Prisoners
By H. S.
CHAPTER XIX. ( Continued.
The effect of the discovery that they
distinctly formed a group apart was bare
ly visible to the keenest glance. Helen's
slow, gentle eyes were turned toward the
center of the house, bent vaguely on the
brightly dressed occupants of the stalls.
"I suppose," said Helen, closing her
fan, "that all this is rather trivial for you
The interest you take in it must be super
ficial now that you are so busy.
"Oh. no !" Tyars hastened to begin ; he
was looking past her in Chat strangely
persistent way Into the theater, and some
thing he s:iw there made him turn his head
ouicklr toward the stage.
"Halloo!" he exclaimed. Then he
caught her wrist in his grasp. "Keep
till," he whispered.
The painted curtain was bellying right
forward like the mainsail of a bark, and
from the space at either side a sudden
volume of smoke poured forth in huge.
uneven clouds.
In a second the whole audience was on
It feet, and for a moment a sickening si
lence reigned the breathless silence of
supreme fear.
Then a single form appeared on the
stage. It was that of the man referred to
by Claud Tyars a moment before; ho who
played the villain's part so unconsciously
lie was still in his dark wig anil pallid
make-up. On his arm he carried the coat
he had just taken off, and the other arm.
clad in white shirt sleeve, was raised in
a gesture of command.
"I must ask you," he cried, in a full,
clear voice, "to leave your seats as "
And his tones were drowned, completely
overwhelmed by a strange, unearthly
roar; the roar of a thousand human voices
raised in one surging wail of despair, like
the din of surf upon a shingle shore.
The man shouted, and his gestures were
almost ludicrous, even at that supreme
moment, for no souud could be heard
from his lips.
Then the gas was turned out, and in the
darkness a terrible struggle began. Some
who came out of it could liken it to noth
ing on earth. Women shrieked and men
forgot themselves.
As the gas flickered and finally col
lapsed those in the stage box caught a
momentary vision of wild, distorted faces
coming toward them. The pit had over
flowed the stalls. Strong barriers crum
bled like matchwood. Into a hundred
minds at once there had flashed the hope
of escape through the stage boxes.
"Grace! Easton !" It was Tyar's voice
raised, and yet not shouting. The crisis
had come, the danger was at hand, and
Helen knew who it was that would take
the lead. She heard the two men an
swer. "Keep the people back. I will break
open the door on the stage. It is our
best chance."
The girl felt herself lifted from the
round and carried to the back of the
box.
"Helen !" whispered Tyars.
"Yes."
"Are you all right?"
"Yes."
"I thought you had fainted, you were
o quiet ! Hold on to my coat ! Never
leave go of that !"
He turned away from her, and above
the din and uproar came the sound of
bis blows upon the woodwork of the door.
It seemed Impossible that such strokes
could have been dealt by an unarmed hu
man hand.
Between the blows came the sickening
sound of the struggle at the front of the
box. Imprecations and supplications, min
gled with groans and the dull thud of mer
ciless fists upon human faces. Shoulder
to shoulder the two men the American
and the Englishman fought for the lives
of the women placed by the hand of God
under their protection. It was a terrible
task, though few women reached the front
of the box. Each man struck down, each
assailant beaten back was doomed, and
the defenders knew it. Once down, once
under foot, and it was a matter of mo
ments. Fresh assailants came crowding on,
treading on the fallen and consequently
obtaining an ever-increasing advantage as
they rose on a level with the defenders.
Neither seined to question the wisdom
of Tyars' command. It was a matter of
life or death. Those already in the stage
box would only be crushed by the onrush
of the others were they allowed to enter.
With a d.ized desperation the two men
faced the frightful odds, hammering wild
ly with both fists. Their arms ached
from sheer hard work and they panted
hoarsely. Their eyeballs throbbed with
the effort to pierce unfathomable dark
ness. It was quite certain that their de
fense could not last long.
"Stick to It!" yelled Tyars. He might
have been on the deck of the Martial
during a white squall, so great was the
uproar all around him. At last there
was th sound of breaking wood.
"Grace!" shouted the voice of Tyars.
"Yes."
"Look after Miss Winter when we
go.
"Easton !" he cried again.
"Yes, old man !"
"Gome last, and keep them back If you
can." Then a minute later he shouted,
"Come !"
At the same Instant the roaring crowd
of madmen poured in over the front of
the box, like soldiers storming a bastion.
The door which Tyars had succeeded in
opening was so narrow as to admit of
the paag" of only one person at a time,
but at this instant rhe larger door leading
Into a narrow passage, the tchI exit from
the ssg box, broke down before a pres
sure from without, and from this point
also a stream of half-demented beings
trifd to force an entrance.
The only advantage possessed by the
original ocupan:a of the box was that
they knew the position of the small
door.
The aubsj'int reflection of such in
dividuals as survived were so fragmentary
and vague that no connected story of the
irri!! tragedy In the stage box of the
Kpic Theater wu ever given to the pub
1.-.
Miss Winter remembered finding herself
caught up in a atronf pair of arms, which
ahe presumed to be thosa of Oswin Grace.
Almost at the same moment she and her
protector wart thrown to the ground.
After that the nxt thing aha could re
saembar was tha touch of a hand over
and Captives
MERRIMAN
her face and hair and a whispered voice
iu her ear :
"Agnes Winter is this you?"
She recognized the peculiar American
twang which was never unpleasant. At
that moment, she almost laughed.
"Yes yea," she answered.
"Then crawl to your feet. Don't try
to get up ; crawl over this mail, I don't
know who he is, but I surmise he is
dead."
She obeyed, and found her way out of
the narrow door and up some step.
Close behind her followed some one, whom
she took to be Matthew Mark Easton,
but it ultimately turned out to be Oswin
Grace, who was In his turn followed by
the American, but not until later.
Helen Grace heard the word "Come,"
and submitted" obediently to the support
ing arm, which half dragged, half carried
her up some steps. She remembered be
ing carried like a child through some dark
some place where the atmosphere was cold
and damp. Then ahe was conscious of a
halt, followed closely by the sound of
breaking wood and the tearing of some
material probably canvas, for they were
among the scenery. After that she prob
ably fainted, and was only brought to
consciousness by the shock of a violent
fall in which her companion was under
most. Then she heard a voice calling out :
"This way, sir; this way."
She recollected seeing a fireman stand
ing in a narrow passage waving a lan
tern. By the time that she reached the
open air she was quite conscious.
Let me walk," she said, "I am all
right. Where is Agnes?"
They are behind," answered Tyars.
"She is all right. She has two men to
look after her. You have only me."
"Walt for them," said the girl. "I will
not go home without them."
All right ; we shall wait outside. Let
us get out first."
They were standing in a small room,
probably the office of the theater, and a
policeman stationed near the window, of
which the framework had been broken
away, called to them impatiently.
The window was about four feet from
the ground, and Helen wondered momen
tarily why Claud Tyars aecompliahed the
drop so clumsily. In the narrow street he
turned to a police inspector and pointed
to the window.
"Lift the lady down," he said.
A cab was near at hand, and in It they
waited seated side by side in silence
for what seemed hours. The crowd dropped
away, seking some more interesting spot.
At last there waa a movement at the win
dow, and Tyars got out of the cab and
went away, leaving Helen in an agony
of mute suspense. In a few moments it
was over and the girl breathed freely.
It seemed strangely unreal and dream
like to hear Agnes Winter's voice again ;
to see her standing on the pavement be
neath the yellow gaa lamp, drawing to
gether the gay little opera cloak round
her shoulders.
As Miss Winter stepped Into the cab
she leaned forward and kiased Helen.
That was all ; no word was aaid. But
the two women sat hand in hand during
the drive home.
Tyars and Oswin spoke together a few
words In a lowered tone quite overwhelm
ed by the rattle of the cab, and then sat
silently. The light of occasional lamps
flashed In through the unwashed window,
and showed that the men's clothes were
covered with dirt and dust, which neither
attempted to brush off.
When the cab stopped In Brook street,
Oswin got out first, and going op the
steps opened the front door noiselessly
with a latch key. Tyars paid the cab
man, and followed the ladies into the
house.
The gas In the hall and dining room
had been lowered, and they all stood for
a moment In the gloom round the daintily
dressed table. When Oswin Grace turned
up the gas they looked at each other curi
ously. Miss Winter kept her opera-cloak
closed, simply stating that her dress was
torn. Her hair was becomingly untidy,
but she showed no sign of scratch or hurt.
Helen was hardly ruffled beyond a few
little stray curls, almost golden in color,
stealing down besldu her ears. She
doubtless owed her immunity from
harm, and in all human probability the
safety of her life to the enormous bodily
strength of Claud Tyars. It was she who
spoke first.
"Your arm!" she said, pointing to
Tyar's right sleeve. "Have you hurt it?"
lie looked down at the limb, whi.-h was
hanging in a iieculiar way very close to
his body, tvith a vague and questioning
emile. as If it were not his property.
"Yes," he said, "it Is broken.
Miss Winter ami Oswin went to his
side at once. Helen alone remained stand
ing at the table. She said no word, bur
continued locking at him with very bright
eyes, her lips slightly parted, breathing
deeply.
He jivnided meeting her glance In th.
same awkward, embarrassed way which
she had not noticed before: answering the
questions put to him with a reassuring
smile.
"It hippened," he said, "during the
first rush. We fell down somewhere
through some wvnery, and my arm same
ii nderneath."
"You put It underneath," corrected
Helen, almost coldly, "to save me, I
suppose."
"Instinct," he exclaimed, tersely.
"Shall I fetch a doctor, or will you
come witn me: aslcHi tne practical
Oswin, gently forcing his friend into a
chair. "We are surrounded by them in
Brook strM-t."
"I will go with you," answered Tyars.
Infusing all offers of hospitality made
by Owin and his sister, Claud Tyars
went off w;;h his friend to the doctor's,
leaving the ladies comfortably installed
in arm chairs by the fire.
They protested that they could nit
possibly sleep, and that, as It was only
twelve o'clock, they would await Oswin's
return.
And the two ladies left there sat, each
In her deep arm chair, toasting her neatly
ahod toes nn the fender, and said never
a word. They both stared Into the fire
with euch a marked persistence that one
might almost have suspected them of fear
lag to moat ead other's glance.
At Us Hsiao morsd. Sbe had trkfcat-
ly Just become aware of a black marl
on the soft mauve material of her dress,
With her gloved hand she attempted to
brush it off, and as this had no effect sh'i
began rubbing it with a tiny handker
chief. Then she raised her eyes. Miss
Winter was watching her with a curious
smile a smile much more suggestive of
pain than of pleasure.
Their eyes met, and for some moments
both seemed on the Terge of saying some
thing which was never said. Then sud
denly Helen leaned forird and covered
her face with her two hands,
Helen recovered herself as suddenly as
she had given way, and, rising from
her chair, stood with her shoulder turned
toward her friend, her two hands upon
the mantel-piece, looking down into the
fire. Her attitude, moral and physical,
was reflective.
"I wonder," she said, "if every on
got out of the theater?"
"Mr. Easton photnised to come and tell
us," answered Miss Winter.
Helen raised her head and looked crit
ically at her own reflection in the old
fashioned mirror over the fireplace. The
trace of tears had almost vanished from
her young eves it is only older counte
nances that near the marks for long.
Before she moved again the sound of
cab wheels made itself audible in the
street, and the vehicle was heard to stop
at the door. Miss Winter rose and went
to let In the newcomer.
It was Matthew Mark Easton. He fol
lowed Miss Winter into the dining room,
walking lightly an unnecessary precau
tion, for his step was like that of a
child.
"I do not know," he was saying, "the
etiquette observed In England on these
points, but I could not resist coming
along to see If you had arrived safely
No one hurt, I trust? continued he.
"Yes," answered the girl, gently ; "Mr,
Tyars is hurt his arm is broken.
Easton's mobile Hps closed together
with a snap, betraying the fact that he
had allowed himself the luxury of an ex
pletive in his reprehensible American
way. Ho turned aside, and walked back
ward and forward for a few minutes, like
a man made restless by the receipt of
very bad news.
It was a matter of a second only. Like
a serpent's fang the man's keen eyjs
flashed toward her and away again. Tin
peculiarly nervous face instantly assumed
an expression as near stolidity as could
be expressed by features each and all
laden with an exceptional Intelligence
Then he turned away, and took up
broken fan lying on the table, opening it
tenderly and critically.
But Miss Winter was as quick as he
She knew then that he had guessed.
Whatever he might have suspected before,
she had no doubt now that Matthew
Mark Easton knew that Helen loved
Claud Tyars.
"The worst of It," he broke out, with
sudden airiness, "is that there was no
fire at all. It was extinguished on tho
stage. The performance mignt nave been
continued.
"It only makes It more horrible," said
Miss Winter ; "for I suppose there were
some killed."
"That is so," he answered. "They took
forty-two corpses out of our box alone.'
"I did not know," satd Helen, after a
painful pause, "that It was so bad as
Oawln Grace came In, opening the front
door with his latch-key. He was greeted
with an Interrogatory "Well?", from
Miss Winter.
"He is all right," he answered. "It
was a simple fracture. Old Barker set it
very nicely, and I sent him off to his club
In a cab."
"Then," aald Easton, holding out his
hand to say good-by, I shall go and
help him into bed tuck him in, and sing
a soft lullaby over his pillow. Good
night. Miss Winter. Good night, Miss
Grace."
(To be continued.)
Tht Halberd.
The distinctive weapon of the Swls
was the halberd, which was their prln
cipal weapon at Morgarten and Lau
pen. It is curious to note how the Teu
tonic nations, even to this day, prefer
the cut and the Latin nations the point.
We lmve been told by German officers
that when the German ami French
cavalry met In the war of ls'o the Ger
man sword blades always Hashed vcr
ticallv, over their heads, while the
French darted In and out horizontally
In a succession of thrusts. Even the
German dead lay in whole ranks with
their swords at arm's length. So the
English at Hastings worked havoc
with their battleaxes. The Xtlierliim
mercenaries carried a hewing veuon
at I ton vines. The Flemings at ("our
tral used their godendags fitted alike
both for cut and thrust, and finally the
Swiss inside play with their halberds,
an improvement on the god'tidng.
The halberds had a point for thrust
ing, n hook wherewith to pull men from
the saddle and alsive all a broad, heavy
blade, "most terrific weapons" (vnlde
terrildliaK to use the word of John of
Winterthur. "Heaving men asunder
like a wedge and cutting them nt
small pieces." One can imagine how
Mich a blade at the end of an eight
foot fdiaft must have surprised gallop
Ing young gtitlomen who thought them
selves Invulnerable in their armor.
Maciiilllan's Magazine.
A It I In hlrsgn.
Jack Beacon Yes, In Boston we
have all cultured love making. When
a young man goes wooing In the Hub
he must embrace all foreign phrases
and poetical Quotations. Yr.u don't see
anything like that In prosaic Chicago.
Dick Lakeside I should My not
Here a fellow Is satisfied to embrace
the girl.
Rest II t'nnld Do.
"You know." said the young man In
the rase, "that I am H.r, but don't
you think we might le able to live on
bread and cheese and kisses?"
"Yes," replied the fair maid, but "
"Then," he interrupted, "see f you
can work your father for the bread and
cheese and I'll attend to the rest."
Morr Importaat.
"Here's an article in this paper en
titled 'How to Tell Good Milk.'"
"I'd much sooner read an article on
now to Tell a Good Mllknao.'"
ClTeland Plain Dealer.
The Shattered Vaae of Hope.
Wuna wenn weere goen fiahen reddy
brown
waa awl pre paired too go ann he kaim
down
too honury beamus howse ann wennt to
gett
sum wurms fore bate ann hennry sedd he
bett
the fish wood bite today ann wile he
wennt
to gett a sinkur reddys muther sennt
fore him to kum ann mind the baby soze
it woodunt get the coliek wile shee goze
to vizzet with the naburs ann so redd
wennt sloly hoam uz If his hart was ledd,
ann wenn we wennt passt reddys we kood
sea
him sitten thare in turble mlzzery
BITTEN THARE IS TUBULE MIZZEKY.
ann hennry sedd it onley goze to eho
u kauut tel wott an owr brings foarth
uno.
ann hennry sedd u wood not reekugnize
him Bitten thare with big teers in his eyes
uz the saim lad hoo dug the wurms fore
bate
ann neavur noo the turble eavul fate
witch soon wood cawl him hoam soze he
doant share
the wurms he is so bizzy diggen thare.
ann me ann hennry watch t him with a si
ann saw him waiv a sorrofle goodtoi
at uss-uz tho thay shut the prizzen dore
ann he Is shut up thare foreavurmoar.
ann hennry sedd it teeches uss to be
lite harted wile we kan fore miszwy
may kum to uss sumtime the saim uz redd
ann we may be her vicktums, ann instedd
uv goen fishen we may hafftoo stay
ann sea owt koraruds go thare Joyyus
way.
Philadelphia Ledger.
The Unbidden Oieit.
For a long time Johnnie had waited
for an Invitation to Dorothy's party.
Two whole weeks had gone by since
the little pink, sweet-scented envelopes
had, been proudly displayed by the for
tunate little boys and girls In Johnnie's
class.
"Going?" they all asked Johnnie.
"No," he had answered bravely, each
time. "I guess 1 11 get mine to-morrow."
The to-niorrowa came, but the little
pink envelope did not. Still be was pa
tient and hopeful until the day of the
party.
When he saw his playmates running
by, with happy, eager faces, he could
bear It no longer. His mother could
not comfort him.
Why had not Dorothy remembered
hhn? He had seen her every day at
school. Perhaps she had thonglit lilm
too young; he was so little. With wist
ful eyes Johnnie looked at the big house
jn the hill.
After a long time hi tears were dry.
and then he Jumped up and ran to his
mother.
'Mamma," he cried, "I'm going! I'm
;olng !" he repeated, not unacrstanantg
the look In his mother's face. "I've Just
thought when they get there and don't
find me it won't seem right, for I al
ways play with them, and Dorothy'll
feel badly when she finds she has for
gotten me.
Course," he continued, "I haven't
time to go and buy a present, so I guess
I'll take Jerry. Anyway, a cat's 'bout
the only thing Dorothy hasn't got. I
I'll nils Jerry" his Hp trembled
but I've got to carry something and
I go by Dorothy's every day, und when
I whistle he will come running out to
see me. Please get me ready, mamma !"
A great struggle waa going on In his
mother's heart, but Johnnie did not
know.
How could she talk about Intentional
slight when no knowledge of such a
thing had ever entered his honest little
head? He was only five ami of course
there must be some reason for It he
should go to that party ami carry his
cat, too, and he would trust to lHm
thy's good nature to understand. She
would surely reward Johnnie's faith In
her.
"Yes, dear," she said aloud. "It's all
right. You shall go, and she made
his hasty toilet while Jerry rublied his
head aginst Johnnie's hands.
"You'll bo good, won't you, Jerry?"
Johnnie asked.
Miaul" responded Jerry.
"Good-by I" Johnnie called, and lie
trudged off. holding his cat tightly In
his arm.
Meanwhile Iorotby was taking her
first taate of the responsibilities of a
hostess. Her guests did miss little
Johnnie, and ignored the law of eti
quette to such an extent as to ask why
be had not been Invited. Her explsna-
ttA ftitaf has waa m mr rhlM van nrf
fartorr
"2TSi Bribing ! Quit, so
if
nlce, the candles with the rose shades
did not look half so pretty, the fancy
costumes did not seetn so wonderful,
and the numerous games that had been
devised for their amusement were not
nearly so entertain lug. The little people
began to separate Into groups, which Is
fatal to the success of any affair.
It was a welcome relief when the
door opened and Johnnie came in, still
hugging his cat. Dorothy's mother was
with him.
"1 knew you'd all be glad to see me,"
he said, as the children gathered round
him, "so I Just came nn mvself. And.
Porothy, I thougtt you'd feel pretty
bad when you knew you forgot me. 1
brought you my Jerry. He's the best
cat there Is!"
Dorothy's mother looked at her little
daughter, but Dorothy understood. Her
eyes filled with tears when she realized
her mistake and saw that Johnnie's
little heart knew nothing about pride
nor difference In ages. She put her
arms, about him.
"Of course I'm glad you came," she
said, "and your cat is beautiful! it's
present enough for you to Just bring
him to the party. I couldn't keep him
always, you love him so. And, Johnnie,
I think you are old enough to play with
us si we II never leave you out
again !"
Afier this the party was the merriest
they ever knew. Youth's Companion.
Junior Ponnndrnmi,
Which is the best tree for preserving
good order? The birch.
Why Is a person who never lays a
wager as bad as a regular gambler?
Because he Is no better.
When Is a man like a horse? When
he holds a hit In his teeth. '
When are men like time? When
taken by the forelock. ,
When are men's pockets like a com
pany of soldiers? When rifled.
When Is a piece of linen like the en
trance to a prison? When barred.
When are country lasses like bridges?
When rustic.
The Remainder.
Teacher to Class If Willie should be
sent to the store for a dozen eggs and.
while returning home with them, fell
and broke twelve eggs, what would be
the remainder?
Johnnie (aged 7 years) Flease,
teacher, I know.
Teacher Well, Johnnie, you may tell
the class.
Johnnie The shells, teacher.
X-RAY SURGERY SAVES DOQ
Bat ton Fonnd la tha Stomaeh of a
Valuable Blenheim Spaniel.
All of Tot's anxious Philadelphia
friends will be rejoiced to learn that
she underwent a very difficult opera
tion in this city yesterday, and her
chances for recovery are good, says the
New York Herald.
It should be stated, ierhaps, that Tot
Is a thoroughbred Blenheim spaniel,
r.nd moves In the very best circles of
Philadelphia's bow wow four hundred.
She Is the leader of her set, the pos
sessor of several blue ribbons and a
general faorlte.
But Tot has been a great sufferer
and her case Is likely to Ijecome a cele
brated one hi canine surgery. It Is now
nearly a jcht ago that pho began to
complain. At first she was treated -for
Indigestion by several of Philadelphia's
best physicians. Brisk walks and plen
ty of exercise were prescrllied, but that
treatment did her little good.
Then she was taken to Hot Springs,
Ark., and revivod a regular course of
sulphur water baths, with a special at
tendant to administer massage. She
grew steadily worse Hnd at last devel
oped convulsions. These attacks would
last from one to three minutes and
came at frecpietit Intervals. Two nurses
were with her constantly, and when her
condition lecanie more alarming it was
decided to take her to a New York spe-
iallst.
She arrived here three weeks ago
and was hurriedly taken to the ofhVc
of Dr. D. S. Johnson and a consulta
tion was held. With the greatest care
her case was studied for three weeks
and finally the X-ray was applied.
No doubt It was the searching eye
of the X-ray and the memory of one of
the nurse. that saved Tot's life. Yes
terday morning when the patient's con
dition seemed more critical than ever
the physician called one of the nurses
to the bedside and questioned her close
ly as to Tot's early life. The nurse re
mcmlered that once, when Tot was
very small, she swallowed a large,
round, blai k bone button.
"Ah," said the physician. "There's
light.
Ten minutes later Tot was In
the operating room and a nurse was vhnt is a hard, white metal, with gmn
holding the chloroform mask to her Ilt-'ular structure, which is malleable, at red
tie nose. When It was all over the h"nt and capable of receiving weak mag
"large, round, black lone button" was netie power when rubied with a magnet.
lying on the marble table beside the
surgeon's knife. It was found In the:""T "'"'7ri'"- ,",t "
Intestines.
The X ray d!sxvered It
Tot wlil live,
Ills Idrntltr.
"Ikies any one know this poor fel
low?" asked the giod Samaritan, ad
dressing the crowd which had quickly
gathered at the scene of the accident.
"His mind seems to have Iiecome an
absolute blank, and "
"Trust official ! Trust official !" shout
ed the assemblage In one Tolce. "Out
it 1 i.i t anil ttifntra nn ttlA n-tf.
. . . - ..... .-. inn a, a v.. i.il t.
ness stand!" Watson's Magazine.
Your Independence might look Hke;tllkei fnrm wirnin ,n. chim.H ,,,
Impudence In your neighbor. eoonters tie opposition of tha bierarrh.
THEVEEKLY
1644 Batle of Marston.
1685 Archibald Campbell, Earl of Ar-
gyle, beheaded at Edinburgh.
1720 The "Mississippi bubble" burst.
1745 Capture of Cape Breton by the
English.
1770 Battle of Fort Moultrie, ' Charles
ton, S. C Battle of Long Island.
1777 Dr. William Todd executed at Ty
burn. 177 Battle of Monmouth Turkish
fleet defeated and destroyed.
1797 Uichard Parker, head of the naval
mutiny at the Nore, hanged.
lSfKV Act passed for legislative union of
Great Britain ami Ireland.
1815 I'. S. brig Peacock captured Brit
ish cruiser Nautilus in Straits of
Sun da.
1S17 l'ius VII. condemned Bible socie
ties by bull.
1 S3 1 United States treaty with Black
.Hawk, chief of Sacs and Foxes.
1S."K2 -Cholera appeared in New York.
18..7 Act of British Parliament to dis
continue use of pillory for punish
ment. 1,838 Coronation of Queen Victoria.
1840 Blockade of Canton by the English.
1844 Joseph Smith, founder of Mormon
ism, killed by mob at Carthage, III.
184(5 Itepeal of English corn laws.
1S48 Archbishop of Paris shot while
acting as mediator.
1857 Ship Montreal lost near Quebec j
250 persons perished.
1861 Battle of Falling Waters, Va.
1862 Lee defected McClellan at battle
of Gaines' Mill, Va.
186.1 Gen. Meade smveeded Gen. Hooker
in command of Army of the Potomac.
1S64 Confederates victorious at battls
of Kenesaw mountain, Ga. ... Presi
dent Lincoln signed repeal of fugi
tive slave law. ... Invasion of Ien
wark by the Prussians.
1873 First reception of foreign minis
ters by Emix'ror of China at Pekin.
1874 Henry Ward Beecher requested
Plymouth church to appoint a com
mittee to investigate the Tilton
charges.
1875 Great flood at Budapest.
1876 Democratic convention nominated
Samuel J. Tilden for President.
187!) (treat tornado in Iowa, Minnesota
and Wisconsiu.
1881 Assassination of President Gar
field. 1882 Charles Guiteau hanged at Wash
ington for murder of President Gar
field. 1SS5 James D. Fish, bank defaulter,
sentem-ed to prison for ten years in
New York.
181 Pike's Peak, Colo., reached by first
railroad passenger train .... Nineteen
victims of the Samoan disaster buried
at Mare Island.
IS',13 Gov. Altgeld of Illinois pardoned
the Chicago anarchists. ... Peary's
vessel Falcon sailed from New York
for the Arctic regions.
1894 The Tower Bridge, Ijondon, for
mally opened by Prince of Wales.
1S)7 Coal miners in Ohio, IVnsyh'ania
and West Virginia went on strike.
18! (8 No ncwsjNipers published in Chi
cago owing to strike of printers.
V.MK1 Great Ilobnken dock fire.
P.M12 Roosevelt signed Isthmian canal
hill.
1!)04 Prohibitionists nominated Dr. Si
las C. Swallow for President....
Steamer Norge lost off Scottish coast
and 616 persons perished.
1905 Mutiny broke out on board Rus
sian battleship Kniaz Potemkine Ht
Odessa John D. Rockefeller gave
$1,(MMI,(NN) to i'rmanent endowment
fund of Yale I 'n i versi t y. ... Warsaw
ls'sieged by revolutionists; 2') per
sons arrested.
Cobalt for Sloriiitr Hallery.
Thomas A. Edison, in n Asheville, N.
C, interview, said he had found in that
section cobalt lhat would reduce the
weight of storage batteries in automobiles
one-half and the cost of city traffic more
than half. He nays the vein of cobalt
runs from a point east of Nashville,"
Tenn., in North Carolina, and traverses
four counties. He thinks it means a rev
Jolution in the electrical world. Most of
the rnh.ilf hitherto known to fhp u-fkr1,l
hnn ,,pon fonn(, in Kranv. Bn,, Ausmilia.
It is nowhere louml native, except in
nsiiii', itno nn- ore ue Known I nave
leen in use in the sixteenth century for
imparting a blue color to glass.
ftrllajlnns No r I Prohibited.
"II Santo, or the Saint," h the title
of a much-discussed novel by Senator Fo
gazzoro of Italy, wliish has just been
added to the list of prohibited hooks
"Index Lihorum Prohibitorum" by the
Vatican authorities. Th author is a
. devout Catholic, but stan Is for lilwrnl r-
I forms. The theme of the hook is the fate
of a devout and wslous Oa.holk, modeled
ft or St Francis nf Ai! a-ho
m t. t . 1 i ...