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THE IRON PIRATE
A Ylain Talc of Strange
Happenings on the Sea
By MAX PEMBERTON
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C II A PTE IX X V 1 1 . ( Con tin nod.
His anger was (ionv. terrible as a tor-
nndo. Hi tooth gnashed, his hands slnok.
tie rolled in hi elmir like a groat wounded
trust ; but when he saw th.it I was un
moved, ho foil quiet again, and said in n
low. coaxing voiiv :
"Icon's com pel mo. to J.i what I
liave moant not to do. You're hore for
Rood or ill. Those- men are nothing to
you: they're l.izy hoes that tho world's
well rid of lot 'om ilio. and save your
own carcass. Yo:?!vo boon hore days now
the first man that ever lived among us
without signing our papers. You've a
straight notion that my hand' agon Eu
rope, and, for the matter of that, agon
the world, too: those that share with me
shall swing with me. It isn't of my ask-
in that you're amongst us, or that you
took up the work of Hall, who put the
first nail iu his coffin that night he came
to mv bed at Spozia. I saw him there,
though he thought me sleeping; and that
tiight I wrote death against his name, as
1 wrote it against yours when you entered
my room in Paris. There's reasons why
I've broken mv word in your case, though
you'll never know 'em ; but there's no
reason why you shouldn't swear to go
through it with me. There's my papers,
fign 'em now, or you lie a corpse before
an hour on the clock.
He leaned over his writing table and
put into mv hands a rough sheet of Datvh
ment. But mv eyes were dimmed with
the restless excitement of the situation.
The silence of the room was terrible ta
bear: it was as though I struggled for
life while already in 'the tomb. My
thoughts went hurriedly to Europe, to my
home, to my friends. I took heart tor a
"top which was the last mad design of a
driven man.
"Give me the pen: !" I said suddenly.
He put the pen into my hands, and
leaned back with a chuckle of satisfac
tion: but the movement cost him the
Kame. I clutched his pistol with a light
ning grasp, and covered him with it.
"If you raise a finger 111 shoot you like
a dog." I cried.
Then the man, who was no craven, sat
motionless in his chair, and his face might
have been cut from marble.
"If you raise your voice to call out, or
if anyone comes to thia room, you die
where you sit." I said.
"Boy, you're the first that's bested
r.iark." he said "I'm caught like a rat
in the hole. What do ye want? Name
it, and I'll know how we stand!"
"I want my life now that I refuse to
sign that paper. You can give the order
that no man's to lay a Gnger on me, and
yoa will?"
He thought a moment, looking straigt
down the barrel of the Colt. Then he
said :
"Yes, I can't avoid that I'll give you
that."
"And my liberty on the first occasion
offering."
"No," he replied very slowly and stern
ly : "they'd tear me to pieces.
There was no doubt that he had right
in this. I put the pistol down : then I
offered him my hand, and be jumped up
from his seat, grasping it with a great
clutch.
'ou're a sound plank of a boy."
The sound of 6ring, rapid and oft re
peated, came to us from the shore of the
cove below. He went to his window and
1 saw the whole bay lit with silver light
from a full-risen moon, and the distant
peaks as grim beacons above a land of
rest. Out on the snow there was a hun
gry crowd of starving souls, crying for
bread ; and those to whom they cried an
swered them with their muskets, dyeing the
glittering white with many a red stream.
"For heaven's sake, help those men. if
you have anything but the instincts of a
brute in you V I cried.
There was a pause before he answered
me. Then he snatched a rifle from a
vase and said :
"Take that pistol and come on. There's
blood to let."
I followed him down the passage to the
beach, where he blew a whistle sharp
and shrill.
"That'll wake 'em on the ship," he ex
plained. "I'm not afeard of these, but
there's fighting to be done now don't
how till you're wanted."
He advanced towards the snow plain
and sang out :
"John, you there, Dick hands to quar
ters, do you hear me? Move right quick,
or I'll move you !"
They put down their arms from their
shoulders in blank amazement, and list
ened to him as he went on :
"There's enough down for one night, I
reckon, and I'm not going to be kept
wake by your firing."
They came round him slowly and sulk
ily, and be drove them to the big bouses
with fine round phrases. I lurked near
him. but an American saw me and cried :
"Say, Cap'en, hev ye took to adoptin'
that boy es ye seems so fond of?"
"Shut your Jaw, or I'll shut it for
you !" replied Black. "Is the boy your
affair?"
"I calcerlate, an' some of us wishes to
know particler if he's signed or no."
"Ob, you want to know, do you? Let
them as makes complaint step right here."
Only four joined the leader; but the
Captain suddenly snatched my revolver
from me, and fired four shots : and for
each shot a man dropped dead on the
beach ; but the American stood untouched.
The appalling brutality of the action
aeemed to awe the rest of the crew. They
stood motionless, dumb with their rage ;
but when they recovered themselves they
rushed upon us with wild ferocity. I
beard a shout from the water and, look
ing there, I saw Doctor Osbart In the
launch ; and there was a Maxim gun in
the bow of her.
"Clear that beach !" roared Black in
awful passion ; and Instantly, as he drop
ped Bat and I imitated him, there was
a hail of bullets, and the main part of
the crowd fell shrieking. The victory was
awful. Instantaneous. As the men fled
towards the hills. Black called after them :
"Bring to, you carrion, or I'll wipe you
out, every one of you ! Any man who'll
save his throat, lot him come hore!"
At those words they turned back to a
man. and came cowering to the water's
edge. Thirty of their follows lay dead
or wounded on the stone.
"Whore's your leader?" asked Black,
and they pointed to the American, who
lay with the blood pouring from a wound
in his left thigh.
"lie's there, is he?" screamed the Infu
ria;ed man. "Well, I'll cure him like a
ham. (tot torches, some of you, and ice
him In."
All helped him In his ghastly work, anil
brought shovels and picks, which they car
ried to the highei plane of snow.
"We've got to die, both of us," said the
American at last : "you en me. Black, rn
there isn't much ei we kin look for. Go
on. lay me right here as I lay now ; but
I'll riie aeon you. and the day'll come
when you'd give every dollar ye're worth
to dig me up. en give me life agon."
I touched Black on the arm and was
about to plead with him : but at the sight
of me he raised his fist, and I moved
away. He stood foaming and muttering,
his hands clenched. The haste of the
men was not half haste enough for him
and when they began to dig he hurried
them the more, until a great pile of snow
had been thrown out.
I watched them roll the man over into
the trench and shovel the snow quickly
upon him. He watched them, silent In
his terror: but when his head only was
uncovered he gave a shriek of agony
which rose like the great cry of a man
going before his God. and ceased not to
echo from height to height until long mln
utes had passed. Black gave a great
start, and shivering as a man truck
down with a deadly chill, he passed from
the grave to the beach.
CHAPTER XVIII.
It was on the next afternoon, near to
the setting of the sun, that Doctor Osbart
came to my room with great, news for me,
"This business with the men has com
pletely upset our plans," said he. "Black
hoped to winter here; and to let the hub
bub in Europe quite subside before he
put to sea again. Now he can't do that
There's only one thing that will keep the
hands quiet, and that's excitement. lie
has determined to sail to-night ; but, be
fore we talk of that, we must have the
conditions."
"What have you to ask?" said I.
"Simply this," he answered. "You
shall give your word, as a man of honor.
that you will make no attempt to leave
the ship without permission."
"I accept."
Then slowly the great engines bojjnn
their work, and we swept out to the open
sea. We d.ned that night in the saloon
upon the deck, a commodious place light
ed by electricity, and in every way luxuri
ously fitted. The walls of it were paneled
in white and gold, and were covered with
curious designs, old heroes fighting, old
gods drawn by lions at their chariots;
Jason seeking the fleece in a golden
barque; Orestes fleeing the Furies. The
long seats were covered in leather of a
deep crimson, and there was a small
piano. The dinner itself was admirably
served, and was partaken of by the deaf
and dumb engineer, by the doctor, the
Scotsman and myself. Black talked with
out reserve before me, knowing well that
I could do him no injury. He relied
mostly on the doctor for advice, and dis
cussed everything with him in the best of
tempers.
"My plan Is this," he said ; "we're short
of oil, and Karl here is beginning to get
uneasy. I shall knock over a couple of
whalers in these seas and fill the tanks.
Then, as they're looking for us In mid
Atlantic, we'll get south of Madeira, and
run against two or three of the big ones
making for Kio or Buenos Ayres. We
shall pick up a good bit of money; and
it'll be a month before they get on our
course that way, for I mean to let 'era
down light when it's not a case of saving
our own skin."
We passed the Danish settlement of
Godthaab early on the next morning,
though so far out at sea that I could
make nothing of it; while we lost the
coast of Greenland altogether before the
day had passed, a, hary shower of dust
like snow greeting our coming to the
Atlantic and to a perceptibly wanner lat-
Tk,,.in t,l lllD .. 1 1
"diva It hint for'ard." roared Black :
and the shot (lint answered his command ,
struck the quivering hull not twenty feet
from the windlass mid you could moo llu
splinters carrlisl fifty feet In the air. while
the shrieks of terror came over the son
to us.
Screaming like wild boasts, the men
turned the handles of the Matliu guns;
the balls rained upon the defenseless liner
as hail upon a sheepfold. I saw strong
men riM'l and fill their length as death
took them ; the hreoe bore to nie th
wailing of women, nn.1 the sob of chil
dren. The flag dropivd and the signal was
made to us to come aboard.
"Lower away the launch, you John !"
cried Black, "and take every shilling you
can lay hands on. and hang up that skip
per for a thin skinned fool."
"You'd bettor go," said Osbart to tne,
"you'll Ih amused:" and suggested It to
Bla.k.
"Yes. he shall go." he cried: "if w
swing, he shall swing. I.et him get
aboard."
I might as well have put a pistol to my
head as to have refused. They bundled
tne into the launch; but they would not
leave mo when they came alongside, and
"Uoaring John" himself drove me up th
ladder. Seven of us at last stood on the
bridge, and wore face to fmv with the
captain of the Bellonic, and four of his
ollioers.
The dock was a very babel of sounds,
of groans, of weeping. The ship's surgeon
himself seemed paralyzed before the sight
of the carnage around him. But above
all this terror. 1 know of nothing which
struck me with such fearful sorrow as the
sight of a fair young English girl lying
by the door of the great saloon, her arms
extended, her nut-brown hair soaked in
her own blood, while a man knelt over
her, and you could see his tears falling
upon her dead face, and his ravings were
incoherent and almost those of a maniac.
Meanwhile another scone was passing on
the bridge between the man Johu and
the captain of the Bellonic.
"What do you warjt aboard of my
ship?" cried the latter: and "Uoaring
John" answered him with a mocking
leer :
"We've come aboard to hang you, to
begin on !"
The men with the young officer cocked
their revolvers at this, and I said In a
mad frenxy which would not brook si
lence :
"You scoundrel, if you touch another
soul bore I'll shoot you myself;" for I
had my revolver on uie. "Do you make ,
business of killing children?" I cried
Hark tor DrhurnlnH.
The Illustration shows n ruck to bo
vtN-od cither for ili'Iimnlng cuttle or
ringing hogn. For sills use three piece
sj foot long mill 4 Inchon by 4 Inches
mortl.scd for txittoin of KMtrt S Inches
each slilo of center to allow tho sides
nnd bottom board to drop Into pliie.
Four jhisI 4 Inches by 4 Inches; nnd ft
ftH 4 Inches long and two nmtn 4
Inches by 4 Inches. Mint ft Toot H Inches
long nr tenoned to the slll.s 'Minn
cup pliVcn '2 Inches by 4 Inches and 4
feet '2 Inches long nro mortised nt tin
cloU to receive, tops of posts. Tho caps
nro of onk. One oak piece hi front of
the cap, which hold the stanchion, la
!! inches by 2 Inches, and 4 feet 2 Inches
long. The lower oak piece In front of
tho stanchion U 2 Inches by 4 Inchon
and 2 feet long. The lumber la 2 Inches)
I thick Rtid i foot long for sides. One
board 2 Inch by 17 Indie mid 7 feet
BACK t DIItoE.1I Me.
long In used for the bottom. For
stanchions In front use one hoard 2
leches by Id Inches. 5 feet W Inches
again, and pointed to the dead body of .long; one tsmrd 2 Inches by 10 Inched,
the girl-chilil. I don t know who was
more surprised, the captain of the Bel
lonic. listening, or the man John.
You etih," he cried; "if you talk to
me I'll skin you alive!" but I said quickly:
Gentlemen, these men want every
shilling on this whip, (live it them now
and save your lives, for you have no al
ternative. If you give the money up, you
o feet 2 Inchott long. For hack gate
us- two piece 2 Inches by 12 Inches. 4
foot 4 Inches long, nit sloping to tit the
frame. It In put on with hinge. Tho
stanchion In front are bolted at tho
bottom Ivetwoen a 2 Inches by 4 Inch
pleiv. ntul the sill, leaving a space up
mid down In front 3 Inches wide. Two
ntul a half feet from the bottom of tho
have my word that they w.H.'t touch you." I (,tfin(.llIiM , nt , ,aw f()r ,
"As there, a heaven amve excUim.H ,
the young captain, they shall pay for,
this day's work with their lives. 1 hand l'"-"' '" "
my snecie over under this protest; but P with blocks to allow tho top of
don't deceive yourselves half the war- the stanchions to oeii anil clone ami
ships in t-uropu stiuii loiiow you witniu wit with n lover, inn lever, wnicn
week." cap be nindo of wagon tiro. In 5 feet !
He tamed away, and presently the ruf- . ,.he long. A ai-lnch hole I punched
fians with me had lowered money to the f) he of tfM, (,Vr fl WHY)M(, ,,n
value of a hundred and fifty thousand . ,,,,, ,. .,, ,,, ,nil fh
pounds into their launch. When at Inst' ... , , , ,
. r -,i i. ... f..n th rd hoe 11 nolle from second hole,
we put off again, and the launch was full
of the jewel and the money, it seemed 1 u!,!"r ol ' f,,r attachment of two
that I had passed through a hideous ' on strap, one on each side, which
ijrani. lari fastened to tne leri nnno ninuciiion.
On the second day after the robbery From tho lower hole two piece of Iron
of the Bellonic, we stopped a second and, Inchon long go to the right hand
then a third ship; though I saw nothing stnnchlon. When the stanchion nro
of it. a all the fighting was on the star- c)oso(j t)0,. ono or two half-Inch hole
board side, and my cabin was to port ; b(ik of , ,n whl).n to UM
bnt there was a sharp fight on the third ' . . , ...,,,. ,
Trralmrnl of flit Soil.
Wi have hut Utile more ilcllnlte
l.tmvt ledge of the soil mid Hie principle
Involved In It trc.ilii I Hum ve hud
Hl:,ly jeill ago, hh. the Seleiillllc
Atocilciin. Foillllly I not nitrogen,
I In vi i . 1 1 . i n -s. Mini iiiImnmiiiiii nloiie,
Mo ugh the potential value of any Held,
or Staio, or country, from the iigilcul
t'lral Mniitloliit, Is nioiiMiircil by these
ci iiMMuctit elciuclils In Its noil! V1 "
has hi ilcnionslt'iiletl that noil w hich
contain mi uliumliilii-c of I hone element,
nnd which are Htentlally capable of
producing crop for centurion perhiipn,
are not cnpnble of producing prolllnMo
crop without the uililllloii of further
amount. or these coiintltllelit 'I'll'
i liemlciil Investigator I, therefore, coni
n iled to taUe Into consideration other
fi.ct than this, lie must, ir ho would
cover the whole Held, know something
of giHilogy, of hot any. of phynlo. of
biology, of bacteriology, and or tho
other natural nolcm-es, because chein
Intry alone I not capable or fully coin
piifalng the problem; thus, the oppor
tunity Tor KteolnlUlntf In any brunch
lias Imoii very grout, and It In lncnuso
of the bromines of the subject, nnd
the opportunity, ns already pointed out.
nnd the neoejtnlty. also, for giving Imme
diate help from the knowledge that we
hnve that ban prevented In ft degree a
hrond ntlldv of the fuiiiliinientnln oon-
tlal for enabling genuine progren to bo
tntide.
Alfalfa a ftmln Tonic.
Knlnlng l.txxi hog a year without
ever having any nlgn of cholera In the
turd U the claim put forth by M. Mar
her of Bloomlngtoii. Neb. lie make a
njMclulty of thl Industry nnd ha '.
net en of iilfalfa. where the hog are
ruined.
"My lng are rnlncd In the Held from
the time they are pig till they are
iiImuU S mouth old, when I put them
o;i a fist! of corn," nub! Mr Burlier to's.
n repn-wntatlve of the Kannis Oty
Drovern' Telegram. "If fed In minuncr
time I nonk the itini. But the alfalfa
4 the iinmt Important fci-d they get
nnd I the one great thing that kovp
them healthy all the year around. In
nit the yearn that I have boon raining
nml handling hog In thl way, I never
had n cane of hog cholera on my farm.
Thin I due to the alfalfa, which keep
tlw hog healthy."
Impnoril llaltrr Churn.
Thi old fanhloiiod hand butter churn
no long associated with frenh air and
country life, seejnn destined to )
overtnken by other
up to date churn
and which roi.ulru
lean lutior to o,or-
nte. The old fanh
loiiod churn wn a
clirnny nITalr. and
not ft little "elbow
gronne' wnn re
qulri-d to manipu
late It. In the Il
lustration Is shown
one of newer hand
THEVEEECLY
HISTORIAN
f"ii
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B l I "
Koev- S-
MW (lll'H.1.
morning with a Capo-hound vessel, and
ngain towards the afternoon with one of
the North German I.llnyd boats home
ward bound to Bremorhaven ; Osbart,
coming to my rooms, delighted to give me
the details of these captures.
fTo be continued.)
Handicapped.
Tho olxe citizen who was headed to
ward the depot nix bbx-ks awuV piiunod
to look at hi. watch.
'Have I time to catch the next train
for St. Louis?" lie askiHl, mUri'swIng a
policeman on the corner.
"You have the time," replied the offi
cer, "but you don't ncein to have the
sliced."
Joyful Age.
"Y'es." admitted the maid, "I have
Just celebrated the twenty -eighth nnnl-
vemary of my sojourn on earth."
'I congratulate you," rejoined the
old bachelor. "At that nge a girl celiacs
to worry about her Inability to acijulre
a husband and begins to have a good
time."
Promlne of Improvement.
"Edith," exclaimed her mother, "I'm
During this day, and until we sorry I brought you to the nhore at all.
sighted the Shetland, the small screw
tender kept our course, and we exchanged
signals with her every morning.
Finally we sighted the coast of Ireland,
and I know not If I have ever had a
greater pleasure than that distant view.
It was as though I had passed from a
dead land to the land of man, from the
silent ways of night to the first break
ing of the day.
CIIAPTEIl XIX.
It was not until daybreak on the fol
lowing morning that we reached the track
of ocean-bound ships; but our voyage was
altogether in favor of Black, for the sun
had scarce risen when Doctor Osbart got
me from my bed to see what he called my
first introduction to business.
"There's the Bed Cross Line's Bel
lonic not a mile off on the starboard
quarter," cried he exultlugly, "and we're
going to clear ber."
I dressed anyhow, almost as excited as
he was, and stepped on to the gallery.
All eyes were turned to the north, where,
now almost abreast of us, there was the
long and magnificent bull of the great
liner. She went at a tremendous pace
and was rapidly leaving us, when the
great gun forward sent a shell ploughing
the sea fifty yard ahead of the Bellonic.
The effect of the call was seen upon the
great vessel, whose decks were soon dot
ted with black objects, while three more
men appeared on the bridge, and the sig
nal flax ran no.
Here five days and you're engaged to
two young men. It'n disgraceful!"
"Yes," admitted the Hummer girl, "It's
pretty slow work, hut give me time, ma,
give me time." Phllaelphla Press.
Snarl of Knvr.
"Meeker's good luck seems to b
coining in bunches," remarked Eniiecli,
as he laid aside his parcr.
"How's that?" queried Mrs. Enpock.
"He has just got $5,000 from a man
who has alienated his wife's affections,"
replied EnixM-k.
Ilia Identity
"Papa, w ha Is a 'gentleman of the old
school' ?"
"One, my son, who Insists on having
Brlght's disease when he can abundant
ly afford appendicitis." Puck.
place. Montreal Star.
Ilrute.
Ills Wife What do you think of my
new photographs, John?
Her Husband They flatter you, my
dear. The man must have hypnotized
you Into looking pleasant.
It Is Kven Ho.
Elderlelgh There are two things a
man never forgets.
DeYoung What are they?
Eldelelgh His first love affair and
his first shava.
Water and Salt for Covr.
Eight gallons of water a day Is the
average quantity required for a cow,
nnd the milk given is nbout 87 jx-r cent
water. In some pastures there !s no
water, the cows being supplied night
and morning, which forces such cow to
drink four gallons at a time In order
to lie supplied. As the cow does not
know that she must drink four gallon,
she may use less, and she will reduce
her milk supply accordingly.
Extensive tents and Investigations
have been made by the experiment sta
tions to determine the advisability of
adding salt to the rntlon of duiry
cows. As a result of these trials, It Is
rHv)inmended that dairy cows be given
nt leant one ounce of salt ikt dny. Ex
ceptionally heavy milkers will requiro
more than this. The uniform results
obtained with all cows employed In
these trial Indicate that salt In addi
tion to that obtained In their food Is
absolutely essential to the continued
health of n dairy cow, while producing:
milk. It Is evident, moreover, that
the amount of snlt which must lie stir
plied directly will greatly vary In dif
ferent localities. It being more at high
(derations and at places remote from
the sea. Agricultural Epltomlst.
A Kettle Support.
At butchering time and whenever
water Is to be heated It Is a bother to
set the kettle or to hang It with chains.
A simple hoop
with three or four
legs welder! on,
saves the time and
trouble. Any black
smith will make It
for a few cents If
you furnish an old
kettle hoop. CrH tire for hoops
and legs. Order the legs the right
length to hold tlie kettle Just high
enough. It Is easily moved then from
house to barn, or to a neighbor's.
I'ann and Home.
Karllr Corn In Mexico,
Kalllr corn Is being cultivated suc
cessfully In the Htate of Oaxaca, Mex
ico, and Its cultivation Is to be extend
ed. This corn, which Is a nutlve of
Egypt, requires only the moisture of
tho dew for Its wants, and appeals to
the farmer for planting during the dry
Si'UHOU.
churns, which nevertheless contains
luimt of the principles of the older
churnn. The only change Is In the
application of the power mechanism.
Ill thin machine tile power In no placed
that little effort In required to operate
It. A foot pedal In mldcd, and th
hand power In entirely different from
the old method. Instead of forcing t'u
pnddlo up from the churn after every
descent with the hands, springs are
placed beneath the hand grips which
do the forcing automatically. It would
lie possible to ortcrnte this churn innl
at the same time rend a book or uovrn-pnper.
Yoonar Farmers (loins; o ritlra.
A recent news telegram from York,
Bu., says: "With the return to the
county commissioners to-day of the Inst
registry anwnsor's !sok It wns shown
by the totals that the population of
voters In the county has dcorwiMed In
Mx mouths nearly 400. The shrinkage.
In the male Mpulatlon Is attributed by
the commissioners to the (letter t Ion of
lh farms by young men, inot of whom
have boon lured to 1'hlluilelphln and
other cities under the Impression that
they can speedily uiiiko fortunes.
"In the through of Bed Lion sixty
voters have gone to the city within six
months. The doorcase In population Is
greater than In the boroughs. The total
registration la the boroughs and town
ships of the county last spring was '22.
H'2. Tho present registration show
38S less."
KenovallnL. Worn Soils.
Trof. W. J. Kplllman, In bulletin No.
'21', on the renovation of wornout soils,
s.ij s :
"To build up aud maintain fertility
In the soli, feed a large part of the
crops, and return the manure to the
land. If manure la not available, plow
under crops grown for the purpose.
Blow deep, but do not subsoil. Orow
leguminous crops for the nitrogen they
add to the soli.
"Commercial fertilizers and lime may
he Important means of Improving the
soli but the fertilizer requirements of
different soils and different crops In
different seasons are so little under
stood that we are not yet In a position
to make positive recommendations that
are of general application."
lollll Klrst English lottery look plnen.
llilO (inllleo discovered Jupiter's satel
lites. Mil- ArchhUhop l.nn.l bobistded.
ISild Cape of li,Md Hope surreiidored by
the iMiti h to (he llrll Isli . . . . loiins
evacuated by the I'loiich.
IM.'I William Jones of IVniisylvnuls 1-
eaine Secretary of Inn Navy.
l.H." Ion. Andrew Jnckson ilefintwl
British at Battle of New Orleans.
1510 Penny I'oxt hit rodiiccd In England
by Koulaud I lill . . . . I 'bnrllst rlslitg
nt Shelhold, Eiuclnud.
1511 Samuel Si nit. during Americnii
diver, nccldelllnlly hnllli'-d himself on
WnlirliMi bridge, lunloii, whllo giv
ing ruhil'llioii.
ISl'J Francois I'oppee, French let,
!rn.
1NII Sir Hudson Lowe, governor of St.
Helena during Napoleon's captivity,
died.
Aslor- library, New York, opened.
IStll Steamer Slnr of the West tired
liIMtti nt ( 'linrli ntoii . , . . Jnruli Thotiip
non of Mississippi reslglii'd n Sec
retary of the Interior. ... Philip l
Thoiiiits of Maryland resigned ns
Secretary of I he Treasury.
IHiUI Metropolitan I 'uirrroiiiid Bnll
wny. In litidoii, ceremoniously open
ed. lKiUl -Steamer Iindnii. from England to
AtiHtrnlia, fioindcrcd In Buy of Bis
cay ; "'JO lout.
lSilS Chinese gnverninriit a pMlnte.
Biirliiigiime Its sieclnl envoy to nil
the treaty powers.
1S71 - Paris bombarded. . . . Prince Fred
erick Charles gained victory over
Chiiniy nt l.e Mans.
IKNSI I'pjmt snsMMiHion bridge nt Nl
ngnrn Falls destroyed by Ind storm
... .Thirty three persons klllod nnd
scores Injured in whirlwind nt Bead
ing. Pn.
ISit.'l - Princess Marie of Edinburgh tnnr-
rled to Crown Prince of Itoiimaiiln.
1 Ml." - Bo) a 1 1st oiilbrenk nt Honolulu
suppressed by Dole gnveriiuieiit . , , .
(irent street railway strike In Bnxik-
lyn.
1MI7 Count Miiravb-ff nppolnt-d Uus-
slnn minister of foreign affairs -
Anglo American nrbitrnliou treaty
signed at Washington , . . . Nat ional
monetary conference met nt Iiidinu-miIIh.
IJCC.i Bnllrond wreck nt West Duiiollen,
N. J. ; seventeen lives lost.
liKMI - Chicago drainage canul opened.
1 IN 1 1 - Twenty-six lives Inst In orphan
asylum lire nt Bochestcr, N. Y.
P.HfJ Seventeen lives lost In Park avi-
nue tunnel wreck In New York City
I -owls Nixon chosen nominal
lender of Tnmmany Hall.
1IKH - ( 'bliiese Emperor rntilled commer
cial treaty with the i'nitcd Stales.
UKKV-Flvn killed In railroad collision
near ICIpon, N. M.
pplillill
Tho upper house of the Austrian, or
('inleltlian, relchsrath has accepted with-
nut amendment the bill establishing uni
versal suffrage, which previously bad been
passed by the House of Representatives.
Loudon papers reported that James
Bryco had refused a peerage and would
go to the I'nited Stales an ambnNsndor
without changing bin name, nnd thus tin
the first plain citizen to represent his
country at Washington.
Just an It enme from tho French Cham
ber of Deputies, the new church nnd statu
separation net wns finally passed by thn
Senate, KM) to MO. This wus directed
agninst those, churchmen who had re
fused to accept the original separation
Inw of 1110.1, nnd nil clergy who refused
under orders from thn Pope to give over
possession of their residences nnd church
propertien to tho state do so on penalty
of losing pensions. While thn priests have
disregarded the Inw providing for re
ligious associations, tho laity hnvo mndo
th necessary declarations to protect the
churches and other places of worship.
It is presumed that the other ecclesi
astical buildings will be rented to the
bishops and priests at a nominal figure.
Just as the clergy who hnve said most
without making a legal declaration to
hold a public meeting hnve hnd only
nominal flues Imposed upon thetn.
The Decline of the Peach. mooster ot mmnce has
Tb Introduction of new variation oraereo me mints to substitute on all
budding, and the attacks of Insects, as T 7 ? TV1 f(",0,l,y a'"
well a. diseases formerly unkW'
" . .. trance. .Minister of Educat on Br and
have curtailed the use u ness of the Bn,l0U,u.ed that the church buildings taken
peach tree and confined It to certain ,,sseslon of by the stute would be do
Iccalltlss. Budding or grafting the i voted to educational und museum pur
tre, whether apple, peach or pear, Is , poses, the seminary of St. Hulplco at
now but a reproduction of the original , Paris becoming part of the Luxoiihourg
variety, and may Introduce all the Im- .museum. The expelled sisters of tho As
perfections as well as the advantagej unI'tlonlnts order left Paris for Bol-
o? the variety, to every iwtlou of the.81""' ,B th' n,,!,Mt ,of. ""' ot .ym-
pathliors, who shouted: "Down with tha
country. yTM Musons."