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Girdlestone f
BY
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CHAPTER VII. (Continued.)
The old man was pale and nervous.
The one weak point in his character was
bis affection for his son, an affection
which he strove to hide under an austere
manner, but which was none the less
genuine. He had never before parted with
him for any length of time, and he felt
the wrench keenly. As to Ezra, he was
flushed and excited at the thought of the
new scenes which lay before him and the
during speculation in which he was about
to embark. He flung himself into a chair
end stretched his thick, muscular limbs
out In front of him.
"I know as much about stones," tfie
said exultantly, "as any man iu London.
I was pricing a bag of rough ones at
Van Helmer's to-day, and he is reckoned
a good judge. He said that no expert
could have done it better."
"You deserve great credit for your
quickness and perseverance," replied his
father. "Your knowledge will be inval
uable to you when you are at the fields.
lou will promise to be careful and to
avoid quarrels and bloodshed."
i won t get into any rows it 1 can
belp it," his son answered. "That's not
my game."
"But if you think that there is no mis
take, if your opponent is undoubtedly
about to proceed to extremities, shoot him
down at once, my dear lad, before he has
tims to draw. I have heard those who
have been out there say that in such cases
everything depends upon getting the first
rhot. I am anxious about you, and shall
not be easy until I see you again."
"Blessed if he hasn't tears in his eyes
Ear a exclaimed to himself, much aston
ished at this unprecedented occurrence
"When do you go?" his father asked,
"My train leaves in an hour or so.
reach the steamer at Southampton about
three in the morning, and she starts with
the full tide at six. Well, good-by," said
the young man, rising up and holding
out his hand. "Keep your eye on Dims
dale and don't trust him."
"Good-by, my son, good-by !"
The old merchant was honestly moved,
and his voice quivered as he spoke. He
mood motionless for a minute or so until
the heavy door slammed, and then he
threw open the window and gazed sorrow
fully down the street at the disappearing
cab. His whole attitude expressed such
dejection that his ward, who had just en
tered the room, felt more drawn towards
him than she had ever done before. Slip
ping up to him, she 'placed her warm,
tender hand upon his-sympathetieally.
"He will soon come back, dear Mr. Gir
dlestone." she said. "You must not be
uneasy about him."
As she stood beside him in her white
dress, with a single red ribbon round ner
neck and a band of the same color round
ber waist, she was as fair a specimen of
English girlhood as could have been
found in el! London. The merchant's
features softened as he looked down at
her fresh young face, and he put out his
hand as though to caress her, but some
unpleasant thought must have crossed his
m'.nd, for he assumed suddenly a darker
look and turned away from her without
a word. More than once that night she
recalled that strange spasmodic expres
sion of something akin to horror which
had passed over her guardian's features as
h gazed at her.
CIIA1TER VIII.
The anxious father had not very long
t wait bfore he heard tidings of his son.
Finally there came a long epistle from
Kimberley, the capital of the mining dis
trict, in which the young man described
his eight hundred miles drive up country
and all the adventures which overtook
bim on the way.
"This place. Kimberley," he said in his
letter, "has grown into a fair-sized town,
though a few years ago it was just i
camp. Now there are churches, banks,
and a club in it. There are a sprinkling
of well-dressed people in the streets, but
the majority are grimy-looking chans
from the diggings, with slouched hats and
colored shirts, rough fellows to look at,
though quiet enough as a rule. Though
Kimberley is the capital of the mining
fields, it is not there that the actual
mining is done. That goes on in a lot of
little camps, which are dotted along the
Vaal river for fifty or sixty miles. Tha
tones are generally bought at the camp
Immediately after they have been found,
and are paid for by checks on bonks in
Kimberley. I have, therefore, transferred
our money to the South African bank
here. Keep your eyes on that fellow
Dimsdale, and let him know nothing of
what is going on."
He wrote again about a fortnight after
wards, and his letter, as it crossed the
Atlantic, passed the outward mail, whi. h
bore the news of the wonderful diamond
find made by an English geologist among
the Ural Mountains.
"I am now on a tour among the
camps." he said. "To-morrow I push on
to Delparte's Hope and Larkin's Flat. I
am well received wherever I go, except
by the dealers. They hear that I am a
London capitalist, and fear that I may
end up the prices. They little know I
bought stones all the way along, but not
very valuable ones, for we must husband
our resources."
One day news arrived of the great dis
covery of diamonds among the Ural
Mountains. The first intimation was re
ceived through the Central News Agency
In the form of the following telegram :
"Moscow, August 22. It Is reported
from To'iolsk that an important discovery
of diamoud fields has been made among.it
tbe spur of the I'ral Mountains, at a
point not very far from that city. They
geoloplst. wno has exhibited manymagnll
cent gems in proof of his assertion. Thesa
stones have been examined at Tobolsk,
and are pronounced to bo equal, if n it
superior, in quality to any found else
where. A eompauy has been already
formed for the purpose of purchasing the
land and working the mines."
The crisis at the African ti.'lds was even
more acute than had been anticipated by
the conspirators. Nothing approaching to
it had ever been known in South Africa
before. Diamonds went steadily down in
value until they were selling at a prk-o
which no dealer would have believed pos
sible, and the sale of claims reached such
a climax that men were glad to get rid of
them for the mere price of the plant and
machinery erected at them. The offices of
the various dealers at Kimberley were
besieged night and day by nn importunare
crowd of miners who were willing to sell
at any price in order to save something
from the general ruin which they imag
ined was about to come upon the indus
try. Some, more long-headed or more
desperate than their neighltnrs, continued
to work their claims and fq keep the
stones which they found until prices might
b better. As fresh mails came from
the Cape, however, each confirming and
amplifying the ominous news, these ind
pendent workers grew fewer and more
faint-hearted, for their boys had to oe
paid each week, and where was the
money to come from with which to pay
them? The dealers, too, began' to take the
alarm, and the most tempting offers would
hardly induce them to give hard cash in
exchange for stones which might prove to
be a drug on the market. Everywhere
there was misery and stagnation.
Ezra Griddlestone was not slow to tak?
advantage of this state of things, but he
was too cunning to do so in amanner
which migh call attention to himself or
his movements. In his wanderings he ha
come across an outcast named Farintosh
a man who had once been a clergyman
and a master of arts of Trinity Collegi
Dublin, but who was now a broken-down
gambler with a slender purse and a sti!
more slender conscience. He still retain
ed a plausible manner and an engaging
address and these qualities first recom
mended him to the notice of the young
merchant. A couple of days after the re
ceipt of the news from Europe, Ezra
sent for this fellow and sat with him for
some time on the verandah of the hotel
talking over the situation.
"You see," said Ezra, "I have the name
here of having a long purse and of know
ing which way the wind blows. If I were
to be seen buying, others would follow
my lead, and prices would soon be as hign
as ever. Now what I purpose is to work
through you, d'ye see? Y'ou can go the
round of the camps and buy in stones on
the quiet without attracting much atten
tion. Feat them down as low as you
can, and give this hotel as your address.
hen they call here they shall be paid,
which is better than having you carrying
the money round with you."
The clergyman scowled as though he
thought it was anything but better. Ha
did not make any remark, however.
"Y'ou can get one or two fellows to help
you, said tzra. lou know who would
be likely men. I can't expect you to work
all the camps jourself. Of course, If you
offer more for a stone than I care to giv-,
that s your lookout, but if you do your
work well you shall not be the loser. Y'ou
shaJl have a percentage on business done
and a weekly salary as well."
"How much money do you care to Iti-
est?" asked Farintosh.
"I'm not particular)" Ezra answered.
If I do a thing I like to do it well. I'd
go the length of thirty thousand pounds."
tarmtosh was so astonished at the mag
nitude of the sum that he sank back
his chair in bewilderment. "Why, , sir.
ne saia, i tninK just at present you
could buy the country for that."
czra laugnea. w e u make it go as
fai as we can," he said. "Of course you
may buy claims as well as stones."
"And I have carte blanche to that
amount?"
"Certainly."
"All right, 1 11 begin this evening," said
the ex-parson, and picking up his slouch
ed hat, which he still wore somewha
bioader in the brim than his comrades, in
deference to old associations, he departed
upon his mission.
Farintosh was a clever man, and soon
chose two active suordinates. These were
a navvy, named Burt, and Williams,
young elshroan, who had disappeared
from home behind a cloud of forg'
checks, and having changed his name had
made a fresh start in life to the south of
the equator. These three worked day and
night buying in stones from the more
ntedy and impecunious miners, to whom
ready money was a matter of absolute ne
cessity. Farintosh bought in the stock,
too, of several small dealers whose nerves
had been shaken by the panic. In this
way bag after bag was filled with dia
monds by Ezra-
He was becoming somewhat uneasy in
his mind as to how long the delusion
would oe Kepi up, or now soon news
might come from the Cape that the Ural
find had been examined into and proved
to be a myth. In any case, he thought
that he would be free from suspicion
Still, it might be as well for him by that
time to be ujon his homeward journey
for he knew that if by any chance the true,
facts leaked out there would be no hone
of mercy from the furious diggers. Hence,
ho incited Farintosh to greater speed, and
that worthy divine with his two agents
worked so energetically that in less thaa
a week there was little left of five and
thirty thousand pounds.
Ezra Girdlestone had shown his power
of reading character when he chose the
ex-clergyman as his subordinate. It is
possible, however, that the young man's
Judgment had been inferior to his powers
of observation. A clever man as a trusty
ally is a valuable article, but when the
said cleverness may be'turned against h'S
employer the advantage becomes a ques
tionable one.
It was perfectly evident to Farintosh
that though a stray capitalist might risk
a thousand pounds or so on a speculation
of this sort, Rothschild himself would
hardly care to invest such a sum as had
pessed through his hands without bavin
some ground on which to go. Having
formed this conclusion, and having also
turned over In hU mind the remarkable
coincidence that the news of this discov
ery in Russia should follow so very rapid
ly upon the visit of the junior partner of
the House of Girdlestone, the astute cler
gyman began to have some dim percep-
ra mid to have been found by an English j U(u ul ui. truth, iieuce. h brooded
good deal as he went about his work, and
cogitated deeply in a manner which va
once again distinctly undesirable in so
vt ry intelligent a subordinate.
These brooding and cogitations culmi
nated in a meeting, which was held by
him with his two sub-agents in the privata
parlor of the Digger's Retreat. It was
low-roofed, smoke-stained room. Round
a solid, old-fashioned table iu the cent
of this apartment sat Ezra's staff of a
sistants, the parson thoughtful, but self
satisfied, the others sullen and inquisitive.
Farintosh had convened the meeting, and
hW comrades had an idea that there was
something in the wind. They waited for
him to speak.
"Well," the ox-clergyman said at last.
"the game is nearly over, mid we'll not he
wunted any more, (iirdlestone'g off to
England in a day or two."
Burt and Williams groaned sympathot
ically. Work was scarce in the diggings
during the crisis, and their agencies nad
been paying them well.
ies, lie s off, tarmtosti went on
glancing keenly at his companions, "and
he takes wth him five and thirty thousand
pounds worth of diamonds that we
bought for him. We have to do the work,
and then are thrown aside as you would
throw your pick aside when you are done
with it. When he sells out in London
and makes his pile, it won't much matter
to him that the three men who helped him
are starving in Griqualand."
'Won't he give us somethin at part'
in t asked Hurt, the navvy. He was a
savage looking, hairy man, with a brick
colored face and overhanging eyebrows.
"Won't he give us nothing to remem
brance him by?"
"Give you something!" Farintosh said
with a sneer. "Why, man, he says you
are too well paid already."
"Does he, though?" cried the navry,
lushing even redder than nature had
nade him. "Is that the way he speaics
after we makes him? It ain't on the
stquare. I likes to see things honest an'
above board betwixt man an' man, and
this, pitchin' of them as. has helpe ye
over ain't that."
Farintosh lowered his voice and bent
further over the table. His companions
involuntarily imitated his movement, un
til the three cunning, cruel faces were
looking closely into one another's eyes.
"Nobody knows that he holds those
stones," said Farintosh. "He's too smart
to let it out to any one by ourselves."
"Where does he keep 'em?" asked the
Welshman.
"In a safe in his room. This," said
Farintosh, taking a small key from his
pocket, "is a duplicate, and will open Ae
safe. I took a moulding from his key
while I was speaking to him."
The navvy laughed hoarsely. "If that
don't lick creation for smartness !" ho
cried. "And how are we to get to thin
safe? It would serve him right if we
collar the lot. It'll teach him that If he
ain't honest by nature he's got to he
when he deals with the like of us. I like
straightness, and I'll have-t ! He
brought his great fist down upon the table
to emphasize this commendable sentiment.
"It's not an easy matter," Farintosh
said thoughtfully. "When he goes out he
locks his door and there's no getting in
at the window. There's only one chance
for us that I can see. His room is a bit
cut off from the rest of the hotel. There's'
gallery of twenty feet or more than
eads to it. Now. I was thinking that
f the three of us were o visit him some
evening, just to wish him luck on his jour
ney, as it were, and if, while we were in
the room something sudden was to happen
which would knock him silly for a minute
or two, we mignt want on wirn tne
stones and be clean goue before he could
raise an alarm."
"And what would knock him silly?"
asked Williams. He was an unhealthy,
scorbutic-looking youth, and his pallid
complexion had assumed a greenish tinge
of fear as he listened to the clergyman's
words. He had the makings in him of a
mean and dangerous criminal, but. not of
a violent one belonging to the jackal
tribe rather than to the tiger,
brought his great fist down upon the table
Burt laughed again in his bushy rd
beard. "You can leave that to me, mate,"
he said.
"Meet here at eight o'clock to-morrow
night," said the leader. "We can get it
over by nine, and we will have the night
for our escape. I'll have the horses
ready, and it will be strange if we don't
get such a start as will puzzle them."
So having arranged all the details of
their little plan, these three gentlemen
departed in different directions, Farintosh
to the Oriental Hotel to give Ezra his
evening report, and the others to the min
ing camps, which were the scenes of their
labors.
(To be continued.)
Good Sheep Rarn a Poor One.
A goml sheep barn la a poor one.
This may seem to be absurd, but the
facts supiwrt such a statement. There
Is no question but that many flocks are
rendered unhealthy and therefore le3i
productive by reason of too close
housing. In few sections do sheep need
more than a windbreak and rain shed.
Some of our best shepherds have kept
their flocks for decades with only such
sheds as would prevent the flock being
exposed to direct winds, rain and snow
storms.
Tne cut shows the type of sheep
barn found on the farm of a success
ful shepherd, which might be copied
witn success. In this instance the
sheep nre kept upon forage crops grown
in four adjacent lots. The flock may
be turned Into any lot at pleasure.
It Is well to have this buildln;
equipped with a large ventilating win
dow In the end near the gable or two
small windows such as, shown In the
sketch. These, however. , should be
r"Iax in the Northwest.
The second factor making for th"
now prosperity may be termed "the dis
covery of flax." For years there had
boon a few scattering Ilax fields, but
It was only In the middle '90's that the
Northwestern pioneer awoke to the dis
covery that Unseed oil was of more
truly golden line, not only than the
wheat field, but than 'any gold-bearing
quartz California ever saw. And
so the endless golden yellow of tho
fields In August and the tinkling bells
in September or the flax Held.
Those who have never heard tho
ringing of the flax bells have missed a
truly wonderful sensation. The round
seed pods, smaller than peas, which
contain the seed, give a faint metallic
sound which as one drives or walks
through a Held, setting thousands In
motion, seems like myriads of Infinitesi
mal bells tinkling so faintly as to be
all but Inaudible. Nor Is the mere
sight of a flax field In the mellow Au
gust soon to be forgotten. Imagine a
100-acre field, filled with flowers of a
blue more delicate than violets. And
of Its profitable character one Illustra
tion will suffice. Ill June, 1000, Ole
Jannsen bought ICO acres in the heart
of the great flax belt for $10 an acre
on the crop payment plan. Ole "broke
up" that fall and the next spring lJa
acres and planted It In flax. In round
numbers, he thrashed In -the fall eigh
teen and one-half bushels to the acre;
sold It for $1.39
$3,500; a little more than twice enough
to pay for his land out of his first crop.
Not only was the flax Immensely profi
table itself, but It removed from the
country the stigma, "one-crop country."
World Today.
THEVEEKIY
ORIAH
IIlHISI
Burled Seed.
The Department of Agriculture has
undertaken a series of experiments In-1
4-nAA - " r .. MM r V. 1 . - I
1437 Murder of James I. of Scotland.
1525 Imperialists defeated the French
at battle of 1'avia.
1544 Diet of Spires opened.
1547 Coronation of Edward VI., when
only 10 years of age.
1587 Thomas Cavendish passed the
Straits of Magellan.
021 Miles Standish chosen captain of
Plymouth colonies.
174(1 Brussels tnknn hv Mnralinl Snro
a bushel, total, . , iL
, ' 1 'i iiuiiui cn-itruruuK". one oi mo
builders of the Savannah, the first
steamer that crossed the Atlantic,
born In Belfast, S. C.
1777 Col. Neilson, with a party of
American militia, defeated British
troops under Major Stockton
American Congress commissioned five
major generals.
1778 Lord North's conciliatory bill pre
sented in Parliament.
SOILING SHEEP FOLD.
equipped with a sash that may be
closed In severe weather.
Many farms where sheep are kept eveu centurl. but very few actual ex
tended to answer, If possible, the old
question, "How long can seeds remain
burled In the soil and still retain their
power of germination?"
Many extraordinary stories hare
been told of the prolongation of the vi
tality of seeds during many years, and
are equipped with a barn cellar In
which the flock has been kept with
varying success. The barn cellar is
an excellent place for sheep if rightly
arranged. There 'should be plenty of
openings to the south, allowing sun to
reach all parts of the stable so as to
keep It thoroughly dry. Thorough
drainage Is essential.
mere must be ventilation at the
rear of the stable. A bad practice Is to
keep the sheep in stables on stable
manure, says Farm and Home. The
fermenting manure destroys the color
and texture of wool. A hint which has
been worth many dollars to me Is to
use only long straw, hay or weeds for
bedding sheep. If short straw or saw
dust Is used It gets into the fleece and
Is an everlasting nuisance.
perlments have hitherto been made.
Dr. Beal has reported that he has
found seeds that responded to germina
tion tests after having been burled
twenty years. The seeds burled by the
experts of the Agricultural Department
at the Arlington farm last year were
packed with dry clay In porous clay
pots, covered with saucers and placed
at various depths from 6 Inches to
3V4 feet There are 32 complete sets,
In 3,584 pots, representing 100 spe
cies, 84 genera and 34 families. Tests
are to be made at the end of one, two,
three, five, seven, ten, fifteen, twenty,
twenty-five, thirty, forty and fifty
years.
Table Repartee.
"Say," confided the red-bordered nap
kin, "I am really smitten with the pret
ty stenographer who lunches here every
day, but she throws me over as soon
as she rises from the table."
"Yes," sighed the salt cruet, "I'm
Prontable Cattle Feeding;.
The Missouri Experiment Station at
Columbia has Issued a very elaborate
and handsomely Illustrated bulletin on
the most successful methods of fatten
ing cattle, by Dean II. J. Waters.
This bulletin summarizes the expe
rience and conclusions of about 1,000
of the most experienced and successful
cattle feeders of Missouri, Illinois and
Iowa, and contains also a summary of
the results of a large number of tests
with different kinds of feed, different
ages of cattle, etc.. conducted by the
Experiment Station of Columbia.
11 consiuers sucu practical questions
as the most profitable age to fatten cat
tle, the proper weight, the best season
of the year, the best method of pre
paring feed, the best of shelter, the
market demands, the host sort of
roughness, etc. It Is Illustrated with
cuts of the different types of beef
cattle, Including excellent Illustrations
of the fat steer herd exhibited by the
college this season at the Interstate
Fair, Kansas City, the Missouri State
Fair, Sedalla, the American Royal,
Kansas City, and the International
Live Stock Exposition, Chicago. These
steers won nine championship prizes,
seventeen first prizes, sixteen second
prizes, seven third prizes and two
fourth prizes. Every steer won at
every show excepting one steer in one
show.
Hire Frame Spacers.
The arrangement here shown, If
properly adjusted, Is excellent; but,
says the Gleanings In Bee Culture, In
the first place It Is difficult to bend the
nails, and. In the second place, It
BENT NAILS IN FRAME.
Roots for Farm Animals.
If roots are stored In a pit In the
field a high, dry place should be
chosen. If the ground is clayey the
roots should be placed on top of the
sweet on her myself, but she always ground. If it Is gravelly and drainage
gives me the shake."
Is good a shallow pit about 5 feet wide
and of necessary length may be shov-
! eled out The roots should be carefully
placed In a gable shaped pile about 5
feet wide and as long as convenient. A
Xever.
Amateur What do you think of the
artist Albino who painted a splderweb
on the celling so naturally that a chain- j Wn , of traw ghould then be
bermaid spent a whole morning trying ,
to sweep it off?
Critic There may be such artists.
but I don't believe In the existence of
such a chambermaid.
morning trying ' la,d Qver the p,e and thIg covered wUn
six or eight Inches of earth. Another
and thicker layer of straw and a final
layer of earth will complete the work.
Ventilators should be placed at Inter
vals of ten or fifteen feet, which should
be closed when sweating has ceased.
There la Hope.
Husband When I see all those bill
I am tired of life. Do you think the The pit should not be opened on warm
time will ever come when we shall be days In winter. A ditch for drainage
out of debt? I should be cut around the pit Roots
Wife (cheerfully) Why not, dar- ' stored In this way do not keep as well
ling? You know that you are carrying as when stored tn a good cellar; there-
an exceptionally large life insurance. I 'ore- tD?y should be red out as early as
A Hot One.
The Poet's Wife My husband rend
this poem at a public celebration t
fore thousands of jtenple. Alas! It was
the last poem he ever wrote.
The Editor I see. Did they lynch
him or shoot him?
ot I.raal Tender.
GratefuJ Patient Doctor, I owe my
llft rt
.J j ' l- a
Dorfor TTist's all rlrkf knt T With
. w . 'V, UUl A UlUI
take it in payment for my aervlcsa.
possible. New York Cornell Experl-
nent Station.
Apple Tree Canker.
Treatment recommended for canker
of apple trees by one of the. experi
ment stations is to paint the affected
trunk with a combination of one pint
whale oil soap, three pints slacked
lime and four gallons of water ; thicken
j to right consistency with wood ashes or
Bordeaux mixture, thickening
1 with lime until like whitewash.
would be more difficult still to bend
them all with exactly the same curve,
for it would be Important to have the
bee spaces alike. In the third place,
one would have to bore a hole In order
to drive them into the frame for the
reason that the hammer head would
strike one side of the line of penetra
tion of the wood, bending the nail
over. Taking It all In all, the ordinary
staple Is much easier to insert and
far cheaper.
Location of Beehive.
Beehives should never be faced to
ward the north. In a northern lati
tude a northern exposure In winter la
almost sure to cause the loss of the
colony, by the rigorous north winds
blowing in at the entrance,, and the
confinement of the bees, caused by the
entrances being shaded on mild, sunny
days when the bees In the hives fac
ing southward fly freely.
SI me and Capacity In Cisterns.
In digging a round cistern, 8 feet In
diameter and 17 feet deep, will hold 202
barrels of 31 V gallons. If 10 feet In
diameter and 11 feet deep, It will hold
205 barrels.
1780 New York ceded her richts in
western lands to the United States.
1781 Congress appointed Robert Morrit
superintendent of finance.
1703 British flag raised over Corsica.
1797 Trinidad captured by the British
under Sir Ralph Abercromby . . . .
French and Austrians resumed hos
tilities in Italy.
1803 Ohio admitted to the Union.
1809 Drury Lane theater, London, de
stroyed by fire.
'810 Andreas Hofer, the Tyrolese pat
not, shot by the French.
1813 British and Canadian soldiers
captured Ogdensburg, N. Y.
1814 Henry Kirke Brown, who produc
ed the first bronze statuefiever exe
cuted in the United States, born at
Leyden, Mass.
834 United States concluded an In
demnity treaty with Spain.
1858 City of Corinth, Greece, badly
damaged byearthquako.
1SG2 "Thad" Lincoln, favorite son of
the President, died at the White
House Jefferson Davis inaugurat
ed President of the Confederate
States at Richmond.
1803 Arizona territory formed from
New Mexico.
1804 Second Confederate Concress met
at Richmond.
1800 President Johnson publicly de
nounced the reconstruction commit
tee and declared Congress to be in
rebellion against the government of
the United States.
150 7 Maximilian entered Queretaro.
1508 House of Representatives resolved
to impeach President Johnson.
187i Business section of Panama de
stroyed by fire.
1880 Attempted assassination of the
Czar of Russia.
1881 Orange Free State declared to be
neutral territory.
1SS2 Charles Bradlaugh expelled from
the British House of Commons.
1884 Gen. Gordon entered Khartoum.
1887 Congress passed a bill to retire
the trade dollar.
18!)4 Capital of Honduras captured by
the insurgents under Ortez.
1890 The Confederate States' museum
'dedicated at Richmond, Va.
189$ Courlnof inquiry began its investi
gation into the blowing up of the
battleship Maine.
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Farm Notes.
Do not have the sheep pens too
warm. The natural coat of the sheep
makes it able to endure severe weather.
President O'Brien of the American As
sociation has signed Gerald Hayes as
umpire.
The Northern Baseball League has
abandoned all idea of entering St. Pau
and Minneapolis.
Jack Palmer of Newcastle, former
champion of England, lasted four rounds
before Tom Burns of America in a Lon
don fight.
I E. C. Cowdin has leased the racing
qualities of The Pippin and Counterpane
J to the Newcastle stable. Both are 2-year-old
fillies.
If the members of the nonltrv flrwv
which seldom or never lay ' could be ' rhe Lake Mich'ga Yachting Associa
weeded out, the feed bills would be wn, .ha9 deci.ded .t0 ,ptart the annuaI
.uunnmc cruise or me CUlcago lacht
less and the egg profits more.
Change the hog pasture often. Have
a small bouse built on skids so it can
Club on July 25.
The youngest and smallest ski ridet
who participated in the national tourna-
be dragged around to a new pasture ment at Duluth was Carl Taleen, 11 yeara
as desired, lr nogs are tea long Id of age, of Ishpeming.
one place the grass Is killed out I At the meeting of the biennial congress
One poultry raiser says he feeds ot the National Trotting Association tbe
roupy chickens whole corn that has doors were O!nedo amateur racing an
been well soaked in kerosene, and
bathes the swollen heads and eyes
with a mixture of equal parts of kero
sene and lard.
In the highly fertilized garden the
aim Is to keep crops coming on In as'
der the association's rules.
The racing discussion in Kentucky has
been ended for this season by granting
licenses to four tracks Churchill Downs
and Douglass Park, Latonia and Louisville.
C. C. Wheeler of New York is building
rapid succession as possible. Plan so motor 00,11 Ior t!le purpose of defending
as to have one variety ready to take the ritish international cup. which was
the place of the crop which ha. beea ' Y n 1f ' i'-V ha" hw
' -nrf h.,iti challenged for by the Brit.sh Mator Boat
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