Heppner gazette., October 24, 1907, Image 2

5IKENSIBE
MRS. MARY J. HOLMES
Archer t "Dora rVmic," "Ttif Enf!l Orp'iiim " " Homea'cad oa tht HIII:dO "Lcaa RlTcrt,"
" Mcjoiowb.ook," " I cm pew aid Sonihioe," "cousla Mau4," etc.
CHATTER III (Continued.)
Thus far she h;ul answered uothhi
correctly, and, feeling puzzled to know
lion- to proceed, Guy stepped into flu
adjoining room to consult with the doc
tor, but he was pone. So, returning
Guy plied her with questions philoshoph
lcal, questions algebraical, and questions
geometrical, until iu an Rgony of distress
Maddy raised her hands deprecatingly, a
if she would ward o'l any similar ques
tions. and sobbed out :
"Oh, sir, no more. It makes my head
so dizzy. They don't teach that iu com
nion schools. Ask me something I do
know."
Suddenly It occurred to Guy that he
had gone entirely wrong, and mentally
censuring himself for the blockhead the
doctor had called him, he asked kindly
"What do they teach? remaps you
can enlighten uie."
"Geography, arithmetic, grammar, his
tory and spelling book," Madeline re
plied, untying and throwing off her bon
net, in the vain hope that it might bring
relief to her poor, giddy head, which
throbbed so fearfully that all her ideas
seemed for the time to have left her.
This was a natural cousequence of the
high excitement under which she was
laboring, and so, when Guy did ask her
concerning the books designated, she an
swered but little better than before, and
Guy was wondering what he should do
next, when the doctor's welcome step
was heard, and leaving Madeline again,
he repaired to the next room to report his
ill success.
"She does not seem to know anything,
The veriest child ought to do better than
she has done. Why, she has scarcely
answered half a dozen questions cor
rectly."
This was what poor Maddy heard,
though it was spoken in a low whisper ;
but every word was distinctly understood
and burned into her heart's core, drying
her tears and hardening her Into a block
of marble. She knew that Guy had not
done her justice, and this helped to in
crease the torpor stealing over her. Still
she did not lose a syllable of what was
saying in the back office, and her lips
curled scornfully when she heard Guy
remark : "I pity her ; she is so young,
and evidently takes it so hard. Maybe
he's as good as they average. Suppose
we give her the certificate."
Then Dr. Uolbrook spoke, but to poor,
dazed Maddy his words were all a riddle.
It was nothing to him who was he thar
he should be dictating thus? There
seemed to be a difference of opinion be
tween the young men, Guy insisting that
out of pity she should not be rejected ;
and the doctor demurring on the ground
that he ought to be more strict. As
usual, Guy overruled, and seating himself
at the table, the doctor was just com
mencing: "I hereby certify " while
Guy was bending over him, wThen the
latter was startled by a hand laid firmly
on his arm, and turning quickly he con
fronted Madeline Clyde, who, with her
short hair pushed from her blue-veined
forehead, her face as pale as ashes, save
where a round spot of purplish red burn
ed upon her cheeks, and her eyes gleam
ing like coals of fire, stood before him.
"He need not write that," she said,
huskily, pointing to the doctor. "It would
be a lie, and I could not take it. You
do not think me qualified. I heard you
say so. I do not want to be pitied. I
. do not want a certificate because I am so
young, and you think I'll feel badly. I
do not want "
Her voice failed her, her bosom heaved,
and the choking sobs came thick and fas;,
but still she shed no tear, and in her
bright, dry eyes there was a look which
made both those young men turn away in
voluntarily. Once Guy tried to excu
her failure, saying she no doubt was
frightened. She would probably do bet
ter again, and might as well accept the
certificate, but Madeline still said no,
so decidedly that further remonstrance
was useless. She would not take what
she had no rijjht to, she said, but if they
pleased she would wait there in the back
office until her grandfather came back ;
it would not be long, and she should not
trouble them.
Guy brought her the easy chair from
the front room and placed it for her 'by'
the window. With a faint smile she
thanked him and said : "You are very
kind," but the smile hurt Guy cruelly, it
was so sad, so full of unintentional re
proach, while the eyes she lifted to his
looked so grieved and -weary that he in
sensibly murmured to himself : "Poor
child !" as he left her and with the doc
tor repaired to the house, where Agnes
was impatiently waiting for them. Poor,
poor little Madge ! Let those smile who
may at her distress ; it was the first keen
disappointment she had ever had, and it
crushed her as completely as many an
older person has been crushed by heavier
calamities.
"Disgraced for ever and ever," she kept
repeating to herself, as she tried to shake
off the horrid nightmare stealing over
her. "How can I hold up my head again
at home where nobody will understand
just how it was nobody but grandpa
and grandma. Oh, grandpa, I can't earn
that thirty-six dollars now. I 'most wish
I was dead, and I am I am dying. Some
body come quick !"
CHAPTER IV.
There was a heavy fall, and while In
Mrs. Conner's parlor Guy Remington
and Dr. Holbrook were chatting gayly
with Agnes, a childish figure was lying
upon the office floor, white, stiff and in
sensible. Little Jemie Remington, tired of sitting
still and listening to what her mamma
and Mrs. Conner were saying, had stray
ed off into the garden, and after filling
her chubby hands with daffodils and early
violets, wended her way to the office,
the door of which was partially ajar.
Peering curiously in, she saw the crum
pled bonnet, with its ribbons of blue, and,
attracted by this, advanced into the room,
until she came where Madeline was lying.
With a feeling that something was wrong,
J Male beat over th prostrate girl, avsk-
ihg if she were asleep, and lifting next
i he long, fringed lushes drooping on tin
o.'orless cheek. 1 ho dull, dead expres
sion, of the eyes sent a chill through Jes
sie's frame, and hurrying to the house.
she cried : "Oh, Brother Guy, somebody's
dead in the office, and her bonnet is all
jammed !''
Scarcely were the words uttered ere
Guy and the doctor both were with Mad
eline, the former holding her tenderly in
his arms, while he smoothed the short
hair, thinking even then how soft and
luxuriant it was, and how fair was the
face which never moved a muscle beneath
his scrutiny. The doctor was wholly
self-possessed. Maddy had no terrors for
him now. She needed his services, and he
rendered them willingly, applying restora
tives which soon brought back signs of
life in the rigid form. With a shiver
and a moan Madeline whispered: "Oh,
grandma, I'm so tired," and nestled closer
to the bosom where she had never dream
ed of lying.
By this time both Mrs. Conner and
Agnes had come out, asking in much sur
prise who the stranger could be, and what
was the cause of her illness. As if there
had been a previous understanding be
tween them, the doctor and Guy were
silent with regard to the recent farce en
acted there, simply saying it was possi
ble she was in the habit of fainting;
many people were. Very daintily Agnes
held up and back the skirt of her rich
silk, as if fearful it might come in con
tact with Madeline's plain delaine; then,
as it was not very interesting for her to
stand and see the doctor "make so much
fuss over a young girl," as she mentally
expressed It, she returned to the house,
bidding Jessie do the same. But Jessie
chose to stay by Maddy, whom they plac
ed upon the comfortable lounge, which
she preferred to being taken to the house,
as Guy proposed.
"I'm better now, much better," she
said. "Leave me, please. I'd rather be
alone."
So they left her, all but Jessie, who,
fascinated by the sweet young face, climb
ed upon the lounge and, laying her curly
head caressingly against Madeline's arm,
said to her: "Poor girl, you're sick, and
I'm so sorry. What makes you sick?"
Maddy did not know who this beautiful
child was, but her sympathy was very
sweet, and they talked together as chil
dren will, until Mrs. Agnes' voice was
heard calling to her little girl that it
was time to go.
"I love you, Maddy, and I mean to tell
brother about it," Jessie said, as she
wound her arms around Madeline's neck
and kissed her at parting.
It never occurred to Maddy to ask her
name, so stupefied she felt, and with a
resDonsive kiss she sent her away. Lean
ing her head upon the table, she forgot
all but her own wretchedness, and so did
not see the gayly dressed, haughty look
ing lady who swept past the door, ac
companied by Guy and Dr. Holbrook.
Neither did she hear, or notice, if she
did, the hum of voices as they talked
together for a moment, Agnes asking the
doctor very prettily to come up to Aiken
side while she was there, and bring his
lady love. Engaged young men like Guy
were so stupid, she said, as with a merry
laugh she sprang into the carriage ; and,
bowing gracefully to the doctor, was driv
en rapidly toward Aikenside.
Rather slowly the doctor returned to
the office, and after fidgeting for a time
among the powders and phials, summoned
courage to ask Madeline how she felt, and
if any of the fainting symptoms had re
turned. "No, sir," was all the reply she gave
him, never lifting up her head, or even
thinking which of the two young men
it was speaking to her.
There was a call just then for Dr. nol-
brook, and leaving his office in charge of
Tom, his chore boy. he went away, feel
ing slightly uncomfortable whenever he
thought of the girl to whom he felt that
justice had not been done.
"I half wish I had examined her my
self," he said. "Of course she was excit
ed, and could not answer ; beside, hanged
if I don't believe It was all humbug tor
menting her with Greek and Latin. Yes ;
I'll question her when I get back, and
if she'll possibly pass, give her the cer
tificate. Poor child ; how white she was,
and what a queer look there was in those
great eyes, when she said, 'I shall not
take it."
Maddy was gone, and the wheel ruts
of the square-boxed wagon were fresh be
fore the door when he came back. Grand
pa Markham had returned, and Made
line, who recognized old Sorrel's step,
had gathered her shawl around her and
gone sadly out to meet him. One look at
her face was sufficient.
"You failed, Maddy?" the old man said,
fixing about her feet the warm buffalo
robe, for the night wind was blowing cold.
"Yes, grandpa, I failed."
They were out of the village and more
than a mile on their way home before
Madeline found voice to say so much, and
they were nearer home by half a mile ere
the old man answered back:
"And, Maddy, I failed too."
CHAPTER V.
Mrs. Noah, the housekeeper at Aiken
side, was slicing vegetable oysters for
the nice little dish intended for her own
suppt-T, when the head of Sorrel came
around the corner of the building, fol
lowed by the square-boxed wagon con
taining Grandpa Markham, who, bewil
dered by the beauty and spaciousness of
the grounds, and wholly uncertain as to
where he ought to stop, had driven over
me smooth-graveled road around to the
front kitchen door.
"In the name of wonder, what codger
is that? and what is he doing here?" was
Mrs. Nosh's exclamation, as she dropped
the bit of salisfy she w-as scraping, and
hurrying to the door, called out : "I say,
you, sir, what made you drive up here,
when I've said over and over again that
I wouldn't have wheels tearing up turf
and gravel?"
"I I beg your pardon. I lost my way,
I guess, there are so many turnin's. I'm
sorry, but a little rain will fetch It right,"
jrandpa said.
Mrs. Noah was not at heart an unkind
ivoman, and something In the benignant
xprossion of grandpa's face, or In the
apologetic tone of his voice, mollified her
oniewhnt, and without further comment
she stood waiting for his next remark.
The meek old man concluded she was a
near relation of Guy mother, perhaps ;
Hut no, Guy's mother was dead, as grand
ma well knew, for all Devonshire had
'ieard of the young bride Agnes, who had
nnrried Guy's father for money and rank.
To have been mistaken for Guy's mother
would not have offended Mrs. Noah par
'icularly; but how was she when she
heard :
"I come on business with Squire Guy.
Are you his gran'marm?
"His gran'marm !" and Mrs: Noah bit
off the last syllable spitefully. "Bless
you, man, Squire Guy, as you call him,
is twenty-five years old."
As Grandpa Markham was rather
blind, he failed to see the point, but knew
that in some way he had given offense.
"I beg your pardon, ma'am ; I was
sure you was some kin maybe an a'nt."
"If it's Mr. Guy you want, I can tell
you he is not at home, which will save
your getting out."
"Not at home, and I've come so far to
sec him !" grandpa exclaimed, and In his
voice there was so much genuine disap
pontment that Mrs. Noah rejoined, quite
kindly :
"He's gone to Devonshire with the
young lady, his stepmother. Perhaps you
might tell me your business ; I know all
Mr. Guy's affairs."
Mrs. Noah bade him come In, feeling
a very little contempt for the old-fash
ioned camlet cloak in which his feet be
came entangled, and smiling inwardly at
the shrunken, faded pantaloons, betoken
ing poverty.
"As you know all Squire Guy's af
fairs," grandpa said, when he was seated
before the fire, "maybe you could tell
whether he would be likely to lend a
stranger three hundred dollars, and that
stranger me?"
Mrs. Noah stared at him aghast. Was
he crazy, or did he mean to insult her
master? Evidently neither. That was
the solution of his audacity, and pitying
ly, as she would have addressed a half
idiot, Mrs. Noah made him understand
how impossible it was for him to think
her master would lend to a stranger like
him. ,
You say he's gone to Devonshire,"
grandpa said, softly, with a quiver on his
Hp when she had finished. I wish I d
knew if, I left my granddarter there to
be examined. Mabby I'll meet him going
back, and can ask him."
"I tell you it won t be no use. Mr.
Guy has no three hundred dollars to
throw away," was Mrs. Noah's rather
sharp rejoinder.
"Wall, wall, we won't quarrel about It,"
the old man replied, in his most concilia
tory manner, as he turned his head away
to hide the starting tear. "I'm an old
man, lady, old enough to be your father."
Here Mrs. Noah's face grew brighter, and
she listened attentively while he contin
ued : "You won't take what I say amiss,
I'm sure. I've a little girl at home, a
grandchild, who has heard big stories of
the fine things at Aikenside. She has a
hankerin' after such vanities, and It
would nlease her mightily to have me
tell her what I saw uo here, so maybe
you wouldn't mind lettin' me go into
that big room where the silk fixln s are.
I'll take off my shoes, if you say so."
"Your shoes won't hurt an atom ; come
right along," Mrs. Noah replied, now in
the best of moods, for, except her cup
of green tea with raspberry jam and
cream, she enjoyed nothing more than
showing their handsome house.
(To be continued.)
Only More Stamps.
Austria is essentially a country of
stamps and officialdom. Recently a
Vienna business house received from:
the military authorities at Prague an
order for one of their employes to pre
sent himself there for his military
service. There wag no stamp on the
envelope, and the firm had to pay
double rate In consequence, 20 hellers
(twopence).
Not much appreciating this, they
Wirote to the military people demand
ing repayment of the amount. Prompt
ly came the answer that the twopence
would be refunded In due course, and
In the meantime would the firm be so'
good as to remit one crown (tenpence)-
for the stamp which must be affiled
to all petitions addressed to official de
partments. Vienna Correspondence
Pall Mall Gazette. ,
Grateful.
"Remember, old man, If you treat;
even an ant kindly you will be repaid.
"I don't doubt It I picked a drown
ing ant out of a pall once."
"And were you repaid?"
"Well, I should say so. The first
time I went to a picnic and sprawled
out In the grass about a thousand of
the ant family crawled through my nose
and ears to thank me."
Different Now,
Short It's too bad I didn't find you
at home when I called yesterday.
Long Was It very Important?
Short Rather. I called for the pur
pose of paying the $10 I owe you.
Long Well, you found me at home
to-day.
Short Yes; and I called to-day for
the purpose of borrowing $5 more.
She Waa WU.
"And you say this waa the flrst time
you have ever loved?"
"Yes."
"Do you know what I think yon
are?"
"Well, whatr
"I think you are a matrimonial
faker." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Varied Experience.
The Lady Yes, I advertised for a
cook. You have had experience, I sup
pose? The Applicant Sure, an 01 hove
mum. It's mesllf as wor-rk'd fer a
dozen fambllea In th' last six months,
mum. Chicago News.
All great men are la some degree In
spired. Cicero.
Growing; Alfalfa.
E. C. Daineron, of Pike County, Mo.,
Is credited by an exchange with the
following suggestions on growing al
falfa :
"After several years' experlmenta
tlon; with both success and failure, I
unhesitatingly advise ' fall seeding.
While I know of no plant that excels
alfalfa in vigor of growth after it is
once established, it is extremely timid
about Its association with other plants
in Its early life. Weeds and foxtail
are Its worst foes, and how to avoid
them or to reduce them to the mini
mum Is the problem before the alfalfa
grower. It Is with this In view that I
advise the fall seeding. To my mind
the piece selected for seeding down
next fall should be upland naturally
well drained and fertile. If the piece
selected Is land in wheat I should top
dress It during winter with all the
stable manure I could possibly get on
It not In great hunks, but well distrib
uted. After the wheat comes off In
June I should disk It twice, once each
way. After the first shower the weeds
will begin to appear, then disk again.
Keep this up until Sept. 1. Don't plow
under any circumstances, but kill all
the weed growth by surface cultiva
tion. AH this sounds like work, and
It Is work, but the best remunerated
work a farmer ever did. About Sept. 1,
If there be moisture enough for ger
mination, sow twenty pounds of seed
per acre. Use a wheelbarrow seeder
and sow ten pounds each way. This
covers 'skips' and gives a better dis
tribution of the seeds. Then slant
your harrow teeth and cover by going
over the field at least twice."
Care of Anlmalr.
As man has adapted different ani
mals to different uses it does not infer
that they are not subject to natural
laws. On the contrary, the subjection
Is more complete than before, and, ns
man has been the foster agent In
changing the charaterlstics of most do
mestic animals, so must the hand of
man be ever ready to render that as
sistance so essential to their well
being. The pasture, shelter and care
must be suitable for the accomplish
ment of the purpose desired, and no
neglect can be allowed. Not only must
the utmost care be taken in selecting
the animals that suit the farm best,
but the farm Itself must also conform
to the animals. One should not attempt
to Improve unless prepared for It, as
failure will be the result, but the prep
aration is easily made. Better stock
means better farming, larger crops and
greener pastures. With each year the
crops become better, because the system
forces them to be so. But those farm
ers wiio do not possess facilities for
certain breeds of animals need npt be
discouraged, ns all can have a privil
ege with some kinds that do not come
up to the requirements needed. Im
provement should be the object with
every farmer, for even should the farm
er lag behind, the time will arrive
when he will be compelled to camp on
the same ground that others long be
fore occupied, but who have left it for
something better. Keep pace with the
time, and keep the flock to the best.
by breeding with thoroughbreds and
always culling from the bottom.
For Loading Farm Wag-nan.
Use a handy short stepladder with
bent Irons securely screwed to the end
of the ladder, and that fit to the wagon
iO IXIAU Vi.tUUXS.
end board. By using a ladder of this
kind the loading is made much easier,
and very often farm produce can be
handled with far less danger of bruis
ing. Very handy for many other kinds
of work.
Place for Lanterns.
A place should be provided In every
farm building where lanterns are used
or likely to be used. Stretch a wire
along behind the cows and horses with
sliding wire hooks on to which the
lar.tern can be hooked and moved as
wanted. A hook of cheap, smooth
fence wire can be fixed up without ex
pense almost anywhere, and It Is much
safer than a nail, as It will generally
allow the lantern to hang straight
Be careful that no hay, straw or other
Inflammable material is near lantern
books or other holders. Don't set a
lantern down.
a .
Corn and Soy Ilenu.
I have raised corn and soy beans
together with good results, but my ex
perience on the whole Is to advise
farmers not to grow them together. It
made the corn exceedingly hard to cut,
ns the mass of vegetation was so heavy
that the corn and beans tumbled In
every direction from the heavy winds.
I believe It Is better, on rich laud, to
grow each of the crops separately, says
an Ohio farmer. When the land Is not
so rich and It Is not desired to cut and
shock the corn, soy beans can be grown
to advantage to turn hogs or cattle on
after the corn Is gathered. The most
satisfactory soy bean that I have tried
Is the early yellow variety known as
Ilollybrook ; they are some three weeks
earlier than the mammoth yellow, grow
a fine quality of vine and an excellent
yield of seed. It grows off .more
promptly than the mammoth and gets
out of the way of weeds and grass
sooner, and for the Bame reason It Is
not so much In the way In cultivating
a corn crop. If It Is" desired to plant
them In a cornfield. And one decided
advantage they have over the mam
moth, they do not shell so badly after
getting ripe.
One ef the New Breeds of Fowls.
Thinking to Improve the Barret
Rocks, we crossed them with Buff
Cochins, then used what we supposed
were pure Black
Breasted Red
Games with them.
As part of these
games had yellow
legs and pea
combs, we now feel
sure that they had
been mixed with
the Cornish Indian
Game berore we
got them, and here
BUCK EVE BED.
. where we got the pea comb. This
mlxup produced a bird or two red as
foxes, with yellow legs, and I con
ceived the Idea of raising a whole
flock like them.
As layers the Buckeye Reds are sim
ply peerless. Heat or cold has no ter
rors for them, as their small combs
do not suffer from frost They have
a long body from the wishbone baek
upon which to carry plenty of meat
They are not coarse or bony, yet males
weigh from nine to ten pounds and
females from five to seven.
They have the rich yellow skin and
legs so dear to the American epicure,
and the skin Is not thick and tough as
In some yellow-skinned fowls. They
are vigorous from the shell, alert and
gamy, though not Inclined to fight
among themselves, says Mrs. F. Met-
calf of Ohio In American Agriculturist,
n which a Buckeye Red of Ideal shape
Is Illustrated. The surface color of
the male Is a dark rich velvety red,
approaching cardinal or garnet, never
buff or brlcky, head, neck, hackle, back,
saddle and wlngliows richly glossed
with metallic luster, under color a
lighter shade.
Food Value of the Peanut.
Trof. N. E. Jaffa, the nutrition ex
pert of the Stute University at Berke
ley, Cat, has Issued a bulletin saying
10 cents' worth of peanuts contain more
protein than a meal of roast beef, and
six times the amount of energy In
volved In a big fat porterhouse stenk.
Prof. Jaffa punctures the old Idea
that salt eaten with nuts makes them
more easily digested, says a Berkeley
dispatch to the New York World. He
also explains why nuts seem to upset
the digestive organs.
"With the exception, perhaps, of
dried beans and cheese no food ma
terial has such a reputation for ludl
gestlbility," he says. "Discomfort
from nuts is largely due to Insufficient
mastication, and from eating them
when not needed, as after a hearty
meal or late at night"
Hrood Hen.
If broody hens are properly treated
nine out of ten will begin to lay again
within two weeks after being removed
from the nest But If they are half
drowned, starved a week, or bruised
and abused, It is more than likely they
will get even with their owners by de
clining to lay a single egg until they
have fully recovered from their Ill-
treatment and acquired their custom'
ary tranquillity.
Care of the Pig- Pen.
The hog Is not able to endure se
verely cold weather, yet It Is kept In
the most uncomfortable situation of
any other animal. The pig pen should
be well littered and dry, and the shel
ter should contain no cracks or openings
for droughts of air.
Ponltry Notes.
For rapid growth feed the chickens
often.
Lice brood, breed and hide under
the roosts.
Gravel should always be supplied to
fowls that are fattened in confinement
Of two things, the breed and feed
ing, the latter Is the more Important
Dry salt is as good as any material
that can be used for preserving eggs.
Ducks may be picked when four
months old and every six weeks after
wards. Select the stock of pullets you In
tend to keep as soon as they are weL
developed.
WEEKLY I
1402 English defeated the Scots
at
Ilomeldon Hill.
1504 Columbus took final leave of the
New World and sailed for Spain.
1009 Henry Hudson discovered the riv
er which bears his name.
1040 Lord Stirling, to whom James I.
gave a large section of what is now
the United States and Canada, died
in Loudon. j
1G45 Covenanters defeated Montrose at
Philiphaugh.
1742 Faneuil Hall completed and pre
sented to the town of Boston.
1759 Wolfe landed troops at Quebec.
1773 Gen. Washington began to commis
sion war vessels.
177S Benjamin Franklin sent to France
as minister plenipotentiary,
1781 Gen. Washington arrived at Wil
liamsburg and assumed command.
1782 Congress accepted the offer of
Virginia's western lanus.
178ft Connecticut deeded western land
to Congress.
1788 Congress made New York the
capital city of the United States.
1789 Alexander Hamilton became Sec
retary of the Treasury. .. .Henry
Knox of Massachusetts became Sec
retary of War.
1803 Lord William Downs appointed
chief justice of Ireland.
1814 Battle of Pittsburgh, N. Y
British made an unsuccessful attack
on Baltimore. .. .British bombarded
Fort McIIenry, near Baltimore....
British abandoned their expedition
against Baltimore.
1829 Treaty of Adrianople, ending war
between Russia and Turkey.
1841 Walter Forward of Pennsylvania
became Secretary of the United
States Treasury.
1S40 First Mississippi riflemen, under
command of Company I, Jefferson
Davis, charged the Mexicans at Fort
Teneria.
1847 American army under Gen. Scott
marched into the Mexican capital...
Many lives lost in hurricane off New
foundland. 1S50 Jenny Llnd first appeared on an
American stage at Castle Garden, N.
Y. .. .Alexander II. II. Stuart of
Virginia became Secretary of the In
terior. 1858 Steamship Austria, Southampton
to New York, burned at sea; 471
lives lost.
1SG1 President Lincoln revoked Gen.
Fremont's emancipation order.
18G2 Governors of fourteen States met
at Altoona, Pa., and npproved of
emancipation as a war measure....
Gen. McClellan appointed to com
mand the defense of Washington.
1864 Gen. Sherman entered Atlanta,
ending the four weeks' siege. .. .Gen.
Sherman ordered all civilians to
leave Atlanta. I
1809 National Prohibition' party organ
ized at a convention in Chicago.
1871 Henry Irving first appeared in
"Fanchette" at the London Lyceum.
....Mont Couis tunnel opened.
1S72 Alabama claims against England
decided in favor of the United States.
188(1 Canadian Pacific railway tele
graph line opened for business.
1893 Gov. William McKinley of Ohio
opened his campaign for re-election
with a speech at Akron.
1S94 Hinckley and- other Minnesota
towns swept by forest fires.
1898 British forces defeated the Der
vishes at Omdurman. .. .Admiral '
Cervera and other captured Spanish
officers sailed for Spain.
190(5 Emperor of China issued an edict
promising constitutional government.
New Llfe-Ilentorlng; Apparatu.
E. C. Hall, writing in the August Tech
nical World Magazine, asserts that Prof.
George Poe of South Norfolk, Va., is able
to restore life to apparently dead animals,
his treatment being based upon the well-
known method of forcing oxygen into the
lungs. For this purpose he has devised
an artificial respirator, modeled in all
respects after nature. It embraces two
small cylinders, each having an inlet and
an outlet with which plungers work sim
ultaneously, and from which tubes are
conducted to the nostrils or mouth of the
patient. One cylinder is supplied with
oxygen, and the outlet of the other dis
charges directly into the atmosphere. The
plungers are worked by hand and timed
according to normal respiration. Thus in
one movement noxious gases from the
lungs are drawn Into one cylinder, while
the next movement forces oxygen from
the other cylinder Into the lungs. This
device has been patented and will soon be
upon the market
Photographing- Thoughts.
Dr. Hippolyte Baraduc, a noted French
physician, has recently published a series
of photographs purporting to represent
different thoughts or prayers, thus offer
ing some confirmation to the theories of
the Theosophists. Dr. Baraduc, on the
assumption that the human being is com
posed of fluid or gaseous bodies as well
as that of flesh and blood, exposed vari
ous sensitised plates in the dark near to
persons In varying states of mind and got
differing results. He sometimes uses f
electric lhrhL