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THE CHARITY GIRL Dy EFFIE A. ROWLANDS CHAPTER I. ""And Is it really good-by, Audrey, really and truly good-by? Oh, dearest. I am so grieved to lot you go. 1 don't know what my 1 i ft? will be likt now." The speaker was a thin, nervous look ing girl, with large gray -yes, and a weak month. She stood with her rough ened hands clasped tightly together, and tears wore rolling down her cheek, and falling unheeded on her sit.ibby sorgo own. Audrey Maxse also wore an old serge gown, but somehow the garment did not seem to be as shabby or as ugly ns that which Jean Thwait had on ; her small liands were roughened, too, as with much work, yet their shape was txquisite, the fingers slender and straight, not swollen and disfigured with chilblains like poor Jean's ; her little head was poised proud ly on her shoulders; she carried herself with a regal air, and gave evidence at this early age of possessing that most rare of gifts, a beautiful face. What a dreary place this I emale Or phan Asyplum was, to be sure! There was an air of gloom in the dirty-gray-colored walls; an unspeakable sense of sidness and restraint in the unlovely, high-walled grounds, the were matron, the young persons in their d'ngy uniform of blue serge, with their d.ister aprons and thick gray stockings. It was called the Girls' Home in Broauborough, and never was anything under tile sun so mis named. From morning till night the day was one long round of drudgery, good hard manual labor, lightened by many prayers, and by one hour's 30-called rec reation, in which the girls found many odd tasks to perform that were not ex actly in the category of idleuess or pleas ure. The Mayor of Broadborojgh had much to say in the matter of eleccton into this asylum, and it was entirely through his influence that Jean Thwait, granddaugh ter of old Samuel Thwait, the bookseller, was provided with a home when the old man died suddenly and left her, a little child, without a penny or a known rela tive in the wide world. Everybody knew that Ralph Thwait, Jean's father, had made a bad marriage, but the shop of Samuel Thwait had been an institution in the town, and naturally, oat of respect to an old inhabitant the Mjvor did his best to get the orphan girl well cared for in the future. This done, l'ttle Jean Thwait troubled no one any more; so Jean was left to the tender mercies of the natron, and grew up from btbyhood to girlhood, working in the gloomy routine of the asylum as hard as though she were of the stronger, not the feebler, ox. Most of her companions were cases like her own, all respeetaily connected, -with an occasional aunt or cousin to pay them a visit on the day set apart for this function, and who all with one c?ord held up their heads ind looked down on Jean's pet, Audroy Maxse. How this latter ever got into the home was a miracle to most people. A found ling, the waif and stray :hiid of a vag rant woman who breathed her last in the Brnadborotigh workhouse infirmary, she was, by general consent, considered as outside the pale and therefore ineligible for election into the institution sacred to the memory of the pious widow of a rich 15ioadborough tradesman. Audrey's pride had brought down many n wenry punishment on i-.t head; her fearless, outspoken disposition was call ed rebellious; her innate s' nse of deli caoy and neatness became 'nordinate van ity, and her beauty was the last straw to the heap of objections that the matron and her assistants piled on this girl. Ev ery means had been tried ;o crush Au drey's proud spirit. Every possible bar rier had been thrown in the way of her advancement in education, nnd yet, in spite of all. the girl progressed ; her hot pride, her extraordinary will carried all before her, and to the chagrin of the mat ron and her other enemies, at the usual public examinations, held in thr charnel-house-like schoolroom, before the Mayor and committee, it was il-viys Audrey Maxse who carried off the 1i:,t marks for proficiency and general satisfaction. In all the years she had lived at the asylum Audrey had only or." fiiend, one loving heart to sympathize and help her in her troubles, and this was Jean Thwait. Often and often f.i night, when the two young creatures vere alone in their cold meagerly furnislud bedroom, they sat and whispered in ;he dark of the time when they should be f-ee from the miserable place they called iheir home. "We are alone in the world, Jean," Audrey would say; "there 11 nothing to top us. We must leae here when we are seventeen the rules of 'he heme won't l"t us remain longer and then we will .go away togther. and work fo' each oth r. and be happy! We will leave Eng ianri. Jean, arnl go abroad I want to see foreign lands, don't you?" i-.ut you xorgei. u.irung; we we may go out to service before we are free!" Audrey always shuddered 8t the word. The parting was not a tho.igtit now; it was a reality, a horrible reality. Three rlays before this one that aw Audrey ngaged in putting her few coarse clothes into the yellow tin box, tie girls had jeTi annrmoned into the chawl and cate chised by a clergyman, who ran.e in place of the ordinary minister, lie seemed to tind much pli'ftsare in examining Audrey on certain points, and the girl's clear, fresh voice, added to her intelligence and wonderful face, made a great impression on him. After the girls were dismied, he had a short chat with Miss Irons, the matron, in the course of which he told her he was anxious to find a yoing woman as maid for a lady who was one of his par ishioners. "My wife can find mr one suitable. Tour girls always give itr-at satisfaction; and so, if there is one ready to go out to service, I might arrange this," he said as they talked. Miss Irons gave cordial consent, but looV f I vexed when he suggested Audrey as the one to go. She bore many a grudge and spite against the girl and had deter mined to put ber out into tbe hardest and least comfortable ailuatiea could (Lad. Hut fate was evidently against her, for the board accepted the Hev. Mr. Thorn gate's proposal and Audrey was given a flew black gown, bonnet and cloak, and was bid hold herself in readiness to depart on the morning of the fifth day Jean spent the whole of the long night that came before that fifth tiav in com forting her beloved friend and herself, and at last had the satisfaction of seeing Au drey drop off into a deep, troubled sleep o rest came to her; her poor young heart was torn and bleeding, and uo salve was at hand to heal it. The parting between the two girls was very quiet ; neither of them could sneak the words of farewell, and their eyes were too hot nnd aching for tears to come. lunik of me always. Jtan. dear Whatever happens, whatever lies before us, I shall love you, darling, till I die!" Then they kissed each other and Au drey went swiftly down the stairs, seeing notning, hearing nothing for the passion ate beat of her heart and the b'ur of sor row before her sight. Jean stood with her hanls pressed to her breast, and as the wheels of the cab carried all that was precious to her away from her, perhaps forever, slit gave one moan and fell forward on her outstretch ed arms. When the assistant matron came scolding and grumbling, as usual, she re eeived no reply from Jean Thwait. and bending over the prostrate figure, she saw mat the girl had fainted. in CHAPTER II. As Audrey found herself r.Ione in the cab, driving out of the high, iron gates of the asylum, she felt she must be in some extraordinary dream. She had nev er driven in any sort of ".hide before, and the curious sensation of being car ried over the road at a quick pace added to the vagueness that seemed to envelop ner; out the keen east wind as it rush ed in at the window awoke her, and with a sigh, she knew it was no dream, but reality full of excitement, confusion and unspeakable pain. The tears she had re pressed rolled down her cheks as she thought of Jean left alone ;n that mis erable life. Then her young spirit rose above her grief. She was free, and be fore very long Jean should be free, too, and they would go away togetner, as they had dreamed and whispered ro often in the night hours. Mr. Thorngate was waiting at the station and spoke kindly to the girl. "There is your ticket, Maxse," he said. and when you reach Mountterry you must get out and wait on the platform :n 1 1 , . ... 1111 a iau.v speaKs 10 you. !"ne is mv wife, and will look after you. I should have taken you down myself, bur I cannot leave Brondborough for another week. Now, you must be a good, diligent worker una never torget your auty :o your em ployers and to heaven. Audrey thanked the kind-hearted cler gyman and accepted his advice gracefully. The train carriage was quite empty, and they were proceeding at a quick, even pace that had the effect of soothing the girl. The rumble of the whiels buzzed a sort of lullaby in her ears. She was very weary and was soon lost to every thing in a deep, dreamless slumber. She was awakened by a sudden open ing of the door, by several voices shout ing, ana oy some person jumping into the carriage and sinking on to the seat, breathless, evidently with having run very fast. It was a young man. Audrey gazed at him in startled amazement through her veil. lie was splashed with mud from head to foot, but Lis clothes were perfect in make and fit. lie wore rough riding breeches and bco's, and had a hunting crop in his right hand. He laughed and brushed some of the mud off his sleeve with his crop, lie pulled out his watch and consulted it. "Just twelve," Audrey heird him mut ter, and she was bewildered to think she must have slept for something like two hours. She drew back a little ner vously into her corner, for the young man had folded his arms and was gazing intently at her slender, black-robed figure out of a pair of very handsome gray eyes. As a matter of fact, Lord John Glen durwood was not even aware of what was opposite to him. He was busy mak ing a rapid mental calculation. "Ten minutes to the stables, and then a good hour's hard ride ba.-k, and then it will be just a toss-up or no whether they will not be miles away before I even am half-way there. Well, it's worth hav ing a shot at anyhow. I must get a brush-down somewhere. Sheila will have a fit if I turn up like this. I don't know how I came such a cropper; making such a jolly fool of myself, too, before every body. I hope poor Hector isn't badly lamed, poor old chap! Cv.i't take him out again this week, that's very certain. Here we are at Glaston, aLother five minutes, and then Beignfon, and then th stables just as fast as I know how ! to run." The train drew up at a little station, and the guard came running down to the carriage. He touched his cap with great respect. "'Ope you didn't 'urt yerwif, my lord; but you know it is dangerous a jumping in iike that, when she's cn the move. Won't you change carriages, my lord? This ain't fit for the likes cf your lord ship What did you mv, ma'am?" "Am am I near Mountlierry Station, please?" faltered Audrey, oreaking in on I Mountberry In a very short time. - T am getting out nt Boignton myself, and I will put you in the care of old Staple, the station master, unless you know your way about." "Xo, oh, no !" she broke in nervously. "This I am a stranger. I have never been on a train before. I oh! and I shall have kept Mrs. Thorngate waiting. Oh, dear!" ".Never been In a train before!" repeat ed Jack Olendurwood in amazement, lie knit his brows and pulled bin handsome golden-brown mustache. What manner of creature was this, with her sweet. childish voice, her curiously black draped figure in cumbersome cloak" and thick veil; her shyness and her fjiiiorance? He laughed a little easily. "It must seem strange to you. l!ut did 1 understand you to say you were going i.o meet Mrs, Thorngate?" "Yes ; at at Mountberry. Mr. Thorn gate told me she would be waiting for me, and now His voice was so kind that Audrey felt irresistibly drawn toward him. "Well, she will not have ID wait long," Lord John answered, cheerfully, and then he all but whistled aloud, for Au drey, with a quick gesture, had flung back her veil, and he beheld her face In all its beauty. Tears were still hang ing on her lashes, but her eyes shone through them like sapphires; her raven black hair, brushed vigoromly back from her brow, enhanced the d;l'cate pallor of her skin. Jack Glendurwood thought he had never seen anything so perfectly lovely in his life as the straight, small nose, the red lips, the pale, ivory com plexion, and those wondrous deep-blue eyes. He forgot all about his haste, his muddy appearance, or his lame hunter he even forgot his manners in his ad miration and surprise, till a deep blush, spreading over her throat, cheeks and brow, recalled him. "Are you going to stay with Mrs. Thorngate, may 1 ask?" ho inquired al most involuntarily. Audrey felt strangely sh and child ish. He seemed to her like King Ar thur, with his tall, strong figure and courteous manner. "I wish Jean could see him," she thought to herself, and then she glanced at him like a shy, startled oiid when he asked her that question. "1 beg your pardon. I I I-nve no right to ask you such a questioa," he stam mered, hurriedly ; "it was only because Mrs. Thorngate is a friend of mine." "I have never met Mrs. Thorngate," she said in a quiet, respectful manner. "Xor am I ever likely to become her friend. You you have made a mistake, sir ; I am not a lady, I am only a ser vant maid." Lord John felt an Involuntary confu sion in his breast. Audrey's clear, re fined voice, her curt, proud words, ronsed his ire against the fates thit condemned so fair, so young a being to a menial life. "Staple will do everythirg for you, and there is a train diree-lv," he said hurriedly. "I hope you will reach your destination safely, and I will say good morning now. "Good-by, and thank you. Oh, thank you !" Audrey answered him. Now thnt he was going, she clung to him as to something bright and pleas ant such as she had never known be fore. In a vague sort of way he seemfed almost like a friend and protector to her. Audrey sighed as she felt herself being whirled along to Mountberry. Xow that she was alone again, all her rervousness returned, and she was quivering with ex citement and fear as they rt ached her destination. (To be continued. An Alphabet of Sport. A is for archery, sport with the bow, B in for balls, of rubber or snow ; O is for citt's-erudlo, coasting and chess; I) is for dominoes, played with success. E is for euchre, au old German game. F is for fishing, a sport of great fame. G is for golf, a popular play With ladies and gentlemen, merry and gay. II is for hare and hounds see the hounds run. I is for Indian boys think them fun. J is for jackstraws and jaokstones, too, K is for kites, far up in the blue. L is for leap-frog, jump over his back ! M is for mnrbles, blue, yellow and black. X is for ninepins, roll the ball straight ! Down go the ninepins, five, seven, eight ! O is for observation keen ; Try to remember the things that you've seen. P is for polo, played in the park. Q is for quoits, pitched at a mark. it is for rowing, bv river and sea. S is for skating, for both you and me. 1 is for tennis, a game to allure, The hand and the eye that are skillful nnd sure. U is for umpire, quarrels he'l quell: V is for vaulting, jump high and jump well ! W is for wheeling, for man and for maid. X is for Xystus, where Greek games were played. Y is for yachting, from port to port, Z is for zigzag, the very last sport. Chicago Daily Xews. say "here" Instead of "In this place t lion for "nt Unit tlmo"; "thus" for "in that manner." A great many ad- vertis are formed by adding to adjec tives the terminal Ion "ly," which means "like," but the principle of abbrevia tion Weill holds good ; as in the case of "foolishly," for "In a foolish manner"; "hastily," for "In a hasty manner"; and "wisely" for "like a wise man." A Celebrated Hymn. Few jteople know that the hymn "From Greenland's Icy Mountains," one of the best known In the English lan guage, was written In a few minutes. Dr. Shipley, Dean of St. Asaph and Vicar of Wrexham, on Whitsunday of the year 1810, preached a sermon on the propagation of the Gospel. On the Saturday preceding the delivery of the sermon, the doctor asked 1 letter, who was his son-in-law, and then on a visit to lii tn, to write something "for them to sing In the morning." Ileber sat down, and, without leaving the room, wrote the hymn that Is now famous all over the world. He was then in his thirty- sixth year, and was rector of HodiK't. IfrHEWEKlY Proving- a Proverb. "'A stitch In time saves nine,'" said mother, leaning over Molly and show ing her where the tiny rip had begun in the pocket of her plaid dress. "It Is Just a little place now, and you Liiow how to backstitch It Just as well as I, and so I am going to leave that for you to do. That Is the dress you will wear to the fair." Molly sighed. "I will do it by and by," she promised herself. She did not Intend to leave It for her mother. She knew with three brothers there were a great many stitches to take. Goldbeater' Skin. The skin used by goldbeaters Is made from the large Intestine of the ox. It undergoes' a number of processes to free the outer membrane from grease nnd other Impurities, and Is then cut Into pieces about four Inches square. So great 13 Its tenacity and power of resistance, that it will stand the contin uous blows of a twelve-pound hammer for many months. Old-Time Hnllrondlnu. Railroading to-day Is not what It used to lie, says an old engineer, who ran over the Indianapolis, Madison and La Fayette Road, in Indiana, the first line built In that State. The rails of that day were of wood, with an Iron sheet spiked over the surface. The jar of a train would loosen these coverings BALLAD OF LITTLE HATS. Six little head-covers, all in a row, Some for use are, some for show, A cap for school, and a cap for play, And a hat to wear on the Sabbath day. A cap for winter, a cap for ball. All hanging on pegs in the upstairs hall. Rut the cap I love I'm a sleepy head Is the little white night-cap over the bed. He Helen tod. Restaurant Proprietor Here's your wages. 1 don t want sucu a careless waiter aro.uud my place. Waiter What's the matur? Restaurant Proprietor Why, the gen tleman ordered sirloin and you served him porterhouse. Waiter Well, we all make nils-steaks occasionally. Then the boss relented. Toledo Blade. V 11 i i p ed Cream. 'Look here," shouted the irate neigh bor over the fence, your youngest son has been storing my cats and pil fering my apple trees. He is a scamp : Don't talk that way about my son."' blurted the fond parent. "Why. he 3 oii.sidered the cream of our family.' "The cream, eh? Well, I'd like to see him whipped." Pronrea. Yes," said the old man, "my daugh ter is still studying French." "Rut she can't siteak the language nt all, can she?" remarked the friend. She couldn't at first but now she can peak It Just enough to make herself unintelligible." Philadelphia Ledger. Sore Proof. Sir. the owner of this automobile jns not run away ironi the eon se ntiences of the smashup. He Is above 1 suspicion." "I know that, because he Is under the auto." Baltimore American. the brief conversation "Mountberry? Why, we've passed It a quarter of an hour ago. Right, Bill; yes," giving-a shrill whistle. "Right she is. Xow, then, there !" The train moved on. Ajdrey looked about her uncertainly; she was fright ened and bewildered. Whit snould she do? Ixjrd John, usually called Jack, glanced at the figure before him with some interest. "Looks like a widow. Can't be, though, she's so small and young. Poor creature; She's very poor, at any rate. She's evi dently upset at pasing her station." He leaned forward and addressed Au drey in his kind-hearted way. "Yon can get another trtit back imme diately from Beigntoa. You will reach Canal Thin v. "What Is It a sign of," asked the In nocent maid, "when a young man be gins to tell a girl his troubles?" "It's a sign that he will soon ask her to share them," answered the pretty widow. Whr She's an Ansel. Mr. Urban Commuter's wife must be an earthly angel. Mrs. Urban Why do you think so? Mr. Urban He tells me they have had the same cook for three weeks. Chicago Xews. Matrimonial Joji. Mrs. Peckem Here's an Invitation to my cousins wefldlng. Will you go 7 Peckem Xo, I hate weddings. I sometimes wish I hadn't attended my own. 3fo Empty Joke. First Legislator Are you going to vote for the charter of this vacuum company? Second Legislator What's la RJ Baltimore American. But bedtime came very soon, and the mending was not done. The afternoon of the fair came, and Mollv flitted about like a happy spar row. Her father gave her a bright fifty cent piece. The admission was only ten cents, and she would have money for ice cream. Her friend Ethel called early, and they joined other girls near the hall, and as they went up to buy the tickets Molly reached in her pocket. She felt about nervously. "Why, I surely took my money, didn't I?" she cried; but Ethel could give her little hope when, turning up her friend's dress, she saw one pink finger sticking through the hole in the pocket. "Oh, I forgot to mend my pocket!" she cried, in dismay. "And now there isn't time to go back and I'd be ashamed to ask papa again. What shall I do?" What she did do was to sit down on a bench and hide her face In her little red jacket, for she was not a very big girl, and the tears won hi come. Just then her teacher came along, and see ing the trouble, said, "Xever mind, Molly, I will take you along, and you can tell papa all about it when you get home." Molly did not like this way very much, but there seemed to be no other way ; but the afternoon had grown sud denly out of tune. She was still dis appointed, although Ethel generously shared her Ice cream money. The day which had begun so well seemed to go upside down, and Molly was glad when the time came to go home. She had thought of a great many things of how her mother mended and worked for herself and the boys, and how seldom she had been asked to help in any way. She deter mined to do the right thing always af ter this. When she came home her father and mother were eager to hear about the fair but Molly passed them with her head hung down, and went directly to her room, and found needle and thread and sewed the rip In her pocket. Then she came down to show her mother. Her father laughed, but mother put her arms round Molly. "It was too bad, little girl; It spoiled your day, and I hope you will learn by this lesson. But you did not lose the money out of the hole; you left it at home on the mantel. Nevertheless I still think A stitch in time nave nine,' don't you?" Youth's Companion. and they would bend upward. They were called "snake heads." and when one was approached the train would be stopped, and it was the duty of the baggage-master to nail the track down again. The speed never exceeded twelve miles an hour, which was considered very fast running. The engineer was trie aristocrat of the system and never condescended to perform so menial a task as to nail down a 'snake head." When a stop was made he employed all Ills time In wiping the mud off his en gine, which, with such a track, was al ways kept covered with dirt in bad weather, and in oiling parts. "In that day," says Mr. Hughes, "the engineer who would have thought of running his engine backward would have been discharged at once. It wns believed that the way to ruin an engine was to run backward. People thought they were making a fine speed at twelve miles an hour, nnd everything exceed ing that would have been perilous in the extreme. One can appreciate the changes time has wrought when he fancies a vestibule express stopping to allow a baggage-master to go ahead and spike down the track. A boot Ad verba. Perhaps the editor may give the boys and girls a Itotter understanding of the nature of adverbs than they now have by saying that they are always conven ient forms of abbreviation, enabling us to use a word where otherwise a phrase would ba necessary. Thus we A Smart Dojc. There Is an old lady In Rochester, X. , says the Herald of that cltv. who lives with a family which keeps a big dog of which she Is at the same time very fond and so-mewhat afraid. The house contains an armchair, which both lady and dog particularly like to occupy. When the dog gets to it first, the old lady, fearing to order him out lest he bite her, tries subterfuge. She opens the window, puts her head out, and ex claims "Cats!" In a loud voice. The dog at once leaps to the window to see, and the old lady gets the chair. One evening, however, the dog came in and found the old lady in the chair ahead of him. He wandered round uneasily for a time, eying her and the window. At last lie seemed to come to a determination, for he suddenly rushed to the window, his hair all bristling up on Ills back, nnd began to bark and growl frightfully. If ever a dog cried "Burglars!" he did so then. The old lady, much sur prised, rushed to see what was worry ing him. She saw nothing until she turned round. Then she saw the smart dog peacefully enthroned In the con tested chair. The old lady is not sure, but she Is almost convinced that he closed one eye solemnly at her In a veritable wink. Two had played at the same gaoie. 1500 Vicente Y'anez Pinzon discovered Brazil. 1530 Confession of Augsburg published. 1552 Protector Somerset beheaded. 1788 City of Sydney, Xew South Wales, founded. 1S02 Albert Gallatin of Pennsylvania became Secretary of the Treasury. 1S14 French victorious at battle of St. Dizier. 1827 Duke of Wellington made com-mnnder-in-cliief of British army. 1S33 Argos united to Greece under King Otho. 1842 Albert Edward. Prince of Wales' (Edward VII.) christened at Wind sor. 1S40 Sikhs defeated the British in san guinary battle nt Aliwal. 1849 Mooltan taken after a siege of twenty days. 1S51 Walter Colton, who made first public announcement of discovery of gold in California, died. 1S53 Xapoleon III. married Eugenie de Montijo, Countess of Teba. 18."5 Alliance of Sardinia with the western powers. 1 SrG The Victoria Cross instituted. 1S.17 First outbreak of the Sepoy rebel lion at Barrackpoor. 1507 President Johnson vetoed the bill to admit Xebraska. 1508 Spain ordered .'0,000 American breech-loading rifles. 1573 Northfleet lost in collision with th Murillo; 300 persons perished. 1574 Duke of Edinburgh married to the Grand Duchess Marie Alexandro vana at St. Petersburg. IS"') Northampton bank robbery oc curred. 1SS2 Charles Guiteau, after trial of 72 days, sentenced to death for murder ing President Garfield. 18.85 Fall of Khartoum and death of Gen. Gordon. 18.8(1 Fall of the Salisbury ministry in England. 1888 Xew South Wales celebrated its centenary us a colony. 1SS9 Municipal banquet given in Ion don in honor of United States Min ister Phelps General strike of street railway men in Xew York City . . . . Republican tariff bill passed by the Senate. ... John M. Clayton, prominent politician, assassinated in Arknnsns. 1S00 Xellie lily completed circuit of the globe in 72 days, (5 hours and 11 minutes. 1801 Prince Baldwin, the Belgian heir presumptive, died suddenly. 1594 Reconciliation of Emperor Wil liam of Germany and Prince Bis marck. 1595 President Cleveland a "ed of Congress authority to issue gold bonds. 18!H France announced annexation of Madagascar. 1808 Xational Monetary convention met at Indianapolis. 189!) Adelina Patti married Baron Ced erst rom. 1900 Brigham II. Roberts of Utah ex cluded from the House of Represent atives. 1901 Edward VII. proclaimed King of Great Britain nnd Ireland and Em peror of India. .. .Fire in Montreal destroyed property valued at $2, 54)0,(MK). 1902 Andrew Carnegie gave $10,000,000 to the trustees of Carnegie institu tion. 1903 United States and Great Britain signed treaty providing for commis sion to settle Alaskan boundary dis pute. . . .Col. Arthur Lynch convicted of high treason in England. 1904 Ten thousand made homeless by fire in Aalesund, Xorway . . . .Two hundred killed in coal mine explo sion at Cheswick. Pa Thibet de manded the withdrawal of the Eng lish expedition. 1905 Successful flight of airship "Cali fornia Arrow" nt Los Angeles.... Charles L. Tucker found guilty of Mabel Page murder at Cambridge,.. Mass. 190(1 Steamer Valencia wrecked off Van couver island; 129 lives lost. The trouble with having a fair opin ion of yourself is that you are liable to make yourself despised by beiug self-satisfied. Nllfht Hank Innovation. The Day and Xight bank at Xew York, the first institution of its kind in the world, has now inaugurated a system of automobile collections for the benefit qf theaters and other enterprises who han dle large sums of money at night, there by obviating the necessity of sending in dividual messengers to the bank at late lours. AlexletT Aarnln In Power. The resignation of Russia's reform ad miral, Birilcff, was coincident with the reappearance of Admiral Aiexieff. who was viceroy of the fnr east before the war with Japan, as a favorite of the Czar. Official statistics of the political repres sions in Russia last year show 1,252 persoas were executed, 2,029 sent into penal servitude in the mines, 1S exiled to Siberia for life, 5.945 imprisoned. 5(2 newspapers suspended and 732 editors prosecuted.
