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.