fhe fjedemptioi?
By CHARLES FREDERIC GOSS
Copjrleht. 1000, by The Bowen-Merrill Company.
AU Right ReMrrcd
CHAPTER XVIII. (Continued.)
His Interest and excitement culmi
nated in an incident for which the lis
tener was totally unprepared. The
speaker who had been exhorting his
audience upon the testimony of pro
phet and apostle now appealed to his
own personal experience.
. "Look at me!" he said, laying hi
great hand on his broad chest "I w
once as hardened and desperate a man
as any of you; but God saved me! See
this book!" he added, holding up the
old volume. "I will tell you a story
about it I found it in a log cabin
away out in the frontier State of Ohio.
Listen, and I will tell you how. I had
left a lumber camp with a company
of frontiersmen one Sunday morning,
to go to a new clearing which we were
making in the wilderness, when I sud
3enly discovered that I had forgotten
my axe. Swenrlng at my misfortone
I returned to get It. As I approached
the cabin which I had left a few min
utes before, I heard a human voice. I
raused.ln surprise, crept quietly to the
lnn rami listened. Some one was
talking in almost the very language
in which I have spoken to you. I was
frightened and fled! Escaping into
the depths of the forest, I lay down at
the root of a great tree, and for the
first time in my life I made a silence
in my soul and listened to the voice
of God. I know not how long I lay
there; but at last when I recovered
my consciousness I returned to the
cabin. It was silent and empty; but
on the floor I found this book."
"Great heaven!" exclaimed a voice.
So rapt had been the attention of
the hearers that at this unexpected in
terruption the women screamed and
the men made a wide path for the fig
ure that burst through them and rush
ed toward the platform. The speaker
paused and fixed his eye upon the man
who pressed eagerly toward him.
"Tell me whether a red line is drawn
down "the edge of a certain chapter!"
he cried.
"It is," replied the lumberman.
"Then let me take it!" exclaimed
David, reaching out his trembling
hands.
"What for?"
"Because it is mine! I am the man
who proclaimed the holy faith, and,
God forgive me, abandoned it even as
you received it!"
The astonished .lumberman handed
him the Bible, and he covered it with
kisses and tears. In the meantime, the
crowd, excited by the spectacular ele
ments of the drama, surged round tie
actors, and the preacher, reaching
down, took David by the arm and
raised him to the platform.
"Be quiet, my friends," he said, with
a gesture of command, "and when this
prodigal has regained his composure
we will ask him to tell us his story."
Of what was transpiring around him
David seemed to be entirely uncon
scious and at last the fickle crowd be
came impatient.
"What's de matter wid you?" said a
sarcastic voice.
"Speak out! Don't snuffle," exclaim
ed another.
"Tip us your tale," cried a fourth.
"Go on. Go on. We're waiting,"
called many more.
These impatient cries at last arous
ed David from his waking dream, he
drew his hand over his eyes, and be
gan his story. For a time the strange
narrative produced a profound impres
sion. Heads drooped as if in medi
tation upon the mystery and meaning
of life; significant glances were ex
changed; tears trembled in many eyes;
these torpid natures received a shock
which for a moment awakened them to
a new life.
But it was only for a moment. They
were incapable of the sustained effort
of thought of ambition, or of will. Im
pressions made upon their souls were
like those made on the soft folds of a
garment by the passing touch of a
hand.
To their besotted perceptions this
scene was like a play in a Bowery
theater, and now that the dramatic de
nouement had come, they lost their in
terest and sauntered away singly or in
little groups. In a few moments there
were only three figures left in the light
of the flaming torch. They were those
of the lumberman, David, and Mantel,
who now drew near, took his friend by
the hand and pressed it with a gentle
sympathy.
"Where did you come from?" asked
David, In surprise, as he for the first
time recognized his companion.
- "I have followed you all the even
ing." Mantel replied.
"Then you have heard the story of
this book?"
"I have, and I could not have believ
ed it without hearing."
'Can you spare us a little of your
time?" said David, turning to tiie lum
berman. "I owe you all the time you wish
ar.d all the service I can render," he
replied.
"You have more than paid your debt
by what you have done for me to
night, but who are you?"
"I am only another voice cry ing In
the wilderness."
"How do you support yourself?"
asked Mantel, to whom such a man
was a phenomenon.
"We do not any of us support our
selves so much as we are supported,"
be replied.
"And this life of toll and self-denial
had Its origin in those words I spoke
in the empty luml.er camp?" asked
J '.. vid. Incredulously.
"It in rot a life of self-denial, but
lint was its beginning."
It is a mystery. I lost my faith
f r.d you found It and row perhaps
.. are going to give It tack again!"
The lumberman turned his search
ing eyes kindly on Mantel's face and
said, "And how is it with thee, my
friend; hast thou the peace of God?"
The directness of the question star
tled the gambler. "I have no peace of
any kind; my heart is full of storms
and my life Is a ruin," he answered,
sadly.
"Did thee never notice," said the
lumberman, gently, "how nature loves
to reclaim a ruin "
"I shall never be reclaimed. I have
gone too far. I have often tried to
find the true way of life, and prayed
for a single glimpse of light! Have
you ever heard how Zeyd used to
spend hours leaning "against the wall
of the Kaaba and praying, "Lord, if I
knew in what manner thou wouldst
have me adore thee, I would obey
thee; but I do not! Oh! give me
light!' I have prayed that prayer with
all that agony, but, to me, the uni
verse is dark as hell!"
"There is light enough! It Is eyes
we need!" said the evangelist
"Light! Who has it? Many think
they have, but it is mere fancy. They
mistake the shining of rotten wood for
fire!"
"And sometimes men have walked
in the light without seeing. It, as flsh
swim in the sea and birds flying In
the air, might say, "Where is the sea?'
Where is the air?'"
"But what comfort is it if there is
light, and I cannot see it? There
might as well be no light at all!"
The bird never knows It has wings
until It tries them! We see, not by
looking for our eyes, but by looking
out of them. We say of a little child
that it has to 'find its legs.' Some men
have to find their eyes."
It is an art. then, to see? Can you
impart that capacity and teach that
art?"
No, it must be acquired by each
man for himself. We can only tell
others 'we see.' We see by faith."
And what is faith?"
It is a power of the soul as much
higher than reason as reason is high
er than sense."
'Some men may possess such pow
er, but I do not."
"You at least have an imagination."
"Yes."
"Well, faith Is but the imagination
spiritualized."
Mantel regarded the man who spoke
in these terse and pregnant sentences
with astonishment "This," said he,
is not the same language In which
you addressed the people In the Bat
tery. This is the language of a phi
losopher! Do all lumbermen in the
west speak thus?"
The evangelist began to reply, but
was Interrupted by David, who now
burst out in a sudden exclamation of
joy and gratitude. He had been too
busy with reflections and memories to
participate actively in the conversa
tion, for this startling incident had
disclosed to him the whole slow and
hidden movement of the providence of
his life towards this climax and op
portunity. He was profoundly moved
by a clear conviction that a divine
hand must have planned and superin
tended this whole web of events, and
had intentionally led him from "on-
emplatlng the tragic Issue of his sin
ful deeds and desires, to this vision
of the good he had done in the better
moments of his life.
With that instantaneous movement
in which his disordered conceptions of
life invariably re-formed themselves,
the chaotic events of the past shifted
themselves into a purposeful and com
prehensible series, and revealed be-
ond peradventure the hand of God.
And as this conclusion burst upon
him, he broke into the conversation of
Mantel and the lumberman with the
warmest exclamations of gratitude and
happiness.
They talked a long time in the quiet
Ight, asking d answering questions.
The two friends besought the evan
gelist to accompany them to their
rooms, Dut ne saia:
'I have given you my message and
must pass on. My work is to bear
testimony. I sow the seed and leave
its cultivation and the harvest to oth
ers.
tel. Join me. Such feelings as these
whi stir us so deeply to-night do
nt come too often. It must be dan
gerous to resist them. I suppose there
are slight protests and aspirations In
the soul all the time, but these to
night are like the flood of the tide."
"Yes," said Mantel; "the Nile flows
through Egypt every day, but flows
over It only once a year."
And this la the time to sow the
seed, isn't it?"
"So they say. But you must re
member that you feel this more deep,
ly that I do, Davy. I am moved.
have a desire to do better, but it isn't
large enough. It is like a six-inch
stream trying to turn a seven-foot
wheel."
"Don't make light of it, Mantel!"
"I don't mean to, but you must not
overestimate the impressions made on
me. I am not so good as you think
"I wish you had the courage to be
as good as you are."
But there is no use trying to be
what I am not If I should start off
with you, I should never be able to
follow you. My old self would get the
victory. In the long run, a man will
be himself. 'Nature is often hidden,
sometimes overcome seldom extin
guished.' "
"What a mood you are in. Mantel!
It makes me shiver to hear you talk
so. Here I am, full of hope and pur
pose; my heart on Are; believing in
life; confident of the outcome; and
you, a better man by nature than I
am. sitting here, cold as a block of
ice, and the victim of despair! I ought
to be able to do something! Sweet as
life is to me to-night, I feel that I
could lay It down to save you."
"Dear fellow!" said Mantel, grasping
his hands and choking with emotion;
"you don't know how that moves me!
It can't seem half so strange to you
as It does to me; but I must be true
to myself. If I told you I would tako
this step I should not be honest No!
Not to-night! Sometimes, perhaps. I
haven't much faith in life, but I swear
I don't believe, bad man as I am, that
anybody can ever go clear to the bot
tom, without being rescued by a love
like that! I'll never forget It, Davy;
never! It will save me sometime; but
you must not talk any more, you are
tired out Go to bed, friend, brother,
the only one I ever really had and
loved. You will need your sleep. Leave
me alone, and I will sit the night out
and chew the Litter cud."
It was not until Daybreak that Da
vid ceased his supplications and lay
down to snatch a moment's rest. When
he awoke, he sprang up suddenly and
saw Mantel still sitting before the
open window where he left him, pon
dering the great problem. They part
ed, 'one to break through the meshes
and escape, and the other !
In Australia, when drought drives
the rabbits southward, the ranchmen,
terrified at their approach, have only
to erect a woven wire fence on the
north side of their farms to be per
fectly safe, for the poor things He
down against It and die in droves
too stupid to go round, climb over.
or dig under! It is a comfort to see
one of them now and then who has
determined to find the green fields on
the southward side no matter what
it eostsl . J .
Weak and bad as he had been, Da
vid at least took the first path which
he saw leading up to the light.
(To be continued.)
GBOwTNQ POSTOFFICE DEFICIT.
mm Habits ( Users of the Mails
Which Helped to Make It.
Apropos of the $20,000,000 deficit In
the Postofflce Department last year
which was 4,000,000 worse than the
one of two years ago the Silent Part
ner remarks that, after all, It Is the
people's own department, and It seems
to be their delight to abuse Its prlv
lieges.
"They may persist," says the article
referred to, "In using stationery of
gray, yellow, green, red, blue and ev
ery other color that makes addresses
almost Impossible to read at night,
when most mail is handled.
"It Is the people's department, so
they have a right to deposit every
"Is she good at pyrography?" "You
bet, especially her apple pies." Bal
timore American.
"Have you read Dobbley's last
poem?" "I hope so, but I am afraid
not." Harper's Weekly.
Binka (in 1910) What kind of a year 11.000.000 Dleces of mall to co to
runerat aid Howard have? Jinks A the dead letter office, after carriers
mile of aeroplanes. Life. clerks and experts have spent hours
Hired Man Shooting at air ships? trying to decipher each address or
Farmer Yep; trying to bring down hunting an address that did not exist
sumpln' to trim Mlrandy's hat. Puck. 'VSince the postofflce belongs to the
"Drop in on us, any time," says one PPl they have a right as business
aviator to another. "You'll always men 10 Bav "P " their hundreds of
find the skylight open." Cleveland ieters to mall at the. close of the day,
Leader. 80 that an extra night force Is needed
Crawford Why does your wife want
In every big postofflce, and so that
to .move. Crabshaw-She happened to n,ent8 f th? mal1 m be or te,d
Ann nonrii aA of n vtrrr HmA nrrion If
see a house with two more closets In .7 . . "
it pUck twice as nara to work it.
. , as Dusiness men the people have a
Thompson Suppose a man should rlaht tn tl .
iron an thev will enrnfl
call you a liar, what would you do? unwrappedi t0, 8end M Borta of mal,
HE WEEKLY
ORIAJN
1
hi fif i tit w s ii
.wrfl p f tfl7 lit ,nl
1708-
wlth Insufficient postage, to send huge
cards that will not fit the carrier's bag
CHAPTER XIX.
Too busy with their own thoughts to
talk on the way home, on entering
their rooms Mantel threw himself Into
a chair, while David nervously began
to gather his clothes together and
crowd them hastily Into a satchel.
"What's up?" asked Mantel.
"I'm oft In the morning. I am going
to. find Pepeeta."
"Do you really expect to succeed?"
"Expect to! I am determined!. I
am going to find Pepeeta, take her
back to thAt quiet valley where I lived,
and get myself readjusted to life. I
need time for reflection, and so do
you. What do you say? Will you
Join me? I cannot bear to leave you?
You have been a friend, and I love
you!"
"Thanks, Coron, thanks. You have
come nearer to stirring this dead heart
of mine than any one since well, no
matter. I reciprocate your feeling. I
hall have a hard time of It after you
have gone."
"Then Join me."
"It Is Impossible."
"But why? This life will destroy
you sooner or later."
"Oh that's been done already."
"Think of your mother."
"Mantel, you are carrying this too
far. A man Is something more than
the mere chemical product of his "i
ccstor's blood and brains! Every one
has a new and original endowment of
his own. He must live and act for
himself."
I cannot bear to leave you, Uau-
In Chleaaro, Packerle.
Kate Barnard describee In the Sur
vey her experience In a Chicago pack
ing house and draws a humanitarian
lesson from what she saw.
"I watched a hog sticker In a pack
ing house stick 300 hogs an hour, ten
hours a day. AH day long the glitter
ing dagger rose and fell, and each time
a hog died and the rich red blood
flowed and splashed over the man's
arms and hands. He looked up at me
and smiled this human brother of
mine and even as he smiled the glit
tering dagger unerringly hit the jugu.
lar vein. Two years later he wen
mad but his hand never ceased its
automatic action, even when the light
of his brain went out, and he felled
five men before tbey could wrench
from him the terrible dagger a dag
ger no more cold or unfeeling than
those who crushed his life. What an
Indictment against those who would
fasten on their brothers the long work
day. Sunshine and human fellowship
daily would have saved this man. But
we returned him to his maker, a ma
niac we coined his brain Into gold
It was such arguments as these which
secured our laws to prevent disease."
No F.arnne Via Temperament.
"Mabel is getting past the marriage
able age, Isn't she?"
"Yes, and its too bad she hasn't
any talents."
"Why?"
' sne won t be able to tell her
friends that temperament prompts her
to give up matrimony and devote her
self to art." St. Louis Star.
Jones (hesitatingly) What sized
man? Jewish Ledger.
She Did you tell that photographer 0r the pigeonholes in the mall cars,
you dldnt want your picture taken? or squeeze Into the sacks.
He Yes. She What did he say? He xhe people have a right to demand
He said he didn't blame me. that mail be carried on fast trains
Cynlcus That girl never says much, from which the sacks must be kicked
does she? Silllcus Why, she talks all at high speed, but it is not Incumbent
the time. Cynlcus That doesn't alter upon the people to use heavy covers
my contention. Philadelphia Record, for catalogues or booklets so that they
She Some day I want to show you wlH stand the jar.
our family tree. He (looking at her ut " tne people nave an tneoe
admiringly) I should like to see it. rignts ana take advantage or them tne
It must be a peach. Somervllle Jour people must not kick If the depart-
no! ment is costly or if some who believe
Ana ninvin hridr all the af- ln individualism think that the peo-
ternoon with her back to a glorious PIe'8 government makes about the poor-
mountain view." "Yes. She is presl- esl 8,1m as lne aamm.straior oi a
dent of our Back to Nature Club."- g business that can be made."-New
iom SUD,
He We'd have won the foot hall
game If our captain hadn't lost his
head. She Mercy! Was It so bad as
that? I heard it was only an ear.
Boston Transcript.
"The time to save is when you're
young." "That's all right, but a fel
low doesn't earn anything till he gets
well along and then It costs more to
live." Boston Herald.'
Olera rail excited over Noras ac
count of her elopement) How roman.
tic! But wasn't you afraid of the lad.
der sllnnine? Nora Oh. no! Mother
was holding It. Judge.
"He is suffering terribly,
1863-
The distribution of Intoxicating
liquors in less quantities than five gal
lons by a social club to Its members,
for a consideration, though without
profit, la held, In State ex rel. Young
vs. Minnesota Club, 106 Minn. 515, 119
N. W. 494, L. R. A. (N. S.) 1101, to
constitute a "sale" within the mean
ing of laws requiring a license for the
His teeth 8aie of liquor.
... L . . UTT I I
are locked up ugntiy. neaveua. An ordlnance merely Imposing a
lockjaw?" "No, they're In a safe and ,lcense tax upoQ thfl busInesg of seH.
he can't eat anything until he gets jng lntoxIcatlng liquorg la held 1d
tnem out. &t iouis ouir. Cuzner vs. California Club (Cal.) 100
Caller My uncle died yesterday, sir, Pac 868i 20 L A- (N, g.) 1095( not
and I want you to officiate at the fu- t0 inciuue a bona flde social club
teral. Deacon Jones But I dldn t
know him. Caller Good! You're Just
the man I want Kansas City Jour
nal.
jack I was In a box at the opera
last night. Tom Were you? Jack 1
should say I was. I took two ladies
there and then discovered that I had
left the tickets at home. Boston Tran
script.
Kati(3 What a lovely ring! Matie
Isn't It. This ring was given me on
which merely distributes such liquor
to its members at a slight advance
over, the cost, the profit being devoted
to the expenses of the institution.
The one in charge of an electric
car Is held, in Trigg vs. Water, Light
and Transit Company, 215 Mo. 521, 114
S. W. 972, 20 L. R. A. (N. S.) 987,
not to be bound to stop the car or
slacken its speed upon discovering an
object beside the track which he takes
to be a clump of dirt, although it
Modern Ilomanee.
"Doll heart, tell me something,"
murmured the swain.
"What is it?" Inquired the lady.
"Do you really love me?"
"Do I really love you? Ain't I giv
ing up alimony for you?' Louisville
Courier-Journal.
Then He Went.
"I think I must be going," remark
ed the young man for the tenth time.
"You do not appear to be going,"
declared the young lady, after In
specting him carefully. "You seem to
be perfectly stationary." Louisville
Courier-Journal.
Ills Better Malt.
"I'm Introducing a brand new Inven
tion a combined talking machine, car
pet Bweeper and letter opener," said
the agent, stepping briskly into an of
fice. "Got one already," answered the pro
prietor. "I'm married." Bohemian.
If a boy is brought up to suit his
father, he Is too old to cry after' he
Is six, but If he Is Mother's Darling,
he blubbers when he la sixteen.
my twenty-first birthday. Katie Real- proves in fact to be a man, whom he
ly? Why, how well preserved It Is strikes before he can stop the car,
it's hardly a bit worn! Cleveland after he discovers that It is a man.
Leader. a bona fide purchaser of the capital
"So Miss Oldgirl is married at last, stock of a corporation is held, in Ev-
"Yes, and you should have seen her as erjtt vs. Farmers' and M. Bank (Neb.)
she came up the aisle, made up to look 117 fj. W. 401, 20 L. R. A. (N. S.)
like a young bride." "Who gave her 99gi 0 have the right to sue in equity
away?" "Her wrinkles." Baltimore t0 COmpel the corporation to enter the
American. assignment upon its books, and to
"I'm glad you've dropped in, Mrs. issue a new certificate therefor, and
Irons,' said Mrs. Lapsllng, cordially to restrain the sheriff from selling said
greeting the visitor. "This has been stock upon an execution against the
a dreary day for me, and a call from vendor, the corporation and sheriff be-
a friend is like an Osiris In the des- ing parties to the action
ert." Chicago Tribune. Persons who have bought lots bor-
Count HIckoff Ze weather Is so dering on a tract of land dedicated for
queer over here. I must get my over- park purposes are held In Northport
coat oat. The Heiress How lucky. Wesleyan Grove campmeeting Asso-
Count HIckoff In what way? The elation vs. Andrews (Me.) 71 Atl.
Heiress That you haven't lost the 1027, 20 L. R. A.'(N. S.) 976, to have
ticket. Chicago Dally News. the right, as against the owner of the
inv Rhonner I am looking for a fee, to cut the grass thereon if the
.nitahlfl m-esent for a gentlemen, authorities have not assumed Juris-
Clerk What is ' your friend's occupa- diction over the park and the removal
tion? Lady Shopper He is an under- of the grass will render the park more
t-vor Clerk An undertaker. Let suitable for the use for which it was
ma ehow vou a nice berry set. Boston intended,
. ,i -1 t
But money aoesu i mway0 -when I was once in danger from .
happiness." said the poor young aian .. Bn od AMcil , ,
who had Just been handed the frigid L, smlng down and starlng at h',
mitt. "True." rejoined the fair own-1 . ,,..
... -..J - . 1 . " V... , f
er 01 tne coiu-SLurase ucai i, uui i
often facilitates the search." Chicago
Dally- News.
The two men talked for a time in
the train. "Are you going to hear
Barkins"lecture to-night?" said oca.
"Yes," returned the other. "Take my
advice and don't I hear he is an aw
ful bore." "I must go," said the oth
er, lm uarKins. i-.ire.
He had managed to accumulate a lot
of money by more or less questionable
methods. "I should like to do some
thing for the benefit of the town," be
said. "Well," suggested the poor but
otherwise honest citizen, "you might
move out of It" Chicago News.
Cannr Lui,
Wee Miss Mamma, mayn't I take
the part ef a milkmaid at the fancy
ball?
Mamma You are too little.
Wee Miss Well, I can be a coo
flenaed milk maid. Comic Cut.
as I had no weapons.
How did it work?" asked his com
panion.
Perfectly. The Hon didn't even of
fer to touch me."
Strange! How do you account for
it?"
Well, sometimes I've thought it was
because I sat down on a branch of a
very tall tree."
A Tlmelr Kulaorie,
"The sheriff levied on our scenery In
Ae third act. Fortunately, he had been
an actor himself at one time."
"What happened?"
"We got away with our hand bag
gage while he was taking a curtain
rail." Louisville Courier-Journal.
Not Quite All.
"There Is a big sale on at a mam
moth department store."
"I suppose all the women In town
tre there?"
"No; a few are out In the cema-
tery." Birmingham Age-Heraio.
Arrival in New York of John
Lovelaco, the new governor of the
province.
710Flrst Issue of the Boston Gazette.
1773 Cargo of taxed tea destroyed in
Boston harbor by party of citi
zens -disguised as Indians.
17S7 New Jersey ratified the Consti
tution of the United States.
1792 First Provincial Parliament of
Lower Canada met at Quebec.
1799 Remains of George Washington
deposited in the family vault at
Mt. Vernon.
1S32 Gov. Hayne of South Carolina is
sued a proclamation in answer to
that of the President of the United
States.
1840 Remains of Napoleon I. laid In
the tomb of the Invalldes in Paris.
1847 First telegraph lines reached St
Louis.
1848 Asiatic cholera appeared among
the United States troops in Texas.
Park Theater, New York City,
destroyed by fire.
1859 First train crossed the St. Law
rence on the Victoria bridge at
Montreal.
1860 South Carolina seceded from the
Union.
1861 The Federals sank seventeen old
hulks to blockade the channel of
Charleston harbor.
1862 Gen. Burnside's army removed to
north side of the Rappahannock
River Federal troops occupied
Baton Rouge, La Holly Springs,
Miss., was captured by the Confederates.
Thirteenth amendment to the
Constitution of the United States
proclaimed.
1864 Gen. Hardee destroyed his Iron
clads and navy yard and escaped
from Savannah with 15,000 troops.
1873 Northern Pacific Railroad com
pleted from the South to Tacoma.
1875 Violent bread riots In Montreal.
1878 Gold sold at par in New York,
for the first time since January,
1862.
1883 The cantalever railroad bridge
across the Niagara River was
opened.
1884 Cotton Centennial Exposition
opened in New Orleans.
1890 The Sioux chief, Sitting Bull,
killed- in a skirmish with soldiers
in South Dakota,
1891 The Mercler government In Que
bee dismissed for alleged corrup
tion Stephen B. Elkins of West
Virginia became Secretary of War.
1893 A provincial plebiscite in Prince
Edward Island supported prohibi
tion of the llipuor trafile by an
overwhelming majority.
1895 President Cleveland sent to Con
gress his memorable message on
Venezuela.
1838 New buildings of McGill Univer
sity opened by Lord Mlnto.
1899 Imperial government accepted
Canada's offer of cavalry and artil
lery for the war in South Africa.
1901 Isthmian canal treaty ratified by
the United Stales Senate.
1902- First complete wireless telegraph
message sent from Cornwall, Eng
land, to Nova Scotia.
1904 A Canadian deputation headed
by Sir William Mulock waite-t
upon President Diaz of Mexico and
urged extended trade relations
with Canada.
1905 Three Chicago banks failed, with
liabilities of $26,000,000.
1907 The Dominion government voted
$o0,000 for the relief of the Ja
maica earthquake sufferers. . . .Keel
of the battleship North Dakota laid
at Qulncy, Mass.
1908 New Turkish Constitution be
came effective in the assembling of
Parliament.
Frank White has been appointed di
rector of education for the Philippine
Islands, to succeed Dr. Barrows, re
signed. Mr. White has been assistant
director of education at Manila for
several years. He was reared In Ne
braska and Is a graduate of the Uni
versity of Chicago.
The first published report to the ef
fect that the famous elective system
at Harvard had been abolished proves
to have been Incorrect. It appears to
have feen true, however, that under
the Lowell administration plans for
improving that system are receiving
attention. One change contemplated is
to require students to complete the
prescribed course In any study that
they iect
John M. Humphreys, who graduated
this year from the College of Agricul
ture of the University of Wisconsin, Is
in charge of agricultural Instruction In
the high school at Hinckley, Minn.
Louisiana will follow the methods of
Minnesota, Wisconsin and the Dako
ta and teach to every one of the pu
pils who enter the agricultural high
schools the same currlcilum that la
tauKht In the four Northwestern
Stat s. This is the first year that ag
riculture ha been taught with system
and practical work in the hlgb schoola
of Louisiana.