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The Roupell Mystery By Austyn Granvi.lle I I CHAPTER XI. (Continued.) He sprang from (he bath, the water dripping from his firm, white body mid glistening in big drops on the thick fcnir on his heaving client, as he rushed across the Hour of his sitting room, holding his towel around hi m with one band. lie opened the door a little way and took in the letter. Still holding his towel about liim, he stood examining the envelope very carefully. As he stood thus, with- one foot slightly thrown forward, all his weight on his left leg, bis muscles stood out like whip-cords. His eyes were bright and the light of a new interest suddenly sprang Into them. He presented thus a splendid specimen of physical manhood. He had little occasion for the brisk rub bing to which be treated himself, when he had put down the letter unopened, merely remarking: "I wonder what Cassagne Is doing at Villenetive." The heat of bis young and vigorous body had almost evaporated the moisture, lie went back into his bedroom and put on a soft, silken suit of pajamas, caught at the waist with a brocaded belt. He took a tasselled Turkish fez from its peg and put it on bis head. Then he went in to his chocolate and rolls, picked up his morning pnper and began to read. He skimmed the sheet at first with a languid Interest, eating very deliberately as his eye traveled over the paper. Suddenly he came to this item : "Nothing new has transpired- since yesterday in regard to the murder of Mine. Houpell at the Chateau Ville neuve " He got no further. Like a flash be dropped the pnper and reached out and took hold of the letter which be bad almost forgotten, exclaiming: "The Chateau Villeneuvel Villeneuve! Why, that's the place Cassagne writes from. I'shaw! what am I thinking of? He can't have been called in on that mat ter. It was In the bands of the prefect of police, and I know be bates Cassagne like poison." Nevertheless It was with fingers which trembled a little In their eagerness that be opened the lotter. "Ah!" he exclaimed, "here's fun at last. Cassagne is engaged in that Ville neuve matter after all. Called In by a friend of the suspected party, too. Al ways on that side of the case the most difficult, of course. Wants me to watch one Jules Chnbot. I know him ; old fop; club man. About as much chance of his being implicated as of my getting married. Well, I declare !" There were two long sheets of Instruc Hons. His first excitement over, Charles D'Auburon read them twice very care- fully, sipping his chocolate so slowly that the couteuts of the cup were almost cold before he finished It. Several minutes elapsed before he finally put Oassagne's letter on one side and lay back to think It was curious that his new field of activity should at last have brought him - into contact professionally with a man whom ho had hitherto known only social' ly. si. Jules (Jiinnot, while a mere ac quaintance, belonged to a club of which he was a member the "Alliance." " He was not very constant -in his attendance ; but be was tolerably well acquainted there. Jules Chnbot he had kuown as one Is apt to know those one casually meets in the billiard room or at the card table. How fortunate It was that, acting un der the ndvlce of his friend Cassagne, he ' had scrupulously hidden from all hi friends and acquaintances his new occu pation. It would bo a comparatively easy task for him to keep watch of Chabot's movements. The only question was how to do so without exciting his suspicions, He sat revolving this matter In bis mind for nearly an hour, at the end of which time ho arose and completed his toilet, dressing himself with unusual care, -The role he had now to play was one which had deceived many that of a rich, Innocent dandy, to whom appearance Is everything, and who has not a thought In tils head beyond the set of his bat or his tie. He selected from bis wardrobe a fine morning frock coat and a flowered waist coat of an oriental design which was all the rage among the boulevards. He put on a very tall collar and a necktie of a very ultra fusblon ; a glossy bat, patent ' leather boots and a silver-headed Malncca cane completed ins outnt. as lie descend ed the stairs bo put au eye glass in one eye. Thus accoutred, Charles' D'Auburon was as different a being as you could well lmaglue, from the free and easy Kobe mlan of an hour previously. A alight drawl was apparent in his speech. Hail iug a cab, he directed the driver to pro ceed to the Alliance club, lie was the most Innocent looking young uian in the whole of 1'aris. A vacant smile played round his mouth. One gloved hand ought his blonde mustache in a carous ing manner, while with the other he re turned the salutations ot his numerous acquaintances. M. Jules Cbabot, seated in the bay window of the Alliance club, aw him alight, and surveyed blm with a look lu which contempt struggled with jiolltcnesa and got rather tho best of It. "There is Uiat lusunerauie fop, I) Au burou, coming up the tteps," he remarked to an Intimate. "I think that fellow looks bigger fool every day." CIIAVTKR XII. When Alfred Cassagne bid Or. Mason adieu, It was to return to Parle, first to .; think and then to act. Never lu the ', course of bis experience had a encoun tered a rase which presented obstacles of so punliug a nature. He was a true l'arislnn. A day or two In the country , soon satisfied him. He required the stint- ulus ot treat city to Impart to his ': mental organisation that activity and harpuess which the calm and quiet of rustic existence lulled Into temporary re nose. His moat logical deductions had - been made In the rush and roar of the streets. Before leaving the chateau conversation something like the follow- ' lng had taken place between Dr. .Mason and himself: "This brother of Madam Roupell'a, tbls Henry Oraham can you tell me ytMn and vbers he waa last beard from J" "the last letter madame received from bira." replied the physician, "bore the postmark of Blois. That must be twenty years a so, as near as I can recollect. The first thing Cassagne did on his arrival in Paris was to call on his friend and pupil. Charles D'Auburon. He found him at home, his face glowing with sup pressed enthusiasm. Now," said Cassagne, "tell us what has happened? Have you found Jules Cbabot, and what progress have you made toward getting acquainted." 1 already knew him slightly," an swered D'Auburon. "I approached him cautiously, because If he is really impli cated in this matter be would naturally lie suspicious of any sudden show of .friendship. Fortune favored me, how ever. I managed to lose a came of bil liards to him at the Alliance this morn ing, the stakes a luncheon at the Cafe Anglais, whither we repaired shortly af ter. What do you think that blundering idiot Lahlanrhe is doing? He has set someone to shadowing .Monsieur Chabot. The fellow followed us in a cab. I thought we had given him the slip, but, looking out of the windows of the Cafe Anglais there he was lounging against a lamp post, and looking like a detective all over. Did you ever hear of such clumsi ness in all your life?" lou must exerciBe your Ingenuity, my dear boy. A little thing like that shouldn't disturb. you- Always recollect that In this business it is the man who keeps cool that wins. It is a golden maxim." D'Auburon was rapidly cooling, ne had been waiting all the evening for the arrival of his friend to Indulge In his tirnde against the prefect. He bad deliv ered himself. Then he became again, as Cassagne put it, "a reasoning being." Cassagne then gave D'Auburon a short sketch of what had occurred at the Cha teau Villeneuve. lie finish bis account by producing the little gold locket. llie man who wore this was last heard from at Blois. The owner of this locket was the man who actually murdered Mad ame Houpell. Whether he had accom plices or not It is hard ot present to say. The prefect argues, doubtless, from Jules Chabot's presence in the chateau on the night of the murder, that he is In some way connected with it. My own opinion is that It is a mere coincidence; nothing more. Still it will not do to leave any point uncovered. That's why I want you to keep Iilm well in sight. ' Do you see? I see. of course," responded D'Au buron. "1 can keep him in sight read ily. Meantime, what do you yourself pro pose to do Go, to Blois, I suppose. Exactly, and I start to-morrow morn ing. That means I shall go to bed early to-night. You must try and discover this man Chabot s nont intimate friends, meanwhile. I may be gone for a day or so.. Try and go where he goes, to be in vited where he Is invited ; and above all don't let Lablanche get ahead of us. He's not such a foal as you think. If he makes blunders, remember he makes remarkably clever ones. ;' ' "There was some tnlk of a ball to-mor row night," remarked D Auburon at length, when he had well weighed the other's words "a ball at the Vlcomte de Valiar's " "Ah!" do you know him?" "Yes, sa I know them all. I know of him. He n be got at if necessary. From what Chnbot dropped, continued D'Au buron,, "I believe he intends to be there, He Is quite In with the do Vulinrs, I understand. You have heard of de Va liurs, I suppose? Great financial nabob. and all that sort of thing." ' Cassagne nodded, quietly. "You ought certainly to be there. One never knows what may happen." "Now to find,-in a population of near ly thirty thousand people, this one indi vidual, this Henry Graham, who was last heard from In this very city seven years ago," soliloquized M. Cassagne, as he stepped from bis compartment on to the platform of the little railway station and saw frowning from above him the ancient castle of Iilois. All the way down in the train he had been busily occupied In plan ning how he would And the human needle, Henry Graham, in the bundle of hay. Blois. With nothing to guide him but bis own marvelous powers' of reasoning, he now started forth upon a search which ninety- nine men out of a hundred would hav considered worse than Useless. For it was quite within the bounds of possibility that the man he was looking for had lived in Blois under another name than that of Henry Graham. M. Csa.guo sauntered quietly down the curving, narrow main street of the old town. By nightfall be had accom plished this,: Ho bad bad his hair dress ed nearly tweuty times, he had ordered and paid for hut barely tasted nearly forty meals. He bad discovered that there were exactly two inns for every barber lu tne town ot ltlols. Hut no barber, and no innkeeper bad been able to inform him of such a person as Henry Grnlmin. M. Cassagne retired to rest in tho snuggest hostelry in the town, the Golden Fleece. Such progress did the detective make the next morning in the good graces of M. Cratteau, the proprietor of the inn, that by the time the ancient gilt clock over the stables had chimed out the half hour, M. Cratteau and he were on excel len terms, walking around the little gar den and chatting and talking confiden tially. M. Cassagne was confiding a wonder fnl fairy story. He was at Blois in the Interests ot a little girl ot whose person and estate he had been appointed guar dian. He had only to establish the death of one individual to prove his little ward heir to a large property In America. M. Cratteau, lu his ten years' residence In ltlols, had doubtless met many , Ameri cans. "Yes, many." "Had monsieur known an American called Henry Graham?" "Graham I Graham?" No, h man had not. "But I think I can direct you to a person who ean, he added. "Go and re Madame Beausantin, the old washer woman of the Hue du Concert. She hat dona the washing ot every American who has been in Blois for 'the past twenty years. She gets all the business because she knows what they want. She may be able to tell you something about him." It was barely nine o'clock when M. Cassagne, having finished bis coffee and rolls. Issued forth from the courtyard of the Golden Fleece, and proceeded in the direction of the Hue du Concert. It was a short street, containing neither inns nor barber shops, wbicb, perhaps. accounted fo his not having previously set foot within its precincts. If It bad not been for the fortuitous meeting with Crntteau, in all probability M. Cas sagne would never have thought of looking there for traces of Henry Gra ham. It waa a bright, smart shop, with large plate glass windows, in which were displayed, beautifully ironed, two long lace curtains, lying specimens of the qual ity of the work which was never, even for the best customers, done within. The Interior of the establishment was fitted up with a large stove in the rear, on which dozens of irons were heating. Rang ed in long rows across the floor were the Ironing benches at which the women la bored. Through an open door at the back, a glimpse of huge piles of linen, in various stages of renovation, was to be bad. The whole place was full of steam, Though the weather was warm, there was A"n anfi.a aha,ni, ci t nrrtiwir irantiln t inn. ' fin entire absence of proper ventilation. The atmosphere of the place to one un accustomed to breathe it was Intolerable. The appearance of the young women in the establishment of Mme. Beausan tin, however, entirely belied that of the popular picture. Notwithstanding the ar duous character of their employment, they were as, robust and strong as amazons. - The glow of health was on their cneeks, ' ana me muscles pi lueir uare arms miu necks stood out like whip cords. They were not at work, however, when M. Cas- sagne arrived.'' It was a tlme-nonorea custom of the establishment that from nine o'clock to balf-past was to be de voted to rest and refreshment. When M. Cassagne intimated his wish for a strictly private interview with Mme. Beausantin she bowed consent and led .the way to an inner apartment. M. Cassagne took a seat. . Mme. Beau santin stood with one elbow on the man telpiece, and eyed him"curiously. She bad been mistaken in the gentleman being a customer, she told herself. What then was the object of the present visit? She was soon to know. The detective ap proached point blank the one subject which was always uppermost In hi, mind a you tell me anything ot the 'Can you tell me anything whereabouts of one Henry Graham? You were his laundress some seven years ago" . In a moment be had hit upon a plan of enlisting the co-operation of Mme. Beausantin. An excellent judge of char acter, be could tell that greed of gain was one of her predominant traits. Then, without giving the laundress time to deny or affirm his statement, he added in an Impressive tone : 'Mv name is Alfred Cassaene. and I tm a detective from Paris." Mme. Beausantin's little beady eyes no longer twinkled. Instead, they appeared to De dilated to twice tneir tormer size. Her hands trembled apprehensively and her fingers interlaced themselves together in a Bpasm of sudden nervousness. "A detective!" she gasped, when she was at length able to command her voice. Do not be alarmed, madame, said Cassagne. "Not the slightest harm Is in tended to you. On the contrary, perhaps I may be able to make your special knowledge of this affair of considerable pecuniary advantage to you. Take a seat,. There is a good deal to talk about. The calm tone ot the detective some what reassured the proprietress of the laundry. She sat i down. The look of alarm on her face gave way to her pre dominant expression the expression of i .. What do you want to know?" was her caper question, in a voice which asked al- most as distinctly as words. What will you way for it? I "I want to know as much of Monsieur Graham's history as you are acquainted with." ' He drew from his pocketbook two biUs ot tne IWIH ot r ranee, inejwmuuus denomination of one hundred franc apiece. Taking one between his finger and thumb, ho pushed it toward Mme, Beausantin across the table. When you tell me all you know about Monsieur Graham, you shall have the other one, he remarked, impressively, "The sum Is entirely too small, mon-"" sieur," she said, for information which is really worth having." (To be continued.) When Yoo Shave Yonrself. Grinding his teeth, he muttered a low onth. "I don't know what's gotten Into this razor," he exclaimed. "It won't cut at all." She gave a little cry of amazement. "Why," she said, "when I opened that can of potted ham with It this mortilng, It was so sharp It nearly took my finger off.' Ills Field Day. "Yes," snld the trump who was ex plaining his method.' "I always tell the lady of the house tlint I wis In jured on the field." "What field?" link ed the lmxorUMictd beginner. "Well, If It's a younger irnly I any football field, nn' If it's nn old lady I say but tle field." Tlt-ltlts. Not What She'd Call It. 'How well Mrs. Trlpsley bears her troubles. 1 declare, she looks as fresh and fair as a young girl, yet she has burled two husbands." "You don't call burying two hus bands trouble, do you?" replied Mrs, Henpevk. Chicago Itecord-Hernld. No i.oncrr Met Phy.iclnn. "My husband Is troubled with a bus- ting noise In his ears; what would you ndvlseT" "I would advise him to go to the sea shore for a month or two." "But he can't get away." "Then you go." Houston Post. , A Dl Serene. Mrs. Ath, Letlc I'll have ft So I some new golf cosfumes. I am very load of ooal ashes, and salt and cop short on golf skirts this spring. paraa are mixed with wood ashes and Her Husband Last year the soli una were very auort on jam ' Portable Cot for Hoars. Following is the description given by the Wisconsin Agricultural Station of a valuable portable hog cot which will be found of use on the farm. The cot Is bIx feet wide, eight feet long, six feet two Inches high in front and three feet High In the rear. Th9 floor la built first, with 2x4s as stringers, and the frame is held on the floor by blocks at each corner. The large sized house Is provided with two doors in front and a temporary mov able partition and a temporary mov able partition in the middle so that the cot can easily be adjusted to accom- modate two lots of swine at the same tlme 0n evej wltn tne g)nB9 wi. .. - - dows, tnere is also a drop window, preferably hung on hinges, fastened at the top for ventilation and sunlight The lumber required for the house Is as follows: Twelve pieces, two inches by four Inches, sixteen feet long. for frame. Four pieces, one Inch by twelve Inches, sixteen feet long roueni for floor Thirteen pieces, one . ,,, ,J1 i ..f. , ' . . ' , 'uf 1WL "' battens, sixteen feet long, for sealing cracks between boards. The total cost of material to build tflA tX'l fVl fluin flsu-tra anil mlnJAin ' ueuiuess, economy, uuraointy, ana comfort to animals, this type of cot Is excellent. Where It IS desirable to, keep a number of hogs In one lot the large size Is preferable. The cot will accommodate from three to five mature animals arid the large cot from seven to nine. Although the Wisconsin sta tion has a large boghouse with feed room, scales, etc., the cots have been iouna a convenient means or enlarg- found n 'n the facilities of the piggery, To Feed the Horse. A common way of ,. feeding ,dray horses and other street teams In the city Is Illustrated here. A sack Is ' made out of good strong ducking of a circumference that will allow of Its being' pulled over horse's nose and leaving sufficient room for hlra to work bis JawS eas ily. Tbls sack Is anywhere from a foot to , fourteen NOSE BAU, inches In length. The bottom Is made rtf n trrtnd nflff nlwtA rt kaniaad lA..fV.n. " - " uv ' lUB ueul OI lu uuckiiir. a learner strap is riveted Into one side of the mouth of the sack, and a buckle is riveted on the other, so that the whole may be strapped on to the horse's head, as Hhmvn. in nrrinr to feed n hnru. hB nphfrkeA. nn he n loom. place the suck on the ground, where he can push his nose to the bottom of It to "lean out the last of the food. For the farmer who takes a day to go to town these sacks will be found I very handy, as a horse can be fed with them without any waste of grain pro- vlillncr he Is unchecked. A llt-tlo cnn. tlon should be used lu placing the sack on a horse note accustomed to It, as it may cause him to jerk back. How ever, after be has once eaten a meal from it he can be considered well broken In. Iowa Homestead. Cowpea Har. H. M. Cottrell, after years of expe rience and observation, says that cow pea hay Is nearly equal to alfalfa In feeding value, and contains nearly one- Ualf more flesh and utilk muklug ma- terlal than' clover bay. It is rich In the mineral matter that Is needed lu form ing bone, blood, flesh and milk. These qualities make it especially valuable for feedlng growing cattle and pigs. dairy cows and fattening steers and hogs. The cowpea enriches the land whlCu lt KroW9. the same as alfalfa. !, nil bov beans. It makes hard soils mellow 'and aids In holding loose soils together, and stands dry weather well. ' Breed In a- Tip for Egii. The Maine experiment station has! discovered a hen that laid 250 eggs In one year. In fact, she laid eggs In a year, counting from Thanksgiving day to Thanksgiving day. Tbls hen came from a selected family of 200 egg layers as the original foundation. ' in the Mme family there were a num- ber of Bens that laid over 240 eggs In a year. Condiments for Honrs. - The most valuable "condiments" for Aon are ashes, salt and copperas. A big breeder aaya he once week rakes ud the Voba In the feeding yard and I burns them, thus giving the, swine some charcoal ; occasionally he hauls la a Vvnt fti a trough where the hogs caa ! at them at any urns. SMALL SIZE HOC! COT. " ' Foe Lerr y 'Block. Dip or wash the animals with a 1 or 2 per cent water Solution of a tar dis infectant, such as ftreso.- A convenient way to apply the remedy In the larger animals Is with a spray pump, and In sheep or hogs by dipping. Whatever method Is used, tho coat and skin must be thoroughly wet with the solution. 'After treating the he-, the stables, sheds or sleeping quarters should- be sprayed with shout a J. per cent water solution of the disinfectant, or white wash may be used Instead. This Is necessary In order to prevent reinfect ing the herd from the surroundings. If there Is much litter around the yards it is advisable to moi the herd to other corals. Tar dlsl j'ectnnts in 1 or 2 ve cent solutions do not destroy the eftB or nits, hence It Is necessary to treat the animal again In ten days or two weeks. Stockmen sometimes ask If the feeding of sulphur to lousy animals will not drive away or de stroy the lice. The feeding of small doses of sulphur will do no harm,' nor will It help in getting rid of the lice, and It cannot be considered a remedy for this class of disorders when used In this way. Sulphur Is effective, how ever, when nsed externally, and the addition of four ounces to every gallon of tar disinfectant solution used great ly Increoses the effectiveness of the remedy.; Field and Farm. Foxtail and Plarweed. Both these weeds are annuals; that Is, they grow from seeds each, year or season and the plants die after ripen ing seeds. The way to keep them down Is to prevent the plants from ripening seed and making sure that are no seeds In the grain sown upon the farm. Fox- tall Is troublesome, because It springs up In cultivated fields after the crops are laid by, and then It comes up In stubble and In meadows and pastures. Late cultivation of corn fields, and mowing the stubble, meadows and pas tures to keep seeds from forming, is the way to attack this weed. Judging from the way these weeds spring up, whenever conditions are favorable, there must be great Stores of them In cultivated fields showing the seeds are long-lived. Pigweed quickly springs up In corn or potato fields, after culti vation has ceased. These seeds ripen from August 13 to November 1, so It will take rigorous measures to get rid of them. In fact, the only way to get rid of these weeds is to cut them down before seeds mature. If a crop of them Is left to mature In corn fields, and then the seeds plowed under t coming season, you have stored away enough seeds to bother you for the next ten years. Farm Manasjrement. Economy Is wealth. Extra and un necessary expense is a millstone around the neck of many who otherwise would succeed. Discharge the unprofitable employe. Stop every leak of unneces sary expense. Money saved Is money made. . Money Invested in Improved machinery Is economy. Money Invested In the best seeds and appliances is economy. Time wasted, labor wasted, Is extravagance. 1 A successful farmer says he does not have to Inspect a farm to see whether It pays or not. "Just give me a chance to look into tbre barn. The con dition things are kept In is all the go by I want" The barn Is a telltale on the careless or wasteful farmer. In faqt, economy In farming begins at the barn In the proper handling of food, caring for the manure, care of tools and harness and the care given to the live stock stabled there. There Is al ways a best way to do things, and the best way is generally the paying one. Money in Peanut Raisins. Texas farmers are getting 00 cents a buBhel for peanuts, and with a yield of from fifty to. sixty bushels to the acre are calling It "big money." , The acreage In peanuts for another year will be large, as this price will bring more than cotton at 10 cents per pound. The farmers of Burmnh have recog nized the commercial value of the pea nut, and have this year Increased the area planted to 78,743 from 37,110 acres last year, and It Is reported that a much larger area will be planted to this tuber next season. Thus far most of the peanut planting is done in the provinces of Mugwe and Mylngyan. Barn Door Prop. I have a few large barn doors that are hung on hinges, and when I open them I have always had to get a stick OPEN LX)NVEN1XT BABX DOOS PBOP. . or something to keep them open; so I thought of this little thing. I took I 2x4 scantling and put, a hinge on th end as shown In the cut Then it if always with the door. Exchange. Sawdnst and. Soil. Prof. W. 8. Masey says sawdust from resinous pine decays slowly In the soil, and will sour the land when decayed. Even when used for bedding In stables the manure Is not worth half as, much as taat with ordinary bedding. Look about the remains of sawdust accumu lated about abandoned mill sites that are cftnmon In the plney woods, and you vlu see that it takes, a long time for Biy fegetatlon to start where saw i dust fct Ven scattered. ILffl ill! nTHEYEEKLY 1402 Columbus arrived at ITayti ana learned that the colony left there had perished. 1400 Perkln Warbeck, who styled him. self Richard IV., King of England, executed. , ( 1518 Cortes sailed from Cuba to cap ture Mexico. 1540 De Soto left the coast and began his Inland march. 1542 English defeated the Scots at Sol way Moss 1578 Sir Humphrey Gilbert's first expe dition sailed to found a colony in America. 1C2S St. Peter's, Rome, dedicate by Pope Urban VIII. 1033 Ships Ark and Dove nailed from England with 200 persons to found a colony in Maryland. 1043 Birth of La Salle, the explorer et the Mississippi valley. 1083 Boundary line agreed npoa by New York and Connecticut. 1755 Severe earthquake stiockg felt along the eastern coast of North America. 1758 Fort Duquesne renamed Pittsburg by the English. 1775 American force took and fortified Cobble Hill, near Boston V776 British under Cornwall!! crossed the Hudson to attack Fort Lee. 1704 Jay's treaty between the United States and Great Britain signed. .790 French under Bonapane defeated the Austirans at Areola. .. .Much property destroyed by tire in Sa- vannah, Ga. 1801The Pillory used In Boston for the last time. 1816V-A Philadelphia theater lighted by gas, first in the country. 1832 Eruption of Mt. Etna: town o Bronte destroyed. 1837 Montreal used gas for Illuminating purposes for the first time. 1851 Ernest Augustus, King of Han over and Duke of Cumberland, died. 1852 Napoleon jlll. elected Emperor of the French. 1800 Legislature of Georgia voted $1, 000,000 to arm the State. 1803 Battles before Chattanooga, Tenn began.... The National Soldiers' cemetery at Gettysburg dedicated. .1807 Committee on the House reported In favor of the impeachment of President Johnson 1871 The Grand Duk Alexis arrived at New York 1874 British immigrant ship Cospatrick burned at sea, with loss of 473 lives. 1877 The Halifax fishery commission, under treaty of Washington, render ed its decision. 18S3 Standard time adopted throughout Canada. 18S9 Remarkable cliff covered In Colorado. dwellings dis- 1889 Alaska first demanded representa tion in Congress. 1890 Indian outbreak near Pine Ridge, South Dakota.... Battleship Maine launched at the Brooklyn navy yard, The Sclentlfle Immortality. Sir Oliver Lodge, the noted British scientist, has delivered another pro nouncement on the subject of toe im mortality of the soul. He says first that the simple important truth to be kept in sight Is the commonplace fact that there Is nothing immortal or persistent about the body except the material atoms of which it is composed. He dismisses ut terly the notion, still taueht bv Dart tA the Christian church, that these atoms will some day be gathered and reunited so as to constitute a complete man as he appeared on the earth, and who there after will last forever. This he regards as merely a clumsy expedient to make pleasing the Idea of the homeless, wan dering spirit or ghost of the departed in dividual, sir Oliver says that nobody knows what the soul is, but that com mon sense rebels against its being noth ing, and that no genuine science had as sumed to declare it a purely imaginary nuueauiy. ne noias lt must be acknowl' edged by science that no really existing thing perishes. It only changes form.1 Ai this has been shown clearly in the case of matter and energy, it must si an ha true of mind, consciousness, will. mem. ory, love and other activities which In teract with matter and anneal to the bodily senses. These facts of the indi vidual human consciousness, he says, can not be regarded as nothing, and they will never vanish Into nothingness. They did rise with us. They never sprang sud denly into being from previous non-existence. They are as eternal as the God head itself, and will In eternal being en dure forever. Greater Pltt.b.r Lesall.ed. The fight over the consolidation o Pittsburg nU Allegheny ended in the But preme Court when Justice Moody hande, down the deWsion sustaining the Suprent Court of fcHenaylvania, which had ttpl held the coDtidation which a majority of the people et the two cities voted under a legislatrve act. The consolidated city has an as jf thirty-eight square miles, n estimates' population of 660,000, and will contest -eita Boston the sixth plica araonf AioerM cities for population, sj psvirka aJse claimed by Baltimore.