The news=record., December 12, 1907, Image 2

The Roupell Mystery
By'Austyn Granville
CHAPTER VI. (Continued, i
The doctor and Emily Weldon contin
ued to slowly promenade up and down
th terrace. United by that secret bond
of aympathy which ofttimeg brings two
natures together unconsciously,' they ex
perienced an indefinable comfort in each
other's society.
A solitary figure, thnt of some worthy
burgher of Paris, attracted, doubtless, to
Villeneuve by the sensational reports in
the newspapers, was the only living ob
ject that was in view. Looking at him
the doctor observed :
"There is no gauging the depth of hu
man curiosity." .'
"That Is so. There have been several
here since " and she glanced up to the
darkened chamber above, with a shud
der. "They walk in and out as if they
owned the place. lie looks like a retired
tradesman of some kind. He Is pretty
ool for a trespasser. See, he has seat
ed himself on the turf, and Is throwing
bread to the swans."
"Don't disturb him," said the doctor.
"See with what care he spreads that red
bandkerchlof over his knees. He litis tak
en out some sandwiches, and is evidently
enjoying them."
Miss Weldon again smiled. It was
really quite ludicrous to watch the old
gentleman from Paris. He appeared to
be totally oblivious of the presence of
the people on the terrace. Having eaten
his sandwich, he presently arose and
threw the crumbs adhering to his hand
kerchief to the expectant swans. The
doctor laughed outright. ; so loudly, Indeed,
as to apparently attract the attention of
the old gentleman who, glancing but once
in their direction with an indignant air,
walked away and disappeared among the
trees.
A half hour more elapsed and still M.
Cassagne did not some. Hardly able to
conceal his Irritation at the delay, Dr.
Mason at length retired to the library,
where he busied himself in some scientific
calculations in which he had been abrupt
ly interrupted by the startling news of
the murder of Mine. Uoupell. For an
hour he remained oblivious to all else
.save sines, cosines, tangents, secants and
cosecants. An abtruse trigonometrical
problem was before him, and to Its solu
tion he was devoting himself heart and
soul, when suddenly he became aware of
an obstruction of the light from the win
dow. Looking up, to his intense annoy
ance he perceived the inquisitive burgher
from Paris, his nose flattened against
the glass, staring vacuously into the
apartment. 1
Anger was expressed In every feature
of the physician's countennnce' as he
threw the French window wide open;
but the worthy burgher did not seem to
be at all disconcerted. On the contrary,
vailing himself of the opportunity, be
fore the doctor could stop him, he stepped
over the low sill and entered the library.
"Sir, this unwarrantable Intrusion at
ueh a moment " liegnn the physician.
"May perhaps surprise you," Interrupt
ed the burgher; "but have you given or
.dero about the truffles?"
The doctor stared with astonishment
and stepped back two or threo paces.
"You are," he gasped, "you cannot be
Monsieur "
"I am," replied the burgher, an Inde
iBcrlbahle twinkle In his eye, as he noted
the doctor's amazement. "I am the per
son you are about to mention Alfred
Cassagne, the detective," and with a pro
found bow, he bumM lr. Mason his card.
CIIAPTEU Vlt.
Alfred OasKagne was the son of a
largo contractor, .who had accumulated
considerable fortune In the construction
of those remarkable docks in the city of
Havre, which have helped to make that
place the most Important harbor of
France. lie lost his father when a mere
child. Ilia mother, dying whn he was
but twenty-two years of age, had left
hliu amply provided for. Hut he had
never married. Of quite a studious turn
of mind, he had devoted himself to
books, and might possibly have degener
ated into a book worm, or have sunk so
low as to become nn author, if an event
bad , not transpired which changed the
whole current of his existence.
He awoke one morning to find that the
cashier of a bank where he usually had a
large balance, had absconded with the
funds of that institution. Where ho had
gone, was equally a mystery to tho police
and the officers of the concern. Having
considerable interest in the capture of the
fugitive, Cassagne act about making In
quiries on his own account. From these
Inquiries he quietly deduced his own the
cries, and one morning, to the intense
astoulshment of the chief of police, he en
tered the presence of that functionary
and stated his opinion on the case very
briefly. It was to th effect that the
president of the bank and the cashier
were in collusion, and that the cashier,
whom most people believed to be by that
time safely In America, that Mecca for
European rogues, 'would be found hiding
In the presidents own private residence.
The chief of police had laughed at first :
but Alfred Caaaagns was permitted to
proceed. It was known he was a gentle
man of fortune; and men of menus are
never snubbed very badly anywhere.
Very soon, moreover, the official grew
serious, by a system of logical deduc
tion from circumstances already known,
dassagnt established his theory on a basis
so ingenious as to excite the chief's warm
at admiration. Subsequent search dis
covered that the state of things Camagn
had believed to exist In theory, was really
true.
Alfred Casssgna might now possibly
bare been forty years of age, though when
not disguised, owing to his smoothly
shaven lace, he appeared to he younger,
II was rather abov the middle height,
and though somewhat narrow across the
shoulders, the treat depth of his chest
made ample amends for this Oeflelency,
Ilia hair was cut very short to permit of
lila mora readily wearing the various wigs
by which he frequently concealed his Iden
tlty. Ilia mouth was well cut, the lips
thin and somewhat pursed together, as
Is often tbs habit with men who pass
much tin In thinking. Ills no was
larg ad vary prominent Ills hands
M4 tt snail aad rather dell oat. His
voice singularly soft and gentle ; his man
ner that of a man entirely at ease, and of
one who thoroughly understands bis busi
ness. lie sat quite still In the easy chair to
which Dr. Mason had motioned him on
his arrival. It was not until the latter
had given him the outlines of the case
that he spoke at all, and then he said :
"We will begin by premising a certain
state of facts. Madame Roupell has been
murdered. Who did it? Public opinion
saya your friend Van Lith. .1 alVays mis
trust public opinion. The prefect of po
lice is not at all sure but Monsieur Cha
bot had a hand In it. I sometimes mis
trust the prefect of police."
"You mean to Imply that both may be
wrong?" Inquired the doctor.
"Yes, and if I am right, it leaves us
confronting two alternatives."
"And they are?"
"Either that the unfortunate woman
committed suicide while of unsound
mind, or that the crime is the act of a
third party to us at pr.-ent unknown.'
"I can dispose of the first of those sup
poFitions immediately," said the doctor.
"Madame Roupell's mind waa as sound
as yours or mine is at the present mo
ment." "Let us proceed to an examination of
the body. I have provided myself with a
written permit to break the seals," said
the detective. "Lead the way, pleas."
They entered the chamber of 'death.
Nothing had been disturbed since the visit
of the prefect. Alfred Cassagne took a i
rapid survey of the room. Ha advanced
to the bedside, and commenced a minute
inspection of the body of the murdered
woman.
He carefully removed the bandages
from the wound In the head ; he turned
the body over so that the light from the
window fell full upon the face of the dead
woman, revealing In the strong sunlight
each line and shadow already showing
in their marked change of the lineaments
the inevitable approach of decay. Taking
out hl; penknife, Cassagne carefully re
moved one of the clots of blood which had
accumulated near the entrance of the
wound, and walking to the window ex
amined it through a small magnifying
glass which he took from his pocket.
Presently he said :
"Doctor, look at that blood !"
Dr. Mason took tha magnifying glass
and the penknife and gazed steadfastly
upon the little red gout.
"Do you see anything peculiar about
It?" ask ml ' ('asragne. "Do you not no
tice an entire absence of natural crys
tallisation?" The doctor's face turned pale as a
sheet ; his lips twitched nervously.
"This crime grows more horrible and
more mysterious than ever. It is impos
sible to mistake your meaning. This
wound was inflicted after death," he ex
claimed. "The blood Is certainly what
we call In the profession 'dead blood.' "
"And is that not often the else where
a wound is Inflicted when a person is in
a comatose condition?"
"It might be," replied the physician.
"I have known the phenomenon of total
suspension of the circulation in comatose
bodies."
And In such case, would blood flowing
from a wound crystallize or not?"
It is possible that It might crystallize
somewhat, it the person wounded, while
in a comatose condition, was young and
healthy. In the case of an old and fee
ble woman, like Madame Roupell, I
should consider It extremely doubtful. In
the present instance, by means of the
glass, one can plainly discern that no
crystallization has taken place."
"In fact, that this wound was inflicted
after the wound which produced either
death or Insensibility?" said the detec
tive. Exactly so," replied the physician.
"The question now is, where is that
wound?"
We will find It," said Cassagne. "Give
me your help here."
"We had better look for a contusion
of some sort. Insensibility could be pro
duced by a sharp blow on the back of the
head, or under the ear," remarked Dr.
Mason.
1 'am not of that opinion," replied
Cassagne, "I have already looked there.
There is no swelling of any kind on the
back of the head, and as she Is dressed in
deml-toilette, It Is easy to see that no
injury has been inflicted to the upper
part of the spinal cord."
For what kind of wound shall we
search? It must be a small one. indeed,
to escape the examination' of so good a
surgeon as Monsieur Crolxet."
Unfortunately Monsieur Crolxet, re
plied Cassagne, with a curious smile, "is
a surgeon only. He Is not a detective,
He is good at generalizations ; he falls
in particulars. The wound we must look
for, since you sound Monsieur Croiiet's
praises so highly, must be no larger than
a pencil point. Have you never heard of
the Venetian stiletto?"
"No, I cannot say that I have," an
swered Dr. Mason.
"It is an Instrument made of tough
ened glass, no thicker than a knitting
needle. When plunged Into a victim, it
can be broken short oft In th flesh which
closes around it, so that It is hard to tell
how death supervenes. Many such deaths
have undoubtedly been charged to apo
plexy, and other causes.
"Is It possible?" ejaculated th physi
clan. .
"Not only possible but mor than prob
able. Let us tnstautly begin our search
for such a weapon. There will not be a
drop of blood visible. Death generally
ensues from internal hemorrhage, unless
th stiletto reaches th heart, when, of
course, the victim dies instantly. Turn
her over on her face," said the detective.
"8he may hv been wounded in th
back."
This was done, and they carefully ex
amlned that portion of th body. For th
first tlm Dr. Mason's blind faith In th
skill of the man he had employed began
to ahow signs of wavering. II llttl
knew Cassagne' marvelous resource.
Th doctor had left th body ana waa
standing over by th window, again x
amlnlng th blood on th penknife through
th magnifying glaas. A slight xcUut-
tion from the bed caused him to gls.no
In that direction.
He could hardly repress a cry of sur
prise. He held his breath almost, so anx
iously did he await the result of an ex
periment that Casagne had put in opera
tion. With his eyes closed and with his
head raised very much after the style of
a blind man reading from a raised-letter
book, the detective waa moving his fingers,
soft and delicate as a young girl's, over
the cold, stiff body of the murdered wom
an. Dr. Mason knew In an instant that
he was about to depend upon his sense
of touch to find the tiny wotu4 thst his
eyes had failed to detect.
For over a minute the two bmo remain
ed in their relative positions, Tata tha
voice of Cassagne was heard, breaking
the silence, which had grown aliaocc pain
ful in its Intensity :
I am right. Madam Rpeil was
stabbed in the back."
CIIAPTER VIII.
Dr. Mason, in his agitation, dropped
the penknife and the magnifying glass
and rushed to the bedside.
"Where is the wound?" he ejaculated.
M. Cassagne, cool, calm and collected.
still held one tell-tale finger, which, like
a living eye, had detected a slight In
equality in the surface of the flesh, firm
ly pressed down upon a spot no larger
than a pin's head.
"Take it easy, doctor," be said, smil
ing at the agitation of th physician,
'and if the magnifying glass is still un
broken, I will trouble you for It. The
penknife also, if you please, doctor.
Now," after he had gently pushed back
the flesh with tbs point of the knife, "look
through the glass, and tell me what you
see. '
( "I see a rough, glistening surface."
"Try it with the point of the penknife."
The doctor took the knife, and scraped
upon the hard surface thus exposed to
view.
"It is glass,' he exclaimed. "I haven't
a doubt of, it."
"It Is the wound which caused death.
You see it has penetrated the lumbar re
gion. Death baa been caused by two
things. Shock and internal bleeding.
Have you a small pair of pincers here?
No? Well, then I must use my fingers."
M. Cassagne having enlarged the open
ing of the wound by dllitation, plunged
his finger and thumb into the orifice and
drew out, though not without much diffi
culty and after repeated failures, the
broken piece of a small, sharpened glass
stiletto. Its withdrawal from the wound
was followed by a few drops of blood.
which the doctor, who notwithstanding
his professional experiences was greatly
affected by the spectacle, was about to
wipe reverently away, when be was stop
ped by the detective.
"Don't do that. That blood has a tale
of its own to tell. I wish to examine
It through the glass."
He took up some on the point of the
knife, and the two men as before went to
the window. Notwithtsanding that It
had not been exposed to the outer air,
the blood was strongly crystallized.
'One thing is proved, and almost con
clusively," exclaimed CaBsagne. "It is
the wound which caused her death. Bee
how the blood is crystallized. Now to
discover the assassin. The prefect's the
ory is that Madame Roupell was sitting
at her desk writing, when the crime was
committed. In support of that, he point
to the scattered papers and the overturn
ed chair. Now notice which way th
chair has fallen."
"It has fallen toward the desk, said
Dr. Mason.
"Precisely ; and that proves to m that
It was the murderer, not -Madame Rou
pell, who was engaged in the examina
tion of the papers."
"Why?"
"Because, had Madame Roupell beeu
surprised from behind and stabbed, as we
now believe to be the case, she would
have fallen forward, and the chair would
have been thrown backward or away
from the desk, not trward it. Madam
Roupell surprised this unknown person,
perhaps while he was rifling the content
of her desk ; springing to his feet he
overthrew the chair, drew his stiletto,
and advanced toward her. She doubt
less turned to flee, too frightened to
scream, and he then stabbed her in tha
back."
"I see; and having no other weapon-
than the stiletto, and that having been
broken off short In the body, he fired at
her to make sure of his work."
(To be continued. I
Wife with at Conscience.
Bllllklu What's, the matter, Wllli
kln?
Wlllikln Matter enough. You know.
some time ago I assigned all my prop
erty to my wife, to to keep It out
of the hands ofof people I owe, you
know.
lSIUIkin Yes.
Wlllikln Well, she's taken the
money ami gone otr says sne won t
live with mo because I swindled my
creditors.
Dull Season for the Hobo.
"June Is nie favorite mouth," said
the iHiotUiil hobo, as he scribbled an
ode on the buck of a tomato can label.
"Taln't mine," sighed Sandy Pikes,
lugubriously. "I always have to go
barefooted troo dut mouth.''
"HarefHted? Why, how Is that,
pal?"
"Why, you soc people throw all delr
old shoe at de June brides."
11 Made It.
"Ive," said the fair maid, "Is th
greatest thing In the world."
"Don't you believe It," rejoined tha
young man In the parlor scene. "I am
greater than love."
"How do you figure that out?" quer
ied the fair party of the prelude.
"A manufacturer," explained th y.
m "Is greater than the thing he manu
facture and I make love. Seer
A FcIIoot-FmMbs;.
"You were very lenient with that
conductor," Mid th first passeiiger. .
"Or replied th other, "wrv all lia
ble to make mistakes."
"Ah! perhap you wer a conductor
yourself one."
"No, sir; I'm a weather forcAtaa.,
Ontholle Standard and Tim,
Horses and Males.
There has been a rapid Increase the
last few years in the number and value
of the horses and mules In the United
States.
In 1900 there were 15,624,000 horses
and mules In the United States. Dur
ing the next five years there was an
Increases of 27.7 per cent, so that on
January 1, 1905, the number of horse
and mules had Increased to 19,940,000,
but the Increase did not stop at that
rate. On the first of January, 1907,
there ' were no less than 23,504,000
horses and mules, showing an Increase
of 18 per cent during the two years
subsequent to '905.
Those who are Inclined to talk over
production at the present are confront
ed with the Indisputable fact that dur
ing the seven, years when the increase
In numbers amounted to 50 per cent
there was also an increase In price per
head amounting to over 50 per cent
Thus on January 1, 1900, our horses
and mules were valued at $715,038,000,
while on January 1, 1905, they were
valued at $2,274,642,000.
This Is a phenomenal record and yet,
notwithstanding this extraordinary In
crease In number and value, horses are
in greater demand to-day than they
hare ever been before In the history of
'he United States.
Keeplnsr Hoars 1b Boanda.
Here Is an easy plan of keeping bogs
from going from hog pastures to cow
pastures, and at the same time allowing
the cattle to go from one pasture to
tho other at will. As shown In the
sketch, the opening In 'the fence may
be as wide as desired. Two by twelve
Inch plank are nailed to the fence posts
about four or six Inches from the
ground, and two extra posts are set out
from the fence about a foot The plank
is nailed to the Inside of these posts,
and this plank should be about four
feet longer than the one fastened to
the fence so as to go by the opening at
each end about two feet The bogs
CATTLK 8TILE.
cannot jump the two planks, and small
jump over, as they are lengthwise of
hogs that go between them cannot
the opening. The cattle will readily
step over. The same plnn may be used
for sheep, only three planks may be
necessary to retain them, although the
writer uses only two for them also.
Varmre.
Mulching Helps.
A very Intelligent and observing
farmer says: The Importance of a
mulch to counteract a drought was
presented to me In a rather forcible
manner last spring. We hnd planted
few rows of early beans and after
they hnd come up we had a cold spell,
and In order to save the beans from the
frost, they were covered with planks.
After the danger from frost had passed,
at one end of the rows the planks were
laid between the rows and left for
about two weeks, which was a dry sea
son. At tne other ena tue pinnks were
moved clear away. The part where the
planks were between the rows made
double the growth of the others. The
growth was evidently due to the mois
ture saved by the planks.
Loss of Mannro.
An authority claims that fully one-
third of the manure voided on the
farms of the United States Is lost The
fermentation of manure Is caused by
the action of two forms of organisms,
One form Is that which requires an
abundance of oxygen and dies when ex
posed to It. The former thrives on the
outside pf the heap and the latter In
the Interior. The latter' office seems
to break up the more complex particles
and prepare them for the action of the
former. If the action of the former
Is too rapid a great deal of the nltrro
gen passes off Into the air In the form
of ammonia or free nitrogen, and Is lost
to th soil from whence It came. .
Th Cp-to-Dato Cow.
Th Improved cow, says the American
Fanner, 1 the cow that continually Im
prove In her milking qualities. She la
not th only Improved cow, for the pro
ducer of good beef stock and of th Im
proved steer Is an Improved cow. It Is
not only necessary to have the Improv
ed dam, but th sir should also be
Improved, If the Improvement Is made
that Is necessary. Keep op the Im
provement lest there be retrogression.
Merino la Vermont.
Th merino sheep Industry In Ver
mont Is again entering an era of pros
perity that presages a boom. While
by no means approaching th palmy
day of thirty years ago, th Industry
I reviving and each year for a decade
past ha shown an Increase In ship
ments of fancy strains of merino
breeding sheep to Africa and Aus
tralia.
Kail Wound! la Horses' Fee.
It has long been known that nail
pricks and other . similar injuries in
the horse's hoof may lead to nn Infec
tion followed by the formation of pus
under the horn of the boof, and a seri
ous general disease of the horse, or at
least the loss of the boof.
In a bulletin of the South Dakota
Station, Mr. Moore recently reported
results obtained In a number of cases
froin applying a strict antiseptic treat
ment to injuries of this sort The
method consists In paring away tne
horn of the hoof from the affected
part until the blood oozes out The
foot Is then thoroughly washed In a so
lution of bichloride of mercury, In the
proportion of one' part to 500 parts of
water, after which absordent cotton.
saturated in a solution of the same
strength, Is applied to the wound, and
the whole boof Is packed In cotton, sur
rounded by a bandage and well coated
with tar. This prevents any further
filth from coming In contact with the
wound.
The operation must usually be don
by a qualified veterinarian. Subse
quent treatment, however, can be ap
plied by the average farmer, sine all
that Is necessary Is to pour a little of
the solution of bichloride of mercury
upon the cotton which projects from
the upper part of the bandage. Th
cotton will absorb enough of the solu
tion to keep the wound moistened and
hasten the healing process. If a rem
edy of this sort Is not adopted In th
case of a foot wound In the horse, the
owner runs considerable risk of seri
ous Infection either of blood poslonlng
or lockjaw.
Corn Land for tha Bean Crop.
Beans may be planted late and ma
ture before a probably frost For sev
eral years beans have born a good
price, and If the wheat crop proves to
be as short as threatened at this writ
ing the consumption of them Is likely
to be larger than usual. The planting,
harvesting and thrashing of beans may
be done by machinery now, which re
moves a former serious objection to
their culture; and If the crop area on
farm has been made smaller than
desired, by reason of the cold spring, a
field of beans might be advantageously
used In extending the season's crops.
Good corn land Is excellent for beans,
and their cultivation does not differ
materially from that of corn, hence it
does not require any special lnstructln
or skm to grow them successfully.
No ITnrao Crop for Alfalfa.
Some people still think alfalfa should
be sown with a nurse crop. Those who
have had experience with It know bet
ter. A recent publication of the Ari
zona Experiment Station sums up the
facts as follows :
Nurse crops hinder the development
of tops and roots of alfalfa, especially
when by reason of a thick stand or
rank growth shading effects are exces
sive. After the removal of the nurse
crop the weakened and undeveloped al
falfa plants are poorly fitted to with
stand drought and the stand may be
lost. In the average Instance the loss
In yield of alfalfa due to a nurse crop
probably more than offsets return from
tho nurse crop Itself.
Transportation Chararea.
The freight and transportation
charges on a full cor of strawberries
from southern points are often from
$200 to $300, while on a car of south
ern peaches the cost of refrigeration
and the high priced packages that have
to be used run the cost up above $500
on each car thnt conies Into the State :
$400 of this would be profit or Increased
Income to the local grower.
The local grower can often sell di
rect to consumer; there are no heavy
or refrigerator charges to pay, and
these two Items alone often eat up over
one-half to two-thirds of the gross sales
of fruit brought from a distance, while
the local grower saves It. J. H. Hale,
Connecticut, In American Cultivator.
Fruit Plcklnar Basket.
This basket Is made from an ordi
nary Delewnre fruit basket A strap
goes over the shoulder of the picker
and leaves both hands free for gather-
Ing the fruit It is bad practice to
shake any kind of fruit from the tree.
It should always be picked by hand
and carefully placed In the package In
which It Is sent to market By this
method Injury to the extent of 10 to
25 per cent may be avoided.
Wintering; Been.
D. H. Stovall says a neighbor who
make a good living from his apiary
successfully winter his bee through
th cold months In a cellar provided
for th purpose. He states that bees
may be successfully wintered In cellar
provided the cellar Is given over entire
ly to the bees and used for no other
purpose. There 1 always an un
healthy odor, that I as disastrous to
bee as anything else, emitted from de
cayed fruits, vegetables and such things
as r usually stored in cellars. Th
bee cellar should not be entered nor
disturbed any more than Is absolutely
necessary; It should be mad a onlet
unmolested horn for th llttl honey
BASKET FOB FBU1T PICKING.
nrffiVEEKLY
mXBSm
IAN
1200 Jews expelled from England.
1492 Columbus landed on the Island of
Cuba. .. .Island of Guadeloupe dis
covered by Columbus. '
1500 Columbus arrived a prisoner at
Cadiz, Spain.
1589 Paris attacked by Henry IV.
1005 The Gunpowder plot discovered.
1674 New York city evacuated by th
Dutch.
1081 Algiers bombarded by th French.
1C85 La Salle and his followers left tha
Lavaca river on the Gulf coast In .
search of the Mississippi.
1087 Gov,.Andros of New York arrived
at Hartford and demanded the sur
render of Connecticut's liberal char
ter.
1088 Landing of William III. at Tor
bay. 1701 City of Philadelphia chartered by
William Penn.
1715 Treaty signed by which th Low
Countries wer ceded to Emperor
Charles VI.
1730 Earthquake destroyed Lima and
the port of Calleo.
1755 Nearly 00,000 persons pertehed In
earthquake at Lisbon.
1705 Stamp act came Into force. . . .
Governors of all the Colonies except
Rhode Island took oath to execute
the Stamp act.
1772 First town meeting held In Boston.
1775 St. John, N. B., captured by Amer
ican force under Gen. Montgomery.
1775 Washington defeated by Gen.
Howe at battle of White Plains,
N..Y.
1783 Washington Issued his farewell ad
dress to the army.
1785 Last session of the old Continental
Congress opened in New York.
1789 Lettres de Cachet abolished by
the French National assembly.
1790 Gen. St. Clair routed by the In
dians on the Wabash river.
1803 Frigate Philadelphia ran on a reef
and officers and crew made prisoners
by the Moors.
1800 Revolutionary outbreak In Ban
Domingo. '
1810 France removed Its restrictions
against American trade.
1814 American force started on expedi
tion to take Montreal.
1825 First boat reached New York City
from Buffalo by way of the Erie
canal.... Opening of the Erie canal
celebrated at Albany.
1841 Sir Alexander Burnes and twenty
three others murdered at Cabul.
1844 The Royal Exchange, London,
opened by Queen Victoria.
1852 Franklin Pierce elected President
of the United States.
1854 Russians attacked the British at
Inkerman.
1855 Dr. Livingstone discovered th
great cataract, which he named Vic
toria Falls.
1801 Gen. George B. McClellan appoint
ed commander-in-chief of th United
States army.
1S02 Gen. . Grant began his advance on
Vicksburg.
1804 Nevada admitted to tha Union as
the thirty-sixth State.
1807 John Morrlssey, pugilist, elected
to Congress from New York.
1873 Second trial of "Boss" Tweed be
gan in New York.
1875 Richard P. Bland of Missouri In
troduced free silver bill in the House.
1870 Many thousands of people killed
oy a cyclone In Bengal.
1880 United States and China conclud
ed an emigration treaty.
1881 Denver became the permanent cap
ital of Colorado.
1885 Canadian Pacific railway opened
between Montreal and Winnipeg.
1889 North and South Dakota admitted
to the Union.
1892 Monument to the Chicago anarch-'
ists who were executed for the Hay
market outrage dedicated In Wald
heim cemetery, Chicago.
1893 Bill repealing the Sherman silver
purchasing act passed by Congress
and signed by President Cleveland.
Too Expensive. -
"Kadley isn't calling on Miss Van
any more."
"No, her family moved recently
they're living In Lonesomehurst now,
you know."
"But that Isn't very far out"
"It's 28 cents the round trip and sh
wouldn't pay his car fare." Philadel
phia Press.
RTonod Matters TJp.
Assistant Thl quarter that girt
gave you Is bad.
The Fortune Teller She' got noth
ing on me at that Th fortune I told
her was bad, too.
Or a Slx-Rlnsr CI rem.
' Billy Yes, mamma says th old
diap Argus had a hundred ye.
Bobby A hundred eyes? Whew I
But couldn't h enjoy a baseball gam