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.
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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.