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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 31, 1906)
By chapter xxvt. The weeks slipped by, nn.l the young r-pring began to send out its forerun ners. It had been a mild winter, and the big horse chestnut in tlu Mnllinc ford woods sent forth their round fnle bu 1 unite a f .rttiliht earlier than usual. A young fellow tinned Farringdon, the noil of a friend of" Sir tieoffrey'a youth, had been among the Christmas visitor fit Msllingf or I. and it soon npp.ir nit that he hail fallen desperately in love with sweet-faced Kthel. lie was a most estimable young man, with n substantial rent roll, ami he went to Sir lieoffrey an.l asked bis consent, feeling ijuite satisfied as to what wouM be the result. Then Sir CieoiTrey spoke to Kthel, nnd was astonished on receiving an fin lhatio refusal, coupled with the deelara tion that lier heart was not her own t bestow. So, Sir tie fl'rey. bearing in mind the g rl's happy excitement over Felling's letter, which contained noth ing but accounts of Dornton s industry, talent and success, put two and two to (Tether and decided that she was still true to her first love. He was a little dis appointed that it should be so: but he bad married for love himself, an.l he was not point: to attempt to influence his daughter i:i t'.ie selection of her husband. So a warm invitation was sent to the roaming artists, and Kthel settled down into a beatific state of anticipation: and one soft spring day toward the end of April they arrived. Sir Geoffrey actually drove over him felf to meet them, and Kthel put on her prettiest hat and accompanied him. She did not go on the platform with her father, but sat there watching the few passengers pass by ones and twos through the little station door. She won dered w hat could be keeping them. At last her father came out, and with Mm a handsome sun-burnt, broad-shouldered, bearded plant, whom Kthel re praded with no little surprise. Gould this self-possessed, courteous creature be Jack her Jack, whom she used to chide Fotuetiiues for his little mistakes, who had often confessed that he owed what little polish lie had to his intercourse xvith her and her father? Sle was so astonished at the change in the man and his maimers that some of her feeling found its way into her face. "Hot changed you are!" she had al most said 'improved." "You look as if 3 oti had enjoyed your winter very much." "I hare; but I hope to enjoy my spring better." Something in the words jarred Ethel's nic ser.se of tact. She glanced quick ly at him, blushed agaiu, and changed the subject. "Where's Captain Telling, papa?" That gentleman stepped forward from behind the pillar of the portico, where, vith a strange longing, he had stood watching the eloquent little pantomime of blushes and glances that had just taken place. The girl looked at him for a moment in even greater surprise than r-he had at Jack. She grew very pale, then extended both hands quickly. "I am so glad to see you again." she aid, "though I am sorry to see you look ing so tired. I don't think traveling egrees with you. You must stay at Mall ingford, and be nursed until you are iuite well." A dusky red called up perhaps by the warmth of her greeting suddenly upread over his face, then left it again os colorless as before. "I am all right." he' returned, smiling nt the anxious look in her eyes. '"I'm os hard as nails; nothing ever ails me." "We won't argue the question now," she said, with her usual brightness. "Are nil your belongings right? Let us get home. then, and have some luncheon; I Oin absolutely famished. Come, papa." The three men took their seats in the roomy barouche, and the talk became general. Ethel, leaning back In her cor I:er, and taking mental note of the trou ble and suffering written so unmistaka bly on Felling's face, did not notice that die in turn was being watched as closely by some one else, who, by the end of the fire-mile drive, had come to the conclu sion that he had been decoyed to Mall lngton under false pretenses, and had made up his mind to take the first op portunity of ascertaining the truth from lier own Hp. Hut the opportunity did not present itself so readily as he hail boped, and three days passed without a chance of a tete-a-tete. On the fourth, however, things changed. It was the day of the private view at the Academy. Of course Sir Geoffrey, by the right of bis old associations, had the entree; so equally, of course, ha Jack as an ex hibitor. The rooms were, as usual, crowded to excess. Jack and Sir Geoffrey were in front, and Kthel was with Telling. Jack turned suddenly, with his face aglow and his eye-i shining, und said, iu a proud whisper: "Polling, It's on the line!" Pelling pressed forward and shook liim stealthily by the hand. Kthel saw the movement and for a moment wished tdie was a man to Inspire such a friend ship as existed between these two; then she off ere 1 her congratulations warmly and sincerely. The other two pussed on, leaving Kthel xvith Jack to take note of the points of the picture. Jack, seizing the opportu nity bent bis head and whispered: "Do you remember my wuter-color of last year'" "To be sure," she answered, without liny sign beyoud a slight Increase of color that the memory was a disquieting one. "How much liua happened since then (hat I could wish undone!" "And I, also." "Do you mean that?" "Why tthould I say it unless I did?" Jack looked excited. It was an awk ward place to make an avowal of love, certainly, but he would not lose the op portunity she bad given blm. He leaned forward and pointed out some flaw In a picture before them, without iu the least knowing what be was saying, tbeu Whispered close to her ears f - The VZS Srct OR A BITTER RECKONING CMARLOTTU M. URAUMU '.'And do you really love me still? And may I try to redeem my past folly by loving you more than ever?" CHAPTKK XXVII. Ethel's answer completely staggered Jack. "There are two questions, and they require two answers." she replied. In a low. steady voice. "I do not love you still not as 1 did then. And. in my opinion, nothing could repair your past folly. Weakness and faithlessness are just the two failings 1 colli I never ex cuse in a man. They are so supremely ft miniiie!" "I have been misled." he said, shortly. "Not by me, directly or indirectly." "Was it not in deference to your w :ti that Sir Geoffrey invited me to Mailing ford?" "Certainly. Hut may not a young woman wish to see a young man i whom she takes a very warm friendly interest, without the young man repaying her by an offer of marriage? Come let us be friends. You are not madly iti love with me, you know. It was as much pity for my supposed love-lorn state as anything that led you to make this declaration. Now that you see I am not love-lorn, and you have done your duty by me iu giving me the chance you thought 1 was pining for. there is an end of it." "I don't understand you one bit." "Of course not. We women pride our selves on not being understood. It is the only defense we have, the power of hid ing our feelings. Come let us find papa, and we will forget all about this foolish talk, and be just as comfortable togeth er as we were before." Jack obeyed rather suriily. It was a change for him to be treated in this light, off-hand way by Kthel. after he had been taught to believe that it was his bouudeu duty to res ale her fr on the slough of slighted affeeti uis. Hut. though he was really very fond of her. and would doubt less have made her an excellent husband, his pride was more deeply touched than his feelings by her refusal, so there was plenty of room for hope that he would quickly recover from the blow. Peliing looked at tl.eui when they at last met. guessed that something had taken place. He could see their evident flurry, but he could not tell how matters had fared with Jack. He believed them to be favorable. If it should prove so. his task would be finished: he would have reunited Ethel to the only man she could ever care for. and he would drown his own heart griefs in the excitement of foreign travel. The men lingered longer than usual in the dining room that evening, and Ethel found the time hang heavily on her hands. Presently she heard the footsteps of the three cross the hall In the direc tion of the billiard room, and she was surprised that they hail not asked her to mark for them. She felt nervous and anxious, and was tired of being alone. With this feeling upon her. she decided to get a book and for a time -at least forget the thoughts which oppress.. ,1 her. She went to the library and wheeled the steps to a certain shelf that he the works of her favorite authors. There was only one lamp in the large room, but there was a fire burning in the grate. She was wearing a ruby-colored velvet dress, buttoned up to the throat with large cut steel buttons that glimmered and sparkled coldly from their warm i-etting. It was made, in defiance of fashion's stern rule, without frill of pmllng and fell gracefully and softly about her shapely figure. When she had reached the top of the library steps, the room door opened and Captain Pelling entered. He began to pace in decided agitation up and down the dimly lighted room. Ethel turning round hastily and seeing who it was, uttered a little ex clamation of dismay. "Miss Ethel! I did not see you. Look ing for a book? Aren't you afraid of falling? Come down and let me get it for you." He was at the foot of the steps, his hand outstretched to help her. "I'm not at all afraid, thank you; ami I have not decided onj book yet." "W. n't yo'i do without your novel reading to-night and let me tell you a tale instead?" Her heart went out to him as she de tected a quiver of painful anxiety in his voice. "If it is a nice tale and ends happily," she answered. "I like all tale to end happily. Does yours?" "It depends on what you consider hap piness; what to you may seem happi ness may to me be the depth of despair. Will you come down and listen?" Ethel descended from her perch ami took the chair he had set for her, he seating himself opposite. "It is a very short story," he began, as he turned up the lamp and stirred the fire. Then he went on: "Once on a time two men loved one woman, They both loved her dearly, but, of course, they could n t both marry her. Now it hap pened that the one she loved offende 1 her very grievously, and the one she did not love tried to ingratiate lions -If through the favored one's offense. Hut the cause of offense was suddenly remov ed, am then the unloved one said to himself, 'Her heart Is hound up in this man; she will never know happiness, but as his wife; she does not love me. 1 w;ll devote my life to making her happy by bringing them together.' Well, he did. He helped the favored man to make him more worthy of her. It was the one dream, the one ambition of his life, to see them united. Of course there ere times when he felt still that he could never know happiness without her him self. He was a selfish beggar at the best; but he really did do ull he could for the man she loved. Imagine then hi ustoiiishmeiit when the mail whom he had thought she loved came to him one day and said, 'It has been all a mistake on your part; she does not care for me at all.' Think what a disappoint ment It was to the poor wretch who had been working to bring them together at the tacrine of bit own feelings! When he had recovered from the first pang of disappointment, he began lo wonder what her refusal meant, and a n. leu in. id thought eaiue into his head. It was a wild. Improbable, iture I son. !!. thought. There were no grounds for it in fact, all things seemed to point In an opposite dlie.t on. St;ll the thought was in his mud. Shall I tell yon what that thought was';" lie paused for i moment nt ths point, and then, moving nearer to hcr,wcnt on. "lie thought that, perhaps, Iu the great tenderness of her heart, this woman had at first pitiel him for ii certain iiuha ppinoss that cloud ed li s l.fe for a time, th it possibly she had overrated his ctTor:s on lier behalf, and that, between her feelings and pity and gratitude, she was carried it httls out of herself and Imagined she ought, as a matter of duty, you know, to marry the mail lu' .lid not really love. Then he said, 'This must not be; I will go and set her mind at lest, and tell her pot to worry about me. I shall be all right by and by, and learn la time to be content t.l without her.' " "And did he go?" "Yes, he went." "And what did the woman say?" "Ah. that is more than I can tell nt pres. nt. I have come to ask you to finish the story for me." "1 see." with a smile. "This is how I should tin sh it. The humble minded man. who .lid not think It possible that he eoul I be I ive.l for himself alone, went to the w. man and to', I her he !i..ul I learn to be content without her iu time, up Mi which the woman r..se up mil! held out her hands, saying. 'Hut 1 can never learn to be contented without oii. Alee, for I love v.. ii very, very dearly!'" A faint little wlrsper that sounded like "My own. own love!" floated throi;'i the room, and Captain Peliing and Kilnl Mailing were locked iu a close embrace. CHAPTKK XXVIII. "It is very dreadful to hive to say it; bit I think I began to love y.uj just when it was wrong to do so on the day you came to tell me y.,it had .lis c.verel your wife was I i I :i Then came that unhappy time, and the letters written illv.Iack's behalf re illy helped yourself. At last, when 1 saw y.oi s ill and sorrowful looking, my heart e;:t out to yon. "This will be mi awful blow to Jack!" "Never mind Jack now. Your kind ness lias made li:ui tlun tuuiseii a para- pill. 1 tlllllK II W in .i. i him g I I i tin I irresistible as he out that he is not fancied himself." Pr.'senilv. after some conversation. Ethel said: "Papa will wonder whit has he. me of us. Wo had better go and tell him everything. lie w .11 be so pieise t. "Io you think so?" Pel 111 g asked, loub: fully ; and Kthel throwing her nrms about his net k answered him wi.h ki-s.-s. Of course Sir Geoffrey was d -'iglit - I. As a man. he thought highly of aj.tai'i Pelling. P. -s d.-s. he had undoubted a 1 vantages of birth and position, and would make an excellent master of the household when the present possessor should have gone to rest. Jack was inclined to be displease 1 nt first; but it was characteristic of tho facile nature of tne man that bo con sented to be conciliated, mid stayed ou right into tho summer, making Malllng ford his headquarters during his tr.ps into the surrounding country to touch up from nature Lord Summers' six pictures. And, as the days lengthened to their longest. Pelling gradually much of his old brightness, devoted to him. Sometimes people, looking diaiit young beauty and his turity. wondered nt the gi recovered Ethel was nt her ra grave Hu rl's uncon cealed devotion mil admiration. One day some one ventured to ssy sui.o ihlng of the kind to her. Her eyes flashed a little, as she answerel: "You d-i n't know him as he really is . it' ymi did. you Would not be s irprise 1." Alee took her to Purls ..n their wel ding trip, and amid the gaieties i f tho city they did not forget one day to pay a visit to Pauline's grave. Ethvl placed a large wreath of immortelles on the resting pi. we of her unfortunate cousin and turned away with u lump rising iu her throat. Husband and wife were both very silent ou the way back to their hotel. They received one visitor before they passed on toward Italy it was llab. tte, now Mine. Coiiroiine. of the P.oiilevard des Itnliens. She had Invested her five thousand pounds judiciously, and was already becoming rather celebrated ns one of the leading modistes of the city. She wished one pie. of news to be con vened to Sir Geoffrey. Messrs. Daws : Haven had made "n (lash in tin- pan" with their two thousand five hundred pounds; they had speculated through a man who was "hammered" the very next settling day, and so lo-t every penny, and were Iu a worse plight than ever. "They wanted me to join in the same speculation," added Mine. Coiironne, "with ro money your father had been so so generous us to insist upon my ac cepting; but you have a proverb. 'A bird in the hand Is worth two In the bush,' and I kept my money under my own management, as inadame sues, w ith good result. Erect, white-haired Sir Geoffrey Is never hj happy as when lie is walking out with toddling Geoffrey Mailing Pel ling. who Is to carry cu the old family name, by and by. Captain Pelling is everyth'ng that a country gentleman should be; and, iii spile of the many calls 'in him, he is always able to spend plenty of time in his wife's society. The pleas ure these two find In each other's com pany is as strong to-day as it whs on their wedding tour, and it Is likely to Increase rather than diminish, for it is a union f oin led on the iimst lasting of nil foundations a deep mutual rcHpect and an impregnable faith. THE END. Wliut' in Cue? "Do you ever get dincoiirugHl?'' asked the intimate Mend. "No," iiiwweroil Mr. ConiHtoek, "I don't. I. know tbnt If It cames to tho worst I can let my hair Krovr buitf, show a band of religious enthusiasts the iwly true path to heuvin, and llV9 without work In the finest houso in tho colony," Detroit Sown. Statistics compiled by tho various automobile trade ussociuns show that there are ubout fi3,000 motor cum u use iu this country, the first cost bt which aggregated 170,000,000. s. f . f.4j-. t. Thi Wnlkcr . First shown In any quantity nt Iho Pati-Ainetlcnii Exposition, nt HulTiibi, tint Walker apple bus since boon tried In various Mvtions und found nil Mutt was claimed for It. Us exceedingly attractive np.ir.'ini'o makes It iilim blo u h n market tout, und It 1ms tin ndded merit of being of fair quality, although not by any iiicans n tlrst clnss npplc In this respect. In iz' It is n little above the medium, on. I Iu cti'or Is particularly attractive, bclntf sttlix'.l with br.riunt rod. Pnder test It proves to be only n fair bearer, but A, .t i w w ,vi i I it x ci l r. this may be Improved lis the trees grow ol.Icr. Mention r the variety Is made simply because It Is n promis ing olio mill sis-ins worMiy of general tt-Nt. I lid hum polls News. The l iiriirr of t li I'm, There Is no doubt but w but the inure fivsli a ! r tl.v swllie get rell during the winter the belter tll. y feel, mi In stead of cuiilinli g t In-ill to the lo. use, nrrai ge one comer or end of the yard in that tin y may still be cut of hnrs and yet bop pxect.sl from storm. An uxcel'.etit way of doing this Is to select ii space as large its n ssary, Jidug the south, and build It up with gravel, so that It Is several Indies higher tluitt the surrounding soil; then there will be little il.irger of Its getting d.iinp. With old boards build :i rough low structure, covering roof ami cracks with corn stalks. Not a fancy house, costings cotialilei able, but simply n crude, nuigli structure which will be practically xvoterproif and comfort able. I-t the- sxvlne bnve a portion f the corn on the ear fed In this rotrviit, ami they xvlll be linppy and quite will ing to stay out of dr tnost of en.-h day unless tlu xveutlier Is unusually cohl; hs ii result one xvlll have n clean er main house, which Is worth ooiislil orabloi Adaltrruled Milk. The ordinary methods of tnllk adul terations arc easily detected by expert examiners. It U reiorti-l that n French chemist. Dr. ( uestievlllet has lruide Nome experiments that point to the probability tl.vit for Kotiie time there hnsj bei'ii practiced u form of d ptlon In milk adulteration which has escaped the attention of health of ficers. In n paragraph In tint Hlrmlng htttii Dnlly Mali It Is explained that tti deficiency of fats, whether duo to the poverty of the milk or tho extrac tion of fnt.s, has been covered by the addition of foreign grensy matter. Dr. yucsiievlllo found that "benzine would iIIhsoIvo foreign fata without affecting the natural fats In milk." and thus by examining the samples) which have passed the ordinary test he discovered such Hill-stances us pork dripping and cocoanut butter. Snowdrift II lime. This Is a gate hinge of my Inven tion. It can be used on any kind of jrnto. The rod should be made of 1 inch Iron. The four eyes? of i -f 1 1 1 1 Iron. Tho eyes In the top of gate phould bo 10 or 18 Inches apart. This GATE III.N'liE KOli iJlilt- IH. gate can bo raised and opened over niiowrtrlfts. The collar with thumb screw will hold tho gate as wanted. The hangings can lie Hindu by uny blacksmith. W. (i. Freed. Anifora Mutton. O. I. Thompson of tho Hurenu of Animal Industry says a considerable number, but not muny thousands, of cross bred Angorai find their xvay to stock centers, uuch ns Chicago, Kau nas City, Ouiahn, Huffalo and New York, and are iwld there to tho pack ing houses, if in good condition. They ore purchased at a price slightly under that paid for sheep, and are disposed of In the carcass, and sometimes in canned form, as sheep mutton. Tlieso goats are usually some that have served a good purpose in clearing up brushwood, and becoming fat on it, are worth more as slaughter animals than to sell to some other person for brush clearing. J WEI IT.- M rF" r mi '$mi$k- TFT (if y finer for ilirr. t'll experienced sheep raisers real le the lliioi l:iin .' of providing eoei' for aiiltiuils oil 1'ie lunge or III the ar ls so iiiTiinco.l Hi it the sheep can get under cowt . ii I -K I x- In tin' cent of slid. It'll storms which lire lll.elj lit tills unison of the year. A Htruclllie of this kind should Is- more than a roof It should be deep no that the si p cnii get far riionuli under thai the s',iuil can not possibly reach tlieni It should also be a hooded shod, that Is, some provision should be niiitle for a low front which will break the storm. If Ibis Is not feasible il good way Is to build up n straw stuck or a stuck of corn stalks In the open Iu front of the open part of the sluilt but he vera I feet awny so that the sheep will not feel they are penned Iu yet can readily get In by going around the stack on either side. The (loor of this shed should be dry nt nil times mid It Is mi excellent plan to have more or less roiigbiig In It which the sheep limy munch over to kivp them happy and contented. It Is not Intend isl that this shed be more than it place for cover In the exent of storm. The barn or stable should be the regular home mid arranged for comfort! The shed, n s ilesci lln-.l, will save tunny pounds of mutton, for nothing xvlll pull a sheep down more ijulcUly than exposure to a storm. I 'oriuer mill I iiiuieri-lnl HI el Inula. If the man whose life Is spent on the f irin would use Ills bruins us Well as h!s hands, be would thul results much inure profitable than at present It Is all well ciioiigb to uihlci stand what !s necessary In farm operation, but of what mail Is It if plans nie Hot can-fully laid an, I us ouivf ully exe cuted'' There Is a city business man who was brought up on a farm and Is now spending .some of his city earned money at the old occupation. Largely, us a matter of sentiment, he bought the old homestead, inul after a time used It for u summer home, leasing the land ou the share plan. One sum llier, be.lig at the farm coinldcriible, he liotli ed the rather slipshod meth ods of operation, und the next leur took chnrg" ,.f the fnrni himself, en gaging the necessary help to do the work. Then he looked carefully over the place ujul planned Just what he would do with It. Ho hud lio trouble after his help illsc.n i fe.l that his knowledge was not wlioliy t heoi etlcal. The farm Is making some money, sole ly as a farm, and will ni.il.e none In the years to coin,-. It Is run as a busl tiess proposition, and every detail of Its handling carefully considered. The cominercl.il rules applied to farming w 111 bring success. An Outdoor nn. The Illustration shows a emtio for an outdoor fireplace. For upright post n. Use scantling llil Inches, feet long. For beam b use scantling .1x1 Inches, 11 feet long. For brace c, use scniitlliig L',x.'l Inches, HO Inches buig. For post d. to swing crane to, can use any ordinary post 7x7 Inches, N feet long. Set pit three fisd In groumV. Ix.re hole through post six Inches from top end for upper hinge, .'I'd feet lower hp4 (N4 ol'TtH.lili CH.XNK, bore another hole for lower hinge, and the isist Is ready to swing crane to. Exchange. Wurm Konds fur Cows. The average, dairy cow does not re ipulre "wurm mashes of any kind, and it Is generally considered best to let the animal do her own grinding of grain und In Its usual ktate, although there can be no objection to the oc casional mash nor to any mixed grain molsteiKsl and fed finite xvarm, but simply us an appetizer and a change from tho regular rations. Warm briuf mushes are used to advantage with cows Just after calving, particularly if oil meal or Home other laxative Is used In connection xvlth It. It is often advantageous to moisten tlie roughago given tho stock, and we have hail them eat corn stover, which they would not touch dry, by steaming It for n feyy hours and feisllng It while unite warm. We believe thoroughly In an occasion al change which xvlll furnish variety, even though there may bo no appreci able or direct benefit. Topilrennlnu II t und f'lovrr. To an liiipnlry how to fertilize a field of ryo sowetl last fall, Intended to be seeded also With clover In the imrly spring, Dr. C. W. Woods recommended at a recent meeting the application of four hundred pounds of muriate of potash. This application was Intend ed to encourage the clover that was to be sown rather than tho rye. If It wus preferred to grow n larger crop of ryo rather than the clover, he would recommend u dressing of nltrtito of sodu. Seed Knrmlnv. Then are at tho present time moro than six hundred seed farms in tho United States farms, that is to say, devoted to the production of vegetable, field crop and flower seeds to lx sold to fanners and gardeners. Ronio of theso plantations are very extonslvo, comprising as much as ono thousand acres. Dairy Notes. Milk from uninspected herds should not be sold to thep ubllc. As an extra and yet prudent precau tion, pasteurization of all cream should be obligator. HISTORIAN m I Uii.- HNkl-St. Peter's church, Wetiiilner, dedicated by Edward the Confes sor. 1 17lV -Thoinas ii'llecket. archbishop of Canterbury, iissusslimtud lit ths ratheilrnl. I-7X - Injunction Issued by Frlmnte "f England ininliit public piuier by little girts on Christ inns day. i:t77--Wl.khtT divulged his opinion on the I'. pe's inundate. t.Vlo -Society of Jesuits founded by Ignatius Ii)o la. lo.VJ- Ciitlii-riiii' Von Horn, wife of Mar tin I. Ill lier, died. l.VH - Pop.. l.-lle.f.Oit X. die I, 1.V.H Expulsion of the Jesuits froiil Pur's. ll'ii it - K iiistlo, Ireland, sun eiidered to tlie Engiish. ll's". I 'irst iivnnpnpi-r net l"insl ll lillssis. Mill Earl of Argvln Imprisoned for ll I ai Ik tleimoll. li'i'.U Mary, IJueeil of England, died of suiallp.'i. 1 TlMI Empress Ellrabrth of It'Hsln I. ..in. Died on this date In 17'il. 1711 -licr-o Whit.-!.. Id born. 17ii7 Singular rising and sinking of hind noticed at Scarborough, England. 1 7W J inn s I'miicm Edward, thi Pre tender, H-.ii of Jimira II. of Eng land. .I.e. I. 17711 - Meet ing nt Philadelphia .lectured lh.it the i'ollv. with n cnrgi of lea, nIi.oiI.I not land 1SIM', -Itnsslans entered l!u. harrst. I n -William E. iJladsi ine born. lsl'J American warship '..ni it ul lor captured I'.rit.sh ship Jnvn. lS1.1l l-e In llufTalo. N. V.. destroyed list houses. ISM Schooner Cnrollim blown np la Mississippi .y tho P.ritUh. ISIS Emperor Alexander of Ituisls granted right to peasants to en gage In imiuufnetiirliig. 1S"H Procession of free negroes In Philadelphia em-ortlng nil African prince returning to I , Iberia ..... . Itowlnnd Stephenson, HrltUh banker and iiieiubvr of Parlia ment, elllb...e. $I,IHI.(HHI. j 1S.T1 Hereditary peerugn abolished In France. !1S,1J First reformed P.rltlsh Parliament dissolved. 1s.V llattle ..f Tampa Iliy. 1S.'17 Imperial paint's lit St. Petembtirg burned. 1S." Texas admitted to the Fnlon. JSp; CnstitiiiloiKil charter of Newr .cabin! grunted. 1S"VI Thomas W. i..rr, lender of Dorr's ltel. ell.., II, ,ie,. 1S.-.7 r.iimhiirdm.-iit and capture of Caiiton, ' 'I. Ina, by English and French forces. 1S.-,!I,rd Ma.'uiiley died, nged .V.I. 1S7 Marshal Prim executed nt Mad rid. 1S7-1 Alphonso XII., father of ths present ruler, proclaimed King of Spain. 1S7V (ireat railroad Occident at Ashta bula, Ohio. lKKi Sever rtlnpiake felt Iu Austria and Spain. l-Siil Ex-Senator J n n (J. .-r 1 ia ....Several killed Iu th burning of the Delavan house, Albany N. Y. lN'.lfi Extradition treaty between Fnlte.l States nn.l l!ra.II ratified E. V. Smalley, celebrated Jour nalist, died. P.MJ0 Mrs. Isabel A. Mnllou fltuth Ash- inure), author, died Senator Justin S. Morrill of Vermont died, aged M. wonderful" oklahoma"crops. Iii One ( on nty Alone They H'tll reed III nlim If 0, 000,000. It Is only a few years since tlie world ' was looking on nt the rush of settlers Into the newly opened laudH of Okla homa. No one then dreamed that ona county alone of the new territory would produce In l'.Ml.", crops in value to exceed lflll,IHH),(KM. This Is the record of jr0er county, the southwest county of Okla homa, for this year, Tho cotton crop now 011 hoard the cars or ready to leave (lie county Is about I'hi.iMHi bales, worth $110 mn, 'rids, with tint value of the cotton seed nt $!fl a ton, amount to $ I, (L'ii.ikki. The oat crop ' worth fully $:,(hki,(iis). 'pl9 com and kalllr yield is worth another. ?:i,(KHl,(MK). . These lending crops, therefore, exceed in value fl0,ooH,0H. ltesi,,. u,,. H(. tMI,r, Is half a million ImihIh-Ih of wheat, great quantities of garden truck, out t to, hogs, horses, poultry, dairy products and broom corn. In n I'reiiiy. ' Just as the collection had been taken up by old Deacon Kmlff ono of tho members was observed to bo danclnif around tho pew und wildly pulling hit hair. "What mn do troublo xvld llruddan Rparks?" whispered tho parson, "Frenzied llnanco, paxvson," whis pered the deacon; "frenzied finance." "Frended flnanceV" "Bho. He thought he done dropped a penny in de collection, en now he's done dlscobched ct wus a dime."