with nlno Minnesota breeders, tho lat
ter having agreed to allow tholr hords
to be used and to manage them ac
cording to the Instructions of the department,
THE WEEKLY
1770-nrltlsh dofcatod tho AmeriMn.
In buttlo of Long Island
1778 Americans and British cnirn
In battlo at Quaker Hill
1770-Ocn. Sulllvnn defeated a f0rc,
of Tories and Indians at film,?
1788-Tho French fleet under Marqut,'
do Jolnvlllo arrived In Boston.
1801 Kronch ovneunted Egypt n fa.
vor of tho British.
1813-Fort Mlmmn. on the Alabama
IUvor, surprised and captured by
a largo body of Indians under T.
cumsph.
18H Alexandria, Virginia, capitulated
to tho British. ' wa
1810 Algiers surrendered to a com
blnod British and Dutch llect
1820 First election of Suito oflkeri n
Missouri.
1847 Archbishop Messmcr of Mllwau
keo born In Switzerland.... Illlnoli
voted to accept hor constitution.
1849 Convention met at Monterey,
Cul., to frame a Stato constitution!
1854 Great loss of life nnd property
In tornado nt Louisville
1801 Bombardment nnd capture ol
Forts Huttoras and Clark, In North
Carolina,... Gen. Fremont pro
claimed mnrtlnl law in MIsgourL
1803 Tho Fodorals wero defeated Is
battlo at Manassas, Va.
1870 Abdul Humid II, ascended tht
Turkish throne.
1880 Lord Roberts rearhml linn.ifiw
aftur "JI IpolebnitcJ march front
Cabul to relievo' tho British forci
thoro' boslpgcd by Ayub Khan.
1895 Thirteen minors drowned In th
mines nt Central city, Co!o....Thi
war department ordered the addi
tion of a forty-fifth star to the flag
to r'etiruaoiit Utah.
1904 Battleship Louisiana launched at
Newport Nown.
1905 Jnpanoso and Itusalnn envoy at
n..i.niiii,
mont.
1908 Strlko of Alabama coal mlnen
declared off,
VOLTVA GOES TO JAIL RATHER
THAN PAY BIQ JUDGMENT.
WIUIUU (JLENff VOUVA.
rw irll..i nvn.rseer Ol
wuuur ujuiui iviiii
Zion City. III., who was tafcen to juj
i.i T,.un tn allow PJ'
ment of a Judgment for $10,000 ob
talned against him by an attorney
52on City, becauso of articles vrinu
by Vollva two years ngo, became coa
noctod with tho work of tho late Joh
aiv..,i nnwln nt tho beginning oi
Chlcnco. In 1505. 1
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your ouioio jyuw ,
minimi uuj"i imw (.
mo nnairs m w " T j,kk
world, and ho succeeded to leader J
In 1007. Mr. Vollva was born In
T,i After Graduation
m ' t- oi. -InHnn nnil IlUd'"
legos ho entered tho mln siry -Christian
church and held pwtora
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spenkor.
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uitty win iv rnu
dltlons of labor by
of eighty building- In n nIeDc
tlon with ovory mmlorn conv
mutuary conditions, nnd n co
with which clubhouse Ibraw , r
lie baths, RTmnnslumfl; oto . W' donC
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trtwinfrt mniivi s. iiif - . i
conclusion that It will
tholr buHlncss planaj
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mi. a mirn nsi dhvw" mavm
Towor J . Ration 1W
IIlUnmiKUU w- ---- .m inH
York, and It . I- "iT"" regular
wio uuiiio -- -idea wi '
vice botweon tho two cltic
ilule- '
i stall0'
Tlio Duiiu ..... - - MarCon. -
menis 0i u. el.r0yea v?
less stations wero dew
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