The Firm of
1 Girdlestone i
A. CONAN DOYLE
CHAPTER XVI. (Continued.)
It was Saturday the third Saturday
since Girdlestone and his ward had dis
appeared. Dimsdale had fully made up
his nund that, go where he would, Ezr
should not escape him this time. On tw
consecutive Saturdays the young mer
chant had managed to get away from him,
and had been absent each time until the
Monday morning. Tom knew, and the
thought was a bitter one, that these day
were spent in some unknown retreat in
the company of Kate and of her guardian
This time at least he should not get away
without revealing his destination.
The two young men remained in the
office until two o'clock. Then Ezra put
on his hat and overcoat, buttoning it up
close, for the weather was bitterly cold
Tom at once picked up his wide-a-wake
and followed him out Into Feuchurch
street, so close to his heels that the
swinging door had not shut on the on
before the other passed through. Ezra
glanced round at him when he heard the
footsteps. There was no longer any pre
tense of civility between the two, and
w henever their eyes met it was only to ex
change glances of hatred and defiance.
A hansom was passing down the street
and Ezra, with a few muttered words to
the driver, sprang in. Fortunately an
other had just discharged its fare, and
van still waiting by the curb. Tom ran
up to it. "Keep that red cab in sight,'
ho said. "Whatever you do, don't let it
get away from you." The driver, who
was a man of few words, nodded, and
whipped up his horse.
It chanced that this same horse was
ei'her a faster or a fresher one than that
which bore the young merchant. The red
cab rattled down Fleet street, then dou
bled on its tracks, and coming back by
St Paul's plunged into a labyrinth of side
streets from which it eventually emerged
upon the Thames embankment. In spite
of all its efforts, however, it was unable
to shake off its pursuer. The red cab
journeyed on down the Embankment, and
across one of the bridges, Tom's able
charioteer still keeping only a few yards
behind it. Among the narrow streets on
the Surrey side Ezra's vehicle pulled up
at a public house. Tom waited patiently
outside until he should reappear.
In a very few minutes young Girdle-
atone came out again, accompanied by a
tall, burly man, with a bushy red beard,
who was miserably dressed. He was help
ed into the cab by Ezra, and the pair
drove off together. Tom was more bewil
dered than ever. Who was this fellow
and what connection had he with the mat
ter on hand? Like a sleuth hound the
pursuing handsom threaded its way
through the torrent of vehicles which pour
down the London streets, never for one
moment losing sight of its quarry. Pres
ently they wheeled into the Waterloo
road, close to the Waterloo station. The
red cab turned sharp round and rattled
up the incline which leads to the main
line. Tom sprang out, tossed a sovereign
to the driver, and followed on foot at the
top of his speed.
As he ran into the station Ezra Girdle
alone and the red-bearded strangpr were
immediately in front of him. There was
a great swarm of people all around, for
as it was Saturday there were special
trains to the country. Tom was afraid
of losing sight of the two men in the
crowd, so he elbowed his way through as
quickly as he could, and got immediately
behind them so close that he could have
touched them with his hand. They were
approaching the booking office when Ezra
glanced round and saw his rival standing
behind him. He whispered something to
his half-drunken companion. The latter
turned, and with an inarticulate cry, like
a wild beast, rushed at the young man.
and seized him by the throat with his
rawny hands.
It is one thing, however, to catch a
man by the throat, and another to retain
that grip, especially when your antagonist
happens to be an International football
player. To Tom this red-bearded rough,
who charged him so furiously, was noth
ing more than the thousands of bull-headed
forwards who had come upon bim like
thunderbolts in the days of old. Witb
the ease begotten by practice he circled
his assailant with his long muscular arms,
and gave a quick convulsive jerk in which
every sinew of his body participated. The
red-bearded mans stumpy legs described a
balf-crcle in the air, and he came down
on the stone pavement with a sounding
crash which shook every particle of breath
'rem his enormous body.
Tom's fighting blood was all aflame
now, and his grey eyes glittered with joy
as he made at Ezra. All the cautions of
his father and the exhortations of his
mother were cast to the winds as he saw
hit enemy standing before him. To do
him justice Ezra was nothing loth, but
sprang forward to meet him, hitting with
both bands. They were well matched,
for both were trained boxers and excep
tionally powerful men. Ezra was per
haps the stronger, but Tom was in better
condition. There was a short, eager rally
blow and guard and counter so quick
and hard that the eye could hardly follow
it. Then a rush of railway servants and
bystanders tore them asunder. Tom had
a red flush on his forehead where a blow
had fallen. Ezra was spitting out the
fragments of a broken tooth, and bleeding
profusely. Each struggled furiously to
gft at the other, with the result that they
were dragged further apart. Eventually
a burly policeman seized Tom by the col
'sr. and held him as in a vW.
"Where is he?" Tom cried, craning his
neck to catch a glimpse of his enemy.
-He'll get aawy after all."
"Can't 'elp that," said the guardian of
the peace phlegmatically. "A gen'elman
like you ought to be ashamed. Keep
quiet now ! Would yer then !" This last
at some specially energetic effort on the
part of the prisoner to recover his free
dom.
"They'll get away I I know they will !"
Tcm cried in despair, for both Ezra and
his companion, who was none other than
Burt, of African notoriety, had disappear
ed from his sight.
His fears proved to be only too well
founded, for when at last he succeeded in
wresting himself from the constable's
clutches he could find no trace of his ene
ii'ies. A dozen bystanders gave a dozen
different accounts of their movements. II
rushed from one platform to another over
all the great station. He could have torn
his hair at the thought of the way In
which he had allowed them to slip
through his fingers. It was fully an hour
before he finally abandoned the search,
and acknowledged to himself that he had
been hoodwinked for the third time, and
that a long week would elapse before
he could have another chance of solving
the mystery.
He turned at last sadly and reluc
tantly away from the station and walked
across to Waterloo bridge. It was some
consolation, however, that he had had one
fair crack at Ezra Girdlestone. He glanc
ed down at his knuckles, which were raw
and bleeding, with a mixture of satisfac
tion and disgust. With a half smile he
put his injured hand in his pocket, and
looking up once more became aware that
a red-faced gentleman was approaching
him in a highly excited manner.
It could not be said that the red-faced
gentleman walked, neither could It be said
that the red-faced gentleman ran. His
made of progression might best be describ
ed as a succession of short and unwieldy
jumps, which, as he was a rather stout
gentleman, appeared to indicate some very
urgent and pressing need for hurry. His
face was bathed in perspiration, and his
collar had become flaccid and shapeless
from the same cause. It appeared to
Tom, as he gazed at those rubicund,
though anxious, features, that they should
be well known to him. That glossy hat,
those speckless gaiters, and the long frock
coat, surely they could belong to none
other than the gallant Major Tobias Clut
terbuck, late of Her Majesty's 119th of
the Line.
As the old soldier approached Tom he
quickened his pace, so that when he even
tually came up with him he could only
puff and pant and hold out a soiled letter.
"Head '" he managed to ejaculate.
Tom opened the letter nad glanced his
eye over the contents, with a face which
had turned as pale as the major's was
red. When he finished it he turned with
out a word and began to run in the direc
tion from which he had come, the major
following as quickly as his breath would
permit.
CHAPTER XVII.
Kate had come out with some vague
idea of making a last struggle for her life
and freedom. With the courage of de
spair, she came straight down to the ave
nue to the sole spot where escape seemed
possible.
"Good-mornin", missy," cried Stevens
as she approached. "You don't look extra
"aright this mornin', but you ain't as bad
as your good guardian made me think
You don't seem to feel no difficulty in get
tin' about."
"There is nothing the matter with me,"
he girl answered earnestly. "I assure
you there is not. My mind is as sound
as yours.
That's what they all says," said the
ex-warder with a chuckle.
'But it is so. I cannot stay in that
house longer. I cannot, Mr. Stevens, I
cannot: My guardian will murder me.
He means to. I read it in his eyes. He
as good as tried this morning. To die
without one word to those I love with-
ut any explanation of what has passed
that would give a sting to death."
"Well, if this ain't outragis !" cried
he one-eyed man, "perfectly outragis ! Go-
n? to murder you, says you ! What's he
a-goin to do mat tor r
"He hates me for some reason. I have
u-ver gone against his wishes, save in
one respect, and in that I can never obey
him, for it is a matter in which he has
no right to command."
"Quite so!" said Stevens, winking his
one eye. l Knows tne reeling myseu.
"Why won't you let me pass?" pleaded
Kate, "iou may have had daughters Of
our own. What would you do if they
were treated as I have been? If I had
money you should have it, but I have
none. lo, oo let me go: remaps wnen
you are on your last bed of sickness the
memory of this one good deed may out
weigh all the evil that you have done.
See, here is my watch and my chain.
You shall have that if you will let me
through."
"Let's see it?" He opened it and exam
ined it critically. "Eighteen carat it's
only a Geneva though. What can you ex
pect for a Geneva?"
"And you shall have fifty pounds when
I get back to my friends. Do let me pass,
good Mr. Stevens, for my guardian may
return at any moment."
'See here, missy," Stevens said solemn
"dooty is dooty, and I wouldn't let
on through that gate. As to this 'ere
watch, if so be as you would like to Write
line to your frii-nds, I'll post it for you
t Bedsworth in exchange for it, though
t be only a Geneva."
'You good, kind man, cried Kate, all
excitement and delight. "I have a pencil
n mv pocket. What shall I do for pa
per?" She looked eagerly round and spied
small piece which lay among the brush
wood. With a cry of joy she picked it
out. It was very coarse and very dirty,
but she managed to scrawl a few lines
pon it, describing her situation BJid ask-
nj; for aid. "I will write the address
pon the back," she said. "When you
get to Bedsworth you must buy an en-
elope and ask the postoffice people to
copy the address on It."
I bargained to post it for the Geneva,
e said. "I didn't bargain to buy envel
opes and copy addresses. That'e a nice
pencil case of yourn. Now I'll make a
clean job of it if you'll throw that in."
Kate handed it over without a murmur.
At last a small ray of light seemed to be
finding its way through the darkness
hich had so long surrounded her. Ste
vens put the watch and pencil case in his
pocket, and took the little scrap of paper
on which so much depended. As Kate
handed it to him she saw over his shoul
der that coming up the lane was a small
pony carriage, in which sat a buxom lady
and a very small page. The sleek little
brown pony which drew it ambled along:
at a methodical pace which showed that
It was entirely master of the situation.
while the whole turnout had nn IndoscruV
able atr of comfort and good nature. Poor
kii'e had been so separated from her kind
that the sight of people who, if not friend
ly, were at least not hostile to her, sent
a thrill of pleasure into her heart. There
was something wholesome and prosaic,
too, about this homely equipage, which
was inexpressibly soothing to a mind so
worn by successive terrors.
"Here's some one a-comin'," cried Ste
vens. "Clear out from here it's the gov
ernor's orders."
"Oh, do let me stay and say one word
to the lady !''
Stevens seized his great stick savagely,
"Clear out!" he cried In a hoarse, angry
voice, and made a step towards her as if
he would strike her. She shrank away
from him, and then a sudden thought seiz
ed her, she turned and ran through the
woods as fast as her feeble strength would
allow. The instant that she was out of
sight, Stevens very deliberately and care
fully tore up the little slip of paper with
which she had entrusted him, and scat
tered the pieces to the wind.
Kate Harston fled as quickly as she
could through the wood, stumbling over
the brambles and crashing through the
briars, regardless of pain or scratches or
anything else which could stand between
her and the possibility of safety. She
soon gained the shed and managed to
mount on the top of it by the aid of the
barrel. Craning her neck, she could see
the long dusty lane, with the bare, with
ered hedges upon either side, and the
dreary line of the railway, embankment
beyond. There was no pony carriage in
sight.
She hardly expected that there would
be, for she had taken a short cut, and
the carriage would have to go some dis
tance round. The road along which it
was traveling ran at right angles to the
one which she was now overlooking, and
the chances were equal as to whether the
lady would turn round or go straight on.
In the latter case, it would not be possi
ble for her to attract her attention. Her
heart seemed to stand still with anxiety
as she peered over the high wall at the
spot where the two roads crossed.
Presently she heard the rattle of
wheels, and the brown pony trotted round
the corner. The carriage drew up at the
end of the lane, and the driver seemed to
be uncertain how to proceed. Then she
took the reins, and the pony lumbered on
along the road. Kate gave a cry of de
spair, and the last ray of hope died away
from her heart.
It chanced, however, that the page in
the carriage was just at that happy age
when the senses are keen and on the
alert. He heard the cry, and glancing
round he saw through a break in the
hedge that a lady was looking over the
viall which skirted the lane they had
passed. He mentioned the fact to his mis
tress. "Maybe we'd better go back,
ma'am," he said.
"Maybe we'd better not, John," said
the buxom lady. "People can look over
their garden walls without our interfer
ing with them, can't they?"
"Yes, mam, but she was a-hollerin' at
us."
VXo, John, was she though? Maybe
this Is a private road and we have no
right to be on it."
"She gave a holler as if some one was
a-burtin' of her," said John with decis
ion. "Then we'll go back," said the lady,
and turned the pony round.
Hence it came about that just as Kate
was descending with a sad heart from her
post of observation, she was electnnea to
see the brown pony reappear, and come
trotting round the curve of the lane with
a rapidity which was altogether foreign to
that quadruped's usual habits. Indeed,
the girl turned so very white at the sight,
and her face assumed such an expression
of relief and delight, that the lady who
was approaching saw at once that it was
no common matter which bad caused her
to summon them.
"What is it, my dear?" she cried, pull
ing up when she came abreast of the
place. Her good, kind heart was touched j
nlready by the pleading expression upon t
he girl's sweet face.
"Oh, madam." said Kate, in a low,
rapid voice. "I am shut up in these
grounds, and shall be murdered unless
help comes."
"Be murdered !" cried the lady in th
pony carriage, dropping back in her seat
and raising her hands in astonishment.
"It is only too true," Kate said, trying
to speak concisely and clearly so as to
enforce conviction, but feeling a choking
sensation about her throat, as though an
hjsterical attack were impending. "My
guardian has shut me up here for some
weeks, and I firmly believe that he will
never let me out alive. Oh, don't pray
don't think me mad! I am as sane as
you are." (To be continued.)
So Far, So Good.
William II. Crane, the actor, tells
of two Impecunious players ' who,
during the period of enforced "liber
ty," were compelled to dine at cheap
table d'hote restaurants on the east
side. One evening during each course
of such a dinner one if the actors kept
saying:
"Honest, Frank, isn't this a good
dinner? Isn't It good? Did you ever
eat a better dinner in your life for 33
cents?"
Frank was silent until the end of
the fifth course, when his friend re
peated his formula. Then, with a com
mendable affectation of enthusiasm,
Frank answered :
"A splendid dinner, old man! A
splendid dinner! Let's have another."
Llpplncott's. '
t Innorrnct.
She Are so many of the congress
men named William?
He Why do you ask such a ques
tion?
She Because I noticed that about
all they did when the session opened
was to introduce Bills. Cleveland
Plain Denier.
Satisfaction.
"Well, my poor man, I hope I've sat
isfied your hunger," said the good
housewife after handing out a liberal
supply of victuals to Mr. William
Wraggles, Esq., tramp, etc.
"Yes, mum," returned that worthy.
I must confess that as a provider y've ,
filled the Bill." Toledo Blada
Grafting: Methods.
Apple trees are usually propagated
In the nursery either by budding or
root grafting two-year-old seedlings,
Larger seedlings may be taken up and
the roots cut into a great number of
sections five or six inches long. Upon
these the scions of the desired varle
ties should be grafted by means of the
whip and tougue method of grafting,
as shown in the accompanying Illus
trations. This grafting does not re
quire any wax, the parts being simply
held together by binding with twine or
raffia. Boot grafting of this kind is
usually done during the winter time,
and the grafts stored In moist sand or
soil until the ground is lit for plant
ing them outside in the spring. They
should then be planted in nursery rows,
and in two or three years should make
trees large enough to transplant to per
manent positions.
Top grafting is usually done by the
cleft method, as shown in the illus
trations. In this method the scions
are cut wedge-shaped and fitted firmly
into the cleft made ln the stock, which
is usually cut off squarely where the
branches are from one to two inches
in diameter, two scions being placed in
each stock. In this, as ln all methods
of grafting, great care must be taken
to get the cambium layer, or inner
bark, of the stock and scion in contact
in at least one side, for It is at this
point that union takes place, and any
It
i
il
SAMPLES OF TOP GBAFTIITO.
, faiiure to connect the cambium layers
i of gtock flnd sclon Is sure tQ re8uJt ln
failure of the scions. In top graft
lug, the wounded surfaces should be
covered with grafting wax. A good
formula for this is: Four parts of res
in, two of beeswax and one of tallow,
by weight, melted together. Top graft
ing should be done early in the spring,
before growth commences.
In all this propagation work great
' care should be taken to select scions
frQm tree8 bear, the best t
. rorIoHoo ,ntltnAa, fr nrnna.
gatlon. Nurserymen, as a rule, are not
careful enough in this respect and take
scions from any trees so long as it Is
of the desired variety. II. L. H.
About Cow Testing.
Prof. Fraser of the Illinois Experi
ment Station says that a complete
knowledge and mastery of the dairy
business cannot be secured without
testing each cow. Many farmers and
dairymen think this testing of the cows
Is too much trouble, and do not want
to "fuss" around with It, but if they
considered the profits to be realized
from a herd of really good cows as
compared with one of poor cows, or
even a mixed herd, they would soon see
that it really pays to "fuss" around
with the scales and Babcock test.
Where one cow will give good returns
for her feed and care there may be
another ln the stall next to her that is
not paying her board, but is eating up
the profits from the paying cow. But
how Is the owner to know this if he
does not test them? A pair of scales
and a tester do not cost much, but they
pay big profits on the Investment.
Aatricoltaral Extension.
One method employed by the State
agricultural colleges of reaching the
farm boys and girls of the country is
through departments of agricultural ex
tension. Such departments have been
established at most of the older col
leges and they are doing a vast amount
of good. The extension department of
Ohio is one worthy of the attention of
the agricultural world, for through its
monthly bulletins thousands of chil
dren and teachers in the State have
been interested ln farm education who
would otherwise have never heard of
the college and what It is doing. .
Vaccination of Hoa-s.
Secretary Wilson states in his anim
al report that blood serum from hogs
which have been proved to be Immune
to hog cholera has been used in vacci
nating other hogs, which are thus pro
tected from cholera for about three
weeks, as shown by experiments. If
blood from diseased hogs, however, Is
injected with the serum the protection
extended to about three and a half
niontna.
Cultivation of Potatoes.
Cultivation should commence Just as
soon as the young plants begin to ap
pear above the ground. The field may
be gone over with a light harrow, or,
better still, with a weeder. This Is a
cheap method of cultivation, since a
wld space is covered. It Is also effec
tive ln breaking any crust that may
have formed, In destroying small weeds
and leveling ridges left ln planting.
As soon as the rows can be seen the
cultivator should be used. If the
ground has become packed the first
cultivation may be deep and close to
tne plants. subsequent cultivation
should be frequent. The conservation
of moisture by frequent tillage cannot
be too strongly eu forced. The old no
tion that tillage must cense as soon as
the blossom appears Is wrong. It
should be continued as late In the sen
son as the vines will permit. As the
tops begin to spread out and cover the
space between the rows they partially
shade the soil and thus lessen the loss
of moisture by evaporation.
The cultivator should be set as nar
row as the space between nnd keep It
covered with a loose mulch. Experi
ence and experiments favor nearly lev
el cultivation. Excessive hilling in
tensifies the injurious effects of dry
weather. The best cultivator Is one
having a number of small teeth, so that
It will leave the soil fine nnd compara
tively level.
Pitch Fork Attachments.
In gathering up freshly cut grass or
hay, etc., with a pitchfork a small
quantity adheres to the prongs of the
fork each time a
pile is lifted. In a
short while the
fork becomes
clogged and useless,
It being necessary
to remove each par
ticle by hand. In
order that this
cleaning may be
done almost auto
matically, a Wls-I
consin man has de- cleans off hax.
signed the attachment for pitchforks
shown here. A transverse clearer bar
Is arranged below the tines of the fork,
guides on each end of the bar partly
encircling the end prongs, permitting
the bar to slide freely on the prongs.
Pivoted on the handle of the fork is a
bar which connects with other bars ex
tending to the cleaning bar and to a
sleeve which slides on the handle. By
moving the sleeve on the handle the
cleaning bar slides over the prongs of
the fork, removing anything adhering
to them.
Dressing Chickens for Market.
Have them In proper flesh and keep
them from feed at least twenty-four
hours before killing. Cut the throat so
they will fcleed properly, leaving the
head on. Scald in water that is not
too hot, ln order to have the skin nice
and smooth when dressed. A large
kettle with plenty of water is much
better than a boiler or small kettle.
Draw entrails from a small aperture,
crop end of wing bone over base of
wing bone in front and back. When
they have become perfectly cold by
hanging by the feet, cut the head off
smoothly close to the ears, nearly, and
the skin will remain in place. This Is
better than cutting the head off with
hatchet or ax at killing, and tying sklD
over end of neck.
Poultry Tips.
Eggs need to be turned ln the incu
bator. Don't neglect It.
Make the nests handy not only to
clean out but to gather the eggs from.
The wet grass is- no place for the
young chicks to run unless they are ex
pected to die of crampB.
Fowls like green food as well aa an
other class of stock. They need it In
their business, so It Is good policy to
keep them supplied.
A bushel of grain a year for each
laying hen Is said to be the proper
amount to count on in estimating the
cost of keeping poultry.
Pis Pen Pointers.
When fed dry, shelled corn is more
economical than cornmeal to feed tc
fattening hogs.
The swine breeder Is responsible not
only for the conditions he provides but
for those he permits.
The boy and the pig, generally speak
ing, are the Important factors on the
American 6tock farm.
Desirable breeding qualities ln a
herd are fixed by a long line of care -
ful selection and breeding.
, i
When an all-com ration Is fed to
growing pigs the muscles of the body ;
do not develop to their normal size.
To secure the best results care should
be taken to feed the hogs according to
age, conditions and time of marketing.
In selecting breeding stock It Is an
,. . . . ., 1
, ,
noted for fertility, as this Is an Inner -
1 . 1 .,.it.
ited quality.
In the Sheep Fold.
But don't neglect the old sheep. Feed
them at the right time and In the right
place.
There Is that sheep with-hair la
place of wooL Get her out of the flock,
1 iMii im wuhl w ire aiLer. not nair
nil ii
seem.
Hrh of Edward IV. of H.gland,
1(503 Drury Lane theater, London., first
opened.
1G82 La Salle descended the Mississippi
and took possession of Louisiana.
1783 End of American Revolutionary
war proclaimed by Congress.
1795 Marriage of George IV. of England
and Caroline of Brunswick.
1798 Mississippi territory established.
1S08 Roman Catholic archdiocese of
Baltimore established.
1814 Allied British and Spanish army
entered the city of Toulouse, France
....The English under Wellington
defeated the French under Sowlt at
Toulouse.
1815 United States bank rechartered for
twenty years, with a capital of $36V
000,000.
1816 First A. M. E. church organised.
1829 "General" William Booth, founder
of the Salvation army, born in Not
tingham. l&SO Mexico forbade further immigra
tion from the United State.
1848 Most Rev. Randall Thomas David
son, archbishop of Canterbury, bora.
1854 English vessel Furious, with a flag
of truce, fired on at Odessa, one of
the first hostile acts of the Crimeao
war.
1861 Outbreak of the last great insur
rection in Poland.
1863 Federal forces attacked Fort 8u ra
ter. 1865 Gen. Lee surrendered to Gen.
Grant at Appomattox Court House.
I860 Civil Rights bill passed over Presi
dent Johnson's veto.
1873 Gen. Edward R. S. Canby murder
ed by the Modoc Indians in nortliern
California.
1891 First locomotive passed through
the St. Clair tunnel.
1894 Bering sea proclamation issned by
President Cleveland.
1897 Peru suspended the coinage of sil
ver.... War declared betweea Greece
and Turkey.
1898 President McKinley sent a Mes
sage on Cuba to Congress. .. .Battle
of the Atbaxa.
1900 Gen. MacArthur succeeded Gen.
Otis as commander in the Philip
pines. 1903 King Alexander of Servia suspend
ed the constitution of that country
....United States Court of Appeals
declared the Northern Securities
Company merger illegal.
1904 Mrs. Botkin convicted of morder
in San Francisco.
1905 Battleship Minnesota launched
at Newport News.
1907 Lord Cromer resigned as British
agent and consul general in Egypt. . .
United States Supreme Court decid
ed the Isle of Pines was not Ameri
can territory.
In two colleges serious riots have oc
curred. At Ann Arbor the Michigan Uni
versity students subdued the local police
and wrecked a theater which had eject
ed one of their number. More than a
score of them later were arrested and
thrown into jail. At Georgetown College,
Washington, D. C, 150 students turned
the fire hose on one of the priests, smash
ed the crockery in the dining room and
marched in a body from the grounds be
cause their request for a vacation on St.
Patrick's day had been refused.
President Jordan and the trustees of
Stanford university have held their
ground against the recent student revolt
and the undergraduates as a body are
again at work. The effort to get an
agreement to withdraw
signed by 250
students, failed, although much bitter
feeling remains, due to the action of the
faculty in suspending several students
concerned in the revolt. President Jor
dan says that the present trouble arose
from the determination of the authorities
to get rid of student drunkenness.
Beginning Oct. 1 this year, by an ar
rangement between the government of
Prussia and the Carnegie Foundation for
tn Advancement of Teaching, from twen-
ty-nve to fifty American teachers who
have graduated at some college and taught
t OM ypar in a rojpge or h?g
gchooI mat visit the schools of Prussia
with all expenses paid by the Prussian
government. Similarly. Prussian teachers
will visit American schools.
The trustees of the University of Wy
oming have removed President F. M. Tia-
del on charges of maladministration, in
subordination and untruthfulness. Tisdel
'had charsed ,hp ,nisf with hurti
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the university by political machinations.
He is a nephew of United States Senator
Clark.
The board of managers of Swarthmoro
college has declined to accept land and
J coal property bequeathed to the institu-
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