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"God and His angels," said the yrunf
mystlo softly, falling again into the
mood from which he had been so rude
ly awakened.
"Angola!" scoffed the young mate
rialist. "If thee was thinking of any
angel at all, I will bet thee it was Dor
othy Fraser."
"Tush, child, do not be silly," replied
the convicted culprit. For It was easier
than he would cure to admit to mlngld
visions of beauty with those of holiness.
"I am not silly. Thee would not dare
sny thee was not thinking of her. Shu
thinks of thee."
"How does thee know?"
"Because she gives me bread and
Jam if I so much as mention thy name.
Uncle Dave, was It really up this very
valley that Mad Anthony Wayne
marched with his brave soldiers?"
"This very valley."
"I wish I could have been with htm."
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in thoco rtaira n ort.va fitTn It T " " an evil wisn. mee is u. cniiu
til UUTtS vl ULl UbUUlL 1L 13 a suirv - m
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Jbe ffcdemptioi?
By CHARLES FREDERIC GOSS
All Rlgrhta Referred
Corrrlffht. 1W, by The Bowcn-Morrill Company.
E announce with a great deal of pleasure
a serial that is somewhat exceptional, even
peace. Thy father and thy fathers
fathers have denied the right of men
to war. Thee ought to be like them,
and love the things that make for
peace."
"Well, If I can not wish for war, I
will wish that a runaway slave would
dash up this valley with a pack of
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rpi i . , uiuviuiiuuiius ai nis neeis.. vjiiwio
1 he story begins with a descriDtion or Dave- te" me that story about thy hid
ii Jl-ffr-J negro in tne naystacK, ana cnoK
Hie Home ailU llie OI lavia OOrSOn. a VOUne mg the bloodhounds with thine own
m m . rtowla "
Quaker, whose career has been so peaceful
of unusual power, of wonderful pathos and
yet dealing with practical, every-day life in
a way that stirs the soul and teaches a
lasting lesson.
hands
"I have told thee a hundred times."
"But I want to hear It again."
"Use thy memory and thy imagina
tion."
The child, bounding forward, the
tired procession entered the barnyard.
The plowman fed his horses, and stop
ped to listen for a moment to their
deep-drawn sighs of contentment, and
and uneventful that when a traveling mountebank and his
beauti ful assistant, Pepeeta, visit the town, the glare and
glamour of tinsel and excitement lead David to turn his
back on the old life and plunge into the wide world he
had only read about previously. David is entranced by :i,SK4X,SJ
the beauty of the peerless girl, lie is ed into a mad ?tavun th,oul lnt0 v!.ryhln
whirl of pleasure by the mountebank. Finally, he induces these lnartlculate sound8 the words'
r i iii, . "Good-night. Good-night."
reDeeta to desert her husband and Hee with him A "Good-night." he said, and stroking
rivivalist brings David back to a sense of his misspent life,
It is a marvelous life study. Everybody should read iL
CHAPTER I.
Hidden away In this worn and care
encumbered world are spots so quiet
and beautiful as to make the fall of
man seem Incredible, and awaken In
the breast of the weary traveler who
comes suddenly upon them, a vague
end dear delusion that he has stum
bled into Paradise.
Such an Eden existed In the extreme
western part of Ohio in the spring of
1843. it was a valley surrounded by
wooded hills and threaded by a noisy
brook which hastily made Its way, as
ii upon some errand of Immense Im
portance, down to the big Miami not
many, miles distant A road cut
through a vast and solemn forest led
Into the valley, and entering as If by
a corridor and through the open portal
of a temple, the traveler saw a white
farm-house nestling beneath a mighty
hackberry tree whose wide-reaching
arms sheltered It from summer sun
and winter wind. A deep, wide lawn
of bluegrass lay In front, and a garden
of flowers, fragrant and brilliant, on
Its southern side. Stretching away In
to the background was the farm newly
carved out of the wilderness, but al
ready In a high state of cultivation.
In this lovely valley, at the close of
a long, odorous, sun-drenched day In
early May, the sacred silence was bro
ken by a raucous blast from that most
unmusical of instruments, a tin dinner
horn. It was blown by a bare-legged
country' boy who seemed to take de
light in this profanation. By his side,
an tne vine-clad porch of the white
.farm-house stood a woman who shad
ed her eyes with her hand as she look
d toward a vague object in a distant
meadow, She was no longer young. As
the light of the setting sun fell full
Opon her face it seemed almost trans
parent, and even the unobservlng must
iiave perceived that some deep experi
nce of the sadness of life had added
to her character an indescribable
charm.
"Thee will have to go and call him,
Stephen, for I think he has fallen into
another trance," the woman said, in a
low voice in which there was not a
trace of impatience.
The child threw down his dinner
horn, whistled to his dog and started.
Springing up from where he had been
watching every expression of his mas
ter's face, the shaggy collie bounded
around him as he moved across the
lawn, while the woman watched them
with a proud and happy smile.
Unutterable and Incomprehensible
emotions were awakened in the soul
of the boy by the stillness and beauty
of the evening world. His senses were
not yet dulled nor his feelings Jaded.
Through every avenue of his intelli
gence the mystery of the universe
atole into his sensitive spirit. If a
breeze blew across the meadow he
turned his cheek to its kiss; If the
odor of spearmint from the brookslde
was wafted around him he breathed
ii mio nis nostrils wltn delight. He
saw the shadow of a crow flying across
the field and stopped to look up and
listen for the swish of her wings and
her loud, hoarse caw as she made her
way to the nesting grounds; then he
gazed beyond her, into the fathomless
depths of the blue sky, and his soul
was stirred with an Indescribable awe.
But it was not so much the objects
themselves as the spirit pervading
them, wb! h stirred the depths of the
child's mind. The little pantheist saw
God everywhere. We bestow the gift
of language upon a child, but the feel
ings which thHt language serves only
.to Interpret and express exist and glow
within him even if he be dumb. And
this gift of lang-iaire la often of ques
tionable value, and had ten so with
film. All that he felt, filed him with
love. To him the valley was heaven,
and through it Invisibly but unmistak
ably God walked, morning, noon and
evening.
To the child sauntering dreamily and
wistfully along, the object dimly seen
from the farm-house door befjan grad
ually to dissolve Itself Into a group of
living beings. Two horses were at
tached to a plow; one standing In the
lush grass of the meadow, and the oth
er In a deep furrow traced across Its
urf&ce. The plowshare was burled
seen la the rich, alluvial soil, ana a
ribbon of earth rolled from its blade
like a petrified sea billow, crested with
a cluster of daisies white as the foam
of a wave
Between the handles of the plow and
leaning on the crossbar, his tack to
the horses, stood a young Quaker. His
broad-brimmed hat, set carelessly on
the back of his head, disclosed a wide,
high forehead; his flannel shirt, open
at the throat, exposed a strong, colum
nar neck, and a deep, broad bhest; his
sunburned and muscular arms' were
folded across his breast; figure and
posture revealed the perfect concord
of body and soul with the beauty of
the world; his great blue eyes were
fixed upon the notch in the hills where
the sun had Just disappeared; he gazed
without seeing and felt without think
ing.
The boy approached this statuesque
ngure with a stealthy tread, and pluck
ing a long spear of grass tickled the
bronzed neck. The hand of the plow
man moved automatically upward as
If to brush away a fly, and at this un
conscious action the child, seized by
a convulsion of laughter and fearing
lest it explode, stuffed his fists into
his mouth. In the opinion of this Ir
reverent young skeptic his Uncle Dave
was In a "tantrum" Instead of a
'trance," and he thought such a dis
ease demanded heroic treatment
For several years this Quaker youth,
David Corson, had been the subject of
remarkable emotional experiences, In
explanation of which the rude wits of
the village declared that he had been
moon-struck; the young girls who
adored his beauty thought he was in
love, and the venerable fathers and
mothers of this religious community
believed that In him the scriptural
prophecy, "Your young men shall see
visions," had been literally fulfilled.
David Corson himself accepted the last
explanation with unquestioning faith.
The life of this young man had been
pure and uneventful. Existence in j
this frontier region, once full of the
tragedy of Indian warfare, had been
gradually softened by peace and relig
ion. In such a sequestered regioiT
books and papers were scarce, and he
had access only to a few volumes writ
ten by quletists and mystics, and to
that great mine of sacred literature,
the Holy Bible. The seeds of knowl
edge sown by these books In the rich
soil of this young heart were fertil
ized by the soch-ty of noble men, vir
tuous women, and natural surround-'
Ings of exquisite beauty.
None of these reflections disturbed
the mind of the barefooted boy. Hav
ing suppressed his laughter, he tickled
the sunburnt neck again. Once more
the hand rose automatically, and once
more tne ooy was almost strangled
with delight. The dreamer was hard
to awaken, but his tormentor had not
yet exhausted his resources. No gen
uine boy is ever without that funda
mental necessity of childhood, a pin,
and finding one somewhere about his
clothing, he thrust It Into the leg of
the plowman. The sudden sting
brought the soaring saint from heaven
to earth. In an instant the mystic
was a man, and a strong one, too. He
seized the unsanctlfied young repro
bate with one hand and hoisted him at
arm's length above his head.
"Oh, Uncle Dave, II! never do It
again! Never! Never! Let me down."
Still holding him aloft as a hunter
would hold a falcon, the reincarnated
"spirit" laughed long, loud and mer
rily, the echoes of his laughter ringing
up the valley like a peal from a chime
of bells. The child's fear was needless,
for the heart and hands that dealt with
him were as gentle as a woman's. The
youth, resembling some old Norse god
as he stood there In the gathering
gloom, lowered the child slowly, and
printing a kiss on his cheek, said:
"Thee little pest, thee has no rever
ence! Thee should never disturb a
child at his play, a bird on hit nest
nor a man at his prayers."
"But thee was not praying. Uncle
Dave," the boy replied. "Thee was
only In another of thy tantrums. Tht
supper has grown cold, the horses are
tired and Shep and I have walked a
mile to call thee. Grandmother said
thee had a trance. Tell me what thee
their great flanks with his kind hand,
left them to their well-earned repose.
On his way to the house he stopped to
bathe his face In the waters of a
spring brook that ran across the yard.
and then entered the kitchen where
supper was spread.
'Thee Is late," said the woman who
had watched and waited, her fine face
radiant with a smile of love and welcome.
"Forgive me, mother," he replied. "1
have had another vision."
I thought as much. Thee must re
member what thee has seen, my son,"
she said, "for all that thee beholds
with the outer eye shall pass away,
while what thee sees with the Inner
eye abides forever. And had thee a
mssage, too?
It was delivered to me that on the
holy Sabbath day I should go to the
camp in Baxter's clearing ana preacn
to the lumbermen."
"Then thee must go, my son." "
"I will," he answered, taking her
hand affectionately, but with Quaker
restraint and leading her to the table.
The family, consisting of the mother.
an adopted daughter Doro'hea, the
daughter's husband Jacob and son
Stephen, sat do'wn to a simple but
bountiful supper, during which and
late into the evening the young mys
tlo pondered the vision which he be
lieved himself to have seen, and the
message which he believed hlmslf to
have heard. Ia his musings there was
not a tremor or a doubt; he would
have as soon questioned the reality of
the old farm-house and the faces of
the family gathered about the table.
He was a credulous and unsophisti
cated youth, dwelling In i realm of
imagination rather than in, a world of
reality and law. He had much to learn.
His education was about to begin, and
to begin as does all true and effective
education, in a spiritual temptation.
The Ghebers say that when their great
prophet Ahrlman was thrown into the
fire by the order of Nlmrod, the flames
Into which he fell turned Into a bed of
roses, upon which he peacefully re
clined. This Innocent Quaker youth
had been reclining upon a bed of roses
which now began to turn Into a couch
of flames.
(To be continued.)
Neat Storage Dox for Vegetables.
Instead of keeping the vegetables In
!arrel8 or boxes scattered all over the
cellar, I have made a set of Btorage
"ins. itook six drygooda boxes and
bolted them together aa shown In the
Jrawing. I put legs on them to Hold
them oft the floor and a cover on the
box. Then I painted on the boxes the
names of the vegetables we generally
itore. This makes a neat and handy
itorage bin, and Is well worth the lit-
Je time It takes to make It. Before
ve had this bin we stored the different
vegetables In barrels, boxes, washtubs,
lard cans, or any receptacle that hap
pened to be at hand when we harvest-
CARR0T5 BEETS j
VEGETABLES STORAGE BOX.
ed the crop. These were scattered
about the -cellar promiscuously, and
sometimes we knew where to find what
we wanted and sometfmes we did not.
There Is nothing more satisfying to a
farmer's wife than to be able to take
a friend Into a cellar where everything
s neat and In order. A. O. Grlner In
Farm and Home.
Ventilation of Stable.
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, ItuUlnjt ChlcUeu.
The greatest drawback to the chick
en business Is that there is not a day's
let-up In the steady routine of work
from the time an egg Is pipped until
the ax closes the hen's history. It la
natural after the pullets are feathered
out and weaned and the roosters sep
arated from them to let up a little
in the care bestowed on them. This
Is a great mistake if winter eggs are
expeoted. If there is one thing more
than another that the average poultry-
man is liable to err in it is lack of
fresh air in the coops at night. Slip
out some hot night about 11 o'clock
and you will perhaps hear the thump,
thump of restless chickens crowding
around against each other, fighlting in
vain for a cool, airy spot to sleep in
comfort. Or in the morning take a
whiff of the fetid, unwholesome air be
fore letting the chickens out, and you
will realize that night spent under
such conditions must prevent the
steady, healthy growth necessary for
best results. This condition of affairs
is liable to be worse with Incubator
chickens, because they are raised in
larger flocks and the tendency is to
crowd them more after taking then)
from the brooders.
'HE TBEKLy
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secured
TellinK Cocoa front Chocolate.
The consumer often, wonders what
.is the difference between cocoa and
chocolate. Both are manufactured
from the Identical bean, but in cocoa
the butter has been extracted and
chocolate has other substances mixed
with it. Cocoa is thus more easily di
gested, but not so rich and alluring.
The butter when extracted Is sold to
druggists for various purposes, chiefly
that of a skin-food.
The first process In the manufacture
of chocolate or cocoa is cracking the
bean, which is done by machinery and
air. The bla?t of air blows the shells
out, as they are lighter than the meat,
and thus, after cracking, the separa
tion of the fragile shell from the nutri
tive nut is absolute.
The bean Is roasted and ground into
a paste by hot machinery. This is the
only "cooking" the chocolate gets.
At this point the differentiation
takes place between cocoa and choco
late. The latter consists of cocoa
meat, vanilla and sugar. Various ma
chines ( steam-power, not electric)
crush up the vanilla bean with the
cocoa bean and sugar.
Here's a good method of ventilating
an ordinary stable. Intake flues are
constructed in the side walls. The ven
tilatlon flues will take up considerable
space but are more efficient than
single flue. Openings are at or near
the floor level and the tops several feet
above the ridge of the roof. Caps or
cowls may be placed over them to keep
out ram and snow.
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baa eeea In thy vision. Unci Daveftyeai.
Chlnme fJrmlaate at Wot Point.
Among those who this year receive
diplomas of graduation at West Point
Military Academy are two Chinese
youths the first of their race to win
the honor.
During their four years' course they
mastered English, Spanish and
French in addition to the ordinary
military and educational courses. The
young men entered the academy
through a special arrangement with
the government, their home govern
ment paying all expenses.
Another arrangement of flues which
s quite effective in securing ventila
tion. The opening in the center of B
may be provided 'with a shutter to
prevent too n-pid movement of air.
Separate outlets may he provided or
;he single cupola as shown.
To Make the liens Lny.
If the hens don't lay, turn them out
ind let them dig and hunt in the
ground for food, .is the advice of T. F.
McGrew, in the Country Gentleman.
Bury small grain where they will find
it when they dig. This will Induce
them to hunt, and while thus employ
ed they will find bug3 and worms that
will quicken the production of eggs. It
is well to follow this plan as soon as
the spade will turn the ground, for it
adds vigor and strength to the hens
and insures strong, healthy chicks. The
lazy, idle hen 13 of no use but to sit
about, eat and grow fat. If Bhe will
not work, she will. not lay. If Bhe will
not lay, her life should end, and her
fr -carcass grace the table. You can
rest assured that the indolent hen is
a nonproducer; soon she becomes too
'at to lay and too tough to be eaten.
When Ilena Are Moultlnar.
One of the difficulties in poultry
raising is to get the hens to molt ear
ly, so that they will be ready to lay
n the fall and winter, when eggs are
high. Left to themselves, hens will
take a long time to molt, and will not
finish until cold weather seta in. They
will not then lay until early spring
and all the profits for the winter
months are lost. At the poultry in
stitute held in Denver by the Colora
do Agricultural College, VV. J. R. Wil
son, a poultry man of long experience,
gave his method of controlling the
molting of hens. As soon as the hens
are through laying he turns them on al
falfa, feeding them dry bran only, in
addition. Under this treatment they
get thin. Then he feeds them a mixed
ration of grains and meat, giving a
light feed in the morning and all they
will eat at noon and night. Under
this treatment they finish molting
quickly, get new feathers and begin
laying in September. By October 1
they are in full Ikying condition and
make a profit through the fall and
winter.
Alfalfa for the Diary.
Successful dairy farming depends a
great deal on growing the necessary
feed on the farm. City milkmen can
buy high-priced feeds and make a
profit, but farmers who ship longer
distances require all the advantage
they can get. Alfalfa is getting to be
one of the most Important dairy feeds.
It can be grown in almost any part of
the country where there is sufficient
moisture within reach of the long tap
root, provided that there is no rock
to interfere with its gro4th. If you
never tried alfalfa, commence now by
fitting a small piece of ground very
carefully and make it very rich on
top. The new plants are delicate and
require careful feeding until they get
started. Most failures are caused by
Insufficient preparation of the seed bed.
Teatlnir Ilreeda for Milk.
In testing several breeds of cowb
the Virginia Experiment Station found
that "in profits on milk the Holstelns
1 ,i l.k t n.-t i ....
ieu wiiu -i.i& per individual per
month; the grades were second with
14.27. The most profitable cow was
Buckeye DeKol, who milked twenty
one months, gave 12,498.4 pounds of
milk and 524.24 pounds of butter. The
profit on the milk was $201.05 and on
the butter $41.51."
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When Hoira Couajh.
Hogs not living In dusty houses, that
have persistent coughs, are, as a rule,
suffering from worms. An excellent
remedy is to dissolve one-half pound of
copperas in warm water and mixing in
the slop for 100 head of pigs. This
dose should be given for five mornings;
then wait a few days, and repeat if
necessary. For a smaller number than
100 head give a good dram to each
head.
so
During the year 1908 no fewer than
9,254 different books were published
In the United States. This number Is
36S less than during the pracadlaj
Illffht Time to Pick Applea.
Apples intended for cold storage
should not be allowed to become too
ripe on the tree. When an apple is
fully grown, highly colored, but still
hard, It Is in prime condition to be
picked and stored. It has then ob
tained its highest market value be
cause It is most attractive In appear
ance and best in quality. If picked be
fore entirely ripe apples deteriorate
more rapidly, and It is best to allow
an apple to become a trifle overripe
than to pack It In an immature state.
Many people have the erroneous opin
ion that apples should be picked be
fore fully ripe In order to keep well
la cold storage, but this is a jolsUke.
Dairying Profit.
Profits In dairying do not depend
much upon the number of cows
kept, but upon the kind. This fact
is being realized more and more as
the dairy Industry Increases. One
way to increase the acreage of a farm
is to increase the fertility of the soil
of a farm; similarly, one way to in
crease a dairy herd id to Increase the
cows' producing power.
Grafting on Willow.
A horticultural curiosity i3 to be
seen In the garden of Gloucester
Lodge, Portsmouth Road, near Lon
don. A gooseberry bush, a currant
bush and an elderberry tree are grow
ing high up on a willow tree, to which
they have by some means become
grafted. All are fluorishlng.and fruit
is forming on the gooseberry and cur
rant bushes.
A Cheap laaectlrlde.
Some gardeners use lime and tobac
co water for destroying many Insects
which prey on plants. A half bushel
of lime Is emptied into a barrel of wa
ter, together with a bucketful of to
bacco stems. This is well stirred up.
and after It has settled for n. day or
two the clear water Is syringed ovef
bushes, killing all Insects that come
within It reach.
1718 Mississippi company
churter for Louisiana.
1709 The first class graduated from
Rhode Island College.
1777 Stars and Stripes first carried
Into battle at battle of the Liran-dywlne.
1781 A British force under Benedict
Arnold ravnged the coast of Connecticut.
17SC Congress accepted the cession of
Connecticut's Western lands.
1788 Congress made New York the
capital city of the United States.
804 The cotton crop of Georgia re
ported ruined by caterpillars....
Storm resulted in great loss of Ufa
and property nt Savannah The
United States sliip "Intrepid"
blown up in the harbor of Tripoli.
1812 Fort Harrison, on the Wabash,
commanded by Capt. Zaehary Tay
lor, was attacked by Indians.
1814 The Americans drove the British
into their entrenchments at Fort
Erie The British upprouc-hed
within 700 yards of Fort Bowyer,
Mobile, and opened fire ... .British
captured Plattsburg, X. Y.
1838 Ferdinand I. of Austria crowned
at Milan.
1839 Large section of Mobile, Ala.,
destroyed by fire.
1842 The Mexican army, 1,300 strong,
took possession of Texas, but soon
retreated.
1846 Telegraph completed between
New York City and Albany. -
1847 Americans under Gen. Scott de
feated the Mexicans in battle of
Chapultepec.
850 She Fugitive Slave bill was pass
ed by the House of Representa
tives. 1855 The first Hebrew .temple In the
Mississippi vulley was consucrated
In St. Louis. .. .Sebastopol fell, af
ter undergoing a siege of eleven
months by the English and French
armies.
1860 William Walker," notorious fili
buster, shot by order of court mar
tial. 1862 Gen. Lee crossed the Potomao
and invaded Maryland.
1864 Gen. Sherman ordered all civil
ians to leave Atlanta and offered
them transportation. .. .The Su
preme Court of California decided
that San Francisco must Issue $4,
000,000 bonds In aid of the Central
Pacific Railroad.
1866 Monument to the memory of Ste
phen A. Douglas dedicated in Chicago.
1868 A band of Cheyenne Indians rav
aged the towns of Sheridan and
Butler, Kansas.
1869 The National Prohibition party
organized at a convention In Chi
cago. 1870 Frenfrh Republic declared and
flight of Empress Eugenie.
1873 Assassination of Gen. E. S. Mc
Cook by P. P. Wintermate at
Yankton, Dakota.
1874 Twenty persons killed and fifty
Injured In a fight between the New
Orleans police and a mob that was
clamoring fo rthe abdication of
Gov. Kellogg.
1876 Lafayette statue unveiled In Un
ion Square, New York City.
1879 The British Resident, Sir Louis
Cavagnari, murdered In Cubul.
1883 Last spike driven in the North
ern Pacific Railroad, near Gold
Creek, Montana.
1889 Guilford, Conn., began a eelebra-
tion of its 250th anniversary.
1890 Wyoming Territory became a
State.
1893 Gov. William McKinley of Ohio
opened his campaign for re-election
with a speech at Akron...
British House of Lords rejected
the Irish Home Rule bill The
Parliament of Religions began Its
sessions In Chicago.
1895 The South Carolina convention
to revise the State constitution be
gan Its sessions at Columbia. S. C
. . . .Thirty-five miners were en
tombed by fire In the Osceola cop
per mine at Houghton; Mich.
1897 A railroad wreck on the Santa
Fe line near Emporia, Kan., killed
and Injured thirty persons.
1900 Tornado at Galveston destroyed
70,000 lives and about $30,000,000
in property.
1901 President McKinley shot at the
Buffalo exposition. .. .William Mc
Kinley. twenty-fifth President of
the United States, died In Buffalo,
1903 A hurricane on the Florida gulf
coast caused much property loss on
shore and to shipping. .. .The
Queensland government resigned.
1904 The cruiser Milwaukee launch
ed at San Francisco.
1908 Count Tolstoi's eightieth birth
day was celebrated.
FROM FAB AKD NEAR.
Walter S. Bond of New York has
climbed Mont Blanc. from Chamonlx
In nine hours, breaking the record of
nine and a half hours achieved by
Morehead In 1865.
During a fight with four members
of the Black Hand at the Gentry
mines, near Fayetteville, Ky., Mike
Oellls shot and killed Antonio Alfon
setta. Four men. led by Mike Domln
Ick, demanded money from Oellls and
tried to compel him to Join In an at
tempt to rob a mine paymaster.