*"Jhe \ \ Jife’s Ç é c re t,
OR A BITTER RECKONING !
By C H A R L O T T E M . B R A E M B
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CHAPTER XX.
Mr. Mallett did not gat much sleep
while awaiting Senor Gastellan'e return.
H i* mind waa too boay digesting what
lia had Just heard. Putting two and two
together, bearing In mind the fact that
the aenor'a description o f hU beautiful
customer tallied exactly with that given
o f the ao-called Pauline Mailing by Jack
Dornton, and that the photograph taken
by Castellan was afterward found In that
lady's possession, his belief In the im
posture waa naturally strengthened, and
nU Impatience to visit the gra m and
see for himself the evidence of hU niece's
death Increased every moment. A t last
he heard the convent bell strike six,
sad, with a feeling o f relief, he rose
and went downstairs.
H e found the aeaor waiting below,
looking triumphant, but cautious. There
w ere several loungers about, and Mr.
M allett and Castellan passed through
the room and out o f the house without
exchanging a word.
But, once safely outside, the senor,
who waa brimming over with pleasant
Self-importance, rapidly
unfolded
the
plans which the servant and he had con
cocts^ for Mr. M allett's admittance to
the convent burying ground.
“ I shall point out the gate by which
ssonaieur will enter; after that, the rest
must depend on monsieur's sagacity and
on the exactness with which he carries
o s t my directions. T h e servant would
have nothing to do with you directly; but
she will arrange matters so that you can
enter Hie cemetery by yourself and ob
tain a view o f the tomb. But monsieur
w ill envelop himself in my accomplice’s
cloak, and if he is seen from the chapel
windows, they wilKcondude It Is but one
o f the slaters crossing the graveyard
to gather herbs from the garden which
lies beyond."
Then followed a list o f directions, to
which Mr. Mallett paid the closest atten
tion; and, as the old Spaniard conclud
ed, they came within sight o f the Con
vent o f the H oly Assumption. A sub
Stantlal stone wall eight feet high in
closed it on all sides, and on tha east
front were massive iron gates boarded
high above the line o f sight to shield the
sacred precincts from the vulgar gase.
Further on, on the west side, was a vary
small wicket, almost hidden under the
masses of ivy that hung half w ay to the
ground. This door was the one used
by the lay sisters when doing their er
rands, and a covered way led from it into
the main entrance hall. Th e main gate
was never opened except for funerals
sf the village.
Th e bells were still ringing for ves
pers as Mr. M allett reached this half
hidden little gats, and, according to di
rections from Castellan— who waa lurk-
ink among the brushwood— he gave a
Vow, quick, triple knock three times over,
and then waited with his eyes on his
watch until five minutes had passed.
Th e bells ceased ringing. Th is was
the moment agreed on. and he pushed
the door gently; it yielded, and the next
moment he found himself in the dim light
Sf a long, narrow pasage.
H e stooped and lifted a snuff colored
garment that lay at his feet. It 'w a s a
huge cloak, like a sister’s. H e wrap
ped himself In the capacious garment,
carefully drawing the hood well over hla
head. H aving taken off his boots, he
went stealthily along the passage, across
S large stone flagged entrance hall, and
passed out o f what he had been told waa
the main entrance into the inclosure be-
ond. H e paused here a moment and
teked about him attentively. In a line
With him stood ths chapel on the extreme
right, the door o f which was open; and
he saw the backs o f the slaters as they
knelt at their devotions.' H s caught B
gleam o f gorgeous color as the 'clear
evening light fell through the east win
dow upon the vestments o f the priests
at the high altar, and a faint odor o f
Incense crept out upon the air. H e drew
the hood still closer over his beard and
crossed the open apace to the other side
o f the chapel. H ere he hihd to pass a
whole line o f windows, and the profiles
e f the nuns were turned toward him. txe
How shortened his stride and drooped his
shoulders the better to perform the part
ks was aasuming, and passed on with
out a glance to the right or to the left.
A s soon as the windows were passed he
raised his head and looked round again.
H e waa at the edge o f the burying
ground, and over in the extrem e corner
under ths walls he aaw the atone he
had come In search of. l i e recognised
It by the semi-circular top— there was'
not another like it in the inclosure—
and his heart quickened a little as he
picked his way across the graves.
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T h e aunset sky had changed from crim
son to saffron, from saffron to a clear
pearly gray, and still the brown cloak
stood motionless before the headstone In
the far corner o f the convent grave
yard.
Mr. Mallett had received a shock that
entirely banished hia preconceived Ideas;
and the new beliefa that crowded upon
kirn were so conflicting and confusing
that for a time be was overwhelmed with
perplexity.
"Pau line Pelllng. Died M ay 29. 18— .”
H e read the simple inscription over
and over again; the more he pondered
It the less be understood bow it waa
that he had been decoyed by fate Into
this fruitless Journey. '
W hy should hia niece, Pauline Mall-
In f. have a picture o f the grave o f Pau
line Pelllng In her possession ?— fo r he
no longer doubted that the lady reign
ing at Mallingford Park waa his niece,
and ^concluded that this was ths grave
• f some other person— presumably the
w ife o f his friend. Captain Palling. H e
remembered the captain’s Impressive lit
tle story o f his unhappy marriage and its
premature denouement;'and Mr. Mallett
had no doubt whatgvsr that hs waa now
Standing by tha grave o f that gentleman’s
Wife. Still the question kept repeating
Itself: W h y should kla niece o f ths seme
Christian naaaa, too— treasure up this
picture s f Mrs. Felling's grave?
Hs
Mritod ts himself at the freak s f I
that ordained the obliteratnon o f Just
the first two lettera of ths surname, and
wondered at the insignificance o f the
trifle that had drawn him from England
on such a wild goosa chase!
Th e servant, to all appearance busy
over her stewpans In the kitchen, was
working herself into a fever o f frig h t
She expected the exhortation to finish di
rectly, and than the sister» would wander
all about the grounds, and her mysteri
ous visitor would be discovered.
She
quaked with fear fa the consequences
o f her conduct presented themselves to
her imagination. She had seen the brown
cloak flit noiselessly past ths half dosed
kitchen door a quarter o f an hour be
fore; but she was sure It had not yet
gone back:
A t last, unable to beak the anxiety any
longer, she decided that she must at
all risks go and warn the man away
before harm came o f his dilatoriness.
Catching u p 'a basket, and muttering a
few words about garnishing to the other
busy slaters, she started fo r the grave
yard. She hurried along, keeping well
out o f sight o f the slaters at their devo
tions, ntil she reached the corner.
“ Come away at once! You will be
discovered!"
Mr. Mallett was startled for a mo
m ent
“ You are the woman who helped Cas
tellan to admit me?”
“ Y es; but for pity’s sake coma away
now, or we shall all be ruined P*
There was no mistaking the terror In
the poor woman’s face; and he started at
ouce. They walked • quickly over the
grass; but for all his hurry, Mr. Mal
lett managed to ask tw o questions and
get two replies beiore they reached the
small door by which he had entered.
“ W hat sort o f a person waa that Pau
line Felling, who lies buried there?" he
aaked.
“ She was a mere babe, only three
months old. She was born In tha hos
pital o f this town, long since abandoned.”
“ Merciful
heaven!"
exclaimed Mr.
Mallett, gasing at her in blank astonish
m ent
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Th e woman waa harrying him along
the narrow passage, for every moment
now might lead to discovery.
“ And its mother?” he gasped.
“ W as the beautiful fair
lady
for
whom Senor Castellan took the view o f
the grave Just before she aet o u t. for
England.**
And before Mr. Mallett had recovered
from his last surprise he found himself
outside the door, with his boots on the
path beside him, his brain in a whirl
o f conflicting thoughts.
“ Felling has by some means Jumped
to the conclusion, or been led to It in
tentionally, perhaps, that his w ife died
in this convent and la burled here, while
in truth It is his child’s grave, and his
w ife is still living; and, according to the
present aspect o f affairs, PeMIng’s w ife
and Pauline M ailing are evidently one!
And she, Pauline Mailing, or Pelllng, or
whatever she la. Is going to be married
to Dornton to-morrow, morning, and she
has one husband still living ! I wonder if
she knows that he la still alive? A fte r
all, if this turns out true— and It looks
very like it— I shall resume my rightful
position at Mallingford, for this girl haa
disobeyed the clause In Paul’s will about
marrying without Bummers’
consent.
And that provides the motive for her
conduct She knew, if her husband found
her, she would be compelled to resign
the estate. W ell, she has played a suc
cessful game so fa r; R la my inning
now.”
And that evening Mr. Mallett, who
had not been across a horse for nearly
twenty years, rode the twelve miles of
execrable -road that lay between Villa
Silentlo and Bassilla, and prepared and
delivered personally several telegrams to
be dispatched directly the office opened In
the morning.
C H A P T E R X X I.
Th e eighteenth o f September was a
damp, comfortless morning, and Malling
ford Park looked particularly desolate.
The aky was of a dull gray, and the rain
drizzled steadily all the day through.
Babette was busy In Miss Mailing’s
dressing room. It waa half past nine
o'clock, and aha bad Just returned from
seeing her mistress off by train. None
o f the guests were astir yet, and the
house was unusually silent, as it waa
likely to be for some hors. The ball of
the previous night had been exceedingly
spirited, and was not concluded until
nearly G o’ clock, so that the visitors
would not be likely to be astir very
early.
Babette was to Join her mistress at
Charing Cross station with the luggage
at half past 2, and, though her mind
was full o f tormenting doubts as to the
day's events, she went about her business
as methodically as though nothing un
usual had happened. Tenderly and care
fully she folded up the elaborate gown
o f cream-colored satin, with its draperies
o f thiclr costly lace, and its superb bou
quets o f deep crimson blossoms, in which
Miss M ailing delighted the eyes o f her
admirers at the ball. V ery circumspect-1
ly she placed -the magnificent diamonds
and rubles, with which her mistress had
adorned her shapely throat and arms, in
their cases, and then packed them In a
small oaken box with steel clamps. Then
she went round the room with her keys
and locked and strapped the traveling
trunks one after another.
That done,
she sat down to wait, she knew not for
w hat
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Captain Pelllng received a telegram at
a quarter to 11 that morning which
filled him with surprise and curiosity.
It ran:
" A t all risks get
to
Bishopsgate
church la time to see a wedding fixed
for this morning, snd obtain a good view
o f ths.bride’s face.”
T b s tslsgram had been dispatched
from Baaellith, and he remembered the
name as that o f ths nearest railw ay sta
tion to ths convent where he had found
hie w ife's grave. W ithout knowing why,
he fe lt that he mast obey the telegram.
and he was Juat In time to catch the l l
o'clock expresa for Waterloo. On arriv
ing at his destination, Captatn Felling
ran hia eyes rapidly down the cab rank
withiu the atation, -picked out the smart
est looking horse, sprang into the cab,
and called through the trap to the driver:
“ A sovereign If you reach Bishopsgate
church by twenty minutes to lJtr*
Th e horse Justified hia good opinion,,
and the drive was accomplished in good
time. The church doors were open, and
a four-wheeled cab waa waiting outside.
H e crept in very quietly, and walked op
the aisle, not wishing to disturb the ser
vice, for he did not know what he was
there for save to see the bride’s face. H e
Judged rightly that hla future conduct
waa to be guided by that inspection.
The church was cold and gloomy this
miserable morning, and a few persons
were scattered here and there among the
seats, attracted possibly more by curi
osity than interest
A s Felling advanced, he was struck
by the subdued richness o f the brlde'l
costume, and he wae not a little aurprto-
ed at the absence o f the usual attend
A s t o Ceaaeat C u lv e r t s .
ants— for the old lady standing behind
D uring lata years fa rm in g com
the bride evidently filled the office o f
pew opener. The bride and bridegroom munities are g iv in g much attention to
were a fine couple, the man being quite the public highways, realising that It
six feet high, while the lady was also Is money w ell expended. One o f the
well proportioned.
ch ief expense accounts has been fo r
Palling went quietly along the chancel
culverts and these are quite as high
until ho reached the end nearest to the
altar, and then he waited for the bride when the opening.to be bridged Is uar-
to turn her face toward him. T h e cler row, for the reason that leas expensive
lighter lumber is used
gyman's voice went on with the servieei and, much
“ W ilt thou obey him and serve him, hence the cu lvert must be renew ed at
love, honor and keep him in alckness frequent Intervals. A s the cost o f lum
and in health, and, forsaking all other, ber increases, the cost o f cement and
keep thee only unto him, so long as ye
cement building blocks and slabs de
both shall liv e r ’
Then, for the first time, she turned creases, so that the future w ill see
toward Pelllng. H«{.expression was one many more structures o f different
o f unmixed rapture as'she raised her eyes kinds built o f concrete than It has
to the bridegroom’s, and her lips were been thought profitable to use In the
unclosed to speak the words “ I will,” past.
when she became aware o f Polling’s fixed
Experts say that a span o f tw enty-
stare o f horror. H is gase attracted her five fee t or less can be bridged w ith
involuntarily, and she looked Instinctively
a flat culvert o f cement at low cost
over Jack’ s shoulder in his direction.
Jack, wondering what was the matter and that the w ork Is lasting. T h e main
and fearing she waa going to faint, essentials In the cement culvert, be-
prompted her with the short answer.
She did not speak, but continued to
gaze over his shoulder at the man who
had so unaccountably riveted her atten
tion. H er under Jaw dropped spasmod
ically, her eyes became as fixed as those
she waa gazing Into, and every vestige o f
life and color left her face.
The next thing Jack seemed to realise
was that a gentleman i wearing a lglht
overcoat waa speaking quietly to the as
tonished clergyman and suggesting that
the lady should be taken to the vestry,
ss she waa evidently very ill.
The scattered congregation looked at
each other In wondering curiosity as the
bridal party disappeared. Th ey lingered
awhile anti! the old pew opener returned
and begged them to depart, as she desired
to close the church.
FI.TIHH o r CXMF.NT CULVERT.
Pauline, with dull, dazed despair in
her eyes, sat In the vestry, listening to, yond the first-class material, o f course,
without understanding, the conversation are the submerged cut-off w all at each
end to prevent undermining and the
o f the three men grouped around her.
“ I am extremely sorry,” Polling said, w ing w alls at each end. In every sec
in answer to the clergyman’s request for tion there are masons who are fa m il
an explanation; “ bat it would have been iar w ith the w orking o f concrete and
criminal to allow the matter to go fur
highway
overseers
should
consult
ther, for the lady Is my w ife.”
these
men
before
Investing
money
In
“ You r w ife?” echoed Jack, Incredu
the old-time and expensive wooden
lously.
“ Yes, sir, my w ife !" Pelllng replied, culverts. T h e Illustration shows the
with the least touch of hauteur.
“I , aide w in gs o f the cement culvert,
have believed her to be dead for the last1 which add to Its durability.— Indian
six yearw^—In fact, I believed It so thor apolis News.
oughly that I should not have believed
r » t a t « M fr o m S m a ll Seed.
my eyee thia morning i f her own conduct
had not betrayed her. It Is possible that
Considerable
argument
Is
rife
she thought I was dead, as I have been among w riters as to the relative value
In Central A frica for several years; and 1 o f sm all and medium or large tubers,
understand the expedition o f which I was
fo r use as seed.
It Is claim ed that
a member haa been three or four times
reported In the newspapers as complete the sm all tuber w ill often (generally,
perhaps) produce as large and fine re
ly exterminated."
fo r
"A n d how came you to present your sults as the larger tubers used
self so opportunely this morning?" asked seed. W e believe this claim Is open
the clergyman.
to question at least beyond the first
“ Th at la more than I understand my generation, fo r It is sa fe to say that,
self at present; but I think It is due to degeneration can only be the result
accidental discoveries made In Spain by
from planting the small tubers a num
a friend o f mine who has gone hither
This
on business o f hla own. H ow It happens ber o f seasons In succession.
that I have been led to believe In my seems to be a logical conclusion to
w ife’s death all these yearg_ynd never reach. On the other hand, it Is quite
found out my mistake before I cannot as logical to assume that the fine me
underhand.”
dium o r large tuber, containing as It
“ Mis M ailing took her mother’s name must all the v ig o r and fine points o f
when aha inherited the estate; perhaps the va riety, w ill produce
first-class
that may explain matters,” put In Jack.
progeny and, w e believe, this is es
“ W hat estate?” asked Felling sharp
sentially the case when the seed tu
ly.
“ I t Is all too long to dlacuss now,” bers a re selected from one’s own prod
Jack answered: “ but no doubt the change uct and selected at the proper tim e and
o f name accounts for your Ignorance of properly cared for. I f the seed pota
your w ife’s existence.”
toes are selected from the bln, be the
(To he continued.)
selection from small or the large tu
bers, In the spring ju st about the tim e
M ost H ave Fads.
“ I f a wom an hasn’ t a fad, there’ s they are wanted fo r use, it must not be
som ething w ron g w ith her," remarked expected that they w ill g iv e as good
an observer o f mankind.
“ She’s in results as those which have been prop
love, or out o f It, or her liv e r la out o f erly selected In the fa ll and properly
cared tor. Th ere is a decided saving
order.
“ Am erican girls are the greatest for o f time, money and fertilizer In the
taking up new cults. N ow , an English careful selection o f the seed potatoes,
girl settles down to doing one thing, as any one w ill discover who w ill take
and sticks to it, and nothing short o f the necessary trouble.— Exchange.
an earthquake or a dynam ite explo
sion w ill turn her out o f the w a y o f It.
“ But you ju st suggest to an Am er
ican girl that some new physical ex
ercise w ill g iv e her a plump neck, or
reduce her hips or any other old thing,
and she w ill be nothing else fo r— well,
until the n ovelty -wears o ff or some
thing else turns up.
“ Just now It’ s boxing. E very box
ing m aster In town Is rushed to death
with applications fo r Instruction from
girls. Boxing, you know, Is warranted
to do the impossible; consequently they
all w an t I t
“ But, then, a fte r all, I suppose It’s
ju st that variety and unexpectedness
about the girls o ver here which makes
them so attractive. You never know
where they’re going to break out n e x t ”
Hlse o r A tla n tic W aves.
Iz m u «d
th e
P o tato
Y i e ld .
In a three-year test o f grow in g pota
toes a fte r clo ver at the Ontario Sta
tion, an average increase o f thirty-
seven bushels per acre was obtained,
as compared w ith grow in g potatoes
w ithout the use o f clover. F o r fe r tiliz
ing the land fo r potatoes the author
recommends the use o f a moderate
quantity o f barnyard manure applied
on the clo ver In the fall, or o f well-
rotted manure used In the spring; or, If
com m ercial fertilizers, are used, an ap
plication o f 500 to 800 pounds o f or
more per acre In the proportion o f 250
pounds o f nitrate o f soda, 330 pounds
o f superphosphate, and 200 pounds o f
sulphate o r m uriate o f potash. A n In
crease o f fo rty bushels per acre was
obtained ID a crop cultivated six times,
as compared with one cultivated three
times. In a three-year test spraying
w ith bordeaux m ixture apparently In
creased the yield ’ ninety-four bushels.
T h e cost o f grow in g an acre o f pota
t o « yie ld in g 300 ftushels Is estim ated
at »62.14.
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T h e size o f the A tlan tic w aves has
been carefu lly measured fo r the W ash
ington hydrographic bureau. In height
the w a ves usually average about 30
feet, but In rough w eather they attain
from 40 to 48 fe e t
D uring storms
they are often from 600 to 000 feet
F a n » T lo t — .
long, and last 10 or 11 seconds^ w hile
L o n g and bard pulling makes wind-
the longest y e t known measured h alf broken b o r a « .
a m ile and did not spend Itself fo r 28
H ens alto w ithout exception ths
seconds.
moat sadly neglected o f all ths livin g
C o ltiva to health and thus radiate creatures that are profitable to ths
strength and courage.
C a m «.
I f sheep are not kept constantly In
good condition the quality o f the wool
Is affected.
You can’t grind corn and get wheat
flour. Neither can you feed straw and
ge t b u tter-fa t
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A proper poultry bouse Is not nec-
rlly one w ith a Jim-crack roof and
a g ilt weather-cock.
P rofit In dairyin g depends upon four
things— good cows, good and cheap
feed, good cars and a good m arket
T h e P a r e T o e le h J ».
I t Is the exception, rather than ths
rule, to find a shop as a branch o f
farm w ork nowadays. W e run to the
store fo r any little thing w e w a n t pay
tw o prices fo r It and lose valuable
time. Our fathers had all o f the sm all
tools In the shop and could make any
repairs not o f a serious nature on any
tool or appliance o f the farm and do It
quickly and Inexpensively. Our hired
help are kept busy on rainy days go
ing o ver tools and wagons, painting
and repairing. I f the harness, breaks
there are w a xed ends o f thread ready
fo r use or some rivets to repair larger
breaks. T h e shop contains a small
a nvil and a else as well as a wooden
clamp In which to hold the ends o f
leather when sew ing them. Nalls,
screws, bolts, hinges and the like are
kept In-sm all numbers, but In various
sizes. Oils, monkey wrenches, chisels,
hammers and the like are alw ays
there and w e are prepared fo r any
sm all trouble. A very small corner
o f the barn Is large enough fo r the
shop, and It w ill pay to begin now to
fit up such a place, adding tools as
one can.
S m
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It Is not alw ays the man who has
200, »00 or 500 acres o f lard who Is
m aking the most money In proportion
to the amount he has Invested In it.
There are those who with 10, 15, 20
or 25 acres, i re making more than the
average farm er with five or ten times
that amount o f land. A s a ru le it
Is because the farm er has a part o f
his means reserved as a w orking capi
tal. W ith It he can secure labor, im
plements, fertilizers and all that Is
necessary to bring his little farm up
to the highest point o f successful pro
duction. Many o f our farm ers would
do better to sell h a lf their land at
even half the price and devote the
money thus acquired to better man
agin g the rem ainder o f their farm ,
than to pay taxes upon the entire
amount they now farm or rather half
farm.
C a n llr * A fp s n itH .
An efficient mode o f treating bruised,
irfltated and sometimes diseased limbs
o f animals— as. fo r Instance, the leg
o f a horse— Is by
pouring a stream
o f w ater upon the
limb at a point a f
fected. H eretofore
it has been unlver-
sally
customary
for the person In
charge o f the ani
mal to bold the
end o f a hose at
the point desired
DIRECTS STREAM.
and
pour
the
stream o f wat$r upon It fo r such
length o f tim e as might be deemed
necessary. This mode o f holding the
stream Is more or less defective, In
that the stream o f w ater could not be
poured upon the exact spot fo r any
great length o f time on account o f the
person holding the hose becoming tired
and unable to direct It uniform ly. In
order to obviate these difficulties and
to produce an apparatus not requiring
continuous attention, the device here
Illustrated was produced.
C a lv e s
C h e a p ly
F a tte n e d .
Professor Roberts, o f the Cornell
station, claims that to fatten calves
successfully on skim milk and grain to
supply
the
butter fat, the calves
should first be fed a moderate amount
o f new milk fo r a fe w days, and then
skim milk should be gradually substi
tuted so that at the end o f a few
weeks the calves would be fed entirely
on skim milk.
I f seven pounds o f
corn meal Is mixed with one pound of
linseed meal, old process preferable,
he finds It w ill make a fa irly good sub
stitute fo r the butter fats o f the new
milk.
/V W W W W W As
1164— Landing o f Hanry II. la Bag-
land from Franca.
1421— K in g Hanry Y I . o f England bora.
1437— Slglsmund, Emperor of Germany,
died.
1627— Pope Clement V II . escaped la dis
guise from prison.
1640— Meeting o f the Diet o f Worms.
1642— Mary Stuart, daughter o f J a m «
V., born.
1886— Pope Plus IV . died.
1694— Gustavus Adolphus born.
1808— John Milton, the poet, born.
1648— Col. Pride prevented 200 members
o f British Parliament from enter
ing the House.
Called “ Pride’s
Purge.”
1881— English Parliament ordered the
body o f Oliver Cromwell hung at
Tyburn.
1868— Ten Scottish Covenanters execut
ed in Edinburgh.
1888— Flight o f James II.
1742— Treaty o f Moscow between Groat
Britain and Russia.
174%-Charles Ratcllffe, Earl o f Der-
wentwater, executed.
1778— British take possession o i Rhode
Island.
1777— Suspension o f habeas corpus act
In Great Britain.
1787— Delaware by unanimous vote rati
fied Constitution o f the United
States.
1796— Rowland H ill, “ father o f the
British postal service,” born.
1718— Indiana admitted to the Union.
1836— Ceremonies at Nurembnrg mark
ing opening o f first railway to
Germany.
1842— Samuel Woodworth, author od
“ The Old Oaken Bucket,” died.
1848— Santa Ana proclaimed Preeldeut
o f Mexico.
1848— David Carter made the first de
posit o f California gold In the
United States mint.
1864— The Immaculate Conception de
clared by the Pope.
1866— Father Matthew, apostle o f tem
perance, died a t Cork, Ireland.
1861— Congress passed bill authorising
exchange o f Union and Confeder
ate prisoners.
1882— Battle o f Prairie Grove, Ark.
1864— President Lincoln urged curtail
ment of State banks.
1868— Th e Gladstone ministry assumed
office......... Paraguayan army de
feated and destroyed at VUleta.
1881— Many lives lost In the burning o f
the Ring theater In Vienna.
1884— Washington monument at Wash
ington, D. C., completed.
1884— Third Plenary Council closed at
Baltimore.
1891— Lord Dufferln
succeeded lA>rd
Lyttleton as British ambassador
at Paris..
1895— Great demonstration against mu
nicipal abuses in Madrid, Spain.
1897— Attempt on the life of the Sultan
o f Turkey,.
1898— Gen. Callxto Garcia died, aged 62.
1899— Certificate o f election given to W .
S. Taylor as Governor o f Ken-
-
tacky.
1902— President Castro ordered arrest
o f foreigners in V en ezu ela ....
Thomas B. Reed died.
1003— Four killed in railroad wreck at
Worcester, M a ss....G en . Royes
elected President o f Colombia...
....J a p a n ese Diet dissolved.
1904— Labor riots begin in St. Peters
burg......... Mrs. Cassle L. Chad
wick arrested... .Three Russian
battleships sunk at Port Arthur.
0tA 6i.es
Sir W illiam Watson haa been sppolnt-
ed chairman of the Cnnard Steamahlp
Company, vice Lord Iverclyde.
Krantz, the Caar of Ruaaia’s chef, Is
by tradition and position s gentleman,
and haa the right o f wearing a «word.
The Khedive of Egypt Is not only a
C lo v e r q u a litie s .
monogamist but a teetotaler, and does
■ W h ite clover does not see in to be a f Dot «moke— not even an Egyptian cigar
fected by the so-called clover sickness ette.
which interferes with raising common
Prof. Cerebotanl, a Frenchman, has
clover ynore than a certain number of perfected an apparatus which will trans
years on the same piece o f land. Al- mit the peculiarities of a man’s hand
slke also seems to suffer less from the writing or drawing, ennbling him to alga
sickness and w ill thrive on a rather checks 1,000 miles away.
It is understood that K in g E d w a rd '
wet, heavy piece where red clover,
does not do well, likew ise stands se-‘ will confer on the Mikado the decoratloa
o f the Order of the Garter, which will
vere cold better than red clover, but is
be conveyed to his majesty by s special
not liked by cattle so w ell as either mission, headed by Prince Arthur o f
the red or w h ite clover.
Connaught.
The King of Greece la the greatest
R o o f P a i n t i n g P o s ts .
linguist among monarcha.
H e reads
Th e roof w ears out, unless kept
twelve languages and apeaka most o f
painted, faster than any other part o f them.
a wooden building. It pays better to
The King of Spain la a skillful and
keep the roof painted than It does the fearless rider, a keen motorist, a deadly
sides, and It w ill also need to be paint ahot with either rifle or revolver, a
ed oftener.
When shingles are used splendid fencer, and an exceptionally
from clear, straight-grain wood and clever boxer.
The young crown princess o f Germany,
kept alw ays painted, they w ill last a
very long time. One o f the advan who la popular, haa set s new custom,
tages o f painting roofs Is to keep w a that of carrying a stick whils walking,
H tr royal highness has s large collec
ter from the nails, w here rusting soon
tion o f stick* from which to eelect to
rots the wood where they are driven. 1 match ths costumes she wears.