Heppner gazette., June 10, 1909, Image 6

The Great
Tontine
by
HAWLEY SMART
Author f "Brolren Bondt," "Bound to Win,"
Eu.
CHAPTER XIX.
At Guildford is a quiet street, compris
ed principally of small, two-storied houses.
Bather conspicuous amongst these tene
ments, as being a little larger than its
fellows, and having a very well-to-do air
about it, is a house, bearing the terse an
nouncement, "Mrs. Bulger, Laundress.
Mangling done here" ; and Mrs. Bulger,
the tenant, a hale, shrewd, bustling wom
en, verging on sixty, was reputed to be
one of the most prosperous inhabitants of
the street.
Mrs. Bulger's front room on tho first
floor, which formed her parlor, was swept
ind garnished this November night ; and,
from the rather elaborate preparations
made for tea, it looked ns if Mrs. Bulger
expected company. There was a knock
at the door and Mrs. Bulger bustled out
of the room to admit her guest.
Mrs. Mattox was a buxom, fresh-looking
woman, some ten years younger than
her hostess. She had unmistakable re
mains of good looks, which the smart
flowers in her bonnet showed she had by
no means resigned claim to. Like Mrs.
Bulger, she also had bo?n left a widow;
but not having her friend's energy or
business capabilities, she determined to
reJy upon her personal charms, instead
of her personal exertions, to furnish her
with another home. This all happened
some seven or eight years ago, and though
Terence Finnigan had been excessively
anxious to marry the buxom Polly Gib
Eon, as she was then, Polly had only
laughed at her very elderly admirer, and
thought it more prudent to accept the
hand of Mr. Mattox, a cousin by marriage
of Mrs. Bulger's. Mr. Mattox had the ad
vantage of being not only more than
twenty years younger than Terence, but
also, as the master of Portsmouth work
Louse, had, what the prudent Polly val
ued quite as highly, a comfortable home
to offer. '
"Well, Tolly," fcaid Mrs. Bulger, the tea
being poured, out, and her guest plenti
fully supplied with the buttered toast
and other delicacies, "I was just thinking
of writing to you- when I got your note.
It is so long since I have seen you that
I was going to ask if you ever meant
coming Guildford way again."
"Yes ; it's a good bit since I have been
here," replied Polly ; "but, you see, Ports
mouth is lively, and Mattox and me we
ere popular. He is always afraid," con
tinued Polly, giggling, "that somebody
will run away with me.''
"Well, I am sure, I never thought that
Mattox would turn jealous," replied Mrs.
Bulger meditatively. "If you had taken
poor old Terence Finnigan I would not
have been surprised at it. By the way,
have you seen anything of him lately?"
"Yes, I see him at times; but he is very
Infirm, and very much changed from the
Terence Finnigan you last saw."
"What, then, he is still alive!" ex
claimed Mrs. Bulger.
"Oh, yes, he is alive, so far," replied
Mrs. Mattox carelessly, and stealing a
Bomewhat inquisitive gaze at her hostess.
"And where is he living now?" asked
Mrs. Bulger., with an assumption of in
difference so transparent that her guest's
euspicions as to her having some object
in wishing to know Terence Finnigan's
whereabouts were confirmed.
"Oh, I don't know exactly," replied
Polly carelessly. . -
"But don't you think," rejoined Mrs.
Bulger, "that you could find him if you
tried?"
"Yes, I dare say I could."
"Well, then, I wish you would, and The
sooner the better. I have a particular
reason for desiring to know where he is
now living. I have had a. hint in a round
about way that some of those Chichester
folks have been inquiring after him, and
would take care of him for the remainder
of his life if they could only find him.
They have advertised for him."
"Quite so," replied Mrs. Mattox, with
the most provoking calmness; "and as
they have applied to you on the subject,
end not to me, you had better give them
all the information in your power."
"But I tell you, you aggravating thing,
I don't know where he is, and that I
want you to tell me."
"Look here, Emma Bulger," replied the
other quietly, "it's no use your flying out
in this way with me, you know that very
well. If you want to know where Ter
ence Finnigan is to be found, you had
better tell me at once who It is are mak
ing inquiries for him, and all about the
whole thing, then I'll help you."
".Shall I tell you what my terms are?"
inquired Mrs. Bulger. "Halves."
"Well, upon my word, Emma Bulger,"
exclaimed Polly, "I do think you perfect
ly audacious in your demands. I am in
possession of this information, and nat
urally entitled to the whole reward ; but,
in consideration of your being an old
friend and putting me up to it, I was
quite prepared to make you a handsome
present say a fourth."
After nearly an hour's wrangling be
tween these two mercenary old women,
Mrs. Bulger's terms were at last acceded
to, and her guest was then informed that
the reward was for no less than a hun
dred pounds.-
"And where did you say he was?" in
quired Mrs. Bulger.
"I don't remember naming the place,"
rejoined Polly, with a sly glance at her
hostess; "Btill never mind, Emma, you
have driven a terrible hard bargain with
me. but I always stick to what I say;
halves you insited it should be, and
halves It shall be. As for poor old Ter
ence, he is in Portsmouth workhouse."
CHAPTER XX.
Ringwood presented himself In the
nria i;nad the next mornlnz. lie was
welcomed by Mary, who, having introduc
ed him to Mrs. Lyme regis ana uea
trice. left the room In quest of her cloak
and headgear.
"Zoo must pardon an old woman's curi
osity but this seems to us a most extra
ordinary errand that you are carrying
Miss Chiohester off upon. Site has told
us," said Mrs. Lyme Wregis, "that this is
un old servant of her family's, for whom
they have been long in search j but now
he is discovered, why does he not coma
to her, instead of her having to tear down
to Portsmouth to seo him?"
"It must, of course, seem odd to you ;
but this man Finnigan stands in a some
what peculiar position to Miss Chichester.
She has doubtless told you that he was
by her father's side when he fell on the
terrible field of Gettysburg, and that he
has carried her many a time, when a
child, in his arms. But what she could
not tell you is, that Finnigan is so in
firm in health, and has so failed in his
mental powers, that coming to her is
impossible. Further, there is a necessity
for proving the old man's identity, as
there is a small sum of money coming to
Miss Chiohester that depends upon this
Finnigan having been alive at a certain
date."
The journey to Portsmouth Miss Chi
chester found somewhat monotonous. Her
companion resolutely refused being any
thing but strictly the man of business. All
the particulars of Finnigan's discovery
he related to her; told her of the state
of health in which she must be prepared
to find the old man ; how that they were
to pick up two old servants of her grand
father's at Guildford women who had
known Finnigan well in former days, and
quite recollected her father, but who had,
of course, never seen her; and also did
he explain to her, in purposely cloudy
fashion, that she came into a small sum
of money on reversion, the inheriting of
which reversion had depended upon Ter
ence Finnish's outliving somebody else.
At Guildford they picked up Mrs. Bul
ger and Mrs. Mattox. Upon arrival at
the famous seaport, Mrs. Mattox at once
took command of the party. That bust
ling matron felt that she was in her own
domain, and that her knowledge of the
streets was beyond dispute. In a very
short time the party arrived at the door
of the workhouse in St. Mary's Road.
Miss Chichester could not resist a shud
der as she passed through its uninviting
portals.
"It answers to my idea of a gaol," she
whispered to Ringwood. "Poor Terence,
I shall feel quite uncomfortable until he
is out of this place."
Traversing a long, narrow, whitewash
ed passage, and glancing occasionally on
their way through the half-open doors of
wards, where little knots of wizened, de
crepit old men cowered in their sad-colored
garments over the fire, they at last
reached a door at which Mr. Mattox
paused.
"This is the ward, sir, In which we
shall find Finnigan. Would Miss Chiches
ter prefer to identify him herself, or shall
my wife point him out to her?"
""Surely," rejoined Mary, "he can
fnrlv have rfianeed so much in this
brief time that I can have any difficulty
in recognizing him.
"Oh. dear no !" Interrupted Tolly ; "any-
bodv who has seen him of late years
would know him in a moment. Best let
Miss Chichester judge for herself, Thom
as."
Mr. Mattox, thus adjured, threw open
the door without further remark, and one
glance round the room sufficed to show
Mary her father's old servant, sitting very
still in a wooden armchair by the side of
the fire. A slight, wiry little man, whose
face, considering his extreme age, was
still wonderfully fresh and free from
wrinkles; the grey hair was thin, no
doubt, but the light blue eyes were still
wondrous bright, although there was an
absent look in them, as if for ever peer
ing beyond the grave, upon which their
owner was so rapidly verging.
"I suppose he talks at times," inquired
Ringwood. "although he certainly does
not look like it at present.
"Xn. sir: he rarelv savs anything, and
sits all day just as you see him, except
when roused up to take his lood. ueca
cinnnllv he will sav. in a wandering way.
that he must go to London to see Miss
Mary ; but who he meant by it we never
understood until to-day.".
"And I presume," added Ringwood,
"that, though you and Mrs. Mattox knew
him before, he takes no notice of you."
"Not the slightest, sir. He has never
been able to give the slightest account of
himself since he came, and if it had not
been that Polly and I knew him well be
forehand, we should not" at this present
moment have an idea 'who he was."
"Will you speak to him, Miss Chi
chester?" said Ringwood.
Mary crossed the room quickly, and
laying her hand lightly on the old man's
shoulder, said:
"How do you do, Terence? Don't you
her Miss Marv?"
The old man turned his head towards
her, and some slight signs of surprise at
the fair apparition before him might have
been 'discerned ; but of recognition there
was no symptom.
"Knrolv. Terence, vou have not fonrot
ten the child you used to carry in your
arms the 'young mishtress' as you used
tn call me! you must remember Miss
Mary '."
The old man's face became slightly
tmiihlnd ! for the first time his lins moved.
and he muttered "Miss Mary" in a low,
far-away voice; but it was evident tnat
he in no wise connected the name with
tho TAnnir lndv who stood before him.
. " ' - - - o .
"Of course you have no doubt what
ever. Miss Chichester, that this is Ter
mick Finnicran?" said Rinzwood. 'It' is
nnturnllv sad for vou to find an old ser
vant in this state, but his physical health
is apparently satisfactory. In a business
point of view, his having forgotten the
past is, as far as you are concerned, of no
(nnsentipnce. I think now. as soon as I
have written a couple of cheques for these
ladies in acknowledgment of their ser
virvv. wp must thank Mr. and Mrs. Mat
tox for their hospitality, and make the
best of our way to the railway station.
Toronto Finniiran was heard to mur
mur "Miss Mary" in a dazed sort of way
to himself twice or thrice as tney were
leaving the ward. He seemed as if vainly
striving to recall somebody in connection
with that name, but clearly did not con
nt it with Miss Chichester.
"Von tell me. Mr. Ringwood." said
Mary, as she found herself once more in
h train on her way to town, "that I
vm into what for me is something con
slderable simply from the fact of that
nld man belnff alive. I trust it
is enough to enable me to take care of
Terence comfortably for the future.
"Ample," rejoined her companion. "We
really do not know exactly how much at
present, but It Is certainly more than
sufficient for that purpose."
"And now, Mr, Ringwood, I wish you
would answer me one other question; and
that is, in what way, pray. have I of
feuded you?"
"You offend me!" he replied. "What
can have put that into your head?"
"Then why do you not ever come and
see me now?" inquired Mary curtly. "I
have not so many friends but what I can
recollect those who have striven to com
fort me in my trouble."
"I do not think you can fairly accuse
me of neglect on that point," returned the
barrister, "but first, one hesitated to in
trude upon your grief; then youliave
taken refuge in the Victoria Uoad."
"At Mr. Ringwood's suggestion," in
terposed Mary quietly; "and I am very
much obliged to you for discovering so
comfortable a home for me."
"I deserve no credit for that, Miss Chi
chester. Carbuckle mentioned your wish
to me; I happened to know, through Jack
Phillimore, of his cousin's contemplated
marriage, and thought perhaps you would
not mind passing a few months with Mrs.
Lyme Wregis, whom Jack declared to ba
the most charming old lady that ever
breathed. Jack Phillimore is as good
hearted a fellow as ever stepped. He lit
a man. Miss Chichester, if you under
stand what I mean by that, and likely,
I should say, to make his mark in his
profession if he ever gets the chance. Ilia
cousin lias dealt very hardly with him,
and he is terribly cut up at the idea of
the approaching marriage. How any girl
could throw . over Jack Phillimore for Peg
ram beats nie
"I have never met a girl that I took a
greater fancy to than Beatrice Phillimore.
I have known her, it is true, but a short
time; still I cannot think she would be
swaved solely by wealth in her choice of
a husband. Even if she had given me
her confidence I could not let you into
the secret ; but she certainly shrinks from
any allusion to her wedding in a way
that augurs ill for its being a happy one.
"Good-bv, Miss Chichester," said Ring
wood, as "he shook Hands after putting
her into the cam. "Should. Miss Philli
more take you into her confidence, you
can tell her that it is very improbable
that her wedding with Mr. Robert Peg
ram will ever take place."
(To be continued.)
MODERN LIFE IN BIBLE LANDS.
Singing Never Onsen In the Vine
yards Watched Over by Women.
The vine grows everywhere. The
best in Palestine are still the same, at
the brook of Esheol, near Hebron,
where Joshua and Caleb brought the
traditional big cluster (Num. 13:23).
There are different kinds of grape
vines, both black and white, which be
gin to bear fruit In July, Prof. Philip
J. Baldensperger says in the Los An
geles Examiner. These first grapes,
called dabuky, are excellent grapes for
the table. They often have berries
more than an inch, and bunches or a
foot or more in length. The next finest
table eranes are the hamdany ; tlie
berries, though very large, are not so
elongated as the former, and the buncn
is more compact. The good wine
grapes are the jandally, which become
rhie in September and October; very
sweet, but numerous small berries and
very long bunches. As the tellainn
are mostlv Mohammedans they sell tne
grapes to the Christians and Jews in
Jerusalem or Jaffa, who mane very
strong wine out of them. The Christian
(Greek church) inhabitants or i-.s-ssaii
fRamoth In Gllead) have as tine vlne-
vnrrls almost as the Hebronites, but
owing to the distance from Jerusalem,
the center of Palestinian commerce,
tliev can but dry their grapes and make
excellent raisins and sell them for ex-
portatloni
The vineyards are always surrounded
by a dry stone wall and a kasr built
in It. On the top of this loose stone
bulldine they put a hut, which in
summer only Is covered by branches.
Here the family lives ank trom tins
elevated place the guardian can survey
the vineyard, which, though fenced
all around., with thorn bushes laid on
the walls, is often visited by foxes,
badgers, Jackals and sometimes thieves.
During the day the men are general
ly away at other work and the women
alone guard the vineyards and fig
trees, during which time singing never
ceases. Often they sing among them
selves a kind of round; one girl sings
the first verse or lines and a second
one in a distant vineyard answers and
a third may Join, and so singing never
ceases from morning to night. These
merry days are also remembered and
the prophet Isaiah alludes to the time
when they shall cease amid the calam
ities of Israel.
The fig tree is also universally
known, even more than the vine. But
the real land of the fig trees or of
dried figs Is the north of Jerusalem
Ramallah, etc. There are many kinds
of fig tres, bearing early and late fruit.
apart from the two kinds which all the
fig trees bear. The first figs are ripe
at the end of May, In the warmer spots,
and the ordinary figs begin in June or
July.
lie Didn't (are for Melon.
During one of the banquets of tht,
Church Congress in London, a certain
bishop had as his left-hand companion
a clergyman who was completely bald.
During dessert the bald-headed vicar
dropped his napkin and stooped to
pick it up. At this moment tin bishop,
who was talking to his right-hand
neighbor, felt a slight touch on his left
arm. He turned, and beholding the
vicar's pate on a level with his elbow,
said, "No, thank you, no melon. I will
take some pineapple!" From Succest
Magazine.
teenrd Reasonable.
First Citizen (excitedly) Can yox.
tell me where the Are is?
Second Citizen (calmly) I think it
must be the school house. There are a
lot of boys dancing and yelling gleeful
ly Just around the corner.
Suburban or Villon;1 Barn.
Tho building herewith shown is well
suited to the needs of the suburban or
village resident, or of the man own
ing a small tract of land, and making
a speciality of gardening, poultry,
bees, or fruit. Size can be varied with
in certain limits.
As shown it has one single and,one
double horse stall. The latter can be
used as a box stall. There are two
single cow stalls. The cows are loose,
being kept In by chains behind them.
There is a harness room, shelves for
milk pail, etc., medicine cupboard,
ventilator, three feed bins in hopper
form so as to take little room in the
stable and filling from above, and
stairway with door balanced with
weights at top. The carriage room is
large .enough for a set of vehicles, or
part can be used a3 a repair shop.
The hay loft will hold at least two
loads, and some bedding. The store-
Hoom
GOOD BARX r-LAX.
room fills a general neett. Outside
walls are covered with drop siding,
and roof has prepared roofing. Foun
dation is of grout, brick, or cement
blocks. Stable floors are of cement,
with wood blocks In stalls. The style
of exterior finish may be varied to
harmonize with that of the other
buildings. A cupola may be substi
tuted for the iron vent cap. This de
sign gives in compact form a complete
small barn and stable, at moderate
ost. F. L. Marsh.
Farm Mechanic.
Every farm should have a work
shop. The building may be large or
small. It 13 not necessary to have it
very expensive. The tools may be few
or many, but what there are should be
good. No man can do good work with
poor tools, and good tools cost but lit
tle more than poor ones. A building
10 by 12 feet will answer for a black
smith shop with a small vise bench in
one corner. If this is fitted with a
good chimney, forge, anvil, hammer,
tongs and good steel vise, considerable
blacksmithing work can be done to ad
vantage. There should be a small stove to
make the shop comfortable in winter.
This is very important, because there
Is more time to work in a shop in the
winter, and you can't work with black
smith's tools in a frosty atmosphere. .
Carpenter's work is different. A
carpenter's bench may be . placed
against the side of the building and
covered with a shed roof, for, if neces
sary, carpenter work may be done out
side if you have a covered place for the
bench and tools.
A much better arrangement is to
have a blacksmith shop in one end of
a larger building and a carpenter shop
hi the other end, with a partition be
tween. There should be no shavings
lying about a blacksmith shop; there
Is too much danger from fire. For an
other reason, the two kinds of work
do not Jibe well together. It is com
paratively easy to keep a blacksmith
shop in order, but there is a great deal
of litter about a woodworking shop,
and a farmer never flnd3 time to keep
such things neatly in order.
In buying woodworking tools the
best are the cheapest. It is poor econ
omy to buy cheap tools. Not many are
needed for common repair work, and a
good kit may be had for a few dollars.
Instruction books on mechanics may
help a good deal. The principles may
be studied out and applied in the
shop. The boys on the farm take up
such things easily and often make
good mechanics. Agricultural Eplto
uist The Silo.
The silo should be depended upon,
not only for winter feeding, but for
the entire year, in case pasture is
scarce or poor In quality. It is the
cheapest way to get succulent summer
feed if the land la at all limited in
area, or If the pastures are not sucn
as to produce good feed in dry weath
er. In parts of Massachusetts large
milk producers consider that it costs
1 cent a quart more to produce milk
without Bllage than with It
An F.Ieetrlo Farm Motor.
One of the most novel uses for the
electric motor Is reported from Ne
vada, la, A man who is extensively
engaged In the poultry business has
tigged up a revolving brush driven by
a small electric motor for washing the
feet of newly-killed fowls before shipment.
ROOM I -4
lreah Water for Poultry.
It Is essential that water for fowls
be changed twice dally, nt least, and
unless it is kept celan it will occasion
disease. Should a fowl tie ill, and the
owner not be aware of it, ns it drinks
it is bound to contaminate the water
from some discharge, perhaps from Its
nostrils or from 'the breath, sayB tho
Mirror and Fnnnor. A sick bird, of
course, should always be removed, but
sometimes the fanner or poultrymnn is
unaware that tho fowl is sick until it
is too late to undo the harm it has
done by contaminating the drinking
water. The best plan is to keep the
water ns fresh and the drinking ves
sels as clean ns it is possible to do. A
few drops of carbolic acid in the drink
ing water will assist In keeping it
pure, but the acid should bo used care
fully on account of its poisonous quali
ties. Washing the drinking fountains
or yessels daily will do more to keep
the water fresh nnd pure than any
thing else. When wnter Is allowed to
stand, even if only for a few hours, on
throwing it out there will be the small
est accumulation of slime in the foun
tain, and if they are refilled without
washing them, the coating increases
until the water, although freshly put
in, is unfit for the fowls' use. As the
warm weather advances there is more
necessity of watching the drinking vessels.
Increase In Farm Animals.
The Crop Reporting Board of Bu
reau of Statistics of the United States
Department of Agriculture estimates
the numbers and values of farm ani
mals on farms and ranges in the Uni
ted States on January 1, 1909, as fol
lows: Compared with January 1, 1903,
the following changes are indicated:
Horses have increased 648,000; mules,
184,000; milch cows, 526,000; other cat
tie decreased 694,000; sheep increased
1,453,000; swine decreased 1,937,000. In
average value per head, horses increas
ed $2.23; mules, 8 cents; milch cows,
$1.69; other cattle, 60 cents; sheep de
creased 45 cents; swine increased 50
cents. In total value milch cows In
creased $52,888,000; other cattle, $17,
816,000; sheep decreased $19,101,000;
swine increased $15,764,000. The to
tal value of all animals enumerated
above on January 1, 1909, was $4,525,
259,000, as compared with $4,331,230,
000 on January 1, 1908, an increase
of $194,029,000, or 4.5 per cent
Corn Crop of 10OS.
The Indian corn crop for 1003,
amounted to 2,643,000,000 bushels. The
crops of three years have exceeded
this, but only the crop of one year
(1906) exceeded it 'very much. The
value of the crop is estimated at $1,
615,000,000. The price of corn is ex
ceptionally high. There are only two
years in which the farm price of this
crop was as high as it is for this year.
In 1881 the price was 63.6 cents; in
1901, when there was only two-thirds
of an ordinary crop, the price was
60.5 cents. The total value of this
crop is by far the highest ever reach
ed. The crop of 1902 was worth a bil
lion dollars, and the crops of 1904,
1905 and 1906 were worth $100,000,000
more; the great increase of $300,000,
000 over the crop of 1902 was made in
1907, and now the increase is $600,000,
000 equal to the gold in the treasury
of a rich nation.
Parking: the Fleece.
One of the best ways to pack the
fleece is to lay it upon a table, turn in
the head and tail, then tho flanks.
After this roll It up into a neat roll
and" tie it firmly, using such a device
as here Illustrated.
The tying box Is made from light
lumber with Blots, a3 shown, through
which the rope Is passed. The fleece
13 placed upon this rope and the roll
easily tied. Wool buyers prefer to
SIMPLE FI.EECE-PACKI.NO BOX.
have the fleece loose, light to handle
and elastic and tied up so that It can
be easily opened if needed. Farm and
Home.
Hour of I.nbor on Farm.
Prof. Boss of the Minnesota Agricul
tural College says that statistics of tho
actual hours of labor on the farms in
vestigated show that farmers work
nine hours a day in the summer and
between four and five in the winter.
Prof. Bailey of the Roosevelt Farm
Life Commission tells the story of the
school ma'am working from 9 until 4
until she married a farmer, and had to
work from 4 to 9.
The Flrt Ilnldvrln Apple.
The place where the first Baldwin
apple tree grew i3 marked by a monu
ment. This first tree was a chance
seedling that came to maturity on a
farm near Lowell, Mass., about 1740.
It was not until 1784 that Col. Bald
win became Interested in the apple, de
veloped It and gave it his name. The
original tree lived till after 1817. and
did not live In vain. For the Baldwin
apple Is one of the best
II reed In a- Corn.
Prof. R- A. Moore says that pains
taking In breeding corn has raised the
average corn production of Wisconsin
from twenty-five bushels per acre In
1901 to 41.2 bushels per acre in- 1907.
This Increase Is worth striving for
la renr State and on every farm.
THE WEEKLY
riTTSTORia
1604 The first Assembly under th
Rhode Island charter met at New
port. 10S2 William Penn published his
frame of government for the col
ony of Pennsylvania.
1000 First Colonial Congress met in
New York City.
1700 The first general census of
Rhode Island was ordered by the
Assembly.
17G5 The first medical school in Amer
ica founded.
1770 Massachusetts - expunged the
name of King from legal proceed
ings. .. .Congress declared the au
thority of England over the thir
teen colonies abolished.
1787 Federal convention assembled in
Philadelphia to adopt a national
constitution.
1708 HariKT's Ferry, Vn was select
ed as the site for a government
armory and manufactory. .. .Navy
department of the United States
established by act of Congress.
1802 The people living in the North
west territory, north of the Ohio
river, were authorized to organize
themselves into a Stale.
1808 France laid an embargo on
American shipping. .. .Charles IV.
of Spain abdicated In favor of
Bonaparte Theological Sem
inary at Andover, Mass., founded.
1815 Dedication of St. Patrick's Ca
thedral In New York City.
1835 First Issue of the New York
Herald. .. .One thousand lives lost
in great earthquake in Calabria.
1838 Large section of Charleston, a
C, destroyed by fire.
1811 Henry Clay nominated for Pre
Ideut by the Whig convention In
Baltimore.
1847 Cornerstone of Smithsonian In
stitution laid.
1854 United States announced its neu
trality in the Crimean war.
1855 Attempted assassination of Na
poleon III. by Pianori.
1801 Three steamships seized at Nevr
Orleans by order of Governor
Moore of Louisiana.
1804 Andersonville prison opened for
Federal prisoners.
1873 Explosion and fire destroyed five
flouring mills in Minneapolis and
killed eighteen persons.
1874 The first agreement to fix rail
road rates lu the East made at
New York.
1870 Queen Victoria declared Em
press of India.
1880 Gladstone ministry formed In
Great Britain.
1881 Construction of the Canadian
Pacific railroad begun.
1884 Iowa Republican convention de
clared for James G. Blaine for
1'resident.
ISS0 Six policemen killed by anarch
ists in the Hnyinarket riot in Chi
cago.
1888 Lord Stanley of Preston appoint
ed Governor General of Canada.
1880 Murder of Dr. Patrick II. Cron-
in in Chicago.
1800 Oklahoma organized ns a terri
tory. 1891 The new Dominion Parliament
opened by Lord Stanley after the
general election.
1894: The Vaughn library building at
Ashland, Wis., destroyed by fire..
..St. Charles Hotel In New Or
leans destroyed by fire.
1895 Theodore Roosevelt became a
member of the Board of Police
Commissioners of New York City.
1890 Assassination of the Shah of
Persia Gen. P.aldlssera, Italian
commander in Abyssinia, raised
the siege of Adigrat.
1897 Disastrous Hood In the Cotton
wood Valley of Oklahoma. .. .A
flood at Guthrie. Ok., resulted In
a great loss of life and property..
..Foreclosure sale of the Atlantic
& Pacific railroad at Gallup, N.
M. Sir Mackenzie Bowell re
signed tho premiership of Canada.
1898 American squadron under Ad
miral Sampson bombarded Matan
zas, Cuba.
1903 United States Supreme Court
sustained the clause In the Ala
bama constitution disfranchising
negroes.
1901 Ten-million-dollar fire In Jack
sonville, Fin.
1904 The Louislaiia4'urchase Exposi
tion oH-neil nt St. Louis.
1905 American Ambassador Choate
given farewell dinner by the Lord
Mayor of London. .. .Andrew Car
negie gave $10.HK),(H)0 ns a pen
sion fund for college professors in
the United States and Canada.
1008 Ferryboat on the River Dnelper.
Russia, capsized, with loss of 120
Uvea.