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.