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This episode had occurred about a fort
night before Ezra's return from Africa,
mid was duly retailed to him by his fath
er. "You need not be discouraged by that,"
h said. "I can always keep them apart,
mid if lie is absent and jou are present
especially as she has no idea of the cause
of his absence she will end by feeling
slighted and preferring you."
"i cannot understand how yon ever
mine to let the matter go so far," his son
answered sullenly. "The girl belongs to
us She was given to you to look after,
and a nice job you seem to have made
of it."
"Never mind, my boy," replied the mer
chant. "I'll answer for keeping them
apart if you will only push the matter
oa your own account."
"I've said that 1 would do so, and I
rill," Ezra returned, and events soon
bowed that he was a.s good as his word.
Before his African excursion the rela
tions between young Girdlestone and his
father's ward had never been cordial.
Kate's nature, however, was so sweet and
forgiving that it was impossible for her
to harbor any animosity, and she greeted
Ezra kindly on his return from his trav
els. Within a few days she became con
scious rhat a remarkable change had come
over him a change, as it seemed to her,
very much for the better. In the past
weeks had frequently elapsed without his
addressing her, but now he went out of
his way to make himself agreeable. Some
times he would sit for a whole evening
describing to her all that he had seen in
Africa, and really interesting her by his
account of men and things. She, poor
lass, hailed this new departure with de
light, and did all in her power to encour
age bis better nature, and to show that
he appreciated the alteration in his bear
ing. At the same time, she was rather
puzzled in her mind, for an occasional
flash of coarseness or ferocity showed her
that the real nature of the man was un
altered, and that he was putting an un
natural restraint upon himself.
As the days went on and no word or
sign came from Tom, a great fear and
perplexity arose withfn the girl's mind.
She had heard nothing of the interview
at Fenchurch street nor had she any clue
at all which could explain the mystery.
Could it be that Tom had informed her
guardian of their engagement, and had re
ceived such a rebuff that he had aban
doned her in despair? That was surely
impossible ; yet why was it that he had
ceased to walk through the square? She
knew that he was not ill, because she
heard her two companions talking of him
in connection with business. What could
be the matter then? Her little heart was
torn by a thousand conflicting doubts and
fear?.
In the meantime Ezra gave fresh man
ifestations of the improvement which
tiavel had wrought upon him. She had
remarked one day that she was fond of
moss roses. On coming down to breakfast
next morning she found a beautiful moss
rose upon her plate, and every morning
afterwards a fresh flower appeared in the
seme place. This pretty little piece of
courtesy, which she knew could only come
from Kzra, surprised and pleased her, for
delicacy was the last quality which she
would have given him credit for.
On another occasion she had expressed
a desire to read Thackeray's works, the
books in the library being for the most
purt somewhat ancient. On entering her
room that same evening she found, to her
astonishment, a handsomely bound edition
of the novels in question standing on the
center of her table. For a moment a wild,
unreasoning hope awoke in her that per
haps this was Tom's doing that he had
taken this means of showing that she was
till dear to him. She soon saw, however,
that the books could only have come from
the same source as the flowers, and she
marveled more than ever at this fresh
proof of the good will of her companion.
One day her guardian took the girl
aside. "Your life must be rather dull,"
he said. "I have taken a box for you to
night at the opera. I do not care about
uch spectacles myself, but I have made
airangements for your escort. A change
will do you good."
Poor Kate was too sad at heart to be
Incline! for amusement. She endeavored,
Lowever. to look pleased and grateful.
"My good friend, Mrs. Wilkinson, is
coming for you," the merchant said, "and
Ezra is going, too. He has a great liking
for music."
Kate could not help smiling at this last
remark, as she thought how very success
fully the young man had concealed his
taste during the years that she had known
him.
She was ready, however, at the ap
pointed hour, and Mrs. Wilkinson, a prim
old gentlewoman, who had chaperoned
Kate on the rare occasions when she went
out, having arrived, the three drove off
together.
The opera happened to be "Faust," and
the magnificent set-aery and dresses aston
ished Kate, who had hardly ever before
lw-n within the walls of a theatT. She
t-at as if entranced, with a bright tinge
of color upon her checks, which, with her
sparkling eyes, made her look surpassingly
beautiful. So thought Ezra Girdlestone
as he sat in the rss:s of the box and
watched the varied expressions which flit
ted across her mobile features. "She is
well worth having, money or no," he mut
tered to himself, and redoubled his atten
tions to her during the evening.
An incident occurred between the acts
that night which would have pleased the
old merchant had he witnessed it. Kate
had been looking down from the box,
which was upon the third tier, at the sea
f head beneath them. Suddenly ah
gave a start, and her face grew a trifle
paler.
"Isn't that Mr. Dimsdale down there?"
sho ns'ted of her companion.
"Where?" asked Ezra, craning his neck,
"Oh, yes, there he is in the second row of
the stalls."
"Do you know who the young lady is
that ho is talking to?" Kate asked.
"I don't know," said Ezra. "I have
seen him about with her a good deal late
ly." The latter was a deliberate false
hood, but Ezra saw his chance of preju
dicing his rival and took prompt advan
tage of it. "She is very good looking,"
ho added presently, keeping his eyes upon
his companion.
"Oh, indeed," said Kate, and turned
with some commonplace remark to Mrs.
Wilkinson. Her heart was sore neverthe
less, and she derived little pleasure from
the remainder of the performance. As
to Ezra, in spite- of his great love for
music, he dozed peacefully in a corner of
the box during the whole of the last act.
None of them were sorry when Faust was
duly consigned to the nether regions and
Marguerite was apotheozed upon a couple
of wooden clouds. Ezra narrated the in
cident of the recognition in the stalls to
his father on his return, and the old gen
tleman rubbed his hands over it.
"Most fortunate!" he exclaimed glee
fully. "By working on that idea we might
produce great effects. Who was the girl,
do you know?"
'Some poor relation, I believe, whom he
trots out at tunes.
'We will find out her name and all
about her. Capital ! capital !" cried John
Girdlestone, and the two worthies depart
ed to their rooms much pleased at this
new card which chance had put into their
hands.
luring the weary weeks while Tom
Dimsdale, in accordance with his promise,
avoided Eceleston square and everything
which could remind Kate of his exist
euce, Ezra continued to leave no stone un
turned in his endeavors to steal his way
into her affections. Poor Tom's sole coin
fort was the recollection of that last pas
sionate letter which he had written in the
Blackwall public house, and which had, as
he imagined, enlightened her as to the
reasons of his absence, and had prevented
her from feeling any uneasiness or sur
prise. Had he known the fate that had
befallen that epistle he would hardly have
been able to continue his office duties so
patiently, or to wait with so much resig
nation for Mr. Girdlestone's sanction to
his engagement.
As the days passed and still brought no
news, Kate's face grew paler and her
heart more weary and desponding. That
the young man was well was beyond dis
pute, since she had seen him with her
own eyes at the opera. What explana
tion could there be, then, for his con
duct? Was it possible that he had told
Mr. Girdlestone of their engagement, and
that her guardian had found some means
of dissuading him from continuing his
suit found some appeal to his interest,
perhaps, which was too strong for his
love? All that she knew of Tom's na
ture contradicted such a supposition.
Again, if Girdlestone had learned any
thing of their engagement, surely he
would have reproached her with it. His
manner of late had been kinder rather
than harsher. On the other hand, could it
have chanced that Tom had met this lady
of the opera, and that her charms had
proved too much for his constancy? When
she thought of the honest grey eyes which
had looked down into hers at that last
meeting in the garden she found it hard
to imagine the possibility of suhc things,
and yet there was a fact which had to be
explained. The more she thought of it
the more incomprehensible it grew, but
still the pale face grew paler and the
sad heart more heavy.
Soon, however, her doubts and fears
began to resolve themselves into some
thing more substantial than vague conjec
ture. The conversation of the Girdles
stones used to turn upon their business
colleague, aid always in the same strain.
There were stray remarks about his do
ings; hints from the father and laughter
from the son. "Not much work to be
got out of him now," the old man would
say. "When a man's In love he's not over
fond of a ledger."
"A nice looking girl, too." said Ezra
in answer to some such remark. "I
thought something would come of it. We
saw them together at the opera, didn't
we, Kate?"
So they would gossip together, and ev
ery word a stab to the poor girl. She
strove to conceal her feelings, and, in
deed, her anger and her prjde were strong
er even than her grief, for she felt that
she had been cruelly used. One day she
found Girdlestone alone and unbosomed
herself to him.
"Is it really true," she asked with a
quick pant and a catch of her breath,
"that Mr. Dimsdale is engaged to be mar
ried?" "I believe so, my dear," her guardian
answered. "It is commonly reported so.
When a young lady and gentleman corre
spond it is usually a sign of something of
the sort."
"Oh. they correspond?"
"Yes, they certainly correspond. Iler
letters are sent to him at the office. I
don't know that I altogether like that
anangement. It looks as if he were de
ceiving his parents." All this was an
unmitigated lie, btit Girdlestone had gone
too far now to stick at trifles.
"Who is the lady?" asked Kate, with a
cairn set face, but a quivering lip.
"A cousin of his. Miss Ossary is her
name. I believe. I am not sorry, for it
may be a sign that he has sown all his
wild oats. Io you know at one time,
Kate, I feared that he might take a fancy
to you. He has a specious way with him,
and I felt my resonsibility in the mat
ter." "You need not be afraid on that score,"
Kate said bitterly. "I think I can gauge
Mr. Dimsdale's specious rnnnner at its
proper value." With this valiant speech
she marched off, head in air, to her room,
and there wept as though her very heart
would break.
CHAPTEK XII.
Tool Dimsdale's duties were far from
light. Not only was he expected to super
vise the clerk's accounts and to treat witji
the wholesale dealers, but he was also
supposed to Fper.d a great part of his tim
in the docks, overlooking the loading of
the outgoing liips and checking the cargo
of the incoming ones. Tin's latter portion
of his work wji welcome as taking htm
some hours a day from the close counting
house, and allowing him to get a sniff of
tb sea air. There waa a pleasing lift and
bustle, too, in tne hrnn1, brown tiref,
with its never-ending panorama of ves
sels of every size and shape which ebb
nud flow in the great artery of national
life. '
All day Tom stood nt the hatchway of
the Itluck Euglu, checking the cargo as it
was hoisted out of her, while McPherson
and his motley assistants, dock laborers,
seamen and Black Kroomen from the
cast, worked and toiled in the depths be
low. The engine rattled and snorted, and
the great chain clanked as it was lowered
into the hold. At one o'clock there was
a break of an hour for dinner, and then
the work went on until six, when all
hands struck and went off to their homes
or to the public house, according to in
clination. Tom and the mate, both fairly
tired by their day's work, prepared to
accept the captain's invitation, and to
beat him up in his quarters. The mate
dived down iuto his cabin, and soon re
appeared with his face shining and his
long hair combed into some sort of order.
"I've been performing my ablutions,"
ho said, rolling out the Inst word with
great emphasis and pomposity, for, like
many Scotchmen, he had the greatest pos
sible reverence for a sonorous polysyllable.
"The captain," he continued, "has been
far from salubrious this voyage. He's
aye complainiu' o' his bodily infirmities."
The two had threaded their way
through the intricate lanes which lead up
from the, water side to the outskirts of
Stepney. It was quite dark by the time
that they reached a long thoroughfare,
lined by numerous shops, with great gas
flares outside them. Many of these be
longed to dealers in marine stores, and the
numerous suits of oilskin, hung up for
exhibition, swung to and fro in the uncer
tain light, like rows of attenuated pirates.
At every corner was a great public house
with glittering windows, and a crowd of
slatternly women and jersey-clad men el
bowing each other at the door. At the
largest and most imposing of these the
mate and Dimsdale now pulled up.
"Captain Miggs in?" asked McPherson
of a rubicund, white-aproned personage.
"Yes, sir. He's in his room, .sir, and
expectin' you. There's a gent with him,
sir, but he told me to send you up. This
way, sir," and they were soon ushered
into the captain's room.
That worthy was leaning back in a
rocking chair with his feet perched upon
the mantelpiece. Opposite him, in a sim
ilar chair, was no less an individual than
our old acquaintance, Von Baumser. As
a mercantile clerk in the London office of
a Hamburg firm the German was thrown
into contact with the shippers of the Af
rican fleet, and had contracted a special
alliance with Miggs.
"Come in, my hearties, come in !" ha
cried, huskily. "Take a seat, Mr. Dims
dale. And you, Sandy, can't you bring
yourself to your berth without being ask
ed? You should know your moorings by
this time. -This is my friend, Mr. Von
Baumser from Eckermann's office."
"And this, I think, is Mr. Dimsdale,"
said the German, shaking hands with
Tom. "I have heard my very goot vriend,
Major Clutterbuck, speak of your name,
sir"
"Ah, the old major," Tom answered
"Of course, I remember him well."
"H? is not so very old, either," said
Von Baumser, in a somewhat surly voice.
"He has been took by a very charming
and entirely pleasant woman, and fhey
are about to be married before three
months, the one to the other. Let me tell
you, sir, I, who have lived with him so
long, that I have met no man for whom
I have greater respect than for the ma
jor." "A couple of days ago we hardly hoped
ever to be yarning here." Raid Miggs. "A
nasty sea on, Mr. Dimsdale, sir, and the
old ship so full o' wather that she could
not rise to it. , They were makin' a clean
breach over us, and we lost nigh every
thing we could lose."
"I suppose you'll have her thoroughly
repaired now?" Tom remarked.
Both the skipper and the mate laughed
heartily at the observation. "That
wouldn't do, Sandy, would it?" said
Miggs. shaking his head. "We couldn't
afford to have our salary cut down like
that."
(To be continued.')
I ! SMTH.
We are astonished at the familiarity
of our friend. with the different makes
of automobiles. As we walk down the
boulevard he notes each machine that
whirls by us and without the slightest
Hesitation gives the name of Its make.
"Here comes a Steerocar," he says,
"the next is a Pothard-PIunrp, that one
turning the corner is a Parldalwhack,
the one coming now Is a Pokermotlve,"
and so on. In no single instance does
he fail to name the machine.
While we know him for a man of
keen observation and quickness of in-
1 I . nnn nD,Anlnlnul nf 1,1a yn I
olio knowledge of automobiles.
We bog him to tell us how he gained
so much information.
He demurs for a time, but upon be
coming insistent he laughs at us and
confesses :
"Old man, I don't know one from the
other. Y'ou were so blamed anxious to
know what kind they were that I Just
named them offhand for you as they
happened along. And you would have
been Just as well satisfied. If you hadn't
forced nie to give my scheme away."
Success Magazine.
lie Wm It.
"Ueally; don't y'know," said Cholly
Braneliss. "she's such an odd girl.
When I was introduced to her she
burst out laughing."
"Yes," said MNs Pcppry, "she's hys
terical." "Aw, weally?"
"Yes; she frequently laughs at noth
ings'Philadelphia Press.
Ileal lllexxlnir-
" Blessings," remnrk.il Mrs. Peck,
"usuallv come to us in disguise."
"That being the c:ie, my dear," re
pllfcd her husband, "it's up to yon tc
remove your mask."
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Klectrlo Farming.
Although agricultural machinery
originated In the United States and the
American farmer used patent mowers,
reapers and threshing machines long
before their European contemporaries
In the same field of labor had put aside
scythe, rake and flail, the possibility
of Introducing electric power In farm
work was first recognized In the Old
World.
This has probably been due to the
fact that the farmers of America
thrifty and far-seeing, recognizing the
economy and reliability of the small
oil engine, failed to perceive how any
saving could bo effected by generating
electric current and distributing to Its
motors In outlying positions.
When, however, the mains from some
large electric power company pass with
In reach of a farm or estate the condi
Hons are much more favorable, and
this state of things must already exist
In a measure which will be largely ex
tended in the future. Current German
newspapers contain an Interesting ae
count of the application of electricity to
a group of farms In Saxony. The elec
tric current Is brought from an adja
cent town by overhead wires carried,
on wooden poles. Two receiving sta
tions are arranged, from which the elet
tiiclty is distributed to the farm build
ings and to convenient positions 'n the
fields for the purpose of driving thresh
ng and other machinery.
Sixteen fixed electric motors are In
stalled for chaff and root cutting, oat
crushing, pumping and for operating
machinery used In the manufacture of
potato spirit. In addition to this pow
er equipment, six portable motors are
provided, which may be used for driv
ing pumps, circular saws, threshing ma
chlnery, and so forth, at any point
where their services are required. The
houses and buildings on the farms are
all lit by electricity, 9 ar: lamps and
about 1,000 glow" lamps being uSed for
the purpose.
It must be pointed out, however, that
this example could only be followed In
the United States on a very large es:ate
or a group of adjacent forms, and it Is
doubtful whether s-'uch a scheme could
be made a commercial success for the
operation of farming machinery pure
and simple. It would appear that wood
sawing, pumping and other operations
reaulrlne tiower urns: be In hided If
the results are to compare favorably
with those at present obtained by the
use of oil or steam engines. But the
Saxon experiment Is full of Interest
and displays a curiously progressive
spirit in a country where 'arm fencps
arp almost unknown, and shepherds and
cowherds are still living amid pictur
esque realities.
Comparative Food Values.
An English journal. The Lancet, in
discussing the comparative food value
of roast beef and turkey, says that it
may be said that, weight for weight,
the flesh of the turkey is more nourish
ing than that of beef; but the latter is.
generally sneaking, cheaper than the
former. The moisture in beef, how
ever, exceeds the amount present in
the flesh of the turkey, and the latter
contains a better percentage of proteid
or flesh-form iug substance. In either
case the percentage of moisture is sel
dom less than 70 per cent.
In lean beef the amount of- fat Is
much the same as in a not too well-fed
turkey, but it must be pointed out that
the flesh of poultry differs from that
of beef and mutton in not having its
muscular fibers permeated by fat, and.
moreover, the fibers in the flesh of the
fowl are short and rarely yield to the
disintegrating action of the digestive
processes. A large amount of fat in
either case is apt to interfere with the
digestibility of the meat. The fat of
beef is more digestible than the fat of
the turkey. The fat of birds, In fact,
is harder, and owing to its tendency to
become rancid, is unsuitable for the
dyspeptic patient.
The Lancet believes that the most
Important difference from a dietetic
point of view between beef and turkey
is that, whereas beef contains a high
percentage of extractive matters, tur
key contains hardly any at all. The ex
tractive matters in beef account largely
for Its peculiar and marked flavor, and
owing to their absence In poultry gen
erally, and In the pheasant and part
ridge, the flavor of these meats is deli
cate. But there is no doubt that the
extractives of beef, as well as mutton,
are valuable, for 'not only are they
flavoring agents, but they also act as
perhaps the most powerful stimulant
to gastric digestion.
Learned hjr Hard rinorka.
So long as the home market .s not
fully supplied there Is no gain in ship
ping away.
As a rule the offspring of immature
And pampered animals are predisposed
to disease.
A proper rotation and wise til:age
will do much to keep (!k soil supplied
with available fertility.
Better methods, better stock and bet
ter tools have douj'ed the productions
of more than one farm.
,.rirpl7 the mnprn!
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Quality of Graaa Seed.
The Maine law regulating the sale of
agricultural seeds requires that grass
seed shall be sold under a guarantee as
to purity. Bulletin 138 of the Maine
agricultural experiment station, which,
doubtless, many of your readers have
received, gives analysis of the seeds
which were collected by the Inspector
and those sent to the experiment sta
tion by correspondence in 1000. The
dealers are very generally conforming
to the law and the purity of most seeds
Is now guaranteed. The question nat
urally arises In the mind of a farmer,
should a seed be strictly pure, and, If
not, how nearly pure should It be?
The purity of seeds varies greatly
with their kind. It is possible to grow
timothy seed so clean that It shall car
ry practically no foreign weed seeds.
It is not as easy to grow any of the
other grasses or clovers so clean. There
Is no need for . the sower to ever buy
timothy seed that is much less than
00.5 per cent pure. Samples have been
examined by the staUon the present
year which contained not a single for
eign harmful seed.
The best red clover seed will fre
quently carry as much as 1 per cent
of foreign matter, although these Im
purities are usually comparatively
harmless. It Is, however, poor policy
for the sower to buy a red-clover seed
that is less than OS per cent pure. The
best grades of alslke clover will run
about 08.5 per cent pure on the average.
It is doubtful If the purchaser should
buy an alsika whose purity Is less thaD
07.5 per cent.
Redtop is the most difficult seed of
all.' It will, of course, contain more
or less chaff. It Is difficult to grow red
top free from timothy, and the seed
cleaners find It difficult 'to separate tim
othy seed from redtop after It has once
been introduced. Samples of redtop
carrying as high as 12 or even 15 per
cent of timothy are not unusual. If
one could be sure that the Impurities
were harmless like chaff and timothy
it might be safe to buy a redtop even
ns low as 85 per cent pure. Unless one
Is assured of the character of the im
purities, It Is unwise to buy a redtop
less than 95 per cent pure.
Donble-Edared Saw.
To make one saw take the place of
two, and at the same time preserve its
durability, Is thfe recent Invention of
an Indiana man.
Every carpenter
includes two saws
in his kit one for
cross-cut and one
for cutting with
the grain. lie can
now dispense with,
one saw, as it is
possible to put the
two blades having
different teeth on
the one saw, as
HAS TWO EDGES.
shown In the Illustration.
The smooth top edge always seen on
saws is changed to a cutting edge, simi
lar to the regular cutting edge, the
saw thus having teeth on the two longi
tudinal opposite edges. The handle Is
hinged to the blade Instead of being
rigid and can be reversed as It becomes
necessary to use either blade. This
saw Is also an economical saw, as it
saves the expense or purchasing two
saws.
Grann llelter than lrojf.
A famous veterinary surgeon de
clares that grass bents all drugs in
creation as a cure for sick horses and
mules. Horses should have a few
quarts of cut grass daily, from spring
until fall. The prevalent notion that
it is harmful is without foundation.
Grass Is to horses what fresh vegeta
ble and fruit are to the human family
,ewa and Farm Notea.
The profitable line of production Is to
maintain good health with early ma
turity.
More than half a million emigrants
from Hussia have passed Into Siberia
the past year to engage In wheat rals-
ng.
A fanner near McEwan. Tenn., is dis
playing an ear of corn twelve inches
long, weighing three pounds and con
tainlng 1.386 grains.
A grain farmat Murray, Iowa, ship
ped twenty-seven carloads of timothy
seed last fall, for which the farmers
received from $1.50 to $1.75 a bushel.
A Kansas man claims to have invent
ed a fence-weaving machine, run by a
two-horse power gasoline engine, which
will weave and set a mile of fence a
day. ,
The United States produced 14,(X0,-
000 bushels of rice last year on a half
million acres. The culture of rice is
gradually creeping north nnd some very
good grain is reported In Arkansas.
Holland has set engineers to work to
pump tne water out or me famous
Zuyder Zee and turn It into dry land.
Wl-n this work is accomplished there
will rise where 4.000 fishermen now
sink their nets farms and homes for
50,000 Hollanders.
A Washington dispatch says a genius
has Invented a dope which when used
as paint for farm machinery will pre
vent rust and decay. This might l
good news for those farmers who use
the fence corners as storehouses for
their farm machinery, but the proba
bility is they are too lazy to apply the
dope.
K. W. Crouse, a graduate of Iowa
agricultural college, has been appoinI
State lorturer on animal husbandry for
Virginia. Another Iowa boy has gono
to the Massachusetts agricultural col
lege as assistant in animal husbandry.
The demand for college graduates In
the high class agricultural lines at sal-
aries ranging from $1,000 to $2,000 $
rear Is larger than the supply.
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THE WEEKLY
1010 Two Bisters burnt at Lincoln, Eng
land, for the alleged crime of witch'
craft. '
l(!24-Engl'and declared war on Spain.
1020 Third parliament of Charles I. dis
solved. 1080 First Assembly of New Hampshire
met at Portsmouth.
1GS0 Habeas coipus act suspended for
the first time in England Jamet
II. landed in Ireland.
1702 The Iaily tourant, the first Brit
ish daily newspaper, issued in Lon
don.
1770 English soldiers plundered Boston
....Americans bombarded the Brit
ish in Boston.
1784 Blanchard, the aeronaut, made his
first ascent from Paris in a hydro
gen balloon.
1785 John McLean, associate justice of
the United States Supreme Court,
who dissented from the majority
opinion in the Dred Scot decision,
born in New Jersey.
1705 William Lyon MeKenzie, first
.Mayor of Toronto and an ardent ad
vocate of Canadian independence,
born in Dundee, Scotland.
1790 Napoleon Bonaparte married to
Josephine Beauharnais British
Parliament passed Irish insurrection
act.
1707 Albany became the capital of the
State of New York.
1709 Napoleon laid unsuccessful siege t
Acre.
1805 Jacob Crowninshield of Massa
chusetts became Secretary of the
United States navy.
(811 The "Luddite riots," resulting from
a depression in the hosiery trade,
began in Nottinghamshire, England
and continued for several years.
1815 Kingdom of the Netherlands con
stituted, and William of Orange pro
claimed King.
1825 Pasturing cows on Boston com
mon forbidden.
1833 President Jackson signed the tariff
and force bills.
1830 Texas proclaimed her independence
of Mexico.
1848 Louis Philippe escaped from
France to England.
1850 Nicaragua declared war against
Costa liica.
1803 Albert Edward. Prince of Wales,
married to Princess Alexandra of
Hen mark.
I8i'4 Ulysses S. Grant appointed lieu
tenant general.
I St 55 Parliament at Quebec ndopted the
confiileration scheme.
1807 Mexico evacuated by the French
....Attempted assassination of King
Victor Emanuel at Milan .... Presi
dent Johnson vetoed the tenure of
office and military district hills,
which Congress passed over his veto.
1870 First woman jury in America as
sembled in Wyoming.
1875 Moody and Sankey opened their
great revival meetings in Iondon.
1877 William M. Evarts appointed Sec
retary of State.
'88(5 Anti-Chinese convention held in
California.
1801 England and France connected by
telephone.
1802 Business suspended in the north
west by a blizzard.
1800 Opening" of the Great Central
railway of England.
1903 zar issued a decree granting re
ligious freedom in Russia.
1107 An explosion on the French bat
tlesnip Jena killed 117 person.
NUBBINS OF FARM NEWS.
Farming in New Mexico has been given
a great impetus during the past few
years by the work of the farmers' insti
tutes and many unproductive values have
been turned into rich grain and fruit
fields.
Frank Donnelly of the town of Oak
drove, Itarron county, Wis., was bitten
four weeks ago by a vicious boar, and
blood poisoning set in. from the effects of
which he died after three weeks of suf
fering. Forty young Indians have been received
at the government Indian agricultural
school at Wahpeton, N. D. Most of the
young students are from Fort Berlhold,
but a few of them are from the Sisseton
reservation.
A movement has been started for the
organization of the various farmer ele
vator companies in South Dakota. A
meeting has been held in Sioux Falls and
about !MI per cent of the mnnngers have
expressed themselves ns favorable to the
olan.
Prof. Sheppenl recently shipped to Rus
sia samples of North Dakota corn for
the purpose of aiding corn growing in
that country. The Russian experiment
stations are doing the same thing as our
own. endeavoring to push the corn limits
northward.
Because of the heavy demnnd for pris
on twine the warden of the Minnesota
State prison hai been authorized to work
the prisoners overtime for three hours
each day, allowing each man who worki
cents ior tne itiree hours. The sunnlv
lot twine now on hand has already bee
Itwld.
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