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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (April 5, 1905)
p godfed by a Spell Jj CII.VrTRR XXII. (Continued.) lie left me. Several mluutet eispsed aud ho ilUI not return. I reus becoming uneasy at ray absence from my compan ions. Then I heard the curtail full I waa Just going to leave, when Mr. Montgomery came up to mo again, dress- il for the street. "I cau't 8ml It now. Sling; I will bring It home with mo anil you ran da It to morrow. .Vexed and annoyed at this trifling, I ran round to the front of the home. ltnt to re-enter the lilt was Impossible The peophjBjwere crowding out, In one dMiiertrnim; so,I was obliged to stand aside uutlriuy companions should ap pear, or until the passago whs sum clently cleared for me to go back to seek them. t had not stood there many seconds beloro I saw Mrs. VlIon forcing her self through the crowd, and looking wlkl- ly about her. She caught sight of me In an instant. "Where is Clara?" she cried, gasping for breath. "I hare lost her In the crowd. Some men pushed between us, and separated her from me; aud from that moment I have lost sight of her. Look about you. She must be in the street The audience were now dispersing In all directions. Up and down. In and out the crowd, hero, there and everywhere, I eagerly sought for her, but she waa nowhere to be seen. Mrs. ilson, stand ing In a doorway, trembling aud wring ing her hands, soon collected a small crowd round her. "Ilad they seen a young lady. In black dress, with long golden hair?" aha never ceased asking. At last a man suggested that the po liceman who had been standing about the door during the latter part of the performance waa the most likely person to hare seen her. "Yes. He had seen a young person an awering the description. She had been one among the first of the crowd to come down the passage. She looked as If she had lost some one. When she got Into the street a young man touched her upon the arm and said something, and she walked away with him. Then he lost (Ight of her. "What was the man like?" I asked. "Oh, he waa a youngish, smooth-faced fellow, with a cap on." was the reply. The very man who had beckoned me out of the pit. It was a plot, then; but by whom originated, and for what purpose? "Take a fab: go to Bow street police station at ouce. .and I will follow you In a few minntes," I said to Mrs. Wilson. Back I rushed to the stage door. Had Mr. Montgomery left the theater? lie bad followed out at my heels, was the answer. Suddenly I bethought me of the public bonse frequented by Josiah and Mr. .Montgomery. Away I ran thither. No; they had not been there that evening. Then I went down to Bow street, where 1 found Mrs. Wilson, more dead than lire, giving tier deposition. "Are you quite certain that the young lady has not gone off of ber own free will? some sweethearting case, per hapsonly for a little walk met 'some one she knew, and finding that she had missed you, he has taken her home?" suggested the functionary who waa tak ing down' the depositions. "Pray disabuse your mind of such an idea, the young lady in qnestion has no friends except those you see here knowa no others associates with no others." The solemn earnestness of my tones seemed to convince him of bis error, for from that time he gave us a more seri ous attention. "A description shall be sent to the dif ferent beats and Iwlire stations, and )ou had better issue bills, and if you care to go to the expente. advertise in the daily papers. If we bear anything, we will let you know. But you can make your mind easy upon one point nt least, I think so; wherever she is, she has gone with her own free will. There's no accounting for the vngaries of girls." Both myself nnd Mrs. Wilson felt very angry at the light and skeptical manner In which a subject so momentous to us was treated; but the officer only smiled at our warmth. Mrs. Wilson expressed ber Intention of Issuing bills early the next morning, offering a reward for her discovery. There was nothing more to be done in that place, for the cab was waiting, and I persuaded her to return home im mediately. She Implored me to accom pany her. No. I would search the neigh borhood; I might chance to get some tidings. Finding that all her entreaties were In vain, the old lady reluctantly depart ed alone. Mr. Jonathan was standing upon the doorstep when the cab drove up. Before the cabman could descend from the box, be had the door open. "Where is she where Is Clara?" he asked, seeing but one person within. Too utterly terrified and bewildered to think of the oddity of. such a .question from a stianger whom she had never Ken before, Mrs. Wilson could only gasp, "She Is gone run away with." Ten minutes afterwards, Mr. Jona than jumped Into the cab that had brought ber borne, and which he ordered to atay. "To the Bow street police station as fast as you can drive," be tried. All that night I wandered about In a frenzied state up aud down the streets, down by the river, I know not where. It came on to rain, aud I was soaked to the skin. Still, hour after hour, I lin gered about the same spot; the dawn broke and merged Into broad daylight, and the bustle of the day began, yet still I could not tear myself away; the pasa-ra-by shrank from mo they must have thought me an escaped lunatic. At last, I felt that nature could hold out no long er; that I must fall down upon the pavement If I walked about any longer, I can remember dragging myself down to my lodging, throwing myself In my wet clothes upon the bed, and then til 'Is a blank. ' , t CHAITKH XXIIt. Wild, grotesque phantasms a senso of Intrnso suffering, aching palus, parch ing thirst, and an awful oppression up on the brain. And then I' seemed to awake from a long, troubled sleep, and an agony bp) and my power to descrllie, I made an effort and succeeded In drawing a little apart the curtains at the foot of the bed. Almost within my reach stood a table, upon which was a moderator lamp, burning low, a jug, tumbler, and some tattles. The faint rays of the lamp showed me a large, gloomy oak-pancllcd room, with the celling painted to match. Ti e win dows opposite mo were covered with heavy curtains, and the furniture was dark and very old-fashioned. On one side was a huge fireplace, decorated with oak carvings; in the grate burned a cheerful fire, and there, slttlug beside it. doting, with her face half towards me, was an elderly womau, a stranger to me. Having finished my survey, 1 crawled back to my pillow and lay still for time, feeling very much exhausted with my slight exertion. Presently the wont an woke up, came to the side of the bed. drew the curtains, and looked at me. "lou are better, she said, kindly. I am so glad. You have had a long. weary tlm of It, but the doctor said there would be a change one way or the other to-night. You're with friends, x bo have taken every rare of you." Tell me, la Clara found?" I asked. eagerly. Oh, yea, she s all right, aud will come and see you as soon as you grow strong er, but you mustn t talk, or you II have a relapse." If I had asked for the Emperor of Russia, I believe she would hare told me that he was coming to see me as soon as I was better. Her answers were by no moans satisfactory, but I could ercelre that it waa useless to try to extract others from her. Several days passed, and I saw no person except the nurse and the doctor. I put some Questions to the latter, hut he arswered crabbedly, that If I wished to get well, I must keep my mind calm, t.nd not ask questions. To keep my mind calm with such memories al were haunting roe waa im possible, yet, in spite of my anxieties. I grew stronger and better day by day. But the anguish of my mind waxed strength with my body. Nure, I. said one day, deleru'lced- ly. "I must Inow where I am, under .vhese care, and I must have certain questions of vital Importance to me solv ed. I know you are concealing these things from me for a good motive, but It Is a mistaken one. Instead of calm ing this incertitude is torturing me, re tarding my recovery. For heaven's aake. tell me where I am, whose house this Is, aud what people I am with "Well, sir," she autwered, ".I am only obeying my Instructions; if I was to go floni them, I should offend my employ ers and the doctor, too, and I can't af ford to do that. I will ask leave to tell you what I know, which I can assure you is very little. But If you make baste and get strong, and get about, you will be able to find out everything' for your self." That day I got out of bed for the first time, and sat at the window. It looked into an extensive garden, encom passed, as far as I could see. by a high wail, lined islthhi by rows of tall poplar tries. My room Was upon the ground lii tor, and this wall and the trees bound ed mj vision. I could see naught beyond them. One afternoon I had fallen asleep over the hrr, snrtdenly I awoke with a jeik; the rays of a red, autumn suu were strtaming across me. and fnlliug full upon the face of Judith, who was If an' iug ngainst the fireplace, looking at me. . At first. I thought it was a specter of my sleep. I could not believe my eyes; but I was not long left in doubt us to the reality of the vision. An ironical smile curled hrr lips at the sivht of my dismay. "A visit from your wife is evidently an unexpected pleasure." she said, mocking ly. I could not answer her; I could only bnry my fare In my bauds and shudder at her appearance. "Is this my reward far all the tender care 1'iat has been given you 'during your Illness? for bringing you away from those wretched lodgings, where you might have died? Our married life seems likely to be n bright one." "Would to heaven you bad left me to die!" I cried. "You are uo wife of mine." "You "III find it rather dilHcult to prove Hint, or to shake me off." "What pleasure ran It be to you to torture me In this manner?" 1 -rird. "Why not leave me to myself?" "Because I hate you, ami because I have motives of my own. It gives me pleasure to torture you. No living being has ever made me feel so deeply the deg radation of my life as you hare; you, a miserable, spiritless outcast; you, whom, as a brat, I hare beaten with a rod, and always despised; you shudder at my approach, and turn your eyes from me with loathing; aud you ask me what pleasure it can be to me to torture jou! From the hour of my birth, my life has been one torture. I have ever been the victim. At last, the tnblea are turned you are my victim; and as others have dealt by me, so will I deal by you! No mercy was ever shown to me; why, theu, should I show it to others?" She was'stlll standing against the fire place. I dared not look at her, but I could feel the tigerish ferocity of ber eyes. "But I dhl not come here (o rave. First, I came, like a dutlfnl wife, to congratulate my husband on his conva lescence," she went on, resuming the old Irony of voice; "and to comfort him with the knowledge that he la in affec tionate hands; and, In the aecond place, to arrange certain matters of business with him, which, If he will oblige me with a few moments' attention, I will explain. In the course of to-morrow a woman will come here lu short, the vriman who committed you to my fath er's charge. I require that you shall uulitsltiitlugly acknowledge ma as tu wire in ner presence. "Never!" I exclaimed, firmly. "You may kill me, but I wilt never utter sucl Words!" "I have the ironns of forcing you to speak mem, or any other wonla that I may choose to dictate to you." At that moment the door was throw open. I turn ci I my head and saw Mr. ltodwrll .standing upon the threshold. CltAFTUIt XXIV. I was sitting In a large easy chair, with my Ivack towards the door, and h did not see me for a time, although, by a sidelong glance, I could distinctly sea him. He started at the sight of Judith as though he had not expected lu sc her, exclaiming, "You here!" I "Pray walk III, and allow me to Intro dure you to my hlishaml." she said, with , the old Irony. "Another unexpected pleasure, no doubt! Mr. ltodwrll ailvnnceil Into the mom, looking somewhat bewildered; but when ho saw me, be started up with luillg unitk kiii in ibv. "What Is the meaning of this? Who has dared to bring this fellow here? ha cried. "This is too much, Judith. How I camo you here? How did you knqw of I ,1.1. f . .11 ml I'lii i I imimit uiim'i niiiim nil this!" He spoke in a more modified tone, but still looked vexed nnd wrathful "It is very easily explained,. My bus baud being away from hit loving wife, was selied with brain fever in some wretched lodging; the parish doctor, who was attending him, said that it would not le safe to remove him any great distance. In this dilemma, Mr. Mont gomery, who lived a door or two off, pro posed that he should be taken to a house of yours, of Khlch, for certain rea sons of your own, you had given him the keys. As my husband's life la very pre cious to me Just now, I thankfully ac cepted the offer. "Cease this mockery, Judith, aud tell me the meaning of all this." "Do you wish me to be serious?" she asked, mensclngly. "I wish to kuow by what right you have brought this fellow Into my house!" "By the right of my own will, John ltodwrll; dispute It at your peril. "If you desire a scene. It had better be out of the presence of witnesses, he said, quietly. "What I have to say shall lie said here. 1 have no secrets from him, and what I have to say I would have him hear! 'I decline the conference. He moving away. Like a panther she bounded past him. and placed her back against the door. "You do not leave this room until you have heanl all I hare to sayl Disobey me. and I will show you no mercy. I will ruthlessly crush every plan and hope of your life! "lour he sneered. "Yes, I. Suppose I were to send In- formation to Bow street of the where abouts of a certain young lady, for whose discovery a reward Is offered, where would be the fortune yon have been scheming, and sinning, and fawn1 Ing for through your whole life?" iTo be continued, l FRUITS OF CALIFORNIA. Watermelons nnd Htrawberrlee Grow to Kctnarkable Hlxe, "Talking about strawberries," aald the Callfornlan, "but you ought to cm some of our fruit. Why, man allvu . . 'You rahe big straw lurries, iln jou?" queried the Pennsylvania:! as the other hung on. 'Yum yum!" 'How large?" 'I hesitate to tell you. I don't want to bp thought a liar." "I know you raise large berrlea, anil am prepared to believe anything you say, I suppose you grow strawber ries as big as boor kegs?" "Humph!" "Well, then, as big as barrels?" "Humph!-'' "You don't mean as big as bog heads?" 'My dear man. I nin living In n bouse at present which lias eight rooms and bath." "But you don't menu to tell ni3 ?" "Hlght rooms nml n bath, sir, and every room of good tdxe." ' "And you had alt the rooms cut out of a big strawberry! I s.ild 1 was prepared to believe " 'Eight rooms nnd a bntb, sir, and nne of the cozleat brick bouses foil ever saw. The bricks were made nu the premises. I have been offered $7.- SOO for the bouse." 'Yes, but you rather led me to ho- lleve that the hnusi was one of the monstrous strawberries you raised out there." , "Then I beg your pardon, air. It Is a brick house. It cost me over $.", (MX). The money obtnlned to build it waa obtnlned from the sale of water melons." But about your strawberries?" pro tested the disappointed Keystoner, j nu started out to tell me bow big they were." "Strawberries? Strawberries? Ob, well, I'm using one for a toolhouso nnd another for a stable, but I'm not bragging about them. It'a when you get on the subject of watermelons. that I'm ready But the other took up his paper and onld he guessed he'd see what waa fresh from Port Arthur. Improvement, "Your wife la improving with her baking. Isn't nlie7" "Oh, yea." "Her enkca and plea now aro good enough to eat, ell'" "Oh, no; but elm's getting no alio can make them look good enough to oat" Philadelphia Public Ledger, Two Tests, "Darum Is an awful coward." "What mokes you think bo?" "Why, bo's nfrald of his wife." "Well, of courso. But I saw him atop a runnway horso last night" Cleveland Plain Dealer, Temper, if ungorenied, governs the whole man. Shaftesbury, (1 An litei-liistliiir Post. A correspondent In a farm cxrliango gives tho following method uf making nn everlasting post: A 1 n ruble pit 4xlxi feet mint with cobble stones and Portland i-eiiiout, about Indies of tho top being strong as used for walks. Post B la 3 Indies gaa pipe, well galvanised, with screw cap on tup at 1), nnd abort piece of fd roil 0 through halo In lower end, and top end also has "i-lncli hole to receive top end of "i-lnch brace rod 15, which baa short double bend nt tup as shown, ao as to hold llrrity when In position shown. For gate post. I use Hi-Inch rod brace drawn at top an end will r.vr.uijisTiso rosT. enter the t-lncl pole, and place the brnco on other side of post, forming brace lnatcnd.of tension brace lu tho other style. Possibly a smaller cube of cement might hold, but I wished to mako sure, so used -t feet cube. I hnro four of these posts, which have been In ur nearly four years and they show no Indication of moving or of deterioration. The materials cost me about $3 each, which some may con sider expensive, but for roadway or other places where a post will always be needed, they aro not expensive, when durability la considered, for they may well be called everlasting. BaKaraiid Tobacco The proposal being made to secure tho reduction of the duty on Philippine sugar and tobacco promises to bring on another tight similar to the sugar war over Cuban reciprocity. It Is pro posed now to lower the tariff on sugar nnd tobacco comlug from the Philip pine U.1 per rent, although It I un derstood that Secretary Taft proposes to continue n fight from session to ses sion of Congress until free Philippine sugar and tolmcco are secured. In this connection It l Interesting to know" the great nnd varied develop ment which Is going on In beet sugar affairs. In fact, a strong argument which the beet sugar people advance why Philippine sugar production should not be unduly stimulated Is that If the beet sugar Industry Is giv en n reasonable period, say of ten years, the Industry will be upon such a basis where It ilin stand alone." No less nn authority than Secretary Wil son himself Is credited with this be lief and the statement that It will be poslble to produce beet sugar In this country at '2 cents a pound. Usefnl Potato Covercr, When wo plant potatoes we furrow with, a plow drawn by two horses. When tho furrows are made there aro ridges In half of tho spaces and the other half are level (Fig. 7). 'When covering we uio what we call a scrap er. ( See Fig I!). It Is made of a plank, tongue, handles and several braces and bolts. The length of tho plank should be about twice the dis tance between the rows. The plank should have a strap of Iron nt the bottom In front for a cutting edge find to prevent wear, says a correspondent of Ohio Farmer, The tougiio should be fastened to the plank at right an gles, and securely braced. Tho han dles, which may be taken from sn old plow or walking cultivator, should also be fastened and braved to the plank. Wo let each horse walk In a furrow, but It Is better to use a long doubletree and neckyoke or shafts and but one horse, so the potatoes do not get moved and tramped. The scraper carries some ground ahead of It, which It pulverizes. It may bo used to scrape the barnyard If tho ground Is mooth. The Hlttlnsc Hen, Eggs Intended for early altting should bo gathered at least twlco a day and kept where there will bo no danger of chilling. Hens that want to alt early In the spring are aptj to bo rntlier unreliable and should bo al lowed to becomo thoroughly started over a nest of china eggs before be ing Intrusted with a vnluablo sitting. When a hen really means business, her skin feels hot and feverish, and she usually sheds a few feathers from the breast Early sittings should not be moro than tho hen can very easily cover, eleven or twelve being better than a larger number for bens of avcrago size. Build up tho nest with ' VTf O if H I W sSEOlSs-?-- It MkS I'UTAIO COVKIIKH, plenty of straw, filling wltli clinff to iniiku a smoother surface, nnd sou that the curve toward thu bottom Is smooth, so that the eggs roll easily mid cannot work Into corners. Omul Income front liens. It) a prltu article In a Philadelphia paper, II, F. Lake, of West Virginia, tells how ho makes 1,000 n yeftr from KM) hens, The houses aro simple, the climate not being severe. They are 10x10 fret, facing the south, divided Into four compartments, two rootling rooms and two scratching rooms, after the, usual plan, each house being used for llfly tu slxty-ll.'u Mwls. Each house Is expected In pay a profit above rust of food of $100. The food Is wheat, outs, bran, cut clover and ilrv blood or beef meal, with plenty of sharp grit, plenty of water, and the lice kept In check. The stuck Is kept up by Incubator and setting lieu are also used. In short, the success of this establishment seems to be the re sult of, adopting tho thorough-going Northern methods in tin especially fa vorable climate. Hills for Apple Orchards. Where there are til list and a clay soil the conditions are suitable for the raising of apples. In tho southern part of Illinois nnd Indiana tho laud la admirably adapted to the raising of apples, and as yet Is but little used for that purpose. Tho apple tree seems to want air drainage. Tho drainage lu the soil Is better on the hills than In the valleys, and this Is an advantage that the applo tree ap preciates. There lj a difference In trem as to the amount of air that must come to their roots to penult them to grow, as Is evident lu the fact thai some trees wlfl die If their roots are In water, while others grow best In swamps where the water covers t'.elr roots at nil times. The apple tree la never a swamp loving tree. II prefers the dry land, where Its roots cini get air as well as water. St. IjhiIs llepubllc. Wholesome Milk. In a bulletin of the Connecticut Storrs station W. A. -Stocking, Jr., re ports the results of comparative stud ies of tho sanitary condition of milk drawn in open nnd covered palls. Two palls were used In these experiments. Ono was a regular open pall: tho oth er was a pall with a cover of special design. An Illus tration of the lat- vrnrii uii.k rAir. ter Is here gUen. It It an ordinary milk pall with a closely fitting cover, which has au opening near one side. Into which la soldered a funnel four Inches In diameter having a wire gauze of fine inrali soldered across the bottom. This funnel extends slightly above and below the cover and slopes somewhat toward the side of the pall. Another funnel, which Is loose, fits In side of the first one. When the pall' Is to he used a few layers of clean cheesecloth nre placed across the open ing of the lower funnel and the loose funnel Is pushed In to hold the cheese cloth in position. The whole appnr aim Is simple In structure and can be easily cleaned, By the use of the cov ered pall an average of '.11 per rent of the total number of bacteria and -11 per cent of the acid producing bacteria were excluded from the fresh milk. Good I'rlces for Produce, From prices quoted nt Panama there Is a chance for truck growers within reach of the line of the proposed ca nal. Apples are selling for in rents inch, lettuce 2.1 cents n head and cab bages $I.W) apiece. Chickens and eggs are selling nt high prices and board costs from $.1 to $3 a day In tlio better class hotels, Oarilen Hints. Study tho seed catalogues. Sow peas as soon as the ground can bo worked. Now will you be good and test your seeds? Cherries and plums should bo among tho trees grafted earliest An "earliest green eating onion" Is ono of tho new things of lOOn. "Trimming time" the milder days of late winter and early spring. "Prune when the knife Is sharp,' but never when tho wood Is frozen. Lettuce nud radish seed can go Into tho ground as soon us the surface can be scratched. Plowing the garden when the ground Is wet makes had work. Bet ter a good Job a few days delayed. Farm Notes. Spring trimmed trees produce the most suckers. Wasteful feeding may mean too much or too little. Farming Is poor business when the farming Is poor. One way to Increase the profits In farming Is to reduce the cost of pro duction. The early killed Is the easy killed weed and tho weed that robs the crop tho least But few plants will thrive In a wet soil, A good drain Is sometimes better than ma nine. It Is the vigor nnd not tho size of tho seed potato that determines the size of tho product and the amount of the crop. With tho majority of fruits the aim should be for a fow fine, largo, smooth ami plump specimens rather than for many small ones. Plants to bo kept in pots or tubs and needing moro run, should be given a larger size Just as tho fresh growth is about to be made, generally early la tho spring. THE WEEKLY Ono Hundred Year Ago. rliinw and kit made nil roads be tween Switzerland and Italy linpassa. hie. Five thousand negio soldiers were enlisted to servo lu the lew ward Isl ands, With the closing of the Eighth Oin grvsa the -lltlml life of Aaron lturr mated. Thomas Jefferson was Intugurated for the second lime President uf the United States. Minnesota, east of the Mississippi, waa niaile n part of Michigan territory. The mouth of the Cuyahoga river, whero the city nr Clevclund now stands, was iniuUi a port uf entry on !nke Erie, v Nine French gunboats, attempting to get Into Brest, were, eapt.irisl'b)' Brit ish frlgatrs. Soventy-flvo Years Ago. Bread riots occurred In Liven100' The French Chauiler of Peers and Deputies met at Paris. The "Book of Mormon," written by Solomon Spaiildlng. was published In Now York. William Cramp established his fam ous shipyard! at Philadelphia. The Indiana State road from IaH Michigan to Madison, on tho Ohio, was begun. ' Abraham Lincoln's father moved with his family from Indiana lo Macon county, III. The first regular news lot to Inter- rept packet ships for foreign lutein- gemii was put In commission In New York. fifty Years Ago. Fire destroyed the quarantine station at Statrn Island. The government hospital for the In sane of the army and navy nt Union town was' opened. Tho law excluding from tho Califor nia courts negro and Indian evidence waa amended by adding Clilnew. President Fierce vetoed tho French siHillntlon bill, and It failed In the I Inline of the requisite voln to pass over Uie veto. The House of Itepreseiitntlves receiv ed President Pierce's veto of the ocean steamer bill and attempted to pass It over the veto, but failed. Itatlllcallons of the trenly of nlll nnco between Sardinia mid the western powers were exchanged. Hirdlnla transmitted to other governments the declaration of war ngalust Itiissln. The first steam lire engine built for tho city of Boston was exhibited In Baltimore. forty Years Ago. Abraham Lincoln was Inaugurated President for the second lime. Col, B. M. Anderson, one of the al legul conspirators from Chicago, nit trial befoni court martini nt Cincin nati, committed suicide. The Treasury Department reported that Hoventeeii national banks, with a eupltnl of l.'l.ri'A'Mss), were authorized during the week. Confederate deserters to the Pnlnn lines nt lllehiiiond brought report of tho capture of WaynenlMiru by Sheri dan, (lov. Oglesby of Illinois Issued a proclamation urging the citizens to re spond In lllllug a detlcleiicy of 11.000 In tho State's quota uf troops. Keporls from Wnshlugtoji, D. C, staled that "".(sS) deserters from the Confederate Hues had reported aud taken the oath of allegiance within a month. Forty of those were olllcers. Thirty Years Ago. Fifty lives were lost by the burning of n factory In Oottenhurg, Sweden, Tho Forty-third C-oiigross adjourned lifter putting a dumper on tho force bill. Of an original population of r.2,000 In one district In Asia Minor, ".'O.OOQ lrul died of the famine then prevailing. The Clerinan government Issued a de cree prohibiting the !miortntioii of American potatoes. A bill to admit Colorado as a State was npproved, and a similar measure concerning Now Mexico was defeated in 'Congress. A snow storm with a precipitation ranging from two to eight Inchesoc curred along the Ohio river. Tho Pope ordered the Austrian bish ops to comply with the civil law re quiring reports o bo made to the Stato of the roster of priesthood. It was taken ns nn unusually conciliatory move. Twenty Years Ago. President Cleveland signed the order placing (Ion. Grant on tho rotired list with pay, 1 i y