THE RED STORM
Or the Days of Daniel Boone
By JOEL RO B.I N S O N
CHAPTER XII.
"Arise:" said Star-Light.
Rosalthe lifted her head languidly.
She had lain in the canoe she knew not
how long. The voice of the Indian girl
recalled her from a state bordering on
Unconsciousness. She looked around her
like one dreaming and wondering where
eae was. The birchen vessel touched the
shore.
"Step out." said Star-Light, and Ro
Balthe obeyed in silence. The Indian
maiden drew the canoe out of the water
and secreted it among the reeds and
bushes.
That operation being completed, she
motioned to Rosalthe to follow her and
walked with noiseless and gliding foot
steps into the forest. Star-Light proceed
ed in this manner until our heroine was
nearly exhausted, and could with diffi
culty keep pace with her more practiced
conductress; which the latter perceiving,
Went forward more slowly, stopping
often to assist her over rough places.
The way was so dark and lonely that
Rosalthe queried whether a human foot
ever had pressed that soil before, or
whether a human voice ever broke the
Stillness of the solemn woods.
They reached an Indian hut or lodge,
and it was a spot so hemmed in by
stupendous forests, that it seemed to Ro
salthe completely hidden from the ob
servation of the living.
The maidens entered the lodge; it was
without an occupant. Star-Llght point
ed to a couch of skins, and our heroine
was glad to avail herself of the privilege
of resting upon it; while the former kin
dled a fire and made preparations for
cooking a meal.
Rosalthe was aroused from an uneasy
slumber produced by exhaustion, and
food set before her. Of these viands she
partook without hesitation, resolved to
appear as unconcerned and heroic as
possible before ber strange companion.
While she was thus employed Star
Llght was busily engaged In compound
ing various paints, for what purpose
Rosalthe was at a loss to conceive. When
the latter had ceased eating, and pushed
the food from her, the Indian maiden
approached with the pigments she had
prepared, and the object became appar
ent. Rosalthe drew back In alarm.
"Foolish maiden!" exclaimed Star-
Llght. "What do you fear? Water will
make these colors disappear. What I
am about to do is necessary to your
safety. I must make you look like one
of my people."
"Swear that you will keep faith with
me, and that I shall return In safety to
Boonesborough," said Rosalthe.
"I swear," returned Star-Llght "By
the Great Spirit"
"Then I submit; do with me as you
will."
"White Cloud Is proud," said the In
dian girl, after a pause. "She Is vain
of her beauty; she fears that these col
ors will destroy it, so that Smooth-
Tongue will no longer love her."
"I am ready put it on," replied Ro
salthe, submitting herself patiently to
Star-Llght
The Cherokee girl gazed an Instant at
the handsome features of Rosalthe, and
sighed.
"Star-Light Is sad and unhappy," said
our heroine, kindly. "Smooth-Tongue
has made her heart heavy by his deceit
Let her forget him; he is bad."
"Forget him, that White-Cloud may
remember him!" retorted the Indian
girl, angrily.
"Star-Light Is wrong; jealousy and
grief have blinded her eyes. But the
time will come when she will see clear
ly," replied Rosalthe.
The heart or Star-Light seemed to
relent; she commenced laying the colors
upon Rosalthe's face with no ungentle
hand, while the latter sat uncomplain
ingly before the blazing fire, that she
might see to complete the novel opera
tion. sen tnia part of the singular
toilet was finished, the Indian girl pro
ceeded to unfasten her hair, which was
confined by a band, and let It fall un
restrained over her neck and shoulders.
Ia a short time Rosalthe's dark tresses
were arranged to suit the fancy of Was
sahauza. From a willow basket. In one
corner of the lodge, she produced an
Indian dress, In all respects like her
own.
Our heroine made no objections, but
suffered herself to be attired in the cos
tume of savage life. When the whole
was completed, Star-Llght herself looked
at her with wonder and admiration; for
Rosalthe appeared quite as charming In
her new apparel as In her own legitimate
style of dress.
"Goodl" exclaimed Star-Llght, holding
a small mirror before her unresisting
captive. Rosalthe glanced at the Image
reflected, and could not repress an In
Toluntary exclamation of astonishment.
"You'll be jealous of me, now, I'm
sure," she said, with a faint smile.
"If I thought you could speak the
truth, I should not bate you," rejoined
Star-Light, a portion of her former
sternness returning.
"Let Star-Light and White-Cloud be
friends," said Kosaltne, In a kindly tone.
The maiden made no reply, but taking
ttosaitces nana, tea ner irom the lodge.
"There Is a village not far from
here," said the former, when they had
walked a short distance. "Yon will be
safe there, for yon shall dwell In my
lodge, and I am the daughter of a pow
erful chief. You must not try to escape,
for that might bring evil upon yon.
I will tell oar young men that yon come
from our cousins, the Wyandots, on ac
oount of a young chief who loved yon.
bat whom you despised. This tale wm
account for your appearance among us
If you follow my directions. Speak to
do one, and leave the rest to me."
been abroad?" he
CHAPTER XIIL
A walk of half an hoar brought the
maidens to the Cherokee village, which
consisted of about twenty lodges, being
only a minor branch of that once power
ful nation.
Star-Llght was psssing rapidly among
the hots, followed by Rosalthe, when a
tall and majestic figure appeared la the
narrow and well-beaten path that wonnd
n serpentine manner from lodge U
"Star-Light has
said. Inquiringly.
lhere is starlight all above you,
replied the Indian girl, carelessly.
"But not the Star-Light that is more
Pleasant to Otter-Lifter than the bright
ness of day," returned the Indian.
"The bold chief of the Cherokees will
make mo sad," said Star-Lieht,
"He would not willingly darken the
rays of joy that should continually
stream up from your heart, and beam
irom your eyes." rejoined Otter-Lifter.
"You have not noticed our sister; she
comes troni our cousins, the Wyandots.
one 19 called White C oud."
"The daughters of the Wyandots are
comely," returned Otter-Lifter, giving
Rosalthe a searching glance. "White-
Cloud Is welcome; she looks like the sis
ter of Star-Light."
"Otter-Lifter has sharp eyes!" retort-
ea otar-JLignt. coldly,
"May no cloud larger than that ever
come between Otter-Lifter and Star
Light," replied the chief, pointing to
nosaiine.
"The Cherokee chief is making love to
my cousin:" exclaimed the Indian girl,
with warmth.
Otter-Lifter turned away with a smile.
and the maidens passed on to the lodge
near me center of the village. The ode
was a large one, divided into two com
partments by buffalo skins susnndd
from the top, and secured at the bottom
by sticks driven Into the earth. In one
place a skin was left to serve the pur
pose of a door, and through which Star-
L.ignt conducted her captive.
luia is my father's lodne." said the
maian girl. "He Is one of the chiefs.
and Is called Gitshewa, or Strong-Voice,
oecause nis shout Is so terrible In battle.
Being a noted man, his lodge Is double.
as you see, and this part belongs to me
ana Monon. Monon is my sister."
The person last mentioned was seated
on a mat near the fire: and when Star
Light mentioned her name, she arose
ana regarded Rosalthe with as much
curiosity as was in keeping with Indian
stocism, and possibly, a little more.
"'TIs White-Cloud," said Star-Llght.
Rosalthe seated herself on a mat. and
examined Monon more particularly. She
was younger than her sister, and bore
a striking resemblance to her. She was
fair, but her beauty was of a gentler
cast tnan Btar-LIght s: and our heroine
took courage from the fact, and hoped
sne would be able to win her friendship,
I tie tnree maidens being seated before
the fire, did little else, for a time, than
to throw furtive glances at each other.
Presently Star-Llght and her sister
began to converse in the Indian tongue.
and being somewhat familiar with the
language, Rosalthe soon perceived that
they were talking about a white captive
that one of their war parties of young
men had taken at Harrodsburg. This
riveted her attention, and she listened
with breathless Interest to all that was
said. Her sympathies were more com
pletely enlisted in the subject when she
heard the prisoner was a young girl,
and already condemned to death.
Rosalthe could control her feelings no
longer. She asked why Otter-Lifter, be
ing a humane chief, permitted such cru
elties, to which Star-Light replied that
he had nothing to do with the matter,
the captive having been taken by a
party of young braves, and to retaliate
on the settlers at Harrodsburg for the
loss of one of their number.
"But has not Otter-Lifter or your
father power to save the poor girl?" In
quired Rosalthe.
Star-Light made no answer, but look
ed steadily at the fire.
'Did not the Great Spirit Intend that
the pale and red faces should be perpet
ually enemies?" asked Monon.
No; it is His will that all men should
be brethren, and dwell together In friend
ship," replied Kosalthe.
"That would be best, It seems to me;
but if It had been the will of the Great
Spirit It would have been so; for his
power is greater than man's," answered
Monon.
"The fate of that unhappy young
woman makes me miserable!" exclaimed
our heroine, and lying down upon the
couch of buffalo skins that had been
spread for her, she vainly endeavored to
rest The imperfect slumbers that vis
ited her at periods were disturbed by
dreamy vagaries. It was about mid
night when she felt a touch upon her
arm. She opened her eyes with a start.
and beheld Star-Llght beelde her.
"If you would see the white captive.
arise and follow me," said the Indian
girl.
Rosalthe lost no time In obeying; she
arose and followed her from the lodge.
hlle Monon remained sitting by the
fire. VV Ithout a word being uttered by
either party, they approached the spot
where the unfortunate captive was wait
ing the execution of the sentence which
had been pronounced upon her by her
judges.
Two warriors lay extended upon the
ground near the door of the lodge, who
appeared to be sleeping soundly. Star
Llght paused, evidently somewhat sur
prised at what she beheld.
"The Great Spirit favors us," she said
m a low voice. "The warriors are full
of firewater tbey are drunken."
Star-Llght passed on, stepping lightly
within a few Inches of the unconscious
watchers.
Making a gesture for Rosalthe to Im
itate her example, ahe glided Into the
lodge. The prisoner was sitting near a
smoldering fire, her hands and feet tight
ly bound with thongs of deer skin. She
looked up with an exclamation of aston
ishment The Instant that Rosalthe
caught a glimpse of the sorrowful face
that was turned toward her, ahe sprang
forward and embraced the doomed maid
en, exclaiming, "Fanny Harrod I"
The captive uttered no words of rec
ognition, but gased at Rosalthe la mute
surprise.
"Mlnno Monedor said Star-Llght ia
a suppressed bat eoergetle manner.
"What are you doing t Is this a time
to embrace and weep) Coma away,
White-Cloud the Drooping-LJly does not
know you."
tat-Light grasped Rosalthe by the
' arm and drew her away from the cap
tive; with a kulfe she had severed the
thongs that bound her limbs, and bade
ner stnnd up. This done, raising her
hand warningly, she stepped to the door
and looked a moment at the warriors
before It. Satisfied, evidently, with the
result of her examination, she returned,
-and .took Fanny Harrod by the hand,
and led her from the lodge.
The parties stood in the open air, and
beneath the light of an unclouded moan.
The face of Miss Harrod was deadly
pale; her limbs trembled with agitation,
and her heart beat fast with expectation
and fear. She turned her marble visage
toward Star-Light, or threw wild and
wondering glances at Rosalthe.
The Cherokee girl paused but a mo
ment, and then moved away from the
spot, supporting the trembling form of
i anny Harrod. They had proceeded per
haps a dozen yards, when a majestic
figure darkened their path, and the face
of Otter-Lifter was looking calmly upon
them. Miss Harrod uttered a faint cry,
and fell fainting into the arms of Star-Llght
CHAPTER XIV.
Joel Logston reached Boonesborough
much exhausted from the loss of blood;
but he was not so weak as to be un
able to give a very extraordinary ac
count of what had transpired.
The restraint which had been Imposed
upon the Frenchman's actions proved by
no means agreeable. He felt that he
was in danger, and that many of his
plans were likely to fall. He attributed
all his present difficulties to young Nor
wood, and resolved to be fully revenged
upon him. He paced the rough floor of
the block-house until near midnight, de
vising plans of escape and retaliation,
The pioneers were in their cabins,
and the Frenchman was the sole occu
pant of the structure. The door which
opened into the lnclosure was guarded
by Andrew, who was soon to be relieved
by Exquisite Ebony. That it would be
possible to corrupt the simple black and
escape was an idea that naturally crept
into the mind of Le Bland. The result
of this conception was the following con
versatlon between the parties.
'Andrew?" said the Frenchman. In a
low voice, putting his mouth to a loop
hole.
The honest African was somewhat
comatose at that time; but the sound
Instantly aroused him, and caused him
to look around in alarm. Le Bland re
peated the name.
"Am dat you spokin?" said Andrew.
The prisoner answered In the affirms
tive without delay.
Don t 'dress yerself to me," returned
Andrew, with some loftiness of manner.
The Frenchman gnashed his teeth
with anger, and wished, for the moment,
above all other things, for the privilege
or wnnging the negro s neck.
"But, my good Andrew, this misfor
tune of mine should not Interrupt our
friendship, added the prisoner In a dep
recating tone.
Dis chile am berry much fat-l-srued.
and doesn't want to hear no low re
marks," said Andrew, yawning.
Dome, Monsieur Andrew, don't be
hard on a person who has been unfortu
nate."
"Stop dat talkln' dar; I'm gwlne to de
compose some poetry. What will rhyme
wird 'skies, you French feller in dar?"
asked Andrew after a short silence.
"Eyes," replied Le Bland, thinklna
that perhaps it would be better to humor
his mood.
"Dar fust line am dis," resumed the
negro, "Dar moon am sailin' in de skies."
"But can't compare wld Dinah's eyes,"
added Le Bland.
"Dat am berry good," quoth Andrew,
much pleased with the lines.
"Listen," continued the Frenchman;
"I'll assist you to compose some lines on
Dinah's eyes, if you'll Just let me out of
this ridiculous place. Poetry Is the sure
road to the female heart. Andrew, vou
are a poet and a man of feeling."
Ye-s, I know dat," said the negro.
highly gratified by the compliment to his
head and heart
"The fact of the case is, that I am
vilely slandered and villainously tra
duced. It is necessary in order to vin
dicate my character, that I should es
cape this block house. Now it seems to
me, that a man of your sensibility must
pity me, more especially when I assure
you that I will give you a handsome
sum of money for your services."
"Money!" exclaimed Andrew, eagerly,
"Yes, Andrew; good, hard, silver
pieces.
"Dat alters de clrkumstance. Poke out
des money frew der hole," responded
Andrew readily.
(To be eontlnned.t
Hone Blunket.
A horse blanket particularly adapt
ed to draft animals is the Invention of
a Seattle man. This blanket is so ven
tilated that undue accumulation of
animal beat under the blanket is pre
vented. This Is accomplished by hav
ing openings in that portion of the
horse. The openings being at the
highest point occupied by the blanket
when arranged on the animal, the ris
lng animal heat passes off freely. To
AFFORDS VENTILATION.
prevent water or snow from gaining
access through these openings there
Is used a shield, which Is supported
above the openings by a skeleton wire
frame. The reins for guiding the horse
are held In place In the frame. The
shield, which is made of fabric, is of
greater width than the openings, thor
oughly protecting the animal. Such a
blanket would be suitable for livestock
of any kind.
Building- Up a Beef Herd.
It Is important to have cattle of
good individual quality and to have
this backed up by good pedigrees. But
it is equally important that their en
viroment be right, writes a New York
farmer in American Agriculturist. A
farm that Is naturally poor and grows
poor crops can only develop stock of
poor quality. I am positive of this.
The farm on which my cattle are kept
Is considered one of the best in the
county and is not getting any poorer
with the large amount of manure my
stock make. It is, not what could be
called high ground, but almost level
and well drained. This soil Is under
laid with limestone, similar to the
limestone and blue grass lands of Ken
tucky, that have long been famous for
the stock that came from them.
To Fight Ball Weevil.
Secretary Wilson, of the Depart
ment of Agriculture, asks In his re
port to Congress that $10r,f00 be ap
propriated as the boll weevil item for
the following year. It Is proposed that
the Secretary be authorized to expend
the appropriation in such manner as
he shall deem best, In co-operation
with the State experiment stations
and practical cotton growers. Of the
special appropriation of $195,000 which
was made for the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1900, $105,000 has been used
by the Bureau of Plant Industry in
,tlie study of cotton diseases, diversl
licatlon and co-operation with the va
rious experiment stations In extend
ing the Improved cultural methods. It
la recommended that this appropria
tion be continued, not as a separate
item, but as a part of the regular bu
reau funds. It ia highly important,
the Secretary of Agriculture adds,
that the investigation on breeding of
new cottons, the general propaganda
work on Improved cultural methods,
the study of the diseases and dlverslfl
cation of crops, be continued and ex
tended into other Southern States like
ly to be Invaded by the weevil. The
object of this apropriatlon is to en
able the department to continue this
work.
ffHEVEEKLY
RIAH
Milk Pays More than Butter.
The following, with reference to the
decline of butter manufacture In En
gland. Is from Hon. Frank W. Mahln
United States ?onsul at Nottingham
England: "One plausible explanation
of the manifest decline In dairying In
England Is that It is more profitable
to sell the milk, the drinking of which
Is Increasing, than to convert It Into
butter. Consequently the average
British farmer Is making no butter to
sell, but Is even buying what he needs
for his own use. Furthermore, It is
asserted that some English dairies buy
foreign butter and sell It as their own
product the domestic article, though
inferior, In the Judgment of many con
sumers, commanding a higher price
than the foreign."
Clin to Their Secrete.
Bishop Hanlon, of Uganda, in de
scribing some of his experience In Cen
tral Africa, said recently that, though
many of the medicine men had been
converted, they could not be Induced
to carry their confession so far aa to
divulge their undoubted valuable rem
edies for native disease. Some of the
converted medicine women were not
so reticent, but their revelations were
fenerally worthless.
Failed to Find the Great Secret.
There is good authority for the
statement that at various times Her
bert Spencer, Charles Darwin, Thomas
II. Huxley and Louis Pasteur were
convinced that they had discovered the
secret of life, but repeated tests, In
which antecedent life was more care
fully excluded, showed in every In
stance that they had been mistaken.
The Honey Mnakmelon.
One of the astonishing things In
vegetable growing or rather in grow
ing vegetables for the express purpose
of supplying the consumer, is the ut
ter indifference shown by the grower
to the matter of quality. The same
thing applies to fruit. It would be
excusable if there were no other sorts,
but when there are a dozen more or
less far better than the varieties of
fered It is strange, Indeed, they are
not grown. A family well known to
the writer was especially fond of musk
melons and bought them In large quan
tities until all that were offered them
were so poor in quality they stopped
using them and the producer lost valu
able trade. The Honey melon, which
has been tested for three years past
is one of the promising new sorts. It
Is a nicely formed melon, the skin
green and the flesh a yellowish green.
The flesh Is firm and deep and of a
Rlngrlna- Unruly Hosts.
When the sows get unruly and in
clined to make trouble of various kinds
they can be readily controlled by an
arrangement made of ropes and placed
around the jaws of the animal. Such
a rope Is not easy to put in position
with an angry hog, so a little device
made of an old broom handle is used.
Insert a small hook in one end of the
handle and near the other end nail a
FOB BINOINO THE HOGS.
strap, which fastened so as to form a
loop, will enable one to get a firmer
grip on the handle. Then take the
rope and make a slip noose in one end,
hang it from the hook on the end of
the small pole and, with a quick move
ment, place the loon over and around
the upper Jaw, when the mouth Is
forced open. Take hold of the rope
with one hand Just above the noose
and with the help of the ringer Insert
the ring or rings on the snout. The
animal will be unable to fight much
with this appliance around Itsjaw. The
Illustration shows the details of the
pole with strap and hook and also the
method of having the loop over the
Jaw.
IiiJjJSp
HONET MUSK MELON.
sweet, spicy flavor, decidedly pleasing
to the taste. If it does as well In gen
eral planting as on small plats, and
there Is no good reason why It should
not. It will be a variety that should be
extensively planted In all sections
where the muskmelon may be grown.
It will certainly please the consumer.
Remand for Trotters.
The breeding of hackneys may an
swer for men of great wealth and
large Incomes, but the average Amerl
can rarmer win nna it mucn more
profitable to breed from the best of
trotting stock, says American Cultiva
tor. He should aim to produce ani
mals of good size, high intelligence,
pleasant disposition, a pure trotting
gait and high, all round action. There
Is always a good demand for such ani
mals and at prices that will insure a
profit to the man who breeds and rais
es them, provided they are properly
educated to harness and well fitted for
the market
Kept Her V w of Silence.
The case of Josephine Varillo has
created a good deal of Interest In Par- from boiler and scrape the peeling off;
slice very thin and spread on news-
To Keep Sweet Potatoes
When you have no cellar that will
keep all the sweet potatoes you need,
wash and fill a boiler full of potatoes,
cover with cold water, place them
over the fire and boll until you can
pierce them with a fork. Remove
la. Six years ago In resentment at a
sentence of Imprisonment, she rowed
she would never speak again. She
kept that tow, and recently the doc
tors discovered that aha had actually
become dumb.
Doaaoetlo Dlplentaey.
"Women don't bar logical minds r
said Shrewd bluntly.
paper and dry them In the sun like
fruit Soak before cooking. Add a
little sugar and butter, and you will
bare a nice breakfast dish.
Fat la Milk.
The percentage of fat In milk from a
single cow may vary, one day giving
Tnev don't need them If thTro .. 'different results from the next In an
lucky aa I am," aald his wife, sweet-i xper,ment wlth cho,c 3tnT n
ly. "Ton see, I bare yon think for ,tb m,lk w" fonnd to ran" from 445
mer Detroit Free Press.
per cent to 5.83 per cent A alngle test
with a cow may, therefore, be of no
value, aa in the one case more milk
would be required to make a pound of
The Ch rente Beehelor.
"They accuse me," aald the chronic
bachelor, "of always looking out for 'butter than In the other, as was shown
number one. But I'm not I'm trying la the variation la fat with the above
to evade bar." Cleveland Leader, uperlment
Wheat the Beat Sheep Food.
Some of the experiment stations
find that a pound of wheat In feeding
has more nutriment than a pound of
any other grain. In corn there Is 8
per cent of digestible protein, barley
8.C9 per cent, oats 9.25 per cent, rye
9.12, while wheat has 10.23 per cent
An English authority estimates wheat
fed to Iambs Is worth about 70 cents
per bushel. The Indiana station real
ized 77 cents a bushel for wheat fed
to sheep.
Roots Good for Poaltry.
Roots of all kinds can be fed to poul
try with advantage In the winter time
to supply green food. It Is a good
practice to split the roots and allow
the hens to pick out the contents.
Where the roots are small drive a nail
through one end and Into a board or
the aide of the house to prevent them
from being dragged around and soiled.
1408 Battle of Branham Moor.
1437 James I. of Scotland murdered.
1519 Hernando Cortes sailed from Cuba
to conquer Mexico.
1019 Lucilio Vanini burnt as an athe
ist at Toulouse.
1050 Spain declared war against Eng
land. 1094 Bradford paid for printing first
book in New York City.
1749 Riot in Haymarket, London, over
failure of a man to jump into a
quart bottle as promised.
1759 French siege of Madras raised.
1703 Seven years' war ended.
1778 First salute to American flag by a
foreign government.
1780 British under Gen. Clinton Invad
ed South Carolina.
1792 American Congress granted a
bounty to fishing vessels.
1793 British flag raised on the island
of Corsica.
1803 Ohio admitted as the seventeenth
State.
1804 U. S. frigate Philadelphia destroy
ed in harbor of Tripoli.
1807 Aaron Burr arrested near Fort
Stoddart. Alabama.
1812 Florida ceded to the United States
by Spain.
1815 Frigate Constitution captured
British sloops Cyane and Levant.
1818 Gen. Jackson took the field
against the Florida Indians.
1831 Poles defeated Russians at Gro-
chow.
1853 Ship Independence lost off Lower
California; 140 persons perished.
1850 Ship John Rutledge sunk by an
Iceberg.
1800 Ship Hungarian lost off Cape
Sable ; 205 persons perished.
1801 Jefferson Davis inaugurated Presi
dent of Confederate States. .. .Texas
State troops seized U. S. arsenal and
barracks at San Antonio.
1802 Surrender of Fort Donelson.
1804 First war prisoners received at
Andersonville prison. .First Knights
of Pythias lodge organized in Wash
ington, D. C. ... Second Confederate
Congress met at Richmond.
1805 Columbia, S. C, surrendered to
Gen. Sherman.
1807 First passage of a ship through
the Suez canal.
1808 Battle between Ruba and Marti
nez, near Mazatlan, Mexico. .Amer
ican theater burned in San Francisco.
1809 Loans of money on United States
notes by national banks forbidden.
1870 Northern Pacific railroad begun at
the Dalles of St. Louis, Minn.
1873 Fernando Wood moved In the
House for the impeachment of Vice
President Colfax.
1874 Business section of city of Pan
ama destroyed by fire.
1875 Jesse Pomeroy, "boy murderer,"
sentenced to death in Boston.
1870 Congress appropriated $1,500,000
for Centennial Exposition at Phila
delphia. 1878 Passage of the Bland silver bill in
the U. S. Senate.
1879 Women admitted to practice be
fore the United States Supreme
Court.
1882 Congress voted widow of President
Garfield a pension of $5,000 a year.
....Nihilists convicted of assassinat
ing Alexander II. of Russia.
1885 New comet discovered by Prof.
Bernard.
1887 Congress passed a bill retiring the
trade dollar. .. .Woman's suffrage
became a law in Kansas.... U. S.
Senate passed anti-polygamy bill.
1892 Edward P. Deacon shot and killed
M. Abeille at Cannes, France.
1895 Madge York, actress, murdered In
Philadelphia by James B. Gentry,
an actor.
1898 Battleship Maine blown up la
Havana harbor.
1905 Five killed in mine explosion at
Birmingham, Ala.
Care for Llsaheraeek.
For Umberneck In fowls try one ta
bles poonful of copperas dissolved In
each two gallons of drinking water.
Maggots from decaying animal matter
are aald to produce Umberneck la
fowls. This Is doubtful, but as a mat
ter of precaution would suggest that
any carcass that may be around be
buried.
Short Personals.
John Brisben Walker, the editor, waa
the pioneer in the steam automobile busi
ness in this country.
Benjamin M. Jennings of Casey coun
ty, Ky., has been presented with an ex
tremely large diamond stud by King Ed
wi.rd, which ia said at one time to have
been the property of Taul Kruger.
In emulation of Benjamin Franklin.
Mayor Fitzgerald of Boston has donated
$1,000 to form a fund that Is to accumu
late interest for 100 years, to be then ex
pended for purposes which will, in the
opinion of the board at that time, best
serve the Interest of humanity.
The most favored man In the kingdom
of Slam la an American named StrobeL
IK U the king's counsel, and his majesty
takes no Important step without consult
ing his attorney general.
Dr. William R,. Brooks, director of the
Smith observatory at Geneva, N. Y., who
discovered the first comet of the year,
has now twenty-five discoveries to bis
credit
Israel Zangwill has now taken up box
ing and la said to be fast developing inte
an expert He waa advised to learn the
art by his physician, who thought be
seeded exercise.