BBetween Two fires
By ANTHONY MOPE
"A wise man will make more opportunities
than he find." Fraud lUcon.
C1IAPTMR XX. (Continued.
We had no time to wasie in nhusing
the Colonel; the question was now
1 unfolded my plan to
th.'
Sign.irina. not nt all disguising from h
the difficulties, nnd even dangers, atten
1
n
ant upon it. Whatever may nave i.
I,.., .,,!.! K..f..r.. mill after, she wan
t
this moment either so overcome with h
r
fr of the Colonel, or so carried nvv
ay
by her feeling for me. that she made no
n. .f .I 'li.Milti... ii ml Pinched nt dance
:h-
rs.
n,.int;... ..nr tl.ot thini:h failure woul
.1
be ignominious, it eould not substantially
aggravate our present position.
"An. von coin to take any of the
money away with you?" she asked.
V' eii.l I. "I d-n't think so.
It
would considerably increase the risk if I
xvvre seen hansing about the bank; you
know he's sot spies all over the place.
Hestdes. what R.vvl would it do? I
couldn't stick to it. and I'm not inclined
to run anv more risks merely to save the
bank's jacket. The batik hasn't treated
me so well as nil that. I propose to rely
n your bounty till I've time to turn
round. Now. shall I come for you?" I
nsked her when we had arranged the other
tie i nils.
"I think not." she said. "I believe the
Colonel has one of my servants in his
'.-.y. I can slip out by myself, but I
couldn't nuiti.tp' so well if you were with
ti e. The sight of yon would excite eu
riosity. I will meet you at the bottom of
I. liberty street."
"At two o'clock in the morning exactly,
please. Pon't come through the Piazza
n n J Liberty street. Come round by the
drive." (This was a sort of boulevard
eueircling the town, where the aristocracy
was wont to ride and drive.) "Things
ought to be pretty bus yabout the bank
by then, and no one will notice you. You
Lave a revolver?"
"Yes."
"All right. Pon't hurt anyone if you
can help it : but if you do, don't leave
tiim to linger in agony. Now I'm off." I
continued. "I supose I'd better not come
and soo you again?"
"I'm afraid you mustn't. Jack. You've
been here two hours already."
"I shall be in my rooms in the after
noon. If anything goes wrong, send your
carriage down the street and have it
mopped at the grocer's. 1 shall take that
for a sign."
The Signorina agreed, and we parted
tenderly. My last words were :
"You'll send that message to Whitting
ham at once?"
"This moment." she said, as she waved
me a kiss from the door of the room.
CHATTER XXI.
I was evidently in for another day as
unpleasantly exciting as the one I had
spent before the revolution, and I reflect
ed sadly that if a man once goes in for
things of that kind, ii's none so easy to
pull up. Luckily, however. I had several
things to occupy me, and was not left to
fret the day away in idleness. First I
turned my steps to the harbor As I
vent I examined my pockets and found a
eutn total of nine hundred and fifty dol
lars. This was my all, for of late I had
deemed it wise to carry my fortune on
my person. Well, this was enough for
the present : the future must take care of
Itself. So I thought to myself as I went
along with a light heart, my triumph in
love easily outweighing all the troubles
and dangers that beset me. Only land me
afe out of Aureataland with the Sig
norina by my side, and I asked nothing
more of fortune '. Let the dead bury their
dead, and the bank look after its dollars!
Thus musing, I rame to the boat house
where my launch lay. She was a tidy
little boat, and had the advantage of be
ing workable by one man without any
difficulty. All I had to arrange was how
to embark on her unpeiVcived. 1 sum
moned the boatman in charge and ques
tioned him closely a!Kut the probable state
of the weather. He confidently assured
me it w;ou!d be fire but d irk.
., "Very well," said I. "I shall go fishing;
mart overnight and have a shy nt them
at sunrise."
The man was rather astonished nt my
unwonted energy, but of course made no
objection.
"What time do you Btart, sir?" he
asked.
"I want her ready by two," said I.
'Leave her nt the end of your jetty, ready
for me. She'll be all safe there, won't
she?"
"Oh. yes, sir. Nobody'll lie about, ex
cept the sentries, and they won't touch
Ler."
I privately hoped that not even the sen
tries would be about, but I didn't say so.
"Of course, sir, I shall lock the gate.
You've got your key?"
"Yes, all right, and here you are and
much obliged for your trouble."
Highly astonished and grateful at re
ceiving a large tip for no obvious reason
(rather a mistake on my part), the man
was profuse in promising to make every
arrangement for my comfort. Even when
I asked for a few cushions, he dissem
l,;a ucnrn and agreed to nut them In.
ut .. ----- n - .
"And mind you don't sit up," I said as
I left him.
"I'm nr.. lFkelv to sit lin if I'm not
obliged," he answered. "Hope you'll have
good sport, sir."
I. iom fi harbor I made mv wnv
atraight to the Golden House. The Colo
nel was rather surprised to see me again
-y. uiu.n lint when I told him I en me on
business, he put his occupations on one
aide and listened to me.
I began with some anxiety, for if he
pus ected my good faith all would bo lost.
However, I was always a good hand at a
lie, aud the Colonel was not me rresi
"I've come about that money question,"
I said.
"Well, have you come to your senses?
itli liix luibitual rudttWSM.
v- ......
"I can't 4,'ive you the money," I went
cn.
"You sit there and tell me that? Do
you know that if the soldier don't have
iiuinev In a few hours, they'll upset me?
They're ready to do It any minute. I
don't know now when I give an order
whether I shall be obeyed or get a bullet
through mv head."
"Pray N calm," said I. "You didn t
ct me finish !" y
"Let you finish!" he cried. "You seem
to think jabber does ev ery thing. The end
of it all is. that cither you give m the
money, or I take it and if you interfere,
look out !"
'That is just what I was going to pro
viso, if you hadn't interrupted me," I said
quietly, but with Inward exultation, for I
saw he was Just In the state of mind to
walk eagerly into the trap 1 was prepar
ing for him.
"What do you mean?" he asked.
1 explained to him that it was Impossi
ble for me to give up the money. My
reputation was at stake: it was my duty
to die in defense of that monev a duty
which, I hastened to add, I entertained
no intention of performing.
"Put," I went on. "although I am
bound not to surrender the money, I am
not bound to anticipate a forcible seizure
ot it. In times of disturbance parties ol
rntlians often turn to plunder. Not even
the most rigorous precautious can guard
ninst it. Now it would be very possi
ble that even to-night a band of such
marauders might make an attack on the
bank, and carry off all the money in the
safe."
'Oh !" said the Colonel, "that's the
game. Is it?"
"That," I replied, "is the game; and a
very neat game, too. If you play it prop
erly."
"And what will they say in Europe,
when they hear the Provisional govern
ment is looting private property?"
"My dear Colonel, you force me to
much explanation. Y'ou will, of course,
not appear in the matter."
"I should like to be there," he remark
ed. "If I weren't, the men mightn't
catch the exact drift of the thing."
"You will Is? there, of course, but In
cognito. Look here, I olonel, it s as plain
as two peas. Give out that you're going
to reconnoiter the coast and keep an eye
on The Songstress. Iraw ol your com
panies from the Piazza on that pretense.
Then take fifteen or twenty men you can
trust not more, for it's no use asking
more than you can help, and resistance is
out of the question. About two, when ev
erything is quiet, surround the bank.
Jones will open when you knock. Ion't
hurt him, but take him outside and keep
him quiet. Go In and take the money.
Here's the key to the safe. Then, if you
like, set fire to the place."
"Pravo, my boy!" said the Colonel.
There's stuff in you after all And what
are you going to get out of it? I sup
pose that's coming next?"
As the reader knows, I wnsn t going
to get anything out of it, except myself
and the Signorina. Hut it wouldn't do
to tell the Colonel that; he would not be
lieve in disinterested conduct. So I bar
gained with him for thirty thousand dol
lars, which he promised so readily that 1
strongly doubted whether he ever meant
to pay it.
'Io you think there s any danger ot
Whittingham making an attack while
we're engaged on the job?"
The Colonel was, in common parlance,
.1 T 1.1 1 T .
getting rather warmer man i uiceu. it
was necessary to mislead him.
"I don't think so, I replied. He
can't possibly have organized much of a
party here yet. There s some discon
tent, no doubt, but not enough for him
to rely on."
"There's plenty of d.scontent, said the
Colonel.
"There won't be in a couple of hours."
"Why not?"
"Why, because you're going down to
the barracks to announce a fresh install
ment of pay to the troops to-morrow
morning a handsome installment."
"Yes." said he thoughtfully, "that ought
to keej) them quiet for one night. Fact
is. tbev don't care twopence el 'her for me
or Whittingham; and if they think they'll
;et more out of me they'll stick to me.
"Of course," I assented. Indeed, it was
true enough as long as the President was
not on tin; spot ; but I thought privately.
that the Colonel did not allow enough for
his rival's personal influence and pres
tige, if he once got face to face with the
troops.
"Yes," the Colonel went on, "I'll do
that, and what's more, I'll put the people
in good humor by sending down orders
for a free social in the Piazza to-night."
"Delightfully old-fashioned and baro
nial," I remarked. "I think it's a good
idea. Have a bonfire and make it com
plete. I don't suppose Whittingham
dreams of any attempt, but it will make
the riot even more plausible."
"At any rate, they'll all be too jolly
to make trouble," said he.
"Well, that's about ull, isn't it?" said
I. "I shall Is? oil. I've got to write to
tny directors and ask instructions for the
investment of the money."
"You'll live to be hanged. Martin,"
said the Colonel, with evident admiration.
"Not by you, eh, Colonel? Whatever
might have happened if I'd been obsti
nate! Hojje I shall survive to dance at
your wedding anyhow. Less than a week
now !"
"Yes," said he, "next Saturday's the
day '."
He really looked quite the happy bride
groom as he said this, and I left him to
contemplate his bliss.
"I would bet ten to one that day never
comes," I thought, as I walked away.
"Even if I don't will I'll back the Presi
dent to be back before thut."
The Colonel's greed had triumphed over
his wits, and he had fallen Into my snare
with greater readiness than I could have
hoped. The question remained, What
would the President do when he got the
Signorina'a letter? It may conduce to
a Ix-tter understanding of the position if I
tell what that letter was. She gave It
me to read over, after we had compiled
it together, and 1 still have my copy. It
rau as follows :
"I can hardly hope you will trust me
again, but If I betrayed you, you drove
uie to it. I have given them your money j
it 1 In the bank now. M. refuse to five
It up. and the means to take It to
liUht. He will have only a few men, the
rest not near, lie will be nt the bank nt
two, with about twenty men. Take your
own measures. All heic favor you. lie
threatens me w ith violence unless I marry
lii:n at on.v. lie watches The Songstress,
but if you can leave her nt anchor and
land in a boat there w.ll l no suspicion.
Do not punish me more by disbelieving
me. CHRISTINA.
"P. S. M. and th C. are on bad
terms, and M. will not be active against
on."
l'mn the whole I thought this would
bring him. 1 doubled whether he would
believe very much in it, but It looked
probable. Again, he was so fond of a
bold stroke, aud so devoid of fear, that
it was very l.kely he would come and
see if it were true. If, as we suspected,
he already had a considerable body of ad
herents on shore, he could land ami re
connoiter without very great danger of
falling into the Colonel's hands. Finally,
even if he didn't come, we hoped the let
ter would he enough to divert his atten
tion from any thought of fugitive lat
and runaway lovers.
To my mind it is nearly ns difficult
to be consistently selli
lutely unselfish. 1 had,
h ns to be nbsii-
nt this crisis, ev
cry inducement to concentrate all my
efforts on myself, but I could not get
Jones out of my head. It was certainly
improbable that Jones would try to resist
the marauding party J but neither the
Colonel nor his chosen band was likely t.i
le scrupulous, and it was impossible not
to see that Jones might get n bullet
through his head ; indeed, I fancied such
a step would rather commend it
Colonel, as giving a bona lid
If to the
look to
the affair. Jones had often been the cause
of great iuconveiiiciiiv to me, but I didn't
wish to have his death on my conscience,
so 1 was very glad when I haponed to
meet him on my way back from the Gold
en House, nnd seized the opportunity of
giving him n friendly hint.
I took him and sit him down beside me
on a bench in the Piazza. I was in no
wav disturbed bv the curious tlan.vs of
the throe soldiers who were evidently
charged to keep an eye
on the bank and
my dealings with It.
I began by pledging Jones to absolute
secrecy, and then I intimated to him, in
a roundabout way, that the Colonel ami
I were both very apprehensive of an at
tack on the bank.
"The town." said I, "Is in a most un
settled condition, and many dangerous
characters are about. I'nder these cir
cumstances I have felt iseiipelled to leave
the defensM of our pMTty in the hands
of the government. I have formally In
timated to the authorities that we shall
hold them responsible for nny loss occa
sioned to us by public disorder. The
Colonel, in the name of the government,
has accepted that responsibility. I there
fore di'sire to tell you, Mr. Jones, that in
the lamentable event of any attack on the
bank it will not be expected of you to
e.tK)se your life by resistance. Such a
sacrifice would be both uncalled for nnd
useless; nnd I must instruct you that the
government insists that their measures
snail not be put In danger of frustration
by nny rash conduct on our part. I nm
unable to lie at the bank this evening;
but In the event of any trouble you will
oblige me by not attempting to meet force J
by force. lou will y.ebl. and we shall
rely on our remedy against the govern
ment In case of loss."
These instructions so fully agreed with
the natural bent of Jones' mind that Iih
readily acquiesced in them and expressed
high appreciation of my foresight.
"Take care of yourself and Mrs. Jones,
my dear fellow," I concluded; "that Is
all vou have to do, and I shall be satis
fied.'" I parted from him affectionately, won
dering if my path in life would ever cros
the honest, stupid obi fellow's again, and
heartily hoping that his fortune would
soon take him out of the rogue's nest in
which he had Iwen dwelling.
(To be continued.)
PRESERVING THE FORESTS.
I onarrlluK Streums Ity Menus of Clie
Forest Iteservea.
The destruction of our forests has
been golnj; on nt so ureal a rate ns to
alarm the public mind ami prepare the
petiph; to uecopt .soiiitj remedy, nays
Outing.
Tin; Interests of Irrigation ami navi
gation have called attention to the
necessity of preserving the sources of
our water course by retaining or restor
ing the forests from which they llovv.
Fortunately many millions of acres
of wooded la tulsi lire still hold by the
national Koverninent, ami dbout So.MUl,-
MiO acres of thoso lands have bo II set
apart In eighty -three permanent nation
al f rest reserves. The primary pur
pose of these reservations is to con
serve the streams nnd provide ineans
of Irrigation and also, In fcoino degree,
to Influence the rainfall. They are well
scattered In the far west ami are gen
erally upon land which Is ,f little value
for agricultural Usi-.s.
They are reserved for the use of mull
and not reserved from his use. The
ripened trees vv 111 be cut as they may
be. needed. There has been much local
opposition to many of thee reserva
tions, but time and observation have
greatly changed the local hontimcnt.
The experimental Ht.ige lias passed and
they can therefore be accepted as an
established fact, and the (juestlon nat
urally arises as to what extent they
may be utilized for the preservation of
tho remains of our birds, finli ami game
and be used as sources of propagation
and supply. At least a portion of these
Li ails Hhoiihl be ho used. The writer of
this article has for many years endeav
ored to secure legislation to this end,
Wyoming has shown her sympathy with
the movement by declaring; a perma
nently (dosed season Iji that part of the
forest reserve adjacent to I he Yellow
stone National park.
Akd Hiid A imwrred.
"Oh, what do you call those things
you bunts clothes on?" said Dumley,
who was trying to think of "clothes-
tree."
"What things?" asked Jlgglns.
"Why, they have arms that Htlck out
like this and "
"Olx, dude !" PlilladoJnhla Ledger,
.se-Vr " . - - " y dost roving weeds, One Is to let tliein rjv
-- 'J I, , i i, . I rZ
llnlr-llnlls.
We- are ft-couciil ly nsked what causes
hull' balls. These rmicivt lms nro pro
dueed by the iinlinals llcMng them
selves or other dnlnmls. As a result
of Ibis habit the hairs swallowed are
carried around by the ooiitnnihms if
the stomach nnd gradually assume the
form of a Mimll pellet or bull. These
Increase In size ns fresh quant It les. of
hair are Introduced Into the Moinnoli,
which become, adherent to the surface
of the hair ball. These Imlr balls arc
f,,,,,,, m,S fn-quontly In Hie reticulum
,,..,,. i moiiuicIi. although sometimes
In the rumen. In calves, hair bulls are
generally found In the fourth stomach.
There lire no certain symptoms i,y
which we eau determine the presence
of hair balls, ami therefore, no treat
incut can be reiMUiiuendcil for such
ease The walls of the reticulum have
In some eases been found tnitlslUcd
w m, , ;is or pieces of wire, and jot
ii,., ,,,,ii,,iU .lm-liiL? life bud not shown
any h.v iiiptoms e.f Indigestion, but bad
died from maladies not Involving the
second ctoniach.-St. Louis Globe Dem
ocrat. )lntil) Unit tlolilrr.
To construct this bag holder innko
n funnel with fuiir Uiiird in lti he
long. 1-' Inches wl.le nt top.
Inches
vvlilc nt Isittoin; take four latlw 1 nnd
had noi.mn.
Inches. li'.j feet long, mid fasten on
funnel for fes-t. with sutlb'lent slant
to stand steadily ; drive four small
nails In funnel. .'I Inches from Isdtotu.
nt corners, to lnyil; bug on. For filling
corn In ear In phosphate sacks, the
funnel should be made larger, so corn
could be readily shoveled In with grain
shovel. Farm Progresi.
11 1 IT 1 1 in ii ii 1 for I'lirk.
The demand for pork this year has
nstonlshed even the most sanguine
friends of the i'u. Potli fresh and
ureil meats have bts-n taken In large
volume right along at prices which
were so high that they were expected
to check consumption. There are three
reasons why this condition has existed
and still exists. First Is the prosper
ity of the South, a large consumer nf
cured meats. The Southern trade was
never larger than It Is today. Next
Is the growing foreign trade, which
like our own, seems to proceed regard
less of prh-es. Anil, finally, the ieoplc
f this co.untry have learned to eat
bacon. Its consumption is unprece
dented In our history, and Is still grow
ing. There has been no 'shortage In
numbers of hogs, but a vastly Increased
demand. This Is why prophecies based
on hog supplies have failed and are
likely tn fail In the future. National
Stockman.
IlnmllliiK II" Vonnic llorsr.
It Is ho easy to ruin a young horse
nr let til in lose bis life that It Is a won
der people are not more careful. Coun
try boys often think It "smart" to
hlU'li up n green colt ami drive to town
the first trip. It looks dashing and
brave, but It Is really senseless. A
frightened young animal threw Itself
on a Hived street of a town the first
lime It was taken there and broke Its
leg. It was bewildered by the noise
and crowds and bad never felt the
(ouch of ha mess before. Don't go off
nn Sunday afternoon knowing that
your sons and all the boys In the
neighborhood will hitch up the colt. A
noisy, yelling crowd Is enough to scare
steady horse, and n young one will
try to Jump out of Its skin when sur
rounded by a lot of youngsters eager
for fun. It may he fun for them, but
the future usefulness of the anlmnl Is
it stake. 1th bardson, In National
Stockman.
(una lu Winter.
If cows begin to fall off In milk dur
ing the winter, lifter being given tin
abundance of grain and hay, It Is an In
dication that tho ijiiartcrs are cold or
.bat they require some kind of succu
lent food. Where ensilage Is used, It
serves as green food, but on farms
where no silo Is filled the food may be
varied by allowing sliced carrots or
turnips, though the best results can be
secured by llrst cooking the turnips and
thickening tho mess with bran. When
fed warm tho cow will relish tho mess
highly, Hd the eliange of food will Im
prove the UDoetlto.
life'
' el '
lug
have the opportunity to grow, nnd. by
frequently cultivating them, turn them
under ns fast as they make their n
pearauce; the other being to crowd
Iheiii out by growing some crop that
will not give the weeds it chance to
grow, No system of cultivation will
kill all the weeds If n crop Is desired
such as corn for the grass nnd
wivds will only be kept down so long
as cultivation lasts, especially as corn
Is usually "laid by" at a lime when
tho weeds are producing heeds, thus es
tablishing themselves for the succeed
ing year. As a test of what HllpoHod
clean culture of corn may be, simply
cut down a row of stalks ami a row
of weeds will reuiiln. As a single weed
produces thoiisainls of sisd, the labor
of destroying the weeds must be re
peated next season.
(.rlnil Hie Hm mill dliiirr.
Alfalfa meal Is a standard isnnniol
Itv on the feed market, yet I siv but
little In print as to the results of feed
ing It, but the few dairymen, says l
W. I.Igbt.v In National Stockman, I
heard speaking about the e perle:i,t
they bad with It seemed very favor
able. A prominent I'ennsv lvatila dairy
man a few days ago fold me l.e I
about putting In grinding tnacVnoiy
that will handle the timothy and mixed
hay and redm-e them to a fl:io ground,
crushed condition. Who ev -r tried this
practically ? s there any available In
formation In the experiment station n
ports? I would not like to commit my
self, but It s ns lo me theoretically
that we isiuld do the rougher part of
the chewing cheaper with gasoline or
alcohol Mwer than with cow power. It
has been amply demonstrated that
feeding the cow easily digested fis-d
saves fe'sl.
Wontlcr! of f'uiirrrf
Here are some concrete sssbllltles.
You can build concrete foundations,
lewalks, feins's, water troughs, cis
terns, water tanks, sheves, cesspools,
gutters, floors of all kin l lu the ivllar.
barn and stable, steps and stairs, well
urbs, horse blocks, stalls, hog pens,
troughs, chicken hoiisen, corn cribs, o
houses, Incubator cellars, mushroom
cellars, bolted frames, bridge abut
incuts, chimneys, ventilators, rains,
windmill foundations, fence posts,
lot lies posts and hitching jxists. There
Is one farm where the tst and rail
fences an I the feed bins are concrete,
and In another even the latth-e under
the house pla..a ijud the laundry stove
are made of It. Cases of this kind are
extreme and Impractical, however.
Farming.
Xnlnr of Welulil III llorars,
Fvery hundred sniuds additional
weight In the ciiM' of a heavy draft
horse Is worth from 'Jo to cents
more per hundredweight when making
a sale. A farmer Is lu position to feed
is cheaply as any professional feeder.
Ti sell well on the market horses must
lie fat, sleek and well groomed. The
buyers ileniaud fat. If one has time
to give proper exercise and light work,
something may be added to the value
of the horse, and It will he ready to
go right Into the heavy work i a city
buyer. A little additional grooming,
together with blanketing, fur a month
will also add a good bit to the Hclliii'j
price.
I'nckliitc iiikI Ntorliiir Apples.
The apples that are to be kept over
whiter must be carefully picked from
the trees by hand, as every apple that
falls tn the ground will he bruised and
rendered unlit for the barrel, any In-
Jury hastening decay. Should decay
begin with one apple all the others
In the barrel are also liable to Itoooine
diseased. Apples must be stored lu
a cool dace, but should not freeze.
It Is the alternate changing of temper
ature that damages them In storage.
Clean barrels should be used, the ap
ples hho.uld be as uniform as possible,
and sent to the market In an attractive
form.
Profit In Nuinll Fruit.
Ten acres iu" small fruits will often
mako n man more truly prosis-roni
than ten limes as much land In wheat
or corn. Ho may not be worth as much
in actual capital Invested, but he will
be getting a larger net Income, and
doing It will) less severe toll. The
small farm well tilled, whether It be
In fruits, dairy, vegetables, etc,, Is a I
most always the most satisfactory. Tle
principal capital I led to start such
a farm Is a level head und knowledge
(if the business.
I'lialurlnir ('lover.
Clover Is Injured when cattle are
permitted on the Held when the land
Is very wet. There Is a temptation to
allow cows to use the clover fields
siune, but any gain by so doing Is al
ways at the expense of loss In some
other manner. Cattlo do much harm
by trumping; for v lilch reason not
even the pasture should be used until
the grass lias made considerable growth.
Close griming should never bo allowed.
Oat for Cuttle.
Ton for ton, many farmers nro find
ing out that unthreshed (yits, cut when
tho grain Is In the rather soft dough
(milky) Btate, nnd cut lino with a
stalk cutter, are better than meadow
hay cut equally lino to feed cattle,
especially inlleh cows. As a rule, good
farmers raise far more weight of outs
to tbo acre tuuu of buy.
k . J, I Olive loo 1i i imi ui O 1 1 V ll (,!', m .
I.V.ti Siege of Vienna abandoned by tbo
Turk".
llllll Flisl luke of Ormonde, chief sup
porter of the Sluail cause in Ire
laiel. bom. I n d July '."l. I'vHH.
tdj'.' Pence of M out l ier, ending the
Huguenot vvnrs.
17'.'S City of Copenhagen, enmnik,
nearly destroyed by lire.
177.". Contineiil.il Congress adopted th
Pine Tree Flag.
1777 Gen. Gales defeated Gen. I'.nr
govne at Saratoga.
1771I Mud of siege Ml Savannah, 'la.
I7M - Anirricnin nnd llrilish opened bat
tle nl orklow n, Vn.
I7MI American Congress voted to dis
band the Kevobiilonary army n
Nov. 2.
17'.7 Itonaparte nnd Austrian Mmperof
emu hnled treaty of Caiupo 1 orinio.
I Sis', llaltlc of llitlle.
NL' S ml battle of Polt.mk . .. I'reni ll
military forces nbaieloii.-d Moscow.
ISlit Itonapnrle d fent. d nt le lp-ic
l.Sl.'i Island of Jamaica devastated by a
hurricane.
S'V, Last lottery sanctioned by the Mug-
li'di government held.
lX.'tl Old Houses of Parliament, Iui-
don, burned.
s'.' Grace Hailing died.
1SS Mormon temple nt Nnuvoo. Ml.,
ih-MI'o) e,.
JSod Fatal panic at the Surrey Gardens
music hall in London.
ISi'.o -f -1, Confederate. Gen. Morgan, oc
cupied Lexington, Ky.
1 s,:i I lepiirtmciits of I he Cumberland
nnd Mississippi coiioli'!n!ci nnd
placed under comiimiid of Gen.
Grunt.
lSi',1 G.ti. Sheridan victor nt battle of
' Cedar Creek, Vn.
1S71 - President Grant suspended wril of
habeas corpus in nine counties of
South 'arolimi.
1ST I -Marriage of Gen. Frederick 1 .
Grnut mihI Miss Ida M. Hon. .re.
1S1IS - -Spanish rvnciiulion of Purl" lllco
olh. ially ptct.d.
lMU'.l Arthur T. Dudley nssnnod the
presidency of Yule I'nivernliy . . . .
Lev. Iir.'w. II. P. I'nuu -e installed
ns president of P.mw n I 'niversity . . .
P.oers defeated by the P.litisll at bat
tle of llutnlee lllll.
P.miI Hi centennial of Yale I'nlvcrsity
celebrated.
I'm'' Lord Kitchener appointed in com-
maC'l l lie ii ii i sn ioi
. . , ..:.- I. I
es iu I ndia . . .
Typhoon on coast
houses destroyed.
f Japan : Ml.iHSI
.Total eclipse of
the moon.
PMi.'l -Cresisms trotted mile lu 1 :o!lr,i...
Alaskan boundary fixed.
HSU President Poosevell Invite, I powers
lo second peace conference ill The
Hague. ... Piesid, -nt directed Secre
tary Tii ft lo go to Panama lo reas
sure people of the p.icilic Intentions
of the I'lilted Stales.
P.Kl.V President Itoosevell departed
from Washington on a tour of th
Southern States.
RANCHES BECOME CITIES.
l orlunes llrlnit Mnile In Tmimfnriii
Inic Tcit I'll nil mi file.
The western land fever which some
. . . I. . I I W I .. 1 .. ...I I 1 i II
years ago iiii;i''ki'h t m.iiouhi
; shifted to Canada, Is now raging virulent
ly In Texas. Iu the last two years prai
ll'ically nil the big ranches in the Texas
Panhandle have been boii-ht by land
panics. These have arranged with the
railroads to run excursion trains from ns
far east us Indianapolis ul half fare.
Their eastern agents gather up the farm
ers who will come, Mini these are nil
bunched nt Kansas City, Wichita or Ml
Keno, nud there westerners who know
the land thoroughly and can talk a mum
my Into n purchase lake charge.
Anuirillo, Texas, Is the center of Ihn
big land boom. Two years ago It was A
cuttle shipping point, the center of th
gigantic LX ranch, with several hun
dred Inhabitants. Today it has S.IKKI,
nnd nightly people have to sleep on lh
streets for lack of nccommodat ions. The
obi ranch was '11 miles wide and It'l long,
nnd wns nil under fence. There wern
1 .2(H) sections, or nearly 77MMM) acres.
The company bought the laud originally
for IS I cents nn acre.
The laud boom In the Panhandle he
ran when the company that owned llm
ranch divided it up Into sections nnd be
gun offering It nt from $l,riX to $',,ri(l()
a section. A fourth of the laud Is yet un
sold, hut the company lias gathered lu sit
millions for the land disposed of. Its
mile value Is now from $10 to $''() an
acre. Thero aro oilier big ranches In the
Panhandle, out In the Itig Pasture, as
they cnll It. These are all being cut up
mid offered to the hungry land seekers.
There'll he a lot of dead towns In the
Panhandle when the bottom drops out of
this boom, ns It will; but while It lasts
tho folks are having a good time. Men
who had nothing a few years ago nre rich
now. Two-thirds of the business blocks
are occupied by land agents.
Ileal on 'a Novel I'lre Wiiuon.
The clly of Huston has just Installed In
Its lire-lighting service a inolor-driveii
chemicul wagon, This has the ndvaiitag
of being started Instantly vvlth a single,
turn of a crank, and its speed will be
double that of horse-drawn wagons.