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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (June 12, 1907)
THE CHARITY GIRL By EFFIE A. ROWLANDS cuaptkk xxvn. Jack had gone. Hi- had waited on At the lit tic cottage a weary wo k after that veiling when .loin had crept dow n and irontly as possible lintl told him of Audrey's strange aversion to awing him. "It in only a whi n." Joan said, hur tie.lly : "o must h'.nnor her." Tli.it same night it was, when they sjvore sitting alone in tho tiny dining room, that J:t-K suddenly poured out tho whole miserable story into Jean's oars: the story of th.it ball: of how ho hiJ Ioen hoaxed in;o driving ovor to s.e Mr. lien on. who had novor nt for him: of all the horrible things ho had heard about .Audrey ; and. lastly, of tnw ho had come Uon hor In the summer hous with Hev- Hoy Itochfort at hor foot killing hor bands. 'Tut yourself in my place, and judge as I judged. li not view things as they re now. or yon will ho harder upon mo than I deserve," ho a tid. as ho loams! Ilia weary, aching brow on his hind. "I will not bo hard upon yon at all. lord John," Je.'n slid, very getr.ly : "for X think I should have been misled as you were by sn.-h apparently strong oiroum atartial evidence. I am glad you have poken out to me, and I only wish Au drey had done the same, for then we might have arrived at the truth." "What is it you mean?" Jack asked, looking up at hor. eagerly. "I moan that I now a:n convinced that Willie is right, and that there was some plot connived against you both at that ball. I have no definite proof, only a woman's intuition to work uion. but that hall bo enough. This must be sifted. Lord John, Rifted to the very dregs. I love you both," she continued, tears dim ming her eyes. "You have been more than good to mo, and now that Audrey's mother is gone I feel I must be friend, aistor and mother in one. You will see that I am riht. and that you and my dear one wore both the victims of some conspiracy. On the face of it the whole affair is absurd. lon't you love each other bettor than all the world? I shall write to Willie and toll him all my doubts." And the result of that letter was to pat Willie Fullorton on the track of Murray, whom Jean seemed convinced could throw some light on the subject. A week had gono, and Audrey was wonderfully better: it was her first real day of eonvalesoemv. and Jean was sit ting with her, reading. Downstairs Jack was trying to comfort himself, when sud denly a familiar voice accosted him, and be found himself shaking hands with .Marshall. Marshall, grown older, and looking very wan in her simple black for Ler beloved mistress. It somehow com forted Jack to see her : she seemed to bring back a little of the sweet influence that had surrounded Constance Fraser. She had come direct from seeing Mr. Fullorton, who had briefly told her all, .and she now asked to see Audrey at once. "let me nurs? her, my lord." she en treated; "her, my dear's own child. Will you go up and tel! her I'm here, my lord? 1'erhaps I'd best not gi straight without .saying." lack's face flushed : he hesitated : then be rose and went out of the room. He could not bring himself to tell Marshall be was forbidden his wife's presence. He went steadily upstairs and stood outside the door. The handle was turn ed, and from within came the sound of a faint, low voice. He meant to have call ed Jean, but the souni of that voice topped him. It was Audrey speaking. His heart treat violently, thou turned as cold as iron in his breast. She was speaking of him. but how bitterly ! Kach word seem ed to go through him like a knife. Jean had been pleading his cause, but be only beard Audrey's answer. I refuse to see him, Jean ; I refuse U bear his name mentioned again. "es, yes; I know you think me a foolish svhild, a fretful invalid; but I am more than this. I may not be very old in years, but I have suffered as mu"h as any woman of fifty. Do you forget all he wrote in that awful letter? Oh, Jean! Jean! You don't know how his words have struck home! He says I have wronged him I, who who who " Her voice grew choked for a moment, but she soon mastered her emotion. "Xo, Jean; there can be no friendship or kind ly feeling between us. As he has judged me, so let me live; my pride and my honor will support me without him. I I trust I shall never see him again ; I shall be happier when I know he is far away. He said he was going on a tour of the world. Why does he not start? Why does he add to his former cruelty by staying here?" "Audrey, you are unjust, you are un like yourself; you judge your husband most cruelly. If you could only know how he has suffered " Audrey broke in with a hard, bitter laugh. "I see he has won your heart, Jean. Well, we will say no more, except that I am firm, and that if Lord John has any pride left he will not force himself upon me, but go at once." Hut Jack heard no more; he did not know that the hard, contemptuous tone suddenly broke with a little gasping sob; be did not see the thin, small hands cover the white, lovely face; he did not know that Jean had slipped from her chair and was holding Audrey's weeping form clasped in her arms. No, he knew none of this, for he bad gone straight down stairs, be bad picked up his hat and ul ster, and opening the door, he had walk ed out into the wind and rain, looking neither to the right nor the left, turning his back deliberately on all that he held dearest In life, Kefore the dawn was broken Willie Fullertou Lad followed Jack Gleudur wood up to town, but though he searched very club, chamber or well-known haunt, be nowhere found the man he sought, and when he awoke from a well-earned night's rest, it was to read a telegram from Mr. Sampson, stating he bad received one from Jack, who had sailed the evening aofore from Southampton In the Minolta for Australia, and might bo absent for years, perhaps forever. So I ftor all. Sheila had boon partially successful, for she had separated this man and wife. It was deputed to Joan to tell Audrey that hor husband was gone, but she lot two days elapse before she broached the subject of his name. The fit of weeping had done good rather than harm. "If only we hid him here now, all would he as right as ninopence," the doctor had said to Joan on the morrow following Jack's hurried departure. "Hut ho is not hero, and ho will not oom so we must think of what will bo best under the circumstances." The young doctor hail a look of warm admiration for Joan. What courage, de termination and common sense she pos sessed, and withal how large a heart ! Certainly Willie Fullorton was to bo en vied : "I am afraid she will fret when she Is told all," Joan added, thoughtfully; "still if is best all should bo known. I shall keep nothing from hor. either now or in the future." and so. when at last she spoke of Jack's departure, Jean very gently but thoroughly put all the facts before Audrey that Mr. Fullorton had managed to glean about the masked ball and its miserable result. She was shown Murray's confession, signed and attested by Sheila Frasor. She was given all the information there was to give, and then Joan very sensibly, and with more than ordinary tact, went softly away, and loft her alone to fight the battle out by her self. When thoy mot again there were tear stains on the girl's white face, but she was wonderfully quiet. "Will you send for Jack's mother, please, Jean, and ask her to come homo? Xow now I am alone I should like her advice. It is only right and proper as his wife I should consult his mother." Ten days later news came to Mount berry that Craiglands was preparing to receive her grace of Harborough, who was returning with her son. Ixird Ivorne, and her daughter-in-law. Lady John G'en dnrwood. ami, as may be supposed, the village was greatly exercised in its mini! over this intelligence, having had its curiosity whetted considerably by the vague and unsatisfactory rumors that had been circulated about the same said Lady John. linslewood House was shut up, and it was understood vaguely that Miss Fraser was visiting, though where no one exact ly knew. It was generally voted annoy ing that Sheila should have been absent just now. She could have thrown light on a good deal of what was perplexing, and have, moreover, given the real ac count of what had happened at the ball ; whether it was true that Lady John had flirted and behaved so abominably, or whether Ir. and Mrs. Thorngato were correct in saying that somebody had imi tated h'jr ladyship's domino, and cleverly tricked the whole room of guests into imagining that it was Lady John who so thoroughly disgraced herself and her hus band's name. Then Sheila, too, could have given the exact history as to what had occurred between Ird John and his wife, and what was the meaning of all the extraordinary rumors that had been circulated. But Sheila was not on hand to be questioned, and, in default of encourage ment, it was really wonderful how soon the excitement and curiosity began to die away and how readily everybody grew to consider Audrey as having been most injured by the trick that had been so wantonly played upon her. In fact, by the time Christmas was due, Lady John and her doings were a theme too old to be mentioned anywhere, and the affairs at Craiglands would have been passed over as almost indifferent and uninterest ing, but that, just as the joybells were proclaiming the birth of a new Christ child, the icy fingers of the -death angel were laid upon the heart of Duncan, Mar quis of Iverne, and he was taken frotr his bod of suffering to a reign of peace and rest. CHAPTER XXVIII. It was a week since tbey had carried away all that remained of the once hand some, merry young Lord Iverne and buried him with pomp and solemnity in the Harborough vault. A telegram had winged its flight across the ocean to Mel bourne, from whence Mr. Sampson had received a curt announcement of John Glendurwood's safe arrival a telegram briefly giving the sad news of one broth er's death to another, but no answer had been vouchsafed, and the lawyer could not but entertain strong doubts as to whether the new Marquis of Iverne was gone still further on his travels, and so their message was unread. Craiglands was very sad in those days. The duchess seemed to break down alto gether after her son's death. Yet, despite all this, she was gentle and kind to Au drey beyond description ; she could not have given the girl more love if she had been her own child. They were quiet days, and peaceful, and Audrey found many little duties to perforin which help ed to make the hours fly. She was very pale and delicate, but she refused to al low Jean to consider her an invalid, and was never weary of flitting about the duchess, eager to do all and anything In her power to alleviate tne sorrow which was oppressing the mother's heart. The only distraction waa Willie Fullerton's weekly visits, when his breezy, happy manner seemed to change the very atmos phere. Snow had fallen heavily and it lay on the ground during the whole month of January and onward. Despite this, how ever, Audrey would persist in going out as much as possible. "It does me good," she said to Jean, who was fearful of every cold 'wind that blew on her darling. "I must go, Jean. I I feel sometimes as if I should go mad in the house !" She had this restlesa feeling on her one afternoon toward the middle of February. "I shall walk Into Mountberry. I want to see Mra. Tborngate do you mind, dearest V she Baked the duchess, who sat. half doting, half dreaming, by thi fir. "Taki cure of yourself, Audrey. Put M stout boots! This snow is so pene trating :- Audrey walked briskly over the snow, a slender, Kiiovt'nl future in her heavy, bi t. k garments, her lovely face lovelier than ever in its somber setting. Shi' was warmly greeted by Dr. Thorngate, who was just leaving the vicarage as she arrived. Audrey thought ho looked worn and troubled. "My wife will be rejoiced to see you," be slid, and his gano followed the girlish fo-in in an affection that was deepened onlv by admiration and respect. Mrs. Thorugato was troubled, too, and though she welcomed Lady Iverne with all her old love, she was not herself. Audrey felt pained and full of sympathy. "I am sure you would rather I did dot stay, dear Mrs. Tborngate," she said, simply, rising and drawing on her wraps again. "You have something on your mind, and will be bettor alone." Mrs. Thorngato's answer was to burst into tears. "My heart Is broken!" she sobbed. "Oh, Heverley, tny boy. my boy! And I have loved you. honored you, believed In you so much !" Audrey knelt down by her friend. "l-et nie help you. Tell me all. she begged, her own eyes growing dim and misty with pity. It was a very brief story. Hererloy had written to his aunt that morning, lie was in a terrible predicament. Two years back he had committed forgery out in Africa : bo had cleverly escaped de tection, and had come to Kngland. think ing all danger gone. I'nlnekily for him, his movements and re.il name had been discovered; ho had been tracked. If the money wore not forthcoming In the next twenty-four hours he would be handed over to justice. "Audrey, what can I do? What can I do? I cannot sit bore and know that ho, the boy I hae loved, is condemned to a felon's cell. Ho has been my Joy. my one delight, and tins refuses to lot me help him." Audrey felt her heart beginning to beat with a sense of pain and apprehen sion. The very mention of this man's name fell like a black shadow on her heart. She trembled as she recalled all the evil his cold blixxl.-d treachery had worked between herself and Jack: the memory of his passionate love words raised a blush of shame to hor face even now, but she put her own f.vlingsi on one side to minister to Mrs. Thorngato's sorrow. "Will yon let me take this off your shoulders?" she akod. "Hush! Not a word. We are friends, are we not? Heat, and be at i'ace. for, by God's will, I will save him from what you fear !" (To be continued. OLD STYLE CLOCKS SIMPLE. Still Manufactured and Hold by Dealers and in iin d Iterannd. Conspicuous by their simplicity or their i"!''llt"'sH or txitli among the many sample clocks of iwr modern designs shown In the salesrooms of a clock-niiinufacturlnjt concvni were n few of the old styles. There were old time, so-cnlled Gothic clocks, once n favorite style; not a very clock and with the top not Hat but carried up to n rhltfe line like n sharp-pointed roof, with the gruble end to the front, ami linvlir its Its bnse, on either Hide, at the top of the lody of the clock, a little spire, the lower section of the dour of the clock, below the dial, painted with some sort of design. There were cottage clocks, these smaller than the G itlilcs. and like all these old-time clocks are simple, and trim looking, with upright, siiiiure-oor-liered cases. And then there were higher docks, larger than the cottage clocks and larg er than the Gothlm, clocks with their long hor deeply recessed within a wide bordering molding, tall, square, cor nered, prim-looking ami yet engaging clocks, sue as once, made of mahogany or mahogany veneer, stood on many ami many n mantelpiece, clocks with big dials and long hands and with a sonorous tick. Among these large clocks there were some with cases less severe In design and finished, with some ornamentation alout them anil gilded lialf-columns, one on either Hide of the case, In front, clocks such as once adorned the Bhelf of many an old-time parlor. These old-style clocks were not old clocks, but new clocks. Such a are ist 1 1 1 manufactured and sold. "Clocks are now made of many ma terials as to their ens-cs and In Innum erable styles," said the salesman, "and we are adding new styles all the time, and the great majority of eople buy these docks of later designs. ISut we still continue to sell docks of a few of those once familiar old styles. Some of these old-style docks we make with modern spring Improvements within their old-time cases and others of them we still make with the old-time doc. weights. "Of all these new old-style clocks comparatively few are sold In the city. They go mostly to smaller towns and to tne -ountry. Hut It would not do to say that they are bought by old-time people dinging to old-time ways and Btyles. They may find such buyers but other buyers anywhere may fancy them for their qualntness or for old-time as sociations." nidn't Help Matters. Daughter (In tears) Hut, papa, what have you against Charles? I am sure he would make a good husband. Irate Papa He's an Idiot, and Is only after your money. Daughter Oh, no, papa ; I know be would marry nie without a cent. Irate Papa Would he? Then he la a worse Idiot than I thought Pele Mole. Her (or tha Slnl BlUa. Miss Klderlelgh Now that you have a husband, I suppose you haven't a sin gle wish ungratlflod. Mrs. Wedderly (sighing) Only one and. that Is a single wish. wmmm Prr.rlloul Corn liar rater. This machine used at the l S. Ag ricultural Fxpcrliuciit Stations consists of two driving wheels, between which Is mounted the frame for the driving mechanism and platform. It Is drawn by one horse, which walks between tho two row that are cut nt the same (lino. The dividers pick up the lodged corn, except such as lies In the row of corn away from the machine, and guide It to the cutting apparatus, which consists of two stationary side blades almve which Is a movable sickle, which cuts the tvni and dcpoalts It horizontally on a platform which Is elevated about six Inches from the cutting apparatus. On the Inner side Is a guide chain, which assists In directing the stalks of corn to the knife and the platform. The rear part of the machine Is provided with a small wheel, above which is n tilting lever, by means of which the di viders In front can ls ralsid or low ered to gather up the lodged corn until It (Mines In contact with the endless chain, which carries It backward until It Is cut ind deposited on the platform. When there Is enough to start a shock the horse Is Htoppcd and the two men who follow the machine gather the corn from the platform and set It up around tlie shock Ide and tie It. They then start the horse again, mid when returning across the Held the horse Is OOOD (OR IIARVISTia. Ktopied opjxailte tlie shock, to which more corn Is aiMiil, and this la n tinned until the shock is of the desired sire. When the slnsk row has been started the shock Ile Is pushed In so as to 1h out of the way (see cut) while the balauii of the com Is being cut. The F.arljf tiardrn. After all danger of frost Is over. which is usually about the time the apple trees are In bl tssoui, tomato plants may be put out. as they are ten der and will not endure the frost If sooner transplanted. Peas for a later crop, Lima beans, string Is'iins. squash, eggplants and late cabbage, as well as sweet corn and melons, may then Is. planted. The garden crops that do not need much room on which to grow may 1h planted In rows of sufficient dls-tarn-u apart to permit of using a wheel hoe or hand hoe (alioiit IS inches), but corn, tomatoes, eggplants and Lima beans require from one yard to four feet between the rows. To have a largo garden on a farm Is to extend the bill of fare, and It can he arranged to iK-rtnlt of working with a horse lux?, but the suburban garden work must be done with a hand how or a wheel !hm. There Is more pleasure In working a garden than may be supiMcd, and It will promote the health of any one who engages In such occupation. As there are many details In gardening, and several varieties of each of the dif ferent vegetables, the beginner should procure books on gardening, which can be had of any seedsman, and also per mit the stSHlsmen to select for him the varieties most suitable for his location, as an lnexi'rlenced s-rson can easily make mistakes In his selections. The seed catalogues describe methods of planting, but some varieties of vegeta bles are better for stock feeding than for the table, while some are early In maturing and others ure late. Preparation of Coarse Foods. One of the Implements or machines which farmers who visit the fairs have found In operation Is the com shred der. It U revolutionizing the use of corn fodder, us It saves labor and pre pared the corn stalks for the use of stck. It removes the ears from the husks, and tears the entire stalk Into shreds at one operation, as rapidly as the stalks can be fed Into tho machine. There are several kinds, but every farmer should havo one, as It will en able him to use the leaves, busks and stalks as so much hay, which can he baled, If necessary. When fodder Is thus prepared the cattle will not reject so much as usual, and the shredded fod der uneaten Is suitable for bedding, or as an absorbent In the manure heap. The saving lu feed by the shredding of the entire stalk will bo an addition to the profit of the farm, and will also enable the farmer to keep more stock. Soapsuds for Plante. Soaps are made mostly from soda lye, Instead of potash, the soda soaps being hard and the potan soaps soft Soapsuds, therefore, contain but little, If any, potash, but serve to prevent In tect attacks to a certain extent Some plants, like celery and asparagus, seem to thrive when drenched occasionally with soapsuds, which, la probably due to the fact that soda Is beneficial to such crops. Williamson Plan of Cora iiltr. A bulletin by the South Carolina sta tion contains a detailed description of the Williamson method of coin culture ami reports observations made on a number of farms on which the plan was followed. "Where the plan was strictly adhcicl to the yield was dou bio or re than double that secured from near by Holds of eipinl solid char acters and where the usual methods of corn culture were practiced." 'lor.v dllTci ent i arctics of corn were found to have Imcii tis.sl on these field. tne variety, called Williamson i'",',. was grown on all Melds except two, one of which was planted to Marllsiro Pro lific and the other to a variety similar to the Williamson corn. It was no ticed that with the MnrlUro ProlHh the slue of ears and their number mT stalk were apparently unlnllueiiivd by (he method of culture. The isviillar or essential features of the Williamson plan are summarUcd a follows: iwp and thorough prepar ation of seed hod, deep planting. In frequent and partial cultivation In the early stages of grow th, an Increase of Jim per cent or more In the number of stalks sr acre, xs!poulng application of fort I Uxors until corn I given Its second cultivation. Intentional retarda tion of early growth of the stalk until Its size Is reduced olio half or one iptarter Its normal development, and following this augmented dovelopnciit of the ear by cultivation and heavy ap plication of fertilizer made at appro priate Intervals. The rn Is planted four to sis Inches Ih-Iow the so. I sur face and laid by four to all luetics alsive the level, leaving the lower eight to twelve Inches of the stalk Mow ground. It is suggested that the brace roots under those condition are prob ably lictter able to s'rfonn their nu tritive functions than when partly ei lsed. Iloraa llreedln la Wlaronala. The present condition of the horo hrcodlng Industry In Wisconsin Is ills cusKctl in a bulletin by the station as well n the effect and defects of the Wis. -on sin stallion law. Tho State law I ipjotisl, with recommendation for new legislation. A directory Includ ed of owner of licensed stallion, and a list of American and foreign stud txiok, a well a sample of the nro cards used In the department of horse broiling at the Wlsivnslu College of Agriculture. The State brooding sds-k law, lu the author's opinion, should Ut revised and should demand, among other things, the annual or biennial renewal of a Ihviiso ft, and the adoption of a list of dis eases to le considered "hereditary. transmissible, or communicable" and which would subject a stallion to ro-Jis-tloti a unsound. Sjxi ltlc authority should Ihj given for the department of horse breeding to refuse license to atal Hons known to be unsound and to re voke licenses granted to stallions s'tice found to 1st unsound. There should also Ik! authirlty to revoke tlie license of "scrub" stallions of "unknown breed lug" and to refuse licenses to such horse In the future. The law should provide for State veterinary Insjss-tor to Inspect publl" service stallion and require State veterinary lnMctlon of all stallion already granted licenses on the nflldavlt of the owner. Valuable Wrrds. It Is not a matter of common knowl edge, say the Technical World Mag azine, that Homo of the woods "Infest ing" the land will pnsluce the crude drug which to-day, In large part, are obtained by Importation from abroad. Alice llenkel, an assistant of the gov ernment's plant Industry bureau, says that tho roots, leave and flower of several of the weed bimoIos regarded as plagues In the United States are gathered, prepared and cured lu Ku niK, and not only for useful commodi ties there, but supply to a considera ble extent the demands of foreign lauds. There are woods In this coun try against which extermination laws have been passed which hold In their leaves, steins or roots medicinal prop erties which havo a value In the work of preserving the health of the nation. It Is possible, In ridding land of weed In order that crops may be grown, to make of the uprooted "pests" a source of Income. Moreover, It Is possible to maintain nion land given over as w orthless for crop grow ing purines a weed plantation, which, after the har vest, will prove Itself to be not less profitable thau some of the tilled fields, (rape Horry Worm. During the lust two or three years the grape Is-rry worm has been an un usually serious js-st In Ohio, says a bulletin of that State, and along the shore of Lake Krle has caused the loss of about one-third of tho grape crop. The eggs are minute translucent bodies found on the skins of the grapes lu tiie summer, and the point of entrance of the lurvue Into the groe Is sur rounded by a patch of reddened skin. In order that the most effective rem edies should be directed against the first brood, ojierations should begin during the fall, consisting of clenn cultivation, the destruction of all trash about the vineyard, and thorough plow ing. Tho authors are somewhat In doubt whether fall or spring plowing la best but It Is found that as good re sults can be obtained by plowing as by burning. Tlie most Important measure of all Is believed to be spraying with arsenate of lead or parts green. The arsenate of lead should bo used at the rate of three pounds to fifty gallons of Bordeaux mixture. It Is recom mended that the first application be made in early June, the second as soon as the grapes are through blooming, and the third early In July. The cost of spraying an acre of grupes rangoa from 13.75 to $5. R7EEKLY WaV. 'i i IISil Lambert Slmnel, pretender to the Kngllsh throne, crowned at Dublin. Jl'.ll Ciilumhu discovered Jamaica. l.VJI Chevalier llnysrd killed while do felnluig the pnsnnjje of lb Heal. MT'.I Archbishop Sharp assassinated. 1(IN; Itatlle of Itantry Hay. botween I'rench nn. I English. 171 ItaMle of l onlenoy. I7.". Alliance of Versailles. I7.VS Itl.hnnl Vaiuhan hanged for forg ing Hank of lliiglrtinl holes. 17IW Navy Department of the fulled States ratalillnlied by act of Con gress. ISiiH Charles V. of Spain afdlcBled lt favor of Ituiiapaite. DOl Pedro IV. of Portugal abdicated. lVlo hirst Issue of Ihe New York Herald i Knidall of Ken tucky hrnine post master General of the Culled States. 1MI London Library, fmimled by 'llioiiias I'nrlyln and other, formally opened. 1S." More than li Uvea lwt by eol lapse of suspension tirid- at Yar mouth, Kngtainl. 1S1 Unman K. publli an rrpulaed Ihe French. l.s.",: Jerome K. Jerome, Foolish author, born. JsTH First elevated train run In Near York City. JSS'J Frederick C. Cavendish, chief sec retary to the lird Lieutenant of Ireland, and T. II. Hurke, under sec retary, assassinated lu 1'Ii miiIi Park, Dublin. 1KH7 Kemain rf Itosslnl rrlnlerred In Snula CriH-o, Florence. JSSH Lord Stanley ni(Minted governor general of Canada. lss:i French I'm versa! Fthlblt Ion open ed in Paris. IS'.Sl Insnue as) turn at Longue Point a, Cueliee, burned with loss of l Uvea. IS'.M-Hev. Phillip ilrnnk elected Prot estant F.piacopn! bishop of Massachu setts. lv.rj - Ferdinand Ward' term at Sing Sing prison ei pi red .... Deeming, tha wholesale murderer, convicted at Mel bourne, Australia. 1 S;r Dixvngi-r Duchess of Marlborough and I -or. I William Hereaford mar ried in Iindou. 1SH7 - Trinity church. New York, cele brated Its bicentennial jubilee.... Congresa of the I'nivi-rsnl I'oatal In ion o'nr, at Washington, D. C. Kl - Glasgow International Inhibition opened. 11 i.'l Dedication of the frfiuUlatia Pur chase F.i posit Ion at St. Louis. 11MH - Itril Ish, under Col. YouiiKhuahaniL defeated Thibetans near Karo Pass. P.Kst - M. Wltto resinned the Uiissluu pre miership. HELPING COTTON PLANTERS. Ilnw Ihe (iimrrnmrnl la Coming to he lleseoe of a (treat Industry. "At one time It was thought the whoU luixirtant Sea Island cotton Industry would be swept away by a disease," say Secretary of Agriculture Wilson. "The department's experts entered Ihe Held, de veloping a disciisc-rcMlslanee cotton by breeding and selection, and re established the Industry. In all the South where the boll weevil Is iiisv working the depart ment Is striving to secure varieties that will be so early as to produce crops de spite the weevil. We are succeeding In till :rlid are distributing new types of cotton superior to those already In etist euce, and which will mature ahead of the weevil. "One of the greatest Hues of proui ftnnda work the department Is carrying on Is in thn South, lu connection with the cotton weevil. When the weevil In vaded tlie country the rottiii grower were discouraged, and It was in ssary to rally them. This was dotio by exten sive systems of deinousl rat Ion work. 'Pie farmer is shown how to grow cotton de spite the weevil, how to rotate his crop, how to Improve his land, and how to sur round his home with better condition generally, I -est year tha department wa working along this Unit with more than HKUHX) farmer in the States of Texas and IiOuislana alone, and this year the Dumber will be Increased. 'These fanners are being taught how to maintain tha fertility of tho land by the use of legumes, to grow corn, to keep animals, and at the same time pro dura cotton. We are endeavoring to show them that they can produce Just as much cotton on half the land now In use, de voting tha other half to crops which will bring them ready money, and which will not deplete the soil." Train with New Kleld dun. Dispatches from Herlin state that the German government has ordered 24-1,000 men of the army reserve and territorial army to join the colors for a fortnight's service, to receive training with the new field gun and modified rifle, with Improved ammunition. The number of men sum moned for duty Is 85,000 more than were called out for training In 11HMI. The mili tary authorities are displaying unusual activity In other directions. Military mas oeuvers on the largest scale, involving for tresses as well as troops, art being pre pared.