p gound by a Spell
CHAPTHH XIII.
It was the day that I was to ls
Clara. I woke with the dawn. For tho
Brat time In my life, I took pallia with
my toilet. I carefully brushed my- Iml
m dttleront ways, trying which was th
more becoming. Hut with all my pains.
l cm but it very sorry figure.
"Dear me, how spruce yon look this
morning! d Martha, as I came down
to breakfast. "And aulte elated, too!"
Before II) o'clock t was In the neigh
borhood of her house. It was too early
to go there yet; so I lingered aliout for
time. How very awkward It was tha
I had no knowledge of her name! I hail
quits forgotten to nsk It. As tho tlnn
drew near I began to feel nervous.
church clock struck eleven as I timidly
knocked at the door. I was answered by
a stout, good tempered looking old lady.
ion hare a young lady staying here,
I began, in a hesitating tone.
"Oh, you are the young man that Miss
t iara expects, I suppose. Saying which
the old lady deliberately drew pair
or spectacles out of her pocket, and ad
Justing them, carefully scrutinized me.
My appearance seemed to satisfy her. for
she said, in a more friendly tone, alk
in, young man; Miss Clara will be with
you directly."
She showed me Into a neat little par
lor. Upon the table were several water-
colored drawings, some finished, some un
finished; also some Berlin wool work.
Ilonquets of Sowers wtx everywhere;
upon the table amidst the work, upon the
mantelpiece in two rases, upon a little
tajHl facing the window, and upon the
cottage piano that stood In a corner. The
air was loaded with their perfume. In
few moments the door opened and
Ulsra came Into the room.
"You have come, then," she said, with
ner sweet, melancholy smile.
As It aught but death or Imprisonment
coma nave kept me nwav!
She painted water-color ntctnres. and
did Berlin wool work for the shops, she
told me. She sat down at once and be
gan her work, and I waited upon her,
washed her brushes, ground her colors,
adjusted the blind, and between these
little offices I watched her busy fingers;
out ortener my eyes were upon her face,
graving its every lineament upon my
memory, ."ever have I looked upon an
other face so spiritually beautiful. It
was one of those heads that the old Ital
ian painters loved to give to their An
gels and Madonnas, so prefectly serene,
eo utterly free from hnman passions.
The fair wavy hair, tintrammeled by
art; the oval fare, neither full, nor thin,
but perfectly smooth; the low forehead;
the blue eyes; the straight Grecian ncse;
the small mouth; the awelling, gracefully
arched neck; the skin so delicately wh'te,
tinted upon the cheeks with the faintest
carnation. Her figure was of about the
middle height, exquisitely graceful, yet
palntnlly fragile. She wore a black
dress, made high to the neck, wltli
small, plain white collar.
I We talked very little; she was too busy
with her work, and silence was mors
congenial with our mood.
At 3 o'clock Mrs. Wilson called ns to
dinner, which we took in a breakfast
parlor below. The old lady was Try
chatty and very curious, and asked me
a great number of Indirect questlous
inose i am not care to answer 1 con
trived pretty skillfully to evade.
f "Von must excuse my questions, sir,'
she said; "but although Miss Clara I
no relation of mine, and, Indeed. I know
nothing about her, still I feel as much
Interested in her as though she were my
own child; she is so innocent, and knows
ko little about the world, that It s quite
necessary thut she should have some one
to look after her. Now, you are the
first visitor that she has ever bad, and
she has lived with me these two years,
But, when she came home last night she
told me that she had met an old ac
quaintance who was coming to see her;
that he had come to the city In search of
employment, and had no friends nor ac
quaintances, and was so dreadfully mis-
rrable that It made her quite unhappy
to see him. At first, I set my face
against it. but the soon coaxed me over,
and I compromised the matter by saying
that you should come this once, but that
If I did not approve of you, it was to be
thu first and the last visit. But I must
say you seem a very nice, quiet, modest1
sort of young gentleman. And what kind
of employment might you be seeking?'
I told her I had been usher at a school.
but that at present I was doing cop) lug.
I did not say of what kind. The old
lady remarked that an usher's was
very genteel sort of employment. Alto
gether she seemed very well satisfied
with me.
In the evening Mrs. Wilson brought
her sewing up Into the parlor, and pro
posed that I should read to them. And
so the evening glided on, oh, so rapidly,
until I could no longer see- In the dark
ening' twilight, and then we all sat near
the window; Mrs. Wilson chatting. I and
Clara silent She gazing Into the street,
with that absent look so common to her;
1 watching every motion or her face, as
It grew more and more indistinct In the
deepening shadows. Lights were brought,
and then we went down to supper, and
then It was time to go.
"You will come and see me again,
won't you'" she said, as she gave me her
baud at the gate.
I wanted no pressing, and arranged
that I would come again on Monday. She
wished me good night, and went In and
closed the door, and the day was ended
the day whose blissful memories will
never fade from my heart.
That day was the precursor of many
like ones, until. In a short time, I could
perceive that she looked forward to my
coming with expectancy, and that my
presence had become a thing almost nec
essary to her. She looked for me to hand
her the painting materials, to grind the
colors, to select her skeins of wool, to
elt st her feet and read to her some
pleasant book; while, between the lights,
she would sit at the piano ami Impro
vise strange, weird, plaintive melodies.
It was a strange communion, ours. In
It we lived only in the present moment.
We never spoke of a past or of a fu
ture, for we wished to be happy; and,
to both, the past was hideous, the fu
ture ominous. Thus I knew nothing of
her past life, nor did 1 wish to know.
Like her, I did not wish the happiness
of the present to be marred by one pain
nil image.
She had lived with Mrs. Wilson above
two j ears, yet even sho knew nothing
of her life for a single doy before she
cams to her. "I have nlwaya had good
references before I would take any ono
Into my house, said the old lady, "es
peclally young ladles without friends;
but she said she could give me none,
and she looked so innocent and good that
I took a fancy to her upon the spot: and
I have never had came to regret it, for
a dearer, purer creature never entered a
house, and I feel for her quite as It she
was my own child. Hut I must say
that I do feel curious about her. and
often think what a mystery she Is. She
Is so strange at times, and so uullke any
other young lady 1 ever met."
With my old reticence, I told Martha
no word of Clara. I hugged my secret
with selfish tenacity, as something too
precious to be shared. She wondered
at my unaccounted-tor absences, and I
think felt hurt that I did not confide
In hsr. She frequently remarked upon
my changed appearance.
1 do declare, sho used to say, "that
I never saw any one so altered for the
best as you are. Master Silas! Why,
you'vsj got to look quite handsome late
ly"
In the meantime I was not Idle. Mr,
Montgomery brought me more copying to
do, and In order that my visits might
me. "Oh, ymi should! It soothes tin
brain. It lulls remorse. Tobacco la the
modem Lethei or, nt all events. If it does
not obliterate old meiilorieo, It renders
joti Indifferent to them, which I much
tha same thing. I suppose you have tut
phantoms to fumigate. Yotl are still
wandering in the linppy regions, of Inno
cence" this with n sneer. "1 had stray
cd very far wide of them long ticforo I
was your age. At twenty I was n guy.
dashing spark. At Itiree-aiidtwcnty I
wns forbidden my father's house, thanks
to a woman a prayerful woman, too,
that was always readins rrlliHii ln.iVs. 1
and never happy out ot a chapel; n wnin-l
an nun a Heart of tlint. All my sins
lie nt her door; wild youlh might hnvo
been succeeded by a reputable hutnliood,
hut for her."
While he spoke his fno luwiim,, vm.
vulsed with passion. As the paroxism'
Increased, tha foam bubbled from his)
mouth, and he launched forth into the
mo.t rriglitrul Imprecations.
"I say, old fellow, don't go on In this
awful manner," said Jooluli,. who, na well
as myself, looked rather alarmed at his
violence. '"Van my life,' I can't stand
any more of It, and so I told you last
time. Come, tell us of some adventures
ot jour past life that ore so Jolly minis
Ing. Silas, here, has never heard nv
of them. You'd like to h ear some.
wouldn't you" lie added, winking hard
at me.
At that moment 1 should have much
preferred to to to bed. but I dl,l not
" "y so; expressing, instead, a
great uesire to hear anything Mr. Mont
gomery chose to relate.
Don t be frightened" he lnin
iuo I'emiunuioil iron his race. ami
growing calm tinder this 'Judicious (lat
tery, "I am not likely to ha nil 1 nil.
or anybody else except her. Hut when
i mine or all she has made me go
through, and not only me, but Well.
If I were to think of that lonir. 1 shnuld
go mad In earnest."
He went on smnklne his nln In !.
lence for a time, seemlugly lost In
thought.
I wonder If I were to write my life.
ot
misplaced, Ilia nctttat per cent being
..'IT of I per cent and .42 of 1 per con
rosoetlvoly. Says Professor Brook
Tlio fertilising vnltio of coal ashes,
whether from hard or soft coal. Is
always very low, for not only arc lliu
proportions of plant food oxcccdlngly
small, but the compounds present urn
ns well very Insoluble,"
. -. , ui. 1. t r.., ... ,
ly sat np all night writing. My expense, f 1 "IJ y bookseller to publish
were very small, and even with the little
earned, 1 contrived to cover them.
What more could I desire? I was more
than happy, for I was living In an Ideal
world.
ltvtiilnlnir Miiniira Values,
Theru Is probably no better way of
handling mnnuro made In feeding cat-
tlo loose In stables tlitin to apply lit'
ler dully to Absorb tlio liquids mut
keep tlio cnttlo clean and allow tho
manure to accumulnto under the cat'
tie.
It was once supposed that If manure
wns kept under cover Its fertility
would not bo appreciably wasted. The
Department of Agriculture finds that
lame losses may occur, though not to
such nn extent, ot course, us from the
open yard mnnuro pile.
The best way to keep mnnuro seems
to be to pack It Into n solid inns, ami
exclude tho air. In n somewhat Iiii
liar milliner to the way sling" la put
up. The department notes experiments
where steer inaliuro wns kept In deep
stalls under the feet of the nnlmula
for months, as against tho method of
cleaning the stall out dally ami stor
ing In a compact heap under cover,
enough Hno cut litter lielng used each
day to apparently absorb all the liquid
CIIAPTEIt XIV.
One day Mr. Montgomery Invited me
to pay a visit to the ltoyal Cortutuian
Theater. There had been a time when
no proposition could have been so de
lightful to me: but siuce those uaya i
had scared Into higher regions of Ideal
Ity than the theater could represent Nev
ertheless, I accepted the Invitation, and
one evening I accompanied him and Jo-
slah.
While I was standing In the side
scenes, looking at the play, some stran
gers came through a private door that
led from the boxes. They were geuth
men. dressed in run evening costume,
After a casual glance I again gavo my
attention to the stage. Presently I
heard a voice close behind me, whose
tones sounded familiar in my ears. Turn
ing round, I saw one ot the gentlemen
talking to an actress. In an Instant 1
recognized Mr. llodwell. It was a shock,
In which, for an Instant, I forgot the
stage and everything about me. I avert
ed my head, and dared not move lest he
should recognize me. Hut I soon began
to think how improbable this was that
he would do so In such a situation, and
with my altered appearance.
I screwed np my courage, and turned
round to leave the spot, when. Just as I
was brushing past the object of my
fears, adverse fortuno brought Joslah
Cook across my path .
"Hello. Silas", old fellow, how are ion
enjoying yourself?" he cried, as he pass
ed me.
Instinctively I east a glance upon Mr.
Rod well. I saw him start and look me
full in the face. A row of gaslights
leaning against the side scene glared
full upon us both. Ills gaze dwelt upon
me for an Instant but he gave no sign
of recognition, and went on talking as be
fore. I fondly hoped lust he urn not re
member me.
Quick on the heels of Joslah followed
Mr. Montgomery, He nodded to me,
and was passing on when, observing Mr,
Itodwell, he stopped suddenly, stared at
him for a moment, then, clapping his
hand unon his shoulder, cried in a fa
miliar tone, "How do you do, Mr, Bod
well?"
He was dressed as an old man, wore
a wig. and was otherwise disguised. The
gentlemsn whom he addressed honored
him with a haughty stare.
It is some time since we have met.
and I suppose yon do not remember 'the
Professor In this dress
Mr. Itodwell looked disconcerted at
th,l recontre.
"I certainly did not remember you,"
be said, coldly.
I did not hear more of what passed be
tween them, and should not have heard
this had not my passage been blocked
for a moment by a change of scene. I
was only too glad to get away from the
vicinity as soon as I could make my es
cape.
AH enjoyment was over for that even
ing, and I would have chosen rather to
have gone home at once; but as I had ac
companied my fellow lodgers to the the
ater, I thought It would appear strange
leave without them. Ho, liavlug ob
tained permission, I went Into the pit to
witness the rest of the performance. I
did not see anything more of .Mr. Itod
well that night, but I could not shake
oft n feeling of depression, and a pre
sentiment that this meeting boded ine
some III,
I waited at the stage door until my
companions were dressed. But Instead
of Immediately wending their way home
ward, they expressed an intention of ad
journing to a public house, and Insisted
upon my accompanying them. I bad
never been In such a place before, and
the noise and' smoke quite mazed me.
sir. .Montgomery called for supper.
and threw down a coin.
Hello!" cried Joslah, staring In blank
astonishment; "have you been robbing a
baukV"
No; I have only been bleeding a
friend," was the answer.
I soon began to very heartily wish
that I had gone home by myself, Mr.
Montgomery Insisted upon drinking; and
that, together with the atmosphere I was
inhaling, quickly affected my brain.
When we reached Kackstraw'a build
ings they would not permit me to go
to my own lodgings. I must go into
Mrs. Jennings' and spend half an hour
with them.
"You don't smoke. Silas?" be said to
It? It would Indeed be a marvelous
story. But I don't believe that half tha
people would rrdlt It 1 mm.ij ..-.it.
half a dozen sensation novels without ! manure. The deep stall mnnuro was
Inventing a single Incident: hut, then, trampled to a very dark, compact mass
uovel readers would cry. They are so' and there was very little loss of the
far-fetched!' A man who began life as. valuable fertilizing constituents-
gentleman, and who, for a matter ot
twenty sears, has passed throuch eterv
phase of vagabondism, must have some
strange stories to tell."
'Of course he must." said Joslsh.
again winking nt me. "I have often won
dered that you have not set about pub
lishing your reminiscences, or your auto
biography, or something of that sort. But
It Isn't too late, you know. But come,
now, give us one of vour regular start.
lers; we are all attention."
iTo h. contluufd.i
EGYPTIAN8 BEAT HARVEY.
Circulation of the Illood Known to
Their Doctors O.O(H)
The Hnrvelnn oration nt the ltovnl
uoiiogo or rnystcluns, I.ondon, was do
llvcred this year by Or. Itlcliard
Caton, F. It. c. I". In the course of
his remarks he snhl that Ilnrvev vn
almost anticipated 0,000 yearn ago by
tuc priest-doctor of Kgypt In hi mo
mentous discovery of the circulation tor
the blood.
Ajs far back as -1000 B. C. Hgypt had
works on medicine mid anatomy, and
one brilliant Renins forgotten nown
day and omitted fom the cyclopedias
l-om-hotep, priest of the aun god Ita,
and physician to King Torsotbros. be
came so eminent that he was revered
as a demigod after death, a temple
was built out his tomb, and In bis
honor hospitals were raised In Mem
phis and other cities. Here the priest
physicians treated the sick and em
balmed the bodies of men and sacred
animals.
These were probably. Dr. Caton
Ui Inks, the first of mankind to acqulro
a rudimentary knowledge of the move
ment ot the blood. Their papyri con
tain Intelligent references to the heart.
the blood vessels and the pulse. Of
the heart In particular they knew
much, and their writings refer to Its
enlargement, fatty degeneration, dis
placement, palpitation and pericardial
effusion. One remarkable passage of
these old-world Inquirers siienks of
distension of the heart and shortness
of breath as occurring because the
blood has stagnated and dons not cir
culate properly.
Not Greece, therefore, but Kgypt,
long before Galen and Hippocrates,
was tho motherland of rational infill
clno and anatomy. The views of the
Greeks on the circulation of the blood
were a I moot exactly those which the
Egyptians bad taught many centuries
earlier.
On one remarkable menus of treat
nient for Inclpllent valvular disease of
the heart which these long-forgotten
Nile doctors taught Dr. Caton laid
great stress. It was the method roc
ommended at least -1.000 years go to
let the heart have ns much rest as
possible a wise Injunction, said tho
Harvelnn orator, which we may yet
practlco with advantage. I-em-lmtep
seems to have been an all-round
genius physician , architect, astron
omer, alchemist so Illustrious that
after death he wan reputed the aon of
tho supreme deity, l'tah all this iinu
yet nearly lost to fame,
leaves In Morses.
Ill mild and recent eases the henvos
may often bo cured eiilliely by turning
tlio liorso out lo pasture for two or
three months. If It Is necessary, how
over, to work n liorso affected with
this trouble, he can be relieved nrcnlly
by feeding no hay except at night, and
then only n small amount of clisiti and
bright hay, entirely free, from dust,
If there Is any danger of dust It Is
well to dampen It, but only bright
hay should bo given, ltoots wilt be
found helpful; beets, turnips, potatoes
or anything of tlint sort that the horse
will eit. The amount of water should
bo limited as much ns possible, and no
liorso with heaves shnuld be given
water for ono or two hours previous
to going to work. Dr. Law recom
mends arsenic In five-grain doses dally,
ami continued from n month to two
months, as especially valuable, and
says that tho bowels must be kept
easy, by laxallves If necessary. By
treatment of this sort n heavey horso
can be greatly relieved. When tlio
disease first comes on It will pay to
turn the horse to grnss, with the lump
of effecting a cure at once and before
the disease progresses to the extent
where It liecomcs Incurable. Wal
lace's Farmer.
Hoporlllc.
Yes, I picked up his hook last nlglil
and I never budged out of my chair
until 4 o clock tills morning. '
"Goodness! Was It that interest
ing?"
No, hut I didn't wake up until that
time," Philadelphia Press.
Feminine Way,
"Have you read that new novel cv-
body Is talking about?" asked tho first
dear girl.
"Only the last chapter," replied dear
girl the second. "I wonder how It begins."
Emil Manlcus, the Nestor of Danish
Journalists, Is dead at' HI. He' was
expelled from Schlcswlg In 1801 by
the Germans.
nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash.
With the manure kept In heaps one
third ot the nitrogen, one-fifth of the
potash nnd one-seventh of tho phos
phoric acid was loit, the total money
value of the losses being equivalent
to f-M for each steer stabled for tlx
mouths.
Manure. It Is stilted, can be kept
almost perfectly, so far as the fer
tilizer constituents are concerned, by
use of tho "deep stall" system. Hi-
pertinents show, however, that nitro
gen Is lost very rapidly by such man
ure. If It be allowed to He after the
removal of the stock, without such
covering ns will retain thu moisture
and exclude the air.
Tho Modern Kami In Germany,
Klectrlclty fur farming purposes has
probably been developed more In Ger
many than lu any other country. A
largo number of German estates aro
now run almost entirely by It, tho
smaller ones being equipped usually
In groups from a single power plant,
as at Chottorf, while many of tho
large estates have their own private
plants. A striking example of this
latter class is tho farm of Prof. Back-
haus, at Quedmiu, In tho eastern part
of Itussla, which covers an area of 4.V)
acres and has a dairy producing about
1.000 gallons of milk per day. The
buildings arc all lighted by Incandes
cent lamps and the grounds. In places.
by arc lights. The current Is supplied
from a small central station contain
ing a CO-borse power engine direct
coupled to two generators, and a
switchboard for tho control of the
various circuits, all parts of which
are so simple and plainly marked that
any farm hand can understand ami
operate It In addition to the lighting.
power Is supplied for the pumping oi
water and tho driving or saws, teen-
cutting machines, n threshing and a
grist mill, and an electric churn In the
dairy, Besides these stationary power
appliances there are a number of clec-
trically-drlven agricultural mnciiines
for use In the fields, Including nn auto
mobile plow, all of which are run by
storage batteries and may bo charged
at conveniently sub-stations. To round
out the completeness of the equipment
tho bams are heated by electricity
and ventilated by motor-driven fans
and all parts of the farm have tele
phonic IntercommunlcaUon. Knglnecr-
lug Ilecord.
llxerclse the Htiitlltiu,
Stallions should bo put to work and
kept at work whenever not In active
stud service and then they will bo
surer and have fewer returned mares
to took after and can do a bigger busi
ness, says a'eorresKindi-nt of National
Stockman. No stallion Is too good to
earn his oals behind a collar, ami usu
ally the more be earns there the more
bo Is able to earn In . o stud. Ono
reason for the vitality nnd endurance
of our trotting horses Is that the sires
were either raced or trained or driven
n good deal of the time. Tlio same Is
true of some luiHirted draft horses.
the Trench horses especially, which
are worked at a year and half or two
years old and as long ns the farmr
has lliom. The race of horses that I
not worucil uiny ihisscss size am
weight, but It will not have the power,
the nerve and the get there and stay
nt It nblllly that It needs to perform
bant work.
THE WEEKLY
Ono Hundred Yeuri Ago.
French troops worn ordered Into the
Neapolitan province.
Thu French Meet In the West Indies
captured Nevis, the town of llama
torre, In HI. Kills.
Ilnglntid ordered that vessels carry
ing corn should bo allowed In (lie ports
of Spain, provided they carried no)
guns.
The court of Lisbon declared Itself
an ally of Hpaln and not of lingtand,
Tlio Froneli fleet sailed from Tou
lon, with H.000 troops, to occupy tho
ports of Sicily and Naples.
(liienliiss for Nut Culture.
The United States Consul at Frank
fort Germany, calls attention to the
Increasing use of hazel-nuts In hotel
and private houses. Owing to tho large
quantity imported, he suggests tha
farmers' children In the ('lilted Htntes
might supply themselves with pin
money by growing hazel nuts for the
homo and foreign markets. The domes
tic chestnut Is still a favorite, and
at the opening of the season some
times brings ns high as ." a bushel,
There are, too, large quantities of
hickory nuts, the boys' favorite; but
tomtits, which aro the favorites of
those who grew up lu the country, and
some other sorts, like black walnuts
and bull nuts, which have their ndher
eutJt, and all are particularly desirable
for food.
lfens Katlnir Hugs
F.gg-catlng hens are a nuisance, and
after many years of experience In poul
try raising the writer feels that when
bis hens are discovered at the trick the
best way of stopping it Is to kill the
hen. If our birds were not well sup
plied with limy substances, such ns
oyster shells and tho llko and all the
grit they desire, wo would furnish
theso before killing the ben. Am a
rule, the habit Is merely a habit, and
Is not due to any lack ot a food cle
ment except that of lime.
Usually tho egg-eating hen gels Into
tho habit by eating an egg that has
become accidentally broken; liking the
taste, she acquires the habit, and once
acquired It is almost Impossible to
break It. Wo have found It the better
plan to hnvo both grit and tho llmo
material so placed that the hens may
help themselves at will. Some hens
require more ot theso than do other
bens, so It Is hard to dole It out prop
erly. It Is better to let them decide.
s to their needs whenever possible.
Coal Ashes,
One ot tho agricultural papers quotes
an alleged analysis by tlio Massachu
setts station giving 37 per cent phos
phoric acid nnd i'i per cent potash In
soft coal ashes. In order to prevent
any misunderstanding, Professor
Ilrooks herewith calls attention to the
fact that a decimal point has been
Fence Bull Philosophy,
Knowledge Is valueless If Ignored.
The maii that saves his tlmo saves
ils money.
A Job (hat s worth iloln' Is always
worth dour about right.
Vim nnd vigor are tho vital forces In
achieving success.
The smallest event often becomes
the greatest achievement.
If every man saved his time as he
savis his money be would have money,
It s generally tin- afternoon farmer
that goctt Into agony nliout Jiard times,
To have n show lu those days a man
must be nil accumulator.
iFalliiro establishes ono thine that
your 'determination to succeed was
weak.
It's no use denying when you'vo
been outdone better acknowledge tho
corn.
Broken Branches.
When from accident, tho effect of
snow or Ice, n largo bra noli of a tree
Is broken, cut temporarily, leaving a
foot or more to bo cut agnlu close to
tlii) trunk It the month of June, ad
vises a Couutry Gentleman correspond
ent
, Host Notes,
Milk aid bran make an excellent
slop.
A strong maternal appearance
should bo the first consideration In a
brood sow,
No sow carrying ber young should
bo allowed to become constipated.
The brood sow and the growing
pig should not bo fed as the fatten
ing animal.
A sow may often bo kept as a profit
able breeder until she Is soveii years
old.
Too early breeding weakens tho ma
terial forces ot the sow, causing small
and weak litters.
To obtain tho best results a sow
should bo In good flesh and gaining,
not overfed when bred.
Scvcnly-fio Ycorn Aijo.
The .Mormon church wns organised
nt Manchester. N. V., by Joseph Smith.
Ilnnlel Webster made his great
speech for the I'lilon, In reply to Hob
ert Y. 1 1 ay no, who was a radical up
holder of Slate rights.
The Spanish government failed In
raise the loan from the French capital-
sts to fit out an expedition against
South America.
1'eil thousand Mexicans wore or
dered to tho borders of Texas to prp-
vent the smuggling so largely carried
on through Tolas by Americans.
Bobert Y. Iliiyne, of South Carolina,
imido his famous speech In Congress
lu defense of State rights,
fifty Year Ago.
The French spoliation bill tmsseil
the House by a vote of 110 to 7(1 and
went to the Senate.
The United States surveying steam
er Water Wltcli, In ascending the Par-
guay, was llred on from the fort and
ono limn killed,
The British home ministers resigned
nnd Lord Palmerstnu Inter succeeded
In forming a now ministry.
Tho first train passed over the Pan
ama railroad.
Tha chapel and west wing of Itut
ItHlge College, South Carolina, was de
stroyed by tiro. ,
forty Ycursj Ago.
Navigation In the Potomac river was,
blockaded by Ice twelve Inches thick:
below Washington.
F. P. lllnlr returned to Washington
from Ids second trip to lllchmond, and
all sorts of reports wore current a
to the bearing of his visit on the out
come of the war.
Tho Illinois mid Maryland legisla
tures ratified the uiitl-slavcrycoiiatltu-
tlonal amendment passed by Congress.
Hie constitutional amendment pro
hibiting slavery In the United States
wus passed by tbo House of Itepre-scntatlves.
The military court at Cincinnati sen
tenced H. B. Davis to be hanged as
Confederate spy.
fhlrly Ycarsj Ago.
News of the death of Tsal Shutv
Kmpcror of China, reached Uindiin.
lliu constitutional commission of
.Maine turned down u woman's suf
frngo plank,
Day mid night worn spent lu tha
national House of Itcprcsontnllvcs In
repeated roll calls In an effort lo take
notion on the civil rights bill.
lockout In the coal mines of South
Wales threw IIIO.IKA) men out of work.
An attempt to 'capture tho Junto
brothers at their homo In Kearney,
Mo resulted lu the killing of their
young brother and thu maiming ot
their mother, Mrs. Samuels, by a
bomb.
The court declared Ills evidence nil.
mlsslble, mid Theodore Tlllon told
from the witness stand in jv,.w York
his charges against Heurv War.1
Becchor.
Twenty Year Ago.
Tho big dry goods house of Gnrrr
Bros. In Now York was wrecked liv
lyiiamlle, supposedly by striklinr
clerks.
John 0. Hpooncr was elected IJiilted
Stales Senator by tho Wisconsin Legis
lature.
Tho Inauguration of Gov. Oaleshr.
of Illinois, delayed becauso of tb
death of his son, took rlluco lit Spring-
uciu.
Tho Now Haven, Conn.. Savin
Bank weathered a run In which tlLVl.
000 was paid out to depositors.
Fourteen persons were killed nt
Ivrea, Italy, by a snowslldo.
Capt. Crouch and his nssoclato Okln.
Iioma boomers were arraigned at
Wichita, Kan., and held for trial.
Ton Years Ago.
Ward McAllister, society director
and organizer of tha 400, died nt his
homo In Now York,
Mexico refused tho proffor of Sec
retary Grcslmm to mcdlato In tha
Guatemala troubles.