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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (May 3, 1905)
if. -71 j" goiiftd by a Spell J chapter, xxix. j Montgomery was nloue. He tried to think i out tils situation: ho found U a difficult tank. He was utterly In Ilod wellH power. Once In the hands of the puller-, what would the story he could tell nvntl against the word of n gontlc ninn? While thus revolving in his mind Ills perilous position, ho took out his pipe, j Seorchlug In liU wnlstcont pocket Tor a, match, ho felt some smooth, hard substance." It Was the locket that Mr. Porter hod hand hlni. and which he had entirely forgojten. Ills thoughts were too grave ly engaged to give any heed to It now. But In taking It out of his pocket, tho better to catch hold of a match that eluded his fingers, his gase fell upon the back, upon which was engraved Ihe Initials F. B. ond E. 51., Joined togeth er by a true lovers' knot. A cry of as tonishment burst from his Hps; he took !t to jthe window, minutely examined It, passed his hand across his eyes, as though doubting their evidence. Then, wlth'trcnibllng fingers, he tried for the sprint. Alast he found It. Upon one side (was the miniature of a beautiful woman: upon the other, which had once contained another portrait, a lock of dark hair. ne sonk into a chair, trembling as with an ague fit, and-gazing wildly upon the miniature. But soon his face soft ened, the tears gathered In Ids eyes, and his chest heaved with deep sobs. He kissed the picture, and murmured words of passionate love over It In trying for the spring, Mr. Porter had bent the case a little. As Montgomery pressed It to his lips the portrait fell out and dis closed neatly fitted at the back, a scrap of paper." There was writing upon It; but be characters were so minute that he had gneat difficulty In deciphering theni At lost he read these words: "The child upon whpm this Is found Is Silas Morant, son of Francis Morant, whole portrait this Is, of The Willows, Herts." For tome secqnds. both strength and consciousness deserted him. At first, his thoughts came back broken and confus ed. .Tills portrait of his wife in Mr. Porter's possession! How. came it there' a child of whose existence he was Ig norant? Silas Morant Silas iCarston and Madame Berne Interested in him! Great heaven! this boy, then, whom he had given up to his bitterest enemies, whose lifelong misery he had scaled, whom he was on the brink of consigning to an awful death, was his own son! Back upon his soul like the blast of a trumpet rushed the parting words of Madame -Berne that vengeance was "held by n higher power than that of puny man." For the first time sin.ee his childhood days, this hardened man of sla knelt down, and trembling and appalled at what had been,' what might have been, and what might be yet, prayed to henveu for pardon and for succor. What was to be done? If he could get clear, of the house, there would be no difficulty. But he had heard Rodwcll ' lock'the ddbribehlud him. Ah, tho wln dow It was a. French one,, opening upou a garden; It was unfastened; lie tould see the back door before him. The next moment ho was there. He cvuld not open, It. ... "The door Is locked, sir," said a voice bchlutfiilm. 1 Montsromcrr started, and upon look ing round saw a burly looking fellow, dressed Hk'e a groom, sitting under a tree. "Will you have the kindness to open it for me?" he said, in as uniou mned a tone as he could assume. "Can't, sir," was the answer. "Mas ter has left me here with the key. to see that nobody passes out whalsom ever." For n moment, Montgomery entertain ed the desperate Idea of trying a tussle for the key, but. the powerful build of the fellow, and the thought of the noise It would create, quickly dispelled It. An other and more feasible plan crossed his brain. "Would you like to earn a dollar, my man?" he said. "I don't , mean by let ting me out of that door, or by disobey ing your master's orders. Will you take a message for me to the telegraph office close by? The fellow considered for a moment. "Well, I wasn't told anything about mes sages, so I daro say I can get it done for"you by somebody." It was an enormous hazard to trust to this mail; but it was the only chance left There were writing materials In the room he had just left. He hastened back, and upon a. sheet of papr wrote addressed to "Jonathan Kodwell, Mor ley's Hotel." the following words; "If you wisli to see your granddaugh ter alive, lose not a moment in going to Manor House, Essex, John Kodvt ell's house." As a double security, he would send another to How street station. The sec ond telegram ran thus: "The youue girl for whose discovery a reward lias been offered Is at Manor House, Essex. She Is In Imminent dan cer- lose not a moment." lie sealed the.se up In separate envel opes am 'went back to the man. A youth, looking like a stable lad, was by his side: this was to be the messenger. No person was In sight. The lad de parted upon his errand, and Montgoni' er returned to his room. The next thing to be thought of was his own course of actlou, or rather, what answer be should give to Rodwell when baretumed. He must feign to assent to Ula diabolical proposition a difficult task In the present agitation of his mind, but the only one. But would Rodwell Implicitly trust to so sudden a conver sion? ( All this time he held the portrait of bis wife in bis hand, never taking his gase from out It And amidst all these racking doubts and fears of the present there rose up Images of the past bright, Leantlfnl. gloomy, and sad. Let us pho tograph some of these pictures, connect ing them 'by links that have dropped out of his memory, and adding many de tails of which he Is Ignorant. ,711a Is oue-aud-twenty, wild, and some' what dissipated, hut not vicious. Just messenger to- your undo?" returned from college to his stately "Would not a telegram servo the pur- home. Rut a great change has come otcr p0,cv' that home since he saw it last. His Montgomery stattcd. Was It a allay noble, loving mother Is dead. His father sll0tJ cr W(,s ), discovered? has returned to Tho Willows; but not , There was a dark, malicious smile-tip-alone. Two strangers ladies hnvc nc- 0(t Hoj-pH's fnce. "Whatovcr clever companlcd him from Switzerland Mad- plo j.nu ninr mTe i,rCn revolving la iiiuu uerue mm ucr uusra. ... n- at tho house of the former that his mother resided during her last Illness. She Is a rigid, austere fanatic, acting up In all things to the letter of her pro fcwlous, but denying the existence of any good beyond them; all virtue and all holiness are confined within the limits of her creed beyond It, all Is sin and death. She has acquired a powerful ascendancy over Mr. Morant'a mind, weakened as it Is by the affliction of his beloved wife's death. He has brought her home to fill the position of house keeper, and in a short time sh6 reigns absolute and undisputed mistress over him and the household. From the moment she Is first Introduc ed to Edward Morant, she conceives a hatred for him. The gay, light, mischiev ous bearing, even subdued as It Is now by the sorrow of his mother's death, Is repulsive to her gloomy soul. There Is soon open war between them. But Ed ward Is no match for his powerful ad versary. His father, under the prose lytli.ni of Madame Bcme has become as gloomy a fanatic as herself; all gaiety of heart, all amusements, v are slus In his belief. The Willows soon become an unendurable home for the young inan, and were It not for one all-powerful at traction, he would have quitted It long ago. That attraction Is Frances, Madame Berne's daughter, a beautiful, melan choly girl of sixteen, ne loves her pas sionately, possibly because she is so en tirely opposite to himself; and she loves him, possibly for the same reason. In the course of time Edward prevails on Frances to consent to a clandestine mar riage. They nre quietly married at a suburban church, and return to The Wil lows the same night. A fortnight afterwards, yielding to the prayers of his young wife, Edward de clares his marriage to his father. The old man Is willing to forgive the act, but Madame Berne Is furious. Her daugh ter Bhall not be delivered over to the satanic Influences of this vicious man. A terrible scene ensues. Edward's fiery temper Is thorougnly aroused, and all the bitterness and hatred that have been seething In his heart burst forth. There Is not an Insult, an epithet of loathiug, that he spares his enemy. The end of all Is a father's curse, and bis expulsion from the home, the doors of which he will 'never darken again. He would claim his wife by force of law, but lm has no home to take her to he Is nennlless and an outcast. She Is kept a close, prisoner he will never se ker face again. Very soon he falls Into vagiVrndage, and, guawed by the burning sense of the wrong that has been done him savage ly reckless, from vagabondage he slr.ks Into crime, becomes Implicated, through his associates, In a robbery, and is con demned to three years' penal servitude. In the meantime, a child has been born to him, of whose existence, or prob able existence, he is Ignorant A sad life la that of the mother. Mr. Morant would have been kind and good to her, but Madame Berne cannot pardon her. In the eves of that fanatic, she Is a lost soul she has strayed from the paths of righteousness, and to show mercy to her would be to participate In her guilt. In this daughter she had hoped to cro- ato a second self a perpetuation of her own austere bigotry a mirror lu whose reflection she could worship her own Im age. Frances' only consolation was her In fant son: Madame Berne would have de prived her even of this had not Mr. Mo rant Interfered, and for once carried his point At the eud of three years the poor girl died of a lingering decline. When, at tne enu or ins term oi im prisonment, the unfortunate husband, now thoroughly vicious and hardened, came back to The Willows to claim his wife, a funeral procession stopped the way. An awful scene ensued; not even the sacred presence of the dead could check the wild tempest of passion that burst from the wretched man's lips. He knelt down and cursed the woman the cause of nil his sufferings. From that time he was utterly lost remorse, con science, every hetty feeling, were crush ed out of his nature. After the mother death, tlie child aciiinst whom Mndame Berne felt n vir ulent hatred, only exceeded by that which she felt for the rather suite of a weak opposition on the part of Mr. Mo rant. was banished to the care or nurse. Two years afterwards the poor little unfortunate was consigned to the guardianship of the Ilev. Mr. Porter. Madame Berne determined mat J.u ward Morant should never know of Its existence, neither should the child be made acaualnted with Its parentage. Be fore It left the care of the nurse a friend of the lovers, and whq frequently paid a secret visit to the child, sewed up in Its frock a locket containing Its mother's portrait and a lock of her hair, adding thereto the scrap oi wnung wmcn atom had now so strangely dlscov- ered. The locket bad been given ber by poor Frances ou her deathbed. It was all she could do dared do. Slight as was the link, it might one day prove use ful to the boy In establishing his wen ltr. When, after nis aeain, air. .uoraui will was opened, Madame Berne was dis covered to bave Inherited his estate and fortune; but attached was a codicil of a vcrv recent date, making chargeable up on the same an annuity of $2,000 a year to Silas Morant, known as mias uara ton. The unlocking and opening of .the door aroused the dreamer, colling him back from ghosts of the past to the horrors of the future. In the person of Mr. John Rodwell, who at that moment re-entered thn room. "Well," was RodwelPs first word! "do you consent?" "Meeds must," answered Montgomery ' aullcnlyt he feared to chauge his tone too suddenly. "By the bye," he added, "I am forgetting all about the Corin thian.' I am duo there at seven, and U Is now live." , "Tho public will certainly be deprived ' of your brilliant talents this evening," sneered Ilodwell. "We shall start about ten. You do not supposo that 1 would trust you to go alone after wbnt has paused? The night air might affect your rlellcato consebneo It you had not a friend hv Tour side." "But who wHI carry out the second nnrt nf vour scheme? Who will be your v, fi-t!l lira n to overilinicn mc, win nly rebound upon yourseir. iim, m mo meantime, dinner Is waiting for us In the next room. Let us eat, and be. thankful. Who knows whether we shall ever cat another? Life is so very un certain." Montromerr was not a coward, but there was something In the callous-heart-t lvliv r this man. who could thus jest upon the eve of an awful crime, that made his uioou run com. uii m which, he did not feel by any means cer tain that the telegram nan not laiieu iuiu his hands. If so, what then? He shud dered at the thought Before the dinner was half over, n strange, drowsy sensation began to steal over him. Ten minutes more, and ho had fallen senseless from his cnair unio the floor. ...... "Hsse of an overdose." said air. iou- well to the servant who was waiting, coolly continuing his meal. "Lny him gently upon the couch, and then tell John to put the mare Into the dog-curt I'll dtop the gentleman Into his home as I go along. I shall drive myself, and hall not require any one wun me. About I) o'clock Montgomery, sun in; sensible, was lifted into the dog-cart Mr. Ilodwell took the reins, and drovo away. But not In the direction of Oam iln Town: on the contrary, ho made innin!i the onen country, taaing mo same road that Montgomery naa travers ed in the opposite direction a few Hours l.forp. He stonned nt a wooden, soli tary spot about half a mile off the road way, and, aoout tnree nines irom wu Manor House, unnarnesseu ine uinru, tnM.- mt n smhlle and bridle that he had concealed in the lioot, and, by the light of a bull's eye lantern, put these upon her. Then he dragged out his helpless companion, threw him across the front of the saddle, leaped Into th sat, and ftr matin? a look nt the vehicle, which was ensconced under n tree and quite bidden by the darkness, he gsiiopcu away. CHAPTER XXX. Tr n wild nluht The wind howl- ed mournfully through the passages and '..m nf His house dowu In Essex, swaying the shivering poplsrs, stripping them of their leaves, and soughing .mnnir the branches. Heavy masses or ,.lnu,1 drifted ranldlv across the sky, and large drops of raw pattered occasionally upon the dry leaves. ' At times, the mnnn broke form in lltiui rauiauc-, uui only to render the succeeding darkness deeper. There was a terrible spirit abroad that night a spirit of destruc tion on land and sea. Itefnrn the fire In his somber uedroom sat Silas Carston, watching sadly tho flickering flames blown about by the draught that came roaring down the huge chimney. He wos alone; the nurse had been removed, and his door securely locked. Dark ond despairing were his thoughts, and over all there hovered the nlrlt nf tlii nlcht. boding death, In the chamber above him, watching the tempestuous changes oi me any, m-lth hrr eves, but not with her mind. sat Clara, sad, dreary, hopeless, at the mercy of ber enemies, one aiso was n nri.nn.r fast secured, and over her brooded the spirit of the night, boding death. In th kitchen below sat two female servants cowering over the biasing lire, lmilrlsrlne at the howling wind, and sunning full of horrors- on guosi stories. In n small room upon the same corrl ,w In which Clara'a apartment was sit uated, sat the Rev. Mr. Porter, trying to iimnn dork memories and stupefy re- morse, the specters still uontou upou mo surface, ana the worm gnawed cease lessly. He shivered and looked around, and then crept closer to the cheerful Are. Over nim novereu me spirit - i m night, boding death. (To De conunnen.i Married Unawares. An nBtonlshlng story of involuntary ninrrlnce Is brought to England by the stuanier Anvorsvlllc, which has Just urrlved from tho Congo. Tho Belgian officials declare the In cessnnt risings In the Congo Free State to be due to the missionaries, nnd Jhey nre nllcged to lose no opportunity of making things uncomfortable for tucse Beif-saerlflclng evangelists. Sites for new mission buildings are refused, natives are forbidden to sell food to the missionaries, an exorbh ant tax baa been put on fuel, nnd numberless petty measures of Irrluv tlon nre devised, Recently one of the missionaries died on an Upper River station, and, in accordance with Free State law, three of the dead man's colleagues a lady and two gentlemen, who were present at the deathbed traveled to the nearest state post to report the matter to a Belgian official This official professed to be unable to speak any language but Flemish, which none of the party understood, Ho made them repeat after blm In Flemish what they believed to be a declaration at to the cause of death, and then swear to It and sign It. A week later they discovered to their horror that the document they bad signed was not a death return, but a marriage certificate, ana mat tne may, who la over fifty, bad been legally married to the younger of her two companions. London Expreaa. The colossal statue of Prince Bis marck being erected at Hamburg, will be unveiled In 1000. Its' height U over ,0 feet, and the sword li 80 feet long. A Flrst-Cliiss Market Apple. Wherever tho Baldwin, Northern Spy nud similar varieties of apples can bo grown successfully, tho Inmeusc, shown In tho illustration, should bnvo place, for It la one of tho most uo- slrnlilo vnrletles for commercial pur poses. In gunllty It Is one of .the best, hud Its nttractlvo skin, highly colored nnd tender, makes It n sort easy to sell to consumers. The flesh Is White, with generally red streaks and of good final ity, Tho trees are productive, come luto bearing quite early, and, with proper care, bear consccutlvo seasons. Ib season It Is a lato fall or early win ter sort nnd la a good keeper nnd n. good shipper. If caro la used In pack ing, so that tho rather dollcatc anu thin skin la not bruited. Alt things considered the Fatneuso may be class- ed"anioug the very few really desira ble sorts for market use. Indianapolis News. ItnUlnu the Ilucon Hon. Outside of what Is known as the corn belt farmers will make more money In hog raising by putting nnl mnls on the market of moderate weight than by the hcuvy weights which have long been so popular. The streak of lean and streak of fat hog Is the most profitable one to-day, but tosyalso such an animal requires a radical departure from the old methods of close pens anil an almost exclusive corn diet, Oats. barley, skim milk nnd plenty of good pasture during the summer enter very largely Into the makeup of tne bacon bog. Some corn Is fed, but mainly at the finishing off period, the main de pendence being placed on tho other grains with the pasture. In the case of the latter good pasture must be sup plied. It will not do to turn tne nogs on any worn-out strip of grass land. The pasture of mixed grasses must De gooa and the results will be better If a range of rape Is used by way of variety, Then let the hogs follow the harvest In the fall, particularly In the corn Held, and they will pick up nearly nil the corn they should bavo during tne period of growth. Snbdnlnr Flying Fowls. When fowls are kept couflned tbey get uneasy and long for freedom; this is particularly tho case witn tne smnn er breeds, says an exchange. The com mon method of prevention Is to clip the wings of the birds, not n desirable thine to do If they Happen to De nign class fowls. A better plan la to attach the llttlo arrangement here described Take a stout cord and tlo around the points of the fenthers on the wings mainly used in Dying, no one wing In this manner, then pass tile cord over the back and tie the other wing. Bo careful not to draw the cord too tight, but leave It so that the fowl enn carry harness fon rvsisa rowia. tho wings in a natural position and It will do no harm, yet the bird will not be able to fly any distance. Cliooslniz a Drag Baw. In choosing a saw, hold It up clo'ar of everything with one band, and ring the blade with the other. It will hum where your knuckles hit It, according to the temper and quality of carbon In the blade. The longer It hums or vibrates the better the quality of the steel. Then look down the teeth from end to end and see that the blade Is straight, and look along on the flat qt both sides to ie,e that It Is not "bumpy' that Is, hollow In somo places and full In others. This Is a great draw back to a saw, as It pulls bard through the full spots or bumps, knocking against the cut ends as It runs through tho log. It Is a fault very hard to de tect In a new saw, In an old one very easy, as' the bumps show bright and polished from knocking, ana the hoi lowi dull from escaping the friction. Sea that the saw Is not too thick, or It wastes too much strength to saw with It An Best Producer, Green cut bones are not used as ex tenslrely as they should be, because grain can be obtained with less aim culty and at a minimum cost, but as egg producing material the bone Is far superior to grain and doss not cost THlt FA1IF.USE APrLR. more than grain In tome sections. Tho cutting of tho bone Into nvnllnblo tflzea Is now rendorod an easy matter, as tho bono cutter Is within reach of nil. Bonos fresh from tho butcher contain moro or loss meat, and tho more of such meat tho better, as It will cost no moro por pound than tho bono, whllo tho combination of both meat nud bono Is nn excellent food from which to produce eggs. How Should n Cow Be Milked? Opinions differ very much ns to the manner In which tuo opornlor should proceed In milking n cow. Some con tend that tho proper plan 1b to urnw tho near fore nnd tho off hind teats Imultaucously, and then tho oft foro i nd tho near hind teats: "while other nrguo that both tho hind tents should bo llrst drawn; and still other.contend that tho wholo of ono side of the udder should bo drawn ere the other side Is touched. Wo nre not nwarc that there Is really very much In It cither way, but It Is suggestive to learn that In nn Investigation conducted some time ago by Prof. Babcoek, the well-known dairy expert, It was found that tho order In which the teats were milked exercised considerable Influence on tho quality of tho milk obtained, it was found that tho teat that was drawn second In order almost Invariably yield ed tho richest milk; then came the teat .. ' .. . ... . a i t .... Hint was ursi miiueti, anu ucai hi uiuui the third nnd fourth, tho last ono drawn Invariably giving tho poorest milk. From these results Prof. Bab cock argues that milk Is pretty largely formed during tho act of milking, and that It does not accumulate to any ex tent In tho ready-made condition of the udder. American Cultivator. Two Bprojrlnir In One. Recent tests at the Geneva (N. Y.l experiment station suggest that the thorough spraying of scalo-lnrested trees with a sulphur wash may tako tho Place of the llrst one of the com bined treatment with bordeaux tnlxturo and parls green for scale and scab. It la found that tho sulphur washes kill many other Insects besides tho scalo and result In considerable benefit to the tree. On tho other hand, It was no tlced that In spraying old orchards some of the buds were killed on tbu lower branches by the largo quantity of the spray which they received. The effect was to tbln the fruit and de' crease Its number, while Improving tho size and quality. Tho lime and sul phur washes proved efficient scale do stroyers on all treated trees. Massa chusetts Ploughman. Cutting l'otMtoc for Feed. In cutting seed potatoes. Farm and Home says, take the potato In the left band with the stem end toward you. If It is largo cut off a good sized piece with two or three eyes. Re volve tho potato to the right and keep cutting off about the same outtiho roTATOKS. slzaipleccs, finish ing IUO pUlKlU UJ' splitting the seed end. Cut potatoes as you want to use tbem and after they are Cut never expose to tne sun or air to dry out. If you cannot use them Immediately pour out on damp ground In the shudo of trees or building and cover with a blanket Seed the least bit dry comes up slower, blights easily, and yields lighter, just In proportion ns It Is dried out. Lettuce, Lettuce Is a Baled plant, a salable greens, extensively forced In green houses during the winter, and In hot beds and cold frames In early spring. It can be sown from eprlng till fall, and Is remarkable for being nblo to stand quite severe frosts. Lettuce thrives best In clay loam soil well treated with well-rotted barnyard ma nure. In early spring tho seed Is sown In rows a foot apart and thinned to stand about six Inches apart In the row. For the very early and very lato crops, the loose-growing vnrletles arc best for the reason that they innturo the quickest. For early summer' and fall crops, tho larger head lettuces nre the finest. In order to have crisp, ten der lettuce, tho crops must be sown rapidly. To secitro a quick growth, the soil must bo very rich. Nltrato of soda scattered broadcast along tho rows and well raked In, will generally give a quhtk growth. It can be used at the rate of 200 to 300 pounds to tho acre. ' General Farm Notes It Is well to mark tho eggs on which the ben Is placed for batching pur poses. A dog that worries tho fowls should be broken of the habit without -delay, for a ben will not do ber best whllo such nuisances exist. If you And that the young chicks aro disappearing, keep an eye on the fam ily cat It may develop that this nnl mal Is doing the damage. Dampness will cause more troubles In the brood than any other copdltlon In the poultry . house. Dry floors are as necessary sb proper food. Agricultural Implements to the value of 12.835,080 were exported from this country during the month of January, 1005, tho exports for the same month of 1004 being valued at $1,087,083. For the tree lice, the New namp shire Station successfully dtps tbe In tested twigs of young trees In a weak solution of tree sosp. Probably kero sene emulsion would answer the same purpose. A Chilean government expert asserts that at the end of twenty years, when thirty-five million tons of nitrate of soda have been extracted from tbe great mines on tbe coast of Chill, tbe exhaustion of the nltrato deposits will have beta accomplished. nmWEEKLY Ono Hundred Years Ago. Tho Jewish onth bill, several times passed by the Commons, was thrown out by tho Houso of Lords. About fiOO Indians held a council oi wnrnt Oic mouth of tho Wntmh. Emanuel Lisa founded tho llrst trad ing post In Nebraska, nt Bcllovuo. New Hampshire passed n law divid ing Its towns Into school districts. The United StateKOVcrnniont was negotiating for 2.000,000 acres of In dian land west of the Wnlxish. oppc slto Vlncennes. Tho Spanish consul nt Philadelphia informed the merchants of tho United States that tho port of St Augustine, Fla., was opened for Importation of provisions. Russian troops were nsscinbllns ' Corfu nnd adjacent Islands- Seventy-rivo Years Ago. Uprisings In Belgium wero dally oc currences, tho country being on the verge of a revolution. Tho Legislature of Georgia annulled all laws made by Cherokee Indians. The Stato road from Lake Michigan to Madison, on tho Ohio, was begun. Tho parish prison at New Orleans was erected at a cost of $200,000. East Tcnnesseo was swept by a cy clone. Work was begun by the surveyors for the laying out of tbo city of Chi cago. France addressed Its Ultimatum to. the Dey of Algiers, demanding a pub lic reparation and J10,000,000 Indemnl ty for tbo expenses of the war. fifty Years Ago. Hutlor' University at Irvlngton, Ind., was opened. Charlotto Bronte, tbe English novel ist, died. England signed a treaty of pence with Mohammed of Cnhtil, India, Sir Georgo Gore left St Louis with forty men to exploro tho head waters of the Powder River In Montana. The bronze equestrian statue of Gen eral Jackson was unveiled lu tbo Place d'Armos, Now Orleans. Four sons of John Brown, abolition ist, settled on the Pottawntomlo River, olght miles from Oftawntomle, Ark, Was election day In Kansas and the polls wero Invaded by "emigrants" from Missouri, who carried tho Stato. Forty Years Ago. Sheridan overtook Lee's nrmy at Sailor's Crcdk and defeated It-after a day's fighting. A new stringent tariff law went Into operation. , Richmond and Petersburg were ovacuated by tho Confederates and oc cupied by Union forces. Peace nimors based on President Lincoln's visit to the nrmy nt City Point wero telegraphed over the North. r Tho Wisconsin Legislature' inemoral- Izod the PostoIIleo Department to es tablish railway distributing stations In that SUite. Municipal elections held In many ' cities throughout the North showed great strength of tho Union party. Dispatches from President Lincoln nt City Point announced that tho Union army, after threo days' fighting, succeeded In breaking the Confedomto center nt Petersburg and Hanking Leo on tho loft. Thirty Years Ago. The Illinois Legislature passed the municipal Incorporation act. Charles It. Ingcrsoll, Democrat, was elected Governor of Connecticut, Tho monument to the Into Emperor Maximilian at Trlost, Austria, was un veiled. Through a telegraph operator's blun der two trains came together at Bur lington, Iowa, killing several and In juring many persons. Archbishop Manning was created a cardinal, the ceremony taking place before mdny English and American pilgrims at Rome. The Pope Issued an encyclical re newing the excommunication of the old Catholics of Switzerland. Henry Ward Beechcr began his tes timony In his own defense In tbe Brooklyn court which was hearing the Tilton-Beccher case. Twenty Years Ago. The British forces under General Graham captured and burned the Arab village Tamal. General Grant's condition was such that the end appeared to be near. A Cabinet meeting decided that while this nation was not concerned with the Internal affairs of Colombia, then In a state of revolution, It was responsible for free and uninterrupted transit across the Isthmus.