Heppner gazette., September 17, 1908, Image 2

The Chauffeur
and the Jewels
CoprHffht, iov. by J. n. Lippihcutt Compant.
All rinhts rnwrved.
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CHAPTER XI. ( Con t i mied. )
Throwing a doxinT.Hi' glance around,
flip chauffeur withiiivw hastily into tht
deepest shallow of the beech irec, and
there awaited tlu diplomat's uncertain
advance, liis mind working with pretur
natural swiftness. It was just possible
that in this friendly darkness he might
pass unrecognized if he could only keep
silent. How fortunaie that the count
was such a talker !
The rajiid thoughts chased each other
through his brain while Souravieff was
shaking him warmly by the hand.
"1 can hardly see you in this infernal
darkness," he lamented. "Uoderigo Mon
Chou ! What good Lick! Come, lot us
sit down." suiting the action to the word,
"and talk. I'm all impatience to hoar
everything about yourself"- which he
proved by launching forth immediately
into a ixTsonnl narrative of his own, just
fl.s the other had shrewdly suspected that
he would lioris SouravielT, like nil ego
tists, being only too delighted to talk
about himself indefinitely, granted a list
ener, and in this instance a listener was
iiost inevitably proivded.
As I was saying, my dear fellow"
having detailed his history up to date,
the count crossed his legs sociably and,
thrusting a cigar into his mouth, prepar
ed for a prolonged monologue "when we
last mot at Monte Carlo, I was having a
most interesting exiwnenee. Mriking a
match at this point, he held it daintily
between finger and thumb and turned
his twinkling glance ou the face which
the next instant was swiftly averted.
For a long moment there was silence
while the tiny name burnt down to the
count's fingers, and the man beside him
sat staring fixedly in the opposite direc
tion and cursing himself for his insane
carelessness and lack of foresight. And
yet, in the darkness, he had not even
detected the count's cigar !
That brief sudden illumination had
taken him completely by surprise. Had
Souravieff discovered him?
listening witn anxious impatience,
Sarto heard the other fumbling again in
his pockets. Ah ! there was no doubt
about it. The count had seen enough
to suspect ; now he was going to make
sure! There was a small metallic click '
By
Edith Morgan Wlllett
I his isn't a race," she cried, above
the din, a note of exasperation in her
strained voice. "Why this this awful
speed. Prince?"
A curious laugh responded. "Are you
really afraid. he saked.
In the glare of the motor lamps, Ous
sic mot the reckless eyes smiling at her,
with a swift answering excitement which
she did not attempt to analyze.
Of course I am not afraid," she said,
hardly knowing what she meant, "with
you !
ITiere was a pause, and then, "That is
what I hoped you would say," he told
nor thickly,
As the speed quickened again, Gussie
closed her eyes, not caring for the mo
ment what happened or where they were
going. An Irresponsible mood was upon
her, the echo of her companion's.
Once before he had roused the spirit
of romance and adventure dormant in her
for a few brief minutes, long enough to
make her forget his chauffeur's leather
coat.
The Trince del Pino had awakened an
other feeling.
While she sat struggling, yielding to it,
the man who had inspired it sat grasping
the steering wheel, every fiber of his mind
bent on reaching Washington before his
pursuers.
It was the deciding race of his life !
A desperate trial of skill, with the nro-
fessional chauffeur and his 300-yard start
pitted against SouraviefFs superior mo
tor run by an amateur.
The machine versus the mechanician !
A contest between matter, with its per
fected possibilities, and the infinite re
sources of a man's mind, guided by that
fifth sense that necessity lends!
At the start the odds seemed equal, but
with every minute the issue was more certain.
At Cleveland Park the pursuing motor
was not two hundred yards behind
As Sarto whirled past the Zoo station
SouraviefFs lights glared at him across
twice that distance.
And as he turned into the comparative
dusk of the Adams Mills road they had
entirely disappeared
At last, through her half conscious-
nnn orner, oerror ennncea. was thers
something in her, after all, beyond hrt
less ambition? Another Gu.ssie?
reeling nimseir weakening, he turnou
his eyes away and set his lips, thinking
quicKiy, witn added venom.
She had accepted him !
Well ! Now he would have her do more
stoop lower !
He RHke again. "You say I know.
What do I know, except that it is once
more the livery that appeals to you? Por
haiw, in this instance, my coat of arms
(certainly it is old enough). As for the
man a mere detail. What do you care
about the wounded human beine be
neath?"
To Gussie Waring's ears, the romrh.
bitter tones came from the very extremity
of iwssion, appealing to her jaded senses
iiMisiifu uanery nan ever (tone.
lou do not understand," she mur
mured. "Perhaps it is the man under
neath for whom I do care!"
The chauffeur bent nearer : his litis
were twisting feverishly, his eyes burning
with a very fierce, malignant light. The
moment of triumph was near and he must
have it nil everything.
"Say it again." He could hardly pro
nounce the words. "I want to hear it
from your own lips that it is mvself vou
care for myself." lie hesitated tense! v
'The man, not the Prince del Pino."
Gussie gazed about her.
The motor was going silently, as it
were on tiptoe, down the dim avenue. No
one was in sight for the moment; nothing
to be heard but the smothered movements
of the trees as the wind shook their tois
si-mit'i iug lumen uiossoms, a neavy in
cense from his vast censer, powdering the
air.
The forces of the night were working
for Sarto, intensifying his magnetic
siell. No wonder that she mistook it for
another feeling.
At last, as if the words were being
forced out of her, "I love you," she said
istinctly ; "never the prineeonly .you
ou you :
A little sentence, but terribly full of
meaning. In it an old debt was discharg
ed a rapacious creditor satisfied.
The chauffeur had paid himself back
already in large measure, but in Gussie's
broken confession the double score was
settled in full !
(To be continued.)
vwuuv Pont Kxpeiiao.
An annual fence pout bill of more
than $1,250,000 Is one item in the ex
pense account of the fanners of n sin
gie agricultural State. It Is estimated
that the farmers of Iowa use posts hav
ing a value exceeding this enormous
sum each year to maintain the fences
ou the 25,000,000 acres of Improved land
in the State.
In making these estimates, II. P.
Raker, professor of forestry In Iowa
State Agricultural College, figured that
the farms of Iowa required 78,000,000
posts for fences, or 2,000 to the square
mile. Placing the value of the posts at
io cents each, the cost of renewals ev
ery eight or nine years, which is the
life of the post, Is $11,718,000, making
an annual bill for renewals of $1,403.-
000.
Like many other frmin sfot..Q
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THE WEEKLY
To Make Poop Fur in HIch.
"The progressive farmer rotates his
crops. He tile-drains his land. He
keeps dairy cows or mutton sheen or
both. He breeds draft horses and does
farm work with brood mares and grow
ing colts. He improves the power of
tne soli by growing legumes."
James Wilson, secretary of ncrtcni.
ture, In the above words sums up the Iowa lins n lack of fen(?e post material,
vital principles of good farming. He l,ut tIlero ls llttle excuse for this con
declares that the people of the United d,tlon "wording to the foresters who
states have wasted their inheritance of ine maae 8U'P8 In the State. A prop-
land and wood, and the productiveness eny mi"inged forest plantation will
of the soil near the great centers of Producet when the trees have reached
population has steadily decreased. We post size' 3,500 Posts three to five Inches
have been a nation of soil robbers, but "'"meter per acre; thus, It would
there is at last an awakening slow but take 22-350 acres about every ten years
Hire. to grow the necessary posts to supply
Farmers of all sections are wntino tlle State. Iowa is said to have, 'vxv.
to know how to stop the leaks and In- 000 acres of planted timber, and yet the 10S7T 1rmc0 vn
crease the deposits of their business and fl'nee l)ost supply Is Insufficient. If ed tho Tu
the government Is helping them In many P1'0!'!'' cared for, many of these plan
ways. There are over 9,000 persons tntlos can be made to produce more
employed In the Department of Agrl- tlm"cr, and thus insure the future post
culture and 2,000 of these are scientists, SIW.
till workintr Intelli CPntlv tnwnrrl hoi iv. I TIlOSO 200,000 flPFPS nfP nnr a f nrnennt
ing tne rarmer solve the problems
which confronts him. There are sixty
five land grant colleges with 10,000 stu
dents in agriculture. These boys are
learning that rotation of crops is neces
sary, that live stock must be raised to
furnishing the posts which It Is esti
mated can actually be grown on 22,350
acres of properly handled forest land
Effect of Ilaral Delivery.
There is a veritable network of rural
make manure, of which there ls never routes out of nearly all of the towns In
j! DAUGHTER OF A DOMINE.
But the second watch was never light- ness Gussie felt that the fierce sweep
ed.
How often, when her victim is at his
last gasp. Fortune changes her fickle
mind and gives him another chance !
Just as the diplomat's hurried, nervous
fingers opened the little silver box in his
hands, the sound of footsteps approached
In the darkness, crunching over grass and
twigs.
Vount Souravieff !" came in command
ing tones. "A moment, if you please."
It was the voice of the Russian ambas
sador.
ot the motor had dwindled to a mild
gliding motion.
Opening her eyes, "Dupont Circle al
ready? she cried in astonishment, look
ing around. "Where's the other automo
bile?"
Her companion shrugged his shouUers
"A mile and a half out of town, I should
imagine," he speculated easily, "left be
hind long ago. You see, we won the
race."
His hat was off, and in the white
blink of the electric lights the handsome
Hith a smothered exclamation, his at- face shone out positively brilliant with
tacne sprang to his feet and pushed aside triumph and daring.
the intervening beech branches. "At once,
Your Excellency !" he said, and then.
turning, "Pray do not move !" he urged ;
"I will be back directly. Just wait an
Instant, Del Pino."
It is perhaps hardly necessary to men
tion that Del Pino did not wait! The
diplomats were barely out of sight when.
with a couple of strides, he was standing
by .Mrs. H anng s chair, interrupting her
tete-a-tete with scant ceremony.
an you come now'; he asked, sneak
ing in low, decided tones that only reach-
Gussie looked up at him with genuine
admiration. Success in every phase ap
pealed to her irresistibly had always
done so.
"I knew yoj would win that race
she said, in a voice that trembled a little.
'You naturally come out ahead !"
Then, startled by the glint in his eyes,
slie dropped: her own to the deft hands
managing the levers.
For a moment neither spoke, Sarto be
ingto tell the truth absorlwd in hi
own situation, doubtful enough, in smite
ed her ear. "I feel as if I had been wait- of his momentary advantage,
ing ior a very long tune.
uiu tjussie 10 ion tne truth. 1 es.
I will have to be going now," she agreed,
rising without hesitation. Then, to her
host: "Won't you let us slip away?" she
asked in a whisper; "I don't want to
break up the party.
And, leaving the Senator with a slight
nod, Mrs. Waring and her chauffeur d
appeared into the d:irkness.
Five minutes later two attaches, stand
ing on the little bridge that leads from
Chevy Chase Cub House to the main
road, saw an automobile glide out of the
motor shed at the back. As it shot past
with a muffled chug-chug, "There he is !'
said one of the men excitedly. "Look,
SsouravietT: Did you see his face in the
light?"
But the count had turned on his heel
and was making down the steps as fast
es his legs could carry him.
Distanced as he had been, Souravieff
would reach the Grafton sooner or Inter
miiu nuriu musi ie mere anu gone neton
le arrived. Every minute counted
Changing speeds, he pulled himself to
gether determinedly at the sound of (Jus
sie's voice.
"Speaking of races," she was say in
eniurely, 'suggests chauffeurs! Do you
know, I have another grievance acainst
that man of yours?" She raised her eye
brows in delicate, humorous protest
"What will you say when I tell you that,
to cap his other misdemeanors, Sarto had
the audacity to fall in love with me?"
'n i , , i , , , . .
j liLing ner Hiiouiuers, sne glanced Slue
wise at the man beside her.
He was staring blankly ahead of him
with a fierce intensity that saw. instead
f the long tree arcade through which
they were passing, its linden roof shingled
with stars, a rench highway bounding a
up steam! My motor's faster than his
I am going to give him a chase!"
"Come ou !" he cried. "Help m? get swamp, a woman sitting by the roadside,
and a dim, motionless figure watching her.
As he did not speak, Gussie went on.
with a faint, half-mocking laugh, "Fancy
my own chauffeur doing me the honor to
profess his undying passion for me. Im
agine such a thing !"
"Imagine!" ejaculated a queer hoarse
voice. .Maetie; l can imagine nothing
else !
(riissies cheeks flushed slowly. "The
effrontery of his daring "
"Daring!" echoed the same unnatural
tones. "Daring to be human ! Cospetto !
CIIAITE'R XII.
"Aren't we going faster than the law
allrnvsV" Mrs. Waring asked pantingly.
She was sitting upright, clasping the
eat with tnith hands and straining her
eyes throuh a dim, encircling swirl of
wind end dust.
"The law!" cjaculntei her companion
shortly. lie gianced over his shoulder,
find then, in parenthesis, half-aloud. "Ne
cessity is the only law I acknowledge."
Seizing the emergency brake at this
moment, he jammed it down, bringing the
hissing motor to a stand still just as a
Jeweily worm flashed by in the darkness.
turning miraculously into a crowded trol
ly car, loaded with tourists, who looked
out curiously.
"A ciose shave !" ejaculated the chauf
feur under his breath, as he let his ma
chine out recklessly on the long road.
Fining wifh twinkling lights which alter
nated with inky black stretches. For some
minutes nothing could be heard but the
pants of the motor keeping time to the
Bcreaming wind. At last, turning her
head, Gussie looked into a pair of r"l
eyes peering at her furtively around the
"urve of the distant road.
"There comes another motor." she Raid
Idly. "I wonder where it's going at such
a tremendous rate."
The man beside her looked back.
"Perhaps," he said, "they are trying
to catch up with us. My faith ! They
are certainly gaining a little;" and, mut
tering something under his breath, he
lH-ned the throttle.
In the blinding spurt that followed.
Mrs. Waring clung 6pasmodically to her
Lat,
What could you expect? As well blame a
peasant on the Campagne for catching
the malaria !"
A loud, jangling laugh!
Gussie roused herself with a determined
effort. "You do not realize the impro
priety, she protested faintly; "a man
of his class !"
She heard him grating his teeth.
"les. that is it. It is the livery of
your victims that makes all the difference
with you. The chauffeur had no chance!
The story of the daughters of an
old-time New England clergyman is
given by Mrs. Lucy Fitch Perkins in
"A Book of Joys." The marriage In
those days of a minister's daughter was
leeked upon as a social event requiring
due observance.
When the domlne's eldest daughter
went to Boston to buy her household
treasures before her marriage to the
young doctor, the whole town turned
out to see her go; and for a time It
seemed doubtful If the second daugh
ter could marry at all, for she was
loved by a mere deacon's son, whose
humble social position made it diffi
cult for him to address her.
She, however, having made a shrewd
guess as to the state of his feelings,
took the reins in her own hands.
At a party, from which sin; made
exemplary departure at nine o'clock,
John's devotion was apparent, yet he
did not dare offer to see her home.
So she stepped to the middle of the
room, her black eyes dancing with
mischief, and said, In a clear voice, "If
no one here has any objection, I should
like to have John wait upon me home;
tnd if any one has. let him speak now
or forever hold his peace."
It is needless to add that the delight
ed John settled the matter on the walk
lome that night, and they were mar
led soon afterward.
Mrs. John developed many fearless
characteristics. She wore her clothes
twenty years old out of fashion, and
never parted with a bonnet. The ladies
f the church got tired of seeing tho
same one appear year after year, and
expressed themselves about it at a his
torical meeting of tho sewing society,
from which she was absent. The vil
lage doctor happened in for a moment
on an errand when the ladles were at
the most animated point, and as he
dearly loved a joke, he repeated the
whole thing to his sister-in-law within
the hour, and together the two miscre
ants planned a bombshell for the so
ciety. While the ladies were at their
tea the doctor appeared once more,
uid announced to the meeting that Mrs.
John sent word that, if the ladies would
decide what sort of a bonnet she ought
to wear, sue would try to meet their
views, but pending such instruction she
would continue to wear her old one,
which was still in good condition. And
wear It she did until a new one became
i necessity.
The new one was ordered, and one
f her sons was dispatched to bring
it home. He went on horseback, and
as she feared for the safety of the box
ty this means of transportation, she
commanded him to wear the bonnet
home on his head.
i nsoneuienoe was a thing unthought
of in that family, and the town beheld
a wretched lioy riding through the
main street of the village with Mr
enough.
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j.uey ure nnuing out that young
grasses and legumes are nature's per
fect ration for domestic animals. Milk
ana meat ana work are had more
this section of the State, and seldom
does one And a farmer who ls not
placed In a position to take advantage
of one. With present conditions ovist-.
ing, the maii on the farm has the op-
.'heaply from the pasture than from Prtuuity to take his dally paper as the
other sources. Pasture land Increases one iu town, and gets his mall some-
as farm help becomes scarce. Mutton times earlier than many of the res!
sheep are suggested when labor Is dear. dents of the cities. There are rural
Cultivated crops reduce organic matter ninH carriers and rural mall carriers
In the soli and render It unfit for profit- 0!lcn one has his striking characteris-
able growing. Pasturing replaces or- tic. The majority are favorites In
ganlc matter. When good crops of tnelr particular field, and as a rule
grain or roots are wanted the pasture, the patrons of his route would not
Plowed and reduced In season, Is the trade him for any other man on an;"
beet place to get them. Western farm- other. The carrier and the farmer
ers in the corn belt get their heavy learn to know each other, and the coun-
crops from pasture land. try visitor on hearing them greet each
With the help of Improved machinery other would say they were both "good
the progressive Individual farmer Is fellows." The man that carries the
producing much more than the average niall should have a whole lot of credit. 1820 Elisa Bonaparte, sister of Napo-
farmer did a generation ago and men of He ls obliged to make the trip in all lpon- dle(J
.nis ciass are keeping up the productive Kinds of weather and the best of pro- lo2 An earthquake devastated a larg
juautes or their farms. tections will not make the job an en- Part of Syria.
Ihe neglected lands of the eastern joyable one. Some time when he is not !S29 The Centennial of Baltimore cele-
and middle states can be brought back busy, let the reader talk a few min
to ineir primitive fruitfulness through utes to a rural mail carrier and he
the aid of scientific farming. Secre- will find that he ls In touch with ev
tary Wilson says they are the cheapest eryone on the route. Bloomiiigton
iana in tne country and people wanting (111.) Pantacranh.
homes who have saved a little capital
from their earnings or young men of
means and tastes for the independent
life of the country will find rich oppor-
13S& Earl of Douglas killed and "Hot
spur" taken prisoner at battle o(
Ofterburn.
1521 Cortez retook the City of Mexico,
15SS The Spanish armada becalmed be
fore Dunkirk,
rles of Iorralne de
rks at Mohacz, Lowe?
Hungary.
1"5S Tho New London Summary wa
published at New London, Conn.
1778 Fort Boonesborough invested by
Canadians and Indians. .. .French
fleet dispersed in a gale off Uhod
Island.
1782 British evacuated Savannah.
1787 First bishop appointed in Novi
Scotia.
1794 Polos defeated the Prussians al
battle of Wilna Battle of Belle-
garde, between the French and Span
ish.
1803 Agra taken by tho British.
1800 Miranda abandoned his conaiiests
on t'he Spanish Main and-sailed to
Arulm.
1S0( Trial trio of Fulton's steamboat
"Clermont" was made.
1S11 The British took possession of Ba
tavia and a part of Java.
1S12 The United States troops under
Gen. Hull evacuated Canada and en
tered Detroit United States frig
ate Essex captured the Alert, the first
vessel taken from the British in th
War of 1812 Gen. Brock arrived
at Amherstburg to oppose the inva
sion of Gen. Hull.
1S14 First meeting of the British and
the American commissioners at
Ghent, to treat for peace.
Cattle Have Itable.
Following the attack of a mad dog
on nis stock, Louis Klein, a farmer
tunitles in these lands for profit and near Prnirietown, has had to kill three
usefulness.
Removing Sapling and Stumps.
In uprooting young trees a team of
horses or even a single horse with a
chain can do effective work. Best re
sults can be obtained where the growth
consists of saplings two to rour inches
in diameter and where the root system
is lateral. The plan ls to fasten one
end of the chain to the trunk as high
above the ground as the flexibility of
head of cattle and four hogs which had
become infected with rabies. The mem
bers of the family noticed that the dog
acted peculiarly, but did not suspect
that It was mad until too late. After
the dog had bitten the stock it was
killed by Klein, who feared that it
would attack the members of his fam
ily. St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
aa
STUMP WITH LATERAL ROOTS.
Fighting the Potato Scab.
Potato scab is a fungus growth. It
may be in the soil or It may be in the
seed. Plant seed that ls free from scab
on soil where no scabby potatoes have
been grown for years. A preventive Is
to soak the seed in a solution of corro
sive sublimate and water, two ounces
of the corrosive sublimate to fifty gal
lons of water. Soak the seed one and
one-half hours. Do not leave scabby
potatoes lying on the ground or put
them in the cellar.
Cl'llOOTIA'Q A BAl'IJNO.
He WAS mftfMlilv dilpnt a mrmn onA
then, turning on her with a swiftness that John's new nnet displayed upon his
made Ciwsie stnrt "What r.f If,1-,. Head.
del Pino?" he demanded harshlv. search
ing her face. "What chance has he?"
Surely, never was there a stormier,
more fantastic wooing. Gussie shivered
with sheer excitement of the thing, her
throbbing pulses keeping pace with his.
At last, moving her lips with difficulty,
"Don't you know?" she managed to artic
ulate. "Ah!" ejaculated Sarto.
Involuntarily he found himself consid
ering her curiously. Gussie was not look
ing at him, but her very beautiful eyes
had an excited gleam in them, her breath
came and went. Did she covet that petty
coronet so much, then? Mrs. Waring had
Iln! Ha!
Geraldine Papa, I want you to hear
some of Keggy's funny stori.tj he's
iuh or numor.
Papa I heard one of them the other
night; lie asked me to be his father-in-law.
the tree will permit. While the horses
are pulling at the tree a nnui should
sever the roots at the base. Stumps
of moderate size may also be pulled
with chains and horses. One end of the
chain should be fastened around a large
root as shown In the Illustration. By
placing the chain across the top of the
stump a leverage can be secured to
take full advantage of the strength of
the horses.
Salt Turlnc-atlon.
Salt Is purified by melting in the new
and rapid English process. The crude
rock salt Is fed automatically to a table
contained in a large furnace, Is then
fused and runs Into troughs, from
which it Is drawn at one side of the
furnace Into large caldrons. Air is
forced into the molten mass and lime
Is added. The Impurities sink to the
bottom, and the upper portion is ground
and screened while the lower part ls
used for chemical manure.
A Sore Subject.
"How much did that capltol cost?"
inquired the sightseer In Harrisburg
"Sir," replied the guide severely, "we
are here to improve our minds; not to
talk scandal."
Belleyea In Mixed Farming-.
I firmly believe In mixed farming, but
even then we must specialize on some
certain line of stock feeding and rota
tion of crops If we make a decided suc
cess of the business. Call It general
farming, but let's not call It mixed
farming. As grandfather used to say,
"Be something. If you cannot be a long
tailed rat, be a mouse." Have some
hobby, some kind of a crop or some
kind of live stock and specialize on that
and make your other farming subservi
ent to that one special crop or kind of
live Ktock feeding. We have too many
common mixed farmers. John C
Dames, Indiana.
Orlntl the Corn for the llornea.
Corn and oats should be ground to
gether for horses. .Many good horse
men never feed whole corn. Some
horses cannot tligest It properly, but
when It Is ground with oats the mix
ture makes one of the best rations for
a work team, especially when doing
heavy work. Nearly all the large trans
portation companies in the cities never
feed whole corn.
A Separator for Eight vum.
A correspondent asked If it would
pay to buy a separator for a herd of
eight cows.
Yes, by all means. It will not only
pay for Itself every year in the amount
of cream saved, but the milk Is better
when fed warm from the separator to
the young animals. The man who does
not use a cream separator is suffering
a large loss every month.
brated. . . .Royalists came into power
in France.
1831 Barbadoes swept by a violent hur
ricane.
1S-K! The Smithsonian Institution
founded at Washington, D. C.
18") 1 Litchfield. Conn., celebrated its
2X)th anniversary.
18(K The Prince of Wales visited Char.
lottetown, P. E. I.
1801 Gen. Lyon killed at the battle of
Wilson's Creek, Mo.
1S01 Twelve persons killed bv an ex
plosion on tho steamer "Hacine" in
Lake Erie.... Fort Gaines at Mobile
bay, surrendered to Farragut and
Granger.
I8C8 Body of Thaddeus Stevens lay in
state in the cnpitol at Washington.
1870 Marshal Bnzaine appointed com
mander-in-chief of the French army
in the war with Prussia.
1SS7 Hawaii adopted a new constitu
tion.
1888 William C. Van Home succeeded
Sir George Stephens as president of
the Canadian Pacific railway.
ISO,'! Charles F. Crisp of Georgia elected
Speaker of the House of Representa
tives. 1804 Congress passed the Brice-Gorman
tariff bill.
1897 Hon. Wilfrid Laurier, Canadian
premier, received the order of the
Legion of Honor from the President
of France.
1898 Spanish surrendered Manila to tha
Americans. . . .Protocol signed ending
hostilities between the United States
and Spain.
1899 Second court martial of Maj. Drey
fus begun at Rennes.
1907 Opening of the International Es
peranto Congress at Cambridge, Eng
land. ... Several persons killed by an
explosion of nitroglycerine in the
town of Essex Center, Ontario.
31 order Orer Lino Fence.
In a ouarrel over a line fence nea
Broken Bow, Neb., Stewart Lanterman
killed II. F. Hoffman and his son
George, by cracking their skulls vrith a
neckyoke. It Is possible that more mur
ders have been committed over line
fenc disputes than over any other thou.
bis that arises between farmers.
Commodity Price Still High.
The Bureau of Labor of the Depart
ment of Commerce and Labor has issued
a report covering the price movements
for the past two decades, or from 18!)0
to 1907. From this it appears that, in
npite of the financial depression of the
last six months, prices were higher in
most lines at the close of the year than
at the beginning. The average price for
nil commodities decreased only a littla
over one point for the period. The whole
sale price average reached a higher point
in unu tnan at any time during the ne-
riod. The increase in the farm groun of
products was the greatest namely, 10.1)
per cent. It was 4.i per cent Increase for
food. .".0 for clothing, 2.4 for fuel, 0.1
for metals, 4.9 for building material, 8.3
for drugs, 0.8 for house-furnishing good,
and S for the miscellaneous group.
A PowdcrleB Gnn for Wnr.
The latest sensation in the realm of
mechanical invention is a working model
of a powderless gun with a possible dis
charge of 80,000 shots a minute. This
gun, which is also noiseless, s t jn,
vention of William Patten of New York.
It is fired by centrifugal force. All there
is to it is a big wheel with a crank to
if, the inventor getting hi idea from see
ing a big fly wheel burst. The lmllrt.
are poured into the gl)n and then as the
wheel attains a certain velocity fhev Im
gin to pour out in a solid stream of IeaJ