The Lady
the Sea-
.CYRUS
Author of
' VCK.n Rltdu Arm Out nd Lov.'t Afiold." " Wov.n with tk
"A Doctor of Philoophr." " Th Soullirnr." (to.
Copyricht, 1905. by J. B. Lip!mncott Company.
CHAPTER IX. (Continued.
"Oh. what does lhar moan
? That's
(lie second time vouve said something like
that. It's cruelty if it doesn't moan "
"It docs mean something. It means
that while I'll never forgive you for what
you did yesterday, yet I'll wait until
the war is over for you. So you must
not: Ret killed, you see."
"I won't," he answered fervently, "with
you in view. I'll "
"Sail ho I" shouted one of the lookouts
forward. "There's a steamer bearing
down on us from the nor'nrd. sir."
"Now, we'll have trouble," said the
Captain to the fair companion blushing
at his side. "I have observed that trou
ble always comes just when you don't
want it. Especially in love affairs and on
ships."
"Have you had experience?" she ques
tioned archly.
"Only tli is one," then lie perforce turn
ed away. "Mr. Brown !" he called.
".Sir!" answered the young midship
man. "We'll hold on just as we are. If they
hail us, I will do the talking."
"What do you intend to do?" asked
Miss Ellen.
"I think yonder vessel is a Confed
erate gunlioat patrolling the sound. We
have learned that there are a number
at Hatteras Inlet. I believe the govern
ment intends to but there, you're on the
other side."
"If you are correct," said the girl, "you
will be captured."
"Xo, I think not."
"You will fight?"
"Can't, with no guns mounted."
"I see. But you can run away."
"That would excite suspicion. Perhaps
I can delude them. They must know the
Greyhound is expected and but I think
I shall have to ask you to go below."
"But I don't wish to," she answered
promptly.
"I didn't suppose yon would. In fact,
I was sure you wouldn't. But, you see,
wOlile I'm endeavoring to deceive the Cap
tain of that other vessel if it should be a
Confederate gunboat, and from the way
she's bearing down on us I'm sure of it.
It would be very easy for you to betray
me by declaring 1 he truth."
"Would you do that were the case reversed?-'
"Yes." he answered gravely, "it would
be my duty."
"Dutv!" she pouted. "I hate that
word !" .
"So do I, sometimes. Just at present
I know one case where a duty would be
altogether charming."
"What is Chat?"
"The duty of marrying you."
"Nonsense !"
"Do you think marrying you would be
nonsense? Now, I think that would be
a very serious business."
"Captain Smith, will you ever be seri
ous and attend to your own business?"
"Not until you finally reject me."
"I shall do so at once. How do you
feel now?"
"I feel as if I didn't believe you. How
ever, this is beside the question. I shall
lave to beg you to go below."
"And if I refuse?"
"There's the bos'n's mate," with a wave
of his band.
"Odious man !"
"Which man?"
"Both of you."
"There's one thing I'll grant you." he
Faid, laughing at her reply. "If you will
give me your word of honor that you will
not say a single word which will give them
the slightest inkling of the truth, you
nav stay on deck."
"I promise," she answered thoughtlessly
enough.
"You give me your word of honor?"
"Yes."
"I trust that as far as I would that of
any man I ever knew."
He sjioke heartily, yet there was du
plicity in his proposition. He realized
that the sight of Ellen Jones, who was
probably well known to the officers of
the gunboat, standing by his side would
do more to confirm the impression he de
sired to convey, that the Greyhound was
still in the possession of her original crew
than any other incident. .Men, we are
told by competent authority, "were de
ceivers ever," and Smith was no excep
tion to the rule.
C II A PTE K X.
During this little conversation the Con
federate war steamer, converted from one
of the sound" passenger steamers by
mounting a heavy gun on the forecastle
liad leen rapidly overhauling the Grey
hound, which, in accordance with her
Captain's policy, made no effort to fti
cape. The blockade-runner undoubtedly
bad the heels of the gunboat, but it was
not Smith's desire to run away. As he
had said, to do that would certainly give
alarm, and as the success of his under
taking depended entirely upon a sur
prise, it was imperatively necessary for
him cot to awaken any suspicion as to
the changed condition of the Greyhound
Consequently when the gunboat fired a
shot across the bows of the blockade-run
ner Smith promptly stopped his ship. The
gunboat rounded to a short distance from
the marloard quarter of the Greyhound
and an officer standing forward of the
pilot house, hailed:
"What tfhip is that?"
"The blockade-runner Greyhound from
New Providence," replied Smith calmly
"What hip is that?"
'The Confederate gunboat Pamlico
Captain Coley. We ve hwn expecting
vou." continued the Confederate. "Have
vou cot t!ie guns for the Kllen aboard?'
"I have, answered Smith mendaciously
They were at pretcnt safely stowed be
low in the hold of the St. Lawrence,
However, that didn't matter.
"Good I" aid Captain Coley. "the pri
vateer is all ready except mounting the
"She still liea at the wharf at Jones'
from
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TOWNSEND
All rlht rraerved
"Yes. just where she was."
"Good:"
"You seem rather high in die water,"
said the Confederate captain.
"My cargo's u light one, medical stores
and so on, bulky but doesn't weigh very
lch." answered Captain Smith readily.
"I see. Is that Miss Jones on board of
u?"
"It is," replied Captain Smith, coolly
stepping aside so as to bring Miss Ellen
nto full view.
Now that the two ships liad met. Miss
Rllen reeretted. first, that she had stopped
on deck at all, and, second, that she had
pledged her word not to betray the state
of affairs on the Greyhound. She loved
her lover, but she also loved her father.
While she was not rampant for the South,
he was sufficiently attached to her native
State. Foreseeing, so soon as me cou-
ersntion began, that she would probably
be recognized, she had kept behind Cap
tain Smith and so partially out of sight
of Captain Coley.
"How unkind of you : she said re
proachfully to her lover when he stepped
aside, bringing her into full view.
I had to do it, dearest : L am so sorry,
he readied softly, and she thrilled at the
endearing name and forgave (him on the
pot "If I had shown the least hesita
ion, I might have awakened his suspi-
ion and
Good morning. Miss Jones," cried Cap-
ain Coley, nourishing his liat, i nope
von are well .'
"Quite well, thank you, Captain.
"Did you have a pleasant voyage?"
"Bather exciting towards the last."
"How's that?"
"Well, we were chased by some Yankee
.raisers.
"Ilemember your promise : said Lap-
tain Smith quickly, in a low tone.
Y'ou need not remind me. 1 always
keep my word," she returned.
I am glad vou escaped trom tnem.
continued Captain Coley; "your capture
would have been a terrible loss indeed.
"Yes, wouldn't it?" said Smith heartily.
It was a near thing, though. If the
Greyhound had not been a swnt goer we
would not be here," which was true
enough, by the way.
Well, it's all right so long as you got
.. ... . - . i..i.. 'f
away, said apiam t un1 ngiiii.y.
won't detain you. Captain "
'Evers. Captain John Evers. at your
service," said Mr. Smith promptly.
His name is George, put in .Miss
Ellen maliciously, not loud enough tor
Captain Coley to hear her, of course.
Miss Jones, pray give my remem
brances to your father. Tell him we are
engerly awaiting for the privateer to get
to sea. She'll make the Yankees jump.
I'll warrant !" continued the Confederate
officer.
"I hope sol" said Miss Ellen fervently.
It was the only time she had felt at
liberty to express her real opinions treely
and without restraint.
Good-by," said Captain f oley, bowing
11 1 . T.-
again. io ajieao, i upturn j.vers.
With that the wheel of the gunboat
was put up, she swung around under the
stern of the Greyhound and went off up
the sound again. Captain Smith was in
no hurry to get away. He waited until
the Pamlico fairly crossed the stern of
lis ship, so that her commander could
see the word Greyhound printed thereon
in large letters and thus receive another
evidence of identity, if he needed one.
'It was fortunate for us," he remarked
at hist, that l aptnin l-.vers was a stran
ger in these waters. Otherwise this cruise
would have ended right here, 1 in afraid.
"How did you know that Cnpfain Evers
was a stranger here, sir?" asked Midship
man Brown, who had drawn near.
"From the fact that he had to have a
chart to the inlet, for one thing, and be
cause he told me so, for another," an
swered Captain Smith, laughing.
"As for me." said Miss Ellen, "I feel
like a traitor."
"I do not see why you should." said
the young Captain reassuringly; "it was
force majeure, you know."
"I dont' understand French."
"Neither do I, except a phrase here and
there. Force majeure, for instance, means
pressure by" his glance swept forward
"Master Gantlin, the bo's'n's mate "
"I understand," said the girl quickly.
"And do you mean to apply it to me all
ray life?"
"Thank you for that question," exclaim
ed Captain Smith joyously; "no, only
until I have won you. Then it will be
the other way."
The rest of the day's run was made
without molestation. The sound, the
waters of which had once teemed with
small boats, was largely deserted. Sailor
men of that vicinity were all afloat either
ii: blockade-runners or in the Confederate
naval squadron, which had its headquar
ters near the forts at Hatteras Inlet, and
the place was as lonely ns the ocean. Xor
was there anything pryticular to engage
the attention of the Captain at present,
s,j that lie and Miss Ellen had the happy
day to themselves.
Captain Smith could be very nice when
he chose, and this time he chose. He laid
aside his jesting manner and devoted him
self with all his powers to his fair com
panion. They passed idyllic hours to
gether. The rapidly moving ship, the
blue sky, the fresh breeze generated by
the speed of the vessel, the assiduous at
tention of her lover, his deference, his
courtesy, most of all his frank and open
admiration, filled the girl's heart with
hairiness. Although she refused to say
so outwardly, she had forgiven him for
oil he had done. Her heart really exulted
at the cool, masterful manner in which he
had handled her. Surely, having suc
ceeded so brilliantly In mastering a wom
an of hr temperament, there was noth
ing to which he would not he equal. She
might trust herself to him witnout nest
tstion.
Like every masterful woman and
those who lived in the slave-holding South
tended to become that, and the tendency
BRADY
. Ship."
fact that she was tho only daughter of
' a soldier of position, a widower foi many
years she found a novel experience in
being mastered by someone else. The
novelty of such things usually wears off
quite rapidly, and if the endeavor is main-
tained for any length of time, a revolt is;
! sure to ensue. In tihis instance, however,
i the whole affair was so recent, so new,
that in her secret heart she really nu
' joyed it.
I Towards sunset the Greyhound crossed
I the mouth of the Nense river and ran for
I the owning of Jones' Inlet, which she
reached about half after five in ttlie af
ternoon. At her lover's suggestion Miss
Ellen had gone below to the cabin to
prepare for her journey. So soon as the
ship stopped he went below to bid her
good-by. She was just coming out of her
stateroom when he entered. Behind her
was Chloe. He motioned to tihe black
woman, who feared him like death, to
leave the cabin. Ellen made an invol
untary effort to detain her maid, but
there was no stopping Chloe with the
Captain's glance fixed npon her, and Miss
Ellen was really glad to see her go.
"Miss Ellen," said Captain Smith
gravely, "the boat is ready for you. I
shall have to say good-by."
"I don't want to go ashore, she said
quietly. "I would rather stay with you
on the ship."
"I can't allow that," returned the young
Captain. "I can't tell what desperate
work there may be before us. I can't
imperil your life. No, not on any ac
count." "But I , ,.
"It is useless to argue, Ellen, darling,
lie said firmly, and again her heart re
sanded to the caress in his voice and
words. "If anything should happen to
vou on this boat, it would kill me. You
must go ashore before the battle begins,
There was a finality in his voice that
silenced her. .
"I had hoped." she continued, that in
some way I might succeed in winning
you in this adventure. I had dreams of
forcing vour father's consent to our mar-ria-e
of bribing you to accept me by
but I have put that away. You know
that I love vou, that I have always loved
vou since I first saw you. I can hardly
expect to win your father's consent, but
vou are of age, I believe, and I put my
I,, ir vou. If in a fair, square, manly
way I can win you, with or without your
father's permission, I shall be very happy
nd .rrateful. If I cannot" he smiled
bravely but sadly "I shall die a bach
elor." .. . 1
"You needn't do that," said the girl
softly.
It
nt moan
hat I mean!" she
.rtoil ns he caught her in his arms
indeed, it was not necessary for her
to explain. After a faint resistance she
suffered him to kiss her upon the lips, and
r,o,. little nause she returned nis caress,
After a longer pause, filled in the usual
happy way, they found time tor articu
late speech. .
"Yon are so masterful," she said. 1
hardly know why I obey you."
"Don't you love me?"
"I suppose wellyes, then." ,
"I shall never constrain you again. 1
swear it!" said Captain Smith solemnly.
"Oil Ellen, dearest, darling, beautiful
Ellen if I am the flattest failure in this
enterprise. I shall have cause to bless it.
count it the happiest time of my life, for
I have won you for my promised wife
poor, plain, unknown sailor that I am!"
"Hush ! You must not say that, I
i. v, vnn disnarase . vourseir. ion
Ki-orfttft ninn T ever
are the nooiesi,
saw '." she insisted vehemently.
"But not the handsomest!" lie laughed
like a boy.
"Well, may be not that, but you are
just the 'kind' of a man I like to look at,"
he admitted with a glance of such devo
tion as set him in the seventh heaven of
delight.
"You can give me no greater proof of
your overwhelming affection than that,"
chuckled Smith, shaking his red head joy
fully with nn air of great satisfaction.
There wns a tap at the door.
"Beg pardon, sir," said Mr. Robinson
discreetly, "but the tide is drifting the
ship towards the shore and "
"All right," returned Captain Smith,
"we'll be on deck in a moment. Is the
loat ready?"
"Yes, sir."
(To be rontlnopd.
Too Sustentive.
Wlnibleton Hello. Simpleton! IIow
did you enjoy your visit to the insane
asylum the other day?
Simpleton Oh. so. so. It was all
right enough, I guess.
Wimbleton Weil, you don't talk as
though you were much impressed with
it. Did you give the superintendent my
note of introduction?
Simpleton Yes, I gave it to him.
Wimbleton Well, what did he say?
Simpleton Oh. be just looked at me
and said: "Make yourself at home."
Eippincott's.
An Kplnnnlloii.
"How long has this restaurant been
open?" asked the would-be diner.
"Two years." said the proprietor.
"I am sorry I did not know it," said
the guest. "I should be better off' if I
hail come here then."
"Yes?" smiled the proprietor, very
much pleased. "IIow is that?"
"I should probably have been served
by this time if I had." said the guest,
and the entente cordiale vanished.
Harper's Weekly.
An Honext Walter
"I think I'll try an omelet, tlijs morn
ing James," said the customer,
"Yes, sir," replied the waiter; "what
kind of an omelet would you wish, sir?"
"Oh a fresh egg omelet, James."
"I'm very sorry, sir, but I don't
think fresh egg omelets are on the bill,
this morning. " onkers Statesman
Krrplni I'll to Hate.
"Yes," said the housewife, "yours Is
a sad story. But it Isn't the same story
you told last year."
"Well, lady," answered Plodding
Pete, "you surely wouldn't expect a
man to go all dat time an' not show
any Improvement!" Washington Star.
Men who like the same things and
women who hate the same people arc
cciifenlal.
Agricultural Colleges
Agricultural colleges generally had
(heir beginnings in the bill introduced
by Senator Morrill of Vermont In 18(52,
which some time Inter was emu-ted into
law, providing that lands be set aside
by the government as ttiey una neeti
for the construction of the Pacific rail
roads, from the proceeds of the sale
of which schools should be established
for agricultural instruction. It Is In
teresting to note, says Harper's Week
ly, that in this same year, when most
of the white men folk were away on
southern battlefields, the Sioux Indians
of the state of Minnesota uprose and
massacred some 800 of the frontier
settlers and in the white man's repri
sal thirty-eight of the leaders were
hanged on a single scaffold in the town
of Mankato. So it may readily be be
lieved farming at that tune had not
been reduced to a pedagogic form, and
little was done lu any of the states
for years except to provide a few lec
tures on bucolic subjects, for the pur
pose of hanging on to the appropria
tion. When at last President Farwell
organized a real course of instruction,
according to the lights of the time, It
was impossible to secure any student
tin pursue it, even by dint of bribery,
which the worthy instructors industri
ously 'tried.
Book fanning was scouted and ridi
culed by every old-fashioned or "prac
tical" fanner, ns it is in the "way
back" districts in many states even to
this day. If a boy wanted to be a law
yer or a doctor, or even a parson,
there was some excuse for his wasting
time. In studying books, but 'farmin'"
was "farmin' " and It wasn't to be
learned in school. Times have changed
since then. The teachers themselves
have learned something. Many secrets
have been unlocked regarding the chem
istry of soils as determining their
treatment and the crops they will grow,
the scientific crossing of breeds of
plants, as well as animals, the im
provement of seeds by the selection
of exemplary single heads from a plot
where each straw is numbered, over a
period of ten or a dozen years. One
such process as this added 12 1-2 per
cent to the hard dollars in the pockets
of the farmers who planted one such
variety produced in the Minnesota sta
tion. Spraying with mysterious col
lege connections eliminated the insects
from the orchards and doubled the
value of apples in the fruit market.
Scientific ForinlnK,
Husbandmen are looking more favor
ably upon scientific agriculture as they
come to understand that the system
means fanning according to the latest
discoveries of the laws of plant and
animal life. Fanners used to regard
scientific farming laws of agriculture
as formulated by some agricultural ed
itor who bad no practical knowledge
of husbandry.
Science means classified knowledge
on anv subject, arrangea tor easy ref
erence of the cause which produces
certain effects. Science preserves the
facts connected with every department
f knowledge, so classified that the stn-
lent can obtain an understanding of
istronomy, medicine, chemistry, geol
ngy, biology, entomology and bacterlol
ngy. Without science the knowledge of
the ages would be lost and man would
:c unable to make progress.
All Industries are operated for the
welfare and maintenance of man and
no profession is so allied to mankind
as agriculture. It is the oldest science
mid the discoveries of the laws of ani
mal and plant life systematically clas
sified are scientific ngraculture. The
importance of improved farm manage
ment has interested alike the national
and State governments. Agricultural
colleges and experiment stations are
established In all the States to teach
the science of farming.
Husbandmen no longer look askance
upon scientific agriculture. Every
where the farmer is confronted with
new developments in the nrt of his
profession worked out at experiment
stations. IIow to Improve the yield
of grain and grass per acre, how to
successfully combat the enemies of
plant and animal life are too closely
allied with successful agriculture to
be ignored by the farmer.
Knowedge is Illimitable. We drink
at its fountain, which Is inexhaustible,
The greatest pleasure of life Is the ac-
mtlsltion of knowledge. It is like
seeking the fountain of perennial youth
there is joy in the expectation of
finding it. So with the farmer, new
dif i-overies are being made annually in
the principles of agriculture which are
a pleasure and profit to know, and the
successful husbandman is always
seeking scientific knowledge in his vo
cation. Goodall's Farmer.
Tiotfu by a Worklnit Farmer.
To make a success of farming avoid
expenses.
Food given to unprofitable animals
is wasted.
With a variety of stock one can utll
ise all foods.
Best breeds do not insure most prof-
It without proper treatment
All foods for plant must be soluble
to be available.
It Is the little economies that count
np most in the end.
Profitable feeding consists in giving
nn animal all that It will eat and di
gest properly.
It is not the hardest labor, but the
best directed labor, that accomplishes
the best results.
The nearer nn article Is put In con
dition to suit the purchaser the better
it Is for the seller.
Good food and shelter pay well In
either ease, but always best when giv
en to the best stock.
The value of commercial fertilizers
depends on their containing the ele
ments which the soil needs.
Profit in farming depends upon three
factors the cost of production, the
time consumed In producing, and the
price received.
Humane Slnnli terlnsr.
In Germany, where the retail moat
dealer is usually his own butcher, ef
forts are being uindt wis elsewhere to
substitute humane slf. filtering for the
old-time practices that have caused
much suffering. Saxony is taking the
lead, and now has strict laws forbid
ding bleeding until the animals have
been made unconscious. Cattle and
other animals are stunned by a blow In
the center of the forehead, usually with
something more certain than the ham
mer or ax of a few yfnrs ago. Many
butchers apply the slaughtering mask.
which covers the eyes and has a sharp
bolt that is driven into the brain by a
single blow from a wooden .hammer ;
but less strength and skill are required
in apparatus using powder one of
these being in t lie form of a tube like
a telephone receiver, that projects a
bolt when the cartridge Is exploded
by gentle tapping, while another fires
a sharp-pointed bullet Instead of the
bolt. An improved instrument just in
troduced Into England is the pofeax
gun, which has a steel barrel In place
of the striking end of the ordinary pol
eax, with a wire through the wooden
handle for pulling the trigger. In Ger
man, Italian, Swiss and other cities
abattoirs are public institutions, where
butchers go to slaughter their animals
under municipal supervision.
Electricity In Agriculture.
The co-operation of Prof. Sir Olivei
Lodge has recently been , solicited in
England by experimenters desirous of
testing the effects of electricity in
stimulating the growth of plants. Sir
Oliver Lodge himself describes some
of the results. Wires are stretched on
low poles over the field to be treated,
one pole per acre being sufficient. Posi
tive electricity is supplied at a po
tential of about 100,000 volts. The
negative electricity is conveyed direct
to earth. Persons walking under the
wires feel the electricity in the air.
The current is maintained for several
hours during the day, but Is shut off
at night. During bright sunshine It
seems unnecessary, and may even be
harmful. In the case of wheat the
electrified plots showed an Increase of
yield of from ."0 to 40 per cent, and
the wheat brought a better price in
the market. Other crops showed Im
provement also.
Wbltewimh tlie Ilcnliouxe.
Every noultryman should give the
henhouse a periodical coat of lime-
wash and the oftener he does It the
hotter. The matter Is a very simple
one. If the house is small all you may
want is a limewash brush and a bucket
of water into which a few handfulls
of quicklime have been put, well stir
red together and allowed to settle. 1 lit
stuff when put on should be about as
thick as cream. A handful of common
rough salt will help it to adhere to tho
walls, a spoonful or two of Ibpild car
bolic acid will help it to do its mur
derous work on nnimnl life nnd a little
bit of powder blue (washing blue) will
prevent the white coat turning yellow
by and by.
If the henhouse is a large one it will
pay to use a sprayer for putting on
the limewash. This Is a most effective
way of whitewashing any building.
I-'anhlon Aid.
"The prevailing mode of dress the
clinging, soft, droopy effect is a
blessing to theatergoing mankind at
least," remarked an observing young
man to his companion in an orchestra
chair at one of the season's opening
plays. "If a woman comes in late to
the performance she cannot disturb
every one about her by the rustling of
of many silken petticoats without pro
claiming herself hopelessly behind the
day in style. The sheath-like gown of
this year clings and is silent and soft.
For myself, I'm glad; I've lust more
than one good speech by the tardy en
trance of a rustling petticoated wom
nn. I'd a.s booh hear her shoes
squeak."
Corn nnd Keroene.
Twenty years ago, says the Kansas
City Journal, a gallon of kerosene cost
three bushels of corn. Now a bushel
of corn buys five gallons of oil and
the seller has 3 cents change coming.
Note on Orchard fill I a re.
Clover is the npple tree's best friend.
Profit from a fruit orchard Is not
theory but a demonstrated fact.
A few days after pruning paint the
stubs with white lead.
Each tree Las an individuality of Its
own and must be dealt with accord
ingly. Good, first-class fruit Is the aim of
our efforts. Never be satisfied with
anything else.
Stable manure Is without doubt th9
best general fertilizer that can be ap
plied to orchard aolla. . '
Make the orchard a business venture
and keep an account of everything per
taining to its interest
THE WEEKLY
1598 The Marquis de la Roche wai
given a commission by Henry iv. oi
France to conquer Canada.
1073 Turenne defeated the Imperialista
at battle of Turkheim.
1GS3 First regularly elected Assembly ol
Pennsylvania convened at I niiauei
phi a.
1TS1 Arnold invaded Virginia with 1,500
British troops.
17S2 Bank of North America, the first
institution of its kind in the country,
opened in Philadelphia.
lTST Seat of United States government
located at New lork.
1788 Connecticut ratified the constitu
tion of the United States.
1SO0 United States Congress passed
laws to enforce the embargo.
1811 Wreck of the Revenge off Watch
Hill, R. I.
1S14 British government made over
tures for peace with United States.
1S15 Gen. Andrew Jackson defeated the
British at New Orleans.
1S22 Greeks proclaimed their indepen
dence.
1828 Boundary line between Mexic4
and the United States settled by
treaty.
1830 Riotous demonstrations in English
manufacturing districts against tha
introduction of labor saving machin
ery. 1S38 President Van Buren warned
Americans not to aid in the Canadian
revolt.
1S42 British army destroyed in Khyber
Pass.
1S-19 Fenny Post established in Massa
chusetts Hundred and fifty gold
seekers sailed from Boston for Cali
fornia on the ship Edward Everett.
18o5 Tracks and bridges destroyed in
railroad riots in Erie, Pa All
liquor shops in New York closed by
order of the Mayor. . . .Irish military
companies in Boston disbanded by
order of the Governor of Massachu
setts.... A commercial convention of
the Southwestern States met in New
Orleans.
1SG3 Confederate force attacked Spring
field, Mo.... Mass nieetings held in
the large cities of the North to send
supplies to Savannah.
1S05 United States Senate voted to ab
rogate the reciprocity treaty with
Canada Gen. Butler removed from
the command of the army of the
James, nnd succeeded by Gen. Ord.
18C58 United States military asylum at
Augusta, Me., destroyed by lire....
Congress censured the President for
removing Gen. Sheridan.
1S71 First elections for the Provincial
Legislature were held in Manitoba.
1872 Congress arranged to issue 1 cent
postal cards. .. .Col. James Flsk, Jr.,
shot in the Grand Central hotel. New
York, by Edward S. Stokes, and died
two days later.
1870 Kal.ikaua, King of the Sandwich
Islands, visited Chicago.
1SS3 Grover Cleveland. President-elect,
resigned the governorship of New
York.
1SS9 Suspension bridge at Niagara
wrecked by a storm.
1895 Property to value of $1,000,000 de
stroyed by fire in Toronto.
ISOfJ Cecil Rhodes resigned the pre
miership of Cape Colony.
ISO" Anglo-American arbitration treatj
signed at Washington I. Pierpont
Morgan presented $1.0(0,MM) to th
lying-in hospital in New York.
1899 lxrd Curzon of Kedlestou assumed
the viceroyalty of India.
1901 The Delaware and Hudson railroad
came under control of the Vanderbilt
interests.
1904 Fifty-two lives lost by the sinking
of the steamer Challum between Se
attle and Victoria.
1907 Gen. Pavlov, military procurator,
killed by Terrorists in St. Peters
burg. 1905 American bnttleship fleet undei
command of Rear-Admiral Robley IX
Evans arrived at Rio de Janeiro.
FACTS FOR FARMERS.
More than ftMl.OOO bushels- of wheal
were shipped from Portland, Ore., foi
European markets in one day Inst week.
Broomhall cables that the first general
memorandum report, which, however, ii
incomplete, gives the acreage under wheat
in India this year at 21,.9(5,00 acres,
compared with 17,142,000 last year. Th
final general memorandum last year gav
acreage, 20.903.WIO, and crop, 202,KK,000
bushels.
Minneapolis is again enforcing her milk
inspection ordinance. In one day the in
spector poured G30 gallons taken from
uninspected cans into the sewer.
Secretary Wilson has raised the quar
antine against cattle in the diwtrfcts wher
foot and mouth disease recently appeared.
The disease has apparently been stamped
ont.
According to reports from the Ante
lope valley, in California, thousands of
cattle are roaming the government ranges
In tbat section with nothing to eat, and
hundreds are said to be dying of starvation.
I waa accentuated in Ellen's case by the
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