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X C H A P T E R X X I V .—rContinued.) H e turned aside, and remained silent far some seconds. When uext he apoke It was in altered tones. “Tell me what $ou went? Is it money?? “Money!” she cried. “ Money from yen! Look here,” end she tore open a lady’s reticula that lay upon the table; •'there are the two hundred dollars yon sent'me enclosed in your farewell letter; look whj|t I do with them!" And she tars them into shreds. “ Here are the presents you (a r e me; see # h a t 1 do with them!** And she took out some trinkets, and crushed them beneath her feet. “ How will yon ask me if it Is asoaey I w ant of you?“ , H e r face was something awful* to look npew in its deathly pallor, and chnrul- s I ts quivering, and those glaring eyes. That man. with, all his iron will, quailed before her. “W h at do you want, then?” “ Respect, and I will have it. Let me refresh your memory. Too found me In a traveling show. I p i a mere child then, possessed of a strange power over certain minds—« power that to an am bitious, unscrupulous schemer like your self, might one day prove invaluable. Ton saw no w ay to use me at the time, but you were loth to lose sight of ao ad mirable an instrument. Yon wormed yourself Into my confidence, and got from me that I waa discontented with a mode o f life Vhich gave me but a bare living, and filled the pockets o f my employer. I waa vain of the attention of n fine gentleman— I who had been brought up in a back alley. Ton told any father that If ha liked to go to Bury St. Edmund’s you would help to set him np in business— that you would rec ommend him custom, as yon possessed some influence In. the neighborhood.” “ H ave yon ever M reason to repent taking my counsel?” “ M y father hit upon a more easy and profitable trade than shoemaking,” aha wont on, not heeding the interruption. “ H a d w e depended upon yonr promises, we might have starved. Ton thought no more of them, and years elapsed after oar parting at Spalding before I ever hoard anything of you again. One day w e met in the streets of Bury. Although years had elapsed, we recognized' each other instantly. ' You expressed great delight at the meeting, which certainly w aa not feigned, as it gave into your hands the exact tool yon required, to fashion one of t h e . moat diabolical schemes that was ever hatched, in hu man braius. But before you dared to propose It to me it was necessary to make me your slave. W hen you last saw me I waa an ungainly looking, ugly girl; now I was a well-grown woman, writh good looks enough to have secured several offers of advantageous marriage. But I w as proud, ambitious; the llfW I led, and all Its associations, were hate ful to me— I longed to be free of them all, and I waited and waited. Ton, with your fiendish canning, divined my secret; professed love for me. Blinded by am bition and vanity, I believed ydu— be lieved that yon, the fine gentleman, would marry me. But at that time you simply lied, to serve your own purpose. Ton were very cautious, too— you bound m s down to breaths no word o f yonr socreta to my father. You said, once In his power, yon would never be free from his extortions.” “ Silence!” thundered Rod well, spring ing to hia feet “W ell, enough of that for the pres ent A fter the girl’s flight you left Bury, and I did.not see you-again for a long, long time. A t last, you returned. So you have got her into your clutch again. W h at is it to be this time— mur der or marriage?” H ow my heart leaped! Could it be Clara of whom she waa speakiug? The portrait I had seen in his namesake’s cottage— the likeness to her, forgotten until that moment flashed upon me with the force of conviction. Oh, how eager ly, how breathlessly, I listened now! “ H ow dare you speak such words to me In the presence of s stranger?” he cried. “ You are venomous enough to en deavor to establish such a charge against me!” “ I believe you to be capable of any crime, John Rodwell,” she answered, dis dainfully; “although you would give the preference to that which compromised you least’’ “ Suppose I admit that I Intend to mar ry her. what then 7” he demanded, bold ly. “ You will seek to thwart meV” “ I keep my intentions to myself. Itut I had forgotten; perhnps you are not aware you have a- rival?” she said, nux-k- ingly. “ You would hot imagine Mr. Carston in the character of a gay de ceiver: yet. I can assure you that, dur ing a siiort absence from bis loving wife, he was making violent love to Miss Clara as a single gentleman, and not unsuccessfully, I believe.” Í “This is no subject to jest upon," he said, haughtily. “Do you mean to aay that this fellow has dared-------” He advanced menacingly towards me; hut. weak as I was, I rose up, and con fronted him. I felt no fear of him, al though I was too agitated to apeak— too overwhelmed by the thoughts of my worse than powerless position. H e paused: then, with a look of su preme acorn, he turned upon hia heel and addressed Judith. “Such an object i* too contemptible to exeite anger. However, 1 presume that for the future yon will tthtraia in him such roving propensi ties, more especially after the confidence yotf have chosen to repose in him -this evening. Now let me understand. Do ■we part friends or foes?” ”1 pledge myself to nothing either way. For years you .used me as a tool. N ow we,have the reverse of the medal; you are utterly, within my power, and I wilt use that power to minister solely to my ow-n interest, or caprice, as tha case may be, without one thought of you. You should have remembered that those who love Intensely, hate intensely.” H e regarded her for a moment with a disconcerted look, which she met by on# of determination. He tried to laugh off the effect of her words, hut the laugh waa a woful failure. “W h a t a fool 1 must be to stand listening to the words o f a mad Woman!” be cried. “ I am anch a poor, narveleaa crea to one front leg and tha other to a ture— so utterly destitute of all pres stout post or stake. Ordinarily the ence of mind— that 1 could only crouch horse w ill got move w hen thus fasten- in ■ coruer and sob with terror." ed, b « t I f he does he soon comes to A fter a drive, which seemed/to her grief. A fe w lesson* o f this sort will excited fancy to endure for hours, they never be forgetten. stopped before a tall iron gate, which, A fte r a w h ile It w ill only be neces after a time, waa opened from within. sary to w rk p the relna around tbe They drove over a long, winding walk, at the end of which was a large, gloomy horse’s front legs, and later simply looking bouse, before, which the v< ’dele dropping the reins to the ground will stepped. Then, assisted by Montgomery, be sufficient I f any time the horse sho wag suffered to alight. A . female gets to m oving around and forgets hts servant conducted her to the apartment early training, pass the relna through in which I found her. H a waa laavlng the room when ahe the stirrup and then np and over the “ She waa very kind to me,” Clara called to him. “ W here are you going? horn o f the saddle. T h is polls the went on.v“and assured me over and over I f you are going to her room. I have the again that no harm would be done to . „ . f " “ ,OT CRteken-Hnuev. bead around to one aide and the horse key. I .will accompany you.” me— that I w as among frisnds. and , A T f * “ F an n H e looked mere aghast than ever; then whatever I Itked to ask for I should describe« g chicken bouse fo r the ben- w ill generally not go far.— F arm and Hom e. he broke out into strong" anathemaa have. but that she could not permit me to ° * anT w h o m ay w ish a clean, con- against Montgomery, against whom ha Haitiedlas la tha B a ra . leave that room. But no entreaty could venlent one. vowed the most deadly vengeance. The w rite r has reeeutly erected a wring from her who her employer was. | It Is built o f 1x13 boards, w ell slat- “ Montgomery has served me well, and sm all closet in the barn. In which la I dare yon to harm him in any way,” I have been here now nearly a fortnight ted on three aides; the front haa a kept a fe w article« such as experience — everything 1 bnve expressed a wish for stripped or latticed door In one corner, she said. In the same tone of calm supe At riority. “ Do so, John Rodwell, and be has been given me. and 1 was g r o w i n g ; ^ t0 ,M u re pleBty o f ventilation; has taught us should be handy. quits reconciled to my position, for I • - ___,___ . ___ tbe suggestion o f the mother o f tbe fore two houra your uncle shall know can be content In any place where I am the rtw sU a m sw in g in g polta, . W - fam ily a large bottle o f witch hazel all that I can tell him. D o not fall treated kindly; but this evening, just as into a passion. You have fallen into and several bottles o f vaseline w ere I waa watching the great red aun sink the trap, and you will never get out of added, together w ith a roll o f partly behind the trees, I beard my door open, It by beating yourself againat the bars!” w orn muslin. T h e very day this cloeet and upon looking round I saw------ ” H e muttered and laughed scornfully, w a s completed and its contents placed, She buried her face in her hands, but he was couquered— cowed. H er seemingly unable to proceed. 1 knew one o f the horses by accident struck triumph w as complete. Presently they perfectly wall whom ahe had seen, al Its heed a g a in s t tbe side o f tbe atall left the room together. Judith double though I asked the question. so that there w aa a decided bruise locking the door behind her. ■ - “Those terrible eyes!” ahe answered, around the eye. Out came the witch I saw no more e f Judith or Mr. Rod- sinking her voice to a whisper. hazel, and by frequent applications of well. A s soon as they were goue I By the aid. of words l had heard spok crawled back to bed. utterly prostrated en a few hours before, l began to un it durin g the day the sw elling w a s both mentally and bodily. Soon after derstand it all* now. but only dimly. I subdued and the horse m ade more wards the a m « returned, and after giv asked her what she meant. com fortable. o o ntkn ikn t chick n r house . ing me my medicine, and some beef tea, “ Ah, I have never told you!” shet aaid. W e have tw o bottles o f vaselina wrapped herself up in a blanket, and with a shudder. “ 1 will tell you now, pended by heavy w ire, out of the each o f the plain sort and the car putting the key pf the door under her that you may understand my fenrful po T h a w a lla come within fo u r boia ted vaseline, and tbla last baa been head, as waa her custom, lay down upon sition, aud that you may take me- aw ay d r a f t teen inches o f tha ground and the found very useful on a num ber o f oc the sofa to take her night’s repose. from it.” neats a re m ade on the outside, then casione. A calf had an ugly spot on She knelt down at my feet, and nestled boxed np w ith a slanting its side, a ra w proud-fieah sort o f CH APTER XXV. close to me as ahe told her Btory, speak securely H our after hour I lay toesing about ing in a subdued voice. cover that Is hinged on and can be eczema, fo r which w e could not ac ' 4a-a sleepless, mental agony. Clara was “I was brought up by a dear, -kind raised from the outside. This prevents cou n t W e took a spoonful o f flour undoubtedly in the same house with me, grandfather, the only friend 1 ever kuew; having to enter the henhouse when o f aulpfaur and m ade a batter o f It exposed to heaven knows what sufferings for my father, who Was an officer, died you w ish to gather np the eggs. It w ith a little carbolated vaseline and and persecutions; and yet, for any hope in India, when I was very young, and bas the appearance show n In the illus treated that spot for a week, healing o f seeing or succoring her, I might aa my mother followed him withiu ieaa than * * It perfectly. H a v e a little closet os well have been hundreds of miles away. a year. She was my grandfather’s young tration. Sm all tin cans are tacked on the described and keep odd tilings In i t A t last, unable to Ue then any longer, est and favorite daughter; and, after I rose and dressed myself. A fire was her death, he seemed to have trana- roost, the w a lls and near the neets; but don’t forget witch hazel, vaseline still smoldering in the hope grate, and a ferrad'all hia affection to me. for ha lit- In them la kept mothine balla; they and a roll o f s o f t clean ippslln.— In night light waa burning Upon the table. erally doted upon me. I had a cousin keep out all vermin. dianapolis N e w s The nnrse, by her hard, regular breath who was much— much older than my ing, seemed to be In a deep sleep, and I self. but, like myself, an orphan. M a r k e t ! « « the E g g *. I U sefu l Bow line. moved about cautiously. H er face was never liked him— or, 1 should rather say, E g g s should be gathered every day T b e b o w and knot la one o f the most turned to the open side of the sofa. I I was always frightened of him; yet ev In sum m er and oftener in winter, un useful knots w e have, and one which crept behind It and inserted my trem erybody called him handsome, especially less the hen house la w arm enough com paratively le w can tie. It is -a bling hand beneath the pillow, feeling all the women. Until my mother brought farther and further until my fingers me home, a little girt* from India, he was so that the eggs w ill not freeze and knot sailors use constantly. T h e illus touched n hard substance*—It waa the the favorite nephew, aud was supposed buret the shell. P u t the eggs Into a tration w ill show exactly how It la ward key. Little by * little I drew It to be the heir to ail his grandfather’s basket w itb the sm all end dow n until tied. L a y the parts together as In the aw ay— she atill sleeping profoundly— wealth. John Rodwell hated me, and ready to pace In boxes fo r shipping first figure, b crossing over a. Then fitted it noiselessly in the lock, turned it, showed it, too, and that turned the old and keep in a cool room. Then pack in brin g a over b, brin gin g the end up and the next moment found myself in a gentleman against him. When I was the box w ith tbe card-board separa large, dark hall, at the foot of an im about thirteen, grandfather made a fresh tors, w ith tbe sm all end down. They mensely wide staircase. will; and as he w as never content to will keep fresh longer If packed In this I closed the door softly behind me. have me a moment from his side, it was A long window, that stretched upwards dictated to the lawyer in my presence. w ay than If pnt into the boxes In a from the first landing, admitted suffi In it I was named heiress to all he poa- haphazard manner. T h e reason fo r __ __ ___ ________this la found In the fact that the yolk cient light to guide me, and. with a with the exception of an noiseless step, I crept tip the stairs. At ity to’ John, and 'the ' form «- ~wlli, by cannot settle to the shell when the the top of the first flight was. a tong which John would have inherited all hia email end is pnt dow n and the a ir corridor, on each aide of which, aa far wealth, waa destroyed. I was very much cannot Strike the yolk as long as it as I could aee, for the further end was troubled when I heard this; and I told does not touch the shell. W h en eggs lost in obscurity, was a line of doors. grandfather how much happier l should brtnK a good price it is better to sell HOW TO TIE THE KNOTS. Now came my difficulty; the slightest be if he would let things remain as they tbe than to raise chickens to sell, error would not only defeat my present through the loop as in the next fig object, but consign me to a stricter sur would'know beftef what to do with the for a . P "»«t 1. K~xl . « I U ure. N o w carry b around and under ao great an outlay. B y all means raise veillance than ever, and perhaps bring money than I should. a, passing It dow n through the loop about Clara’a removal to some spot to* “ W ell, in some way or other Cousin chickens when eggs do not brin g a which I could obtain no clue. Suppose, John found out that a new will had veiy good price. A m on g the most pro- as In the final figure. It Is impossible fo r this knot to slip when properly by chance, that I should go to Judith’s been made, nnd that 1 was present ut Hflc layers w ill be found tbe Black chamber door? I shuddered at the the time. Once or twice he put some Spanish, tbe Black, W h ite and B ro w n tied. It la useful In all sorts o f emei^en- thought , questions to me in au off-hand kind of Leghorn*, Poland, H am b u rg, Creve cles. In a loop thus m ade a man can I stood for some moments at the tfesd manner as to its contents; but mindful C oeor and L a Fleebe, w hich are larger safely be hoisted to any height with of the corridor, irresolute what to do, of the strict injunctions I had received. no d an ger o f the knot slipping. It la Blaok Spanish, but som ewhat listening eagerly for the slightest sound I was very cautious, and finding that ha especially useful fo r the farm er. An that might guide me. But the silence could e l * * nothing from me. he gave up to t h e m .-E p it o m ls t anim al can be led by means o f It w itb was deathlike. Down the corridor I the attempt. But he became a more C le ft G r a ft in g . no danger o f the knots slipping and moved noiselessly. Through the crev frequent visitor to ua. , He also took- V arieties o f gra ftin g are many, but choking the anim al, no m atter how ices of the third door came faint streaks great pains to ingratiate himself into cleft g raftin g represents the method mnch It m ay plunge or pull.— A m eri of light and faint muffled Sounds, either grandfather's good graces, and not un commonly In use fo r the graftin g o f can A g ric u ltu rist moaua or a low, monotonous singing— successfully. orchard trees w h ere the old top Is to the walls and doors were so thick’ that (To bo continued.) be rem oved durin g the course o f a T o P re v e n t T ree Frauds. it w as difficult to distinguish which. I listened more eagerly, until I fan T h e Indiana farm er that has been fe w yeara and a new one la to be C O W L IK E D T H E S M O K E . cied I conld distinguish Clara’s voice. gro w n in Its place. The ideal time for sw indled by the fruit tree agent will I paused for a moment, and then, with B a t She Refused to G ive Canal Supply this top gra ftin g la w uen the leaves be pleased w ith the la w , enacted by my heart beating in my throat tapped are Just pushing out, fo r then the the last General Assem bly, providing • o f M ilk . gently. Breathlessly I waited for sev a fine o f from $50 to $500“ for fruit A lfre d James, of the University of eral seconds. No answer. Then I tap tree fraud. It is said that the bill Vinginia, w a s a disturbing element in ped a second time a little louder. A which w a s introduced by Representa sound of moving, and then a soft, trem farm life one day last week, says tlie tive Shively, o f South Bend, g rew out ulous voice, that thrilled my very aoui, Baltim ore Sun. o f Notre D am e U n iversity’s purchase asked faintly, “ W ho is there!” H e w en t out to Relsterstown to visit I conld doubt no longer. The key a friend. H e found the young man iu o f trees that w ere not w h a t they were was in the lock outside. I tried it— turn the "barn about to begin the d ay’s mi ik represented to be. A s introduced, the ed it— opened the door— met her whom bill provided a year’s imprisonment, ing. H is friend Is a civil e n g n e tr, but I sought— heard a low cry of astonish but this w a s stricken o u t it spending the sum m er at bis coun ment and my darling waa in my arms. A t that moment I fancied that I heard try home, in Baltim ore county, and de S h eep S h e a rin g s . a sound like the click of a lock in the lights in tbe sim ple occupations o f the Sheep are more economical meat corridor. I suddenly turned, disengaged farm . One o f bis bobbles is milking producers than steers. myself from her arms, and looked out. the cows, and he w a s about to begin T o secure the beet returns in feed A ll seemed precisely aa I had left it— on a very ladylike old biindie when ing have tbe sheep as even as possible. no light, no object, no sound; it must Mr. James climbed tbe fence and call have been fancy. I gently drew the W hen breeding to improve ewes key from the outside, and, reversing i t ed out to him. should be tw o years old when bred. M r, R., th§ gentlem an o f bucolic locked the door from within. W # were T b e more sheep you can keep and tastes, eh me to meet him, and the tw o alone— no one could surprise us now. keep right the less per sheep will tbe To her eager questions, how had I dis shook bands and chatted for a fe w covered her, I scarcely knew what to minutes. cost be. araw er; for, the first excitement of out “ Excuse me, old innn,” be said to U n d er ordinary conditions the man meeting over, I repented that I had OTel Mr. James, ••while-1 milk the cow.” ure from sheep should pay for tbe la- sought it. Could I have freed her from bor o f caring for them. “ G o a h e a d ” tbe latter replied. “ I'd her enemies then, and then only, would CLEFT GRAFT SCIorO—tCT.lCrr (¡HAITISa— A good foot rot medicine must be it have been justifiable? As it was, I like to watch you do It.” * A WAXED-STUD. T h eiyu pow «M r. R. put bis stool in was feeding my <jwn hopeless passion, som ew hat caustic, In liquid form aud and engaging more and more closely the place, arranged his legs as long-limi e j cheap enough to use freely. affections of a simple-hearted girl, be milkmen have tp do nnd proceeded. w ounds o f gra ftin g heal rapidly. B ut Sheep cannot be fattened profitably neath the very roof that sheltered the. Mr. Jam es w alked to the Cow's head In practice, i f a large am ount o f w ork is to be done, ¿t may be necessary to w hen they are full o f parasites. K ill implacable woman- who claimed as her nnd gently stroked her neck, saying husband. Oh, all this was weak, crim begin from one to tw o months earlier tbe verm in and then fatten. appropriate and endearing things tlio inally weak; and I felt it so. snd yet I and to continue several weeks beyond I f tbe beet profit is realized, not H e had his pipe In his baud had not the courage to end it honestly. while. tbe Ideal point of time. The w hole only the wool, but the mutton and the * A fter a while I ’ asked her what hap and held It under the cow ’s nosp. operation of cleft g raftin g . appears lan)b, must contribute their p a rt • pened npon the fatal night that we lost She sniffed, looked about, sniffed c, parly ,n the „ ^ r a t i o n . It w ill pay. if yon Intend to sell her— bow ahe came to be separated from agdln and loked about, and then sniff, your sheep at public sale, to have ua. ed. She seemed ft) like It. Mr. .lamps H o g s In th e O rc h a rd . some one grade them np In even lots. She told me that a rush qf people bad began to laugh, but In a fe w minutes In regard to tbe hogs skinning the suddenly Impelled her forward, and that Mr. R. got- up In disgust. H e ssid a orchard trees, If you put a dozen or G a th e re d in th e G ard en . by the time ahe could turn her head to a fe w things about the cow and eoTrfi. tw o o f hogs on nn acre o f land, very look round, she found that she had been The best thing fo r tbe garden— plained that the “bloom ing old thing likely they w ill skin the tree«, or a cniried out of sight of Mrs. Wilson. brains. At that moment a young man, evident w on’t let dow n a drop o f milk.” flock o f sheep w ou ld also. They must Cut the black krrnt out o f the plum H e then kicked her In the ribs, have room. ly the same who hnd delivered Montgom There m ust not be too ery's message to me, tonched her upon drove her Into her stall and turned the m any In a bunch. It Is said that hogs and cherry trees. . the shoulder, and said that I w as wait Jon o f milking over to o n e of the Radishes are usually ready for uss w ill tear dow n a pigpen to get the ing for her in a cab a little way down farm hands as he went off with hia w ood to eat. I f yon throw them a lit In tlx weeks from sowing. the atreet. / _ guest Bone meal and wood ashes In ths tle lime they w ill let the pen alone. “H e waa hurrying me along ail the T h e cow w as * 0 ^ delighted w ith the, I know that they h ave been kn ow n soli are great for sw eet p e a s time he was speaking,” she went on; odor o f the sm ote that she forgot ail to d ig out à stone w a ll fo r the lime. D on’t trim the cherry tress now. “snd I w as too bewildered by -rey - strife I f you feed a hog some corn and W h it till June and then tioo to Offer ttie slightest resistance. about givin g milk as usual. be light Mr. James thought It w as a groat don’t starve him to death, he w ill let banded. There was a long line of caha and car riages; the one he pointed out as ours Joke on a suitable occasion. But tlie yonr trees alone. G iv e the hog room T o bleed ths grapevines by cutting was the laat of all, and stood up an nn funniest part o f the Joke didn’t aeerti enough and give him something to e a t during March, A p ril or M ay la bad frequented side street H e opened the to appeal to him so much tlie morn — J. J. B lack w ell. ’ m anagem ent door and pushed me in; at the same ing follow in g the Incident w-hen at a moment a strange man jumped in paat Cold fram es are useful for fo rw a rd T e a c h in g a H o rs e to Stand. breakfast coffee hnd to be drunk w fly., me. the door was slammed, the svindpws ing lettuce and cabbage in spring or A s soon as the colt la fairly gentle raised, and the horses were off at full ont cream, as It did the afternoon be early summer. ~ r and haa been ridden a fe w time*, speed, before I could recover my breath/’ fore. P robably no other small fruit w ill throw tbe reins dow n, and w ith a Frrtm her description,- I discovered gtva mors w eight o f crop for the space T h e greatest happiness comes from strong bnt soft rope hobble his front that this man who accompanied her waa Montgomery. the greatest activity. — Bovce. legs. Fasten a rope twenty feet long it occupies than ths c u rra n t JUl ■x [THE W EEKLY RUN O m Hundred Y ears Ago. Sw eden w a s obliged by the strance o f Prussia to decline the p ro f fered subsidy o f England. T h e city o f Lubeck, Germ any, M M surrounded by French troops to pro- vent English products from b e la g in troduced. Eighteen Am erican vessels viero at the port o f Am sterdam . T h e French governm ent la w granting pensions to all eo from Santo Domingo. Three thousand French troops ordered to The H a g u e to prevent an uprising which w a s dally expected. Re-enforcements o f French troops ar rived at Santo Dom ingo and effectual ly repulsed Em peror Desna line«’ arm y. P ortu gal purchased w ith the saaear* re nee o f England tbe sufferance a f France to remain neutral In the wro. Seventy-five Y ears Ago. * Yucatan declared itself Independent. P astu rin g o f cow s oo tbe B e s t s « common w a s forbidden by law . , Sioux Indians annihilated tbe Bae and F o x tribes near D ubuque, Io w a. T b s first light o f the Blackrock light house at Liverpool appeared. Congress provided for a boundary line to be run betw een Lon is lasts A rk a n sa s territories. Petroleum w g s discovered to tucky, and as It w aa supposed to healing properties It w a s bottled and sold throughout the U nited States and E urope for medicine. T h e first gold from G eorgia as Sees w a a received at the U nited States m in t fifty Y e ar* Ago. Don Carlos, thq Spanish pretender, (Bed at Triest. T h e N ia g a ra snspenslon bridge w a a completed. .______ ____ ____ ____ A free public school system w a s es tablished In Illinois. The Atlantic and S t Law ren ce rail road w a s leased to the G ran d T r a s k railroad for 090 yeara. N assau ball at Princeton university, built In 1706, w a s destroyed by fire. Several persons w ere killed by the fallin g In o f tbe floor o f .the town halt at Meredith, N . H . j T h e plenipotentiaries at Vienna ex changed pow ers and commenced pro ceedings tow ard agreeing upon the terms o f Rusao-Turkisb peace. forty Yc T h e panic In gold carried quotation# dow n to 170)4, a drop o f 14)4 points in three days. T h e Parliam ent at Quebec adopted the confederation scheme by a large vote. Reports o f Sheridan and Sherm an's successes sent gold down to ISO*4. A short time before it w h s quoted at 230 and over. _______________ - N e w s reached the North that the Confederate Congress had passed a bill to arm and equip the negroes aa soldiers. , Richmond (V a .) papers published s o exposure o f an alleged conspiracy to onst D avis and Stephens, make H unter president, and end the w ar. President Lincoln Issued a proclam a tion ordering that all citizens or domi ciled agents trafficking w itb Confed erates be arrested and held as prison ers o f w ar. Thirty Years Ago, The H a w a iia n treaty w as being fo u g h t .lu the Senate by sugar Inter ests. ' - A t a consistory held at the Vatican Archbishop McCloskey o f N e w York w a s ihade a cardinal. The French Assem bly passed ths m ilitary reorganization bill, the consti tution having been adopted several w eeks previously. A tornado devastated the town o f Rlenzl, Miss. The river bottoms In tbe N orthw est States whre flooded. - Quite a sensation w a s caused In England by the outcome o f the Mor- dnunt divorce case in which L ady Mor- daunt w a s decreed guilty. Twenty Y ears Ago. The militia w a s mobilized at RedaHa and other points in Missouri to sup press riots Incident to the railroad strike on the Gould system. London papers admitted that the re lations between England snd Russia w ere strained almost to the breaking point over the latter’s A fg h a n frontier aggression. President Cleveland Issued a procla mation barring the “boomers” from Oklahom a, Ten thousand o f the 12,000 coni min ers In the Pittsburg district struck fo r higher w ages. l T h e powers agreed to « conference to be held In Paris to determine th « status of ths Suez canal.
