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A Political Vendetta
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WELDON J. COBB
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HIS is a new and engaging work of fiction from
the pen of a popular western author. It is a
story of the hour an 1 deals with themes and
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incidents of everv-dav national life as we find it
about us. It is a story that goes into the depths
of tragedy and rtses to the heights of strong emotion. It
is sentient with powerful humanity. Its central figure is
such a man as has been the model theme of many a timely
pen. The heroine is a lovely girl whom circumstance and
fate arm w.th the power to meet her destiny with a strong
devotion that gi ds this great story with rare closeness to
the truth and courage of a noble nature.
The political element of the story is well devised and
hand ed in a masterly manner, showing how the field of
politics is one that can be used to advantage to themselves
and disadvantage to others, by schemers who know how
to control the voters of a community. The timeliness of
the theme will appeal to all readers, who at the present
time are int rested in the great national issues now so
prominently before the public
The reader will find this serial very entertaining in its
details and its plot motive is strong and intensely dramatic.
We commend the story for its peculiar originality of treat
ment and the satisfactory ending, while true worth is
rewarded and the plots of the schemer defeated. AU
should read it It is a rare work of fiction
T
ClI uter 1.
TTie great city *vas looking for a man
—a mining man.
The new«pai>ers» bad published columns
con.vrning his my»?-*rioua evanishment
and printed his picture time« without
number. Friends and acquaintance* had
searched everywhere for him, and the po
lice deimrtmenf. powerful, on-pressing,
had brought into play all its efficient ma
chinery—for. back of the impelling mo
tive were ‘.he mandate, th? direction, the
Influence of the master-will of a great
political “bom”—Gideon Hope.
It was Gideon Hope’s brother. Everett
Hope, aged 25. bright, buoyant, on the
threshold of smiling yet majestic man
hood. who had dropped from view as
though abruptly blotted out of existence.
He had left no trail—like a bird in the
air. a stone in the water, a slmo«tfi-
breath in desert wastes. In the midst of
bustling activity, in the very heart of
the mighty metropolis, in broad daylight,
h? had walked to some mysterious doom
that had buried, had obliterated him com
pletely. From a certain public street cor
ner. at a definite hour and lainate. he had
been lost to the sight of mortal man.
and there was no clue to motive, where
abouts or fate, although a full week had
pamsed by.
They were men of strength, courage
and character—these Hopes. Gideon had
come to the city twelve years before, a
brawny, bronzed son of toil—from the
northern rolling mills district, it was said.
Rumor had it tha*. the scion of a mill
ionaire king of industry, he had dropped
with falling fortunes into the pit of hard,
manual labor. He had the air. the ap
pearance. the dignity of a man. who with
equal grace and deftn»***s, could deal an
anvil stroke that would split a ten-inch
steel beam, or clasp a diamond bracelet
«bout the dainty wrist of a duchess.
Gideon had become the timekeeper for
a great iron shop in the city, then its
superintendent, and then a man with a
nameless position, but extravagant salary
—the censor, the directing magnate, who
hire«] or discharged all employes at will.
One spring election he turned tbe politi
cal tide of municipal affairs by marching
eighteen hundred laborers to the polls
and voting them as one man. Thence
forth he held the dominant party in the
hollow of his hand—a giant playing with
an eggshell. The next year be was heart,
soul, center, of the most formidable polit
ical organization that ever controlled the
destinies of a great commonwealth.
Gideon Hope asked for
no reward,
seemingly; he demanded no office. With
his strong, ruling fare and grim, set man
ner, he was content to lurk sinister at
th? core of every political movement, to
hold the strings that controlled men and
millions—his puppets.
His word was
law. his will supreme.
This man. with his harsh, hard face
and crisp, repellent manner, however, had
one tender spot in his nature—his broth
er. Everett.
His fellows had noted bis
cold eye flicker when he «poke of him
When, later, he introduced among them
a fair, delicate flaxed-hair»d youth, all
gentleness and courtesy—a strange con
trast to himself—there were pride in his
eye and devotion in bis smile. It seemed
impossible that they could be of kin, so
widely dissimilar were they.
And now. upon this fond brother, Gid
eon centered every hope, lavished all the
affection of a deep, repressive nature. He
had “worked tWt- wires” for others—too
well he knew the steps that would lead
Everett Hope to the portals of suegeaa
and the companionship of millionaires.
He marked out his plan like setting the
stakes for a political campaign -initially,
familiarity with business m?n and busi
ness methods, credit-man in a great trust
establishment, where Gideon had “tbe
pull” to place whom he would, a secre
taryship, and then—care, cleverness, ma-
nipulation, and Everett was a made man.
It was in pursuance of this plan that,
vn a fair first day of Jone, Everett Hope
undertook the simple duties of a commer
cial ref tor ter, entering the service of the
great I tunstreet Agency.
His routine
would throw him among
mighty and
■mall, the man of means and the one
utruggli « to keep alive Che penny-abop
big vault has not been opened yst. but of
course those swindler« left nothing of
value there. Receiver going to break the
locks this afternoon.”
The chief talked on. more to dhtract
his visitor's attention from hi« main
source of anxiety than anything else.
Gidrou arose, with a sigh,
“Well, if you find any trace at any
time let tue know at once»” he said.
“Trust me for that I” axsurvd the offi
cial. Gideon Hope was a man to tie to,
lUwides. his magnet is m really caught the
chief.
Hope went on to the political meeting
a l>am.
Soon he was the center of attention and
I rxpret to build a daiu on a orrt'k
pivot of action.
Around hia table and for a aaw mill.
I»aiii will lut alunit
chair, on the right band side of the stage.
fort long at top to «!»«• ttio watar
I bussed and flitted the captains of pre
ten Avt. 1. What woukl lu» the choap
cincts, while the chairman rapidly rushed
I huaiueaa along, and the masses In the eat way of building tba danif 2. Will
you glvv a plan of aurh a damf 3.
! hall harangued, bickered aud perspired.
The critical moment arrived. Masked What also of turbine would Iw mu-va-
harmony had so far prevailed. Now came aary to run a 4H lnch circular anwf
rhe putting of the motion that Gideon
Ana.—The
anvinimnylng
aketch
Hope must defeat, by a masterful strug •howa a eroaa-aretlon of the atylr of
gle, w*ith opponent» howling, battling (or dam that would tu> rcpilrcd for thia
existence.
Ea«4i faction strove for the purpose.
!»aina ar* aoiuct lux*a cou-
floating vote, which, at the l»eck of caprice
»truetod by a curbing of wood, maaon-
or bribery, would turn the balance.
Gideon sat watching for the instant to ry. or caatcuL th* Interior being till«!
arrive when, with a gesture of hia power with dry atom**. Such a daui la called
If atone la plentiful,
ful arm. the enunciation of twenty im a rock tlll daiu.
pressive sentences, be could carry tbe the dam may lie built entirely of ma-
mob by storm.
aonry. Th* top should be laid *ith*r
He had superb confidence in his ability. with plank or cement.
His rye was awake, every sense on the
Aa th* llluatratlon ahowa. the dam
keen alert. He sat waiting for hia cur. la laid on bed-rm'k. the bed rock being
A loutdi caused him to turn.
blasted out sultleletitly to secure a key
“What?” hr «aid. sharply, as though a
aixl a solid footing generally.
With
dagger-thrust had touched his vitals, for
a ten-fbot dam th* baa* should be ten
hr read disaster in the interruption.
Hia hands trembled slightly, and a dull faet wide. On the upatrimm aide, the
pallor wreathed his firm set lipa. It was batter or elope of th* dam la about 1
hia friend, the chief of police, who stood In 4. ami on the downatream aide the
by his aide.
upper part of th* batter la about I In 3
“You told me to come at any time, ami the lower part I In 1. Tb* dam
you know,” he stammered apologetically throughout Its length should curve u|r
“Yes ! vra !’’ half whispered Gideon, his stream. SO as to present n com-are aur-
tone quite eager and harsh, cracked and
dry-
“We’ve found out something.**
“What?”
The query came with pistol-shot quick
ness
“Or. rather, we have found stwnebody.**
“Whom?”
The word was a hollow gasp.
“Your brother,**
Gideon Hope swayed—then, recover
Ing. sat stiff, erect again.
“Dead?”
“Dead.”
“When—where? Tell me!”
The body of tbe ball was In riot. The
chairman was pounding with bis gavel —
what were they, the interests of politic*,
the guidance of a commonwealth, to Gid
eon Hope at that supreme moment? Some
men were tumbling over chairs and tables
tae* to th* pressure of the water. Tbe
to reach their leader.
“Tell me!” again said he, fixing bis masonry work should be constructed
eyes on the grave-faced chief, with a of rubble with cemect mortar, and all
the work should be very thoroughly
shudder.
The official bent over—whispered fen done.
A necessary provision In connection
words in Hope’s shrinking ear. Th? great
political boss cowered like s child and with a dam Is suthclent waateway for
hid his white fat's in his nerveless, pow
water not utilized for power. Th* rom-
rrless hands.
num form of waateway Is a
tunnel
“Hops!”
through the dam suffiHently large to
“Quick—are you daft, man?”
provide for the maximum amount of
Political leaders had reached bis sld?.
water that would tie required to paaa
pouring into bis ear the vital announce
through It. tn addition sluice gates
roent that the question of the hour had
been put. and the opposition were press should be provided, by which the flow
of water would be controlled.
Th*
ing them sorely.
“Check the stampede---up on your fret. | water to be utilized for power may be
man—your old self!” panted a breathlew carries! to the wheel by means of a
Congressman, ”or the day Is lost !”
flume.
A flfteen-lnch turbine wheel
They tore away
Gideon’s
shielding would provide from fl to U* horse pow
hands, revealing a face grown gray, and er. which would be aulflclent to run a
dusky, and old in a moment. Hie gate saw of the size mentionol. — Montreal
was vacant, unoomprrbending. He swept
Star.
out one hand and waved them aside.
Foe Feedlen Stock.
“He’s stricken, gentlemen.” explained
A bucket of isvttllar construction,
the chief, in a low tone—“he’s beard bad
designed especlully to be used by farm
news. and------- ”
“What’s that to yonder mob!” bowled er» and dairymen In feeding slop to
a palpitating aiderman. “Are we sold—
stock ami
tn the
did h? self us? One word, and he could
handling of fluid sub-
have stayed the tide I And now !------- ”
atam-ea la the Inven
A yell like that of a pa«*k of hungry,
tion of a Michigan
victorious wolves rent tbe air. Tbe oppo .
man.
It serves In a
sition had split the party. Gideon Hope’s
sense as a dlptsT.
power was gone—he was buried deep—
The
arrangement
fathoms deep—in the oblirion of discredit •
la such that It can
and neglect, in a single moment. Never
again to lift his face with its old proud !
tie Ailed l>y forcing It
expression as king and
leader--nrvsr
bottom downward In
again to raise his vou’e in eloquent de
to a
receptacle of
fense of party principles.
fluid
substance, tbe
He walked from tbe hall like a man
hinged |s>rtlon of the
in a dream, forevermore haunted with ‘
>ened to |s*rmlt the
the horrible picture the whispered words
bucket to tie Oiled and closed to hold
of the chief of police had «■onjured up.
For that official had told him that they i the contents until carried to the place
had burst open the massive steel door of | of feeding. The contents can thus be
the vault of the rotten, exploded Coosoli- j discharged
Into
a trough without
dated Silver Company, to find one asset— wasting It and without tie- llnblllty of
Ih*ad, murdered Everett Hope!
spilling It upon the clothes of the
(To b« continued.)
operator. The hinge«! portion of the
bottom of the can Is ofterated by a rod
Where Prices Han Utah.
extemllng alxive the top. which term
“The late II. O. Haveineyer,” said a
inates Into a handle.
As the bucket
sugar jobber of New Orleans. “¡?ms4«ar !
Is carried by th<> latter, pressure la
ed in n marked degree tbe kindly vlr- ,
always maintained upon the bott«an to
tue of charity. On my Inst visit to |
ke**p It close«!. When It Is <l<-slr«'d to
New York—It was some months before '
discharge the contents the handle Is
the panto—I spoke harshly of a million- i pushe«l downward.
alre who had been accused of double
dealing In connection with a bank.
I’ll, M«>n*y In Was«« l.nn«l.
“‘Well now,’ said Mr. Havemeyer,
Tl>e woven wire fence la revolution
’let us not (*ond«*mn this man unheard. | izing the bog Industry In the whole
Remember that his guilt has not yet j country, and when farmers bairn to
been proved, nor has he told his <»wn ! utilize every bit of waste Inn«! for pas
aide of the story.’ Then Mr. Have- ■ ture for their hogs the herds will tie
meyer laughed and said that In the | healthy nn«l the cost of production will
most untoward conditions accused men i be de« reas«-d many dollars. It won't do
were often able to clear themselves. to allow the pigs to lie In the shade of
He said a young girl a week or so after the corn cribs or to nllow them only a
Christmas complained bitterly to her ‘ run of pasture. Feed a little corn all
mother:
of the time that the pigs are running
“ ’Mamma, I doubt If I shall I m » linp- In tbe pasture. The grass grown pig
¡»y with George. I fear he is d^ eptlve d<s*a not nppenr so attrn«-tlve with Ills
and false.’
working clothes on, but when he la well
“’Why, darling, what do you mean?* develofs'd nn«l ready to ls> fltt«-<| h?
the mother asked.
makes the pani|K-r«*d pets l«s>k like .10
“ ‘Well, mamma,* said the young girl cents. Ile maki-s n fine nppearan«*e and
earnestly, 'you know that collarpin he ■a a credit to bls owner and feeder.
gave me for Christmas? He swore to
Portabl* (unnlnx Xfnrhlnr.
me that he paid $25 for It, hut In Blf- ‘
A machine by which the farmer can
fany’s to-day I saw Its exact counter
prepare and enn his fruits, tomatoes,
part for $5.'
corn. Is-nns or any other fnrm produce
“'Ab, but my child,' said the mother
which ran Is* ranmsl. In the Helds or
with true charity, 'you must remember orchards In which the vegetable or fruit
how very religious George Is. Undoubt 1s growing. Is descrlls-d In Popular Me
edly he bought the pin at a church chanlcs.
Mounted on a wheelbarrow
fair.’ ”
arrangement the machine ran lie pushed
Satt
tM
l.tvs
Stweli.
Wliy »alt ahoulil l» regularty aup-
pll«*«l to sbs-k la tlius put by a famotis
Kngllsh autltorlty:
Heraus* In tbe
blood of nnlmsls thcr* la als or geven
tlmea mor* b « m II uui thaii poiaaalum. and
tlint tlie conqsiallloii «>f tb* Id«»»! la
Constant.
T<> keep animal» In giss!
health a deflnlt* amount of comnmu
aalt muat ls» aaaliullatcd. Th* *xe*aa
of |H>taaaluin aalta In vegetabl» Assis
caiisra by ebemlckl exchaiig* an ab
normal loaa of «'omrnon aalt. Till» la
proved by th» fact tliat tli» cravlng of
an animal A>r rouMtou aalt la moat no-
tlceabl* w-ii*n th* Aas! cotitalna a large
pro|s>rtlon of |s»taaaluiu aalta, au«'h a»
wheat, trnrley, «stta, |sdatm<a. Issuiaaml
issia. Th* aihlltlon of aalt to animal
As>d harrase» th* apis-tlt*. promote«
th* repalr of tlaau* by Ita searohlng
dlfflt»l»n througti th* Issly. ats! stlmu
latea th* rapid ualng up of lla wast«
|>r.slueta
Houaslngnult'a rxperllitents
showtxl tliat aalt Incnase» mmamlar
vlgor and a.tlvlty, and Improves th*lr
general «|H»‘»ratic* and »mdltlou.
THE WEEKLY
iTfiB Riot In Bostim on account of tbt
•lamp art.
army
un4ar Gon.
If th* fruitgrower simply
tuiublea 1775 < ’«mt inrntal
Mtkntftimery arrived at Tlrottdarofn*
hia aiqih-a Into th* barrel without aort
•>>g and without arrangement, lu enter 177d -Itritiali drf«*atr«l th» Amarivana I»
ball la of lam* latand.
to get th* greaUwt tiuuitwr Into Ilia
I a i rei, beads It up aud alil|>a to lu.u - 17HT» Ijord Goora« Germain, th«* IrracxMk
cilabla tor of Amcrit'a In th* raldnot
ket, lie will dlaeover wls-u h* g*ts Ills
of l«ord North, daring tba llrvtdu«
"le ck that hia fruit ba» Iswu su’d for
tion. died. Burn Jan. t*l. 17IÜ.
the kiweat |>rie*. Tb* only way to get
th* top prices for fruit la to aort It 171)5 Frant'h directory aatabllahcd.
aceurillng to grndea. arranging lu bar IMM- Britiah under Mir Arthur Wallaaley
dateatad the French and
Span lai»
rels or boxes In layrrs. plan lug each
forvra at Vlmiera, In Portugal.
appi» In by baud, am! aelectlng for th*
top layer fruit of tbs same color. Tb* ISH Brltlah evacuated the city oi
Waahington. . . The city of Waah*
top layer ahould ta> mad* up of apples
IngttNi hurned by the Britiah.
all of th* Min* ala* If (siaalble. amt th*
|S|M The Maianiiah, the Aral »team v«»a
fruit ahould <»uu* Just to th* top of
a?l to t-roaa the ocMH, launrhetl at
the atavea.
Thaai th* bending ahould
New York.
ls> carefully placed on top and gently
1 HID The I hike of Ith hmond. governor
pressed down until It all|>a Into th»
general of < ’an ad a, dirtl of hydropho
chin*. Thia can b* «Ione In-tier by tb*
bia.
uae of a blm-k pia--*«! under a Irrer.
. IR2D < '»|»|»er dlamvrrrd at Gakna, III.
. . . .Warfare brtwam Columbia and
Nitrat« ot «oda.
IVru ended.... Flrat t?n»|wmn<,e ao-
Th* value of nitrate of s<sln ap|>lle<l
ciety forntril In Irvland.
Io bnrtiynrd millet nt the New Jersey
experiment station wna statisi by the IK3.V Hlr John tlushwd. Kart of t'ol-
borne, «worn In aa governor of (’an-
*X|s*rlmeiitera aa follows: Amount air
a<U
piled, lint ¡siuiida par acre; yield uu-
1&ÜI Opening of the Buffalo and Nl-
treated acre. Î.U3 tous; treste.1 aer*.
I
agara railroad.
1,1.,'W tona; gain by us* of nitrate.
3.73 tons; per cent of gnln, 73.4; value 1MUAnnexation of New Mexico to the
failed Htatea.
of gnln, nt 33 per tun, 317.33; coat of
1-M7
Republic of Liberia Inangnrutad.
nitrate per acre. 33.tk>. net gnln par
acre by use of nitrate over coat. 3I3.U3. 1MM Tríala of the Chartlet» liegan in
l^ntlon.
Ili* «rop was st-taha! on June hl on
well fertllliual land at th* rate of Hire* ■ 1H51 Tbe yacht America w<»n th? new
faiiMiu» cup at tbe International re
fourtba buahela of »«aa! per acre, after
gatta at Cuwea, England.
a crop of oat am! |s-a forage had tn*eii
1M57 Port Huron, Mich . incorporated a
harvest««!, which averagval six Iona |>er
city... Beginning of a flnanrlal panic
arn». Th* nitrate waa appll««l s»-on af
In the I'nlted Mt atea, which culml-
ter th* planta wer» well risiti«! and
nat«! In an almost entire auapenaioo
capable of absorbing Assi rapidly.
of the banka.
■ IH5H First treaty signed l»etween Great
C«w Stall.
Britain and Japan.
The stall as shown her* Is four feet
over all, but can be made lean. Cow Im»» Victoria railway bridge at Mon
treal o|M8ne<| by the Prince of Wales.
when eating will aland with her bin«!
(’handler
Hallburton,
A-et Juat lie hl mt the 3 by 4. lea ring th* IMI5 Thomas
noted (’anadian writer, died. Boro
droppings behind IL
Tb» Hiah«
Way 1a Paste PrwU.
enterprise—it wan as an outcome of this
same direct plan that, one bright after
noon in July, Everett Hope met a mys
terious and mountful fate.
If Gideon Hope felt the terror and sus
pense of that awful week, when police
activity seemed ever on the verge of some
hideous discovery, he showed it not.
Ttie city was flaming with the passion
and ardor of a great political issue. With
in the limits of twenty-four hour* might
lay the ruin of the dominant wing of the
party. A schism had been provoked and
intensified, and rhe eye of every “heeler.”
as of every man of note, was fixed on tbe
movements of his political opponents. But
the adherents of the Hope faction were
sanguine.
An able general, never yet
bathed or defeated, was at his post. they
well knew, and there might be a bitter
battle, but who could doubt the victory?
It was the afternoon upon wbicb the
When ah* Iles down sh* will tie com-
vote was to be taken that would make
Hope supreme in twenty-seven wards, or
|ielle<! to II* In front of th* 2 by 4
master of none. He bad bis enemies, and
be knew it. He laughed them to scorn,
yet within the apparently cool, crafty
man of politics, there flamed a volcano
of hidden, consuming emotion. Above the
Medusa-head of strife and faction there
hovered to his fancy—hauntingly, contin
ually—the sweet, pathetic face of missing
Everett Hope.
As he passed through the city hall on
bis way to the place of convention. Gid
eon rid himself of the servile throng st
his side and heels.
He turned into a
corridor, and past a door, the “Open
Sesame” to which was known to very
few of lower position than a county com
missioner.
Gideon came Into the presence of the
chief of police in his private office, im
mobile and placid of face as wonted, yet
his lips crushed a sob as he threw him
self into a vacant chair.
with her In-nd under ttu- fee«! rnck. It
“No news,” said the official, promptly
Is not m««nu«ary to have a gutter lu
and sadly.
a stall of thia kind. There ahould be
“It is strange.” replied Hope.
short partitions, however, to krop th*
The chief shook bis head seriously.
cows from turning around.
“We are at a dead wall—no clew,** he
For building, use 2 by 4 for bottom
went on; “we have traced your brother’s
A««l rnck ; bottom of rnck 3 feet ntsive
movements down to three o’clock in the
tlisir. Strlim of 1 by 4. tl Inches apart
afternoon of the day of bis disappear
ance.”
form ttie ruck, and should slope back
Gideon was shading his face, iron set,
UO degree«. From 7 to,8 feet from front
with one palm.
of stall pin««* 2 by 4 on edge; If art In
“Go on.” be said. In a tone strangely
dirt use stakes.
subdued, for him.
“Your brother started out on bis work
< la.mleal Aetlnn ot Masse*.
at ten o’clock.
He had bis ruwto«nary
Although cultivation Is mn-esnary and
grist, comprising eight inquiries as to the
will Increase your crops, no matter bow
credit standing of as many business firms.
much you cultivate, or how you labor,
He went to seven.
It should t>* remembered that the plant
“To seven,” murmured Gideon, mechan
foot! In the roll Is the vital element of
ically.
“Yes,” bowed the chief; “we traced
crop pr«»!uctIon. Th«- «Top removes thia
him. found that out positively.”
element, hut by applying mnnure It la
“And the eighth?”
put back again. Manure not only en
“We do not know.”
riches roll with the element» of fertil
“How?”
ity, -but also renders the stored pin nt
Th? official repeated his declaration.
Ass! of the roll mor* available, Im
“Why do you not know—what was the
proves the chemical conditions, makes
eighth firm?”
the roll warmer and enables It to re-
“The Consolidated Silver Company,”
tnln more moisture and to draw It tip
Gideon looked up, shrewdly.
“The rotten stock corporation
that
from below.
dragged in half a million and went to the
Farming N«>t*s,
wall?” he quickly Inquired.
Remember the Importance of the
“The same— n stench in the nostrils of
kitchen garden.
every honest man ! Yon know the game?
Home genius has flgiir««l out that a
They hired a big vacant factory, fenced
it in mysteriously, and proceeded, accord
bee will <m a busy day drnw sugar
ing to popular supposition, tn make silver
from 120,000 different clover heads.
to order. They were closed up the day
When mustard 1» a serious peat th*
after your brother had them on his list
fields nr* sprayed with a solution that
—next evening, officers and manual equip
kills th* we««!, but does not harm th*
ment disappeared, leaving a few useless
crop.
machines, some ’bogus* metal mixture*,
Th* government S|>ent 310,000 thia
and a big load of debts.”
Inst spring planning ways to di-atroy
Gideon moved wearily.
The piibli?
prints had derailed the giant failure in
the green latg In Kansas, Oklahoma
a spectacular way. and ths particulars
nnd Texas.
were still fresh in his mind.
On* hundred and thirty-nine cows,
“My brother went there that day?” he,
««imprising th* heat of thirty-six Illi
half-consciously, murmured.
nois herds, produced an average of 801
“We don’t know that,” explained the
pounds of butter fat Inst year.
chief; “and, perhaps. hardly.
Yon see,
it was «hut up tight—practically aban
A cow owned by William Maher of
doned. Rome of the officials were flitting
Sheftleld, III., gnv* birth to three good-
about the premises, off and on during that
Vermont gets the credit of being the from one orchard to another or from a •lied nnd perfectly developrd calves.
day, but we have no reason to think your
tomato patch to a «'ornflcld as nerasalty Khe Is half Jersey, nnd rnln«-d th*
brother really went there. I visited the granite Kt ate, but Pennsylvania leads
requires. Water for the process Is heat calves th* first three weeks on her
place. It’s empty enough. *Piey haven't In the production of stone, with nearly ,
own milk.
I ed by a kerosene burner.
found a thousand dollars In assets. The 14 per cent of the total to her credlh
Flrat Confederate soldiers’ mono
ment unveilnl at Griffin. Ga.
The In'IejNtndence of Hervía, pro-
claimed at Belgrade.
HMD
1ANH William J Kendall* clothed In a
cork vest, swam through the Niagara
whirlpool raplda.
1RB» Maj. Gen Hlr F. D Middleton re
tire«! from the command of the Ca
nadian militia.
1SSH
l>ecennlal renaus place«! the popo-
latían of Canada st 4.823.30
1H9I A tornado awept the ahorca of the
S?a of Asof and caua«*«| the Io«« of
1,(HM) Uvea.
1397
President Burda of I’ruguny a«aaa-
alnated at Montevideo.., .Congress
of Salvador adopted the gold stand
ard....Gen. J. P. H. Gobin of Penn
aylvanln elected commander-lti-chlef
of th.- Q \ R
V.MH —Battleship Ie>ulalana launched st
New|x»rt News.
1007—Britiah Houae of I*orda |Misae<| the
hill legalising marriages with a do»
ceased wife’« elater, thus settling a
long pending qu«*stiun.
Owing to the failure to aecure advan
tageous railroad ratea between Kalt Mlie,
I’tah, ami Ely, Nev., rtie profxwied bout
between Battling Nelson and Joe Gans,
«chmluled for Labor Day at Ely, has been
called off.
Forty-three strikeouts is th? record
which was eMaldishcd In a retnarkabls
gam? at Buffalo Lak? between the home
team and the fast Olivia team. The con-
’ teat was prolonged for twenty innings,
during which Olivia used one lwirier,
I while Buffalo I^ike us«*<l two. Olivia won.
At a meeting of th? executive commlt-
te? of ths Central States Rowing Asso-
1 elation It was decided to present ths
| gran<l prize f.rr the highest merit to ths
South Mid? Rowing Club of Quincy, 111.,
nnd the association will have a duplicate
prix? made to present to the Mound City
Club of St. Ix»ula. Th? original prix? la
a handsome bronze plaque presented by
the Burlington Boating association. The
Mount City and the South Sid? rlul»a tied
fur first honors.
At th? close of the Olympic games In
London, th? American athletes were cov
ered with meilala. Queen Alifuidra hand
ed out fifteen gold rn?«lAla to th? Yankees
at the stadium. These with a tray full
of silver and bronze emblems of victory,
mad? bv far th? most irnjMHiing array of
“jewelry” awarded to any nation, Amer
ica's victory, 114 1-3 to England's 00 1*3
was by the biggest margin on record. At
Athens two years sgo th? count was
7.5 1-10 to 41 In favor of America. Tha
Americans cam? within ten points of scor
ing as much as all th? other nations con»
hlned.