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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (June 13, 1906)
Prisoners Dy I!. S. CHAPTER Vlll.tContiiiued.l Now 1 remember," interrupted Ml AYinter, with Iter pleasant laugh; "of course. Please don't tell me sny more My Mall wn number number two linn dred and sixtv " "Four," suggested Tyars manner thnt it n in reality tion lit all. "Yes; two hundred and In such ft no sugges- sixty four. There wa an empty seat on my ng:u hand." "And an old p-ntleman occupied that on your left." "My father," she explained, aim ply ; but In the tone of her pleas.int voice there wag something which made Tyars look gravely at her with a very slight bow an if in apology. Oswin Craoc glanced at his sister with raised eyebrows, and she nodded almost impenvpt ihly. He had not heard of oM Mr. Winter's death. In less skilled hands this Incident might have led to an awkward silent: but Agnes Winter had not sjient ten years of her life in a whirl of society for nothing. She knew that one's own feel ings are of a strictly individual value. "You," she continued, "took the va cant Rem." There wa something very like a ques tion in her glance. Oswin (trace did not look pleased, and his eyes turned from one Taoe to the other searchinjrly. Then she seemed suddenly to have received Rn answer to her query, for she turned to Helen and launched into narration gayly. "I will tell vou." she Slid, "why these details are engraven so indelibly upon nuch a poor substance as my memory It was rather a grand night; royalty was present, and the theater was almost full. In front of me were two men who 'id not appear to lie taking an absorbing Interest in the play, for one was draw ing something which I took to be ft map uiKn hi program- " "It was a map," confessed Tyars, light ly. 'While he whispered earnestly at in tervals to his companion. I came to the conclusion thnt he was trying to persuide him to g and look for I jvingstone. which mggestion was not well received. At last he turned round. I thought he was ad miring, or at least noticing, the new diamond star in my hair, but subsequent events proved that he was l.vtking over my head. I was disappointed," she ad. led aside to Tyars. "I both noticed and admired." he ex claimed in self-defense. "There were two diamond stars, one much larger than the other. All except Oswin laughed at this feat of memory. "Well," continued Miss Winter, "at the first interval this irreproachable young man left his seat, came round, turned back the chair next to me, and 6hook hands with the man in the pit!" The pith of the story lay in its narra tion, which was perfect. The lady knew her audience as an able actor knows his house. By some subtle trick of voice the incident was made to redound to Tyars' credit, while its tone was distinct ly against him. The easy, cheery, honest humor of voice and expression was irre sistible. Even the Admiral laughed as much as he ever laughed at a joke not re lated by himself. "He was," explained Tyars in hia un satisfactory way, "a friend of mine." At this moment the door was opened by Salter, who announced that dinner was ready. As they were moving toward the door Oswin suddenly stopped. "Where is Muggins?" he asked. "On the mat," replied Tyars. "He was rather shy, and preferred waiting for a social invitation. He is not quite at home on carpets yet." "I have beard about Muggins," said Helen to Tyars as they went downstairs together, "and am quite anxious to make his acquaintance." So Muggins was introduced to his new friends, standing gravely on the dining room hearthrug with his sturdy legs set well apart, his stump of a tail jerking nervously at times, and his pink-rimmed eyes upraised appealing' to his master's face. He was endeavoring to the best of bis ability to understand who all these well-dressed people were, and why he was forced Into such sudden prominence. Moreover, he was desirous of acquitting himself well ; and that smell of oitail noiip was somewhat distracting to a sea farer. He formed the subject of conversation while this same soup was being discuss ed, and Tyars was almost enthusiastic on the subject, somewhat to the amuse ment of Miss Agnes Winter, who was not a great lover of dogs. The dinner passed off very pleasantly, and many subjects were discussed with greater or less edification. Miss Winter seemed to take the lead, in virtue of her seniority over the young hostess, touch ing upon many things with h?r light and airy precision, her gay philosophy, her gentle Irony. Admiral Grace was the only person who succeeded In getting a piece of personal Information from Tyars, and this by the bluntest direct question. "I once," said the old gentleman, "was on a committee with a west country baro net of your name a Sir Wllbert Tyars is he any relation of yours?" "Yes," Tyars answered, with just suffi cient interest to prove his utter indiffer ence. "Yes ; he is my uncle." There was a short pause ; some further remark was evidently expected. "I have not seen him for many years," be added, closing the incident. When Mis Winter's carriage was an nounced at a quarter to eleven Tyars rose and said good-night with an unemotional case which might equally have marked the leginnlng of intimacy or the consum mation of a formal social debt. When Agnes Winter came downstairs arrayed In a soft diaphanous arrange ment of Indian silk he was gone, and the three young people as they bid each other good-night In the hall, were con scious of a feeling of insufficiency. None of the three attempted to define this sensation even to themselves, but it was not mere curiosity. It Is worth noticing that Claud Tyars name was not mention ed again in the house after the front door had closed behind hixn. And yet every person who bad srn him that evening was thinking of hlinj ujoa tin r'l tit and Captives MCk.JIMAN impress of his ningul.ir Individuality h.-id been left. "'Ain't wot I'd call a sailor man, eith er," muttered old Salter, thoughtfully scratching his stubby chin with a two shilling pie.v which happened to 1h in his hand as he returned to the pantry after closing the front d.v.r. "And yet there's grit In him. Sort o' 'bad weather' man. I'm thitiklu'." Osw in 'j reflection as he slowly prepar ed for sleep we iv of a mixed character. He was not unite sure that the visit of his lite shipmate had Nvn an entire sue ivss. 1 1 m own ersonil interest In the m.in had in no way diminished, but the light of feminine eyvs cast llvn their friendship hid brought that difference which Always route to our male acijuamt .uiivs when we Introduce theni to our women folk. CHAPTEK IX. It was not yet 1 o'clock the following morning when Claud Tyars left the door of the quaint, old fashioned hel where he was staying. The usually busy street were still comparatively empty. Washed- out housemaids In wished out .rot ton. dress were dusting the front doorsteps of such old world folk as were content to continue living on the eastern precincts of Tottenham Court road. As the young fellow walked briskly through some quiet streets in his drvss there wn this morning a slight sugges tion of the yachtsman that is to sty, he was clad in blue serge, and his brown face suggest?, the breezes of the oornn. H-yond that ther was nothing to seize upon, no clew as to what this powerful young man's calling or profession, taste or habits, might be. He stopped occa sionally to look info the shop window with the leisurely Interest of a man who has an appointment and plenty of time upon his hands. Any one taking the trou ble to follow him would have been struck with the singularity of his choice in the matter of shop windows. lie appeared to take an interest in such establishments as a general dealer's warehouse. There wm a large gncer's shop on the left-hand side and here he stopped for a considerable time, studying wirh gre.it attention a brilliant array of American-tinned pro duce. A tobacconist's was treated with slight heed, while the wares of a large optician appeared to be of absorbing in terest. The dxr of St. Katherine's Ioek had been open only a few minutes when Ty ars passed through the building into the London lVx-k. On the quay, under an iron-roofed shed at the head of 'he dock, a rsl-bearded, clumsy man was walking slowly backward and forward with that idle patience which soon become second nature in men accustomed to waiting for weather and tides. When he jiereelved Tyars he lurched forward to meet him. Tyars acknowledged his Jerky saluta tion with a pleasant nod, and they walk ed away together. This burly son of the north was the man with whom Tyars had exchange! a shake of the hand one evening in a Jn.Jon theater when Mis Winter was Beated close by. They walked the whole length of the block, avoiding with an apparent ease pitfalls In the way ring-bolts, steam pipes and hawsers. At the lower end of the basin, moored to a buoy in mid-dock. lay a strange looking little steamer. Her chief characteristic was clumsiness clumsiness of spar and general top-heaviness. Her lw were originally very bluff, and being now heavily Incased In an outer armor of thick timber, the ef fect was the reverse of pretty. She. was rigged like a brig, and her tall, old-fashioned funnel, rearing Its white form be tween the ma.sts, suggested an enlarged galley chimney. Although she was the strangest looking craft in the dorks, where many quaint old ships are slowly rotting to this day. It was said among the dock laborers and custom officers that the vessel had Ix-t-ii built at Trontheim, in Norway, for a steam whaler; that she had been bought by an Englishman, and was now being leisurely fitted out under the miitervlsion of the red-haired Scotchman who lived on board. Her destination was a iiro- found mystery. Some thought that she was to be a whaler, specially fitted for the "north water," others boldly stated that she was d.stined to open up com merce with China by the northeast pas sage. "I think," said Tyars, critically, ns he stood examining the little steamer, "that you have got on splendidly, Peters. She look almoHt ready for swi." "Ay," responded the red-faced man, slowly. He wan no great conversationalist. With his great head bent forward he stood beside the tall, straight man, and In his attitude and demeanor there was a marked resemblance to a shaggy, good natured bear. "Y'ou have got the new foremast up, I see. A good bit of wood?" "Fine I" He shook bis head sadly from side to side at the mere thought of that piece of wood. "And the standing rigging Is all up?" "Ay." "And the running rigging ready?" "Ay ; them riggers was fools." Tyars smiled in an amused way and said nothing. A boat now put off from the strange, steamer and came toward them. A small boy standing In the stern of It propelled it rapidly with half an oar. I'rosentiy it came alongside some slimy steps near to them, and the two men stepped Into It without speaking. There was something hereditary in the awkward manner In which the boy jerked bis hand up to his forehead by way of salutation. They all stood up in the boat, the older men sway ing uncomfortably from aide to side at each frantic effort of the boy with the half oar. When they reached the steamer Tyars clambered up the aide first, stepping on board with the air of a man well ac quainted with every corner of the ship. He looked around bim with an uncon scious pride of possession at which a yachtsman would have laughed, for there was no great merit In being the owner of such a ludicrous and strange craft. Pe ters, the red-faced sailor, followed, and a minute examination of the vessel be gan. Below, on deck and uo aloft the two rvn pverhau'el tege'her every foot of timber, every bolt nil. I seizing. The taciturn old fellow followed his employ er without .mil's ling a word of praise of his own haiiv'lwoik. He did not even deign o point i.nt wli.it had been done, bill followed w.'tl Ills head bent forward, his knitted linger clasped behind his bark. A It hi;. petted there was no need to draw attcul.nn to such detail, for here again Tytr.it displayed the unerring jmwers of his ogular memory. No tiny alteration cscnpJ him. There seemed M le In hi inln. I a Minute Inventory of the ship, for without effort ho recalled the exact state of ever thing nt an earlier period, vaguely designated ns "before I went awn v." When the inspection w.i finished the two men walked slowly aft. and, stand ing there beside the high, old fashioned wheel, they garcd forward. "I believe." slid Tyars. at length, "thtt l have loun.i the man I want - my lirst mate." "Aye." said the old fellow, In a non committal voiv. "A royal navy num." Then was the faintest whistle audible in the stillness of the deserted dock. Tyars ..ked down nt his companion, whose g.ire was steadily riveted on lte foretop gallant mast. The whistle was not reH'nted. but the straightforward sailor disdained to alter the form of his twisted lips. "I had." continued Tyars. calmly, "an other very g.vod man -rook an. I steward but he died .of yellow fever." l'eters turned slowly and contemplat ed hi employer's f.uv Ix'fore answering. "Ay." "This fellow was Just the sort of chap I want. Tlenty of hard work In him, and always cheerful. Sort of man to die laughing, which, in fact, he did. The hst sound that passed his lips was a laugh. " A they were standing there, Peter, the younger, emerged from the small gal ley amidships, bearing ft tin filled with potato peelings, which he proceeded to throw nverttoard. Seeing this, the proud father eyed his employer keenly, and moved from one sturdy leg to the other. He clasped nnd unclasped his hands. At last he threw up his head boldly. "And the lad?" he said, with some abruptness. Tyar l.toked critically at the youth and made no answer. His fa.v hardened in some Indescribable way, and from tho movement of mustache and beard, it seem ed a if he were biting his lip. "There's plenty o" work in him, an he' cheerful." almost pleaded the man. Tyar shook his head firmly. Had Mis Winter s-en his face then, she would hive admitted readily enough that he was a man with a purpose. "He Is t.. young. Peters." The carp.nted shullled awkwardly, his lip close pressed. "Have ye thowt on it?" he inquired. Tyars nodded. "I'd give five years o' my life to have the lad wT us," he muttered. "Can't do it, Peters." "Then I w inna go without him," sai l Peters, suddenly. He thrust his hands into his trousers pockets ami stood hik ing down at his own misshapen boots. The faintest shadow of a smile flick ered through Tyars' eyes. He turned nnd looked at his companion. Without tlm slightest attempt at overbearance, he said ple.is.mtly : "Yes, you will, and some day you will thank Ood that the boy was left .behind." Peters shrugged his sho-il.Ivi and made no answer. For the first time In his life he had met a will equal to his was perhaps easier to give In to it be cause in method It differed so entirely from his own. It is possible that in the mere matter of strength Peters was a mental match for his employer, but Ty ars had the Inestimable advantage of ed ucation. The little boat was urged to the shore In the usual Jerky manner, while the Clumsy, ren-iacei sanor s.oon wnicniug , J 1 !l 1 . , from trie deck. lie noted now tyars was talking to the toy, who laughed at times in a cheery way. "Ay," muttered refers, with a short, almost bitter laugh, "there's somu that is born to command." As Tynrs passed out of one gate of the London and St. Katherine's I lock, a lady entered the premise by another. They ptiss.-d each other unconsciously within a few yards. Had either leen n moment earlier or a moment later they .1-. .lit, 1 l.al-ft frif't. Tl.a l,.,,.r,l,0 ,rnr-Irnri- tr.ii.lu.i1 t.!j'a"d H"H hat respectfully to the lady, who was Mid Afciios Winter. CVa Xtm continued. ) I'lnunelully Si-akliii. Tom What would you do if you suddenly came into possession of IpO, (jtst? Jack I'd take the first bout for Eu rope und buy u title. Tom Hny a title? Jack Sure. Then I'd come back nnd marry a girl v.'ith more money thun sense. Ills InnlgnUlrunre, Mile What's the matter with Sum w ley? Olles Do you refer to the Smnwley tliut Is president of the Iturulvllle In surance Company? Miles Yes. Giles Oh, he's Bore because he Isn't big enough to bo investigated. Better SUM. He hnd proposed, but she liesltnted. "I will work day and night to make you linpl'j'," lie mild. "No," she protests, "that would be asking too much. Supitose you work during the day and btay homo ut nlfe'bt." Heredity. Illggs What a slow-going chap Ills Is. DlgKH Yes; be evidently takes after his greatgrandfather, Jilggs How's that? Dlggs Tho old man was a dead ouo when. IIlx was born. Modesty. Lieutenant I have a very pretty compliment for you one of the yourni ladles thought I was the author of your latest poem. Tales. Tea was cultivated In China 2,700 Fears before the Christian era. A Monte-Mml tlrooiler. The brooders sold by manufacturer nrr uusually nil that n it claimed for :licni, but w ben one desire to tsinioiiilo, u homo made affair run bo const nictrd by anyone with u little Ingenuity which Mill work nicely. Take two boxes of convenient size, three fret siinrt by llfrcu or clglltovit Indie high Is n good slo, and set one on top of the other, cutil'ig u hole through each dlrcctlv In the middle. The hole In the Isittoin or floor of the upper box Is covered with mi Inverted tin pall, or can, which Is perforated nt Interval of two In. -lies, using n w ire uall for I In w ork and punching In. Kit this can snugly over the hole will place the regular hro 'tier lamp underneath It. resting on floor if the lower Nix. A little door 1 iiin.le In the side of the lower box so that the lamp may be properly lit tended to. Tho roof of the upper box Is llutsl with canton flannel, a are also S . t. I: T Ml I IIOir-M AIC IIIUKllitll. the sides, except the front, which Is left open and across It, three Inches from the edge, Is nulled u strip I dou bled I of canton flat. lie!, which U cut In strips an Inch wide. A walkway Is built from the ground to this opening through which the chicks pass. Essen tial xciitilatloii may be had by l-rlng a few tiny holes lu the upper box at a point furthest away from the lamp. Exchange. Hun! 'ni In llir Orclmnl. The best orcliar. lists are averse to growing anything In the orchards but the trees even when the latter are young. They nrgne, and properly, that the growing trees need all the virtue there Is In the soli and that If the ap ple crops In future years are to m of suy value they must be provided for dwlng the earlier years of the trees. TIrvo are fruit growers, on the other liaiiV who insist that a h I crop will bo of v'Mietlt to tho trees, and that thl may le roiislredeil no under certain condlth-ns nnd up to certain limits. If the soli In the orchard Is kept up to the highest state of fertility so that the tree will not suffer the want of the portion of tho fertilizer taken by the hoed crop, then the latter can do no harm, Indeed, !t will be of value bemuse the soli will receive n certain amount of cultivation which, perhaps would not l' given it If It were not for the hoed crop. Work tho hoed i crop In the orchard cautiously, un.l w n tell the effect on the trees. A I'rofllnhle Imiilrinrnl, On soli that is Inclined to lump tip some Implement niunt be used whirl will level the soli readily, und nt th same time crush th clod. Such un Implement can readily be made tit lioin- nnd be quite ns effective as those which must be Itoiight for the purpose, If one l nas ii loaning lowar.i iiinuui .icrureii .i--I tide. This holne-lnndo clod crusher leveler can me made of u lotf 'of liiird wood by splitting it In half. The lo should be ubout two feet In diameter to work to the best ndvnn tagc. Lay tho two halves of the log side by side with tin? rounding part down ittid fit either end, about n foot from the end, Kplke a two-by-four strip, letting them projwt out Hiilllclently far at one Hide ho that nn Iron strip or hoop may be set over the ends, Into which to book the whltlletreu CLOD-CRUSHER AND I.EVKLKR. chains. This implement can be made at small cost, and unless the logs are too heavy u good team of horses can handle It nicely. The Illustration shows the Idea clearly and bow very Blutple It Is. Indianapolis News. l'reaer vIiik Kg, If eggs are cheap In the local mar ket preserve theni for use In the fall and winter. The water-glass way Is the best Dilute the commercial solu tion with ten times Its bulk of wuter. A gallon will cover seventy-five dozen eggs. Next winter they will bring only a few cents a dozen less ' thoji fresh eggs. Preserve only fresh eggs. No process can Improve a stale egg. Pack In wooden or earthen vessels, putting the eggs In from day to day with a wooden spoon to avoid breakage Keep them covered with the solution and keep the vessels covered and In a cool place. JZmZJ 'iiXV l .-i--M f I F, I mi-Ihu for I Melt. When chick lire remote,! from the InmhMter to the brooder gicnt cure Miotlld be tiil.cn thnt the' lo not be con hilled. The Hoof of the br I er diouhl be coierel with line, clean chaff. l ine sand nnd clean water should be In the brooder from the be ginning. All the Hue, dry blend crumbs they will pick up every two hours should constitute the f I for several days, gradually lidding rolled outs, hardbolled egg, cracked wheat. Johnny cake, millet seed. etc. .Milk mid water should nlwny bo kept In the fountains. When three week old iniike nmshe of bran, meal, middling, beef scraps, table refuse, nil salted to season nnd mixed together with skllll milk. Alfalfa lcne mny nlso ho thrown Into the brooder In the place of Mraw or chuff. The itutsh lu the morning, wheat nt noon and cracked run or kiilllr corn at night c.uiHtltiit.t the main feed to keep the chick grow ing. XI ore lllru on llrlitu Xlrtile. Hultrr men may well find food for thought In the ligilPM showing the big Increase lu the oh-o output for the la-.t six month of the past ear. siiys the American Cultivator. There wn nn Mcr:ige gain of mmo than a inllll.ni uiid n in. mill as ininpa red with the same period of the preceding ear. The figure. Include both colored nnd un colored oleo, and the relative gain lu many dairymen that the product final the uiicolorol product hiiggeM to Iv reaches the consumer lu some mys terious maimer, having inipili-eil tho yellow hue without the payment of tho in cent tax. Nobody seems .to he buy nig or using uucolored oleo In a ret ill way, yet the output of the product Is Increasing to nn enormous extent. The resent high price of butter Is, if course, a stimulus to th logu but ter Industry. fthnii of Ideal Hairy Cow, Whether she be a llolsttlu, a Jer sey or whateicr she may be, y.m will Hud the t pi. al d.ili' ... with In.ny head and strong J. iw, long between the cic.s and nose, with broad muzzle. She Miould bate a bright, protruding ee, which mentis strong nerte force nnd action later oil. She should hate a t lilts neck nnd retreating brisket. The lines nboie und llow must not be straight, or she will Meal from ynii. She should be slightly depressed be hind the shoulders with a sharp chine - Hot too straight n backlsiiie. She must have large organs of reproduction nnd large heart girth, wide between fore legs and sharp on shoulders, which gives large heart notion nnd Mroiig nrtcrlal circulation. And last, but by no means leist, she must have n good Udder, for one half the value of II cow 1 In her Udder. Which should i be long from front to rear. Holder for liar Hark. I used a pair of the Jointed braiH to a commonplace fop buggy, write a corrcsHii),eiif. The Illustration ex plain the position of brace on rack when statnkxrd Is up and down. HoltlKII KHt 1IIK llAVII.M IC. Fasten braces on outside of standard and on Inside of bed piece. ty taking brace ninl trying you can kooii tell how fur buck to fasten It. I'lli llo Well on Alfalfa. When your plgn weigh nUmt fifty pounds each, turn about twenty-live head In an acre of alfalfa pasture and they will miiko a gain of about loo pou.no, eioo ,.oi, oK ..' K, .... "ens. .. 1.. I. . I la... I. I .. .. says nil iiiiiiiiiiu iiirmer. j ney will Heed no other feed, but can be given a supplementary feed of grain If you wish the gain to be better. From this you can (Igure up a tine return for the uko of an acre of alfalfa l',.)i() pounds of pork, worth at the low llguro of i per 1U0 pounds, flX. Hut prices ore much higher now und you can get more for your pork. Again your hogs will almost always bo free from any disease. Poultry Pointers. Never refuse a fair prlco for a bird that you do not want for breeding pur poses. At the same tlmo never sell a good bird that you want yourself. Do not feed tho newly batched chick ens too early ; wait at least twenty four hours. There Is sufllclcnt amount of feed in the shell for tho chick this length of time. In feeding fowls always keep In view tho fact that the excess of food over and above that required for warmth of body and egg production will bo con verted Into fat. Journal of Agricul ture. Cowpraa for fertiliser. In green manure testa made at tho Kansas Agricultural College during last fall cowpeas were found excellent to sow both lu com and wheat stubble. The crop also makes good pusture, and Is a good winter covering, since cow poas take their nitrogen largely from the air by means of the bacteria which grows on their roots, the soil Is actu ally made more fertllo by the growing of this crop. It Is a hot-weather grow er, and quite bard FKEVEEEOLY l.'UO .1 u. ile M . .Id , lirnnd Master of the Templar, burned at I'ntU. l.'l.'.H ltisurr. i t ...it of the j-'ilsalilry of I I'riili.-e begun, lol'l Amerigo Y-s. I stltrted oil hU I third viiviig.-. going n far it I'.na- goiila. , l.MrJ Ci.liitnhu il!.-d from Cu.fi In I s.'iir. h .f a passage to I lie S.niili Sen. I 111 lit Ass tsiiimtl.in of Henry IV. by 1 1 ft n i ' I ii .-. llllS I'nltitiilst sill.-d the ensile of i Prague. Ili'.'l Wedding ,,f Edward Wliisl.ov nil Susanna Wh.ie, Ii: l couple man led III 11 nn. nt Ii colon . ItlX' Mnrcolnil de M il iliac l- liead. d for conspiracy again! !t i. lull. it. li'.ll Earl of Stratford b. leaded In I Tower of London mi n false i-li.irg.t I of tr.-nsoii. 1"I'J England declared war ngilmt Ernies, and Spain. 177 Admiral Anson defeated I'r.-n.li ll.s t ofT 1 'Itlls'et re. 1 77 I'rof. Cassinl dm-overi-d lite rev. llltl. ill of Vrtlll. 177'. Cm ini'iiinl Cmigrc m"t In I'h !a- l.-lplii.t. I7'.'l Slavery nbulish.'d III I'reii.h do m : 1 1 i . .1 1 . 17 Treat v of I'nrU rmtehided. '17: Yiiis-iun! ion for smallpox first ap plied by I 'r. .V iiner. lSt l.ord Itirou mtnni the l.irli-n.-ll.-s. 1MI ternis XVIII. ent.r. I I'aris I tht lirst rest .rar imi I . WJ'1 famous State prison nt Sing Sing, N. V., -pelled. IM" N.-iv iik banks suspend.- I speelrt pat in. nt. lSp; Ccii. Ta.r il.f.-nt.-. I the Mexi cans nt Itesa.-ii de la Eitliiiii. 1 H : i(,it it Astor Opera In. use. N.-it York. ,SV1 ''"' "f . hlrni IVrslrt. destroyed ''' arili.puiKe. IH.'.. I ulversal Industrial Exhibit Ion opened nt Paris hjr Eouls Napoleon. 1H.7.I Napoleon III. declared war ngniist Austria. 1 Hilt JjipnnciM. violins' re.vlved at Washington. lS4!o ... Ironi-lnd Merrliunc destroyed by ( 'ollfederate. IHik't Trial uf nsnaitsiniit Ion conspirators begun In Washington. LS 17- Kul ratified Alasknn cession treaty. 1M1:-I iiion Pacific nnd Central I'ltelflo rnilrond completed. 1S7H - (''lltetllll.ll Expollloll o;s.e.i In Thill!. lelpilln. ISM Mexican Congress ratified Irenty With Eiiited Slates. IHStI Thirty-two person killed by hur riciin.i nt Madrid. 1KHM -. Phonograph exhibited for lirst time in perfected fi.rin. New Yolk. lSliJ - I'nioii Printers' Home at Colorado Springs d.'dicnted. 1S. I -Torpedo boat Erii'ssi first vessel of modern navy, built mi inland wat ers, launched at I tiilniijiie, Iowa.... Itra.llian government Metered diplo matic relations with Puniigal Earthquake shocks in (iivnv, 1NH7 - m h , n m i lire in Pliihurg, Pa... P.uruiiig of charily bazaar in Paris; ISO persons perished. lS'.iS - -Execution of n who nltemiite.l to nssasMlnate King (ieorue nf (Jns'i ,;), I'J - El'll pt loll of Mount IVIee liinj--Japanese battleship Halsuse sunk by mines; -(.Ml perished. Heller TeiichliiM of Three l. Another interesting test of the prcen,- day I hods of public scho.,1 education as compared with the known resullu of leach ing more than half n century ago, hn re cently been liuiile nt Cleveland, Ohio. Ac cording to the School Journal, lints" of words and arithmetic example contalne( in the examination pajs r of the Spring field (Mass.) high school ,i iHUl, which wore, submitted to the ninth grade of (!,,, Springfield school In 1S!I.,, ,IIV() nw trhsl in one Cleveland school. Following Is the list of words: Accidental, nccessl. ble, baptism, chirography, characteristic deceitfully, descendent, ei ,tr,. Pva1' escent, fierceness, felgnedly, gluul lineH gnawed, heiress, hysterics, ImlM-clllty ! concolviible, liioonvcnlcnco, InelhYient' r. resistible. The comparative result M'liov that the pupils of 1M( answered 40(1 pep cent of tho words correctly, those of h1 IS1.2 per cent, while the Cleveland puo'll In this year of grace spelled (ll.y .M.r ,.,.iit correctly. In the case of the nrllhnieilu papers, the percentage of correct reoll..- for Itt.lll uina Jill I I.. D..i .. ... "I"1'S , onnglle, IH, It was ni.l, and in Cleveland seh.w.i ..I the recent test wn S7..ri, Antrrleuu Nteel for r'rUeo Chairman (Inry of tho lTn,,(, , , Steel Corporation says that the steel mill of this country will have n dimcultv in supplying San Francisco with all th steel needed for rebuilding, as It will h six months before any Urge amount will be called for. To Mtudr Native llllol,,,,,. The Field museum of natural hstor at Chicago has received a gift of "(Mn7 from Hubert Y. Cummin to ,fa"y ' expeiiHr. of an ethnological exploration 0 ths native tribe, of the Pl.illppl,,,.. ' '