v
ffa tm «Id * blow at tho ntrchtst, and
throwing himself upon tho M r p t k lS
bora«, regardless o f a ballot front the Ut-
ter’i carbine, he galloped away and wda
speedily o a t-o f range. A i to Williams,
from the beginning o f tbe ekirmlah. be
had lain face downward« upon tbe ground,
tw ietlng hie thin I ha be about In an agon ;
o f fear, and bowling for mercy,
" H e ’e gone,” B om eaid, ruefully, gas-
Ing a fter tbe fugitive. “ W e have nothing
to go after him with.”
“ I V well nigh gone myself,” «aid tbe
policeman, mopping ap the Mood from hi«
stab, which woe more painful than dan-
geroua “ H e baa given me a naaty prod.”
“ N ever mind, my friend, yon «hall -iet
be the loeer. Get up” — this to W illia m «
A. C O N A N OOYLE
C H A P T E R V 111.-•—( Continued.)
T h e meeting Just described took plats
Upon a Tuesday, early in November. On
tbe Saturday Esra Oirdlestoae had fully
made up bis mind to turn his back upon
tbe diggings and begin
his homeward
journey.
He was pining for the plea-h
ares o f his old London life, and was
W*ary o f the perpetual glare o f tbe South
A frican son. H is task waa done, too, and
It would be well for him to be at a dis
tance before the diggers discovered the.
■winner in which they had been hoaxed.
H e began to peck his boxes, therefore, and
to make every preparation fo r his depart
ure.
*
some support. H e had his hand to his
chest, and as he breathed a ghastly whist
ling sound ««m e from the wound, and
spurts o f blood rushed from his mouth.
H is glased ayes ware fixed upon the man
who had shot him, and a curious smile'
played about his thin lips,
v
‘fOame hers, M r. Girdles tone,” he croak
ed, “ come hers.”
_
Esra strode over to him with a face
a t inexorable as fate.
,
“ You 've dons fo r me,“ said Farlntoah
faintly. “ I t ’s a queer and fo r the bast
man o f his year a t T rin ity — master o f
arts, air, sad Jacksonian prise-man. N ot
much worth now, la it T *’ W h o’d have
thought then that I should have disk like
a 4og In this wilderness?
W h a t’s tbe
H e was busily engaged in this employ
ment upon the Wednesday evening when
there was a tap at the door and Farin-
•nsh walked in, aorompanied by Burt and
W illiam s.
Girdles tone glanced
up at
them, and greeted them Briefly. H e was
rist surprised at their visit, for they had
oasae together several times before to re
port progress or make arrangements. F ar
intneh bowed aa he entered the room, Burt
nodded, and W illiam s rubbed his hands
together and looked amiably bilious.
“ W e looked in. Mr. Griddlestone,” F a >
intoeh begun, “ to le a n if yon had any
E tra said curtly. “ I am going oa Satur
day. I have made s mistake in speculat-
lag oa those diamonds. Prices ars sink
ing lower and lower.”
“ I am sorry to hear that,” said Farin-
toah, sympathetically. “ Maybe the m ar
ket w ill take a turn.”
•d. “ I t doeen’t look like It.”
Quick ss a flash Burt sprang upon him
and struck kim down with a life-preserv-
er. W ith a gasping cry and a heavy thud
Exra fell face downwards upon the floor,
a great gash in hia head.
“ Very neat— very pretty Indeed!” cried
the ex-person, in a- quiet tone o f critical
satisfaction, as a connoisseur might speak
o f s specimen which interested hhn. H e
was already busy at tbe door o f the safe.
“ W ell done, Mr. Burt, well done!” cried
W illiam s in a quivering voice.
“ H ere are the stones,“ said Farintosh.
(a the same quiet voice. • “ H ere are some
notes and gold.
W e may as well have
them, too. Now, tie the bag carefully.
T h a t's the way. I f we meet any one on
tha stairs, take it coolly. Turn that lamp
out, William s, so that i f any one looks
In he’ll aee nothin. Come alon g!”
Tbe
gu ilty trio stole out o f the room, bearing
their plunder with
them, and walked
down the stairs o f the hotel u nmol sated
and unharmed.
T h e moon as it rose over the veldt that
sight shone on three horsemen spurring
It along the Capetown road as though
their very lives depended upon their speed.
Its calm, d ear rays streamed over the st
i n t roofs o f Kim berley and In through a
particular window o f the Oriental Hotel,
throwing silvery patches upon the carp»t
and casting strange shadows from the fig
ure which lay aa it had fallen huddled
in an ungainly heap upon the floor.
C H A P T E R IX .
Bara waa endowed with rare vitality,
which enabled him not only to shake off
the effects o f hie mishap, but to do so
In an extraordinary short space o f time.
There waa a groan from the prostrate fly-
ura, then a feeble movem ent then another
and a louder groan.
Gradually raising
h lp a d f upon his elbow, he Idbked around
ban in a bewildered «ray, w ith his othsr
hand pe n «« I to the wound at the hack
o f his head, from which a few A a m w lit
tle rivulets q f blood were still meander
ing. H is -glance wandered vaguely over
tht table and tbe chairs and the w alk, un
til it reeled upon the safe. H e could see
la tbe moonlight that It whs open, and
empty. In a moment the whole dreum-
etnaces o f the case came hack to him, and
he staggered to the bell with a hoarse cry
• f rage and o f despair.
W hatever Esra’s faults may have bean.
Irresolution or want o f courage were not
amostg them. In a moment he grasped
tbe situation, sod realised that it was ah-
eoluteiy essential that he should set, and
a t ooce. Tha stones must be recovered,
or utter and irretrievable ruin stared hire
in the face. A t k k cries and ringing the
landlord and several attendant« white
and black, came rushing into the room.
“I ’ve been robbed and assaulted,” Esra
said, steadying himself against the man
telpiece, fo r he waa tr ill weak and giddy.
“ D on't all start cackling, but do what 1
ash you. Light the lamp I” .
' T h e k m p waa lit, and there vras a mur
mur from the little knot o f em ploye« re
enforced by some k t e loungers at the bar,
aa they saw tha disordered roem-aad rite
great crimson patch upon the carpet.
“ I k e thieves called at ntae,” m id Esra,
talking rapidly, bat collectedly. “ Their
names were Farlntoah, Burt and W il
lia m «
I t is now half-post ten, so (hey
have no very great start. You, Jamieson,
and yon Van Muller, run out and find If
three men have been seen getting away.
Perhaps they took a foiggy. Go up and
Aram, and aak all yon aee. You, J o n s « go
as hard aa yon can to Inspector Alnslte.
T e ll hhn there has been robbery and at
tempted murder, and say that 1 want
M i l a doaen o f h k beet mounted men—
not h k beet m e « yon understand, bat hk
front, hia head down and 'h is body fo r
ward, getting every possible inch o f pace
out o f the animal. A t Ms heels cams
Esra, on his gallant grey, the blood-eta im
ed handkerchief flattering from hia head.
H e waa sitting very straight In hia saddle
with a net, stern smile upon hia lips. In
his right hand he held a cocked revolver.
A hundred yards or so behind them the
tw o remaining troopers came toiling along
horse up. "T h ere’s some on« coming to
wards us,” he cried. |
Esra and the troopers halted their pant
ing steeds. Through the uncertain light
they saw a solitary horseman riding down
the road. A t first they had thought that
it might possibly be one o f the fugttlvee
who had turned, but as he came nearer
they perceived that it waa a stranger.
H is clothes were so dusty and hia horse
so foam-flecked and weary that R was
evident that he also had le ft many a long
mile o f road behind him.
“ H a ve yon seen three men on horse
back?** cried Bara, aa be approached.
“ I spoke to them,” the traveler an
swered.
“ Th ey are about half a mile
ahead.”
“ Come on ! Come on !” Bars shouted.
“ I am bringing news from Jagersfon-
teln------ ’’ the man said.
“ Come o n !” Ear* Interrupted, furious
ly. and the homes stretched their stiff
limbs into a feeble, lumbering gallop. Esra
and the sergeant shot to the front, ind
the others followed as beet they might.
Suddenly in the stillness they heard for
aw ay a doll rattling sound like the cat-
ter o f distant castanets.
“ I t ’s thMr
horses’ h o o fs!” cried Esra, and the troop
ers behind raised a cheer to show that
they, too, understood the significance o f
the sound.
It waa a wld, lonely spot, where the
plain was bare even o f the scanty foliage
which usually covered it. Here and there
great granite rocks protruded from the
brown soil aa though Nature's covering
had in bygone days been rent until her
gaunt bones
protruded
through
the
wound. Aa Esra and the sergeant swept
round a sharp torn in the road they saw
some little way ahead o f them the three
fugitives, enveloped in n cloud o f dost.
Almost nt the same moment they heard a
about sad crash behind them, and, lookr
tng round, saw a confused heap upon the
ground. T h e horse o f the leading trooper
had fallen from pare fatigue, and had
rolled over upon Its rider.
T b e other
trooper had dismounted, and was endea
voring to extricate hi« companion.
“ L e t oa see i f he is hurt,” the sergeant
cried.
" O n ! o n !” shouted Esra, whose passion
waa increased by the eight o f the thieves.
“ N o t a foot back.”
“ Ha may have broken hia neck,” grum
bled the sergeant, nnallnglng hie carbine.
“ H ave your pistol ready, sir. w e shall
be op with them la a few m in u te« apd
they may (how fight.”
They w e t« yp with them rather sooner
than the policeman expected. Farlntoah,
finding that speed was o f no avail, *nd
that the number o f hie pursuers waa now
reduced to two, had recourse to strategy.
There waa a sharp turn hi the road a hun
dred yards ahead, and on reaching It the
three flung themselves off their horses and
lay down behind cover. A s Bara and the
sergeant, the grey h on e and the hay, came
thundering round the curve, there waa 4
fierce splutter o f pistol shots from
amongst tbs bushes, sad tbs grey sank
down upon Its knees with a sobbing moan,
struck m ortally in the hand. Esra sprang
to Ms fast, and rushed at the ambuscade,
while the sergeant, who had been glased
on tbs cheek by the drat volley. Jumped
from Me horse and followed him. B art
and Farlntoah met them foot to foot with
all (he Saxon gallantry which underlies
the Saxon brutality.
B art stabbed at
the sergeant and struck him tkrouffii tha
" I d enjoy myself the same way.
rm
not penitent, Mr. N o deathbed sniveling
about me, or abort cats into
heaven.
T h a t’s not what I wanted to any, though.
I have a choking in the throat, bat I dare
say yon can hear what I am d rivin g at.
Yon met a man driving towards Jacobe
ds), did yon net?”
Burn nodded sullenly.
“ You didn’t speak to him? T o o busy
trying to catch yours truly, eh? W ill yon
have your stones buck, fo r they are In tha
bag by m y aide, bat they’ll not be vary
much good to yon. The little spec w on't
come o ff this time. Yon don't know what
tho news wss that the man waa bring
in g?"
' v
A vague feeling o f Impending m isfor
tune stole over Esra. H e ebook his bead.
“ H ie news waa,” said Farlntoah, lean
ing up upon his ha ml, “ that fresh dia
mond fields have Been discovered at Ja-
gersfonteln. In tha Orange F re e State.
So Russia or no Russia, stones w ill not
rise. H a ! h a ! w ill not rise. Look e t Ula
fa c e ! It's whiter than mine. H a l h at
h a !”
W ith the laugh upon his Ups, a
great flow o f blood stopped the elergy-
n a a 's utterance, end he rolled slowly ever
upon his ftlde, a d e a l man.
(T o be continued.)
V e l a « at H am aa.
L Hom ua la decaying vegetable m a t
te r In the to ll.
2. I t le th e storehouse o f nitrogen,
th e m oet expen sive and the moot a eo
eeeary o f a ll plan t fo o d «
3. I t contains tb e flood upon w hich
th e soil organism s live, whose func
tion la to con vert organ ic nitrogen Into
n itra tee la ord er to be a va ila b le fo r
the nae o f plants.
I t m a te ria lly a »
eteta In decom posing th e m in eral con
stituents o f tba soli, such as potash
and phosphoric a d d ,
m akin g
them
a v a ila b le fo r the nee o f plants.
4.
I t Increases the p o w er o f the
soil to hold w a te r w ith ou t becoming
w ater-logged.
5.
I t m akes cla y soil m ore open
and friab le.
I t serves t o , com pact
sandy soil and In creases Its drouth-re
sistin g pow er.
8.
I t preven ts w ashing to a g rea t
e x te n t; thereby d im in ish in g the loss o f
fe r t ilit y by th a t cause.
T. Roll filled w ith humus m ore read
ily adm its th e a ir ao necessary to all
useful plan t grow th.
&
T h e re appears to be a distin ct
wings, th e la tte r fastened to the m id relationship betw een tbe am ount o f hu
d le section by % loch bolts 8 % Inches mus In tha soil and tba am ount o f
long, on w hich the w in gs fo ld v e ry a va ila b le n itrogen therein. I t has been
easily. T b e teeth a re scattered o v e r observed th a t w hen it Is absent from
the h arrow ao th a t they a r e 's Inches or th e soli theife Is a d istin ct reduction
m ore apart, and y e t ca t e v e ry 8 Inches, o f , t h e a b ility o f th a t soil to g ro w
and a re placed in th e h arrow sloping crops.
H ence Id practice In ord er to
back, about 20 to 29 degrees fro m a obtain tb e best crops w e h a ve to r e
perpendicular. T h e y cut Just as w ell sort to b arn yard m anure ra th er than
and d o not cstch as I f placed In p e r tb e nae o f Concentrated fertilis e rs .—
pendicular, and a re easier on man and R u ral W orld .
, •
team.
I have beddles to th e m iddle
section o f mine, and a rope fro m each
Some apple g ro w ers h ave been using
heddle to the outside corner o f each
Wing, ao as to l i f t It conveniently and the gra d in g board shown in th e fig
A common board d r place o f
I can pass rea d ily between ure.
quickly.
b e fo re the
trees or stumps leas than 8 fe e t a p a r t pasteboard is hung up
In th is board h olts e ra cot
I t la Just th e th in g fo r orchards and w ip er.
rough ground, w h ile on d e a n smooth tb e else o f va rio u s tiers, sooh ss three,
ground it w ork s Just as weU as any th ree and o n »-h a lf and fo u r tier, etc.
other sm oothing harrow .— A . J. Urn- A s the apples a re w ip ed th ey a re prop
h olt».
■
.
e r ly tiered .
T h o a d van tage o f thle
m ethod Is th a t the p a d u r a h a ve the
Ckeeae V a i n r a is e Cetera.
a p p let p ra ctica lly g r a d e d and can do
A ccord in g t o a recent consular r e
port about 2,000 Im ported em pty Ga-
m em ber! cbeeae boxes, bearing the
names o f w ell-know n French cheeses,
w ere im ported a t N ew Y o rk on one
steam er recently. D u ty had to be paid
on th e p rin ted m atter on th eir
labels and another duty dn th e Im port
ed boxes. A ccord in g to s N e w Y o rk
trade Journal, these boxes a re d istrib
uted in N ew Y o r k State, filled and sold much m ore w o rk in n d ay, a n d a fte r
in th is country, and represented ss the first h a lf d a y the w ip ers can nan-
being m ade abroad.
I t Is said th at a lly accomplish fu lly as much as w ith
m any d ealers claim th at th eir dom estic tha old method.— D en ver F arm .
cheeses when p a t up In the Im ported
boxes, can not be told from tbe im port
ed brands excep t by e x p e r t «
2,006
Should excess!vs w in d s blow tb e top
o f a tree out o f shape, w hich o ften oc
c u r « cut It o u t lea vin g a n early erect
southwest branch to become tbe nets
cen tral Mem. Shallow , loosely planted
trees som etim es blow over. T h e y may
be put back by exca va tin g on th e op
posite side and pushing the tree back,
tam pin g the ea rth as firm ly as possible
on tb e side tow a rd w hich It leaned.
C a re should be taken not to wrench
the roots loose In this operation.
C n t t la « Buck Trees. '
In h igh ly In terestin g experim ents at
tha W oburn (E n g la n d ) experim ental
fr u it fa rm In cu ttin g back apple trees
when planted the u ltim ate result waa
found to be th a t trees not cut back un
t il tha end o f the drat y e a r continued
to fo rm w ood in subsequent y e a r « and
tb e crop borne by them d u rin g the first
ten yea rs w aa on ly one-third o f that
borne by those which w a rs cut back
when planted.
In the ration -fed fa rm anim ate either
a lfa lfa o r d o y a r should be given to
balance the corn. E ith er one o f these
legum es w ill lik ew ise
be needed to
“ b alan ce" th e effects o f corn on the
soli.
C onsiderable plan t food,
asps
d a l l y nitrogen, la rem oved from the
s o li for corn, w h ite a lfa lfa or- d o v a r
! ga th ers a g rea t deal o f nitrogen from
| th e a ir and places It back in tha poll.
L o v e la D e a f.
“ A n d you m ean to say th a t football
p la y e r klaaed you 7” exclaim ed tha Irate
mother.
“Y e «
m s,”
rep lied
the blushing
daughter.
“ W h y, the id e a ! D idn ’t I ta ll you If
be triad to kim you to ya ll ‘ S to p !’ aa
loud aa you could?”
" I — I did, urn, but ha had ou h k ea r
gu ards and couldn’t b ear d m .”
M lggles— T h e re ’s m ore tru th than
p oetry In that old saw, ^ W b a rs there
Is omoke there Is f i r s ”
W lg g le e — W h a t do you kn ow about
It?
M lggles— I t w a s against fo e rates to
amoks In tha office w h e n I w aa em
p lo y ad. I lit a ciga rette and w a s fired.
In trim m in g trees fo e wound m ads
d o a e to (h e
trunk w ill soon heal over, w h ile fo e
wound g jp s d e by cutting off tbe lim b
tw o o r th ree inches from fo e trunk
leads to decay and som etim es causes
th e u ltim ata loss o f tb e tre e Itself.
or
oy cu ttin g o ff a lim b
(676— Indians attacked
- Weymouth^ Maa%
the settlers
of
1704— Indiana attacked and destroyed
town o f Deerfield, Maas.
1780— British House o f Commons passed
' tbs Stamp act.
1777— South Carolina m ilitia defeated a
large Owes o f American royalists.
1780— R us^a issued a declaration o f
armed neutrality.
1788— Danmark acknowledged tha tndw
pendence o f tho United States.
1787— Th o Bank o f England suspended
cash payments.
1831— Poles
» Prague.
dafeated
the
Russians
at
(832— Polahd declared a part o f Russia.
(842— Lord Ellen borough appointed g o v
sraor general o f India.
1847— Americana defeated the M exican«
in ’ battle at Sacramento, CaL
1897— Beginning o f
Merhampore.
Indian
mutiny
at
1881— N ew constitution o f Austrian eu r
.p irn declared.
1871— Cengrese net apart tha Y e llo w
stone valley aa a national p a r k . . . .
A joint commission met in Wash*
ington to nettle disputes between the
United States and G reat Britain.
1878— Committee on tbe Credit M obilier
o f oae o f the United States Senators
implicated.
1881— Boers defeated the British at M s-
Juba H ill.
1886— French troops suffered a disastrous
defeat at Madagascar.
1888— Union Square theater, N ew
destroyed for fire.
York,
1880— Receivers appointed for the B al
timore and Ohio railroad?
1000— Gen, Cronje and the Boer forces
surrendered to the B ritish . . . . R e lie f
6f Ladysmith, after a siege o f 120
day«
W s t t r k g the H orse. ,
A successful horse ra iser sa y s :
count tho sw allow s m y horses
take
w h ile drin k in g a p a ilfu l. Jgome take
la rg e r sw a llow s than o t h e r « but I know
them all. I f I am out on tha to a d and
com e to a trough, I g e t out and count
w h ile m y borne d r in k « ao th a t ha w ill
not take too m ocb a t once. I g iv e w ater
often , aud so keep m y horses f r e t from
bow el trouble caused by overd rin k in g.”
1800— Beginning o f tbe battle at Muk
den, Manchuria, between the Rus
sians and Japaness.
“1
An
In t e r n e t s «« Contest.
Rev. A . O. Gates o f Hutchinson, Kan.,
Is endeavoring to Interest prison chap
lains throughout the country In an Inter-
prison literary contest, a fter the type o f
an Intercollegiate prise competition. T b e
subject proposed k “ W hat la T ru e L ib
e r ty ; Its V a lu « and H ow Obtained.”
T h e composition may be in either prose o r
poetry,
J P H but must be the
Ividnal work
o f tha prisoner subm ittinf the mean-
W o o d Ashes.
script. The prises are to be one o f $25,
I t Is seldom th a t a fa rm e r can ac
one of $15, one o f |9 and five o f $1.
cum ulate a sufficient am ount o f wood
These prises a n offered, “ not with tha
ashes fo r a la rg e field, but on fa rm i belief that they are o f su (Scient value te
w here wood la used there la a lim ited call out the beri efforts o f the w r it e r «
supply w hich can be pu t to pood usl but in the bops that they may serve in
on tbe garden o r on tha young clover. adding interest to the result, and be aa
Ashes a n excellen t also oa n il grass expression to some alight degree a f tbe
lauds and ha o r c h a r d « T h e y a n ap donor’s gratitude fo r the a rtlck submit
plied broadcast. In any q u a n tity d e ted aa a subject so full o f lauréat to all
o f ps.”
sired, as m any as 100 bushels p er aera
having been used on certain s o il«
W a a ld W l l h t r s w g»5,OOO.OOO. -
A recommended roup c a rs fo r chick-
«n s Is to ta k e tw o parts sw eet oil,
One p a rt gum camphor, one p a rt tur
pontine. T o each ounce o f t h k m ixtu re
add ten « r a in s menthol and one tea-
spoonful llsterlne. T a k e a sm all drop
syringe or o il can and put th is remedy
Into tha ro o f o f tba month and In the
nostrils tw ic e a day.
S a w d a a f aa Steal.
P s h s B o tes.
Saw dust Is tu rned in to transportable
M an y orch ard lots m ake a g n a t m l»
fo a l In G erm any by a v e ry sim ple p ro
cess
I t Is beated under high steam tak e p lan tin g trees to o deep.
pressure u ntil tb e resinous Ingredients
B a g g in g dow n corn has a grea t deal
becom e sticky, when it is pressed in to la Its fa vo r, b a t tb e boggin g proceet
should be finished b efore h ea vy snow »
come.
A tu rn ip saad increases
its
ow n
w eig h t fifteen tim es In s minute. On
p ea t grounds tu rnips b a va b a n found
to Increase by g ro w th 14888 tim es tb s
w eig h t o f tbslg osad each d a y they stood
1048— Assassination o f tbs Indians by
tbs Dutch at Pavonla, N.‘ J. jA*
1073— Charles I I . leased Virginia to L o rd
Culpeper and tha E arl o f Arlington.
1881— Yuma, Arts., nearly destroyed by
flood.
K s U s g S w a m p L a n g T illa b le .
A drain age ditch tw en ty-fou r antf
one-quarter m llaa long th a t w ill drain
85,000 acres o f Io w a lan d la fa irly
W h e n H e re e a A r e l a C w M t k s .
under w a y In Monona and H arrison
A bright, cl b ar eye, a b rillia n t coat, C ou n ties
I t w ill cost about $750,000,
high s p irit and m ettle, are good signs aud w ill em pty Into th e M issouri R iv e r
o f p e rfe c t c o n d itio n ’ In the b on e. T o Just a little Above th e tow n o f L ittle
th is m igh t be added sufficient flesh th or Sioux. T b a sw am p land reclaim ed w ill
ou gh ly to “ round him o u t ” but not m ake some o f th e m ost valu ab le farm
enough to in te rfe re in tb e sligh test de lan d In the State.
gree w ith b is n atu ral action, w hich on
no account m o st-h a impeded.
Penning,
(570— Excommunication o f Qnean B ilan»
beth by Pops Plus V.
1081— B irth o f H enry Stubbs, “ tha moat
'
noted Latin and Greek scholar o f
his age.”
T b s advan tage o f testin g each e a r ot
•sad corn separately is th a t n early all
tba poor seed can be th row n o u t I f
on ly one o a r in each bushel la found to
be k m * " * » * U w ill pay to d e tb e too»
From all the money tenters o f the coun
try come report* o f bank deposits again
up to or exceeding tba normal before the
panic. Thte being the case, the Secre
tary o f the Treasury has made a further
withdrawal o f public'funds from the de
positary banks to the amount o f 29 par
cent o f their holdings, where tha total
k $100,000 qr mote, 10 par cent payable
oa or before March 9, and the rest oa
March 28. Under this call about $35,-
000,000 w ill be returned.
State Oem m laetoas U g s L
T b e N ew York Court o f A p p e a l« by a
unanimous vota, has sustained the consti
tutionality o f the former 8 t«te Gas C o o k
mim ihn. This decision k considered as
practically affirming the validity o f tho
Public Servfce Commission law, which
merged the duties o f aerarsi separate com
missions into two general bodie« on# h av
ing jurisdiction In New York C ity and
tho other is the remainder o f th o,S tate
O e e tly B e w B a n k B a l l a l a * .
I k # National C ity Bank o f N «w York,
commonly known se the Itandard O il
tom house on W a ll street, which It pur
chased some years age. On th k site it
k planned te erect the most Imposing
bank structura in the world, to ha tweaty-
flvs stories high and oast over $2.500,000.
I t k said te be the desire o f the bank
affidate to erect a building font w ill re
mind people o f fo e Bank o f England,
while being
mora magnificent and