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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (April 10, 1907)
THE CHARITY GIRL Dy EFFIE A. ROWLANDS ClIAPTEH VIII (Continued.) When Frank was gone, nt first she felt as if sho must rush madly after him, InU oho ivslrs ined herself; Mid f.trtunato ly sho put hor father's permission to re turn to her mint, and try to cheer tho jxxir woman up. Roderick was back nt her homo, ami proved a courteous and kind friend to his brother's wife. He be sought hor not to speak to hor father nlxnit tho marriap'. urging all sorts of reasons for tho delay. Roderick also nd xised hor not to confide in his mother; mul. hearing in min.I Frank's- wishes, she did all tho young man nl So tho days wont by. Four months w ere spoilt : tho timo was drawing noar or hor father's annual winter visit to tho Kiviorn, and Constance felt sho ought to accompany him. when suddenly tho urrent of h. r lifo was changed by two stents, tho first of which brought tho nlor to hor cheeks ami tho thrill to hor lo.-irf. tho s.'oond of which pinned the pirl's soul into tho tl.vp.-st. darkest mis 'iy a woman can ever know. Just as tho lottor in which sho haii written, in timid, gentle words, tho ma tt rnal hopes sho might assure herself of. a blow foil upon her which all but unshed out nor lifo, as it successfully Iroke hor heart. Ono tlay a woman pre sented herself at I.a.ly Anstruthor's houso rutl asked to soo Miss Gasooigne. Mar shall, who guarded ami shielded hor young mistress by ovory moans in hor power, would have refused this woman Admittance, but Constance took tho mat tor into her own hands, and a meeting followed. When Marshall went in to look after tin- girl, thinking she hid given the stranger enough of her timo. six found Constance standing before the fire, her fste ashen white, her eyes staring and expressionless, like the eyes of the dead. "Marshall." she said, with tones that v. ere husky with emotion, "Marshall, I I have been deceived. 1 aai not Frank's wife:" "Not Mr. Frank's wife ! Oh. come. Miss Constance, you are altogether wrong! Why. didn't I see you a-stand-in' before the altar with my own eyes, f ed didn't I hear you swear to beloug o each other " Constance put out an icy-cold hand. "Dear, true friend." she whispered, Ivt ween her pallid lips, and then she tok up a pie'j of paper and gave it to JI.ll-sh.lll. "Read that, and you will see I am not v:mg," she said, with a wintry smile. "The wedding you assisted at was only a farce. Ileie is the certificate of Frank Aiistruther's first marriage, ay, first and V.y on-, for that woman who has just left me is his lawful, legal wife." "I will un1 btlieve it! I will not be lieve it!" So cried Marshall over and over again, while the poor girl crouched down by the fire and rocked herself to mid fro. asking htrself in a wild, mad way. what was to become of her. "Mr. Roderick will put this straight," wis Man-hall' verdict, and for a brief time a flame of hope sprung up in the v-retched creature's breast: but alas! it soon died down and was crushed out for. ever. Rouerbk took the matter up Immedi ately, lie sought out every clew, follow ed the truth up to the bitter end, and, lastly and sorrowfully, had to own his I -.other a liar and a villain. Constance seemed turned to stone. She fhoil na tears, she made no moan ; she lore h-rslf with a pride that was some tl.;n marvelous. "What was to become of her? What of her child?" The question haunted her day and night. Fortunately, her aunt's health became o bad, she was permitted to stay buried in the country house without further mo lestation from her father, who went off to Monte Carlo and enjoyed himself, doubly fre from his daughter's presence. Letters arrived from Frank by every mail, but they were tossed into the fire unread. "I leave you to communicate with yonr brother," the girl had said in her one and only interview with Roderick, and the hot blood of triumph had surged into his veins. How well his evil, jealous plan had worked ! Hotter than he could have hoped or dreamed. Frank was mile away: he could not stand forth and re fute the horrible lies. Constance, bound up in pride and misery, refused to do as she should have done, write to him di rect, and so learn the real truth. His two puppets worked at his will and hast ened his revenge. Revenge on the brother he had always 1ated ; revenge on the woman he had loved in a wild, unreasoning, passionate way, and who had shrunk from his very friendship in a manner that had chilled Iiim to the heart. It was a cruel, wicked, unmanly act the act rather of a demon than 'hat of a man. As day after day went by, the time approached for the birth of Constance's nameless child. She had made no plans, arranged nothing. Roderick did every thing. He it was who guarded the girl In her mother' house, where, with no one about her but Marshall, not even a whis per of her condition caught the wind ; lie surrounded her with every comfort, very care, but he never saw her, and she sent him no thanks. The day her child was born, Marshall came to him ; he had no liking for Rod erick in fact, so great was her anger and hatred toward poor Frank she could scarcely bring herself to address any one connected with him i but there was noth ing else to do, and even the old woman, in common Justice, admitted that Rod erick was acting with more than a broth er' love to the unfortunate girl, "She refuses to see the child," Mar shall said, "and when I urge her, all she Bays is, 'Let it die! Let it die!' We can't do that, you know, sir. What are we to do?" Roderick had already foreseen this con tingency and was prepared. "The child must be removed. I know a wouinn who will take it and be thank ful for the money. The mother will never ask for it, never wish to see it." And thus, despite Marshall's longing to keep tho helpless, haplrss child, was tho matter arringed. Constan.v never asked after her baby, and when she was told by hor faithful maid what had boon done with it. sho made no sign, either by it ord or look. Tho doctor who attend ctl hoi had been taken into confidence by Roderick, and he pitied the poor young mo: her from the bottom of his heart, for ho saw that a blow had been -slruok which could never bo honied. Constance was scarcely convalescent Is'foro she received n visit from her fath er. - ho was in n state of much pertnrba t ion. "Know how it would bo," ho said, when ho first saw tho girl's white futv. "Hosed up here with n dying old woman enough to kill you in reality. And who could hate put this into the papers? Anstruth er says it must have btvn some officious person in the village who thought you were ill, nnd must needs kill you." Const.tiiiv took tho newspaper from her father's I'uiiil, and read the announce ment of I t r own death in a short para graph. She was silent for a moment, an! then, as s'.ie handed it back, sho said, w'th a f.mit smile : "It is a pitv vou have to contradict it. father." "Kit! What nonsense! Now, Con, I shan't let you stop here any longer. I never saw such a change in any girl ! Tack up your trunks at once and come away ! Why, you hok forty !" lit v little did joor Constance think, ns she journeyed to 1ondon with her f.ith'r. that at that very time Frank A-.ist rather was reading the account of her death, not only in a newspaper, but in n, loving, tenderly indited letter from h!s tnoth-r Roderick, who had hit on this idea of s-'c-nrating Frank from his wife as being the best. If he hid hinted at nn.v.hir.g rise, Frank would have rushed back to F.ngl.md at ontv. but with Con stant dead and buried, what was there to bring him back? Roderick's shrewdness was verified ; Frcnk never came home. And when the Iondon season was at its height, an.l Constance fiaseoigne was winning fresh laurels for her beauty and wit. the news arrived of an outbreak of fever in Rur mah. and Frank Anstruthor's name win among the dead. They called him a hero they sent home accounts of his courage self-sacrifice, ami bravery, and Con stance's heart turned with a despairing, yeurning agony to the man she had loved so well, and she longed to be buried wrh him, shut out of the world forever. She saw Roderick as little as she could. It was from his lips that she learned of h.T child's death ; tho woman who had tak-n it had reported always how delicate it was, ami the end, always expected, ha 1 come at last. Then it was that Roderick spoke; that he showetl himself in his colors. He pleaded for her love : he told her how he hail adored her ever sineo their child hood's days ; how he had given place to Frank against his longing, and entreat ed her to forget all ami become his wife. When he left her that day Roderick knew his plan had failed ; come what might. Constance would never be his wife. To lend aid to his final coup he had lied to her about her child, lie knew that it lived, although if neglect and poverty couid have killed it the jwtor linle thing had its share. Stung to the quick with the bitter words that came from Con stance's lips at his "ff.-ring of lore, ho determined she should never be told the truth. He had one interview with the woman who had charge of the child, ami after giving her a large sum of money and sworn her to secrecy, he went out of Kngland, and was lost to the world that knew him forever. He had lived for ono thing only during the space of four years, nnd when he knew he hail lost his tri umph, he cast the dust off his shoes and vanished. Then came the time of George Fraser's wooing, the miserable hopeless time when Constance learned that her hand was the price of silence over her father's dis honor and dishonesty. The rest we kno' up to the day that Audrey came to iJin giewood as maid to Sheila Fraser. CIIAITKR IX. "And you are my mother?" They were the only words Audrey could utter. She was bewildered, amazed; her heart was beating with a nervous excitem nt in which pride and joy mingled largely. Sh! felt as though she were in some sort of dream, or waking trance; every no and then sho passed her hand over her eyes as though to clear away the cm fusion that existed. She was kneeling beside Constancy Fraser's slender figure, the pretty, white hands were clasping hers, the soft, m ui cal voice was ringing in her oars. And 'his was her mother! She Aud.-ey Maxse the waif and stray, the nainee.,s nobody, she was this delicate aristocrat's child ! "Vou are my child, my darling. My own, my very own !" Audrey gave a little cry and nestled close to her new-found mother. "It is too beautiful, too beautiful to be real !" was all she could say ; and then, as she felt the soft, tender lips pressed to her brow and cheeks, she be gan to wake from her dream. A "Tell me, tell me how It all hap'pened, how you found that 1 was uot dead." "It wa your face that first seemed to whisper hope," Mrs. Fraser replied. "When you came in that morning it was as though Frank stood before me again. You have his very eyes; the expression in them is exactly what lived in his. I began to wonder, to dream. I was not happy till I had learned your history. Now you know why I have had so many long chats with dear Mrs. Thorngute. I determined to confide in her; I knew I could trust her, ns, Indeed, that has been proved. At once she took matters Into her own hands. She communicated with her husband, who made every Investiga tion about you, my darling, and discov ered, thank heaven ! that when you were idaced In '.he home through the influence of Sir Henry liulutiode, certain things brlonglnf to the woman supposed to h your mother were deposited in the caro of the matron. Miss Irons. I examined theo few poor things an old sitchel, a Rible, a bun. lie of old letters; nnd m tho satchel, hidden nwny in the lining, we discovered the ccrtilicale of your birth, together with tho last letter Roderick iim'si hive written to the woman befom s!i' died. Oh, my tlailiiiij! my darling!" she cried, holding Audrey pressed close to hor. "Mow can I over describe the t viuiilo joy that citnie to me when 1 knew what hen ton bad sent mo'.' 1 scented to live again to grow, as 1 on. --.s, strong and full of courage. Kiss n-.i', my child, my baity! Kiss me. an. I let mo boar you say you have forgiven ice for my cruel desertion of toil!" "Forgiton you! Oh, my poor, dour, sweet, now mother, don't say such it thing! When I rctno'tiN'r how you must hate suffered, bow cruel that wicked man has been to hide mo from you all these years, 1 fee! almost mul." That eventful night ended in more ex citement, for the report spread to the bouse of ho discovery of Jack 'Jlendor wood, insensible and horribly wounded, and in the tirnult that ensued Shei'cl worked off some of hor violent feelings. Sho broke in abruptly upon the length ened conference bet w en Audrey and her mother, an.l blurted out the news with out any warning: bet her eyes glistened gladly as she saw the i-olor leave Audrey's face an.l lips, and heard the moan tint came from the sorrow-stricken heart. Ct ustanco Fraser turned pale, too, but the sight of her child's face gave her ot.'irage. As though she hid read it in l.'.rae letters, she knew the truth then. "It may not be so had. Sheila, These tilings are always exaggerated," she said, as she put her hands tenderly on Au drey's shoulders. "It seems to me in ert dihl dint Jack should hive Im-oii at taiko.l like this. Surely suc'n man can have no enemies." "Ho has ben rohltej of all the jewelry and money he had oiithnt will be a clew," Shi il l said, apparently with indifferenee, lint watching Audrey keenly as she spuk.'. All nt once sho seoaied to realize 'ait tilings were not so bad for her. This sudden illness of Lord John's might, after all. prove a good friend to her. At any rate, it would separate him from Audrey, and that was a great deil. Shi noticed with the keenest pleasure th' anguish that had dawned on the young girl's face. She mut not let her st. p-mothi-r notice her hatred of the girl that had stopped in between her and her happiness. "Rut I am forgetting." she said, in a frank, pleasant manner. "I have to offer all sorts of congratulations to you. mam ma. Why, it is like n fairy story. And so this pretty little girl is to be my sister?" She had come up to the shinier drawn-up figure. "We must be good friends, you and. I. Audrey," she said, giiblly. "I-ot us seal that bargain with a kiss." Constance Fraser's delien'e face flush ed. This was not what she had expected ; her generous, noble In-art was deeply touched and she trembled visibly. "Thank you. dear Slieim." was all she said : but she gave the girl a look of unutterable gratitude. "Vou have al ways been kind to me. 1 I should lik" to think you and my Audrey were friends." Sheila stood silent for a moment, tbtn. laughing softly, she pressed her lips to Audrey's cheek. "There! It is done!" she sail. "And now for the latest news of poor JacK.' Andrew had stood motionless nil through this little scene; but her mother's hand felt the tremble that ran through the young frame. She fathomed only too well nil that her child was suffering. As the dour clns.-d on Sheila, nnd they w-.-re nlo tie once mure, she wrnppe I ln-r arms round the slight figure. "My darling!" she said, in tones of thu deepest tenderness. Audrey gave a little cry. and turning, clung to ln-r new-found comforter and protector, "Oh, mother, mother!" she whispered, brokenly; "and I I love him so ! What shall I do if he dies?" Then, with those loving arms still about her, she wept out the story of her simple love. It was nn old nnd a new story; nnd though ln-r heart was torn with anguish at this calamity that had befallen ln-r beloved, the girl's sorrow was inexpressibly soothed by the remem brance that the heart she leaned on now beat only for her, nnd would be hers henceforth and to the end. (To be continued.) Ilroke I i Ills Itrenms. Stubb- Great Siiitt. mini, what '9 tU' mutter with .vou? IVim I I 1-11 over a cellar door last night. Stubh Rut you look ns thouli you had Ix'cu dubbed. Cellar doors ihm't ltlb pisqilc. I'cnn Yf'H, but then was a isjllo inaii nh'i'iinK " tdf I'Hlur "listr. Sure Tumlile. Gussle Rut. ih'iili lsy, if tho rich man n-l'ucd to nivi! you tlm hand of his iIuiiKlitcr I don't w i; w l.yyou should persist lu kIvIhk lilm Hi' '"i races? ItcxKj- Sli, I xviint him to k broke iih I mil and then perhaps tvlieti we ure on the Name level he won't huve bucIi a ntron objection. Mure Til I ii if. Gunner And you say that tall man Is playing for the heart of the beauti ful Roston helreHS. What chance has he? Why, Hhe has a heart of ice. Guyer Oh, he'll capture her nil right. He 1 u oflii ial of tho ico trust. Wisdom of K ierleiiee. "They nay," remarked the mere man, "that 'becuuso' Is a woman's reiiHon and It 1 ubout all the reason she has." "Yes," rejoined the pretty widow, "lt'H about nil the reason sue has for Marrying a man." Often No. He Marriage is u pottery, fcbis you mean u lottery, don't you? He No, I mean a pottery a place for making family Jars. Circumstance are beyond tho con trol of man, but 111 conduct in la Ida own power. Beaumont. "!It5ivrt.ifii i'u3 V s Itrenr f l. The- care with which n fruit I lutn illcil In the orchard or plantation mul jln the packing house Is one of the Itn lirtiitit factor In . determining I t s shipping quality, w rites (5. II. Pow ell. It Is the one factor nbovo nil ethers that keeps the thick sklninsl fruits, like the ap ple mul orange, Itu- I it). I. inline from tho attacks of the common molds. These fruits do not often de cay as heig ns the skill Is xt hole unless they are weakemsl by !vorrlctios or by other adverse conditions. The least abrasion or cut lu the skin gives the molds a foothold, ami, once started, the decay Is likely to continue under the most faxorable transportation condi tions. It Is well known that decay In fruit In transit and In storage generally de velops from a wound on the surface, though few persons know Imtv com limn those Injuries are. The common est Injuries are caused by punctures of Insects, by the stem of one fruit pen etrating another, by cuts from the fin ger nails of the handler, by ruptures caused by the rapid growth of the fruit, by windstorms or by cutting the surface In some way. In the first Illus tration decay Is shown starting from n cut on the surface of nn a ple ; lu the sec ond figure decay occurs around a codling moth In jury. There lias Neti a gradual Improvement since the be ginning of the fruit Industry In the methods of handling the crops. The early crude methods of harvesting and packing are giving way to better meth ods In the on-hard and lu the pack ing houses. There tietsls to be further Improvement along those lines In every branch of the fruit Industry. l-ill ii TntiUaur. Tankage has ln-eti found to be n val uable hog feed by n number of our sta tions. The Iowa station, for example, fed corn and tankage at the rate of :C parts of the former to the part of the latter. The tankage was worth f.Vl Jst ton and contained alsmt -IJ ls-r cent of protein ami R5 s-r cent of fat ; the price of corn meal was IM'r ton. The experiment was conducted for a js-rbtd of days. The hogs weighed L')." Miiitids at the end of the experiment. With the ration containing tankage I'm ptiunds of gain was produced ut a cost of $l.."0, while with corn alone lim pounds of gain was produced at a iitst of fo.l'l. These results, therefore, show n saving of !;.; cents per month mt bog In favor of tankage when fed In connection with srn under the condi tions mentioned. Resides this. It should be remetnlM-red that the manure also became more valuable on aivount of the amount of protein fed. Vltalltr of ttrrtla. The persistent vitality of seeds has often been noted, ami, while there is some doubt as to the reliability of re ports of wheat taken -from Kgyptlan graves of ancient date germinating w t.tn planted, many notable. If less wonderful, examples of nature's preser vation of the life of seeds collie to life from time to time. One of the most noteworthy of these rofors to seeds taken from Fort Conger, about miles from the pole, by the I'eary party in lsfi'l, having; been exposed In this not tin rn climate for n period of six teen years, their presence there being the result of the Greeley expedition In iss.'j. Packages of lettuce and radish seeds were brought to the 1'nlted States, and, after n further period of six years, were planted, and, while the icrtuiv wed had lost its vitality, fully one-half of the radish seed germinated nnd p-ev to maturity and perfection. Furul Neeils. In the winter most of farmers take time to think over the work for the coming season nnd to plan out what they will do when the frost gets out of I .. , . ., ..... r,o... ,1...., the lanu in me spring, i ue mm mut ter to be settled Is that of far.n HcedH, most of which should be ordered early In winter. This In necessary for Heveral reasons, one of which I that the needs may bo tested as to germinating ability, jlf tho first seed wdtwted fail to give good results there Is time to order and 'secure more seed, which should In turn bo tested. The value of tho seed In the field regulate to n great extent the sl.o of the crop possible from it, and this Is better understood now than it wa ten year ago. Alfalfa and Alkali Roll. I'rof. Ten Kyck says that no crop Is better udapted for taking alkali out of the soli than alfalfa; hut for pas ture it will probably be better to sow Rromus lnermls with the alfulfu, since olfalfa aloiio Is considered an unsafe pasture for cattle. A liberal applica tion of barnyard manure Nwlll help to put thin land Into condition for need ing. Probably the early fall will be tho I best time U icedi mm tii). 1'. I'atl Alfnlfa aeeillna-. T?i Petnisyltanln Kxporlinent Sffl floit has gained much experience In fall and spring Heeding of alfalfa, and says that the principal objection to spring sowing Is that weeds cone up and ihoke out the young plants before they get a good slmf. The fall seeded al falfa tut dry laud was able to with stand the set ere winter climate per fectly lu fact, heller (bail Hie com inon red clover. Ciidcr average condi tions, from "O to :ti pounds of s I should be sow n to the acre Manure gate heller results on Pennst Ivnnla sell than did commercial felt lllcr. Mine did Hot give satisfactory icsulls. In PMitne Instances It gate no nppre clald, results, and In others It was de cidedly harmful, but In no case It n't piled to ndt aiitage. I ccp, w ell drained soils are the best for growing alfalfa. Thlnka It -tl Ho lies). A Nebraska farmer thinks the I Ml rocs are the best bogs, lie says: The iMinte hog has the ability to make n pound of pork on as small an amount of i:rnln ns any hog. Ry nature he Is a Utter rustler, a hog that Is better able to take care of himself than any other, a nuallty that has been essential on any farm. When I got my first red sow 1 had the Poland Chinas, nnd It tves noticeable how the red ones were up mi a I h in t In cold weather when the I lack were piled up In the nest. IW.s tery thing made It possible for the red sow to produce a better and strong ir litter of pigs than the black, and they are belter producers of larger lit ters. They il i not in-cil the care that tiio while bog docs-tit keep them from gi tt'iig mangy, In this Western coun try. To Ship llreaaeri I'llllllrr. Stock si ilpped without lc( should Is' acke I In clean cases, which should be lined with fresh wrapping pas-r. Some .'iire;:l shlpM-rs wrap each bird In waxed paM-r, and such care usually n.iys, as the slock so packed reaches market In the best coiulll Ion. Occn s.ot.ally birds will soften up so much cu imite that blood will run from t's nioiifb, thus soiling much of tin' con tents of the onh'. To prevent this a piece of puiH-r may be wrnpod around flic bead of cadi bird. Mark all pack ages w lib th,. name of the shipper, kind an 1 number of birds, mid net weight. Nn shipment of oultrv. dressed or allte. fboiihl lie undo to reach the mar ket later lii the week than Friday morn ing, except by sjm-cIiiI arrangement with the dealer. I'utillrr Support a Town. Thirty lite hundred dollars a day for eggs alone Is what Petalutiia, Oil., re is Ives In cash on the average every day In the year. IVtaluma has a imputa tion f about i'.,im, but with Its mil lion feathered Inhabitants, according to the last chicken census, that of l'.sm. It Is from a ben's point of x lew the me troMills of the world. In Petaluma al most etery one who has an acre or two of land makes a business of raising chickens, xxhlle others make a business of raising jmiiltry on ati enormous scale. Petaluma Is also a cash town. lis mer- bants pay sjmt cash for nil kinds of farm products, from a doen of eggs to a hundred cases, or 1,'mo tons of bay. The poultry Industry has put business on a solid, cash basis. I. rain !lnlli.ii for Stirrp. F. R. Mumford. of the Mlsuirl Kx-IH-rlmetit Station, In presenting n sum mary of all the work that has been done at the experiment stations on the fis-illng of sheep, showed that sheep produce more meat fnr.n n pound of grain than any other class of farm ani mals. In fact. It was shown that a I m t i 1 1 . 1 of mutton ''ail be produced from tilMiut half as much grain as a mimd of beef. F.veii the inort gage-lift Ing hog requires more grain to produce a pound of human food than the sheep. With the combination of corn and clover hay for foitd. and dry shed for shelter, sheep will always give good acisiuiit of them selves and respond readily to the care given them. Ntalka to Take Sr-tl From. The kind of stalk from which to make selections Is one free from suck ers and possessing a tolerably large cir cumference at the base and gradually tas-rlng toward the top, as this Is the type that stands drouth best and Is not .is apt to be blown doxvn o a high, sii nder one. In selection, weight should be attached to good risit and leaf de velopment of the mother parent, as all nourishment and grow th ore largely de pendent usn the thoroughness with which these two organs do their work, poor toot or leaf development Is Indica tive of meager growth and small, pistr ly develoiM'd production. All selections should bo made from perfectly healthy plants. Trinn Favor Harrrd llnoki, A Texas "man thus tells why lie be lieves tho I tarred Plymouth Rock the best all-purposo fowl raised In Amer leu: It answers every requirement In cold ns well as In warm climates and If given proper attention will prosKr under almost ony conditions. As mar ket birds the fowls ore of an ottractlvo shape and slzo from tho time they weigh two pounds until full-grown. Tho color also 'meets the market require ments. If given reasonable care, they r.mk with tho best nonsettlng breeds ns layers and as mortgage lifters they excel other live stock rulscd for mar ket purposes. Farm Note. GooJ corn Is not au accident. It Is tho leeult of skill. A Western man lias discovered that his poultry does much better when pro vided a bed spring on which to roost lit says they rest better and thus are uiadw more profitable. fTKEVEEKLY HISDORIAf J , '!t.:! C":,!i I'. mm 1 W i!.,ie'fl FJilit Charles of Anjon defeated .Man fred lit Relict OHIO. lUSil Coiile Co.lefr.iy I'Kslrndos r signed his lomintHHlon ns Viceroy of Ne I'lnnce. 171 Cibiatinr nnd Minorca ceded to th" lingllsh. 177'l Itatllo of Moure's Creek. N. ' ' 17SH 1 1. nk of Pennsylvania, first In '" Clllled Sillies, i bartered. 17!Mi A.-t o.de,ing a Inlt'd Sim.-s census passed by Congress. 17'.i: Congress authorized th" rovrtius murine service ling. 1SI Congress assumed Jurisdiction over the , strict of Columbia. I.SItr, Nill.ole.ill Miu-t.-d on his second Journey across the Alps Into Italy... The firl TrappiM monks arrived In Lexington. Ixy. . . .Thoma" Jefferson liiaiiurnltd for the s hi. I Mine Pres ident of the l liiled Stales. 1MI Massacre of lh Mamelukes nt 'll ll o. 1MI French defeated by the allies in buttle of Trot is. 1..'' Napoleon I. escaped from KH'S. 1M7 Alabama territory formed. 1VJ1 Missouri admitted ''"ion in the twenty foiirih State. ISilo William Crump i-Ninbllshed hi shiptnrds nt Phi'mdelphin. 1H Abel P. 1'pshiir. Secretary f Stale, mul other eminent public men killed bt the bursting of a gun on the steamer Princeton. ISp.l Ihnlgrant hlp Fbirldiati wrecked off Fnghsli coast; "Jim lives lost. 1N.M MacrindCs farewell t lrury Ijiiic th.-iit.r. I.tuidoli. 1K.VJ Rntish troopship Rirkt'iihend wrecked on South African const; -liU lltes lost. lS.Vd Riploslon on steamer Prince near Raton Rouge; -' live lost. lill Territorial government established in Colorado bnihnm Lincoln In augurated President of the I'llite.J Sl.l'es. . . . Retelllie Clltti-r I lodge sur rendered to the Confederate nt Gal- Vesloll. 1 K;;i Confederate blocks le runner Nash ville desiroy ed lu-nr Fort McAllister. li'.l I'. S. (iriinl mnde lieiiteiiaiit gen eral. lst',7 Nebraska proclaimed a Stnl by the President. ISiVS Articles of Impeachment of Presi dent Johnson adopted by House of Representatives. IS'tO Congress by Joint resolution passed Fifteenth union. hnctit to I lei 't.nsi it nt i..ii. 171 Treaty of pence between Francis and I iei inany concluded at Versailles. 1S72 Yellowstone National Park estab lished. .. .Thanksgiving service In Loudon for recovery of the Prino of Wnh's from typhoid. 1S7' Civil rights bill passed by the Sen ate. 1S7H Rlmid silver bill passed over veto of President lliiyis. 1SH1 William II. of (icrmnny married to Princess Augusta of Schlcnwig- llolsteln. 1HSS Liploslon tin ferry boat Julia at South Vnllejo, Oil.; .'HI lives lost. 1K!M- Firth of Forth bridge, near Ivlin biirgh, inaugurated. 1S1I2 - Supreme Coort ajrined constim lionalily of the McKlnley tariff act. 1H!).'1 - (inner Cleveland Inaugurated President of the I'nited Stall's. IS!) I - Priiileiite Moi nes elected Presi dent of Rraitil. 1WCV Wedding of Anna Could to Count de Oislellane In New York. 1HH7- Fifty persons killed and injured by explosion of gas mains In Huston ....Japan adopted a gold standard. IS! IS-Rebellion broke out lu Venezuela.. Attempt to assassinate the King of J recce. l'.Mm - Relief of Liiilysinith. . . .Rrilish de feated Roers at battle of Panr.Ieberg. J'.XEJ Paris celebrated centenary of Vic tor Hugo's birth. lfMI.'l Fire in Cincinnati caused $'2,tHm,. MX) property loss. . . . I!dw In L. Rur dick murdered In Buffalo. 190,'t Theodore Roosevelt Inaugurate) President of the L'nlted Slates.... Reginnlng of (he battle of Mukden, Ma in hiirla. Action Itlacouut Word. Green I told my wlfo last week that It would be necessary for us to econ oml.e. Rrown What did she say? Green Sho didn't say anything nt tho time, but the next day she bought lue a box of bargain-counter cigars. Nhe Could Tell. The celebrated palmist gazed thoughtfully on tho palm of tho strung gentleman. "I can see," sho said, solemnly, "thai you are u suburbanite," "How In tho world enn you tell that?" asked tho stranger. "Ry the corns." "Corns?" "Yes. You have been using tho snow shovel so much you have corns lu yoifs jiulms." r-oi i mm '-vA'vva .i , rn ju.?s .vAvt . r,vjTK