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.